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ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 66
Twenty Texas Traffic Officers Convene Here
Industrial Extension Service of College Is Conducting Two-Day Meeting; Ends Wed.
Twenty-four Texas Traffic officers convened yesterday at 10 o’clock to hear Gibb Gilchrist, Dean of the Texas A. & M. College School of Engineering, deliver the opening address for the traffic officers’ training school now being conducted here by the industrial ex-"f tension service of the school ofengineering, E. L. Williams, Director, announced today.
After Dean Gilchrist's opening address, Col. Homer Garrison, Jr., director, Texas state department of Public safety, spoke to the group on the value of training in meeting traffic problems.
Others on the program this morning were Vernon L. Engbert, A. & M. College head police instructor, who spoke on taking notes; Carl J. Rutland, chairman of the Citizens Safety Commision and past president of the Texas Safety Association) addressed the body on today’s traffic problems; and Dr. David G. Monroe, safety division, International Association of Chiefs of Police, who told the group how to study. This afternoon, Gordon H. Sheehe, acting director of training, I. A. C. P. safety division, talked to the assembly on today’s traffic problems.
Accident prevention, traffic control safety, education, and allied subjects will make up the course of study. The training is designed to provide intensive study for the traffic police executives until November 20, at the completion of which they will be given a rigid examination.
Those in attendance are: Robert A. Thompson, Charles Batchelor,E. H. Ricks, Jr., Max B. Moore, William S. Brogden, and John L. Fored, all of Dallas; O. D. James and W. B. Beall, of Port Arthur; C. L. Phillips, J. J. Easter, V. J. Shown, L. J. Moore, A. T. Cook,F. J. Hutchinson, Robert Vaughn, and W. A. Evans, all of Houston; Homer Garrison, Jr., Burch Big- gerstaff, and N. M. Morris, of Austin; A. A. (Lee) Womack, and Dow Morris of Midland; A. O. Shier of Taylor; Richard L. Belflower of Corpus Christi; Dr. David G. Monroe and Gordon H. Sheehe, of the Northwestern University Traffic Institute, Evanston, Illinois.
Jointly sponsored by Texas Dept, of Public Safety and A. and M.
Architecture Dept. Displays Paintings
The Texas Fine Arts Association is exhibiting many paintings of Texas artists this afternoon from 3 until 5 p.m. The exhibition will be held in the Architecture Library on the fourth floor of the Academic Building.
The pictures will be displayed through Saturday, November 13, it was announced by the Architecture Department on Monday afternoon. Elevator service will be available on Tuesday, and it was stated that these paintings are very fine works o fart.
Kyle Begins Series Of Lectures on Trip
E. J. Kyle, Dean of the School of Agriculture, will begin a series of three talks to the people of Texas by speaking at the Sheep and Goat Raisers Association in Fort Worth on December 7. Dean Kyle is lecturing on his trip of several summers ago, to South and Central America.
On the following day he will address the Dallas Rotary Club at noon December 8.
That afternoon he will journey to Waco where he will address the State Grange Association which will hold its meeting at that city.
Dean Kyle has recently finished concluding lectures of his trip to the Rotary Clubs in San Antonio, Houston, and Waco.
Trotter Leaves for Ohio Agronomy Conference Monday
Professor To Represent A.&M. At Annual Meeting On Post-War ProblemsDr. Ide P. Trotter, Head of
the Department of Agronomy at the A. & M. College will leave on the morning of November 8 for the annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy. This year’s meeting will be held in the Netherland Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio from November 9 through November 12. The American Society of Agronomy, the Soil Science of America and many of their subcommittees including those on Fertilizer Utilization and Application will meet at that time.
Thes groups represent organizations and individuals whose work is vital to the success of the National Food and Feed Program. All efforts are being concentrated on the more efficient production of food and feed as well as an expanded acreage where that is practicable.
The American Society of Agronomy held its first meeting in 1908. Since that time meetings have been held each year even during the last year. It seems to be fully recognized that such activities are of greater importance in war-time rather than less. Post-war problems will also be strongly emphasized in the deliberations of the meeting.
