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, AUGUST 20, 1941
NUMBER 11
Local A&M
Club to Give
Sunrise Feast
Breakfast to Be
Held August 31;
Honor 85 Guests
With the organization of the
Former Students A. & M. Club of
Brazos County complete, the first
important event of the new group
will be a sunrise country breakfast
at the Bryan Country Club at 7:30
a. m. Sunday, August 31.
The purpose of the affair will
be to honor the following groups:
members of the boards of directors
of A. & M. College and the Asso
ciation of Former Students, as well
as the board of directors and offi
cers of the Bryan Chamber of
Commerce.
At the first meeting of the of
ficers and directors of thfe new
Brazos County club, a decision was
^ > to limit the guest list to some
oo for the breakfast and to limit
the membership in the club to bona
fide former students of Texas
A. & M. College. The organiza
tion already has more than 150
paid up members, and there are
nearly 500 former students in
Brazos County.
In addition to the honored guests,
all who join the club between now
and August 30 will be in attend
ance at the breakfast meeting.
Other guests who will be honored
along with the various boards of
directors are President T. O. Wal
ton of the College, Mayor Ivan
Langford of Bryan, Mayor Frank
Anderson of College Station, the
six A. & M. deans, and three direc
tors of the extension, experiment,
and forestry departments.
The committee in charge of the
breakfast includes George A. Long,
chairman; W. W. Scott, Ford Mun-
nerlyn, Martell Dansby, H. H. Wil
liamson, W. R. McCullough assist
ed by J. C. Hotard, supervisor of
subsistence at A. & M.
The menu will include broiled
ham steaks, red gravy, grits, Dan
ish rolls, preserves, and coffee.
A tentative constitution and by
laws for the Brazos County A. &
M. Club was discussed at a recent
meeting and a drafting committee
(See A. & M. CLUB, page 4)
Five More Aggies
Receive Commissions
In Army Flying Corps
Five former A. & M. students
have just won their wings and sec
ond lieutenant’s commissions in the
U. S. Air Corps. They are D. L.
Silverman, ’39; G. C. Roloson, ’40;
H. A. Underwood, ’40; F. N. Wood,
’40; and M. C. Butler, ’41.
Two more former students, C.
A. Rogers, ’41, and J. G. Lowdon,
’39, have just enlisted in the U.
S. Naval Reserve and will receive
training leading to the rank of
Ensign.
Bizzell Visits With Walton
Present world affairs were among the topics of discussion when
Dr. W. B. Bizzell, right, former president of the University of
Oklahoma, visited recently in the home of Dr. T. O. Walton. The
above picture was taken in Dr. Walton’s residence.
Custodians Short Course
Being Offered Aug. 25-29
A short course for building cus--ftion, building engineering and de-
todians will be offered here August
25-29 by the Industrial Education
Extension Service of the college.
The purpose of the course is to
offer help in promoting and giv
ing instruction in better care of
buildings and equipment; to help in
promoting and giving instructions
in proper health, safety, ventila
tion, sanitation, and lighting con
ditions of buildings for the protec
tion of pupils, teachers, and others
who may work indoors; to inform
custodian-engineers, janitors, and
others who may be responsible for
buildings of the importance of
proper care of buildings.
Six Subjects Offered
There are six subjects offered
in the short course: school house
keeping, heating and ventilating
school buildings, illumination,
school plant maintenance, school
landscaping, and school building
management.
Of the men on the college staff
who will instruct the courses are:
Arnold E. Wittmann, registered
professional enginer and architect
with 23 years experience and for
merly architect and engineer of
the school plant division, State De
partment of Education. He will
have charge of instruction in heat
ing, ventilation, lighting, sanita-
Aggie Water Tower Stands
As Symbol of Freshman Art
By Douglas Lancaster -
Fool’s names and fool’s faces
often appear in public places”—
so goes an old saying.
The A. & M. counterpart of this
seems to be the water tower, which
rises high over the A. & M. cam
pus and displays for miles around
the art work of many an Aggie
fish.
A constant source of amazement
are the many and varied signs
which adorn the “Aggie Art Gal
lery.” Probably all of us have
wondered at one time or another
just how those signs were painted
up there. Along side the tower
is a revolving ladder. Now that the
mystery is solved the insignias of
many organizations are seen proud
ly painted upon its sides. Crossed
cannons, sabers, rifles, and num
bers of graduating classes give
evidences of some Aggie’s daring
in painting the tower.
There are some organizations
who would find it difficult to paint
their symbols on the tower. It
seems quite impossible to paint
a picture of a regimental headqaur-
ters battery. However, this didn’t
phase the second combat train of
the Field Artillery—they promptly
proceeded to have a drawing of a
train and a tender with the figure
2nd above it.
