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ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. - VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 5, JL942 2275 NUMBER 64

Corps To Swamp Dallas This Week-EndHitch-Hiking Aggie Band To Perform Between HalvesMothers Sponsor Dance At Adolphns Saturday Night For Aggies and Their Dates

Victory Ball For Corps After Aggie-SMU Game; Dallas Mothers Sponsoring Dance Number One Reg; Scrip Is Same As Here

By John Holman

Ole Army, the victory dance after the Aggie-Mustang game Saturday will be held in the main ballroom of the Adolphus Hotel, where Aggies and their dates will have the opportunity to celebrate in the finest of fashion.

Group, if you look at it one way, things don’t look so pleasant and bright, for this will probably be the last real corps trip that the Aggies will go on for the duration. Andthis the next thing to the regular old trips even though there isn’t going to be a parade, and the trip isn’t official. For this reason the Dallas A. & M. Mother’s Club is putting special emphasis on the dance, and it is they who are spon­soring the dance for Aggies and their dates. ,

Proceeds from this dance will come right back to Aggies as the Dallas mothers plan to use them to pay for the furnishings the lounge in the northend of dormitory one. All this money will eventually come back to Aggieland and bene­fit all students of the College.

Senior Section In Ownby Stadium Will Be Enforced

Seats From Row 12 Up, Between Fifty and Thirty Saved for Senior-DatesIn order to facilitate seating ar­

rangements at Ownby Stadium at Dallas, a special Senior section has been designated and Seniors and their dates only will be allowed to sit there, states Rock Suther­land, Senior class president.

The section is immediately be­hind the band section extending from the 50-yard line North to the 30 yard line.

The boundaries of this section have been clearly defined and will be enforced by all Seniors at the game, declared Suthei’land.

Contract Applications Ready TodaySophomores Should Hurry; ERC Required For Taking Advanced

Sophomores expecting to get contracts in January should in­quire immediately at their respect­ive military science offices for in­formation and application blanks pertaining to obtaining contracts, according to Lt. Col. A. J. Bennett.

Applications are now being tak­en, and it is important that all ap­plications be in as soon as possi­ble so that contracts can be award­ed and the new promotion list ready by the end of January.

“I want to stress the importance of time,” said Col. Bennett, “and also the importance to those want­ing to continue their education of joining the Enlisted Reserve Corps. I believe that those men in the ERC will be allowed to complete their educations, and those who de­sire and expect contracts abso­lutely must join before they sign their contracts. A man does not have to be in the ERC at the time he makes his application, but it is a prerequisite to signing the

(See CONTRACTS, Page 4)

Wanger Contest Deadline Set For SaturdayAfternoon

Bonds Totaling $50 To Be Awarded With Introduction To Leading Lady For WinnerFive Saturday afternoon Js posi­

tively the deadline for Wanger’s essays on “The Spirit of Aggie­land.” Entries can be turned in to the Publicity office or given to John Holman, room 103, dorm 9. Grammar, punctuation, and cons­truction do not count in this con­test. The theme of the essay should be: when once an Aggie, why al­ways an Aggie? Put in your own words why the Aggie spirit gets i your blood for life, why an Aggie is always loyal to A. & M., why every student’s life is modelled into a part of the twelfth man.

G. Bryan Winstead has been in Hollywood three weeks with the production staff of the A. & M. movie and has sent word back that he will return this week-end, but he did not say whether or not any of the production staff would re­turn with him.

Juniors Must Report To Officer At Door of Dance

Juniors going to Denton this week-end must check in with the tactical officer that will be on duty at the door of the dance be­fore any authorized absence can be turned in for them, according to Sid Smith, president of the junior class.

All classified (right this minute) juniors*are eligible for the trip, and will meet at the TSCW gym at 6 p.m. Friday, at which time they will be assigned rooms and given dance tickets. After regis­tering, the group will go on a pic­nic, following which will be the dance.

According to Smith, the dean of women has requested that all other Aggies, except juniors, if possible, stay away from around the TSCW campus' this week-end. Smith said this especially applied to sopho­mores and freshmen.

