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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 VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1941 Z725 NO. 64 Student Aid Fund Show Has Premier Monday Approximately 100 Students in Attendance For First Showing The Student Aid Fund benefit show had its premier at 4:10 yes terday afternoon as approximately 100 students paid ten cents apiece to witness the 105 minute program of selected short subjects. The regular show schedule at the Cam pus theater was suspended for the showing and was continued again at 5:55 p.m., at which time the benefit show ended. The facilities of the Campus Theater have been donated to the Student Aid Fund for this benefit show which will be shown once daily, beginning at 4:10 and ending at 5:55 p.m. for a ten day period. Motion picture shows have coop erated in helping the committee raise funds by charging no film rental for the ten day period. Ev ery dime that is used in purch asing tickets for the show will go to the Student Aid Fund to be used in assisting worthy' Aggies who need medical care. “Anyone who purchases a ticket to this show will be both helping the Aggies and entertaining him self,” Dan Russel, executive-secret ary of the Student Aid Fund Com mittee stated. “Every bit of the money taken in will go to help Ag gies who need medical aid. The comedies will provide a pleasant show and is being run over the ten day period so that everyone may see them. The committee hopes that every student and faculty member and all connected with or interested in the college will feel that they can help the Aggies by purchasing tickets.” The short subjects which make up the 105 minute program are entirely comedies and musicals. The six were selected to give a variety of entertainment. The shorts which make up the program are: a Donald Duck Comedy, “The Hockey Champ; a Merrie Melody comedy, “Ceiling Hero”; Warner Brothers 2-reel technicolor musi cal, “Swingtime in the Movies”; the Three Stooges in “Three Sappy People”; Universal 2-reel musical “Rhumbaland Music”; and a musi cal “I Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair.” Skeen Staley, chairman of the ticket distribution committee, is be ing assisted by J. H. Focke and Tom Gillis. Tickets for the show ings may be obtained by dormitory students from their first sergeants and by project house students from their house managers. The faculty may obtain tickets from the heads of departments, and oth ers are available at Lipscomb’s Pharmacy, the YMCA desk in both areas and at the box office. The boxoffice of the Campus Theater is being turned over to the members of the committee each afternoon at 4 p. m. for 10 days. The regular show which is playing the theater on these days will be suspended and the series of come dies and shorts will be shown from 4:10 to 5:55 p.m. On Thursday’s Town Hall Program Second Encore for Houston Symphony Town Hall Presents Concert in Guion Hall, 8 o’clock The Houston Symphony Orches tra, which will make its annual appearance at A. & M. Thursday night at 8 o’clock on the Town Hall program, brings with it the finest collection of musicians in the Southwest. In all of its appearanc es this year the orchestra has broken all previous attendance rec ords and has received unlimited praise from music critics who ac claim this years Houston symphony as the finest in its 28 years of ex istence. An estimate made by the noted conductor of the orchestra, Ernst Hoffman, is that the instruments alone of the orchestra are worth over $50,000. The total value of 4 violins alone is around $20,000, while the two beautiful harps of the orchestra are valued at $4,000. Always a favorite at Texas A. & M. the coming of the symphony is looked forward to each year with added anticipation. Probably one reason why the orchestra is so popular at A. & M. is because of the fact that Hoffman and in deed the entire orchestra seem al ways to enjoy so very much play ing for the Aggies. The tremendous (Continued on Page 4) Repair Shop Superintendent Jobs Announced The United States Civil Service Commission announces open com petitive examinations for the posi tions of Repair Shop Superintend ent, Class A, $2900 a year; Class B, $2600 a Year; and Class C, $3200 a Year. These examinations are announced for filling vacancies in the Quartermaster Corps, War Department, Camps Claiborne and Livingston, Alexandria, Louisiana and Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Tex as. The duties of these positions will include the supervision of em ployees in all operations carried on in the repair depot, such as repair of clothing, bedding, canvas equip ment, footwear, and other related materials. These examinations are open to men between the ages of 25 and 55. All applicants must show that they have had a total of four years of general experience in the (Continued on Page 4) Boyd Raeburn’s Orchestra Here Friday Night for Composite Dance The Composite Ball, to be held' Friday night, will feature Boyd Raeburn and his orchestra. The orchestra had planned to present Mary Jane Howard as vocalist, but she was stricken ill recently and will be unable to sing. In her place the orchestra is presenting Nova Cogan, who will render the vocal music at the dance. “Rhythms by Raeburn” has be come a popular slogan in hotels, clubs and ballrooms throughout the middle west. Raeburn is a South Dakota boy who won letters in four sports, was graduated from high school as valedictorian with the hihest rades ever received in the school, and won several scholar ships, one to the University of