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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1940)
r * v * <* f» s f ' *■ t ■ 4 +■ r Beauty-In Two Courses Jean Dickenson, Glamorous Star of the Metropolitan Opera and the Concert Stage, Is Third Town Hall Artist Here December 4 Pretty Jean Dickenson, singing- star of both radio and opera, is to be presented as the third artist on the 1940-41 Town Hall program December 4. The vivacious young soprano has made her voice famil iar to radio listeners all over the nation who have listened to her singing on the NBC program “American Album of Familiar Mu sic.” As gracious as she is beautiful, Jean Dickenson will doubtlessly be a favorite with the Aggies because of her unusual voice and her charm ing manners on the stage. After one of her appearances in New York, the New York Times com mended her on her performance with the statement “She acted with spontaneous vivacity that quickly made friends for her in a large, responsive audience.” This charming manner is no doubt due in part to her experience in opera, which started with the Denver Opera Company five years ago. She was given an opportunity to sing Juliette in an English per formance of Gounod’s work, and subsequent roles brought her talent to the attention of the Metropoli tan Opera Company. She was given an audition and in a darkened room sang the Shadow Song from “Di- norah.” Miss Dickenson heard no more from this audition for some time although she followed the suggest ion of the director and learned the whole part of the dashing colora- ture “Je Suis Titania.” She attend ed nearly every performance given at the Metropolitan and followed the artists through the score by reading music with a flashlight. She successfully made her debut and Livestock Team Leaves Today for Chicago Exposition The senior livestock judging team will leave by automobile today to compete in the intercollegiate judg ing contest at the International Livestock Show to be held in Chi cago Nov. 30. The members of the team are: R. T. Foster, L. E. Brandes, J. L. Rice, M. B. Inman, M. R. Calliham, and L. J. Gentry. They have recently returned from Kansas City, where they placed fourth in a similar contest at the American Royal Livestock Show. R. J. von Roeder, the livestock team coach, stated that the group will visit on the ranches of many well known livestock breeders pre vious to their arrival in Chicago. Among these ranches are the Turner Hereford Ranch at Sulphur, Oklahoma; H. G. Eschelman, Per- cheron horse breeder at Sedgwick, Kansas; Kansas State College at Manhattan, Kansas; University of Nebraska at Lincoln; C. G. Good and Son, Belgian horse breeder at Ogden, Iowa; Fitch Farms near Des Moines, Iowa; and E. F. Dy- bert, Percheron and Belgian horse breeder at Manchester, Iowa. The cadets will return to A. & M. December 4. "now with five years of opera ex perience behind her she has made herself familiar to audiences throughout the world. Her latest performance with the Metropolitan Opera Company was her debut in January of this year as Philine in “Mignon”. Miss Dickenson’s radio career al most started while she was still in Colorado College when she turned down an audition with NBC because she wanted to get her degree first. George Engles, vice-president of the National Broadcasting Com pany, sought her out with the flattering offer that she continue her vocal studies and broadcast on a coast-to-coast network from Den ver. This time her radio career did start and for several months she (Continued on Page 4) Film Club Plans Near Completion For Second Year The response to last years’ pro gram of the College Film Club indicated an expansion and im provement of this campus activity. Whereas in all previous years only a select group of individuals, not including college students, were ad mitted to the programs consist ing of the showing of foreign- made films, a restricted number of subscriptions to the programs will be offered to those students tak ing modern languages, fine arts and other advanced courses this year, President S. B. Zisman said. It is hoped that in addition to showings of foreign language films the film club can provide for the showing of unusual pictures of dis tinction made in this country and elsewhere; pictures that one would not be likely to see in the reg ular programs of the commercial motion picture theatres. The Campus theatre can be made available Thursday evenings for either 7:30 or 9:00 p.m. showings. The theater seats about 600 peo ple and a successful program can be carried out with a subscription list of 500. 