DIAL 4-5444
STUDENT TRI WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion
DIAL 4-5444
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OF THE CITY OF
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VOL. 40
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 1, 1941
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NO. 48
Navy Wants Engineering Watson
Grads As Reserve Officers Talks to
Honorees
Ship Building
Program Is Cause
For Big Expansion
The Navy Department, because
of its extensive ship building pro
gram, is instituting measures to
procure a number of this year’s
college graduates, according to a
communication from the War De
partment received recently by Col
onel J. A. Watson.
The graduates sought by the
Navy Department are mainly from
engineering courses. They will be
commissioned as officers in the
Naval Reserve Corps.
According to the letter, students
enrolled in the R.O.T.C. are not
especially desired. The Navy De
partment is more concerned with
obtaining men with the necessary
academic and technical training to
suit their purposes. However, Army
R.O.T.C. students will not be ex
cluded from consideration.
Navy Department representatives
will probably visit the campus
sometime this year to interview
students interested in the Navy.
College Cattle
To Be Shipped to
Houston on Feb 4
Entries from the college in the
cattle division of the Houston Fat
Stock Show will be shipped by rail
to Houston, Tuesday, February 4,
and will be entered in the open
competition classes, T. H. Stewart,
beef cattle herdsman for the Ani
mal Husbandry Department, an
nounced yesterday.
Stewart will manage all the cat
tle sent from the college and ac
cording to him, the cattle will be
in the peak of condition and should
make a creditable showing at the
show this year. The herd is com
posed of four Hereford steers, four
Shorthorn steers, one Angus steer,
one Angus bull, one Angus heifer,
two Shorthorn heifers, and one
Shorthorn bull.
Some of this stock will be sold
in Houston; however, most of them
will be brought back and fed until
the Fort Worth Show at which
time they will also be shown there
and sold to the highest bidder.
L. J. Christian will be the man
ager of the swine sent from the
swine division. The swine will be
shipped Feb. 4t and judged Feb. 6.
They will be entered in two classes:
light weights, 170 lbs-221 lbs. and
heavy weights, 221 lbs.-300 lbs.
However, they will be judged in
dividually and also as pens of three
barrows each. Christian is entering
21 swine which consist of six
Hampshires, six Duroc JerSeys, six
Poland Chinas, and three Berk-
shires.
E. M. Regenbrecht, swine special
ist from the Extension Service, will
judge the swine and Fred Hale,
chief o fthe Swine Division at the
Experiment Station, will be the
superintendent of the swine show.
From the Sheep Division, J. T.
Todd, as manager, will show a Ram.
bouillet flock and a De Laine Meri
no flock. Todd is also showing three
Rambouillet withers, three cross
bred withers and a carload of Ram
bouillet withers. The withers will
be sold at the show. J. M. Jones,
chief of the Swine division at the
Experiment Station, will be the
sheep judge at the show.
Battalion Editors
Edit Texan Monday
Completing the swap-out of ed
itors with The Daily Texan, Bob
Nisbet and George Fuermann will
journey to Austin Monday to edit
the Tuesday edition of that pub
lication.
This event was predicated by
Editor Boyd Sinclair and Associ
ate Editor Jack Dolph of The Daily
Texan appearing as guests of The
Battalion staff January 17.
Exchanging editorships as a
means of promoting good will was
the idea behind the event, and the
visit to Austin by The Battalion
editors is the final act.
Architects’
Ball Will Feature
Gauchosand Senoritas
Daring gauchos and fair senor
itas will appear from the depths
of the night on February 14, to
attend the annual costume ball of
the Architectural Society in Sbisa
Hall. The Society has chosen “Pan
American” for its theme this year,
to add color -and zest to the ball,
consuls and their guests from many
of the South and Central American
countries 'now residing in Dallas,
Houston, and other Texas cities,
have been invited to attend. Ex-
Aggies and several practicing ar
chitects over the state are expected
to join the swing of the “Pan
American Way.” Carmen Miranda,
famed exponent of South Amer
ican swing will also be invited to
the ball.
Native music will be furnished
the ball by Ed Gerlach, a former
architectural student at A. & M.,
and his orchestra.
