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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 14, 1940)
4 -* SUMMER WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Of TEXAS A. A M. COLLEGE it DIAL 4-5444 KUL NIWBPiU orTHBorrop COtXBGB STATION VOL. S 122 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING i Station. Texas, fbiday mobning, june a imo im NO. 2 Student Jobs Limited By Approval of Pont System Committee Rated Office According To Its Importance wndmlMwi* that th« mrmifku oi Mwk Job u follow* Cmi* CoUmI Now At 1,457 WKmJ *An»*~»«****«»*****»«»»^. MoMfrr BotUliun kUntftr I/wfhorn Protukot ftonior CIbm A«mcmu BdiUr Bmttalioa ■mA SlMknt ErUIM To MakImum of Ton Polnto Ylk mw point tymtoM or ilatrt- bulion of Btudont Jobs Km mw \ ^a**^!* PCdtlor Longbom « boon apt»rovoii by (ho focalty ond j u _._ r aw - lm t ito alwWirt n-«l y-«t PrMldhnt HophoiMry CUm < ■ltd th# yMra tAvraaftat u t„ thp Praal^m FrMhmin CIbm .. . • ■* mb " ^ «■' T.». Ml M.„„, • *M.h Uf, «y YWI ltd... v « ^ ! f*roo>4wit of Btudont ('hobo . 4 •mmdhdo KHltur Solution 4 ! JwiMr Toll Uwkr 4 200 Cotton Mill Operators Annual Short Course othor octl vttio* in porlWlpot* AoooHtinc U (ho M turn* of tb* Rtodcnt ComwilUw, (bo vortmao •Indonl Job* nor* to b* distributed otootif M many *10(4001* m pnMiblo. ond, it (ho iomo liroo, provont any nn* student from being engaged in moro acthritio* than time would permit. The ba*i* for thi* limi tation «ra* to be o point ayttem wboroby each Job wn* to be judged by th* importance it cornea and ♦eighod accordingly and no atu- dent wn* allowed to poono** more than ton point* The point ayatem wn* dtocuaaod at great length at the Student Wel fare Committee meeting* and a •parml committee, compnaed of Vleo-Praaldanl* Student ( tube 2 Hecretary Treaaurer* of Student Club* ..J. 1 2 point ayatom wna finally ♦fflcial when it wna accept- an nlmd*t onanimou* vota, by the family at Ha mealing on Juba d. pcan F C. Ballon pointed out that cartain change* might be mod* in the ruling If it waa found, nftor the ruling had been m ef fect for a year, that any of the vertghta given the varioua atudenta poattMM were unfair Dean T D. Brooka declared that tha movement for rulings of thia D. W. Williams, chairman, D. V type was not at all new in the Varner. Jack Bibba, J. E Copeland. American collegiate world and high Jr., W L. Mayfield, J. P led school circles for mot* than twenty better, and A V Hamilton, made years. Enrollment Up Nine !! Per Cent Over 1939; B Includes 82 Women •i jL Breaking last year’s enrollment record with an iacraaaa of 10 par cent (171 students), th* total re- ^ ghtrattoa for tba first four days of tha 1040 summer session was 1,407 as compared with tha first four days of registration last year with a a tout of UTfO. Ragiatrar E. J. Howell has announced Of this total enrollment, ft2 nr* women Classes ofltetally began Tuesday morning June 41. and work in all depart manta Is well underway Til* dormitofie* being occupied by men inrluda law Puryaar. Bis •all, and Hart. Walton Hall is be ing occupied by woman and mar n*d couples Many of tha student*, however, are living In the rampu* project houses which ftre remaining open during tbe summer. Also, a large number af students art living in private homes at Col lag* Station and Bryan. An increase In the pr**eat enroll ment is expeoted for th# second semester Many long-session stu dent* who are now attending the various R.O.T.C summer camp* will return at that time to continue their work her*. Flight Specialist Praises A. & M.’s C.A.A. Training a roi • pri Hugh Herndon. (\ A A Flight Ins%ru< tior Specialist for this dis trict, visited the rampu* Wedne* day Hamdon •uprnriae* C A. A in»tr ; *i m the Mwithwest “A d M ha* unlimited possibil ities as an instruction *rb.M>l,” stat ed Herndon M W ith her manpower she should become an advanced liaising school in the near future I was surprised and pleased to see how well the eourse. which got a late start Here, had progressed at A d M It fin ished a* well as, or even better than, any other school in the state M Herndon explained that