Perform on Kyle Field
The nationally famous Bengal Guards from Orange, Texas, who
will provide the between-halves entertainment for the 12,000 spectators
who will gather at Kyle Field this afternoon to witness the football
spectacle between the University of Arkansas and Texas A. & M. Col
lege.
Bengal Guards, 125 Strong,
Are Colorful Aggregation Of
National Fame and Reputation
By Charlie Babcock
The finest high school all-girl
drum and bugle corps in the nation
will perform on Kyle Field this
afternoon before 12,000 fans here
for the A. & M.-Arkansas game.
Many will remember the outstand
ing exhibition which they display
ed in the Sugar Bowl last New
Year’s day as the Aggies downed
Tulane 14 to 13. And their per
formance this fall is reported to
be better than that of last year
when they were the best in Amer
ica.
The official name given to this
^All-American” 125-piece corps
is the Bengal Guards of Orange,
Texas, but they are more commonly
known as Lutcher Stark’s Guards,
for Stark, the millionaire youth
philanthropist, has actually been
a foster parent to the organization
for the past five years. Mr. Stark
has found more real pleasure in
life by sponsoring this girl’s or
ganization than he ever could have
found by investing in monuments of
brick and stone. In his own words,
he states, “I consider my invest
ment of time, money, and energy
in the Bengal Guards a sound bus
iness venture, for I have realized
a tremendous profit in pleasure
watching those happy girls play
their instruments and march be
fore me. It has actually been an
investment in youth.”
A full-time capable music di
rector, Frank Hubert, is engaged
by Mr. Stark to teach the girls the
finer points of the bugles, drums,
and harmonicas which they carry
with them out on the pjarade'
grounds. The Corps Director of
the Guards is Mrs. L. W. Hust-
myre.
Although the organization is.
still in its infancy, it has earned
acclaim and praise from coast to
coast with its stirring and impres
sive exhibitions. Not another unit
in the country can equal its prow
ess, both as musicans, land as
marchers.
And that prowess has been
proven in actual practice again and
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Franke Appointed
To Defense Council
Louis Franke, editor of the Tex
as Extension Service, has been
granted a temporary leave of ab
sence by the Board of Directors
of the Texas A. & M. College and
will accept a special assignment
with the Advisory Commission to
the National Defense Council.
Laura Lane will serve as acting
extension editor during the period
of the leave. C. A. Price will join
the Texas Extension Service as
assistant editor, Director H. H.
Williamson said in making the an
nouncement.
Price for the past four years
has been in charge of the Asso
ciated Press mail service in Dallas
and on October 19 rounded out 45
years of service with AP. His
“Texas Today” column has been a
popular daily feature for the past
few years.
Miss Lane has been assistant ex
tension editor since July, 1939,
when she left the staff of the
Vernon Daily Record to join the
Extension Service.
Franke, former county agricul
tural agent of Brooks County with
headquarters at Falfurrias, came
to headquarters in 1936 as assist
ant editor. He was named extension
editor in July, 1939. His new head
quarters will be Washington, D. C.
A & M Students Who Are In National
Guard Are Able To Obtain Discharges
Cadets in the, National Guard"
will be discharged from active ser
vice on their request, if they are
under draft age, states a letter to
Lieutenant Colonel James A. Wat
son, Commandant, from the Adju
tant General’s Department in Aus
tin. This complies with a provision
of the Selective Training and Ser
vice Act relating to students about
which many questions are being
asked Colonel Watson.
Adjutant General J. Watt Page
pointed out in a memorandum in
cluded in the letter, that in many
cases it is advisable for students
to take his years training now. He
said, “students are not excepted
from the operation of the Selective
Service Law and if they went to
school this year and their classifi
cation was deferred until they
graduated next June, they would
nevertheless, be available for in
duction into the Army after next
June, and when so inducted, it is
very probable that they would be
picked up and assigned to training,
perhaps in Alaska, or the Philli-
pines, or some other distant place.
On the other hand, if they remain-
•ed in the National Guard and de
fer their graduation for a year,
they will have the advantage of
training in the unit where they may
serve with the young men of their
own home town, and the training
will be in Texas.”