Dr. Trotter is a member of a number of committees of the American Society of Agronomy and is Consulting Corps Editor of the Journal of that Soceity. In addition he is representative for the state of Texas of both the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America. Texas ranks very high in their total amount of members in both these organizations.
Pre-Med Club Meets And Elects Officers
The Pre-Med Club held a meeting last Wednesday night, November 3, at the home of Dr. G. E. Potter, Pre Medical Advisor. The meeting was held for the purpose of organizing for this semester’s activities, and the club welcomed back the Junior and Senior activated Pre-Meds who have returned to complete their courses. There was a good number of students present, as weTi as several members of the faculty.
Officers for the semester were elected with Porter Garner chosen as President; Bobby Jones, Vice- President; Jim Gabbard, Sec-Treas. and Myron Mulcahy, Reporter.
It was suggested and discussed that the club- establish a Loan Fund to aid worthy Pre-Meds who get into temporary financial “pinches.’’ A committee was appointed to work out the details for establishing the fund.
Various topics concerning the club were discussed, and it was decided that iirvetings will be held this semester on alternate Wednesdays, as in the past.
The Pre-Med Club will meet again on Nov. 17th and the program now being planned should be very interesting. All Pre-Medical Students are urged to attend.
When Indiana recently met Wisconsin on the Hoosier gridiron, two representatives of the Royal British Navy were on hand to see their first American football game.
Pictured above is the gypsy troupe of Carmen Amaya who will appear on Town Hall Thursday, November 18th. The scene is typical of the Amaya family showing the dancers in their joy at entertaining the people. Carmen Amaya and her troupe of dancers will be the second feature of the present Town Hall season.
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Carmen Amaya To Appear November 18 On Town HallCollege And City Will Begin New Time Tomorrow
Classes and Calls To Be One Hour Earlier; Classes Begin at 8
Beginning tomorrow morning at reveille, the college will resume the old schedule of calls that has been in effect this past spring and summer.
Classes will begin at 8 A. M. in the morning and continue until 5 P. M. in the evening except for the 5 o’clock P. E. classes. Reveille will be at 6:07 in the morning and breakfast at 7:00. Noon meals from 12:00 to 1:00 o’clock, and retreat and supper at 6:00 P. M.
The reason for this change in time was stated in an official notice released by Pres.- Bolton last Friday afternoon which states that the heavy load of Army Sections on classrooms had made it more practicable to return to the old schedule for the conservation of electricity.
Business offices will open at 8 o'clock in the morning, close from 12 to 1 o’clock for lunch, then resume hours until 6 o’clock in the afternoon.
GETS FURLOUGH
LINCOLN, Neb.—Pvt. George Specht gave a reason for an emergency furlough that was a corker. He explained his mother, an army nurse, was sailing for overseas duty. He got the furlough.
The World’s Greatest Flamenco Dancer, Carmen Amaya, comes to Guion Hall stage on November 18 for the second program on Town Hall for this semester.
Discovered in Buenos Aires two years ago, Miss Amaya was soon on her way to the United States with a Hurok contract, through the courtesy of which she is currently making her first major tour of this country.
Since her. arrival early in 1941 Carmen has erupted in every entertainment field with phenomenal success. At the Beachcomber on Broadway she spent seventeen consecutive weeks rooting the spectators with her amazing spins and whirls and sprinkling the surrounding tables with bobby-pins as her raven hair became unleashed. Next came engagements in theaters in a series of eastern cities, after which she invaded austere Carnegie Hall and according to witnesses “left it a smouldering ruin.” Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer claimed her for the dance sequence of the forthcoming super-musical, “Panama Hattie,” after which she flew back to Broadway to headline the Ed Wynn laugh hit, “Laugh, Town, Laugh.”
When she starts going to town this swarthy, sloe-eyed, blackhaired Gypsy stops the show with the improvised measures of such flamenco dances as “soleares” and “alegrias”—which are never twice the same. Her incredibly quick foot-stamps and finger-snapping and castanet clacks are animal-like in their fury.
“When I dance,’’ says Carmen, “my heart comes out of my mouth.” The audience can almost see it.
