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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, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1941
NUMBER 90
Military Five
Year Men Get
Early Degree
New BS Degree
Authorized For
Five Year Courses
In an unprecedented move the
Executive Committee recommended
to the Academic Council that five
year students now enrolled in their
fourth year will be eligible to re
ceive Bachelor of Sdience degrees
if they are called to active duty in
the army before they can finish
their regular curriculum.
The Executive Committee made
such a recommendation to the Aca
demic Council because the War de
partment, in view of the national
emergency, has adopted the policy
of awarding reserve commissions
to students upon completion of the
advanced R. 0. T. C. course. This
procedure by the War department
leaves some of the students taking
five year courses subject to active
duty call. Since there is some pos
sibility that these boys will never
finish their courses, to move to
confer the B. S. degrees was ap
proved.
To receive the degrees students
must make application to the Ex
ecutive Committee. However, to be
approved it must not be made un
til the student is definitely called
to active duty. The degree will be
given at the Commencement fol
lowing the application. In other
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Air Enlistment
Campaign Starts
Today In Ross Hall
Two U. S. Army Air Corps of
ficers who. will form an examining
board for a campaign to enlist
Texas A. & M. college men as fly
ing cadets arrived by airplane this
morning and are setting up head
quarters in room 37 Ross hall for
their year-end campaign.
The officers, Lieutenant J. H.
Williford, pilot, and Lieutenant L.
R. Dudney, flight surgeon, will re
ceive applications of prospective
flying cadets and give them exam
inations to determine their phy
sical fitness for flight training.
Lieutenant Williford, a graduate
of A. & M. in 1938, who is on leave
from flying duties at Randolph
Field, Texas, for the campaign,
said a unit system will be originat
ed by which 20 men may enter the
flying cadets in a body and pursue
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Key Designed For
Engineering Grads
An emblem of a degree in engi
neering, proposed by the Student
Engineers Council and approved
by President T. 0. Walton as of
ficial on May 28, 1940, has been
selected and designed by the mem
bers of the Student Engineering
Council. This emblem may be worn
by any graduate in the school of
engineering who wishes to buy it.
The key which the council has
selected is to be worn as a link in
a chain. Its specifications call for
solid ten karat gold soldered links,
raised center design, star on a map
of Texas locating A. & M. college
done in a bright yellow gold finish
with a Roman border.
The name of the owner, degree
or degrees with the year of grad
uation are to be engraved on the
back and also the letters A. & M.
The keys may be obtained by writ
ing to the college Registrar who
will certify the name to the jewel
er. Price of the key is $8.50.
The Student Engineers Council
is composed of the presidents of
the student engineering societies,
senior student from each society
selected by the dean of the engi
neering school and a junior student
from each of the societies, elected
by the members of the society.
There are 21 members of the coun
cil at present representing the
architecture, chemical, civil, elec
trical, mechanical, petroleum and
aeronautical engineering organiza
tions.
Seniors Share Review with Miss Easterwood
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Thursday 102 seniors had
their own final review at the
review held as a part of the
dedication ceremonies for the
Easterwood Airport. These se
niors (above) have been called
early to active duty and will be
graduated before the regular
ceremonies.
Also receiving the review was
Miss Eva Easterwood, sister of
the man for whom the airport
was named.
At the right Gen. Gerald C.
Brant (second from right) con
verses with Capt. R. P. Lively
(center) and cadets Buster Kee
ton (extreme left), Bill Becker
(second from left), and Paul
Haines (extreme right). Gen.
Brant, commanding general of
the Gulf Coast Air Corps Train
ing Center at Randolph Field,
was to review the corps from
the reviewing stand with Miss
Easterwood, but he arrived by
plane just in time to see the
last of the review from the air.
Dan Russell
Honored by PH
Boys at Banquet
Lieut. Davis Makes
Praises as ‘Dr. Dan’
Given Watch at Banquet
Daniel Russell, head of the de
partment of rural sociology and
the man responsible for more than
6,550 boys attending A. & M. col
lege by way of the cooperative
housing system for college stu
dents, was honored Thursday night
by the “Project House Boys” by
the presentation of a watch, bought
by contributions of all the students
now in the project houses. The
watch was given to Professor Rus
sell at a special meeting of project
house managers and matrons in
the American Legion Hall.
