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THE BATTALIO
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TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1944.
Wing Tips
SQUADRON I
For the second time in two
weeks men of Squadron I have
been on hand to administer first
aid in accident cases. A week ago
seven men drew official praise
from the detachment for their
coolheaded administration of treat
ment to an aviation student in
jured in a wreck on the Houston
highway.
Sunday Aviation Students Rex
Foster and Jack Porter were the
first upon the scene of an acci
dent near Bryan field and took
charge. No one was seriously in
jured, they reported, and a practi
cal application of first aid brought
the situation under control.
Henceforth Squadron I offers
its deluxe first aid service to the
motorists of southeastern Texas,
within a reasonable and prescribed
range.
* * *
Staff Sergeant Ray A. Hutch-
ingson, tactical non-commissioned
officer of Squadron I, is back on
the job after a 15-day furlough
during which he visited in San
Angelo and at his home in Bal
linger, Texas.
* * *
A/S Donald Hall returned over
the weekend from LeRoy, Minn.,
where he had been called by the
sudden death of his father.
* * *
Mrs. C. I. Flowers and her son
John, of Indianapolis, Ind., arrived
at College Station Saturday to
join her husband. She was ac
companied by her mother, Mrs.
John R. Kopp.
* * *
A/S M. Sylvester Priske has
been receiving refrigerated letters
from his home town. That ac
counts for the gloomy look.
SQUADRON IV
Mr. Thomas K. Travis, well-
known about the campus for dif
ferent things, has developed quite
a literary talent. He spends all
of his odd moments writing to a
certain little miss at Pittsburg,
Pa. From all appearances he be
lieves her to be about “tops”.
% * &
A meeting was held Wednesday
night to make arrangements for
our St. Patricks dance. Mr. Ham
ilton was the most distinguished
speaker of the evening. One
hundred and seventy-three men
will be present at the dance since
- only- one man arose to offer his
apologies because he will be absent.
* * *
The Tumbling Tumble Weeds—
Twice a week now the acrobats in
the tumbling class are proving
physics laws the hard way. Every
one in class now believes in the
law of falling bodies.
* * *
Quote, Women are wonderful
things, unquote. These words
were taken Sunday from Mr. Har
old Peterson after he enjoyed a
weekend with his favorite fiance
from his home town. Miss Phyllis
Goodspeed arrived from Aberdeen,
S. Dak., Friday morning. Mr.
■"•Peterson was handicapped by be
ing in charge of quarters that day
but he was all bright eyes and
smiles, and was really proud of
the fact that his favorite lady
could come to visit.
* * *
PIN HOLE HART—The study
of the pin-hole camera ran
aground last week when Estal
Hart asked why one doesn’t see
an upside down image when he
looks through a key hole. Instruc
tors were amazed at the knowledge
the young man has regarding key
holes.
* * *
CHARITY FOR ALU—Room
mates in G ramp are planning a
cash collection to buy tooth-paste
for Mr. Jordan. He has been out
for some time.
* * *
All of you race fans or other
horsemen see Lawerence E. Potts
at once. He has all the latest
hot tips on the Kentucky Derby.
He is well known in Texas as well
as Kentucky, so just ask for “Blue
Grass Potts.”
♦ * *
Squadron IV Football team
cleaims they have beaten all
squadrons except the new Squad
rons I and II.
* * *
Staff Sergeant Gerald Dumont,
brother to Flight Lt. Leo Dumont
was here Friday night and Satur
day. He came from Camp Polk,
La., where he is with the 9th
Armored Division. Leo and his
friends showed Geral la good
time about town during the brief
visit.
* * *
“One never knows, does one?”
is all that Mr. Otto has to say in
regard to his late love affair at
Houston.
* * *
Mr. Calvert has added a wrest
ler to the list of his numerous
acquaintances.
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By David Seligman j
ACID
EDITOR
Managing Editors..
Music Editor
Calendar Editor.
..Francis D. Wallace |
Willian
...William A. Miller
Richard K. Brome Lt. W. F. Moist
..Vincent Nonnemecher
Howard E. Leap I A/S W. A. Miller
Editorial Board
A/S F. D. Wallace
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Reporters
A / S Sidney I. Greenberg
A/S Harry J. Owens
A/S Clifford R. Gerry
ASTU Cagers Nose Out CTD Quint;
Detachment Officers Triumph, 19-15
SQUADRON V
A certain member of the Squad
ron, otherwise known as A/S
Charles (Stinky) Lee was seen
at a Houston night club with a
dancer falling in his lap.
