The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 19, 1940, Image 1
Ballet Dancer The Battalion VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 19, 1940 Z725 No. 2 ' liSii Ifl One member of the company of 65 which composes the world famous Littlefield Ballet which will appear on the Texas A. & M. Town Hall February 12, 1941. ' * U. S. Marine Band Is First On Town Hall Programs; Appears Here Oct. 3 By Jack Hollimon The United States Marin Band, oldest, first and foremost band in America, will be the first offering of the new Town Hall series on October 3rd at Guion Hall. This performance is made possible through the permission of the Pres ident of the United States to allow a limited tour of this organization, often called “The President’s Own.” Captain William F. Santelmann, leader of the Marine Band, will bring his talented musicians, re splendent in their scarlet and blue uniforms known throughout the nation, to the A. & M. campus for a full program of artistic excel lence and stirring marches. The band has been in existence since John Adams officially approv ed a bill that brought the band into being on July 11, 1798. It has performed at White House func tions since the days of George Washington. Probably no musical organization so gloriously expresses the soul of the nation—its history, its religion, its patriotism, its hop es and aspirations—as does the United States Marine Band. Following the United States Ma rine Band will be the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the finest vocal ensemble of the negro race for several de cades. Organized in 1871, this group has grown in fame and reputation throughout the following years. They have become internationally important and the timbre and qual ity of their voices will be met with the utmost approval by .the stu dents of A. & M. The Houston Symphony Orches tra, fresh from a successful summer! civilians -stand during which they entertain ed many thousands of delighted music lovers at their outdoor con certs, will make a triumphant re turn to Guion Hall where they gave a superb concert lastyear. This will be one of the highlights of a superior Town Hall season. Jean Dickenson, vivacious young soprano, star of both radio and op era, will doubtless be another fa vorite with the Aggies when she presents her performance in Guion Hall for another hit Town Hall program. Glamorous Miss Dicken son, nationally reknowned, offers a program which none can miss this season. The beautiful Littlefield Ballet, bringing to Aggieland some of the most talented and lovely ballet dancers in the world, will be an other evening of grand entertain ment for the Texas Aggies. Texas A. & M.’s Cadet Singers, with a program that is destined to lift this organization on up the ladder of success, have also found a place on the Town Hall program. Two other numbers, a popular dance band and a famous news commentator, will fill out the rest of this years great Town Hall pre sentations. These two will be an nounced in a later edition of the Battalion. A student season ticket for all numbers cost $2. Single admission prices range from $1 to $3 for each number, therefore the season ticket will be one of the best bar gains for real entertainment on the campus. Reserved seat tickets for are $4. College Night To Be Held Tonight A & M Enrolls 2,163 Freshmen Upperclassmen Will Boost Total To School Record After Wednesday’s registration of freshmen students a total of 2,163 had competed the procedure, according to figures issued offi cially by Registrar E. J. Howell. This represents an increase of more than 200 over the number enrolled by the same time last year. Complete figures on registration are, of course, not available until after Thursday on which day up perclassmen will sign up and pay fees. By the time registration for the semester is completed approx imately 6300 students will have passed through the portals”, ac cording to an authoritative esti mate by Registrar Howell. This will be a new peak in enrollment at A. & M. Filled for three weeks before opening registration the dormi tories of the college will house about 4600 of the students; nearly 1,000 can be accommodated in the project houses, and the remainder of those who enroll in the college will by necessity find rooms in Bryan or in off-campus houses. It is not known whether or not project houses will be permitted in Bryan or other places outside the campus as was done in years past, but it is known that no stu dent will be able to live off the campus in any residence not checked and approved by the col lege authorities. Official Hours Given For Hospital, Library And Swimming Pool The following list of official hours for the entire long session has been given: The College Hospital will be open from 7:15 a. m. to 2 p. m. and 4 p. m. to 6 p. m. Monday through Saturday. The Sunday hours will be from 8 a. m. to 10 a. m. and the Hospital will be