DIAL 4-5444
STUDENT TRI WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion
DIAL 4-5444
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VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1941
Z725 NO. 69
Junior Class Decides to Keep Boots for Next Year
Seniors Pushing Show Situation
Committee to
Talk to Briggs
In San Antonio
Progress is
Definitely Being Made;
Prospects Look Good
Pushing the current motion pic
ture situation, the senior class com
mittee met Monday night with Ben
S. Ferguson, owner of the local
Campus Theater.
At the meeting Ferguson was
told of the committee’s recent trip
to Dallas and it’s two fold find
ings there.
(For a complete story on this
trip and its results, see The Batal-
lion of Thursday, March 20.)
^Previous to this the committee,
composed of W. A. Becker, cadet
Colonel; George Fuermann, Battal
ion associate editor and Benton
Elliott, president of the Engineer
ing Council, conferred with Col.
Ike Ashburn, executive assistant
to President T. 0. Walton.
Committeemen reported two re
sults from these conferences.
First, the committee will soon
go to San Antonio with Ferguson
to confer with Robert Briggs, mem
ber of the A. & M. board of direc
tors and long interested in the
strife between the cadet corps
and the motion picture industry.
“I’m willing to arbitrate this
thing through the arbitration board
set up in Dallas by the Govern
ment Consent Decree,” Ferguson
said yesterday afternoon. “If that’s
what the corps wants—and it
sounds to me like a good thing—
that’s what it’ll get,” Ferguson
added.
“The committee is definitely
making progress,” Becker said,
“and for the first time we feel
encouraged that there is some pos
sibility that this thing can be
successfully worked out.”
Committeemen added that college
officials and showmen connected
with both the local theaters were
cooperating with the committee and
the corps in the undertaking.
Committeemen further stated
that additional information would
be released through The Battalion
as soon as it is advisable.
Formal Ceremonies to Be Held at Airport
Banquet Honoring Cashion to Be Held
Monday Night; Walton, Rainey to Speak
Guests from all parts of the-f-
Southwest have been invited to at
tend a banquet to be held Monday
night in the banquet room of Sbisa
hall honoring M. L. Cashion, sec
retary of the A. & M. College
Y.M.C.A.
The banquet is being given by
the Y.M.C.A. Cabinet in apprecia
tion of Mr. Cashion’s fifteen years
of service on this campus. Speakers
M. L. Cashion
will be Dr. Homer Rainey, pres
ident of the University of Texas,
and Dr. T. 0. Walton, president of
A. & M. College.
All A. & M. students, ex-stu
dents, faculty members and their
families, and citizens of local com
munities are invited to attend. Stu
dent tickets may be obtained at
the Y.M.C.A. desk, and non-student
tickets may be purchased from
Prof. G. B. Wilcox, Education De
partment; Mr. Ernest Langford,
Architecture Department; Col. Ike
Ashburn; Dean T. D. Brooks; Mr.
Judson Neff, Industrial Engineer
ing Department, and Prof. Dan
Russell, Rural Sociology Depart
ment.
Dr. Gammon Will Speak at First
Evening Seminar Monday, March 31
Dr. S. R. Gammon, head of the-
department of history, will speak
on “Why Latin America?” Mon
day evening at the first of four
evening seminars on South and
Central American countries at 7:30
o’clock in the chemistry lecture
room.
In his address, Dr. Gammon will
give information on the historical
background of the Americas, and
their political organization and dip
lomatic activities in recent years.
Dean E. J. Kyle will be the chair
man of the evening’s discussion.
Three more meetings will be held
later to discuss further the sub
jects of South American natural
resources, economic situation and
culture.
The seminar programs are in
tended and scheduled to serve the
interests of both students and
members of the faculty. If suffic
ient interest is shown, they will
be continued next year, according
to Dean T. D. Brooks.
On April 15, Dr. C. L. Baker,
head of the department of geology,
will conduct a discussion of “Wealth
and Poverty,” dealing with the
natural resources of the coun
tries and their state of under-de
velopment. Dr. Baker has obtained
much of the information which he
will present in his lecture from
original observations on his explor
ations in South America.
G. W. Schlesselman, professor
of agricultural economics, will talk
on the trade and aconomic situa
tion of the Latin-American na
tions on April 28.
■ J. J. Woolket, professor of mod
ern languages, will deliver the
last lecture in the series on the
cultural features of the South Am
erican countries on May 12.
The subjects to be presented de
serve treatment in regular cred
it courses, but are being present
ed now so that the information may
be made available to more people.
