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Romance While You Dance Jayne Walton, glamorous vocalist featured with Lawrence Welk and his orchestra, creator of the famed “Champagne Music”, who will play for the Coast Artillery Ball and corps dance at A. & M. Friday and Saturday. Jayne Walton Adds Feminine Touch to f Champagne Music’ A feminine touch is added to “Champagne Music” by Jayne Walton, one of Lawrence Welk’s featured vocalists, appearing with his band at A. & M. this weekend. Jayne, a dark-eyed, dark-haired miss of twenty, has been singing professionally since she was twelve and possesses a mellow and smooth flowing voice which blends perfectly with the distinctive styling of “Champagne Music.” She was born on the United States side of the U. S.-Mexico border as her father was an engi neer in Mexico and the family liv ed there. Her mother insisted that her daughter be brought into the world on United States soil and traveled across the border in the nick of time. After spending her first few days in the world in the U. S., Jayne was taken to Mexico where she was raised. She went to school in that country and learned to speak Spanish before English. As Jayne knows Span ish fluently and speaks it like a native, she adds a Spanish flavor to “Champagne Music” with her vocal interpretations of choruses to many popular tangos and rhumbas. Jayne’s first professional en gagement was singing on a chil dren’s show broadcast over a Mexi can radio station. In her early -fteens the family moved to San Antonio, Texas, and she began ra dio work in that city. Because of her father’s work, the family trav eled quite a bit thru-out the Southwest and wherever they re sided for any period of time Jayne was certain to be heard over local stations. In 1937 she thought she would like to sing with an orches tra and left home to join a band that played engagements thru-out the South and Southwest. Her first trip outside of that section of the country was when she was offered a job with radio station WOW, N.B.C. affiliate in Omaha, Nebraska. However, after a short time of doing radio work again, she longed to be back on the band stand. Hearing that Lawrence Welk was searching for a “Cham pagne Lady,” she took a week’s vacation and traveled to Chicago, where Welk was appearing at the time, to seek an audition with the band. That Lawrence Welk was much impressed with Jayne’s vocal abil ity during that audition is a com mon fact and Jayne will be on the bandstand, singing choruses in her inimitable manner, with the “Champagne Music” orchestra during their engagement at A. & M. Over 100 Concessions on Campus Aid Students in Earning School Expenses In a recent checkup it was found- that there are over one hundred student concessions on the campus which furnish jobs for a great many boys. The holders of these various concessions must be eligi ble for student labor, and are de signated by O. R. Simpson, head of the Student Labor Office, up on the approval of applications which are filed at the Student Labor Office. Students who have concessions must file monthly fi nancial statements, which furnish employment for two Accounting and Statistics students who com pile and check them. As a step to protect th / ' dents and to eliminate unau ed selling of merchandise . dormitories, Simpson has i cards to the authorized con cession holders, which are signed by him and countersigned by the holder. Anyone who does not bear one of these cards is not an authorized concession holder and is responsible to the Dis ciplinary Committee for unauthor ized selling of merchandise. The efficiency of this newly created system depends upon the co-opera tion given by the students in de manding that concession cards be shown, and demanding receipts for any deposits. If any merchandise is not delivered, or is of an in ferior quality, the purchaser should notify Mr. Simpson and give the name and ijard number of the seller. - Much complaint has been made concerning soliciting in the halls after Call to Quarters. This is pro hibited, and anyone who violates this provision by soliciting at un reasonable hours should be report ed. There are no concessions on jew elry or any type of clothing ex cepting organization sweaters, and there are no authorized civilian concessions on the campus. The active concessions and agents are: tennis equipment, T. E. Duce; organization sweaters, Allen Erck and Charlie Ballou^; portable drawing st° > ‘ ’ Jchenstein; tv~ sttit; towel yw shades, ...era supplies, -..vjur; stationery, Edgar ... Seay; pennants and