Arrangements are being handled
by members, of the Junior Design
Class of the Architecture Depart
ment. Committee chairmen are:
Marion Lyle, music; Louis Tregre,
decorations; William Pena, adver
tising; Joe Bill Pierce, publicity;
and Preston Bolton, invitations.
LaVere Brooks, club president,
and Sid Lord, general chairman of
arrangements, have announced that
a limited number of tickets will be
available to non-members.
Brooks to
Replace Molyneaux
In RS Dept Position
Melvin P. Brooks of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin will replace John
Lambert Molyneaux as assistant
professor in the Rural Sociology
Department beginning next semes
ter.
Brooks will teach undergraduate
courses in general sociology and
rural organization. He will also
teach a course in rural social work.
Brooks received his B. A. degree
from Washington State Agricul
tural College, his M. A. degree
from Iowa State College, and he
has completed work for a Ph. D.
degree at the University of Wis
consin. He was an assistant in
structor of graduate work in rural
sociology at both Iowa State Col
lege and the University of Wis
consin.
Dr. Freeman to
Take Position at
University of Florida
Dr. T. R. Freeman, professor of
dairy husbandry, will leave A. &
M. at the end of this semester to
take a similar position in the Uni
versity of Florida. He will be re
placed here by Dr. W. S. Arbuckle,
research technician in the dairy
laboratory of the University of
Missouri.
The state of Florida is working
on a problem of preserving and
storing dairy products during the
low production season. Dr. Free
man’s new duty will be to super
vise the activity of this experiment.
Receiving his Ph.D. degree at
Pennsylvania State in 1937, Free
man came to A. & M. in the fall of
that year as a full time instructor
in the Department of Dairy Hus
bandry.
Ele Baggett
Released From
San Angelo Hospital
Ele Baggett, editor of the 1941
Longhorn, who shot himself in the
knee while hunting during the
Christmas holidays, was dismiss
ed last week from the San Angelo
Clinic Hospital.
He is expected to return to A.
& M. about Feb. 5, although it is
not known whether or not he
will enroll for the second semes
ter.
Meet Is to
Prepare Seniors
For Rigid Exams
Thirty-one honor graduate sen
iors, who received applications
or commissions in the regular army
last month, met with Col. J. A. Wat
son yesterday afternoon in prepar
ing for the final examination to be
given them by a board of regular
army officers on February 17,
1941.
Col. Watson called the caucus
of the prospective army officers
merely as a means of preparing
them for the rigid mental and phys
ical tests to which they will be
submitted. “These students will
have to undergo the strictest type
of exam in February, so we might
find it profitable to orientate
them now to the kind of questions
which they will have to answer two
weeks frorti now,” said the Com
mandant.
The board of army officers in
charge of examinations at College
Station will be composed of Ma
jor Richard G. Babbitt, 9th Infan
try; Captain William H. Bertsch,
Jr., 38th Field Artillery; Captain
Walter L. Peterson, Medical Corps,
and, Captain Fred W. Seymour,
Medical Corps. Those students se
lected by this commission will re
ceive commissions as second lieu
tenants in the regular army upon
their graduation this June.
To be eligible for application
at this time the student has to be
at least 21 years of age, a graduate
in June, and have at least a 2.25
grade point average.
Those seniors who applied are as
follows: William J. Montgomery,
Tom D. Harris, Jr., Ernest L. Weh-
ner, Robert A. Lynch, Joe W. Mc
Crary, Keith W. Dahl, William A.
Becker, Thomas D. Hill, C{abe
D. Anderson, Jr., Robert S. Hoff,
James P. Giles, Jr., Paul G. Haines,
Tommy C. Davis, John L. Zerr,
Johnnie M. Dixon, James R. Puc
kett, George C. Taylor, Hubert
W. Gillespie, Jr., Aubrey V. Hamil
ton, Frank A. Loving, George P.
Townsend, Lynn H. Grassoff, How
ard W .Shea, Ralph B. Hartgraves,
Will A. Ransom, Jr., Andrew S.
