The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 08, 1941, Image 1
DIAL 4-5444 STUDENT TRI WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE Battalion DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1941 Z725 NO. 60 Livestock Show Results Announced Phil Chauvin Wins the Grand Champion Award Official results have now been tabulated in the second annual Lit tle Southwestern Livestock Show held Monday night. The show was inaugurated last year in an attempt to give to the boys of A. & M. who are interested in the field of ani mal husbandry an opportunity to become better acquainted with one show ring, one of the important phases of the livestock industry. The show gives the boys exper ience and practice in actual fitting, training and showing of animals. An award of a pair of cowboy boots donated by Central Boot Co. of San Antonio went to Phil H. Chauvin of College Station as Grand Champion Fitter and Show man. Results of the events are as fol lows: Horse Department Class Percheron Stallions: John ny Bonner, Corsicana, first; H. E. Brown, Rock Springs, second; and M. C. Williams, Higgins, third. Class Percheron Fillies: C. W. Post, Midland, first; J. S. Burn side, Houston, second. Class Percheron Mares: Charles Beasley, Abilene, first; C. L. Gid- dens, Leander, second; R. C. Cox, Las Cruces, N. M., third. Champion horse showman— Johnny Bonner. Sheep Department Class Fat Lambs: H. J. Rich ards, Jacksboro, first; Charles Bodie, San Angelo, second, and H. N. Mogford, Menard, third. Class fine wool sheep: A. E. Hosch, Belton, first; Joe Lemley, San Angelo, second; and Charlie McCarrol, Junction, third. Medium wool sheep: P. H. Chauvin, College Station, first; A. B. Higgins, Lampasas, second; S. P. Martin, Mason, third. Champion sheep showman: P. H. Chauvin. Swine Department Class Poland-China Barrows: Wayne Maddox, Miami, first; Har ris Swafford, Rankin, second. Class Duroc Barrows: Walter Lasley, Stratford, first; W. 0. Fillingim, Canadian, second; and Allen Madeley, College Station, third. Class Hampshire Barrows: Fred Dalby, Aspermont, first; Ernest Pickens, Canadian, second; and Carl Rickter, San Antonio, third. Champion hog showman: Walter Lasley. Cattle Department Class Hereford Heifers: M. J. McMillian, Mason, first; G. C. (Continued on Page 4) Special Courses To be Offered to College Students Training Will Qualify Students for Aerial Navigation Officers College students who meet the prescribed requirements will be offered a course of training to qualify them as aerial navigation officers according to a bulletin Fri day from the War Department. The status, as well as pay and allowances of cadets undergoing this specialized non-pilot training in navigation, is the same as that for cadets receiving pilot training. They are designated “Flying Ca dets” and, upon satisfactory com pletion of the course, as well as an additional period of training with tactical or other Air Corps units, are eligible for commissions as 2nd Lieutenants, Air Reserve. The entire training period will cover approximately nine months. Applicants for this course must meet the general requirements as flying cadets. They must be un married citizens of the United Stat es between the ages of twenty and twenty-six inclusive, of good character, sound physique, and in excellent health. The training as “Navigator” is designed to qualify candidates as navigator-gunner members of com bat crews. Students will first un dergo instruction in an aerial gun nery school. This will be followed by a course in navigation, attention being given, among other subjects, to day and night navigation flights, the use of instruments, maps and charts, dead reckoning procedure and problems, and celestial nav igation theory. Meats Judging Team to Leave for Fort Worth on Sunday The Meats Judging Team will leave Sunday for the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show where they will participate in the contest to be held there March 10 through March 13. The entire group who came out for the judging team will make the trip and includes C. D. Ramsel, Worth Parker, Bland Harrison, “Shorty” Fuller, Bill Hampton, Jay Pumphrey, John Hardin, Rankin Jones, H. W. Beckley, John Sleeper, W. W. Cummings, J. P. Passons, J. D. Jorden, Thomas Pappas, Jake Fritch, and Nicks Cannon. The entire group will judge Mon day, March 10, as practice for the contest to be held Tuesday, March 11; then four of this group who are chosen as the team will judge nine classes of carcasses and cuts made up of three classes of beef, three classes of lamb, and three classes of pork. Reason will be written and given on each class. C. E. Murphey, professor in Animal Husbandry, is the coach. White, Appearing Here March 12, Won Fame Through Story of Xmas Editor’s note: The following is a conden-4-fallowed a trail in the deep SHOW, sed version of a story written by William „ . , . , Li. White and broadcast by him from