DIAL 4-5444
STUDENT TRI WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
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DIAL 4-5444
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VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 31, 1940
Z725 NO. 20
Freshman Disappears
Following Baylor Game
Webb M. Carnes StilL
Missing; Last Seen
Catching Waco Ride
Texas police and officers of Waco
and San Antonio are on the look
out for Webb M. Carnes, Jr. of
San Antonio, pre-med freshman at
A. & M., who has not been heard
from since he thumbed a ride at
Waco, about 2 o’clock Sunday
morning, on his way to San An
tonio to spend Sunday at home.
According to Alvin Leske, Jr.,
also a freshman student from San
Antonio, Saturday was Game’s
birthday and his mother had in
tended coming to college to spend
it with him. As he planned to go
on the the Aggie-Baylor game, she
did not make the trip.
Carnes saw the game and he and
Leske had a double date, took in
the dance, and he then said that as
his mother could not visit him, he
was going to seek a ride home, sur
prise his parents and have dinner
with them.
Leske and the two girls took
Carnes out to the highway, where
he hailed a car, a New Pontiac
coupe with white sidewall tires,
driven by a man well dressed and
of good appearance. He agreed to
take Carnes with him as far as he
was going.
After being stopped, the man
drove into a filling station to fill
up with gas. Carnes was in the
car with him. While the gas was
being put in, Games got out of the
car and again talked with Leske
and the two girls, saying the man
was going to take him part of the
way home. The man came and they
drove off.
That is the last that has been
seen or heard from him.
College authorities are cooperat
ing to the fullest extent with
Game’s parents in trying to locate
him.
7 Cadets Win
Places As Aggie
Livestock Judgers
Selection of the seven A. & M.
students who will make up the
college team which will compete in
the American Royal Livestock Con
test, November 9, at Kansas City,
has been announced. They are L.
E. Brandes, M. R. Galliham, R. T.
Foster, L. J. Gentry, M. B. Inman,
J. L. Rice, and H. E. Shahan.
The seven will compete in prac
tice judging at stops at leading
agricultural colleges on the trip
and the best six will be chosen to
enter the contest. They will leave
College Station November 5 and
will return November 9.
R. J. von Roeder Jr., assistant
professor of animal husbandry, is
coach of the team.
Brandes is from Weimar, Texas;
Calliham from Conway, Texas; Fos
ter from Sterling City, Texas; Gen
try from Henrietta; Rice from Mc-
Leon, Texas; Inman from Childress,
Texas; and Shahan from Lipscomb,
Texas.
48 Freshmen
Listed In High
School Who’s Who
Forty-eight A. & M. freshmen
are listed in the “Who’s Who
Among High School Students in
Texas” for 1940. These students
were issued certificates of achieve
ment which state that they were
selected upon the qualities of schol
arship, sportsmanship, and leader
ship in extra-curricular activities
in 350 high schools of the state.
Of these students listed in the
Who’s Who, 47 per cent of these
were boys, which show an increase
over last year. The grade average
of the high school seniors in the
list was above 92 per cent.
The association restricted the
list to seven per cent of the grad-
duating class of each high school.
More than 97 per cent of the grad
uates expressed their desire to at
tend college.
Those of the Who’s Who who
have registered at A. & M. for this
semester include: Allen, K. W.,
Dallas; Allebt, A. A., Gonzales;
Barton, Jack, Kaufman; Beer-
winkle, M. A., Moody; Booker, T.
F., Mexia; Boone, James L., Mexia;
Brennecke, Charles, Brenham; Bul-
ler, Wesley S., Brookshire; Bunch,
J. H., Dallas; Buniva, Robert, Rock
dale; Cantrell, J. D., Sweeny; Cone,
Hanon L., Somerville; Cordes, W.
W., Fayetteville; Craign, J. M.,
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Senior Military
Pay May Be Here
Before Corps Trip
Payrolls for the second year ad
vanced subsistence payments have
been made-up and sent to the
Eighth Corps Area Headquarters
for approval. Major J. B. Wise,
Adjutant of the Military Depart
ment said that it is hoped that the
payroll will be approved and re
turned by November 8 in order that
the seniors may be paid before the
Dallas corps trip.
The payments will include the
quarter year which began the day
after summer camp and lasted
through September 30, and will
amount to approximately $16.
A new system of paying the stu
dents whereby a great amount of
confusion and delay will be elim
inated is to be installed this year.
The senior instructor of each unit
will be responsible for paying the
seniors of that unit.
