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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1940)
I DIAL 4-5444 OmCUL NlWgPAPKK or the cm or COLLEGE STATION. I ■ ,r ! I 1 ' i DIAL 4-5444 STUDENT 81MMKH WEEKLY NEWS’APEE OT TEXAS A. * M. VOL* ADMINISTRATION BUILDING COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST ». WO iM No. 10 Appropriated For Four More New i 4 Dallas Man Is Receiver Theatre Will Continue To Operate With C. W. Lewis Retained Ai Asst Manager CoUf Suuon’s Campus Thr»ur, which opened last May 2, wont Into rowIvrship Aufust 1. V. A. Walkor, manac*r. snnouncod that Bsn S Ferguson, Dallas theater operator, was the receiver. Ferfuooa arrtoad at CaMags flMtoa Aagast 4 aad Immediately ■aaouwrsd that the theater would continue to operate roffularly. ‘The proaoat policies will be continued foe the time betitf." Ferguson said Although both Wither and Kerf "Gyp the Mood”, Coast Artillery's Pet guaoa stated that the theater would aporats In reeeivership Ter some tWats' , neither woe Iblo to say whoa the court order would be Is sued announcing the date of the receivership sale Ferguson will divide his time between Cel leg* Station and Dallas during the re ceivership Ferguson would make no state moot in respect to the securing of Board To Pass On 'V;' Hall, High School Equipment Plans have been submitted to the Board of Directors for the purchase of new equipment to be placed in either first run, class A motion 1 ^ Conae lids tad school build- pictures or more recent pictures ! **•’ ^ rw *5vation d Guien than the Campus Theater has shown to date “Any statement Hall According to Mi Cash ions ’ In Meeting f 1 which I might make .1 Urn time "♦* This is "Gyp the HUed’ s I5f> aim gMa, ased by stadeats at A. i M as tbey prepare to become it. that I—LJUI would h. unfound-1 co,t,n * approvtmntvly 91.07S. are to rommissioned officer, ia the ( oast Artillery Reserve Phis gaa will toes a 1 to pound .hell 15 miles "late the ad,” he said “but I hope to be able P 1 **** 1 th * building A repre- Blae" l-ast year 511 A. A M to’ say something definite about * nt * t * v ' of ^ Brun.wwk-Bl.ke this within three or four day." | ,ul ^ r of Houston ha. Ferguson also announced that C. W Lewis, formerly assistant man ager, would act aa aaaiatant man ager during the raceivorahip Lew is, whose home was in Oklahoma City before coming to College Sta tion, has had wide eipertence ta theater work Walker, who left College Statius Monday, said. “I want to eipress my sincere appreciation to the 5,000 cadets and the citisens of Collage Station for the fine co- aperatlon they have given us in establishing this theater Although the venture has not been as sue cess as we had hoped, it would have been entirely impossible without their support ” Walker announced no definite plans as he left C<|- lege Station and will probably re turn far a few day. early nett weak Constructed at a coat of fdfc.UOO, (Continued on page 4) student, were enrolled in < oest Artillery Military dcience and will sooner or later tears to fire this piece. More thaa M A. A M gradeates were on daty at Fert < rockett Laheetea. many of them aa members of lb* regalar army unit costs and submitted the total coat amount of 9L076 to the Board | of Directors The Board will also make s final decision on moving the picture show from the Assembly Hall to Guion Hall. If the Board’s decision is favorable Mi (ashtoe has aa- nounced that Guion Hall will be converted into a first -via*.