I * ^ *•' I f * ^ i DIAL 4-5444 OrnOAL NIW8PAFIB or THI cmr or COLLBGK ITAXIOM i i tan DIAL 4-5444^ fg STUDENT SUMMER WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF rtXA* ARM. vol i m ADMINISTRATION BUILDING COLLEGE STATION, TEX, THURSDAY MORNING, zm noTT* Watson Replaces Moore As Commandant, P.M.S.&T. * ROTC Contracts Exempt Aggies . From Army Draft Ictonitiic froim WwluafftM, D. C., vImn U tea bMM working m of Um NatkMiol Comumti- Ml Up IR11 * * n ff h t p of R4§OM^JSMl to Mmmo. Trmidmi T. a Wnl- ton ttoto* Utot Um amondmont a- tnptinc Mdoto anroUad ta Um ad' oasoad —or— Roaorvt Offtoon Traliunt Corps to —aior taoUlo- tiofit km km* MkM to Um mme* polaory milllary tratninf MU whkh k ia offtotaUp known as I. 41*4 ' Asmrdinc to Dr Waltoa, Uts, mitaf plas— adhaarod iralaiaf ■adMs la A A M so an squal fool i lag wtUi «mWu la Um UaHodl Btotos Milltorp Asadomy at Woof Fatal aad Um Vattod Autoo Naval Aeadomy at AaapolN Froporly •tolad Uw —attoa roads as follow* offloor* , , tadolo. t’nllod Rial— Mllllory Arodomy mtdahlpiwon, t’nllod Rtolos Naval Aradotny , , . and endoto of Um advanrvd mar—, aonlor division, Ro—rvs Offifvr* Train Carps . . . shall not bv rt ™ puirod to ho rvffistorod undor soe- tian 2 Bartton 2 Is Um part whi«| raquirm all aliriblo malo rlttssaa I to rvfister with military hand- Record EnroUment Looms Next Year qaarton on a dot# sot by thorn 7>»is MU, with tho proposed amondmont. has now roooivod thr approval of tho Senate Committee ^ ^ on Military Affairs, of which Mor rts Sheppard of Texas is rhsirnum. and ha* been presented to the Senate for debate. In commentm* on the amend me fit that he M larpely resp»m*ihle for having inserted into the bfU, Dr Walton —id, “When military training ia required in a srhoei as N la her*, it only makes sense Coated Book U«ed For M TexRi Forwt Coatod beok paper iwUod from amehin— of Um Campioa Paper aad Fibre Ce-paap at ita plant near laaatoa for Um firm time last week and was t—ad ia printing Um Jalp-August issue of Um ^010$ For—t Nava", M-monthly puMirs Men of the Texas Far—t Rarvire. ARM < ollege ] Ths (’hamphin Fapae and flhro Omapaap manufasturiaf palp from fosas forest Its— sines lMl, com ) Rtetod Um pspsr makiag unit far its mill la Juns The mashine was designed far manufart*— <»f paper far "Ufa’* magaalns and paper aa- ad for tho adHien of Um "Texas For—1 Naas’* M from the tnltlsl run of this hear stork Company offietals —y ths new paper mill probably la tho most modem In this country and report that the paper machine la the long- t in the world, measuring 41# I feel in length Besides the * pert* I msrh me mol ed book paper, the company wil also make bond, envelope and tab let papera Students Urged To Get Rooms As Soon As Possible R«ffctratkMi Alrnady Mora Tlkan SOO Over What It Waa Tkit Hama Time Loot Yaar If advance regietration is an indhmtion of the enrollment for next year, then • aew reseed will b* —t on registration dap ia lop telabor Already there have been toll more room —rvatlaa* made than ware made at this same period prior |o the opeatag of arhoel last fear Retaratag ■lodewts whs Rssir* is Nve la qaarters with thalr f—msr orfanissitona art arged la mats reaaevattoas tmawdiately heraass ptaeea—nls are bstog mads "first rwme first served'*. A large Mock of rooms sealtsred throughout the various military or ganiutlons has been reserved foi freshmen this year, and upperrlass- men may find it difficult to obtain quarters unless they make rearr- vatlons quickly Each year since lb.12 the enroll- Complete Aviation Setup To Be Offered During Next Long Session Manufacture of the new paper V meat of the college has increased marks another step in the develop-1 approximately ten per cent, and ment of the pulp aad paper mdus- j prospect* for next year mdirste a similar increase Addition of 1315 new dormitory rooms in twelve new buildings last pear alleviated the crowded dormitory situation to some extent, but all room* were fillad by last year's record entoil men! of 6,424 students Construction of four more dor mi tones at a coat of RRM.toM will begin immediately, but an increase in enrollment in excess of the usual! r ’’*rhed a that this course should lead the students to something definite Cert inly there n no use in calling men for training who are getting that training where they are." Concerning the number of ad- •!