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DIAL 4-5444 STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION VOLUME 41 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 11,1941 Z725 NUMBER 2 Promotions On II u v at if Teaching Staff Held on \ Steps at Seven Recently Approved College Night Activities 8,500 Civilians, Cadets Expected At First Yell Practice The largest College Night cele bration ever to be held in the 65- year history of A. & M. will be gin at seven p.m. Skeen Staley, head yell leader predicted last night. With an expected attendance of more than 8,500 cadets and civi lians the event is the first yell practice of the year and will be the first opportunity that fresh men will have to see what lies a- head of them in the coming nine months. The College Night exercises will feature short talks by President T. 0. Walton, E. L. Angell, Gibb Gilchrist, D. W. Williams repre senting the Athletic ouncil, Joe E. Davis representing the Com mandant, Tom Gillis, Cadet Colonel and Coach Homer Norton. Coach Norton will introduce members of his coaching staff and members of the team, explaining the prospects for this year and the hopes that he has for the team that authoritative critics state is going to be the most unpredictable in the southwest conference. As at all yell practices the 216 piece Aggie Band will be present to aid with popular Aggie music and also in the yells. The A. & M. yell leaders who will officiate at the College Night ex ercises include Skeen Staley, head yell leader, J. O. Alexander, senior assistant yell leader, Jack Nagel and “Chuck” Chalmers, junior yell leaders. College Night will be held at the traditional location of all yell practices, on the steps of the Y.M.C.A. and the area immediate ly surrounding the Y. The yell leaders predict that the College Night program will be one of the most successful in the A. & M. College history. Civilians in surrounding communities are wel come and invited to attend the colorful and interesting functions. One of the features of the Col lege Night program will be the presentation of batons to three of the band majors—Jack Balagia, Infantry Band, Claude Stewart, F. A. Band, and “Bo” Hinds, Band Major. The batons will be present ed by Skeen Staley for Holick’s Boot Shop. Staley will give instructions to the freshmen concerning the yell practices and plans for the coming year. Jenkins Replaces Woolket as Singing Cadet Director Beginning Group To Supplement Advanced Singers in the Future R. W. Jenkins has been appoint ed to the college faculty as a full time director of the Singing Ca dets to replace Dr. J. J. Woolket who has been the director of the choral group in the past. Jenkins comes from Houston, where he has been the assistant choir director of the First Metho dist Church and has been the choir New Director Deadline For 1942 Longhorn Pictures Is Fixed The deadline for the class pic tures for the 1942 Longhorn have been set. As in previous years, the pictures will be made accord ing to classes, and the classes will be taken by organizations. The senior pictures will be taken from September 16 through Octo ber 17, the first organization be ing the Field Artillery, which will have their pictures taken from Sep tember 16 through the 22. Each week The Battalion will run a block column of the dates of deadlines showing the dates each organization will get its seniors pictures taken. The Longhorn staff, in order to facilitate their work, asks that the student body cooperate by the observance of all deadlines, and that in filling in class cards all spelling is cor rect, since the writing on the card appears in the book as it is on the card. R. L. Heitkamp, editor of the yearbook, announced that there are available two junior assistant po sitions on the Longhorn staff, and any juniors interested should con tact him at the Longhorn office. Following is a list of the dates that seniors are to get their pic tures taken: September 16 through 22—Field Artillery. September 23 through 29—Infan try. September 30 through October 5—Composite Regiment. October 6 through 8—Cavalry. October 9 through 13—Engi neers. October 14 through 17—Coast Artillery. Richard Jenkins director of the Collins Memorial Methodist Church. Jenkins is the son of Walter R. Jenkins, who has lead singing at A. & M. on many occasions and will lead the singing at the Fresh man Assembly today. The officers of the Singing Ca dets for the coming season will be Pete Adams, preisdent; Tom Collins, vice-president; J. O. Bart lett, business manager; and C. A. Martin, publicity. The Singing Cadets will be di vided into two groups, an afternoon group, which will meet from 4 to 5 p. m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and an evening group, meeting from seven to eight p. m. on Mondays, Tuesday, and Thurs days. The evening section will be the major and most advanced group, which will be used on con cert tours. It will be fed by the best singers from the afternoon section. This