V 'S'
J ‘V
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, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 20, 1941
Z275
NUMBER 6
Hervey Vows to Lead Class of’42 in Aggressive Program
Unusual Order
Prevails During
Senior Meeting
Signal Corps
Expands For
New Demand
Trained Officers
Badly Needed For
Signal Corps Units
The expansion of the Signal
Corps R.O.T.C. unit at A. and M.
was announced yesterday by Lt.
G. P. Lerner, head of the Signal
Corps at A. & M. This move is
necessitated by the tremendous de
mand for trained Signal Corps of
ficers. . U
All engineering freshmen and
sophomores except those enrolled
in agricultural and architectural
engineering are now eligible for
membership in the Signal Corps
unit here. Liberal arts Freshmen
and sophomores who are minoring
in modern languages are also per
mitted to sign up for the Signal
Corps.
The changed requirements for
enrollment in the Signal Corps are
as follows: For enrollment in M.
S. 105 and 106, first year basic,
enrollment in engineering, or min
oring in a modern language (two
years). For M.S. 205 and 206, sec
ond year basic, continued enroll
ment in the above courses.
Junior-Seniors
The course of instruction for
the juniors and seniors has been
divided into two groups, one classi
fied as combatants and the other
group known as the cryptograph
ic specialists. The combatant group
will be required to have completed
the 1st and 2nd year basic cours
es, continued enrollment in engi
neering, and courses in telephone
and radio communication as offer
ed by the electrical engineering de
partment.
The prerequisites for the cryp
tographic group are two years of
a modern language or enrollment in
the second year of a modern lang
uage; or qualification as an expert
chemist.
In addition one must have com
pleted the second year basic course.
Another requirement is a 48 hour
course in cryptography in both
the 1st and second year advanced
course to be offered by the Eng
lish department. These crypto
graphy courses are in lieu of the
courses in telephone and radio com
munication offered by the electri
cal engineering department for the
combatant group.
A student who receives his re-
(See SIGNAL CORPS, Page 2)
Sherwood Receives Plaque
At the eighteenth annual Texas Baby Chick Association banquet
given this year in his honor, R. M. Sherwood, poultry husbandry
expert of the Agricultural Experiment Station, was awarded a
plaque attesting “22 years of unselfish service to Texas poultry-
men”. A. H. Demke (right) of Stephenville, executive secretary of
the association, is shown giving the plaque to Sherwood.
Hedges Goes
To Maryland For
Chem Conference
Hedges Will Represent
Eighth Corps Area At
National Defense Meeting
Dr. C. C. Hedges, head of the
Department of Chemistry and Di
rector of the Firemen’s Training
School, left Friday at noon for
Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, be
ing called to represent the Eighth
Corps Area in a National Defense
conference.
Major Eads, Chemical Warfare
officer at Fort Sam Houston, noti
fied Dr. Hedges Thursday of the
conference; Dr. Hedges consented
to go and left as soon as possi
ble.
Dr. Hedges, accompanied by an
Oklahoma 1’epresentative, also
from the Eighth Corps Area, will
attend a school which gives in
struction as to the structure and
effect of incendiary bombs, and
methods of fire-fighting in the con
trol of this type of explosives. Dr.
Hedges, in turn, will pass on the
information he learns to the mem
bers of the Firemen’s Training
School next summer.
He expects to be gone approxi
mately two weeks and a half, and
will return about October 7.
The Twelfth Man
This is “The Twelfth Man”, the new fight song which has
been proposed for A. & M. Mention of this song was made at
the Yell Practice held Thursday night. The song will be in
troduced at the Tuesday night Yell Practice. Know the song
by then.
Texas Aggies—Down in Aggieland
We’ve got Aggie Spirit to a man
Stand united—that’s the Aggie theme
We’re that twelfth man—on the team
When we’re down—the going’s rough and tough
We just grin and yell we’ve got the stuff
To fight together for the Aggie Dream
We’re the twelfth man on that fightin’ Aggie Team
Faculty Dance
Club Announces
Architecture Club
To Exhibit Paintings
Marking the beginning of an im
portant year, the Architectural So
ciety will present an exhibit of
paintings and drawings of the fac
ulty Sunday on the fourth floor
of the Academic building. The dis
play will include renderings in
water color, pastel, oils, and pen
cil.
The society which has chosen
“Post War Building” as its theme,
cordially invites the public to at
tend the exhibit from two to five
o’clock at which time the elevator
will be in service.
