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STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
VOL. 40
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1941
NUMBER 74
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Juniors Will March to Polls Today to Fill 3 Positions
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Construction on New Dormitories to Begin About May 1
Decision Made
By Directors at
Meeting Yesterday
Office Building Located
On Corner of Highway 6
And Sulfur Springs Road
Construction will begin again on
the four new dormitories about
May 1 it was announced today af
ter a meeting yesterday of the col
lege board of directors. Delayed
since November because the state
auditor refused approval of the
means of finance, the dormitories
are a part of a large-scale build
ing program now being undertak
en by the college.
It was revealed at the meeting
that during the delay prices of ma
terials had risen to the extent that
costs would be increased by 2 per
cent. The state has authorized the
college to borrow ■ sufficiently to
cover the loss.
It was decided that the new fed
eral office building included in the
program would be located on the
corner of Highway 6 and the Sul
phur Springs road. Parking space
is to be provided so that the em
ployees in the building will not be
required to cross the congested
areas of the campus in traveling
to and from work.
Also at the meeting the board
approved construction of additional
ladies rest rooms at the Kyle Field
stadium and agreed to improve the
visitor’s dressing room.
This meeting of the board of
directors is a follow-through from
a meeting in Austin last week at
which Governor O’Daniel signed
the bill renewing the $1,575,000
building program which was start
ed in part on the campus last fall.
In the bill are plans for four
dormitories to cost approximately
one million dollars, power plant
and utilities extension to cost
about $275,000 and an office build
ing to house federal agencies to
cost about $300,000.
Funds for the program are to
be box-rowed through bonds issued
against the revenues and rentals
of the improvements. The bonds
may run as long as 30 yeai*s at in
terest rates not to exceed 4 per
cent. It will be remembered that
it was upon this question that
work was halted last fall by the
state auditor. College authorities
are hopeful that the money may
be secured at an even lower rate
of interest. It is thought likely
the loans will be made through the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion.
The new dormitories will be lo
cated in the area west of the Col
lege hospital and will be similar
in type to the twelve new dormi
tories built two years ago. Plans
include one dormitory equipped
with rehearsal room suitable for
use by the band. Clearing of the
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Spencer
Resigns A&M
Post in June
Goes to Illinois
School at End of
Current School Year
Prof. H. C. Spencer, head of the
A. & M. engineering drawing de
partment, has resigned that post,
effective at the end of the current
school year, to become head of the
department of technical drawing
at the Illinois Institute of Tech
nology, Chicago, 111., according to
announcement made here by Gibb
Gilchrist, dean of the School of
Engineering.
The Illinois Institute of Tech
nology is the new school formed
by the consolidation of Armour In
stitute of Techhology and the
Lewis Institute about a year ago
with a complete rebuilding pro
gram now under way. L. E. Grin-
ter, former professor of structures
in the A. & M. civil engineering
department, is now vice-president
of the new school and also dean
of the graduate school there.
Spencer is widely known for the
five textbooks on technical draw
ing of which he is co-author.
“Technical Drawing” by Dr. F. E.
Giesecke, Alva Mitchell andSpen-
cer, all of the A. & M. staff leads
the field of college textbooks hav
ing been adopted and in use by
over 200 colleges and universities.
The same trio co-authored “Tech
nical Drawing Problems” and
“Lettering Exercises”, all of them
widely adopted.
In addition he collaborated with
E. L. Williams, head of the col
lege’s industrial education depart
ment, in writing “Technical Draw
ing for High Schools”, Volumes
I and II.
Spencer received his A. B. de
gree from Baylor university in
1929; his M. S. degree in indus
trial education from Texas A. & M.
in 1931; and a B. S. degree in
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Senior Favorite
Pix Now Available
Cadets who have turned in pic
tures for entry in the Vanity Fair
or Senior Favorite sections of The
1941 Longhorn may secure these
pictures from Joe Jones, room 101,
dormitory five, Longhorn Editor
Morton Robinson announced yes
terday afternoon.
Progress on the 1941 publication
is as rapid as original plans had
scheduled, editors announced, and
the annual should be off the press
and ready for distribution on May
15.
Clearance Issue
To be Arbitrated
“We Expect Action Within the Next Two
Weeks,” Rice Says Via Long Distance
Ben S. Ferguson, president of the local Campus Theater,
announced late yesterday afternoon that his theater had
filed a clearance case with the American Arbitration Asso
ciation early Wednesday morning.