* place for movie entertainment Although Board Appoints C. H. McDowell To Succeed Mangelidorf; Approves New Radio Studio At s meeting ef the Board of Directors of the college bald Wed nesday It was learned that an appllaptMn to the Racpnatruction Finn ns* Corporal tofi for a loan of IGOOjOflO ta be used for Mm purpose of constructing a total of four new student dormitories has bean approved. The decision on the location and the type of building to araat will be made at aaother meeting of the Board to be held In September It ft* hoped, however, that construct- ba of the new dormitories will be started sometime during the winter. In order to make room for the new buildings the Board of Di rectors authorised President T. 0. Walton to name a committee to handle details of vacating and de posing of residences on the cam py. that are now occupying si tea for prospective new buildings. Only administrative heads of the insti tution will remain in campus res idences. it was pointed out, all others now residing there will ba given an opportunity to purchasa the homes and re mo vs them to other lecationa in the various rvs- idential subdivisions adjacent to the College properties. Present occupants of campua residences will have first option in bidding, H was said, and doubt- leas many Col log* employees will wish to purchase the homes tbey are now occupying The Agricultural Experiment Helen Jepson Or Grace Moore To Be On 1941 Town Hall Either Grace Moor* or Helen Jepeon will be faaturud on the seven-feature program Town Hall for next year, it was announced after a meeting of ths Student Activity Committee Monday after noon Three other entertainments have alrsady been contracted , According to Paul Haines, man ager of the Town Hall, inquiries have been sent out to Grave Moore and Helen Jepson concerning pric es and booking dates. One of these outstanding opera, movie and radio star* will be coatracted for an engagement on the program, al though definite plans are not y* ready for publication. A. & M. Can lioast of Present Set-up And Past Record lor Training Army Officers Total defense plans for the na-Vniors requires five hours weekly V The regular combat arms of In- tbn will find Texas A A M well but pay* those taking it a small fantry, Field Artillery and Cavalry prepared because military science allowance stb makes them eligible round out the seven R.O T.C. units nefr6 .rtists A nAtbnally known hat been one of the required sub Jacts at the school since the insti for a reserve officer's commission at the college Students may select upon graduation l^st June $00 the arm of the service they prefer t of the old equipment from the tvUon “P"™* ,u 4o * r * in lH7€ • uch commisa.ons were given to except that only electrical engineer- hrtBf m . dr for , play or DR. TAYLOR TO LECTURE ON SOIL CONSERVATION Assembly Hall will be transferred for use to Oubn Hall K is esti Every call for officers and men graduate. has found Texas A. A M giving Texas A M. has the largest Corps and Chemical engineering Wl u be scheduled students may enroll in the Chemical Warfare Service Veterinary med icine students are eligible to re ceive first lieutenant's commissiont August U, at ft p m m ths lecture roam of the A A I Build kpg, a lecture will be gl**n empha siting the social problems in Soil Conservation Student, and the general public have been cordially fttvitod Dr Carl C. TayU*. head of the Division of Farm Population and Rural Welfare. U. 8 Dept of Ag rtculture, Pill be the guest speak er Dr Taylor ia s rural sociologist and education of long aspurtenca In addition ta hia other connectisma, he was flsrmerly Professor of Rural Sociology and Dean of the Graduate School of the North Caroline State Agrieultuml College. RaJvigh. N. C This lecture is sponsored by the Department at Agronomy, and the State Land Use Planning Office. W Bassett Orr. State Land UM Planning Office, and Dr I. P. Trotter, head of the Department of Agronomy, are ia charge of the proceedings The lecture ia being given in connection with the special I weeks graduate course on Soil Classification and Mapping which starts on August It, and w to be taught by E A. Norton. Chief of Physical Survey. Section, Beil Can MrestMMi Service, Washington. D c. The general problem, of eon serving the aoil and replanning ag rtculture far hast and moat effl- nent us* of sail M becoming fairly wall understood by both the public and the prWeeaienal worker* Aa- cording to Dr. Trotter many poopW have failed to faei or social problems involved in ro uting ear farms for more at flctmrt use m Bail end A 