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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.