’ I > Editorial Any Day The Weather Mtf.Clouch 13 M . 1*1 • * t » * * •* H l ^pGULATION 5^00—Student Semi-Weekly Newgpaper of Texas A. & M. College—CIRCULATION15^00 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 4, IMS NO. 60 • , • q; n- l^inal Plans Members of Court Are Announced Full Program for Two Day Festivities In Company’s Plan : Final arrangements have be«i wudt by R*m Voluntwa for aprin r holiday cennnftnie* this weekend. f|rke featiTitiae will bevin Thur*- 4ay evening at I with Um Qw«b> Coronation and will om! at S Sab* arday morning with Um Hoaa of Um Captain's Ball. The actmtie* will indade Um Qaoen’a Coroaatki i at I ThurNday aad Um Qaaeat Bal immediately following Um corona, tioni An exhibition drill will b; |Mi Friday afternoon, follow* | by a memorial ceremony at th> $utoe of Lawreace Sullivan Road. A Tea l»ance honoring the princes, h scheduled tor S Friday after noon, a dinner dance for the Ho$ Volunteer Company from 7 until Friday evening and the Captain _ fcil from 10 ontil t followunj Dinner Dance. The R. V. Coart has boea _ nounced as followt: King, & Ska mons, Jr.; Queen, Dorothy Palm Prineo, Raymond Pipida; Prthuin hill(» Smith; Queen’s Attendants Shirle^ Long and Jo Ann Nowotny Hag’s Pigs, Philip H. Enslow. Jr. Guard of Honor, Jim Collins. Ton Harris, Leonard Whrle, Bill CK wait, Dan Sharp, Vernon Smith Bill Guy, John Dodson, Huber Brtunig, Jos Doran; Dukes an< Uwsr respective duchesses, J. Way-, as Stark, Joy Ray; Francis Potts, Manon Burehette; Burl Hulsey, May Dell Meyer; George Staples, Olivette Oeterwalder; Buddy Gad dis, Jean Webb; Kenneth Knnpp, Pat Kirwin; Foster Wiae, Batty Cartis; Bob (River, Neva Bradford; Arch Greig, Kay Baatty; Wilson Potter, Mary Fraser. The Rosa Vqjunteers, an honor ary military organicatio^ was or ganised here in J887. re in Navasota Festival i i - ji •411 1 rnut - COTTON BALL PLANS CALL FOR 75 DUCHESSES Present plans for the annual Cot ton Pageant U be held April 21 call for 75 dukes and duchesses. Bhaon A. Miller, social secretary of the Cotton Pageant and Ball, re ports that there are several va cancies yet to fill before obtaining the full quota. Any cadet desiring u> submit a (W as duchess in the quenn's court may do so by filing her name at the Agronomy office in the agri culture building. Miller said ho also has a few duchesses without escorts, and that students may sign up as escorts by submitting their names to the Agronomy office. Jfmdets participating in the pag eant will be required t* wear whitoj suite, white shirt, and black White uniforms without collar namsnte will be permissible eshsa may wear dresses of | own choke, no specifications hav ing been made on the drees thai they may wear. Tickets of admission to the pag-, eant and the ball will be separate this year, General admission to the pageant will be 50c, reserve seats ?6<; the dance will be $1.50 Reservations in the dormitory will be available. UP UNTIL $ O’CLOCK morning the shack for tbs for payment of advance course i in Military Science had net returned from the corps aroa BO that payment could be Six of the di me who will take pdrt in'the elaborate coronation to mark the speaing of the Navasota Bluebonnet Festival April 14 are pictured abov« reading from left to ri(M: Mias Lucille Ash. daughter Of $. V. Ash. president of the Bastrop Clamber ef Commerce; Mias Dorothy McPkail. ef Gilmer »ho last year x M«i M qseeu ef the Gil mer Yamberee; Miaa Henri Mre HiUaju if HsIlsMmBW; Mias Jerrv of Austin; Miaa Frances Boney of MS; and Miaa Marjorie Copen- haver of Wharton. =EDITORIAL= ; ,' Underhanded Politics I m^_ [ r_• ' Rumors reached The Battalion office last night that the fact that type-columns wont stretch is to la* used against candidate for an important student position. students who intend to ua* the foolish, untrue story that Th.- Bata lion purposely overlqok.d printing an advance story ctincernmg the annual ball of one of the organisations on the «t»pus belong to a clique udiich U well-defined and quite evident in its political aspect j Lot sa now state that the rd.t..r-in-chlef of each publico- tiou is respomihie far articles which app^r-nw do not .p- I pear—m his publication, sad no oar else aa the staff share that responsibility. On the morning in question. The Battalion was’running ”tight” and all t^e news of the day could not be included in the «P . »• found R was necessary to leave out one story either the orgsnisatfajhl ball or a story on tliel Stoffcaaf College girls’ arrival that afternoon, t*>th of them gtK)d stories Obviously, the fact that the Stephens girls were coming down that afternoon while the Friday paper wag gtsdUble for ball stories made the Stephens story more important "spot ndws* Cons.