The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 18, 1943, Image 1
ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 82 Three Films From OWI To Be Given Sat. Feature, Two Shorts Make Up Regular Show In Assembly Tonight at seven o’clock in the Assembly Hall the weekly O. W. I. Saturday Service Show will be pre sented. These shows have become more and more popular in the past few weeks as the- quality of the films presented has grown better. The cost in nothing and anyone may attend. This week’s program, as an nounced by Tom Putty, Guion Hall manager, will consist of three films. The first, a ninety-minute feature, will be “The Great Com mandment” starring John Beal and Albert Dekker. The plot is laid in biblical times and the tone of the story is religious in nature. Two excellent shorts will furnish the remainder of the program. The first of these is a musical one star ring a choir singing Christmas and other religious songs. The second short is entitled “Wings Up” and is a story about the Air Corps Officers Candidate School a t Miami, Florida. The picture stars Clark Gable and was produced for the Air Corps by Hollywood. The film is in technicolor and contains many shots of colorful fighting planes and ceremonies at the school. All Aggies and servicemen are cordially invited to attend. “WE’VE NEVER BEEN LICKED”—The four lead stars of this thrilling movie portraying Texas A. & M. at its height, showing at Guion Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 21 and 22. From left to right, pictured above are Noah Beery, Jr., Anne Gwynne Martha O’Driscoll, and Richard Quine. Father of Registrar Dies Friday Morning J. N. Heaton, father of H. L. Heaton, Registrar of the College, died Friday morning at 6 a. m., in the Nacogdoches Hospital after an illness of several weeks. He is sur vived by his wife, four sons, Cyrus, William, John and Homer and two daughters, Wilma and Erline. Burial is to be at 2 p. m., Decem ber 18 in Nacogdoches at the First Baptist Church. Heaton was 60 years old. Orphans Send Thanks To Donors of Fruit For Thanksgiving Remember a couple of weeks ago—to be exact, the meals served to you on the 24 and 25 of Novem ber—when you contributed fruit for a worthy cause. Over 5,000 ap ples and oranges were collected by both mess halls to be sent to the Buckner Orphan Home in Dallas. Word has just been received by the Reverend R. L. Brown of the First Baptist Church in College Station, who undertook to sponsor this noble project, of the results of the offering. These contributions have been an annual gift of the Aggies, and this year also includ ed the servicemen eating in Dun can and Sbisa Halls. The fruit is collected by the Baptist Church here, packed, and sent to the Orphan Home in Dallas. The Sprole Motor Freight Lines ships the fruit without charge to anyone. Following are exerpts from the letter to Rev. Brown from H. F. Buckner, president of the Home, in which he thanks the men of College Station for the shipment of fruit: “I want to convey to all of the students through you our very sincere thanks for the splen did shipment of fruit contributed as per the annual custom of that wonderful body of men. ‘I wish I could take each man by the hand and look him in the eyes and express gratitude. But since it is impossible, you will take occasion as you have to let them know that they have made several hundred children happy. ‘May our Heavenly Father rich ly bles all of you in all things.” Baptist Church To Present Musical Pageant on Sunday Sunday School Classes To Make Up Cast; Play Written by C. R. Bell A musical pageant entitled “It Happened on Christmas Eve,” will be given Sunday evening at 7:15 at the First Baptist Church in College Station. This colorful pa geant is written and directed by C. Roger Bell. “It happened on Christmas Eve” is the story of one Andrew Dun- son, a withered old man both phy sically and spiritually, who does not know Christ. However, on this Christmas Eve through his grand daughter and through his son, who is on foreign soil, he gets a glimpse of what Christ came for and the life he brought with him. The cast is made up of the fol lowing: Andrew Dunson, R. P. Adams; Mary, his grand-daughter, Chris tine Roberts; Sue, her friend, Millie Dean Jones; and a host of young people from the First Baptist Sun day School departments. Residents of Bryan and College Station are cordially invited to be present for the program. Houston Club Plans Dance for Christmas And Elects Officers Last Wednesday the Houston A. & M. Club held its first meeting of the semester. The primary pur pose pf the gathering was to plan for a dance for the members for Christmas. In order to get the plans under way it was necessary to or