Upon approval of the roll by the
Finance Department of the Corps
Area headquarters a check covering
the amount will be sent to the
Fiscal Department of the Col
lege. The Fiscal Department will
serve in the capacity of a bank
and each student will be given a
check to be paid by this depart
ment.
Recently Organized United Science
Club Will Soon Hold Initial Meeting
The newly organized A. & M.
United Science Club will hold its
initial meeting early next week
for the purpose of electing dele
gates to the state meeting of the
Texas Academy of Science in San
Antonio on November 8 and 9.
At the club meeting the official
voting delegates who will repre
sent the A. & M. chapter of the
Collegiate Division of the Academy
are to be appointed, by Dr. C. C.
Doak, sponsor of the local chapter,
invites members who can do so to
attend. Only the official delegates
will vote in business matters but
all those attending are privileged
to sit in on all or any of the ses
sions. A diverse social program has
been arranged.
Two more clubs on the campus
have allied themselves with the
United Science group this week.
The Fish and Game club voted to
join at its regular meeting Mon
day night and the Kream and Kow
club announced its decision to co
operate in the united unit at Tues
day night’s meeting of the dairy
organization.
At the present time the member
ship of the United Science club in
cludes, in order of seniority, the
Biology, Entomology, Pre-Med,
Fish and Game, and Kream and
Kow clubs. It is hoped that event
ually all scientific organizations on
the campus will enter into the
united club. The feasability of such
action has been demonstrated on
other campuses.
The Biology Club is the only unit
on the campus now a member of
the Texas Academy of Science,
Collegiate Division, but at the San
Antonio meeting next week the
charter will be expanded to include
the united science clubs of Texas
A. & M. College and thereby all of
the units under it. Any student in
any of these clubs who desires to
do so may now become Fellows of
the Academy and any person in
terested is urged to see Dr. C. C.
Doak, head of the Biology depart-
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21 Aggies Named In Who’s Who In
American Colleges and Universities
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Fisk Singers
Present Town Hall
Program Monday
Dunn To Direct Houston Symphony
I Orchestra In Own Arrangement Of
“Star Spangled Banner” Monday Night
The Fisk Jubilee Singers, one of
the outstanding groups of Negro
spiritual singing groups in the
country, will present a Town Hall
program Monday night in Guion
Hall. The story of the Fisk Jubilee
singers is one of the most dramat
ic tales in all musical history. It
traces the dizzy ascent of eleven
young Negro men and women
from breakfast in slave cabins of
hominy and salt bacon to dinners
in the mansions of the wealthy and
receptions in drawing rooms of
European nobility. They were or
ganized soon after the war be
tween the states by General Clin
ton B. Fisk, the distinguished
soldjer-educator, who established a
liberal arts college for Negroes in
Nashville, Tennessee.
A few months after the college
opened a young man named George
L. White came to join the little
group of teachers. He was the son
of a village blacksmith of Cadiz,
New York state, but was blessed
with a sensitive soul and a perfect
ear for tone. He began picking
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Dairy Judging Team
To Appear On WTAW
The members of the Intercolle
giate National Dairy Judging team
will present an interview-dialogue
over WTAW during the Farm and
Home hour Friday, November 1,
at 6:00 A. M.
The team has recently returned
from the National Dairy Show at
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where it
participated in the contest. Those
comprising the team were J. K.
Adams of Tulia, C. F. Baird of
Carlton, B. B.' Fowler of Rock-
wood, and N. B. Yarling of Rosen-
burg. All are seniors this year. A.
L. Darnell, professor of Dairy Hus
bandry and coach of the team, will
also take part in the program.
The purpose of the interview is
to give radio listeners some idea
as to the purpose of and the bene
fits gained from the trip.
Lutheran League Will
Have Banquet Tonight
The A. & M. Lutheran Walther
League will hold a banquet in
Sbisa hall tonight at seven o’clock.
A program has been arranged for
this event, and a large attendance
is expected.
Included in the program are pic
tures to be shown by Coach Man
ning Smith of one of the Aggie
football games.
Lutheran church services for the
group are conducted by the Rev.
H. A. Traugott of Kurten. The of
ficers of the A. & M. league in
clude Wm. Domaschk, president;
Charles Malitz, vice-president; and
H. O. Kunkel, secretary-treasurer.
An invitation to conduct the
Houston Symphony Orchestra in
his own arrangement of the “Star
Spangled Banner” at their opening
performance for the fall season
Monday night has been extended to
Col. Richard J. Dunn, director of
the Aggie Bajid.
