a4 eet Thc 2 Lear - Fe a gk a 5. (01%. Jf OCR Pre see 3 apoeey r O ; ? FF TELE PR I IE EEL GS OE SAG LOLS eA ae OUI IRON TNE PERT LEER IN IN eT es ea ee b August 28, 1944. Mr. Clint Kanaga, Jenkins Music Co., 1217-23 Walnut St., Kansas City, Moe Dear Clint: Thank you so much for your good letter of the 24th instant. Yes, we had learned the very sad and depressing news regarding T.P.'s passing. -‘T. P.‘'s sister called Mrs. Allen. I was up at the Iowa High School Athletic Association Coaching School at Boone, and the next week I was at the Kansas Coaching School at Topeka. I have just returned and am at my desk again. It was nice of you to write me as you did. We often talk of Clint and his genuine interest in everything on the hill, and we con- gratulate you on heving two such fine sons in Clint and Bill. They are both grand boys. No, Clint, I never heard whether Fred Eberhardt same through Saipan or not. I will use a part of your letter in my next Jayhawk Rebounds regarding Bill MeKinley's safe return from Saipan. Thanking you for your good letter and trusting that at some time in the future when a is less scarce wadean get together, I an Very sincerely yours, Director of Physical Education, PCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coachis More than aHalf Century of Service ESTABLISHED IN KANSAS CITY 1878 BtoAmnew, 1/0 M1 Lars geek <1 B= C he ‘ A fee ed "Ohi, WU Soke, a all Che qNewy- ae. Damnit \ YS apt 2588 Blake Blvd Cedar Rapids, lowa. mnie Name 7p Stree | aw Ze, Street Telephone Telephone Name ~ Street City Telephone Name Street City Telephone e v ” 12 THE CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE: Fri. April 14, 1944 Prepare for Drake Relays Red Peppers _. Hot Sport Chatter It’s an awful thing to go through life agreeing to every- thing everybody says, which is preliminary to the announce- ment that this corner hereby places its stamp of approval on Phog Allen’s basketball views. That, in turn, makes this cor- ner almost unique since almost nobody thus far has agreed with Mr. Allen except, of course, Mr. Allen and there are times even when he might be willing to take the other side just for the sake of a lively argument. After all, those long Kansas winters get a little monotonous and with gasoline rationed the explosive, but always entertain- ing, coach of Kansas U. basket- ball doubtless has kept fairly close to his own stamping grounds. * * _ To get back to the point, how- ever, Mr. Allen is the father of fhe 12-foot basket idea. That / always did look good in this corner, in the belief that the plan was to make baskets 12 feet across. Phog wants baskets 12 feet from the floor which at first glance seemed a horrifying proposal unless the things were enlarged at least 12 inches. But Phog says higher baskets are easier to hit even with no extension in their waist lines. For proof, he explains that they have had baskets at Kansas 12 feet from the floor for 15 years and have staged exhaustive research. And the records show con- clusively that a higher per- centage of shots go through the 12 foot baskets than is the case with the conventional 10-foot hoops now in use. It seems the ball makes a higher arch and comes down at a better angle. It turns out that’ . —By Tait oratory of his loose a 12-foot basket looks as essential as rubber in girdles. He points out that more than 80% of the fouls in basketball take place within a radius of something like 18 feet of the goal. It is there that the traffic jams de- velop because players are driv- ing hard for lay-up shots, or hoping to draw fouls. The 12- foot goals are too high for lay- — ups, Allen says, it being virtu- ally impossible to score directly beneath baskets that high in the air. So the traffic jam magically disappears, fouls are cut down in number and basketball be- comes orderly. That’s as simple as barring sailors from saloons in the matter of keeping order. * * * What causes Allen’s red hair to bristle is the fact that his ideas are based on the findings of serious research while the bulk of other proposals which are jammed into the cage rules come because some coach wants them to help his own team. He cites the new rule against goal- tending as an example of the “selfish” approach to cage rules. _Instead of taking advantage of the Allen research and going to a 12-foot basket, the cage rule- makers got together and de- cided. they would have to do something about the lucky coaches with “goon” centers like Foothills Kurland of the Oklahoma Aggies. If the ma- jority of coaches were lucky enough to have elongated cen- ters, the rule would not have . Allen maintains that’s a silly way to go about improv- ing a game. He favors doing it on the basis of research and facts. In that he is not only 100% right but way ahead of his field. Phog Allen” Highlights Y. Banquet By TAIT CUMMINS. “HHOG