DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The Battalion
DIAL 4-5444
STUDENT TRI WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 7, 1941
Z725 NO. 37
A&M College Is Pushing National Defense Cooperation
College May Still
Lose Building; Other
Cities Bidding Strong
Economists
Attend Meeting
In New Orleans
Representatives from A. & M.
composed one of the largest groups
to attend the joint session of eco
nomics societies at New Orleans
during the holidays.
Thirteen men from the college
proper, Extension Service and the
Experiment Station attended the
joint session which was made up
of the annual meetings of the
American Economics Association,
Southern Economics Association,
American Farm Economics Associa
tion and the Econmentric Society.
These annual meetings are held
by representatives from the eco
nomics departments of the lead- I appointed from College Station and
ing colleges, universities, state and ! Bryan and they began canvassing
$50,000 AAA Building Goal Surpassed
Saturday Afternoon
Classes Are Scheduled to
Make-Up for Early Leave
More than the $50,000 needed
for a fire-proof building to house
the Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration offices at College Sta
tion has already been raised by the
residents of College Station and
Bryan, the committee which was in
charge of the work has announced.
The drive for funds started after
the authorities of the A.A.A. noti
fied the citizens of College Station
and Bryan that the state offices
would be moved if a large fire
proof building was not furnished
by July 1, 1941. A committee was
■fof the state have made offers to$.
the state committee to move the
A.A.A. offices.
The lease on the building at Col
lege Station will expire July 1,
1941, and the new building would
have to be ready by that time. The
estimate of the cost of the build-
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federal research agencies, who as
semble for the purpose of evaluat
ing the previous years work in
economics and to orient themselv
es for future work.
Men from A. & M. who partici-
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both towns in an effort to raise
this necessary amount to construct
the building.
Jan. 11 Deadline For
Longhorn Club Pics
Reservations for club pictures
for the 1941 Longhorn must be in
by Saturday, January 14, accord
ing to an announcement issued by
Longhorn Managing Editor Morton
Robinson yesterday. A deposit of
five dollars must accompany each
reservation in order to hold it.
The rate for pictures is $25 for
a full page or $13 for a half page.
The money should be turned in
Appointment Of
4 Board Members
Awaits Inaugural
Four vacancies on the board of
directors are due to be filled fol
lowing the inauguration of Gover
nor W. Lee O’Daniel on January
20. These vacancies occur as a re
sult of the expiration of the terms
of President F. M. Law, vice-pres
ident Walter G. Lacy and Joe Utay
this month and the death of Henry
C. Schuhmacher last fall.
Law, who is president of the
First National Bank of Houston,
has served on the board for more
than a quarter of a century, and
during the past 16 years has been
In order to make up classes that’f-
were missed as a result of the
early dismissal for the Christmas
holidays, the regular Monday morn
ing schedule will be followed on
the Saturday afternoons of Jan
uary 11 and 25.
This information was issued from
Dean F. C. Bolton’s office late yes
terday afternoon.
The official notice is herewith
repeated:
“As was understood at the time
classes were dismissed early for
the Christmas holidays, the ex
tra days missed are to be made
up as follows:
“1. On Saturday afternoon,
January 11, an extra Monday
morning schedule will be oper
ated; that is classes scheduled
for 8 a.m. Monday will report at
1 p.m. Saturday. Those classes
scheduled for 9 a.m. will report
at 2 p.m., etc.
“2. On Saturday afternoon, Jan
uary 25, an extra Monday after
noon schedule will be operated.
“3. The schedule for the first
semester examinations will be
changed so that instead of the
present schedule the examina
tions will begin at noon Satur
day, February 1 and will contin
ue until noon Saturday, Febru
ary 8. A detailed schedule of the
examinations and the proced
ure for registration for the sec
ond semester will be issued from
the Registrar’s office.”
The examination schedule and
details concerning next term’s reg
istration will appear in the next is
sue of the Battalion.
Battalion Staff Holds
Meeting Tonight at 7:00
A meeting of the editorial staff
of The Battalion newspaper will
be held in The Battalion office
in room 122 Administration build
ing at 7 o’clock tonight.
