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Rattler 1945 08 15.Pdf (10.67Mb) OFF-DUTY CLASSES UNDERWAY -4>. Voi. 2, No. 17 Rattlesnake Army Air Field, Pyote, Texas August 15,1945 <$- PYOTERS CELEBRATE END OF WORLD WAR 0 Field Acclaims Algebra, Spanish, Writing Pyote Mercury News Thai Courses Start Tomorrow Reaches 102 War Is Over The first group of off-duty«®--------------------------------------------------- classes in the field’s big education holds a Math ■ degree from Hope Last Monday Sirens screamed the news to Py­ program are scheduled to start on College, New York, and by Sgt': ote that the Japs had surrendered Thursday, Lt. W. C. Gruben, In­ James C. Ross, former advance The mercury pushed over the unconditionally. The field took formation and Education Office, Engineering student at Mississippi hundred mark the early part of the news with many emotions. announced today. State. the week for the first time since Overseas vets, stateside GIs, ci­ These first classes open tomor­ The course in Spanish will be the month began. Sweltering vilians heard the news from one row night at 7 p.m. and classes taught the Army method which Pyoters got a spot of relief Sat­ source or another. The chapel will be held each Tuesday and emphasizes speaking rather than urday when Pyote had seven- was open and a number of GIs Thursday evenings at that time at grammar. No background is nec­ hundreths of an inch of ruin- and civilians paid a visit to the the Technical Training Gunnery essary for this course. Recordings fall. chapel in thanks for this final vic­ School. No registration in ad­ will be used to teach the course. Temperatures for the past tory. vance is necessary. Interested Classes will be conducted by Pfc. week are compared with those Reaction around the field was parties are merely to report to­ Herman Slotkin who holds a de­ of a year ago, courtesy Base varied. morrow night for the class in gree of education and has taught Weather Office. T/Sgt. Joe Tuscan, Sq. E, was which they care to join. high school courses in the New 1945 1944 in the Service Club having a beer, Classes Announced York City school system. WEDNESDAY ____ 91 98 when his pal Ruge walked in and This first group of classes will The Creative Writing course THURSDAY ....____ 96 98 told him the war is over. Joe had will cover the basics of short story, include courses in Algebra, Span­ FRIDAY ____ ....... 99 99 heard that too many times in the novel, poetry, newspaper, and ra­ ish, and Creative Writing. A SATURDAY . ____ 89 99 past few days. “I didn’t believe dio w r i t i n g— emphasizing the course in basic p-yschology is des­ SUNDAY ......... ....... 99 100 him till he offered to bet me $50 “writing to sell” school. The tined to begin next week. Other MONDAY . ......... 102 103 to a dime.” course will be taught by Cpl. Ed classes tentatively set are Aero­ TUESDAY ..... 100 103 Cpl. Alton Olson was listening nautics, Small Business Operation, Koops, editor of The Rattler. to a shortwave newscast when the and high school Physics. Books for all courses are free. flash came over. “The first thing The Algebra course will be di­ (No text is available for the Crea­ that crossed my mind was—when vided into classes— a first section tive Writing courste.) Tests will SORRY! am I going back to Evansville for covering all phases of elementary be given at the end of the classes Due to a shortage of news­ keeps?” Algebra for beginners, and a sec­ and certificates of completion will print The Rattler is forced to Cpl. Orin Franks, Sq. A, did as ond which will review basic Alge­ be received by all who pass the curtail its size to 8 pages this many other Pyoters—he went over bra as a refresher course. The course satisfactorily. Requests ffer issue, in order to continue our .to the chapel and greeted the glor­ Introductory High School Algebra high school credit in any of these necessary distribution. T h e ious news with the reverence it course will be followed by classes courses will be submitted, if the many features discontinued for deserved. in'Geometry, Solid Geometry, and student so desires. one issue will be back in their Cpl. Faye Smith, Sq. B, rushed Trigonometry. Additional off-duty classes will groove (and we in ours) next to the door when the news came The class will be taught by be announced in next week’s Rat­ week. (Continued on Page 8) Chaplain, Phillip Anderson who tler. «_ ___ t Page 2 The Rattler August 15,1945 uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin THE BATTLER A Cooler Uniform PYOTE, TEXAS Capt. T. F. McLaughlin, whip-cracker at the Grand