open from 12 to 2 p. m. on holidays. The College Library will be open (Continued on Page 6) Nine New Taylorcraft Trainers Bought by College for CAA Course Nine new Tayolrcraft training-fat Columbus, Ohio, and at Cincin- planes roared over College Sta tion Wednesday morning at 11:30 while most students were in the midst of registration. These new planes were being rushed to the college in preparation for the col lege-taught course in flying taught under the Civil Aeronautics Author ity. Two professors in the Mechani cal Engineering department, six students of the college, and the flying instructor made the trip to Alliance, Ohio, to bring the airplanes home. One of the stu dents and the flying instructor also took their wives. Those making the trip were the following: Guy Davis, Raymond Berger, Roger Jackson, Clint Ritchey, Edwin Bowles, Rudy Rudasil, students; A1 Nelson, and Paul Higgins, M. E. professors; Ralph Parkman, in structor. Mrs. Parkman, and Mrs. Rudasil were the ladies who made the trip. Leaving Ohio Sunday morning, the group who made the trip ran into foggy weather, and were forced f° delay their journey both natti, Ohio. Though the trip re quired three days to make, the total flying hours did not amount to more than about 15. On the trip the pilots passed through Colum bus, Ohio; Cincinnatti,. Ohio; Louis ville, Kentucky; Memphis, Tennes see; Littlerock, Arkansas; Texar kana, Tyler, and finally College Station. With these nine planes the total now in possession of the college and housed at the airport has been brought to 14. These will all be used in training this year, and are a result of an increased appropria tion from the C.A.A. The new planes are 65 horse power Lycoming Taylorcraft Train ers valued at about $1,500 apiece. They were bought with the prelim inary appropriation of $36,000 made for immediate expansion. That all of the planes now in use can be housed remains in some doubt. According to students who flew them in, if they all fit into the small space of the hangar, “it will be a tight squeeze.” Scientists Think Bull Nettle Might Have Possible Uses Somebody has finally got around to saying a good word for bull nettle. The “somebody” is two Univer sity of California scientists who found that the plant contained a protein-digesting enzyme resembl ing pepsin in its action. It is even more like the digestive compound found in. the subtropical fruit pap aya, known as papain. Papain has long been used as a medicine for indigestion, an dit is possible that the new enzyme, which has been named solanain, may be useful in the same way. r It is also thought that solanain may find economic applications in tanning and other industries, es pecially since it is more resistant to heat than other digestive en zymes. Maybe Texas farmers will be planting bull nettles some day. Minnock Is New Head of Aggieland Orchestra; First Dance Is Sent. 28 The Aggieland Orchestra, back-- bone of A. & M.’s entertainment world, is rapidly getting under way. At the first x*ehearsal Tues day night several very promising musicians were added. Ed Minnock, the new manager, is building a sol id band around the old men who have returned. Minnock, a Galena Park senior, has the highest grade point aver age in the Mechanical Engineer ing Department. He has many ori ginal ideas in respect to improv ing the orchestra this coming sea son. “The band will be smoother this year, but there definitely will be no trend towards a ‘mickey mouse’ style,” Minnock said. “Arranger Jack Littlejohn, although absent from the campus this year, will still contribute to the band’s musi cal library,” he added. The brass section, headed by Joe Germany and Henry Baushausen, is coming along well, although the hot trumpet chair has not yet been definitely filled. Except for a few minor adjustments the reed sec tion is ready to go. Minnock will kick off the band from the first sax chair. His excellent clarinet and sax work will be a featured attraction with the band this year. The second tenor position is still unsettled; however, with a few more tryouts, the hole will be fill ed. The orchestra promises a pleas ant surprise in the third sax man, a band freshman, who handles a fine clarinet. R. B. “Toppy” Pearce, another returning man, plays the other tenor. H. F. “Red” Doerr brings back all his kettles and hides for an- Gilchrist Appointed To Defense Committee Gibb Gilchrist, dean of the school of engineering, has received his appointment as a member of the Advisory Committee on Engi neering Education for National Defense. This committee of ten engineer ing educators is headed by Dean A. A. Potter of Purdue University. Purdue is the largest engineering school in the United States, with Texas A. & M. being second in enrollment. YMCA Will Use Guion Hall For Motion Pictures Converting Guion Hall into a suitable place to show moving pic tures was being studied by Mr. M. L. Cushion of the