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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 76
All-Service Show To Be Broadcast Over
WTAW From Guion Hall Stage At 3 p.m.
Sunday; Holman and Gottlieb in Charge
Campus Orchestra and Specialty Numbers
Will Highlight Special Presentation
An All-Service show will be presented Sunday, Dec. 4
from the stage of Guion Hall theatre and will be broadcast
over the facilities of college radio station, WTAW accord
ing to an announcement made by the Student Activties Of-
-ffice. The program will especially
feature orchestras and specialty
numbers representing the branches
of services stationed here on the
campus for specialized training.
Special service officers and the
Student Activities Office, staged,
presented, and made the program
possible by their cooperation. The
Navy orchestra featuring Joe
Guinaw, vocalist, who proved very
popular with both radio and theatre
at the last Sunday All-Service
Show, will be the main attraction
of tomorrow’s show.
The campus radio club produces
all of the shows and the its cast
includes Harold Reifer, comedian,
Dick Gottleib, Harry Dillingham,
and Tom Journeay, announcer; and
John Holman, script writer. Ted
Hills, director of the radio station,
advises with the group in a tech
nical capacity.
The show will be presented over
WTAW and it can be found at
1150 on the radio dial, at 3 o’clock
tomorrow. The broadcast will start
at 3:00 and anybody wishing to
attend the broadcast may do so
by arriving at Guion Hall before
3:00 o’clock, at which time the per
formance will be presented on the
Guion Hall stage.
Ration Books
3 and 4 Must
Be Turned In
Students Failing To
Comply Will Be
Dropped From Rolls
All students who have not turned
in ration books 3 and 4 by Satur
day noon, December 4, 1943, will
be dropped from the rolls of the
school. Thees students number
about 100.
This warning came from the
Commandant’s Office on Novem
ber 29. The books must be turned
in t® the Mess hall office. The of
fice will be open until 12 noon.
Students who have not submit
ted Ration Book No- 3; W. Henry
Baker, Leon N. Ballard, Robert A.
Bell, T. P. Bosworth III, E. H.
Boullioun, Jr., John R. Broussard,
Marvin L. Brown, Jf., Goble W.
Bryant, Campos-Lynch, P., Wm. T.
Cobb, George E. Colon, Billy B.
Cowser, Arthur Earl Cox, Frank
S. Craig, J- R. Dalston, Akiba Da
vis, Johnny S. Dees, W. R. M. Dix
on, Marvin Eilenberg, Irvin E.
Elkins, Jimmie Eng, A. C. English,
Jr., Hugh H. Engler, Jr., James
Erler, Otis A. Felger, James M.
Fendley, Marion D. Flanagan, Joe
Freed, Samuel Frevert, John D.
Garner, Jr., Wm. E- Geer, Herbert
Goldberg, Mario G. Gonzales, Pat
R. Goodwin, H. Lawrence Gore,
Charles A. Greenwood, Edward L.
Grubbs, W. W. Gunn, Jr., Harold
J. Haynes, Bill O. Hauser, E. A.
Henderson, Wm. V. Howells, Earl
D. Hurst, Ross D- James, Jr., Fred
A. Johnson, Wm. D. Jordan, Adolph
A. Kahn, John H. Kilgore, Isaac
Kleinmann, John H. Knox HI,
James R. Leasley, Danny A. Leva,
Tom Lentz, John E. LeJeune, Jr.,
Jas. P. Linn, Fernando Lopez, Jr.,
Ivan M. Marquez, James L- Mar-
tyn, James F. Miller, Monte R.
Moncrief, Jacob R. Morgan, Billy
E. Morrison, Robert Pritchett, Ha
rold M. Prowse, Jack V. Ray
mond, Raul V. Rendon, Glen Rich
ardson, Carlos H. Rodriguez, Ro
bert C. Rods, John N. Schmitz, Jo
seph R. Sacra, V. C. Shields, Wil
son P. Southwell, Pat H. Stanford,
Gerald A- Stone, Damon G. Tassos,
C. T. Trickey, Jr., H. D. Tschirhart,
S. S. Turner, Chas R. West, Don L.
Wood, R. C. Wright, A. C. Zamora.
Students who have not submit
ted Ration Book No. 4: Gilberto.S.