ALLEN Day” in Cedar Rapids Thursday started with a Lions club noonday appearance, continued with a high school cage clinic at the Y. in mid-afternoon ma #4 and reached its climax at the annual Y.M.C. A. All-Sports dinner where the colorful Kansas U. bas- ketball coach spoke before a capacity crowd of 400. Phog Allen, . to. those who don’t follow the cage sport, is Dr. Forrest C. fam Allen. He also serves Kansas ee U. as athletic director and is rated by many ob- servers as the best cage strate-|. gist in the country. To that might be added the ob- servation that Phog isn’t a bad hand at “surrounding” Given something less than a day in Cedar Rapids, he left a whole string of people ready and will- ing to swear that the colorful Jay- hawker is without a peer as an after-dinner speaker, good - will emissary and general all-around good guy. Volatile as a kettle of boiling oil, Allen literally explodes his views on basketball, most of which have been publicized countless times, But in contrast to the type- written report of his ideas, the spoken presentation not only makes sense but seems so obvi-|: ously needed that further delay seems harmful to the sport. In oth- er words, if Phog talks often enough, he'll put his theories across. Ailen’s appearance at the Y. af-| fair highlighted what is annually a three-ring circus of sporting awards and honors since it cli- a town.|; Ter ws paneer) It’s hard to get serious about Mr. Allen’s cage views for the simple reason that no one else will, but when he turns that Allen, incidentally, regrets the removal of the center jump from basketball. He liked the old sys- tem which gave fans and play- ers alike a few seconds of re- laxation after baskets were made, Now that the jump is gone he doesn’t think it will ever return, But in the same . breath he rips out the belief that basketball has been ruined as a scientific sport and convert- ed into mob footraces which wind up with players and spec- tators alike so limp they can’t leave the place until their nerves have settled. His point is that defense is no longer a part. of the game. He’s partly right, although Franklin high reached the state finals more on defense than it did on offense, * #e * What gripes Allen most is that the cage fathers won’t try his 12-foot basket idea. He doesn’t | suggest it for high schools, only for colleges. The tragic part of the whole thing is that Allen is probably right in his conviction that basketball would again be- come a game of skill and finesse rather than a footrace, Unfor- tunately, in the days of yore | when the game was more delib- | erate, almost nobody could out- smart Phog. He didn’t go for goon centers—unless he had one —but regardless of material he kept beating everybody with such consistency that sheer des- . peration forced all his coaching mates to line up against him. Now the guy’s got something, but every time he starts talking it up with other coaches they start shoving the roses aside to find the hidden gimmick which will again make Allen boss. For that matter, maybe he has one, maxes the Y. M. C. A. sports year and brings into the limelight all and sundry of the champs in Gurney Day’s muscle factory. The list is long and each titleholder has been publicized here before at the time of reaching the cham- pionship peak, So for the purposes of this rec- ord, suffice it to say that Craven Shuttleworth served as toastmas- ter; Orville Rennie was song leader; Ira Carrithers spoke on the salient points in connection with the fact that this is the cen- tennial year for Y, M. C. A.; Hor- ace G. “Cap” Hedges presented the awards; and special music was dished’ out by Doris Newman. Special commendation should go to the men behind the scenes whe arranged the banquet and brought Dr. Allen to Cedar Rapids. The affair fittingly celebrated the 00th year of Y, M. C, A, history. n Isett headed the committee on arrangements, Russ Landis was the ticket chairman and peddled them all. And back of the scenes was Gurney Day, working for al- most two months to make the show the success it was. \ July 27, 1944. Mr. Clint Kanaga, . Jenkins Music Co., . 1217 walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. Dear Clint: Thanks, old fellow, for your extreme loyalty. You are a regular fellow and I feel as if you are in the family so I will tell you some things that I would not say otherwise. Before starting on this I want you to know that Mrs. Allen and I had Bill down to dimer last night, and how we enjoyed him! And I be~ lieve that he enjoyed the fried chicken to the utmost. Mrs. Allen kept insisting that he take a le of extra pieces and at the end of the meal Bill's side dish 1 like a boneyard. 