“Most of the boys who lived in
project houses would have been
unable to attend college except
under this system,” Robert R.
Herring, chairman of the meeting
stated. “Many of these boys have
gone to high positions, and at the
present we don’t know a single boy
who stayed in the project houses
who does not now have a job.”
Lieutenant Joe Davis, assistant
commandant and military officer
in charge of the project house area,
praised Professor Russell for the
work that he has done declaring
that he has helped more boys
through A. & M. than any other
(Continued on page 4)
Landscape Art
Club Elects Scherz
0. E. Scherz of San Angelo was
elected president of the Landscape
Art Club at an open air meeting, in
front of Francis Hall, Thursday
night.
Other officers elected were Giles
Singletary of Center, vice pres
ident; W. L. Vitopil, College Sta
tion, secretary; H. H. Krenek,
Bryan, treasurer; and K. E.
Schmidt, San Antonio, director of
publicity.
Trip Winners
Pledged They'll
Make Jaunt or Bust
The agronomy department has
come to the conclusion that there
isn’t any use in planning a trip
out of the United States for the
winners of the cotton judging con
test they put on each year.
Last year they planned to send
the winners to Europe with all exr
penses paid, but because of the war
this plan had to be altered at the
last minute.
This year the winners, Ralph B.
Hartgraves, F. G. Collard, J. H.
Robinson and E. R. Butler (alter
nate), were scheduled to make a
tour of South and Central Amer
ica, but again the original plans
had to be discarded because it was
feared that it would be difficult to
obtain the necessary visas and
passports. This left only one course
open to them—make a tour of the
United States and Canada.
The department had no sooner
sat back in its collective chair,
when it discovered that Ralph
Hartgraves would have to report
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Walton, Sullivan
Address Fish Class
W. W. Sullivan Jr., Captain of
4th Corps Headquarters, and Pres
ident T. O. Walton were the main
speakers at a meeting of the fresh
man class held Thursday morning
at eleven o’clock in Guion hall.
After being introduced by cadet
colonel Bill Becker, Sullivan gave
a short speech in explanation of
the selective service act. Those
subject to call to active duty under
the provisions of this act were ad
vised to see Dean Bolton if they
had sufficient reason to wish de
ferment.
“Our first duty,” stated Sullivan,
“is to serve our country in the way
in which we are best fitted, wheth-
(Continued on page 4)
Airport Dedicated As 100 Seniors Have
Final Review at Thursday’s Ceremonies
College Park
Streets Will Be
Resurfaced Soon
Assessment of 4 Cents
Per Foot for Repairing
Made to Property Owners
Mr. I. G. Adams, secretary-
treasurer of the College Park Com
munity Council, stated today that
the City of College Station has
agreed to turn over to him at this
time the pro-rata share of the
general tax fund available for the
streets of College Park.
“We have about $450.00 on hand
collected from various sources since
our hard surfacing project three
years ago,” said Mr. Adams. “It
is estimated that a voluntary as
sessment of four cents per run
ning foot on all property now on
a hard surface street, together
with that we have, plus the allot-
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Davis Selected As
Engineer Editor By
Engineers’ Council
Magazine to Continue
With Same Policy Used
By This Year’s Engineer
The Student Engineering Council
has chosen Billy Davis, civil eng
ineering junior from Hillsboro, to
be editor of the 1941-42 Engineer,
Benton Elliot, president of the
council announced Friday.
Davis and Tommy Moore were
the two candidates who were cer
tified by the Student Publications
Board as being eligible for the
position of editorship. A member
of H company Infantry, Davis has
been on the editorial staff of the
magazine for the last year and
was the author of an article on
A. & M.’s contribution to national
defense in the Engineer’s Day is
sue. He succeeds Jeff Montgomery
as the magazine’s editor.
Next year will mark the second
appearance of the publication under
its present name. Prior to the pres-
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Junior Prom
Ticket Deadline
Is 6 PM Wednesday
Separate Tickets
For Dance or Banquet
Will Not Be Available
The dead-line for purchasing
tickets to the Junior Prom and
banquet is Wednesday at 6:00 p. m.,
with the price for the ticket, good
for both the dance and banquet,
set at $1.85. Separate tickets for
the dance or banquet will not be
sold; admission for just the dance
or just the banquet will be the
same price, $1.85. Tickets may be
purchased to attend the dance
only up until dance time Thursday,
but anyone intending to go to the
banquet must buy their ticket by
Wednesday night.