* for state and . . Writers rellowHhip F Wallace Tabei. who took his > ai—tor’s degree in the department 1 of fish and game at A. R M last y—r, has been awarded the Outdooi Writers’ Training Cour— fellow t ship for one y—r, according to graduating cla- H* and/or his word roreived Vis TaV», who- famtly must V able to provide 1110 horn# is Hon Dingo, Calif., won the A new —vtng will ha made avail able to Um students of A A M this earning yoar J C Hotaed manager of the me— hall, has an nouncod Thie —vtng ia the food MU will ha aeonmpllahad by the redaction of the prl— ef thr— meals daily by tM per man. or a 111 savings per year TV daily price la to he induced from #4 to Ue Mr Hotard also painted nut that this saving will cnahls sorb hoy to Have M guests at IV new thirty- cent rate <>n the money thus — ved, if he cheo—* to spend the money in this way. TV new thirty-rent charge for visitors was recommended by an •utatde effirwiic) expert who— re port was recently handed in to thr Boaid of Directors The expert’s report stated that the guest pnvi lege was being abused by a minor ity of the students, but thr abuse ia aa< _ ha of Mi xta- I the national defense its students and the no- #•— needs of Am nation, 4 xf Iftfin—ring of the Marhaaical Col let* "? ThRRd trill (iff— a complete aviation —M iAMmAr jatm -tod in all phaa— af flyiag aad aeronaut Mai engine—faf t»A— Am *4th aa—ton begins ne«l m—Mh, A was announced —day by Itoaa (JRto (illrhrlat, who h— worked tlrel— ly toward —Uhllahmani af the new division af the —lleg* throughout the summer Dean Olifhrlst left for Washington, there to remain until final governmental sanction te given plans for establishment of one of the fin—t airports In the state which nr cup toe a 500-acre site on tV A R M ( ollege campus TV master plan for establish ■lent of the Class 3 airport, sec ond largest in all Civil Aeronautics Authority cla—ification. has re> reived the approval of the district headquarters, and it now only re mains for final approval at Wash ington before some $360,000 will This Lady Toted Lots Of Water In 50 Years How a—ay mil— ia K from the bouse to the well on the average farm? An sngto—r far the tlnitod Rul es Department af Agriculture re cently found that • farm Um was hem and who died on the —• firm after an aettoe 50 years af agae—g the pto— had b* •RAvn# to MM* mi an •—rage af fm tripa • day from the hen- to the aqRI |a ypaviAa,wgter f- the household. TV we# w— »0 feet fra— the h.w— aa# waa M feet lower, so that s waft AW— hR MM up was neeesasry TV engineer ralctllatod th— dar- i inf 50 year* this woman he# Moore Terminates Three Year Service By larle A. BMeiie, Jr. - Lieutenant Co tone! Jam— A. Wateen, Inf , will —axd Colonel F. Moore as Cea—ndaaft •f A. A M. and a* Frafaaa— of MUHary Acton— and Tacti— far the earning yaar, it waa annoanced Monday (atonal Watson hx«en hia miH* tory trainlpc the National Ouard of W—t Virgiato to HIA. During thg World War ha want hi Fran— wife the *"h Infantry of (he Fifth Dirtoton and wax with Ihto unit — part «f the American Army of Occupation In Oermenf, Than an July let, IttO, he enters# Rr ragalar Army aa a Major af tV Infantry t Watson w a graduate ef "”»e*w--s ce*-wi T ^ V ■ * —WX-US W —a rtod 7.000 barrels of water frntA Um Ofcfcnand and Oaneral Staff tV well to tV hou—, had walked a distance equivalent te that from New York to San Franftaoo and back, and had climbed up • distance equal to 100 tripe up and doom Pike'* P—k waa of such magnitude that some i b* spent on runways, hangars. Work To lie Done By remedy was ncces—ry “Other method* of reducing the roet of food to tV *tudenta trv being nought, but tV thirty-cent charge on visitors a—al* ie not one of these" Mr Hotard statod 8me* the term of 193! 