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DIAL 4-5444 STUDENT TRI WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, OCT 26, 1940 Z725 NO. 18 Aggie Day Sweetheart to Be Selected by Six Cadets Lucky Girl Will Be Presented Between Halves of Dallas Game A committee of six Aggies has 6een requested to select from a- mong a group of eight beauties the girl to represent T. S. C. W. in Dallas as the Aggie Day Sweet heart. The girl selected by this committee will be presented on the field between halves of the A. & M.-S.M.U. game. Each year the Aggies have a corps trip to Dallas or to Fort Worth and each year they are met by a similar corps trip from T. S. C. W. Many customs and trad itions have been built about this fesive occasion, but the practice of selecting an Aggie Day Sweet heart is one of the most color ful. Heretofore the girl for this position has been chosen by the students of T.S.C.W., but this year F. M. McDonald, the director of the department of Journalism, thought it would be interesting if the cadets of A. & M. had a hand in the selection. Two girls from each of the freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior classes will be nominated by the members of the class, and their names and pictures will be pub lished in The Battalion before the committee leaves for Denton. Before a gathering of the T.S.C.W. student body the six committee members from A. & M. will select their “Sweetheart.” Members of the committee who have been asked to do the choos ing are as follows: Cadet Colnel Bill Becker, Head Yell Leader Bus ter Keeton, Band Major Pete Weh- ner, Senior Class President Tom Richey, Battalion Editor Bob Nis- bet, and Town Hall Manager Paul Haines. Last year the selection made by the girls of T.S.C.W. found Edna Clarke of Coleman as the girl of the day. The year before the sweet heart was a joint selection between the Harrison twins, Dorcas and Doris from Tuckerman, Arkan sas. The date for the selection of this year’s beauty has not been set, but it is expected that all will be in readiness some time soon. Chemistry Course OKed by Chemical Society of America The American Chemical Society, at its recent meeting in Detroit, Michigan, gave its formal approval to the course of study offered by the department of Chemistry of Texas A. & M. College, Dr. T. D. Brooks, dean of the school of arts and sciences at the college, an nounced this week. This action was taken by the Society after a thorough study of the course of chemistry which is offered at A. & M. Data was col lected during the last semester of the year 1930-40 and submitted to the Society. Dr. Harry B. Weiser of Rice Institute, acting as a mem ber of the committee on profes sional training of chemists and as a representative of the ASC, in- continued on Page 4) Project House Boys Have New Organization This week the project houses on the campus were organized into a military organization for the pur pose of making retreat formations by Major J. F. Stevens, the new tactical officer of the project house area. Each house is designated as a platoon, and two houses form one company. There are three such companies to each battalion, and three battalions in the regiment; thus, the 17 houses make up the regiment. The students in the project hous es have been making retreat, but only in a haphazard way. Hereto fore there has not been much in centive for the day students to be interested in military organization, but now that they have a regiment of their o\yn, interest is expected to pick up. This organization does not relieve anyone of their duties in their respective organizations. Book Written By A & M Profs Gets No. 1 Ranking First published in 1936, “Tech nical Drawing” written by Giesecke, Mitchell and Spencer, all of the Texas A. & M. College staff, has been re-issued in a new edition according to H. C. Spencer, co author and head of the engineering drawing department at the college. Prof. Spencer also announced that the publishers have notified him that the new book now holds first place over all other similar textbooks adopted or approved by major educational institutions. Dr. F. E. Giescke, retired di rector of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, and now pro fessor emeritus of air conditioning; and Prof. Alva Mitchell, retired head of the college engineering drawing department, are the other co-authors of the noted book. A total of 213 schools have adopted the book and the adoptions, including that by Texas A. & M., include such other noted schools as: Purdue, Stanford, Yale, Uni versity of Pittsburgh, Rennselaer, Case, Alabama, Colorado, Dela ware, Georgia, Maine, Missouri, Notre Dame, Maryland, Rutgers, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma University, New York University, Pennsylvania University and many others. It also has been adopted by the General Motors Institute as' their text. Stem To Announce A & M - SMU Game Bill Stem, N.B.C.’s ace sports announcer, has notified college authorities that he will be on hand to give a play by play account of the A. & M.