evening section will be limited to about 90 to 110 mem bers, but the afternoon group will be open to all Aggies who like to sing, regardless of their abil ity or experience. Three Men Receive Promotions to Full Professorship Positions The Board of Directors of A. & M. approved the promotion of several members of the college teaching staff at their last meet ing held here August 29. These promotions were made up on the recommendation of Dean F. C. Bolton to Dr. T. O. Walton. The promotions approved by the board are: Animal husbandry: N. G. Schu- essler, associate professor to pro fessor. Horticulture: S. B. Apple, in structor to assistant professor. Biology: Dr. S. H. Hopkins, as sistant professor to associate pro fessor; Dr. T. W. Bretz, instructor to assistant professor. Chemistry: Dr. H. H. Garretson, instructor to assistant professor. Economics: P. A. Nutter, asso ciate professor to professor. English: J. Q. Hayes, assistant professor to associate professor; Dr. W. A. Owens, instructor to associate professor; P. C. Key, as sistant professor to associate pro fessor; K. E. Elmquist, instructor to assistant professor; F. E. Ekfelt, instructor to assistant professor; E. D. Hedgcock, instructor to as sistant professor. Geology: Dr. S. S. Goldich, as sistant professor to associate pro fessor; Dr. C. S. Bacon, assist ant professor to associate profes sor; Dr. L. D. Toulmin, Jr., instruc tor to assistant professor; Dr. J. F. Smith, Jr., instructor to assist ant professor. History: Dr. J. L. Dodson, in structor to assistant professor. Mathematics: Dr. E. C. Klipple, assistant professor to associate professor; Dr. B. W. Brewer, in structor to assistant professor. Physical Education: A. D. Adam son, instructor to assistant profes sor. Physics: Dr. G. K. Schoepfle, assistant professor to associate professor; Dr. Joseph Morgan, in structor to assistant professor. Architecture: S. B. Zisman, as sistant professor to associate pro fessor. Chemical engineering: F. F. Bishop, associate professor to pro fessor. Freshman Registration Figure Racing Toward All-Time High Story of Aggieland Pictured Next Month In National Magazine A picture story of A. & M. taken by Harold Kulik last spring will appear in PIC magazine next issue. It covers the whole range of A. & M. from the airport to the main entrance and from the North Gate to Uncle Ed's. It is not known how many pic tures will be used but the fact that at long last some photograph er was ^ble to sell the story' of Aggieland to a picture magazine is important to the near 45,000 ex- Aggies and the almost 7,000 stu dents now in school. Church Groups Entertain Fish Tomorrow Evening Programs Are Part Of Orientation Plan Carried Out at First of Each Year Services for the purpose of ac quainting freshmen with the va rious churches and their pastors will be conducted throught the cam pus Friday night at seven o’clock. These programs are conducted at the beginning of each year as a part of freshman orientation in order that the new students may learn the location of College Sta tion churches and their members. Church leaders of the differrent churches are strongly urging the freshmen to attend these meetings. The First Baptist Chtirch and the Baptist Student Union will conduct its services at the Baptist Tabernacle at the North Gate. Rev- erand R. L. Brown will be in charge of the activities. Catholic services will be conduct ed by Monsignor J. B. Gleissner at the St. Mary’s Chapel. R. B. Sweet, minister of the Church of Christ will meet with students of that religion at the Church of Christ at the North Gate. Members of the Episcopal Church will meet at the Episcopal Chapel which is located on the south side of the campus, directly across from the drill field. Reverend Roscoe C. Hauser will be in charge. Those attending the Methodist 'Church will meet James Carlin at ernacle which north entrance Services will Y. M. C. A. for Lr? on the second Kurt Hartman; by Nor: son in the “Y” chapel for Pres byterian students, and by Mrs. J. J. Taubenhaus for Jewish students. Students of the First Christian Church will meet on the lawn of Guion Hall with Reverend E. S. Bledsoe of that church. All other groups will meet at Guion Hall. Acting Registrar H. Lloyd Heaton, who was as sistant registrar until Major E. J. Howell was called to active service in the United States Army, has been ap pointed acting registrar by president T. O. Walton during Howell’s absence. R. G. Perry man, a graduate of North Tex as State Teachers’ College, will act as assistant registrar. Unofficial Total For First Day Reaches 2308; 145 More Than ’40 In an endless stream of humanity, the Freshman Class for the college session 1941-42 flowed through the Administration building yesterday and forced the registrar’s office to remain open past the usual five o’clock closing time. The unofficial registration figure for the freshmen at the close of the day was 2,308. This represents an increase of 145 freshmen over the same figures at