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THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1944
OFFICIAL NOTICES
Classified
WANTED—Cornet or trumpe
cellent condition. Phone 2-1513.
LOST—P hies tone linked bracelet. be
tween George’s and Aggieland, Sunday.
Jan. 9. r i der please notify Dan Stauf
fer. 219 Briggs Hall (4th Co. ASTP) for
reward.
FOR SALE—2-wheel sturdy built trailer.
Good 600x16 tires. Steve Andert at A. &
M. Press.
LOST—Billfold at Campus Theatre con
taining $30. Finder please return to Room
302, Dorm 11 for liberal reward. Ale
Ellis.
LOST—A black dog—white neck, three
white feet, one-half Cocker Spaniel.
Answers to name of “Duke”. Notify com
mandant’s office. Phone 4-9254.
LOST—Tuesday afternoon in going from
Dorm 16 to Sbisa Hall to Lipscomb Drug
and back to Dorm 16, small round faced
yellow gold wrist watch. Expansion type
band. Has high sentimental value. Please
return to Fish Shelton, Room 122, Dorm
16 or P. O. Box 822. Reward.
LOST—Identification Bracelet with name
and serial number on it. Was lost in
gym Friday night. Notify J. W. Vogeler,
I-Walton. Reward.
Announcements
SENIOR RINGS: The January order of
senior rings has arrived and those stu
dents who expect a ring in this ship
ment may get it at the Registrar’s Of
fice.
H. L. Heaton, Registrar.
Singing Beavers
Plan Tour To
Houston Sunday
The Beaver Glee Club has plans
underway for a tour to neighbor
ing cities to sing for various or
ganizations. The next trip is to
be to Houston where they will sing
on Sunday. These singing Beav
ers will embark Saturday after
noon and arrive in time to spend
some time enjoying themselves on
Saturday night.
The Glee Club has been practic
ing “The Lord’s Prayer,” “Na
ture’s Praise of God”, “This is My
Country,” “Children’s Prayer,”
“Dear Land of Home,” and “Blow,
Trumpets, Blow,” for presentation
on the tours. The organization is
proceeding well and showing im
provement, and promises to be a
good representative of this De
tachment.
Aviation Students R. S. Litton,
H. W. Martin, L. W. O’Conner, H.
Acuff, F. Winewriter, R. A. Hard
ing, T. E. Roberts, J. J. Schaefer,
R. O. Darrough, M. B. Elliot, C.
A. Franklin, J. M. O’Rourke, J.
FCmyiCTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
WAR
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
Swimming May
Save Your Life
Emphasis of Proper Method
Stressed by Coach Adamson
EDITORS NOTE—Due to the
importance of this article it will
appear in two parts. Part one
starts today.
PART I
Comprehensive study and tests
show that the percentage of non
swimmers is very high. Especially
in the service where the need for
knowing how to swim due to flight
over vast areas of water and pos
sible mishap, nothing can be said
or stressed, too much about the
importance of this subject.
The average person thinks that
he is a qualified swimmer because
he can swim in a swimming pool.
Here he is assured that there is
little chance for him to drown, or
because of the feeling of being
able to reach bottom almost at will,
he fails to really take stock of
himself and test his ability of
honestly being able to swim. That
is very misleading ... to yourself.
For example—During the out
break of war a number of men
were given swimming tests in the
service to determine their ability
to handle themselves in the water.
The American Red Cross released
the following figures a year ago
which will give you the idea of
non-swimmers actually known:
10% to 15% of the service men
can swim—15%-20% think they
can swim and the remainder CAN
NOT swim. Figures don’t lie.
The group that thinks they can
swim are in the unfortunate posi
tion of believing they can take care
of themselves in the water. It
migh be proved that they
have neglected to take further
instructions or practice what lit
tle they know. Why not test your
self and see if you can stay up
thirty or forty minutes. You’ll
be surprised at the results. Many
have found out for themselves how
far off they were and there are
still some who won’t take some
good old-fashioned advice until its
too late. Water is a fearsome
thing and can cause a great deal
of panic as well as disasterous.
