DIAL 4-5444
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion
DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
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VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1941
NUMBER 79
T.S.C.P.A.
To Convene
Here Today
Many Authorities
On Accounting
To Deliver Speeches
The Texas Society of Certified
Public Accountants has arranged
for an Institute on Accounting to
be held at the Chemistry Lecture
Room today in an afternoon ses
sion beginning at 3 o’clock, and
a night session beginning at 7
o’tlock. The sessions will be open
to everyone interested in account
ing and its development. Following
the scheduled talks the meetings
will be conducted as open forums.
All who wish to do so will be in
vited to participate in a discussion
of the various subjects presented
by the speakers. Accounting class
es will be excused at 3 p. m. to
attend the meetings.
The purpose of the institute is
to bring together practicing ac
countants, university instructors
in accounting and accounting stud
ents for the discussion of timely
subjects relating to the public
practice of accounting.
The speakers on the occasion
will include many authorities on
accounting representing several
cities in Texas. Clifton H. Morris,
chairman of the State Board of
Public Accountancy of Texas will
discuss Laws and Regulations of
Accountancy. Morris is a partner
of McCammon, Morris & Pickens,
Fort Worth. He is the past vice-
president of the Texas Society of
Certified Public Accountants, and
a member of the legislative com
mittee of the Society and a mem
ber of the Council of the Ameri
can Institute of Accountants. J.
F. Stuart Arthur of Dallas, a part
ner of Lybrand, Ross Bros. &
Montgomery, will discuss the du
ties of the junior accountant. Ar
thur is a chartered accountant of
Scotland. He is a member of the
American Institute of Accountants
and the National Association of
Cost Accountants. Fred F. Alford,
Dallas, will present a paper deal
ing with the accountant’s office,
its operations, functions and ser
vices. Alford is a practicing ac
countant of Dallas and is a mem
ber of the American Institute of
Accountants and the Texas Society
of Certified Public Accountants.
J. A. Phillips of the J. A. Phillips
Company, Houston, will discuss
the subject, Taxation and the Ac
countant. Phillips is a certified
accountant of Louisiana and Tex
as. He is a member of the Council
of the American Institute of Ac
countants, a member of the In
stitute’s Committee on Taxation,
and a past president of the Texas
Society of Certified Public Ac
countants. Arthur C. Upleger of
the A. C. Upleger and Company
of Waco will discuss Contents,
Purposes and Responsibility of
the Audit Report. Upleger has
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These Men to Figure in Federal Inspection
Col. E. A. Keyes, left, officer in charge of R.O.T.C. training for the eighth corps area from San Antonio, will head a group of army
officers who will conduct the annual Federal Inspection here Wednesday and Thursday.
Col. Ernest 0. Thompson, chairman of the T^xas Railroad Commission, will be a guest of the College and will attend the review.
Cotton Pageant and Ball Arrangements Near End
Painted Map of the Southern, Southeastern,
So’western States Is Background Feature
Arrangements for the Tenth Annual Cotton Pageant, Style Show
and Ball, which will be held Fridayevening, are now in the final stages
and will be complete by Thursday evening, Johnny Robinson, business
manager of the cotton festivities announced yesterday.
“This year the committees in charge have done their work quicker
and completed it earlier than any of the previous Cotton Ball com
mittees,” Robinson said.
The only unfinished preparation
for the entire evening-long pro
gram is the completion of the dec
orations and background for the
pageant, and the rehearsal for the
presentation of the duchesses.
The latter will be held Friday aft
ernoon, and the workers on the
background say that it will be fin
ished Thursday.
Decorative Theme
According to Robinson, the
background will tie together the
theme of the Cotton Pageant
which portrays the realm of King
Cotton. It has been built against
the west wall of DeWare field
house and measures 60 feet long
and 20 feet high.
The most prominent feature of
the background is the painted map
of the Southeastern, Southern, and
Southwestern states which extends
the full length of the scene. All
of the states with the exception
of Texas are green and the Lone
Star State is painted white.
On both sides of the stracture
are doors seven feet above the
floor level that represent the ports
of entry of Los Angeles and
Charleston. From the doors
through which the duchesses will
enter, are stairs that run parallel
to the back wall, turn to the front
and then flare out as they reach
the floor. Another door at the
floor level represents New Or
leans.
The thrones for King and Queen
Cotton will be on a platform in
front of Texas at a spot that rep
resents A. & M. “A & M. is the
logical place for the thrones,” Mrs.