300 subscriptions will be reserved for members of the faculty, their wives and families, graduate assistants, members of the Extension Service and the Ex periment Station, members of the secretarial and administrative staffs and other employees. Fifty subscriptions will be reserved for those in Bryan who are not part of the college but who have ex pressed considerable interest and who desire to share these programs with members of the film club. If the demand for subscriptions ex ceeds present estimates, arrange ments can be made for more than one showing of the films. Subscriptions will be $1 for a series of five major programs. This amount will cover all expenses and dates for the showing of the films will be announced in The Battal ion as soon as possible. Subscription blanks will be sent to those members declared by the Film Club eligible to receive them in the very near future. The Battalion VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 21, 1940 Z725 NO. 29 Plans Being Made for Austin Corps Trip Ninth Annual Horticulture Show Scheduled for November 25 and 26 Senior R0TC Men Eligible to Join Local Unit Event Will Be Largest in History Of Annual Exhibition The ninth annual Horticulture Show will be held November 25 and 26 from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. each day by the Horticulture Society on the second floor of the Agriculture building. This educational show will exhibit many grades and var- ities of fruits, vegetables and pro ducts in larger assortments than in past years. Among the exhibits will be citrus fruits and citrus juices from the Rio Grande Valley, apples from all parts of the U. S., apple cider from Arkansas, fresh vegetables and canned fruits and vegetables from all parts of Texas, Texas pecans and other products. All of the mem bers of the society and a number of the faculty members have been working on the show for the last two months. The shipment of apple cider has already arrived. It will be offered for sale at $1 per gallon. Products which have been do nated by the growers, experiment stations, exchanges, etc. are to be sold during the show to pay for the expenses of the show. Engineers Are In Big Demand New Survey Shows Ninety-five per cent of the em ployment calls received by the Former Students’ Association since August were for engineers, Lucian Morgan, assistant secretary of the association, announced today. The majority of the calls were from con struction and oil companies and were for positions in the state. There has been an increasing demand for engineers because of the national defense program. The rapid construction of quarters necessary for the housing of the draftees and the enlargement of plant facilities has placed such a premium on engineers that it is not unusual for the association to receive wholesale orders like the one received recently. The request was for ten senior engineers, ten junior engineers, twenty-five in strument men, one chief draftsman (Continued on Page 4) Mary Hardin-Baylor Concert Ensemble to Appear Here Sunday Members of the Mary Hardin- Baylor College concert ensemble will be presented at the First Bap tist Church in Bryan next Sunday morning and at the College Station Baptist church Sunday night. Pre sident Gordon G. Singleton of the college will also speak Sunday night at College Station. The ensemble, which is directed by Henry Wenzel, head of the vio lin department at the college, is composed of Virginia Kelly, St. Joesph, Mo.; Mildred Barge and Lois Durham, Belton; Louise Mc Gee, Cody, Wyo.; Mary Eleanor and Corin King of Fort Worth; Leona Florida, Alvin; Druscilla Longley, Deming, N. Mexico; Zelia Belle Lloyd, College Station; Bess Heironymus, Temple; and Lillian Marie Meyer, Hempstead. Hilda Beth Gray of Galveston is the ac companist. From the Commandant-to the Corps By Lt. Col. James A. Watson Commandant and Professor of Military Science and Tactics The splendid conduct and unfailing sportsmanship exhibited by all of you, prior to and during last Saturday’s struggle, impels me to take this opportunity to commend you to express my highest appreciation. During the coming week we are to face a new adversary in our drive thru the stretch. The eyes of the nation are focused on the Aggies. Every man connected with the college will come under the critical gaze of thousands. Our every word and every act will be magnified beyond belief. Governors, legislators, businessmen, ranchmen and great figures in the oil country will take this op portunity to see this mighty team of ours in action, and this mag nificent corps or cadets. What a picture it will be, and what an opportunity to establish throughout the country a lasting reputation for sportsmanship and soldierly conduct. Our two greatest state colleges facing each other on the grid iron and thousands of the- young manhood of Texas in the stands is a spectacle beyond comparison. Make no mistake about it, we will beat them soundly on the field and with a magnificient gesture, show them the superlative in esprit and behavior. The corps after the game will scatter to many points in Texas. Carry with you the knowledge that we have done all in our power to show the nation what is meant by the Aggie Spirit of sports manship. Good luck. Campus Building Program Continues; 4 Projects Are Pushed at Same Time The crack of hammers marks the' beginning of work on the new dorm itories and the continuation of the truction because of this material’s wearing qualities and resistance to weather. building program which is under way on the campus. The six new dormitories which will be built west of the Hos pital will be erected under the di rection of Alfred C. Finn, Houston architect, and the W. S. Bellows