the flight Instructors at A d M had accepted nsiderable better offer from tvate flying school in Dalla*. but that new instructors have been employed and flight instruction should start Monday or at least wit kin the week Of the DOOtudent* who have ap pbad for training during the sum mer term, 45 will be Tlw Sufinh Hotel, Suh, Is I isitinf* In I him n ynnkeeland At Nine ) ork's Fair 22 Aggie Grads, 3 Others, Pass State Vet Exams Tha State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners mat hare Mon day and Tuesday and axnminod tft graduate veterinarians, of whom are A A M. graduate* Tha man examined ware K H Homaraky. A. A. Heflin, M E Dawson, A. M EJotnick, H«l Minsky. J. E. Kliem. R I. Roger*. T V. Dahl. • W English, J. C. Alumenthal, 0 0 Wemu. V L. Kdteman, W L Rekkemper. J. L Adrian, t H Babbitt. Richard Caaa, 0. H Brum Me Jr., C. E. Byrd, Tom Thai ton, ’ V V Co*. I A Roth, H D. Car penter. D H UGoar. B M Whit#, and N L Nichols Case and Eng liah are from Kansas Bute Uni versity All the men passed the two day examination aucceasfully and will he licensed to practice in Tex as The board consists of Dr. P P, Starr of Gainesville, president, Dr. 0. E Wolfe of Btg Spring, vice- president; Dr Paul P, Bonskie of Port Arthur, secretary treasurar. Other members are Dr A C. Bum* of Cleburne, Dr M A Pack of Fort Worth. Dr Archie Sullinga of Houston, and Dr R L Rhea of San Antonio Campbell Heads Summer Press Club As Ashby, Moore, Hollingshead Elected Twepty-one students have token the physical examination and nine teen have passed it. Several stu dents have enrolled for the ground sciutol only This phase of the work will he completed the first semes! - er. However, flight training will continue on through the second s* me*ter Three Taylorrrafta and two ,v r 111 be used in the instruction Several of the summer school students have been seen looking in the trophy rape in the Academic Building searching for the famed Sugar Bowl which the Aggie grid | team won by beating Tulane in the Construction Work On New Laundry And Employee’s Dorm Progressing Fast Construct ion on tha new laun Sugar Bowl gnd claasK- at New Orleans. This antiqug is now on displa) at the World'4 Fair in New York and will he left there until school opens in Beptymber Th# Fair wanted the howl some time ago. but the Athletic Council darlded that ft should remain at the school a* h>ng aa the long *#» *ion student body was her# The howl must ha fsturnosl to th# Mid- Winter Sport* Association of New Orleans sometime in December and at that time th# Association will present th* Afrgie* with an exact replica which Will become the per manent prapefty of the Texaa Ag pte* dry and the employee's dormitory Summer Directory 1b *r r r with Battalion KKK . (;raders will finished on or about Beptemher With this issue of The Battalion BUAm |Pgm I first is being issued the complete far- q,,-,,# . The Bmith Building ( ompany of u lty and student directory of aJI OEEIHWr L4Mlief€ll€€ Waco was swarded the ganeral those attending A * M for the Vocational teachers throughout , contract for both job# on a btd of |HM,:t4<i The plumbing and head * ing contrad was let to Dave Vick-! ’•er* of Abilene on a bid of t4ft,- 150. The electrical work wa* awarded to Laddie lesikar of Palestine on a tad of I",W0 A con tract for the laundry equipment went to the American Laundry and Machine Company on a hid of 131. M4 The laundry will he northwest of the power plant The employee's dormitory will he 122 feet long by 39 feet wide and will b# four stor iaa high It will be a fireproof building and threa persons will share a room and Will be located north and oast of the Board of Director's residence. The betiding will accommodate approximately 271 persons Th# total coat af the construction srorfc la 1170424 Construction la also rapidly pro ^ greasing — th# Mw water fonn- tain that wm presented to tha Col- l*«a by the class o# *1». This dhouid he finished within a week S. V. M. A. (’loses Semi-Annual Meet The members of the State Vet ennary Medical Association closed it* semi-annual meeting here Wed nesday. Among the