McCulley Speaks to
Scholarship Society
Captain W. S. McCulley, senior
instructor of the Chemical War
fare Service at A. & M., and for
mer instructor in the Mathemat
ics department, spoke to the Schol
arship Honor Society on color
photography at a regular meeting
of the organization Thursday
night.
In connection with his talk Cap
tain McCulley showed colored lan
tern slides of pictures he had tak
en. He was presented and assisted
by Benton Elliott, captain of First
H Q Field Artillery.
At the meeting a plan was
brought up for discussion to pres
ent the awards to the freshmen,
sophomore and senior of last year
who held the highest scholastic
rating of their classes at the re
view on Mothers’ Day. In the past
it has been customary to give
these awards at the end of the
year. At the suggestion of Gabe
Anderson, president o fthe society,
action on this proposal was deferr
ed until the next meeting.
Bonar Law,
Senior Student,
Killed Thursday
Bonar Law, senior student at A.
and M., was found dead late Thurs
day afternoon at the foot of an oil
derrick about a mile from Alvin,
Texas.
He apparently had taken a short
cut through the Hastings oil field
while on his way to his home in
Alvin. When his car stalled in the
mire of mud, Law climbed the
nearby derrick to get his exact
location and fell to his death.
Law was a petroleum engineer
major and a member of Company
E, Engineers.
Surviving the youth are his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Law of
Alvin; three brothers, Wayne Law
of A. & M., Joe Law of San An
tonio, and Brady Law of Alvin;
and two sisters, Mrs. A. H. Rob
ertson of Miles and Mrs. J. D.
Lindsey of El Campo.
Silver taps were observed last
night by the entire cadet corps.
Special National
Defense Courses
To Start Tuesday
Special national defense courses
in machine shop and welding will
be offered at A. & M. April 1.
Classes in both courses will meet
five days each week until July 1.
Students in the machine shop
must be between the ages of 17 and
24, inclusive, and not now in school.
They must be physically fit and
mentally able to learn the calcula
tions required in a machine shop.
The machine shop course will be
in session from 3 to 10 p. m.
Welding classes will also start
April 1 and meet five nights each
week from 10 p. m. to 4 a. m. until
July 1. To be eligible for this
class applicants must be at least
18 years old, physically fit, and
mentally able to learn and do weld
ing jobs. They must also have had
at least one year of experience in
some metal working occupation.
The purpose of these courses is
to qualify men for work in national
defense industries.
Those interested should write
Prof. C. W. Crawford, department
of Mechanical Engineering, Texas
A. & M. College, College Station,
Texas, giving age, previous school
ing, and work experience.
Chem Engineering
Curriculum Changed
A change in the curriculum for
chemical engineering students has
been made, according to an an
nouncement by Dr. J. P. Lindsay,
head of the chemical engineering
department yesterday.
The summer course in industrial
chemistry, known as 400s, has been
dropped from the curriculum, and
courses in the industrial processes
of chemical engineering will be
added to it in the near future, Dr.
Lindsay stated.
The summer course in chemistry
came between the sophomore and
junior years during the last six
weeks of the summer school ses
sion, and was dropped so that stu
dents might take advantage of the
opportunity to obtain jobs in plants,
and make contacts that will be of
value to them later after gradua
tion.
Ground to
Be Broken on
$229,000 Project
Formal ceremonies will be held
at the Easterwood airport today in
conjunction with the breaking of
ground for actual work on the new
$229,000 improvement project
which was approved by the state
legislature this week.
Gibb Gilchrist, Dean of the A. &
M. Engineering School, received a
telegram Thursday morning from
State Representative W. T. Mc
Donald of Bryan which read: “The
Airport bill, number 147, passed
the house this morning.” Bill num
ber 147 is known as the A. & M.
Airport Bill, and after passing the
house and being signed by the Gov
ernor, it will enable the college to
own and operate Easterwood Air
port. The college will also be able
to acquire additional land through
condemnation by the right of emi
nent domain.
One hundred men will report for
work today on the project which
will be financed by W. P. A. grants
of $131,030 with supplements of
$75,000 obtained from the C.A.A.
and $23,000 appropriated by the
A. & M. Board of Directors.
A “go ahead” order was received
by Dean Gilchrist from W. P. A.
Headquarters of Texas early this
week. This followed the receipt of
a formal certificate of necessity
from the United States War De
partment several days ago.
With the improvements to be
•made, including two runways one
mile or more in length, the airport
will qualify as Class 3, which is
of the first rank.