Baft Did All Right With Them, But Chico goon Tripped On Girls

By Tom JourneayContrary to the opinion of the

entire Battalion staff on the sub­ject of newspaperwomen, a windy city managing editor has sworn off at least for the time being, women copyreaders. It seems he had a little difficulty with a few mem­bers of the fair sex when he tried to make them into copyreaders after the draft had depleted his stock of regulars. From a recent issue of Time magazine we found the following account of Manag­ing editor Ayers’s troubles.

After finding out that the draft and what-not had depleted the copyreaders staff of the Chicago Journal of Commerce so much that there was a serious danger that their press time would be delayed Ayers decided that really drastic measures had to be taken. Much against the desires of the entire male staff of the Journal, the M. E. put six female copyreaders to work. They included his own secre­tary, wives of two other Journal employees, several professional women and a graduate from a journalism school.

For about ten days Ayers lect­ured his charges on the many my­steries of copyreading. At the end of the short course, two had drop­

ped out, and the other four were handed over to criptic, cigar-chew­ing day news editor, Sid Forbes, who was the kinda guy that would not even think of a woman copy- reader, for a slow polishing on the day desk.

After a somewhat hectic two weeks, Forbes got through and turned his freshly tutored charges over to the night editor and went back to his cigar chewing.

After another two weeks lapse, Night Editor Bradley, a crack copyreader of long standing, no

Prominent Chemist To Speak Here Nov 17

On Nov. 17, W. L. Badger will speak to the Texas A.&M. Section of the American Chemical Society on the subject of “High Temper­ature Heat Transfer.”

Mr. Badger is manager of the Consulting Engineering Division of the Dow Chemical Company, at Ann Arbor, Mich. He is also in charge of the development pro­gram of the Swenson Evaporation Company. He was formerly Profes­sor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Engineering and has published more than 60 papers and 3 books in technical literature.

longer being able to stand it, ex­ploded literally. He roared, “These girls don’t know what I’m talking about when I tell them about style, arid they have no idea of what’s going on in the world.”

The two editors, Ayers and Brad­ley, decided they’d give the females one last chance and prepared a phony news story with so many mistakes in it, it wasn’t even plaus­ible—even for a news service story.

This they then turned over to the effeminate staff with instruc­tions to copyread it and write a head for it. After much pencil chewing the article came back with­out a single change regarding the content of the story.

Editor Ayers is now running his copyreading desk, as before, short- handed, but with men.

Editor Brooks Gofer of the Bat­talion had no such trouble when girls mainly from the staff of the Lass-O, TSCW newspaper, put to bed an edition of the Battalion last month when they were here for the Southwestern Journalism Con­gress Meeting. Why one aspiring reporter, really society editor of the Lass-O, took over on the “Bull’s office” beat and did a good job at that, and how they did brighten up the Batt office!

Number One; Khaki Shirts s Reg in Dallas

Cloth Belts For Number One To Be ienior.PrivilegeOrganization Commanders Made New Rulings at Their Regular Meeting Tuesday

No Parade; Seniors Only May Wear Cloth Belts From Now OnAt the regular meeting of the

battery, battalion, and regimental commanders Tuesday night the coming corps trip was discussed and certain action was taken on the wearing of the uniform.

It was found impossible to have a parade, but regulations for wear­ing the uniform were set up. The number 1 uniform with khaki shirts will be reg at the game and after the game Saturday night in Dal­las. Freshmen and sophomores will wear the regular black tie, while juniors and seniors will wear the khaki tie. It is hoped that all cadets making the trip will abide by these rules as it improves the appear­ance of the corps when all are properly dressed.

Concerning the wearing of khaki pants, the different commanders decided that wool pants will be worn at all times with the cotton shirt, except at the game and after Saturday night, when the number 1 will be regulation. Khaki pants will not be worn at any time on the trip.

Also it was decided that juniors will not wear the cloth belt with the number 1 uniform at any time, on the campus or off. This is a senior privilege, and is optional for them. On the corps trip, however it was agreed that seniors would wear the regular leather Sam Browne with shoulder strap at all times. Juniors are reminded to wear the Sam Browne and not the cloth belt.

