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 22, 1941
NUMBER 89
Seniors Going in Service to Have Special Exercises
Easterwood Airport Will Be Dedicated
With Review and Ceremony Held Toda
Course to Be
Dedication Will f
Be Held at Airport
The official dedication of Easter-
wood airport which is named in
honor of Jesse L. Easterwood, Ag
gie-ex who was killed in an air
plane accident following World
War I, will be held this afternoon
at the airport with many distin
guished visitors attending.
The dedication ceremonies will
be ushered in with a dismounted
review of the cadet corps at 1 p.
m. Among the visitors in the re
viewing stand will be Miss Eva
Easterwood, sister of Jesse L. Eas
terwood; Brigadier General Ger
ald C. Brant, Commanding General,
Gulf Coast Air Corps Training
Center, Randolph Field, Texas; and
Captain A. D. Barnhard, U. S.
Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi,
Texas.
Immediately following the re
view, Company B Infantry com
manded by Captain R. T. Foster
will go to the airport to take part
in the dedication ceremonies. East
erwood was a member of Company
B while he attended A. & M.
Dedication of the airport will be
gin at 3 p. m. with Gibb Gilchrist,
dean of the school of engineering,
presiding. The Aggie band will op
en the ceremony with the playing
of “America.” An invocation will
be delivered by Rev. James Carlin,
Pastor of the Methodist church,
College Station, Texas.
After the invocation, Dean Gil
christ will pi’esent Miss Easter
wood, General Brant, and Captain
Bernhard, who are guests for the
occasion. A citation in commemora
tion of the dedication of the air
port to Jesse L. Easterwood will be
read by Dean Gilchrist.
Miss Easterwood, sister of Eas
terwood, will then unveil a marker
in commemoration of her brother.
Following the unveiling, the Ag
gies band will play the “Spirit of
Aggieland.” A group of army plan
es will then fly over the airport
at approximately 3:45 p. m.
Easterwood was killed in an air-
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ROA Honors
Becker as Year’s
Outstanding Senior
Cadet Colonel William A. Beck
er was honored as the year’s out
standing senior by the Texas De
partment of the Reserve Officers
Association last night at the local
R. 0. A. meeting in Sbisa hall.
Becker was presented a brief
case by reserve Major E. J. How-
,p11, {.nst president of the Texas R.
0. A. in the absence of Major
Charles Anderson, present head of
the organization.
The presentation came after the
introduction of the eight visiting
officers who were last night’s hon
ored guests as the Reserve Of-
icers meeting. These officers were
invited to the meeting to allow the
graduating seniors to contact them
and thereby become better ac
quainted with the officers of their
respective units.
The principal speaker of the ev
ening was Colonel C. L. Mitchell,
executive of the first military area,
who told the future officers of
what they should expect when call
ed to active duty, the responsibil
ities they should have and the prep
aration they should make. His talk
was elaborated on by Lieutenant
Colonel James Bently Taylor who
told of the many details in con
nection with entering active duty.
Following the talks and an in
formal recess, at which time punch
and cigars were served, the 500
graduating potential officers
met in groups, according to their
respective branches of service, and
personally met their future super
ior officers. In these group meet
ings the seniors were allowed to
ask questions and get information
on problems with v-hich they were
confronted in relation to being call-
continued on Page 4)
Easter wood’s Is
Life of Service
Almost like fiction is the story
of Jesse Lawrence Easterwood,
Aggie and naval flying officer for
whom the A. & M. airport is be
ing named.
Easterwood was born December
5, 1888 at Wills Point, Texas, the
son of Captain and Mrs. W. E.
Easterwood, pioneer and worthy
citizens of Texas. He lived in
Wills Point for 17 years during
which time he grew into a well
built athletic person with a most
pleasing personality.
In 1905 he entered A. & M. Col
lege and was assigned to B Com
pany Infantry. Because of his
pleasing personality he soon be
came one of the best liked men
in the company and his fellow
students affectionately called him
“Red.” He left A. & M. in 1909.
