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, ANGUST 6, 1941
NUMBER 9
$75,000
Is Granted
To Airport
New Funds Provide
Lights For Field;
Value Now $303,000
Dean Gibb Gilchrist of the
school of engineering received
word from Senator Tom Connally
that the Civil Aeronautics Author
ity has made an additional grant
of $75,000 for the basic lighting
of Easterwood Airport.
The contract will be let in be
tween 60 and 90 days. Plans for
the lighting were drawn up by T.
R. Spence, Vice-Director of the
Engineering Experiment Station.
This grant brings to $303,000
the total of the amount spent for
the improving and developing of
the field for army requirements.
Spencer Leaves
A & M to Begin
New College Job
To Head Engineering
Drawing Department At
Illinois Technical School
H. C. Spencer, who resigned as
head of the engineering drawing
department last June, has left for
Chicago, Illinois, where he will be
head of the drawing department at
the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Spencer received his A. B. degree
from Baylor University in 1927;
he .received an M. S. in industrial
education from A. & M. in 1931,
and in 1940 he received a B. S.
in Architecture from A. & M.
TEXTBOOK AUTHOR
Spencer is widely known for the
five textbooks on technical draw
ing of which he is a co-author.
“Technical Drawing” by Dr. F. E.
Giesecke, Alva Mitchell, and Spen
cer, all of the A. & M. staff, leads
the field of college textbooks hav
ing been adopted by over 200 col
leges and universities. The same
trio co-authored “Technical Draw
ing Problems” and “Lettering Ex
ercises,” all of them widely adopt
ed.
He has also written “Technical
Drawing for High Schools,” Vol
umes I and II in collaboration with
E. S. Williams, head of the indus
trial eductaion department.
Spencer was made a member of
the A. & M. Faculty in 1929 when
he became an instructor in the
engineering drawing department.
He was promoted to assistant pro
fessor in 1934, associate professor
in 1937, and head of the department
in 1940.
JOINS NEW SCHOOL
The Illinois Institute of Tech
nology, whose engineering drawing
department he will head, is the new
school formed by the consolidation
of Armour Institute of Technology
and the Lewis Institute. The in
stitute is now carrying on a pro
gram of rebuilding. L. E. Grinter,
former professor of structures in
the A. & M. civil engineering de
partment, is now vice-president of
the institute and also dean of the
graduate school there.
For Speed Law Enforcement
C. N. Berber, campus patrolman, stops Bill Wofford with his new motorcycle. The motorcycle is
used cooperatively by the college and the city in enforcing the local speed limit of 20 miles per hour.
—Photo by Bob Crane
New Motorcycle Is Useful
In Curbing Local Speeders
Used Cooperatively by City and A&M;
Two Weeks Fines Total $140 City Says
By John May
Probably everyone on the cam
pus has noticed the sleek grey
motorcycle and the man in the
grey uniform mounted upon it by
now and has had some wonderings
about it.
As to the machine, it is a
model 80 Harley-Davidson with a
Responsibility In
National Defense Is
Ag Meet Theme
53 Vocational Agriculture
Instructors Attend Two-Day
Meet; Adjourned Yesterday
A conference for teachers of vo
cational agriculture for Texas
Area Three, which extends from
Palestine to the Gulf Coast, was
held here Monday and Tuesday.
The attending teachers, who came
from all parts of this area, num
bered 53.
Starting Monday at 9:00 o’clock
the conference began with a pres
entation of the theme—vocational
agriculture’s responsibility in na
tional defense. Throughout that
day and the day following a sched
uled program was followed dur
ing which various addresses were
made by speakers from College
Station and men connected in dif
ferent ways with the vocational
agriculture field from other cities.
Monday night a watermelon
feed was held in Hensel Park. The
conference was adjourned Tuesday
afternoon at 5:00 o’clock.
side-car which was purchased by
the college for $550. This is the
largest motorcycle that the com
pany manufactures and is consider
ed a fine machine by fanciers.
The man who drives the ma
chine around is Patrolman C. N.
Berber. Patrolman Berber was
driving a green Chevrolet in pur
suit of his duties until the col
lege purchased the motorcycle.
The single motorcycle unit is
used cooperatively by the college
and by the city of College Sta
tion for the purpose of enforcing
the local speed limits.
In the two weeks that the
mounted unit has been patroling
the campus it has traveled 250
miles, and $140 has been assessed
the speed violaters who have trav
eled on the campus, the City Of
fice stated.
