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
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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
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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
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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.