He volunteered to the call of his
country on April 7, 1917, by en
listing in the Naval Air Service
and was commissioned ensign in
that service after a thorough train
ing at Pensacola, Florida and the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology.
The second American to qualify
as a naval aviation pilot, Ensign
Easterwood sailed for England
where he served with the Royal
Air Force. Before the conclusion
of the war, he served with the
British, Italian, French and Amer
ican Air service. He made 16 suc
cessful raids behind enemy lines
and was presented with distinguish
ed service medals by three foreign
countries.
In November, 1918, Easterwood,
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Distribution ’41
Longhorns Begun
The first of the 4800 copies of
the biggest Longhorn in the his
tory of A. & M. started on their
annual rounds yesterday afternoon
at 1 p. m.
As has been done in past years
the seniors received the first Long
horns while the juniors received
theirs at 1:00 this afternoon. Soph
omores and freshmen will receive
their Longhorns on Friday and
Saturday afternoons respectively.
The September maintenance 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 the
Longhorns. If the receipt has been
lost the student should have his
name checked off at the Student
Publication’s Office so that his is
sue will not be given to someone
else and he can obtain his copy
Monday afternoon.
WTAW Music Debate
Swing Vs. Classical
Swing vs. classical music will
be the subject of a debate to be
presented by a quintet of Aggies
over WTAW Friday afternoon
from 4:45 to 5:15 p. m., according
to John Rosser, director of WTAW.
Chairman of the embattled mu
sicologists will be C. O. Spriggs,
member of the A. & M. College
English faculty in charge of Pub
lic Speaking. C. W. Brown, B. J.
Edmonds, H. G. Decker, Tom Pow
er and William Gammon will do the
wrangling, with the odds three-
to-five against the classical en
thusiasts, Edmonds and Gam
mon.
The group was invited to broad
cast the discussion by WTAW di
rector John Rosser, who will be on
hand to answer questions put to
him by the cadets, in their effort
to decide whether swing or the
classics should be offered on the
daily noontime broadcasts.
Criswell Heads
Press Club For
1941-42 Session
Officers for 1941-42 Px-ess Club
wei'e elected at a business meeting
following the annual Press Club
banquet, Tuesday night. New
officers of the club are: Ralph
Criswell, president; Tom Gillis,
vice-president, and Ed Gox-don, sec
retary.
The banquet, held each year for
the staffs of the Battalion, Long
horn, Engineer, and Agriculturist,
took place in Sbisa Hall will Presi
dent T. O. Walton, Colonel Ike
Ashburn, and Dean F. C. Bolton
as honor guests. Toastmaster Jeff
Montgomery presented the guest
speaker, Colonel Ike Ashburn, who
said that the responsibility of the
press was greater than ever at
present and that truth should be
the primary objective of the press..
Colonel Ike also said that the work
he did on the Fort Worth Record
before he came to A. & M. was
the most interesting he had ever
done.
Dean F. C. Bolton presented the
awards in the form of keys and
watches to the members of the var
ious staffs who had shown excep
tional ability in the past year, aft
er which President T. O. Walton
spoke a few words of praise to
the members of the Press Club.
The banquet was closed with the
presentation of an honor award
to E. L. Angel, head of the Stu
dent Publication’s Board, for the
help he has so generously given.
y Offered Naval
Architecture
Courses Open For
Students Who Will
Complete 4 Years
Courses in Naval Architectui’e,
Marine Engineering, and Aero
nautical Engineering, will be offer
ed here during the summer ses
sion, Gibb Gilchrist, dean of the
school of engineering, announced
yesterday.
These courses are open only to
students who have completed a
four-year course in either civil,
electrical, mechanical, or petroleum
engineering. Students who have
completed a four-year course can
qualify for a rating as junior engi
neering by taking these special
ten-week courses.
