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VOL. 39 122 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 14,1940
NO. 63
Hal Moseley
To Design
Cotton Ball
Cotton Ball Queen
And Court To Be
Selected Saturday
Hal Moseley was awarded the
$15 prize for the best-designed
background and setting for this
year’s Cotton Pageant, Style Show,
and Ball. He is one of the 13
men of the fifth-year class in
Architecture who recently made
the trip to Houston to witness
a sample style show put on by the
ladies’ store in charge of the Style
Show, The Fashion. Moseley, a
Dallas boy, was awarded the prize
as his sketch seemed to come
closer to representing the patriotic
theme that the Agronomy Society
has decided to use. According to
Mr. Mogford, general chairman
and faculty advisor, any of the
drawings submitted could have been
used and all were good.
Members of the committee that
selected the design included Mrs.
L. L. Fouraker, director of the Cot
ton Pageant; J. S. Mogford of the
Agronomy Department; Edward
J. Perrault, representative from
The Fashion; and Byron Bing,
student business manager of the
Cotton Ball.
Now that the design for the
setting has been selected, plans are
being made for actual construction
which will begin soon.
Another important part of the
plans for the Cotton Ball is the
selection of the queen, which ac
tion will be taken this weekend
when 10 members of the Cotton
Ball staff will journey to Denton
to make the selection from a group
of handpicked “beauties”.
Each class at T.S.C.W. has se
lected the two most beautiful girls
from among their number, and the
committee will make their selec
tion from that group. The eight
girls selected will pass before the
judges sometime after noon Satur
day. One of that number will be
named queen, and the other seven
will attend as queen’s maids.
Members of the committee select
ed by the Agronomy Society Tues
day night that will make the trip
include the following: Byron Bing,
Wesley Seay, Percy Bennett, W.
M. Kimbrough, Bob Stone, Johnny
Rice, E. W. McElwrath, R. C.
Stevenson, and Harry Forbes. Bob
Nisbet will attend as Battalion re
presentative.
James Cashen
Mentioned By
Life Magazine
Agfgie in Houston Hospital
Sees Sivils’ Drive-in Stand
(In the following letter to the
editors of “Life” Magazine, Fran
cis “Nig” Miller, photographer for
the Houston Press, reveals an in
teresting incident in which James
Cashen, a student of A. & M., re
cently took part.)
Sirs:
After seeing your layout (of my
pictures) and reading the story
concerning Sivils’ beautiful car
hops (LIFE, Feb. 26), two Hous-'
ton men who were patients in
Houston’s Memorial Hospital
couldn’t wait until they got well
to see the girls; they called am
bulances, had themselves hauled
to the drive-in stand and investi
gated the story in person.
James Cashen, a student of A.
& M. College, who got a serious
back injury in an automobile ac
cident recently, and W. C. Robin
son, likewise a patient for 18
months at the hospital as a result
of a car wreck, occupy rooms side
by side at the hospital. Saturday
they saw a copy of LIFE, read
(Continued on page 6)
Engineers Take Over Campus For
Regimental Ball and Social Weekend
Features r Music Box Revue”
George Hamilton and his orchestra featuring “Music Box Music”
will entertain members of the Engineer Regiment Friday night at
their annual organization prom. The orchestra, which has just come
from an engagement at the Beverly Wilshire in Hollywood, California,
will also play for the corps dance Saturday night.
Gilchrist Td Discuss Aggie
Graduates at A.A. U.P. Meet
Dean Gibb Gilchrist will address the A. & M. College Chapter of
the American Association of University Professors at their March
meeting being held tonight at 7:30 in the reception room at Sbisa Hall.
He will discuss in an informal way some of his experiences as an em
ployer of A. & M. graduates.
As chief Highway Engineer for the State of Texas in 1924 and
resigned in 1937 to become Dean
of the School of Engineering at A.
