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DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The Battalion
DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1942
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NUMBER 22
Queen of Name Bands
Blonde Bombshell to Rock Ags
As Slab Opening Is Postponed
Faculty Will
Go on Ten
Percent Plan
Other Local
Residents Asked
To Join Campaign
It was announced by Dean Bol
ton today that employees of all
college agencies and members of
the college faculty are going on
the 10 per cent basis, by which
they will pledge 10 per cent of
their incomes to the purchase of
. war bonds and stamps. In order
to make this campaign a complete
success persons living in the vi
cinity of College Station are also
asked to cooperate by buying as
many war bonds and stamps as
they possibly can.
At a meeting of the college com
mittee yesterday afternoon it was
decided that pledges would be sent
out to all of the college personnel.
Prank Schofield, of Austin, State
Administrator of War Bond Sales,
spoke at the meeting and urged
that all pledges be fulfilled. There
are many who have already pledg
ed 10 per cent of their incomes to
the purchase of war bonds and
stamps and so far this group has
exceeded its quota every month.
Regarding this campaign on the
sale of war bonds and stamps, Dr.
T. O. Walton, president of the col
lege, made the following state
ment:
“Our government has called
on every employed person in the
United States to pledge 10 per
cent of his income to the pur
chase of war bonds and stamps.
This is not a gift; it is a loan to
be repaid with interest in ten
years. This indeed is a small
price to pay for the maintenance
of our liberty and the perpetua
tion of our American way of life.
, “We are in the critical time of
our history—we must in months
build the machines of war that
our enemies have had years to
build—we must equip and main
tain an army that in a democracy
is of stupendous size. To do these
things sacrifice on the part of
each of us is a national necessi
ty. Within the next few days
members of Campus War Bond
Committee will call on each
member of the staff concerning
his pledge and I know that the
employees of the college will re
spond to this call as they have
always responded to requests of
this nature. I am confident that
we shall exceed the 10 per cent
request.”
Ranger Will Show
Movies For Air
WardensTomorrow
Harry Boyer, of the command
ant’s office, has announced that
Texas Ranger W. E. Naylor will
show a series of moving pictures
in the Chemistry Lecture Room at
7:30 Friday evening and that all
air raid wardens are urgently re
quested to attend.
The pictures deal with all meth
ods of civilian protection and are
being circulated in the state by
Homer Garrison, director of pub
lic safety for Texas.
They have been shown at the
War Department Civilian Protec
tion school at the college and Boy
er was so impressed with the les
son they give that he made ar
rangements with Garrison for
Naylar to bring them back for the
benefit and training of all civilian
defense workers.
The show will be open to the
general public but Boyer is very
anxious that the wardens and oth
er workers attend. There is no ad
mission charge, he said.
Home Nursing Course
Opens Tonight Under
Red Cross Auspices
Miss Lucy Harrison, Brazos
county chairman of the Red Cross
home nursing unit, announces that
the first class in instruction in
home nursing for this locality will
be held tonight at 7 p.m. in the
Red Cross sewing room. The class
will be instructed by Mrs. T. R.
Spence.
All are invited to attend and no
previous experience is required.
A&M Receives 150
Extra Enlistments
In Reserve Corps
Cadets of Selective
Service Age Will Be
Shown First Preference
It is stated in a letter from the
Corps Area, dated July 15, 1942,
that 150 enlistments to be made
in Enlisted Reserve Corps are to
be alloted to A. & M. Only students
who are of draft age and are be
ing pushed by their respective
draft boards for enlistment are
eligible for this opportunity to get
a contract. The selection of men
to be enlisted will be made by the
senior instructors of the units con
cerned and will be students chosen
for leadership, character and class
standing.
Selections will be confined to
the sophomore class and to stu
dents who will undoubtedly be
selected for advanced course con
tracts the next school year.
When a student is definitely
chosen for enlistment, he will be
sent to the Sergeant Major’s of
fice to procure Form 63 for his
physical examination to be made
at the College hospital, after which
the examination form will be re
turned to the senior instructor. If
the student is satisfactory, he will
be sent to’ the Recruiting Officer,
Major Marshall, for the completion
of all his records.
