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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION B B # mm mB COLLEGE STATION DIAL 4-5444 JH Jl ms Jf ms l m mf DIAL 4-5444 V ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. - VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 29, 1942 2275 NUMBER 81 Portion of ERG Will Be Called Early in February Social Secy Position Won By Brauchle Junior Yell Leader Election Date Is Still Not Settled Rodney Brauchle, C Battery Field Artillery, won over Bob Par ker 179 to 49 in the run-off for Social Secretary held December 17 in the rotunda of the Academic Building. Brauchle, Parker, and Darr were the nominees in the first election, but Darr was disqualified in the initial election held Tuesday before the holidays. The eleceion for the Junior Yell Leaders has not been held as yqt, but will probably be in the near future. Johnny Zummo and Louis Buck have been disqualified in the race for Junior Yell Leader, leav ing Joe Pettit, Don Kuykendall, and Gordon Brin running for posi tion of Junior Yell Leader. The data of the next election has not been definitely set, but it will probably be early next week, either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, stated Gus Link, sec retary of the Student Elections Committee. Link went on to stay that nothing definite has been planned about the Junior Yell Lead er election, but it is possible that the election will be reopened. Navy V-l Program To Enlist Aggies Naval recruiting officers will be on the campus Wednesday January 6 to enlist seventeen year old stu dents who wish to join the Navy V-l program, according to F. C. Bolton, dean of the college. Those students who wish to en list at that time should have their papers completely filled out before the arrival of the enlisting offi cers. Special mention was made by Bolton of the fact that parental consent in writing, must be wit nessed by a notary public before the signature will be valid. The time and the place where the enlistment procedings will take place will be announced at a later date, stated Bolton. Jack Baird To Issue Extra Senior Favors All seniors who desire to obtain extra favors for the Senior Ring Dance may get these by getting in contact with Jack Baird, 43 Mitchell, and signing up for them as early as possible. The favors this year will be a miniature crest of the Senior Ring. There is only a limited number of these extra favors, and when the extra supply is exhausted, no more favors will be available. Dummy Guns For Camouflage Practice Shown here are three dummy guns made by the M. E. shops under the supervision of D. W. Fleming and C. H. Groneman for E. J. Urbanovsky’s course in camou flage, Land. 405. In the upper left is seen the similated 75 mm. howitzer and in the other two photos are shown 3-inch anti-aircraft guns. Fleming is shown in the upper right direct ing students who are assembling the gun. They will be used to demonstrate camou flage practices and principles used in con cealing big guns and other equipment. All Reservists Allowed To Complete Present Semester Contract Juniors Not Taking Approved Courses Called At End of This Semester By Tom Journeay Future of A. & M. cadets, especially those in the ranks of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, has been set forth in a bulle tin released Saturday, December 19, jointly by the President and Dean of the College, and further clarified by Dean F. C. Bolton and Lieutenant Colonel L. W. Marshall yesterday. All freshmen and sophomores in the ERC, and all jun iors not taking approved engineering or pre-medical or vet erinary courses in the ERC, will be called to active duty shortly after the completion of the current semester (prob ably early in February). -f Juniors in the ERC taking en- Promotions From War Dept Received For Instructors Alexander, Home, Lemer, Davis, Hanks, and Breland Receive Promotions in Rank Official orders from the War Department received by the ad jutant’s office the past week con tained promotions for six pro fessors of military science and tactics stationed at A.&M. They are Major D. D. Alexan der, Ordnance senior instructor, promoted to Lieutenant Colonel; Major 0. P. Home, Chemical War fare Service senior instructor, pro moted to Lieutenant Colonel; Cap tain Gerald P. Lerner, Signal Corps senior instructor, promoted to Major; Captain Joe E. Davis, assistant commandant, promoted to Major; Captain Lester Hanks, Quartermaster senior instructor, promoted to Major; and Captain J. E. Breland, Coast Artillery, pro moted to Major. Senior Reception To Be Held Jan 4 At Prexy’s Home Dr. and Mrs. T. O. Walton will hold the annual Senior Reception next Monday night, January 4 in the yard of their home here on the campus. Invitations for the reception are extended to all members of the Senior class, and it is hoped that every senior will attend this an nual function given dent and his wife. Agronomy Society To Hold Dance January 1 The Agronomy Society will have a dance Friday night, January 1, 1943 at Cashion Cabin. Festivities will begin at 9 p.m. and all mem bers are cordially invited, and everyone is asked to bring a date. Refreshments will be served to all those present, and it is hoped that all the members of the society will be on hand, as this is the last social get-together for the current year. Civil Service Exams Given January 30 Competitive examinations for the positions of field worker, steno grapher, and junior stenographer with the state department of public welfare will be given at College Station, January 30 according to an announcement by Dr. Daniel Russell of the Rural Sociology de partment. Seniors who pass this examina tion and go into the armed service will have their names kept on the active roster until they are releas ed from military service. Production Specialists Needed By War Production Board Administrators Vernon Glispin in Naval Air Pre-Flight Vernon Lee Glispin of Houston has been selected for training as Naval Aviation Cadet and will be ordered to active duty shortly. For the last 1% years he has been studying petroleum engineer ing at A.