ganize. The officers were elected promptly. The electees were: Danny Fur man, President; Arthur Tashnek, Vice President; Tommy Penn, Sec retary; Jack Shepherd, Social Sec retary; Bill Reese, Treasurer; and Frogs Dixon and Flemming, Re-1 porters. It was decide to ask exes of the club to the party. All who attend are to wear uniforms, be they Ag gie or Army. The time set for the affair is 9 a. m., December 29th, the place is the Plantation. Reser vations for fifty members have been made. Another meeting is scheduled to be held next Wednesday night. The time and place will be announced at a later date. Cantata Given By Presbyterian Girls Tomorrow at 11 AM Junior Choir Group To Offer “The Music Of Christmas” Sunday “The Music of Christmas,” a can tata by Ira B. Wilson, will be sung by the members of the Junior Choir, under the direction of Miss Caroline Mitchejl, at the morning worship service of the A. & M. Presbyterian Church at 11:00 o’clock on Sunday morning, Decem ber 19. Services will be held in the Campus Theater in College Station. Members of the Junior Choir who will sing the cantata are the following: Judy McQuillen, Fran ces Boddie, Jane Hughes, Shirley Hampton, Dorothy Spriggs, Jo Anna Wilcox, Martha Little, Joyce Patranella, Bernyce Jensen, Tyleen Jensen, Lillian Klipple, Louise Jones, Paula Beth Woodard, Elsie Marie Smith, Betty Smith, Martha Miller, Barbar Miller, Rooney Bod die, Barbara Paine, Frankie Rattan, Sue Scofield, Jo Ann Lewis, Mary Leland, Sue Alice Brock, Mary Ann Munnerlyn, Ann Hickerson, Rivers Sanders, Martha Ferguson, Betty Potter, Bonnie Morris, Mar garet Medberry, and Alice Selvey. More than 150 Texas State Col lege for Women ex-students are serving in the women’s branches of the armed forces. Hillel Club To Hold Smoker Sunday Eve The Hillel Club will hold a smoker for all Jewish Aggies and servicemen from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m. this coming Sunday night, it was announced today by Harold Borofsky, club president. No pro gram has been planned and the meeting will consist of a giant bull-session, the lounge of Sbisa Hall being the meeting place. Reg ular services for Jewish Aggies and servicemen will be held Sunday morning at 11:00 in the Cabinet Room of the second floor of the YMCA. Aggie-ex Rilled In Plane Crash Lt. Raymond W. Watson, class of ’42, was killed Monday after noon near Key Field which is lo cated in Meridian, Mississippi, ac cording to information received from George Dugan. He was killed while on routine flight. While flying in the lead ship of a formation of P-47 Thunder bolts pursuit ships it was noticed that be was dropping behind. Be fore any other members of the flight could find out what was wrong the plane had crashed in the Mississippi River. Lt. Watson was a student at A. & M. from 1938 to' 1941 during which time he was in the Field Artillery. Before being assigned a plane he was an aerial gunery instructor at Henderson Field, Florida. He received his commis sion at Brooks Field, Texas, on March 7, 1941. CAP To Celebrate Anniversary of The Patrol’s Existence Group To Dine in Mess Hall and Make Tour Of Campus During Stay “Don’t think that the army has suddenly decided to decorate for Christmas when you nee a bunch of red shoulder straps in Sbisa Hall at noon tomorrow,” sj id Capt. L. O. Wilkerson, coi^mai.Jer of the Bryan-College CAP squadron, “for' red shoulder loops have been G. I. for Civil Air Patrol since it was put in uniform shortly after Pearl Harbor.” Many of the students here are familiar with the red insignia of the CAP through Zack Moseley’s cartoon series, “Smilin’ Jack” but “in person” members of the out fit are seldom seen around the campus. Approximately a hundred CAP members will be dinner guests at Sbisa Hall Sunday noon through arrangements with the A. & M. officials and the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce. If time permits, they will be given a short sight-seeing tour of the Col lege. The visitors will fly to Bryan to participate in the CAP’s triple air celebration which honors the 40th anniversary of the Wright Bro thers' first flight, the second birthday of the Civil Air Patrol and the dedication of the new CAP Forest Patrol in conjunction with the A. & M. Forest Service. Also sponsoring the Sunday exhibition is the Cardwell Flight Academy, Bryan. Captain Wilkerson extends a special invitation to Aggies and members of the armed services to attend the celebration which will be at Coulter Field, Bryan, Sun day afternoon at 1:30, no admis sion charge. Flying demonstrations will in clude message dropping, message pick up, simulated bombing and other training missions required of CAP. Also here will be a group of CAP Cadets from Houston