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DIAL 4-5444
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion
DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
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122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 22, 1941
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NO. 54
Review, Mass Rally Climax National Defense Week
Senior Class to Petition
For Final Review Change
For Aggies and Their Weekend Dates
Plan Inaugurated
Last Year Deemed
Unsatisfactory
A petition to change the date of
the final review from before final
exams to after final exams was
approved by the Senior class at a
meeting Thursday night held in
the gymnasium.
Until last year the final review
has always followed the final ex
ams. However, an experiment was
made last year, and the time of
final review was changed so that
it would take place before final
exams. Since then there has been
some agitation among the student
body that the review time should
be changed back to its former posi
tion.
After much discussion of the
merits of the two plans, the Senior
class met last Thursday night to
decide upon their choice of a date
' for final review. By an almost
unanimous vote the class decided
to petition the faculty to change
the time of final review so that
it would be after the final exams.
A committee composed of Roy
Chappell, Bill Becker, Bob Nisbet,
and Tom Richey was selected to
present the case of the Senior class
to the faculty at its next meeting
on Feb. 25.
The class also decided at the re
quest of Mrs. Walton to have its
annual reception at the president’s
home on Monday, March 3.
Skinner Marries;
Now 2nd Command
Of 2 Organizations
College Station
Symphony Group
To Resume Rehearsals
The College Station community
symphony orchestra will resume
its regular schedule of rehearsals
on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock
in the music room of the A. & M.
Consolidated School. All persons
who are interested are again in
vited to attend.
Steps have been taken toward
securing funds for the addition of
music to the orchestra’s library
and to meet other expenses. The
library of the orchestra is steadily
increasing in size and soon will
contain a large number^ of favorite
classical and semi-classical com
positions.
James W. Skinner Jr., First Lieu
tenant of 1st Hq. Battery, Field
Artillery is one of the very few,
if not the only student on the cam
pus to hold the position of second-
in-command of two organizations.
He received his appointment to the
second position Thursday evening
when he took the hand of Miss
Jeanne Cathryne Allee in marriage
at the First Presbyterian Church
in Dallas.
The commanding officer of the
new organization of Mr. and Mrs.
James Skinner Jr. is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Clarkson
Allee of Dallas. Skinner is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Skinner
of Dallas.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her father while Benton
Elliot, the bridegroom’s room
mate, acted as best man at the
ceremony. Mrs. Lillian L. Deegan
of Dallas was Matron of Honor
Skinner, a pre-medical student
and member of the Ross Volun
teers, will receive his degree in
June. The couple plans to live
San Antonio after the graduation
exercises. The bridegroom may have
a chance to continue his military
career—he will receive a commis
sion as a reserve officer in the
Field Artillery.
Clubs Must Make
Own Arrangements
For Longhorn Picture
Contrary to previous announce
ments, arrangements for club pic
tures wil have to be arranged by the
club presidents themselves and
not by a representative of the
Longhorn office, Morton Robinson
editor of the Longhorn, announc
ed Friday.
Each club president will make
his own arrangements with the
photographer, and all the club pic
tures must be made by March 1.
Fourth Annual Sophomore Ball
Highlighted by Colorful Ceremonies
As a highlight to the fourth an
nual Sophomore Ball held in Sbisa
Hall last night a colorful ceremony
was presented in which regimental
colors and American flags under of
ficial color guard were brought in
through the center door and car
ried through lines of uniformed
cadets and deposited on the band
stand.
Life magazine photographers
were on hand to catch every major
and minor detail of the ceremony.
A militaristic impression was add
ed to the celebration by every ca
det who attended complying with
the Commandant's request to ap
pear in No. 1 uniform.
Immediately after the presen
tation of the regimental and
American flags Ed Gerlach and his
orchestra officially opened the ball
and scores of A. & M. sophomores,
seniors and their dates joined in
the fun-making.
Four ramps of Law hall were va
cated to accommodate the some 150
T.S.C.W.ites who came from Denton
to College Station in chartered bus
es Friday afternoon as guests of the
various members of the Sopho
more class.
At one a.m. this morning cadets
and dates danced the last dance of
the evening to the strains of Home
Sweet Home and reluctantly “jam
med” out of Sbisa Hall. Wilted cor
sages and weary but happy faces
evidenced a thoroughly enjoyable
but all to short an evening.
Cadet Corps
Can Make Requests
At Symphony Concert
The cadet corps may make re
quests for selections when the
Houston Symphony Orchestra plays
here March 20, it was announced
today by Paul Haines, student Town
Hall manager.
The Houston Symphony has ap
peared here for the past two years,
and their popularity has increased
with each performance.
The directors of the Houston
Symphony have expressed their de
sire to play the selections that the
Aggies want to hear and will wel
come any requests. These requests
must be received before March 1,
at which time the names of the
pieces that are most popular with
the corps will be sent to the Hous
ton Symphony Orchestra with the
request from Town Hall that as
many as possible be played.