Trevino, John C. Sanford, Willott
J- Hickman, Jr., Wm. T. Fuller, Jr.,
Chenie W. Morris, Jr., George
Strickhausen III, Jean Rene Dals
ton, Wm. E. Geer, Robert A. Win-
kelman, Jr., Donald D. Hickman.
Students who have not turned in
No. 4, but failed to submit No. 3;
William F. Fuller, Jr., Lewis E-
Huber, Charles R. West, Jr.
Mayo Speaks Wed.
To A&M Chapter of
University Professors
On Tuesday night, December 7>
the A. & M. chapter of the Ameri
can Association of University Pro
fessors will hold a regular meeting
at Sbisa. The meeting is scheduled
to begin promptly at 8:00 p. na-
Dr. T. F. Mayo, Librarian of the
Cushing Memorial Library, will be
the principle speaker of the meet
ing. Dr. Mayo will give a talk on,
“Life Values and Education.”
Town Hall Presents
Singing Cadets On
Guion Hall Stage
December 14 is Date
For First and Only
Campus Appearance
The Singing Cadets make their
first and only scheduled appearance
in College Station this season for
the Town Hall program on Decem
ber 14.
During the 1943 season this or
ganization has made a tour of the
surrounding territory including
Houston, Nacogdoches, Huntsville,
Tyler, Henderson, Jacksonville, and
Palestine. These trips were foster
ed by the ex-director, Richard Jen
kins, before he moved to Arlington
to take over the position as asso
ciate professor of music in the
North Texas Agricultural College.
The new leader, Euell Porter of
Bryan, has been director of music
for the public schools in Bryan
for the past six years. Porter will
continue in this capacity while
working with the cadets, the morn
ing hours being spent in Bryan
and the afternoon hours being spent
in College Station.
The usual large crowd is expect
ed again this year due to the fact
that the cadets have always pre
sented a program demonstrating
their versatility. The repertoire
will include both classical and po
pular music. Service songs are the
club’s specialty, latest ones being
“Sky Anchors Aweigh” and “What
Do We Do in the Infantry?” Other
numbers will range from “Th e
(See TOWN HALL, Page 4)
AVMA Invites Guests,
Faculty to Meeting
The Junior Chapter AVMA again
reminds members of the faculty,
club members, and interested
quests that they are cordially in
vited to attend the next meeting
0 f the chapter, Wednesday, Dec.
g at 7:15 p.m. in the amphitheatre
0 f the Veterinary Hospital.
“War Dogs” will be the subject
discussed by Forest N. Hall of
Dallas, Regional Director of Dogs
for Defense, Inc., and noted terrier
breeder and bench-show judge.
1 The club is fortunate in securing
such a well-known and highly qual
ified authority, so a big turnout
for the occasion is desired.
September 28 Issue
Of Battalion Needed
The Library failed to receive
a single copy of The Battalion
of September 28, it was stated
by Mrs. A. A. Barnard, acqui
sitions librarian. Several at
tempts, unsuccessfully, have been
made to secure this issue.
It is the desire of Mrs. A. A.
Bernard to receive this issue in
order to maintain a complete,
bound file of the Battalion. If
anyone has an extra copy of this
back issue, the Library would
greatly appreciate having it for
the files.
Pre-Medical Club
Creates Loan Fund
A Pre-Medical Loan Fund was
created at the last regular meeting
of the A. & M. Pre-Medical Society,
December 1. A talk by Dr. C. C.
Doak on “Hazards and Helps to
a Medical Career” followed the
business.
Created to make moderate loans
available to Pre-Medical students
to help them toward completion of
their studies, the fund is under the
control of a committee of three.
The capital was provided from the
Society’s funds and will be added
as it is needed. Applicants for
loans must be members of the
Society and have a grade point
average of 1.8 or better. They must
be otherwise capable of complet
ing their medical education. A 3^b
net interest will be charged on all
loans.
It is hoped that this fund will
help put more A. & M. students in
to positions of service to humanity
and their country as medical doc
tors.
Senior Ring's Ordered
In Nov. Are Ready
The Senior rings ordered in
November have been received by
the Registrar s office, and the stu
dents who ordered them may ob
tain their ring from the Registrar
before noon on any week day.
