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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1939)
The Long and Short of It BOTH AGGIES! Here’s one that really has a fish in the palm of his hand. Bill “Big Dog” Dawson, Aggie football star, is seen supporting “Fish” Claude “Squeaky” Wallace, 17?year-old “H” Infantry freshman from San Antonio enrolled for chemical engineering. Compare (or rather, contrast) the dimensions of the two: “Big Dog”—height, 6 feet, 5 inches; weight, 225 pounds. Fish Wallace—height, 4 feet, 8 inches; weight, 89 pounds. Pint-Size Freshman From Santone Is Smallest Aggie In a Generation The smallest Aggie of them all,-* at least the present generation, is Fish Claude Wallace of “H” In fantry. Although he lacks a couple of inches of being tall enough to carry a rifle, Fish Wallace is al lowed to live with the company by special permission of the military department. Probably the smallest cadet ever to wear the khaki of A. & M., Fish Wallace stands a good four feet and eight inches in height and strains the scales at eighty-nine pounds, but in reality his age is seventeen; in fact, he will be eight een sometime during the month of October. Fish Wallace hails from San An tonio, having graduated from Tho mas Jefferson High School there last year, but he claims Mason as his adopted home, and spends most of his summers there. All of Fish Wallace’s family (he has four sisters) are normal in size, his father being above average height, and, so far as he knows, he is the only “shrimp” in his family tree. He maintains, how ever, that he has no desire to be any taller, and believes that his size will not handicap him in his chosen career of Chemical Engi neer. New Officers In M. S. Dept. Were Scattered New officers in the Military De partment this year come from as widely separated places as the members of the Cadet Corps. Major Albert G. Wing has come from the 18th Infantry at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., to fill the vacan cy left by Major Orr. Major Horace McP. Woodward, Jr., of the Chemical Warfare Ser vice came from the Hawaiian De partment, to replace Major Rice. Major Edwin M. Burnett was stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., before coming here to replace Cap tain Roberts. Major Osgood G. McIntyre came from the Fifth Field Artillery stationed at Madison Barracks, N. Y. He replaces Captain Garrison. Captain Thomas A. Adcock of the Corps of Engineers was on Rivers and Harbors duty at Wilkes- Barre, Pa., before his assignment to A. & M. to replace Major Drinkwater. Horned Frogs To Play ‘South American Way’ The Horned Frog Band of T. C. U. will feature a new arrangement of “The South American Way” at the game here October 21, accord ing to “The Skiff”, student news paper. The new arrangement was written by George Campbell. “The band is taking it easy this week after the trip to California and is concentrating on classical music,” says Director Don Gillis. A. & M. Band Asked To Tyler Festival Invitations to participate in the floral parade of the Texas Rose Festival in Tyler October 12-15 have been issued by Harold String er, Tyler band chairman, to 28 Tex as bands, including the Aggie Band of A. & M. College. The bands will be an interesting part of the pa rade which will pass in review Saturday morning, October 14, the day of the game between the Ag gies and Villanova University at Tyler, a chief feature of the annual Tyler Rose Festival. In addition to the 28 out-of- town bands, there will be the Tyler high school band and Blue Brig ade. The Palestine high school band has been selected to lead the floral parade. Stringer said. Fea ture of the band entries will be the 214-piece Texas A. & M. Band. Bands issued invitations include Carlisle, Corsicana, East Moun tain, Gilmer, Gladewater, Green ville, Henderson, Jacksonville, Kil gore, Leverett’s Chapel, New Lon don, Longview, Mexia, Mt. Plea sant, Mineola, Overton, Salem, Sam Houston State Teachers Col lege, Stephen F. Austin, Spring Hill, Troup, Union Grove, Van, White Oak, Winnsboro, Arp, Pal estine, and A. & M. Senior Staff Of ’40 Longhorn Announced The full senior staff of the 1940 Longhorn has just been announced by George W. Smith, Band senior and editor-in-chief of the annual during 1939-40, elected last spring by the junior class. Advertising manager of the book is Doug Wat son of Battery A. Field Artillery, who was appointed to his position by the Student Publications Board. James C. Shoultz, Infantry Band senior, is managing editor of the* Longhorn, and is acting as sports editor. James F. Fouts of “C” Coast Artillery is associate editor. Mick Williams of Troop D Cav alry is in charge of the Vanity Fair section; Doug Miller of Com pany C Infantry is in charge of the sections for clubs and other or ganizations; and Thomas F. (Tom my) McCord of “C” Infantry is in charge of features. Philip Golman is staff photog rapher for the Longhorn as well as for The Battalion. Announcement of the “Green horn” editor will not be made until the book is published. Juniors who may work on the Longhorn are A. M. Citzler, W. A. Becker, Phil Levine, Paul Haines, and Jack Bailey. Announcement of the permanent and complete Longhorn staff for the year will be made in the near future. Smith stated. