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DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Texas A«M The B SEMI-WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER TEXAS A. & M. DEEP IN AGGIELAND VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 31, 1944 NUMBER 40 Aggieland Orchestra To Play For Annual Fish Ball in Sbisa Saturday Nite 4- Cadet Corps To Honor Sailors, Marines At Corps Ball Saturday Nite When Cadet Corps Was 7,000 Strong Dormitories 5-7 Are Reserved for Guests Friday night, November 3, the annual Fish Ball will be held in the main dining hall of Sbisa from 9 until 1, with music furnished by the Aggieland Orchestra featuring the vocalist Natalie Lane. Tickets are now on sale for $1.50 stag or drag. Saturday night there will be an Aggie-Navy dance which will be held in the same place with the Aggieland Orchestra again handl ing the musical chores. R. E. Lane, president of the freshman class, announced that all seniors are invited to the dance, but will be charged 254 to cover the tax. Lane added that members of the military staff are also in vited. Other class officers who are working on the dance are John Macs, vice-president; Harry Hop kins, secretary; and Richard Den nis, treasurer. E. R. Baugh is handling the tickets while Ray mond Hennig is planning the dec orations. The committee which is planning the dance is also hard at work. Dorms 5 and 7 will be open for the dates at a charge, of 154, Har ry Boyer announced. It will be necessary though for the Aggies to furnish sheets and pillow cases. BEAT THE HOGS Saipan Battle Was Worst of All, Says Aggie Ex, Class ’44 Platoon Sgt. Patrick J. Haenelt, class of ’44, enlisted in the ma rines 34 months ago because he wanted to see China. He is now back in Houston, his home town, but he has yet to see China. He was awarded the Purple Heart and five stars for major en gagements. He has participated in the engagements in the Gilberts, Marshalls, Marianas, Midway, and the Coral Sea, including the bat tles of Tarawa, Kwajalein, Eniwe- tok, Saipan and Tinian. In the opinion of this 21-year-old ex, the worst battle of them all was Saipan. “The Japs went crazy.” They came in without any regard for whether they would be killed or not,” he said. “For the first few days we were always on the go, with no sleep, very little chow, and always thirsty. Then the army came and relieved us.” Haenelt was wounded on Saipan July 24 by shrapnel and recently was released from the hospital. The first thing he did on arriving in the states was “just stood and looked.” He then “tanked up” on milk, lettuce and tomatoes. His mother, Mrs. J. A. Clark, resides in Houston. He was ma joring in Electrical Engineering. As the great day, Friday, Octo ber 27, approached; the blood in every Sophomore’s veins began to tingle: There was much anxiety, and everyone had many thoughts about coming events. Adequate preparations were necessary with the details being the important things. To write the best girl was the first thing, then to wite that second best girl was the next thing, then to write the third best girl followed—and so one as the negative answers continued to pour in. Among the inner circles it was wondered if the end of semester vacations at Texas university and SMU were timed to coincide with the Soph Ball so that it would make the second year men sweat for their dates. But this was not necessary because everyone rea lizes that class can get the most beautiful women to come to the dances. At last the big day arrived, but the Sophomore class men didn’t seem so happy as they straggled to classes with very dissatisfied looks on their faces. Their hair was Fellowship Luncheon Postponed to Thurs. W. R. Horsley, Placement Office Director, announced today that the Fellowship Luncheon for Thursday, November 2nd, has been postponed to a later date. Instead, the Luncheon will be held on November 9th. BEAT THE HOGS Juniors to Sit for Longhorn Pictures It was announced today by Marc Smith, editor of the Longhorn, that all Juniors will have their pic tures taken during the period from October 30 to November 8. Juniors living in Dormitories 14, 15, 16, and Walton Hall will have their pictures taken from October 30 to November 1; those residing in Dormitory 17 and Milner, Mitch ell, and Bizzell Hall from Novem ber 2 to 4; and those living in Law, Puryear, and Hart will have theirs taken from November 6-8. Smith requested that all juniors report for their sitting at the date as signed. Referring to the recent Senior pictures taken, Smith asked that the proofs be returned to the stu dio as soon as possible and that those who have not obtained their proofs yet, to do so immediately that they may be returned and the print made. He said he was very pleased with the method in which the seniors cooperated in report ing for their sittings on time and urged that the juniors be as prompt. BEAT THE HOGS Red Cross, National War Chest, Benefit From Local Funds The two largest items in the Col lege Community Chest budget are the contributions to the Red Cross and the National War Chest. In both of these campaigns the College Community is supposed to contri bute 20% of the Brazos County quota. Staff members who wish to make gifts to the Red Cross and the War Chest are requested to keep in mind, the fact that the Commun ity Chest aids both funds. By mak ing your payments to the Commun ity Chest you help that agency ob tain, the funds necessary for the College Community contributions to both these worthy campaigns. The Community Chest budget calls for contributions of $7000 to the Red Cross and $4,000 to the Na tional War Chest. P»an now to make your contributions next week. mussed, and many were minus a belt or a cap. It all seemed very strange to outsiders who knew nothing, absolutley nothing, about what was going on. As classes be gan to be dismissed for the day, it was noticed that the theatres began to fill up, not with fresh men, juniors, or seniors. But the only alternative