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
VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1941
Z725 NO 57
Annual Senior
Class Reception
To Be Monday Nite
Regimental
Commanders to
Introduce Men at Door
The annual reception for mem
bers of the senior clas sof 1941 is
to be held Monday evening at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. T. 0. Walton,
Tom Richey, president of the sen
ior class, announced yesterday.
Seniors have been requested to
wear No. 1 uniform and to call at
Dr. Walton’s home between the
hours of 8 and 10 o’clock. Guests
for the reception include Dean
and Mrs. F. C. Bolton, Col. Ike
Ashburn, and Lieut. Col. and Mrs.
James A. Watson.
Seniors who will assist at the re
ception include Tom Hagood, Leslie
Appelt, Jeff Montgomery, James
P. Giles Jr., Aubrey Hamilton,
Tom Richey, George Taylor, Paul
Haines, Howard Shelton, James
Thomason, Buster Keeton, Leroy
Johnston, Bob Nisbet, Bill Becker,
Jack Hendricks, Bob Alexander,
Benton Elliot, and Lee Carson.
Regimental commanders will in
troduce the men of their regiment
at the door.
Junior Livestock
Judging Squad to
Leave Next Sunday
The Junior Livestock Judging
squad will leave Sunday morning
on a trip in preparation for the
judging contest to be held at Fort
Worth March 8.
The boys who probably will make
the trip are Charles Beasley, Abi
lene; W. T. Berry Jr., Fort Worth;
Newton Craig, Miami; Gordon
Grote, Mason; Jake Hess, McLean;
A. L. Murray, Miami; Vic Loef-
fler, Junction; Bill Pendleton,
Stratford; J. B. Rapp, Estelline;
and Tommie Stuart, Roby.
From this group six boys will be
selected to make up the team which
will compete for honors along with
19 other teams at Fort Worth.
Among the places which the
boys will visit are Silver Creek
Farms, Fort Worth; Cherbonneau
Percheron Farm, Fort Worth;
Glenn Retreat Farms, Dallas; Neh-
rmeyer Southdown Farm, Rhome;
Heath Rambouillet Farm, Argyle;
Holt Shropshire Farm, Decatur;
Underwood Rambouillet Farm, Den
ton; Harrisdale Farms, Fort
Worth; Ross Bros. Mule Barns,
Fort Worth; and North Texas Agri
cultural College, Arlington.
In the judging contest at Fort
Worth March . 8, there will be 12
classes to be judged with reason
giving on 8. The 12 classes will be
made up of three classes of horses
and mules, three of hogs, three of
sheep and three of cattle.
R. J. von Roeder Jr., assistant
* professor of animal husbandry, is
the coach.
Above—The Verse Speaking Choir of the Texas State College for
Women who will appear tonight at the Stephen F. Austin High School
Auditorium in Bryan.
Left—Miss Mary K. Sand, associate professor of speech at TSCW,
who is director of the choir.
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March 3 Is Date
Of Second Annual
Little Southwestern
The second annual “Little South
western” will be held Monday,
March 3, at 8 p. m. in the Animal
Husbandry pavilion.
The show is sponsored by the
Saddle and Sirloin club for the pur
pose of giving the students a
chance to learn the technique of fit
ting and showing stock animals.
Any student who is majoring in
animal husbandry is eligible to en
ter an animal and it is expected
that more than 65 students will do
so, President Graham Purcell said
yesterday.
The student who is judged grand
champion showman will be awarded
a $35 pair of cowboy boots by the
Central Boot Company of San An
tonio. Cadets will be judged by
their ability to fit and show their
entires.
McNiel, 1940 Grad,
Now in Washington
Word has been received by Dr.
Ide P. Trotter, head of the A. &
M. agronomy department, that El
ton McNeil, graduate in June, 1940
and now in Washington, D. C. is
not only working as a tabulator on
the agricultural census but also is
continuing his education toward a
master of science degree in soils.
McNeil wrote Dr. Trotter that
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Russ Morgan's Music Makes
Field Artillery Ball Big Success
Russ Morgan and his nationally-^-
famed dance orchestra opened A.
& M.’s 1941 social season last night
with the annual Field Artillery
regimental ball held in Sbisa Hall.
Against the background of the
newly decorated bandstand res
plendent in maroon and white drap
es, “Music in the Morgan Manner”
and the singing of Maxine Conrad
was presented to the largest reg
iment at A. & M.
Sbisa Hall was also decorated
for the occasion with the guidons
of the various Field Artillery bat
teries and the regimental colors.
Crossed guns on a maroon back
ground were displayed on the band
stand.
The slow, sweet music of Mor
gan’s orchestra served notice that
this band would again be in the
running for top honors in the Ag
gie popularity poll. Maxine Con
rad, featured vocalist, was one of
the major reasons why “Music in
the Morgan Manner” made sucn
a hit with last night’s audience.
