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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
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STUDENT TRI WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 9, 1941
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Judgers Win
First Place
Astor, Fennell,
Hutchings, Roming
Are Team Members
The four-member junior dairy
judging team of Texas A. & M.
won first place in an All-American
contest recently sponsored by the
Holstein-Fresian Association of
America, A. L. Dornell, dairy jud
ging team coach announced. D. L.
Astor, Lipan; W. S. Fennell, Gil
mer; G. S. Hutchings, Barker; and
James A. Roming, Eddy, formd the
team which scored 120 points out
of a possible 160 in the selection
of the best Holstein-Fresian cows
in America for 1940. All the mem
bers of the team are juniors at the
college majoring in dairy husband
ry.
The contest was to select the
three best Holstein-Fresian cows in
America, the selections to be con
firmed by a committee of profes
sional judges. In all cases the Ag
gie team placed the No. 1 animal in
that spot but lost some points by
rating the second and third animals
in their reversed positions, al
though they had selected all three
of the top three. The contest was
made still more difficult because
they had to work from pictures
of the animals on the entry list
instead of examining the actual
animals. The ultimate winning cows
were selected by a committee of re
nowned dairy show judges and the
selections were compared to those
made by the students of 29 colleges
in America.
Each of the four Aggie judges
scored 30 out of a possible 40
points and were the only team
where all members picked the
three best cows as selected by pro
fessional judges.
New Mexico placed second in
the contest with a total of 111
points and Kansas State placed
third with 108.
Sailing Of
Mercy Ship Set
For January 15
The sailing of the second Amer
ican Red Cross “Mercy Ship” to
Greece has been set for January
16 by Norman H. Davis, chairman
of the Greek relief committee of
the American Red Cross. The ves
sel will be the “S. S. Kassandra
Louloudis,” a 7500 ton freighter
provided by the Greek government
but to be loaded with supplies gath
ered and furnished by the Red
Cross. It will sail from New York
down around Africa and to Athens
through the Suez Canal. This long
journey is necessary to keep the
ship out of possible Italian inter
ference if it sailed through the
Mediterranean.
Simultaneously Chairman Davis
announced that the Greek War Re
lief Association was purchasing
five complete field hospitals which
will be shipped early in February.
The five units are being purchased
at a cost of $226,000. Each is
equipped with 250 beds and a mo-
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Cotton Specialist
To Speak Thursday
Dr. R. L. Hunt, professor of agri
cultural economics, who is a cotton
specialist, will speak to the “His
tory of the Southwest” class Thurs
day morning at 11:00 o’clock in
room 207 of the Agriculture build
ing. Dr. Hunt will speak on the
introduction and spread of cotton
to the Southwest. This is a com
paratively new area for the grow
ing of cotton. When cotton was
first grown in the United States it
was confined mostly to the deep
South. But later cotton moved into
central Texas and during recent
years it has spread to the Pan
handle and on west to California.
Cotton is now being grown on land
that was once thought to be good
only for the raising of cattle.
Mr. Denhardt, the instructor of
the “History of the South West”
class welcomes all visitors who are
interested in cotton.
Eleven members of the local unit of the A.I.Ch.E. attended the banquet (above) and annual business
meeting of the national association held during the Christmas holidays in New Orleans.
A. & M. students attending are as follows: J. H. Cain, E. E. Byrd, J. L. Carson, George Bentinck,
C. L. Korth, Ed Ivey, J. B. DuBose, E. R. Pace, R. F. Thompson, J. A. Heath, and R. G. Hill.
CAA Ready For New Flight Applicants
Requirement List
Is Available In Aero
Engineering Building
The Civil Aeronautics Adminis
tration has asked that all who
are interested and can meet either
the primary or secondary course
requirements to talk to H. W. Bar-
low, head of the Aeronautical En
gineering Department about the
flight training that will be offer
ed next semester. The physical
requirements are not rigid except
that the trainees must be of aver
age height and must be able to
pass a 20/20 eye test without
glasses. The total cost of the train
ing will be approximately $33 for
a primary student and $42 for
the secondary student.
A list of the requirements es
tablished by the Civil Aeronautics
may be secured from Barlow in his
office in the Aeronautical Engin
eering Building.
The primary course will con
sist of 90 hours ground course
given at the college, and 35 to
45 hours flight course given by the
flight instruction contractor. The
ground course covers 24 hours of
instruction and 18 hours of ground
instruction on the subject of air
craft operation. Three elective cred
its will be allowed for the succes
sful completion of the ground
school course.