Town Hall Springs Second Surprise
As Modern Choir From TSCW Engaged
Springing a second surprise an
nouncement in two days, Town Hall
Manager Fred Smitham, announc
ed today he had received accept
ance from the Modern Choir of
Texas State College for Women
to appear as special guests on this
year’s Town Hall program. One
of the outstanding college musical
groups in the state, the Denton
singers will present their own
“Hour of Charm” music to Town
Hall ticket holders some time in
early November or January. The
exact date will be announced later,
Smitham said, but the appearance
of the choir is definite.
Featuring popular songs, light
classicals and many novelty ar
rangements, the TSCW Choir con
sists of some 30 girl singers, stu
dent announcer and soloists. Their
program usually offers special
numbers, violin solos, and solos
by members of the choir. The
group has won acclaim throughout
the state and has appeared before
many outstanding audiences, con
ventions, Federated Women’s Club
convention, and has made regular
appearances before the State Leg
islature. One critic. said of their
last season’s performance in Aus
tin, “Thirty young charmsters in
lovely gowns, with voices blended
in perfect harmony, the TSCW
Modern Choir is a vision in beau
ty, and harmony of song in one.”
The choir is directed by Dr. Wil
liam Jones.
With Red Nichols scheduled for
a “Swing Session” on the night
of October 10th in a Town Hall
program prior to a scheduled Corps
dance, Smitham stated he hoped
to complete the full program for
the season early next week. Fray
and Braggiotti, outstanding piano
duo, are being considered, togeth
er with Alec Templeton, British
artist of the ivory keys.
Smitham said the full season’s
program would include: Red Nich
ols Swing Music, October 10;
Helen Jepson, October 29th; Al
bert Spalding, December 3rd;
Quentin Reynolds, February 23rd;
Agnes DeMille Dancers, March
5th; TSCW Modern Choir, date to
be selected; Singing Cadets, date
to be selected; Houston Symphony,
Jan. 14th; and, either Fray &
Braggiotti, Alec Templeton or some
other outstanding artist. Smitham
said if finances permitted he hoped
to also add an outstanding swing
band next spring.
The full season’s ticket can be
purchased by Aggies for $2.00 from
company commanders, entitling
holders to admission to all regu
lar performances and the special
attractions such as Red Nichols and
TSCW Choir, Smitham added.
Today Last Day To
Get Batt Magazines
Those students who still have
Battalion Magazine cards and have
not yet received their September
issue of the publication should
come by the Student Activities Of
fice by noon today for their copy,
Gene Wilmeth, Battalion circula
tion manager said Friday.
Activities Group
To Rule on Y Money
Rulings on how to divide the 20
percent of the Y. M. C. A. picture
show proceeds among the various
student clubs and societies will be
decided next Wednesday at the 2:30
p.m. meeting of the Student Activ
ities Committee, Tom Gillis, senior
representative, told The Battalion
Friday.
Members of the committe in
clude Dean F. C. Bolton, D. W. Wil
liams, acting Dean of Agriculture,
G. B. Wilcox, acting mayor; E. L.
Angel, assistant to the president,
Gillis, Don Gabriel, editor of The
Battalion; Charlie Babcock, junior
representative; R. L. Heitkamp,
editor of the Longhorn; Roland
Bing, editor of the Agriculturist;
Billy Davis, editor of the Engineer;
Fred Smitham, Town Hall man
ager; and Alden Cathay, social
secretary.
’41 Entertainments Going Up Fast
Biology Club Shows
Two Reel Film At Its
Opening ’41 Meeting
The Biology club had a highly
successful meeting last night as
it got off to a good start for the
current year.
After introductory remarks by
R. S. Crawford, president of the
dub, sponsors and members of the
biology department were introduc
ed to some new members.
A two reel conversation film ti
tled “Vanishing Herds” was then
shown to the group after which
the serving of ice cream ended the
meeting.
The club with a restricted limit
of 40 student members still has a
few openings left for anyone in
terested in biology or taking at
least one biology course. The next
meeting will take place on the first
Thursday in October,
Jitterbug, Conga
“Littlefoot” And
Schottische Popular
All those faculty members young
enough in spirit and strong enough
of physique to dance or watch are
invited to the first dance of the
Faculty Dance Club, stated Secre
tary G. J. Samuelson, of the club
in announcing that Friday, Sep
tember 26 has been selected as the
first date. It will last from 9-12
The club is made up of interested
members of the college community
and their guests, who make up the
attendance at the nine dances held
during the year. Everyone who
would like to participate in or
watch an occasional vigorous
schottische, a stately “little foot,”
a tepid conga, a jitterbug (rare at
Faculty dances), as well as the
conventional dances are urged to
join in the fun. Light refresh
ments are usually served to re
vive those who take their dancing
more seriously.