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of A. & M. will hold a regular bus iness meeting Saturday at Pharr, Texas. The Battalion Student Tri-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College Official Newspaper of the City of College Station VOL. 39 PHONE 4-5444 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 10. 1939 Z752 NO. 8 Lounge To Be Ready By c Thanksgiving New Rooms In Kiest Hall Will Serve A Long-Felt Need Here It is hoped that the lounge rooms in the new Kiest Hall will be ready for service by Thanksgiving, Dean T. D. Brooks, member of the Y.M. C.A. Committee said today. The delay in the furnishing of the rooms, which has attracted some comment, is a result of the com mittee’s endeavor to find suitable furnishings. The committee felt it advisable to consult interior de corators before “making any ar rangements for furnishings, and this could not be done until the hall had reached a nearly com pleted condition. In addition to a contribution of $1,000 to meet the cost of the change in plans by which parlors were provided, Mr. Kiest has made another contribu tion to be used to supplement fur nishings provided by the Y. M. C. A. for the lounge. Mrs. Walton has been asked by Mr. Kiest to expend this donation. The completion of these guest rooms will alleviate an unfortu nate condition on this campus, which has been recognized sever al years. The ladies lounge in the Y building was not adequate to meet the demands made upon it, and because of its location, was not easily accessible. The new sec tion in Kiest Hall, which consists of a large lounge 22 by 44 feet, a smaller one 22 by 22 feet, a pow der room, wash room, and two offices, will greatly help the stu dents to make the say of their guests on the campus a more en- (Continued on page 4) Approximately 1,100 Working On Student Labor The Student Labor office an nounces that at the present there are approximately 1,100 students working this term. This is eighteen per cent of the enrollment at the present. Of this number about 550 are on the N. Y. A. and the remainder are on departmental or the college payrolls. Mr. Simpson stated that the extra jobs created by the in creased enrollment were more than offset by additional applications for jobs. A. & M. received the largest N. Y.A. appropriation of any major school in the nation this year. This was due to the increase in enroll ment last year over previous years. Juniors Make Plans for Pre- brps Trip Dance Representative From T. S. C. W. Will Explain Plans For the Function The junior class will meet Wed nesday night at 7:15 to discuss the coming pre-corps trip dance being given for A. & M. juniors by third year students of T. S. C. W. Noami Boutwell, president of the junior class of T. S. C. W. will be here to explain to Aggies plans for the joint function. Ele Baggett, junior class presi dent, visited the T. S. C. W. cam pus this past week-end and return ed with the announcement that the entire lower part of Stoddard Hall, senior dormitory, will be turned over to Aggies. The first 140 Aggies to arrive in Denton wilj be furnished accomodations in Stoddard. Others will be forced to find lodgings elsewhere. One important change in plans for this year’s function over that held last year is that a steak din ner, very informal, will replace the banquet. The dance will necessarily be di vided as it will be impossible to accommodate the entire group in one place. Although Aggies must attend the dance reg, serge shirts instead of blouses may be worn. All A. & M. juniors planning on making the trip must regis ter by Friday night. Those students living in the old dormitories should register with Paul Haines and those living in the new dormitories should register with Jeff Mont gomery. 