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DIAL 4-5444 STUDENT SUMMER 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, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1941 NUMBER 3 Street Improvement Program Released By City Mayor NYA Conference Well Under Way With Good Attendance At Open Discussions “Schools and colleges have the- responsibility of providing worth while work projects for students employed on student work pro grams. Projects should be in line with the interests and apptitudes of students enjployeiPi John P. Manning of Austin School Work Council, Chairman of the N. Y. A., said at the meeting of school su perintendents which has been in progress here since Monday. This program is one of thirty- four which are being held in senior educational institutions all over the state. The purpose of these meetings is to clarify the opera tions and functions of the N.Y.A. Student Work and Out of School Work Programs in Texas. Officials and coordinators of the N.Y.A. in charge of the meeting who are on the campus this week are as follows: J. C. Kellam, State N.Y.A. Administrator, and John P. Manning, School Work Council Chairman, both of Austin; W. 0. Alexander, field representative of Houston; Miss W^ldine Schalter, Austin. Coordinators from all over the state are A. V. Bullock, J. L. Head, Shelby Phillips, H. L. Foster, J. W. Perryman, David E. Williams, J. P. Manning C. W. Thurston, H. 0. Brown, Nel son Fuller, L. L. Dixson, Bryan Dickson from San Angelo, and A. F. Wagner of Belton. Monday morning, J. P. Manning spoke to the school superintendents and A. F. Wagner spoke to a Vocational Guidance Class. Mon day afternoon W .0. Alexander spoke to county superintendents J. C. Kellam and county supervisors on the N. Y. A. program in Texas. Monday evening Bryan Dickson, superin tendent of schools at San Angelo, talked to an Industrial Arts and Education class. J. P. Manning ap peared in a panel discussion in connection with the school admin istration conference on the Train- (Continued on page 4) Howell Receives Orders To Report For Year’s Service As Major In U. S. Army In Presidio, California BULLETIN Summer school classes will be suspended at noon Friday, July 3, for the week-end. Classes will resume again Monday morning, July 7 at 7:30. Dr. C. H. Winkler, Director of Summer School Soil Conservation Projects Object Of Agronomy Tour Twelve Students Will Observe Erosion Problems In Rural Temple Localities Dr. L. G. Jones, professor of the Agronomy department and his 418 Agronomy Class will leave to day for an observation trip to Tem ple to study the soil conservation project. On this tour the class will see one of the greatest concentrations of the soil conservation works, which is located in a typical agri cultural region of the state. One of the problems to be studi ed will be erosion. The Elm Creek Water Shed Project will also be inspected. The class will spend the day on the trip and return to college Wednesday night. Members of the group who will make the trip are M. B. Cox, Charles G'eelan, R. D. Halbert, Jack Hall, W. T. Lawler, H. W. McMinn, J. M. Norton, T. S. Stephens, T. N. Turner, E. L. Whitley, G. C. Young and J. B. Harbin. E. J. Howell, registrar since. 1932, has been ordered to report at Presidio, California, where he will begin a one-year tour of active duty as a major with the U. S. Army. Howell has been notified some weeks ago to expect such orders, but they did not arrive until Thurs day. The orders call for him to begin his duty June 30, but do not assign him to any specific duty with any regiment. In 1922 Howell received his de gree of bachelor of science in chem ical enginering from A. & M. He did graduate work at Baylor Uni versity one summer term and then received his master of science de gree from his alma mater in 1932. After graduation Howell served as chemical engineer for the Gulf Refining Company at Port Arthur fore one year before accepting the post of associate professor of chemistry at John Tarleton Agri cultural College, Stephenville. He held that position for one year and in 1924 became commandant and registrar at John Tarleton, hold- ^ Registrar E. J. Howell ing both positions until 1930 when he came to A. & M. assistant reg istrar. Two years later, he be came registrar. ■ During the past few years the honorary posts that he has held include, president of the Associa tion of Texas Colleges, 1934-1935; president of the Texas Associa tion of Collegiate Registrars, 1929- 1930; vice-president of the Ameri can Association of Collegiate Reg istrars, 1938-1939; president of the same organization for 1941-1942; president of the Bryan Lions Club, 1938-1839, president of the Texas Department, Reserve Officers As sociation, 1938-1939. He also has served as member of the commit tee on Classified and Associated Schools of Texas; president of the