Y.M.C.A. in order that the threatre may be moved from the Assembly Hall and plans will be submitted to the Board of Directors at their next meeting. The new project, costing approx imately $5,000, will be considered by the next meeting of the Board of Directors on October 5, Mr. Cushion has called in accoustical engineers to list changes that will have to be made so that Guion Hall will pass as a satisfactory theatre. Among the changes expected to be made in Guion Hall are the transfer of the large revolving fans now in the Assembly Hall, the stripping of the floor, the sound-proofing of the front en trance, the darkening of the win dows, the extension of the stage, the moving of the screen and stage effects, and the construction of a ticket booth, at the entrance. Present plans are that the As sembly Hall will be completely torn down and done away with. Plans were submitted to the Board of Directors simultaneous ly during the summer for the pur chase of new equipment in the old consolidated school building, and for the renovation of Guion Hall, but action on the transfer of the picture show to Guion Hall was delayed until October. If the board’s decision is favorable, Mr. Cushion has announced that Guion Hall will be converted into a first- class place for movie entertain ment. Mr. Cashion stated definitely that student prices will remain un changed regardless of what changes that may be made. Y-Cards are being sold to students at the reg ular price this term in spite of the new movie tax. Gone Jack Littlejohn, former direc tor of the Aggieland Orchestra. Not back this year, Jack has been replaced by Ed Minnock. Jack, however, will continue to be asso ciated with the orchestra as ar ranger and writer. •f-ico, recognized as one of the best arrangers in the southwest. Jack Littlejohn will continue to turn out arrangements and new tunes com parable to his famed “I’d Rather Be A Texas Aggie” which he wrote last year. For those who would like to hear “I’d Rather Be A Tex as Aggie”, the Aggieland made a record last ydar which is being sold by the Former Students As sociation. Littlejohn is featured as vocalist on this record. The orchestra had a successful season last year. Besides playing for the corps and organization dances on the campus, the band journied over Texas and to New Orleans last Christmas. The spring semester was punctuated with week end trips and several festi vals. With all the publicity A. & M. has been receiving this summer, Aggieland expects an even bigger and busier season this year. other year. Along with Murry Evans, guitar for the last three years, Red will keep a solid rhy thm section going. An experienced bass man, Frank “Sug” Barnes, blew in to keep the band rocking. Sug, tall and handsome, is a man who knows the band business and will be an asset. The piano, which will be easy to fill, will complete the combination. Aggieland plays its first en gagement Friday, September 27, for the faculty in the old mess hall. The following Saturday night will mark the corps’ first glimpse of the new band. The occasion is the Corps Dance following the Texas A. & I. game. The dining hall floor is being refinished, and the ceiling is being rebuilt. The ac- coustics should be improved, and the floor will be greatly improved. Of the old members returning, Baushausen has the seniority. He has played with the band for six years. Joe Germany has played for three, as has Murry Evans. Doerr, Minnock and Pearce play ed last year. Although this is his first year with the orchestra, Barnes has gone to school here before and is returning to finish. For those Aggies who like a sweet tune played well, the band is developing a swing style for sweet music that will please those anti-jitterbugs but will not be too “sugary.” The band is getting away from so much negroid phras ing and developing a solid style patterned after Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, and Tommy Dorsey whose arrangements the band is using. Many arrangements are by Bud Nelson of Albuquerque, New Mex- 143 Senior Rings Will Be Delivered During Registration Seniors have order 143 rings this year, according to information re ceived from the registrar’s office Tuesday. Rings will be in three finishes. 