“Our attorney, L. M. Rice of Dallas, filed the case this
morning,” Ferguson said, “and we expect action within the
next two weeks.”
Rice, a nationally-famed theater attorney, declared in
a long distance conversation with a senior class motion pic
ture committeeman that, “We are doing everything in our
power to win this case which has come about through the
investigation of the A. & M. cadet corps.”
In a meeting with the senior
Valedictory
Election Is Set
All Day Tomorrow
Richey Urges Class
To Turn Out Record
Vote for High Post
Ten seniors have been listed as
candidates for the election of val
edictorian of the senior class which
will be held Friday in the rotunda
of the Academic building from 8
to 5:30, E. J. Howell, registrar,
announced Wednesday following
the issuance of a list of the 20
seniors with the highest grade
point averages.
The ten seniors who have been
declared eligible are William J.
Montgomery, petroleum engineer
ing, 2.945; Jack M. Simpson, elec
trical engineering, 2.895; Tom D.
Harris, Jr., veterinary medicine,
2.852; Buck Joe Miller, petroleum
engineering, 2.836, Leslie L. Ap-
pelt, mechanical engineering 2.815,
Jack E. Minnock, mechanical en
gineering, 2.812; Ernest Lee Weh-
ner, agricultural administration,
2.800; Robert Alexander Lynch,
liberal ai’ts, 2.787; Charles Wil
liam Brown Jr., electrical engineer
ing, 2.701; and Joe W. McCrary,
petroleum engineering, 2.683. The
second group of ten seniors have
a grade point average of 2.547 or
better.
As a group the first quarter of
the senior class averaged 1.7765
and over. The second quarter rang
ed from 1.4270 to 1.7765. A X’ange
of 1.1490 to 1.4269 was scored by
the third quarter. The last group
had an average of 1.490 or less.
Tom Richey, senior class pres
ident, earnestly requested that all
seniors turn out and vote. “If a
large number vote,” Richey said,
“the election will be representative
of the senior class, in contrast
with the meager vote which was
cast last year.”
class motion picture committee
late Tuesday night, Ferguson ex
plained the status-quo of the sit
uation and revealed that the case
would be filed the following day.
The senior class committee, com
posed of Cadet Colonel W. A. Beck
er, Battalion Associate Editor
George Fuermann and Engineering
Council President Bentol Elliott,
instigated the current bid for day-
and-date motion pictures between
College Station and Bryan when
committeemen went to Dallas
March 18 to interview prominent
threaten executives there.
TWO-FOLD MOTIVE
Behind the committee’s trip to
Dallas was a two-fold purpose.
First, to learn who was respon
sible for the fact that Bryan ob
tained motion pictures 45 days
ahead of College Station. Second,
to learn what, if anything, could
be done to remedy the situation.
Concerning the first point, thea
ter executives rested the respon
sibility for the situation with the
Bryan Amusement Company.
Principal remedy for the situa
tion lies with the Federal Consent
Decree passed last fall.
Rice pointed out that one arbi
trator will be selected from a pan-
nel of arbitrators which makeup
the Dallas branch of the American
Arbitration Association. The ar
bitrators are prominent Dallas bus
inessmen and S. M. U. professors.
CLEARANCE IS ISSUE
“When the case reaches the ar
bitrator,” Ferguson said, “it will
be his job to determine whether
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Student Aid Fund’s Work Is Rapidly Expanding as
Organization Work Nears Completion; 8 Cases Handled
By Tom Gillis
The recently formed Student Aid
Fund committee has been able to
assist Aggies in eight separate
cases since its formation. Chair
man George Fuermann stated at
the regular meeting of the com
mittee Tuesday afternoon. This
does not include expressions of
sympathy which have been sent to
the families of Aggies suffering
a death.
Uses to which the fund has been
put include the following: 2 pair
of eye glasses purchased for Ag
gies; examinations of 2 students;
payment of hospital charges in
Brenham for an injured cadet and
ambulance charges, and payment
of two physicians for treating
students.
• A note similar to the type to be-
sent out to students who have used
the fund was presented at the
meeting. The note is an ordinary
non-interest bearing note with the
addition of one statement to the
effect that payment of the note is
to be contingent upon the maker’s
financial ability to do so.
Payment will allow continued
service of the fund to other Ag
gies in the same manner that the
student himself received aid. The
note is to be sent to the student
at a time designated by himself
and is an honor obligation.
Printed cards, which are to be
sent by the committee with floral
tributes to Aggie families suffer
ing the death of a member, will
read “Sincere Sympathy from the
■A. & M. Cadet Corps.”