Music will be furnished by the
Aggieland Sextette, a selected
group from the Aggieland Orches
tra under the direction of R. B.
(Toppy) Pearce.
The admission price per dance
is $1.10 including Federal tax; or
a ticket for the whole series of
dances may be purchased for $6.60,
through either E. N. Holmgreen,
president, or G. J. Eamuelson, sec
retary of the club.
‘Most Modern
AAA Building’
Three Story Structure
On Corner of Campus To
House State Ag Offices
Work on the three story “most
modern AAA building in the Unit
ed States” that is being construct
ed on the northwest corner of the
campus is now well under way, E.
N. Holmgreen, college business
manager, told reporters yesterday
afternoon.
This building to be one of the
largest at A. & M. will house
the state offices of the Agricul
tural Adjustment Administration
and will be leased by the college
to the Department of Agricul
ture.
The building was started early
this month and will be completed
some time in January.
Twelve percent of all of the
work handled by the AAA in the
United States comes through the
local office. The personnel of the
offices have an annual payroll of
over $750,000.
Among the activities of this of
fice are the agriculture conserva
tion program, crop insurance pro
gram, and marketing quota on cot
ton, wheat, and rice. The cotton
stamp program is also handled
through the state organization.
A & M Trains Men in National Defense Engineering
Rules on Autos
Posted By College
In accordance with the College
Regulations regarding the use of
motor vehicles by students, all
dormitory and day students should
have registered their motor vehic
les at the Commandant’s office
yesterday, stated reports from the
Commandant’s office.
The registered cars are to be
placed in designated parking areas
immediately with the students of
the Old Dormitory area parking
their cars in the lot immediately
north of the Petroleum Engineer
ing building, and students of the
New Area using the parking lots
adjacent to dormitory No. 11. Day
students are to park in the lot di
rectly north of the old laundry
building.
Dean’s Team
Threatened By
New Movie Idea
In an effort to keep candidates
for “one way corps trips” of the
Dean’s team on Nov. 15, Capt.
W. S. McCuIley, C.W.S., and the
Scholarship Honor Society, have
come up with an idea which looks
like it will get across the idea
of how to study from a visual
standpoint.
Plans at present call for a movie
short to be made showing an Ag
gie in his hole, getting those
assignments done when they are
due. Also to be included will be
use of the libi'ary and other facil
ities available at the college.
Capt. McCuIley has asked that
any student owning a 16 mm movie
camera report to him at his office
on the third stoop of Ross Hall
where he may try out for the job
of cameraman on the film.
In a statement to the seniors
of ’42 following his election as
class president Thursday night at
Guion Hall, Dick Hervey, captain
of K Infantry promised that he
would do all in his power “to guide
the senior class in regaining its
lost prestige and again bear the
responsibilities of governing and
leading the corps.”
Hervey was elected at a meet
ing hailed by many as the most
orderljy in the history of the
class of ’42. Other officers who
were chosen to aid him were War
ren Ringgold, “G” Field Artillery,
vice president; Elmo Buehrig, sec
retary; R. D. Brown, “A” Infan
try, Secretary; and Jack Wolfe,
“C” Field Artillery, class historian.
Ringgold offered to “do all with
in my power to help Dick and carry
out the desires of the class.”
Corps Trips
After the election of the new
officers the subject of corps trips
was discussed. With the Fort Worth
trip already made official it was
decided to petition the faculty
committee for an unofficial corps
trip to Houston for the Rice game.
It was voted also to petition the
committee for excused absences
for the Arkansas game. The de
cision for the petition for the Ar
kansas game was made since the
A. & I. game at San Antonio will
be played at night and will afford
ample time after Saturday morn
ing classes to go to the game.
Senior Sections
Senior sections were designat
ed in Guion Hall, which is to re
place the Assembly Hall as a pic
ture show, as rows 11 to 27 in the
middle section of the lower seats
and the first two rows of the bal
cony all the way across. Senior
sections at the football games will
be selected by a committee and
announced at a later date.
An investigation is to be carried
out concerning the possibilities of
taking dates to games at Kyle
Field and on corps trips with stu
dent tickets.
A move was carried to set aside
each Wednesday and Sunday as
“boot day.” This is the first year
that the seniors have set aside a
special day to wear boots. This
does not mean that boots cannot
be worn at any time desired, but
seniors are requested to make a
special effort to wear them on
these days.
Latest Report on Movies
The latest repert on the motion
picture situation was presented to
the class by Tom Gillis. Gillis said
(See HERVEY, Page 4)
National defense training courses 1
in engineering science and man
agement under supervision of the
school of engineering at A. & M.
college in cooperation with the U.