The next order of Senior rings
will be sent off on January 1, 1943,
and students eligible to order rings
should contact the ring clerk in the
Registrar’s office. Samples will be
shown and students will be fitted-
This new ring, because of the War
time alloys in its construction, will
be much more durable and will wear
longer, according to those who have
investigated these matters. A stu
dent must be a registered Junior
and have completed two semesters
at A. & M. to be eligible to order a
Senior ring.
All-Girl Orchestra At Guion Hall
Book Review Is To
Highlight Hillel
MeetingWednesday
C. J. Hessee To Review
Willkie’s “One World”
For Open Discussion
C. J. Hesse, Curator of the
Museum, will review Wendell L.
Willkie’s “One World” Sunday af
ternoon as the second in the series
of Open Forum lectures presented
under the auspices of the A. & M.
Hillel Club.
This book, acclaimed by the
American reading public to be
the number one non-fiction book
of the year, gives the “Indiana
Gentleman’s” personal account of
his 31,000 mile trip through the
higher diplomatic circles of the
world. His plea for an understand
ing of the shi'unken world in which
we now live will be reinforced by
geographical and geological data
bearing out this theory by Hesse.
Henry Wallace’s theory of “The
Common Man” will also furnish a
part of the discussion.
Since Willkie is the probable Re
publican nominee for president,
Raymond Clapper says that, “No
person in public life can afford
not to be familiar with what Will
kie has to say.” John Gunther,
world traveler and author, calls it
a “must” book for every living
American.
Though under the auspices of the
Hillel Club, the series are intended
for the student body, the Service
men as well as civilians in the vi
cinity of College Station and
Bryan. The meeting will be held
at the Lounge Room of Sbisa Hall,
starting at 7 p.m. Members of the
club are requested to come at 6:30
for a business meeting preceding
the lecture.
Dallas Club Will
Meet on Wednesday
The Dallas Country A. & M.
Club is planning to reorganize for
the current semester on next Wed
nesday evening at 7 o’clock for
the purpose of electing officers
and making arrangements for the
annual Christmas dance, held in
Dallas every year. Many students
from Dallas have expressed the
desire to reorganize the club, which
will be successful only through
everyone’s cooperation. All acti
vated Aggies from Dallas and the
vicinity are cordially invited to
attend.
As yet, a meeting place has not
been decided upon, although fur
ther information will appear in the
next issue of The Battalion.
If you are going to criticize the
work of some person who works,
be sure that you are willing to
help first.
Camera Club Meets
To Head Discussion
On Chemicals, Films
Clark Led Discourse
On Facts and Figures
Of Types of Materials
The College Camera Club met
in the Tower of the Petroleum
Engineering Building on Wednes
day evening, December 1, accord
ing to L. R. DuBose, secretary.
L. Clark led a discussion on the
subject of photography, in which
he spoke on the different types of
chemicals used. Also discussed were
the types of film and paper used
in photography.
The speaker did not seemed pre
judiced as to the type of chemical,
film, or paper to use, but instead
explained the “facts and figures”
of each type, so that each member
would know the good and bad
points of the certain types which
he used. All the members of the
club enjoyed the discussion, since it
gave them a chance to find out the
reason for their prints coming out
unsatisfactorily or having scratch
es on them.
The members of the Camera Club
wish to take this opportunity to
express their thanks to Clark for
his interesting discussion, and they
are assured that his future talks
will be equally as interesting and
helpful.
A&M To Show Prize
Stock in Houston
On February 10th-15th, 1944, the
12th annual Stock Show and Live
stock Exhibition will be held in
Houston. As in the past, the Agri
culture Department will have
large part in the show by present
ing extensive exhibits of its live
stock-
This year the college is being
represented by six men from the
Agriculture Department who are
heads of different sections in the
show. They are E. D. Parnell, Sup
erintendent of Fat Poultry; O. C.
Copeland, assistant Superintenrent
of Dairy Cattle; Fred Hale, Super
intendent of Swine; J. H. Jones,
Superintendent of Sheep, and in the
Boy's Department A. L. Smith,
Superintendent of Beef Calves.