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Aggies To Desert Campus For Two Days To Attend Football Game With Rice
Rice Institute to Have Homecoming on Date Of Clash With Ags; No Corps Trip Yet
Four Dormitories To Be Fumigated Beginning Tuesday
Milner, Law, Puryear,And Hart Halls Will Be Vacated For FumigationStudents and army personnel
stationed on the campus are reminded that certain dormitories are being fumigated this week. Last week Legett, Mitchell, and Bizell Halls were fumigated, and beginning today four more dorms /vill be fumigated.
The personnel of Milner Hall must be vacated by 9 a.m. this morning, and they will be allowed to re-enter the dorm at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Hart Hall will be vacated at the same time on November 10, and the occupants can reenter at 4 p.m. November 11. Beginning on November 11, Law Hall will be fumigated until Friday evening at 4. Puryear Hall will vacate for fumigation on Friday and Saturday.
These dormitories will be fumigated with cyanide gas, a deadly poison, and the Army service gas mask will not afford protection against this fumigant. All persons are warned to stay away from these halls during fumigation.
The students who have to vacate are required to take with them only necessities which they will need for two days, such as books and clothes. Bedding will be furnished for those who have to vacate.
Press Club to Hold Meeting Wednesday
The A. and M. Press Club will hold a regular meeting Wednesday night at 6:45 in the Lounge Room of Sbisa Hall. All members of the organization are urged to be present, as important questions are to be brought up.
It was stated that a provision in the club constitution provides for members representing the various units of the armed serwices on the campus to be elected by their respective units. These groups are asked to chose their representatives immediately and have them appear at the meeting Wednesday night if possible.
this once-in-a-lifetime show at the Student Activities office in the Administration building. Regular tickets are priced at 50 £ and reserved seats may be obtained for $1.00.
Remembering the Spirit in “We've Never Been Licked” . . .Activated Signal Corps Man Tells of Seeing Aggie Picture
(Editor’s note: The folIowinR account of “We’ve Never Been Licked” was written by an ex of ’44 who was at Camp Kohler, California when they invaded Sacramento for the premier showing. It was written before the Signal Corps was sent back to the campus for A.S.T.P. training, but it is still a timely article and {fives the read a good idea as to just now wide-spread the spirit of Agieland is.)
Fifty Texas Aggie-exes advanced °n California’s capital city last week, taking their objective with ease. The former Aggies who are now Army Signal Corpsmen, were transported from their lease at Camp Kohler to the theater of operations, located in the heart of Sacramento, where they marched down the sidewalk to the Esquire Theater singing the Aggie War Hwmn. The occasion was the Sacramento premiere of “We’ve Never Been Licked,” and these Texans were determined to show California what Aggie spirit “in the flesh” is really like, just in case Walter Wanger’s thriller should
fail to be emphatic enough. A fifteen-minute yell practice in front of the theater was excitement enough to attract several M. P.’s md their officers, not to mention a considerable number of civilians and servicemen. In fact, the box office was swamped with customers after the Aggies had completed the demonstration and marching into the theater.
Inside, the lights were turned on and the audience informed of what was about to take place, so the Aggie privates were greeted with a round of applause as they entered the building singing the “War Hymn.” Following this the “Fighting Fifty” shook the rafters with a few yells, then settled back in a reserved section to enjoy the film.
The movie brought back memories by the dozens to the A. & M. men stationed here, and strengthened their adready overwhelming
desire to return to Texas. California is not an unfriendly state, however, and long after these men of Texas are gone there will still be traces of the Aggie spirit scattered over the broad Sacramento Valley.
Comments of Californians on “We’ve Never Been Licked’’ were good. Both the agricultural and engineering phases of the curricula at Aggieland were well depicted by the movine, which should interest a good many prospective students. The emphasis Walter Wan- gen placed on A. & M.’s military aspects were especially noticed by local theater goers, many of whom expressed the opinion that it is comforting to know that someone in this country was preparing for war long before Pearl Harbor. Leave it to a Texan to become fighting mad before he is stabbed in the back! Yep, we’ve never been licked—let’s keep it that way!
A.&M.-Rice Tickets Now on Sale at YMCA
Student tickets for the Rice- A. & M. game are on sale at the Y. M. C. A. All coupon book holders will surrender coupon No. 33 and buy their ticket at $1.23. Date tickets are on sale there at the regular price of $2.50. Students not holding coupon books will buy their tickets at $2.50 at the Athletic Office.