The secondary course will con
sist of 126 hours ground course
given at the College, and 40 to
50 hours of flight instruction giv
en by the flight contractor. No in
formation has been received as to
the license which will be awarded
for the successful completion of
the course, but the college will
■^student who completes the secon-'f"
allow five credits of elective work.
Several alternatives await the
dary course. The Army Air Corps
has been accepting these students
directly into the basic (second)
stage of army flight training and
a similar arrangement has been
set with the Navy. United Airlines
recently established an airline pilot
training course. The CAA is also
arranging further advanced courses
for graduates of the secondary
program. Those include an appren
tice instructor’s course for those
who desire to go into commercial
operations as instructors and an
airline pilot training course for
those who wish to become airline
pilots.
Grandfather Of
All Pecan Trees
Located in El Paso
Strange to be so old—how old
no one knows—that the United
States declared its independence
in its old age. South of El Paso,
Texas, there is a massive old pecan
tree that has been growing in
Allende Valley and has home two
hundred successive crops of nuts!
The tree, which has a limb spread of
150 feet and an altitude o£ 160
feet, bears an annual yield of one
ton.
So large is this pecan tree that
rdinary pecan trees appear as mere
saplings. At four feet above the
ground the diameter is 10% feet,
and the circumference at the
ground is 41 feet. Sehor Gaspar
Corral, the owner, has named it the
“Nogal de la Musica” and considers
it the goliath of all pecan trees.
Annual Bryan and Brazos County
C of C Banquet To Be Held Tonight
membership banquet-fship and good citizenship
The annual
of the Bryan and Brazos county
Chamber of Commerce will jbe
held tonight in the banquet room
of Sbisa Hall at 6:45, H. E. Burgess,
chairman of the entertainment
committee, announced. E. E. Yea
ger of Bryan, the retiring presi
dent of the organization, will open
the program for the banquet and
then turn the office over to the
incoming officers headed by the
new president, D. W. Williams,
head of the College Animal Hus
bandry Department.
About 500 citizens of Bryan
and College Station who are mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce
are expected to be present, as well
as civil officers of the neighboring
cities and counties. Approximately
125 students of the college have
also been invited as guests of the
organization.
The students selected were those
seniors who hold official positions
in military and campus organiz
ations and who have shown leader-
in carry
ing on the activities of the com
munity which centers around the
college.
The principal speaker of the
evening will be Dr. Tom Taylor,
president of Howard Payne Col
lege at Browmwood. Before his
address there will be some group
singing led by M. M. Erskine of
the Bryan First National Bank.
The music will be furnished by
Consolidated High School. Col.
R. J. Dunn, director of the Aggie
Band, will direct the orchestra
for this occasion. Vocal selections
will be sung by a duet composed of
Mrs. Dan Russel and Euell Porter
and the Bryan High School Choir
will sing. District Judge W. S.
Barron wrill be toastmaster for the
banquet.
The only business conducted at
the banquet will be the committee
reports by the chairmen of the
various committees. Each will
outline the program for his group
during the year.
Fellowship
Luncheon Has
Unique Program
A dash of Spanish, or a nickel
fine if two members of the same
department sit together are among
the proposed plans to be discussed
at the weekly Thursday meeting
of the Fellowship Luncheon club
to make the program for the com
ing year more interesting. R. L.
Donahue, professor in the Agron
omy department, and Dr. Charles
LaMotte, professor in the Biology
department have formulated a well,
rounded program for the coming
year.
It is proposed that a special table
be designated “Spanish”, and that
this table be reserved for those
in attendance who desire an eat
ing acquaintance with Spanish.
Ford B. Rackley, assistant in the
Department of Modern Language,
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Aggietone News
Staff Promotions,
Plans Announced
At meetings of the entire Ag
gietone News staff held Tuesday
and Wednesday nights, producer-
director George Fuermann outlined
the organization’s plans for the
new year and the coming semes
ter.
Staff changes were announced
at the Tuesday meeting. Includ
ed among those was the appoint
ment of J. H. (Hymie) Focke,
Mexia, as associate producer to
cooperate with Ira F. Lewis, Min
eral Wells, also an associate pro
ducer. George Mueller, a former
Aggietone News associate producer
was made director of the newsreel.
With these appointments came
the announcement that Mayo
Thompson, Fort Worth, had been
made director of naration. Thomp
son’s assistants include R. M. (Tex)
Flynn, Long Island, New York; Don
W. Corley, Dallas; J. J. Miller, San
Antonio; and Charles A. Walker,
Pecos.
Highlight of the Wednesday
night meeting was the announce
ment that eight Aggietone News
releases would be made early the
second semester, one on each mil
itary regiment and the A. & M.
band. The staff met with regi
mental commanders Jeff Montgom
ery, Tom Hagood, Aubrey Hamil
ton, Les Appelt, James Giles, and
Eli Whitney who represented the
Cavalry commander Tom Richey.