3111 drove me up on the campus for the open air dance that we were having, and then returned to help irs. Allen do the dishes and visit with her. They came up onthe — campus later, and Bill said he had a grand evening. And we did, I assure you, enjoy him every minute. And of course you know how we feel about Clint, Jr. Now to the point, - and I believe this will make it clear. Three years ago, just before the Missouri-Kansas game which was played here in Lewrence, a certain influential fellow in Topeka called me up and said that he was in a conference with a couple of the Board of Regents, and they were willing to offer me a long-term contract and wanted me to take over football as well as direct the other matter. My reply was in the ~ way of a question to him. I said, “It doesn't happen that there is a cocktail party in Topeka tonight, does it?" t Hie was rather astounded, and rather resented my remark. He said, “Listen, I em talking turkey. I know that if you would consider this you could have a long-term contract with practically double your salary. They will allow so much for football and so much for the administration | of the department.” | I said, “Now get this straight. If you are a friend of mine you will never mention the thing you have mentioned to me again. And further- more, you will not say anything to anybody else because if you do some of your friends will think that I am a candidate for this job. I wouldn't have it at any price. I have been through eighteen years of hell, when even some of my best friends said, Well, maybe Phog is spending too much time on his basketball and letting football go. I am now out of it and never want to get back into it. I am enjoying life and letting the ce other fellows worry while I can limp along with an occasional winner in basketball and take care of the Physioal Education department without getting too badly hurt.” Mrs. Allen was sitting upstairs in our side an Oe he range When she heard a& part of the conversation she stood ~~) and said, "Please, 0h please, don't do 43." , é is ane ae, Medea bn a Vienne: Of Pune in the matter at our house. ee But I do want you to know how much I appreciate your sincere good wishes and friendly attitude. In this Jayhawk Rebounds coming up I think you can read enough in that to let you know my attitude. Thanks again, Clint, a million. Very sincerely yours, Mirector of Physical Education PCA:Al Varsity Basketball Coach More than aHalf Century of Service ESTABLISHED INKANSAS CITY I878 h ENKINS MOsIC Co) ComPANY RADIOS AND REFRIGERATION - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SHEET MUSIC AND MUSIC BOOKS tel7 23° WAEN UT SEREE F Kansas Ciry, Missoort fly 2E-4Y Loa, Phkog- Pecott x iis: iA £. f7 7 > & be he AA 9 0 ohindy ohne. (a ae eo oe March 25, 1944. Mir. Harold Keith, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahomae . Dear Herold: I am sending you a eopy of a radio address that T made over KFKU a week ago last Thursday, March 16. The point that I endeavored to make was that we should make no rules that might hinder a player now in the game just because the players present happen to interfere with our type of plays You will remember that Hugh Pord did things to us. The only way we could be fair would be to make a rule that would go into operation three years after all the players now eligible would have graduated. Don't you quite agree with that policy? If we accept that prin- ciple then the coaches camot be charged with being utterly selfish individuals thinking only of themselves. Sincerely yours, ae Director of Physical Education, PCA: AH Varsity Basketball Coach. ax March 8, 1944. Mr. J. B. Kissell, Portis, Kansas. Dear Mr. Kissell: Max just dropped in and we had a fine visit. He is on his — ‘way home and I told him that I had not answered your fine letter of February 16th. I got it out and let him read it. , I am pleased to know that the X-ray does not show a tumor, but I am always afraid of those cranial difficulties. They are 7 With all good wishes to you and yours, I am Sincersly yours, NB. Ma vow (2 we wel ep lsheana, Lia Ch hdl ae Coe Ae p wd WOW te thas ~ "AIC. Max Kissel] WSN. fRanger Bks. Room €05. Poe 90-HOC.- PhO Sk, pe iy Fer. Athens, Ca. | . Lory wot 600 ot Veawan: Pact 5k opie Saas i y XG toe ae Christmas Eve Ball To Open Festivities ip Sa ss ZS GES nae ae 1 SIYGRAC } Ni Be | BARN ae “TOMORROW LS sy) WE FLY” Vol. 1, No. 44. U. 8S. NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL, ATHENS, GA, DECEMBER 24, 1943. Toups Is Tops Among 35th Grads; Marines Sweep First Three Places Sgt. Nelson Is Second; Sullivan’s Platoon Ranks Highest ‘THE Marine Aviation Detachment boasts three-of the top graduates on the 35th Battalion’s honor roll released today by the Records Office. Sgt. T. J. Toups, J-3, took highest honors with an overall average of 3.63. Sgt. S. A. Nelson, J-1, was second with 3.57; and Sgt. W. C. Brusasco, J-1, was third with 3.53. Sharing third honors with Brusasco were Gadets