left, sophs. Yes, yes, all very strange. But the time for that one and only to come in on the 6:12 or the 7:54 Sunbeam began to roll around, and many decided that it was best to leave the sanctuary of the theatre and head back to the dorm to get the glamour put on. Ah, yes, the glamour, that was what was needed to make the right im pression on the most beautiful girl in the world. Some who had blind dates didn’t need much glam our. Amen, brother. Upon arrival back to the dorm (the arrival coincided with the en trance of the Corps into the mess hall in every case), a quick dash was made to the shower room. Then back to the hole to get a fresh suit of clothes on. Oops, I thought I had some clean underwear. Well, AggieEx Commands Oil Pipeline Co. On European Front Supplies Oil, Fuel, To Speedy Infantry Tribute is paid to the men who undergo “shell fire, bombings, strafings and mine fields to bring the precious motor fuels that have powered the European invasion” and the products “of Texas A. & M. College of whom thei’e are so many over here” in two articles by Warren C. Platt in the National Petroleum News for Oct. 4 and 11. Specifically mentioned in the full and interesting account of the difficulties of keeping motor fuels in the invasion vanguard are Ma jor A. B. Stevens, for eight years professor of Petroleum Engineer ing here, and Captain W. Bates White, Mechanical Engineering (See AGGIE, Page 4) I don’t have time to look for them now. What did I do with my new shoes now; and now I can’t find my woolen pants. Oh, why am I so careless? The only thing to do so to wear the old shoes and this patched pair of khaki pants to meet the one and only and go the dance which I have waited four semesters to go to. That’s life; tough, isn’t it? Then straight to Sbisa annex with no dilly-dallying along the way. The first time in the his tory of Texas A. & M. that an Aggie with a date passed up a* bench. But things were not going so well at the dance, and it was almost ten o’clock before the crowd really began to “gather”. The sen iors turned out in full force, but the second year men payed no at tention to that. It is to be admitted that they were worried at first, but nothing happened to justify their fears. The young ladies just couldn’t seem to notice them. It was found out that the girls had the opinion that the men in dark green coats, pink riding pants, and boots wei'e mere freshmen. Yes, yes, all very, very, very strange. College Is Host At Texas CREA Meet Committee Makes Day Survey Farm Future A survey of potential future farm electrification and its mone tary value to farm operators high lighted an all-day meeting of the Texas Committee on the Relation of Electricity to Agriculture held at the Texas A. & M. College last Friday. The Texas CREA, which for two decades has been fostering rural electrification development in Tex as and conducting research on its problems, is composed of electric service company executives, agri cultural and engineering personnel of the Texas A. & M. College and farmers and stockmen from vari ous parts of the State. It was formed in 1925 by combining a rural lines committee, organized in 1921 by the Southwest Public Serv ice Association, an organization of electric utilities companies operat ing in Texas, and a similar com mittee appointed at Texas A. & M. College two years later to study the problems of rural electrifica tion. The historical development of rural electrification in Texas was reviewed by Dr. F. C. Bolton, exec utive vice president of the College who conducted the meeting. Some 50 members of the CREA were welcomed to the campus and heard their efforts lauded by President Gibb Gilchrist. Activities and future plans of the CREA were enumerated in de tail by P. T. Montfort of the A. & M. Department of Agricultural En gineering, who has been project di rector for the committee. The basic problem of CREA, he said, is to determine what the service is worth to the farmers and all research of his staff and others has been pitched on this plane. Rural elec trification development has been almost at a standstill on account of the war, but a tremendous ex pansion was foreseen immediately after cessation of hostilities when manufacturers- can devote their outputs to civilian needs. Rural electrification really began in the 1920’s, Mr. Montfort said, though some farms had electric service as early as 1912. At that time power companies knew very little about farm needs. By 1923 there were 2,100 Texas 5arms with (See COLLEGE. Page 2) First Camera Club Meeting* Scheduled For Wednesday Night Wednesday night at 7:15 the first meeting of the Camera Club will be held on the steps of Gnion Hall. Because of the number of members leaving to enter the serv ice there are several memberships available to new students who en tered A. & M. for the first time this fall. Plans are being completed for a series of lectures, one a month at least, covering the subject of photography ranging from “The Beginner’s Eye View” to “Tech nique in the Dark Room. , ’ Slides prepared by Eastman will be used to illustrate these lectures and will be supplemented by a series of motion pictures. Theory of pho tography and the basic factors of the art of using the camera will be covered in the lectures. Various experienced members of the club will deliver these lectures. Membership in the Camera Club will be open for only a limited time and Tom Puddy, sponsor, has ex tended an invitation to all interest ed persons to join in order to learn and increase their knowledge of photography. Because of the difficulty in ob taining photographic .equipment there is no requirement concera- ing the ownership of a camera but Puddy stated that it was advisable for each member to obtain one for part time use. General club dues will be $1.00 with additional fees required for darkroom privileges. Additional de tails can be obtained from Puddy. BEAT THE HOGS A. & M. Student Presided Over the Baptist Convention Cliff Harris, an A. & M. student, presided