which will put on an exhibition drill. These young members wear the typical CAP insignia but not the red shoulder loops. Recognition of CAP officers is not obligatory but military courtesy is usually extended to them for the CAP is now an Auxiliary of the Army Air Force. Until recently the volunteer unit of aviation enthusiasts (organized for home defense before Pearl Harbor) was practically unknown to the general public. But the army, navy and other branches of the armed services utilized the “grass hopper” planes to the ex tent of 20 million miles of war time missions. The CAP Coastal Patrol men (See CAP on page 2) All-Service Show Staged At Guion Hall Tomorrow Fourth Show Carried Over Air by WTAW Air Cadets and Aggie Band Featured Library Holds Book For Right Owner A package has been received by the Library containing a capy of the book, “Where’s the Money Coming From?” It was addressed to the Library but since there is already a copy of this book on its shelves, it is evident that the package was intended for some one else. The rightful receiver of the book is urged to contact Mrs. Barnard on the first floor. Faculty And Staff To Hold Banquet WednesdayEvening Affair Honors Staff Members Serving A&M College for 25 Years Wednesday night at 7:15 o’clock will 1 be the date set for the annual Faculty and Staff dinner banquet honoring members of the faculty and staff who have served the college for 25 years, it was an nounced by W. R. Horsley recently. The banquet will be held in the banquet room of Sbisa Hall again as has been the custom in the past. Nine members of the faculty and staff have reached their 25th year of service to the college, and each of them will receive a walking cane in recognition of this fact. It is to these people that this affair will be dedicated. Tickets for the banquet will be sold at $1. They may be bought from the head of any department at any time between this date and Tuesday at 5 p.m. If the heads do not have tickets, those desiring them may secure same by calling the Student Activities office or the Student Placement Office. No tickets may, however, be bought after Tuesday or bought at the door of the banquet room Wednes day night. Norwood Named New Marshal L. E. Norwood has been named City Marshal for the City of Col lege Station, it was announced to day by Lloyd D. Smith, Business Manager for the city. Norwood is a native of Brazos County and is acquainted with it and the city with which he is employed. With 12 years of experience in police and law enforcement work behind him, a good marshal is assured the residents of this community, stated Smith. Emergency phones are listed so that Norwood might be reached at all times during the night or day. He may be contacted in the day by calling 4-7004 or at night, by calling 2-8513. San Antonio Home Town Club Meets Sun. In Lounge of YMCA San Antonio Aggies will hold a meeting in the Ex-student’s lounge of the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow night at 7 o’clock, it was announced to day by Paul Graham, president of the club. The meeting will be short and to the point in order to com plete plans for the annual Christ mas dance that will be held in San Antonio during the holidays. Important matters will be the discussion at the meeting, and for that reason every Aggie from San Antonio is urged to be present. The date for the dance has been set for December 23rd, but final plans have not as yet been made. A little cooperation from every man in the club will make this dance one of the year’s best, stat ed Graham, so it is with this point in mind that San Antonio Aggies are asked to attend. Tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. is the time set for the fourth consecutive All-Service Show to be held on the stage of Guion Hall and sent over the air by radio station WTAW, it was announced today by Oscar Weigand, director of the ■♦■current show. The program will last 30 minutes over the air as have the ©ther three shows. Features of the show will be the Air Corps Choir with Lt. Rural Askew leading and the Texas Ag gie band under the direction of Col. Richard J. Dunn. Tomorrow’s show will be dedicated to the Marine Complement stationed here on the campus, and it will be with this in mind when the two organizations play songs complimentary to this group of the armed forces. Announcing staff for this show will be, besides Weigand, Harry Dillingham, John Holman who writes the script, Tom Journeay, and Dick Gottlieb. These shows are presented through the cooperation of the Student Activities office and the post’s special service officers and sent over the air by the college radio station, WTAW. Several comedy skits will be added to the show which promises