Strangely appearing on the
tower is an orange “Texas U”
painted on its sides by a group of
“teasippers” prior to a Thanksgiv
ing game which was played on
Kyle Field. The freshmen of that
year were told that they would
have to do something about it
rapidly in order to get one step
ahead of the brave “teasipper,”
so the Aggie fish scurried up the
tower and painted the word “Beat”
above the Texas U. inscription.
Now with the water tower hold
ing its capacity of both art and
water, a question has arisen as to
whether the tower will be repaint
ed so the freshmen of the class
of ’45 can have room to show
their artistic ability. According to
Mr. Marburger, head of the B. &
C. U. department, the tower will
not be painted for another two
years. The class of ’45 will have
to hunt for room on which to dis
play their art.
The tower was constructed in
1920 and has a capacity of 145,000
gallons. After its completion the
water tower was painted black, but
the color was later changed to
aluminum.
sign.
Robert C. Brown, for 20 years an
engineer-custodian in the Houston
Public School system, will instruct
in the subjects of school housekeep
ing, cleaning, composition and use
of materials, and will demonstrate
methods and uses of tools and ma
terials.
A. M. Blackman, a school super
intendent of 23 years experience
and formerly chief supervisor of
high schols and first assistant
state superintendent of public
instruction for the State of Texas,
will have charge of the courses in
public relations, school adminis
tration, health, school, personal
sanitation.
E. J. Urbanovsky of the depart
ment of landscape art and grounds
will give courses in care of school
yards, shrubs, and plants.
Frank B. Brown, college elec
trician and chief of the College
Station Fire Department will dis
cuss fire prevention, building in
spection, and care of fire extin
guishers.
Visiting Instructors
On the staff of visiting instruc
tors are: H. F. Harrison, super
intendent of buildings and grounds,
Fort Worth Public Schools, Fort
Worth; F. L. Morosini, superintend
ent of buildings and grounds, Goose
Creek Public Schools; C. O. Hill,
superintendent of buildings and
grounds, San Antonio Public
Schools, San Antonio; C. L. Rector,
superintendent of buildings and
grounds, Waco Public Schools; Per
ry Hudson, superintendent of
buildings and grounds, Palestine
(See CUSTODIANS, page 4)
2,571 Texans
Will be Drafted
During September
State Selective Service Head
quarters today announced the
Army’s twenty-third and twenty-
fourth calls on Texas’ 351 local
boards for 2,571 trainees.
On the twenty-third call 2,227
white trainees will be sent to in
duction stations during the period
September 23 through September
30. On September 22, to fill the
twenty-fourth call, 344 colored
trainees will report for induction.
According to General J. Watt
Page, State Selective Service Di
rector, Texas has been called upon
to furnish 36,202 trainees since
the first call last November. The
total number called, he said, has
been pro-rated among the white
and colored registrants on a basis
of total registration as follows:
30,505 white trainees and 5,697 col
ored trainees.
Gillis Named ’42 Cadet Colonel;
Resigns Post of Battalion Editor
Need Adventure?
Men Wanted For
US Border Patrol
Examinations For
He-man Jobs Will Be
Given by Civil Service
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex
amination for Border Patrolman,
$2,000 a year, for employment in
the Border Patrol, Department of
Justice. The salary is subject to
a retirement deduction of 3 1 /£ , %
percent. Registers will be estab
lished for the following Border Pa
trol Districts: (1) Southwest A, in
cluding the States of California,
Nevada, Utah, and Territory of
Hawaii; (2) Southwest B, includ-
in gStates of Arizona, Colorado,
Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, and
Oklahoma. Vacancies to be filled
from eligible registers established
from this examination will be on
or near Mexican Border. Applica
tions must be on file with the Com
mission’s Washington office not
later than September 11, 1941.
Applicants must show that they
have had certain experience re
quiring a regular program of ar
duous physical activity or training,
such as that required of park
rangers, forest rangers, members
of survey parties, lifeguards, and
linemen for utility companies.
The United States Immigration
Border Patrol is a uniformed po
lice organization, and its primary
function is to detect and prevent
the smuggling and the illegal entry
of aliens into the United States.
The duties of this position are
arduous and the physical and other
standards that must be met are
necessary rigid. The age limits are
21 to 35 and will not be waived
in any case. Eligibles selected
for appointment will be required
to take an extremely intensive
course of training usually at the
border patrol training school at
El Paso, Texas. Failure to pass
this course will be sufficient cause
to separate appointees from the
service.
Full informtaion as to the re
quirements for the examination,
and application forms, may be ob
tained from College Station, Sec
retary of the Board of U. S. Civil
Service Examiners, at the Post Of
fice or Customhouse in this city,
or from the Secretary at any first-
or second-class post office in the
states named above.