“In this connection, A. & M. Col
lege, together with many other
colleges in the State, have arrang
ed that such young men will be
given academic credits up to the
day they are forced to leave the
school for mobilization with their
unit, and that when they come
back next year, they will pick up
where they left off this year, and
not have to go back and take up
the part of the semester they have
already completed this year. Also,
the schools are making necessary
adjustment in the fees which have
been paid in.”
Boys who are only 19 are not
within the draft age, but will be
subject to draft in two years and
by that time will probably have
served with some unit of the Reg
ular Army, perhaps at some far
distant station.
The Battalion
VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 2, 1940 NO 21 Z725
A&M-Arkansas Tilt Will Be Lively
Game; Hogs To Depend on Aerial Play
A & M Favored
Although Arkansas
Reputed Giant Killer
Texas A. & M. will square off
with Arkansas University this af
ternoon on Kyle Field in a foot
ball clash that heads the action
in the Southwest Conference for
Saturday. Arkansas, twice defeat
ed but a powerful club, is ready to
knock off their third undefeated
team of 1940 when they place
their cleats on Aggieland’s grid
iron.
Baylor and Mississippi, prom
inent members of the no-loss group,
By Jack Hollimon
were bounced out of the magic cir
cle by Ozark spirit when Arkansas
entered the game as underdogs.
Today, A. & M. is a heavy fav
orite to leave Kyle Field with num
ber 17 under their belts, but some
mountain boys are going to be
out there trying to stop blasts
of power from Kimbrough, elus
ive ball running by Conatser, and
pigskin flinging by Pugh.
Incidentally, the Porkers are
up to a bit of passing themselves
when they boast taller ends than
any other club in the Southwest
Conference. Co-Captain Howard
Hogs Have Won
Over Both Baylor
And Mississippi U.
Hickey, six feet two inches, is the
shortest end slated for active duty,
while big John Freiberger, six feet
eight inches, towers above any of
Arkansas’ flankmen. A little fel
low named Harold Hamberg puts
145-pounds of push into his run
ning and passing to keep these ends
busy for sixty minutes of hustling
play.
Aggies are known for their stel
lar performers and heading the
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Juniors Make
Plans For Annual
Trip To TSCW Land
The Junior Class is now shaping
out final plans for its annual mass
trip to T. S. C. W. to be made on
the night before the Dallas corps
trip, Alden Cathey, class president,
has announced. Each year the ju
nior class at the Aggie sister school
invites the Aggie class to be their
guests at an informal dinner and
dance and the Aggies have never
been a bit bashful about accepting.
Cathey has received letters from
Ruby Slaughter, Junior Class pres
ident at T. S. C. W., and Bettsy
Ross, who will be in charge of the
date bureau for the occasion. The
girls are to have a steak fry for
all the visiting Aggies at 6 o’clock
on Nov. 8 in Lowry Woods, near
the campus, followed by an infor
mal dance in the gymnasium from
9 ’til 12. The class voted to wear
serge shirts and No. 2 uniform for
the occasion. Between the dinner
and the dance, the A. & M. class
has been asked to put on some kind
of entertainment, which will no
doubt include yell practice by
everyone present. Skeen Staley,
junior yell leader, is chairman of
the committee for this entertain
ment.
Latest Book of
Kyle’s Adopted For
Period of Five Years
E. J. Kyle, dean of the School of
Agriculture at Texas A. & M. Col
lege, has received word that his
latest text book, “Agriculture in
the Southwest”, has been adopted
by the State Text Book Commission
for a period of five years.
Dean Kyle and Prof. E. R. Alex
ander, head of the department of
agricultural education at the col
lege, co-authored the book which
was written at the request of teach
ers of vocational agriculture in
Texas High schools. Other special
ists, * educators and scientists col
laborated in the preparation of the
book which promises to find a wide
use.
Dean Kyle also has received
word from his publishers that his
other text book, “Fundamentals of
Farming and Farm Life,” written
in 1912, has now passed the 200,000
mark and is still going strong.
I Leaves November 5
Ormond Simpson
Reports Tuesday
For Marine Duty
Ormond R. Simpson will leave
next Tuesday to report for active
duty in the United States Marine
Corps for the duration of the
National emergency.
Captain Simpson has obtained a
year’s leave of absence from his
present position here at the college
as head of the Student Labor Com
mittee. During this time his pos
ition will be filled by W. R. Hors
ley, professor of forestry in the
Landscape Arts Department.