12 to 18 -pennyweight, antique green, dark, and light Russian. Ninety-nine rings will be deliver ed to seniors Thursday night from 7 to 9. Forty-four rings have been ordered for delivery October 15. Orders will be sent throughout the year on the first and fifteenth of the month. Contract for the senior rings again was let to Jostens, Owatonna, Minnesota. Southern Engraving Company, Houston, is a Texas Branch of Jostens, the largest class ring manufacturer in the world. Last year at this time 205 rings had been ordered. $600,000 Building Program To Begin Before January 1 At a meeting of the A. & M. Board of Directors held last Aug ust 8 it was announced the four new dormitories would be construct ed on the campus at a cost of $600,000 through a Reconstniction Finance Corporation loan. The decision as to the location of the buildings will be made at a meeting of the Board of Directors to be held in the near future. It is hoped, however, that construct ion 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 authorized President T. O. Walton to name a committee to handle details of vacating and dis posing of residences on the cam pus that are now occupying sites 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 be given an opportunity to purchase the homes and remove them to other locations in the various res idential subdivisions adjacent to the College properties. Present occupants of campus residences will have first option in bidding, it was said, and doubt less many College employees will wish to purchase thehomes they are now occupying. Expect Attendance Of 7,500 College and Cadet Officials To Speak To Corps Tonight The annual College Night cele bration, to be held to night begin ning at 7 p. m., will be the largest in the 64-year history of A. & M. College, E. R. Keeton, head yell leader predicted last night. With an expected attendance of more than 7,500 cadets and civil ians, the event is the first yell prac tice of the year and will be the first opportunity that 2,500 fresh men will have to see what’s ahead of them in the coming nine months. “Everybody’s back feeling flush over last year’s victory,” Keeton said. “This year, however, the team will need even more support than the wonderful cooperation shown by the corps last year. The yell leaders are prepared to give the team all the support they need and the corps is right behind us,” Kee ton added. The College Night exercises to night will feature short addresses by President T. O. Walton, Colonel Ike Ashburn, and Cadet Colonel Bill Becker. Following this Head Coach Homer Norton will intro duce the members of the team. Another feature of the College Night exercises will be the presen tation of the Sugar Bowl trophy to the corps by Keeton. The famed bowl has recently been returned to the college after being on exhibi tion at the New York World’s Fair throughout the past summer. As at all yell practices, the fa- mouse 214 piece Aggie Band will be present. The A. & M. yell leaders, who will officiate at the College Night Exercises, include Keeton, head yell leader; C. J. “Foots” Bland, senior assistant yell leader; Skeen Sta ley and Bill Beck, junior yell lead ers. College Night will be held at the traditional location of all yell practices, on the steps and the area immediately adjoining the Y. M. C. A. Indications are that tonight’s Col lege Night will be the largest and most successful in the history of the event, and every cadet is urged to attend. Civilians in surrounding communities are also invited to wit ness the colorful function. College Calendar Has Events To Note The college calendar lists the following events for the respective dates: On Thursday old students will register, and freshmen will have a special program mapped out for them. Classes begin Friday morning at 8 a. m. The week of September 29 to October 5 has been designated as Church Week and will be devoted to campus church work. Freshmen will take the annual psychological test on October 5 at 8 a. m. November 11 will be observed as Armistice Day, and appropriate services will be held in honor of those who died from A. & M. in World War I. Thanksgiving falls upon Novem ber 28, and time-out will be taken for that week-end. Christmas recess begins on Sat urday, December 21. Town Hall Ticket Sales Booming as New Record Is In Sight The success of the 1940-41 Town Hall was assured yesterday when the freshman class broke all pre vious records for Town Hall stu dent ticket sales. In an announce ment made late yesterday by Paul Haines, student manager, it was learned that ticket sales have gone beyond all expectations. It was also announced that re served seat tickets will go on sale Tuesday both in Bryan and at Col lege Station. At College they will be at the Student Publications Of fice on the first floor of the Ad ministration Building. In Bryan tickets may be secured at Waldrops. Reserved seat tickets this year will be $4 and tickets will be distributed equally between Bryan and College Station. With the season’s first number, the U. S. Marine Band, only a short time off, sales are ex pected to be rapid. Battalion Staff Meets Tonight The meeting for the organiza tion of The Battalion staff is again brought to the attention of the students of A. & M. Those who wish to work on The Battalion will meet in room 122 Administra tion building Thursday night im- I mediately after yell practice. Included in this meeting will be | artists, advertising men, sports | writers, news reporters, editors, I fiction writers for the magazine, j in fact, anyone who wishes to be connected with the publication.