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, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1941
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NO. 68
Seven File
For Tuesday
City Election
Five Seek Three
Council Vacancies;
Two After Secretary
Seven candidates have filed their
names as candidates in the College
Statiofn e|Lection which will be
held Tuesday in the Missouri Pa
cific Station between the hours
of 7 to 7, Mrs. L. S. Paine, city
elcVtion judgie, announced late
Wednesday.
The five candidates who have
filed for election as councilmen
are J. A. Orr, G. B. Wilcox, S. A.
Lipscomb, Luke Patronella, and
R. L. Meyers.
Sidney L. Loveless and W. B.
Langford have filed for election
as city secretary. Loveless is the
retiring city secretary.
“Despite late filing for elec
tion all names will appear on the
ballots,” Wilcox said. The city had
originally set a ten-day limit be
fore election as the deadline for
filing candidacy. However, no ord
inance to the effect had been pass
ed, so the late petitions were ac
cepted. It was previously antici
pated by the supporters of certain
candidates that it would be neces
sary for the voter to write in some
candidates. Printing of the ballots
was delayed so that the new names
could also appear.
This is the first regular elec
tion of city officers since the or
ganization of the city two years
ago and the election of the city
officials since that incorporation.
The three councilmen whose
terms of office have expired are
J. A. Orr, G. B. Wilcox, and S.
A. Lipscomb.
Assisting Mrs. Paine with the
balloting will be Mrs. Raymond
Rogers and Mrs. A. A. Blumberg.
Clean-Up, Fire
Prevention Week
Starts March 30
The Annual Clean-Up and Fire
Prevention Week will be held
March 30 through April 6, accord
ing to Dr. Geo. W. Cox, state
health officer. State and city-wide
clean-up campaigns are scheduled
throughout Texas, the campaigns
being designed to facilitate public
health protection, lessen fire loss,
and promote public safety.
The Texas State Department of
Health and the Texas Fire In
surance Commission will jointly
sponsor the work.
Clean-Up week is an important
week in Texas, important because
every dollar invested in property
destroyed by fire is a dollar lost
forever. “Careless housekeeping”
in the home and in business paves
the way for tremendous annual
fire losses, and all fire loss is, to
a large extent, preventable by ex
ercising recognized laws of fire pre
vention and control.
Every citizen should have pride
in his home town, its streets, play
grounds, parks and buildings. Hom
es and buildings freshly painted,
with well kept lawns and gardens,
increases values and intensify com
munity interest. Cleanliness creat
es confidence.
Preservation of human life is an
important undertaking. Any un
dertaking which contributes to
greater human safety deserves the
attention of thinking citizens.
Clean-Up Week in Texas is such
ah undertaking. Its advantages are
obvious: it contributes to a cleaner,
safer, happier place in which to
live, no matter how large or small
the community.
Cities and towns of Texas will
conduct clean-up programs of far-
reaching activity. Scheduled for
that week are the cleaning, drain
ing and graveling of alleys and
streets, the cleaning of city parks
and vacant lots and unsightly areas.
Malaria control, fire prevention,
garbage and trash disposal and re
lated activities of spring house
cleaning will be encouraged.
Clean-Up week, among its other
functions, focuses public attention
on the dirt and disease problem.
Bride and Groom Go for a Ride
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Unprecedented in custom at A. & M. was the riding of newlyweds, H. K. Jackson 2nd lieutenant,
CWS, and the former Miss Glenn Rose Jameson, on a caisson of the horsedrawn unit in Saturday’s re
view. The two were married in Bryan the night before. Cadets in the Above picture are members of
Battery A Field Artillery.
Cashion Honored With Banquet Monday
Rainey of TU
Will Attend As
Speaker of Evening
M. L. Cashion, secretary of the
Y. M. C. A. at A. & M. will
be honored for his fifteen years
of service here with a banquet in
Sbisa Hall Monday at 6:30 p.m,
P. M. Bolton, president of the Y.
M.C.A. cabinet announced yester
day.
Dr. Homer P. Rainey, president
of the University of Texas, and
Dr. T. O. Walton will be the prin
cipal speakers, and a number of
guests from over the state have
been invited.
Mr. Cashion came to A. & M. with
a background of much experience
in dealing with young men. He
spent two years in France with the
army Y. M. C. A. Then he went
into Sudan South Africa with the
British Army in the conquest of
Khartoun. After a year in Afri
ca he returned to the United States
and became athletic director at
Austin College in Sherman where
he stayed for five years. He came
to A. & M. and he has been here
for the last fifteen years.
