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220 Foot Antenna Tower, Completed
September 4, At Cost of $6,000
Those three red lights which"
seem to be floating over the north
east corner of the campus each
night are the aerial warning lights
attached to the recently completed
antenna. The lights, the top one of
which blinks, are placed on the tow
er in compliance with Interstate
Commerce Commission regulations
which state that such structures
must contain three conspicuous red
lights, one at the peak and the
others one-third and two-thirds
down the tower. The frequency with
which the light blinks varies in dif
ferent parts of the country, but the
light here is wired to be on for two
seconds and off for one second.
This new 220 foot tower has
been in use by WTAW since its
completion on September 4. Tit
total cost to put the tower in oper
ation was approximately $6,000; the
tower itself, $3,000, the remainder
being spent for housing and other
facilities. These other facilities
include new power and water line
■extensions, transmission lines, and
tuning equipment.
The antenna tower was construc
ted by the Truscon Company of
Muskogee, Oklahoma, in one and
one-half days. A crew of five men
was employed the first day and a
four man crew completed the tower
by noon of the next day. The con
crete foundation for the structure
was laid by the Building and Col
lege Utilities Department. The
foundation is in the form of a con
crete slab 18-inches thick. It is in
the shape of a hexagon 14 feet on
a side. The three legs of the tower
are connected to two foot pillars
projecting from the slab.
The ground system surrounding
the antenna contains approximately
3700 feet of wire. This wire is laid
in 120 radials, each of which is
310 feet long. These radials were
ploughed into the ground by a spec
ial type reel which laid the wire in
the ditch thus formed.
$171,000 Building Program Nears
Completion As New Laundry Opens
By Tom Gillis
Soon the last hod of bricks and
the last trowel of mortar will be
laid on the new laundry building
and the employee’s dormitory com
pleting some $180,000 worth of
new construction on the A. & M.
campus. These new buildings have
been completely built during the
summer, departing Aggies last
spring noted only surveying stakes
on the sites where these buildings
are now rising.
The new laundry will replace the
old building and equipment situat
ed near the Petroleum-Geology
building. This old building is al
ready being demolished, and the
bare rafters of the annex are ex
posed to wind and sun. The old
employee’s dormitory was not ex
actly a haven for the workers
either. The floors sagged and the
dull grey exterior was so drab that
the rats got tired of looking at it.
By comparison, both new build
ings are shining pillars of light.
The new laundry has exposed met
al and windows in the most modem
style. The new workers’ dormitor
ies may be considered by some to
be better than the new student
dormitories. Its windows are of the
type that fold in a vertical line
into two halves instead of the
raising type in the new dormitory
area.
The total cost of the construction
of the two new buildings is to be
$170,324. The Smith Building Com
pany of Waco was awarded the
general contract for both jobs on
their bid of $88,340. Plumbing and
heating is being installed on con
tract to Dave Vickers of Abilene
for $45,150. The electrical work
was awarded to Laddie Lesikar of
Palestine on his bid of $7,900. The
■new laundry equpment is being
put in by the American Laundry
and Machine Company for $28,934.
The new laundry is located east of
the warehouse and Coast Artillery
Armory.
The new employees dorm is 132
feet long by 39 feet wide. The
building is entirely fireproof and
four stories in height. Three per
sons will share each room, and
the building will accomodate ap
proximately 272 persons. The new
workers dormitory is located be
tween the board of director’s
home and the old Post Office.
Enrollment Ups
To 6,444; Another
Hundred Expected
This year’s enrollment, which has
already broken all previous records,
climbed to a new peak of 6,444
according to E. J. Howell, Regis--
trar. Mr. Howell said that he ex
pected the total enrollment to reach
6,500 within the next week.
The enrollment thus far for the
first semester shows a total of 378
increase over the enrollment for
the first semester of last year.
Registration figures thus far
show a 132 per cent increase over
those ten years ago which amount
ed to 2,740.
COLONEL IKE ASHBURN, Ex
ecutive assistant to President T. O.
Walton, is in Washington, D. C.
this week where he is residing at
the Hamilton Hotel. He is not ex
pected to return until sometime
next week.
The Battalion
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NO. 5
Aggietone News To Begin October 9
News Reel Will
Be A. & M.’s Own
Story On Celluloid
Town Hall
Plans Pushed
For 194041
Latest developments in the cam
paign to make this year’s Town
Hall program the biggest in its
history have carried Paul Haines,
Town Hall student manager, Bry
an, on two tours of neighboring
towns to give out advance pub
licity. Accompanying Haines on
both trips was Larry Kruse, spe
cial representative of the Marine
Band.
