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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.