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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPEK
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The Battalion
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPEK
Ob THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1942
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NUMBER 23
Hurst and Holman
Form News Agency
For College News
Organization Tentatively
Called Southern Collegiate
Press Association by Staff
C. A. “Chick” Hurst, senior
sports assistant on the Battalion
newspaper, and John Holman, ed
itor of the Battalion magazine, an
nounced today that plans are being
formulated for the organization of
an intercollegiate news agency to
go into operation within the next
few weeks.
Tentatively called the Southern
Intercollegiate Press Association,
the organization will supply col
leges and universities of the South
and Southwest with news and fea
ture articles about all southern
schools.
Organization plans at present
call for a tri-weekly news cover
age of all campuses in the south
ern half of the United States, as
well as acting as regional agency
in collaboration with other collegi
ate news agencies.
Hurst will be president of the
association, with Holman vice-
president and general manager. W.
C. Stone, assistant director of stu
dent activities, will act as advisor.
The organization has the approval
and support of the A. & M. Press
Club.
Knives Must Be
Preserved During
Present Emergency
Every wise housewife should
avoid abusing her knives because
new ones will be hard to obtain
with most available metal going
into war equipment. To make your
knives last longer and to keep
them in repair, neighbors might
form a “knife sharpening clinic”
says Mrs. Bernice Claytor, special
ist in home improvement of the
A. and M. Extension Service.
All household equipment will
stay in better condition, whether
in war or peace time, if it is kept
clean. It should be checked occa
sionally by equipment dealers or
persons trained in repair work who
can advise on feasibility and cost
of repair. Manufacturers’ instruc
tions for use of the appliances
come in handy in prolonging the
life of the equipment around the
home.
Sharing household equipment
with others is a good way to keep
the Victory Demonstrator’s pledge
to “work with family and neigh
bors.” Exchanging the use of a
washing machine with a neighbor
who has a sewing machine shows
a cooperative and neighborly at
titude, but it is more important
for patriotic reasons because shar
ing will release metals, materials
and labor for war production; will
improve farm life for families who
cannot afford equipment; and will
save time, money and labor.
Town Hall Feature Monday
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Jackson Jubilee singers pictured above originated with the late professor R. G. Jackson of Western
University, Kansas. The group is made up entir ely of negroes under the direction of V. S. Brown.
This group will appear here Monday night at 8:15 as the third in the current Town Hall series.
Police Committee
In Charge Making
Of First Aid Kits
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The Police Committee of the Na
tional Defense Committee of Col
lege Station is making First Aid
Kits that are to be distributed,
without charge, to all of those per
sons completing the standard 20-
hour First Air Course.
It is urged that all residents of
College Station save their bottles
and stoppers of three ounces or
less to be used in these kits. These
will be picked up in a few days by
the Air Raid warden in your dis
trict. .*
Three bottles are required for
the making of each kit; one for
amonia, one for alcohol, and one
for antiseptic. Some 200 kits are
being made by the Police Commit
tee, and it is thought that most of
the bottles can and will be supplied
by the people of College Station.
Grady Elms Training
At Wallace Center
Grady Elms, former assistant
advisor for student activities and
student publications for the col
lege, reported recently to Camp
Wallace and is undergoing basic
training in the Antiaircraft Re
placement Training center. Mrs.
Elms is still a resident of College
Station where she is employed in
the Registrar’s office.
Everything Goes On
Backwards Tonight In
"Duck” Jenkins Show
Have you ever wanted to do
everything backward ? Have you
ever wondered what it would be
like, for instance, to sing back
ward? You can find out about that
by coming to Kadet Kapers tonight
at 7:00 at the Assembly Hall.
Dick Jenkins, director of the
Singing Cadets, produces Kadet
Kapers, a fun and song fest that
throws its doors open to one and
all irrespective of boots, stripes,
or chevrons.
Kadet Kapers was not presented
last week so a bigger and better
show will be back of the footlights
for tonight, producer “Duck” Jen
kins states.
Dr Miller Goes To
San Angelo for Sale
Dr. J. C. Miller of the Animal
Husbandry department will leave
Monday for San Angelo to attend
a sale being conducted there by
the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers.
The sale will be held Tuesday and
Wednesday. Dr. Miller will return
to College Station Thursday.
DANCE SLAB CONTEST FORM
Name for Dance Slab.
Your Name
Organization
P. O. Box.
Fire Chiefs Asked
For Information On
Defense Training
Marvin Hall, State Fire Insur
ance Commissioner and Fire De-
fensa Coordinator of the National
Defense Committee for Texas, to
day urgently requested local fire
chiefs to supply him with informa
tion about local Civilian Defense
training.
