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
VOLUME 3 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1941
NUMBER 8
Local Group
Plans Almni
Organization
First Meeting Will
Be at Bryan Country
Club; 500 Expected
Organization of the strongest
and most active alumni group in
Texas is the goal of a committee
formed recently to inaugurate the
Brazos County A. & M. Club, and
the first meeting will be held at
6:30 p. m. Monday, August 4th,
at the Bryan Country Club, with
100 ice cold watermelons at the
piece de resistance.
Letters have been sent to more
than 500 former students of Texas
A. & M. College who live in Bryan,
College Station and in Brazos
County inviting them to come to
the watermelon feast and to bring
along any other Aggies whose
names were not on the invitation
list. Invited to attend are all A.
& M. Ex-Students of Brazos
County.
Decision to form the club and
call the meeting at the water
melon feast followed an informal
discussion of the idea by a group
of Bryan and College Station res
idents who believe Brazos County,
with more than 500 A. & M. men
making their homes here, should
have the best A. .& M. Club in
Texas—for the pleasure and bene
fit of the members, and to be of
service to the college.
Would Act As Hosts
The preliminary group took up
on themselves the arrangements
for the meeting, but whether or
not a club is formed will depend
upon the interest of the A. & M.
men of the county.
The group calling the meeting
consisted of Martelle Dansby,
Allister Waldrop, Ford Munnerlyn,
W. W. Scott, H. L. Heaton, Sid
Loveless, Dale Weddington, E. E.
McQuillen, Pink Downs, Jr., and
Byron Winstead.
Numerous meetings throughout
the year at the college need a wide
awake, worth-while club to act as
(See ALUMNI GROUP, Page 4)
Sale of Football
Tickets to Begin
Here September 1
E. W. Hooker, Texas A. & M.
College ticket manager, announced
this week that Texas Aggie foot
ball tickets will go on sale to the
general public on September 1
this year.
Orders from former students will
be filled on August 1 and then the
general public sale will open. Mail
orders are now being received but
none will be filled until Sept.
1, Hooker said.
This year the Aggie home foot
ball games will be with Sam Hous
ton State Teachers, Baylor, S. M.
U., and Texas University. Admis
sion for the Sam Houston opener
on Sept. 27 will, be $1.10, tax in
cluded, but the price for the three
Southwest Conference games will
be $2.50 each, tax included.
The Baylor game will be play
ed here Saturday, Oct. 25; S. M.
U. on Saturday, Nov. 8; and Texas
on Thursday, Nov. 27, the old
Thanksgiving date.
Other dates on the Aggie books
include: Texas A. & I. at San
Antonio, Saturday night, Oct. 4;
New York University in New
York, Oct. 11; T. C. U. at Fort
Worth, Oct. 18; Arkansas at Lit
tle Rock, Ark., Nov. 1; Rice at
Houston, Nov. 15; and Washing
ton State College at Tacoma,
Wash., Dec. 6. All are Saturday
games.
Capt. R. P. Lively,
Adjutant, Leaves
Captain R. P. Lively, ’31, has
been transferred to Guthrie, Okla
homa, where he will be the com
mandant of the ROTC units in the
Gutherie high schools.
Catpain Lively, Field Artllery
Reserve, has been adjutant during
the past year relieving Major J. B.
Wise. He left Friday, July 25, to
arrive on Monday, July 28.
Defense Students Pour Hot Metal
One of the many tasks of the students enrolled in the local
National Defense course is to study foundry work. As depicted
here, many of the 325 men registered for the course must learn
how to pour all types of metal. In the A. & M. foundaries, they
receive much of the practical training in metal working and ma
chine shop operation.
—By Ralph Stenzel
4-H Club Members Eat in Duncan
Nearly all of the three thousand .Texas boys and girls who
jammed the A. & M. College campus during the 4-H Club Short
Course held recently ate in Duncan Hall, the mess hall that serves
the twelve dormitories in the new area. They are shown here as
they ate one of their meals.
