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NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion
CIRCULATION 5,400
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
VOL. 39 122 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1940
NO. 64
R.V.’s Make
Plans For
Festivities
Mary Mae Crawford
Chosen Queen For
Ross Volunteers
Miss Mary Mae Crawford of
Houston, student of National Park
Seminary in Washington, D. C.,
has been chosen queen of the Ross
Volunteer Festivities to be held at
A. & M. next Thursday through
Saturday. She will reign over
the spring functions with Hubie
Braunig, Field Artillery senior and
king of the R. V. Court. A1
Kavelin and his orchestra, now
playing at the Mural Room of the
Baker Hotel in Dallas, will play
for the activities.
Daphne Salois of Dallas will
serve as princess of the affair with
Dan Sharp, captain of the R. V.’s,
as prince and her escort. Ten
dukes and duchesses will make up
the remainder of the court.
The R. V.’s will celebrate their
holidays by beginning with the
Queen’s Coronation at 8:45 Thurs
day evening. After the Queen has
been crowned the Grand March
will be led into the ball room by
the newly crowned king and queen
and the Queen’s Ball will begin.
Friday at 1:30 the R.V.’s, crack
military group on the A. & M.
campus, will stage their tradition
al drill, with every member of the
company attending, before the
company sponsors and visiting
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400 SENIORS
TO TAKE CIVIL
SERVICE EXAMS
Over 400 seniors have made ap
plications to take Civil Service
examinations for Junior Profes
sional Assistants, according to a
recent announcement made by the
Civil Service Board. The exam
inations will be given in Guion
Hall Saturday morning, April 6,
from 8:30 to 11:30, and 12:00 noon
until completed that afternoon.
Two hours will be taken up in
the preliminary tests and one hour
of this will be the General Exam
ination. The professional part
will be given in the afternoon.
In order to properly review for
these examinations and be ready
for the type of material asked, re
view sessions have been held in the
Agricultural Building since Febru
ary 29. There are 14 more of these
sessions and the dates and place
of meeting with the instructor
in charge is given below. It is
suggested that more men report
for these review sections as the
attendance has not been heavy so
far. College staff members who
have given their time so far in
clude Dr. E. P. Humbert, Prof.
J. S. Mogford, H. E. Hampton,
Prof. Tildon Easley, Prof. R. C.
Potts, Dr. R. L. Donahue, Prof. C.
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College Station
DUCHESS
Miss Margaret Hollinshead,
daughter of Major and Mrs. Frank
A. Hollingshead of College Station,
has been chosen to represent the
city as its duchess in the Navasota
Bluebonnet Festival to be held
April 12-14.
526 Seniors Apply
For Degrees To Be
Conferred in June
Recent figures released through
the Registrar’s Office by H. L.
Heaton, assistant registrar, indi
cate that 726 seniors have made
application for degrees to be con
ferred this spring. Five hundred-
ninety-five students graduated in
June, 1939.
In the School of Agriculture
there are 306 applicants for de
grees. Of this number 105 are in
Agricultural Administration, 136
in Agriculture, 47 in Agricultural
Education, 14 in Agricultural Engi
neering, and 4 in Landscape Art.
The School of Arts and Sciences
has 53 applicants. Forty of these
are in Liberal Arts and 13 in
Science.
The School of Engineering has
287 applicants for degrees in ten
courses of study. There are 12 de
grees applied for in the five year
course in Architecture and one de
gree in Architectural Engineering:
Twenty-nine in Chemical Engineer
ing, 28 in Civil Engineering, 43
in Electrical Engineering, 20 in
Engineering Administration, 2 in
Geological Engineering, and 10 in
Industrial Education. Mechanical
Engineering leads the other depart
ments with 73 applicants and Pe
troleum Engineering is next with
69 applicants.
The School of Veterinary Medi
cine has 38 applicants for the de
gree of Doctor of Veterinary Med
icine.
The Graduate School has had
applications for 42 master degrees.
Baylor Students To
Present Program
Twelve students from Baylor
University will have charge of the
main services Sunday evening at
the First Baptist Church. Royce
Thompson, B. S. U. President at
Baylor, will be in charge of the
services.
Dubois’ Easter Cantata To
Be Presented Here Sunday
There is probably no more beau--*
tiful or moving scene in Christian
literature than the familiar passion
scene of the Crucifixion of Christ.
“The Seven Last Works of Christ,”
a cantata, is one of the best dram
atizations of this story in the musi
cal world. Composed by Theodore
Dubois in 1867, it will be presented
in College Station for
time Palm Sunday, Mar
Guion Hall.