It is worth repeating here
that the object of the instruction
is not to make swimming cham
pions, but to try to enable the stu
dent to stay up for hours in the
water. This can easily be done if
the swimmer will relax in the wat
er and practice doing his exercise
that the instructor gives him.
(End of Part 1—Part two next
issue).
W. Brown, R. B. Currie, J. A. Fitz
gerald, C. E. Fetter, J. O. Knost,
M. R. Mahaffey, C. S. Miller, R.
Newberg, L. Sethne, H. J. Owens,
W. F. Vreeland, and R. E. Wolfe
are the members of the Glee Club
who are going on this tour. Their
Director A/S Joseph Bossert, and
Pianist A/S D. P. Richardson will
constitute those who will make the
trip.
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EDITOR '....Francis D. Wallace
Managing Editors William A. Miller
Richard K. Bron
Feature Editors Hilary B. Mattingly
Sports Editors Samuel S. Hauert
Anthony Shemroske
Music Editor Vincent Nonnemecher
Calendar Editor Howard E. Leap
Editorial Board
Lt. W. F. Moist A/S F. D. Wallace
A/S W. A. Miller A/S R. K. Brome
Reporters
A/S Sidney I. Greenberg
A/S Ivan R. Meek
A/S Harry Katzakian
A/S Charles Miller
A/S Jerome J. Kalk
A/S Harry J. Owens
A/S Robert J. Kerrigan
Voluntary Student Aid Program to be Started
A new program of voluntary
student aid to provide group coach
ing service for students having
difficulty with physics has been
approved by headquarters.
The program will be organized
and operated by the students and
will provide evening coaching
classes in the Academic Building
twice a week. Attendance will be
voluntary and will provide stu
dents with a place to air and dis
cuss problems in their physics
course that have occurred during
that week’s study. Two to four
students from each squadron,
chosen for previous training in
physics and aptitude for teaching
will conduct the classes.
Students availing themselves of
the new coaching service will sign
out when leaving for the classes
and sign in at the classes.
An outline of the program is as
follows: *
STUDENT AID
PURPOSE:
a. To assist students who are
having difficulty with Phys
ics.
POLICY:
a. To be wholly on a voluntary
basis.
b. To be student organized and
operated with the sanction
of military headquarters.
STUDENTS:
a. To attend classes voluntarily.
b. To bring their problems for
open discussion. Nothing
will be considered too trivial.
308th Band Joins
Aggies for Governor
Stevenson’s Review
The Air Corps Military Band
will join forces with the Aggie
Band for the review in honor of
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson today.
The mass band will be under the
direction of Colonel Richard Dunn,
Aggie bandmaster.
Total strength of the band will
be more than ninety musicians.
Wing Tips
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SQUADRON I
MRS. BEAVER—Fourteen of
the new Beavers who arrived with
Squadron I already h^ve been
joined by their wives at College
Station.
The new members of the Air
Corps wives’ club are:
Mrs. Lewis T. Clark, Norton-
ville, Ky., Mrs. Homer U. Darland,
Boulber, Colo., Mrs. Fred Cox,
Grays, Ky., Mrs. Carl E. Conrad,
Nappanee, Ind., Mrs. Stanley J.
Kross, Glendale, Calif., Mrs. Rene
Thibault, Berlin, N. H., Mrs. Rufus
T. Longbotham, Normangee, Tex.,
Mrs. Howell B. Smith, Kilgore,
Tex., Mrs. Thomas J. Grieve, Val
lejo, Calif., Mrs. Jasper A. Angel-
lo, Canton, O., Mrs. W. A. Yeager,
Clinton, la., Mrs. Edgard K. Block,
Orange, Tex., Mrs. E. J. Aains-
worth, Glendale, Ari.
SQUADRON II
“Hear Yea - Hear Ye, Court of
Cadets, San Antonio, Texas, is now
in session. Judge S. A. C. C.
presiding.” “First case Your
Honor: C. A. A. vs A/S Elgin”.
