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j m r r- I i Littlefield Ballet Dancers Member of the Littlefield Ballet group to be presented on the next Town Hall program, February 12. Eighty-One Students Eligible For Degrees At End Of Semester H Eighty-one students will receive various degrees here at the end of the current semester. The degrees will be conferred on the last day of the semester, February 8. Candidates for the degrees are! MASTER OF SCIENCE Ottis F. Armstrong, Salvador Jose Carrillo, Robert L. Doss, Wil liam Howard Frazier, Arthur Franklin Halloran, Cecil Proctor James, Vincent 0. Johnson, George C. Menzies and John William Moore BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Edwin Ernest Aldridge, Jr., Ralph E. Ashwander, Herman Her- shall Attaway, John Carrol Bar ton, Robert C. Barton, Otto H. W. Blume, William David Boone Reese Junior Brentzel, Darrell Dee Carden, Ray Carson, Jr., Paul T. Conly, Frank K. Courtney, Wil burn Clyde Cox, Charles Donald Crawford, Sam P. Davenport, Ot- Jr., Vinson L. Duvall, Elwyn L. Dysart, Henry Florey Fow ler, Lewis Marvin Grover, Dur- ward A. Gunn, John W. Hall, Jr., James Allen Heath, James Neill Hewitt, Chancey W. Hobert, J. D. Hancock, Carl Hugo Hoefs, H. G. Howard, Jr., Marion B. Inman, Jr., Jack W. Kay, Jr., John Col umbus Kerr, Ruble M. Knox, Jos eph Baker Lassiter Jr., Osdar Victor Lawrence, Jr., Ralph E. Lind sey, William R. Louderback, Den ny Poseph Lovoi, Bernard Eugene Ludeman, Alvin Marcile Martin, Tracy Beall Medders, Charles How ard Melton, John B. Merriwether, Milton Edgar Mitchell, Jr., Ken neth Elwin Montague, Paul J. (Continued on Page 4) Dairy Husbandry Students Inspect Milk Establishments Forty-one dairy husbandry stu dents spent one day last week in Houston inspecting the various milk processing establishments and larger dairies in and near Hous ton. The inspection tour is an an nual affair with students enrolled in Dairy Husbandry 301, a course dealing with market milk. The trip is designed to give the students first hand information on large scale, operations in the marketing of milk. During the day, the group observed the plant operations in butter making, powdering of skim milk, cottage cheese making and the processing of milk in the ad dition of vitamin D. The students were more interested however in the rate at which large volumes of whole milk were passed through the plants, observing the many steps and processes through which the milk goes. The tour was under the super vision of Professor C. N. Shepard- son, dairy husbandry department head. New Military Contracts Go Into Effect January 10 The new military contracts that have been awarded to the College will be effective as of Friday, Jan uary 10, 1941 and payment will be from that date instead of Septem ber as has been rumored around the campus. These contracts will be appor tioned to the different military or ganizations on a percentage basis in the same manner that the con tracts at the beginning of the year were given out. Of the total num ber of 100 the Field Artillery and the Infantry will both receive 26. The Coast Artillery Corps will get 15, the Engineers, eleven, the Cav alry ten, and the Signal Corps and Chemical Warfare Service, six each. In the event that any organiza tion does not have enough men now taking military science but with out contracts to take up the num ber of new contracts offered some other organization will have the opportunity of filling them. According to the Commandant’s office the reason that A. & M. was selected for the new contracts was because the college is so well able to handle the additional number. The facilities and qualifications of A. & M. along the military lines are unequaled by those of any other school in the collegiate world, it is claimed. Those students who will receive the new contracts will not be paid for them until the next regular paytime after the one that is com ing up in the next few days. Poultry Science Club Holds Annual Election Of Officers The Poultry Science Club held its annual reorganization and election of officers last Friday night in Room 132 of the Animal Industries building. The new officers are Robert S. Beesley of Lancaster, president, Edward C. Schuyler of Murchison, vice-president, R. K. Whitfill of Denison, secretary-treasurer and Robert E. Biggs of Gordon, re porter. Following the election of of ficers, new committees were or ganized and plans for future meet ings were discussed. Ways and means of increasing the club’s membership and the arrangement of educational programs were of particular interest. The Battalion VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 14, 1941 Z725 NO. 40 Band And RV’s To Attend Inauguration And Another 1st Swap Of Editors Is Thursday Sinclair and Dolph Of The Daily Texan Bait Editors For Day Inaugurating an unprecedented series of editorial exchanges be tween southwestern colleges and universities, Battalion Editor Bob Nisbet, Bryan, and Battalion As sociate Editor George Fuermann, Houston, will welcome Boyd Sin clair, editor of the Daily Texan and Jack Dolph, associate editor of the Daily Texan, as guest ed itors of Thursday’s edition of The Battalion newspaper. Arriving on the A. & M. campus Wednesday morning, Sinclair and Dolph will perform their functions with the regular staff which works Wednesday afternoon. In order that the most benefit be gained from the venture, the staff will work in ex actly the same manner as is cus tomary for each issue, except that Sinclair and Dolph will fill the positions of editor and associate. Under the scope of their work will come the editorial columns in which each man will write one ed itorial. Front page layout for the day will be made by Dolph