481 STUDENTS MORE THAN LAST YEAR REGISTERED Total registration figures for the first semester of the current year have been compiled by the Registrar’s office and show an in crease of 8.6% over last year. The total enrollment is 6,063 students which is 481 more than the enrollment at this time last year. Of these 6,063 students, 199 are graduate students and fifth year men. This means that these men are taking five year courses and not men who are here the fifth year completing a four year course. There are 957 seniors; 1124 ju niors; 1623 sophomores; 2103 fresh men; 8 special students. By schools the students are grouped in this manner. The School of Agriculture boasts 1975 stu dents, the Engineering school con tains 2962 boys, the School of Arts and Sciences has an enroll ment of 541, the School of Veteri nary Medicine has 386 students, and the Graduate School has 199. Registration is officially over and these figures may be taken as correct although a few graduate students may yet sign up to work on their thesis. No Quizzes Will Be Given Seniors And Juniors Who Make Tyler Trip Junior Class Officers Ele Baggett, junior of Company Tom Richey, of Troop C Cavalry, B Infantry, who was elected presi- , . . • -j x x xi. • dent of the junior class for 1939- eleC “' d ''■ce-pres.dent, at the ,un- 40 ior meeting last Thursday night. I. B. Stitt, of Battery B Coast J. F. (Jeff) Clarke of the In- Artillery, elected secretary-trea- fantry Band, elected historian of surer of the class of ’41. the class at the meeting Thursday. RADIATION EQUIPMENT READY FOR TESTING; HOT WATER WILL BE INSTALLED BY NOVEMBER 5 “I can assure you that every-' thing in our power is being done to speed the shipment and instal lation of equipment for the power plant which is necessary before hot water can be provided,” stated Dr. T. O. Walton yesterday, during an interview concerning the heat and water situation here. The radiation equipment for the regulation of heat in the dormi tories has been installed and will be ready for testing within the next few days, according to Dr. Walton, so the cadets will not suffer from the cold in case of a lowering temperature. “All I can request of you is that you be patient,” said Dr. Walton. ‘After all, it was not many years ago when the students here had to chop their own stovewood and build their own fires, as well as carry water upstairs in a bucket. They took a bath on Saturday night in a tin washtub, or something of the sort.” The equipment for the power ■plant will be shipped from Penn sylvania this week, and will be in stalled with all possible dispatch when it arrives. It should be ready for use by the first week of Nov ember, as has previously been stat ed. Dr. Walton believes that the Board of Directors as well as the contractors who built the new dor mitories did a wonderful job in a very limited time, and that the college is lucky to have as well- equipped living quarters as it does. At a meeting of the Board of Directors in May, a notice was given to the contractors that work would have to be begun on the heating system at that time in or der to have it working by the open ing of school. Due to some over sight, however, the order for the equipment was sidetracked, and work was not begun on it until the middle of July. Since that time the work has been rushed as fast as it could possibly be done. Commandant Explains Rules Governing Use Of Automobiles Some confusion has resulted+until 1:30 a. m. on Saturday and from the interpretation of the re gulations concerning the use of student-owned automobiles. Atten tion is called to Section II, para graph 27, of the College Regula tions. “During the regular session no student shall have in his pos session any motor vehicle kept on or near the campus or in any ad jacent town, which has not been registered with the Commandant. Such motor vehicle belonging to an undergraduate dormitory student must be stored off the campus and may be used only when on pass.” The phrase, “on pass”, does not mean that a student who wishes to use his automobile must get a pass through the Commandant’s Office in order to comply with the regulation. Automobiles may be used at the times mentioned in the section of the College Regu lations dealing with privileges. For example, juniors in good stand ing may visit on or off the cam pus after their last class until taps, and may absent themselves F.F.A. Chapter Holds First Meet of Term The initial meeting this semes ter of the junior chapter of the Future Farmers of America was held last Thursday night, and of ficers for the current year were elected. C. F. Thompson was elect ed president; J. C. Dooley, vice- president; R. Bing, secretary; M. Wilkinson, treasurer; W. W. Dom ing, reporter; J. J. Pustejovsky, parliamentarian; L. C. Adkins, historian; and J. E. McAnelly was chosen “watchdog”. After discussion, it was decided that the regular meeting time for the chapter would be the first and third Thursday nights in each month. Other business disposed of at this meeting was the appoint ment of a “Program for Work Committee”. Sunday nights. At the present there is but one