Dallas A. & M. Club
To Sponsor Frolic
The Dallas A. & M. Club will
hold a barnyard frolic for all club
Members Friday night, April 11
during the spring holidays, it was
announced at a meeting of the club
held Monday night.
The place and orchestra for the
dance will be announced at a later
date.
Walton, Watson Stress
Importance of Training
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Two reception rooms in the luxurious Kiest Lounge in the north end of Kiest Hall (dormitory num
ber 2) which is equipped and maintained for the use of students and their dates on weekends by the
Y.M.C.A., being opened from Friday noon until Sunday night.
Kiest Lounge Adequately
Furnishes Facilities for Guests
Biology Club
Elects Officers
For Current Term
At a meeting of the Biology Club
Thursday night, officers were elect
ed to serve for the current ses
sion and the first term next year.
The officers elected were as fol
lows: R. S. Crawford, president;
Marvin Pearson, vice president;
Harry Trodlier, secretary; H. Hol-
deman, treasurer; H. O. Borgfeld,
social secretary.
These students will also serve in
this same capacity for the United
Science Club as a result of the
practice between the several clubs
making up this organization to
alternate in having their officers
serve as officers for the whole
group.
Dean T. B. Brooks spoke on “De
mocracy” and “Defense,” and their
relation to the United States.
Appropriation
or Scouring Plant
Awaits Approval
The $1,200 to be appropriated to
the Wool Scouring Plant awaits
only the approval of Governor
O’Daniel to become a certainty, it
was announced Friday.
The bill passed by the legislature
last year appropriating $9,000 to
the Experiment Station for the
purpose of moving the Wool Scour
ing Plant from the old wooden
shack, now tom down, in back of
the Experiment Station Building
to the Textile Building had attached
it saying that all money accu
mulated from the small fee charged
all ranchers sending in their wool
samples was to be turned over to
the State Treasury. This made it
necessary to seek an appropriation
take care of the expenses in
curred during the year.
Lounge Is
Open Every Weekend
During Dance Season
This might well be entitled “For
Benefit of Freshmen,” but it will
serve as a reminder for all stu
dents who have passed their first
mile-stone in their careers here at
A. & M.
Until the latter part of the fall
of ’39 there had been no lounge
and wash room facilities provided
for guests who were here for week
ends. The problem became increas
ingly acute and so it was with the
construction of the new dormitories
that the provision for these con
veniences was made.
Through the cooperation of the
Y. M. C. A. was established Kiest
Lounge. The lounge is located on
the bottom floor of Edwin J. Kiest
Hall, or more commonly known to
the students as Dormitory No. 2.
Kiest Lounge is open each week
end during the football season and
the Spring dance season from two
o’clock Friday evening until six
o’clock Sunday evening.
The room is furnished with $3,000
worth of furniture of the modem
Swiss type following a color scheme
of bone-green and coral. The lounge
consists of two parlors, a powder
room for ladies, and a ladies rest
room. Maid service and a matron
are provided when visitors are on
the campus.
Large divans and easy chairs are
arranged about the parlors with
two writing desks and several cof
fee tables and end tables adding to
the comfortable atmosphere. There
are also facilities provided for
making and serving coffee.
The windows are equipped with
Venetian blinds and covered with
drapes. The walls are finished in
green and the floor is covered with
thick carpets. A piano and refrig
erating drinking fountain are ad
ditional features of the lounge.
Since the opening of the lounge
it has adequately seiwed its purpose
and will be open for guests’ use
each week end this spring.
Annual Senior
Class Reception
Date is March 3
A reception for members of the
Senior class in the home of Pres
ident and Mrs. Walton will be held
Monday evening, March 3, Tom
Richey, class president announced
at a meeting of the class Tuesday
night. This function is an annual
and traditional affair.
The time set for the occasion is
8 to 10 p. m. All seniors attending
will wear the number one uniform
as is the custom.
A committee for making neces
sary arrangements will soon be
appointed, Richey said. It is to be
composed of 18 seniors.
Included as special guests for
the occasion will be Dean and Mrs.
F. C. Bolton and Lieut. Col. and
Mrs. James A. Watson.
Richey was quoted as saying that
senior interest in class affairs be
ing at an unprecedented high was
indicative of a large attendance.
Review Sections
Will Be Held For
Civil Service Exam
Students in All
Schools Are Invited
To Attend the Session
The examination for Junior Pro
fessional Assistants will be held at
the Bowie School in Bryan on
March 8 at 8:30 a. m., L. G. Jones,
Chairman of the Civil Service Com
mittee, announced thursday.
As has been the custom in pre
vious years, review sections will
be held cooperatively on the cam
pus in order to refresh the mind
of those students planning to take
this examination.
The review sections will start
Wednesday, Feb. 26, and will oe
conducted by Prof. Donald Christy.
Prof. W. R. Cowley, Prof. L. M.
Thompson, and Dr. L. G. Jones,
and all students enrolled in any of
the schools of the college are cor
dially invited to come and attend
these review sections.