The present Y.M.C.A. cabinet
is ending its year on March 31
and this banquet will be the cli
max of its year’s activities.
Bolton said that both students
and faculty members were invited
to attend and that tickets could
be purchased at the Y. M. C. A.
desk.
Alexander, Russell
And Williams Attend
Conference in Austin
Three A. & M. college educators
are going to Austin for the second
Southwest Regional Conference on
Adult Education, which opens to
day.
The conference, whose discussion
groups will range from “improv
ing recreation standards” to “adult
education in public schools” is spon
sored by the University of Texas
in cooperation with the American
Association for Adult Education and
the Texas Federated Agencies for
Adult Education.
E. R. Alexander of A. & M. col
lege will lead a panel discussion
this afternoon on “Establishing an
Effective Community Adult Edu
cation Program.” Saturday, he will
take part in the final round table
of the conference, the subject of
which is “The Job That Lies
Ahead.”
Dr. Dan Russell, professor of
rural sociology, will take part in a
discussion group Friday morning
on the subject, “The Responsibility
of Social and Religious Agencies.”
E. L. W illiams, professor of in
dustrial education, will consider
“Discovery and Training of Group
Leaders,” in a discussion group
Saturday morning.
Plays Here Friday
Bill Carlsen
Engineers to Have
Bill Carlsen for Ball
Bill Carlsen and his orchestra
of midwest fame will play for
the annual Engineer’s Regimental
Ball, tomorrow night in Sbisa Hall
;rom 9 till 1 o’clock. Carlsen and
his band have become prominent
as a dance attraction in Chicago
and throughout the middlewest.
“In Chicago, Carlsen has had
repeated engagements at the Ara
gon and the Tianon ballrooms and
the Edgewater Beach hotel during
the past three years,” L. D. House-
wright, chairman of the dance
committee for the event said.
Free Program
To Be Given By
Town Hall Monday
Ira Lee Sullivan, late of the
British Royal Air Force, will be
presented in a free Town Hall pro
gram Monday night in Guion Hall.
Sullivan is a native Texan, hav
ing been born in Hillsboro, and at
tended the Hillsboro High School.
In ’34 and ’35 he played on the
school’s football team and played
one game each of those years
against Bryan High School.
After receiving a year’s training
at Randolph Field, Sullivan went
to Canada and joined the Royal
Canadian Air Force. From there
he went to England and became a
member of the R. A. F.
While on his way to England
the boat in which Sullivan was
traveling was torpedoed. He and
other members of his party set out
in an open boat and after what is
reported to be a very exciting ad
venture finally reached safety.
Sullivan had ten months of actual
flying service with the R. A. F. and
during that time made 32 trips
across the English Channel. Ten
of these trips were over Germany
proper and while making them
Sullivan bombed both Berlin and
Hamburg.
Sullivan retired from active ser
vice as a captain after he had been
shot down and wounded. The in
juries that he received at that time
will prevent him from flying an
army plane again.
RV’s Will Escort
Queen’s Court In
Navasota Festival
Aggie Band Will Lead
Parade of 30 Floats in
Bluebonnet Festival Sat.
The Ross Volunteer Company and
the Aggie Band will leave the col
lege early Saturday afternoon to
participate in the annual Blue
bonnet Festival being held in Nav
asota. They will take part in the
parade, the coronation of the Blue
bonnet queen, and a dance before
returning to the campus late Sat
urday night. The festival is held
each year to celebrate the official
opening of the bluebonnet season.
Approximately 100 members of
the band will make the trip. They
will leave the college by bus at 1:30
o’clock to be in Navasota in time
to lead the Bluebonnet parade. The
A. & M. Band will be at the head
of the column of thirty floats, fol
lowed at intervals by the Sam
Houston State Teachers College
band and high school bands from
neighboring towns.
Members of the Ross Volunteers
will leave the campus by bus at 3
and will arrive in time to witness
the parade. The company and the
band will attend a barbecue sup
per given by the local authorities.
The highlight of the entire fes
tival will come Saturday night at
the coronation pageant of the Blue
bonnet queen. The ceremony will
be held in the Navasota football
stadium. The queen, her four duch
esses and all the members of her
court will be escorted by members
of the Ross Volunteer company.
Audrey Louise Jones, the queen,
will be escorted by Henry Beville,
D Field Artillery. The guest of
honor at the court will be Molly
O’Daniel, daughter of Gov. W. Lee
O’Daniel. Edna Swanson of Nava
sota will be the duchess of Nava
sota in the court. The duchess of
the House of Representatives is
Hildegard Fuchs. Virginia Cotton
is the duchess of Texas.