Chicago, where he completed his education. He began athletic activity in college, but injured a finger play ing on the varsity baseball team and began to concentrate on music. He began studying piano at the age of six, and later learned to play saxophone and clarinet and form ed his orchestra while still at soph omore at the university. He began to receive such interesting com mercial offers that he became a professional band leader. He has played at the Congress in Chica go, the Nicollet in Minneapolis, the Peabody in Memphis, the Muehle- bach in Kansas City, the Jefferson in St. Louis, and the St. Paul in the city of that name. War Dept Stresses Importance of Training: Orders from the War Depart ment in Washington Friday stated that it was desirable, in view of the fact that most of the seniors will go on active duty shortly after graduation, that as much emphasis as practicable for the remainder of the school year be placed on practical training. This is to include methods of in struction, which will enhance the ability of the prospective graduate to handle men and exercise the func tions of a platoon leader. Scholarship Honor Society Selects New Members at Last Meet Senior Membership Increased to 77, and 56 New Juniors Admitted The Scholarship Honor Society admitted 56 junior members and brought its number of senior mem bers to 77 at a regular meeting last Sunday night. These new members were se lected on their scholastic standing at the beginning of the first se mester in their respective schools. The selection represented the high est four per cent of the juniors and the highest eight per cent of the seniors in the schools of agricul ture, engineering and arts and sciences and the highest eight per cent of the seniors in the school of veterinary medicine. The eligible veterinary medicine juniors have not yet been determined. Other than being in the top per cent of their schools these new members were also not allowed to have made any “F’s” since they entered college. The grade point requirements for membership for the School of Agriculture were: 213 for seniors and 162 for juniors. Engineering seniors were required to have 260 and engineering juniors 181. In the school of arts and sciences seniors needed 213 and juniors 185. Vet erinary medicine seniors were re quired to have 249. Since the new members admitted did not quite fill the four and eight per cent quotas any student who has met the eligibility requirements should see either Gabe Anderson, president of the society, or George Taylor, the organization’s secretary-treas urer, immediately. At the meeting a committee com posed of James R. Puckett, chair man, E. M. Rosenthal and Jack L. Lamberson was appointed to de termine those three men who shall be the winners of the wards for having made the highest grade point average in the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes. The program committee for the rest of the semester was also an nounced at the meeting. It is com posed of Roy Chappell, chairman, Tom Gillis and Jack Taylor. The new junior members accord ing to their respective schools are as follows: The school of agriculture, J. W. Autry, A. R. Boemer, L. C. Calla way, J. M. Carpenter, W. K. Clark, S. J. Copeland, M. F. Evans, J. W. Gibson, J. E. Golden, J. M. Hefley, R. W. Henslee, C. W. Hull, R. F. Keller, J. S. Robinson, E. M. Rosen- (Continued on Page 4) GE Presents World’s Fair Show At Guion Hall Friday Arrangements have been made to bring the General Motors “Pre views of Progress,” the hit show of the New York World’s Fair, to Guion Hall on Friday, March 21, at which time there will be two performances give—one at 4 o’clock and the other at 7 o’clock in the evening. The “Previews of Prog ress” is a non-commercial scientific educational entertainment design ed to show what industry and re search are doing in the laboratories to develop new products and new jobs. It is not a motion picture, but an actual stage demonstration, bringing to College Station the same equipment and exhibits, man ned by the same technicians and science commentators that made the “Preview of Progress’ the sen sation that it was at the World’s Fair. The show is absolutely free of charge. Sutherland Will Speak at Arts and Sciences Meeting The feature of the meeting of the faculty of the School of Arts and Sciences to be held today, will be an address by Dr. Robert L. Sutherland, director of the Hogg foundation. This foundation, created by a be quest of the late Will C. Hogg, is located at Austin and administered by the regeants of the University of Texas. It is an agency devoted to service to the entire state, and cooperates closely with the insti tutions of higher learning in Texas. The interests of Director Suther land are perhaps indicated by the fact that the inaugural conference of the Foundation, held a few weeks ago in Austin, was devoted to a study of mental hygiene. Dr. Sutherland, before accepting his present position, was with the American Youth Commission, and before that taught at Bucknell college and at Cornell university. He will speak to the faculty of the school of Arts and Sciences on stu dent guidance. Arrangements will be made for him to speak to a group of students on Wednesday. Professor Daniel Russell will be in charge of ar rangements for this and his other conferences. Special Machine Shop Course to Be Offered by ME Dept. The mechanical engineering de partment in cooperation with the State Department of Industrial Ed ucation will offer a special course in machine shop for young men who want to prepare themselves for jobs in National