-S. M. U. game to be played in Dallas November 11. Stern, one of the nation’s most noted sports announcers and com mentators, is assigned a major football game to cover each week end. Some students may recall that Stern was here for the A. & M.- S. M. U. “mud” battle played on Kyle Field last year. He proved to be a “regular fellow” during his stay. Upon his arrival, he donned a hunting cap and a red, checkered woolen shirt which was “in style” with many Aggies who had re turned from Arkansas the weekend before dyked out in such regalia. Killough Speaks In One of Series Of Cotton Lectures D. T. Killough, agronomist in charge of cotton breeding at the Experiment station, gave a talk to the Cotton Society Tuesday night on the various phases of the cot ton industry. This address is one of a series which the society has arranged for the benefit of those interested in cotton production. Killough explained that the Ex periment Station, the Extension (Continued on Page 4) Infantry Seniors To Get Camp Medals Those infantry seniors who earn ed medals last summer at Camp Bullis will receive them on October 29, 30, and 31 at their regular drill period. Approximately 80 per cent of the infantry seniors who attended camp will receive either a marks man, sharpshooter, or expert medal. Those who shot a score of 162 and under 192 out of a possible 225 will receive marksmanship medals. Most of the winners were in this class. To receive a sharpshooter medal they must have shot between 192 and 202 and those few who shot this score are as follows: R. O. Kruse, E. E. Inman, J. P. Jones, J. H. Shelton, F. C. Price, J. P. Towns, J. R. Button, A. H. Ham- ner, W. A. Collins, H. V. Duncan, F. Sayner, and E. B. Kyzar. The three who had a score of at least 202 and will receive expert medals are W. J. Montgomery, O. D. Hatcher, and W. T. Dinwiddie. It's Working At Last Finishing Touches Put on Fountain; Lights Will Be Turned on Permanently Next Monday night at 7:00 the beautiful submarine floodlights will be turned on permanently at the new fountain given to A. & M. College by the class of ’38; thereafter the lights will continue to burn every night from 7 to 10:30 except on special occasions when they will remain on all night. Construction work on the foun tain was completed some time ago, but due to the delay in shipping materials for the lights, water and lights were turned on for the first time last Friday night as an exhibition for the students. Since that time the fountain has contin ued to run but the lights have re mained off. The fountain, located in the tri angle just west of Sbisa hall where the band formerly played is a clas sic design made of cast stone and consists of a reflecting pool ap proximately 18 feet in diameter. In the middle of the pool is super imposed a bowl and pedestal, with a spray of water flowing two or three feet in the air. Light from eight submarine floodlights diffuse upward into the thin sheets of water falling from the top. The floodlights are constructed at the bottom in the basin with a stream of water about four inches deep flowing over them. According to plans lilies will be placed in bouquet form between the lights, and fish will be put in the basin just as soon as the con crete dries sufficiently to allow the flowers and fish to live. Ac cording to F. W. Hensel, head of the Landscape Art Department, the fountain has already been turned over to his department and work will begin on putting the finish ing touches to the fountain in a few days. Mr. Hensel emphasized his thanks to the students for their splendid cooperation in keeping the Rode Announces Topic Leaders for Short Course Topic leaders for the Public Utility Short Course for Electric Metermen to be held at Texas A. & M. College, Nov. 11-16, have been announced by Prof. Norman F. Rode, director of the course, and they will include noted electrical engineers from several world-re nowned firms manufacturing elec trical equipment. Those named include: R. H. Mig- hell and E. J. Boland, General Elec tric Co.; L. C. Blevins, B. V. Mar tin, A. R. Rutter and R. R. Hill, Westinghouse Electric Co.; W. C. Fowler and C. W. Ingrham, Sanga- mo Electric Co.; W. B. Deffedall, Duncan Electric Co.; H. L. Olesen, Weston Electrical Instrument Co.; and W. J. Kantenberger and Bob Kryter, Esterline-Angus Co. fountain ground looking its best at all times. Plans for the construction of the fountain were formulated by a committee of the class of ’38 work ing in conjunction with John Bone, president of that graduation class. The firms of Atkinson and San ders, architects, were