This is one of the great stock
shows presented each year through
out the country. Every important
breeder of sheep, goats, cattle,
swine, and poultry is represented
here with an exhibit of his-finest
breeds. A rodeo will be presented
in the Coliseum which will feature
many colorful events.
He who has the heart to help,
has the right to criticize.
Last Maintenance of
Semester is Now Due
Students are again reminded
that the last instalment of main
tenance fees for this semester is
now due at the Fiscal Office. This
maintenance can be paid until
Tuesday, December 7, without
penalty. Maintenance paid after
this date must have a penalty of
$1.00 added to it. The total
amount is $48.30, including $36.10
for board, $9.05 for room rent,
and $3.15 for laundry service.
The Fiscal Office is open on
week days from 8 until 1:30
o’clock. Tuesday, the last day, it
will remain open until 5 o’clock-
Negro Organization From Prairie
View State Normal on Radio WTAW
Featured on the stage of Guion Hall Saturday afternoon
at three o’clock will be an All-Girl Negro Orchestra from the
Prairie View State Normal College for Negroes, at which
time a thirty minute concert will be broadcast over radio
station WTAW. This orchestra,
which is made of sixteen pieces,
is composed of co-eds from the
State Normal which is a branch
college in the A. & M. system.
The music for the concert will
cover a wide range of selections it
was stated, from the semi-classical
to modem jazz and Boogie-Woogie
and those witnessing and hearing
the concert will have an enjoyable
half hour in store.
The orchestra from the Prairie
View State Normal has made sev
eral appearances on the campus of
A. & M. before, it was stated, the
last one having been last May.
Prior to this semester the orches
tra was made up of both boys and
girl students of the school, but
since the draft has taken many of
the men members of the school the
organization has been coverted to
an group.
The regular feature of Guion Hall
will begin at one o’clock, as usual,
it was stated by the management
and just before the time for the
broadcast the stage will be cleared
and the orchestra set up for the
thirty minute stage show and
broadcast. The movie feature will
be continued as soon as the con
cert is over.
No advance in admission price
will be made at Guion Hall for
this added stage attraction, it was
announced. The regular prices of
20<i for adults and 94 for children
will prevail.
In view of the fact that this
orchestra has made several ap
pearances on the campus prior to
this date and since it is reputed to
be an excellent musical organiza
tion, the public is urged to attend
the Saturday afternoon stage show
and broadcast.
This added feature to the Guion
Hall program is brought tb the
campus through the co-operation of
the managements of the college
radio station, WTAW, and the Stu
dent Activities office.
Christmas Caroling of Previous Years
Began Season s Greetings at Aggieland
By Archie Broodo
For many years it has been a
custom for the freshmen to sere
nade the upperclassmen with carols
each night for about two weeks
before Christmas. The freshmen
used to gather in groups a few
minutes before taps and sing the
carols to the upperclassmen up in
the dorms. The air of Christmas
was really made noticeable when
the freshmen lent their Aggie spirit
to something more delicate and
beautiful.
No one seems to know just when
this tradition originated or how
it even started. A senior at the
Batt office, however, said that
his class sang the carols and that
he was sure that his freshman
year was not the first. The ques
tion has been raised this year about
the freshmen having permission to
sing the carols, and if that per
mission was forthcoming, whether
the freshmen would like to do such
a thing or not. It would only take
the last few minutes of C. Q. each
night and would really help to
give the campus more of a Christ
mas feeling. It used to give the
freshmen quite a pleasant feeling
to go out in the cool quiet night
air and serenade the upperclass
men with songs of the season. The
upperclassmen used to stop their
study and come to the windows
to listen to the groups of freshmen
below.
To raise the spirit of the season
still higher, the freshmen in each
company used to decorate their
dormitory in whatever way they
chose. The freshmen in various
companies vied with each other to
see which company would have the
best looking hall. The ingenuity
of the freshmen in each company
was brought out when the decora
tions went up because a minimum
amount of money was supposed to
be used in decorating the halls.
Usually the freshmen either went
out and cut a tree or bought a
small one and decorated it and
nut it in A window to be appre
ciated by everyone.
