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, APRIL 1, 1941
Z725 NO. 70
Juniors Vote Ice Cream Slacks Optional With Boots
Airport Begun
As First Ground
Broken by Walton
100 Men Begin Work
After Completion of
All Formal Ceremonies
President T. 0. Walton last Sat-
urday marked the beginning of
construction of the recently approv
ed $229,000 Easterbrook airport
for College Station when he broke
the first ground of the new pro
ject.
Actual construction of the field
is being carried out through W.P.
A. labor and is being financed
by grants from the W.P.A., the
C.A.A. and additional appropria
tions made by the A. & M. Board of
Directors.
Approximately 100 men were
present to begin work on the air
port as soon as the ceremonies
were completed.
The new field is to be named
after Jesse L. Easterbrook, ex-Ag-
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Humbert Is
Superintendent
Of Crops Contest
Will Be First of
Kind in Southwest;
4-Year Colleges Enter
The first annual Southwestern
Intercollegiate Crops Contest, spon
sored by the Texas Seed Council,
the Texas Wheat Improvement As
sociation, and the Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce, will be held
in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 12.
This contest, the first of its kind
in the Southwest, will be open only
to teams composed of students of
junior or sophomore standing who
have not competed in the National
Intercollegiate Crops Contest.
Teams from any four year Agri
cultural College in the United Stat
es will be allowed to compete.
F. G. Collard, N. J. Norris, How
ard Warner, J. B. Tate, and Glenn
C. McGouirk, who are juniors, S.
H. Ferguson, C. E. Butler, and W.
O. Fillingim, sophomores, are be
ing coached for the team by Rich
ard C. Potts, Assistant Professor
in the Agronomy Department.
The contest will include the iden
tification of 185 field crops, weeds,
and diseases common to farm
crops; the selection of field crop
seeds for planting; and the com
mercial grading of grain and hay
according to the Federal Stand
ards, and the classing and stapling
of cotton.
Dr. E. P. Humbert, Head of the
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Puzzle: Find the Girl
This feature picture, taken by Life Photographer Francis (Nig) | Oh yes—that girl; in case you can’t find her, she’s standing
Miller for Life magazine, shows a group of Cadets as “The Spirit next to Euel (Pappy) Wesson, varsity footballer, who’s a little
of Aggieland” was being sung previous to the A. & M.-Rice basket- i easier to find,
ball game in DeWare Field House last February.
College Station Holds Election of City Officers Today
Is First Regular City Election
To Be Held Since Its Birth in 1939
The biennial city election will be held today to elect three men
to the city council and city secretary. The polls will be located in the
Missouri Pacific railway station, and ballots may be cast between the
hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Mrs. L. S. Paine, city election judge, stated.
In the race for councilmen are+
G. B. Wilcox, S. A. Lipscomb, J.
A. Orr, Luke Patronella, and R.
L. Myers. Orr, Wilcox, and Lips
comb are incumbents.
Sidney L. Loveless and W. B.
Langford have filed for city sec
retary. Loveless is the incumbent
in that office.
Orr is associate professor of
civil engineering; Lipscomb oper
ates a drug store; Wilcox is pro
fessor of education; Patronella is
the owner of a grocery store, and
Myers is the owner of a lumber
yard.
This is the first regular election
of city officials since the organ-
200 Hear Walton and Rainey Praise
Work of M. L. Fashion at Honor Banquet
An attendance of over 200 A.
& M. students, ex-students, facul
ty members and their families, and
citizens of local communities hon
ored M. L. Cushion at an appreci
ation banquet given for him last
night in the banquet room of Sbisa
Hall.
The two principal speakers on
last night’s program were Dr. Ho
mer Rainey, president of the Uni
versity of Texas, and Dr. T. O.
Walton, president of Texas A. &
M. Both talks were about Cushion
and Dr. Walton chose as his sub
ject “What M. L. Cashion Has
Meant to A. & M.”