S. Office of Education this summer
have supplied industry with hun
dreds of skilled workmen badly
needed at this time, according to
Dean Gibb Gilchrist.
On September 22, 18 additional
courses will be given here at A. &
M., in Houston, Fort Worth, and
in Kilgore. It has been the ex
perience of those who have taken
the courses offered so far that
plenty of jobs are awaiting them,
even before completion of the
courses.
It was for this reason that the
school of engineering decided to
send instructors to the trainees
rather than have all of them come
to A. & M. for the classes.
While 11 courses again will be
taught at the college, four will
be given in Houston, three in Fort
Worth, and one in Kilgore. All of
these classes are to start about
September 22, and full informa
tion may be obtained by writing
J. T. L. McNew, civil engineering
department.
At A. & M., the following courses
will be given: Camp Sanitation,
Chemistry of Powder and Explo
sives, part B, Materials Testing
and Inspection, Surveying and Map
ping, Architectural Drafting,
Structuarl Drafting, Radio Com
munications, Power and Electric
Circuits, Advanced Engineering
Drawing, X-Rays and Chemistry of
Testing of Industrial Materials.
The courses to be offered at
Houston include Budgeting and
Cost Accounting, Principles of
Chemical Engineering and Petrol
eum Refining.
The courses to be given in Fort
Worth are Design of Structural
Elements, Advanced Structures
and Aircraft Inspection.
The course at Kilgore will be
Fuel and Lubricant Testing.
Large Number Employed
Men who took the materials test
ing and inspection courses found
positions with the highway depart
ment, army engineers, naval bases,
aircraft companies and the Pitts
burg Testing Laboratories. En
rollment was 32 and 25 are employ
ed, others are planning to take
advanced work.
In structural drafting classes, 28
out of 31 were given employment
before completing the course, and
jobs were awaiting the three who
finished. Ten out of 26 taking
engineering drawing were employ
ed before finishing the course and
the others had their choice of jobs
upon completion.
In surveying and mapping 35
started the course, a few took jobs
before completion, 20 were employ
ed upon completion and the oth
ers are taking an advanced course.
Promotions Given
The fuel and lubricant testing
course was given for men already
employed, but all of them have
been given promotions by their
companies.
In camp sanitation the 28 men
enrolled were employed upon com
pletion by departments of health
in the state and in army units.
There is a demand at all times for
men in the electrical division, and
the course in power and electric
circuits was rushed to completion
in order for the men to accept posi
tions being held open for them.
R. Verle Johnson To
Make Forestry Films
R. Verle Johnson of the Texas
Forest Service will leave soon to
make new motion pictures to be
used by the two traveling motor
ized units of the forest service in
East Texas. These units operate
the year-round and entertain and
instruct each year at least 100,-
000 people who live in the forests
of East Texas.
Comedies and educational fea
tures are shown in addition to the
Forest Service films. The trucks
are also equipped with a phono
graph and sound system to enter
tain the audience with music. The
operator makes a short talk on
how those who live in the for
ests can best use and protect them.
In the summer the shows are us
ually presented outdoors and in
winter indoors.
Jewish Students Get
Authorized Absences
For Religious Holiday
Authorized absences for religious
holidays will be given to Jewish
students for September 22 and
October 1, Lieut. Joe E. Davis, as
sistant commandant, said yester
day.
To obtain the absence slips
those students desiring them should
turn in regular passes for leave
to the commandant’s office and
ask that “authorized” be stamped
on the backs of the slips.
Death of Y Step Yell Practice
Tradition on Progress Docket
A new site for Aggie yell prac
tices.
The long-time tradition of hear
ing the yell leaders make their
nightly spiels from the Y steps
is fast nearing its end.
Work orders have already been
issued for a new yell stand which
is to be built around the north
steps of Goodwin Hall by the lat
ter part of next week, if the de
partment of buildings and college
utilitiec meets its schedule, the
corps will start grouping around
the new structure.
Yell leaders will still be able
to cautiously pace back and forth
across a set of concrete steps as
they have been accustomed to in
the past since the plans are that
the leaders of the twelfth man
shall deliver their five a week dur
ing football season from the Good
win steps. The ever-growing Ag
gie band will occupy the flanking
parts of the stand.
At the new stand the corps
will no longer have to stare into
glaring lights behind the yell lead
ers as has been the case the past
several seasons at the Y. Plans
for the new stand include three
large flood lights that are to be
placed at advantageous spots.
The landscape arts department
is having the large shrubs ground
the site removed and is making ar
rangements to have the entire ar
ea gravelled.
The movement to change the
place of yell practice came about
because of the crowded condii
tions which have been growing
worse and worse as the college in
creased its enrollment in the past
few years.