To give full scope to this story,
sixty voices, composed of A. & M.
students and members of Bryan
and College Station church choirs,
will furnish the choir with three
soloists, accompanied by the piano,
harp and organ. Ralph Woolley of
the Department of Music, Baylor
University, will sing the baritone
solo. He is well-known in Colora
do, his home state, for his light
opera roles and has sung over radio
station KOA. The soprano solo
will be sung by Miss Mildred Sally
•of Bryan, and David Lillough of
College Station will sing the tenor
roles.
The phrase, “Father, forgive
them, for they know not what they
do,” is said to be the best-known
in the world, and without doubt the
most moving words in Christianity
are “God, my Father, why hast
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BtidureQ n g an( j p en
Aiujqn lousanc j n i ne
nuiiurea ana forty years, the great
Passion theme has led men of the
greatest genius in the western
world to their greatest influence
on the western hemisphere. It is
an appropriate theme for the anni
versary of the day he received his
greatest triumph from the people
who were later to crucify him.
“The Seven Last Words of
Christ” will be presented at 3:30
p. m. in Guion Hall. There will
be no admission charge, and A. &
M. students are especially invited
to attend.
Oates Gives
Outline Of
His Platform
City Election To
Be Held April 2
E. C. Oates, candidate for mayor
of College Station, today outlined
a program of action if he is elect
ed mayor in the general election
April 2.
“My platform explains my posi
tion on the important questions
facing College Station,” Oates said.
“While I am comparatively young,
I believe I am capable to fill the
position or I wouldn’t have filed.
Gray hairs are not necessary to
mature judgment,” he said.
Oates statement follows:
“In order that the voters of Col
lege Station may be entitled to
exercise a choice of principles as
well as of men in the forthcoming
city election, I make the follow
ing statement of my principal aims
if elected mayor:
“1. I favor the insuring of safe
and sane progress for College
Station through the enforcement
of the zoning ordinance as it now
stands. Haphazard growth of any
municipality is to be avoided, and
it would be particularly undesir
able in a city hs new and with the
great commercial development po
tentialities of College Station.
“2. A most important step for
ward would be to better the polic
ing of the residential district of
College Station, providing better
protection for campus residents
than that now afforded.
“3. Deny special privileges to
any one company or companies
operating taxicabs within the city.
Administer the law impartially and
enforce it strictly.
“4. Discard the outmoded,, in
equitable flat rate on the water
utilities. Substitute a pay-for-
what-you-use system. This prob
lem, while it would entail hard
work over a period of years, can
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A. & M. Teams
Barely Denied Top
Honors At Show
Two judging teams from A. &
M. were barely denied top honors
in contests in Fort Worth this
week.
The Junior Livestock Judging
Team, coached by Larry Miller,
placed second out of sixteen teams,
losing to Wisconsin by 3 points,
4206 to 4203. A. & M. was first in
horse judging and tied with Ne
braska in judging sheep. Members
of this team were James Rice of
McLean, Buster Gentry of Hen
rietta, Tommy Foster of Sterling
City, Leslie Brandes of Weimer,
and M. R. Calliham of Conway.
Gentry was fifth high individual
in the contest and tied with Bran
des for third honors in sheep.
The Meats Judging Team, coa
ched by C. E. Murphy, also plac
ed second by a margin of two
points, losing to Oklahoma A. &
M., 2337 to 2335. A. & M. was first
in pork judging, second in beef
and third in lamb. Members of
the team were Tommy Stuart of
Roby, H. J. Richards of Jacksboro
and E. M. Rosenthal of Fort Worth.
Stuart was high individual of the
contest, and also high in the judg
ing of both pork and lamb. Rosen
thal was fifth high individual.
DR. PHILLIPS OF
LYONS, FRANCE,
TO SPEAK HERE
Learned Frenchman Will
Give Lecture on Europe
“Europe—A Myth or a Reality”
will be the subject of a lecture at
A. & M. on March 27 by Dr. Andre
Philip, professor of economics and
finance at the University of Lyons,
France, and a member of the
French Chamber of Deputies since
1936, it was announced yester
day by Dean E. J. Kyle.
Dr. Philip will speak under the
auspices of the Institute of Inter
national Education and his address
will be open to the public, although
primarily he is coming here to ad
dress the students and faculty.
In 1937-38 Dr. Philip was a mem
ber of the French government
Colonial Inquiry Committee which
made exhaustive studies in Tunisia
and Morocco.
Dr. Philip was educated at the
Sorbonne, receiving his doctorate
in economics and law and was ad
mitted to the French bar in 1926,
the year of his appointment to
the University of Lyons. He spent
the year 1928 in India and later
studied in the United States at
the University of Wisconsin and
at Columbia University.
In recent years Dr. Philip has
been in close touch with leaders
of important youth movements in
Europe and has a remarkable back
ground and understanding from
which to interpret France and the
problems of the French people.
