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Bluebonnet Duchess Above is Miss Floylee Hunter, Dallas, senior at the Hockaday School for Women, who will represent A. & M. at the third annual Texas Bluebonnet Festival in Navasota March 28, 29 and 30. Miss Hunter will be escorted by George L. Mueller, also of Dallas, Cavalry senior. Anderson Says City-Owned Utilities Worth $100,000 City’s Debt Is Now Less Than $40,000, Anderson Reveals The aggregate value of city-own ed utilities in College Station is now approximately $100,000 accord ing to the latest report of the city’s progress, made by Col. Frank G. Anderson, mayor of College Station. The city has acquired and ins talled these utilities at a cost of approximately $50,000, but was able to purchase them at about 50 per cent of their value. Most of these utilities include light, water, and sewer lines. The mayor reported that only about $40,000 is owed on them at this time and that amount is being con tinually repaid at the rate of $1000 per month in addition to maintain ing the routine expenses. Since the last report, which was made approximately three months ago, the city has spent $5000 in the northeast comer of the city to provide homes in that area with city water and satisfactory sewage dis posal facilities. The College Hills water and sewage utilities have also been acquired at a cost of $8200, the report stated. A paving program to be un dertaken during the spring has been outlined by the city to pro vide first class streets in parts of the city. Several car loads of patching materials have been used on the streets and the new pro gram, when undertaken, is expect ed to build streets of a better qual ity than those built by property owners and developers some time ago. At the last meeting of the city council it was decided that an ord inance should be passed which would provide a penalty for allow ing livestock to run loose within the city. Another ordinance was passed which set county assessment and (Continued on Page 4) New Speed Limit To Be Enforced A speed limit of 20 miles an hour has been established and is to be enforced on the A. & M. campus by order of Commandant Lieut. Col. James A. Watson. The establishment of this speed limit was deemed necessary be cause of the increasing number of cars being driven on the campus, Col. Watson said. An officer is to be placed on the campus to see that the limit is strictly enforced. The official order of the estab lishment of the 20-miles-per-hour limit was issued Wednesday after noon and it is to go into effect immediately. Sixth Record Concert Will Be Night The sixth in the series of an notated musical concerts will be given in the music room of the Cushing Memorial Library Mon day, March 3, at 7:15 p. m. The program will be conducted by F. E. Ekfelt of the English de partment and will consist of se lections from the opera “Faust” by Gounod. This is another in the series of annotated programs given every Monday night by faculty members and students who are interested in music. These programs, which are planned in advance, are confined to the music contained in the Carne gie endowment in the library. Mr. Ekfelt will play the follow ing selections and comment on them as they are played, all from “Faust”: Introductory music; song, “If I Pray There is None to Hear”— Faust and Chorus; choral music, Act II—“Wine Still or Sparkling”; “See How They Do Eye Me”; Valentine’s song ‘Dear Gift of My Sister”; Mephistopholes’ song— “Calf of Gold”; waltz music, Act II— Faust’s song—“Hail Thy Dwelling Pure and Holy”; Mar guerite’s songs—Act III—“Ballad of the King of Thule”; “Jewel Song”; duet—Act III—Marguerite and Faust; some of the ballad; and Parts of Act IV. Spring Dairy Show Will Be April 26 The date for the annual spring dairy show, sponsored by the Kream and Kow Klub, was set for April 26 at a meeting of the club held Monday night. The members of the club were divided into teams, two seniors acting as co-captains of each team. Team members will be allowed to fit and show one animal each and each team will also be allowed to fit and show one group consisting of two females from any one dam. The awards for the individuals will be made to the student fitting and exhibiting the animal. The awards to the groups will be made to the team and will be shared equally with each member of the team including the co-captains. There will be a final class in each group designated as a team class in which all of the individual entries will be exhibited as a group. These group winnings or placings will determine the final standing of the teams. The Battalion VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 27, 