Talking in whispers, W6 passed Helsinki while it was under bombard ment on the Finnish Front Christmas Eve 1939. The broadcast inspired the famous play “There Shall Be No Night” by Robert Sherwood. White will appear here under the aus pices of Town Hall on March 12. W. L. White speaking to you on this Christmas night from Finland, the country where our legend of Santa Claus and his reindeer first began. Reindeer still pull sleighs in the north of Finland tonight, carrying supplies to the little na tion's army which is fighting to press back the great army which would come in. But if part of our Christmas story began in Finland, in Finland is also the country where Christmas ends, for beyond the line of its armies lies that great land where there is no Christmas anymore and where the memory of its stories is dimming fast. And this is why, since I have come from a front line post-of-command of this Finnish army, I can tell you tonight about this last Christ mas tree. . . . Even without our guide we might have found the last Christmas tree by following the sound of big guns from far off. Presently when they were close, we left our cars and places where the white snow had been gashed deep by shell craters, and at last we came to the front line post-of-command. Beyond us was no real front line but only machine gun nests, dugouts and a few shallow trenches, a place where it was not safe for any man to crawl who had not first seen the country by clear light of day. We asked an official what the men would have for Christmas din ner and he told us their mess kits would be filled with warm thick pea soup, rich with pieces of mutton and pork, with plenty of bread spread thick with butter, and for dessert, porridge with sugar. And then, because it was Christ mas, the army had sent up four Christmas hams, which would be sliced and eaten with the bread. But tomorrow the men would get their presents in this dugout and also the Christmas tree would be saved for them to see. The tiny tree was standing near the stove. Little red and white wax candles had been tied by men’s clumsy fingers to its branches. Also tied to the green spruce twigs were a (Continued on Page 4) Aggie Representative Miss Rachel Corder of Burnett who has been selected as the A. & M. Sweetheart to participate in the Round-Up at the University of Texas on April 4, 5, and 6. Bernie Cummins Scores Hit With Coast Artillerymen at Ball Last Night As the highlight of last night’s fifth annual Coast Artillery Ball, members of the junior class of the regiment presented Lieut. Col. F. A. Hollingshead a portable radio as a farewell token of their esteem. Col. Hollingshead has been at A. & M. for four years as in structor in the Coast Artillery Corps and has been transferred to Hitchcock, Texas, for duty there. Members of the Coast Artillery regiment and their dates danced from 10 until 1 with the music of Bernie Cummins arid his orchestra in Sbisa Hall. Jeri Sullivan, song stress with the orchestra, made the evening more enjoyable by her vocals. Walter Cummins, Bernie’s brother, attracted comment by his guitar playing and singing. Cummins made a long start on his claim as the best orchestra to play here for the second consecu tive year. Last year in a Backwash poll his band was chosen as the best. The Coast Artillery ball is given each year by the junior class honor ing the seniors of the regiment. Juniors who were in charge of ar rangements included Jimmy Gold- ston, Beverly Byrd, Tom Gillis, Robert Frost, Jimmy Rivenbark, Dow Wynn, Henry Rollin, Ransom Kenny, Raymond Read, Harry Whitmore, Don Gabriel, Jack J. Smither, G. R. King, Luke Moore, D. J. Flynn, Lawrence Dubose, W. R. Grady, and R. G. Skidmore. Sbisa Hall was decorated for the occasion with the guidons of each of the batteries in the regiment. The band stand was draped in Poultry Husbandry Students Get Birds Ready for Stock Show Students taking poultry hus bandry have been busy this week fitting poultry for the 20 exhibi tion and production White Leg horns and Barred Plymouth Rocks which are being entered in the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show. The birds are being entered as individuals and pens, a pen being made up of two pullets and one cockerel. The Fort Worth Show is the third one in which the poultry de partment has participated this year. The others were the Abilene Poultry Show and the Houston Fat Stock Show. Almost every bird entered in these two shows placed in the high three individuals of each breed. heavy maroon and white material with the Coast Artillery Insignia highlighted on the background. Programs for the dance con tained a history of the Coast Ar tillery regiment here at A. & M. They were made of colorless cel luloid wrapped around a ridged silverfoil metal insert with the regimental insignia imposed in ma roon on the celluloid. Favors given to dates for the occasion were in the form of a silver bracelet