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ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 77 Prairie View College Co-Eds Played to Pleased Audience All-Girl Orchestra, Composed Entirely of Negroes, Satisfies Guion, WTAW Listeners Will Henry Bennett and his Prairie View College Co-eds played before a well-satisfied audience of radio and theatre Saturday afternoon at Guion Hall. This 16-piece all-girl Negro orchestra from Prairie View State Normal College of Hemp stead was brought to the stage of Guion Hall by the Student Activit ies office and put on the air by the management of radio station WTAW at 3 p.m. and lasting until 3:30. A pleased audience was assured from the first note of “Johnson Rag” which began the program af ter the introduction of Bennett and his girls by Tom Journeay, announcer for the show. “All or Nothing at All”, sung by Marion Bridges, colored vocalist from Beaumont, was the biggest hit of the theatre audience. Supplying the two audiences with a little jazz was the orchestra’s version of “One O’Clock Jump” and the “Two O’Clock Jump”, the latter following Marion Bridges and “Don’t Cry Baby.” With the playing of these five number, the “Beer Mash Blues” ended the pro gram except for the playing of “Pistol Packin’ Mamma” with Mar ion Bridges again doing the vocal. An extra bit of entertainment for the audience in Guion Hall was the playing of a couple of numbers that preluded the radio presentation to entertain the aud ience until the 3 o’clock hour. “White Geese” gave the spectators an idea of what was in store for them and “Pistol Packin’ Mamma” with the vocal again were the two pieces. Such a demand was made for the latter that it was duplicated for the radio part of the s how. After the show had been complet ed, encores were demanded and with them, some boogie woogie. Bennett compromised with “Jam Session.” Saturday’s show was the third to be presented from the stage of Guion Hall and the second to be put on the air by station WTAW. Bennett brought his orchestra, composed of both girls and boys, to the stage in 1941 at which time it was put on the air. This third show won wide acclaim from the ones who heard it, and every in dication points to a return engage ment in the near future. Aggies Reminded to Submit Ration Books Those students who failed to turn in ration books 3 and 4 are reminded to do so immediately. These ration books should have been submitted to the Mess Hall office by December 4; students who failed to comply have been dropped from the rolls of the college. However, those who wish to remain in school and avoid trou ble should turn in ration books at the earliest possible moment. AAUP Will Present College Librarian Tuesday in Sbisa Topic: “Life Values And Education” Will Be Main Discussion The local chapter of the Amer ican Association of University Pro fessors will hold a regular meeting in the Lounge of Sbisa Dining Hall tonight, December 7, at 8 o’clock. Principal speaker for the meet ing will be Dr. Thomas F. Mayo, Librarian of the Cushing Memorial Library, whose discussion is on the subject, “Life Values and Educa tion.” Dr. Mayo will attempt to identify the qualities and accom plishments which post-war Ameri ca will want to see in its college graduates in whatever fields they may major. The discussion arises out of a study now being made by a committee of the faculty of the School of Arts and Sciences. All persons interested’in the pra- blems of college education are in vited. Servicemen Offered Wrapping Service Marine, Naval and Military per sonnel and their families and de pendents are urged to use the facilities of the free Christmas package wrapping service offered on the campus by the Red Cross organization of College Station. This service was begun Monday, it was stated, and will continue un til Christmas. All materials for the wrappings are furnished free by the Red Cross and the service is being offered by this organiza tion as a courtesy to the men in the armed forces stationed here at A. & M. This service is available from five o’clock until seven in the af ternoons each day with the excep tion of Saturdays when the service will be rendered from one until three o’clock in the afternoons. Servicemen, their families and dependents are urged to bring their Christmas gifts for wrapping to the Red Cross house on the campus just north of the Navy Recreation Hall at the above stated hours. Agronomy Society to Meet Wednesday Nite The Student Agronomy Society will meet Wednesday evening, December 8, 1943, at 7:30 p. m-, in the Animal Industries Lecture Room. Dr. Ide P. Trotter, Head of the Department of Agronomy will give a review of some of the papers given at the recent meeting of the American Society of Agronomy at Cincinnati, Ohio. All Agronomy mapors are ex pected to be present. Chemical Society to Meet Tomorrow Night On Wednesday at 7:15 P. M., in room 10 of the Chemistry Building, the Student Affiliate of the Amer ican Chemical Society will meet with the noted Dr. W. D- Harris as guest speaker. Dr. Harris, of the Chemical En gineering department, will speak on the subject, “The Use of Sol vents in the Extraction of Cotton- ^seed Oil-” Dr. Harris is well-known for his work in the solvent extrac tion field, and the talk should be especially interesting to students of chemistry and chemical engineer ing. A short business meeting will be held immediately following the talk. Max Bauer ‘After Hitler What?’ Subject of Lecture The noted speaker, Max Bauer, a former member of the Prussian Senate, will speak in Guion Hall December 10 on the subject, “Af ter Hitler What?” The subject will discuss the post-war reorganiza tion and reconstruction of Ger many. Bauer is being sponsored by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Bauer was born in Altona, Ger many, a city near Hamburg. At twenty-one he gained prominence when he became an official of the internationally famous “Produc tion” one of the greatest consumer cooperative in Germany. Ten years later he was elected Mayor of Altona. He was the youngest man ever to become Mayor of that city. He could have been Mayor of Berlin but for one thing—his vig orous opposition to the Nazi Party. However, he served for ten years as a member of the Prussian Sen ate, and also he served on the government board of the Associa tion of German cities. When the Nazis wrested control of the German government in January of 1933, Bauer and his family were forced to flee Ger many for France. His property was confiscated, his belongings were seized and his library was destroy ed. Later in 1933 Bauer went to China at the request of the League (See AFTER HITLER, page 2) Students of Dallas County Meet Wed. Aggies, including activated stu dents stationed on the campus who are interested in reorganizing the Dallas County A. and M. Club, are urged to attend the first meet ing for the current semester on Wednesday evening, December 8, 7 o'clock. The meeting will take place in room 123 of the Academic Building. Business will include the selec tion of officers and committees to make preparations for the Christ mas Dance, which is to be held in Dallas as usual this year. Students who are residents of Dallas and the county thereof are invited to attend. Since several stu dents have expressed the desire to reorganize the club, everyone should cooperate in making it a success. Doctor of Galveston Medical School Will Address Pre-Meds Anigstein to Speak On Research Done on Tropical Maladies Dr. Ludwick Anigstein will be the guest speaker of the Pre-Med ical Society at its regular meeting on Wednesday, December 8. The program begin at 7 o’clock in the Physics lecture room This is the first in a series of lectures on Public Health to be sponsored by the Pre-Med Society of A. and M. College. Associate Professor of Tropical Medicine at the Texas University School of Medicine in Galveston, Dr. Anigstein will speak on the subject of typhus and spotted fever and connection of several insects to these diseases. The learned pro fessor has worked extensively with spotted fever, and he has done in teresting research on typhus fever during recent years. Especially in terested in the relation of ticks, mites, and lice to these two dis eases, Dr. Anigstein has found seme remarkable discoveries in his research studies. Since the out break of the war, typhus fever has been gaining in fatalities among the fighting men in unsanitary sur roundings. Dr. Anigstein’s speech at a recent meeting annual Texas Academy of Sciency meeting in Austin proved to be a highlight of the convention. Passes for admission to the lec ture may be obtained from both faculty members and Pre-Med So ciety members. Professor Anig- stein’s discussion concerning trop ical maladies, should be of interest to all who attend. The lecture will be over by 8:30, in time for stu dents to return to then' rooms by Call to Quarters. “Listen Ladies” to Change Time to 10 “Listen Ladies,” daily feature over radio station WTAW will be heard daily at 10 o’clock beginning next Thursday, according to an nouncement made today. The pro gram has been presented daily at 11:30 prior to the change in time, but will be presented at the new time with the Thursday program. The “Listen Ladies” program is prepared and presented by Mrs. Evelyn Bi-anagin of the WTAW station staff and features news items of interest to women, recipes and general household hints. Press Club Meeting Slated for Wednesday There will be an important meet ing of the Press Club in Sbisa Lounge on Wednesday, December 8, at 7 o’clock. Plans are being made for the entertainment of the Lass-0 staff of T. S. C. W., when the girls come down here in the early part of January. All members are urged to attend, as there will be the election of an officer to the vice-presidency to replace Charlie Murray, who will take the place of Andy Matula, president, who recently resigned from school to enter the armed forces. Americans Pause to Remember the Daij of Japan s Dastardly Attack On Pearl Harbor By Charles R. West This is an anniversary! This is the anniversary of a date that disgraced all attempts at modem civilization—this is the anniversary of a date that bowed to the ground in utter defeat before all forms of human decency and fairness— this is the anniversary of a Sab bath day that we know the heart of even our Master has mourned over—this is the anniversary of a date that is