On Monday Haines, Kruse, and
E. L. Angell, Manager of Student
publications, toured through Nava-
sota, Brenham, and Caldwell. On
Tuesday Calvert, Heame, Madi-
sonville, Bryan High School, and
the Consolidated High School were
visited. R. C. Stone, journalism
instructor, also made the trip. In
each place mentioned the men talk
ed to superintendents of schools
and local principals. Several as
semblies of the students were ad
dressed and invited to attend the
band program. Publicity in the
form of feature stories and ads
were placed in the town newspaper
and no chance to give the Town
Hall program advance publicity
was overlooked. Col. R. J. Dunn,
Aggie Band director, has written
to bandmasters at neighboring
schools to advise them of this op
portunity to hear the band.
Captain Taylor Branson is bring
ing this renowned band to
for the Aggies in Guion Hall on
October 3 as the first program of
the Town Hall Series. The Ma
rine Band, often referred to as
the “President’s own” band, is
under the direction of W. F. San-
telman. The band is now on a
6,400 mile tour lasting 41 days.
The musical instruments, valued
at $26,000 are being carried by a
truck while the members of the
band travel in two Greyhound
busses. The uniforms for the band
are valued at $6,000 and the musi
cal library of the organization is
worth $5,000. At its Connellsville,
Pa. performance on this tour on
September 2 the Marine Band
played to an audience of 8,000 peo
ple.
Already more tickets have been
sold for this year’s Town Hall
program than for any previous
year. Approximately 2,500 school
children are expected to attend
the matinee performance by the
Marine band on next Thursday af
ternoon, and many high school
bands will attend in uniform.
Julius Rosenwald
Fund Fellowships
Are Now Available
George M. Reynolds, Director for
Fellowships for the Julius Rosen
wald Fund, has announced through
Dean T. D. Brooks that information
concerning the Julius Rosenwald
Fellowships for 1941 is now avail
able.
The fund offers fellowships to
Negroes and to white Southerners
who wish to work on some problem
distinctive to the South and who
expect to make their careers in
the South. The fellowships, which
are intended to provide opportuni
ties for advanced study or special
experience to individuals of excep
tional ability, are not restricted to
any special subject or activity.
Men and women between the ages
of 22 and 35 years are eligible to
apply for the awards upon the
completion of their college course.
Faculty Banquet To
Be Tomorrow Night
The annual dinner honoring new
members of the staff and their
wives at Texas A. & M. College
will be held in Sbisa Hall, Friday
evening, Dr. F. C. Bolton, Dean
of the College has announced.
The Deans and Directors will act
as hosts to all of the new mem
bers and their wives and all old
members are cordially invited to
attend to welcome the newcomers
to Texas A. & M.
Senior Court Rules
Released for 194041
Regulations To Be
Same As Last Year
The Senior Court which was in
stalled last year will be continued
this year, meeting twice monthly
for formal consideration of offens
es which may be referred to it for
action. The regular meetings of the
Court shall be formal, No. 1 uni
form with white shirts, to be worn
by members of the court, the of
fenders, and such witnesses as may
appear before the Court.
Senior Court offenses will nor
mally consist of the following:
Non-reg in Bryan; absence with
out leave; disrespect to Cadet Of
ficers; Non-reg at Corps Dances;
sitting in Senior Section at ath
letic contests and at picture shows;
throwing water in halls; defacing
college property; acts on or off
the campus which reflect discredit
on the college; or any offense
which may be referred to the Court
by the Commandant.
Punishment to be assessed will
consist of tour duty, and restric
tion to the campus. Where in the
course of investigation it develops
that such punishment appears to
be inadequate for the case in ques
tion, the matter will be referred
to the Commandant with a state
ment to the effect and with a re
commendation that the case be tak
en before the Discipline Committee
of the college if such action seems
necessary or desirable.
Power Calls
Meeting Of 18
Club Presidents
Secretaries Also Asked
To Attend Meeting To
Organize Agriculturalist
The staff of the Agriculturist
under the editorship of Tom Power,
Post, is getting ready to put out
the first issue of the magazine by
the latter part of October.
Operations are to begin with a
meeting of the presidents and sec
retary-treasurers of the following
clubs: Accounting Society, Agron
omy Society, Saddle and Sirloin
Club, Biology Club, Kream and Kow
Klub, Economics Club, Entomology
Club, Fish and Game Club, Junior
F.F.A., Horticulture Society, Land
scape Art Club, Marketing and Fi-
nince Club, Poultry Science Club,
Rural Sociology Club, Junior Chap
ter A. V. M. A., The Pre-Medical
Society, Pre-Law Society, and the
Poutry and Egg Club.
This meeting will be held at the
Student Publications Office this
afternoon at 5. The staff of the
Agriculturist will be completed and
reporters from each club will be
selected.