Band Commander E. L. Wehner
also attended the meeting.
Further details concerning the
revamped Aggietone News will be
announced in an early edition of
the Battalion.
Ground Duty
Officers Course
Offered Recently
31 Potential Honor Grads
Seek Army Commissions
The War Department is offer
ing to eligible former flying ca
dets and to certain civilians who
meet the prescribed requirements
a course of training to qualify as
air corps ground duty officers in
the field of engineering. This|
course carries with it no pilot
instruction.
The status of the cadets under
going this specialized training is
the same as that of cadets receiv
ing pilot training. Upon completion
of their course they are eligible
for commissions as second lieuten
ants in the air reserve.
Applicants for this course must
meet the general requirements for
appointment as flying cadet. They
must be unmarried citizens of the
United States between the ages
of twenty and twenty-six inclus
ive, of good character, sound phys
ique, and in excellent health. Al
though the physical requirements
are less rigid than those required
for pilot training, cadidates must
meet the standards prescribed for
appointment in the Officers Re
serve Corps of the Army.
Flying cadet pilot applicants
educationally qualified for this
training who do not meet the phys
ical requirements 'for flying, but
do meet the physical qualifica
tions for ground duty, may apply
for this training to qualify as a
squadron engineering officer.
This engineering training pro
gram is designed to qualify as
“Squadron Engineering Officers”.
First priority candidates for this
training will be college graduates
with degrees in engineering. Candi
dates with senior standing in eng
ineering colleges will be eligible
in second priority.
The training program will in
clude theoretical and practical en
gineering training in both civil
and army schools pertaining to
the maintenance of aircraft. The
course in civil schools will be of
12 weeks duration and consists of
the following subjects: Fundamen
tals of aerodynamics, airplane des-
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Reservations For
Club Longhorn Photos
Due Saturday, Jan. 14
Clubs which plan to have their
picture included in the 1941 Long
horn must have the reservation for
their space by Saturday, January
14, according to an announce
ment by Longhorn managing Ed
itor Morton Robinson. The reser
vations for the space must be ac
companied by a deposit of at least
five dollars.
The rates for this club space in
the annual is $25 for a full page
and $15 for half a page, instead
of the price quoted in Tuesday’s
Battalion.
Money and reservations for the
pictures should be turned in to the
Student Publications Office in the
Administration Building, or to Or
ville Allen or Boyd Rhea in room
423 Dorm No. 10.
New Method
Of Registration
To Be Inaugurated
A new method for registration
made by the Registrar, E. J.
Howell and Dean F. C. Bolton, has
been officially accepted by the
Executive Board and will be put
into effect this mid-term registra
tion week, February 3 to 8.
This new plan was devised to
give the student as many as five
days to register instead of the
usual one, and will save much
time in lining up to pay fees and
to' see the various deans.
The plan is different from the
one now used in two ways. One
is that the various department
heads will be located in their res
pective offices instead of being
spread in different buildings over
the campus.
The official schedule is as fol
lows. Those students who were
passing 10 hours or more on the
November 16 report will begin to
register as their cards are issued.
The cards will be issued in the
following order and as soon as a
student gets his card he will have
from that day until the following
Saturday to register. The sched-
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Walton Named
On Committee Of
Higher Education
President T. O. Walton has re
cently been appointed by the Sec
retary of State of the United Stat
es to serve as a member on the
committee on inter-American co
operation in higher education.
Notification of his appointment
came to Dr. Walton in a letter
from the Secretary of State, Cor
dell Hull, which read: “In accord
ance with the provisions of Sec. 2,
of the act of August 9, 1939, ‘an
act to authorize the President to
render closer and more effective
relationships between the Amer
ican republics,’ the President has
approved your designation as a
member of the committee on inter-
American cooperation in higher ed
ucation.”
The committee will work to en
courage the exchange of students
between United States colleges and
those of other nations. Another
purpose of the committee is to en
courage schools of higher educa
tion to include courses of study in
all languages spoken on the Amer
ican continents. It Is hoped that
this can be accomplished both in
the United States and foreign
schools. The committee is part of
the program of the present ad
ministration to encourage cultural
relationships between the peoples
of the twenty-one republics of the
American continents.
Campus Museum Has Large Display of
Pre-Historic Bones Found Near Campus
By Y. A. Yentzen
Bones, bones, and more bones. . .
to the uninitiated, uninterested at
first glance, but when properly
identified, a source of interest, es
pecially when they are of animals
that roamed over the campus and
the state of Texas a million years
ago.
