The Pine, October 19, 1943.

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VOL. 13—NO- H PUBLISHED BY ASSOCIATED STUDENTS AT FLAGSTAFF. ARIZONA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1943
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P I N E
NEEDLES
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For a while this morning we of
the Pine staff went into a deep
discussion about prin ting a six
page issue. Well as you see we
have the usual four pages. Just
think you would have gotten more
reading for the usual thirty cents
and could have had more to find
fault with. We are sorry you poor
unlucky people.
Just a thought—rthought some of
you fellows might like to know
that the prospective civilian fall
enrollment is runhing into n um ­bers.
And from what we hear some
very nice little numbers. Bury Hall
is ’’o open November 3. so map out
your maneuvers accordingly.
Next week the Pine will publish
a list of Questions and answers re­garding
the behavior of men visit­ors
in the womans dorm. The ques­tions
will run something like this:
“If I walk into Bury Hall
smoking a cigarette and the
Dean of Women gives me a
rather disgusting look — does
that mean that I should change
brands of cigarettes— or because
I'm the oply one smoking should
I offer everyone else a cigarette?
I don’t know what to do." Well
while you fellows ponder over
that pressing issue— we shall do
a bit of research and print THE.
CORRECT answer in the P IN E .
This moraine when it wasn’t
bright but it was definitely early
we saw the fire snow' of the win­ter
of ’43. It was pretty cold and
you may rest assured that its go­ing
to get a little cooler. In fact
you might even have to look in
Sears at those Holy Poly Baby
Bunting outfits — we have our
doubts as whether pink looks good
with Marine greens—but its a fact
that in a few day’s a package will
arrive in the Marine mail from the
above mentioned concern. So if the
rest of you fellows can stand the
rigors of winter a few more days
it won’t be necessary’ to order—
-ight unseen. /
It was a bunch of paint sick
girls t ^ t staggered out of Bury
Hall Sunday morn. The womans
dorm is getting some new licks of
paint and It so happened that the
occupied rooms also had to be
painted—so for the sake of a love­ly
ceiling we suffered. Remind us
to reprint this when the new girls
arrive. Sacrifice and all that you
know.
Two New Books
Deal With Marine
CorpsVictory Two new publications dealing
with the Corps have recently been
placed on the booksellers’ shelves.
One, a tale of Marines in action
in the Pacific, is told jointly by-
James D. Horan and Gerald Frank
who named their book, “ Out In
The Boondocks.” The writers have
taken the stories of* 21 Leather­necks
and combined them into an
interesting and easily read narra­tive
which proves that the USMC
is not a “silent” service. The title
of the story is taken from the
point that a Marine is “out in the
DoondocKs” when- he is practicing
his profession in far places, mean­ly
endowed with comforts, over­grown
with vegetation and over-populated
with enemies.
Recent Marine "boondocks” cov­ered
in the story are Guadalcanal.
Tulagi, Gavutu, Tanambogo, and
other islands of the Solomons
group, hitherto chiefly known only
to missionaries, explorers and
other adventuresome souls. Marine
Tom Bussjaeger has just finished
reading “Out In The Boondocks,”
and said the book was so interest­ing
that he couldn’t put it down
until he’d finished reading it.
Taking as his title a line from
the well-known “Marines’ Hymn,”
Captain William McCahill has
written, “First To Fight,’’ a fact­ual
story of the Corps on land, at
sea and in the air.
This book, illustrated with draw­ings
by E. Franklin Wittmack,
gives a realistic picture of how
from Montezuma to Makin, and
from-rTrinidad to Tulagi, Marines
have been “first to fight.” The bat­tles
of Wake, the Philippines,
Midway, and Guadalcanal are em­phasized
in this account along
■with the 167-year history of the
Corps which is compactly tele­scoped
for the reader of todav.
CH A IRM AN ADMIRES
COOPERATIVE SPIRIT
O f V-12 D A N C E BAND
I wpuld like to take this oppor­tunity
to thank the V-12 boys of
the dance band for their splendid
cooperation last Saturday night in
giving up their liberty and playing
for the dance. We nope that we
will be able to work out further
recreational activities and facili­ties.
I f all of the V-12 boys wiil
cooperate as well as the dance band
there is no question but that we
will be able to expand the facilities
**® well as the opportunities.
It has been suggested that
•inces be sponsored and managed
Platoons. This idea offers pos­sibilities.
I f there are groups that
Msh to assist in this manner, we
will be able to give more dances
than would otherwise be possible.
ELDON A. A R D R E Y .
Chairman,. Organizations
and Recreation.
V-12 ORDERS 1) Trainees shall bring two
well-sharpened pencils to
Naval Organization, Thurs­day.
Oct. 21.
2) All books issued by the col­lege.
