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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, MAY 1, 1941 NUMBER 80 Junior-Senior Meeting Hears Picture Deal Explained Flying Course Queen Cotton X MayContinue This Summer College Awaiting Appropriation Bill To Pass Congress Tentative plans are being made to have the Civilian Pilot Training program at A. & M. this summer, H. W. Barlow, head of the depart ment of aeronautical engineering, said yesterday. Although Congress has not yet passed the appropriation bill grant ing funds for the continuation of this training, it is expected that funds will be allowed to the Civil ian Pilot training program this year. The summer session of the C. P. T. will probably include both the primary and the secondai’y phases, Barlow said. The primary phase consists of 35 hours of flight training and 90 hours of ground school. The cost of this course will be about $33 and those who successfully complete this course will receive a private pilot’s license and three hours col lege credit. Requirements for the primary course are that the trainee be be tween the ages of 19 and 26 and that he has completed at least one full year of college. The secondary course, which consists of 40 hours of advanced flight training and 126 hours of ground school work, is open to ad vanced men. The cost of this course is about $42. Requirements for the secondary course are that the trainee has suc cessfully completed the primary course, that he has completed at least 60 hours of scholastic work by the conclusion of the secondary program and that he pass the C. A. A.’s physical examination sim ilar to that given by the Army Air corps. Any student interested in these courses should fill out preliminary application blanks which may be obtained at the department of aeronautical engineering. Coast Artillery Seniors Receive Regimental Posts Aggie Coast Artillery seniors have received assignments to regi ments to which they will be attach ed after graduation, an order from the first military headquarters area stated. The assignments are to be ef fective upon acceptance of the re serve commissions at graduation May 30. The seniors will be commissioned second lieutenants in the Coast Ar tillery reserve. The order did not place any seniors on active duty nor give any authorization for gov ernment pay, allowances or mile age. Assignments were made roughly according to the geographical lo cation of the student’s home. Assigned to 69th Coast Artillery Frank Hatch, Charles A. Lewis, Lawrence Murphy, Arnulf New man, James A. Pridmore, Tom H. Stovell, Seymour Taylor, and John J. Walker. Assigned to 969th Coast Artillery David Angell, Thomas A. Bal- mer, Tom Barron, Roy W. Gillette, Peck Hardee, Charles J. Keese, O. D. O’Bryan, Melvin W. Price, Clay L. Seward, Charles Wolfer, and William Woolford. Assigned to 972nd Coast Artillery Don Andrews, George Bingham, Charles D. Browder, Richard S. Campbell, Jack Casey, W. Curtis Cornell, William Corrin, Earl Cun ningham, Carlos Dodd, J. Barcus Dubose, A Dan Grant, A. W. Guill, Tom Hagood, R. Laird Harris,, Ray Herring, Tom Hill, Joe Hubbard, Ike P. Jacobs/ Andy M. James, N. (Continued on Page 6) Above is Connie Lindley, Fort Worth, T. S. C. W. freshman wlto will reign with King James T. Anderson, Garland, as Queen of 1941’s tenth annual Cotton Pageant and Ball tomorrow night. Above is shown a group of agronomy students working on the construction of the vast back ground which Cotton Pageant visitors will see tomorrow night. From left to right on the stairs are J. H. Robinson, business manager of the Cotton Pageant and Ball; G. F. Ashford, J. N. Perciful, Eugene Wilmuth and J. T. Anderson, King of the event. On the floor level are E. M. Rosenthal, J. S. Mogford of the agronomy department and R. D. Lancaster. Tenth Annual Cotton Pageant and Ball Holds Campus Spotlight Tomorrow Night The largest attendance for any^-the side wing as well as the main compus social function to date this j r °om of Sbisa will be open for year is expected tomorrow night at Sbisa hall when the Agronomy so ciety will present Ed Minnock and his Aggieland orchestra playing for the Tenth Annual Cotton ball from ten till two o’clock. J. W. Pinson, social secretary for the ball, said that he expects over 1000 couples at the dance. In order to accomodate this large crowd J dancing. The dance will start shortly af ter the conclusion of the Cotton Style Show and Pageant at De- Ware field house. The Pageant is scheduled to start promptly at 8 o’clock and will last two hours, Mrs. Manning Smith, director, stated yesterday after noon. Dormitory No. 7 will be