Preston Bolton, president of the
Y.M.C.A. cabinet, was the master
of ceremonies at the banquet and
told of a bound book of letters from
many of the former Y.M.C.A. cab
inet members that Cashion will
receive within the next few days.
The invocation was given by
Frank Loving, chairman of the
Inter-Church Council, and was fol
lowed by a number from the Sing
ing Cadets. Tom Richey was next
on the program and gave a re
view of Cashion’s life.
After the presentation of the
out-of-town guests by Preston Bol
ton, Dr. Walton gave his address.
He was followed by Judson Neff
who introduced Dr. Rainey. The
benediction by Rev. Norman Ander
son concluded the program.
The following were* among the
out-of-town guests:
Hastings Harrison of Dallas,
head of the National Council of
Christians and Jews; Mr. W. A.
Smith, General Secretary of the
Y.M.C.A. at Texas University and
Mrs. Smith; Ted Leveen, Associate
Secretary ocf the Y.M.C.A. at
Texas University; r F. C. Fields,
General Secretary of the Y.M.C.A.
at Houston.
Miss Elizabeth Cowan, General
Secretary of the Y.W.C.A. at Tex
as University; Dr. J. L. Clark,
sponsor of the Y.M.C.A. at Sam
Houston State Teachers’ College
at Huntsville and Miss Fran
ces Baldwin, sponsor of the
Y.W.C.A. of the school at Hunts
ville.
Mr. C. G. Bennett of Houston
who is affiliated with the National
Council of Christians and Jews;
Mr. and Mrs. David Thrift of San
Antonio and Dr. and Mrs. Rainey.
ization of the city government two
years ago. Last April in a special
election, F. G. Anderson was elect
ed to the office of mayor to re
place J. H. Binney, who resigned.
T. A. Munson and Ernest Langford
were chosen as aldermen last year.
Assisting Mrs. Paine in conduct
ing the election will be Mrs. Ray
mond Rogers and Mrs. A. A. Blum-
berg.
Printing of the ballots was de
layed so that all names might ap
pear. The city had originally set a
ten-day limit before election day
as the deadline for filing notice of
candidacy. However, no ordinance
to that effect has been passed, so
late notices were accepted.
In order to vote, the poll tax re
ceipt for 1941 or an exemption
must be presented at the polls.
K Infantry Holds
Funeral Services
For Mascot Skippy
Skippy, German police pup that
was mascot of K company Infantry,
was given a military funeral be
fore an approximate crowd of 100
on-lookers last Saturday afternoon
at one o’clock in the A. H. pasture
south of the new dormitories.
At the funeral J. D. Hale, who
was in charge of the services, de
livered a short message about the
deceased. After the eulogy, “The
Old Rugged Cross” and “The Sweet
Bye and Bye” were sung by the
members of “K” company fresh
man choir who were dressed in No.
1 uniforms with wool shirts. “Fish”
F. L. Gunn then sang “Shall We
Gather at the River” as the corpse
was lowered into the grave.
The ceremony was concluded af
ter “Fish” J. D. Strother played
taps and flowers were placed on
'.he fresh mound of earth that
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A Picture Show at Assembly Hall
Without Goobers? Not a Chance!!
By Tom Gillis
Any show at the Assembly Hall
just wouldn’t be a show without
peanuts. Without somebody’s pea
nuts, that is — if not your own,
those some friend has 1 bought or
some captured with a campaign
hat from full flight. Even a Sun
day afternoon free show doesn’t
seem natural unless you have some
means of self-defense and some
thing to crunch and rattle during
the shorts.
These peanuts, for whatever pur
pose purchased and from what
ever source derived, are bought and
roasted by four Aggies who spend
a good deal of their time handling
the preparation and sale of the
goobers. These are Archie Johns
ton, Bob Corns, Walter Caldwell
and Jack Miller. They have a sched
ule all worked out as to who shall
do the roasting and selling at cer
tain times when they aren’t busy
with other things. Roasting and
sacking the goobers is what takes
up the most time, the students said.
The selling part comes easy after
that.