who will fill the managing editor’s chair as is customary for the as sociate editor to do on Wednesday. As a special item, Sinclair has been invited to write the Backwash col umn for that day. In the agreement Nisbet and Fuermann are to return the visit February 3 to edit the February 4 issue of The Daily Texan and will in turn be guest editors at Texas University. Purpose of these exchanges is in observation of the methods used by the other paper and in mutual criticism and exchange of ideas. It is probable that similar exchanges will be made with the editors of the other schools in the Southwest Conference. Singing Cadets Give Performance Bryan High School The Singing Cadets made their third appearance of the year when they sang for the Bryan high school last Friday. This was the first time for the club to sing for a Bryan audience, although it is our neighboring city. Tentative plans are being made for a trip to Huntsville this com ing Friday, where the club will sing at the municipal auditorium. While in Huntsville, the group will visit the prison and other spots of interest. Date For Freshman Ball Set, February 15 The freshman class held its first meeting under their new of ficers last Friday night in Guion Hall with president T. S. Parker presiding. The “Fish” Ball was definitely set for February 15, and it was de cided that if over 300 tickets were sold before the tenth of Febru ary an invitation would be sent to the freshman class at the Texas State College for Women, inviting them to be the guests of the Aggie Freshmen. 300 tickets must be sold in advance of the date in or der to pay the cost of the dance. Tickets are $1.10 and will admit either a couple or a single per son. A. & M. has offered the use of a dormitory to the visiting T. S. C. W.-ites. The Aggieland orchestra has been secured and preparations are al ready under way to decorate Sbisa Hall. Due to the absence of the pub lic address system it was almost im possible for the new president to maintain order. (Continued on Page 4) Film Club To Open 1941 Series Thursday Evening The Campus Film Club has completed final arrangements for the 1941 series of outstanding mov ing pictures of different nations which will be shown at the Cam pus Theater on Thursday evenings at 8:30. Persons interested in this or ganization may still obtain sub scriptions from members of the Committee or may purchase them at the Campus Theater. The sub scriptions will admit the bearer to six programs instead of the five which was previously announced. Arrangements have been made to admit classes interested in certain programs at the regular admission prices. Also it is possible for mem bers of the club to take friends at the regular admission prices. The list of films that have been chosen and the dates on which they will be shown are: “Stolen Life” (in English) with Elizabeth Bergner, on January 16. “The City”, a famous American docu mentary shown at the New York World’s Fair for the past two years will be shown at this date. (Continued on Page 4) Not My Dice Teller of Tall Tales Is Sam Step toe, Colored Employee By D. C. Thurman Sam Steptoe, colored, was re cently honored for 25 years ser vice at A. & M. College. His ac tual service for A. & M. and the Entomology department reaches back as far as 28 years ago. He has been known and respected by entomologists for many years as handy man about the entomology department who oftentimes knows more practical entomology than the students. His knowledge is the kind gleaned from constant labor and loyal endeavor with men who know bugs from the antennae back. Just “Sam” to the entomology students, or “Bus” to his colored acquaintances, he is not an impos ing spectacle, as he is only about five feet, four inches tall and stick ily built, with a fringe of gray- white hair around a polished black head. He is strong and active for .his size and age despite a and adventurous life. He will work industriously at any task. Sam was afflicted with deaf ness a number of years ago which has been a matter of inconvenience and has caused him to develop a slight lip-reading ability. When he becomes excited, however, he can not understand anything unless it is written. Most of the entomology students would give their best Sunday hats for the practical training in the not too technical side of insect work in which the little negro has had so much experience. In his many years of service he has be come a veritable storeroom of in significant facts that count so much in saving time while carry ing on insect experiments and ob taining entomological material. Perhaps the most interesting thing about Sam is his ability to hard+spiel out long-winded accounts of his adventures. He does this unin terruptedly and carefully since to ask questions the listener has to write in his notebook pad. Sam is usually the chief character but not always the hero of his stories, nor always too innocent. Also very interesting are the stories told about Sam Steptoe by the members of the entomology department. One particular incident concern ed a pair of dice which dropped from his pocket where his employ er found them. When questioned he replied: “No suh, mistah Bilsin’, them’s not my dice. I was out behind the graveya’d t’other night watching a bunch of niggahs when something goes wrong and one of the nig gahs pulls a gun. All the others run. Since there wasn’t nothing else to do I jest gathers up the dice and everything and goes home.” Draft Law Amendment A Possibility Prediction Made By President Walton In Interview Monday “There is every possibility that during this next session of Congress the draft law will be amended so that college students will be able to complete their schooling before