C. G. Brady, J-1, and R. E. Kramer, J-1. a Four of the top fiye, and ten of the honor roll of 25 cadets were from Ens. Turkey Dinner On Xmas Slate EK. D. Sullivan’s platoon J-1, which also holds the distinction of being undefeat- , ed in regimental sports competition. It (CAST TO STARBOARD) | Sleep all day tomorrow if you wish, but if you do you’ll miss a Christmas dinner that goes something like this: Cadets’ Families Welcome; Dance Marks Opening Uf Dahlgren Hall Y ULETIDE festivities officially open at 1745 today when classes will be secured and liberty will be- gin for the Navy’s only wartime holi- day. For those who wish to eat on the station, evening chow will be served one-half hour early for all battalions. At 2100 Chief Maser and the Sky- cracker orchestra will strike up the band in Dahlgren Hall for the Christmas Eve Ball which will mark the official opening of the huge new structure. A crowd of 4,000 officers, cadets, enlisted men and civilian employees, and their wives and dates, will dance under a star- studded canopy. Cadets may take members of their families and out-of-town guests to the ball, but any civilian males among them must wear Navy guest badges. These are obtainable in advance from platoon officers. An Atlanta decorator, with the aid of cadet labor platoons and musicians, has already completed the decorations. Twelve hundred yards of mountain laurel rope and 500 yards of smilax (CAST FO STARBOARD) Oyster Cocktail Stuffed Celery Olives, Pickles Roast Young Georgia Turkey Oyster Dressing Cranberry Sauce Giblet Gravy Glazed Carrots Mashed Potatoes Green Peas Ayocado and Tomato Salad French Dressing Hot Rolls Golden Fruit Cake Ice Cream Coffee Salted Nuts Cigarettes Reveille will sound at 0730, but those who care to (and who doesn’t) may ig- nore it. Cadets will not be required to meet any formations on Christmas Day, except for the meals they eat aboard. On the station’s entertainment pro- gram are two special movies at 1515 and 1945. ; All cadets are invited to Christmas dances which will be held at the Ath- ens Service Center, and the American Legion Cabins. Liberty will end at 2345, and taps will sound at 2400. Focke-Wolf 200—108 35th Flew Six Flags The 35th Batt, which departs Mon- day, leaves an all-time station record of four straight wins in Regimental Re- view, and a near-record of three con- secutive White E pennants. They re- tired from both the athletic and the Candy Santa’s a Great Guy for Laughs academic competitions with the regi- mental championship burgees still fly- ing. Altogether Lieut. H. A. Raben- horst’s charges claimed six champion- ship flags while aboard. Navy uniform regulations apparently mean nothing te some people, Aviation Cadet Jim Kendall (39-F-1), of Miami, discovered this week when he received a Christmas gift of several colorful ties from a “female admirer.” Three of his platoon mates are shown helping him try on some of the snappy haber- dashery. Left to right: Robert McConnell, Kendall, John Moore, and John Kiefer. Sn 2 SS THE SKYORACKER Published every Friday by the Office of Public Relations, U. . Navy Pre-Flight School, Athens, Ga., at no expense to the Goy- ernment. Opinions ‘expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the policy of the Navy. CAPTAIN CHARLES BH. SMITH, USN Commanding Officer Lr. COMpR. RALPH W. BURLEIGH, USNR Executive Officer LIgEUrT. Howard W. KRAMER, USNR Public Relations Officer—EDITOR | Coming Events ! Friday, December 24 Children’s Christmas Tree Party, Dahlgren Hall, 1480. Yuletide Ball, Dahlgren Hall, 2100-0100. En- tire station invited. Saturday, December 25 Movies. “So Proudly We Hail,’’ Auditorium, 1515. Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, and Veronica Lake. Cartoon and novelty reel. Movies. “Heaven Can Wait,’ Auditorium, 1945. Don Ameche and Gene Tierney, in technicolor. Bugs Bunny cartoon and Spots reel. Christmas carolers on the . Stage. Christmas Dance. Service Center, 2000-2330. Dance. American Legion Cabin, Lumpkin, 2000- Officers’ Club Dance, 2100-2400. Sunday, December 26 Church Parade, 0925. Chapel Service. Chaplain G. G. Lacy, Audi- torium, 0940. Holiday Breakfast: Service Center, 1015- 1130. Auditorium, 5. Bing Movies. ‘‘Dixie,” Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. Paramount Save Donald Duck cartoon and novelty reel. Movies. ‘Mr. Lucky,’ Auditorium, 1945. Cary Grant and Laraine Day. News of the Day and cartoon. Friday, December 31 Basketball. Skycrackers vs. Charleston (S. C.) Coast Guard, Perry Gym, 2000. Dance. After game, Perry Gym. Liberty ex- pires at 0100. Dance. Officers’ Club on Jefferson Road, 2100. Saturday, January 1 Graduation Dance. Dahlgren Hall, 2100-2400. 386th, 387th, 38th Batts. Dance. Officers’ Club on Jefferson Road, 2100- 240) Sunday, January 2 Church Parade. 