W H ET H ER TO BE
USED NEXT TERM OR
NOT, are to be checked in at
• he bookstore before Satur­day,
Oct. 30, at 1200. To
•Deviate congestion at this
activity, trainees shall turn
in books prior to this date as
soon as they have no further
need for them.
3) Trainees must have their
schedules completed and an-prored
by the registrar, by
Saturday, Oct. 23. Including
Physical Education, (two
units) each program must
total a minumum of 19 hours.
Answer Call to Colors
ART EXHIBIT AT
COLLEGE LIBRARY
Currently on display at Gam-mage
Library is a new exhibit of
water-colore by Jean Randolph
Tafel.
The Paintings
Capturing the varying moods of
autumn, winter, a rain storm,
dusk— the artist has expresses in
paint the changing penoranm that
makes Arizona a creator’s para­dise.
With its center of interest on
Oak Creek Cannon and the San
Francisco Peaks, her work has a
special appeal for citizens of Flag­staff
and for students of the col­lege
who will remember the scen­ery’
long after they have forgotten
academic work, y
Contrasting with the engaging
color of “ Beil Rock" and 4 Grand
Canyon Sketch," is the reflective,
somber tone of “Oak Creek" fin ­ished
in grays and browns. Tucked
among the landscapes is a detail
called “Wheat Shock” which, on
account of its unusual design and
treatment, stands distinctly apart
from the other paintings.
Because of the variety of sub­ject
matter, changing moods, and
thoughtful, careful treatment,
these w’ater colors command atten­tion.
Nature and art lovers have a
golden opportunity to take with
them a fine artistic sample of
Arizona’s phenomenal beauty.
The Artist
Jean Randolph Tafel. a graduate
of the University of Wisconsin,
won a scolarship at the Colorado
Snrings Fine Art Center, and later
attended the University of Mexico.
She is now exhibiting at the Wis­consin
State Salon of Art, as a
guest artist, where she has re­ceived
several awards during the
past eight years. She taught at
Hull House in Chicago two sum­mers
ago.
She has resided in Flagstaff dur­ing
the past year, and though she
is Wisconsin-born, she likes to
claim Arizona as her home. Her
husband, architect Edgar Allen
Tafel, until recently an associate
of Frank Lloyd Wright, is now
serving his country in the United
States Army. Mrs. Tafel is livin-at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. Daniel
Kittredge.
MARINE ORDERS All Marines who purchased the
Marine Handbook will re­ceive
a refund on pay day.
Men who ordered and did not
receive tennis shoes will also
receive a refund.
Cadets of the M arine Corps Women's Reserve Officer*’ Training
School at N o rtham pto n, Mass., n f n t e the colors. Upon cradnatlon
the cadets w ill be assigned duties which wlU free Marine Corps
officers to fifhC
The Navy Chaplain Value Monetary
Carries On Belief Of V-12 By Bob Ruben, A.S.
With the Passing of Each Day.
A salute to the Navy Chaplain
C^rps.
“To one who has been long in City
pent.
‘Tis very sweet to look into the fair
And open face of heaven,— to
breath a prayer
Full in the smile of the blue
. firmament.”
Somewhere, on some ship, a
Navy chaplain finished his sermon
with the words of John Keats.
These words, accompanied by the
timeless music of the sea, convey­ed
to each man their exact and
wonderful meaning.
Up to 16 months ago the Navy’s
few chaplains (there were only 96
in 1939) got only a haphazard
training. A new chaplain simplv
was apprenticed to a veteran,
picked the knack from him. In
February, 1942, 58-year-old Chief
of Navy Chaplains, Robert Du Bo is
Workman, organized the first
training schopLat Norfolk. Last
March, over-crow3e3 with candi­dates,
the school was moved to
Virginia’s College of William and
Mary.
Under the new training pro­gram,
chaplains must pass a vig­orous
physical examination, rou­tine
for every officer before sea
duty. They must have had 4 years
of college, 3 years of seminary
work. The age limits are 21 to 60
years.
From this training Navy’ chaiv
lains must learn a new type of sin­cerity
in belief. They are likely to
hear a Sailor or Marine offer his
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So you think your $50 a day,
once a month, isn t worth the $500
you were making at Lockheed, do
vou?
Well, besides getting an educa­tion
for nothing, plus all of your
clothing, you’re making $503.44 a
semester. This averages about $125
a month. Check this:
S a la r y .................. $200.00
Food ..................$178.00
Instruction ....... ... $ 80.00
Hospitalization $ 6.00
Lodging ................$ 32.96
Athletics ..............$ 6.48
$503.44
That doesn’t look so bad from
the over-all coverage viewpoint,
does it? In fact, comes the revo­lution,
we'll have to get used to
strawberries and cream, whether
we like it or not.