Another vital part of Aggie cele
bration was the party each
company had each year before the'
students left for the holidays. The
freshmen were always in charge
of arangements, but if parties will
be allowed this year, upperclass
men will have to pull the ideas for
fun out of the bag of tricks they
had in former years. The parties
were always a great deal of fun
for the freshmen because they
were allowed to poke fun at the
upperclassmen in any way they
wanted to, by putting on a play,
or by comic presents, or any other
type of good jokes.
The night before all the students
for the holidays, the crest
always reached
left
of feeling was
when the corps fell out for silver
taps. Somehow the sound of taps
played by the six bugles ringing
out in the cold, clear night just
made everything seem to be in
accord with “Peace on Earth, Good
Will to Men.”
Post-War Germany
Is Subject of Noted
Speaker on Dec. 10
Max Bauer, Former
Prussian Senator, is
Guion Hall Appearance
Max Brauer, former member of
the Prussian Senate, and an ex
perienced authority on Municipal
Government, will lecture in Guion
Hall on December 10, at 11 a. m.,
on the reconstruction in post-war
Germany. This nationally known
speaker is beihg sponsored by tbte
Federal Council of the Churches of
Christ in America.
“After Hitler What?” is the ti
tle of Brauer’s lecture. Germany
has been enslaved by the totalitari
an ideology now for the past nine
years. The damage done to their
intellectual and moral life and the
total dislocation of their economy
for war purposes has been enor
mous. The reconstructionn of
Germany will be a terrific prob
lem after the war has come to an
end, and it concerns everyone the
world over- Brauer will discuss
the possibilities of a better Germa
ny after the war.
Brauer was born in Altona, close
to Hamburg, Germany. He became
a well-known figure at the early
age of twenty-one when he be
came an official of the internation
ally famous “Production,” one of
the greatest consumer cooperatives
in Germany, employing some 5000
people. He was elected mayor of
Altona, a city of some 300,000, at
the record age of 31.
His vigorous opposition to the
Nazi party is the only thing which
prevented his appointment as May*
or of Berlin. Brauer was a mem
ber of the Prussian Senate for ten
years and also served on the
governing board of the Associaticm
of German Cities.
He and his family fled to Fran ce
when the Nazis gained control
Germany. His property was confi 3 "
cated, his home looted, and his
library destroyed. Brauer went t°
China in 1933 at the request
the League of Nations as adviser
on municipal and provincial govern
ment. The Nazis struck again, this
time threatening to recognize Ma n -
chukuo if he were not expelled
from China.
Since that time, he has come to
America to live, making innumef 3 "
ble public addresses on the Ger
man situation. He is widely sought
after, and few are better qualified
than he to discuss Germany today
and tomorrow.
Bryan Church Holds
Open House Sunday
The First Christian Church of
Bryan, located at 27 and South
College Avenue, will hold open
house Sunday afternoon from 6:^0
until 7:30 o’clock, December 5. The
Aggies as well as all branches of
the service represented at A. &
are invited to attend the celebra
tion.
Lecture To Be Given
On Fevers as First
In Health Series
Dr. Ludwick Aniffstem
To Address Audience
Wednesday, December 8
Dr. Ludwik Anigstein will lec
ture on typhus and spotted fever
and the relation of several insects
to these diseases Wednesday, De
cember 8, at 7 p. m-, in the Physics
lecture room. This is the first of a
series of lectures on Public Health
to be sponsored by the A. & M.
Pre-Medical Society. Passes for ad
mission to the lecture can be ob
tained from both faculty and Pre-
Medical Society members.
Dr. Anigstein is now Associate
Professor of Tropical Medicine at
the Texas University Schoel of
Medicine in Galveston. He has
worked extensively with spotted
fever and has done interesting re
search on typhus fever recently.
He is especially interested
connection of lice, ticks, and mites
with these liseases. At the recent
annual Texas Academy of Science
nieeting in Austin his address was
one of the highlights.
Those who are interes
ted in
address
mem
hearing Dr. Anigstein’s
may get passes gratis froiU
bers af the Pre-Medical ® oC * e £ eV rer
faculty members. Typhus
has been gaining in imp 0
since the outbreak of the
the facts presented by j pa
stern concerning this trop 1 . . er £at
lady should be of extreme 1
to many.
' jieeded
Ration books 3 and 4 ar ^
at the office of the 'j 1 . a t yo ur
today, unless you desir * college
name be dropped from
rolls.