parking lot for student automo biles. It is located north of the Petroleum Building. A parking lot for students living in the new dormitories will be available in the near future. Sophs and Fish Must Have Authorized Pass There will be hundreds of juniors and seniors on the way to Tyler this coming Saturday morn ing. Although the faculty refus ed to give the junior and senior classes excused or authorized ab sences Dean Bolton has promised that there will be no quizzes giv en Saturday morning in any of the junior and senior classes, and, if by any chance there is a quiz given, the students will be allow ed a chance to make it up. This will considerably relieve many boys who were planning to go on the trip and cut classes Saturday morning. Juniors and seniors can leave Friday after their last class with out getting a pass through the Commandant’s Office. However, this does not in any way affect sophomores and freshmen, who must get their passes as the regu lations provide. The high spot of the seventh an nual Rose Festival for the Aggies will, of course, be' the game be tween the Texas Aggies and the Villanova Wildcats which is slat ed to start at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The 214-piece Aggie band will put on a program be tween the halves. There will be a dance honoring the visiting teams Saturday night at the May- fair Club with the Aggieland Or chestra furnishing the music. The Southern Pacific Lines will run a special train to Tyler which will leave at 1:42 a. m. Saturday and arrive in Tyler between 7:45 and 8:00 a. m. The special will_ leave Tyler on the return trip at 1:30 Sunday morning and arrive here around 6:30! a. m. Sunday. Students who wish to stay in Tyler longer than that may return on a later train. Tickets for the round trip are $2.65. Gilchrist Attends State Highway Meet Gibb Gilchrist, Dean of the School of Engineering, left Col lege Station to attend a special meeting on highway design policies in Washington, D. C. in connection with the American Association of State Highway Officials, Wednes day. While in Washington, Dean Gil christ will attend to other matters of importance to the college as well as attending the committee meeting. He will return Tuesday. “Athenia” Passenger Anne Moore Tells of Torpedoing Editor’s note: This is the second-fnearly sixty Czechs were taken in a series of three articles con cerning the recent European tour of Miss Anne Moore and her sub sequent starting back to the Unit ed States aboard the ill-fated Brit ish steamer Athenia. Originally an nounced as a series of two articles, the number has been increased due to interest shown by Battalion readers. The concluding article will appear in Thursday’s Battalion. • It was the morning of September first that the party of 19 Americans, of which Miss Moore was a mem ber, boarded the Athenia. Includ ing the crew, 1,400 persons set sail on the British steamer—more than twice its usual load. And an unusual ship it was. Lit erally “blacked-out,” all port holes were painted black, and the win dows of all lounges were boarded over. No wireless messages were sent from the vessel in order to prevent possible enemy ships or submarines from locating their po sition, and at night no one was even allowed to light a cigarette on deck. The Athenia was taking no chanc es; she was far off her regular course and was not on any regular trade route. Ziz-zagging across the Atlantic, the Athenia was a ver itable ghost ship. The vessel sailed from Glasgow, Scotland, and touched briefly at Ireland. Then to Loverpool, where board, none of whom could speak: English. On the afternoon of Sep-- tember second the Athenia left Liverpool bound for Montreal. It was the following evening; September third. The vessel was about 200 miles off the English shore; the time was twenty minutes to eight; Miss Moore and her party were in the dining room; as a matter of fact, they were just about to receive dessert—plum pudding to be exact—and then it happened. “I can’t describe the awful thing,” Miss Moore said. “It was a tremendous shock, there was a terrific din, the lights went out, and as the dining room was five decks below the boat deck, the ensuing pitch-darkness made it im possible to see your hand in front of you.” The Athenia immediately keeled over to nearly a forty-five degree angle, women started screaming, and ship’s officers could be heard trying to quiet the passengers, but to little avail. Miss Moore succeed ed in locating a friend and the two girls, hand-in-hand to prevent los ing each other, climbed over chairs and tables and were fortunate enough to locate the stairs. An oc casional match furnished their on ly light but they finally reached (Continued on page 4)