Downs, David S. Angell, Harold
L. Hausmann, James H. Shelton,
Ernest Schott and Edwin H. Ivey,
Jr.
President T. O. Walton and Col.
Watson selected 50 of the top rank
ing seniors in military science and
academic work last December, and
these 50 were sent application
blanks. Of the 50 selected, 31 re
turned the applications filled out,
signifying that they desired an
opportunity to become a regular
army officer this June.
As yet, plans are incomplete as
to the entertainment which will
be provided for the visiting board
of officers who will be on the cam
pus for one day.
College to Take Active Part in
National Defense Week Program
#1
Littlefield Ballet Troupe Is Made Up
Entirely of Young American Artists
Winners of
Wildlife Contest to
Leave Soon on Tour
A. F. Halloran, Pierce Uzzell,
Shirl Coleman, winners of the
Wildlife contest will leave soon on
a tour awarded them by Fish and
Game club.
Halloran, a graduate student was
picked on his grade-points, his fa
miliarity with literature on birds,
fish and plant* and a written paper
based on acceptability for its pub
lication in some journal. Uzzell was
selected by the same rating and
according to his service for the
Fish and Game Club and other or
ganizations.
Since no juniors qualified, Cole
man, a graduate student was chos
en on the same rating as a senior
except for the paper and a test on
knowledge of birds, animals and
fish.
These boys are to go to different
places in the United States. It has
not been definitely decided as to
where each will go; however a
meeting of the American Society
of Mammalogists in Chicago and
the North American Wildlife Con
ference Meeting in Memphis, Ten
nessee, will probably be among the
places they will go.
The Littlefield Ballet, which will
appear at A. & M. on February 12,
will be the first artist group to en
joy the beautiful new curtain and
cyclorama that have only recently
been installed in Guion Hall. It will
indeed offer a proper setting for
the beautiful costumes and dancing
of the ballet.
According to Paul Haines, stu
dent Town Hall manager, this is
the first time that Town Hall has
brought a ballet ensemble of this
type to A. & M., and will probably
be the first opportunity for many
to see a dancing group such as
this.
The Littlefield Ballet, led and
directed by Miss Cathrine Little
field, proves the oft disputed point
that ballet, too, can be American.
“Americans,” says Miss Little
field, “are the best dancers in
the world.” The entire personnel
of the Littlefield Ballet is Amer
ican born.
In commenting on the Littlefield
Ballet, Arnold Haskell, the world’s
foremost authority on ballet, had
this to say. “Catherine Littlefield,
the charming leader of the ballet,
is a very remarkable woman—her
whole method of setting about
things proves that. She has real
ized that young American venture
needs young American artists, and,
instead of buying up some names
discovered by others, she has de
cided to discover for herself. The
first name that she has made has
been her own. The dancers of this
ballet were naturally pretty, musi
cal, and well built, and their tim
ing was on an exceptionally high
level. Catherine Littlefield her
self is indeed a dancer of charm,
intelligence, and a strong person
ality.”
Dies Is Guest
Preacher Sunday
At St. Thomas Chapel
The Rev. Frederick G. Dies, DD.,
Executive Secretary of the Diocese
of Texas, will be the guest preach
er at St. Thomas Chapel this Sun
day at the 10:45 a. m. Service.
Dr. Dies, who was a missionary
in China for over fifteen years and
who has traveled all over the world,
came to Texas over a year ago
from the Diocese of Chicago where
he has been serving as Arch
deacon.
The Rev. Roscoe Hauser Jr.,
Student Chaplain of the Chapel,
will return from Washington this
week and regular services will be
resumed on Sunday, February 9th.
Billiard Champion
To Perform at “Y”
Another sport feature, exclusive
of the program set up by the Ath
letic Department will be the fourth
visit of Charles Peterson, national
billiard champion.
He will come to College Station
Wednesday, February 12, for a
public demonstration. The show
ing will be free of charge and will
be held in the Y.M.C.A. Chapel.
Peterson comes to College Sta
tion under the auspices of the
National Association of College
Unions.