“We are particularly anxious,”
Hall said, to receive the. informa
tion recently requested of every
fire chief on Fire Defense Form
No. 3. This will supply us with
information as to the number of
persons in each community now
being trained, or who have received
training in first aid, rescue work,
auxiliary fire fighting, and fire
watching.”
Hall’s appeal was directed to ap
proximately 50 per cent of the or
ganized fire departments in the
state. About half have already re
sponded with the information
sought, for which cooperation he
expressed appreciation.
In addition, the State Fire De
fense Coordinator suggested im
mediate organization of training
for civilian defense in those com
munities where no defense train
ing activities have been held.
Town Hall Presents Jackson
Jubilee Singers Monday Night
Monday night in Guion Hall, the
Jackson Jubilee Singers will pre
sent a Town Hall program relat
ing the long history and romance
of the Negro and his distinctive
type of music.
The company is under the direc
tion of V. S. Brown, pianist, who
has done much to help the group
attain the heights to which it has
risen in the past few years. The
singers tell the story of their race
in the words that have been used
by them for the many years that
they have put their thought and
feelings into words and those into
music which cannot be duplicated
anywhere.
Negro music falls roughly into
three types, the plantation song or
shout, the spiritual and the jubilee.
Many of these songs use the same
wording again and again, causing
a hypnotic effect, making one for
get that the reason for it is that
the Negro of some hundred years
ago was uneducated and knew only
those few words that he used ev
ery day, and was unable to supply
new words for each melody that
he thought up. The two forms are
very similar in that they are both
jubilant in spirit, the plantation
song of the happy Negro. The spir
itual is of a very different type,
giving vent to their sorrows and
placing in terms of song their
prayers and hope of the Negro’s
expectation of happiness.
Some songs of more modern ar
rangement will be included also
like those of the beloved poet Ste
phen Foster, “My Old Kentucky
Home,” “Swanee River,” “Carry
Me Back to 01’ Virginny” and
“Song of the Bayou,” and others.
A few humorous diversions will be
offered such as “Song of the
States,” a burlesque of the “Quar
tet from Rigoleto,” “Stormy Wea
ther” and “Dinah,” sung with the
abandon of which the Negro only
is capable, are also in the reper
toire, together with numbers by
modern Negro composers like Wil
liam Dawson’s “Lullaby” and pop
ular hits based on Negro themes,
such as “St. Louis Blues” and
some of Gershwin’s works.
Wildlife Will
Contribute To
United War Effort
That conservation of natural re
sources including minerals, soils,
waters, vegetation, forage on the
grazing range, forests, and wildlife
will contribute greatly to the suc
cess of America’s war effort is as
serted in a report recently complet
ed by the sub-committee on wild
life of the Texas State Land Use
Planning Committee, states Dr. W.
P. Taylor, head of the Fish and
Game Department.
Conservation of wildlife is im
portant to conserve investments al
ready made; to grow and maintain
wildlife crops in some cases as an
additional source of farm income;
to produce more fish in farm ponds,
streams and lakes, as well as in
the gulf coast; both for food and
for recreation; to restore natural
color to the land; and to encour
age recreation, relief from war ten
sion, and out of door life which are
more important now than ever be
fore.
Deer can be doubled in Texas,
antelope can be brought back over
vast areas in the ranchlands of
Western Texas; the javelins and
the fur animals could be better
protected asserts the committee in
their report.
The report was prepared by rep
resentatives of the Extension Serv
ice, the A. & M. Fish and Game
Department, and the Division of
Wildlife Research. Texas Agricul
tural Experiment Station.
Home Timber Crop
Provides Means Of
Increasing Returns
Wise and light selective cutting
each year or two embodies the
most profitable system of harvest
ing the farm timber crop. Accord
ing to C. W. Simmons, farm for
ester of the Texas A. & M. College
Extension Service, frequent cuts
provide a stable income and keep
woodland nearest to maximum pro
ductivity.
Cutting should be distributed
over a forest so as to remove trees
of sufficient maturity, or those
which are crowding or suppressing
younger and more thrifty trees.
Trees of assorted sizes and species
suitable for a variety of uses
should be left with good growing
space, according to size and tol
erance to shade, for frequent har
vesting.
All sizes of reserved trees grow
at a rapid rate after yearly, or
periodic thinnings. A supply of
seed is furnished by the desirable
species to reseed the stump blanks.
Selective cutting with wise use
conforms to the home requirements
and market conditions.