“Mr. Elgin you are charged with
breaking C. A. R. No. 60, para
graph 2, section 5, guilty or are
you going to lie yourself”.
“Guilty sir, what is that regu
lation?”
“Not landing properly on the
runway, and indangering other air
craft.”
“That’s a lie sir! When I came
in I cut my motor as I was in
structed to do. Why I didn’t even
land on the runway. I missed it
by fifty feet as I was gliding over
the hanger instead of the runway.
As for endangering other aircraft,
that’s impossible. When they see
my ship coming in for a landing,
they see to it that I come in alone.
If they do come in with me, they
need a section 8.”
“Court finds you not guilt on
said charges, but what about
breaking C. A. R. No. 1, section 1”
“Guilty sir.”
“Grounded till this court reopens
your case in February, next case.”
(C. A. R. No. 1, Section 1, Com
petent operator shall be at the
controls).
“Next case Your Honor: Honor
Board vs. A/S Cahill”.
“You are charged with gambling
on January 11, 1944, while you
were on the flight line still per
forming your duty. Guilty or not
guilty”.
“Not gmlty sir. It wasn’t I
who was doing the gambling, but
two pilot instructors. Since each
one said the other had the job of
giving me todays’ lesson, they cut
cards for it, and the loser was to
be the lucky fellow. I didn’t even
touch the cards”.
“Can this be verified?”
“Yes sir by getting in touch with
the loser as quick as possible”.
“Why the rush?”
“Sir, he must of been in bad
health prior to this flight. Some
would say he was very sick. Not
that my flying did it sir, but the
men are giving hundred to one odds
that he doesn’t recover.”
“Where can I find the pilot who
won?”
“You can’t sir. You see he al
ways had a urge to be as great a
actor as the one he admired, and
thinking he was responsible for
what occured, he went ahead and
not being able to live up to his
actor’s ability, he lived up to his
name, Hari Kari”.
“To be held until we can examine
him for a section 8, next case”.
“Next case Your Honor: A/S
Bard vs. Flight 24”.
“Mr. Bard, what is your com
plaint ? ”
“Mr. Judge, a lasta week, when
a going out to a, the-airship field,
in the a bus a wagon, with a my
a flight, we makea the bet. They
a all abet me that I no can do a
good, whatcha a call em, oh yea a
maneuver as they can a do em, and
I done ado it. Now them a people,
no wanta come across”.
“Defendant, what have you to
say?”
“Your Honor, what Mr. Bard
said is correct. We said he could
n’t do a maneuver as good as we
can, but his maneuver was pulling
out the carborator heat”.
“Flight 24, guilty. Pay this a
man the abet you a made, court
ajoined”.
FLYING GOSSIP
Commander A/S May—I spoke
with the Chief Pilot of Easterwood
Airport, and he will see what he
can do with having the runways
enlarged. (Ps. Law Hall, Ramph
9, Room 71, could use a floor
mooper. The job is yours and at
your price, but will have to be
better than what you did on your
own. You still left some useless
articles on the bed when you were
thru, and this will not be done
when cleaning room 71.)
SQD. 2 ATTENTION: On pay
day the hat will again be passed
around for two more of our com
rades who are taking the last mile.
Mr. Palladina, and Mr. Grinstead.
This hat passing is a habit with
this sqd.
LT. NORRIS RETURNS
The beavers of this detachment
all join in welcoming Lt. Jack G.
Norris back to the detachment
after his absence of over a month
due to illness.
When he returned last Tuesday
Lt. Norris had this to say, “I’m
mighty glad to be back and take
hold of things.” He first became
ill early in December and was sent
to the Bryan Field hospital where
he stayed for five days before be
ing sent home to Kansas City on
sick leave. His stay at home was
spent in fighting several attacks
of the flu, the first of which came
after he had been home only one
day.
Many of the types of soil found
in Texas are not found in any
other part of the United States.
INSTRUCTORS:
a. Two to four students in each
squadron chosen for (1)
Previous courses in Physics;
(2)Aptitude for teaching as
determined by the Physics
Department; (3) Their will
ingness to give their free
time (one hour a week max-
mum).