Ensign Faith
Crandell Wearing
Diamond Ring
Spending a most profitable week­end,
Disbursing Officer Ensign
Faith Crandell, Navy Detachment
paymaster, returned from the west
coast to annourfce her engagement
to Private Gordon Kendall Scott,
United States Army. Miss Cran-dell’s
home is in Westfield, N. Y.
Private Scott received his degree
from Harvard Law School and was
a practicing attorney in Washing­ton,
D. C., before entering the
service.
As Private Scott is in Army
Specialized Training at U.C.L.A..
and because of the uncertainty of
a parallel in leave, no wedding
date has been set.
SW O RD OF D A M O C LES
F IN A L EXAMINA TIO N SCHEDUL E
p **rio<1 Time of Examination
- Wednesday, October 27, 1943
5*® ..................................... ..................... :. 8:80-10:15
. f - K 10:20-12:05
1:00- 2:45
11 15 ............................................ -....................... 2:50* 4:86
Thursday, October 28, 1943
S 8:30-10:15
............................................................. 10:20-12:06
1 *00- 2*45
Course Navsl Organization. Thursdav October 21.
Thursday, October 28, 1943
Physic II 2:60- 4:35
Friday, October 29, 1943
.................. 8:30-10:16
....................... 10:20-12:06
-.....—. ..---- 1:00- 2:45
2:60- 4:36
Math I, II, I I I .... ..... ..... .............
History I ............................. .....
English I— Library ...................
Engineering Drawing __ __________ _____________ ___ w
p . lVa . Saturday, October 80, 1948
rnyBlCR 1 8*30-10*15
.. EAx* i? jn5 tion" ; . 1r°5 .Jbe subjects listed above, will be h e ld in
the Auditorium, the Library, and the Science Building. Instruct­ors
will announce the place of meeting of their sections.
Examinations for all two-hour classes except those which have
S h 3 » £ j" c l» n S S . ‘ h'
For any corrections see bulletin board.
V-12 Men Claim
South Carolinan
For Their Own
Well, gentlemen, the sheepherder
has arrived. Startin g today, he is
going to shear all the hair off your
big, black bodies. I f you like>, he’l
mail some of it home to your girl
for you, who may want to run her
fingers through it for the last time.
His name — Soloman Alexander.
His deluxe shop— first door to your
right on entering Morton Hall
Lobby. His price— a half-dollah.
Mr. Alexander arrived here to
continue his practice of tonsorial
artistry, at the insistence of his
son, Cpl. David Alexander, Ship’s
Company. Son David read the stir­ring
editorials in the P IN E about
“this pusillanimous, ignominius
malediction” (not having a bar­ber),
so, like a true Lumberjack,
he decided to do something about
it.
Mr. Alexander was recently a
member of the Marine Corps, Class
Four. He was honorably discharged
in July, 1942, for having defective
vision. He had joined 30 days prior
to his discharge in the hope of be­ing
able to sec service with his son.
After enlistment, however, he had
been sent to San Diepo, while Da­vid
remained at Parris Island. His
intentions had thus been somewhat
thwarted.
Nevertheless, on his release, he
returned to Parris Island and be­came
a civilian barber, on station.
He remained at this endeavor for
14. months until only recently when
he decided to “ follow in his son’s
footsteps” once again.
While in South Carolina, he was
offered a Petty Officer’s rating by
the Navy to superintend the laun­dry
set up in its new air base at
Burton. His knowledge of the
cleaning business has developed
out of 20 years experience at this
activity, while building up a net­work
of dye works I n Florida,
which now includes some 16 branch
offices. The cleaning business has
been left in the capable hands of
Mrs. Alexander for the duration,
while tho two males of the family
are out doing more important
things.
When Mr. Alexander first ar­rived
in Flagstaff, he had nothing
in the way of equipment but a
razor and a gleam in his eye. How­ever,
he soon stumbled upon two
barber chairs which somebody must
have won in a rafile years ago,
spruced them up a bit, and fu rn ­ished
himself a room in Morton
Hall, which now can be called
nothing else but a Salon, and with
one O, onlv.
As regards the type of haircut
required to fulfill V-12 rule, he
stated that “modified G .I.’s” will
be given.
Although he is only scheduled to
remain open 48 hours a week, he
plans to utilize these hours with
the maximum amount of efficiency,
even promising to be open from
seven to eight in the A. M. Besides
the barber business, he is going to
inaugurate a kind of ship’s store
in his little den. Already he has
cigarettes for sale at 15 cents per
pack.
So, Mr. Alexander, now th at the
fellows know you’re here, may your
stay with us be a profitable one.
May you cut hair till it piles up to
your chin. Who knows, maybe
you'll be lucky. The Marine Corps
barber who cut Tyrone Power’s
hair found an old M ajor Bowes
U nit that had been hissing from
Hoboken for three years.
Second Dance Held
For V-12 Trainees Tho second in the series of
dances for the V-12 trainees and
their guests was held last Satur­day
evening in Ashurst auditor­ium.
