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BI-WEEKLY
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
DEEP IN AGGIELAND
TEXAS A. & M.
VOLUME 44
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 27, 1945
NUMBER €8
Sophs Name
Jack Baugh
Class Pres.
Fish and Frogs Also
Elect Officers In
Meetings Last Fri.
At a meeting held Friday the
Sophomore Class elected Dick
Baugh of San Antonio president.
Other officers chosen by the class
were Fritz Seyfarth, vice-pi’esi-
dent; Quin Baker, secretary-treas
urer, and Cecil, historian. Baugh is
a member of “F” Company, Infan
try, and is majoring in electrical
engineering.
The Fish class also had a meet
ing Friday and elected Fish Monte
Y. Swatzell as president, and Fish
David T. Gentry as vice-president.
Fish Swatzell is from Cleburne and
is majoring in Pre-Vet. He is a
member of “B” Company, Infan
try. Fish Gentry, who is in “C”
Company, Infantry, is from Dal
las and is majoring in Modern
Languages.
Monday evening the Frog class
met in the Assembly Hall and
elected the following officers:
Frog Wiegand, secretary and Frog
Leper, treasurer.
Canadian Officer
To Lecture March 2
Major H. G. Scott of the Cana
dian Army, noted publicist, will
discuss “The Role of the North
American Continent” as a phase
of new forces in world affairs in
two lectures in this area Friday,
March 2. The first will be at
Stephen F. Austin High School in
Bryan at 12:45 p. m., and the sec
ond at the First Baptist Church
in College Station at 7:30 p. m.
This is the second of four lec
tures by the Institute of Interna
tional Understanding which are
sponsored locally by the Bryan
Rotary Club. They have been ar
ranged to give students in the high
schools and at Texas A. & M.,
service men and residents of this
area an opportunity of hearing
from outstanding authorities about
the dominating forces on the world
scene and their probable impact
upon the postwar world.
There are no admission charges
to any of these lectures and the
general public is invited to attend,
said George M. Garrett, president
of the Bryan Rotary Club.
Major Scott was born and edu
cated in Scotland. He went to the
province of Alberta, Canada, where
he practiced law and was for sev
eral years magistrate of the City
of Calgary. During World War I
he served with the British Intelli
gence Corps in Greece. For a num
ber of years prior to World War
II he went to Enrope bvery second
year,, During this war he served as
liaison officer between the Cana
dian and Allied armies. In 1943 he
returned to Canada for social serv
ice in connection with internees. In
the summer of 1944 Major Scott
served as special war correspondent
visiting France after the Normandy
invasion.
First lecturer of this series was
Samuel D. Rosen on Feb. 23, hand
ling “Russia’s Position—East and
West.” The two remaining talks
will be given March 9 by Geraldine
Townsend Fitch on “The New China
in the New Pacific,” and March
16 by M. P. Greenwood-Adams on
“Australia, New Zealand and the
Islands.”
Cashion to Speak
To 18 Year Olds
M. L. Cashion of the Y. M. C. A.
urges all Aggies that are approach
ing their eighteenth birthday be
fore March 15, to come by to see
him at their leisure.
Those of you who would like
advise concerning registration, pre
induction, branch of service, etc.
should talk to Mr. Cashion as soon
as possible.
Lil Dimmitt, Aggie Track Coach, Prepping Aggie
Thinclads For Twelfth Consecutive Varsity Season
By L. H. Calahan
Lil Dimmitt, head track coach at
A. & M., started working with
track teams while living in George
town, Texas, back in the twenties.
Dimmitt had a very close friend
who was coach at Southwestern
University, and he used to go over
to the college and, help out with
the boys. After deciding to give
up ranching and start coaching
athletics, he went to Beaumont
where he was an instructor in
physical education for 12 years. In
1935 Dimmitt left Beaumont and
came to A. & M. as an athletic
instructor, and since then he has
coached many Southwestern Con
ference winners in the various
track events. Dimmitt said that
there were around four or five all-
Americans that have come from
A. & M. since he has been here,
and there have been many more
honorable mentions.
