THE BATTALION
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1941
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Saturday Juke Box Proms
Feature of Summer School
Once every Saturday night dur
ing the summer session on the A.
& M. campus, all the “guys and
gals” gather in the banquet room
of Sbisa mess hall to make merry,
to have fun, and to dance to the
melody and jive of a juke box.
And this gay, weekly event on
the social calendar of all students
and residents of College Station
and vicinity is called the “Juke
Box Prom,” featuring the rhum-
bacations of Benny Goodman, Glenn
Miller, Kay Kyser, et al.
W. L. Penberthy, head of the
Physical Education Department, is
the man who started the whole
program. He adopted the weekly
dance as an addition to his exten
sive physical and intramural set
up and accomplished just that by
.inserting quite a few rhumbas,
congas, and jitterbug numbers in
the nickelodeon.
While visiting his alma mater,
Ohio State, Mr. Penberthy was im
pressed by the recreational pro
gram as carried on there by the
university’s intramural department
and decided to request that the
A. & M. Intramural Department
be placed in charge of the school
summer program last year. This
request was granted and noting the
success of the 15tf, 2 for 25tf dances
that were held there every Satur
day night, Penberthy decided to
introduce the dance hei’e. Since the
music is furnished by nickelodeon,
which in slang is a “Juke Box,” the
dance was christened the Juke Box
Prom.
HELLO GRADUATES
When you come down here next year, don’t
forget to come and see us. We have the best pool
tables in this section of the country. See you next fall.
College Inn Cafe
and
Aggie Amusement Club
College Station
North Gate
‘DRESS UP THAT SQUAD!”
AGGIES and FUTURE AGGIES . . .
Clean up the Correct Way, by sending
us your work.
Agents in Every Hall
Aggie Cleaners
North Gate - College Station
A&M’s Summer Recreation-Juke Box Proms
Year’s Building Program
Jumps Evaluation 2 Million
A scene taken last summer at one of the ever-so-popular juke box proms where informality was the
theme of the occasion and ties and coats were taboo. The dances are held in Sbisa dining hall on Satur
day nights.
22nd A & M Summer Session
Will Open Its Doors June 9
No Uniforms and *
Coeds Are Features
Of Summer Sessions
Monday June 9 will be the open
ing day of this year’s summer ses
sion at the college and it is ex
pected that more students will reg
ister that day than have ever reg
istered for a summer session be
fore. Enrollment has been contin
uously on the upward trend for
the past several years because of
the advantages of attending sum
mer school and the number at
tending is expected to climb still
higher this year. Last summer over
2000 students took work here.
One interesting difference be
tween the summer sessions of the
college and the long sessions is
the fact that summer sessions are
coeducational. The experience of
Aggies sitting down in class rooms
with coeds is such an unfamiliar
situation to most cadets that the
experience is decidedly interesting.
Not only coeds but teachers, county
agents and many adults enroll and
take courses during the 12 weeks
that courses are offered. There are
no uniform regulations for the
session either.
The organization of the summer
session, which is under the direct
ion of Dr. C. H. Winkler, divides
the courses taught into a college
division and a non-college division.
The college division has both six
and twelve week courses in many
subjects taught during long ses
sion. It provides a number of short
courses which cover a period of
only two or three weeks in subjects
for adults such as teachers and
professional workers who cannot
leave their regular job for longer
periods of time. Field courses and
tours are given to advanced stu
dents in agriculture, agricultural
College Courts Coffee Shop
We want to congratulate
you on your graduation. We
hope you have much happi
ness and success in the future
years...
If you come to A. & M. College, you will soon
discover that the College Courts Coffee Shop is the
nicest place to, bring your date or parents to dine.
EAST GATE
COLLEGE STATION
Summer Dean
Dr. C. H. Winkler
economics, architecture, geology,
petroleum engineering and conser
vation.