TEXAS EXTENSION
SERVICE STAFF
MEMBER DIES
R. R. Reppert, 59, entomologist
of the Texas Extension Service
since 1920, died at his Bryan home
Wednesday night of heart failure.
Mr. Reppert was born in Val
ley Falls, Kan., and attended Bak
er University and Kansas State.
From 1908 to 1914 he served as
an educational missionary for the
Methodist Church in Korea. He
was connected with the State Crop
Pest Commission of Virginia be
fore coming to the Texas institu
tion.
In his capacity as state grass
hopper control leader, he directed
the Texas grasshopper control
campaign. On March 4 the Asso
ciated Press, through its syndicat
ed column, “Texas Today,” carried
a tribute to Reppert and his work
in this connection.
Mr. Reppert is survived by his
widow; two daughters, Louise and
Camille, both attending Colorado
University at Boulder; a son, F.
Lauren, with the Headquarters
Company, 9th Infantry, at Fort
Sam Houston; and four brothers,
Ben, of Madison, Wis.; Harry, of
Carson City, Nev.; Frank and
Hugh, both of Washington, D. C.
Funeral services are to be held
today.
DR. MAYO TO ADDRESS
SOCIAL SCIENCE MEET
The Social Science Seminar will
hear Dr. T. F. Mayo in its meet
ing scheduled for Monday at 7:30
p. m. in room 303, Academic Build
ing, according to Prof. A. F.
Chalk, president.
Dr. Mayo will discuss the posi
tion of the proletarian novel in
modern literature. He is to dis
cuss its development, its technique,
and its possibilities for the future,
it was said.
Shep Fields Will Play for Town
Half Infantry Ball, Corps Dance
Visiting Cade lie’ Crowns
A. & M. ’s King of the Uglies
Above, Miss Jeane Hendricks (the attractive female in Aggie’s
clothing) crowns R. 1 C. “Eddie” Hall “King of the Uglies” at Aggie-
land for the session of 1939-40, at the special yell practice held from
the Y steps Tuesday night.
Miss Hendricks has been visiting A. & M. to attend the Engineers’
Ball and other festivities.
At the same yell practice Hall was presented with the first degree
of “B. U.” (Bachelor of Ugliness) presented at the school. . . We
thought he should get one degree here anyhow!
Seniors Leave For All Parts Of
Texas on Annual Inspection Trips
Inspection trips to all parts of-f-to be from March 18 to 21 and
Texas will be made by senior stu
dents in several departments of
the college prior to spring recess,
March 22. Among this number are
Chemical Engineering seniors, Me
chanical Engineering seniors, Agri
cultural Economics seniors, and
Economics seniors. Animal Hus
bandry advanced students have al
ready made their inspection trip:
During this time students will vis
it manufacturing and business
centers to gain knowledge of the
practical work connected with the
subjects they have been study
ing for four years.
The animal husbandry students
have just returned this week from
their inspection trip to Fort Worth
where they exhibited stock and
participated as judging teams for
livestock and fresh meat. Most of
the members of the faculty ac
companied the 35 students who
made the trip. The college sent
about 100 animals, hogs, cattle,
horses, and sheep, which were fit
ted and shown by members of the
department.
The inspection trip for the chem
ical engineering seniors is planned
CASTLE-BUILDERS BUILD “CASTLES IN THE AIR”
AT THEIR ELEVENTH ANNUAL BALL HELD FRIDAY NIGHT
By George Fuermann
Castles in the air were built to
the rhythmic “Music Box” swing
of George Hamilton and his orches
tra as the castle-builders of the
army presented their eleventh an
nual ball—and the college’s oldest
regimental dance function last
night.
“Bueno” was the word for the
Engineer’s Ball as the sliderulers
and their escortees enjoyed three
hours of waltz and rhumba at the
tuneful behest of the famed Chi
cagoan and his orchestra.
The novelty of Louis Chico at
-fthe harp, the vocalizing of Lee-fcentral part of the decorations.
Norton, and the pleasant personali
ty of Maestro Hamilton blended to
gether to form a perfect enter
tainment combination. Hamilton
and his “Music Box” orchestra ar
rived at Aggieland direct from
Chicago’s popular Palmer House.
A unique military theme in red
and blue featured the decorations
which flanked and included Ag-
gieland’s new bandstand. A pro
minently displayed Engineer Regi
ment insignia, the United States
flag, and guidons of the six En
gineer companies made up the
Favors were two-fold: mother of
pearl lockets with a gold Engi
neer’s castle in the center, and gold
pins with a small castle at one end
of a chain and an A.M.C. at the
other.