Dean Gilchrist said that efforts
ai’e being made now to determine
how many graduates would be in
terested in taking this course. “De-
ferrments might be obtained for
those who will take this course,”
Gilchrist said.
The offering of these courses is
contingent upon as many as 20
graduates enrolling for each course.
Seniors who are interested in tak
ing these courses should come by
Dean Gilchrist’s office and obtain
forms to be filled in. These forms
should be returned to the dean’s
office at once.
In explaining the filling out of
these applications, Dean Gilchrist
said, “Should this be done only
as a means of expressing inter
est, those filling out the forms
should strike out that poi’tion in
which they agree to enroll and sub
stitute some expression of interest.
As soon as these forms are in my
hands, we should have a meeting
at which further steps will be ex
plained.”
Federal Agency
Urges Students
To Finish School
Efforts are being made to keep
students in college who are enroll
ed in courses closely i-elated to
national defense until they finish
their courses was stated in reports
from the Fedex-al Security Agency,
U. S. Office of Education, Wash
ington, D. C., pi'epared by John W.
Sturtevant, commissioner.
It is pointed out that the demand
of industry for fully ti’ained pro
fessional personnel in all the fields
related to national defense is al
ready greater than the supply and
the need for these fully trained
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A MESSAGE FROM
THE COMMANDANT
The Commandant desires
to expi'ess his commenda
tion and appreciation of the
splendid exhibition of discip
line by the cadets at the
baseball game in Austin on
the 19th of May, 1941. Al
though provoked beyond the
ordinary bounds of control,
they showed the qualities of
breeding and the results of
their military training in the
perfect calmness, dignity,
and assurance with which
they faced a very disagree
able situation. Such conduct
and such qualities reflect the
high standards which the ca
dets of this College con
stantly strive to maintain. I
congratulate you.
JAMES A. WATSON
Lt. Colonel, U. S. Army
Commandant
1102 Cadets Must Report
To Posts Before June 5
Ceremonies for Remainder of Seniors
Will be Conducted as First Scheduled
The following 1 announcement was made by the Academic
Council following their meeting yesterday afternoon:
“It has been brought to the attention of the Academic
Council that 102 members of the senior class have been called
to active duty in defense of their country prior to June 6, the
date normally set for their graduation.
“This Council in its desire to accord all honor to those
young men who, after four years of preparation through the
ROTC, are now subordinating their normal objectives and
ambitions to the country’s call for military service, hereby
sets Friday, May 30, 1941, for a special commencement and
graduation exercise for all such members of the graduating
class who have completed the requirements for graduation.”
Of the seniors affected by this order 32 are in the Engineer reg
iment and have received notice to report for service on June 4; 49
Coast Artillery seniors have received orders to report June 5; and 21
seniors from the Signal Corps battalion must report for active duty
on June 4.
Student Labor
Renewals Must Be
In Before June 1
Wendell R. Horsley, Student La
bor Dix-ector, stated today that
nearly all the student labor em
ployees, excluding seniox*s, have
applied for job renewals for the
coming summer and fall. These
renewals must be in by May 31.
This means quite a number of the
A. & M. student body, or approxi
mately 2,000 Aggies ai’e holding
down a like number of jobs.
Receiving between 5,000 and 6,-
000 applications for work before
the beginning of each school year,
the Student Labor Office rapidly
cuts the number of applicants
down to appi’oximately 2,000.
College funds avei’aging $14,000
per month furnish the cash for the
employment of 1,200 students.
NYA also provides jobs for 650
students by adding $74,000 to stu
dent funds during the year. Other
employment is fui’nished in and
ai’ound College Station.
Mr. Hoi’sley stated proudly that
45% of the distinguished students
last semester were student em
ployees and that 43% of the senior
class held jobs.
Equipment May be
Stored for Summer
The Student Labor Office
has announced that stoi’age space,
available to all students, will be
fui’nished for ti’unks, lamps, radios,
etc., for the summer months.