Company, contractors from Hous ton, and will be similar in cons truction and design to the dorm itories built last year by the same firm. The new buildings will increase the student dormitory residence capacity to 6,100 and will cost approximately nine hundred thous and dollars. Eugene Ash of Houston will have charge of the installation of electrical equipment. Martyn Brothers of Dallas will install the plumbing fixtures. The dormitory for the mess hally employees which is located near the post office is nearing completion and will be ready for acceptance by December 1, 1940. This build ing will replace the long, wooden building now in use. An airplane from Cameron is the sole inmate of the old laun dry building which is doomed for wreckage next year. The build ing will be used by tl^ Aeronaut ical Engineering department dur ing the coming year, and tempor ary partitions are now being plac ed in the building so classes can be held. The new cooling tower which is located on the north corner of the power plant is in operation and has replaced the old cooling system located across the road. The tower, which has a rating of 40,000 kilowatts, was erected at a cost of $15,000 by the J. F. Pritchet Company of Kansas City. Californ ia red wood was used in its cons- Regulation Uniform Changed To Former Status Effective Wednesday morning, the official uniform for meal for mations and on the campus will be woolen O.D. trousers and either wool or cotton O.D. shirts at the option of the student, according to Memorandum 30 issued on Novem ber 19. The text of the memor andum is: 1. Memorandum 29, this head quarters, with reference to uni form regulations is rescinded and the following substituted there for: 2. Effective at Reville, Novem ber 20, 1940, the following uni form regulations will govern until further notice: a. For irleal formations—no. 2 uniform. trousers—woolen O. D. shirts—woolen or cotton O.D. (optional). b. For Drill—no. 2 uniform, trousers—woolen O. D. Breeches—cotton (when pre scribed by senior instructor), shirts—woolen O. D. c. For drill and meal formations —Seniors only may wear— trousers—woolen O. D. or breeches—(Bombay or wool en O.D.) with boots. By order of Lt. Col. Watson: J. B. Wise, Jr. Major, Cavalry, Adjutant. This is just as the uniform has been in p^st years and every stu dent has ample shirts and trou sers of the prescribed quality to conform with the order, Col. Wat son said. That seniors in second year mil itary science are eligible for mem bership in the Brazos County chap ter of the Reserve Officers’ Asso ciation was a topic discussed at the Tuesday meeting of the local chap ter. Students will receive applica tions from their senior instructors in the near future, Registrar E. J. Howell announced today. The reg ular dues which are $3 per year have been suspended for all junior members and a fee of 75 cents has been substituted to cover the cost of the official publication. Since the inauguration of this ruling six years ago, A. & M. has had 100 per cent enrollment of all seniors as junior members in the organization and plans are being made to maintain the record this year. Lieutenant R. L. Elkins, instruct or in the Economics department, is president of the local organization which has an enrollment of 77 and includes all members of the R. O. A. in Brazos County. The R. O. A. chapter meets the first and third Tuesday of each month in the main lecture room of the Geology and Petroleum building. Since the or ganization is concerned in further ing the cause of national defense and providing the opportunity of further training that is the equiva lent of a troop school, each pro gram provides definite instruction from some member of the reserve commission and the Army. The program Tuesday night was in charge of Sergeant Hilton Rich ards who lectured on the Browning machine gun. Two of the guns were dismantred and reassembled to familiarize members with op eration and assembling. A magazine, “The Reserve Of ficer”, is the official publication of the association and is published each month at Washington, D. C. November Issue of Engineer Will Be Out Early Next Week The Texas A. & M. Engineer- will make its debut on the A. & M. campus the first part of next week, editor Jeff Montgomery announced today. This magazine will contain stor ies of interest to all students, not merely those who are taking en gineering, Montgomery said. The primary purpose of the magazine is to give information of interest to those who are in the field of engineering, but it contains a var iety of other stories. The stories in the first issue range from “Oil; No Penny Ante Game” to “A Low Cost House”. E. L. Santoni and Ben Roberts are assistant editors. Fort Worth Club Plans Christmas Dance Monday night the Fort Worth A. & M. Club made plans for its twelfth annual Christmas dance. This year’s dance is to be held at the Casino on the Jacksonborough highway and will take place Dec ember 23. There are approximately 70 mem bers of the Fort Worth Club. Gus Bates, veterinary medicine sen ior, is president of the organization. Student Library Committee Gets in High Gear as Annual Report Shows Many