It was stated that the sending
of such expressions of sympathy
should be handled through the
Student Activities office, who will
notify the florist. A supply of the
cards is to be given to the florist
to be sent with the flowers.
Dan Russell, executive-secretary
of the Student Aid Fund Commit
tee, stated that he had approved
the request for aid of a foreign
student who was attending A. &
M. but would like the opinion of
the committee as to policy in fu
ture cases. By unanimous vote it
was decided that the only quali
fication to receive aid from the
fund is that the beneficiary be a
regular student enrolled in A. &
M. college.
Student Leaders
Dine With Nelson
Claude Nelson, director of the
World Student Service Fund, dined
with students and representatives
of the YMCA Tuesday night and
discussed with them the possibili
ties of raising funds on the cam
pus to be used by the fund.
Present at the dinner were M.
H. Turner, Terry Thrift, Fred
Smitham, Paul Haines, Tom Richey,
Bill Becker, Tom Gillis, Bob Nis-
bet, George Fuermann, A1 Payne,
Preston Bolton, and Gordon Gay.
Barnyard Frolic,
Cattlemen’s Ball
Slated Tomorrow
Texas U. Girls’ Glee
Club Present Annual
Program Friday Night
The annual Cattlemen’s Ball,
presented jointly by the Saddle and
Sirloin Club and the Kream and
Kow Klub, will be held in Sbisa
Hall Friday night from 9 ’til 1,
Graham B. Purcell, president of
the Saddle and Sirloin Club, an
nounced yesterday.
Ed Gerlach and his orchestra
will play for the event.
The girls’ glee club from Texas
university will be presented by
the Saddle and Sirloin Club in the
Assembly Hall at 7:15 p.m. and af
ter the program, each girl will
be escorted to the dance.
This glee club is made up of 54
girls and has been presented be
fore this ball for the last 10 years.
It is one of the favorite pro
grams here at A. & M., Purcell
said.
Everyone will wear white trous
ers, a bright colored sash, and a
bright colored shirt.
At the intermission medals will
be given to the members of the
senior livestock judging team
which won second place at the
livestock judging contest in Chi
cago last Thanksgiving.
•
The annual Bax-nyard Frolic,
presented by the student branch
of the A.S.A.E. will be held on the
third floor of the agri cultural
engineering building Friday night
from 9 til 1, J. C. Bloodworth,
president of the A. S. A. E. an
nounced yesterday.
The Aggieland orchestra vyll
play for the event.
This is strictly a comic dance
in which everyone is dressed as a
farmer or farmer’s wife.
A prize of $5 will be presented
to the best dressed couple and
comic prizes will be presented to
the best dressed individual boy or
girl.
The money made from the dance
will be used to send members of
the A. S. A. E. to the national
agricultural engineering meeting.
Bloodworth pointed out that all
cadets were eligible to attend the
dance.
Voting to Take Place in
Academic Building Rotunda
Local Airport
Becomes Terminus
For Randolph Planes
Arrangements have been made
between the Easterwood Airport
and Randolph Field to have pilots
from Randolph Field use the local
airport as a terminus on solo cross
country flights.
Four flights of 22 to 24 planes
each and many individual planes—
more than 100 in all—have already
landed here, and more planes are
expected this week, airport offi
cials have announced.
The airpoi-t will continue to re
ceive the planes from Randolph
Field throughout the spring.
Cadets to Speak
At High Schools
May 2 through 6
A list of students who have been
selected to return to their high
schools to speak to the graduating
seniors about coming to A. & M.
is now posted on the bulletin board
on the ground floor of Ross Hall,
Cadet Colonel Bill Becker announc
ed today.
Students who requested permis
sion to return to their high schools
should examine the list for their
names.
The students whose names are
listed will be given excused ab
sences for two days so that they
may visit the school while it is
in session. Cadets should turn in
a pass to the Commandant’s office
for either May 2 and 3 or for May
5 and 6.
The excused absences will be
granted if the cadet is not defi
cient nor on tour duty for that
week.
Students visiting high schools
mare than 250 miles away from the
college will be given three days in
which to make the trip. All the
students will be required to at
tend a banquet April 30 for in
structions.
General Election
Slate Completed
With 7 in Races
Gillis Adds Name
To Editorship Race
As Two Sophs File
Three men for Battalion editor
and four for Junior Publications
representative were left in the gen
eral campus election races after
the' Student Elections committee
completed its investigation of elig
ibilities Wednesday afternoon.
