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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1944)
ROOM S ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1944 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 88 Bergstrom Field Orchestra Contracted For Playing at Corps Ball in Sbisa Hall On Saturday, January 15th From 9 to 1 Regulation Uniform for Cadets In 2 ReviewtoHonorStevensonlsNol Last Dance of Semester is in Sbisa Hall Sat. Night; Price is $1.10, Stag or Date The Bergstrom Field Dance Orchestra of Austin has been secured to play of the Aggie Corps Dance which is to be held this coming Saturday night, the Student Actiivties Office announced Monday afternoon. This dance will be the last dance of this semester and all indications are that it will be a very god one. The dance will be held in the main dining room at Sbisa Hall and will be from 9 un til 12, January 15. The affair will be semi-formal. Plans for the vaction of a dorm itory are being made, but the name of the dorm has not been released as yet. Tickets may be obtained from the Student Activities Office for the usual price of $1.10. A. A. U. P. Meets In Sbisa Tonight For Forum Discussion Residents of Area Urged to be Present At 8 to Take Part The A and M. College Chapter of the A. A. U. P. meets tonight at 8 o’clock in the lounge of Sbisa Hall to engage in an informal dis cussion of the subject, proposed changes in college education after the war. In charge of the open forum will be Dr. J. Q. Hays, chair man of a chapter committee ap pointed to study the subject. After giving a preliminary report of the committee’s work, he will introduce Professor G. B. Wilcox, Director of Student Personnel, who will tell what is being done by the Academic Council’s committee which is en gaged in the investigation of a similar subject. Professor Wilcox is chairman of this committee. Joining in the discussion will be other members of the two groups. Dr. C. C. Doak, of the Academic Council Committee, is expected to take part along with these com mitteemen for the A. A. U. P. Dr. Ralph Steen, History; Dr. Fred Arnold, Agricultural Economics; Dr. William Potts, Chemistry; and Professor Carl Files, Mechanical Engineering. The chapter invites all College Station-Bryan residents interested in the problems of college educa tion to attend the meeting and take part in the discussion. College Medical Association Hears Texas Dean Speak Junior AVMA Hears Dr. C. D. Leake at 7:15, Wednesday, January 12 Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, Dean of the University of Texas School of Medicine at Galveston, will ad- dres members and guests of the Junior AVMA Wednesday night, January 12th at 7:15 it was an nounced today. Doctor Leake, who is noted pharmacologist, will talk cn “Chemotherapy and Antibio tics.” Educated at Princeton and the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Leake later taught at Wisconsin in the department of physiology and pharmacology for several years. During World War I, he was in the Chemical Warfare Service. Following this Doctor Leake or ganized the department of phar macology at the University of Cal ifornia, and remained there until 1942 when he accepted the dean- ship of the Galveston school. Although he is a pharmacologist. Dr. Leake has done much research in related fields of hematology, the history of med’.cine, transla tions; and has been a contributor to many medical and scientific per iodicals. The Veterinary staff, students and friends are cordially invited. Note to Students Entering Services Under certain conditions stu dents who drop out of college for the purpose of entering the armed services may be granted credit for their courses. To obtain credit it is necessary to (Submit a petition and show in duction papers. These petitions may be secured at Room 210, Administration Building. In or der to take advantage of this, no student will be allowed to withdraw from school until one week prior to his induction. Ten Texas Cities To Hold First 1944. FBI Conferences Three Phases of Law Enforcement Will Be Subject of Meets Three important phases of law enforcement — crime prevention, techniques of arrest, and road blockades—will be included on the program of the first 1944 FBI Law Enforcement Conferences to be held in ten Southeast Texas cities beginning January 17, Ray J. Ab- baticchio, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the FBI office here, an nounced today. Road blockades and their impor tance in the apprehension of es caped convicts and prisoners of war will be discussed by Texas Ranger W. E. Naylor, through the cooperation of Colonel Homer Gar rison, Jr., Director, Texas Depart ment of Public Safety, Mr. Ab- baticchio stated. “Ranger Naylor is an expert in the setting up of the