0925. Chapel Service. Chaplain G. G. Lacy, 0940. Movies. Auditorium, 1515. ‘Claudia,’ Dorothy McGuire, Robert. Young. Paramount News, cartoon, and Novelty reel. “Movies. Auditorium, 1945. “Stand By For Ac- tion,’’ Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy. News Of The Day, and cartoon. Cadets May Attend Mass Catholic cadets may attend any of the four morning masses tomorrow (Christmas Day) at St. Joseph’s Church, beginning at 0830. One week from tomorrow (New Year’s Day) a special mass will be cele- brated at 1730 during liberty. Havoc—61 Hotel clerk: “Inside or outside room, sir?’’ Guest: ‘‘Inside, looks like it might rain.”’ Junkers 88—66 CBM: “Tell me, where is the mizzen mast?’’ S2e: has it been missin’. PORT “JT don’t know, sir. How long New Year’s Eve Dance in Perry Follows Coast Guard Court Game A provide music in two places at once. A big. crowd of cadets, crew and civilians is expected at the New Year’s Eve hop in Perry Gym which immediate- ly follows the Skycracker-Charleston Coast Guard basketball game. Chief Anderson’s musical outfit will dish out the melodies, and the Welfare Fund will dish out everything else, including paper hats, noise-makers and free cokes. The dance ends at 15 minutes past midnight and liberty for all cadets ex- pires at 0100. Chief Maser will wield the baton for the formal Officers Club party the same evening. Attendance at that affair will be restricted to club members, wives or dates, and out-of-town house guests. Regular graduation dance for the 36th, 37th, and 38th Batts will be held in Dahlgren Hall the following evening from 2100 to 2400. Skymaster—118 A Whale of a Story! Flying Officer Ralph Witchie, a native of Ottumwa, Iowa, stationed in the Mid- |dle East with an RAF squadron, tells this story and he swears it’s the truth, s’help him: “My plane was badly holed during a recent operational flight. I had to fly low over the sea—only had one motor working. Two hours later I sighted what appeared to be an enemy subma- rine. I decided to shoot it up, so I went down to within five feet of the water. “Just as I approached I noticed it was a whale and I had to laugh as my front gunner was blazing away. But I didn’t laugh long. “‘As I passed over the whale, he blew and the water he spouted drowned out my remaining motor and I had to land in the sea—the only pilot in this war, I think, to be shot down by a whale.’’ Beaufort—58 Telephone Center Opens In South Campus Store A public telephone center for the convenience of cadets was formally opened last week in the South Campus Ship’s Service building. The center is located in a specially constructed wing of the building. The facilities consist of a switchboard and eight booths, served by two attendants. A public address system enables the op- erator-attendants to page the cadets when their calls are ready. Comfortable chairs, reading and writing tables, postcards and stationery, and many of the currently popular mag- azines are also provided by the tele- phone company for the center. A li- brary of telephone directories of other cities is available so that callers can help speed the long distance calls by looking up numbers whenever possible. SALUTE to the New Year will be rendered by all hands here next Friday night when the versatile 45-piece Navy band splits in half to Carolers Sing Tomorrow N ight Cadets, Girls on Stage A specialty arrangement of ‘‘White Christmas”’ and a surprise grand finale will be the feature offerings of the mix- ed choral group which will entertain at 1945 Christmas Night in the Auditorium before the movie. Director of the group of thirteen ca- dets and ten NPFS women employees, is Mrs. L. R. Wagner. Miss Wilma Wright is soloist. The chorus includes: Misses Gene- vieve Wilfong, Ruth Jarrell, Ruth Man- ley, Connie Thomas, Harriet and Jean Miller, Ineze Jones, Betty Puryear, Mrs. Hope Sailors, and Mrs. Thelma Ashman. Cadets L. A. Merritt, Jr. (36-K-1A), W. R. Laine (38-D-3B), W. B. Mathes (38-D-3B), B. EH. Wilson (36-L-1B), G. ¢. Ballman-. (37-B-2B), H. J. Thabet (38-C-2A), A. S. Coe (36-K-2A), J. L. LaBarre (38-C-2B), J. L. Plummer (35- J-1A), D. S. Roberts (35-J-1A), W. G. Christie (37-B-3B), W. J. Irvine (38- C-3B), and M. M. White (38-D-3A). Hudson—66 Brinson Heads CAA-WTS; Kettunen, Leffler Detached Lieut. Mose E. Brinson, former Navy operations officer at the Athens airport has been appointed resident Navy of- ficer of the CAA-WTS School here. He succeeds Lieut. Elmer Kettunen, former officer-in-charge. Since the decommissioning of the Navy Flight Instructors School and the transfer of its facilities to aviation cadet training, three other members of that station’s officer complement have received transfer orders to new duties elsewhere. They are Lieut. (jg) W. T. Leffler, former executive officer, who goes to NAS, Olathe, Kan.; Lieut. Joseph Jolly, flight officer, to Ferry Command, Columbus, O.; and Lieut. (jg) John Canny, first lieutenant, to NAS, Pensacola, Fla. The station has facilities for the pre- liminary flight training of approximate- ly 100 cadets. Airacobra—34 Honorable Discharge Buttons An honorable service button to be worn on civilian clothes has been au- thorized for men and women separated under honorable conditions from active duty in the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The design is the same as that au- thorized by the War Department for those honorably discharged trom the Army, thus standardizing the emblem for all persons honorably separated from the armed forces. 