Improvements Over Past Long Session November Battalion Magazine Ready Today The November issue of the Bat talion magazine will be available to first sergeants in the basement of the Administration building to day at 4 p.m. It will contain a full center spread of pictures taken by Phil Golman of the recent events on the campus and corps trips. Illus trations are by Pete Tumlinson and human interest stories by various members of the maga zine staff. First Meeting of Current College Year Set for Friday Night By George Fuermann Secretary, Student Library Committee The first meeting for the cur rent long session of the Student Library Committee will be held Friday night at 7 o’clock in the Cushing Memorial Library it was announced this morning. With the presentation of its an nual report, the Student Library Committee concluded its second* year of activity at the close of the 1939- 40 long session last June. Dur ing that period the five-man com mittee, now an important unit of A. & M. student government, di rected the expenditure of $621.80 for books and record additions to the Carnegie Music Room; stab- alized its own organization with the adoption of a constitution; made tentative plans for .securing further contributions during the 1940- 41 long session and generally acted as an advisory body to Li- Mothers’ Clubs Swell Fund to Tune of $478 During 1939-40 Terms brary officials where cadet senti ment and opinion was concerned. During the past year the mem bers of the committee were Tom S. Richards, Houston, senior class representative; J. P. Ledbetter, Waco, junior class representative; Paul O. Egner, Houston, sopho more class representative; R. M. Shuffler, Odessa, freshman class (Continued on Page 4) Year’s First Parade of Cadet Corps to be Held As part of the official corps trip for the A. &' M.-Texas U. game, the corps will parade in Austin on November 28. This will be the first mass ceremony of any kind for the corps this year. Since the Baylor corps trip was unoffic ial, there was no parade in Waco. In Dallas rain prevented the corps from showing its full might in the colorful spectacle of a parade. Al so, there have not yet been any reviews on the campus, thus mak ing the first full dress maneuvers of the entire corps. The,parade will also be the first chance for the freshmen to meet their upper classmen as an organization with out using ‘handles’ before their names and the first opportunity for the seniors to proudly strut their boots while leading their organizations. Special trains for the corps trip will leave College Station at 5 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, arriving in Austin at 7:45. An other will leave Thursday morning at 6:30 and arrive at Austin at 9:15. Students who do not ride the trains should be at the assem bly area near the station in Austin by 9 a.m. Thursday morning so that the parade may be properly formed and baggage taken care of. The Infantry regiment will as semble on W. 2nd Street between Congress and Colorado streets. The Field Artillery Regiment’s assembly area will be on Colorado street be tween W. 1st and W. 2nd. The Composite Regiment will assemble on Colorado Street between W. 2nd and W. 3rd. The Cavalry will as semble on W. 2nd between Colo rado and Lavaca. The Engineer Regiment will assemble on Lavaca street between W. 1st and W. 2nd. The assembly area of the Coast Artillery will be on Lavaca street between W. 2nd and W. 3rd. The parade will march off at 10 a.m. in the following order of march: Corps staff, Field Artillery band, Infantry regiment, Field Artillery Regiment, Composite Reg iment, Infantry Band, Cavalry reg iment, Engineer Regiment, and Coast Artillery regiment. The route of the parade will be up Congress street to the capitol (Continued on Page 4) Spanish Club Is Reorganized; Harris Is Elected President The Spanish Club held its first meeting of the year Monday af ternoon for reorganization. Offi cers were elected and the consti tution for the club was tentatively drawn up. The objectives of the Spanish Club are to foster better relations with the Spanish-American coun tries and to give students and oth ers who are interested an oppor tunity to speak Spanish and to listen to it. Programs of the club meetings will consist of songs in Spanish and talks by students from Latin-America. The officers of the club are Ed Harris, president; William Bryant, vice-president and Robert Freeland, secreatry-treasurer. The club is sponsored by F. B. Rackley of the Modern Language department. McGinnies to Address Plant Seminar Tonight The experiments with ornament al plants which M. M. McGinnies, professor in the Landscape Art department, has been conducting during the past few years will be the subject on which he will lec ture to the Plant Science Seminar Thursday night at 7:30 in the con ference room of the Experiment Station building. The lecture, “Experiments with Ornamental Plants” will cover the various phases of evergreen cut tings, the determination of the proper time of the year for plant ing, the various types of media and the influences of the number of leaves on rooting. The meeting will be open to the public.