Leaving College Station by way
of Galveston, Captain Simpson will
join the 15th Battalion with 12
other officers and 450 enlisted men
who were called to duty by a re
cent proclamation of the Marine
Headquarters in Washington. From
Galveston the battalion will leave
for San Diego where all men and
officers will undergo training for
the duration of the national emerg
ency.
Third Library Pamphlet
Enclosed in This Issue
The third issue of the pamphlet
“Books to Read in the College
Library” by Dr. T. F. Mayo will be
delivered to all readers of The Bat
talion along with today’s paper.
This month’s pamphlet will contain
brief reviews of ten books se
lected by Dr. Mayo as being of
special interest to students.
Cadets Go To
TSCW Monday For
Aggie Sweetheart
The committee of Aggies who
will judge the Aggie Day Sweet
heart Contest will leave College
Station early Monday morning for
Denton in order to be there in time
for selection at five o’clock that
afternoon.
The winning girl will be chosen
from a group of twelve T. S. C.
W. students and will be presented
between the halves of the A. & M.-
S.M.U. game next Saturday.
Three students from each class
have been elected at T. S. C. W.
and from this number the Aggie
Committee will appoint one to rep
resent T. S. C. W. in Dallas.
Meg Green, Edith Rosenquist,
and Jean Singleton have been elec
ted from the senior class. Jayne
Ott, Claudine Shoemaker and Sara
Gillet have been chosen as jun
ior represenatives.
Sophomores elected Anne An
drews, Christine Maddox, and Dava
Robinson as their candidates. Chos
en to represent the freshmen were
Betty Bowman, Anna Ruth Ashe,
and Mary Margaret McCarthy.
AVMA To Present
Free Show On Sunday
In order to form a closer re
lationship between the science
clubs in the Texas A. & M. campus,
the student chapter of the Ameri
can Veterinary Medicine Associ
ation will present the show “Bis
cuit Eater” at the Assembly Hall,
Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
The show will be free for all
members of the Biology, Pre-Med,
Entomology, Saddle and Sirloin,
Kream and Kow, and Poultry
Science Clubs. All pre-vets are
urged to come and bring their
friends.
Special guests for the show
will be the following: Dr. and Mrs.
T. O. Walton, Dean and Mrs. R. P.
Marsteller, Col. Ike Ashbum, Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Angell, Col. and
Mrs. O. E. Beezley, Mr. and Mrs.
C. N. Shepardson, and Dr. and
Mrs. E. P. Humbert.
“The show is about the various
types of dogs and is sure to be of
exceptional interest,” said Charlie
Zahn, publicity manager of the
local A. V. M. A.
Busy Week-end Ahead;
Many Events Are Scheduled
Carnes Still
Missing; $500
Reward Offered
Webb M. Carnes of San Antonio
has posted a $500 reward for any
information leading to the where
abouts of his son, Webb M. Carnes,
Jr., a pre-med freshman of A. & M.
who has not been heard from since
he thumbed a ride at Waco about
two o’clock Sunday morning, on
his way to San Antonio to spend
Sunday with his parents.
Carnes is about five feet, ten
inches in height, and weighs ap
proximately 150 pounds. When last
seen, he was wearing a brown
leather jacket and carrying a brown
zipper bag. He has blue eyes and
closely-cropped blonde hair.
According to Alvin Leske, also
la freshman student from San An
tonio, with whom Carnes had
double-dated to a dance in Waco
after the ball game. Carnes was
picked up by a well-dressed man
in a new Pontiac coupe with white
sidewall tires.
College authorities are cooper
ating to the fullest extent with
Carnes’ parents in trying to lo
cate him.
Corps Dance
Tonight Will Be
Season’s Very Best
Another Saturday night and an
other Corps Dance is at hand.
This dance, which will be the third
and probably the best dance so far
this season, will be no ordinary
dance.
The Aggieland Orchestra, headed
by Ed Minnock, will be there with
new tunes and new arrangements.
Minnock, who just took the orches
tra over :at the beginning of this
season, has been doing nice work.
His style is sweet and swingy and
when he does play “hot” music, he
makes it “hot”. The orchestra alone
is enough to attract a large crowd.
But the big attraction for this dance
will be the 125 beautiful girls from
Orange, Texas, who make up the
Bengal Guards. The presence of
these beauties will probably in
crease the “bird dog” percentage
quite a bit.