38th Wins Military Championship! As 35th Sets Record for Reviews (PHE 35th Batt set an all-time station record by winning the Regimental | Review for the fourth consecutive time Saturday, to divide ‘military | honors with the 38th Batt, which placed first in four military activities and tied a fifth to win the W hite E pennant with a score of 3.245. Lieut. H. A. Rabenhorst’s 35th bat- talion is the only one in NPFS history to have won first place every time they appeared in Regimental Review. The 35th also came in second in last week’s overall military averages, with a 3.228. Other scores: 39th, 3.224; 37th, 3.2; 36th, last week’s winner, 3.178: The 38th rated first in: MILITARY BEARING, INSPECTION OF RANKS, ROOM INSPECTION, AND TAPS IN- SPECTION, and tied with the 35th, 31th, and. 39th: for "CONDUCT = IN RANKS. Top honors in INFANTRY DRILL went to the 35th, and in FOR- MATION to the 37th. The 36th and 37th tied for WATCH EFFICIENCY. Men of Military merit chosen as bat- talion commanders for the current week were: 35th, Daniel Holladay, J-1; 36th, R. E..Wojohn, K-2; 37th, P. H. Hayek, B-2; 38th, R. H. Bauman, C-1; 39th, A. W. Sievers, E-2. Lightning—52 37th Recaptures Academic Award The 37th Batt placed 83.03 percent of its members on the all-passing list in Academics for the week ending December 17, to win the Red and White E which will be awarded next Monday. They had previously flown the academic burgee the week of December 6. Other percentages released today by the Records Office were: 39th, 79.15 per- cent; 36th, 78.04 percent; 38th, 76.92 percent. Sky teala 06 Xmas Eve Ball (Conta.) form an evergreen ceiling, through which shine the shaded lights. A 30- foot Christmas tree stands in the west end of the hall, blending hundreds of colored lights with the soft glow of the ones overhead. Only entrance to the hall for the Christmas Eve dance is through the Gil- more pool entrance at the east end of the building, facing Memorial. Check rooms are located on either side of the doors. The smoking lamp will not be lit on the dance floor, but the rifle range has been decorated, and will be used as a smoking room. Five hundred gallons of punch have been ordered to | keep the six punch bowls flowing. At 2200 the ladies will form two columns, four abreast, and, led by Mrs. C. E. Smith and Mrs. R. W. Burleigh, march to tables on each side of the tree where favors will be distributed. They will then meet at the tree, and march in rows of eight the length of the dance floor. Over 1100 women, including 300 WAVHES from NTS Milledgeville, are ex- pected to attend the ball. The festivities last until 0100, and cadets have until 0145 to escort their dates home. Taps sound at 0200. Sunday Stage Talent The Sunday evening pre-movie show in the Auditorium at 1945 will feature a Variety Revue from Atlanta with a cast of 14 chorus girls and novelty per- formers. Beaufighter—58 Honor Grads (Contd.) won wrestling, obstacle, basketball and track. Sgt. Toups, of Covington, La., enter- ed the Marine Corps in 1941. He was an aerial photographer at Quantico be- fore receiving his appointment for pilot training. Here he was on the regi- mental championship tumbling team, and has been battalion adjutant. Sgt. Nelson, of LaCrosse, Wisc., a newspaper sports writer before enlisting in the Marine Corps in August, 1942, was a member of the winning track, basketball, and obstacle course teams, and won the regimental wrestling crown at 150 pounds. Sgt. Brusasco, of Los Angeles, Calif., served two and one-half years aboard the LEXINGTON, and helped man one of her guns when she went down in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Cadet Brady, of West Palm Beach, Fla., won the low hurdles in regimental competition. Cadet Kramer, of Needham, Mass., competed on the basketball, wrestling and obstacle course teams from J-1, which won regimental supremacy. The honor roll, which includes four Marines, and one bluejacket cadet, fol- lows: 1. Sgt. T. J. Toups, USMCR, J-2B, Coving- ton, La., 3.63. 2. Sgt. S. A. Nelson, USMCR, J-1A, La- Crosse, Wisc., 3.57. 3. C. G. Brady, J-1B, West Palm Beach, Fla., 3.53. 3. Sgt. W. C. Brusasco, USMC, J-1A, Holly- wood, Calif., 3.53. 3. R. E. Kramer, J-1A, Needham, Mass, 3.53. 