The peanuts they sell are orig
inally purchased in 100 pound sacks
AH Cattle Herdsman
Accepts Wichita Job
T. H. Stewart cattle herdsman for
the Animal Husbandry department
since September 1939 leaves the de
partment today to accept a position
with J. R. Birdwell, oil and cattle
man of Wichita Falls. Stewart’s
new position will be that of show
cattle herdsman.
Stewart is an A. & M. graduate
of 1938 and worked for Silver Creek
Farms before coming here. The
Grand Champion steer at Ft. Worth
this year was fed under Stewart’s
supervision.
L. J. Christian, A. & M. graduate
of 1939, and present swine herds
man will become the new cattle
herdsman for the department on
April 1, and Bill Curnutt, animal
husbandry senior from Canadian,
Texas will become swine herdsman.
"ffrom a produce house in Bryan.
They are grown in Virginia but
shipped down here. The students
roast them during their off min
utes in the white frame peanut
shack behind Leggett Hall. The
machine they use for roasting is
shaped like a barrell and works
like a concrete mixer. An inner ro
tating cylinder keeps the nuts con
stantly churned up on the theory
that they will be heated thoroughly
and evenly. After about 30 min
utes in this oven, they are dump
ed into cardboard boxes for sack
ing. These fellows have become ex
pert at scooping up a full sack,
grabbing it by the comers, and
giving a couple of good flips to
twist the top together.
Aggies buy about 400 to 700
pounds of peanuts each week, de
pending upon the weather. During
the cold part of the winter some
times more than 700 pounds are
sold, either as weapons or food. But
in the warm fall and summer,
sales drop off to about 400 pounds.
Nobody wants to eat warm pea
nuts during hot weather, the boys
explained. It is too hot to work up
a sweat throwing them too, so there
just isn’t the demand for them.
The peanuts used to be sold just
outside the mess hall door to all
who cared to buy them, but during
the hard times of the depression
in the early ’30s the best market
seemed to be the fellows going to
the show. They needed some kind
of protection so the peanut stand
was moved to the Assembly Hall.
There was a plenty smart Aggie
who used to handle the conces
sion for the YMCA during the de-
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Beaumont Mothers
Donate Library $10
A Check for $10 has been re
ceived from the Beaumont A. & M.
Mothers’ Club through Mrs. P. C.
Hankamer of Sour Lake, Texas.
It will go into the purchasing
fund for new books, which is
supported by the various A. & M.
Mothers’ Clubs in the state.
Still No Quorum to Elect
Senior Yell Leader for ’42
$10,000 Machine
Received for Use
By A & S Department
The accounting and statistics
department has received an Alpha
betic-Numerical Tabulating Ma
chine valued at $10,000 for use in
the A. & S. 311 class.
This machine will handle all ac
counting forms and records and
will accumulate statistical or ac
counting records at the rate of 285
items per minute. It weighs 2500
pounds and contains 75 miles of
wire. A composite of 15 or more
adding machines are possible in
this machine or with its flexibility
it could be used as one adding ma
chine which could carry billions of
dollars.
18th Horse Show
Will Be Presented
As All-Day Affair
Saturday Is Day
Set; Program Will
Introduce Humor Angle
Texas A. & M. horse lovers have
their day Saturday when the 18th
annual horse show will be presented
in the show ring adjacent to high
way 6 in an all-day program.
Morning activities begin at 9:30
and the afternoon exhibition be
gins at 1:30.
This show is made possible
through the contributions of local
merchants and others outside of
the county who are interested in
A. & M. and the horse show.
Similar to last year, the 1941
show will boast a large number of
civilian entries, a greater amount
of horsemanship oddity, and added
exhibition classes.
Outstanding among oddities will
be the Novice Polo Class, with
contestants entirely new to polo
being given a mount, a mallet, and
a ball to knock 100 yards. This
event is expected to gain favor
with the crowds present because of
its humorous angle.