& M. Dean Gilchrist was in posi
tion to employ large numbers of
A. & M. graduates and did employ
many. From 1925 to 1927 he
was an independent consulting
engineer in Dallas. This gave him
the opportunity or seeing A. & M.
College graduates in action along
with graduates of other engineer
ing schools and a chance to watch
many of them become prominent
engineers and highly influential
citizens. In some instances, men
under his supervision failed utter
ly, while in other instances they
proved themselves highly capable
not only in their own special fields
but also in others for which they
had little special training.
These experiences as a large
scale employer of both college
graduates and other types of
workers, together with his more
recent duties as Dean of the sec
ond largest School of Engineering
in the United States made Dean
Gilchrist peculiarly capable of dis
cussing with the staff of A. & M.
College the broad type of training
we should offer our students in
order for them to become both
serviceable and successful in their
chosen fields of work. His obser
vations and comments should be of
value to all schools in the col
lege.
Few men in Texas have had
Easter Holidays,
R. V.’s, Spring
Recess—All The
Same And One
Spring recess, as listed in the
college catalogue, will include Fri
day, Saturday, Sunday, and Mon
day, March 22-25, E. J. Howell,
Registrar and secretary of the fa
culty, stated yesterday when queri
ed whether or not the faculty had
changed any of the dates set for
“R. V.” or spring holidays.
These are the last and only
holidays scheduled for students for
the remainder of the term, Mr.
Howell said. The only changes
which the faculty has made this
year are the following: Baccalau
reate ceremonies will be held the
morning of Friday, May 31, and
Commencement ceremonies will be
held at twilight that evening. Fol
lowing the Commencement cere
monies the Final Ball will be stag
ed. The Final Review and presen
tation of commissions as Re
serve Officers will be held the fol
lowing morning, Saturday, June 1.
These exercises were previously
scheduled for June 7-8. As previ
ously announced, no examinations
for underclassmen will be held
June 1.
George Hamilton
To Furnish Music
For Annual Prom
Decorations To Carry
Out Military Theme In
Red And Blue Colors
Aggieland’s Engineer Corps will
dance to the famed music of George
Hamilton, the “Music Box Musi
cian” at the Annual Engineers’
Ball, Friday night, which promises
to be one of the highlights of
the current social season at Ag-
gieland. The dance begins at nine
and lasts until one o’clock as the
sliderule-wielders and their dates
swing out to their favorite tunes.
George Hamilton and his orchestra
will also play for a corps dance
Saturday night.
The decorations for the ball will
be carried out in blue. The back
stand consists of a large blue back
ground and is made of several sec
tions with the center projecting
before the others. The Engineers’
insignia will be painted in red
metallic frosting on the five-foot
circular background which will
project outward from the blue
center section of the stand and
will be surrounded with a circle
of light. Carrying out the blue
scheme all the lights will be blue.
Above the center section of the
stand will appear the United States
flag while on the sides of the band
stand the guidons of the Engineer
companies will be placed.
Walton Hall will be vacated from
D to I ramps by one o’clock Fri
day for the accommodation of
guests, who may obtain entrance
to the dormitory at three o’clock.
Reservations may be obtained at
the Commandant’s Office.
Two types of favors for the
dance will be used. The first con
sists of white mother of pearl
lockets shaped in a heart with the
Engineers castle in the center. The
other type is a gold pin with a
small castle at one end of a chain
and an A. M. C. at the other.
In charge of the dance is Albert
E. Anderson. The decoration com
mittee, favors committee, and in
vitation committee consists of
Phil Lovelady, Gene Noblitt, Pete
Frost, Bob Morris and Don Early.
Helping with arrangements is
Math Wilson, Bob Skaggs and
Adrian Evans. Treasurer for the
dance is Tom Ford.
Garden Club Beautifies
Highway By Planting Trees
Group leaders of the Garden
Club, assisted by president Mrs.
C. B. Campbell, the highway de
partment, and F. W. Hensel, head
of the A. & M. Landscape Art De
partment, have planted 117 retama,
huisache, and youpon trees - on
highway 6 between College Station
and Bryan.
