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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 29, 1944
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas and the City of College Station, is published three time* weekly, and issued
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Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.
ege Station,
irday mornini
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ongress of March 8, 1870.
Subscription rate $3 per school year. Advertising rates upon request.
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Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Praneieco.
Office, Room S, Administration Building. Telephone 4-1444.
Member
Plssocided Golle6iote Press
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David M. Seligman
Tuesday’s Staff
Charles R. West Managing Editor
Jim Gabbard Ass’t Managing Editor
Teddy Bumstein Reporter
Robert English Reporter
Lloyd Garrett Reporter
Saturday's Staff
Calvin E. Brumley Managing Editor
Fred Manget Reporter
Max Mohnke Reporter
R. A. Voegeli Reporter
Special Writers
Archie Broodo (Aggie) For Lass-O
SuSu Beard (Tessie) For Battalion
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editor
Thursday’s Staff
David M. Seligman Managing Editor
Fred Manget Soph Editor
John Gutteridge Reporter
Robert Gold Reporter
Bob Webb Reporter
Spores Staff
R. L. Weatherly Acting Sports Editor
Bob Orrick Sports Writer
Max Mohnke Sports Writer
Circulation Staff
Jack Brown Circulation Manager
Charles Brown Ass’t Circulation Mgr.
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Dial 4-4114
FEATURED ON WTAW
IT’S BREAKFAST for genial
Tom Breneman, and a double
order of impromptu fun for the
60 women who are his break
fast guests each weekday at one
of Hollywood’s most famous res
taurants. Their gala morning
get-together, “Breakfast at Sar-
di’s, is heard over WTAW and
the Blue Network every Mon
day through Friday at 10 to
10:30.
—AGGIES—
(Continued from page 1)
sleeping quarters. Our soloist,
Burl Ervin, received word that
there had been a death in his fam
ily, so he left on a bus immediate
ly after our program.
A great deal of the happenings
in the barracks cannot be repeat
ed, however, most of the fellows
agree that the last thing they
heard was Johnny Veine playing
taps on his flute, and the first
thing they heard next morning
was Johnny Yeine.
As soon as all had eaten break
fast, they set out for San An
tonio by way of Austin. How
could they miss the opportunity
of singing, the War Hymn as they
drove all over the Teasipper’s cam
pus ? The Aggies were sourly
disappointed, though, for they
caught glimpses of only a very
few of the students. You see, it
was only ten o’clock in the morn
ing and the majority of the cookie-
pushers hadn’t called the valet to
bring up their morning tea. The
War Hymn woke them!
Enthusiasm hadn’t subsided be
fore the club arrived in San An
tonio at the Army-Navy U. S. O.
The all-male choir was then re
leased to roam at will until six
o’clock that evening. Several fel
lows stayed in the U. S. O. to
bowl, write letters or read; lots of
them visited the historical Alamo,
but the greater number of them
went “dear” hunting.
After mess that evening, a con
cert was given to the service men
in the U. S. O. You know, it real
ly seems to do our men good to
see a bunch of young fellows sing
from their very souls in the style
that the cadets use for this type
of program. According to the U.
S. O. representatives, programs
that the cadets present to service
men are more inspirational than
any other programs that they may
enjoy. None of the men are so
old that they cannot understand
the vigor and adventure that is
embodied in such a rollicking ex
hibit of spirit. “Home Sweet
Home,” a more sentimental fav
orite, inevitably chokes the men
up near the end of each program.
You’d be surprised at the number
of men that come up at the end
of each program just to talk to
the Aggies. The cadets like them
equally as much.
Saturday night was spent with
several hundred (!) other guys in
cots in the U. S. O. gym. In the
morning after breakfast, the group
began to look for Laurel Heights
Methodist Church where the spir
itual concert would be presented.
This program was perhaps the
hardest because of the difficult
numbers and seeming coldness of a
large church. However, people
seemed to enjoy the program im
mensely. The congregation beg
ged for cadets to take home to
dinner. Cadets ran out long be
fore invitations did.
After journeying through Fort
Sam Houston and Randolph Field,
they came to New Braunfels,
where probably the best program
of the trip was presented. In the
confines of a small church in a
small town where people are spon
taneously friendly, the cadets
seem to exert their prowess. The
New Braunfels Methodist Church
was exceptionally nice about fix
ing supper for the group and en
tertaining them.
That night the choir had charge
of the complete service which was
largely an A. & M. Rally for funds
for a new post-war Methodist
Church on the campus. Euell Por
ter, director of the club, seemed
to enchant the audience with Ten
nyson’s “Crossing of the Bar”.