road block ade,” Mr. Abbaticchio said, “and is therefore well qualified to lead a discussion among other peace of ficers in the use of this important technique.” The mechanics of arrest will be discussed in conjunction with ac cepted disarming methods by two FBI firearms instructors assigned to the FBI office her^ These men, as is the case with all FBI Agents, have been trained in arrest tech niques, and the methods they are to demonstrate are those used most successfully by Texas and other state and local peace officers. A motion picture dealing with the Japanese Nation will also be shown to the officers. It was pre pared by the Office of War Infor mation for the purpose of ac quainting Americans with the background and history of their enemy. It will be followed by a confidential Army Signal Corps film, the showing of which is re stricted to duly constituted law en forcement officers. The Fraser plan of crime pre vention, which stresses the educa tion of youth in the methods of law enforcement as a means of nipping criminal activities in the bud, will be outlined by Fred Eris- man, criminal district attorney of the 124th Texas District at Long view, and President of the District and County Attorneys Association of Texas. The meeting will close with a panel forum restricted to full-time peace officers. The series of conferences, first to be held this year, will open with a meeting at the Palace Theater, Corpus Christi, January 17 and will be followed by others at L’Arcade Theater, Yorktown, January 18; Elementary School, Palacios, Jan uary 19; Cozy Theater, Schulen- burg, January 20; State Peniten tiary, Huntsville, January 21; Rio (See TEN—Page 4) (Editor’s Note: The following letter was received recently from the Hotel Urmey, the hotel where the Aggies stayed during the fe v days before and after the Orange Bowl game which was played in Miami, Florida. It is self-explanatory as to the reason it is written.) Complimenting the Texas Aggies January 5th, 1944 Dr. F. C. Bolton, President of Texas A. & M. College, College Station, Texas. Dear Dr. Bolton: We have just had the pleasure of taking care of the members of the football team of your college who played in the Orange Bowl Game in this city, and wished to let you know of the high regard we have for these boys and their families, and we regretted to see them leave. They had endeared themselves to everyone, not only in our hotel but in the City of Miami and everyone was enthusiastic about such a fine student body. The boys were most gentlemanly at all times and we had much pleasure in having them at our hotel and felt you should know how we in Miami felt towards these boys. We shall follow them with interest and if at any time you make a visit to Miami, it will be a pleasure to have you with us. With our kindest regards and best wishes to all the members of the faculty and boys, we are, Most cordially yours, HOTEL URMEY ANDREW G. O’ROURKE, Mgr. Press Club Meeting Ring Dance Plans Scheduled For 7 PM Wednesday in Sbisa Discussion Is Plans For Banquet; Date Is Wednesday, January 19th A regular meeting of the Press Club will be held tomorrow even ing at 7 p. m. in the lounge of Sbisa Hall, it was announced to day by Charlie Murray, president. This is a regular meeting, and everyone should be present with out fail. Important matters such as the banquet which is to be held on the 19th will be discussed. Membership in the Club is com posed of the editors of the A. S. T. U. News and the A. C. T. D. News and a representative of their staff besides the Battalion staff. The Battalion staff includes the following: Charlie Murray, David Seligman, Calvin Brumley, Steele Nixon, Sylvester Boone, Charles West, J. C. Tanner, Stanley Weiss, Fred Manget, Jr., Max Mohnke, Harold Borofsky, Archie Broodo, R. L. Weatherly, C. L. Dobbs, Ed. Katten, Claude Stone, and Robert Orrick. This regular monthly meeting is the last one before the end of the semester so it is imperative that each member be present. Time of the meeting is 7 p. m.; it will last approximately one hour and fifteen minutes. Courage like cowardice, is un doubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it. —Prentice. . kt .1 j Aggieland’s Singing Are Now Underway Cadets Report Best Trip Ever at TSCW Tentative plans , for the Ring Dance, to be held on Friday night, January 28, are now being made by the dance committee. Hank Avery, chairman of the Ring Dance Committee, stated re garding the social event, “It is planned to invite all members of the Clas of ’45 who are stationed on the campus as their guests.” There will be a meeting of att seniors at 7 o’clock on Wednesday evening, January 12, in the As sembly Hall. At this meeting fur ther plans will be discussed as to invitations, favors, and orchestra. Prof Finney