Fees from $.25 to $1.00 will be
charged for each article submit
ted and any income from storage
operations in excess of opei’ating
costs will be used to provide addi
tional student employment and to
supplement funds of student or
ganizations and activities.
Taylor to Speak to
Three Ag Clubs
Stark Taylor, of M. Hohenberg
and Company, will speak before
the combined meeting of the Agron
omy Society, the Marketing and
Finance Club, and the Cotton So
ciety which will be held tonight at
7:30 on the second floor of the
Textile Building. He will discuss
the merchandising of cotton and
how textile merchants do business;
the making of standards; and the
prospects for business now and af
ter the war.
Taylor is Dallas Manager of M.
Hohenberg and Co. which is second
only to Anderson and Clayton in
the cotton shippers of the world.
He is coming from Dallas to ad
dress the group. He is former pres
ident of the Texas Cotton Shippers’
Association, a director of the Amer
ican Cotton Shippers’ Association,
and a representative of the Texas
Cotton Shippers on the committee
of Gi’aduating and Stapling of Cot
ton in Washington.
Major Hartley
Becomes CAC Head
Major Burton Hartley took over
his position as senior insti'uctor in
the Coast Artillery Corps at A. &
M. yesterday following his arrival
on the campus Tuesday.
Major Hartley, who was a re
serve officer in the Houston area
before coming here, is the third
officer to hold the position of sen
ior C.A.C. instructor this year.
He was preceded by Lieut. Col.
Frank A. Hollingshead and Major
E. B. Spiller.
The Coast Artillery hits also been
notified that its staff will be sup
plemented by one other officer be
sides Major Hartley. Captain
Adam J. Bennett of Harlingen, Tex
as, has been called to active duty
to fill the position here.
Chemical Warfare seniors’ or
ders require that they report to
their assigned posts on June 15,
and Field Artillery seniors must
report on June 24.
The Executive Committee rec
ommends that daily grades through
May 30 be counted as semester
grades on the same basis as is pro
vided for candidates in College
Regulations Par. 24 (4), for those
seniors not candidates for gradu
ation at the close of this session
who have been called to active duty
prior to June 7, 1941.
The graduation exercises as they
were originally planned will be
held for the remainder of the sen
iors who are not affected by as
signments to active duty.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered at 10:30 Friday morn
ing, June 5, by Reverend Umphrey
Lee, D.D., President of Southern
Methodist University.
Fi’iday afternoon from 1 until 4
all departments of the college will
be open for inspection by cadets
and their guests.
The evening ceremonies will be
gin with the commencement pro
cessional at 6 o’clock and will be
followed by the commencement ex
ercises.
The address will be delivered by
Leonard Blaisdell, Commercial
Vice-President of General Electric
Company in Cleveland, Ohio. The
valedictory address will be given
by Cadet Lieut. Col. William Jeff
Montgomery of Mason.
Pi-esident T. O. Walton will con
fer the degrees upon the candi
dates and the diplomas will be pre
sented by F. M. Law, President of
the Board of Directors.
Following the graduation exer
cises President and Mrs. Walton
will hold an informal reception
at their home for the graduating
students and their families, mem-
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No Doubt About It! The Book’s a Real Beauty
Aggieland - National Defense Is ’42 Longhorn Theme
In these trying days of a nation
al emergency, the editors of the
1940-41 Longhorn could not have
chosen a more fitting theme for
this years edition of that book
than that of National Defense.
An Amei’ican eagle, wings out
spread and talons open, swooping
down upon an unseen foe forms
a dramatic and aggressive cover
for the Longhorn. The eagle is in
gray against a background of deep
rich brown. The words “Longhorn”
appear red and gold written ac-
cross the lower part of the cover.
Among the striking new fea
tures of this year’s Longhorn are
the beautiful division pages, con
sisting of full page color photo
graphs portraying the military
and defense aspects of A. & M. A
huge Aggie “T” formed by the
entire Aggie band forms the sub
ject of color photograph which is
the first division page for the
book.
