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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, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1941 NUMBER 88 Steers Extra Inning Run Wins 3-2; Conference Tied ********** ***** ****** **** **** ****** Juniors to Continue Current Motion Picture Fight in ’41 Senior Committee Will Name Junior Group in 15 Days Col. Ash burn Named “Observer” to Look On for Institution With the fast-nearing end of the 1940-41 long session in sight, the long-festered motion picture show situation still remains unsolved. Completing the work of the past nine months, the Senior Class Mo tion Picture Show Committee, com posed of Cadet Colonel W. A. Beck er, Battalion Associate Editor George Fuermann and Engineer ing Council President Benton H. Elliott, will name its successors from the ranks of the coming long session’s seniors. “A parallel committee to carry on the work next year will be ap pointed within two weeks,” Becker said yesterday afternoon. Meanwhile, as committeemen were pushing activities as far as possible before June 1, the A. & M. board of directors appointed Col. Ike Ashburn, executive assist ant to President T. O. Walton, as observer for the college in the proceedings. “I’m sort of minister without portfolio,” Col. Ashburn said yes terday, “and my only job and in terest in the matter is to look-on in the interest of the institution.” Arbitrator Still Unnamed Still unnamed is the arbitrator in the case. From a list of ten men of the American Arbitration Association in Dallas (the list was published in The Battalion on May 6), one is to be selected from those not listed as objectionable by the interested parties. The interested parties (the Cam pus Theater of College Station, the Bryan Amusement Company and the Bryan’s booking agent, the Jefferson Amusement Company of Beaumont) submitted their respect ive approved lists May 9 and the arbitrator is expected to be named at an early date. Senior class committeemen point ed out that their work was nearly done and that within the next 15 (Continued on Page 4) ROA Smoker Will Be Tomorrow Night Graduating seniors who will re ceive commissions in the United States Army Reserve will be guests at a smoker to be given tomorrow in the Banquet room of Sbisa Hall. This smoker is being sponsored by the Brazos County Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association in cooperation with the Texas State Department of the R.O.A. The program of the annual re serve day smoker will begin in the banquet room immediately af ter supper. Col. C. L. Mitchell, Chief of Staff, First Military Area, San Antonio, will be the main speaker, and he will be accom panied by members of his staff from each of the various branches of the service. Every year at this smoker an award is made to the outstanding senior cadet at A. & M. This year the award will be a brief case. The cadet who will receive the award will not be announced un til tomorrow night at the smoker. The purpose of the program this year is to acquaint the grad uating seniors with regular of- icers of their respective units and to strengthen the fellowship be tween the regular army officers, reserve officers and the “em bryo” officers. Col. Mitchell is expected to have on hand the latest information concerning ac tive duty for the newly commis sioned officers. Officers of the Texas State R. O. A. Department and many out of town reserve officers are ex pected to be present. Their Work Is Done Above, left is Cadet Colonel W. A. Becker and, right, Bat talion Associate Editor George Fuermann. To the immediate left is Engineering Council President Benton H. Elliott. These men have made-up the Senior Class Motion Picture Committee for the current long session and will soon name a committee of juniors to carry on the work during the forth-com ing long session. The commit tee’s work has pushed the pos sibility of securing first-run, day-and-date motion pictures with five-mile-distant Bryan the nearest to a possible success that it has been in the history of the movement. Press Club Banquet and Election To Be Held in Sbisa Hall Tonight Board Tells Motion Picture Policy to Ashburn Following the appointment of Colonel Ike Ashburn as an ob server at the arbitration of the picture show question, the board of directors at their meeting in Austin last Wednesday furnished him with an outline of its policy. The board advised Colonel Ash burn that it wished the picture show matter be settled before the be ginning of the next regular term of school. If it appears that it is not going to reach