At the game all cadets are asked to be uniform and not to take off the blouse unless it is extremely hot; the corps will be uniform should blouses be taken off or left on.

Industrial Ed Club Meets Tonight at 8:30

The Industrial Education * Club will have its bi-monthly meeting tonight at 8:30 in the Mechanical Engineering Shops building.

W. R. Horseley, director of the Placement Bureau, is scheduled to discuss the timely topic, “Jobs of the Post-War Era.”

Professor Dan Russell spoke to the members at the last regular meeting on “Problems of the Mod­ern Soldier.” His lecture was high­lighted by his experiences during the last war.

The meeting is open to all In­dustrial Education students and visitors.

It was decided at the regular meeting of the battery, battalion, and regimental commanders Tues­day night that the cloth belt will not be worn by juniors at any time either on the campus or off.

This wearing of the cloth belt is optional wear with seniors only, and it will be a senior court off­ense in the future should anyone but seniors be found wearing the cloth belt.

For reviews on the campus the regular Sam Browne will be reg for both seniors and juniors. The cloth belt is optional for dances, social functions, etc.

Senior Cards, Invitation Orders DueLast Day For Turning In Orders Positively FridayOrders for Senior invitations

w>ll be taken in the Corps Head­quarters Office, first floor, Ross Hall, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday of next week, states Rocky Sutherland, Senior class president.

The office will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on those three days and orders must be placed then or invitations can not be ordered at all.

The invitations may be ordered in mree different price ranges, 12% c, 25c, or 50c each. On the 12%c invitations, 5c must be paid down per invitation. On the 25c ones, 10c; and on the 50c ones 25c must be paid.

Sutherland emphasized that if the invitations are not ordered on one of the three days specified, the orders will not go off on any other date.

There will not be any more or­ders taken for invitations after Thursday, so all those Seniors ex­pecting to order must do so one of those three days.

In order to save time in placing the orders the request is made that each Senior definitely decide on the exact number of invitations he is going to order so that no time will be wasted in placing or­

ders, Sutherland further suggested.At the same time orders are

placed for invitations, personal cards may also be ordered. John Longly, Longhom editor, will be in charge of receiving orders for the cards.

rrAggies Always!” Not Just War Cry Shown in New York Flight

Jack N. Kraras, senior student in the Industrial Education De­partment had the unique experi­ence of piloting a Stinson Gull­wing four passenger plane from Longview, Texas, to LaGuardia Field, New York City, during the between semesters period in Sep­tember.

At the conclusion of the summer semester, Kraras had the opportu­nity of doing local state piloting for Gulf Oil Corporation execu­tives between Dallas and Houston. His big surprise came when he was requested to prepare a flight plan to New York which would avoid restricted areas where industrial and war activities were in prog­ress. Flying between cities at this time is a privilege, and getting a flight plan authorized to New York

almost requires an act of Congress, Kraras, who has more than 400 flying hours, to his credit complet­ed the trip to New York in six­teen hours.

True to Aggie tradition Kraras met flight dispatcher Aggie John Albritton upon orrival. Albritton entertained Jack at the Stork Club with the usual Texas hospitality and through his efforts met Ag­gie Lt. Robert Crawford of “F” C. A. C. who was stationed at Staten Island.

While flying over New Jersey on the return trip a thrill was exper­ienced when Kraras’ plane was in­tercepted by the Third Inteceptor Command which efficiently re­quired identification of the plane before Jack was permitted to con-

(See FLIGHT, Page 4)

No Parade; Number 1 Reg; Aggie-SMUGame Highlights Week-EndStartingatTSCW

Juniors Have Authorized Absences Friday, Saturday; Fish, Sophs, Seniors Go On Own Hook; Kick-Off 2:30 at Ownby Stadium

Although school officials have not been able to grant excused absences to the corps for the unofficial trip to Dal­las this week end, one of the largest attendances by the corps for any out of town game is expected at the Aggie-SMU fracas Saturday at Dallas, states Walter Cardwell, Cadet Colonel.