armbands, Jack Slater; mathematical charts, O. M. Watkins and W. G. North; dance photos, James Wall. In most cases each holder has several agents working under him who are responsible to him. The holder is in turn responsible to the Student Labor Office . It is not contemplated that ad ditional concessions will be given this year, but the students who re main eligible for student labor and have handled the concessions sat isfactorily this year will be reas signed the concessions next year if they return. All concessions that are not re assigned to the present holder will be declared open for applications from May 1 to 10. VOL. 39 122 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1940 Z725 NO. 59 Hall Leader In “Ugly Boy” Primary No Finals On Final Review Day Faculty Moves June 1st Exams to 7th To Accommodate Corps Final examinations for the cur rent semester will not be held Final Review day. Dean F. C. Bolton has just announced. In response to requests made by The Battalion, the Student Welfare Committee, and leaders of the student body, the Executive Com mittee, acting for the general fac ulty, has issued the following an nouncement: “Final examinations for the cur rent semester were originally scheduled to begin Saturday after noon, June 1. In view of the fact that graduation exercises will be held Friday, May 31; that the Final Ball will be held following graduation exercises; that the Final Review will be held on Sat urday morning, June 1; and that many students will have their fam ily and friends here at that time, it is thought that the best inter ests of all concerned will be served better if final examinations for undergraduates do not begin until Monday morning, June 3. “In order to effect this change in the final examination schedule, all examinations scheduled for period K, 1 p. m. Saturday, June 1, will be changed to 1 p. m. Fri day, June 7. The regularly sched uled examinations for the conflict period will be held Saturday morn ing and Saturday afternoon, June 8. Fitzhugh, Ex-Aggie, Heads Texas Fair Association, Manages Tyler Program V. F. Fitzhugh, ’28, assistant-fsouri, Columbia, Missouri; and manager and agricultural director Lester Fitzgerald, ’40. Nick Stuart Will Play At Country Club of the Tyler Chamber of Com merce, and secretary-manager of the East Texas Fair, was recently elected president of the Texas As sociation of Fairs. Fitzhugh is the oldest of a family of six boys, all of whom have either finished A. & M., or are in school at the pres ent time. Among the brothers are: H. M. Fitzhugh, ’38, teacher of vo cational agriculture at Garden City; H. A. Fitzhugh, ’33, county agent at San Antonio; P. P. Fitz hugh, ’39, teacher of vocational agriculture at Robert Lee; T. C. Fitzhugh, ’38, Engineering Draw ing Department, University of Mis- V. F. Fitzhugh taught vocation al agriculture at Georgetown the first year out of school; then spent five years as superintendent of schools and teacher of vocational agriculture at Tolar. In 1934 he went to Tyler where he taught vo cational agriculture and on June 1, 1936, he took over his present work. The Tyler and Smith County Agricultural program is one of the best programs in the South. In his present position, Fitzhugh replac ed W. O. Cox, ’28, now manager of the Agricultural Department of the Houston Chamber of Com merce. In his work as manager of the East Texas Fair at Tyler, Fitz hugh has become one of-the best known men in that field in the Southwest. The Texas Association of Fairs is an organization made up of all the Fairs of the state. FILM CLUB TO SHOW GERMAN MOVIE HERE The recently organized College Film Club will present the Ger man show “Hauptmann von Koepenck” tonight at 7:30 in the Chemistry Lecture Room, accord ing to the club secretary. Because of the conflict with the meeting of the faculty of the Col lege of Arts and Sciences, a sec ond show will begin immediately after the faculty meeting. Since two showings are to be given, each member may bring one guest with out charge. Local dance fans will have an opportunity to dance to the music of one of the best of the top-flight bands now on tour when Nick Stuart and his orchestra play for a dance at the Bryan Country Club on Thursday night, March 7th. NICK STUART The orchestra is coming to Bryan at the instance of the Young Men’s Civic League of Brazos County. Stuart, featuring saxophones in his music, gives a program of swing numbers distinguished for their tone color, combined with the smooth, sweet tunes so popular with southern dancers. (Continued on page 4) "Melody