designers of the fountain and A. Boniface and Sons were designers. The fountain is the third con tribution made to the school by (Continued on Page 4) Baylor Corps Trip Attracts 2,000 Aggies Double Funeral Services Held For Watkins, Daughter Double funeral services were held yesterday morning for Captain C. O. Watkins and his daughter Miss Ruth Watkins. Miss Watkins died Thursday morning at 1:25 a.m. in the Bryan hospital. Thurs day afternoon, Captain Watkins died at College Station. They were buried at the A. & M. College cemetery at 9:30 Friday morning with Rev. Norman Ander son of the College Presbyterian Church officiating, assisted by Rev. James Carlin of the College Meth odist church. Pallbearers for Captain Wat kins were Dr. C. B. Campbell, D. (Continued on Page 4) May 2 Is Date Of Cotton Ball, Pageant May 2, 1941, has been set as the date for the tenth annual Cotton Style Show, Pageant, and Ball by the committee on student activities. This year the Agronomy Society plans to have a leading business house in Texas put on the style show. A completely new floor show with new talent will also be featured. Proceeds of the dance are used to finance travelling fellowships for three seniors who place high in the cotton contest. Previous to last year the fellowship took the winners to European countries but due to the war situation, an ex tensive travel and study of cotton in the United States and Canada was made last year. If war con ditions in Europe continue as they are, the tour will probably be limited to the western hemisphere again. Presents Symphony Concert Kryl Symphony Orchestra to Appear In Bryan Monday Afternoon and Night Bohumir Kryl, noted conductor- of the Symphony Orchestra which carries his name, will appear in Bryan at the High School Audi torium at 2 and 8 p.m., Monday October 28, under the auspices of the city schools. Two programs have been arrang ed, one for the students in, the afternoon and an evening pro gram which will include such masterpieces as “Legende” for Orchestra and Harp by Francis Thome, Symphony No. 5, in C Min or by Beethoven; “Stories of the Vienna Woods,” by Strauss; and “Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1” by Enesco, as well as several other numbers. Prior to the organization of his own concert organization thirty- two years ago, Kryl appeared as cornet soloist with the Sousa and Innes bands for years and with these bands earned his enviable reputation as cornetist which ha^ remained his until the present day. Previous to this, Kryl had been a sculptor of note, having associated with the late General Lew Wal lace. Typical of only a few master musicians of our present day, Kryl is probably one of the most modest. To say that a career of conductorship extending over a period of three decades, through nfbny but' all bewildering and complicated works, that Kryl has never resorted to the use of a baton and that he was the very first to abandon the use of it to conduct with his hands could hardly be ac cepted as a true statement or be lieved as such, yet it is a reality. Scrupulous in adhering to the slightest whim of the composer, (Continued on Page 4) New Swing Band Organized By Eleven Music Loving Cadets A group of cadets who have been playing together since school open ed just to keep in practice have organized themselves into a swing band under the leadership of A. J. Wittenbach. Members of the band are Milton Brenner, Houston, drums; Foy Beard, Rosenberg, piano; Roy Brient, Port Arthur, bass; Chester Bresnen, St. Louis, trombone; Rich ard Alston, Little Rock, Ark., 1st trumpet; Lee Legler, LaGrange, 2nd trumpet; Sol Mintz, Houston, 1st sax and clarinet; Kendall Chap man, Waco, 2nd sax and clarinet; Dan McAnally, Bonham, 3rd sax and clarinet; G. B. Beeler, Houston, 4th sax and clarinet; A. J. Wit tenbach, Harlingen, leader. The band auditioned for the I. E. Club Thursday evening in the M. E. shops where they made a real name for themselves. All cadets are invited to drop by the new Y. M. C. A. any Wednesday even ing after supper and listen to their rehearsal. Sunday Is Last Day To See Prison Rodeo Sunday is the last day this year that A. & M. students may see the Prison Rodeo at Huntsville, the only show of its kind in the world. All contestants are inmates of the Texas State Penitentiary, and they put on the roughest, toughest rodeo performed in any arena. When the contestants leave the chute, they know not what is go ing to happen and appear to care less. The performance tomorrow is the last of a series of four weekly shows that are held annually, bene fits going to the improvement of prison conditions. The preliminary shows start at 1 p. m. and the main show at 2 p. m. with general admission tick ets 50 cents and reserved seats 75 cents. The crowds have been grow ing each week, and the show last week was attended by between 45,000 and 55,000 persons, a large part of whom had to stand up. Also about 25,000 were turned away due to lack of standing space. Each of the shows this year has been attended by crowds coming from every part of the state, and a crowd of from 50 to 75 Aggies has been at each one of them. Band Will March In Baylor Parade By W. C. Carter Undaunted by the lack of seats that made the corps trip unofficial, 2000 juniors and seniors will jour ney to Waco for the football game with the Baylor Bears. Quite a few sophomores and freshmen are ex pected to get there, too. With cloudy skies and unsettled weather always prevailing for the A. & M.