speakers Were Dr A C. Flynn of Kansas City, Dr Ihwtght A Smith, and Dr James Farquarson Heveral business meetings, venous clink sessions, snd three motion picture* made up the (nor* serious portion of the meeting A series af luncheons and s banquet were held in Sbisa Hall The Ladies Auxiliary also met at this time A theatre party was held Monday, and the ladies of College Station entertained with a luncheon at The Oaks Tuesday Four Apgit'* U ill ith n<I National Mwt of A.S.A.E. With F R Jones, head of the Agriculture Engineering Depart merit, and four Aggies partlaipai ing. the nationwide meeting of , the American Society of Agncul ture Engineers will get underway June 17 at Pennsylvania Stole College and will continue through June 20 The program, which will cover Foggy Campbell, recant honor graduate of the University of Tex aa, was elected president af the 1940 Summer Pres* Club at the Drat meeting of tbe organisation bold ia The Battalion Of (tee Time- day night Jamee Ashby, A A M aanlor of Fort Worth, was elected vice president, W. A Moore, Clin ton senior, waa elected secretary; and Margaret Hoilingehead of Cal- lege Station wee elected treaeurer The orgamaatlan's outgoing of fleers were George Fuermann, preeutent; H 0. Johnson, vice- president; Sara Allen Oafer, secre tory; and Ross E Cox, treasurer. The Summer Press Club ia com posed of all staff members of The Summer Battalion With mere than forty members this summer, the or gam ist ion is the only club on the campus during the summer session and sponsors many social functions At the organisation's first meet ing, E L Angel), manager of student publication* and Th# Sum mer Battalion editor's briefly ad dressed the members present It was announced at the meeting that staff member* would be eli gible to receive the silver pres* key for a minimum of one seme* tor’s work The keys would he awarded on the recommendation of the Summer Battalion editor, managing editor, sports editor, ami the manager of student publica tions. Last mmjner 22 key* were awarded. Peggy Campbell Agricultural And Engineering Magazines Named Five-Day Meet Beginning Monday liCftarw, DbnjMkm* And Mill Operniiiin On UroffraM For Conference The annual Cotton Hood Oil Mill Operator* Short. Course will be (told her* Monday through Fridgy. . .It la expected that more than t(K) |tnl mill optratnra wilt attend the Conference which will ha undot th# auspice* of the Chemistry Depart* snent and directed by F. F. Bishop of Jhat department Tha advlaofy hoard for the course constate of Bishop, Dr. F f. Bolton, Doan Gibb Gilchrlat, Dr C. C. Hedgea, James R GUI of Waxaharh*. 0. A. Him mono of Lubbock, H E. Wilson of Wharton, C. W. Rankin of Bren- ham, and T, H. Haltotn of the Chemistry Deportment Registration for the count will twgin at H 00 a m , Monday Since the course ia continuoua and each topic bean a definite relation to thoae which follow, the director s*ks that all students register on time and attend all clasaes A $3 50 ! registration fee Will be charged. Three ramp* of Hart Hall will W equipped with toweia and linen for the member* of the course who ! wish to stay there. A fee of 50 cents a person per night will be charged. Twelve meal* and a ban quet will be served in 8bka Hall WARNING! Trojan Hers?, Blitzkrieg, And Fifth Column Are Part of Aggieland Now In order that the School of En gineering snd the School of Agrt- ■ culture may have separate outlets j fof |4.78 Hotel accomodations may of interest to the students, the be had at the Aggieland Inn or in 1 Sclent if k Review v»i|l be replaced Bryan by two publicathina. Committees' The coarse wdl begin imme- appomted from the Student Eng: 1 .lately after registration. The neenng Council and the Student schedule provides for a combine- Agricultural Council met and de- 1 0 f Igcturea, 4i*rua*tona, mill tided on name* for tbe respective operation, and laboratory exerciaea magazine* ' j . _ . ...... (Continued on page 6) “The Texas A and M Agncult-j urist", edited by Tom Pewere, will j publish vikw* of interest to Mgrkul tural *tu4*nts To support him, Powei * has the technical and