“Waste and little-used trees may
be utilized for farm and other uses
with proper equipment under this
system of cropping,” Simmons ex
plains. “AH/ resources of the for
est may be produced and used
wisely to meet the farm and home
(See TIMBER, Page 4)
LONGHORN SCHEDULE
July 21 to 27, Composite
Regiment Seniors.
Contest Used to Find Name for New
Concrete Dance Slab Now Being Built
Prize of Two Corps Dance Tickets Being
Offered to Aggie Who Creates Best Name
What would you call the new dance slab? To find out,
the Student Activities office is sponsoring a contest to find
a suitable name, Social Secretary Bobby Stephens announc
ed today. Entries may be turned in at the Students Activities
office or may be placed in the Longhorn Picture contest
boxes in the lobbies of the old and new Y.
The contest is to run until 3 p.m. Wednesday, August
5. The contest is open to all students enrolled in the school
Colonel Boles and
Colonel Caphton
Made Full Colonels
Lt. Col. J. K. Boles, Field Ar
tillery senior instructor, and Lt.
Col. C. L. Caphton, Infantry, sen
ior instructor, have been promoted
to the rank of full colonel, as of
July 1, 1942, said a statement is
sued by the Adjutant’s office yes
terday.
It was also learned from Wash
ington that First Lt. Edward L.
Scott, QMC, has been assigned to
College Station as assistant to
Captain Lester Hanks, QMC in
structor.
Age Limit Raised
For Naval Training
New Orleans, La.—The maxim
um age limit for students enroll
ing in the Navy’s V-l program
has been raised to 26 years, it was
announced today by the Eighth
Naval District Public Relations Of
fice. The top age limit previously
was 20 years. This means that
many college sophomores and
freshmen will have the opportunity
of becoming Naval officers where
as in the past they were unable to
qualify because of being over the
age limitation. The minimum age
limit is 17. v
The V-l program of the Office
of Naval Officer Procurement, of
fers college sophomores and fresh
men the opportunity to serve their
country by enlisting in the Naval
Reserve provided they meet the
qualifications. The student is al
lowed to continue his course in
college* at least through his sopho
more year and if ha desires,
through the entire four years of
college when he will then receive
training leading to a commission
as an Ensign with deck or engin
eering duties provided he is still in
good standing. To qualify for avia
tion, or V-5, he begins actual train
ing after his sophomore year.
Expenditures of City
Unanimously Favored
An itemized statement of the
expenditures of the city of College
Station for 1942 was unanimously
approved in a special meeting of
the City Council Thursday night
in the lecture room of the Civil
Engineering building, it was an
nounced today by C. B. Wilcox,
council member.
The budget is a major factor in
determining the tax rate of the
city.
Six Organizations
List New Officers
In Activity Office
Officers for the following clubs
are listed below with the club they
represent. These names are those
that have recently been turned in
to the Student Activities office for
publication and for their records.
Fish and Game Club
President: Otheil Erlund
Vice-Pres: V. Linton Robertson
Sec.-Treas.: Benton €. Taylor
Tyler Club
President: A. Vernon Lockett
Vice-Pres: Justin Pinkerton
Sec.-Treas: Edward McKelvey
Landscape Art Club
President: H. E. Barnes
Vice-Pres: L. Eberspacher
Treasurer: Scott Fikes
Marketing and Finance Club
President: Dave Pinson
Vice-Pres: Colbert Coldwell
Sec-Treas: Joe Clark
Reporter: Pete Dennis
Laredo A. & M. Club
President: Ramiro Casso
Vice-Pres: E. A. Leonard
Sec-Treas: Alden E. Mulle
Social Ch: Horace Watson
Reporter: Randal Nye
Sgt at Arms: Jose M. Logano
Newman Club
President: C. E. Outterside
Vice-Pres: B. Ivey
Secretary: Ed Tschorpe
Treasurer: Geo. Frymire
Ex-Ag-gie Becomes
Squadron Commander
In Army Air Corps
The appointment of 2nd Lieu
tenant William E. Riley, formerly
a resident of Beaumont, Texas, as
commanding officer of a communi
cations squadron has been an
nounced- by Col. Earl H. DeFord,
commanding officer of the Army
Air Force bombardment base at
Will Rogers Field, Okla.
Lieutenant Riley, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. William E. Riley, Sr., of
Beaumont, attended Lamar Col
lege and A. & M. He received his
commission at Scott Field, Illinois,
May 16, 1942, and reported to Will
Rogers Field July 6.
entry. The decision of the judges
is final and all entries become the
property of the Students Activities
. office. In case of ties, duplicate
prizes will be awarded.