Lingers On” After Annual Artillery Ball Held in Sbisa Hall Here Friday Night Four Other Candidates In Run-Off Contest Arousing Nationwide Interest With a total of 2,614 votes cast in the first primary of Backwash’s Ugly Boy contest, the five candi dates in the runoff election are R. C. “Eddie” Hall, S. D. “Red” Mar tin, Roy Chappell, M. E. Shepherd, and Irvin Thompson. Hall, who received 455 votes, is a senior agricultural administra tion student from Electra and is a member of A Company Infan try. Martin, with 404 votes, is a mechanical engineering senior of E Company Engineers from Chris tine. Chappell, a member of the Field Artillery Band, was third in the first primary with 394 votes and is a petroleum engineering junior from Kaufman. Shepherd and Thompson tied for fourth place with 236 votes each. Shep herd is a member of Headquarters Company Signal Corps and an electrical engineering senior from Bryan; while Thompson is a lib eral arts junior from Silsbee, and a member of First Combat Train Field Artillery. Other candidates who received more than a hundred votes for the honor were C. V. Kirkpatrick, 182; Jack Fugate, 151; and James Singleton, 109. There were num erous other nominees who receiv ed less than one hundred votes each. One candidate who received more than a hundred votes with drew before the end of the first primary. (Continued on page 4) “No other changes in the exam ination schedule are necessary, and the rest of the schedule as an nounced on page 4 of the official schedule of classes will be follow ed.” BILLY COLVIN, INFANTRY FISH, DIES IN ACCIDENT Bill Colvin, C Infantry fresh man, was killed and two other per sons injured when two automobiles collided near Rockdale last Sun day night. Colvin and M. U. Ferrari, Coast Artillery sophomore, were return ing to College from their home in Rockdale with Robert Griffon, also of Rockdale when the accident oc curred. Colvin was a freshman student in mechanical engineering. His body was take back to Rockdale. Ferrari, who sustained a serious head injury, was rushed to the College Hospital and arrived here at 7:10 p. m. Sunday evening. His condition seems improved, accord ing to the doctors. However, the full extent of his injuries are not known as yet. Due to his shocked condition, X-rays cannot yet be taken. The condition of the third boy, Robert Griffon, is not known as he was rushed to a hospital in Cameron. Occupants of the other auto mobile escaped with minor bruises. Geology Club To Discuss Field Trip Thursday Night The Geology Club will meet Thursday, March 7th at 7:30 p. m. Members of last summer’s field trip will discuss Sophomore Field Geology and the various phases of the course. A field course may be offered the first semester this summer and all those interested should attend the meeting. Movies of Architectural Tour To Be Shown Public Color movies of the architectural student tour to Mexico during the summer of 1938 will be shown in the Architectural Department Wednesday, March 6, at 7:30 p. m. The public is invited. By George Fuermann a The sixth annual Field Artillery Ball is history, but “the melody lingers on” in a manner which leaves no possibility for a future blackout from the minds of the twelve hundred cadets and their dates who attended the function. Highlighted by the “Candid Ca mera” music of Del Courtney and his nationally significant orchestra, the prom was important for more reasons than one. Not only did “jitterbuggin’ ” give way to waltz ing and “put-your-little-footin’”; not only did the galaxy of Texas beauties on hand shade the efforts of a sizable coed college; but Ag- gieland’s impressive new bandstand made its initial appearance. A long-awaited addition to A. & M. social functions, the unique and pretentious stand is striking in appearance, colorful, arid re presents a tremendous improvement over previous individual-dance de corations. And as for maestro Courtney— “I’m very sincere when I say that the orchestra has never played at any college where we have more completely enjoyed ourselves than here at Texas A. & M.” Vocalist Sherman Hayes was the “hit” star of the evening, Joe Martin’s man ner of singing the new song-hit “Princess Poo Pooly” made it an oft-requested number, and singer Dick Dildine was also popular with the Field Artillerymen and their dates. But back to Del again, he could n’t say enough about Aggieland. “I can hardly find words to tell how the orchestra feels about this college. The cadets ‘took us in’ as though we were one of them; we played baseball, tennis, and went swimming with