School Board, Texas A. & M. Con solidated School District; member of the Brazos-Bryan Chamber of Commerce; member of the Com mittee on Standards, Association of Texas Colleges; Past Master, A. F. & A. M.; and Past High Priest, R. A. M. Howell is listed in “Leaders in Education,” “Who’s Who in Engi neering,” and “America’s Young Men.” Sbisa Basement Dining Hall Space Will Be Enlarged The basement dining room of Sbisa Hall is being enlarged this week to increase the seating ca pacity, J. C. Hotard, supervisor of subsistence, announced. This expansion will increase the seating capacity from 681 to ap proximately 1400. The offices of the mess hall will be moved from the rear to the front of the build ing and a new loading area for re ceiving merchandise will be built. The enlarged dining room will be decorated in the same colors as the old basement dining room and will have walls and floors of tile. “The refrigeration system is also being expanded and modernized. There is a possibilitiy that im provements will be made in the acoustics in the main dining room in the near future,” Hotard said. New dishwashing and potwashing equipment of stainless steel will be installed. The super-structure at the rear of the building will be moved. The equipment in this space will be moved to occupy the space formerly occupied by the bakery which was moved to the mess hall in the new dormitory area. Perserverance Pays • • In Cash Rigsby Learns H. P. Rigsby, welding instructor in the mechanical engineering de partment, has concrete evidence that perseverance pays—in cash. Rigsby submitted an entry in the Hobart Brothers open contest for unusual or interesting welding im provements in construction and de sign last march. Promptly a check for $5 arrived attesting that he had won a prize. But it was not first prize so Rigsby sent in another entry for the April prizes. His second effort was even more successful than the first, for he received a check for $50 as second prize. Then in May, Rigsby wrote a description of the felded gasoline towers of the Texas Company re finery. His third effort resulted in a check for $100 and first prize. He , has been asked to write a magazine article on his latest prize winning essay for a forthcoming issue of the Hobart Arc Welding News. W. H. Hobart, vice president of the company, has sent more entry blanks to Rigsby, and has urged him to continue submitting entries in the monthly prize offerings. First Foundation Poured As Work On New Hall Progress Work is progressing rapidly on the construction of the new dormi tories that are to be located on the west side of the hospital. The work was resumed June 9, after a delay of six months because of the refusal of the state auditor to ap prove the means of finance. The concrete has been poured for the footing of one dormitory and the remainder of the other foundations are being evacuated. W. S. Billows Construction Com pany of Houston has the contract for building the new dormitories and L. R. Dunn is the superintend ent. They are employing about 150 men at the present time, most of whom are negroes. A few of the workers on the new dormitories are college boys. “As far as the students are concerned, it will be an open shop,” Dunn said. “The company plans to employ students as soon as they have progressed further. These boys will not be required to join any union.” The work will be continued with out any interruption and the dormi tories should be completed by the first of the year, Dunn added. Engineer Class Begins Survey Of Campus and City College Station and the surround ing vicinity is being mapped at the present time by fifty five students who are taking the summer prac tice course in Civil Engineering. The main purpose in making this map is to have an accurate survey of College Station, showing block lines, lot lines, location of all build ings and other things which may be used in the future, both by the Civil Engineering Department and the city. During the past few summers, it has been a practice to take the stu dents to the Brazos River Bottom and then run a survey back this way. However, they have been working around here since summer school started and will probably re main in this vicinity throughout the six weeks practice. Following the mapping of Col lege Station, the students will run the survey for a new county road which is to connect old highway 6 and the new highway 6, which runs east of the college. This road is to be located below the college, start ing at the negro school and is to be about two miles long. This course is for practice only, and requires about seven hours each day, except Saturdays. The main (Continued on page 4) Horticulture Class Schedules Fruit Tour And Inspection Trip Robert F. Cain, instructor in the horticulture department, and 12 students taking horticulture courses this summer will leave on an