Purpose of the meeting will be
to reorganize the editorial staff
and to make plans for the rest of
the current year.
It is imperative that all junior
editors and junior staff members
attend this meeting.
First In History- Eagle Pass
Boys Organize Junior A&M Club
$18,000,000
Plant Trains
US Officers
Details of A & M’s
Military Training
Told in Houston Post
BY GEORGE FUERMANN
Post Staff Correspondent
The facilities of the Texas A.
& M. college are an integral part
of the nation’s current national de
fense program. The world’s largest
all-male military college, 4600 of
its 22,000 graduates holding com
missions in the United States Of
ficers Reserve Corps, a physical
plant valued at almost $18,000,-
000 and an institution possessing
seven branches of military train
ing, the college is extending every
resource to cooperate with and fa
cilitate America’s defense pro
gram.
A land-grant college opened in
1876, A. & M. is Texas’ oldest
state supported institution. Since
its birth, when the enrollment to
taled 107, to 1940, with an en
rollment of 6548, the college has
required every student to take a
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Legal Clamps
Halt Work On
New Dormitories
Work on the proposed six new
dormitories halted as a result of a le
gal misunderstanding with the state
auditor. A meeting of the board
of directors this coming Saturday
will be primarily concerned with
the situation.
Trouble arose several weeks ago
when the state auditor was dis
satisfied with the method in which
the board was planning to handle
the bond issue that is to help fi
nance the new structures. This
week’s meeting will reconsider the
plan and a hasty remedy for the
situation will be sought.
Contracts for the new dorms
were let soon after financial as
sistance from the R. F. C. of
Washington was arranged for.
Alfred C. Finn of Houston is the
architect and the BelloWs Con
struction Company is in charge of
the actual construction. However,
now that difficulties have arisen.
Bellows has halted all work.
In the original contract it was
planned that the dormitories would
be completed and ready for oc
cupancy by the beginning of the
1941 fall term.
It is not known whether the de
lay will cause construction to be
behind schedule or not.
History was made recently ini-Jimmy Bevan.
Eagle Pass when 12 future A. & j After a statement of their aims
M. students met and organized the and purposes, these young but
first “A. & M. Junior Club” in the I fierce supporters of A. & M. elect-
nation. I ed Reggie Bevan Jr. for president,
Gathered around the discussion Mebane Stafford for vice-president,
table at the home of young Mebane an 4 Arthur Flores for secretary-
Stafford where Charles Carson, treasurer.
Arthur Flores, Billy Howard, John The constitution adopted for the stit
374 Seniors
Make Junior R0A
Application Here
Three hundred and seventy-four
seniors in advanced military sci
ence have filed applications to be
come junior members of the Re
serve Officers’ Association, R. L.
Elkins, president of the Brazos
County chapter of the Reserve Of
ficers’ Association, announced to
day.
Last year 437 seniors were ju
nior members, “The number of
applications is smaller than the
total of 437 last year,” Elkins
said, “but applications are still
being taken.” Seniors may pay the
cost of membership at the table
where they will receive their next
commutation of subsistence. Ap-
lication blanks may be received
from Elkins, Room 302 Academic
Building.
The regular dues of R. O. A.,
which are $3 per year, have been
suspended for all junior members,
and a fee of 75 cents has been sub-
i to cover the cost of “The
the board’s president.
Even though the money is rais-’J to the Student Publications Office! Utay is probably best known to I Carson, Billy Williams, Reggie! A. & M. Junior Club is as follows: I Reserve Officer,” official publica-
ed, it is not certain whether the in room 126, Administration Build- J the present group of students at Bevan Jr., Billy George, Mebane “This club was formed for boys tion of the organization. The mag-
offices will remain at College Sta- ing or to Orville Allen or Boyd Ray j A. & M. for his work In procuring Stafford, Jerry Grossenbacher, E. who will stick by A. & M. at all azine which is published in Wash-
tion, because several other cities I in room 423, Dormitory No. 10. | (Continued on Page 4) ] K. Taylor Jr., Bruce Thomson, and I (Continued on Page 4) ington, D. C. is issued each month.