with a pendant Coast Artillery orna ment. Coast Guard Officer Talks With 75 Students Lieut. M. A. Whalen, graduate of the Coast Guard School at New London, Connecticut, interviewed approximately 75 students Wednes day in an effort to enroll new members in the Coast Guard. Lieut. Whalen held various group discussions from three until five o’clock in the afternoon concern ing the requirements for entering the school and the routine of stud ies and activities during the period of training. In addition to this a film was shown on the life of a Coast Guardsman in the school. In order to be eligible for en trance to the school an applicant must have 15 units of high school or college credits with Algebra, plane geometry, trigonometry, Eng lish, physics, and chemistry re quired. In order to receive an appoint ment to the academy the applicants must take a competitive examina tion which is to be held May 14, 1941. This examination is open to young men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-two. The course of instruction is ba sically scientific and engineering in character. In addition to this an nual cruises are made to foreign ports. Pay of a cadet while undergoing instruction is $780 per year, plus an allowance for subsistence. Af ter graduation a cadet is eligible for a commission in the Coast Guard as Ensign. Any one desiring detailed re quirements for entrance and des criptive information may obtain it by writing the Commandant of the U. S. Coast Guard at Washington, D. C. College Station City Election Will Be April 1 Various Campus Needs Discussed At Welfare Meet Roads Around Campus And Picture Concession Subjects of Evening Talk The Student Welfare Committee, comprised of 17 faculty members and 23 students, convened last Wednesday night in Sbisa Hall to discuss the various campus prob lems that have recently arisen, announced Dean F. C. Bolton, pre siding officer of the committee. The first problem of discussion was the necessity of improving the roads and streets leading to and from the campus. Three op- posng factors to the problem were brought to the committee’s atten tion. First, the City of College Sta tion does not have sufficient funds to improve the roads and streets. Second, the city is not liable for upkeep on most of the roads ly ing on the outskirts of the campus which come under the supervision of the Texas Highway Department. Third, the small number of tax payers who use the streets and roads on the edge of the campus do not justify the proposed im provement. Action on the issue was temporarily suspended. The second topic of discussion was the possibility of forming a picture frame concession to be han dled by a student. In view of the fact that so many organization pictures and frames for them are sold each year such a concession should prove profitable. Qualifica tions for the concession holder were also discussed but no definite ac tion was taken. The problem of obtaining addi tional parking space for student’s cars was next brought before the committee’s attention. The com mittee was then advised that this project was already under way and that no further action on the part of the Student Welfare Committee was necessary. Next came the discussion of a feasible plan for aiding visitors in finding their way about the ; campus. Several possible plans were submitted to the committee but none were definitely accept able. The last topic of discussion by the committee was the urgent prob lem of keeping the campus in a neater condition, specifically around the post offices and other like areas that come under the daily ob servation of outsiders. A&M to Offer Special Defense Courses Next Year Beginning next year A. & M. will offer several courses spon sored by the Engineers Defense Training program of the Houston Engineers Club. These courses will be given three nights a week and three or four hours a night. The courses will be of an advanc ed college nature and will include: mechanics and strength of mater ials, aeronautical engineering, con crete inspection and testing, struc tural steel design, machine design, production engineering, advance structure analysis, soil mechanics and foundation, highway engineer ing, aero dynamics, heating and ventilation, sanitation and public health, and petroleum production. Baptist Church Grant Upped to $50,000 At a meeting of the Executive Board of the Texas Baptist Gen eral Convention this week in Dal las $50,000.00 instead of the original $25,000.00, was granted to the Baptist Church at A. & M. for the purpose of erecting a beau tiful and adequate building. An architect has already been selected and work on the plans and specifications will begin im mediately. Grad Student Is Father of Twins Born This Week Lewis Wannoni, graduate stu dent from Caracas, Venezuela, is the father of twins bom this week at the Wilkerson Memorial Clinic in Bryan. The twins, both girls weighed five and