Orders May Be
Placed Now For
Aggie Rings/42
Cannot be Delivered Until
Registration as Classified
Senior in Regular Session
Senior rings for the class of ’42
can be ordered now in time for
delivery on registration day for the
long session, according to an an
nouncement made by the Regis
trar’s office yesterday.
The next order for rings will be
sent to the manufacturer August i.
This will be followed by another
order August 15. Rings ordered
before these dates will be here in
time for delivery on the long term
registration day, September 10.
' Orders for rings are being taken
at the Registrar’s office by a rep
resentative of the manufacturer
only in the mornings. Senior rings
will be available in these metal
lic finishes, light Russian, dark
Russian, and antique green. The
rings come in a complete range
of weights ranging from 12 to 18
pennyweight. Prices for the rings
according to weights are: 12,
$18.50; 13, $19.35; 14, $20.20; 15,
$21.05; 16, $21.90; 17, $22.75; 18,
$23.60. A three dollar deposit is
required to place the order.
Present plans call for a distri
bution of senior rings to be made
at the Registrar’s office the night
of registration day.
Rene P. Delpech,
Argentine Cotton
Official At A.&M.
Second Term Brings
More Juke Box Proms
By Florence Hollingshead
Tempus does fugit, or hadn’t you
noticed? Not on lead feet though,
because the time has flown by;
who doesn’t think so? Didn’t you
often wonder if the first semester
was going to pass in one year
or two? With its fleeting pas
sage, it took with it a semester
of immensely enjoyed Juke Box
proms, and presents another semes
ter to cope with. According to
plans, the proms will continue ’till
teh end of time, well, ’till the end
of the summer school, anyway.
Upon inquiry I come to the con
clusion that the first proms were
very successful affairs; that .3
past history though, the ones in
the future will really be writing
home about. With the second
semester getting under way last
week, the main high light was the
little swing festival which occur
red Saturday night. The major
ity rules that it was a huge sue-
New Y-Handbook
Going to Press
For Freshmen, ’45
One of the finest YMCA hand
books ever to be published went
to press this past week in an effort
to have it ready for distribution to
some 2500 prospective A. & M.
freshmen who are to enroll at Ag-
gieland this fall.
With A1 Payne, junior secretary
of the Y, as the adviser and Bill
Stanford as the editor, a complete
student staff worked many hours
in compiling the vast amount of
information that every new stu
dent should know. The theme of
the book this year has been based
on the four Y porch pillars as a
basis for intellectual, physical,
spiritual, and social development.
The highlighted features of the
handbook ai'e the various informal
“chats” with the prospective stu
dent by the President, the Regis
trar, a parent of a present Aggie
student, a senior Aggie, etc. Other
points of interest are the charts
of aids to study, the Aggie lang
uage, college yells, traditions of
the campus, and the equipment
needed while at A. & M.
Continuing an annual custom, the
publication is expected to be ready
for issuance during the latter part
of August.
cess; has anyone heard different-
!y?.
Have you ever dreamt of danc
ing in the cool breezes of the eve
ning under nature’s canopy of
heavenly constellations? with the
soft melodious strains of “Inter
mezzo” flowing through the air?
Well, we can dream, can’t we?
This Saturday night, make a bee
line for ye ole mess hall around
eight-thirty, and not eleven, and
dream about it with the fans sub
bing for the “cool breezes,” the
invention of electricity furnishing
(See JUKE BOX PROM, page 4)
Final Registration
Total Climbs to 1119
In a last minute rush of regis
tration, the number of students
enrolled for the second semester
of summer school came very near
equalling the first term registra
tion figure of 1,133.
According to the latest figures
released by the Registrar’s office, a
total of 1,119 students had regis
tered with 1,011 entering the col
lege division and 108 entering the
graduate department. Of the col
lege students, there are 969 men
and 42 women. There are 104 men
graduates and four women who are
taking advance work.
Dormitory students reached a
total 621 men and six women. Of
the day students, 36 are women
with 325 men living in project
houses and 173 of the masculine
sex residing in private homes.
Points to Opportunity
For Better Relations
With the United States
Rene P. Delpech of Argentina, a
member of the national cotton
board of his country’s department
of agriculture, is a visitor for a
few days on the Texas A. & M.
College campus.