32, wVn tV daily charge for meals had ten pei cent would severely present dormitory facilities clas* room space shops and instruction quarter* TV j ^ U t r jtCommittf? airport will V so equipped as to' qualify for both primary and sw ] ^ Texas nutrition committoe ondary flight training, Dean Gil-' *kich »»« w »' k »ith oUte and na *hnst announced j t,on *l government* toward effect- Vublirshment of tV Department "•* sod distnVtlbn of food re- of Aeronautical Engineenng was j »<»««^s m u ™+* of iationsl emer- authorwed by tV A R M Board I f^cy ha* been appointed by Dr of Dirertora and an mitial sppro j T O. WWton, president of A R M., Pnation of $25,000 was made to | •"d »‘U for the first time to* hall ha* Meadily i f0sU 0 f matltuting tV new j Thursday in Dallas Similar stato- reduce tV eost of j durational department A complete i w,(W committee* are Vmg appoint faculty ia authorised and Dean •‘d to •! the 48 states by pr—i- »ak of K3 7 cents per student. tV manage day for esc ment of theR been able to food to tV student body every year This reduction has taken place through cooperation with the stu dent body, rutting wastes, and mare ectonttfic buying Surveys are conducted to enable tV me** hall to us* ita tremendous buying power 'to the Vst advantage each year, V must need such — •totanre aa thia award gives; V must posse— good character, good reputation, food appearance, ami must have demonstrated real qual it Ms of leadership aad pers—iality He muet have the endorsement of Am A R M. Hub of hie community, er to the ah—are of such dab. IV snRorsement of five to ten memhwt * ef tV Aeeactatlon uf F. rmer Mtu dents (and ida to* for opportunity award* mast make application to tV Association of Former A— dents. Collage Station, Texae— such applications to V accompanied by award to open compel it um with others evet tV nation and will en joy IV fellowship sponsored by tV Outdoor Wrltar’s Aisocistion of America in r—peialian with tV American Wildlife Institute, Wash ington. D C. TaVr will r—um* study towards hia d—tor’s degree at IV Itolver •ity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, upon completion of the year's fellowship Associates at Texas ARM. wVre V was graduate aeeMiant In tV department of fish and gam*. V I lev* Tabor will go far in his rhoa- en field of raaoarch and study annually, a student loan of $100 - IVRf/"* a a HIX’tvr annually, tV student's own fman s tianarnpt x June $ and 4, tV group visitad many large compress and bagging companies to Houston and Galveston While there, of cour—. they bad the opportunity to ms port the large Anderson, Clayton and Company's srarehou—s The Texas tour waa completed with a trip to Dali— where the bays had the op portunity to viait the government cotton finding and cla—ing lab aratari—, Na time w— Mat by the group aft— todving Tex—, f— an Juan 7 they war* to Utg Mi—toMppi DalU —to—v Isiki kra——itti— IFlf — wwv ^^wwwUrgv —v^^^MR 5e^p I ton. L— (arson, Bob Cockrel, J— Floyd, Paul Hainea. Frank Loving Bob Nlabel, RoVrt Powell, and Paul Stack A J. Robinson of San Antonio was a guest to tV affair Several points of business were discus—d for the forthcoming year It was decided to continue to hold w—kty cabinet m—tings on Mon day night, and if a room —n V to the oM high -bool building, the chib plans to hold m—ting aKemating weekly ft the Y. M C. A parlor to tV old high school The possibility of creating a clo# — relationship botw—n the < dents and the profeasor* of coltoge waa #iara—ad. aad it was Raridsd that various commit would ha aaatgned to invite a teach ar af theur aoqualntaa— to all jfrRiftg^ a ! _ Next yaar the senior cabinet will iflMMMP k VMFW md* and af #) Four Agricultural Eng. Students To Take Special Trip Four Texas A A M ( «!!