1941 Z725 NO. 56 A&M Appropriation Bill Passes House Artillerymen Plan Colorful BallJ Will Dance To Sweet Music Russ Morgan Style Orchestra Will Be Held Over for Saturday Corps Dance The mellow voice of Maxine Con rad against a background of slow, sweet music of Russ Morgan and his band will be heard again Fri day night at the Field Artillery Ball in Sbisa Hall when he makes his first return appearance since the Senior Rings Dance and a corps dance last May. Due to the great popularity of “Music in the Mor gan Manner”, Russ Morgan and his band are being held over for a corps dance on Saturday from 9 to 12 in Sbisa Hall. The finance committee which hafe been named for the ball is com posed of G. M. Ulmer, R. L. Crut cher, L. A. Larrey, J. P. Wolfe, A. C. SoRelle, R. W. Couch, W. P. Biggs, G. T. Cooper, J. B. Taylor, J. B. Hancock, W. C. Sleeper, J. M. Carpenter, and R. R. Russell. There are still a limited number of favors available which may be secured from L. Kercheville, Room 219, Dormitory 6. The band stand will be decorated with maroon and white drapes. Guidons and regimental colors, crossed guns on a maroon back ground, will supplement the mar oon and white decorations. Potted plants will be used from the Land scape Art Department. In the Aggie poll which was conducted last spring during the djance season, Morgan’s music was rated second. Over the nation Morgan’s band is ranked as one of the outstanding orchestras. “Music in the Morgan Manner” has won Russ Morgan fame and long engagements at the outstand ing dance spots in leading cities from coast to coast. Some of his more redent engagements have been the Rice Hotel, Houston; Casa Manana, Fort Worth; the In ternational Casino, New York City; and the French Casino of New York City. Field Artillery Edition of Aggietone News Begins New Regimental Productions Faculty to Vote Today on Senior Class Petition Because of the absence of sever al faculty members, the meeting of the Academic council of the gen eral faculty was changed from Tuesday to today. At this meeting the council will vote on the petition of the senior class requesting that the date of the final review be chang ed from May 31, as it is now sched uled, to June 7. As it now stands, final review will come before final exams; the senior class petition would hold the review after final exams are com pleted. The petition to change the date was unanimously approved at a meeting of the senior class last Thursday night and a committee composed of Cadet Colonel Bill Becker, Field Artillery Band Cap tain Roy Chappell, Battalion Edi tor Bob Nisbet, and Senior Class President Tom Richey was appoint ed to present the case at the fac ulty meeting. The freshman class at a meeting last Monday afternoon voted un animously in favor of making the change as did the sophomore and junior classes at a joint meeting Monday. These votes were taken at the request of faculty members at an earlier meeting before which sen ior class representatves appeared to discuss the matter. It was decided at this meeting to withhold voting on the subject until more evidence could be gathered. "The Puritan” Is Film Club’s Next Program Show Will Begin After Basketball Game With Texas U “The Puritan,” a French produc tion with English subtitles, will be shown at the Campus Theater at 8:50 tonight as the fourth for eign film presented by the Campus Film Club, Sam Zisman, chairman of the executive committee announ ced. The showing will be delayed until this time because of the A. & M.-Texas basketbal game which is being held earlier in the evening. The film concerns the moral and mental trials of a young French man who is a religious fanatic and believes himself destined to eradi cate immorality from the world. The Nation magazine says, “a sensitive young man . . .murders a young woman. From there on we watch two parallel actions—the po lice tracking down the murderer, and the murderer tracking down himself.” He tries to justify the murder to himself by thinking he is saving her soul. His search for peace of mind and away from the police turns him to drink and cheap Paris night clubs. His conscience and the police both catch up with him at the same time for his true motive in the murder. “This is an adult picture,” Zis man stated. “The Campus Theater management has been asked not to admit anyone under 18 years of age and it is to be hoped that all those attending will accept this film as an honest presen tation.” Members of the Campus Film Club will be admitted to the theat er at 8:50 and non-members who wish to witness the feature will be admitted at 9. The film will be shown again at 10:30. C. A. Montgomery Weds Dallas Girl