* * *
A/S Mayo Sauerwein was seen
dazedly walking around Houston
last Sunday trying to find the
place where he was to meet his
date.
* * *
Squadron V beat Squadron I on
the road run again last Friday,
this time by a score of 35 to 18
Only Yehudi knows where the
extra men came from.
* * *
By the looks of Mr. H. J. Owens
lipstick-stained handkerchief he
obviously had a good time in
Houston over the weekend.
* * *
Was it nervousness that made
A/S Fred McGee keep his pitch
ing hand so tightly clenched dur
ing inspection last Saturday
morning ?
OFFICERS...
Paced by Capt. Greeson the C.
T. D. officers avenged their prev
ious defeat at the hands of the
A.S.T.U. officers by overcoming
their opponents early lead, and
stalling in the final few minutes
to a 19-15 win last Friday night
in the opener of a double header
in the Aggie gym.
A mild rout was in progress in
favor of the A.S.T.U. until re
covery was made in the last eight
minutes when further scoring by
the A.S.T.U. was halted and the
Beaver Officers opened up on
their own side of ledger with the
score 6-12. Lts. Norris and Pick
ens dropped a brace of field goals
immediately followed by a basket
and free throw by Lt. Segrest to
tie the score.
Lt. Pickens cashed in two ad
ditional points to put the C. T. D.'s
in the lead, never to be headed
again. The score was tied up at
15-15 a moment later when Lt.
Scruggs slipped through a tight
defense for a left handed hook
shot. But this was immediately
offset when Lt. Moist counted by
running the length of the floor
for the deciding edge. Capt. Gree
son put the final touch on the vic
tory with a long shot that gave
him his sixth point of the game.
Outstanding was the fact that
the starting five for the C. T. D.’s
played the entire game, while the
Specialists ran in every man on
their roster.
Tied for scoring honors with
Capt. Greeson of the C. T. D.’s
was A. S. T. U. officer Lt. Scruggs
with six of his teams 15 points.
PEEL OFF!
with PEEL
To hear the way some of the
fellows were moaning over the
week-end, either the world was
coming to an end, or the entire
female population of the world
was being eradicated effective
midnight Saturday night. Being
an inquisitive soul, we asked what
it was all about, and were curtly
informed “that everyone had been
stabbed in the back except Squad
ron 3.” Phrases liite “Cinderella’s
sisters,” “they always get the
breaks,” and “While we study, they
trip the light fantastic” were
wafted through the torrid air to
our ever-waiting ears.
We, being a gullible soul at
heart, could see an editorial shap
ing up . . . “as for the rest of us,
a few went to Houston, a few
wandeped over to the USO in
Bryan, and the remainder of us
did our waltzing with a physics
book . . . we didn’t have a particu-
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larly good time . . . we felt rather
like Cinderrella’s sisters—just
plain left out ...” With a glow
ing face, we mentally wrote our
dramatic last sentence; “What’ll it
be next month, gentlemen,
heavenly blonde melting in your
arms to the melody of ‘Stardust,’
or a moving picture over at Guion
Hall?”
Just before we reached the gates
to the Columnist’s Seventh Heav
en, though, our old training as
cub reporter for the junior high
school paper returned to the fore
ground, and as a result of a few
inquiries here and there and sev
eral interviews spread among dif
ferent squadrons, we have a few
questions to ask.
First off, we’d like to know
the same fellows who were doing
the most griping about not getting
to go to the dance were among
the same ones who had to be
drafted to pick up girls at the
last Wing Ball. I suppose you
know about that; the way the
committee first asked for volun
teers from a particular squadron
to meet the girls at the train,
then had to ask every man in the
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entire bunch why it was impossi
ble for him to perform this “task,”
and finally had to order—mind
you, ORDER—men to go.
We wondered, too, if any of the
many gentlemen who bitterly
complained, “I just wish I had a
chance to get one of those girls,”
were among the groups who let
the Aggies take our dates to the
train the Sunday after our last
Wing Ball. Incidentally, that lit
tle demonstration of our gentle-
menliness didn’t help much when
we were looking for some girl to
come over to this squadron dance.
Can you blame them?
Thirdly, we wondered if some
of the members of the detachment
who asked the loudest why only
one squadron was allowed to go
to the dance were on that rather
large decorations committee at
that last dance in which only four
members did all of the work. The
rest just came to the ball.