the close of the first day of reg istration last year. At that time '2,163 freshmen had entered A. & M. A & M Instructor Publishes Article In Trade Magazine Chris R. Groneman, instructor in the industrial education depart ment here is one of the contributors to the current issue of “Industrial Arts and Vocational Education” published in Milwaukee. Mr. Groneman pens an article on how to construct a radio end-table. Late this fall the Bruce Publishing Com pany has scheduled a book from Mr. Groneman’s pen, entitled “Bent Tubular Furniture.” Baptists Break Ground for 1000 Seat Church Mon. Ground will be broken Monday for the new Baptist Church building which will seat over a thousand people upon completion. The ground will be broken by A. D. Foreman, President of the Baptist General Convention of Tex as, Dr. F. B. Thorn, Pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Hous ton, and Dr. T. C. Jester, Pastor of the Baptist Temple of Houston. Construction of the new building will begin immediately and is plan ned to be finished and ready for use by the beginning of the second semester. The auditorium of the present will be left intact and moved to the back of the lot for use as a recre ational and educational center. The new structure will be of brick and will have a two story auditorium. The construction work is being done by the Brown Con struction Company of Houston ac cording to architectural plans by Ralph Buffington of Houston. The College Station Baptist Church was started in 1921 by Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Brown who came here from Pennsylvania. It is the only church here organized by stu dent work on the campus. The present building was completed in 1918 and enlarged in order to ac comodate increased membership in 1939. Largest Campus Building Planned At Board Meeting Structure Will House Inside Drill Area, Class Rooms, and Laboratories Suggestions for a classroom-re- creational building planned at pres ent to be the largest building on the A. & M. campus were made at the latest meeting of the Board of Directors of A. & M. College. The board authorized the appli cation for a P. W. A. loan for the construction of the building. It is to contain an arena that might be used for indoor drill when weather does not permit outdoor activities and will be surrounded by classrooms and laboratories to supplement those buildings that are becoming crowded as a result of increasing enrollment at the col lege. The completion of the basement to the college hospital and the addi tion of a number of rooms to care for a larger number of boys was authorized at a cost of $6,600. The board also directed that the roof and floor of the field house at Kyle Field be redone with new materials. lake This A&M’s Best Year’Walton Challenges Seniors Cadet Officers and other student leaders were challenged by Presi dent T. O. Walton to meet the re sponsibilities of the coming year and make it the greatest in the his tory of the college at a meeting of the seniors and first sergeants in the Assembly Hall Tuesday morning. “The people of the State of Texas in this time of emergency are expecting that this be the best year in the history of A. & M., and it depends upon the sen iors and student leaders to fulfill their expectations,” Dr. Walton said. To do this you must do right regardless and help eliminate those practices that are harmful. Young gentlemen, I challenge you to make this our best year,” President Walton continued. Throughout the day the class of ’45 stomped and pushed their way through registration lines. From early in the morning, when the freshmen attended a preliminary meeting in the Assembly hall where they received their instructions, the big rush was on. Complete figures for registra tion will not be available for several days as more names are constantly being added to the college rolls by late comers. Upperclassmen regis tration will continue today, clas sified seniors registered Tuesday. Registration this year got off to an early start compared with last year. The first man through the lines turned in his card at 8:25; last year the first fish didn’t show up until 8:45 in the morning. By nine a. m. 61 freshmen had com pleted their registration. At ten a. m. the number had increased to 286. Throughout the morning the number of fish who had filed through the registrar’s office Steadily increased. By 12 o’clock noon 726 men were finished. During the afternoon the num ber increased by successive stages from 851 at one p. m., to 1,039 at two p. m., 1,233 at three p. m., 1,512 at four p. m., and 1,758 at five p. m. At 5:30 when the last count before the final one was taken 1,931 fish had completed their first official day at A. & M. Tuesday’s early registration was taken advantage of by 555 classi fied seniors and first sergeants. This was the first year in which this group was permitted to regis ter early. Seniors who failed to register on Tuesday can complete their registration today. A regular