Due to the fact that four of
these sections are on general mat
ters pertaining to the first part
of the examination that is on the
I. Q., students in the School of
Engineering will find it beneficial
and to their advantage to attend
these sessions, all of which will be
held in the auditorium of the Agri
cultural Engineering Building.
The following is a schedule of
the sessions. '
February 26—opening session on
general questions—L. G. Jones.
February 27—general questions
—Don Christy.
February 28—practice examina
tion—L. M. Thompson
March 3—practice examination
—W .R. Cowley
March 4—professional questions
—L. G. Jones
March 5—review questions—L.
M. Thompson
March 6—practice questions—W.
R. Cowley.
26 Calves Being
Shipped to South
America by DH Dept.
Twenty-six calves from the col
lege dairy herd are being innocu-
lated against tick fever in prep
aration for shipment to the Nica
raguan government in Managua,
Nicaragua on March 6, A. L. Dar
nell, professor in the dairy hus
bandry department, announced to
day. The group, which is composed
of 13 Jerseys and 13 Holsteins,
vary in age from one month to six
months.
Because of a lack of railroad fa
cilities which would connect the
out-lying boundaries of Nicaragua,
the group will be consigned to Cor-
into on the Pacific coast. The group
will leave from New Orleans on a
United Fruit Co. boat and will
travel through the Panama Canal.
Two weeks will be required for
transit.
AH Dept to
Sponsor Short
Course on March 3
t
The Animal Husbandry depart
ment is sponsoring a Short Course
for the Horse, Jack and Mule
Breeders of Texas to be held in a
one day meeting on March 3. The
program has been concentrated in
order to contain points of particu
lar interest to all men interested
in horses and mules. The schedule
of events will consist of a series
of programs starting at 8 a. m.
and continuing until 5 p. m.
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Army Officers
Say Review Was
Best Ever Held Here
By Lee Rogers
A review of six thousand cadets
in full dress parade and a mass
rally of the corps and spectators
in Kyle Field yesterday climaxed
A. & M.’s participation in the Na
tional Defense Week Program.
At the rally which followed the
review President T. O. Walton and
Lieut. Col. James A. Watson de
livered speeches emphasizing the
importance of training given at
A. & M. in relation to the current
national situation.
President Walton brought out
the fact that there are three main
objectives in the training that tak
es place here. The first, he said, is
the teaching of Military Science
and equipping reserve officers for
active service in the event that it
becomes necessary.
Secondly, the strengthening cf
the production of livestock and ag
ricultural commodities as these
fields are extremely important to
national defense.
The final phase is that of train
ing engineers who make their con
tributions through the develop
ment and manufacture of imple
ments that are necessary in both
war and peace.
He continued by saying that “A.
& M. has been preparing for na
tional defense for 66 years, and in
the present emergency it can and
will speed up the process. A. & M.
is equally important in war or
peace and the training received
here is of such character that stu
dents are prepared to perform ef
ficiently and effectively their cit
izenship tasks regardless of the pe
culiar problems with which the
state or nation may be confronted.
Students and faculty members of
this institution have pledged their
all to the support of national de
fense and national honors. This
pledge is whole hearted and ir
revocable.”
In his address to the corps Col.
James A. Watson said “I believe
the will of this college and its de
sire and ability to help the Na
tional Government in its vital de
fense preparations, has been aptly
expressed by the picture presented
today.
“We have in this great student
body many men with this superb
quality latent. Let each man take
stock of himself and redouble his
efforts to develop this priceless
possession. This, I believe in all
faith, is the most valuable aid that
the men of this corps can give to
the defense of this country, the
prestige of this college, and finally
to the character of the man him
self.”
Col. Watson stated that the re-
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Aggie Band Makes Trip to Victoria
To Attend Annual Music Festival There
The Aggie band left this morn--
ing at five o’clock via chartered
buses for Victoria, Texas to attend
the annual music festival held
there.
It will be one of 50 bands to at
tend the festival and with the ex
ception of one Coast Artillery band
will be the only military band to
participate.
The band will parade down main
street this morning preceded by
the Coast Artillery band. They
will play a concert at the Victoria
Junior College Auditorium from
one p. m. until five p. m. They will
play another concert from seven
to eight p. m.
Lt. Lefkosky of the Coast Artil
lery here at A. & M. will accom
pany the band to Victoria and will
be in charge of maintaining dis
cipline among „the boys.
The band will be quartered in
homes of Victoria citizens tonight
and in the Victoria hotel. It will
return to College Station early
tomorrow afternoon.
The purpose of the Victoria mu
sic festival is to sponsor a band
contest for class B high school
bands.
Keyes to Address
Next Meeting of
Student Chem Society
Prof. D. B. Keyes, Professor of
Chemical Engineering and Head
of the Division of Chemical Engi
neering of the University of Illi
nois, will be the next speaker on
the program of the Texas A. & M.
Section of the American Chemical
Society.
Prof. Keyes will speak on Tues
day, March 4 in the chemical lec
ture room, at 8 p. m. His subject
will be “A study of catalysts for
the vapor phase oxidation of or
ganic compounds.”