burned so deeply into the souls of the American people that it will cause almost complete destruction and “unconditional surender” to an entire race of bar barians. For in the year of our Lord, on December 7, 1941, while peace missionaries from a distanct land were yet striving desperately to delay action in Washington, their forces on land, on sea, and in the air had stabbed our country in the back—a thrust so deep that the scar will remain forever where God fearing people desire peace and freedom. We average Americans were over whelmed—bewildered beyond com pare. For days we guessed about the full affect of the treachery. Rumors ran amuck. We all hoped for the best and did not possibly fear the worst. We did find out that bombs slaughtered 350 men in barracks on Hickam Field—that civilians of the residential and business districts of Oahu and Honolulu were shelled mercilessly —that the greater part of our navy had been destroyed or cripp led on that treacherous day. Then we listened breathlessly while our leader resquested of our legislative body that there exist a state of war between our country and the agres- sor. Not one of us knew how com pletely cur daily life would be revised in an all-out emergency, to win the war. The human mind could not conceive of such a vast change. Overnight the industrial world shifted from peacetime man ufacture to war-time super produc tion. Much can be said of the other changes, for our world was strange and different. We still could not realize how completely we were at war. The months following the dis grace seemed to be unreal — artificial. We were yet in a daze! (See AMERICANS, Page 2) Bohumir Kxyl ★ ★ ★ Sousa Soloist Will Play at Bryan Field Bohumir Kryl and his famous Women’s Symphony Orchestra will appear at the Bryan Field Recreation Hall on the evening of December 7 for two performances. Kryl was bom in Prague, Bohe mia, the son of a sculptor, and ran away from home to join a continen tal circus. Coming to America, he soon became famous as a comet- ist. Sousa heard of the talented cornetist and engaged him as a cornet soloist. Kryl organized his own group several season’s later, and since that time, he has been one of America’s outstanding sym phonic personalities. Kryl and his spectacular group are on their usual coast-to-coast tour, the only such organization to attempt traveling under present difficulties. One of the most popu lar groups in the country, the women’s symphony orchestra brings music favorable to all. Tickets for the engagement went on sale Monday at Canady’s Drug Store, Haswell’s, A. M. Waldrop and Co., Bullock-Sims Clothiers, and the Stephen F. Austin High School. Adult tickets are $1.65 and high school and college student tickets are 55c. The first perform ance will begin at 6:30 for the military personel of Bryan Field and their families only and will be free. The second performance will be for civilians and military per sonnel- Bryan Field soldiers and their families attending the second concert will be admitted free. Tickets for the concert will serve as passes to enter the field. A tick et booth will also be located at the field’s entrance on the night of the performance. WTAW Increases Its Daily Broadcast Radio station WTAW has in creased its daily broadcast one- half hour, according to announce ment released this morning by the station management. In the future the initial program will go on the air at 9:30 a. m., instead of at the regular 10 o’clock time as has here- to-fore been the case. The change was made effective Monday morn ing, it was pointed out, and radio listeners are requested to make note of this change and tune their radio sets to the first program at 9:30. Radio station WTAW, which is owned and operated by the college, broadcasts on an assigned fre quency of one thousand watts and can be found on the radio dial at 1150. The station is under the man- agenment of Ted Hills, veteran Texas radio man and show produ cer, who came to the campus and recently took over the direction of the station. The station is staffed by members of the Aggie corps, members of the ASTP-ROTC group and four civilian employes in addi tion to the manager. During the daily broadcast a variety of pro grams are presented including the presentation of faculty members leading discussions, the features of the day news as gathered and presented through press associa tions and brought to WTAW by special wire by teletype, and mem bers of the student body leading timely discussions on campus life and activity. Degree Candidates To File Applications Here December 15 Set as Deadline By H. L. Heaton, Registrar Candidates for degrees to be conferred at the end of the current semester must file applications by December 15 it was announced this morning by H. L. Heaton, registrar of the college. Unless application for the degree is made by fthis time, the degree cannot be is- Last Day for Payment Of Maintenance Fees Today, December 7, is the last day for payment of the last in stallment of maintenance fees, amounting to $48.30- The amount will extend through January 29, 1944, the end of the current se mester. The Fiscal Office opens at 8 o’clock each morning; usual closing hours are at 