When the cadets sang “Auld Lang
Syne” that night, there was new
■meaning in the beautiful melody,
for this was the last trip for the
President-pianist-magician, Mar
vin Brown, who is being called in
to the Navy this week. The ca
dets also sensed that it was the
last trip for many more; every
month a few more fellows drop
out to answer America’s call.
After the scheduled program
the cadets sang all the Aggie
songs for the benefit of the appre
ciative audience that gathered in
front of the church. Yes, the New
Braunfels program was the last
and probably the best of the trip.
—ASTP—
(Continued from cage 1)
tinue training advanced units are:
Texas A. & M. College, Baylor
University, Louisiana State Uni
versity, New Mexico A. & M. Col
lege, Oklahoma A. & M., Univer
sity of Oklahoma and Prairie View
State College.
The eleven colleges which have
basic phase units only, and there
fore will be most affected, are:
Arkansas State at Jonesboro, Ark.;
Texas College of Mines and Metal
lurgy, El Paso; East Texas State
Teachers College, Commerce; Hen
drix College, Conway, Ark.; John
McNeese Junior College, Lake
Charles, La.; John Tarleton Agri
cultural College, Stephenville; New
Mexico School of Mines, Socorro,
N. M.; North Texas State Teach
ers College, Denton; Northeast
Junior College, Monroe, La.; Sam
Houston State Teachers College,
Huntsville, and Texas College of
Arts and Industries, Kingsville.
Five thousand 17 year-olds in
the A. S. T. P. Reserves will con
tinue as before, with no change in
their status probable, stated offi
cials. Texas Tech at Lubbock,
the University of Oklahoma, at
Stillwater, Okla; Baylor Univer
sity, Waco and Prairie View State
College are the schools who have
been training A. S. T. P. Reserv
ists. Students in this program,
although on civilian status, get
training identical with that of the
regular A. S. T. P. courses until
their eighteenth birthday, when
they are inducted and given basic
training.
An explanation of the reason for
the drastic curtailment of the pro
gram is offered in the letters be
ing sent all A. S. T. P. trainees
subject to reassignment under the
new setup. They say: “The time
has now come for the majority of
you to be assigned to other active
duty. To break the enemies de
fenses and force their uncondi
tional surrender it is necessary' to
hit them with the full weight of
America’s litanpowcr.
FEATURED ON WTAW
Blonde Ann Miller, glamorous
radio actress, lends her dramatic
talents to the “My True Story”
program, heard week-days except
Saturdays over the BLUE Net
work. Ann, a hit in radio, bids
fair to become a sensation over
night when post-war television
becomes popular. That moment
can’t happen soon enough for
radio listeners.
Most of those released from the
ASTP will be assigned to the Army
Ground Forces for duty with di
visions and other units. In
telligence, training and high qual
ities of leadership are expected to
raise the combat efficiency of
those units. The thousands of
ASTP trainees who have already
been assigned to field service have
set high standards to follow.”
New Rates Are Set
For Taxi Service
Due to numbers of complaints
being filed at the offices of the
City of College Station in regard
to the prices charged for taxi ser
vice in this vicinity, the city gov
ernment and the two taxi con
cerns operating in Bryan and
College Station have entered into
an agreement for charges, accord
ing to L. D. Smith, business man
ager of the city. The agreement
was signed by E. P. Mosley and
0. G. Carson of the Diamond Taxi
Cab Co., and by Erwin Smith of
the Safe-T-Way Taxi Cab Co., as
well as Mr. Smith representing the
city.
The terms of the agreement in
clude the following items:
1. One or two couples carried
anywhere within city limits of
College Station one way for 35c
per couple provided there is only
two stops for pick-ups requested.
Each additional person 35c with
a one stop limit.
2. Person picked up within city
limits of College Station on special
call and carried to Bryan will be
charged the following: One to
four persons, 1.00, each additional
person 25c. This is for private
service.
3. Person picked up within city
limits of College Station on special
call and carried to Bryan with
other person will be charged 35c
plus regular charge of 25c or a
j total of 60c.
f Zyjfc: Xi
ocudown on
Campus distractions
By David Seligman
Today and Wednesday at the
Campus is playing “Skylark”,
Claudette Colbert and Ray Mil-
land get the top billing in the
film with the supporting cast
headed by Brian Ahem. Here is
a first class demonstration of how
production teamwork, good direc
tion, proper casting and a lively,
smart script can whip a basically
thin plot into a presentable, if not
enjoyable, picture. Not a great
deal goes on, as far as the story,
in “Skylark”. In fact, it’s the
more or less familiar one of the
up-and-coming young business ex
ecutive—he’s Milland and an ad
vertising executive this time—
well nigh wrecking his five years
of marriage with Claudette Col
bert on the rocks of commercial
ambition. He almost does a per
fect job of kissing himself out of
the situation and paving the way
completely for Ahem the third
side of the triangle, until Miss
Colbert makes up her mind the
divorce is nerts and it’s Milland,
not Ahern and the moonlight, that
she wants. What makes the show
Phone 4-1168
ADMISSION Qn JPr QA n
IS ALWAYS UU (X ZUC
Tax Included
Box Office Opens at 1:00 P. M.