Student Janitors
Will Have Special
Short Course Soon
A course for student janitors will
be offered here the week after the
short course for building custodians
is held. It will continue from Sep
tember 2 to September 5.
This course will be similar to
the course offered to the building
custodians and will have the same
instructors. It will aid the stu
dent janitors in their sanitary ef
forts during the next year.
All students who will be build
ing custodians next year will be
required to take this course and
letters instructing them as to this
effect have already been sent out.
Between 135 and 140 student jani
tors are expected to attend this
course.
Frank Weatherbee,
Former Student '38,
Completes Air Course
Frank L. Weatherbee, graduate
of A. & M. in 1938, has recently
completed his basic training course
at Randolph Field, at San Antonio,
Texas. Weatherbee will continue
his flight training with a ten-week
course at an advanced flying
school.
Weatherbee, who is from Galves
ton, will receive his commission as
a Second Lieutenant in the Air
Corps Reserve after completion of
the advanced course.
As Sure as Death
And Taxes - Final
Exams Approach Again
Ah! These happy, carefree, josh
ing college days! But when the
Dogpatch adjectives are forgot
ten, there is a different tale to be
told.
Especially during the period of
1 p. m. Thursday, August 28 un
til noon Saturday, August 30. . . .
for that’s the time scheduled for
final examinations for all summer
students.
As yet, no official schedule has
been made pertaining to what ex
ams will be offered at what time.
However, the custom has been es
tablished in the past to schedule
examinations in the order of their
appearance as courses during the
day . . . that is, all courses taught
at 7:30 a. m. will have their exams
scheduled first, all courses taught
at 8:50 a. m. will be scheduled
second, etc.
Conference Held
For Discussion Of
Personnel Problem
Defense Training-, Social
Welfare in Current Crisis
Considered Grave Topics
Designed to meet the problems of
employers in the present emerg
ency, a program has been announced
for the third annual Texas Personal
Conference October 23-25 at the
University of Texas.
Discussions of defense training,
personnel needs, and social secur
ity and welfare in the current crisis
will keynote the conference, Engi
neering Dean W. R. Woolrich, gen
eral chairman, said. About 300
Texas employers and personnel di
rectors are expected to attend.
Opening day speakers will in
clude Dean Woolrich and Dr. R. L.
Sutherland, director of the Univer
sity’s Hogg Foundation. Safety,
first air training, and employee re
tirement will be discussed.
Particular interest in the ex
change of ideas as to what col
leges offer in the way of employees
and what industry and business
want in personnel from colleges
and universities is shown in sec
ond day program plans.
Addresses by Lawrence Appley,
consultant to the U. S. Secretary
of War, and A. A. Potter, dean
(See CONFERENCE,, page 4)
Physical Exams
Of Men Postponed
If Over 28 Years
All Selective Service Local
Boards in Texas have received in
structions from State Headquar
ters to postpone the physical ex
amination and induction of men
who were twenty-eight years of
age or over on July 1, 1941, ex
cept those who volunteer for induc
tion.
General J. Watt Page, State
Selective Service Director, said that
this directive has been issued on
the strentgh of the status of age
deferment legislation pending in
the National Congress.
It is estimated, the Director said,
that approximately one-half of the
825,429 men who registered in
Texas last October are affected by
this order.
General Page said that local
boards have also been instructed
to postpone the induction of men
who were or will be discharged
from the Regular Army or the
Coast Guard for the convenience
of the government within six
months prior to the completion of
their regular three year period of
enlistment, inasmuch as the age
deferment legislation in its pres
ent form includes a provision which
would relieve such men from train
ing and service.
Gabriel Appointed to Editorship At
Student Publications Board Meeting
The appointment of Tom S. Gillis, senior of B battery Coast
Artillery, to be Cadet Colonel for the 1941-42 session was announced
Monday by President T. O. Walton.
To accept this appointment, it was necessary that he resign the
editorship of The Battalion. This move was necessary because of the
point system adopted for student
points are the maximum allowed"
a single student. Both the Cadet
Colonel and Editor of the Battalion
carry ratings of ten points.
Gillis, who was sergeant major
of the corps and vice-president of
the Junior class last year, is from
Fort Worth. He was awarded the
medal of the Coast Artillery Asso
ciation at the Mother’s Day activi
ties last year; he was also awarded
the scholarship given by the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution for being honor man in the
Junior class.
Don Gabriel, associate editor of
The Battalion, will assume the po
sition of editor for the newspaper
and magazine for the long term.
Gabriel is a senior in C Battery
Coast Artillery and was a junior
editor of the paper last year.