*§* agii cultural engine*! Ing students, ar com pan led by Fred Jon—, bead of that department, will leave Hep temhet I to att—trf the 1940 In dustry Seminar Mensn—d by the ' American JWiets of Agrtrultural Engineei * and gte Farm Equip ment Institute H W Kimball, to •tractor in Ag'» dltuis! Economic* III Join this gnpip st Moline, II- not* Tho— students making tV trip are W. D Fitch, s Juntor from Della*. W Mupsa, a Junior from Puerto Rico; H G. Talbot, a se nior from Big Siring; and H V Vaaquet, s Junior from Mexico City. Approximately one hundred ag rrulturai engineering students and instructors representing nearly ev (Continued on page 4) Gilchrist Will select —veral new members of bis faculty while in the East on bis pre—nt trip. TV cour— in —ronauticsl engi neering will embrace many of tV subjects now given in tV median- icsI engtn—ring department for tV firet thr— y—rs, with intensive •penalisation during tV senior year in order for the student to ob- tam a barVlor of science degr— ie srronauticsl engtn—ring Fur ther * penalised study for a fifth year will gale for studants tV de gr— of bachelor of aeronautical eRgln—ring, D—n Gilchrist ex- plained TV cour— will f—lure such sub Jects as airport design, slrpiane design, airways management snd aceounting, advanced aernimutiral design aerodynamics and airway* traffic management and radio com municattofi ami radio beam naviga lion For men with a degr— of karV tor of science in any phase of |n gineering, tV new Department of Aeronautknal Engtn—ring will offer an intensified course of study to dents of Land Grant Colleges. Mildred HortAn, College Station, vice director and state home dem on stratum agent af tV Extension Service, has been appointed chair man of the Texas committee Discu—ing tV purpose of tV committoe. Miss Horton —id "In addition to offering technical as sistance to tV Advisory Commis sion far National Defen—, the com mitt— may also recommend to Washington needed change in na tional policies as they ratal* to nu trttton and the food supply TV Texas rommltto* will ■Im> V avail able for advice ng nlher problem* related to nutrittan, whether they eoncera food production fer home u—, tV school lunch prngram. *4 distribution of surplus romnuidill— in individual famlll— HV added (hat already en couragement and iaalsiance are V- Ing given Texas farm families in the growing and —il—rvlng of their own fond supples, Rad there may fr wfme expansion! of thia pro gram Chief emphRsis. however, will likely V given jo education in ia on the GatMiwI Rtaff ''—pa Kligfrtr Ltat. Hia varied —r- vica toeHidaa a tour of duty aa P If a. A T- M the Univwrstty af Wyoming, Ha MHired from tha Army in IRRY and Inn returned to active duty fr JMy dl this jmar. For the paaft thr— liars Colonti Moore has settoMl at A. R M Tt was a form of t^Rf at Rome to him for V had gra#B—ad f— bare in H8M He will tqra near Ma du ll— in the next ww*k — twa Mid will leave (ollege Rtati—l Ra Baft. Pth or 10th for p month’s I— af sb—ncr-. TVn on Ort 17 ha wM —il from Chari—|pn, S Car for Hawaii wVre V will take Hm duties as Regimental and Ha— bor Defense Commander of the Separate Coaat Artillery Brigade. WVn asked for a statement about his leaving Colonel Moor# said. “I have enjoyed my —rvt— here tremendously and regret that my —rvt—• are to be terminated at this time. I am very ■ ppreriati— of the cooperation I ha— had from the cadet corps during my dutiaa bare, and 1 know and bop* that Colonel Watson will ra—i— tha —me consideration" equip tVm m ten weeks as junior j nutrition and confection with ag- aefonautical engineers. Desn Gil- enciea in