The entire cadet corps will have
a chance to dance to the music of
Morgan and his band as he is also
playing for the Corps Dance to
night from 9 till 12 in Sbisa Hall.
The dance this year was manag
ed by a committee of Field Artil
lery juniors, headed by H. G. Tal-
but and Lewis Kercheville. The
committee in charge of finances
consisted of G. M. Ulmer, R. L.
Crutcher, A. C. SoRelle, R. W.
Crouch, W. P. Biggs, G. T. Cooper,
J. B. Taylor, J. B. Hancock, W. C.
Sleeper, J. M. Carpenter, and R.
R. Russell.
Club Rosters
Due on Longhorn
By Saturday, March 8
Morton Robinson, editor of the
Longhorn, has asked all club pres
idents to prepare an alphabetical
roster of their club and turn it
in either to the Longhorn office
or to Robinson, room 317 Dormi
tory No. 10.
“Caution should be taken to
insure correct spelling of alt
names,” Robinson said.
All club rosters must be in by
March 8 whether the club has had
its picture made or not.
Clubs who still have not had
their pictures made are especially
urged to do so immediately.
Evening Study Club to Present
The Verse Speaking Choir of TSCW
Program Is
Entirely Different From
Anything Given in the Past
On Saturday evening, March 1st,
at 8:00, at the Stephen F. Austin
High School Auditorium, the Eve
ning Study Club will sponsor a
program by the Verse Speaking
Choir of the Texas State College
for Women. In presenting this
program, the aim of the Club is to
give the people of Bryan and Col
lege Station an artistic program
entirely different to any that has
been given here in the past. There
will be no admission charge and
everyone in Brazos County who
is interested in literary and speech
work is given a very cordial invi
tation to be guests of the Evening
Study Club at the entertainment.
Under the direction of Miss Mary
K. Sands, associate professor of
speech at TSCW, the choir has
previously appeared in Fort Worth,
Dallas, Sherman, Cleburne, and
Gainesville, and the Bryan appear
ance is part of a tour which also
includes Temple and Austin. It
has also made numerous appear
ances in Denton and on the TSCW
campus.
Different methods of presenting
the verse are used. Sometmes the
group is divided according to type
of voice and will do two or three-
part work, and sometimes solo
voices read portions or sequences
in the material.
Relatively new in this country,
the choral speaking movement orig
inated with the Greeks and was
revived in England in 1922, with
the London Verse Speaking Choir
attracting wide attention under
the direction of Marjorie Cullen.
The TSCW choir, one of the first in
the Southwest, was organized in the
Spring of 1935 and since then, be
ginners’ and advanced classes have
been formed, the choir being sel
ected from the advanced classes.
A well known authority in the
Southwest in the whole field of
speech, Miss Sands created inter
est in the TSCW choir and in the
summer of 1939 studied with Miss
Cullen, taking two courses in chor-
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Annual A.S.C.E/
Barbecue Held in
Hensel Park Feb. 27
The American Society of Civil
Engineers held its annual barbe
cue Thursday afternoon, Feb. 27,
in Hensel Park. The function was
attended by the members of the
local chapter, and professors in the
civil engineering department and
their wives, and a score of engi
neers and economists from Wash
ington and the Texas State High
way Department.
Football, baseball and horseshoe
pitching provided entertainment
prior to a short talk given by Col
onel E. A. Seward, contact mem
ber for the student chapter of the
society and senior resident engi
neer for the Texas Highway De
partment.
R. W. Crum, director of the
Highway Research Board, Wash
ington, D. C., Robley Winfrey, Iowa
State College and public roads ad
ministrator, Ames, Iowa, and Dean
Gibb Gilchrist were also among the
guests of the society for the after
noon.
Gee, Guy, Ya Don’t
Say-Do Ya Mean a
Real Court Martial?
Flash — hot news — scandel
rocks the campus as Captain Billy
Joe Adams is court-martialed for
taking personal interest in the pur
chase of mess provisions for his
battery.
Don’t get too excited, though,
because it was only a mock trial
cooked-up by the Field Artillery
officers for the purpose of dem
onstrating military law to Field
Artillery seniors.
Adams was charged with viola
tion of the 87th Article of War.
The specification read as follows:
In that Capt. Billy J. Adams, C. O.
Btry F, 144th F. A., during his
tour of active duty for the past
eight months, did, at various times,
influence the purchase of mess
provisions from the Willman
Wholesale Co., adjacent to Fort
Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas,
his post of duty, for personal in
terest in the purchase. The ac
cusers were William A. Becker,
Colonel, 15th F. A., and James P.
Giles Jr., Lt. Col., 15th F. A.
The entire personnel of the court
was made up of Field Artillery
seniors. The trial was conducted
with officers in No. 1 uniform in
the physics lecture room.
