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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, 1944
—AGGIE—
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Los Angeles in April of ’41, and
later was a guest of the University
of Illinois National Band Clinic.
Paul also was an active participant
in high school athletics, serving as
co-captain of the high school ten
nis team in his senior year.
Coming to A. & M. in the sum
mer of ’41, Paul joined the Field
Artillery Band, with C. J. Toland
his company commander during
his fish year. When he became a
junior Paul had the choice of tak
ing a contract in either the signal
corps or the field artillery and,
being an E.E. major, he transfer
red to “B” Company in the Signal
Corps.
While a sophomore in the band
Olschner wore the double stripe” - of
a corporal, served as a buck ser
geant in “B” Co. during his junior
year, was major of the sixth bat
talion last semester, and is now
Lt. Colonel in the second regiment.
As a member of the class of J 45
Paul left the campus with the rest
of his class in May ’43 for the
army. After serving at Camp Rob
erts and at Camp Kohler he was
given a medical discharge from
the army after falling from a
telegraph pole while training as a
pole lineman. Paul’s back was in
jured by the fall, necessitating a
discharge. He returned to the cam
pus in November of that year and
resumed his E.E. courses with the
A.S.T.P. unit.
As to the lighter side of Paul’s
life at A. & M. he remembers the
Thanksgiving week-end of ’42 as
one of his most enjoyable stays
on the campus. It was the week
end following the traditional game
with T. U. when Universal Studios
was filming the picture “We’ve
Never Been Licked.” They were
making the dance sequence and
200 T.S.C.W. girls were brought
down for the scene. Only fifty Ag
gies remained on the campus that
week-end, causing a female to male
ratio of four-to-one. “Those boys
who went home don’t know what
they missed,” said Paul. “I doubt
if ever again that ratio will exist
at A. & M., especially under such
pleasing circumstances,” added
Olschner.
Paul also has been deeply im
pressed by the friendliness among
all Aggies and the equality exist
ing among all students regardless
of background or past. As to Ag
gie traditions, Paul declares Silver
Taps to be the most impressive
and -beautiful of them all.
As to athletics, Olschner caters
to football, and when food is to be
considered, fried chicken tops the
list. And, incidentally, on his nights
out, he can be seen with a certain
tall, black-headed, brown eyed lass
VICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
WAR
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
Rules for Sending
Xmas Packages
“Save strong string and box
material and start to plan shop
ping. Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker advises Americans in an
nouncing the rules for mailing of
Christmas gifts for Army and Navy
personnel overseas.
This year the Christmas mailing
period for both Army and Navy
overseas forces is the same—
September 15 to October 15. After
who works in the Administration
Building.
A distinguished student, Olsch
ner expects to graduate in October
of this year at the end of the
present A.S.T. semester. He is un
decided as yet where he will work,
but he plans to continue in some
firm as an Electrical Engineer.
October 15 no gift parcel may be
mailed to a soldier without the
presentation of a written request
from him.
The great demands upon ship
ping and the need for giving pre
ference to arms, munitions, medi
cine and food is the prime reason
for the early mailing date. More
over, gift parcels must travel
great distances to reach Army and
Navy personnel who are located at
remote points, and frequently the.
transfer of large numbers to new
stations necessitates forwarding
of the package and additional time
is required.
The response that our people
made last year during the overseas
mailing period demonstrated that
they will cooperate in any measure
designed -for the welfare of our
armed forces personnel,” Mr. Wal
ker said. “It is not easy to concen
trate on Christmas gifts in the
midst of warm weather here at
home but our people recognized
the need, and because they want
the men and women who are absent
from their home to know that they
are not forgotten at Christmas
they took pains to assure prompt
delivery of Christmas gifts.
“I know that our people will ob
serve the overseas mailing schedule
once more this year but I do wish
to stress this fact: More care must
be taken in wrapping and packing
parcels securely and addressing
them clearly and correctly.
“It is not a pleasant thing to
visit a postal concentration center
and see the numbers of Christmas
parcels which will never reach
servicemen and servicewomen. Post
office personnel have orders to
do everything they can to effect
delivery of such gift, because we
know how important they are for
the happiness of the armed forces.
Too frequently, nothing can be
done.
I am sorry that anyone ever men
tioned that the size of a shoe box
is the approximate limit for pack
ages intended for gift mailings
overseas. Unhappily many people
became convinced that a shoe box
"S the best possible container. We
must be mindful that these gifts
must travel far, with shipping V
space corwded. If the gifts are to
be protected in transit they must
be packed in boxes made of metal,
wood, solid fiberboard, or strong
double-faced corrugated fiberboard,
reinforced with strong gummed
paper tape or tied with strong
twine. If both tape and strong
twine are used, so much the better.
If the other wrapper is crushed—
and this is likely to happen—the
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