’ Other division pages show the
activities of the various militai’y
units hei’e at A. & M. Across from
each full page color photograph
is the description of the military
organization which appears in the
photograph. As a background for
each description appears the hat
cord of that organization in its
natural colors.
The section devoted to the clas
ses at A. & M. is introduced by a
view of the Infantry conducting
extended order drill against a sky-
blue background. The classes sec
tion is devoted to individual photo
graphs of members of the senior,
junior, sophomore and freshman
classes. Descriptions of members
of the senior class appear opposite
their pictures. The border for these
class pages is the gold officers hat
cox’d which appears at the top of
each page.
“Aggieland” Section
The “Aggieland” section is de
moted to snapshots of Aggie life
as seen here on the campus, on
corps ti’ips, and other oecassions.
Twelve 75 mm guns of the Field
Artillery Regiment, manned by
cadets, makes up the division page
for the “Aggieland” section. Prom
inent among the photos in this sec
tion are many shots which show
Aggie social life during weekends
here and at T. S. C. W. in Denton.
Student activities at A. & M.
form another section of the Long
horn and group pictures of organi
zations such as the Student Pub
lications Board, the Engineering
Council, and the various judging
teams which represent A. & M.
are included in this section. The
religious groups at A. & M. are
also featured in this section. A
group of Signal Corps cadets in
stalling a communications system
is the subject of the division page
for the activities.
Cecil B. deMille, famed motion
’♦•picture executive, selected the-f troop in line is seen on the division
beauties which appear in the Van
ity Fair section of the Longhorn.
Also included in this section are
photogi’aphs of students who are
included in Who’s Who at A. &
M. Pictures of girls who are senior
favorites also appear in this sec
tion. Cadets of the Chemical War
fare Service are seen firing chem
ical mortars in the color photo
graph that serves as the division
page for the Vanity Fair section.
Military Section
The military section of the book
consists of pictures of all staff
and military organizations at A.
& M. As usual this section con
tains snapshots taken at the var
ious summer camps. As an added i
feature of this year’s Longhorn, |
page of this section.
Members of the corps of Engi
neers are engaged in map x’eading
in the color photograph which in
troduces the section devoted to ath
letics. This section is always
popular with many readers of the
Longhorn. A sp eial part of this
section is devoted to the Cotton
Bowl Game. Sports of which are
repx’esented in this section are
football, baseball, basketball, track,
swimming, water polo, boxing, po
lo, cross country, tumbling, golf,
fencing, rifle firing, pistol firing,
and tennis. Intramural winners are
given group pictures in a special
section devoted to these activities.
A. & M. Societies
Organizations and Societies of
this section also includes photos A. & M. form the last editorial
of the maneuvers taken in West section of the Longhorn. All clubs
Texas and New Mexico by the are represented with group pic-
cadets at the conclusion of their I tures in this section of the Long-
regular camps. A mounted Cavalry (Continued on page 4)
Tentative Plans
Being Made For
Lounge in X
M. L. Cashion of the Y. M. C. A.
announced that plans are being
made to construct a lounge for stu
dents of the old dormitory area
and their friends in the old Y. M.
C. A. building. The A. & M. Moth
ers’ Club agreed to furnish the
lounge and the Y. M. C. A. board
is requesting permission of the
College Board of Directors to go
ahead with this project.
Cashion said that the lounge
would probably be located in an
extension over the barber shop. He
expressed his opinion that there is
a great need for this lounge in the
old area. He stated that the Kiest
Lounge in the new area is used
extensively but that it is too far
away to take care of the students
in the old area.
Plans for the extension over the
barber shop have already been
drawn and all that is needed is the
permission and aid of the College
Board. Dean Bolton will confer
with President Walton and the
matter will be brought before the
board at its meeting next Satur
day.