The museum has a collection of
fossil bones on display which was
collected within twenty miles of
the campus at the Pittsbridge lo
cality, which is one mile below the
old bridge where the old Bryan-
Caldwell road formerly crossed the
Brazos River. Here the river is
cutting away banks of gravel and
sand. These old gravel bars con
tain bones and teeth of Pleistocene
animals. Sudden falls of earth from
the talus slopes are common and
the whole slope is in very unstable
condition. Since 1899, specimens
have been collected here. The beds
are still productive and the museum
contains several tons of this frag
mentary material; but unfortunate-
ly, good specimens are seldom
found.
. Possibly the most unusual find
to date in the locale is the incom
plete skull of a rare fossil muskox
which is on display. Only three
other specimens are known, one
from Kentucky, one from Nebraska
and one from Alaska. It is most
closely related to the living muskox
which lives only in Greenland and
Arctic America. This would sug
gest that the fossil form was prob
ably brought south ahead of the
Pleistocene continental glaciers.
Three forms of ground sloths
have been found. These forms,
which are now extinct, were large
herbiverous animals with coats of
long coarse hair. In one form the
skin was full of small uits of bone,
evidently the remains of a bony
skin armor.
The remains of fossil elephants
are common at Pittsbridge. At
least three skulls have been found
there in the last three years. The
largest of the three was found by
Louis Paholek and Steve Gowsky
in the bottom of a gully, down
stream from Pittsbridge. It was
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Army Board
To Make Selection
Of These In Spring
Thirty-one seniors, designated as
honor graduates in the class of
June, 1941, applied for commis
sions in the regular army of the
United States during the Christ
mas holidays, it was disclosed
Monday.
President T. O. Walton and Col.
James Watson selected 50 of the
top ranking seniors in military
science and academic work, and
these 50 were sent the application
blanks. Of the 50 selected, 31 re
turned the applications filled out.
To be eligible for application at
this time the student has to be at
least 21 years of age, graduate in
June and have at least a 2.25 grade
point average.
In the spring a board of regular
army officers will select from the
applicants those they think to be
mentally and physically fit for the
position. Those selected by the
board will receive commissions as
second lieutenants in the regular
army upon their graduation.
Those who applied are as fol
lows: William J. Montgomery,
Tom D. Harris Jr., Ernest L. Weh
ner, Robert A. Lynch, Joe W. Mc
Crary, Keith W. Dahl, William
Becker, Thomas D. Hill, Gabe D.
Anderson Jr., Robert S. Hoff, Jam
es P. Giles Jr., Paul G. Haines,
Tommy C. Davies, John L. Zerr,
Johnnie M. Dixon, James R. Puck
ett, George C. Taylor, Hubert W.
Gillespie Jr., Aubrey V. Hamilton,
Frank A. Loving, George P. Town
send, Lynn H. Grasshoff, Howard
W. Shea, Ralph B. Hartgraves,
Will A. Ransom Jr., Andrew S.
Downs, David S. Angell, Harold L.
Hausmann, James H. Shelton, Er
nest Schott, and Edwin H. Ivey Jr.
Student Aid
By Civil Service
Exams Announced
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex
amination under the title of “Stu
dent Aid” for positions in the Fed
eral Government. Usually employ
ment in these positions is for work
during the school-vacation periods.
Upon the close of the work season,
appointees may be furloughed to
return to their college studies, and
reemployed in succeeding seasons.
Upon completion of their academic
training, they may be recalled as
Government Student Aids with op
portunities for advancement to the
professional service.
Applicants must have completed
at least 3 years of college study,
and must have formally indicated
at the college or university their
intention of majoring in the option
al subject chosen in the Student
Aid examination. Junior students
now in attendance at institutions
of recognized standing may be ad
mitted to examination, subject to
their furnishing during the exist
ence of the eligible register proof
of the successful completion of
their junior college year prior to
July 1, 1941. Applicants may not
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Major Burnett
Presented Gifts
By Cavalry Regiment
The entire Cavalry Regiment
turned out around the bugle stand
Monday afternoon at 5:50 p. m. to
present Major E. M. Burnett with
a pair of traveling bags to show
their appreciation for his services
and their sorrow of his departure.
Major Burnett was transferred
to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he
will be given a responsible posi
tion and promotion in the army.
He left College Station early Tues
day morning.
After the presentation Major
Burnett made a short speech thank
ing the cadets for the present and
telling them how much he had en
joyed working with them. He also
spoke very highly of those whom
he has taught and expressed his
desire to have them as officers to
serve under him in the event that
they were needed in the Army.