■ It is indeed with a great deal of
anticipation that Town Hall looks
forward to the coming of this
beautiful American group. Its gay
dancing, gorgeous costumes, and
beautiful girls mark the Littlefield
Ballet as one of the finest dancing
ensembles in the world.
Eligible Members
Of College Credit
Union Get Dividend 1
At a meeting of the Texas A. &
M. College Federal Credit Union
last night the membership voted
to declare a dividend of 5%, to all
members who are eligible under
Farm Credit Administration re
quirements.
W. L. Edmonston, Managing Di
rector for the Texas Credit Union
League having affiliation with the
Dallas credit unions, spoke briefly
and acted as advisor in the open
forum at the close of the business
meeting.
The following were elected as
Directors: President, Ide P. Trot
ter; Vice-president, C. E. Bowles;
Clerk-treasurer, G. W. Schlessel-
man; L. P. Gabbard and George
Summey Jr.
The Credit Committee is com
posed of H. L. Boyer, L. S. Payhe,
L. D. Smith, and L. G. Jones.
The Supervisory Committee is
composed of F. C. Bolton, W. E.
Paulson, and W. M. Simpson.
The Educational Committee in
cludes Laura Lane, H. C. Bradshaw,
and G. J. Samuelson.
The Treasurer’s report revealed
that $8,610.50 has been loaned to
members since organization, with
the average loan about $70.00 per
person. The share deposits have
doubled during the year 1940 and
the assets have more than doubled,
indicating a definite need for such
an organization in the College.
For the convenience of the mem
bers and prospective members the
Assistant Clerk-treasurer, Seldon
W. Henslee, maintains an office in
the Casey-Sparks Building at Col
lege Station.
Cowley Heads
Life Service Group
Harold Cowley, Texas Aggie foot
ball player, has been elected Pres
ident of the Life Service Band, a
group of Aggies in the Baptist
Student Union who have dedicated
their lives to Christian service.
Other officers of this group are:
extension chairman, Frank Camp;
student chairman, Roy Robertson;
social chairman, Roy Chappell;
secretary-treasurer, W. B. Wetzel.
The following students are also
members of the group: E. D. And
ress, Harvey Beauchamp, Billy
Criswell, Spencer P. Ellis, Benny
Etheridge, Giles Fort, W. F. Fow
ler, Harvey King, Robert H. Koker-
not, J. B. Langston, Marvin M.
Monk, T. A. Moore, T. H. Owens,
Ed Smith, M. C. Williams, John
Ellzey, Fred Olney, and Sam Lew
is.
Mothers’ Clubs
Make Substantial
Donations to Fund
The Dallas A. & M. Mothers’
Club, the San Angelo A. & M.
Mothers’ Club, and the Fort Worth
A. & M. Mothers’ Club, in keeping
with their past policies, recently
made donations to the Library Gen
eral Reading Fund. They contrib
uted $85, $50, and $25 respec
tively. The donations by the Dallas
club and the San Angelo Club
brings (their total contributions
for the year to $100 each.
These contributions and others
received throughout the year will
be spent for good fiction and non
fiction books to be selected by a
committee of students. Many val
uable additions to the library have
been made from this fund in the
past three years.
The Library General Reading
Fund was started by The Battal
ion in 1938 to supplement the lim
ited amount of money appropri
ated by the legislature for this
type of books. Since that time, a
large number of mothers’ clubs
and students have made donations.
It s Cotton
And Corn Season
n The Greenhouse
The fact that cotton is opening
and corn is tasseling in mid-winter
at College Station may be doubted
by those that hayp not seen it.
What might appear to be a Ripley’s
“believe-it-or-not” story becomes
only ordinary, however, when you
find that the cotton and corn is
sheltered in a glass greenhouse
where the climate is the same ev
ery month in the year.
The greenhouse is located direct
ly behind the Experiment Station
here on the campus and the cot
ton and corn is being used for ex
perimental purposes.
School Purchases
New Shop Equipment
Among the recent advances made
by the A. & M. Consolidated school
is the purchase of equipment for
a woodworking shop. Some of the
equipment was acquired from the
A. & M. shops, but the Consolidat
ed school purchased mostly new
equipment.