inspection trip to Nacogdoches, Jacksonville, and Grapeland this week. The members of the party will leave College Thursday morning for Nacogdoches where they will visit the experiment station and study peach varieties. This area is in the heart of Texas peach producing region and is at present in the process of harvesting. From there they will drive to Jacksonville and visit the famous Simpson orchards owned by the well-known millionaire originator of the Simpson Dining Cars in Houston. The party will then conclude the trip by journeying to Grapeland and witnessing the packing and shipping of plums. [Waldrop Begins Construction On New Drug Store Nash, Local Architect, Designed Building Which Will House Other Business Construction is proceeding rapid ly on the new modern business building being erected for A. M. Waldrop and Company by Mrs. A. M. Waldrop just east of the Aggie- land Pharmacy and will be ready for occupancy by September 1, A. M. Waldrop, manager of the Bryan and College branches of A. M. Waldrop stores, said. The architect, William E. Nash, graduate of the school of architec ture in 1936, has designed the building in a most modem trend, giving emphasis to the individu ality of the other store fronts which are to be included besides that of Waldrop and Company. “The contractor, Sam R. Mur phy,” Mr. Waldrop said, “is well known as a builder in this locality, having erected several other busi ness establishments in the North Gate section. The erection of this commercial building shows a con fidence in the future growth of the city of College Station. The plans of Mrs. Waldrop should be an at tractive addition to the commu nity.” Asmundson Will Teach New Turkey Production Course Dr. V. S. Asmundson, visiting professor from the Poultry depart ment of the University of Califor nia will give a special three weeks’ turks production course which will be held from July 21 to August 9. “The course will be the first turkey short course to be given by the Poultry department,” D. H. Reid, head of the poultry depart ment, said. “Dr. Asmundson has been devoting a great deal of his time during the last few years to the study of inheritance in tur keys. He is recognized as on out standing authority on this subject.” Assisting in the short course will be R. M. Sherwood and Dr. J. M. Thompson of the Experiment Sta tion, Guy Powell, county agent from Gatesville, and E. D. Parnell, professor in the poultry husbandry department. “Although the course is primar ily intended for undergraduate stu dents, the course is also open to mature individuals, community grain cooperatives and farmers who are specially interested in im proving Texas market turkeys,” Reid said. “Approximately 30 to 40 students are expected to reg ister for the course, judging from reservations already received.” The theory of the course will con sist of lectures on breeding, feed ing, marketing and general turkey management. The practice will con sist of breed identification, select ion of breeding stock, grading of market turkeys, methods of prep aration for market, demonstrations of use of turkey equipment and vis its to some successful turkey farms. College Park, College Hill And Oakwood Receive Aid Roads Will Be Surfaced With Asphalt and Pea Gravel On All Streets With Proper Beds An extensive road improvement program will begin within the limits of the City of College Station, Mayor Frank D. Anderson, announced when he released a progress report late yesterday after noon. College Park, College Hills and Oakwood will be the additions which will receive new surfacing on streets. “College Park and Oakwood will build their own roads,” Anderson said.” “They have money in a treasury to which the city will add $200 per mile. They are assessing themselves the necessary amount to put a seal-coat top on the roads they have now. This coat will be asphalt with pea gravel intermixed. Twelve Year High School Curriculum Conference Theme A joint banquet of the Texas Association of County Superin tendents and Supervisors will bring to a close the 8th annual meeting of the Texas School Administration Conference, Dean T. D. Brooks, dean of the graduate school and executive secretary of the confer ence, said. All that remains is the election of officers Thursday morning. The conference began Monday morning with a short panel dis cussion of “The In-service Train ing of Teachers for Guidance Work” led by David F. Sellars,,di rector of Curriculum Research in the Fort Worth Public Schools. Monday afternoon two short panel discussions were held on the topics “The Feasability of a Junior College” and “The Purposes to which the added year in the local schools can be used.” A review of recent school legis lation was held Tuesday. Other short panel discussions completed the Tuesday program. Adequate physical and health education programs and guidance