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VOL. S 122 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
i Station. Texas, fbiday mobning, june a imo
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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
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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 .. . •
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^ ! 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
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J»a«s. M C. Hughes, Jack Kb#I,on,
B T Faeena, and F T. Montfort