Those were the questions that
we asked ourselves, and of course
we couldn’t answer them. All we
could satisfy ourselves on was
that the detachment had lost its
privilege of a Wing Ball because
you just didn’t give a darn—there
was no cooperation, you had a
“Let Joe do it” attitude, and worst
of all, you forgot the common es
sentials of courtesy to guests. Do
you still think you got such a
raw deal?
Well, that’s that. Some of you
may not like what we’ve said, but
after all, it’s the truth that really
hurts. When this column thinks
that the detachment gets a raw
deal, we’ll say so; but when we
think that the 308th has gotten
only what it deserves, we’ll say
that too.
* * *
Time Marches On:
1942— Whatta man!
1943— What? A man?
1944— What’s a man?
* * *
Scraps: Wonder why the daily
bulletin is always so far behind
the times ? “54,973 days since
Napoleon marched on Paris”
should be coming up soon . . . By
popular request, will the fellows
who bought rubber stamps please
pick them up. We’re getting sick
of that one in the bulletin too .
The only way we found to crash
Squadron 3’s dance was to get
hired as an assistant cook . . . And
The Long Run
... by Ken Ramers
All you gentlemen taking ad
vantage of Uncle Sam’s gift to
the nation’s youth by getting an
advance in education in the begin
nings of your toils toward a pair
of wings of one type or another,
have undoubtedly kept well abreast
of the news in the sports world.
As we all know you are supposed
to be the athletes of the country.
Because it seems to take an ath
lete to complete and endure eigh
teen months of traffic as heavy
as this.
Most papers, even from one-
horse towns, usually have an
analist of the national sports news
even if they do not seem to en
courage local sports in their pa
pers. You all knew who was win
ing in the big leagues and you
also knew who was the leading
softball and bowling team if your
town had a daily paper.
Also those of you who have
spent time in college previously
to Texas A. & M. will recall how
well your college newspaper kept
you upon the set-up of athletics
and their progress on your cam
pus. But that isn’t all. You also
remember how they could create
great interest in about any sport
they wished, merely by building it
up by stories in their paper.
But not only by stories. The
local sports columnist or editor
could say what he wished. He
could criticize as he wished or
throw bouquets if he wished. He
could create interest by feuding
with other teams, coaches, school
policy, or even with other sports
editors.
But—this is the Army and any
similarity between this column
and one I would write in civilian
life is purely—.
With all the publicity it received
during the past football season
you no doubt know or remember
without undue strain that the
Navy is alowed to participate in
all athletics at their various uni
versities. And also that the Army
is not.
The Army, and especially the
Air Force, is supposed to be the
rebirth of the so called intramural
athletics. In the college I attend
ed these intramurals were played
up big—so much so that there
were undoubtedly many men play
ing intramurals who could easily
have competed on the inter-colleg
iate teams. And during these I-M
events the interest ran so high
that everyone who could possibly
enter a team or two always did
and had quite a little support when
they went on the field or floor to
play another team.
But—here at Texas A. & M.??
I want to ask a few questions. Who
knows the standings in football
between the squadrons ? Or
basketball? Or bowling? Not even
Mr. Papik, and he is Wing Ath
letic Officer. This is the rebirth
place of I-M sports and one of the
outstanding C. T. D.’s among the
various colleges left and where
are the intramurals? The spring
season is rounding the corner and
it is time for the baby squadron
to take their place in the stand
ings—only they find there isn’t
anything to stand-in. And they
sort of wonder if they aren’t at
the wrong place. Something else
besides the Air Force I mean.
Squadron III is leaving and a
new set-up should start now. If
you want a lot of intra-squadron
competition and a lot of spirit and
morale, talk up these sports and
buck for them. You get your
teams. I’ll go 50-50. I’ll do my
— to get your leagues.
^STUDENTS...
A reinforced Beaver quint
pushed the more experience 61 "
ASTU fiv einto an overtime pej
iod last Friday night at the Ag;
gym before bowing to defeat 5
in perhaps the most exciting
the four game series thus
played between the two camp
rivals. ,a ’
A/S Thomas Carey, latest a a
dition to the Beavers played tl ^
out-standing floor game of t? 6
evening. Carey rolled up twenl 18
points during the extra peric a
fracus and was continually tl"
main cog of the CTD offense an*?
defense. ^
The high point of the game wa
furnished whe nafter holding tl
lead throughout the game froi e
the second minute of play uni
the last four the CTD relinquish^’
the lead to the ASTU. Wi(^
thirty seconds remaining Care
refused a free throw and took tl
ball out at the center of the floor!