Leaves Professor C. J. Finney of the Architecture Department will leave at the end of the present semester for Columbia University at New York where he plans to spend a year as visiting professor. Educator Mann Visits Dr. A. R. Mann, who is a mem ber of the General Education Board, is now on the campus for a short period of time. He is con nected with the Rockefeller Foun dation of New York. Dr. Mann is on a tour of the South, and this is his second visit on the campus. San Antonio Club Meets Paul Graham, president of the San Antonio Club, announced that a regular meeting will be held Wednesday, January 12, in room 212, of the Academic Building. Trip to Denton and Corsicana on 8th and 9th Enjoyed by All The Singing Cadets of Aggie- land, under the direction of Euell Porter of Bryan made two appear ances this past week end to con T elude the winter semester’s sea son of concerts. The first ap pearance was made in Denton be fore an audience of students from the “sweetheart school”, T. S. C. W. and the second program was given to the congregation of the Methodist Church in Corsicana, be ing broadcast over the radio sta tion KAND. Immediately upon arrival in Denton the Cadets were served supper in the dining hall. Ar rangements were made for dates as each of the boys registered. They were quartered at Stoddard Hall, the senior dormitory, in the recreation room. The program, which took place immediately before “We’ve Never Been Licked” was shown, is re ported to have been “light, rous ing and spirited’’. The entire pro gram consisted of the more popu lar numbers in the club’s reper toire, including several of the tra ditional Aggie songs. Between songs there were sev eral skits and solos. “Frog” Carr gave his rendition of the farce entitled “Mergotroid, the Cow”. A magicians skit was presented by Pat and Mike represented by Pat iSee AGGIE, Pace 4) Scheduled Time Is 3:30 For March; Kyle Field Is Scene of A&M Manpower An order has been issued by the Military Department as to the uniform to be worn at the review to be held Thurs day. The review is being held for the benefit of Governor Coke R. Stevenson when he visits the campus. All R. O. T. C. cadets will wear No. 1 including wool blouse and slacks, service cap and without Sam Browne belts. The time for the review is set at 3:30, the place is Kyle Field. ♦- A practice review is scheduled to be held at the regular drill per iod in which all students of mili tary science will partake. The uni form selected to worn at the practice is wool O. D.’s with over seas cap. Governor Stevenson is coming to the campus for the purpose of speaking over WTAW at 11:15 a.m. in the opening talk in a ser ies on the subject of “Jobs Ahead in Engineering”. The Governor was selected as the first of sixteen speakers to appear in as many broadcasts on the radio. Stevenson will also address the annual meeting of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Com merce at 8:00 p.m. in the Maggie Parker Dining Room in Bryan. “Snappier Snipe” Cigarettes Presents... Fun-packed EnterUdnment At Guion Hall on All-S” vice Show Entertainment galore was the feature of Sunday’s All-service show held at Guion Hall before an audience of radio and theatre listeners at 3:30. The Aggie band under the direction of Colonel Richard J. Dunn -highlighted the half-hour program with renditions of stirring military airs. Even before the broadcast start ed, the audience had a preview of what was to come when Ben Strong of the Navy here at Aggie- land supplied the program with organ entertainment. Two old favorites, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” and “Stormy Weather” were the hits of this musical prelude to the regular radio show. The show opened with the Ag gie band playing “The Aggie War Hymn,” “Air Corps Song”, “Mar ine Hymn,” and “Anchors Awe ; gh.” John Holman, and his portrayal of Private 1st Class “Joe—I’M Inno cent—Snafu,” added laughter and mirth to the already enjoyable show. “Snappier Snipes”, the cigarette with the down-to-earth flavor, made this show possible, and all commercials were ably handled by the dexterous Dick Bolin. Each week the All-service show dedicates a portion of the pro gram to a special group of men on the campus. The Aggies were so honored this week. Just how much Aggieland has done to help speed up the day of final victory was pointed out—over 11,000 Aggie- exes are fighting this war today— Texas A. & M. supplied the armed forces with more commissioned officers than did West Point itself —twenty-three Generals are in cluded in the 11,000 men who claim Texas A. & M. as their Alma Mater. Joe Guinaw, the red-headed sailor, teamed up with Ben Strong to add the “sweet” touch to the program when he sang, “My Heart Tells Me.” Strong added the final touch with