Moving Pictures
Of Life in Japan,
China Will Be Shown
Moving pictures of life in Japan
and China will be shown at the
College Station Baptist church
Sunday at 8 p. m. Mr. J. W. “Bill”
Marshall of Dallas will present the
pictures.
Mr. Marshall recently made a
tour of the Oriental countries mak
ing moving pictures as he went.
His films will show war orphans,
bombed schools, bombed churches
and other pictures of the war. Al
so included in his films are many
views of the Chinese scenic beau
ties.
Mr. Marshall has traveled ex
tensively over the state showing his
films to the history classes of
state colleges, universities, and
other interested groups.
The films will be presented at
the College Station Baptist Church,
Sunday, March 2, at 8 p. m.
Cosmo Club
Members to Visit
Homes of Faculty
Using the members of the Cos
mopolitan club, M. L. Cushion has
outlined a new program for prom
oting better relations between stu
dents and faculty by introducing
students from foreign countries
to homes of the faculty.
The students will call at the
various professor's homes in groups
of 20, and in this manner the
whole club gets to visit an Amer
ican home.
President and Mrs. T. O. Walton
will be host to the group, and the
Reverend and Mrs. R. L. Brown
will entertain them with a coffee.
Final Review Petition Delayed for
Executive Committee Consideration
Civil Service
Review Sections
Schedule Changed
Will Be Held
Sunday Night Instead
Of Tuesday as Planned
The Civil Service review sections
on Soil Survey and Crops Product
ion scheduled for Tuesday night
have beeen changed to Sunday
night. The sessions are being held
in preparation for the Civil Service
exam for Junior Professional as
sistant that is to be held in Bryan
next Saturday. The sessions will
be held in rooms 304 and 310 of
the Agriculture building.
L. M. Thompson will lead the
session on Soil Survey and Profes
sor Tildon Easley will hold the
session on Crop Production.
Professor L. S. Jones of the
Agronomy department invites all
interested students to attend. The
sessions will begin at 7:30.
Hammond Is
Chief Speaker
At District Meet
J. Walter Hammond of Tye, pres
ident of the Texas Farm Bureau
Federation, was the principal
speaker at a district organization
meeting of the federation on the
A. & M. campus Thursday.
The meeting, one of*a series be
ing held over the state, was called
by George C. Chance of Bryan, a
district director, and an estimated
250 farmers and representatives of
farm agencies were present.
Hammond outlined the bureau’s
plan for parity payments while
discussing the various problems
confronting Texas farmers. He al
so read a statement submitted by
President Edward A. O’Neal of
the American Farm Bureau Fed
eration when he appeared before
a subcommittee of the national con
gress in support of parity pay
ments for farm products.
George Slaughter, State AAA
chairman, speaking briefly, illus
trated how substantial savings
could be made by cooperative buy
ing of farm machinery and house
hold equipment. R. J. Arnold of
Alabama, organization director of
the Farm Bureau Federation, was
the last speaker at the morning
session.
The afternoon session was given
over to an open forum for expres
sion of opinions by farmers from
counties in the eleventh district,
and also for consideration of mem
bership quota pledges on the basis
of a total membership of 50,000 for
the state.
Leader
Russ Morgan, famed orcliestra
leader, after a successful ap
pearance at the Field Artillery
Ball last evening will again
play for the corps dance tonight
in Sbisa Hall from 9 to 12.
LAe.S, to Show
Helicopter Films
Two films portraying the new
Sikorsky helicopter will be shown
at the next regular meeting of the
A. & M. chapter of the Institute of
Aeronautical Sciences, both of
which were recently presented at
the annual meeting of the insti
tutes national chapter, president
W. W. Sullivan said yesterday.
The meeting will be held in the
chemistry lecture room beginning
at 7 p. m. Monday.
The first picture will demon-
srtate the maneuverability of the
ship which, incidentally, is the first
of its kind to be built in this coun
try, and will show the plane being
loaded from the ground while ir
flight.
The second film further illus
trates the helicopter’s ability to
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Johnson and Myers
Begin WTAW Sports
Broadcast Tomorrow
Battalion sports will take to
the air beginning tomorrow after
noon at 5:15 over radio station
WTAW.
Sports Editor H. O. (Hub) John
son and Bob Myers will review
the past week of collegiate and
intramural sports and give a sched
ule of the nearing sports events.
From time to time members of
the various Aggie teams and cham
pions of the intramural sports
will take part as visiting guests.
This is believed to be the first
of such programs originating from
southern colleges or universities.
Minority Petition
Is Responsible for
Delay on Hearing
Another delay of faculty action
on the question of changing the
date of final review when, at the
request of the senior committee
responsible for presenting the pe
tition for the change, the matter
was first discussed yesterday at
2:30 p.m. before a called meeting
of the executive committee of the
faculty.