The group leaders were Mrs.
Albert Stevens, Mrs. J. S. Doane,
Mrs. Calvin Moore, and Mrs. S.
H. Yarnell.
Stops Here on Southern Trip
Postmaster-General James A. Farley will pay an unofficial visit
to the nation’s number one Land Grant College April 4. General
Farley will be entertained at A. & M. by President T. O. Walton,
Governor W. Lee O’Daniel, F. M. Law, president of the A. & M. Board
of Directors, and the students and staff of Texas A. & M.
Hitch-Hiking and Ethics
An Editorial Expression
•
In the life of a Texas Aggie, bitch-hiking always plays an
important part, but the situation is even more accented with the
event of the coming spring holidays. Hitch-hiking at A. & M.
is no unorganized affair—it’s as traditional as the college’s famed
mascot, “Reveille,” and is bound by rules set up by the Aggies
themselves. Hitch-hiking at A. & M., in its present well-ordered
form, didn’t begin last week, last month, or even last year. It
was more than twenty-five years ago that the system was born.
The numerous advantages of hitch-hiking to Aggies and other
college students are obvious. Most Aggies find it nip-and-tuck
“making ends meet,” and hitch-hiking, therefore, becomes their
only means of transportation to and from college.
But there’s the other side of the case too. Motorists, in
their own turn, can profit by picking up Aggies. In the first
place, most people today derive a great deal of personal satis
faction from the thought that they have helped someone to ac
complish a worthy end—and that is exactly what a motorist does
when he “gives a lift” to an Aggie.
The main objection which most motorists offer when the
subject of hitch-hiking is brought up is that students are too
often careless about their language and personal conduct in an
automobile driven by someone thoughtful and courteous enough
to offer them a ride. Unfortunately, this is sometimes true,
because in any group as large as the American collegiate world
there are certainly going to be some “lemons.”
But there are ethics to hitch-hiking, and most Aggies know
them and abide by them. Most Aggies are courteous; most Ag
gies will ask the driver’s permission before smoking a cigaret in
his car; most Aggies will refrain from any sort of abusive language,
regardless of what the circumstance, when riding with a benefactor;
most Aggies are eager to do their part in helping a benefactor
whenever any trouble occurs with his automobile such as a flat
tire; most Aggies, in other words, are anxious to do their part
in cooperating with the driver and to show the driver how much
they appreciate his thoughtfulness and assistance in giving them
a ride.
One point about Aggie hitch-hiking that sometimes causes
a motorist to pass by when he would otherwise stop is the fact
that there may be a great many students waiting on one corner.
Aggies should do their part in informing motorists that a large
group of cadets does not mean that the driver’s car will be
“swamped,” but rather that the cadets “number off” and only
as many students come forward as the driver indicates he has
room for.
What the Texas Aggies try to do is to make motorists
conscious of their aims, and thus make the Texas public anxious
and willing to help “a hitch-hiking Aggie.”
such wide experience with engi
neering graduates of Texas insti
tutions and few, therefore, could be
in better position to offer construc
tive criticism of the training being
given by Texas schools of engineer
ing.
The meeting is open. All mem
bers of the college staff and oth
ers interested are cordially invited
to attend.
J. C. Hyland, retired master
sergeant in the U. S. Army who
was on duty at A. & M. for about
18 years, leaving here in 1932,
died recently at his home in San
Antonio. He was remembered by
many of the present staff.
Debate Team To Compete
With Baylor, T.S.C.W.
The A. & M. Debate team left
Thursday for Waco and Denton to
meet competing teams from Baylor
and T. S. C. W. Mayo Thompson
and Don Gabriel, debaters, com
pose the team making the trip
which is sponsored by the English
Department.
Thursday night Thompson and
Gabriel will meet the Baylor team
at Waco in debating the question:
Resolved that the United States
should follow a policy of strict
military and economic isolation to
ward all nations outside the West
ern hemisphere engaged in armed
civil or international conflict. Fri
day they will continue to Denton.