one-half and six pounds. There were named Maria de Lourdes and Maria de Concep cion. Wannoni graduated from the University of Venezuela in 1938 and came to A. & M. last Sep tember to take work in the Muni cipal and Sanitary Engineering De partment. Shuffler to Conduct Concert On Monday Night The Record Concert in the Music Room of the Library will be con ducted next Monday evening at 7:15 by Bob Shuffler, sophomore of L Infantry. The concert is one of a weekly operation of the new phonograph series intitled “The Music I Like and Why I Like It.” This program will mark the first mechanism, which has been install ed in the Music Room by the Elec trical Engineering Department and Radio Station WTAW. The unit consists of a new motor and a new pickup with a permanent sapphire needle. Servicing of the phonograph from time to time by the Electri cal Engineering Department and WTAW has been very valuable in providing the students and faculty with such a musical service. Dr. T. F. Mayo said. Film Sunday To Show Problems Of the Cotton Farmer Seeds of Prosperity, a dramatic portrayal of the problems of the cotton farmer and his everlasting battle against the threatening scourge that menaces his crops, will be presented at the Assembly Hall Sunday afternoon at 1:00 and 2:30 at the Free Show. It is a one reel film showing the tremendous effort science is mak ing for the benefit of the farmer, industry and the nation as a whole, and the fight against the boll wee vil and such diseases as anthrac- nose, angular leaf spot, soreshin, and boll rot. 3 Councilmen, City Secretary To Be Selected Voters Ur^ed To Elect Men From Three Separate Areas College Station voters are to elect three councilmen and a city secretary in the election to be held April 1. Mayor Frank G. An derson suggested that the voters elect their councilmen from three separate areas of the city. “If one councilman was elected from the Oakwood or West Park Areas, one from the College Hills or Northeast Corner Area and one from the business or residential area of the North Gate,” the Mayor stated, “Not only would a balance of power be maintained but the councilmen would be better able to serve their respective parts of the city through their daily observa tions.” A city secretary will be elected with the three councilmen. This of fice involves little secretarial work, since the city council decided some time ago that it needed a full time secretary, and employed an assistant city secretary. The city secretary only has to authenticate ordinances, contracts, and other official documents, and is an office which carries with it no salary. Mayor Anderson extended a vote of thanks to the retiring council- men, S. A. Lipscomb, J. A. Orr, and George Wilcox, and also the retiring city secretary, Sidney L. Loveless. Naval Officer To Give Physical Exams on March 20 Lieutenant Charles M. Parker, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy, comes here March 20 to give medical ex aminations to candidates for flight selection, according to an an nouncement from the military de partment yesterday. Those students who pass the physical exam will be sent before a navy selection board and given an opportunity to enter the Naval Air Service at Pensacola, Florida, in June, July, and August classes. Anyone interested in taking the physical examination has been re quested to turn in his name at room 17 Ross Hall to the sergeant- major. Students who graduate from the school will be commissioned as officers in the Naval Air Corps. Mrs. Pageant Director Smith Is Old Hand at Such Things -f-work at her new job of director. She claims that if her plans work By E. M. Rosenthal After choosing Mrs. Manning Smith as Director of the Cotton Ball and Pageant which will be held May 2, the members of the Ball Committee realized that unless they out that the major details and particularly the costuming of the King and Queen’s Court will be completed by the end of this month. “I want this year’s Pageant to be the liveliest ever,” Mrs. Smith said, “and I plan to make this true by having a lot of good music with a lot of pretty girls.” Mrs. Smith, who was Juanita Cowsert before her marriage, at tended both the University of San Antonio and Texas University and graduated from the latter in 1937. While at the school in San An tonio she was chosen as one of the student body’s ten outstanding girls, as yell leader and as the most popular girl of her class in 1935. She not only has been in the Cotton Pageant herself, as Duchess from Junction in 1937, but also has been directing similar af fairs for several years. Mrs. Manning smith made an exceptional choice for queen that the regal miss would be outdone in both spirit and looks. Mrs. Smith is already hard at At Texas University Mrs. Smith majored in physical education and was president of the Physical Ed ucation Major’s Club. The year she was chosen as a Duchess for the (Continued on Page 4)