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THE BATTALION
-TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1941
Firemen Tested With Tear Gas
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Above are some of the 576 Texas firemen shown as they emerged
from the tear gas chamber test during the Firemen’s Short Course
held the second semester of summer school. The gas masks are
training equipment with rubber face pieces that were 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 was used to maintain a high concentration of the
gas which the firemen were sent through.
Curtis Scharmberg 1 ,
Manager of Creamery,
Resigns from A & M
Curtis Scharmberg, who has been
manager of the A. & M. creamery
for the' past two years, resigned
during the summer to become- as
sociated with the Blue Ribbon
Dairies at Alexandria, La., C. N.
Shepardson, head of the dairy hus
bandry department announced.
He will be succeeded by Merle
Walling, a graduate of A. & M. in
1937. Walling comes to the college
from the Bell Ice Cream Co. in
Corpus Christi after having been
with the Texas Milk Products Co.
at Longview and Mt. Pleasant af
ter graduation.
Scharmberg graduated from
Texas Technological college but
received his master of science de
gree in dairy husbandry from A.
& M. in 1939.
The first touchdown ever scor
ed against Texas was made in 1902
by George Hope.
Important Events Happen During Summer
City Grows Fast
College Station continued its
rapid growth as Mayor Frank An
derson announced a street improve
ment program for College Park,
College Hills, and Oakwood. At
the same time Mrs. A. M. Waldrop
began the construction of a modern
building at the North Gate area.
Sbisa Hall was also the scene of an
improvement program.
E. J. Howell, registrar of the
college, was celled into active ser
vice with the army. He is a major
in the Infantry Reserve. H. L. Hea
ton, assistant registrar, is acting
in Howell’s place during his ab
sence.
Farmers Hear Governor
One of the big attractions of the
" college during the summer was
the Annual Farmer’s Short Course
which was held July 13-15. Seven
thousand visitors were on the cam
pus at that time. Coke R. Steven
son, now governor of Texas, was
the principal speaker at this meet
ing.
The conversion of Guion Hall in
to a motion picture theater was be
gun during the summer. It will be
ready by October 1.
E. J. Kyle, dean of the school of
agriculture, left on a four months
goodwill tour of Central and South
America. D. W. Williams, head of
the animal husbandry department
is acting as dean during Kyle’s
absence.
Bizzell Visits
Registration for the second se
mester of the summer session fail
ed to reach the enrollment mark
set by the first semester. Only 1,133
attended classes during the second
semester.
Feature attraction o* tfte short
courses held at A. & M. was the
Firemen’s Short Course. This
course sponsored by the chemistry
department was attended by 576
firemen from all of Texas. The
theme of the course was the role
of the firemen in national defense.
Dr. W. B. Bizzell, former pres
ident of A. & M. was a visitor on
the campus during the summer. He
had recently been retired as pres
ident of the University of Okla
homa. Bizzell Hall is named for
him. He expressed amazement at
the rapid growth of A. & M. since
he has left here.
Watson Transferred
Later in the session the transfer
of Lieutenant Colonel James A.
Watson, commandant of the col
lege was announced; Colonel Wat
son was transferred to San An
tonio where he will be with the
C. C. C.
Of immediate interest to the
many former A. & M. students liv
ing here was the formation of the
Brazos County A. & M. club. P. L.
Downs, Jr. was elected first pres
ident of the organization.
An additional grant of $75,000
was made by the Civil Aeronautics
Authority for the basic lighting of
Easterwood Airport. This grant
brought to $303,000 the total of
the amount spent for improving
and developing of the field for
army requirements.
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Officials Signal College Milestones
The past summer was an eventful one in the history of A. & M.
college. While 1,177 students were attending the first semester summer
session, several important changes occured at the college.
During the first week of the summer session work on the new
group of four dormitories was resumed after a delay of six weeks.
Work on the dormitories to be constructed west of the hospital, has been
progressing steadily, and they will be ready for students by the begin
ning of the second semester.
Colonel Ike Ashburn, executive-f 1,
assistant to the president, left the
college to take a position with the
Harris County Association for In
dustrial Peace. He was succeeded
in his position by E. L. Angell,
manager of student publications.