Among the power tools are a
band saw, a jointer, a jig saw, a
circular saw, two wood lathes, a
metal lathe, and other equipment
including numerous hand tools.
Many things are being made by the
shop students from woods of gum,
walnut, and pine; also plywood is
used.
The instructor is J. R. Badgett.
Practice teachers from the college
shops also help out in the shop
work. A course in mechanical draw
ing is now being offered in con
nection with the shop.
Committee Named
To Plan A & M’s
Part In Program
Review of Cadet Corps,
Mass Meeting- In Kyle
Stadium May Be Features
Texas A. & M. college, in cogni
zance of the fact that it is the
world’s largest all-male military
institution, will take a salient part
m the nation’s observance of Na
tional Defense Week, Feb. 12 to 22,
Col. Ike Ashburn, executive as
sistant to President T. O. Walton
stated Friday morning.
At a request coming from mem
bers of the cadet corps for such
an observance, President Walton
appointed a joint student-faculty
committee Wednesday afternoon
to make plans for the event.
Committeemen include Cadet
Colonel W. A. Becker, Kaufman,
Cadet Lt.-Col. Paul G. Haines,
Bryan; Battalion Editor Bob Nis
bet, Bryan; Battalion Associate
Editor George Fuermann, Hous
ton; Senior Class President Tom B.
Richey, San Antonio; Band Major
E. L. Wehner, Del Rio; R. L. El
kins, president of the local chap
ter of the Officers Reserve Corps;
Lt. Joe E. Davis, assistant comman
dant, E. J. Howell, registrar and
past state president of the O. R.A.;
and Col. Ashburn, chairman of the
committee.
The committee’s first meeting
will be held in Col. Ashburn’s of
fice, Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m.
At that time a program for the
college’s part in National Defense
Week events will be worked out.
The program will include among
other things, a review of the cadet
corps and a mass meeting of the
corps in Kyle Stadium, Col. Ash
burn said.
It is expected that the college
and the local branch of the O.R.A.*
will cooperdte in A. & M.’s part
in this program.
Col. Ashburn pointed out that
probably the committee would set
aside two or three days during
National Defense Week to conduct
the program.
One committee member declared
that A. & M.’s program would be
one of the most ambitious in the
state.
Poultry Farm
Undergoes Several
Improvements This Year
The A. & M. poultry farm has
undergone many improvements this
fiscal year in the rebuilding and
landscaping program which was
started early in the school year.
All of the breeder houses and
other buildings have been rebuilt
and painted. The driveway has been
enlarged and graveled and land
scaping has been done at the main
entrance of the farm.
Prof. D. H. Heid, head of the
poultry husbandry department, has
acted as supervisor of the work.
N. Y. A. boys have been used to
do most of the labor.
Special Features Added to Make Group
Hospitalization Plan More Attractive
Applications to join the Group
Hospitalization Plan will be ac
cepted until February 24, without
any medical examination required
of the applicant. After that date
all new members will be charged
the regular dues of $7 for his semi
annual payment and will be requir
ed to take a physical examination.
The organization is designed to
protect its members in three dif
ferent way. Bills are paid for hos
pitalization of members up to 70
days; special hospital services up
to $25 for any one accident or
sickness; for all surgeon’s bills for
any surgical operation up to $150.
In order to make it more con
venient for the policy-holders the
following special features have
been added: (1) no questions re
garding the physical condition or
medical history is required: (2) the
applicant selects his own hospital
and his own physician; (3) no age
limit; (4) reimbursement is made
direct to the employee; (5) chronic
diseases, pre-existing diseases, and
diseases not common to both sexes
are covered; (6) no waiting period
between diseases; (7) individual
certificate's can not be cancelled
because of recurring illnesses; (8)
dependents of group members are
eligible to apply for individaal hos
pitalization and surgical policies;
(9) if members of the group desir
ed, it would be possible later to
extend coverage to include reim
bursement for services of physi
cians. The cost would be 35 cents
per month per member. Reimburse
ment would be at the rate of $3
for a home or hospital call and $2
for an office call. The total reim
bursement for a year would be
$150, with the first three calls
eliminated.