In the non-college division cours
es are offered for county agents,
farm security administrators,
school supervisors, and short cours
es for firemen, farmers, oil mill
operators, and an annual coaching
school. A summer cotton school is
a feature of this division. The first
six weeks session will run from
June 9 to July 19. The second term
extends from July 21 to August
30.
The program offered during sum
mer school therefore contains work
in almost all the fields found here
during the long session. The ses
sion answers the purpose of ex
tending the activities and facili
ties of the institution college and
the resident professors throughout
the entire year. Many students de
sire to attend the summer sessions
as valuable opportunities to make
up back or extra work or to gain
grade points or to take special
courses offered here only during
that time, or to take advanced
work so that courses during the
long session may be lighter.
Such a large variety of courses
as are offered allow opportunities
for college students and adults en
gaged in professional work during
the winter to take further work in
their field and gain advanced col
lege credits.
The summer session faculty is
composed of the same professors
and instructors who teach here
during the regular sessions. Every
department of the college offers
some of its courses taught by
regular members of the teaching
staff, and all equipment and lab
oratories are available. Visiting
professors who are considered as
being top men in their professions
are brought here to teach during
the session in special courses. The
college library is open during week
days on the same schedule it fol
lows for long sessions.
Housing of the students is avail
able in the regular college dormi
tories, Walton Hall will be used
by the coed students and manied
students. The project houses willl
also be open for students who care
to live there. Meals are served in
the college mess hall at the rate
of $27.00 for each six week term.
Short course students are given a
special rate for the length of time
they are here.
As to the cost per hour of work
taken, the summer session is ap
proximately one half as expensive
for the student as the long session.
The students may enroll in a max
imum of six hours, or seven for
students with a grade point average
of 2.25, at an average cost of five
dollars per hour. The regular term
expenses usually run about ten
dollars per hour for an eighteen
hour schedule.
During the summer school the
college provides a variety of in
teresting lectures and entertain
ment. Speakers of national prom
inence in educational fields are
brought to the college and students
are invited to participate in for
ums. The Assembly Hall and the
Campus Theater provide movie en
tertainment, and the college swim
ming pool, tennis courts, and Y.
M. C. A. facilities are open for
students to enjoy. The softball lea
gue schedules one or two games
daily throughout the session, and
each Saturday night a ‘juke box’
prom is held in Sbisa Hall with an
admission charge of only 25 cents.
Four New Dorms,
Office Buildings Are
Nucleus of Increase
The unprecedented growth of A.
& M. college during the last de
cade is still being evidenced as
college authorities announced a
new program of 1940-42 which in
crease the college valuations by
about two million dollars, adding
to a plant valued last year at a
figure over fifteen million.
The ever increasing number of
students who came to A. & M.
brought about an immediate need
for more student housing facilities.
In 1939 A. & M. completed 12 new
brick dormitories and a new mess
hall in order to provide room on
the campus for all Aggies. Dur
ing the following year the school
continued to add to its physical
plant. A new laundry was com
pleted and a dormitory for mess
hall workers. A new water-cooling
tower was completed to improve
the utility service on the campus.
The home for nurses which is op
erated in connection with the col
lege hospital was rebuilt and mod
ernized. Among the most import
ant of all new changes was the
erection of Easterwood Airport
immediately West of the campus.
CAA training has been carried on
here during the past few years.
On April 1 of this year a new
$299,000 improvement program was
started in connection with the air
port. With the improvements to he
made, including two runways one
mile or more in length, the air
port will qualify as Class 3, which
is of the first rank.
With the recent additions of
buildings, A. & M. now possesses
a physical plant which is capable
of affording all student ample op
portunities for educational ad
vancement. These buildings cover
225 acres and are so situated as
to give the utmost convenience to
students. Not only are the build
ings well-built and serviceable, but
they are permanent sources of
beauty in their surroundings of
well-kept shrubs and neatly trim
med grass.
A. & M.’s school of Engineering
has a physical plant which is val
ued at approximately two mil
lion dollars. Most modern of the
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