Allotments given the various
units on the campus are as fol
lows: Infantry 12, Field Artillery
13, Coast Artillery 8, Engineers
6, Cavalry 3, Chemical Warfare
Service 3, Signal Corps 3, making
a total of 48 allotments.
New Cryptography
Club Meets Tonight
The newly-organized Cryptog
raphy Club will meet tonight in
Room 310 Academic building. Dr.
H. L. Kidd, sponsor of the club and
teacher in the Cryptography sec
tion of the English department,
will speak to the group. Theme
of tonight’s meeting will be “An
alyzing Elerpentary Ciphers.”
In a recent reorganization meet
ing of the club, George Williams
was elected president; Leslie L.
Burns, vice president and Need
ham Cain, secretary-treasurer for
the school year. According to Wil
liams, membership in the club is
not limited to those taking the
Cryptography course now offered
by the English department.
Three types of Negro music will
be offered for the approval of the
Town Hall audience Monday night
when the Jackson Jubille Singers
present their program from the
stage of Guion Hall. The concert
is the third of the Town Hall at
tractions to appear on the current
series of programs.
The concert will be • made up of
music suited to the Negroes voice
and temperament. Negro music is
divided roughly into three types.
The first two, the jubilee and the
plantation song, are characterized
by the jubilance and the happiness
of the plantation negro. The third
type, the spiritual, expresses the
prayer and hope of happiness of
the Negro race.
The Jackson Jubilee singers or
iginated with the late professor
Once again war raises its ugly
head to delay the grand opening
of the new open air dance pavilion.
The Student Activities office an
nounced yesterday that due to de
lay in getting the maroon pigment
from Chicago, Illinois, to color the
cement, the opening date has been
postponed from August 1 to Aug
ust 7. Any student who has in
vited a date down for the opening
should write her at once and make
the date for one week later.
Many delays in construction on
the dance slab have caused a
number of headaches. It looks lyse
Hitler, Hirohito & Co. are deter
mined that Aggieland shall not
dance under the stars, but the
blame cannot be put on any au
thority having to do with the con
struction. The simple answer is
war. Construction materials are
scarce in the first place, and in
the second place, the shipment of
such materials resembles a herd
of lazy turtles.
There is a silver lining in the
situation, though. The week-end of
August 7 promises to be a much
livelier one than the cast-off week-
R. G. Jackson of Western Univer
sity, Kansas City, Kansas. It is
made' up entirely of negroes and
is under the direction of V. S.
Brown, pianist and second tenor
for the group. The group’s bari
tone, John Garth, III, is an accom
plished musician, having played
the leading role in the Broadway
hit, “Porgy ’n Bess.”
The group specializes in Negro
music, leaving “white folks mu
sic,” for the most part, alone.
Songs of modern arrangement will
also be included in the program.
Also included will be selections in
a humorous vein, as well as num
bers by modern Negro composers
and popular hits based on negro
terms. In addition, Brown will be
heard in one or more piano solos
that represent the nature and
background of his race.
end of August 1. Friday night will
see the gala opening of the floor,
with the Aggieland band dishing
out the melody, and Saturday night
brings the corps dance with the
Queen of the name bands, Ina Ray
Hutton. So, instead of the mere
opening dance as originally an
nounced, there will be two nights,
two dances, and two bands. (And
two moons, maybe.)
-Sbisa Hall will provide insur
ance against foul weather; in case
of rain the Saturday night dance
will be moved from the open air
to Sbisa.
Miss Hutton’s band organized
this year made its debut at New
York’s famous Hotel Astor where
it broke the season’s record for
dinner and supper diners. Ina
Ray’s all-male band succeeds her
all-girl orchestra because “Al
though a girl band was easier to
look at, the all-male band is easier
to listen to.” Today Ina Ray’s out
fit is rated by men like Tommy
Dorsey as the band most likely to
succeed in 1942.
Top female orchestra leader in
the country, Ina Ray has chestnut
hair and blue eyes, is 5 feet 3
inches tall, and weighs 108—un-
vital statistics. She dances and
sings in addition to conducting the
band. Her sense of rhythm was
inherited from her mother, Marvel
Ray, a professional pianist. “I
have always loved rhythm. That
is why it came so natural for me
to lead a band. When the offer
came to me, I rushed at the chance
of doing what I liked best and
what I felt I was best fitted for,”
says Miss Hutton.