schedule of time to register has been prepared by the registrar’s office and should be fol lowed by the old students. A com plete list of registration instruc tions is found in the official schedule of classes which is dis tributed by the registrar’s office. All students who are unable to register at their regularly sched- duled time will be permitted to register at three p. m. today. A complete total of registration figures including today’s registra tion will be carried in The Bat talion as soon as they are released. E. L. ‘Chief Angell and Joe Skiles Encounter Important New Duties E. L. Angell, known to student publications boys and Aggies throughout the school as “Chief” has taken the place of the Colonel Ike Ashburn as assistant to the President. He assumed his new duties when Colonel Ashburn went to Houston to serve as the execu tive secretary of the Harris Coun ty League for Industrial Peace. Taking Chief’s place in the Stu dent Publications office is Joe Skiles, former member of the State Legislature, of Denton. Skiles has taken over his new work as the Publications director follow ing three regular sessions of ser vice in the legislature, tendering his resignation to Governor Coke Stevenson to take his new position. In the choice of Joe Skiles as chief of the Student Publications, President T. O. Walton received the following reccomendation from President W. J. McConnell of N. T. S. T. C. “Joe and Mrs. Skiles are two of the finest young people whom we have ever graduated and I am glad to see them step into a situation which I believe they can fill with credit to themselves, to us, and to you.” Angell was the second manager of the student publications succeed- his brother, J. E. Angell who took Takes Job... Joe Skiles the position in 1931. “Chief” came back to A. & M. in the spring of 1936 and has served as publica tions chief ever suice. He receiv- e4 his B. S. degree from N. T. S. T. C. and his M. S. from Columbia University after a year at the University of Chicago. He came to A. & M. from Beaumont where he was a member of the State De partment of Education. Skiles received his Bachelor’s degree from N. T. S. T. C. where he later completed on a Masters. He attended Texas University Law School until he was admitted to the State Bar Association. During his college career he served as editor of the College pa per as editor of the college year book and as manager of college publications. Boys holding simi lar jobs at A. & M. will now be under his supervision. Following several months service in the un expired term of a member of the Legislature, Skiles was later elect ed to the seat permanently. He served for three regular sessions, holding a place on the appropria tions committee and the commit tee on higher education. Colonel Ashburn served as exe cutive assistant to the President for four years, receiving his ap pointment to this position in 1937. He was succeeded by E. L. Angell when he resigned to become a As Chief Advances E. L. Angell member of the Harris County Lea gue for Industrial Peace in June. When Angell became chief of student publications in 1936 there was no publications board in the present sense nor was there an ac tivities committee. In 1939, Town Hall, the Longhorn, The Battalion, and the other student activities such as clubs and organizations as well as the class activities came under one office and was under the charge of the Student Activi ties committee. At the present a new arrangement has been brought about with Joe Skiles in charge of student publications and, aiding in student activities, Grady Elms will deal principally with student ac tivities and W. C. Stone will serve as assistant chief of student publi cations. Martin B. Winfrey, Dallas Law yer had the following statement to make concerning Skiles’ appoint ment at A. & M. “To my way of thinking Joe Skiles was one of the most valuable public officials the State of Texas has had. He was energetic, unusually able and al together a wholesome, high class, honorable man who will be sorely missed by the Legislature.” Senior Ring Orders Accepted on 1st And 15th of Each Month All seniors who did not receive rings following Tuesday’s regis tration will be able to pla ce their orders at the registrar’s | office during the coming year, on the first and fifteenth of each /nonth. The rings are available fn light Russian, dark Russian, an ^antique green metalic finishes. T' icy come in a range of weights .from 12 to 18 pennyweight. Pric< j for the rings according to weigh is are 12 pennyweight, $18.50; 13, ? 19.35; 14, $20.20; 15, $21.05; 16, 5 ;1.90; 17, $22.75; 18, $23.60. A t’ te dollar deposit is required to 'Race the order.. BATT STAFF MEETS TONIGHT The Battalion Stal^f will hold its first meeting tonight immediately after the College Night activities in room 122 Administration building! . ’1 °ld members and prospec tive members are urged Ip at tend; staff organization for the new year will be com pleted and promotions will be announced.