A new associate editor of the-
paper has not been named to suc
ceed Gabriel. Other positions on
the Batalion staff will be announc
ed at the beginning of the long
session in September.
The complete list of military pro
motions for the next session will
be announced at the completion of
the summer session. At that time
the first tentative promotion list
(See COLONEL, page 4)
Air Corps Sends
Recruiting Unit
To Campus Today
A mobile recruiting unit of the
United States Army will be on
the A. & M. campus today in order
to obtain flying cadets for the
Army Air Corps.
Captain Carl T. Sprague, assist
ant Houston recruiting officer for
the service will be on the campus
today and tomorrow to explain the
advantages of the Air Corps to
all who are interested. A motion
picture describing the work of the
division members will be shown
at 7 p. m. tonight.
The recruiting service is operat
ing from a trailer located south
of Ross Hall. Captain Sprague
was accompanied by Sergeant G.
Y. Wilcoxson and Corporal C. C.
Roberts.
A complete description of Fly
ing Cadet enlistments will be found
in a story on the fourth page of
this issue.
Persons interested in the air
corps can get application blanks
and any information they wish
from Sergeant Wilcoxson at the
trailer.
Educational requirements for
men in the air corps have recently
been lowered. A complete list
of the new educational require
ments can be obtained at the trail
er.
activities, which provides that ten
Naval Reserve
Commissions For
College Men Open
Professional Men
Needed for General,
Special Service Branches
Commissions in the United States
Naval Reserve have been made
available to a large number of col
lege graduates in various profes
sional classifications, according to
an announcement by Captian T. A.
Thomson, U. S. N., acting com
mandant, Headquarters Eighth
Naval District, New Orleans, La.
Commissions are being granted
in either the general or special
service branches of the United
States Naval Reserve. Appoint
ments are made at ages between
a minimum of 23 and a maximum
of 50. The rank for which an ap
plicant may qualify will depend
upon his age, educational record,
practical and professional exper
ience and attainments in civil life.
“This program of officer procure
ment is a most important part of
National Defense,” Captain Thom
son explained.
The pay and allowances of of
ficers in the Navy are the same
as corresponding ranks in the
Army; Ensign to Lieutenant Com
mander covering the same ranks as
Second Lieutenant to Major.
Those who desire to apply for
commissions should address a let
ter to the Director of Naval Re
serves, Eighth Naval District, Fed
eral Office Building, New Orleans,
La., giving in detail the facts
concerning their schooling, degree
or degrees awarded, professional
experience, age, place of birth, and
a brief resume of civil occupation
and attainments.
NY A Appoints Four
Students to be On
Advisory Committee
Four young people under 25
years of age have been appoint
ed by Preident Roosevelt to mem
bership on the National Advisory
Committee of the National Youth
Administration, it was announced
today by NYA Administrator
Aubrey Williams.
The youth are: Miss Esther
Ekblad, of Salina, Kansas, who
will represent the interests of farm
youth on the NYA Advisory Com
mittee; Carroll M. Leevy, Colum
bia, South Carolina, who will rep
resent Negro youth; Miss Louise
Morley, of New York City, repre
senting student youth; and James
R. Herrington, Jr., an NYA project
worker at College Park, Georgia,
who is to be spokesman for NYA
youth.
Last Juke Box Prom Until
Next Year Coming Saturday
By Florence Hollingshead
All the newspapers, magazines,
and radios are broadcasting the
fact that fall weather and another
year of heavy cogitating are not far
off. Consequently the summer
semester is drawing to a close to
be continued next year. Since
everything is happening so rapid
ly, may I say in rushing sort of
way that the next to the last
Juke Box Prom went off wonder
fully last Saturday night. All the
dances have been loads of fun, so
I’ve heard. Maybe the happiness
of everyone is due to the fact that
the drudgery of school will soon
be over.
This time last year, the top rank
ing tunes were “Tuxedo Junction,”
“Blueberry Hill,” “I’ll Never Smile
Again,” and “Sierra Sue.” Now the
topnotchers are “Chattanooga
■Choo Choo,” “Taps to Reville,”
“Yes Indeed,” and “Blue Cham
pagne.”
We hope that the dances have
been successful and that your week
ends have been made enjoyable with
them. The dance this Saturday
night will be the last informal one
held in Sbisa Hall for another nine
months, so it is your last chance
to come out for three and a half
hours of informal enjoyment. If
you have found these proms en
joyable, thank Luke Harrison for
them. He has made them possi
ble, and we certainly appreciate
them, too.
In regard to an orchestra for
the last dance, the decision is not
going to be told here. Yehoodi and
his Glass Band may do the honors,
who knows?