Defense In dustries. The federal government through the industrial education services of the states has made available funds for training of school youth for occupations in industries which have contracts for national defense materials. The mechanical engi neering department of A. & M. has one of the largest and most com plete machine shops of any school in the South for training men for industry and has offered this ser vice. The federal government through the State Department of Industrial Education will pay the complete cost of the training and has specified requirements for those who enroll. This particular class will be for any young men who are not now in school who have reached the age of 17 but not the age of 25. They must have completed the common schools and should have had some high school work. They must be mentally able to learn the compu tations, calculations and blue print reading required in a machine shop and physically able to do the work. Any young men interested in learn ing this work should register at once with the Texas State Employ ment service in the new Eagle Printing Company Building at 120 East 26th Street, Bryan, Texas. It will be the responsibility of this office to try to find enployment for the young men as soon as they are employable. The class will start as soon as 25 qualified young men have regis tered. It will run from 3:00 to 10:00 p. m., five days each week until July 1. Committee Chosen For Investigation Traffic Conditions Junior Engineers May Skip Vacation to Graduate Early McNew, Davis, Hensel, Becker, And Gillis Selected Traffic conditions on the campus have resulted in the appointment :>f a committee by Dr. T. O. Wal ton to relieve the situation. Mem bers of the committee are J. T. L. McNew of the civil engineering department as chairman, Lieut Joe E. Davis, Professor F. W. Hen sel, Cadet Colonel W. A. Becker and Tom Gillis. The committee had its first meeting scheduled for Monday night and at that time they were to organize the procedure for in vestigating the traffic and park ing condition on the campus. Upon the completion of the in vestigation the committee will pre pare a report on the conditions and make recommendations for neces sary changes. The report will be presented to the Board of Directors of the college at their next meet ing. A&M Pre-Meds To Attend State Banquet in Austin Around 20 A. & M. pre-medical students are planning to attend the Seventh Annual State Pre- Med Banquet which will be held Friday night in Austin. This ban quet is open to all pre-meds and anyone else interested in medicine throughout the state. Speakers at the banquet will be Lt. Col. Beck and Lt. Col. Dibble of Fort Sam Houston’s medical corps, who will discuss the recent advances made in military sur gery. Entertainment at the banquet will include a ventriloquist and an orchestra to furnish music for the occasion. The program will also include two motion pictures about medicine and surgery which will be shown on Thursday at 7:30 p. m. and Friday at 4:00 p. m. in the geology lecture room at the Uni versity of Texas. Other celebraties at the meeting will include Dr. Homer Rainey, president of the University of Texas, Dr. John W\ Spies, Dean of the Galveston Med ical School, Dean Moursund of the Baylor Medical School, General J. Watt Page and many others. Tickets for the banquet may be purchased for $1.00 from the Alpha Epsilion Delta or the Tau Delta Alpha medical fraternities, from the Texas Union Office or from the desk in front of the Zoology Build ing at the University of Texas on Thursday and Friday. Champion Steer Brings $2 Per Pound At Fort Worth Show The Pabst Brewery Company of Chicago was the highest bidder for Thickset Lad III, one of the steers entered by A. & M. in the Fort Worth Fat Stock show and Grand Champion of all breeds and classes. The company had to out bid Amon Carter and the Texas Ho tel of Fort Worth paid $2 per pound for the animal. The steer weighed 1014 pounds and the price paid was the record for the year. The meat will be do nated to St. Teresa’s Home, All Church Home, Lena Pope Home and the Girls Service League for their Easter dinners. Among the other animals entered were five steers and three bulls. The W. K. Stripling Company of Fort Worth bought two of the steers and three of the Aberdeen Angus Bulls were sold at an aver age of $300 at the Texas Aberdeen Angus Association. In the swine division A. & M. placed first in Hampshire barrows. The A. & M. Livestock Judging Team was the first place winner in competing with twenty teams from sixteen states. The team plac ed first in each of the various jud ging classes and was the top win ner of all classes. Members of the team are G. H. Grote, T. E. Stu art, Jack Cleveland, Victor Loeff- ler, and Newton Craig. Texas Twins To Convene in Waco April 25, 26 Eight or ten sets of twins from A. & M will attend the annual twin convention to be held at Baylor University, April 25 and 26, Viron Higgins, co-president of the Texas College Twin Convention, an nounced yesterday. Lois and Louise Bailey, Baylor identical twins, will act as host esses at the convention. Letters have gone out to govern ors of the 48 states asking the ex ecutives to send a set of twins as official delegates from their com monwealth. Ten governors sent twin representatives last year. A hundred sets of twins, triplets, and quadruplets are expected at this year’s convention, the Baileys said. The convention is known as the Texas College Twin Convention and has its own set of officers, headed by Byron and Viron Higgins of A. & M. Nation’s First