4 M. M partMularty ft ante la hetef ahle to • like Dr- Tartar to krtag tota poftant part ef oar mated that about 14.000 will be M** ,tB * h#rt ’ • n<J th * '•* t WBr militar/school in the na spent for new equipment and for th « Aggies did their share in active tion and its Receive Office Tram kcroustiial improvements asnriee A toUl of 2.0H) student, mg ( orps unit rank, secorui U> none The expected 16,000 is planned to fraduate. answered the call In addition to all of the regular be Epent aa faliowa: the coEt of t * u,t l,m * Bw va*t majority of combat umta, DM school also has in the Medical Corpa arcouatical equipment is plai-ed at' returned as commissioned of units m the Engineer* Corps, 8i* jg ort than $1,000,000 worth of I1.7S0, widow and <b>or covers l,om '’ r ft n l l,, >! as high as nal Corpa, CoaM Artillery Corps government equipment, including aioQf with a fireproof booth will ; c ®l 0, *v' and ( hemical Warfare Service The ng min g U ns, is stationed at the kuat 1*1% a stage curtain $1,200. ftiudents are required to take latter unit is one of the two m the for the training of the marquee $400, and cross and long • two Fear basic military science 1’nited State, and .. the only .uch ^ aisle runners sre sEt»ecte<l Ui coat —toll which require, but three ..rganitation, including the regular _ 7 $400 In addition to the new im hour, of their time each week The army ami aattonal guard, west of lh *y ,n * lct • u *'h »«ldicrs when provtmenU already listed, seven • 4l *ft fM ‘* c**'*'"* junior ft~i *• the Mississippi River, railed upon large revolving fans Will be trans fsrred from the Assembly Hall, to be used slung with the four already In Guion Hall, making s total of eleven large revolving fans for use If this number of fans prove* mauffniant for ventilating the aud itorium. additional ventilation fa cilities will lie provided for Other improvements expected to be made Among the other entertainment: Station receives a new vice-director features of the year will be a group with this meeting of the Board C. of choral singers, probably t)v H McDowell of Temple has been Fisk Jubilee Singer*, * group of | appointed to succeed P. C. Maa- gvladoif, who left to go to Har vard. Mr McDowell has been with the Agricultural Experiment Sta tion tinea Util. Batura his new *p- pointmeto he haa be— Mm seper- mtendenA of Mm Black Land Eg- swing bend will, o! course, play a prominent role Tentative plans are mg students may Join the Signal , , lfvturr on emwt The United Sut- Marine Band Btoltoa to Tempta. Thta rill play here on October 3. g.v-1 • utM>n » • J°‘"t cooperattv* effWt Dial System Now Completed For Use Nat Allen Masters New Radio Antenna R. S. 315 Technique; Will Be Completed mg a matinee and evening per formance Thu organisation is one i Continued on page 4} 1 last graduate AG COURSE WILL In Campus Phones Weds Dorothy Gunter About September 1 Monday morning at 6 o'clock, 100! Nat Allen. Aggie senior from The steel frame on station taTluma Ha^TT atTirolne „f P* r ( * nt d ‘ d •F ,tl ' n ' ^ tatapha— irytol. U»k hia summer courm in WTAW's new broadcasting anten- ths floor ths eaUnsKin of the ■(•'tod in College 8u ! Rural S«iok>gy 316 (Marriage Re s na has bean completed and I. now •tag* the darkening of the front tion, according to an announcement latlons) seiioualy laat Thurada) j occupying a prominent place on of 1 •> -V. t>o lr'PF«l *• Hm.Ioo .0.1 Urkot boo,k ,ko ,ou.o. «»««'*- T.*.pk.o. C. In Ao, U ~rr*l IMOMlr rt ... . Nr ( .aio. .UM aflmulf »' r»< • «*“ “»'< «< ■»r te «‘* ww ■ u * t . T. a.1 koM rta. *a rM-i- »~ 1N— •"»' «*• «*“ changed in spit* of the new movie tax Y-Canh will continue to be •old to studenta at the regular price next term 8 Brazos ( ounty leaerve Office™ Attend Camp Bullia tha\paopta at dapattm—to to Eighteen member* of the Braso* Country Reaerve Officer* Asaocta two attended camp the first aix week* of thi* summer at Camp Bullia, doing advanced work neces sary for promotion in the Reserve Corp Among thee* were Col. Ik* Ash- barn who attended as the command ing officer of the 340th Regiment. Infantry Oal. Henry Harrison also attended — the commander of the medical unit. Others were ('apt Howard Bad gstt. Adjutant of the 34th Infantry; Capt B E. Nowstoay, alao In the MOth Infantry; Cnpt Henry Bell, attending C.M.T.C —it there; Capt W V. Maddox, C.M.T.C. u Russell Couch, 340th In fantry: Ft. 0. t Ttague, C.M.T.C.; U im Davis, Eighth Corps Aroa Service Osmmandev; Lt Harvey Caddie, 3rd Army Maneuvers; Lt Bob Metahnr, C.M.T.C.; Lt Jm White, *"h Infantry; U. George Warner. »44to FtoU Artillery; U. C. M Blasmang. 