a satisfac tory settlement through the ef forts of the picture show interests themselves, the board will then intervene and make application for first-run bookings for the col lege. The outline pointed to the fact that the board did not believe in interfering with private interests but that it earnestly desired to see the motion picture question settled “in a manner so that the boys will have economic access to top flight, first-rate picture shows.” To Present Awards To Staff Members The A. & M. Press Club will have its annual banquet tonight at 6 in the banquet room of Sbisa Hall. This banquet which is spon sored by the Student Publication’s Board is given for all students who participate in student publications. Staffs of The Battalion, the Agri culturist, the Engineer, and the Longhorn will be guests at the meeting and will receive medals in recognition of the work done this year on Aggie publications. Eleven gold watches will be giv en to senior members of the various publications staffs for exceptional work done during the past year. Other awards to be given include 42 bronze keys for one year’s ser vice; 21 silver keys for two year’s service; and 13 gold keys for three year’s service on student publica tions. Jeff Montgomery, president of the Press Club, will serve as toast master at the banquet. Presenta tion of the award will be made by F. C. Bolton, dean of the college. Colonel Ike Ashburn, executive as sistant to the president, will be (Continued on page 4) Results Of Board Meet Made Public Constructian of Classroom Building, Auditorium to Begin Revealing the handling of 26 items of official business, of the A. & M. board of directors’ meet ing in Austin, May 14, were re leased yesterday afternoon by the president’s office. The board signed a contract with A. C. Finn of Houston for the construction of the proposed audi torium and classroom building, and appointed Colonel Ike Ash burn as the college’s official ob server in the picture show arbi tration question. The board also voted to ask the Free Conference Committee of the Legislature, which is supposed to meet this week, to appropriate $80,000 for the discussion of a wind tunnel at Easterwood Airport in connection with the College’s aeronautical en gineering program. The names of four persons, George McCormich, W. L. Clay ton, R. J. Kleberg, Jr., and Edwin J. Keist, were passed on to re ceive honorary degrees at com mencement. McCormich is to be awarded the degree of doctor of engineering, Clayton and Keist will receive doctor of law degrees, and a doctor of agriculture degree shall be given to Kleberg. The plans for the additions to the power plant that were decid ed earlier in the year were given a further b#ost toward realization at the meeting when the board decided to advertise for bids for the equipment necessary in the plant expansion. Lieut. Colonel James A. Watson made an appearance before the di rectors and asked them for their backing in his efforts to do away with the use of the “board” by the students and enforce other rules of the college in regard to discipline. The directors agreed that they would back the com mandant in these efforts. Lieut. Colonel Watson also told (Continued on page 4) ROTC PAYMENTS On May 30 and 31 a total of $16,754.25 in the form of military science checks will be paid to students tak ing advanced training. Each junior taking advanc ed military science will re ceive $17.00 which will pay them up through June 7. The seniors will each receive $15.00 to pay them through May 30. The checks for the seniors will be given out May 30 and those for the juniors on May 31. Dates Umph Girl Darrel Brady Reiterates His Round-the-World Experiences to Junior, Senior Classes Monday By Mac Sterling “Ann Sheridan is interesting. More to look at than to talk to,” was the statement of Darrel L. Brady in his lecture to the juniors and seniors Monday morning in Guion hall. Dean Bolton introduced the speaker as a young man who wanted to tell an adventure story of a round the world adventure. Brady upon graduation from the University of Minnesota pushed across a few newspaper scoops to become a world correspondent and to make quite a bit of money. This ►newly acquired money brought on- a paz’ty which brought on a bet which in turn brought on a pub licity story. The story was that Brady with a friend and $10 each was to travel to Java, across the Mountains of the Moon, interview the sultan, and photograph his herem. The sultan was guarded by head hunters. With $10 to make the tround-the- world trip they started at Minnea polis and went