Besides the beautiful show stock
of such breeders and showers as
Joe D. Hughes and Campbell Sew
ell, prospect for a hackney pony
class or exhibit are good and this
will be an added asset to an al
ready excellent program.
Jumping classes, R.O.T.C. horse
manship classes, and other military
classes will give all who attend a
visual knowledge of A. & M. cadet
officer mounted ability. Entrants
are made up from the Cavalry and
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Fitzpatrick to
Play Cavalry Ball
Eddie Fitzpatrick and his orch
estra will play for the fifth annual
Cavalry regimental ball Friday
night in Sbisa Hall from nine
till one. He will also play for the
corps dance Saturday night.
Favors for the ball will be in the
form of heart-shaped pins with
crossed sabers superimposed on
them.
Jack Hollimon, member of the
committee in charge of the dance
said that Fitzpatrick’s style is
well known throughout the South
and insures the success of the
dance. He also said that Fitzpat
rick’s music is adapted to swing.
Other than his style of music
Fitzpatrick features a male sing
er and a group of novelty num
bers.
Members of the committee in
charge of the dance are Hollimon,
Joe Robinson, H. H. Brians, Guy
Johnson, Joe Stevens, Jake Hess,
David Shelton, Tom Mostyn and
Lee Rice.
' Committee Selected
For Investigation of
Jr. Breakfast Rule
At a meeting of the junior class
which was held last night for the
purpose of deciding on what uni
forms will be worn next year it
was voted that next year’s junior
uniform remain as it is at pres
ent and that next year’s senior
be allowed to wear either boots
or grey slacks. The slacks now
worn by the two upper classes will
be regulation for campus wear or
drill, but for formal ceremonies
seniors will be required to wear
either boots or grey slacks.
For the second time there was
an insufficient number to hold an
election of the Junior Yell Lead
er who is to fill the vacancy left
by Bill Beck. Officers of the jun
ior class announced that one more
meeting will be called for the
election and if a quorum fails to
turn out the election will be car
ried out by turning in ballots in
the Academic Building.
Col. James A. Watson presented
a plan whereby it will be possible
for the cadets to obtain a regulation
raincoat of better than average
material at a much lower rate
than is being paid at present.
Representatives of the class stat
ed several reasons to Col. Watson
concerning their objections to the
recently enforced rule requiring
juniors to make breakfast for
mations. Col. Watson stated that
it was not within his power to
change the regulation and that it
must be enforced until the ruling
is changed. A committee consisting
of Warren Ringgold, Joe Gibbs,
Harris Brinn, Tom Gillis, G. T.
Cooper, and Alden Cathey was ap
pointed to investigate the possibil
ity of having the rule changed.
Second Session
Held Tomorrow in
Military Athletics
Tomorrow afternoon will mark
the second meeting of the Athletic
Director’s Course being conduct
ed in behalf of students preparing
for entrance to one of the nation’s
armed, forces by Director of Phys
ical Education, W. L. Penberthy.
“During the World War I, our
country was hit hard for direc
tors and athletic leaders,” Colonel
Watson stated at a gathering of
those who turned out at the first
call. “We had many sportsmen and
athletes but lacked the man power
to plan and lead the programs.”
The course is designed to cover
the planning of all types of events,
covering the officiating, equipping,
and scheduling of games.
Much value can be gained from
the course which will run for some
eight weeks. Students planning on
entering the Army, Navy or Mar
ine Corps as officers will receive
the instructions and essentials the
athletic officers should know.
Those entering as enlisted per-
sonel will profit from the instruc
tions with the possibility of ser
ving as athletic director of his or
ganization.
Class meeting will be held in
the lecture room of the Civil En
gineering Building from 5 to 6 o’
clock.
Aggie Freshman
Hurt Near Cameron
Barely T. Jeter, “D” Battery
Field Artillery freshman, was in
jured early Sunday evening seven
miles east of Cameron when he lost
control of the motorcycle he was
riding.
The authorities at the Catneron
hospital believe that his condition
is not serious but are retaining
him several days for treatment
and observation.