Tom Gillis, editorship candidate,
filed just under the deadline. He
has been junior editor of both the
Battalion magazine and newspa
per, as well as junior representa
tive on the publications board. He
is the vice-president of the junior
class and the sergeant major of
the cadet corps.'
The Student Elections committee
in a meeting Wednesday afternoon
declared Lee Rogers ineligible to
run for the office of editor-in-chief
of The Battalion. The basis for the
declaration was his low grade-
point average. Qualifications for
the office state that the candidate
must have a grade-point average
of 1.25. Rogers’ average was only
1.07.
In the Junior Representative
race two candidates added their
names to the ballot. They are H. E.
Norton, a sophomore of I Field
Artillery from Grand Prairie, and
Charlie Babcock, a sophomore of
A Battery Field Artillery from
Beaumont.
Four candidates for Junior Rep
resentative on the the Student
Publications Board have filed
for the office and four were de
clared eligible.
Candidates will draw for places
on the ballot before the election
but in order of filing, the ballot
now reads as follows:
Battalion Editor
. E. M. (Manny) Rosenthal
D. C. (Bug) Thurman
Tom Gillis
Junior Representative
Billy Bryant
H. EL Norton
Charlie Babcock
Nagel, Chalmers
Elected Junior
Yell Leaders
Jack Nagel, Houston, and W. H.
“Chuck” Chalmers, Houston, were
elected next year’s junior yell
leaders at a joint meeting of the
junior and sophomore classes April
8.
The men were selected from a
list of five candidates qualified by
the Student Elections committee
and will assist senior yell leaders
Skeen Staley and J. O. Alexander
next year.
The votes cast for such candi
dates were:
Jack Nagel 503
W. H. “Chuck” Chalmers....199
J. P. Alford 152
Russell Brient. 112
Claude H. Wallace 67
Nagel and Chalmers were yell
leaders together in high school at
John Reagan High in Houston.
They will appear before the
corps for their first time as yell
leaders at College Night next Sep
tember.
Polls Open from
7:45 A. M. until
5:30 P. M. Today
The junior class decides today
who will be its officers for next
year after having heard them
speak last night at a class meet
ing.
A voting booth will be erected
in the rotunda of the Academic
building and will be maintained
throughout the day from 7:45 a.m.
until 5:30 p.m.
Juniors will find printed ballots
at the booth.
Voters must present at the booth
before voting a receipt for mid
term maintenance; also as a means
of identifying voters, a committee
of juniors will stay at the polls.
One member of the student elec
tion committee will be at the polls
the entire day and frequent refer
ence will be made to the student
directory. The election committee
representative holds the right to
consult the office of the registrar
if any doubt arises as to any vo
ter’s eligibility,
of the election committee.
Mac Sterling, the ineligible can
didate, was ruled out of the race
for Town Hall manager because
he had not been in attendance at
A. & M. the required number of
semesters. The qualifications call
for an attendance of at least five
continuous semesters. Sterling has
only three to his credit.
The ballot as will be voted to
day is as follows:
Longhorn Editor
R. L. (Rusty) Heitkamp
J. Bennie Hancock
Social Secretary
Lewis Kercheville
Alden Cathey
W. E. (Pete) Frost
Town Hall Manager
J. F. Stephenson
Fred Smitham
Billy Bolton
G. W. (Buddy) Ramsel
Jack Hollimon
Smith-Hughes Day
Events Will Draw
1,300 Here Monday
Monday, April 21, 1,300 Future
Farmers of America and their vo
cational agriculture teachers will
be swarming over the campus to
attend the 24th annual Smith-
Hughes activities.
Coming from all parts of Texas,
the boys and their teachers will be
here to enter the various agricul
tural judging contest to be held
on that day.
Smith-Hughes Day, considered
one of the highlights of the Fu
ture Farmers’ school year, grew
out of an invitation made by the
School of Agriculture at A. & M.
to the 750 vocational agriculture
teachers throughout the state to
bring some of their 35,000 stu
dents here to enter contests in beef
cattle, dairy cattle, horses, sheep,
swine, poultry, crops, budding and
grafting and various other agricul
ture subjects.
Last year, approximately 2,500
Future Farmers attended these
contests, but due to added re
strictions only a selected number
approximating 1,300 will be allow
ed to participate in this year’s
proceedings.
As there is no place to accom
modate such a large crowd over
night, the boys are bedded down
on a foot of hay under Kyle sta
dium.