Favors, which are heart-lockets
with a Mother-of-Pearl face and
A. & M. seal, may be ordered for
$1.50 up until Monday at 6:00 p.
m.
Tickets and orders for favors
may be received from the first
sergeants who will turn in the
money to Fred Smitham, room 422,
dormitory No. 2 (favors) and
Gene Perry, room 308, dormitory
No. 9 (tickets).
New Officers Elected
By Pre-Med Students
Officers of the Pre-Med Club
for the year 1941-42 were elected
at the clubs final meeting held May
22.
Those elected were W. D. C.
(Bird Dog) Jones, president; Bill
Robinson, vice-president; Jim Stin
son, secretary-treasurer; and Tom
Lang, reporter.
Non-Militaries Show Up Other
Students In Scholastic Survey
While A. & M. is the lai’gesfrfwere able to reach this goal.
military school in the world, it is
the non-military students who have
the highest grades at A. & M.
results of a scholastic survey con
ducted by the Registrar’s office
revealed. The non-military boys
have a gradepoint average of
1.245.
Tops among the military stu
dents are the boys over in Com
pany A, Chemical Warfare Ser
vice. It all goes to show that
perhaps chemistry is the easiest
course after all. At least the regis
trar’s record would bear out this
statement. Companies C and B
are not far behind ranking 11 and
17 respectively among 52 organi
zations here.
According to the registrar’s of
fice, each organization should have
a grade point average of at least
one grade point per credit hour
per man in the oi’ganization. Only
nine organizations on the campus
Brain trusts of the campus must
run riot in the following organi
zations: A CWS, 2nd CHQ, Hdq.
Cav., C CAC, C CAC, E Inf., 4th
CHQ, B Field Art., and 2nd Hdq.
Field Art. These were the only
organizations to achieve recogni
tion from the registrar’s office
as having grade point averages of
one or more.
According to the Registrar,
“Individual averages (grade-points
Possibility of School Becoming Air
Corps Training Post Disclosed by General
In impressive ceremonies Thursday afternoon the $300,000 A. &
M. College airport was officially designated Easterwood Field in honor
of the late Lieut. Jesse L. Easterwood, U.S.N. and distinguished son
of Texas A. & M.
Prior to the ceremonies at the field the entire cadet corps passed
in review honoring Miss Eva Easterwood, sister of Lieut. Easterwood,
who unveiled the Monument in his honor at the field.
This review also served as a “Final Review” for about 100 cadets
who will have to report for active duty in the army. The graduating
seniors formed a line on the review field and marched over to the
-"f sidelines to receive the review. As
each organization which had sen
iors graduating passed by the sen
iors they executed eyes right for
their senior cadet officers.
Brigadier General Gerald C.
Brant, commanding general, Gulf
Coast Air Corps Training Center,
Randolph Field, flew over to par
ticipate in the ceremonies and dis
closed that the War Department
may consider turning the college
into an Air Corps post should the
United States enter the war.
“About two years ago I made
an inspection of all colleges in the
country, and at that time Texas A.
& M., Purdue, and Notre Dame
stood out above all others from
the standpoint of usefulness to the
War Department.
Fine Army Post
“You have the barracks (dormi
tories), mess halls, shops, military
training and everything which is
needed to make you a very fine
army post. This field will be a
great asset and in event of war
we could take over those facili
ties, your faculty and your stu-
D. Brooks.
J. G. Richardson of Newgulf
was the winner of the second prize
in the freshman mathematics con
test and both he and Keith receiv
ed gold wrist watches as their
awards. These were donated by
R. F. Smith and presented by Mrs.
R. F. Smith. The third freshman
mathematics prize winner was A.
S. McSwain of Bryan and he re
ceived ten dollars which was given
by the Mathematics Club and pre
sented by W. L. Porter, head of
the mathematics department.
Baird, winner of the sophomore
mathematics contest, and A. H.