344th Field Artil lery; Lt Oeorge M. Jehu sen. *40th (• onunued — page 4) ly for A 4 M College end sub had finished ths chapter on the scribers on the campus Now an j wedding and th* honeymoon, additional 440-linc unit has been Mrs Allen is th« former Dorothy added Laat year there were 460 Gunter, daughter of P G. Gunter stations on the dial system, and b* of the English Department ginning Monday morning there will j The wedding ceremony was held be 440 stations, taking In College at the home of the bride'* grand Station, the campus snd ths four mother in Houston Thursday night, additions to Caliege Station and the two honeymooned in Gal- The manual board will be main veston through Sunday, whereupon tamed at Collage Station so that they returned to Bryan in order subscriber, there wishing to call that Nat could complete hit sum Bryan telephones may dial “0” and mer work give the operator the Bryen num- i Nat Allen is the son of Mr end her, aa well as for the convenience Mr* N B Allen of Allen Aeadewiy of Bryen subscribers celling College He attended Allen Academy before Station numbers Mr. Atkin* re- com mg to A 4 M. the north horison The antenna, itself, together with the ground equipment, will be completed end go into operation about September l*t, according to H. C. Dillingham, professor of electrical engineering BEGIN AUG. 12 On August It, th* last at I special graduate courses mads pos sible at A AM Coitag* during the summer of 1440 by a special pro gram instituted by Board of Di rectors. will begin. This sour—, offered by the Department of Ag* ronomy, will te—h “Boil (Taaetfl- cation and Mapping”, and will bo taught by Mr E. A Norton, Cbtaf of Physieo! Survey Section, loll Though WTAW'» power-output Be Discutmed At Air of sou w.tta win not be '**•»«•< jComfJtkming Course the new antenn* is so efficient that m it i* expected to increase th* signal meroua- concerts and radio pro grams The Houston Symphony Orches tra one of the popular mtsrtain- menu on the Town Hall last sea son, will be brought beck to the campus for s return engagement some time in March No definite i date has yet been set, but the group ha. h**n lontractod The Singing Cadets, the Aggies' own talented repreaentatlves, will also be featured oft the Town Hftll Their program will follow the gen eral line* of th* one used on the Conservation Service, Washington, annual tour of th* group through- D. C. Mr. Norton will arrive In out the state College Station on the morning of Those in thatge of completing I August 3, and will perfect plans- plan, for th# Town Hall are K L for the beginning of his sour—. Angell, D W Williams, T W. Lo- j To date? the Department of Aff- ! land, Ernest Ungford, snd Paul r0 nomy has had ths largest ad- ‘ vanes indication of enrolfmsnt to this roars# th— any of the 4 spe- Radiant Heating Will rial graduate courses offered by ths Department of Agronomy this summer Thirty-taB men have ac tually enrolled and have written that they would certainly be here Th# Second Ansi—1 Air C—di- j in time to —roll for this courts The greet majority of thee* pros pective students are established questa that any subscriber in Col lege Station having difficulty to re port to the company and immediate Adjustment will be made. At th* Bryan exchange, th* new automatic equipment has arrived and installation of this equipment will start about August 16 The new building ia nearly completed ad joining the proa—t building It will require about twelve