Closes at 7:45
Today and Wednesday
“THEY DARE NOT
LOVE ,,
with
George Brent
Martha Scott
Paul Lukas
Also News and Shorts
better than ordinary, therefore
is not what is said, but how it i:
said.
The Lowdown. A nice way to
spend the two hours between mess
and C. Q. Wednesday.
Grocers To Meet
On Tuesday Night
All grocers of Bryan and Col
lege Station have been called to
meet at the offices of the Brazos
County War Price and Ration
Board Tuesday night at 8 o’clocl
to discuss price control measure, 1
in this community.
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Opens 1 p.m.
TODAY AND WEDNESDAY
Claudette Colbert
Ray Milland in
“SKYLARK”
with
Brian Aherne .
also
Edgar Kennedy Comedy
and
Sporting Dog Short
loupot’s
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LISTEN TO
WTAW
1150 kc — B (Blue Network)
Tuesday
8:00—Sunrise Serenade Studio
8 :10—News Studio
8 :15—Sunrise Serenade Studio
8 :30—Breakfast Club BN
9:00—Sweet River BN
9:15—Pantry Patter Studio
9 :45—News Studio
10:00—Breakfast At Sardi’s BN
10:30—Gil Martyn News BN
10:45—Living Should Be Fun BN
11:00—Spiritual Life BN
11:15—Hasten The Day Studio
11:30—National Farm and Home Hr., BN
12 :00—Baukhage Talkit g BN
12:15—News Studio
12 :30—Farm Fair Studio
12 :45—Music Studio
1.00—Rodriguez & Sutherland BN
1:15—Mystery Chef BN
1:30—Ladies Be Seated BN
2:00—Songs By Morton Downey .... BN
2:15—My True Story BN
2 :45—News Studio
3 :00—Ozark Ramblers BN
3:30—Time Views The News BN
3:45—Brazos Valley Hour Studio
4 :00—Personnel Studio
4:15—Know Your State Studio
4:30—The Sea Hound BN
4:45—Dick Tracy BN
5 :00—Terry And The Pirates BN
5 :15—Hop Harrigan BN
5:30—Jack Armstrong BN
5 :45—Captain Midnight BN
6:00—Awake At The Swith BN
6:30—Metropolitan Opera USA BN
7:00—Watch The World Go By BN
Wednesday
8 :00—Sunrise Serenade Studio
8:10—News Studio
8:15—Sunrise Serenade Studio
8 :30—Breakfast Club BN
9:00—Sweet River BN
9:15—Pantry Patter Studio
9 :45—News Studio
10:00—Breakfast At Sardi’s BN
10:30—Gil Martyn News BN
10:45—Living Should Be Fun BN
11:00—Homespun - BN
11:15—Meet Your Neighbor BN
11:30—National Farm and Home Hr., BN
12:00—Baukhage Talking BN
12:15—News Studio
12 :30—Farm Fair Studio
12 :45—Music Studio
1.00—Rodriguez & Sutherland BN
1:15—Mystery Chef BN
1:30—Ladies Be Seated ... — BN
2:00—Songs By Morton Downey .... BN
2:15—My True Story BN
2 :45—News Studio
3:00—Blue Frolics BN
3:30—Time Views The News BN
3:45—Our Neighbor Mexico Studio
4:00—Treasury Star Parade Studio
4:15—Methodist Hour Studio
4:30—The Sea Hound ... — BN
4:45—Dick Tracy BN
5:00—Terry And The Pirates BN
5 :15—Hop Harrigan ... - BN
5 :30—Jack Armstrong —— BN
5 :45—Captain Midnight BN
6:00—Connie Boswell Presents BN
6 :30—The Lone Ranger — BN
7:00—Watch The World Go By BN
In announcing this new kgree-
men, Mr. Smith urged that users
of taxi service in this vicinity are
to report any violations of the
terms to either the city offices or
to the taxi cab companies. He
expressed his desire for the whole
hearted co-operation of the pub
lic in this connection.
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