-Baylor game, many of the boys were carrying their trench coats “just in case”. Four hundred train tickets have been sold, but most of the crowd will arrive by thumb, auto, and otherwise.. By Thursday night over 1600 tickets had been sold to the game. Only a few more remain on sale. The game will be played in the Waco stadium located on the Bra zos Valley Fair Grounds. Today is the closing day of the fair and should offer an opportunity for the visitors to have a good time. A huge parade will be put on for the Baylor alumni in which more than 30 floats and three bands will take part. The 216 piece Aggie band will bring up the rear of the parade. An A. & M. dance, played by the Aggieland Orchestra, will be held beginning at 9:00 p. m. and lasting until 1:00 a. m. at the Town Tav ern. The special train, run by the Missouri-Pacific lines, will arrive in Waco at 9:30 a. m. It will re turn to College Station leaving at 2:00 a. m. Sunday. Tickets will also be good for the regular train leaving Waco at 11:30 p. m. Sun day and arriving in College Sta tion at 3:06 a. m. Monday. Military Exhibition To Be Held Nov 2 On Saturday morning, November 2, there will be an exhibition drill on the old drill field for the pur pose of giving the general public an idea of what their sons will do after they become conscripts. Every branch of service located here on the campus including the infantry, field artillery, coast artillery, cav alry, engineers, chemical warfare, and signal corps will have an ex hibit which will begin at 11 o’clock and last for one hour. Senior cadet officers will be on hand to answer any questions that might be asked by the spectators. Ex Student Goes From Model T Seat to Seat in Congress in 6 Years From the seat of a Model-T to- a seat in Congress in six years— that is the story of Eugene Worley of Shamrock, Texas, former stu dent of Texas A. & M. College. Worley has recently gone to Wash ington, D. C. to succeed Hon. Mar vin Jones as Congressman of the 18th Congressional district of Tex as. Worley was Representative of the 122nd Legislative district of Texas for six consecutive years preceding his election as Con gressman. He had a successful ca reer in the house, and at the time he elected to run for the congres sional post was prominently men tioned as the next speaker of the house. His preparatory experiences in Austin are similar to that of other statesmen who later rose to high prominence in Washington, namely: U. S. Senator Tom Con- nally, Vice-President John Nance Garner, and House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn. Only thirty-two years old, Wor ley worked his way through Texas A. & M. for two years and later, the University of Texas law school. He served under Governors Allred and O’Daniel and was chosen on various occasions by the two execu tives to represent Texas at New York, Washington, and other con ferences. Worley’s first political race was quite interesting. Immediately after he announced his candidacy for representative, 1934, he bought a Model-T Ford which had no top on it but would still run. He did all of his campaigning in the Model-T and came out in the lead for rep- (Continued on Page 4) Gilchrist Appoints Two New Instructors Gibb Gilchrist, dean of the School of Engineering, has an nounced the appointment of two new instructors in the engineering drawing department for the 1940- 41 school year. H. R. Cramer, honor graduate in electrical engineering from Iowa State and later instructor there for three years, received one of the appointments, while the other went to H. L. Minkler, mechanical en gineering graduate from Purdue. Both Cramer and Minkler ha^e gained records as expert drafts men and were selected from a large field of applicants, Dean Gilchrist said. With the large increase in en rollment in the student body at Texas A. & M. and a resultant in crease in the School of Engineer ing, it was necessary to increase the staff of the engineering draw ing department, Dean Gilchrist ex plained. Registration for the first semester of 1938 was 5582; for 1939 it was 6063 and this year it climbed to 6534, an increase of nearly 1,000 boys in two years.