pra-' tical expel lence of Dean Kyle, Dr Ide P Trotter, Dr Guy Adrtance, and profeaeer C, N She|aird*on Jeff Montgomery will head the newly named “Texas A A M En The European War ia taring brought directly to the A A M campus! Of tremendous Interest here as at any army post and mil- fineei", and far his faculty support Montfort Reports Results of Study To C.R.E.A. Meet itary school ia the “play-by play" report on the war in the form of a large map now Waled in the en trance hall of th* Library Build ing This large war map, printed by Rand McNally and Company, is entitled War In Europe and Is mounted on maaonile (10 x 4ft inches aver all This material has a re markable washable surface which makes possible the constant chang es that are necessary to keep the map up to date The*# change* are marked every 4ay by Dr. S. R. Gammon, head of the History Department and by Mist Margaret Pearce of the II- Chairmaned by Dean F C. Bol- ton k the Texas Committee on the Relation of Electricity to Agrkul- ture met last Wednesday for the ......... pyrpoM of diacussing the develop gomery, as did rowers, previously . , ... ^ .7 . , J „ . , menu in thi* field during the past T Mmil fort, research dl- will be aided by Ikan Ciibb GH- rhrlst, Professor V M Faire*, N. K. Kieie, and A B Hteveb* Mont •trved on the staff of the Scientific Rev lew The division is not new, but It wa* deemed practical because of the rapid expansion of both schools Prior to the Hcientifk Review the engineer* were represented by the "Teehnoscope" and the agncultur- isf* by "The Texas Aggie Country man" The Hcientifk Review re sulted when the two magaiine* were combined because of financial difficulties SchleHHelman (k>es first semester of the li»40 summer Sutf w || KBt her at Texas all phases of Agriculture Engineer session. Included are th# total A. A M August 7-10 for their mg. will include both college and enrollment of 1,457 atudenta, 250 .ynimet conference at which time industrial work The one hundred beery, and in this way the map is instructor*, and the college’s ad newly-offered egg grading members in attendance will out- kept abreast of the latest available i *]*() RlCO mirtistyatiw afficer*. course, sponsored by the Texas A. The directory is being issued to A M College ami Extension Ser Battalion subscriber* free of vice, will be presented charge All those not subscribing The idea of grading schools was year P rector of the committee, gave the reaulta of the study made during the past ytar to determine the coat of operation* of vartoe* electrical appliances and equipment on the farm Three record* were sel a full yenr’s period from twenty representative Texas farms «ell distributed over the Btete and ala.* from various type* of farming aeek as dairies, cotton farms, livestock farms, grain farms, and other gen eral forma The study included lighting, refrigeration, ranges. ! rlectol to Th# Battalion may buy copies initiated on the campus in March of tha directory at news stands nr as an attempt to raise the quality at the Student Publications Office, of Texas eggt out on the market room 196, Administration Build- Since then, <eu- day schools have tag (Continued on page 2) j water heaters, milk coolera, milk Schleaselman. Profes-, machine*, chums, cream aeptra- 1121 ran trait 'til tomorrow night: 12,400 BRYAN BRIDGE NEARING COMPLETION • Progreso la rapidly being made on the new bridge Just north af th* Bryan Country Club gat* on th* aid Collage road The bridge t a 421 k_ — m —» a — WtePteR II Wtel HP ■ •Hffk'V www PaiPJRW •6 ft •f Bryan By W. A. Moor# It • almost here! Tomorrow night tbe banquet room of Shua Hall will resound with mask and gay tety m the Drat "Juh* Box From", ushers in the summer social season It A. A M Everyone knows tbe aid aaying, "all marl sad no play mgkoa Jack a dnti boy." If Jack la there bo may bo a—Had of plenty of play. This la to ko a night af ftm and frolic for every vmjmm »■ iwthm* jornim m *i m rwi OO W I mil 11 ■■■—imw aMke, Mother* dodi come #■ fang and wtfl cool *o city [;wtth the kida and Jain hi with tb* aa apgcoximatoiy 11,400. f fin aid help maka