Because his outstanding arrange-
Cattlemen To
Convene Here
November 15,16
D. W. Williams, head of the
animal husbandry department, has
announced that the executive com
mittee of the Texas and South
western Cattle Raisers Association
will meet at A. & M. November
15 and 16 for a regular business
meeting.
The members will register Fri
day afternoon at 1 p. m., and at
2 p. m. the executive committee will
meet in the A. & I. lecture room
with J. Taylor, president, and Hen
ry Bell, secretary, presiding.
Following the committee meet
ing, Dean E. J. Kyle, Dean R. P.
Marsteller, H. H. Williamson of
the Extension Service, and A. B.
Conner of the Experiment Station,
will speak to the entire group, con
sisting of about 75 men.
After this meeting there will be
an inspection trip of the campus
and the Experiment Station.
A banquet will be held for the
group in Sbisa Hall Friday night.
Dean Kyle will speak and the Sing
ing Cadets will give a short pro
gram.
The men will be free to do as
they wish all day Saturday.
Singing Cadets Have
Begun Active Season
The Singing Cadets, the largest
male chorus in the nation, have
begun the year with a group of ex
perienced and well trained singers.
Two performances have already
been given, one for the Sheep and
Goat Raisers convention, and one
for the Women’s Club of Bryan.
This Friday night, the club i§ to
sing before the Cattleman’s Asso
ciation who will convene here at
that time.
A novelty song, sung to the tune
of the “Beer Barrel Polka”, has
been sent down by students of
T. S. C. W. and is entitled “Aggie
Sweethearts.” They have requested
that several of the juniors in the
Singing Cadets learn the song and
sing it at the junior prom in Den
ton, which is the Friday night pre-
ceeding the S. M. U. game and
tentative plans indicate that this
will be done.
ment of the Star Spangled Banner,
played for years by the Aggie
Band, Col. Dunn has received no
little recognition in recent years
from musicians over the nation.
Ernest Hoffman, director of the
Houston Symphony wrote request
ing Col. Dunn for music to the
national anthem and later requested
that Col. Dunn himself attend the
initial performance and direct the
piece.
The performance of the Sym
phony Monday night is the first
concert of the fall season known
as a subscription performance and
will be held in the Municipal Audi
torium.
During the World War Col. Dunn
played under the direction of John
Philip Sousa, and it was at that
time that he conceived the inspira
tion for his composition. Upon his
selection as director of the band at
Texas A. & M., Col. Dunn intro
duced his arrangement to be played
at meal formations and on festive
occasions.
20 Farm Credit
Administrators
Meet Here Today
The officials of Farm Credit Ad
ministration from Houston will
visit on the A. & M. College cam
pus Thursday at the invitation of
Extension Service Workers of the
headquarters staff.
According to Director H. H.
Williamson of the Extension Ser
vice, the group will be met at the
Aggieland Inn at 10 a.m. and con
ducted on a two-hour tour of the
campus. A luncheon at Sbisa Hall
at 12:15 is also planned for the
visitors.
Among the officials to be pre
sent are A. C. Williams, pres
ident of the Houston Branch of
the Federal Land Bank; Sterling
C. Evans, president of the Houston
Bank for Cooperatives, and Dr.
Virgil P. Lee, president Produc
tion Credit Corporation.
Regional Secretary
Of YMCA Here Friday
Fern Babcock, regional secretary
of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.
will be in College Station Friday
through Sunday for conferences
with the “Y” cabinets and “Y” com
mittees to help plan for the year.
Miss Babcock has been the travel
ing secretary for the “Y” move
ment for eight years. It is through
her efforts that many of the sum
mer conferences held throughout
Texas and the meeting at Hollister,
Missouri is made possible.
Gen. Pyron
To Be Here
Military Day
Will Be Guest Of
Honor At Arkansas
Game Here Saturday
Brig. Gen. Walter- B. Pyron,
commanding general of the 156th
Cavalry Brigade, Texas National
Guard, will be guest of honor at
the A. & M. college Military Day
being held Saturday. Gen. Pyron
will attend the football game be
tween Texas A. & M. and the
University of Arkansas, both mil
itary training schools.
When the general arrives, he will
be met by Col. Ike Ashburn, Pres.