his own rendition of “Stardust”. Richard Gottlieb produced the show; John Holman was the writ er; and Tom Journeay and Dick i Bolin were the announcers. Board Names Poultrymen In Extension Martin and Moore Are Elected As Poultry Husbandry Professors Appointment of Ted Martin and Samuel A. Moore as poultry hus bandmen for the A. & M. Extension Service was announced here Sat urday by Acting Director James D. Prewit. Martin, for the past 13 months Zavala County agricultural agent, will join the headquarters staff on January 10, and Moore on January 17. Moore comes from the University of Arkansas, Fay etteville, where he has served as Extension Service poultryman since 1936. Both are graduates of the Texas A. & M. College with the B. S. degree in poultry husbandry. They succeed George P. Mc Carthy and H. H. Weatherby, Ex tension poultry husbandmen for the past several years. Weatherby resigned on November 15 to man age the R. E. Janes Bar Nothing turkey ranch near Austin, and Mc Carthy will leave the service on January 15 to become director of feed research for Universal Mills, Fort Worth. Born at Osage, Coryell County, in October, 1912, Martin was grad uated at A. and M. College with the class of 1939. He had experience in hatchery and general poultry work at Normangee, Houston and Waco until appointed assistant county agricultural agent in Hid algo County on July 1, 1941, where his work was mainly with 4-H club boys. On November 1, 1942, he was transferred to Zavala County. Although a native of Tennessee, Moore grew up at Mt. Vernon, Franklin County, where he attend ed high school before entering A. & M. in 1926. After being grad uated in 1930, he did post-graduate work at the University of Wash ington, Pullman, *Washington, while serving as poultryman on the col lege staff. In 1932 he became super visor of the feed department of a milling company at Spokane, Wash ington, and in 1936 was appointed Extension poultry husbandman at the University of Arkansas. The new staff member will have charge of the Extension education al work in poultry in Texas. Last year this state rose from fifth to second place among the states in production of hen eggs, and Texas is the leading producer of turkeys in the nation. Aggie-ex Sent To Bombardier School Aviation Cadet Cecil H. Dickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Dickson, DeQueen, Arkansas, has reported for duty at the Army Air Forces Bombardier School, Carlsbad, New Mexico, where he will study ad vanced high-level bombardiering and dead-reckoning navigation. The Carlsbad Army Air Field is under the supervision of the “father of modem bombardiering,” Col. John P. Ryan, and promises to be greatest bombardiering school in the world. Cadet Dickson, a former student of A. & M., received his pre-flight training at the Army Air Forces Replacement Center, Santa Ana, California. During the 18 weeks advanced training course, Cadet Dickson will learn the bombardier’s art un der simulated combat conditions. He will be taught the intricacies of the famed Modern bombsight, and, in addition, be given an in tensified course in dead-reckoning navigation. This revolutionary type of cadet training will qualify Cadet Dickson as a double-threat man. Such airmen, equally skillful in both fields of aerial warfare, are especially valuable in our medium bombers where space is at a prem ium. On graduation Cadet Dickson will be awarded his silver bombar dier’s wings, and either commis sioned a second lieutenant or ap pointed a flight officer. Camera Club Meets Wednesday at 7 P. M. Claude Stone, president of the Camera Club, announced that the Camera Club will sponsor a picture judging contest which is to be held January 21. He also stated that theie would be a banquet at 6:30 that night in the Banquet Room. Stone added that there would be a special meeting this Wednes day at 7 p.m. in the Dark Room of the Petroleum Building to dis cuss the picture contest and the banquet.. A uditinsr Book Needed By Aggie-ex Prisoner William G. Yates, class of ’39, an Economics Major, has been re ported a Prisoner of War in Ger many. His wife, who recently wrote to Dean Brooks, asked him if she might obtain an auditing book that she could send to her husband. Yates has written his wife to send him one in order that he may teach auditing to some of his fel low prisoners of war, while they remain in prison camp. Cornus Christi Club To Meet Wednesday Corpus Christi students will hold an important meeting in room 123 of the Academic Building on Wednesday evening, January 12. it was announced today by Arthur Padilla, president of the club. Plans for a between-semester social will be made and discussed at the meeting. It will be held at 7 o’clock, and all members of the Corpus Christi Club are urged to attend.