Prizes consist of passes to any
two corp dances. The judges for
the contest are Cadet Colonel Wal
ter W. Cardwell, Battalion Editor
David Brooks Gofer, Longhorn
Editor John B. Longley, Senior
Class President Dan R. “Rocky”
Sutherland, and Social Secretary
Bobby Stevens.
Co-op Institute
To Emphasize Plans
For Development
A three-day institute for lead
ers,,of farm cooperatives in Tex
as will be held on the A. & M.
campus here, August 10-12. Rep
resentatives of the co-ops will
gather to exchange experiences
and to discuss plans for future co
operative development.
The program for the institute is
being prepared by representatives
of the Texas Federation of Co
operatives, A. & M. and the Hous
ton Bank for Cooperatives. L. T.
Mayhugh, Amarillo, president of
a federation of about 50 local
wheat growers’ cooperatives, is
head of the cooperative federation,
and B. E. Stallones, manager cf
the South Texas producers’ co-op,
Houston, is secretary.
Texas has 845 active coopera
tives, according to C. E. Bowles,
specialist in organization and co
operative marketing for the A. &
M. Extension Service. These or
ganizations engage in processing,
storing, marketing and financing
every important agricultural crop
produced in the state. Leading in
number are the cooperative cotton
gins, the grain and rice associa
tions, and the purchasing coopera
tives. Others have been set up by
farmers to supply themselves with
electric current, production credit,
hospitalization, insurance and sim
ilar services. One third of the farm
families in Texas now are members,
of one or more of these coopera
tives.
Prof Born in China Teachers
Second Generation of Aggies
One of the more colorful char
acters on the campus, R. E. Snuggs
has become well known to Aggies
of the past and present. Snuggs
states that he will soon be teach
ing his second generation of Ag
gies. He has an uncannty ability
for remembering students he has
taught here for the past eighteen
years.
Snuggs was born in Canton,
South China, where he spent the
first eleven years of his life. He
says it’s easy to remember his age
because it goes up with the cen
tury; he was born in 1900. The
Olympic, sister ship of the Titan
ic, brought him over from China.
Captain Smith who later went
down with the Titanic as its cap
tain was captain of the Olympic
when he came over. Snuggs was
in England in 1911. for the corona
tion of King George V and (ac
cording to Snuggs) Queen Mary
4/5. He spent three months in
the third grade in England. He is
a yeterart of World War I, and he
has been on every continent except
South America and Australia. He’s
been robbed by Chinese bandits,
been in a typhoon, been in a fire;
but never arrested for violating a
traffic law. His favorite possession
until 1938 was a model “T” Ford
(that is besides his wife).
A variety of schools have played
a role in Snuggs’ education. He’s
still proud of the military tradi
tions of Bailey Military Institute
at Greenwood, North Carolina,
where he was bugler for three
years. He got his A.B. at George
town in Kentucky, and his M.S. at
the University of Florida. Snuggs
took some work here each semes
ter beginning in 1931 and got an
ag degree in 1937. (He sat with
that class at graduation and wears
the graduation ring of that' year.)
Snuggology is the widely re
nowned course that Snuggs teach
es, sometimes known as Ag Chem
istry. He says it’s a grade point
course offered three times a year,
and the fourth time at John Tar-
leton, and the fifth time at TSCW,
and the sixth time at Huntsville
(because it’s a crime to take it the
sixth time). He has a vivid type
of presentation as well as other
methods of keeping the students
on their toes. He has a large re
pertoire of jokes always ready to
enliven the class. Snuggs says that
psychology does not enter into his
teaching methods; they are per
fectly natural and come forth vol
untarily.
Snuggs is the apple of Mrs.
Snuggs’ eye. He likes blond hair
and hers is naturally blond and
curly. His disposition in class var
ies with Mrs. Snuggs’ disposition.
If he gets chocolate pie, no quiz;
but if he doesn’t, there is always
weeping and wailing and gnashing
of teeth. Snuggs says his course
is very practical, and is readily ap
plicable to natural conditions.
Snuggs keeps himself well-in
formed on the progress of the war,
and he is working at the War In
formation Center in his spare time.
He is also an assistant air raid
warden for College Station. Since
Pearl Harbor he has acquired some
ability in first aid, and he now
acts as an instructor in first aid.
One of Snuggs’ classes thought
they were getting in on some in
side information when he told them
that watermelons were being
smuggled into Germany. Of course
somebody had to ask why, and the
military secret came out—“to feed
the soldiers on the Rhine.”
“Although I vary the course
from year to year it always re
mains a grade point course,” says
Snuggs. The grade points are there
according to a number of Snuggs’
A-men (correspond to yes-men),
but you really have to sweat to
get around to getting any of them.