Lieutenant Charles A. Montgom ery, A. & M. graduate of the class of 1940 and associate radio editor of The Battalion, married Miss Jane Elizabeth Cann of Dallas Monday, Feb. 17. The marriage ceremonies took place at the Highland Park Pres byterian Church in Dallas. Rev. Hopper, associate pastor of the church, officiated at the wedding which was attended only by close friends and relatives of the couple. C. A. Montgomery York Murphy, A. & M. graduate of the class of 1940 and Montgom ery’s roommate, was best man at the ceremony. Immediately after the ceremo nies, Lieut, and Mrs. Montgomery left for Charleston, S. C., from where he will sail for Panama to be stationed with the United States Air Corps. Mrs. Montgomery will fly back to Dallas to remain with her parents until her quarters are available at Panama. Mrs. Montgomery was a junior at the University of Texas. Lieut. Montgomery graduated from Kelly Field Feb. 7. Show to Be Sent To Ex-Student Clubs Over Nation The first of a new series of Aggietone News productions, fea turing A. & M.’s Field Artillery Regiment, begins a three-day show ing today at the Campus' Theater. The revamped Aggietone News will present a series of seven pro ductions this semester, one being devoted to each of the seven branches of the R.O.T.C. at A. & M. Cooperating with the Aggietone News staff in producing the Field Artillery show was a committee headed by Cadet Lieut. Col. James P. Giles Jr., Okmulgee, Okla., and including Cadet Majors James C. Rominger, Breckenridge; P. R. Henry, Pontotoc, Miss.; and H. W. Gillespie, Dallas. Vastly improved over former Ag gietone News Productions, the Field Artillery show was filmed by F. W. (Lucky) Allen, McKinney, director of photography for the newsreel. Charles Tigner, assistant man ager of the theater who formerly was in radio work in Texas and Louisiana, is now training the narration staff. Assisting Tigner in developing the continuity for the narration was R. M. McGee, Crowell. The Field Artillery producton has a running time of ten minues and will show four times each day of the commercial showing. Following the showing at the Campus Theater, the newsreel will be sent to all ex-student clubs throughout the nation. A calendar of future Aggietone News regimental pictures includes the Signal Corps Regiment pro duction, March 19, 20 and 21; Corps of Engineers, March 26, 27 and 28; Cavalry Regiment, April 2, 3 and 4; Infantry Regiment, April 23, 24 and 25; Coast Artil lery Corps, May 6, 7 and 8; and Chemical Warfare Service, May 13, 14 and 15. The dates for the various pictur es were set by the several regi mental committees. Hereford Cattle Auction Sees Top Price Hit $1575 As Buyers Gather at College Station from Entire State C. I. Francis of Houston Is Biggest Purchaser With $1570 Beef came rather high Tuesday afternoon when the first auction of Hereford cattle sold under the sponsorship of the Mid-South Tex as Hereford Association was held in the Animal Husbandry pavil- lion. Top price of the sale was receiv ed by Fred M. Allison, Jr., Cor sicana, for his bull, Publican Dom ino 2nd 2984375, which brought him $1,575 from Black and Largent, of Granbury. Strange to relate, the buyers were the owner of the sire’ of the bull and they bid it back to be used at their ranch. Top cow, Miss John Randolph H. 165th 3047909, owned by Jim Bering, McGregor, was sold to A. P. George, Richmond, for $550. Others sold well above $300 each and the average for all the cows sold was $267. The average price for the 33 bulls sold was $222 and the average for the entire sale was $238. The average for the bulls came down when several went for prices rang ing from $115 to $160. Big buyer of the sale was C. I. Francis, Houston attorney, who bought five cows for $1570. Other buyers listed in order of catalogue included: W. T. Sims, Bryan, bull for $305; Miles Knolle, •^Industry, bull for $270; Wes Bui-* ler, Brookshire, bull for $225; M. W. Sims, Bryan, cow for $260; Charles Burdy, North Zulch, cow for $200; Black and Largen, Granbury, bull for $1,575; R. R. Childs, Jack sonville, bull for $310. R. E. Eunace, Thorndale, bull for $230; Miles Knolle, Industry, bull for $135; R. L. Bumpers, Mar quez, cow for $150; C. I. Francis, Houston, cow for $225 and a twin of the same cow for $365; D. W. Williams, College Station, bull for $200; Roy Wright, Hempstead, bull for $225; Wheelock Hereford Ranch, Corsicana, cow for $250; Dr. H. H. Maidley, Navasota, bull for $125; Dr. Maidley, another bull for $120. A. P. George, Richmond, cow for $270; Fr. Francis, another cow for $310; Will Royse, LaGrange, bull for $160; Rufus Pebles, Teuhanaca, bull for $150; J. Webb Howell, Bryan, bull