The dance, which will begin at
9 o’clock, will be held on the new
floor in Sbisa Hall. The admission
price for this dance and the rest
of the Corps Dance for this season
will be $1.10. The extra ten cents
is due to the new national defense
tax.
Highlights Will Be
Game, Bengal Guards,
Military Exhibition
Many events are on schedule this
week-end on the campus as the un
defeated and untied Texas Aggies
and the strong University of Ark
ansas Razorbacks in a major game
of the Southwest Conference which
is expected to be witnessed by an
estimated crowd of 12,000.
Brigadier General Walter B.
Pyron of Houston will be guest of
honor to help celebrate Military
Day and H. J. Lutcher Stark will
bring his famous Bengal Gulards
of Orange who will give their
famous exhibition drill between
halves of the football game. The
day’s activities will close with a
corps dance Saturday night in the
mess hall.
In observance of Military Day
various instruments and weapons
which are now in use at the college
in training will be demonstrated.
The weapons on display will be on
the east end of the old drill field
from 11:30 till 1:30 so that the
exhibition will attract both mil
itary and civilian visitors to the
campus and will afford an exeel-
cent chance to display the military
functions of the college.
President T. O. Walton and Brig
adier General Walter B. Pyron,
guest of honor to the event, and
the official party will arrive at the
monument near old drill field and
old main gate to the campus where
a. Cavalry escort will meet them
and conduct them to the stadium.
Upon arrival at the stadium a dis
mounted escort will meet the of
ficial party and take it through
the north entrance of the stadium
onto the cinder track and then
halt. The band will then sound
“Ruffles and Flourishes”. Imme
diately following this a battery
of Field Artillery will fire the
salute, and the official party will
move on the cinder track to the
box seats.
The Bengal Guards will occupy
the entire 10-minute period on the
football field between halves
marching before the student body
for the first time on Kyle Field.
This will be the second appearance
for the famed group of girls to
march during an Aggie football
game, as they made their first
appearance before the A. & M.-
Tulane game in New Orleans. The
Bengal Guards will arrive at 11:00
Saturday morning by special train,
at which time they will be con
ducted to the new mess hall for
lunch.
Following the football game a
corps dance to begin at 9 p. m. will
be held in Sbisa Hall. The Aggie
land Orchestra will play for the
dance and the Bengal Guards will
be guests.
Famed Fisk Jubilee
Singers Here Monday Night
The ideals of the Fisk Jubilee-
Singers appearing here on Monday
evening the quality of their sing
ing as well as the songs them
selves, and the reason for maintain
ing the group are much the kame
today as when they left the campus
on their first tour seventy years
ago.
The first Director, Reverend
George L. White who was also the
Treasurer of their struggling col
lege, knew all too well the depleted
financial condition of the institu
tion. His choral group had won
great applause in their local ap
pearances and the idea grew and
held him that if he could only take
the Negro singers on tour through
the Eastern States they could raise
enough money to put the institution
on its feet. Untravelled parents
were fearful for the safety of their
daughters and trustees were doubt
ful of the financial soundness of
the proposition, but after two years
of prayer and argument Mr. White
took the little money left in the
University treasury after buying
provisions to last the school a few
days, and putting with it all he
could borrow, he started out with
barely enough to carry them be
yond the Ohio River.
They left the campus on October
6, 1871—eleven students pushing
aside their own desire for an edu
cation and going out to earn the
money needed to save their college.
They reached Cincinnati just at the
time the great Chicago fire was
raging and they gave the proceeds
of their first concert, about fifty
dollars to the Chicago relief fund.
Although nameless, poorly clad,
and often hungry they saw no
course open but to push on. At
Columbus, Ohio, after an anxious
and sleepless night Mr. White de-
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Anti-Aircraft
Display From Fort
Crockett Here Today
An anti-aircraft display detach
ment from Fort Crockett, Galves
ton, arrived here Friday after
noon to participate in the Military
Day demonstrations today.
The display will contain prac
tically all the known material of
anti-aircraft defense, Major E. B.
Spiller, Coast Artillery, stated. The
fifty men who will display the
weapons traveled here in a cara
van of 14 trucks. It is not known
what type of material the display
contains.
The men have pitched camp at
Kyle Field and will return to
Fort Crockett Sunday.
The detachment is from the 69th
Coast Artillery.