In connections with the policy of
the college in offering many short
courses, the thirteenth annual short
course for cotton seed oil mill op
erators was held during the sum-
Kyle Field
By Mike Haikin
(Continued from page 6)
McQuillan, will have a wealth of
material on their hands when
spring training opens September
12. Such famous high school
stars as Ed Dusek, Temple’s hard
hitting fullback, Jennings Ander
son, Breckenridge’s all-state back,
and Dickie Haas, ace ball to ter
from Corpus Christi are only a few
examples of the material DeWare
and Smith will have.
Sports Squibs from here and there
. . . Frank Kimbrough, former
Hardin-Simmons coach, is the on
ly new mentor in the conference
this year ... he is serving with
Baylor . . . Charlie Stevenson, who
was reported to be ineligible at
the close of last year, is in good
grace again ... he will probably
be a starting guard on the basket
ball team, and is groomed to be
the Aggies’ ace pitcher in the
spring ... Of the nine starters
that graduated from A. & M. last
year, only John Kimbrough, Mar
ion Pugh, and Ernie Pannell, have
been signed up with professional
clubs. . . . Kimbrough is with the
New York Yankees, Pugh is with
the New York Giants, while Pan
nell is with the Green Bay Packers
. . . Incidentally, Pannell, proved
to be one of the stars in the re
cent All-Star-Chicago Bear bat
tle .. . he played a total of 50
minutes in the game ... Odell Her
man was given a contract by the
Philadelphia Eagles, but Uncle Sam
had other ideas about him, so now
he has no contract, and is in the
army . . . Coach Harry Faulkner,
former Fish baseball coach, is now
athletic director at the North
American Plane factory . . . Notre
Dame, Stanford, Minnesota, and
Texas University are picked by
most sport writers to fight it out
for the National championship . . .
Coach Frank Leahy, formerly of
Boston College, and now of Notre
Dame, and Clark Shaughnessy of
Stanford should baffle the “boys”
again with their spread and “T”
formations, respectively.
-SWC RACE-
(Continued from page 7)
Bucek, big 200-pound guard, A. J.
Mercer, and Leonard Holder, cen
ters. Besides Ruby at tackle, there
is big Euel Wesson on the other
tackle post. The Aggies have the
best end material in the confer
ence. Probable starters will be
Bill Henderson and Jim Sterling,
but ready to supplement' them will
be such stars as “Boots” Simmons,
Harold Cowley, Jimmy Knight, and
Truman Cox.
Offense Around Moser
The Aggie offense will almost
altogether center around Derace
Moser, triple threat back. Moser
is an excellent runner and kicker,
and is a fair hand at passing. Aid
ing in the attack will be Marshall
Spivey at half-back. Willie Zapa-
lac at blocking back, and Jake
Webster at the fullback post. Nor
ton has been especially pleased with
the work of Zapalac, who was held
out last year. He is big and dur
able, and is expected to add some
running with his blocking back
duties. Webster is the Aggies’
ace extra point kicker, while Spivey
excels in pass defense. Loss of
Marion Pugh has left the Aggies
without one experienced passer. Be
sides Moser, who is expected to do
most of the flinging, Tom Pickett,
Leo Daniels, and Bill Andrews are
slated for heavy duty as far as
passing is concerned. Daniels, who
resembles the great Dick Todd
when he carries the ball, will prob
ably see much action during the
coming year.
Fight For Cellar
As for the rest of the confer
ence, it looks like it is going to
be a tough fight between T. C. U.,
Baylor, and Arkansas for the cellar
spot. The T. C. U. Frogs, spark
ed by Kyle Gillespie, triple threat,
successor to Sammy Baugh and
Davey O’Brien, may knock off a
favored team or two, but are not
expected to place high in the stand
ings because of their inexperience.
The same thing can be said of the
Baylor Bears, who will depend
on Jack Wilson, ace ball to ter, and
Jack Russell, one of the best ends
in the conference, to supply them
any kind of punch. The Arkansas
Razorbacks, too, are expected to
make a good showing of them
selves in every game, but with the
loss of little Harold Hamberg to
the army, they are not expected to
go very far in the race.
Bizzell Visits Walton
Present world affairs were among the topics of discussion when
Dr. W. B. Bizzell, right, president emeritus of the University of
Oklahoma, visited in the home of Dr. T. O. Walton this summer.
Dr. Bizzell, who is a past president of A. & M., marvelled at the
growth of the college since he was here last.
Texas A. & M. had a representa
tive in the Olympic Games in 1920
—a javelin thrower.
The Mess Hall and the Academic
Building were destroyed by fire in
1911.
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