for $150; Gus Schultz, Bryan, bull for $115; L. P. Claus- sen, Houston, cow for $135; Boenke Ranch, Hearne, cow for $205; W. L. Williams, Bryan, cow for $225; A. P. George, Richmond, cow for $550; A. S. Krutcher, Houston, cow for $325; W. H. Long, Crockett, cow for $195. Mr. Francis, another cow for $290; Alf Von Gonten, Rockdale, cow for $295; Drs. S. D. David, Hempstead, bull for $165; D. W. Williams, College Station, bull for $165; Wright Ranch, Hempstead, bull for $200; Rufus Pebles, Teu hanaca, bull for $155; P. C. Milner, Streetman, bull for $155; M. C. Peters, Navasota, bull for $200; Earl Porter, Caldwell, bull for $310; E. H. Astin, Bryan, bull for $175 and another for $125; D. W. Wil liams, College Station, bull for $140; V. O. Wall, Cameron, bull for 145 and another bull for the same price; M. C. Peters, Navasota, bull for $145; H. J. Smith, Cam eron, bull for $125; M. U. Borden, Houston, cow for $195; M. C. Peters, Navasota, bull for $140; and Cecil Regan, Franklin, bull for $120. February Magazines Are Off Press Today The February Battalion Maga zine is ready for distribution and copies can be received from the circulation room in the basement of the Administration building \ Th£ issue has a valentine theme and features a cover design of old rose and lace with attractive Bettye Battalion. The Agriculturist for February will be ready for distribution this afternoon at 5 o’clock. The cover is faced with a pink half-tone of a Hereford bull against a silver back ground. The issue contains art icles on calf-rearing, muskrat rear ing, agriculture in Palestine, and others. enate Now Debates Bill; O’DanielNext Bill Provides for Six Dormitories, New AAA Building The appropriation bill which cov ers the bonds necessary for the erection of six dormitories, an of fice building and additional power and steam plant equipment, passed the Texas House of Representativ es Wednesday morning, G. Byron Winstead, A. & M. director of in formation, announced late yester day afternoon. The bill is now before the Senate for ratification before being sent to Governor W. Lee O’Daniel for his signature. As soon as the bill has been sign ed by the governor, the work on the new dormitories, which has been at a standstill since late in December, will again be resumed. The present appropriation bill is similar to the one passed late last summer with the exception that provision is made for the is suance of bonds at four percent interest with a maturity date not to exceed 30 years. The old bill provided for the issuance of bonds at four percent interest with a maturity date not to exceed 20 years. Work on the new dormitories was already underway when the state auditor stopped work because it was decided that 20 years would not be sufficient to pay for the new dormitories if the rent from the dormitories would be the only means of paying the bonds. It then became necessary to pass another bill through the legislature with a provision for 30-year bonds. Senator Alton York, and Rep. W. T. McDonald from Bryan intro duced the new bill in the senate and the house concurrently. The six new dormitories, which are already under construction northwest of the College Hospital, will be similar in design and con struction to the last group of dor mitories but will probably be faced with buff brick to match the hos pital group. The new office building which will house the A. A. A. and other federal agencies now housed on the campus will be located across from the Post Office. Provision is also being made for adequate park ing facilities. Under the new bill, additional power and steam plant equipment (Continued on Page 2) Defense to Be Theme Of 1941 Longhorn National defense is the theme of the 1940-41 Longhorn, editor Morton Robinson said yesterday. Many photographs of the R.O.T. C. units in action will be included, he stated. More full-page color photography will appear in the 1940-41 annual than in previous years. Heretofore, one of the high lights of the Longhorn has been the most-popular-seniors section, but in its place this year will be the A. & M. section of Who’s Who in American Colleges and Univer sities. The Longhorn is scheduled to go to press May 1 and will come out May 15 Robinson added. Local Farm Bureau Unit Meets Today A meeting of the Texas Farm Bureau of district eleven called by George Chance of Bryan, will be held at the Assembly Hall Thurs day. The meeting, which will begin at 10 a. m., is one of a series to be held in each district throughout the state. Chance will preside. He is a member of the board of directors of the Texas Agricultural Associa tion and chairman of the organiza tion in Brazos County.