vacated •tomorrow at noon in order to pro vide accomodations for the hun dreds of visitors from over the state. Those who wish rooms in the dormitory may sign up for them at the commandant’s office tomorrow morning. The Cotton ball is one of the few dances open to the corps dur ing the regular social season to which students may go dressed in sports clothes or other informal attire. Senior Class Motion Picture Committee Tells Progress; Asks Cooperation Orderly Meeting Attended by Less than 500 Cadets as Becker Addresses Group And Asks Patronage of Local Theaters In a surprise meeting of the junior and senior classes held Tuesday night in Guion hall, the Senior Class Motion Picture committee presented the facts gathered thus far in the committee’s drive to secure day-and-date motion pictures with nearby Bryan. One of the most orderly class meetings in recent years, less than 500 juniors and seniors were in attendance to hear Cadet Colonel W. A. Becker, Kaufman, review the committee’s work and ask for pat- tronage of local theaters. “This is strictly an individual"'' proposition,” Becker said, “and the only purpose is to further the interests of the corps in securing the desired end.” On Guion hall’s stage were the other two members of the com mittee, Battalion Associate Editor George Fuermann, Houston, and -Student Engineering Council Pres ident Benton H. Elliott, Dallas, as well as Head Yell Leader E. R. (Buster) Keeton, Houston, and Senior Class Vice-President J. Howard Shelton, Hillsboro. Reviewed Situation In his talk, Becker reviewed the committee’s conferences with various theater executives in Dal las March 18, explained the cur rent arbitration set-up whereby it is hoped that College Station will receive the desired day-and- date motion pictures, and asked the cooperation of the corps in winning the sought-after end. “This committee,” Becker said, “is only acting as the agent of the cadet corps. It is doing every thing in its power to win these so-called first-run pictures for our campus and will leave no stone unturned in trying to reach the goal.” Agriculturist To be Out Friday The April issue of The Agricul turist magazine, which will be re leased tomorrow, will serve as the official program for Ag Day act ivities, Tom Power, editor of the publication, stated. This edition will be the last put out this year and its release was timed to coincide with the agricul tural events. The magazines will be issued from the basement of the Admin istration building at 5 o’clock this afternoon. E. J. Kyle, dean of the school of agriculture, has written a special message which appears in the is sue. A scheduled departmental ex hibits and demonstrations is in cluded. The other articles are of a gen eral nature which explains new developments in agriculture and the services which A. & M. rend ers that field. 12th Engineers' Day Will be May 10 The twelfth annual Engineers’ Day will be held the day before Mothers’ Day, May 10, Benton El liott, president of the Student En gineers’ council, said yesterday. Each year this weekend proves to be one of royal entertainment for the hundreds of mothers and dads who visit their sons at this time, and is a tribute by the engi neering members of the cadet corps to their parents. The seven A. & M. engineering societies sponsor shows to give the engineering students’ parents an idea of what their son is learning to do here at the college and what he will do when he gets out of college. This year is especially important as it is the first successful year of the “A. & M. Engineer,” a mag azine printed by the Student En gineers’ council. Musical Review Will be Climax To Engineers’ Day First Amateur Event Of its Kind Ever to Be Staged at A. & M. The first amateur musical review presented at A. & M. will be held as the climax to Engineers Day May 10 under the auspices of the Student Engineering Council. The program will be made up entirely of student talent and will be presented in seven skits, one by each of the branches of the school of engineering. Any student who wishes to par ticipate should contact either Ben ton Elliott in room 218, dormitory No. 10 or Walter Sullivan in room 218, dormitory No. 12. “We promise all who come gen uine entertainment,” Sullivan, who is co-chairman of the review with Elliott, said when interviewed by The Battalion, “and guarantee more than a laugh a minute. “When the curtain rises you can expect to see anything from a jackass to an electric razor,” Sul livan continued. The program will be held either in the Assembly hall or in Guion hall, and will last for an hour and a half. The admission is to be 25c per