Island AAF newspaper, has come out of his summer coma to start demands for Published for the personnel of a summer uniform. The Captain, an ex-Raiiler slavey, comes up Pyote Army Air Field by the In­ with some admirable suggestions regarding the cooler uniform. formation and Education section, "What this man's army needs but badly is a new summer uni­ with the cooperation of Public Re­ form with the accent on comfort", he writes. lations. All material is reviewed So while resting his bean-lean form in a favorite bathtub, the prior to publication by the Public Relations Officer. Captain has come up with the following ideas: Sun hejmets: They look good and will serve some purpose The RATTLER receives Camp which is more than can be said for those garrison caps now perching Newspaper Service material, re­ precariously on well greased hair. The sun helmet would shade the publication of which is forbidden face and the back of the neck and for no other reason would justify J«L__ without permission of CNS, 205 E. 42nd St., N.Y.C. All other material its use. Neckties: Throw 'em away. Do away with the neckties en­ «■ 1111 ' herein may be republished. Opin­ tirely, day and night. It is a useless ornamental piece of cloth Twice selected by Camp ions expressed herein are those of foisted on the public by some astute textile manufacturers and it Newspaper Service as one of the writers and should not be con­ does nothing but help strangle our swan-like necks. the best GI newspapers in the strued as necessarily those of the Sleeves: Cut 'em to half-length. We can't roll our sleeves up world, 1944, 1945. Army Aar Force. without an MP or two swooping down on us, so why not fix things Pictures by Base Photo Lab. so there'll be no sleeves to roll up. COL. A. E. KEY, STATION COMMANDANT Trousers: Short pants for on-duty hours. The British summer uniform uses short pants and they don't look half bad. For those Lt. W. C. Gruben, I & E Officer who are very conscious of the dimples in their knees, long, present- Lt. Walter C. Van Burén, Public Relations Officer day trousers would be optional. The good Captain seems to have a few points that we sweatily RATTLER STAFF: S/Sgl. Robert H. Nash, Cpl. Edward C. Koops, approve of. But as long as we're day dreaming about a new summer and Cpl. Marie A. Rados uniform, let's make the issue wide-open. The Rattler will gladly print any further suggestions on this subject. There are' five secrets of happiness: money, money, money, mon­ The $64 Question ey, money. (Latest war developments have been piling up so fast on our The reason a dog has so many friends is that his tail wags instead befuddled editorial writer during the past week that he has quite given instead of his tongue. up the idea of writing an editorial on Sunday that will not be outdated by Wednesday. After writing three editorials, only to see them scrap­ All work and no play makes jack the dull way. ped by the swift pace of events in this past eventful week-end, our editorial writer threw in the towel. The Rattler herewith reprints a pre­ A smart girl is one who knows what she's saying and "no's" vious editorial which seems to us to pack as much, if not more, good what he's thinking. sense now than it did then.) The phrase "post-war world" is taking a beating lately. It shoots The gal who does everything under the sun is likely to get at you from soft-drink ads in the slick-paper magazines, it oozes out of her hide tanned. your radio in connection with soap, beauty cream, or baking powder. Newspapers tell of autogyros, vacuum-packed autos, floating houses, and airports in every backyard when Victory comes. But in spite of the hoopla and ballyhoo, the phrase "post-war world" rings beautifully in the ear of any soldier. Frankly, we doubt that the Army will give a jeep with every discharge, or that helicopters will land in our kitchen . but we think it is high time that we all give a little thought to what happens when V day comes and that long-awaited paper rests safely in our hands. There is a personal post-war world that all of us have to build. There are a hundred vital questions that concern each of us as individ­ uals—questions that we have to answer ourselves. Are you going back to your old job? To your old town? Are you going back to school? Are you going to marry the girl? Are you going to build a home? Are you going to tackle a new profession? Just what ARE you going to do when you get back in that white shirt, red tie, and suede shoes? That is a post-war world that concerns you, and you alone.
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