The Corps will journey to Houston this weekend for the eighth game of the Aggie football series, which is the event with Rice Institute. Rice is one of A. & M.’s oldest rivals, having played for many years in the past. Last year
-the Owls fought the Aggies to a scoreless tie and the Ags, with a much better team, are out to trif the birds in revenge. Though the Institute is definitely the underdogs of the Saturday clash, the strains of overconfidence can pull a team down faster than any other factor, as was shown by the much advertised Texas squad last season.
This game is the date of the Rice homecoming for which many of the school’s alumni shall return. The alumni will lay a wreath of flowers on the statue of George Rice, the founder of the institute.
The Commandant’s Office has not as yet announced any special arrangements for a Corps Trip or authorized absences for the students to make the trip.
Teddy Powell Will Play for Dance
Teddy Powell, famed dance orchestra leader will bring his renowned band to the campus on November 13 to play for the Navy dance. Powell has just closed a successful engagement in Miami, Florida. At present he is playing an engagement at the St. Charles Theater in New Orleans, La.
Through the courtesy of Lt. T. Rickenbacker of the Navy Training School, it has been arranged for the orchestra to play for the regular Saturday night Service Show.
After the engagement here, Powell and his band will travel to the West coast to play in the outstanding night clubs and hotels there.
Challenge to Auburn Students for Plane Design Made By Ex
AUBURN, Ala.—To design an insignia for an Army ThunderboR —that was the challenge given by Lt. Julius P. Maxwell to loyal and artistic students at Alabama Polytech. Lt. Maxwell, somewhere in England and without an insignia for his plane, wanted to have a bit of the old Auburn spirit flying up there with him.
After Lt. Maxwell’s letter was published in the Plainsman, Mr. Maltby Sykes decided that having a try at designing such an insignia would be an interesting project for members of his advertising design class.
The class’ drawings have been turned in for shipping to Lt. Maxwell who will choose one to be the insignia for his Thunderbolt.
Girl Dies From Gun Shot Wounds
Wilma Hardin, 16, employee of the Agigeland Pharmacy, died from gun shot wounds during the early evening hours of Sunday, according to a statement released from the office of the Brazos County sheriff Monday afternoon. According to the announcement the shot was fired in an automobile at the intersection of 26th street and College Avenue in Bryan and the Justice of the Peace holding the inquest determined that the bullet had been filed from a .45 caliber gvn.
A number of people were riding in the car at the time of the shooting and it was thought that the gjun was fired by accident. The body is at the Hillier Funeral Home in Brydh and funeral arrangements have not been made, but in all probability the rites will be held Tuesday or Wednesday.
Deceased was well known on the campus having been an employee of the Aggieland Pharmacy for some time, working at the soda fountain. She was the daughter of Lynn Hardin and resided at 401 North College Avenue in Bryan.
TSCW Has Private Radio Station for Co-eds Enjoyment
Radio Class Plans One Hour Programs; On Air From 5-6, Six DaysDENTON, Texas—WCST, Texas
State College for Women’s first private broadcasting station, is on the air from 5 to 6 p. m., Monday through Friday.
The station is operated by the Radio Work Shop players, technical radio class and’ the radio production class.
Because the only aim of the station is to please its student listeners, programs to be broadcast are designed specifically for students, based on answers to questionnaires distributed to the student body. Majority of students chose single unit dramatic programs with semi- classical music and campus newscasts second and third. Members of the radio production class are working out the programs, and every type of entertainment from movie reviews to dramatic productions will be presented.
As the college is operated completely on its own power plant and power lines are used as the station atenna, WCST will be heard only on the campus.
In the eyes of the Federal Communications commission, WCST is not considered a radio station and therefore doesn’t require a license. Any transmitter that broadcasts for a very short distance, according to regulations of the FCC, in the layman’s language, is not considered a real broadcasting station. If it were, FCC would have to regulate wireless phonographs and remote-contrel-tuning devices which are really miniature transmitters that braodcast across the living room to the radio.
Most of the things that are put off until tomorrow should have been done yesterday.
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