VOLUME 44
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, 1944
NUMBER 21
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Houston Symphony On Town Hail Thurs.
Ernst Hoffman To t
Bring Distinguished
Musicians to Campus
The Houston Summer Sym
phony, Ernst Hoffmann, conductor,
will be presented by Town Hall at
Kyle Field Thursday, August 17,
beginning at 8:30 p.m.
This will be the second annual
appearance of the summer sym
phony at College Station; the or
chestra played a very successful
concert at A. & M. last summer.
The Houston Symphony Orches
tra has been an annual feature on
the winter series for several years
and has always been greeted with
great enthusiasm. The summer or
chestra, consisting of some 45 se
lected players from the Houston
Symphony, is playing its most suc
cessful summer season.
Physical Education Program Modified;
Classes Specialized, Hours Shortened
Due to a change in the present
conditions and the objective of the
physical education program, a ten
tatively planned schedule for next
semester, differing from the pres
ent schedule, has been recommend
ed to the Academic Council through
the Executive Committee. If passed,
this plan, which calls for a differ
entiation between the physical ed
ucation programs for the respec
tive classes on the campus, will go
into effect next semester.
At the present time, practically
every student enrolled for physical
education, takes the same program,
with no distinction being made for
(See PROGRAM, Page 7)
Divided in two sections the first
half of the program will open with
John Philip Sousa’s best marches,
“King Cotton,” followed by the fa
mous “Blue Danube” waltzs. Ros
sini, composer of the “William
Tell” overture will have his “Semi-
ramide” overture played at this
concert, and it is one of his best.
It contains the first quartet for
French horns ever included in an
operatic overture. David Guion
Texas bom composer, will have two
of his compositions on the pro
gram: “The Harmonica Player”
and a clever orchestral adaptation
of “Turkey in the Straw.” The
first section will close with the
overture to Strauss’s “The Bat.”
After the intermission, the sec
ond half will conclude the chezo
from Brahms’ Fourth Symphony,
and the Andante from Haydn’s
(See SYMPHONY, Page 6)
ERNST HOFFMANN, conductor
of the Houston Summer Sym
phony.
Scouts Collect Four
Tons of Waste Paper
Last Friday, between the hours
of 4 and 7 P. M., College Station
Boy Scout Troops Nos. 411 and 102
together with the Cub Scouts and
six adult sponsors, collected 9,000
pounds of waste paper.
At the conclusion of this drive,
the boys were taken to the Bryan
Country Club Pool for a swim,
after which they feasted on ham
burgers and cokes.
These boys, Dr. Luther Jones
revealed, have averaged collecting
5,000 pounds of discarded paper
every two months since the waste
paper drive began over a year ago.
Regimental Ball Was
A Definite Success
With approximately three hun
dred couples attending the Regi
mental Ball Friday night and two
hundred coming forth for the all
service dance Saturday night the
dances over the weekend were defi
nitely very successful, said L. M.
Collins, head of the Student Ac
tivities.
Not as large a turnout as was
anticipated was had for the all
service dance, said Collins, but the
two day dance program as a whole
was very gratifying. Collins also
added that since the attendance for
both dances was not up to par,
part of the reserve from the pre
vious two dances of this semester
was used to defray some of the
expenses.
The committee was very satis
fied with Friday night’s Regimen
tal Ball, declaring Ernie Fields’
music very appropriate and enjoy
able. It is believed that everyone
who attended Friday night enjoyed
every minute of the dance.
Next on the entertainment list
for Aggies is the Second Regimen
tal Ball scheduled for August 24
with an all-service dance on the
following night. Fletcher Hender
son and his orchestra will furnish
the music for both dances.
E. J. Kyle, Agriculture Dean, Was An
Outstanding Member Class ’99 Here
By Eli Barker
Edwin Jackson Kyle, Dean of
ic School of Agriculture, was
Drn at Kyle, Texas, on July 22,
376. After attending private
:hool at Kyle, he came to Texas
.. & M. to receive his B. S. A.
tid then went to Cornell Univer-
ty to get his dgree of M. S. A. *
While a student here at A. & M.
he had the highest military rank
in his'junior and senior years, act
ing as Commandant during his
senior year with a seat on the
Faculty. He was the only student
ever accorded this honor. Presi
dent of the senior class, president
(See DEAN KYLE, Page 5)
Classified Seniors and Commissioned
Cadet Officers Qualify to Wear Boots
Applications Must Be
Made For Renewal Of
Basic “A” Gas Books
...The Placement Office has ap
plications for renewal of basic
“A” books, for the convenience of
employees of the College. The in
structions in connection with these
applications are as follows: “Fill
out and attach cover of old “A”
book, or if unable to locate it, at
tach automobile license receipt to
verify ownership of vehicle, which
will be returned when new books
are processed and mailed back.”
....Applications must be completed
early enough for the Placement
Office to be able to turn them to
the O. P. A. by September 1. New
books will be issued by September
22.
Student Activities
Office Gives Dinner
The Student Activities Depart
ment of A. & M. entertained 33
guests with a chicken dinner at
“The Oaks” in Bryan Mon-day
night. The meal was served in the
yard under the trees.
The Aggies who attended the
dinner were the members of the
Committee on Student Activities,
employees of Guion Hall, and the
Battalion Staff.
+ Senior boots have been made
optional regulation uniform wear
for cadet commissioned officers
and classified seniors it was an
nounced with the approval of pres
ident Gibb Gilchrist by the Com
mandant’s Office this morning.
The substance of the order per
mitting the wearing of senior boots
reads as follows:
“By direction of the President
of the A. & M. College of Texas
the prohibition against the seniors
wearing boots as directed by the
Executive Committee on 18 Sep
tember, 1942, is suspended until
the close of next semester which
will be 2 February, 1945.
“All cadet commissioned officers
and academically classified seniors
who are wearing the prescribed
uniform and who are quartered
with military units are authorized
to wear boots as a part of the
uniform on appropriate occasions.
“Boots will not be worn during
hours devoted to military instruc
tion except that they may be worn
during periods of mounted instruc
tion in equitation.
“All cadets concerned are cau
tioned that nothing in this order
shall be interpreted as to imply
that the concession granted in this
order shall extend beyond 2 Feb
ruary, 1945. In no case should stu
dents obligate themselves for boots
on the presumption that they will
(See PRESIDENT. Page 8)
“Aggie Of The Week” . . .
Cadet Lt. Colonel Paul Q. Olschner
Plays Violin, Commands 9 Companies
By Dick Goad I Mrs. C. E. Olschner of that city.
Another one of the many Lou- While attending the public schools
isiana boys who have made good there, Olschner was an outstanding
on the campus is Paul Q. Olschner, member of the high school band in
cadet Lt. Colonel of the Second which he played for five years.
Regiment. As regimental command- While in the band Paul played the
er Olschner is in charge of the viola, and later on as a member
activities of three battalions and of the high school orchestra for
the band, making a total of nine two years he was a specialist on
companies under his supervision, the violin. From this activity Paul
An Electrical Engineering stu- traveled a great deal over the
dent Paul is also chairman of the country representing the local
local chapter of the American In- band. On one of his trips away
stitute of Electrical Engineers. from the school, Paul played in
Paul comes to Aggieland from the National High School Band in
Shreveport, La., the son of Mr. and (See AGGIE, Page 4)