New Antenna, Equipment, lore Time
And Power Are Planned For WTAW
By Thomas Gillis
WTAW, college radio station, is
now making plans to adopt it
self to the addition of a new
anten(na and other new equip
ment. An order for the expendi
ture of $6,000 has already been ap
proved by the college Board of
Directors for the erection of one
vertical, self-supporting radiator
not less than 220 feet in height
"and for the construction of a new
transmitter housing.
John Rosser, manager of WTAW,
said the vertical radiator is to
cost $3,030, and the plans for it
are to be drawn in the Architec
tural Department of the college.
The permit for the tower says the
construction must begin before
April 10 and be completed before
October 10, but of course comple
tion will be as rapid as possible.
♦■In addition to the new radiator,
an expenditure of $2,958 has been
authorized for the purchase and
construction of other associated
equipment necessary for the com
pletion and operation of the tower,
j This money will be used for moving
and remodeling the transmitter
structure to a new location on the
northeast comer of the college
property and in making the neces-
(Continued on page 6)
A. & M. WOI
Stage Review
And Banquet
Many of State’s
Leaders Invited
To Attend Affair
Every) facility at hand with
which to welcome a distinguished
visitor will be brought into play
at Texas A. & M. April 4, when
Postmaster-General James A. Far
ley pays a five-hour visit to the
nation’s number one Land-Grant
College for men.
Military honors befitting a mem
ber of the President’s Cabinet will
be accorded, and hundreds of the
leading citizens of the Lone Star
State will be on hand to greet
General Farley.
Upon arrival at the main en
trance to the 4,500-acre campus,
the Farley caravan will be met by
a Cavalry escort. A nineteen-gun
salute will signalize the Postmas
ter-General’s arrival, and he will
be escorted immediately to the
drill field where a formal review
of the entire cadet corps of 5,500
will be staged in his honor.
At the reviewing stand General
Farley will be greeted by Presi
dent T. O. Walton, Governor W.
Lee O’Daniel and F. M. Law, pres
ident of the A. & M. Board of Di
rectors.
Col. George F. Moore, Command
ant, and General Farley then will
take their places in front of the
reviewing stand, and the cadet
corps with mounted units will pass
in review. After passing in re
view the corps and regimental
staffs will report to the reviewing
stand in order to give General Far
ley an opportunity to meet some
of the students.
Following the review, scheduled
for 5 p. m.. General Farley will
retire to the parlors of the A. &
M. Board of Directors for a rest
until 7 p. m. when he will be
honored at a banquet. The party
will leave at 9 p. m. for Tyler,
at the conclusion of the banquet.
Burris C. Jackson of Hillsboro,
a self-described “close friend” of
Farley, and chairman of the con
vention committee of the Texas
Postmasters’ Association, was in
strumental in getting General Far
ley to visit A. & M.
Invitations were being mailed
today to several hundred leaders in
the business, professional and po
litical life of Texas, to attend the
(Continued on page 6)
E. C. Oates
A nnounces For
College Mayor
In an announcement made to
The Battalion yesterday, Eugene
C. Oates, 25, stated that he had
filed his candidacy with the city
secretary for the position of Mayor
of the City of College Station.
In announcing for the office,
Oates, who has been connected
with athletics at A. & M. College
for several years, stated that he
believed he was fully qualified to
serve in the capacity of Mayor. He
has made a study of city govern
ment during the several years that
he has been a resident of College
Station, and has seen the function
ing of city governments all over
the United States.
Oates believes in the continued
development of the city, yet in
keeping the cost of the improve
ments within the financial means.
He is a staunch advocate of a
sound economic policy.
THE A. & M. MEATS JUDG-
ing Team placed second at the Fort
Worth Fat Stock Show, according
to a telegram received from the
team. The Texas A. & M. team
was defeated by two points by
a team from Oklahoma A. & M.