1:30 o’clock, however, today the office will re main open until 5 o’clock for last minute payments. This last in stallment includes $36.10 for board, $9.05 for room rent, and $3.15 for laundry service. Students paying fees after to day will be required to pay a penalty of $1.00. Dallas Judge Will Address Vet Club Wednesday at 7:15 “War Dogs” As Used On Battlefronts To Be Lecture Subject Forest N. Hall of Dallas, Region al Director of Dogs for Defense, Inc., and noted terrier breeder and bench-show judge, will address the Junior Chapter of the American Veterinary Medicine Association at its next regular meeting on Wed nesday, December 8. The program is scheduled for 7:15 o’clock in the amphitheater of the Veterinary hospital. Hall’s subject will be “War Dogs,” which is an important topic during these war times. Dogs are now being trained to play vital roles on battlefronts, acting as (See DALLAS, Page 4) sued at the commencement exer cise, it was pointed out. This deadline, Registrar Heaton stated, applies to both graduate and undergraduate students in the college, and urges all candidates for degrees to take note of the time set to place application. He also stated that students who have not already done so, should file this application at once in his of fice on the first floor of the Ad ministration Building. At the present time only 31 ap plications have been received by the registrar’s office out of the entire senior class and graduate school. A very small graduating class is anticipated this semester, it was observed, in view of the large number of upperclassmen who have been activated into the armed services. Aggies of Galveston County Meet Dec. 8 Plans for the Annual Dance will be the topic of discussion at the meeting of the Galveston County Club to be held Wednesday night on the second floor of the Academic Building, according to an announce ment made here this rooming. The plans include for the dance to be held in Galveston during the Christmas holidays and in view of the arrangements that must be made before the members leave the campus for the holidays, it was pointed, this meeting is very im portant and all members of the club are urged to be present. At the request of Catherine the Great, John Paul Jones once be came Vice Admiral of the Russian Fleet. 2nd Sunday Serviceman Show Is Hit of Listeners By Sylvester Boone “The best thing that has ever hit this campus” was the statement of a Guion Hall spectator Sunday afternoon while witnessing the All- Service Show. The show produced from the stage of Guion Hall was taken through the air wave over radio station WTAW at 3:05 p. m. and lasted until 3:35 at which time the 30-minute program left the air. Script for the show that is pro duced entirely by service men sta tioned on the campus of A. & M. was written by John Holman, class of ’44, but now in the Army Spe cialized Training Program. An nouncers for the show included Richard Gottlieb and Dick Bolin, also members of the A. S- T. P-, with Harry Dillingham as Produ cer. With the spirited “Aggie War Hymn,” played by the Texas Aggie band to begin the show, the audi ence caught the spirit and stayed right with it. Besides the “War Hymn,” the “Air Corps Song,” “The Cassions Go Rolling Along,” tor” gave the “latest news” to both the radio and the Guion Hall audiences. By popular request of last week’s listeners, Joe Guinaw of the Navy was at the microphone to sing, “White Christmas.” From the ap plause that he received, it can easily be seen why he was so popular at the last show. For the serious side of the show, Lt. Commander Jean A. Lambert who is commanding officer of the Naval Training School at A. & M. was presented to the audience and asked for an answer to “What are sailors doing here at A. & M?” His answer should have satisfied every per son who heard him. A salute t® the Navy by Col. Richard J. Dunn and his Aggie band was then given with the play ing of “Anchors Aweigh ” Pinky Hull, one of the best piano players to ever enter A. & M., played some real boogie woogie. He pre luded the radio presentation of the show with “Nola.” Again the Air Corps orchestra was back and this time with “Tonight We Love” and “Dearly Beloved,” the latter being and the “Marine Hymn” completed | sung by Horace Acuff of the Air the medley of army songs, all j Corps detachment located on the played by the Aggie band. The campus. show was on and Gottlieb intro- “In the Mood” and “Deep Pur- duced the first number, “I Dug a ! pie,” played by the Air Corps ®r- Ditch in Wichita,” played by the chestra, finished the second All- Air Corps orchestra. Miss Sue Hargroves of Bryan opened the audiences’ eyes with a song that was popular all over the country several years ago and still a beautiful song, “Smoke Gets Service Show from the stage of Guion Hall, and with it went ano ther interesting and entertaining show for service men stationed on the campus of Texas A. & M. A vote of thanks to both the Student in Your Eyes,” with the Air Corps { Activities office and radio station orchestra playing the accompany-1 WTAW should be given or eir ment. And, for the comical touch, I cooperation in making this s ow a “noted Russian news commenta- j possible.