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.
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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
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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
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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.