Reason for first appearing be
fore the executive committee was
that a minority petition from day
students might be heard. The group
of 143 students claimed to have had
insufficient notice of the senior
class meeting at which the peti
tion was adopted.
Final decision on the matter will
be reached at a special meeting
of the academic council of the gen
eral faculty to be held this after
noon at 1:30 p.m.
Speaking before the executive
committee in behalf of the minority
group and one who was instrument-
half was R. F. Eckert, senior elec-
al in securing support in its be-
trical engineering student from
Dallas. Eckert is a non-military
day student, married, and living at
215 Foster Avenue in College Hills.
The counter-petition in subs
tance opposed the change as not
representing the opinion of the ma
jority of the senior class, and on
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Clergymen,
Faculty, Students
Discuss Nat’l Unity
In celebration of National Bro
therhood Week, clergymen, stu
dents, and faculty members met
and discussed “National Unity”
Thursday. The meetings were spon
sored by the A. & M. Inter-Church
Council. Principal speakers were
Dr. Raphael Gold, Dallas, Dr. Jas
per Manton, Dallas, Dr. Hastings
Harrison and the Reverend James
M. Kirwin, Port Arthur, Texas.
Discussions were held at the reg
ular faculty luncheon in Sbisa Hall
Thursday. Later a number of
clergymen from College Station,
Bryan, Navasota, Caldwell ,and
Hempstead met in the Y parlors
to hold a round-table discussion.
At 5 o’clock students met with the
principal speakers to discuss var
ious phases of the theme “National
Unity”.
The Singing Cadets presented
part of the program. Their numbers
consisted of Away Down South,
God Bless America, Marine Hymn,
Dance My Comrades, Old Macdon
ald and a solo by Gabe Fahardo.
“Sufficient interest was shown
in the program to merit holding
another next year,” Morris Lichen-
stein stated. “This is the frist time
emphasis has been placed on the
religious side of fellowship here
at A. & M,” he said.
Judging Team
Leaves for Austin
Professor A. L. Darnell and ten
of his judging students left Fri
day at 6 p. m. for Austin and
San Antonio in order to practice
judging preparatory to participat
ing in the Southwestern Student
Inter-collegiate Dairy Cattle Judg
ing Contest to be held at Fort
Worth on March 10.
They are to work at the Keep
Jersey Farm, Buda, Texas, and at
the Rio Vista Dairy Farm, owned
by R. E. Hildcbrande of San An
tonio, Texas. While at the Rio
Vista Dairy Farm, they will judge
both Jersey and Holstein classes,
including the two show herds that
Mr. Hildebrande will exhibit at the
Fort Worth Fat Stock Show.
While at these farms, the boys
will have an opportunity to see
some of the finest cattle in the
state of Texas. H. Heep’s herd is
famous throughout the Southwest.
Mr. Hildebrande had the. Grand
Champion Jersey cow at the Hous
ton Stock Show, as well as several
other prize winners.
Texas A. and M. College teams
have won eleven of the sixteen con
tests that have taken place at the
Fat Stock Show during the past
sixteen years.
Local Bundles for Britain Program
Progresses Rapidly as Corps Donates
The work being done by the re-" 1
cently organized Bundles for Brit
ain chapter of College Station is
progressing rapidly according to
Mrs. C. B. Campbell, chairman of
the local chcapter. The chapter is
using the house at 234 Lamar St.
for its headquarters.
Each room in the house has been
designated for some specific pur
pose. Stoves, rugs, tables, lamps,
cutting boards, chairs, and other
items have been donated by local
residents to be used in the house
for the furtherance of the work
ing facilities.
One hundred dollars of the funds
received from the charity football
game have been used to buy yarn
for sweaters, socks, and helmets,
Mrs. Campbell reported. Baby lay-
etts amounting to $50 and material
for hospital garments amounting
to $25 have been purchased and
are now being made into clothing.
This work is under the direction of
Mrs. N. M. McGinnis. A sum of
$100 is being reserved for the
transportation of the garments.
Cadet Colonel Bill Becker said
that the cadet corps had donated
•a truck load of clothing, but they
have to be mended before they
will be ready for shipment. There
has already been enough clothing
mended and made ready for ship
ment to fill to capacity two large
closets.
The City of Bryan has donated
four sewing machines to be used
in the sewing rooms.
Two hostesses will be at the
house in the mornings and after
noons on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, and the house will be
open from 9 until 12 a.m. and
from 2 until 5 p. m. on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fri
days in order that people may go
there to make garments and pre
pare materials for shipment to
Britain.
Anyone unable to come to the
house and work may take the
material home with them and work
on the garments there.
The tinfoil collection is also pro
gressing rapidly and it has been
requested that those who give tin-
foil do not roll it as it has to be
unrolled before it can be shipped.