to Hollywood part ly by freight and partly by thumb. In Hollywood through fast talking he got a date with Ann Sheridan, took her to Giro’s, then got her studio to pay the bill. He also had dates with the Lane sisters and Laraine Day. They worked in San Francisco and looked for a job on a freighter to the Orient. No luck until a British dynamite ship got ready to sail. They signed on but later a friend gave them first class tickets on a liner to the Orient. The first stop was the Philippine Islands. Here they visited the back j (Continued on page 4) Scoggins and Layden Lead Batting Throughout Game Aggies Capitalize on Texas Error In Fourth Inning; Game Is Tied In Sixth Mary-Hardin Girls Drafted For Supper They’re in the army now! At least, a draft by the members of D Field Artillery will catch up with 55 Mary Hardin Baylor seniors tomorrow when the girls arrive here for a short visit. As a result of advance infor mation on the trip one of the ca dets in D Battery was able to make arrangement for his organi zation to escort the girls en masse to supper in the new mess hall tomorrow evening. The Mary Hardin Baylor seniors are making a special stop here in order to see the campus on their return to Belton from a visit to a number of historical spots in south east Texas. Corps Will Honor Easterwood With Review Thursday Cotton Uniforms And Sam Browne Belts Are Required For Occasion In observance of the dedication of Easterwood airport, the cadet corps, 6,500 strong, will hold a re view Thursday ► afternoon, Lieut. Col. James A. Watson, command ant, announced yesterday. Immediately following the re view, Company B Infantry, Jesse L. Easterwood’s old company, will move to the airport to take part in the dedication ceremonies. The Aggie band will also take part in the dedication. Cadet Captain R. T. Foster will command Company B at the ceremonies. The airport has been named in honor of Jesse L. Easterwood, Ag gie-ex, who was killed in an air plane accident May 19, 1919, at Coco Sola, Panama, Canal Zone. Easterwood saw service in three foreign nations and made 16 suc cessful raids across enemy lines. He was awarded the Navy Cross for bravery following his death. Easterwood is recognized as one of the outstanding men of this col lege in the last war. Classes will be suspended from 1 to 5 p. m. Thursday. Cotton O. D. uniforms with Sam Browne belts will be worn at this review. First call for the review will be at 12:50 p. m. Agronomy Group Visits Temple A group of approximately 100 students visited the Blackland Ex periment Station and the Elm Creek watershed area at Temple, Texas, Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18 for an observation of the experiments and soil conserva tion practices that are being car ried on. The group visited the Experi ment Station Saturday morning and were conducted on a tour over the farm by Mr. H. O. Hill. Saturday afternoon a tour con ducted by the Soil Conservation Service at Temple carried the group through a portion of the Conserva tion District not included in the Elm creek watershed. During the afternoon the group was given the opportunity to walk over a 200 acre farm that was not employing any conservation practices. Each student was given a map of the farm and asked to make a plan of the farm for conservation practices. On Sunday morning the group was carried through the entire Elm creek watershed for the pur pose of viewing the work that has been earned out by the farmers in this area. Dr. L. G. Jones, and L. M. Thompson, were in charge of the group on the trip. Pitcher Melvin Deutsch and out-f fielder Pete Layden got together against the Aggies, on Clark Field in Austin yesterday and their co operation beat A. & M. 3 to 2 in ten innings. It was a pitchers battle all the way with the ex ception of Layden for the Steers and Scoggins for the Aggies. Deutsch held the cadets at bay while Bumpers did equally as well until the extra inning when Lay- den’s home run put the game on ice for Texas. It was a scoreless contest up to the fourth inning when the Ag gies started out with one run made after an error by Longhorn first baseman Koschak. Scoggins singled to bring in the tally for A. & M. In the fifth inning Texas got two men on base with none out when Koschak singled and Deutsch doubled to begin the batting for the Steers. Smith popped out and Hatton grounded out, but Lay den smashed a double base blow that scored both runners and Tex as was ahead 2 to 1. Stone then was out to end the rally for the University. Never whipped, the Aggies came back in the first half of the sixth