this Juke Box Prom on# long to be remembered by everyone There will be dance types familiar to everyone—polka* square dances. arhoUisrhes, put your little-foot and tb* conga will be featured tqgetbar with the mor. popular fen trots and waltaoa If yon can’t da nr* come en down any. way and yen brill he dancing before yen ienve, Tba prise is one to suit every pncketlxmk. (P* II# per pereen or tic fee tern. The Me for twe isn’t for key end girl only, but for twe keys er two girls alee. Any twe people with lie will he ndMlMi Tie opening dunce will be al 9 line and plan their own program report* from the European battle j The four Aggies who will at- fronts j Dr. G. W tend are J H Ceg, W H Crump, Fact* of interest and importance °f ^ Department of ArK-ul- tor*, and other small farm appli- H. D. Harris, and J. E. Schwert- include the present fighting fronts, tur *' Economka, Texas A. qad M once*. ner. In addition to pertiripalitg In the direction of the German drive, CeHege, ha* gone to Rm Piedras, The C . R. E. A was orgunixed the meeting they will visit major the German objectives. Orman P««*rto Rko, where he will serve *" I'-'J* as an inveutigation program implement factories throughout comptoat* since September. 1939, »* » visiting professor for th# determine the possibilities of Pennsylvania. Th# trip will last 1 snd the present English *es route summer session st the University utilizing clectrkity on the farm to two weeks to Franc* of Puerto Rico improve living conditions and in- ———— ■■ —■ — 1 — crease the effectiveness of product ive enterprise* on the farm. Thia committee, cooperative in nature, ia composed of representatives of electrk companies, officials of A A M , and prominent farmers throughout the State The average saving of 19 dairies |j by using electricity was 1794.00 pe* year. Tb# total investment of all Present plans call for a dance tbe equipment ia $000 00 per year, every other Saturday night, but if it was learned at the meeting the dance* are as successful as an- TV** attending *H# meet***# |«*. ttcipated, they will be held ever) eluded ft. W. Cooper, Corpus Saturday night Christi; %' 0. R •berta. Corpus So coma on out summer school Chrteti; BUI Merrick, Ft Worth; atudenta, CoUegu Station citlaunry. C. V M err lam. Navaaate; F. F and nearby Bryanitea Tomorrow Joknaon, C. V. Terrell, Beaumont; ■igkt’a tba night af tba worM pro C. V Rtrbardaon. Dallas; C. L miere af tba Juba Box Proms . . j Wil*- a, Dallas, F ad Stearin It’* more than a good time tbatll Houston; F. M Austin, Houston; be had by eH * . . till bs dancing B H. Slandtoy, Houston; T J. Mo te tba rkumbacnUona of Benny Cnrty, Goodman. Glenn Miller, at al at Thoae attending from aellafa In- eluded Deun >, w M m «, d * Via The Rhumbacations of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, et al, College And Bryan, Hep Cats Can Nigger-Shuffle And Waltz At The World Premiere of The Juke Box Proms o’clock and ‘‘Home Sweet Hom* n at midnight. The “official’' garb nished by nkktodeon, whkh in slang far the dance will be sport clothes. While visiting hi* alma mater, Ohio State, W. L Punbertky? bead of tbe Physical Education Depart ment, wm impressed by tb* racrua- ttonal program aa can ted an there by tbe Intramural Department and decided to requssft that tba Intra mural Department be phtoed it Charge af tbe summer program at A. A M. Thi* NNfMet wm frantad and noting th* success of the lie- I for Me donees that war# held there tvary Saturday night. Pvn- d te InlriMii Up ! dance here. Since the music \s fur* ia a "Juk# Box,” th# dance wa* christened tha Juk* Box Prom. Th# Intramural Deportment is not attemfting to aiate any profit from these dances. Tb* money that is left after expenses are paid will be used to occur# a goad orchestra far a summer Final Ball. One of the am in purposes of tba dans* ia te allow tb* student*, faculty, and Weal residents to meet and become better acquainted with sack other Rave there Will he as history, or math te think gentle cetebratton of ill It— - tb* Juba Box From! J » J»a«s. M C. Hughes, Jack Kb#I,on, B T Faeena, and F T. Montfort