With this means of policing the
campus, the 20 mile per hour speed
limit can be better enforced, and
increasing efforts made to cut down
accidents to a minimum.
With this mechanization of the
local patrol force, the city can
more adequately enforce its 20
mile speed limit.
Hut-Sut Song Was Blamed On
Swedes When First Published
Strangest song to hit the music
business in a long time is “The
Hut Sut Song” which, from all in
dications, threatens to become the
smash hit of the year, what with 10
recordings having been made of the
number and practically every pro
gram listing it.
It all started with a line of gib
berish dreamed up by a young at
torney named Leo V. Killion. In
cidentally, Killion insists on having
the initial “V” in his name, al
though he refuses to divulge what
it stands for. With the exception
of this particular ditty, Killion
never wrote a song in his life, pre
ferring to save his line of chat
ter for the court-rooms.
However, one fateful day he sat
down and rattled off an unintelli
gible but catchy bunch of phrases
and took the stuff over to his
chum of high school days, Ted
McMichael who, by that time, had
become one of the famed Merry
Macs. Ted thought there was some
thing intriguing about the lyric,
although he couldn’t understand a
word of it. But then, neither could
Killion, so they were even on that
score.
Ted called up his friend Jack
Owen, lyric and song writer, and
asked him to come over. Jack did,
and he hasn’t been the same since.
The song, at that time, wasn’t any
where near its present form, but
it had the nucleus of the tuneful
germ that has infected the nation.
The three boys put their heads to
gether and knocked out “The Hut
Sut Song.”
Before the sing became a hit,
Killion and Owens were doing
(See HUT-SUT SONG, page 4)
Capt. Bennett, 17,
Named Adjutant
Captain Adam J. Bennett, ’17,
Coast Artillery Corps, has replaced
Captain R. P. Lively as adjutant
here at A. & M. since the latter’s
removal to Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Captain Bennett, who was retired
in October, 1934, was called back
into service in May. He has had
17 years service in the Army, and
has had previous experience as
an adjutant.
He has recently returned from
Fort Crockett which he attended
camp with the Coast Artillery sen
iors.
Explosives Course
Enters Third Division
Monday the advanced section of
the National Defense Powder and
Explosives being held here course
began. Enrolled in the course are
students from all over the state.
This is the third section of the
course to be given, one advanced
and one beginning course having
already been offered. The ad
vanced course, course B, is * for
students who have the equivalent
of three years in college. It deals
with the manufacture and testing
of powder and explosives.
Several of the students who have
taken this course earlier in the
summer have already been offered
positions and have started work
ing in some of the national de
fense powder and explosives com
panies plants.
Seniors May Still
Order Class Rings
For Early Delivery
The first order of senior rings
for the class of ’42 was sent off
several days ago, and those seniors
wishing to place their names on
the second list to be sent off Aug
ust 15 may do so at any time in
the morning at the registrar’s of
fice, it was announced yesterday
by the registrar’s office.
The orders for the rings turned
(See SENIOR RINGS, page 4)
New Highway Approved
To Link Campus to Bryan
Bizzell Street Will Be Extended To
Join College Road at New Pavement
Men Registering
In July Draft Call
Under Same Rules
All Registerants For
Selective Service Act
Classified Individually
Men who registered under the
Selective Training and Service Act
on July 1 and whose order numbers
were determined in the National
Lottery on July 17 are subject to
the same rules of individual class
ification as the youths who were
enrolled previously, General J.
Watt Page, State Selective Service
Director, emphasized today.
Under no circumstances will the
new group of potential trainees be
classified and considered for pos
sible military training en bloc, the
General declared. Each man will
have his order number by which his
local board will consider his class
ification and no local board can
classify the individual registrant
until his number is reached, except
in case of volunteers, he said.
The second National Lottery
served as a guide for every local
board to integrate its new regis-
trans among those who registered
last autumn, and that integration
must be carried out so that the
recent registrants will consider
their classification only in a fair
and equitable ratio to those men
not yet inducted, General Page de
clared.
General Page pointed out that
it was obvious that the new regis-
trans who had received the rela-
(See REGISTRANTS, page 4)
’42 Dormitory Assignments
Following is a list of the dormitory assignments by organizations
for the school year 1941-42, as released by the Commandant’s Office.