Aggies. In fact, I haven’t enjoyed myself so much in a long time.” “And by the way,” he went on, “We were lucky enough to see A. & M.’s national football cham pions in a practice game, and to us they look even better than they did last year.” Del Courtney’s band was one of several nationally prominent dance-bands which feted the Aggies last November by play- j ing “The Spirit of Aggieland” over a national radio network. The Field Artillery Ball was the occasion of I his second visit to Aggieland, his orchestra having played for the Senior Ring Dance last year. SENIORS—CAST YOUR VOTES FOR YOUR MOST POPULAR CLASSMATES Senior President Max McCullar and Longhorn editor George Smith Monday made the following announcement for The Battalion: “Since only about 75 votes were cast last week by members of the senior class in their election of the five most popular seniors of the class of 1940, it has been thought necessary to conduct a new and en tirely different election for the same purpose. “It is hoped that enough members of the class will express their opinions so that at least a representative number of votes can be counted.” Last year less than twenty percent of the entire class voted. For the past several years, the seniors have been growing more and more lax in their election of the most popular seniors. As pointed out pre viously by a Battalion editorial, the election has become shamefully unrepresentative—almost farcical. It has been stated by the Longhorn staff that unless the seniors in the future manifest a due interest, the five pages of the annual devoted to the five most popular seniors each year will not be justified, and may as a result have to be discontinued. It is the hope of all the class leaders and publications editors that such a situation will not come about this year. By holding a second election and extending to every senior one more urgent and earnest plea that he do his part, it is hoped that it can yet be made a repre sentative and true election. Only classified seniors may be elected to this honor. All members of the original class of ’40 may cast their votes. To you members of the class of ’40 it is a real opportunity, in fact your duty, to ex press your opinions. This is your last chance to do so. Seniors, do your part. • Ballots will be collected by first sergeants of all organizations. They will be turned in to Max McCullar at room 228, hall 9, by Wed nesday evening at 7:30. Ballots will not be counted until a report has been made by every first sergeant. MOST POPULAR SENIOR BALLOT To the President of the Senior Class: Following are my nominations for the Five Most Popular Seniors of the Class of ’40: (Signed), (Organization) Maintenance Cost Is Reduced For Balance of Term At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the College in Waco a motion was brought up and passed to lower the monthly maintenance to the amount of $1.75 per month from what it is quoted in the catalog at present. The object of the reduction was to lower the cost to a level that will be the most accommodating to the majority of the students, and still maintain the same quality of food. It was decided by the subsistence department that it would be better to narrow the variety rather than use food of a lower quality. This lowering of charges applies to board only, and the other items will remain at the original figures. The fiscal department has an nounced that all students who have already paid their maintenance this month, or have paid it for tho entire semester may receive a re fund in about ten days. The total payable for March is $26.75, for April the maintenance will be $26.00, and for May it will be $26.50. This reduction will save each student $5.25 of the original cost that was set for this semester. CIVIL SERVICE EXAM SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 6TH The secretary of the United States Civil Service Commission of College Station announced to day that the examination for Jun ior Professional Assistant will be held on April 6th. There are 426 seniors at A. & M. qualified to take the examination. Last Saturday, - two men on the campus received orders to report for duty as Junior Soil Scientists, j These two men passed the exami nation that was given in April, 1939. C. D. Trail will report to Spartenburg, South Carolina, and O. G. Smith will report to Alber- querque, New Mexico. Dr. L. G. Jones of the Agrono my Department will meet with those interested in taking the ex amination and will assist them with the I. Q. examination Tues day night in the A. I. Building.