Representing A. & M. at the
festival is Miss Floylee Hunter
of Dallas, a Hockaday senior. Miss
Hunter was selected on the basis
of her recent election to the Van
ity Fair section of the Longhorn.
George Mueller, Cavalry senior, will
act as her escort during the pro-
cedings.
A massed band formation of all
the bands which participate in the
festival will furnish the music for
the coronation. Col. R. J. Dunn,
A. & M. band director, will lead
these massed bands. Following the
ceremony, the A. & M. band will
return to the campus by bus.
The R.V.’s and their duchess
and court members dates will at
tend the Bluebonnet festival dance
in the gymnasium of the Navasota
high school after the pageant. At
the end of the dance they will be
guests at a midnight supper be
fore returning to the campus at 3
Yell Leader Election
Postponed- No Attendance
Plans Underway
For Students to
Talk to Hi Schools
Applications Must Be
Turned In By Monday;
Banquet Is Set April 30
Students wishing to return to
their local high school to speak be
fore the graduating seniors about
coming to A. & M. college next
year should fill out a request card
which they may obtain from their
first-sergeant, Cadet Colonel Bill
Becker announced today. Plans are
now being made for the selection of
students to make the trip. Students
desiring to do so must fill out
the information requested and re
turn them by noon Monday.
As has been the custom for many
years, these students who are sel
ected to speak to their high schools
will be given excused absences for
two days to make the trip. They
will speak to the seniors in the
high school from which they grad
uated and tell them about the ad
vantages and opportunities of the
college to encourage them to en
roll here next year.
The student who is selected to re
turn to his high school will be given
excused absences for two days to
make the trip and be at the high
school during a school day. They
may have excused absences for May
2 and 3 or for May 5 and 6. Stu
dents visiting high schools more
than 250 miles away will be al
lowed an extra day for traveling.
The selection of students toi
visit the various high schools
is being handled by the corps staff
juniors and the completed cards
from each regiment should be turn
ed in to them. They are Tom Gillis,
W. M. Pena, Warren Ringgold, Lee
Rice, George Summerville, Howard
Blessington, and Jabus Barker.
A banquet for the students who
are going to make the trip will be
given on the night of Wednesday,
April 30. At that time they will
be given instructions an infor
mation to be used at their high
school.
390 Students Due
Maintenance Refund
The Fiscal Department announ
ced yesterday that all students
who have paid their maintenance
fees in full are due $5.25 as re
fund.
This reduction is due to the re
duced board fees. The board fees
for each month until the end of
the semester will be $25.
Approximately 390 students will
receive the $5.25.
Boots Go Under Hammer Today at Soph-Jr Meeting
7-Man Committee
Draws Up Two Plans
To Facilitate Voting
The junior and sophomore classes
will meet in Guion Hall at 5:00
p.m. again this afternoon to take
final action on the question of
uniforms for next year. The center
of the hall will be reserved for
members of the junior class. The
sophomores may sit in the side
sections or the balcony, but the
division of the two classes will
be necessary in order to record
separate votes.
The question about uniforms for
next year was brought to the at
tention of the two classes by Lieut.
Col. James A. Watson, comman
dant, who proposed several changes
in the official Aggie uniform to a
turbulent meeting of the junior
and sophomore classes Tuesday
afternoon. The most prominent
change suggested was that dress
boots, heretofore a distinguishing
characteristic of Aggie seniors,
be eliminated from the uniform.
This and other changes were rec
ommended in the interests of econ
omy and future necessity in view
of all ROTC students for the next
several years being required to
serve active duty immediately up
on graduation.
A committee of seven juniors,
selected as a sub-committee from
the regimental representatives met
Commanant Watson at 5 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon to see what
plans would be acceptable and oth
er conditions which would affect
the choice of the classes. The fol
lowing plans are acceptable and
will be voted upon at the class
meeting this afternoon.
The junior class is to vote wheth
er or not it desires to wear boots
or light grey slacks as its senior
uniform.
The junior class will then be pres
ented with the two following plans
and given their optional choice:
1. Uniform for Seniors: Cap,
coat, breeches, boots, spurs,
and slacks as now. Option
al in addition one pair of
light grey slacks, to be worn
optionally with boots and
breeches at reviews and drill.
Regulation officers round
top service hat, those now
equipped with flat topped
hats to be allowed to wear
them until no longer service
able.
Uniform for juniors: Cap and
coat as now; service hat
listed for seniors. Two pair
light gray slacks. Shirts of
color worn by army officers.
2. Allow the entire uniform sit
uation to remain as it is at
present.