person. The scheduled time for the mu-' sical review will be so arranged that it will not interfere with eith er President Walton’s reception or the corps dance. Banquet Is Send-Off for 475 Cadet Speakers Approximately 475 students and guests attended the banquet given in the banquet room of Sbisa hall last night to those students who have been selected to return to their respective high schools over the coming week-end and talk to the graduating seniors. After supper Cadet Colonel W. A. Becker, master of ceremonies, introduced the members of the staff that assisted him in selecting the students and making plans and arrangements for their visit home. Becker then discussed the gen eral outline of the whole plan, its purpose, how to go about it and things the visiting students might need to know. Following Becker’s speech was one made by Dean F. C. Bolton on the scholastic requirements that ned students coming to A. & M. will have to meet. He stressed this particularly so that students visit ing their high schools will impress upon the graduating seniors the importance of meeting these re quirements. Dean Bolton gave approximate figures on the total cost of attend ing A. & M. for one year so that prospective students will not at tend under the wrong impression. Major Tom Fox followed Dean Bolton’s address with a talk on the importance of and how to wear the (Continued on Page 6) Annual Federal Inspection Ends Today with Review Corps Seeking to Again Win Coveted “Blue Star” Rating Beginning this afternoon at 1:25 o’clock, 6500 A. & M. cadets will pass in a full-dress, mounted re view as a climax to the annual federal inspection of the institu tion’s Reserve Officers Training Corps facilities. Receiving the review will be the head of the inspection party, Col onel E. A. Keyes, officer in charge of R.O.T.C. training in the eighth corps area, San Antonio. Also in the reviewing stand, besides college officials and other members of the inspection party, will be the review’s guest, Colonel Earnest O. Thompson, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission. The annual federal inspection of the college’s R.O.T.C. units is held to determine the institution’s rat ing as a training unit. Last year the cadet corps re ceived the top-ranking award, the so-called “Blue Star” rating. The two-day inspection, which began Wednesday morning and climaxes with the review this af ternoon, includes an observance of military science classroom and drill practices, an inspection of the corps’ military equipment and ma terial and an inspection of hous ing as well as personnel. “Wednesday morning found the (Continued on Page 6) Singing Cadets Command Concert Will be Tonight The second Town Hall appear ance of the Singing Cadets will be given tonight following an address by Sterling C. Evans, president of the Federal Land bank of Houston, which will begin promptly at 7 o’clock. The popularity of the Singing Cadets has been so great that the presentation will be given as Town Hall’s contribution for open ing the week’s festivities which will be climaxed by Ag Day. No charge will be made for the program, but late-comers will not be admitted until after the con clusion of Evan’s address to pre vent unnecessary disturbance. Man ager Paul Haines said. Underclassmen will be allowed to remain out after call to quar ters in order to attend the pro gram, the commandant’s office has announced, so that the entire corps may hear the concert. The scheduled program will in clude many Aggie favorites, and will be concluded with “The Spirit of Aggieland” by Lieut Col. R. J. Dunn, and “Taps.” Solos on the accordion and organ, and several Spanish songs sung by Spanish members of the organization will be features of the program. The Singing Cadets traveled ov er 400 miles to deliver programs in three East Texas cities to high school students and businessmen Monday. Programs were presented in Pal estine, Jacksonville and Tyler in the high school auditoriums and to businessmen and others prsent at the Tyler country club Monday night. T. O. Walton, president of the college; G. N. Holmgreen, business manager for the college and J. J. Woolket, sponsor of the cadets, to gether with 93 members of the corps were honored with a ban quet at the country club in Tyler. President Walton talked on the part A. & M. is playing in the present national defense program, the attitude of the boys at the college and the accomplishments of the college in scholastic and military fields. He was complimented by the Ty ler citizens and those of neighbor ing cities present, who expressed their interest in what the college is doing.