Manning Smith, director of the
pageant, said “because it is here
that the study of cotton, its uses
and possibilities enables King Cot
ton to continue his reign.”
Across the top of the back
ground is a large scroll that reads
“The Land of King Cotton.” A
large green curtain reaches from
the top of the background to the
ceiling, and maroon drapes adorn
the doorways.
Louis Thompson, Instructor in
the agronomy department, design
ed the background and Robinson
has been in charge of construc
tion. All work has been done by
members of the agronomy depart
ment and G. F. “Pop” Ashford has
helped supervise the job.
Singing Cadets to Give Command
Performance at Town Hall Thursday
Partial Regimental
Placings Given FA
Graduating Seniors
A partial list of regimental as
signments of Field Artillery sen
iors who are expected to gradu
ate this year was received by the
military department yesterday).
The assignments were apparently
made according to the location
of the student’s home, it was stat
ed by personnel of the depart
ment.
“This order must not be con
strued as placing the students on
active duty, and no expense to
the Government for pay, allow
ances, or mileage is authorized,”
the order stated.
The assignments made are as
follows:
Assigned to 12th Field Artillery—
John 0. Gibson Jr., John A.
Kenagy, Ellis S. Marks, William
L. Mayfield, Clive P. Mueller Jr.,
and Ralph W. Parker Jr.
Assigned to 15th Field Artillery—
Ammon J. Robinson, Andrew S.
Downs, Harold H. Dyke Jr., Robert
L. Fox, Robert M. Steimel and
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This Year’s Ag Day, Scheduled Over Three Day Period,
To Celebrate the Thirtieth Year of the Agricultural School
By Lee Rogers
For nearly a third of a century
there has been a school of agri
culture at A. & M.—and during
this time thei'e has been no pub
lic demonstration of the activities
and growth of this school.
But this year, celebrating its
thirtieth anniversary, will be stag
ed a program of festivities that
will continue for three days and
will have as its climax the tenth
annual Cotton Pageant and Ball.
Ag Day is being sponsored by
Dean E. J. Kyle, the first and only
dean of the school. Dean Kyle
graduated from A. & M. in 1899
in the position of Cadet Colonel
and was ranked as the outstanding
student of his class.
His work in the School of Agri
culture began in 1902 when he re
turned here from Cornell to start
as instructor in the horticulture
department. In 1905 he w r as made
a full professor and in 1911, the
year that the School of Agricul
ture was established, he was made
dean. He has served in this posi
tion since that time.
In charge of the events is F. R.
Jones, head of the agriculture
engineering department.
The first event at 3 p. m. Thurs
day will be a full dress review of
the cadet corps, with Colonel E.
A. Keyes, officer in charge of R.
O. T. C. training for the Eighth
Corps Area receiving the review.
Colonel Ernest 0. Thompson,
chairman of the Texas Railroad
Commission and now on active
duty with the U. S. Army, will
be the honor guest.
Thursday night Sterling C. Evans,
President of the Federal Land
Bank of Houston and ex-student
of A. & M. will deliver an address
on Farm Credit in Guion Hall. Fol
lowing his address the famed Sing
ing Cadets of A. & M. will give a
performance in Guion Hall.
Friday will be devoted to sports
with a golf match (doubles) be
tween T. C. U. and the Texas Ag
gies at 10 o’clock, and in the
evening a singles match between
the same schools will be staged.
At 3:30 Friday evening the Ag--
gie baseball team will meet the
S. M- U. Mustangs on the Aggie
diamond.
At 8 o’clock will be the presen
tation of the Cotton Pageant and
Style Show which will be followed
at 10 o’clock by the Cotton Ball.
On Saturday there 'will be ex
hibits and displays of the sixteen
departments in the School of Agri
culture from 8 a. m. until 5 p. m.
The following departments will
have displays for visitors:
Accounting and Statistics De
partment) — A demonstration of
tabulating machine equipment for
handling agricultural statistics.
(Accounting and Statistics De
partment) — A slide picture show
of field courses in Agricultural Eco-
nomics and a display of charts,
graph and pictures showing vari-
! ous phases of trade economics and
natural resources.
(Agricultural Education Depart
ment) — Movies showing activi-
: ties of F. F. A. boys.