to be as interesting as previous ones. Everyone is reminded that the program will be on the stage of Guion Hall at 3 p. m. tomorrow. The show is in addition to the original entrance price to the thea ter. Showing Sunday is “They Died With Their Boots On,” a show about Custer’s last stand. WTAW Presents Club Fiesta Sunday This Sunday, Radio Station WTAW will present on its regular 2:00 o’clock feature, Club Fiesta, Nicholas Lanni, Fernando Torres, and Aldo DiTullio who will render a selection of beautiful Spanish songs. Nicholas Lanni, tenor, who has sung in many concerts with out standing opera companies, comes from New York where he was sing ing in an opera when he was in ducted. Fernando Torres, Baritone, ori ginally came from Mexico but for the past few years has been living in New York. He spent some time on the west coast as a teacher of voice and also taught foreign languages. He has also sung with the Metropolitan Opera Company. Aldo DiTullio, accompanist, is also from New York. He has ac companied many great stars of the opera during the time he was associated with the Metropolitan Opera Company. These artists are now in the army and are stationed here at A. A M., with the A RTF and STAR units. Master-of-ceremonies will be Os car Weigand who is stationed here with the ASTP. Fire DamagesRoom In Walton Thursday Fire damaged Walton Hall to the extent of $200.00 Thursday af ternoon when a student threw a burning cigarette in a closet when he left for class. R. C. Weiser, G-12 Walton, ac cidentally threw the cigarette into the closet when he was leaving for Civil Engineering lab and a short while after smoke was noticed coming out of the window. The Fire Department was called and had the fire under control in a few minutes. The building was not damaged at all, the only damage was to clothes in the closet. Department Head Named Consultant For Commission Barker Is In Austin This Week for Meeting of Pan American Good Relations J. Wheeler Barger, Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics of the College has been appointed economic consultant for the Texas Good Neighbor Com mission, it was announced today by that organization. He left Thursday for Austin to participate in a three-day confer ence of the commission. Six members are appointed by the governor to the Commission for the purpose of promoting good relationships between citizens of the Texas and Mexico, besides those of other Latin-American countries. The appointment of Barger was a tribute to him as most of the other consultants are heads of various state agencies. Barger, has served the state in two other instances when they were connected with state affairs. From 1938 to 1940, he was a mem-1 ber of the Attorney General’s Com mittee on Inter-State Cooperation and in 1941, he was a member of the College Committee which made an economic study of the Texas Prison System for the Governor. Annual Yule Program Of First Christian Church Held Sunday Bill Suda, president of the A. & M. Service Men’s Sunday School Class of the First Christian Church of Bryan announces that the annual Christmas program will be held next Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. Suda further stated that all Ag gies and Service men are invited and assured a morning of pleasant entertainment. WTAW Features “Music By Master Composers” Sunday Mornings, 10:30 “Music by Master Composers* will again be presented over radio station WTAW by Louis Hauer of the Department of English to morrow morning at 10:30, it was announced today by station WTAW. Last Sunday's program which featured the music of Bee thoven and Strauss, both of whom have renewed names in the music world, made a hit with the radio audience as acclaimed by the num ber of listeners. Tomorrow’s program brings to the radio audience “The Song of the Earth”, written by Gustav Mahler several decades ago. This Bohemian composer did most of his work in Vienna, but conducted in America for two years, 1907- 1909. He was born in 1860 and died in 1911, the year that his work, “The Song of the Earth” or “Das Lied von der Erde,” as it is call ed, was first performed. “Song of the Earth” is a huge work for tenor, contralto, and or chestra. Solo voices sing in six sections, alternately, which are: 1. The drinking song of earthly woe; 2. Autumn Solitude; 3. Of youth; 4. Of beauty; 5. The drunk ard in Spring; and 6. Farewell. Text is a German translation of Chinese poems which dates back to the eighth century. Rich or chestrations fill in the background to make the music sound like it is more than an accompaniment to the verses. These verses, as named in the six sections, are of a philoso phical nature, yet not gloomy. The performance lasts about fifty min utes.