The decision as to the adoption of
the regulation raincoat, rubber
boots, regulation jackets, and ov
erseas caps will be voted on by item
by a vote of both classes. The jun
iors will then have made the de
cisions affecting them and may
leave the meeting.
The sophomores, in accordance
with the plan adopted by the jun
ior class, will then vote as to the
proper uniform that they will pur
chase for the next year. It will con
form to the decision reached by
the juniors and will leave the soph
omore class the option of voting at
this time next year whether they
wish to wear boots for their sen
ior year.
Following the commandant’s
recommendations the members of
the classes engaged in violent dis
cussions as to the advisability of
accepting some of the proposals or
Re^ Raincoats,
Rubber Boots and
Jackets Also Voted
Only 50 Show Up
At Joint Meeting
Of Juniors, Seniors
Election of a senior yell leader
to fill the position vacated by
Bill Beck to have been held last
night following the supper for
mation was postponed because there
were not enough members of the
combined junior and senior class
present to carry out the business
at hand. There were about 50
of a body of 1800 members pres
ent in Guion Hall when it was call
ed off.
Another meeting to be held
sometime in the immediate fu
ture was announced before adjourn
ment of the unsuccessful attempt
by Cadet Colonel Bill Becker.
“It is imperative that he be
selected soon in order that he get
some much-needed practice during
baseball season so that he can do
justice to his position,” Becker
said.
Candidates eligible for the pos
ition are W. C. Davis and J. O.
Alexander. Both men were cand
idates for junior yell leader last
year in the race which Bill Beck
and present yell leader Skeen Staley
emerged victorious.
Beck left A. & M. at midterm
to enter the air corps at Ran
dolph Field. Two other men were
in last year’s race, but they, too,
have left school. Staley, upon the
withdrawal of Beck, was auto
matically made head yell leader
for next year.
In order to be eligible the yell
leader candidates must have a
grade-point average of 1.00, be
a classified junior, have attended
A. & M. for five continuous sem
esters, and be now in the sixth
semester. Both Alexander and
Davis have fulfilled these qualifi
cations.
Each candidate, will make a short
speech before the election to be
held soon just as was contemplated
for the recent election. One sec
ret ballot will be taken to deter
mine the winner and the results
will be announced in The Battal
ion.
what changes to make. No definite
action was taken until near the
close of the meeting when it was
decided that the juniors of each
regiment should meet immediately
following supper and select two
of their number to be on a com
mittee to draw up definite pro
posals and present them to an
other class meeting to be held this
afternoon. Bill Bryant, president festra
of the sophomore class, appointed
a committee to consult with the
juniors in affecting a solution to
the problem.
The juniors from each regiment
as selected met in Alden Cathey’s
room and appointed a sub-ommit-
tee of seven men to present alter
nate proposals for the uniforms to
Lt. Col. Watson and get his opin
ion on whether or not they were
acceptable and other conditions
which would influence the choice.
The sub-committee is made up of
Alden Cathey, Warren Ringgold,
Guy Johnson, Williard Clark, Stan
ley Byrd, W. C. Stearman, and
Toni Gillis.
Hillel Dance
And Banquet To
Be Held Saturday
The Hillel Club will hold its an
nual spring ball Saturday night
in the banquet room of Sbisa hall
with Ed Gerlack and his Houston
ians furnishing the music.
The members of the club will
also hold a banquet at the Aggie-
land Inn before the dance.
Morris Lichenstein, president of
the organization, has been in gen
eral charge of the dance plans.
The chairmen of the different com
mittees which have been helping
him are Harold Hausman, banquet
committee; E. M. Rosenthal, pub
licity committee; Phil Golman, pro
grams; Manny Smith, dating com
mittee; Buddy Kaufman, bids; Jer
ry Rolnic, decorations committee;
and Pincus Brounes, housing com
mittee.
Bids have been sent to friends
of the students off. the campus and
also to many of the non-members
on the campus. It is expected that
there will be an attendance of 250
or more people.
Duke Ellington Will
Play For Infantry Ball
Duke Ellington and his orch-
have been contracted for
the Infantry Ball which will be
held on April 25, A. J. Landua.
chairman in charge of the Infantry
ball, announced yesterday. He will
also play for the Corps Dance the
following night.
Boasting one of the slickest and
hottest orchestras in the business
today, Duke Ellington will also
thrill the dancers with bursts from
his hot trumpet.
The Infantry Ball will be the last
organization dance this season
and will leave only the Senior
Ring Dance on May 9, and the Jun
ior Prom on June 5, to complete
one of the most successful social
seasons at A. & M. in many years.