A June graduate of Cornell Uni
versity where he was given a Mas
ter of Science degree, Delpech
stopped here on his way to Torreon,
Mexico, where he will pursue his
cotton studies. He will then go
to New Orleans for a look at the
Cotton Exchange and the Cotton
Research Laboratory, then to
Washington for a two weeks visit
before returning to his home.
Delpech graduated from the Uni
versity of Buenos Aires in 1932
with a degree of engineer of agron
omy. He then entered govern
ment service and was sent to the
United States a year ago to pur
sue his studies at Cornell, were
he studied agricultural economics,
farm management, statistics and
marketing.
“The people of Argentina,” Del
pech declared, “are very anxious
to reach a better understanding^,
with the United States. Great pres
sure is being brought to bear by
Germany to promote good will and
to obtain the bulk of trade in
Argentina, but the people realize
that such overtures are propagan
da, and there is a wonderful op
portunity for the United States
to step in and promote friendlier
relations by increasing trade with
Argentina.”
Delpech is being shown over
the campus by Dean E. J. Kyle, of
the School of Agriculture, who has
left for a four months tour of
Central and South American coun
tries on a good will mission.
Old ‘Opera House 7
Quiets Down At Last
By John May
At last the Assembly Hall has
been stilled—there are to be no
more feet propped over the bal
cony, no more peanut fights, and
no more hisses as the villain stalks
in whistles when the heroine ent
ers, and cheers when the hero beats
the tar out of the villain. From a
place which was once a center of
such sound the Assembly Hall has
been converted to a dusty deserted
building which is used regularly
for Sunday school classes.
Almost a tradition at A. & M. is
.the Assembly Hall. Nineteen class
es have occupied the center section
as seniors and thousands of Ag
gies have gathered there to see
movies, take examinations, and
hold class meetings. It has been a
center for Aggie pleasure and pol
itics since 1924 and will long be
remembered as an entertainment
place.
Sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. the
Assembly Hall was constructed in
the fall of 1923 and started on its
career of service to Aggies then.
(See OPERA HOUSE, Page 4)
New Policy for Student Loan Funds
Estalished by Former A&M Students
Firemen Tested With Tear Gas
Some of the 576 firemen of the state of Texas are showns as
they emerged from the tear gas test chamber during the Firemen’s
Short Course recently held at the college. The gas masks are
training masks with rubber face pieces, furnished by the Chemical
Warfare Service of the U. S. Army. The gas chamber was erected
on the campus just north of the Academic Building and used to
maintain a high concentration of the gas which the firemen were
sent through.
Smoke Eaters End
Annual Short Course
Faculty Includes Insurance Officials;
Written Examination Given to Firemen
Firemen from all of Texas re--f-
turned to their homes after at
tending the Twelfth Annual Fire
men’s Short Course at A. & M.
which ended last Friday. The short
course which was attended by 576
firemen began Monday, July 21,
and lasted throughout the week.
Classes were held during the
week to instruct the men in the
latest methods of fire fighting and
in the use of the most modern
equipment. At the conclusion of
the course a written examination
was given to men representing
their city in an effort to get a
key rate credit for fire insurance.
Student Laborers
Make Honor Grades
An analysis of the distinguished
student list at A. & M. for the first
and second semesters reveals that
a large percentage of distinguish
ed students are employed as part
of the student labor program here,
Wendell R. Horsley, Chairman,
Student Labor Committee announc
ed recently.
Distinguished student lists for
the first semester of the 1940-41'
session showed that 337 students
made the distinguished student
list. Of this number, 153 or 45%
were student employees. During
the second semester 304 A. & M.
students had a distinguishing av
erage. 120 of these men were em
ployees. This was 39.5% of the
total number of distinguished stu
dents for the second semester.
The total figures for the entire
session showed that 641 students
distinguished; 273 or 42.6% of this
number were student labor em
ployees.
In commenting on this record
Horsley said, “I believe this is a
fine record. .
National Defense Emphasized
Indicative of the modern trend
of this course was the special em
phasis given to National Defense.