The Texas Aggies and their
Sugar Bowl game of 1939 is de
scribed by Dimmitt as the best
football game that he has ever
seen .That was the team that had
all of the Aggie greats on it, Jar-
Hillel Club to Have
Picture Made Feb. 28
On Wednesday, February 28, at
5:15 P. M., the Hillel Club will
have its picture taken for the Long
horn on the steps of the Y. M. C. A.
Freshmen and Sophomores wear
wool shirts and trousers; Juniors
wear serge; Seniors wear serge
shirts and pink trousers.
rin’ John Kimbrough in particular.
He said that the greatest track
star that he has coached was Pete
Watkins, who in 1943 broke the
Southwest Conference High Jump
record, and also the Drake Relay
record which had stood for twenty
years. The standing record was
6 ft. 6 in., and Watkins placed it
at 6.8 in. which, by the way, is
still the record.
Lil Dimmitt is now busy get
ting his boys in shape for the com-
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ing Southwest Conference track
season which will officially open
on March 9 at Laredo. Dimmitt
says that the event held at La
redo, and more commonly called
the Border Olympics, is a very
colorful sight to see. He said that
the people really put on a big show
for everyone that goes down to
see the game, and that no Aggie
has ever been disappointed with
the hospitality of the people.
Prior to the Border Olympics
Dimmitt has to decide on the mem
bers of his various teams and the
events in which they are going to
participate. He said that next week
the training really will get started
and he will be making some defi
nite arrangements as to who the
members of the team will be. There
will be sixteen different events in
the Southwest Conference this
year, and they are: discus, javelin
throwing, 100 yd. dash, 220, 440,
880, mile, two mile, mile relay, 440
relay, high hurdles, low hurdles,
high jump, broad jump, shot put,
and pole vaulting.
Dimmitt is now starting his elev
enth year as coach at A. & M., and
hopes to celebrate this season with
many victories for the Aggies. In
the last couple of years he has had
some good athletic teams. His base
ball team won the Southwest Con
ference in 1942, and it was his
track team that led the way in
1943, and now he is going to try
to add a host of new victories in
1945.
Supply of Senior
Favorites Available
A small supply of Senior Favors,
Class of 1946, is on hand at the
Student Activities Office in the
Administration Building, it was an
nounced today. Members of that
class can purchase these favors
at the regular price by calling at
the office. Orders by mail will be
accepted if accompanied by check
or money order.
Denton A Capella Choir
On Guion Stage Tonight
Famd NTSTC Choral Group Program Begins
At 8 P. M.; Dr. Wilfred Bain Is Director
Tonight at 8 o’clock Student Ac
tivities will present the colorful
Denton A Cappella Choir from the
North Texas State Teachers Col
lege on the Guion Hall stage. In
cluding forty voices, the choir, un-
Certificates For
Motor Operator
Short Course Given
Certificates showing satisfactory
completion of the first short course
for motor vehicle fleet operators
to be held at the Texas A. & M.
College were awarded Friday night
at a dinner held at Aggieland Inn.
Presentation was made by Amos
E. Nyhart, administrative head of
the Penn State Institute of Public
Safety.
der the direction of Dr. Wilfred
C. Bain, has been heralded by
critics nationally as one of the
most dramatic and colorful musical
organizations in \the southwest.
Opening tonight’s program, in
•♦■group number one will be “The
Two Americans,” by Domenico Sa-
vino, and “Motet, Op. 29” nupiber
two, by J. Brahms. Group number
two includes “Ezekiel Saw De
Wheel,” by William L. Dawson;
“The Lone Prairie,” by Harry W.
Wilson; “Deaf Woman’s Court
ship,” by Elie Siegmeister; and
“Cindy,” by Harry W. Wilson.
Group three contains “Out of the
Night,” by Mortin J. Luvaas; “Lul
laby on Christmas Eve,” by Melius
Christiansen; “Victory Song,” by
Natalie Curtis; “The Blue Bird,”
by C. V. Stanford; “Hospodi Po-
milui,” by Lvovsky; and finally
“The Lord’s Prayer,” by Malotte.
(See TOWN HALL, Page 4)
This short course was held under
the sponsorship of A. & M.’s Indus
trial Extension Service, directed
by E. L. Williams. Cooperating with
the College were Texas and nation
al automotive and safety groups.
It began Feb. 19 and was completed
Feb. 23, and was attended by a
picked group of some 20 odd re
presentatives o f transportation
companies.