Fifteen seconds later Carey tied
the count at 45-45 with a long toss
from the center of the floor to
push the game into overtime.
The entire CDT five played an
outstanding brand of basketball
throughout the game, but were
completely overrun in the five
minute extra period when the
Specialists put on a show of their
own headed by former “Whiz Kid”
Barrich formerly of Illinois, and
put the game on ice with nine
points before the Bearers could
count.
The score of 24-22 in favor of
the CTDs showed the story of the
first half battle between Carey
and the ASTU perpetual star from
Southern California, Fry. Fry ac
counted for 12 of his team’s total
first half score and managed to
control the ball off the board most
of the time. His play was over
shadowed in the last half when
he was held to a zero count in the
regular playing time.
Five of the men who played for
the CTD quint have probably play
ed their last time for the Detach
ment. The five men are Aviation
Students L. B. Kueck, R. E. Nor
ris, R. F. Parry, K. W. Morgan,
and Sam Kaiser. A call for new
men will be issued in an attempt
to bolster the remaining combin
ation.
leaving Guion Hall, “It was soo
operatic!” . . . Have you read that
new book, “Vacationing in the
Alps,” subtitled, “Backsliding on
your Week Ends.” . . . OK, I’ll
quit after that one.
* * *
Open letter to Mr. Papik: We’re
not interested personally in who
is finally made athletic officer of
Squadron 2, but if the man is
chosen merely by virtue of having
attended the same university as
you, it isn’t going to look good
in our books. You might have at
least have introduced the other
four candidates by name to the
P. E. instructor.
Bouquet of the Week
This week the flowers are hand
ed to Tom Carey, whose twenty
points were just a little short of
bridging the margin between our
own Beaver team and the ASTP
basketeers. It’s a good thing that
he’s in the baby squadron, too, be
cause we’ll have his services
around here for some months.
Pillow of Thorns
Once again this “honor” is given
to the entire 308th. Well, we lost
again this week to our traditional
rivals. We’re not sure that we
would have won that game if a
few more members of the detach
ment had been out there, but our
cheering section looked like the
proverbial needle in a haystack
among the hordes of ASTPers
rooting for their team.
and the rib tickling situations
which follow.
The Lowdown: Deanna is O. K.
to look at, but . . .
“The Mystery of Marie Roget”,
starring Maria Montez, Patric
Knowles and Maria Ouspenskaya
plays to the audiences at the Cam
pus today and tomorrow. If you
like thriller mysteries, fine, but
this is not quite so thrilling. The
plot runs rather slow for a picture
of this type. The scene is in Paris
in the 1889 horse and buggy days,
the time in which the original Poe
story was written. There isn’t too
much mystery as the murderer
confesses his crime about the mid
dle of the film and the fine point
is whether it was a justifiable
homicide or premeditated murder.
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of Poe” from the Library and save
money.
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TODAY AND WEDNESDAY
MARIA MONTEZ
in
Edgar Allen Poe’s
“THE MYSTERY
OF MARIE ROGET”
with
_ V XC4,
| kayo route. ^ His manager plan
ned to turn him loose in profes
sional circles after the 1941 Golden
Gloves, but the elder Burian called
a halt there, thinking his son was
being rushed to fast.
The Manassa Mauler, a friend
of Burian’s father, had helped
plan his future rin gcampaigns.
His decision that the youngster
needed a few more years of de
velopment abbreviated his Golden
Gloves campaign.
Burian was raised in East St.
Louis, 111. He started fighting
when he was 16 and worked out
at the noted Missouri Athletic
club in St. Louis. He has sparred
with such experts of the squared
circle as Hammerin' Henry Arm
strong, and Fritzie Zivic, former
middle-weight champs, Bob Pas
tor and John Henry Lewis, top
flight heavyweights.
He trained with Joe Louis at
the club.
Burian’s an infighter. He likes
(/be most glee-
some threesome
of the season !
rfdeama
C/uvi(fo>
with
DURBIN-‘LAUGHTON
ROBERT CUMMINGS
mittee of Leroy Muller, Sam
Kaiser and Walter Schlagel.
to mix it up close. Like the fam
ous Hammerin’ Hank, he believes
in getting in the first punch, and
boring in all the time. His attack
is based on bobbing and weaving
tactics.
He was inducted four months
ago and went through basic, classi
fication and processing at Shep
pard Field before being sent here.
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