Lynch, second place winner, both
received gold watches as their
prizes. Baird’s watch was donated
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To The Battalion:
RESOLUTION
The “T” Association of the
University of Texas, believ
ing that all campus visitors
should receive fair and cour
teous treatment, regrets the
occurrence of certain inci
dents during and after the
A. & M.-Texas baseball game
at Austin May 19. The mem
bers feel that these incidents,
for which a small group was
responsible, did not reflect
credit upon The University
of Texas, nor did they reflect
the true spirit of those par
ticipating in athletics here
or the student body. The “T”
Association does not condone
such tactics and pledges it
self toward their elimination.
Carlton Terry,
President,
“T” Association.
Goppert, Baird
Hatfield, Keith,
Win Contest Firsts
Dr. Summey Gives D. S.
Ware Unannounced Third
Prize in English Contest
J. J. Keith of Houston and J.
A. Baird of Omaha were the win
ners of the freshman and soph
omore mathematics contests, re
spectively, and R. C. Hatfield of
San Antonio and J. G. Goppert of
Edna were the winners of the
freshman and sophomore English
contest, respectively, it was an
nounced at a banquet given for
the contestants Thursday night.
There was not a thii'd prize
scheduled to be given in the
freshman English contest, but D.
S. Ware of McKinney lacked only
two points tying for second place
and because of the close score, Dr.
George Summey, head of the Eng
lish department, is giving Ware
five dollars as third prize. The
prize will be given to Ware at his
English class May 26.
H. S. Jacobson of San Antonio
was the winner of the second
freshman English prize, five dol
lars, and R. R. Hidell of Dallas
was the winner of the second
sophomore English prize which
was ten dollars.
The first two English prizes
were given by F. M. Law of Hous
ton, member of the class of ’95 and
president of the board of direc
tors. The sophomore English prizes
were given by William Morriss of
Dallas, class of ’02. The freshman
English prizes were announced by
D. B. Gofer of the English depart
ment, and the sophomore English
prizes were announced by Dean T.
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Longhorns Issued
Through Monday PM
Distribution of the new Long
horn will continue through today
and Monday, O. G. Allen, circula
tion manager, said yesterday.
Longhorns will be issued to
sophomores and freshmen today
from one to six p. m. Students who
have lost their September main-
per credit hour")”"were'first deter- tainance receipts win be able to re
mined by dividing the number of
after
grade points by the number of
hours for which the student was
registered. Company averages
were then found by determining
the median grade points per cre
dit hour for the company. The me
dian grade point average is that
point above which 50 per cent of
the students in the company
ranked.”
ceive their copies Monday
noon from one to six.
Students are warned that dupli
cate maintainence receipts will not
be honored Monday. It will only be
necessary to sign for the Long
horn if the receipt has been lost.
Several students have brought
coupon books to redeem their cop
ies of the Longhorn. Coupon books
also will not be honored.
Marines Notify
15 of Acceptance
Members of the July 1 Candi
dates’ Class from A. & M. who
will report to Quantico, Va., for
three months instructions in of
ficer’s training were received here
yesterday from the Marine Corps
offices by the military department.
In the July 1 class are E. L.
Floore, T. B. Miller, Jr., King Moss,
G. E. Geyer and J. P. Prowell.
Candidates who will report on
October 1 are D. R. Sayles, E. P.
White, Jr., E. A. Vivian, Leon
Noel, H. C. Hughes, Jr., R. L.
Hobbs, T. E. Chapoton, Clarence
Cpnnally, S. P. Sims and H. M.
Prater.
After the three-month training
period, the men will go on three-
month duty as officers and then
go on a year’s active duty.
Howell Releases
Exam Schedule Dates
For Second Semester
The change in final exam sched
ule to begin on Saturday morning
May 31, has been posted by E. J.
Howell, registrar, who stated that
the change was made since the fi
nal review is now on June 7.
Howell has also posted a list
of students who have to take con
flict exams and the courses in
which they conflict has been post
ed in the rotunda of the Academic
building.
Revised Final Examination
Schedule
K—May 31, Saturday—8-11 a.m.
L—May 31, Saturday—1-4 p.m.
M—June 2, Monday—8-11 a.m.
N—June 2, Monday—1-4 p.m.
P—June 3, Tuesday—8-11 a.m.
R—June 3, Tuesday—1-4 p.m.
S—June 4, Wednesday—8-11 a.m.
T—June 4, Wednesday—1-4 p.m.
V—June 5, Thursday—8-11 a.m.
W—June 5, Thursday—1-4 p.m.