CLASSES:
a. Will be held between 2000
and 2100 on Monday and
Wednesday. A student can
attend either or both nights.
b. Will be held in the Academic
Building. The rooms will be
designated at a later date.
ATTENDANCE PROCEDURE:
a. Sign out in orderly room for
Academic Building.
Sign in at the classroom.
'>om this roster roll will be
taken, disciplinary action
will be taken against those
found absent.
c. ‘ Sign back in the orderly
room after class.
CLASSROOM PROCEDURE:
a. The same as any other Phys
ics class with the instructor
in full charge.
b. No foolishness will be toler
ated as this wastes time and
defeats the purpose of the
program.
c. All questions brought will be
discussed before the whole
class.
d. As a rule only the present
week’s work will be discussed
e. Instructors will be from the
same squadron as students
and will conduct the sessions.
Air Corps Wives Will Be
Represented In ACID News
Beaverettes to Maintain Column
Along With Beaver Reporting
Representation in the ACTD' 1,
News of the Air Corps Wives, The
Beaverettes, along with their Beav
er husbands has been recognized.
Their first column will appear
next Thursday. The column will
deal with general information re
garding their plans, dates for spec
ial meetings, special notices and
material gathered from guest
speakers.
The group was organized in the
early part of June, 1943. Through
the efforts of Capt. Sam Hill,
Commanding Officer of 308th Col
lege Training Detachment, and the
cooperation of the former wives
who were then members of this
organization, the group has stead
ily increased its membership and is
fast becoming popular with the
new members. This unification
has helped the wives understand
the reasons for the regulations
goevrning her husband during his
military training; to be helpful
and assisting her husband all the
way through his course of studies
and military discipline. Forums
are held and well known speakers
are often invited to speak before
the group in form of lectures.
All the wives living within the
Band Prepares
For Wing Ball
Among the numbers orchestra
leader Joseph Bossart has chosen
for the Friday meeting are some of
the 20 new additons to the orches
tra’s library, procured especially
for the Wing Ball, Saturday, Jan.
22.
Marion Hollike, who was featur
ed with the orchestra for the first
time at the last Wing ball, will
appear at the Detachment meeting.
Meanwhile other plans for decor
ating the coming ball are going
ahead under the direction of the
committee.
Decoration details are being kept
secret, though plans for a western
motif have been announced.
Invitations have been sent to
young women’s organizations of
Houston and Dallas.
radius of the detachment and
whose husbands are members of
the 308th C. T. D., are strongly
urged to attend these meetings and
get acquainted with the rest of
the members of the organization.
There are no fees or charges. All
the meetings, up to the present
time, are held at the YMCA, at
8:00 p. m. Tuesday.
Tuesday, January 11, Capt. Hill
spoke on the subject, China. Capt.
Hill, spending 4 years as the head
of a mission had the re
sources and authorative data to
tell the wives, The Beaverettes,
about the economics and the indus
trial set-up of China.
Chaplains Fred Dilk of Bryan
Field and Leland W. Mann from
Randolph Field were also in at
tendance.
—POSTWAR —
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arrived at in the early thinking
on the subject, Hays declared and
that is that teachers need a re
awakening to their sense of res
ponsibility, there is need for
greater selection of students for
advanced training, that students
instead of athletes might be
‘proselyted’ after the war, that
each teacher’s load should be re
duced to the point where he always
could maintain his vigor and en
thusiasm for imparting knowledge,
that teachers should be given an
opportunity to continue their own
studies in order to get a ‘periodic
tuneup and overhauling’.
Wilcox in his approach to the
problem pointed out eight broad
fields of survey in order to ap
proach the problem, as follows:
1. Quality of college product;
2. Growth of the College; 3. Phy
sical Plant of the Institution; 4.
The Students; 5. Curricula; 6.
Teachers and Training; 7. Re
search, and 8. Public Relations.
Subcommittees are at work
analyzing each of these topics,
Wilcox stated, and close contact is
being maintained with other edu
cational institutions in an inter
change of findings.
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