Dr. C. C. Hedges, head of the
chemistry department and acting
director of the short course, said,
“We are designating this 1941 ses
sion as ‘National Fire Defense
Program’ for during the coming
year—should attack come to our
shores or should fifth column activ
ities, arson, and sabotage develop—
we realize that our American fire
men must be our first line of de
fense to keep the wheels of indus
try rolling and to keep our people
living in the American way.”
Among those men who made up
the faculty of the course were:
Major Ralph Eadsy. Chemical War
fare Service, United States Army
from Fort Sam Houston; Gene
(See SMOKE EATERS, page 4)
A.A.A.E. Awards
Exhibit Prizes to*
Extension Editors
Five awards of the American
Association of Agricultural Editors
belong to the Texas A. & M. Col
lege Extension Service for exhibits
by Extension Editors Laura Lane
and C. A. Price. Texas won two
first place ribbons and three third
places in competition at the Asso
ciation’s annual convention held
recently at Kingston, Rhode Is
land.
Texas also got in its bid for
national intei’est when the Asso
ciation’s 250 members voted to
hold their 1942 convention in the
Lone Star State, according to in
formation received from Louis
Franke, Texas extension editor
now on a year’s leave, who at
tended the Rhode Island meeting.
t Plan Extension of
Opportunity Awards
Alumni Discuss
Annual Spring Meet
Establishment of a new Student
Loan Operating Program was an
nounced by the officers and di
rectors of the Association of For
mer Students at their last meet
ing at Trinidad, Texas.
The new loan fund policy was
adopted following a lengthy dis
cussion of the matter. Starting
in 1942 the present Opportunity
Award Program will be extended
to include 100 similar awards with
other types of loans sharply cur
tained. The board took a definite
stand against the gradually in
creasing requests made by stu
dents of the loan funds for loans
characterized as “convenience
loans.”
Basis of the new policy is an
effort to return to the original,
fundamental purpose of the loan
funds, that of assisting boys to
secure an education who could not
otherwise attend A. & M.
Largest Meeting in History
The board devoted much time
to a discussion of what the As
sociation and A. & M. men might
do to be of assistance, and to in
dicate their pride and gratitude
to A. & M. men in the armed
forces of the United States during
the present period of national emer
gency. A suggestion was made
that the Texas Aggies, publication
of the Former Students Associa
tion, carry during the emergency
an Honor Roll listing the names of
(See FORM. STUDENTS, page 4)
Williams to Act
As Ag Dean While
Kyle is On Leave
In the absence of Dean E. J %
Kyle, D. W. Williams, head of
the animal husbandry department,
took over the duties of acting head
of the agricultural school last
Monday morning. The appoint
ment will be effective for approx
imately four months, until the re
turn of Dean Kyle from a good will
tour to South America.
^Williams came to A. & M. in
1919 and was placed in charge of
hog work, and in 1923 was made
head of the animal husbandry de
partment, of which he has been
head since.
A varied career has been fol
lowed by Williams since he was
born on a stock farm at Venedocia,
Ohio. His father was a farmer
merchant, local stock and wool
buyer, and later a commission
merchant on the Cleveland and To
ledo yards.
Assigned to Southwest
As a boy, Williams received his
early education in a one-room
country school, presided over by
a hard boiled male teacher. In
fact, he stated he didn’t know that
women taught school until he was a
junior in high school.
After graduating in agriculture
from Ohio State University in
1915, Williams took his master’s
degree at the University of Illi
nois on a scholarship in 1916. He
spent some time farming and then
went to Washington as extension
animal husbandman and was as
signed to the southwestern states.
He served in World War I and then
returned to his chosen profession
in livestock work.
Sent to Switzerland
He has been connected with the
fat stock show in Fort Worth since
1920, when he became superin
tendent of the swine department.
He held that connection until 1928,
but began working with the horse
show in 1927.
Williams is a former president of
the American Society of Animal
Production and represented that
society several years ago as a dele
gate to the International Congress
on animal breeding at Zurich,
Switzerland.
Williams is transacting business
from 9:30 until noon each day in
Dean Kyle’s office. During the
afternoon he will be in the animal
husbandry department in the Ani
mal Industries building.