The airport has been dedicated
by the Board of Directors to Jesse
L. Easterwood, a former A. & M.
student from Wills Point, Texas.
Jesse Easterwood, well known to
all A. & M. students and staff from
1906 to 1909, served with the Unit
ed States Navy Aerial Service dur
ing World War 1, being attached
to the Royal Navy of England and
making bombing trips over the
German lines. He received the Navy
Cross as a token of gratitude from
the English government.
Extension Service
Directors to Make
Good Will Trip Soon $
Extension Service directors from
17 states will hold a conference
with high officials of the Mexican
Ministry of Agriculture at Monter
rey, April 2, H. H. Williamson, Tex
as Extension Service director dis
closed Thursday.
Preceding the Monterrey meet
ing the directors will meet in San
Antonio on March 31 for a con
ference on administrative matters.
The meeting at Monterrey, which
is primarily a good will cultural
exchange trip, will be held under
the sponsorship of the National Ex
tension office in cooperation with
the Department of State.
The conference aims at a mutual
cooperation oy and a better under
standing of border agricultural
problems.
Also attending the San Antonio
and Monterrey conferences will be
M. L. Wilson, director of the Na
tional Extension Service, U.S.D.A.,
Washington; Reuben Brigham, as
sistant director; and Charles A.
Sheffield, Extension field repre
sentative for the Southern States.
Of the 17 directors attending the
conferences, 14 will be from South
ern states and three from Western
states.
H. H. Williamson, director of the
Texas Extension Service and
George E. Adams, vice-director,
will attend from College Station.
Graduate Club Entertainers
Pictured above is the college girls’ quartette of Southwest Texas
State Teachers College which will sing at the Graduate Club dance
tonight. Left to right are Mattie Sue Speck, accompanist; Charlotte
Rugel, 2nd soprano; Emalu Alexander, 1st soprano; Doris Germane,
1st Alto; and Martha Bretzke, 2nd alto.
Twelfth Annual Engineer Regimental
Ball Is Big Success; Carlsen Plays
Members of the Engineer Regi-'
ment and their dates danced last
night to the music of Bill Carlsen
and his orchestra in the main din
ing room of Sbisa Hall, honoring
the juniors and seniors of the
regiment at the twelfth annual
Engineer’s Ball.
As the background for the dec-
oi'ation, the Engineers’ “Castle”
was prominently displayed and ac
cented by lights. The guidons of
the six companies of the regiment
flanked the bandstand. The reg
imental colors and the United States
flag were also displayed.
Favors for the ball were in the
form of a locket with the castle
superimposed on the front with
space on the inside for engraving,
a heart-shaped pin and a pin with
the Engineer insignia superim
posed.
Members of the dance commit
tee who were in charge of ar
rangements were Jimmy Griffith,
C. K. Voith, Stanley Smith, Bob
Wright, Steve Kaffer, Edgar War
ing, John McGhee, James V. Gilli
land, Robert Hudson, Edward Rog
ers, Lee Housewright, Jr., and
Edward Tschoepe.
Carlsen and his band have be
come prominent as a dance at
traction in Chicago and through
out the middlewest. In Chicago,
Carlsen has had repeated engage
ments at the Aragon and Tianon
ballrooms and the Edgewater
Beach Hotel during the past three
years.
Carlsen will play for the corps
dance in Sbisa Hall tonight from
9 until 12 also.
Ira Lee Sullivan
To Speak Monday;
Admittance Is Free
As a free presentation of Town
Hall, Ira Lee Sullivan, formerly
of the Royal Air Corps, will speak
at 7:30 o’clock Monday evening in
Guion Hall, Paul Haines, student
manager of Town Hall announced
yesterday.
This program is free to all stud
ents and no tickets are necessarj
for admission, Haines added.
Sullivan is native Texan, hav
ing been born in Hillsboro, and at
tended Hillsboro 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 Royal Air Force.
Sullivan had ten months of act
ual 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.
Confuse
Issue of Ice
Cream Slacks
Must Retake Vote
To Decide Which of
2 Plans Class Wants
Because of a misunderstanding
concerning the exact uniforms
which it would be possible for
next year’s senior class to wear, it
is necessary that the Junior Gass
meet again at 5 o’clock Monday
afternoon in Guion Hall to make
another and final decision on the
uniform to be worn.
The two plans for uniforms for
next year which will be acceptable
are the following two and no
others:
1. Uniform for seniors: Cap,
coat, breeches, boots, spurs,
and slacks as now. Optional
in addition one pair of light
grey slacks, to be worn op
tionally with boots and
breeches at reviews and drill.