weeks to in stall th* new equipment and change th* renMinmg 1300 receivers ta th* dial type Already 100 ef the ro- ctevers ere ef th* dial type Other to the taeel Utaphom dude th* it at abeet 7,000 feet at ruble the rebuilding of the section from Urtlla* Avene* to 13rd Street east — Collage A venue It ta estimated that th* change over to us* the dial system will he aboat Nov F 1 ^ Shuffleboard Courts !S T ew Addition at “Y” Shuffle board game* are th* lat est additions to the amusement fa cilHies of th* Y.MCJt. building Under the direeiwe uf J. Gordon Gay, several of the Mfblsr mem bers ef the Y MjC-A. eMbinet have painted enough trtongis- sad con- strength of the station by about 24"< Also increased will be ths effective broadcasting radius of the station, which on the comple tion of the new antenna will be nearly 40 miles, or an area of M0 miles across This new antenna is 220 feet in height, triangular in —pe, and of the most modern type The base of th* tower is anchored in enough concrete to make further supports unnecessary, even in the strongest winds. Th* vertical sections of ths tower sre painted alternately red and white it order to make it plainly visible from tbe air Aiding' mechanical engineering depart- i in the plan ta remove the —tenna ( moot. University of Wisconsin, ea an aerial haaard is th* red light Madison, Wia ; A. B. Baneweky, on its summit, which can be plainly United Gas Co, end Bert Fisher, seen at night. ^ Payne H—ter C«, both of Howe* On on* side of th* tower is a tea; and Fred Rabe, Fort Worth, Subjects to be covered will rang* from radiant heating and ling to skia temperature tioning Short Course which will be held at A A M Aug 16-17 will have as its instructors many noted lecturers in the field of air condi tioning , Heeding the staff will be Dr. F. E Giesecke, professor emeritus of heat and ventilating engineer- iag at the college end e authority on th# subject. Other lecturers will include Dr. C. P Yaglou, department of public health, Harvard University, Cam bridge. Mass ; C. F. Boeeter, Pur due University, Evansville, IU.; Prof. 0. L Larson, head at the ladder which will facilitate any ro-j •tructed enough pgfei And mallets pair work which may become neee- for two roui% awe inside the »ry chapel, and til •Mhc outoto* on — th* pereh. « f games invoFrtng tossing ebjects la playing toftlftahl rd the ob- inte the air was unpractical Ject ta to gito the round wood— According to Mr. Gay, the T. M. puck — spprpprtali push, attempt- C. A. will attempt to make er act tog to toaa* R to Slid to • stop | up any gnaae or atouamwent p Inaid* a painted area at a distance stole if stud—ta who have ideas — at about twwwty tar This game tte subject will leave them with Was originated dftHPd skip where eota—a la the “Y*. professional workers In Soil Con servation Service who are coming in to enlarge and perfect their knowledge of Soil Glassification and Mapping and the new system of ctaasifying land acocrding to world < land use capabilities which Mr. Norton will teach. Most of these men are junior sell surveyors with th* Soil Conservation Service, and Mr Norton is th* bead of th* office which employ* them for this l A very large number ef A. 4 M. grad—tee have been employ ed by Mr. Norton's office to re sent years. The— ns— are now tered throughout the —nth from Booth Carolina to Ariaonn- According to proa—t mdicottows the advance enrollment to thta ^e- course will some from the— swing states to addHtan to Tax- all « of like course Is <>i>en to the g— era] public and regtetratton will to held at l:IQ a. m. Thuredgy Ang. 14, In the Meehenieal Engi neering Building. Last year al most Ktt sttendod the sour—. —: Oklahoma, Arkniums, lows. tadt —i i —.»a —A -~.a ms ^ HlfMVn, lA'UiRiinl, fcDQ Wy la addition to thta etaasroc m end laboratory work at A. ft M, thta claea will make frequent field tripe ft— mftwejft^O 1 ft— u® wvswQy pr sieves vOil IJT —olM -11 regta— within a radios 10 to 11 mite* ef Coitag* 1 taking ta th* river tottoos s woods, Aad pratrto solta.