Clem K. Best of Houston was
given the responsibility of gather
ing and editing individual notes
taken by the trainees during the
short course and making a digest
available for all in attendance. It
also is his mission to stimulate in
terest in a similar short course to
be held next year.
Texas agencies cooperating in
staging the short course were: Tex
as Motor Transportation Associa
tion, Texas State Board for Voca
tional Education, Texas State De
partment of Public Safety, Texas
Safety Association and Texas
Board of Insurance Commission.
The dinner also was addressed
by State Senator A. B. Crawford
of Granbury who came over from
Austin with officials of the coop
erating agencies.
Galveston A. & M.
Will Meet Wed.
The Galveston A. & M. Club will
hold an important meeting in the
lounge of the New “Y” at 7:15
p.m., Wednesday night. All men
from Galveston County are cordial
ly invited and strongly urged to
attend, as the club will be reor
ganized and important plans will
be made for social activities to be
held in the near future.
A&M Houston Club
Meet to Elect Officers
Wednesday evening, February
28, after supper the A. & M. Hous
ton Club will meet to elect officers.
The meeting will be held in Room
109 of the Academic Building.
All Aggies of Houston are urged
by the former president of the
Club to attend this important
meeting.
Press Club to Meet
In “Y” Wed. Night
A meeting of the Press Club
will be held Wednesday evening at
7:30 in the Cabinet room of the
Y.M.C.A., it was announced by
club President Dick Goad today.
An election of new officers is
to be held also for those to serve
the remainder of the semester,
said Goad. Also, club activities for
the remainder of the semester will
be planned, including a trip to
Denton and a party here where the
members will be hosts to the Lasso
staff sometime during the semes*
ter.
Goad urged all members of the
Longhorn and Battalion Staffs to
be present at this important meet
ing.
Aero Banquet To
Be Held Wednesday
The program for the National
Aeronautics association banquet
has completed by H. W. Barlow
and S. L. Frost. The dinner will be
given by the Bryan-College Chap
ter of the NAA, at the Maggie
Parker Dining room, Wednesday
evening, February 28, at 7:30.
Geoffrey F. Morgan, Douglas
Aircraft Company representative
will be the principal speaker of
the evening and his topic will be
“Airways are Highways”. Other
details of the program are as fol
lows: Toastmaster will be G. O.
Summers, city mnaager; “Aviation
Activities in Bryan and College
Station: Bryan Army Air Field,
Colonel J. B. Duckworth, com
manding officer; A. & M. College,
Gibb Gilchrist, President; Coulter
Field, Mrs. R. J. Cardwell, Presi
dent of the Bryan-College Station
chapter NAA; Civil Air Patrol, Lt.
C. A. Edge, commander Bryan
C.A.P. Squadron.
A booklet setting forth briefly
the purpose of the NAA and car
rying an article on “What Our
Town Needs,” has been worked up
by Mrs. Cardwell and a copy will
be given each person attending the
dinner.
Newman Club Elects
Howard Palms Prexy
Forty members of the Newman
Club met Monday night and elect
ed club officers for the current
semester. Howard Palms, president
of the Newman Club fob the past
three semesters, presided as
chairman at the elections. Remem
bering the custom followed by the
cldb throughout the years, it fol
lowed that the president should
be a senior, vice-president a jun
ior, and other officers, sophomores.
“Doc” Kelty was unanimously
elected president and pledged to
carry on the good work of the
club. Other officers were elected
as follows: Vice-president, Eddie
Wendt; Secretary, “Dickie” Per-
syn; Treasurer, P. H. Ramsey.
The club, boasting some seventy-
five members last semester, intend
to reach that mark again this se
mester. All Catholics are urged to
see the Treasurer about joining
as soon as possible.
Douglas Aircraft Man
To Speak in Bryan
Geoffrey F. Morgan, manager of
the Douglas Aircraft Company
speakers bureau, will be chief
speaker at the Bryan-College Sta
tion Aviation banquet to be held
Feb. 28 at Mrs. Maggie Parker’s
in Bryan.
Morgan is an outstanding lec
turer and possesses a good sense
of humor, said Dean Howard W.
Barlow. His graphic discussion of
the part which aviation plays in
peace and war has proved of wide
spread interest, Dean Barlow added.