Infantry Regiment
A Infantry, Dorm. No. 9, Floors 2 & 3, South
B Infantry, Dorm. No. 9, Floors 1 & 2, North
C Infantry, Dorm. No. 9, Floors 3 & 4, North
D Infantry, Dorm. No. 7, Floors 2 & 3, South
E Infantry, Dorm. No. 7, Floor 3 & 4, North
F Infantry, Dorm. No. 7, Floors 1 & 2, South
G Infantry, Dorm. No. 5, Floors 2 & 3, South
H Infantry, Dorm. No. 5, Floors 1 & 2, North
I Infantry, Dorm. No. 5, Floors 3 & 4, North
K Infantry, Dorm. No. 3, Floors 2 & 3, North
L Infantry, Dorm. No. 3, Floors 1 & 2, West
M Infantry, Dorm. No. 3, Floors 3 & 4, West
Field Artillery Regiment
1 Hq. Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 10, Floors 2 & 3, North
A Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 10, Floors 1 & 2, South
B Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 8, Floors 3 & 4, East
C Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 10, Floors 3 & 4, South
2 Hq. Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 8, Floors 2 & 3, West
D Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 6, Floors 1 & 2, South
E Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 8, Floors 1 & 2, East
F Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 6, Floors 3 & 4, South
G Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 4, Floors 1 & 2, West
3 Hq. Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 4, Floors 2 & 3, East
H Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 4, Floors 3 & 4, West
I Field Artillery, Dorm. No. 6, Floors 2 & 3, North
Chemical Warfare Regiment
A Chemical Warfare, Dorm. No. 2, Floors 3 & 4, South
B Chemical Warfare, Dorm. No. 2, Floors 1 & 2, North
C Chemical Warfare, Dorm. No. 2, Floors 2 & 3, North
Signal Corps Regiment
Hq. Signal Corps, Dorm. No. 1, Floors 2 & 3, South
A Signal Corps, Dorm. No. 1, Floors 1 & 2, North
B Signal Corps, Dorm. No. 1, Floors 3 & 4, North
Band, Dorm. No. 11
Athletes, Dorm. No. 12
Coast Artillery Regiment
A Coast Artillery, Hart Hall, Ramps F, G, & H
B Coast Artillery, Hart Hall, Ramps B, E, & 1st of C
C Coast Artillery, Hart Hall, Ramps I & J, 2nd of H
D Coast Artillery, Hart Hall, Ramps A, B, & top of C
E Coast Artillery, Bizzell, West Wing
F Coast Artillery, Bizzell, East Wing
G Coast Artillery, Mitchell, Floors 3 & 4
H Coast Artillery, Mitchell, Floors 1 & 2
Engineer Regiment
A Engineers, Walton, Ramps H & I
B Engineers, Walton, Ramps A & B
C Engineers, Walton, Ramps J & K '
D Engineers, P. G.
E Engineers, Walton, Ramps F & G
F Engineers, Walton, Ramps C & D
Hq. Cavalry, Law Hall, Ramps 1, 2, & 3
Cavalry Regiment
A Cavalry, Law Hall, Ramps 7, 8, & 9
B Cavalry, Law Hall, Ramps 4, 5, & 6
C Cavalry, Puryear, Ramps, 7, 8, & 9
D Cavalry, Puryeary, Ramps 4, 5, & 6
MG. Cavalry, Puryear, Ramps 1, 2, & 3
Corps Headquarters
Non-Military, Milner, Floors 1 & 2
Graduates, Milner, Floors 3 & 4
1 Corps Headquarters, Legett, Floors 1 & 2
2 Corps Headquarters, Legett, Floors 3 & 4
3 Corps Headquarters, Goodwin
Announcements of the construction of two new highway projects
which directly concern A. & M. have been made by George M. Garrett,
district highway engineer.
Bizzell street on the A. & M. campus will be extended to the city
limits of Bryan, Texas. Bizzell is the street directly behind the
Administration building. This highway will provide a new and direct
route from Bryan, Texas to College Station. The city of Bryan must
provide the link between the proposed highway and the south end
of the new pavement on the old-f-^
college road.
Additional plans call for the
widening and paving of the road
running from old Highway 6 to
new Highway 6. This is adjacent
to the north and east line of the
campus. The improwment of this
highway will facilitate access to
the business section of College
Station at the north gate.
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
MINUTES
Official minutes of the highway
commission concerning these im
provements are:
“That a highway be designated
along Bizzel street from the south
line of the A. & M. College prop
erty extending (northwesterly
along Bizzell street to Highway No.