6. J. H. Boomer, I-3B, South Ozone Park, Wea 8., 23s 6. Robert. Burns, J-1A, Kingston, Pa., 3.50. 6. K. D. Kopp, I-2B, Alexandria, Va., 3.50. 6. J. B. Levi, I-1A, ‘Woolbridge, N. a3 3.50. 6. H. D. W. Naylor, J-1B, Dallas, Texas, 3.50. 11. Joseph Casco, J-3A, Somerville, Mass., 3.47. 11. J. R. Cullinane, J-1B, Concord, Mass., | 47. $15.5; Ww. Culver, Jr., I-1B, Fort Worth, Tex., 3.47. 11. J. C. Kugler, I-3A, Salem, N. J., 3.47. 11 W.. Po Millis; ARM2c, USN, J-2A, Greens- boro, Ala., 3.47. 11. R. L. Saunders, I-1A, Rockingham, N. C., 3.47. 11. C. C. Szostek, I-2A, Methven, Mass., 3.47. ll. R. J. Tranbarger, J-1B, Washington, | D. C., 3.47. j 19. W. B. Briggs, J-3A, Blandford, Mass., | 3.43. 19. S. C. Davenport, J-3B, Rosindale, eee 3.43. 19. J. J. Dulhagen, J-1B, Union City, N. J., 43. 19. H. D. Knott, I-2A, Carolina Beach, N. C., 3.43. ran 19. J. G. Kulisich, I-2B, Govert, S. Dak., 3.43. 19. Cpl. J. J. McKenna, USMCR, I-1A, Gary, W. Va., 3.43. 19. Operational Report | REPORTED: E. V. Scanlon, SM3c, from NAPTCRO, Atlanta. TRANSFERRED: J. E. Runyan, PhM3c to R/S Charles- |ton Navy Yard; J. E. Henderson, SK2c, and W. L. Shea, Jr., Skic, to R/S ‘Charleston Navy Yard, for transfer to sea duty. Heinkel 111—74 Dispensary Renamed To Honor KRixey Official designation of the Navy dis- pensary on Lumpkin street as Rixey Dispensary was announced this week by Captain C. E. Smith, station skipper. The building which was formerly known as Lawrence Dispensary has been renamed to honor the late Rear Admiral M. W. Rixey, one-time Surgeon General of the Navy and Chief of the Bureau of Medicine aud Surgery. The change of names was deemed advisable to avoid confusion with Law- rence Mess Hall in Operations. The honored hero in that instance was James Lawrence, who, during the War of 1812, uttered the immortal words “Don’ t give up the ship.” Admiral Rixey, former personal physician to Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, was one of the first advocates of physical training for Naval officers. He also contributed greatly to the development of the Naval Hospital Corps and Nurses Corps. Junkers 52—96 ‘Lull Before Storm’ Recorded by Marine What does a Marine do before an in- vasion? The answer is found in the following summary compiled by Master Technical Sergeant Jim G. Lucas, of Tulsa, Okla., who kept this record of his own activities with a Marine combat unit at sea prior to the bloody battle of Tarawa: (1) Played 215 consecutive games of gin rummy. (2) Bought and smoked six cartons of cigarettes and one box of cigars. S Drank 93 cups of hot coffee. 4) Obtained one crew hair cut. (6) Washed the same pair of sox and the same pair of underwear 11 dif- ferent times. Read one ‘Pocket History of the United States.’ l¢7 ) Read two religious essays. (8) Read 19 mystery stories and one something or other called ‘The | Haunted Pajamas.’ (9) Spent an average of 18 out of every 24 hours thinking and talking about home. Mariner—118 i | (Officers Promoted Two NPFS officers were advanced in k this week: Travis Kirkland (Acad) to lieutenant, and E. M. Ussery (Acad) |to Heutenant, junior grade. Walenty "Nieutupski, J-1A, Ludlow, Mass., | 3. STARBOARD 36th and 39th Batts Share Sports Burgee Cancellation of Finals Gives Flag to Bracket Winners HE Red “E” pennant emblematic of sports supremacy flew over Bon Homme Richard and Wasp this week despite cancellation of last Sun- day’s regimental playoffs. Lacking champions, the Athletic Department of the two preliminary brackets. Lieut. (jg) Joseph Coval’s 36th Batt qualified seven of its eight teams for the championship. Only in soccer did the athletes of Bon Homme Richard, Saratoga and Enterprise yield to the 37th. Lieut. S. W. Peffie’s 39th took the lower bracket pennant with victories over the 38th in five out of eight sports. The following teams won the pre- liminary competion. Basketball: 36-K-1 and 38-D-2. Soccer: 37-B-2 and 38-C-3. Wrestling: 36-K-2 and 38-D-3. Boxing: 36-K-3 and 39-F-2. Obstacle: 36-L-3 and 39-E-2. Tumbling: 36-K-3 and 39-F-2. Track: 36-K-1 and 39-E-3. Football: 36-L-2 and 39-E-1. Wildcat—38 7', Million Gifts For Navy Overseas Members of the Naval Service on duty at sea and overseas will receive 7,479,988 gift packages for Christmas. During the period September 15— December 1 the Fleet Post Offices in New York City and San Francisco for- warded that number of packages to per- sonnel of the U. S. Navy, U. S. Marine Corps, U. S, Coast Guard and their re- serve components. Of that total 3,479,988 packages were shipped overseas for delivery, while 4,000,000 packages were deliver- ed aboard ships at United States ports. Gifts mailed to Naval personnel on duty in the United States were handled by the domestic postal service, and no figures on this type of mail are available. Mosquito—i4 McCaslin Sets Hurdle Marks In Two