they are subject to call for the draft,” were the words of Dr. T. O. Walton in a private interview yesterday afternoon. He also said that it may also be made possible by congress for the training re ceived in high school and/or col lege to exempt students from the draft. Dr. Walton’s views are the re sult of the meeting of the Com mittee on National Defense and Ed ucation of which he is a member. This committee, which met the past week in Washington, has been set up by the National Education Soc iety and the American Council on Education. While in Washington, Dr. Wal ton also attended a meeting of the executive committee on Land Grant Colleges and conferred with representatives of both the House and Senate Military Affairs Com mittees. The Land Grant Colleges officials were trying to obtain adequate officer personnel and modern equipment and a sufficient number of R. O. T. C. contracts for those additional students wish ing to take advanced military training. In the past the War De partment has claimed that the colleges were producing enough re serve officers, but now the com mittee using the argument that since the government is planning to establish officers training camps that there is a need for more of ficers and that the colleges should be the place to train them. If the (Continued on Page 4) Refund On Maintenance For 400 Students Approximately 400 students who paid their maintenance in full for the first school semester before December 1 will receive a refund of $4.50 from the fiscal depart ment as soon as they call for it. This refund consists of $2.75 for the four days missed a result of the early dismissal for the Christmas holidays, and $1.75 which is for the reduction of the cost of meals that became effective January 1. Those students who are eligible for this fund must come to the fiscal office in person for this re fund. This is necessary since they must sign for the refunds them selves. Refunds will be made to no persons other than those enti tled to them. Charles Roeber of the fiscal of fice urged all those students who are to get this money to come by for it before the end of the week. New Guidon Presented Coast Artillery Regiment A new honor battery guidon has been presented to the Coast Artil lery Regiment by the 972 Reserve Regiment Coast Artillery of Dal las, commanded by Lt. Col. Frank F. Bell. The new guidon is distinguished by the words “Honor Battery” in yellow on a red background. The former symbol of the honor bat tery was a red E on a white pen nant, carried under the battery guidon on the same staff. A regimental review is planned in the near future for the purpose of presenting the new guidon to this year’s honor battery, “D” Bat tery. RV’s To Form Traditional Saber Arch For Governor Appropriation Covering- Expenses Furnished By College The Texas Aggie band of 200 pieces and the company of Ros? Volunteers have been invited to attend the inauguration festivi ties in Austin next Tuesday as the Governor’s escort. Immediately following the re ceipt of the invitation from the Ad jutant General of the State of Texas, who is acting as chairman of the military committee for the governor’s inauguration, the mat ter was taken up with the Texas A. & M. board of directors. Approval was given for these two organ izations to attend the ceremonies and money was appropriated to cover their expenses. In a letter to President Walton, General PagO stated, “I now ex tend you the official invitation for the Ross Volunteers and the Band to participate in this event. We earnestly hope that you will find it possible to permit these two Second Committee Sends Invitation to TU Band A mix-up in the arrange ments caused another invi tation committee to send an invitation to participate as official band to the direc tor of the Texas University Band. The following wire was received by Dr. T. O. Walton, president of Texas A. & M. shortly thereafter: “Have just read copy of Adjutant General’s letter to you concerning band and Ross Volunteers. Committee fbn arrangements knew nothing of this. University band will gladly welcome full A. & M. Band as official band for inauguration. Hope Band can accept invitation. George E. Hurt Director, University Band organizations to do tribute to the Governor and to the State otf Texas by permitting the two or ganizations to attend.” General Page also expressed a desire for the Ross Volunteers to make again this year the trad itional arch of sabers for the Gov ernor to pass through during the actual inaugural ceremonies. The Aggie band and the Ross Volunteers have participated in this event for countless years in the past, having performed in the same capacity for last year’s inaugur ation of W. Lee O’Daniel in his first term of office. Scholarships To Air School Offered By United Airlines United Airlines is offering four scholarships to the Boeing School of Aeronautics in Oakland, Cali fornia. Scholarships will be given as awards in an essay contest to be conducted throughout the col leges in the United States. Candidates must be male, under graduate students in good standing and regular attendance at colleges such as the A. & M. College of Texas, must be of the white race, between the ages of 18 and 25 in clusive, in good health, and have no physical handicaps. The essay or composition submitted should be not more than 3500 words in length on some forward looking technical or non-technical aero nautical subject. Papers submitted in the competition must be mailed to the Boeing School of Aero nautics not later than March 7, 1941. Four awards will be given. The total tuition value amounts to approximately $9,000 and the win ner must enroll in the Boeing school of Aeronautics. Classes start June 28, 1941.