Highlight of the weekend of course is the football game with Southern Methodist University at Ownby StadiumSaturday afternoon. Kickoff timef is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

The TSCW Junior Prom will be held Friday night .at Denton, at which a large percentage of the A. & M. Juniors will be present if present indications are borne out.

Between half activities will in­clude the presentation of the Ag­gie Day Sweetheart to the entire coi-ps. Chosen by 16 Seniors who went to Denton last week, Ruth Tilley, is the lucky TSCWite who holds the title of Aggie Sweet­heart.

There will be ample time for all the government issue uniforms to be issued to all the sophomores, and frogs planning to attend the game, according to R. K. Chatham, manager of the Exchange store. After these uniforms have been issued, cadets are reminded that they must have their unit patches, blue star, service stripes, and ag­gie patches sewed on the blouses to be regulation at the game.

All cadets being admitted to the game on a student ticket must be in the regulation number one uni­form, military officials emphasiz­ed. Khaki shirts with khaki ties are reg for Juniors and Seniors, while white shirts and black ties with the blouse is reg for under­classmen.

Band Rides?The Aggie Band has been

drilling all week in the rain and mud, determined to be on hand for the Aggie-SMU game Saturday. They even have gone so far as to try to hitch hike to Dallas

If you have any room in in your car, or know of any­one with a car which isn’t full, please let someone in the band know. You will not only be doing them a favor but also helping the Aggies stomp that old Mustang.

Since the game with SMU is rated as probably being one of the closest games the Aggies will play this 'year, a very large attend­ance is expected.

The Agige Band will hitch-hike to Dallas for the game, and will perform between the halves. They have been practising all week in the rain and mud for the cere­monies, and are so determined to be there, that they will hitch-hike to Dallas or else get there the best way they can. This is the first time in the Band’s history they have had to do this, but this is also the largest band in Aggieland’s history, so they do not mind breaking precedents.

Newspaper Staff Is Needed After Lunch

All Battalion staff members who do not have classes this afternoon are asked by the Editor, Brooks Cofer, to come to the office in room 5 of . the Administration building at 2 p.m. to help out the special edition of The Battalion in order that it may be ready for the corps going to Dallas for the football game with S.M.U.

Ex-Students Offer College Plan for WarRecommendations Sent to Government Heads In Washington

The association of the A.&M. Former Students sent letters stat­ing the college student’s place in the war to the President of the United States, The Texas Delega­tion in Congress, Secretary of War Stimpson, and General Louis B Hershey, director of Selective Serv­ice.

The purpose of the Association’s letter was to stress the importance and efficiency of A.&M. and tO‘ make suggestions concerning con­scription for college students in general. At a meeting of the A.&M. former students October 3-4 the association drew up the following recommendations to be sent to Washington:

“1. A defimte coordinated na­tional policy should be written into the Man-power Act and the Se­lective Service Act to end the con­fusion and even unfairness of the present situation.

“2. The type of training and the requirements for such training, as can be given by the nation’s col­leges and universities should be outlined and institutions meeting such requirements should be auth­orized to give such training.

“3. College students should be required to meet certain estab­lished requirements as to curricu­lum and performance while in col­lege.

“4. Students meeting such re­quirements, and attending auth­orized institutions, should be sworn into the military service and in­structed to complete their train­ing.

“5. All reserve activities, Army, Navy, Marine, Air Corps, and so forth, should be similar in re­quirements and in administration.

“6. Such provisions should be clearly written into the Man-power Law and in other acts in this con­nection.”

In general the letter made sug­gestions for clearing up the con­fusion and unfairness in the pres­ent selective service system for college students.

Batt Magazine Ready Next Week

The November issue of the Bat­talion Magazine is now on the presses, and should be ready for distribution Monday or Tuesday night, according to John Holman, magazine editor.

Featured in this issue will be a “pro” and “con” discussion of TSCW’s new servicemen’s date bu­reau, as well hs stories by A1 Ram­irez, L. B. (Butch) Tennison, Nel­son Karbach, and George McKay. Also in this issue is the concluding part of “Corps Dance Corpse,” the first part of which appeared in the October magazine.