(Agricultural Engineering De
partment)—1. Farm and power
machinery display with all types
of modern farm machines such as
combines, pick-up hay baler, trac
tors, and feed grinder. Special
tractor and engine testing equip
ment will be shown and demon
strated.
2. Land reclamation and irri
gation exhibit with models of ter
raced farms, the various types of
terracing equipment, water meas
uring devices, and demonstration
of irrigation systems.
3. Farm buildings and equip
ment display with models of farm
building, material of construction,
water systems, hydraulic ram,
electric lighting and heating.
4. Farm Shop Exhibit showing
equipment for wood and metal
work, rope making, leather work
and machinery repair.
(Agronomy Department, Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station
and Texas Agricultural Extension
Service) — Demonstrations and
displays of pasture plants, farm
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The Singing Cadets of Aggie-
land will make their second Town
Hall appearance of the year in
Guion Hall Thursday night at 7:30.
The time for the program was
originally set for 8:00 o’clock, but
has been changed so that an
address by Sterling C. Evans may
be scheduled.
The commandant’s office has ap
proved a request that underclass
men be allowed to remain out aft
er call to quarters in order to at
tend the program. The program is
to be given because of the success
of the Singing Cadets on their
regular Town Hall program given
last April 7, and to allow the en
tire corps to hear them.
The program is included as a
part of the Ag Day program and
a large number of Ag Day visi
tors are expected to attend. The
selections to be sung by the cadets
are “Away Down South” by George
Perfect, arranged by J. J. Woolket;
“Fair Land of Freedom” by
Gustav Klemm, “Stouthearted
Men” by Sigmund Romberg; “The
Drum,” the story of a little red
drum and its experience; “Marines’
Hymn,” the Aggies’ interpreta
tion of a fighting man’s song;
“Dance My Comrades,” a drinking
song of the Imperial Russian
Army, by Richard Bennett;
“Adoramus te, Christe” by W. J.
Marsh; “The Creation” by Willie
Richter; “God Bless America” by
Irving Berlin; “The Spirit of Ag-
gieland” by Lt. Col. R. J. Dunn;
“Taps” arranged by J. J. Woolket,
and others. The program will also
include several features such as
solos on the accordian and organ,
and several Spanish songs sung
by Spanish members of the organ
ization. At the end of the Sing
ing Cadets’ first appearance on
Town Hall, many of the audience
stated that they enjoyed that pro
gram more than any other that
they had attended throughout the
year.
Hopkins to Teach in
Virginia This Summer
S. H. Hopkins of the biology
department will leave in a few
weeks for the Virginia Fisheries
Laboratory where he will teach
a six weeks course in invertebrate
zoology.
The Virginia Fisheries Labor
atory is connected with the Wil
liam and Mary College in Wil
liamsburg, Virginia, and is located
about 15 miles from the Chesapeake
] Bay. It was founded last year.
Federal Inspection Will
Begin Tomorrow Morning
Banquet to Be
Given High School
Visitors Tomorrow
Students Will Be
Given Instruction and
Credentials as Visitors
Students who have been select
ed to return to their high schools
to talk to the graduating seniors
will be required to attend a ban
quet in Sbisa Hall at 6 o’clock
Wednesday evening, Cadet Col
onel William A. Becker said today.
They will be addressed by college
authorities and will receive cred
entials and instructions to be used
in visiting their schools.
All cadets who requested per
mission to return to their school
should examine the list posted on
the bulletin board on the ground
floor of Ross Hall, Becker stated,
to see if they have been selected.
Cadets whose mames appear on
the list must attend the banquet.
They may receive excused ab-
senses to make the trip to their
school by turning in a pass to the
commandant’s office for the two
day’s either May 2 and 3 or for
May 5 and 6. Passes will be grant
ed with excused absences if the
student is not deficient nor on
tour duty for that week. If the
school is more than 250 miles from
the college, the student visiting
there will be given three days to
make the journey.
Cadet Colonel Becker will pre
side at the banquet and Dr. T. O.
Walton, president of the college,
will be the speaker of the evening.
Col. Ike Ashburn and Dean F. C.
Bolton will describe some of the
general facilities of the college.
Lt. Colonel James A. Watson,
commandant, will speak on uni
forms and ROTC training here.
Dr. Dan Russell, head of the rural
sociology department, will discuss
living in project houses for pros
pective students, and E. J. Howell,
registrar, will give information on
regulations.