T. O. Walton, Lt. Col J. A. Watson,
and Dean E. J. Kyle. Troop C Cav
alry will act as the mounted escort
for the military dignitary and will
escort the official party to the en
trance of Kyle Stadium. At that
point the party will leave the car
and be escorted across the field to
their box by a group of uniformed
seniors. Battery D Field Artillery
will have its guns set up at the
south end of Kyle Field and will
fire an 11-gun salute for the gen
eral. The Aggie band will then
play the national anthem as the
flag is raised, while the corps will
stand and salute.
Prior to the game all seven
units of the R.O.T.C. at the college
will put on demonstrations and ex
hibits for all visitors from 11:30
till 1:30 on the old drill field show
ing instruments and weapons in
use at the college for training the
students to be commissioned of
ficers. The displays will offetr
civilians an excellent opportunity
to see some aspects of military
training other than parade for
mations and drill. The weapons
used by the armed forces while
in actual combat will be shown.
New $15,000
Cooling Tower
Nears Completion
The $15,000 cooling tower which
is under construction by the J. F.
Pritchet Company of Kansas City
will be completed in two more
weeks, B. D. Marburger, Building
and College Utilities department,
announced today. The new struc
ture is located on the north corner
of the power plant.
California red wood was shipped
here to be used in the construction
of the new cooling system because
of this material’s wearing quali
ties and resistance to weather. The
new cooling tower will have a rat
ing of 40,000 kilowatts and will en
tirely replace the old cooling sys
tem located acx-oss the road.
Faculty Committee
Names 1941’s List
Twenty-one students of Texas A.
& M. College were selected for
the “Who’s Who in American Col
leges and Universities for 1940-41”
by the coordination of a faculty
and a student committee,. This list
includes 19 new selections for this
year plus two that made the list
last year.
It was previously announced that
only 19 men would be placed on
the list, but a check of the pro
visions of the Who’s Who indicated
that those juniors on the list last
year were automatically members
for their senior year, and were not
to be included on the school’s quota.
A list of 26 names was selected
by the student committee from
among the outstanding students on
the campus and the list submitted
to the faculty committee for the
picking of the 19 new members.
The student committee was com
posed of the cadet colonel and the
regimental commanders. The stu
dent Activities committee was used
as the faculty committee for the
selection. D. W. Williams served
as chairman of the faculty com
mittee.
Those men selected for Who’s
Who in American Colleges and Un
iversities for 1941 are as follows
(in alphabetical order):
ANDERSON, GABE D., JR.,
President Scholarship Honor Soc
iety; Captain C Battery Field
Artillery.
APPELT, LESLIE Lw, Lt. Col
Engineer Corps; Vice President
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Two Instructors
Escape Injury As
Airplane Crashes
In an airplane crash about a 100
yards south of the college airport
early Monday morning, Guy Smith
and T. C. Carlisle, instructors in
the advanced flying course, sus
tained slight injuries as their plane
nosed toward the ground clipping
off several tree tops.
The instructors had been check
ing the ceiling for the students
just before the time of the crash
which was around 7:30 a. m. Ac
cording to Capt. C. A. Miller, in
charge of the student flying in
struction, the cause of the crash
was due to a misunderstanding be
tween the two instructors.
The plane, one of two new
Meyer’s Advanced Trainers recent
ly purchased by the college at an
approximate cost of $6,000 each,
was said to be a total loss by the
authorities who made an inspect
ion of the wreck.
Smith suffered a broken nose
and several cuts on his body and
was taken to the St. Joseph hospi
tal in Bryan for a few days ob
servation. Carlisle was released to
go home after treatment for a
slight face cut.
Official Drill Field Changed;
Reviews Will Be Held In New Area
The official drill field for re--
views and other military functions
has been changed from the old
area to the space immediately to
the rear of the new mess hall. This
announcement was made by the
Military Department through Ma
jor J. B. Wise, adjutant.
The reason given for changing
from the drill field which has been
used for years past is that the new
area offers more space for the
corps and for spectators as well.
The difference in location will be
only slightly farther for the stud
ents residing in the old area than
the old drill field was for those
living in the new dormitory area.
The new field will be used for
the first time next week when the
entire corps will form for a prac
tice review. This review will be
held to prepare the students for
the parade in Dallas which will be
held on the morning of Novem
ber 9.
Juniors to Sign
Contracts This Week
Members of the junior class who
applied for and received advanced
military science contracts will sign
these contracts the latter part of
this week or the first part of next
week on the second floor of Ross
Hall, according to an announce
ment from the military depart
ment yesterday.
Payment of commutation of sub
sistence will begin as of October 1.
The first period will end Decem
ber 31, and first payment will be
made to the juniors early in Jan
uary.