Events Two hurdle marks were broken in track competition last week by a cadet whose high school track career consisted of ‘‘barely winning’ one varsity letter. The athlete is Robert L. McCaslin (37- A-1A), of Rivera, Calif. His new rec- ords of 6.6 seconds in the 50-yard low hurdles and 8.7 seconds in the 70-yard event. each lowered the _ established standings by three-tenths of a second. Messerschmitt 210—54 Fire Delays Bonds A fire in the Savannah, Ga., Post Of- fice destroyed the entire shipment of $87,800 in Pearl Harbor War Bonds, which was destined for subscribers at this station. Bond officials. announced that the records were intact and said that new Bonds would be forwarded here within the next two weeks. STERN any better means of determining the awarded a flag to the winner in each So You’ve Got It Too? When spring fever grips me I never resist; Its lazy enjoyment I take lying down. Buck fever, too, I would gladly endure For one more good shot at the buck deer I missed. And I can recall one fine hayride from town Which even gave hay fever fleeting allure. But what I’ve got now is just driving me bats, Cause, doggone it all! I’ve got NO use for CATS! (EDITOR’S NOTE: Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery explained to a confused public recently that “cat fever’’ is simply the abbreviated term applied to acute catarrhal fever, other- wise the common, ordinary cold. It has nothing to do with cats.) Barracuda—49 It’s a Small World Commander Lauren Goldsmith, of the NPFS medical staff, this week found himself examining for the second time a Navy man he had originally O. K.’d in Iceland for flight training. The cadet was E. J. Harmonay, 36-K- 2A, of Yonkers, N. Y., who formerly served at the same far-off base. ‘ Four Games Added To Court Schedule Four more games were added this: week to the Skycracker varsity basket- ball schedule. The NPFS basket-bomb- ers, who downed the Robins Field Army fliers last Saturday, 47-33, in the sea- son opener, have been booked to meet the Army fliers of Cochran Field in two games, Jan. 15 and Feb. 26; and the College Park quintet of Atlanta, Feb. 19 and Feb. 25. The schedule to date: Fri., Dec. 31—Charleston (S. C.) Coast. Guard, at Athens. Sat., Jan. 8—Robins Field Army fliers,. at Macon. Sat., Jan. 15—Cochran Field, at Macon. Fri., Jan. 21—Georgia Tech, at Atlanta. Fri., Jan. 28—-Georgia Tech, at Athens. Fri., Feb. 18—Atlanta Naval Air Sta- tion, at Atlanta. Sat., Feb. 19—College Park, at Atlanta. Fri., Feb. 25—-College Park, at Athens. Sat., Feb. 26—Cochran Field, at Athens. Dornier 217—62 Santa Crams Bag for 225 Navy Kids Today Santa Claus has his bag crammed full of Christmas presents for 225 Navy moppets, ranging in age from two weeks to 12 years, who will meet him this afternoon under the towering Christmas tree in Dahlgren Hall. While the kids await his arrival with bated breath, Mrs. J. C. Geston will re- gale them with Yuletide stories. A few of the talented tots will sing carols. Varsity Cagers Beat Army Fliers, 47-33, In Season Opener IKUT. C. L. ‘‘Chuck’”’ Finley’s Skyeracker basketball team opened its seasoned quintet of Army fliers from The .Navy’s fast-moving, finely-con- ditioned court team was first to tally and led throughout the game. Anderson, Army guard, was high scorer with 11 points. Clifford Dillon, former Texas Univer- sity player, and Ben Harris, from South- ern Methodist University, each netted stars in the Navy lineup were Jim Law- rence, ex-Baylor University cager; Fred Winkler, formerly of St. Benedict’s; Larry Lott, late of Texas U.; and Fred Teachers star. Lieutenant Finley, other Navy court aggregation from the Naval Air Station, Norman, Okla., to the Gulf Coast, and later to the NAAU quarter-finals last season, indicated that his present charges were likely to develop into a formidable aggregation as the season moves along. season in Perry Gym here Saturday night with a 47-33 victory over a Robins Field, Macon, Ga: The Army entered the contest with a record of four victories and two defeats. eight for the Navy Pre-Flighters. Other | Smith, one-time Trenton (N. J.) State | who piloted an-| gold cup service. championship of the! New Platoon Sergeant Guadaleanal Veteran Platoon Sergeant R. L. Rose, USMC, of Crescent City, Fla., has replaced Pla- toon Sergeant Gwinn “Bryant as drill instructor here. Bryant was detached this week and ordered to Sea School at Portsmouth, Va. Set. Rose was a member of the orig- inal landing party at Guadalcanal and served with the First Division there un- |til seriously wounded in November, 1942. He wears the Purple Heart and Presidential Unit Citation ribbons. Junkers 87—45 CADET (after breath-taking spin): “I bet 50 percent -of the people down there thought we were going to be killed.”’ INSTRUCTOR: ‘And 50 percent of the people up here thought so, too!’’