Uniform for juniors: Cap and
coat as now. Two pair light
grey slacks. Shirts of light
grey color worn by army
officers.
2. Allow the entire uniform sit
uation to remain exactly as
it is at present.
At its meeting the members of the
junior class are to decide which of
these two alternatives they would
rather have as the official uniform
for next year. These are the two
plans as presented in Thursday’s
Battalion and are the only two
possible.
The misunderstanding as to the
uniform which the seniors might
wear grew out of a conversation
between the representatives of the
junior committee and the comman
dant held Thursday afternoon im
mediately proceeding the class
meeting. After this conversation,
the representatives understood that
it would be possible and presented
to the classes the two plans as
outlined above with one addition
to the second plan. The addition
was that seniors might get to wear
light grey slacks or boots or
their O.D. serge slacks at drills or
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pring Is
Motif of Hillel
Club Dance Tonight
The twenty-first annual spring
ball of the Hillel Club will be held
tonight from nine till twelve in
the banquet room of Sbisa Hall.
The dance will follow a ban
quet for the members, their dates
and out of town guests at the Ag-
gieland Inn at 6:30. Morris Lich-
enstein, president of the Hillel
Club, will be the toastmaster.
Gerry Rolnick, who is in charge of
the decorations for the dance, said
that the theme for this year’s af
fair is different than those of the
past in that the motif is one of
spring. Around the entire floor
there will be a picket fence with
entwined ivy and other plants.
A lovers’ seat beneath an arbor
be the most important feature of
the decorations of the south wall.
Behind the bandstand there will
be a large dummy rabbit against
a background of lattice work and
plants.
Lichenstein has been in general
charge of the dance plans and has
been assisted by Harold Hausman,
chairman o* the banquet commit
tee, Phil Golman, E. M. Rosen
thal, Manny Smith, Buddy Kauf
man, Pincus Brounes and Rolnick.
Singing Cadets to Give First Complete
Program Before Corps Monday, April 7
The Singing Cadets of Aggieland-f
will give a program at Town Hall
Monday night, April 7. This will
be the first time in the history of
the four year old singing organiza
tion to give a complete program
before the corps. This will also be
the first time that any A. & M.
organization has ever given a pro
gram in Town Hall.
This organization has become
well known throughout the state for
its appearances before former stu
dents clubs, A. & M. mothers clubs,
high schools, and civic groups. Only
three weeks ago the club returned
from a very successful trip where
they made appearances at Conroe,
Houston, Port Arthur, and Beau
mont. The club will make another
trip to north Texas the 28, 29, and
30 of April, where they will make
appearances at Tyler, Palestine,
Greenville, and Denton.
It has been the policy of the
club to divide their programs into
two distinct parts; one half con
sisting of stirring military marches
and the other half of light humor
ous songs. The first half of the
Town Hall program will begin with
“The Spirit of Aggieland,” follow
ed by “Fair Land of Freedom,”
“Stout Hearted Men,” “The Drum,”
“Marines Hymn,” “Dance, My Com-
rads,” and “Strike Up The Band.”
The last half will consist of
“Shortnin’ Bread,” “014 McDon
ald,” “Mosquits,” “Cielito Lindo,”
a solo, by Gabino Fajardo of Peru,
accompanied by the club, “La Cu-
caracha,” a solo by Xavier Fer
nandez accompanied by the club,
and special numbers.
(Continued on Page 41
May 16 Is
Date of Farm
Land Short Course
The Third Annual Texas Farm
Land Association Short Course will
be held at Texas A. & M. College
May 16-17 with 100 persons ex
pected to attend, Dr. Ide P. Trotter,
college agronomy department head,
has announced.
Speakers during the course will
be drawn from the staffs of the
college, the Texas A. & M. College
Extension Service, the Texas Agri
cultural Experiment Station and
other outstanding agronomists and
economists.
There will be no charge for the
course other than for the banquet
which will be held in the Sbisa Hall
banquet room on Friday night,
May 16.
Fish, Game Students
Make Inspection Trip
Doctor William B. Davis of the
Fish and Game Department, ac
companied by six students, left
yesterday on a trip to the Arkan
sas Game Refuge on the Gulf
Coast in Aransas County. The stu
dents taking the trip were Rudolph
Peterson, Bryan Glass, Forrest
Patterson, Lyle Davis, Harold
Alexander, and Linton Robertson.
Doctor Davis and Linton Robert
son are helping James Stevenson,
manager of the refuge, make a sur
vey of the mammals on the refuge.