The students will talk to the
students in their respective high
schools about enrolling in A. & M.
college next September. To further
inform prospective students about
the college a special issue of The
Battalion will be sent to high
school seniors over the state May
10.
Schlesselman Is
Speaker at Seminar
Dr. G. W. Schlesselman of the
department of agricultural eco
nomics, was the principal speaker
at the third meeting of the Semi
nar on South American Relations
held last night in the chemistry
lecture room.
Schlesselman’s topic for the dis
cussion was, “A Consideration of
South American Trade and Trade
Relationships.” An increased at
tendance was evidence of the in
creasing interest being shown in
the seminar.
An examination of the factors
to be considered in trade relation
ships was presented by Schlessel
man as a background for the
night’s discussion. An introduction
to the problems involving natural
factors, social factors and politi
cal factors made up the first part
of the speech.
The commodities which South
America exports and their relative
importance as imports of the Unit
ed States formed an impoi'tant fea
ture of the discussion. “Practically
all of South America’s exportable
products consist of raw materials,
chiefly agricultural products, min
ing products and forest products”,
Schlesselman explained last night.
A discussion of the future pos
sibilities of trade with South Amer
ica served as the conclusion of the
third seminar. Schlesselman in dis
cussing this problem pointed out,
“We should turn to South Amer
ica for vacations instead of Eur
ope; by doing this we can build up
purchasing power in South Amer
ica so that they can buy more of
our products.”
Colonel Keyes to Be
In Charge of Review
And Other Activities
The annual inspection of A. &
M.’s R. O. T. C. units gets under
way early tomorrow morning with
Colonel E. A. Keyes, San Antonio,
officer in charge of R. O. T. C.
training in the eighth corps area,
in charge.
Guest of the review scheduled
Thursday afternoon will be Col
onel Ernest O. Thompson, chair
man of the Texas Railroad Com
mission.
Federal Inspection activities will
begin Wednesday morning when
army officers assigned to inspect
the various regiments will inspect
theory classes in the military de
partment. During the afternoon
the officers will inspect all units
which drill on Wednesday.
Senior instructors of the R. 0.
T. C. here will introduce the in
specting officers to A. & M. when
they take the inspectors to
breakfast in Sbisa Hall Wednes
day morning at 7:15.
After the inspection activities
of the morning the inspecting
party will ajourn to the new area
mess hall for a luncheon. The in
specting officers will be the guests
of the senior cadet officer of each
regiment at this luncheon. Colonel
Keyes will be the guest of the Ca
det Colonel W. A. Becker.
Following the inspection of the
various units during the regular
drill period Wednesday, the in
specting officers will visit Presi
dent T. O. Walton. A dinner for
the inspecting officers at 7:00 p.
m. will conclude Wednesday’s
program.
Inspection of the college’s mili
tary ability will continue Thurs
day morning. Senior instructors
will again escort the visiting offic
ers to Sbisa Hall where a luncheon
will be held with officials of the
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Mackey Procures
Meats for Trainees
A. K. Mackey, former professor
and head of the sheep and goat
department at the college and now
secretary of the Texas Sheep and
Goat Raisers Association, is in
Washington working on the meat
procurement program for national
defense.
Mackey is on a three months
leave of absence from his duties
as secretary for the association
and his job is to work out a prog
ram for obtaining the right kind
of meats for the many training
camps all over the nation.
Mr. Mackey is well known all
over the campus, having served
in the animal husbandry depart
ment for 15 years. He is known as
an authority on meats as well as
on sheep and goats and worked
in the mess halls here for three
years as a meat dietician, pur
chasing all meats used.
Senior Ring Dance
Tickets Now Available
Tickets for the Senior Ring
Dance and Banquet must be pur
chased on or before Tuesday,
May 6, organization commanders
are requested to take up the money
from eligible members of his or
ganization and to buy the tickets
at one time. The price of the
tickets for the dance and the
banquet are $1.75 and the price
of the favors, which must be
purchased separately, is $1.35.
The Dance and Banquet tickets
can be obtained from Bob Lang
ford in Law 107 and the favors
can be purchased from Bob Little
in 206 Bizzell.
Eligibility for the banquet and
Dance must be decided by the or
ganization commanders at the time
they collect the money. Students
eligible are those who are classi
fied seniors or who started school
in 1937 and have attended school
8 semesters.
Juniors who have been selected
for ushers are to meet Bob Lang
ford in his room 7:30 p. m. Mon
day, May 5, for instructions.