over the Sunday session on the recent Baptist Student Con vention in Abilene which was held in Hardin-Simmons Stadium. An Aggie-ex, Dr. Charles Barnes, delivered one of the principal ad dresses on the individual meaning of the personal forum. More than 1300 students from over Texas attended the meeting and elected Frenchie Bramwell from Southwestern Baptist Theo logical Seminary as president of the convention. The convention ac tivities included addresses! Jjy out standing theologians from all over the state, campfire services, sing ing, banquets, and a sunrise serv ice. Initial Aggie Stage Show Is Successful Response was so gratifying at the free show given by the Aggi'e- land Orchestra and the Singing Cadets last Saturday evening in Guion Hall that plans are being made to bring other shows of like nature to the corps. Because of the football schedule it will be impos sible for the planned shows to be presented until after the football season but when it is over there will be regular shows in Guion. Hit of the program last Satur day was the singing of a girls trio from Bryan. The Singing Cadets provided the most rousing enter tainment with their rendition of “I’d Rather Be a Texas Aggie”. The Aggieland Orchestra furaished the music for nearly all the num bers and in addition played two numbers on their own. Natalie Lane, their regular vocalist also sang to the crowd that exceeded 300. Aggies and their guests pre dominated but there was a sprink ling of sailors and faculty mem bers in the audience. Relatively young, the Museum of A. & M. was founded in Septem ber, 1937. It houses the Mark Francis collection of fossil verte- braes, the O. W. Ball collection of fossil plants, and the S. M. Tracy Herbarium of about fifty thous and recent plants. From time to time various relics have been given to the museum the first things that catch the ob server’s eye are the wood carv ings. Chinese and Balinese collec tions are the most prized items. These carvings are made out of light maple and oak and some of the carvings have a picturesque appearance. Here in the same part of the building can be found beau tiful fur rugs, obtained from ani mals of the far north and all parts of the world. Leaving the entrance of the building and going toward the rear part, the visitor first spies a pecu liar looking mummy qase lying in the second room. Under the lid of this case lies the oldest man of the campus. No one knows his name, but he comes from an Egyptian tomb. He was first removed from Efforts Made Contact Nearby Girls Clubs For Servicemen Dates Saturday night beginning at 9 o’clock the Cadet Corps will honor the navy detachment stationed on the campus with a formal* 1 dance. Music will be furnished by the Aggieland Orchestra. Admission prices are $1.20 for Aggies whether they bring dates or not, $1.20 for sailors without dates, and sailors with dates will be admitted free. The dance is for all marine and naval personnel. Efforts are being made to con tact girls’ organizations in Hous ton, Huntsville, Navasota, and Nacogdoches to come to the cam pus this weekend as dates for the sailors. Several times in the past these organizations have respond ed to the call of the aircorps when it was stationed on the campus to help make dances a success. The visiting girls will be housed in one of the dormitories in the Duncan Hall area and the hous ing expense will be borne by the Sailor Welfare Fund. Meals for the girls will be served in Duncan Mess Hall with the sailors. This dance is one in a series of acts on the part of the Aggies and the naval detachment to better re lations between the two groups. BEAT THE HOGS Refrigeration Course Planned A four-day Food Refrigeration short course for about 50 state leaders of agricultural teaching and research in seven Southwestern States will be held at the Agricul tural and Mechanical College of Texas in February, E. J. Kyle, dean of Agriculture, has announced. Sponsored by the U. S. War Food Administration, this short course will involve key personnel of the U. S. Farm Security Administra tion, and the Extension Service, Experiment Station. Vocational Agriculture and the agricultural teaching divisions of the States of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. Immediately upon conclusion of the regional meeting, the Texas A. & M. College will stage another and more general food preserva tion short course for district and community leaders of Texas, Dean Kyle said. This is being done to take advantage of the lecturers and equipment that wijl be assem bled for the first group. Dean Kyle has appointed a com mittee to work out details and select the exact dates of the food refrigeration short course. Chair man is E. R. Alexander, head of the Department of Agricultural Education, and vice chairman is P. T. Montfort, Agricultural En gineering Department. mounted animals of all types can ures show his age to be around two thousand years. Located in this same part of the museum are many examples of taxidermy. Here mounted animals of al types can be found; deer, mountain lions, goats, and many forms of bird life. Going to the extreme rear of the building, the visitor finds gigantic fossils. This rear part houses ele phant and dinosaur fossils. These consist of teeth, skulls, and many other parts of the prehistoric ani mals, skeleton. One complete skele ton of a Stone Age elephant is on display. A preserved skin and head of an African python is found hanging on the wall. The length of this gigantic snake is nineteen feet and eight inches. Besides the collection of fossils, animals, mummies, and wood carv ings, one can also find interesting collections of Indian relics and others. The museum is open to visitors and students daily. C. J. Hesse, in charge of the museum, will be glad to answer any ques tions concerning the collections which are on display. Sophomores Are Calm, Collected, As Day Of Big Dance Rolls Around By Eli Barker Oldest Man On Campus Rests In Museum Founded In 1937