inning when Scoggin, A. & M. powerhouse, slapped the ball into deep left center field where it hit the top of the fence before going over for a home run. This feat made the score even up at two runs for each team. From the sixth until the tenth inning Bumpers and Deutsch matched curve for curve and fast ball for fast ball, but in the tenth Layden caught a pitch down the center of the plate and he knocked his home run that beat A. & M. 3 to 2. It was a heart-breaker for Bumpers who pitched one of the best games of his career, but it was not his day, and Deutsch, beaten by Bumpers Friday in Ag- gieland, came through to nose past for a victory. Both Layden of Texas and Scog gins of A. & M. carried heavy sticks for the afternoon with Lay den batting in all three runs for the Longhorns and Scoggins bat ting in all A. & M. tallies. It was Peter John Layden, however, the boy who muddled up the Ag gies bid for a second national football championship last fall, who took matters in his own hands and kept Texas in the running for a conference flag. Texas plays T. C. U. today while A. & M. encounter the Bay- Poultry Contest Winners Announced The winners in the second annual Freshman-Sophomore judging con test held Saturday, May 17, on the college poultry farm were Jack W. Martin, freshman from Waco, first with 878 points out of a possible 1000 points, A. W. Woods second with 863 points, and John Lowe and Walter Holden tied for third with 848 points each. Of the ten classes of poultry judged, four were production and six exhibition classes. Martin plac ed first in production with 390 points out of a possible 400, and Schendel placed second with 388 points. In exhibition judging Mar tin again placed first with 488 points out of a possible 600 points while holden was second with 483. Gold keys will be given the win ners of the contest by the Woodson Lumber Company, Parkes Lumber Company, and Howell Lumber Company, all of Bryan. lor Bears in a rescheduled tilt this evening. Both teams must win in order to have any designs on the pennant for 1941. Scoring: A. & M 000 101 000-0-2 Texas 000 020 000-1-3 Distribution of Senior Yearbooks Will Be Wednesday September Receipts Must Be Presented In Administration Basement Distribution of the 1940-41 Long horn will begin Wednesday after noon from 1 to 6 p. m. for seniors only in the mailing room in the basement of the Administration building, O. G. Allen, circulation manager announced yesterday. Only seniors will be able to ob tain the year books on Wednesday, and all other students are request ed not to attempt to get their books on that day in order to avoid congestion. The September maintainence re ceipt, showing payment of the stu dent activities fee, must be pre sented in order to obtain the Long horn. Duplicate receipts will not be honored in the issuing of Long horns. All students who have lost their receipts should come by the Student Publications office and have their name checked off so that their copy will not be given to some other person. If the receipt has been lost the student’s copy of The Longhorn will not be issued to him until Monday afternoon at which time he will sign for his copy. Students who have lost their receipts are urged not to purchase duplicate receipts as they will not be valid. Juniors may receive their copies of the Longhorns on Thursday from 1 to 6 p. m. in the mailing room. Longhorns will be issued to Sophomores and Freshman on Fri day and Saturday afternoon re spectively. Barlow Elected Head of Civilian Pilot Training Dr. Howard W. Barlow, head of the department of aeronautical en gineering, was elected Director of the Civil Pilot Training Coordina tors’ Organization for the Fourth Civil Aeronautics Administration Region, which includes the states of Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and New Mexico, at a meeting in Fort Worth, Saturday. The coordinators met to discuss their common problems. Over sixty institutions in the states connected with administering the govern ment’s Civilian Pilot Training Pro gram were represented and took part in the formation of the or ganization. Similar meetings have been held in New York and in Wichita, Kansas. The afternoon meeting, attended by the operators who are giving the flight training, was addressed by Lieutenant W. H. Keighley of the U. S. Naval Reserve and Captain D. E. Hooks, Commander of Hicks Field near Fort Worth, who presented the viewpoints of the military services with respect to the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Grove Webster, Acting Director (Continued on Page 4)