Science Clubs Combine To Form
“United Science Clubs of A. & M.”
The recently organized United"^
Science Clubs of A. & M. is the re
sult of an idea which originated
with Dr. C. C. Doak, Dr. Charles
LaMotte and the presidents of the
Pre-Medical Society, Biology Club
and the Entomology Club.
Taking the leadership in the
union the Biology Club first pre
sented the plan to its members who
were heartily in favor of the pro
posed union. The Pre-Medical club
next adopted it and the Entomology
Club followed suit.
Under these three organizations
the union hopes to promote closer
relationship between club mem
bers interested in the various
branches of science; to recapture
the friendly rivalry between clubs;
to bring the clubs and their mem
bers into social and scientific con
tact with promising young scien
tists in other colleges; to bring our
clubs into affiliation with outside
scientific organizations; to pro
vide an easy transition from the
young scientist of collegiate grade
to the professional scientist capa
ble of taking full rank in the work
of our state and nation; to provide
an opportunity for our young men
to present papers before a wider
audience than that provided by the
limited membership of their res
pective clubs; to provide awards
and and distinctive emblems for
those who are willing to lead in
collegiate science.
The new Union is affiliated with
the Texas Academy of Science un
der the old Biology club charter.
The Union plans to be well rep-
Naramore To Address
AIME Meet Tonight
Chester Naramore, National Sec
retary of the student branch of
The American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgy Engineers is to
speak to the student chapter of the
A. I. M. E. in the Petroleum Eng
ineering building tonight after yell
practice.
Mr. Naramore will speak briefly
on his experiences with the oil in
dustry in foreign fields during the
last war and to some extent on the
effect of the present war.
It is important that all Junior
and Senior Petroleum Engineering
students be present as several very
important business matters, in
cluding the election of men to send
to the fall meeting of the A. I. M.
E. in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will be dis
cussed.
sented at the Academy meeting this
year.
Other clubs are being asked to
come into the Union that it may
take in a wider scope of science
this year.
Two meetings a year will be held
by the union. At these meetings
there will be speakers (students)
from each of the three clubs as well
as a main speaker for the evening.
It has been proposed that the men
having the best papers have their
membership dues in the Texas
Academy of Science paid by the
Union; that the men be sent as
delegates to the state meet and give
their papers on the Texas Academy
program.
Initial AVMA
Meeting To Be
Held September 26
The Junior A. V. M. A. announces
the initial meeting of the coming
school year at the Veterinary Hos
pital on Sept. 26, 1940 at 7 p. m.
Newcomers as well as old members
and faculty members, are invited
to attend. ,
Newly elected officers for the
coming session include: president,
O. H. Stallheim; vice-president,
A. A. Appleby; secretary, V. C. Is-
sacs, senior representative, Dris
coll Stallworth. The publicity com
mittee includes: C. W. Zohn, H. E.
Carver, and H. L. Schulberg.
Dean R. P. Marsteller and the
veterinary faculty will deliver an
introductory address to the meet
ing. The newly formed freshman
class is especially urged to take ad
vantage of this opportunity to meet
the dean, faculty, and the rest of
the veterinary school.
The program of the association
has been developed along social
and academic lines. In the past the
organization has sponsored barbe
cues and, last year, instituted what
is to be a permanent fixture, an
organization dance. Throughout the
semester the association will be
addressed by guest speakers, some
of the lectures being supplemented
with slides and motion pictures.
Last year the Association was fort
unate enough to have the pleasure
of being addressed by Dr. A. V.
Finscher of Cornell University and
by Dr. P. W. Schroeder of Angell
Memorial Hospital.
Seniors
Organize
For 40-41
No Padded Covers;
Khaki Reg To Meals;
New Final Review
The Senior cuass of '40-‘41 held
its first meeting of the long ses
sion last night in Guion Hall with
President Tom Richey in charge.
Many issues of interest were dis
cussed and voted upon.
First question brought up before
the assembly was the question of
padded covers on the Longhorn for
seniors. Ele Baggett, editor, asked
for suggestions and comment. A
close vote of 135-107 decided that
there would be no padded covers
made at all in view of the fact
that it would be troublesome to de
cide just who would be eligible eo
receive them.
President Richey appointed the
chairmen to several committees.
Bob Langford was made chairman
of the Senior Ring Dance commit
tee; Graham Purcell was select
ed as chairman of the Decorations
committee; a joint chairmanship
was established for the Mothers’
Day program and Preston Bolton,
Leslie Appelt, and Ted Duce were
made co-chairmen.
By a unanimous vote of approval
it was decided that the Senior
class would petition the Board of
Directors to have the 30 cent vis
itors’ charge lifted from the mess
hall. The class felt that the incon
venience and loss of tradition were
not worth the saving.