Dr. Elaon A. Ardrey, head of
the music department, recently re­turned
from his summer vacation,
was In charge of the arrangements.
The music was furnished by
Kurt Miller and the V-12 orchestra.
Hosts and hostesses for the eve­ning
included Mr. Ardrey, Dr. and «r». Henry Smith and Mr. and rs. Charles Sutphen.
Penny Shortage
Hits Guadalcanal G U A D A L C A N A L (Delayed) —
The one-cent piece— the penny— is
rare here as a frosted mint ju lip.
Business goes on as usual w ith­out
the penny. The Poet Exchange
has no stock for sale at odd prices
exceut matches and they are sold
™ books for 15 cents. The post
office gives change in
stamps.
T hf only. Marines who comptain
about the lack of coppers mn
penn--ante players.
the
(J. S. Has Greatest t
Sea-Air Power Modern sea-air power consists of
ships, planes and shore facilities.
Success of the Navy’s war produc­tion
program depends upon its
ability to deliver these instruments
of power.
In Ju ly , 1940, the Navy received
five newly completed vessels; in
June, 1943, almost 1,200.
In Ju ly . 1940, tho Navy received
25 new planes; in June, 1943, al­most
2,000.
Between those two dates the
Navy built 2,200,000 tons of ships.
I t added to its air arm 23,000
planes. I t completed $6,500,000,000
of shore facilities.
Three years ago, when the de
fense program' began, the Navy
had a fleet of 1,076 vessels dis­placing
1,875,000 tons. O f this fleet
383 vessels were warships: battle­ships,
carriers, cruisers, destroy­ers,
submarines. The weight of this
fighting fleet was 1,313,000 tons.
D uring the intervening three
years the Navy has lost 58 w ar­ships;
a battleship, four carriers,
nine cruisers, 32 destroyers, 12
submarines. I t has transferred to
other nations or converted into
non-combat vessels 129 other w ar­ships.
In all, it has lost or ^iven
up 484,521 tons of fie hting ships—
a small navy in itself.
But at the end of three years
the United States has the mightiest
surface fleet in world history.
Against the 1,076 vessels of three
Birs ago the Navy now has 14,072.
eir combined tonnage is almost
five million tons against 1,875,000
tons fon th e fleet of 1940.
In the new fleet the Navy, de­spite
its losses, has 613 warships
compared with 383 three years ago.
Their tonnage— 2,217,982 tons— ex­ceeds
th at of the 1940 fighting
ships by 70 per cent
On Ju ly 1, 1940, the Navy air
arm consisted of 1,744 planes of
which 1,197 were fighters and
bombers..
Since th at time the Navy has
lost or written off as obsolete 6,800
planes. I t has transferred 2,100
to other agencies. The Navy a ir
arm of mid-1940 has been erased
more than five-times over.
But the United States now has
the most powerful Naval a ir force -
in the world. Where there were
1,744 naval planes three years ago,
on J u ly 31, 1943 there were 18.269,
a tenfold net increase.
In the midst of war, the United
States has built its Navy into the
greatest sea-air power on earth.
Its sire is dwarfed only by the size
of the task which confronts i t
— Marine Corps Gazette.
It’s The Reserves
Who Win The Wars
An item appeared recently in the
Naval A ir Station News, Anacos>
tia, D. C., which brings out a point
concerning the value of the “ re­serves”
during w ar time:
“ A young war-winning sailor,
new to the Navy, was introduced to
a crusty old Admiral in W ashing­ton
last summer. Feeling somewhat
abashed, the neophyte remarked
apologetically, ‘I ’m only a reserve.
The old salt gave him a m arti­net
stare, wagged a finger at him
and salJ. ‘Never use the “only"
when you describe your status.
The U. S. Navy, as such never won
a war, nor has the Regular Army
won one, except with the aid of the
Reserves pressed into service f*>m
civil life. Always remember this:
You win our wars. We simply keep
the guns clean during peace
tim e'.”
Thompson and Schmelzer, -please «
Aztecs To Hang
First Pennant In
" Gopher Hole"
“ F irst a g a in !” cried exultant ex-
Aztecs, San Diego State College
V *12 » t
ASTC. Bob F. Smith, apprentice
seaman from San Diego, announced
yesterday th at his former alma
mater had sent its V-12 m en.a six
foot pennant reading “ S. D. State."
The San Diego State banner will
be the first to go in the Legion
Club. Commander Jack Fine, of the
Flagstaff p o s t has asked all d u ra ­tion-
Lumber jacks to obtain pen-nanta
from their former schools
and colleges. These banners will be
Hole.” decormUl the "Gopher
All former San Diego State Aa-k
* * Ta r* r«juest*d to be present at
the Legion Club, next Saturday at
hong pennant is