&M. College. Today the United States Civil Service Commission began a na tion-wide search for the produc tion specialists who will admin ister War Production Board’s new Controlled Materials Plan. The Controlled Materials Plan, designed to balance essential in dustrial production against avail- by the presi- able stockpiles of critical mater ials, will go into operation in 1943. Many hundreds of Production and Materials Control Specialists must be recruited,” the Commis sion states, “for one of the biggest of home front jobs. All available men whose experience demon strates their ability to coordinate and schedule industrial production in certain fields are being called upon to make their services avail able whenever possible.” Urgently sought right now are persons with industrial or en gineering experience in the fields of copper, aluminum, carbon steel, and alloy steel. Also highly im portant to this program are those with such experience in (1) ma chine tool and machinery produc tion; (2) electrical and communi- tions equipment; (3) transporta tion equipment, such as aircraft, ships, and railroad motive power, and rolling stock; (4) engineering materials such as plastics, rubber, and construction materials. Under the plan, these persons will be appointed to - WPB, War, Navy and other war agencies to assist in the allotment of critical materials going into military and essential civilian supplies and equipment. Orders for Old Style Rings End January 1 Last orders for “old style” rings will leave the Registrar’s office on Friday, Jan. 1, 1943, according to an announcement made by H. L. Heaton, registrar. After Jan uary 1, 1943, all rings will be of the “new style.” Heaton stated that all students wanting the “old style” ring must get their orders in before Friday, 5 p.m., January 1, 1943. Galveston A&M Club To Hold Meet Tonight There will be a meeting of the Galveston Club tonight in Room 205 Academic building. All money and tickets still out from the Christmas dance will be collected at this time. It is very important that this money be in immediately as Federal tax must be paid. The financial report of the dance will be given at this meeting. Eight Ags Selected For Naval Air Corps Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board at Dallas, Texas, has an nounced that G’. D. Wright, Ed ward Leslie Sanders, J. M. Flynt, Henry R. Sandler, J. F. Wagen- hauser, Jr., B. G. Yarbrough, T. L. Erwin and John Herman Goad, all students of A. and M. College, have been selected for training as Naval Aviation cadets and will be ordered to active duty shortly. When ordered to active duty, those students will report to the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, for three months of physi cal conditioning, instruction in naval essentials, military drill, and ground school subjects. After completing this course, they will be sent to one of the Navy’s num erous reserve bases for primary flight training. These Elected Students Will Lead Corps During Coming .Year Shown below are the five stu dent leaders already elected to serve during the coming spring and summer semesters of 1943, providing the army does not call next year’s seniors out before their graduation in September. Yet to be elected are the two junior yell leaders. Joe Pettit, Dan Kuykendall, and Gorden Brin are the candidates after Johnny Zummo and Louis Buck were disqualified for using in decent language at their yell practice presentation. Shown below, from left to right are: John Lindsey, Town Hall manager; John Holman, Battalion editor; Marvin McMil lan, Longhorn editor; Rodney Brauchle, social secretary of the Senior Class (’44); and Joe Dan Longley, Junior Representative on the Student Activities Com mittee. These men will take office when the new semester begins on February 1. Junior yell leaders will be elected sometime early next week, according to Gus Link, secretary of the election com mittee, but definite plans have not yet been made. John Lindsey John Holman Marvin McMillan Rodney Brauchle Joe Dan Longley gineering, pre-medical, or veterin ary courses will be called to duty after the completion of the next semester (probably in June). Seniors Called As Usual Seniors in military science will be called to active duty upon graduation and sent to their re spective branch schools for further training, and commissioned upon successful completion of their course. No students in the ERC, and this statement was emphasized by Colonel Welty, Lieutenant Colonel Marshall, and Dean Bolton, yester day, will be called before the com pletion of this semester. This statement was issued on the basis of the information now on hand as released through of ficial War Department sources, and definitely advises cadets to stay in school and complete with the best grade possible the cours es they are now signed up with, since grades will in all probability be one of the factors taken into consideration in selecting reser vists for further training. “It is a certainty, in my way of reasoning,” declared lieuten ant Colonel Marshall, “that those who accepted the government’s re quest to join the ERC will be given a chance to work for a Commission just as if they had stayed here to complete their advanced course. I believe that many or possible all reservists will be assigned here for the completion of their train ing at government expense.” Definite Dates Announced This Week The War Department has issued definite information that within a few days they will release dates and other statistics on when en listed reservists will be taken in the army to complete their mili tary training. “Until that time, we can only surmise what the context of the announcements will be, but of this we may be sure,” stated Bolton, “every bit of education a student may get here, will certainly bene fit him in whatever way he is called to serve his country.” Specialized training plans do not include students in the Army Air Corps reserve, Bolton stated. Those reservists will be called when the army sees fit at the discretion of the air corps and not until immed iate assignment can be made. No Definite Date For Navy Reserve Calling No definite statement has been made concerning the date naval reservists will be called, however, they will be called in the future. Those in V-l or V-7 who make satisfactory progress and pass the necessary tests will be allowed to complete a total length of time ranging from eight semesters for engineering students and others in their senior year to six semes ters for freshmen or students to enter in January, 1943. V-5 reservists will be subject to call around the first of February. May Be Assigned Here Army enlisted reservists will un dergo a period of basic military training in the army after being called and then will be eligible for further technical training in col lege (possibly here at A. & M.) or for further military training. No statement has been made with regard to whether the two year ROTC basic course could be used to supplant the “basic military training period in the army” men tioned in the plan outlined by Walton and Bolton on December 19. After the specialized training (See ERC on Page 4)