Also voted on at the meeting
was the question of Senior Court.
Senior Court will be in force again
this year, and it was decided that
“extra duty” tours would also be
continued, but not with rifles,as
was proposed.
It was agreed that funds for
the yell staff would be collected
from among the student body by
the first sergeants in the various
organizations at the rate of 15
cents per person.
A petition to the executive com
mittee to change Final Review
back to the way it was held before
last year was approved by an ov
erwhelming majority. The class
decided that again this year Fin
al Review will be held the last
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A bi-monthly news reel, concern
ing Texas A. & M. College and
Aggie activities on and off the
campus, will begin a nine-month
run at the Campus Theater October
9.
To be titled the “Aggietone
News” and sub-titled “Texas A.
& M. On Parade”, the news reel
will show on alternate Tuesdays
and Wednesdays.
Produced and directed by Bat
talion Associate Editor, G«orge
Fuermann, College Station,, the as
sociate producers are Ira F- Lewis,
Mineral Wells; George Mueller,
Alton, Illinois; and Graham Pur
cell, Archer City. The assistant
director of the Aggietone News will
be Head Yell Leader E. R. (Buster)
Keeton, Houston. ,
Sports director will be Battalion
Sports Editor H., O. (Hub) John
son, Houston, who will be assisted
by Bob Myers, Harlingen, and Jack
C. Hollimon, Houston.
Director of photography will be
W. Roland Laney, Denton, Laney
will be assisted by M. K. Soder-
quist, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Pete
H. Tumlinson, Bryan, Battalion art
editor, will be art director of the
Aggietone News and will be as
sisted by Sid C. Lord, San Antonio.
Aggietone News will be similar
to other news reels which are in
ternational in content. Dealing en
tirely with Aggies and A. & M.
College, the news reel will be de
partmentalized. Departments will
include Military, Social, Sports, and
others.
The first Aggietone News, to
be shown October 9 and 10, will
include pictures of the A. & I. and
the San Antonio corps trip. Sports
Director Johnson announced that
a special section of the first news
reel will be devoted to the senior
football players.
Following the showing of each
Aggietine News the film will be
given to the College and, at the
end of each long session, a feature
length picture will be made from
the past nine month’s news reels.
1,300 Cadets
Under Student
Labor Employment
Approximately 1300 men are
working on the student labor rolls,
O. R. Simpson, Student Labor Sec
retary, said yesterday. This is about
the same number of students who
were employed last year at A. & M.
On the other hand there has been
about a twenty per cent increase in-
the number of applications received
from students this year, Simpson
pointed out.
Of this 1300 employed students,
600 are on NYA or federal appro
priation. There was no appreciable
increase in funds this year despite
the advancing demand for student
labor. There were 1100 students
who were employed last year who
returned to their jobs while about
100 new jobs were available due to
graduation and other reasons.
Simpson stated that all jobs are
filled at the present time and only
openings likely to exist were those
left by students dropping out after
school started. Whether there will
be more positions open in the near
future is a matter of conjecture.
When the applications of those stu
dents who have already inquired
for student labor can be filled is
somewhat doubtful.
“Some of the students on the N.
Y. A. payroll started five days earl
ier this year which will result in
their check being somewhat larger
for this month,” Simpson said.
The NYA month this year begins
on 16th and extends to the 15th of
the next month. Checks for the
first months work will probably
come in about October 25.
A. & M. Dames
Club Begins New
Year October 2
The first meeting of the A. &
M. Dames Club, an organization of
student wives is to hear a review
of “Native Son” by Dr. T. F. Mayo
in the parlor of the Y. M. C. A.
on October 2.
Officers for the organization
are: Mrs. Roy F. Eckert, presi
dent, Mrs. Harold J. Schmidt, vice-
president; Mrs. J. Wylie Wolfe,
secretary; Mrs. Coy Borders, treas
urer; Mrs. Tom Legett, reporter,
and Mrs. Joe E. Shaw, parliamen
tarian.
This organization includes wives
of students registered in any de
partment of the college. A recent
survey of the number of married
students at A. & M. showed that
there were approximately 130 of
these students registered. Between
30 and 40 wives of these students
are regular in attendance at the
Dames Club meetings.
As its object the club promotes
a spirit of friendliness, provides
social intercourse and stimulates
general culture among its members.
Since its founding in 1936, it has
done well in accomplishing its ob
ject.
During the year the club spon
sors parties, picnics, and dances
for the husbands and wives. These
activities are designed to pro
mote friendliness, and to provide a
means of entertainment and di
version for both husbands and
wives.
At the meetings programs of
interest to student wives will be
composed of book reviews, musi
cals, and home arts, presented by
leading members of the faculty
and leaders in various lines on the
campus.