charge of ^distribution to chriat declared. j assure an adequate |nod supply for TV master airport plan now j all. nearing approval when completed j Need for cieatimj of a commit- will provide facilities for training of 1,000 students per year in both (ContintMd on Fag* 4) toe of this nature! was recently pointed nut by Unit— Stanley chief (Continued cm page 4) For Three Days Only - Turn-About Week; When Milady Foots the Bills and Makes the Date-Requests By Ivan MacGillirnddy ♦generally accepted as a medium oft Blitxkneg in England . . . Ylw- jan Home in France . . . Fifth column activiU— everywhere from Conetantinopto to the' Brooklyn Bridge . . . And now, at last, turn about week at Aggielaad Web*ter’* Collegiate Dictionary — simplified and other* i— _ dee*at have much to say about a turn-about week, but of tha nous "turn-about’’ Mr. Webster says, "A changing from on* side, alle giance. etc., to aaenher; a person who chang— ar advocmt— change, a radical; a Bsnr^r»gn-f—d.* TV custom daring the paist —v era! hundred years has VaR far a young aaaa to aak bis fav—Ha VRa far • data—a pm wh4ah generally lavalvaa Cpnaider- af tVt whieh li exchange But the boy-versus-girl problem is becoming more serious of lata. Sin— the Great Depression of 1929-22 (It’s ■ill going strong aa far aa MaeGtUieoddy is eoncern- ed'li tV financial problem baa be come increasingly difficult TVn. toe, the matter ef reciprocation has —a— to adnd aad the resulting clamanr and outcry on the part af tV ualanded gentry of our nation far son— sort of pact with a tual benefit clau— is finally de manding an answer Na laager ia this unh—lthy can- ditiea to mdai Na longer will this bhght aa tV Masculine world tar. ntah R a—W» far thr— days John C. Knifht, *40 Killed When Training Plane Spins to Karth John Clifford Knight, ’40, Rotan, Texas, was killed whan the trainiat - plan# V was piloting crashed nine miles north af Cerrolton na WedtMt* day Knight wns snrollad in the Cnitod Htales Army's primary ’ training arhool at Love Field, Dal* Ins He became a flying cadet shortly after V graduated from A. A M this spring Air Corps detachment offtciala at Love Field —id they were not!- fled tV plane had gone into a spin at aa altitude of about 300 feet. Knight waa alone an the night piloting one of tV new PT-lt training ships received nt Love Field recently to replace the old FT4 models which the student fliers had been using. Lieut R. C. Cannon, adjutant —id tV plane went into a spin na Knight, who had several solo flights to his credit, was attempt ing to make a 360-degree approach preparatory to landing Knight was born la ColmeamC Texas, December 27, 1917, Whfle at A. A M V took major work In Agricultural Economics and minor- ad in Agronomy and Animal Hue- Vadry Friday, Saturday, and Sunday— August 22, 23, 24,—are IV days side for the so-called "Turn about Week” For three days the b—ux and belle* of CoUeg* Sta — tion change places For three days Kdth I angford Manrieu only Dm a—Ie will he tV escortee Annie Lanrn Beckmann and tV female will V the escort ‘ Mb> Annie I aura Beckmann and TV idee originated with 0. C Ernest Keith Langford, son of Mr Gardner. Jet Floyd. Virgiato Cash and Mrs Emeat Laqgfard of Gal- man. and Tom ye Bowden and, ac atatioa, were married to Bt cording to tV originators, every Mark's Episcopal Church to Ran thhxg—far three days—will V la raver—. IV Jake Box Prom, pic- tar* shows, drinks, and vthenrto* will originate from womea-kind Ra it’a Dm Aggies wVH be sit ting by tVlr telephones waiting far • dato-request ... For three days anly M tor i iiDicudfi> 5 Antonio, Monday August It. Among Dm guests who attended ware Dr and Mrs. T. 0. Walton. Mr and Mrs. F s W. Hen*! Hilly Hen—I. Mr. and Mr*. Ivan Lang ford and daaghfrr, Altos, Mr. Mi Mrs Charles Edge. TV eon pie art to—*/manning hi New Magfra after which tVy will raetoto la Baytown.