programs will be discussed today. Although President R. B. Fisher of the Association was delayed in arriving, the meetings went off on schedule. The exceptionally well attended conference will conclude its meet ings with an election of officers Thursday morning. Appointees To Board Awaiting State Confirmation Recently placed on the Board of Directors are John C. Burns, trustee for the Burnett Estate in Ft. Worth; Major General H. J. Brees, retired, from the United States army; and D. S. Buchanan, manager of the Keep Dairy Farm at Buda, Texas. F. Marion Law, president oi the Board of Directors and president of the First National Bank of Hous ton, was appointed to fill the un expired term of H. C. Schuhmacher who died recently. The term of ser vice on the Board is six years. Others of the nine members are G. R. White, Brady; H. L. Kokernot, Jr., Alpine; A. H. Demke, Stephen ville; E. J. Kiest, Dallas. “College Hill improvements will “require a greater outlay and each person is asked for twenty-five cents per running foot of ground bordering their lots. The street improvement will be a layer of as phalt, pea gravel, and a layer of asphalt. Committees have been ap pointed for various streets and resi dences for soliciting for sufficient funds. “Reports are that the people are ready to co-operate. The city will in all cases contribute $200 per mile for street improvements. Streets fixed as planned should last a good many years. After completion of the resurfacing, the city will take care of all further maintenance of streets. “People who live on streets which have not been properly graveled will be expected to contribute an additional amount if they wish to put their streets in first-class con dition as the above plan does in clude a coat of gravel. The city has recently bought and paid for a heavy truck to haul material and a street grader for the necessary (Continued on page 4) Park Director Begif^Coiirse In Youth Leadership V. K. Brown, director of play grounds for the Chicago Park Board, arrived at A. & M. Monday to begin a week of intensive work as director of the short course in rural youth leadership which is be ing conducted by the department of Rural Sociology in cooperation with the Hogg Foundation of Tex as. Brown worked from 1907 until 1916 at various jobs with the Chicago parks, served as director for recreation at Newark, N. Y., from 1916 until 1918 and worked as morale officer with the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant for a year during the war. He served as field representative of the National Rec reation Association for a year, and returned to Chicago in 1920 as South Park System superintendent of recreation. When all the parks were consoli dated he was made directing head of the recreation division of the consolidated parks. Brown has traveled and lectured widely, and has written numerous articles on recreation for publication. Brown also has officiated in many sports events and has served as the president of numerous na tional organizations. He officiated during the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932. Dance Bands Get Into The Grove As Jitter-Bug Wrestle To Latest Dance Hit At Juke Box Prom By Elizabeth McNew Some like it hot—Some like it 100th—Hot, smooth, sweet, jazz, ring, blondes, brunettes, or red :ads—the Juke Box Prom has em all. With ties and coats for- >tten (right along with Monday’s lizz and the letter home) “hep its” and the rest of the “dance iffies,” “nigger shuffled” and altzed from eight till twelve Sat- rday night in the annex of Sbisa Jr ill.” With “Marie Elena” leading the -f-was an even greater success than- 1 the first. Since these novel dances were previewed last summer their pop ularity has increased by leaps and bounds. The attendance and splen did cooperation well proves this point. In case you have wondered what your two bits goes for—the original plan was to import an orchestra for a “Final Ball” at the end of the summer. Although the orchestra did not materialize, because of in sufficient funds, the Final Ball did. VY 1 III ILL cl I JEjlCUd leaning cue luest list and the “Hut Sut Song” | This ball (still definitely informal) d “Intermezzo” running a close ; was given with no admission charge :ond the second Prom, if possible,' and was the great-grandaddy of all dances. History may be being made over seas but it is also being made right here at the Juke Box Proms. If you don’t believe it, come find out for yourself. “A cordial invitation is extended to the parents and faculty by the student body to come as special guests,” Luke Harrison said. “There will be a constant change of records to assure a supply of the latest dance hits. Any requests for songs to be added at later Juke Box : Proms may be left at the door. I Every effort will be made to secure ‘ them because the dances are given I for the students.”