Construction of New
College-Bryan Hi-way
System Is Underway
Work on the proposed extension
of College Road and on the road
connecting Highway 6 with the
old highway has been started, ac
cording to George M. Garrett, dis
trict highway engineer. The ex
tension will run from the Union
Hill section to the campus and
will connect with the Sulphur
Springs Road.
Culverts are being installed and
grading on ^the road connecting
the old highway and Highway 6
will be started as soon as work
on the culverts is completed, Gar
rett said. Work on this road will
be completed before work on the
extension is started.
Former English Prof
Stationed at Ft Sam
Word has been received by Dr.
Geo. Summey of the English de
partment that former associate
professor W. A. Owens of that de
partment is now stationed at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. He is in
Company C of the Reception Cen
ter.
LONGHORN SCHEDULE
July 21 to 27, Composite
Regiment Seniors.
A Dollar’s Worth of Picture
Fish W. S. Jarnagin, G FA, submitted the above picture and isi the
winner of the Longhorn contest this week, John Longley, Longhorn
editor announced today. The snapshot was taken at the model air
plane contest held during the aeronautical conference held here
recently.
JubileeSingers Offer Town Hall
Goers Three Types of Music
Hanby Elected Senior
Assistant Yell Leader
Wins Over Rafferty, Patterson, and
Housewright for Post Vacated by O’Leary
At the Senior meeting last night in the Assembly Hall,
Bob Hanby was elected to replace Ted O’Leary as Senior
Assistant Yell Leader. Other candidates in the running for
the office were Lee Housewright, Pat Patterson, and Ed
Cadets, Marines,
Sailors Invited To
Community Dance
Amusement Planned
To Finance Sidewalk
System for Consolidated
Dancing, bridge and other forms
of recreational amusement have
been planned by the A. & M. Con
solidated Mothers’ Club for the
first of a series of community so
cial functions which will be held
Friday night in the gymnasium
and music room of the Consoli
dated school. Admission will be 50
cents per couple.
Cadets, sailors and marines with
wives or dates, as well as all other
residents of College Station have
been extended an invitation by
members of the club with the hope
that everypne in the community
may become better acquainted.
These parties will provide an op
portunity for opening new friend
ships and for bringing about a
closer understanding between the
various social groups which com
pose College Station, states Mrs.
G. Byron Winstead, president of-
the club.
Funds secured from admission
charges will be used to construct
a system of sidewalks around the
Consolidated school. Mrs. Winstead
emphasized that this is to be a
community affair and all revenues
will be used for the betterment
and beautification of the commu
nity.
First Order For
Officer’s Guide
Sent Off Yesterday
Yesterday was the last day for
orders to be received on the first
shipment of the Officers’ Guide.
However, it is now possible to turn
in oi’ders for the second shipment.
Orders as before may be placed
in the Students Activities office in
the. Administration building with
the entire cost paid down.
The first shipment arrives on
July 28 and may be called for at
that time. The deadline was set
also on the second shipment orders
for August 5.
Agronomy Students
To Meet Dates At
George’s at 5:45
All agronomy majors who signed
up for dates for the Agronomy
Society picnic tonight will meet
their dates at George’s Confec
tionery at 5:45 this afternoon.
The picnic will be held in the
ravine just west of the new area
drill field. Activities will begin at
6 p.m., barbecue will be served
later in the afternoon, and a good
time is promised all those who at
tend the first social occasion of
the Agronomy Society this semes
ter.
Rafferty. Hanby will now assist^.
Chuck Chalmers in leading the
Corps at all yell practices.
Out of a total of 163 votes cast
Hanby received 88, Rafferty 47,
Patterson 14, and Housewright 14.
As can be readily seen by the few
number of votes cast, there was
an unusually poor turnout for the
meeting and election.
There was no other business
taken up at the meeting. Each can
didate spoke briefly, and then the
election was conducted by secret
ballots.
Fish, Game Club
Views U S Films
Two Kodachrome films loaned
by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, showing national wildlife
refuge pictures of birds were ex
hibited last night at a meeting of
the Fish and Game Club on the
campus. One, “The Birds of Woody
Island,” on a wildlife refuge in
Montana, showed pelicans, cormo
rant, and terns at home during
the nesting season. The other, “The
Western Grebe,” illustrated the
mating antics of this largest of
the grebe family.