230, and thence north to the north
west border of the A. & M. College
property; and
“It is further ordered that plans
Downs Elected
First President Of
Local Alumni Group
Former A' & M Students
Of Bryan, College Station
Organize at Country Club
The Brazos County A. & M. Club
today was the lustiest infant in
the household of the Association of
Former Students with a charter
member list of 94 persons who
joined Monday evening at the or
ganization meeting which followed
a watermelon feast at the Bryan
Country Club. More than 150 were
present at the meeting, and they
all agreed to send in membership
cards at once, and they too will
be added to the list of charter
members when their applications
are received.
P. L. Downs, Jr., was elected
president and H. L. Heaton was
chosen secretary-treasurer by ac
clamation at the meeting. Both
had been instrumental in arrang
ing for the club’s organization
meeting, and Mr. Downs arranged
for the ice cold watermelons.
There was plenty of watermelon
for all who came, and had it not
been for a thundershower shortly
before time for the meeting, it is
believed more than 200 former Ag-
gieland students would have attend
ed.
The business session was most
enthusiastic, and a full slate of
officers were elected. First vice-
president is Martell Dansby; sec
ond vice-president, J. T. McDonald;
(See LOCAL ALUMNI, page 4)
be prepared for the construction
of grading, drainage structures,
and surfacing on Highway No. 230,
extending from Highway No. 6, a
distance of approximately 1.1 miles,
said construction to provide for
surfacing to accomodate two lanes
of traffic, but to provide for a
future street section when and if
funds for such additional develop
ment may have been provided from
sources other than those now avail
able to the Texas Highway Depart
ment; and
JOINS SOUTH MAIN
“It is further ordered that plans
be prepared to provide for grad
ing drainage structures and sur
facing on that portion of the new
designation made in this order and
extending from Highway No. 230
northwesterly to the northern
boundary of the A. & M. College
property, a distance of approxi
mately *0.8 miles, to provide for
two lanes of traffic, and at such
time as the County of Brazos and/
or the City of Bryan shall have
properly planned and provided fi
nances for the construction of
grading, drainage structures, and
surfacing from the north end of
this proposed project to a con
nection with the existing pavement
on South Main Street in the City
of Bryan, bids shall be received
and contract awarded for the con
struction of this project on A. & M.
college property in conjutaction
with the proposed project on High
way No. 230 described above.”
As Chairman Of
Cotton Committee
A&M Head Aided
By Presidents Rainey
Of Texas, Jones of Tech
Dr. T. O. Walton, president of
the college, was selected chairman
of a committee of three college
presidents which met here last
week to set up a plan for admin
istering the cotton research pro
gram authorized by the Texas
Legislature. Dr. Homer Price
Rainey, president of Texas uni
versity, and Clifford Jones, pres
ident of Texas Technological col
lege, are the other two members.
The bill authorizes the spending
of $150,000 during the first year
and $100,000 during the second
year in carrying out the research
program.
The committee agreed to employ
a well qualified scientist to direct
(See DR. WALTON, page 4)
Skirts Swirl at Juke Box
Proms - No Air Conditioning
By Florence Hollingshead
While a mellow half-moon beam
ed over the campus, the doors of
Sbisa Hall were again opened to
welcome the weekly participants
who desired to wear themselves
down to a frazzle. P. S. They
did, but left the hall after the
strains of “Nighty Night” under
their own power. The waxed floor
held up well while jitterbugs jit
tered, waltzers waltzed, onlookers
looked, and everyone in general
had a splendiferous time. The on
ly complaint voiced was that it had
to come to a close, but then all
good things must come to a close.
While the drab monotony of the
week slips by, everyone seems to
look forward to the enjoyment in
store at the Saturday night proms.
Interesting little affairs, aren’t
they? Although the theme of at
tire is still comfort, we noticed
some boots, probably being broken
in for a year of hard wear.
It has been noticed that the
loud speakers have been moved
over to the band platform, very
beneficial too, for they allow more
“elbow grease” for the energetic
souls.
Since before long, those morbid
creatures known as final exams
are scheduled to pop up and either
make us or break us, it is a good
idea to enjoy life while you may,
for you’re only young once; but
then there is that second childhood
stage.
Until we get the hall air-con-
diitoned, the boys shirts will con
tinue to get soaked and the girls
will still have to anchor their
skirts down. Don’t forget the
prom scheduled for this Saturday
at 8:30 p. m. The dance must go
on. A concluding thought;
Breathes there an Aggie with
soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
“Homework be hanged,
I’m going to the Juke Box
Prom.”