Woman Diplomat Here Next Week Ruth Bryan Owen Rhode, Amer ica’s first woman diplomat, will speak at Guion Hall Monday night, March 24, at 8 o’clock under the auspices of the Girl Scout Council of College Station and Bryan. Mrs. Rhode will discuss her work in Denmark and Greenland under the title “The Business of Being a Diplomat.” Tickets may be obtain ed at College Station at the cam pus Y.M.C.A., Lipscomb’s Phar macy, Luke’s Grocery, Wilson’s Beauty Shop and the Consolidated School. Special price has been ar ranged for students. As Minister to Denmark, Mrs. Rhode had to opportunity to study intimately not only Denmark, but also the Scandinavian people as a whole, and she brings an interest ing and vivid picture of how they live, their economic situation, their sports and other things pertaining to their daily life. Following her discussion. Mrs. Rhode will answer questions from members of the audience. AAUP and Students Meet in Sbisa Hall To Discuss Problems A group of student leaders and members of the American Associ ation of University Professors met in the Reception Room of Sbisa Hall last night at 7:30 o’clock to hold a discussion of the problems that confront the college student and instructor. A round table discussion of the problem of cooperation between the student and professor was held by the group. Students present included the class presidents, club presidents, and the president of the Scholar ship Honor Society. Engineer Shortage Given as Reason for Proposed Acceleration Engineering education should be accelerated and summer courses added in order that next year’s seniors (present juniors) may grad uate early in the year was the rec ommendation of a committee from the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education in response to a request for the study from the Advisory Committee on Engi neering Defense Training of the United States Office of Educat ion. It is estimated in Washington that the demand for graduate en gineers for governmental and in dustrial positions will reach 40,000 or 50,000 this year. Engineering colleges will graduate about 12,000 in June. It is this expected short age which has prompted the re quest from the Advisory committee. In making response to the request, the S. P. E. E. sent 135 ques tionnaires to engineering schools in the nation. To answer this questionnaire for Texas A. & M., Dean Gibb Gil christ submitted the form to a committee composed of the heads of Engineering Departments. This committee included C. W. Craw ford, Harold Vance, M. C. Hughes, and Dr. J. D. Lindsay. His reason for forming this committee was stated in the letter to these men as follows: “I am taking this ac tion because of the fact that I serve as a member of the Advisory Com mittee that will receive the re port and it is my desire that the De partment Heads act on the request The S.P.E.E. report was based on a summary of these forms from the 135 engineering schools. Their conclusions were drawn up into seven points. 1. Any accelerated program a- dopted should not reduce nor mat erially change the content of the engineering curricula. 2. Most engineering colleges can graduate the class of 1942 early in that year by utilizing the sum mer vacation of 1941 for regular curriculum instruction. This ac tion will advance the date of grad uation several months for approx imately 12,000 young engineers and make them available at about the time of the peak demand of the defense program. 3. Institutions would find it dif ficult to operate both accelerated and normal programs simultan eously. 4. The added cost of an acceler ated program should be borne by the Federal government, and the allotments to institutions engaged therein should cover both the acual additional costs imposed by sum mer sessions and the losses of income caused by early graduation resulting from the accelerated pro gram. The total cost of such a program for the summer of 1941 would cost the Federal government approximately $5,000,000. 5. If the accelerated plan is to be put into effect for the coming summer it will be necessary to come to a decision to that effect and to announce the program promptly in order that students (Continued on Page 4) Singing Cadets Return From Successful Tour of South Texas The Singing Cadets, accompanied-f estimated by their director, J. J. Woolket, returned Saturday from a three day concert tour to Conroe, Hous ton, Beaumont and Port Arthur. Sixty-five cadets made the trip in three chartered busses. Leaving at 7 o’clock Wednesday morning, the first stop was made at Conroe for a concert at the high school at 10 o’clock. Continuing on to Hous ton, a stop was made there for lunch. Lodging for the night in each town was provided by the A. & M. Mothers’ Club. In Port Arthur, a concert was given in the Methodist Temple and in the high school. A concert in Beaumont was given in the high school Thursday after noon, and one in the Municipal Auditorium Thursday evening with twenty-five hundred present. The Singing Cadets attracted so much interest in Beaumont that five tickets to the concert in the Municipal Auditorium were listed among stolen articles reported to the Beaumont police last week. While they were in Beaumont the Rainbow Girls gave a dance in their honor, the A. & M. Mothers’ club entertained with a picnic sup per on the banks of the Neches River, and the A. & M. Ex-students club provided the boys with dates and cars after the evening con cert. Friday the Singing Cadets re turned to Houston to give concerts at John Reagan High School, the A. & M. Mothers’ Club, and Fri- (Continued on Page 4)