Opportunities in wildlife work
were discussed by Dr. Walter P.
Taylor, Head of the Department
of Fish and Game, and he reviewed
the work of 50 graduates and un
dergraduates of the Department.
Helmut K. Buechnerj a graduate
student now located in Kerr Coun
ty, Texas, told of his work in
studying the vegetation in associ
ation with game and nongame
species, and stressed the signifi
cance of the relations between
livestock and game. Othiel Er-
lund, acting px-esident of the Fish
and Game Club, was in the chair.
Linton Robertson is program chair
man for the present semester.
IAeS Will Hold
Watermelon Feast
Tonight at 7 P M
All members of the Institute of
Aeronautical Sciences are invited
to attend a watermelon feast which
is to be held this evening. Stu
dents wishing to attend should
meet at the Aero Building at 7
o’clock where transportation will
be provided.
Texas Institute for
Co-operatives to be
Held Here Aug 10-12
The place of cooperative organ
izations in the war effort, and ex
pected developments when peace
comes, will furnish the main topics
of discussion when the Texas In
stitute for Co-Operatives is pre
sented here Aug. 10-12 by A. &
M.
J. Wheeler Barger, head of the
department of agricultural eco
nomics at the college, is serving
as chairman of the institute. He
has secured several national lead
ers in the co-op movement to make
special addresses, among them
Ezra Benson, executive secretary
of the National Council of Farmer
Co-Operatives, and Dr. O. W. Herr
mann, chief of the co-operative re
search and service division of the
Farm Credit Administration.
Informal discussions of other co
operative problems will be held,
and the Texas Federation of Co-
Operatives will have its first an
nual meeting, with election of di
rectors and mapping of a program
scheduled.
All co-operative organizations in
Texas, of whatever nature, are"
urged to send representatives to
the institute, Barger said. The
meeting will open at 9:30 a.m.
August 10, and close at noon Aug
ust 12.
No campus accommodations for
visitors will be available, Barger
said, but there is ample space in
tourist courts adjoining the cam
pus and in hotels at nearby Bryan.
City Commission
Meets to Hear Data
On Budget, Tax Rates
There will be a special meeting
of the City Commission of the city
of College Station tonight at 7:30
in the lecture room of the Civil
Engineering building. This meeting
is to be a budget hearing for the
year 1942. An itemized statement
of the expenditures of the city
will be read as well as the esti
mated income from all sources.
The budget is a major factor in
determining the tax rate for the
city.
Sidelights and Developments
On Wanger and Aggie Movie
The story of an Aggie and how l Wanger Studios in Hollywood. It
he lives is the basis of the motion J will picture all the color and life
picture to be produced by Walter I to be found at A. & M. Without
On the Arabian Nights set at Universal Studios officials of the
college who were in Hollywood conferring on the movie about
A. & M. were photographed with some prominent cihema charac
ters. From left to right are G. Byron Winstead, director of infor
mation for the college; Sabu, youthful actor from India; H^S-ry
Boyer of the Commandant’s office; Maira Montez, movie actress;
Mrs. Winstead, and Jon Hall, screen hero.
a doubt, T.S.C.W. will find a
notable place in the story.
Norman Rielly Rain well known
expert on military films and
stories is the author; and is ex
pected to arrive in College Station
to fill in the remainder of his plot
with Aggie tradition and back
ground.
Three quarters of a million dol
lars is to be expended in the mak
ing. Aggie contributions to the
agricultural and especially to the
military status of the country are
to be exemplified throughout the
picture. With ex-Aggies having
served in three wars and more
than six holding the rank of
Brigadier General, the college has
a lot of background to offer Wan
ger.
As to how long the filming will
take no one can say, but judging
from Mr. Wanger’s previous pol
icy, he will not leave until it is
as good as he can possibly make
it. Before the shooting of the film
starts as well as throughout its
making, Wanger will consult with
the college officials in the hopes
of making the film as accurate as
possible.
Wanger will attempt to capture
on film the sixty-four years of
service A. & M. has rendered to
its country and state in such a
way that all who see the picture *
will be able to grasp the signifi
cance.