-quently.jth* other story had to be left out. ./ J5' *t when It haippond--ANY RUMOR THAT ANYBODY TOOK DELIGHT IN LEAVING FT OUT IS MORE THAN MISREPRESENTATION; IT IS 1 BASE LIE. nibe group which intend* to nas this false talking point i pbows that w# did our heut to make ap our forced aeglect of *o story by playiag it ap Mg in the next issue and is the nd ■ fl » »be in queotios by nsiaf a big pictorial layoai on the ^f.lr-wmMlhi.g we Am t d* all the time bccanne of a limited ragr.vinif budg^ Ignore this rumor when It comes ap—nnd it undoubtedly will. t ;■ • lit , }- ill i \ Thursday Last Day To File For Office With the Inst date for filing focf office set for Thursday, candidates for office in the student body elec- non April 17 this week have bent their energies toward lining up their supporters. No new candidates for any of the three offices open to the stu dent body as s whole had announc ed through this morning. BOARD MEETS APRIL 1$ Final approval on all candidates will be aaked April 12, when the Student Publications Board inspects academic records and service on publications as requirements for Battalion editorship and classifi cation as S requirement to Board membership. \ Two candidates for Chief TeO Imuder are already determined, Bert Burns and Bodie Pierce, both of whom have served as Juator Yel Leaders. Bscause of the Board meeting on April 12, placet on the ballot wOl not be determinod until April IS, when drawing will be held in The Battalion office. AH candi dates who are not present for the drawing or who do not send rep resentatives will be represented by members of The Battalion staff. , ELECTION METHOD CHANGED The election this year will be held under arrangements differing from those of previous year* in that vot ers will not be allowed to cast ballot* unless they present their fiscal receipts showing i payment of fees for the second semester at the poll* The receipt will be : its ■fad “voted” in order to prevent any possible “double-voting.” Absentee ballots will not be allowed by elec tion judges. The election will be bald under the direction of R. L. Doss, Bat talion editor-in-chief, with the ad vice and regulation of a Student ' (Continued on page 6) I Cost Accountants Scheduled to Meet Here Next Week Colonel Ike Ash burn Will Extend Welcome; 40 j Guests Expected to Attend The next meeting of the Houston Chapter of the National Associa tion of Cost Accountants ia to be held at A. A M. Tuesday everting, April 11. This meeting is to be s round-table discussion of the As sociation with the student body in Accounting at A. A M. on the sub ject “Budget Control tor A. A M. Oil Co.” . ;! Colonel Ike Ashburn, executive Assistant to the President of A. A M., will extend the official wel come of the college to the 40 guests aipMtod to attend. Around 200 students are expected to attend the discussion. The meeting will begin Tuesday e ruing at 5:90 with a dinner sc bed- Social Secretary,iSeries j Head, Longhorn Editor To Be Chosen April 13 Quiet Meeting of Juniors Sees All \ ( andidates fo^Senior Class Posts \ Nominated; Election Method Changed The junior d.Ttion radical departure frbw class president, stat yeur ia to be held by a. method marking a procedure of former years. Woody .garner, T r -t broached tbs plan dettsed for this year's fb-otiiwi I® • of the class last night in vihicit 14 candidal*** announced for tb positions. This year’s election will be on thu ballot system instead of the open-floor method as has been used is the Rest. , i SMITH IGf NAMED JUNIOR EDITOR OF THE LONGHORN George Smith, junior in (he Band, has been named Jttoior Editor of The Longhorn fori this year by Warren D. Barton, Longhorn edi- tor-in-chiet. James' Fouta of the Coast Artillery and Sidney’Gottlieb of the Engineers .are the junior assistants. All thr* men are eli gible, to nin for editor-in-chief of the 1940 annual. ? j ' Bald Bartel), “I -think that the junior class should: choose ah ef ficient team had Smith has done good uorlcahis yea|t" " ^ * f| 1 11 , Munnerlyn’l Team of Insurance Company Win j —- , A team headed bf Ford Kunmer- ulad to he held in the college mess ' lyn, ’28, district mimnger for Sea- hall. The dinner will be followed at b 0 *^ Ufa b>«nsaJ|t [Company Of ■ ■•30 with a technical discussion of Houston, won firet place it the an- the subject wherein the aaaount- nua * March of IVqgresn campaign held each year ini;March by the company. Mr. Mitanerlyu’e team finished 124 points above the sec ond team. In March the College Station ante from the A A M. Oil Co. (fic titious name} outline the underly ing factors in budget preparation for the refining section of their company, with special emphasis on _ the practical aspect* and problems agency for Seaboard sold $233,(KM) \ in Ufa insurance, wtob Sidney L. The arrangements for the meet- l-ovdes*. editor of the Long ing of the Houston chapter at A. > horn, heading thd; agency with A M. an under the direction of $78,117.’ Tam Leland, Read of the Depart ment of Accounting and Statistics. Inland ia a member of the directors of the Houston chapter. , Two other Aggie exes afe to the College Station agency, Ai H. Mc- Cutcheon, ’38, and )H. E. Burgess, Ross Volunteers Place Wreath on Statue of Lawrence : Sullivan Ross Friday-Man for Whom Company Was Named ’ After nomination last night, can didates drew for placet on the ballot for the voting in the primary election which will be held ia the rotunda of the Academic building from 8 until 5 On Thursday, April 13. Registration slips for the sec ond semester will have to be shown at the time of voting with only juiiors taking p .rt. That'k^MI votes will be counted before cartr didate representatives and the two high men hi each race will ba eator- ed in the run-off election which will be held in the A^ mbly Hall. Candidates announcing for posi tiotu weret For Senior editor of the I/onghorn, J. EL (Jimmy) Fouta, S. H. (Sil) Gottlieb, and George W. Smith) for Student Entertain- ment Serb a, He*ry Hertner, Henry Herder, W, H. (Juy, and Sully Sul livan, and for $D