Honoring the classes of ’40 and
’41, the dance’s success was engi
neered by committeemen Robert
C. Morris, Winston Frost, Don
Earley, Marvin Grimes, Robert
Skaggs, Adrian Evans, Thomas
Ford, Math Wilson, S. S. Staley,
L. E. Noblitt, Albert Anderson,
and A. P. Lovelady.
will take them through chemical
industry plants in Galveston,
Houston, Texas City, Beaumont,
and Port Arthur. Dr. J. D. Lind
sey, Dr. W. D. Harris, and F. F.
Bishop, faculty members, are to
accompany the students on the
trip where they will visit the In
ternational Creosoting Company,
Texas Star Flour Mills, Hughes
Tool Company, Trinity Portland
Cement Company, the asphalt plant
of the Texas Company, and other
industrial points of interest. Thir
ty-six members of the department
are scheduled to make the trip.
Forty-one seniors in the Depart
ment of Economics are planning
to spend March 18, 19, 20, and
21 in Dallas on their annual spring
inspection tour. I. G. Adams and
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Nationally-Known
Orchestra Visits
Here April 5 & 6
Contract with M.C.A.
Just Announced; Many
Entertainers Featured
Shep Fields with his nationally-
known orchestra, one of the big
gest “big-names” in the current
musical world, has been signed to
play at A. & M. for the Infantry
Ball and corps dance and for Town
Hall, April 5 and 6, Charlie Ham-
ner, senior social secretary, and
Walter Sullivan, Town Hall man
ager, have just announced, official
ly.
Fields, creator of “Rippling
Rhythm,” is contracted to play for
the Infantry Regimental Ball Fri
day, the fifth, and the corps dance
from 9 to 12 the night following.
“There will be no increase in price
for the corps dance; it will remain
only $1.00 a ticket,” Hamner stat
ed.
Fields’ band is the outstanding
swing band which it had been
promised would appear at A. & M.
this spring. It will present an
hour - and - a - half-long program,
from 7:00 to 8:30, April 5, just
preceding the Infantry Ball.
The “Rippling Rhythm” orches
tra—famous for the unusual mu
sical effect of air bubbles blown
through a tube into a glass of
water—is known from coast to
coast and border to border. It has
played long engagements in the
nation’s best hotels and ballrooms,
and broadcast frequently over na
tional radio networks, and has pro
duced many transcriptions and re
cordings.
Fields features such stellar per
sonalities as Miss Claire Nunn,
beautiful New Orleans songstress;
Hal Derwin, “the whispering bari
tone”; Sol Gioe, pianist; Caesar
Mussioli, accordionist; Danny Gay,
jitterbug trumpeter; Jerry Stewart,
and a host of other entertainers.
The contract for their services
was signed with the Music Corp
oration of America.
Shep Fields and his band are
playing in New York City at pres
ent, and are scheduled for a long
engagement on the Pacific Coast
beginning next month.
Prize Money Comes To
Rescue of Student
EVANSTON, HI., March 15.—
Like the money to pay the mort
gage on the homestead in the old-
time melodrama, the prize money
for Henry Shull, Dallas, arrived
just in time today.
Shull, Northwestern University
School of Commerce senior, has
been paying his way through
school with prize contest winnings.
He returned for his senior year
last fall after winning $150. Then
the winnings became fewer and
for smaller amounts.
Today he was down to $10 wherb
the sponsor of another contest no
tified him:
“You have won our second prize-
of $250.”
Irish Bedeck Themselves In
Green for Saint Patrick’s Day
Honoring of the saint who is said to have rid Ireland of the
serpent, figuratively and literally, all true Irishmen will bedeck them
selves in green for Saint Patrick’s Day, Sunday, March 17.
The history of Saint Patrick is interwoven with legend. Some
credit him with inventing a distilled drink, Poteen: others declare he
was an enthusiastic champion of temperance.
One account has it he once"
turned a pile of ice and snow-ball
into a fire when he and his fol
lowers needed warmth.
Be that how it may, the four
teenth-century missionary who
introduced Christianity into the
Emerald Isle infinitely enriched
the music, poetry, and literature
of the Irish people.
Saint Patrick was born in the
latter part of the fourteenth cen
tury. When he was about 18 years
old he was taken captive by pirates
and spent several years in bond
age. Eventually he escaped, and
made his way to a monastery in
Gaul, where he studied in the
clergy. He returned to Ireland
with the title of bishop.
There he converted many to
the Christian doctrine of the Trin
ity, and the shamrock became a
symbol of the great mystery.
Now, all Ireland celebrates
March 17 with festivities. The
morning is occupied in attending
mass. The afternoon and night,
however, are occasions for lighter
entertainment. Poteen is drunk
and the younger men play “hur
ley,” an old Irish game which is
a form of field hockey.
So the day is passed by the
sons of Erin, and mirth and rev
erence are blended in commem
oration of a saint.