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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, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 27, 1941 0 Z275 NUMBER 9 Ags Clash With Bearkats in Opener Today Juniors Elect Miller Class Prexy Nance, Kiser, Jones, Cardwell Chosen at Meeting Jack Miller, C Cavalry, was elect ed president of the Junior Class at the organization meeting held last night in Guion Hall follow ing yell practice. Other officers of the class of ’43 are Austin Nance, C Coast Ar tillery, vice-president; Wade Kis er, secretary; Eddie Jones, treas urer; and Walter Cardwell, his torian. The three junior members of the student welfare council are Moffit Adams, Edward Gordon, and Dick Downey. Besides the election of class of ficers, the Junior Class also dis cussed the motion picture situa tion and reviewed the junior sec tion in Kyle Field for the foot ball game today. Miller was opposed in race for the presidency by Bill Galloway, G. C. Carrouthers, and Bill Dreiss. Nance was victorious over Steve Kaffer, Bland Harrison, Leo Pick- off, and Gene Goppert. Candidates for the office of Sec retary included Kiser, the win ner, Ford Allbritton, Goldie Mil ler, Loren Maples, Bob Moore, and Joe Maples. Eight candidates sought the of fice of treasurer. They were Jones, Earl McChesney, Don Little, Frank Young, Lee Housewright, Mervin Jenkins, Henry Crew, and Bill Parker. Cardwell and Don Suther land were the only men in the his torian race. The 1941 Edition of the Texas Aggies Reserves Expected to Play Large Part in Cadet Attack 10,000 Fans Expected for Game This Afternoon; Opening Kickoff Set for 2:30 By Mike Haikin Coach Homer Norton’s “dark horse” Texas Aggie foot ball team will get its first test of the season this afternoon on Kyle Field when it faces the classy Sam Houston State Bearkats of Huntsville in the season’s opener. Game time will be 2:30. It will be a remodeled Cadet Eleven that will trot, out on the field today. No longer will such names as Kimbrough, Thomason, Pugh, and Robnett grace an Aggie lineup. Only two members from the-f- Front row, left to right—Bill Sibley, Abilene, center; Jim Sterling, Panhandle, All-Southwest Conference end; Marshall Spivey, Lufkin, wingback; Derace Moser, Stephenville, tailback; Don Luethy, Mona hans, tackle; Jim Montgomery, Moran, tackle; B^ll (Jitterbug) Hen derson, Houston, end; Lester Richardson, Houston, guard; Bob Tulis, Fort Worth, tackle. Second row—Leo Daniels, Bryan, tailback; Earl Smith, Frisco City, Alabama, wingback; Sam Porter, Cleburne, tailback; Bob Wil liams, Eldorado, tailback; Felix Bucek, Schulenburg, guard; Leonard Holder, San Antonio, center; Leonard Dickey, Alto, tackle; Jack Swank, Dallas, tackle. Third row—Arthur Mercer, Temple, center; Maurice Williams, Marlin, end; Sam Rankin, Brenham, center; Dick Skarke, Schulenburg, blocking back; Truman Cox, Donna, end; Freddie Wolters, Dallas, end; Dennis Andricks, Houston, fullback; Jake Webster, Sweetwater, full back; Willie Zapalac, Bellville, blocking back. Fourth row—Charles Miller, Belton, guard; Tom Pickett, Temple, wingback; Cullen Rogers, Mart, wingback; Lincoln Roman, Houston, blocking back; Marion Slaughter, Houston, end; Elvis Simmons, Som erville, end; Fount Wade, Lexington, tailback; and Harold Cowley, Freer, end. Fifth row—Jamie Dawson, .Crockett, end; Martin Ruby, Waco, tackle; Zolus Motley, Abilene, guard; Jimmie Knight, LaGrange, guard; Roy Bucek, Schulenburg, guard; Bill Andrews, Amarillo, full back; and Owen Moore, Ft. Riley, Kansas, end. Sixth row—Johnny Stout, Handley, end; Dan Levy, Corsicana, end; Ray Mulhollan, Belton, guard; Euel Wesson, Temple, tackle; Wel don Maples, Fort Worth, guard; Wayne Cure, Gilliland, guard; and Shelton Wagner, Yoakum, guard. Back row—Head Coach Homer Norton; Backfield Coach Marty Karow; Line Coach Bill James and End Coach “Dough” Rollins. Photo by Howard Berry Pre-Medics Hear Dean T. D. Brooks At Opening Meeting Dr. T. D. Brooks, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, spoke before the Pre Medical Society last Thursday at the club’s first meet ing of the current year. Addressing the 75 members pres ent, Dr. Brooks made clear that he was pleased with the new Pro- Med curriculum and that he was proud to state that the pre-med graduates of this college who later attended medical school possessed a very high rating there. The Season’s On; Hepcats Take Over Sbisa Tonight at 9 Housemovers Clean Campus; I Mess Hall Will Aggies to Have Sports Fields Tenth Annual Show Horticulture Society Planned in November Arrangements for the tenth an nual Horticulture Show which is being tentatively planned for Nov ember 24 and 25 of this year was the object of the Horticulture So ciety meeting last Thursday. The soliciting of all growers in the Valley to enter competition for two silver plaques, one for the best box of grape fruit and the other for the best box of oranges was also discussed. Come all you lovers of the soft melodic strains of the sweet swing and all you admirers of the red hot hepcat tunes, and gather round cause tonight’s the night. Yes, tonight is the night. The season officially opens at nine as the doors of Sbisa once again swing wide and let the sounds of the Ag- gieland Orchestra rush forth to meet the oncoming dance fans. Social Secretary Alden Cathey expects one of the largest crowds that has ever attended an open ing corps dance to be present this evening because of the many visi tors up for this afternoon’s foot ball game. He also said that as us ual the admission charge of $1.10 will be charged for the dance. By Doug Lancaster More baseball diamonds, foot ball fields, plenty of room for or ganization drills—in fact plenty of room for anything—will be the result of the disappearing houses from the A. & M. campus. Build ings, such as the four new dormi tories and the new AAA building, which have already been started, will succeed the houses in a few areas. Plans for a building in which to drill are already being made. However, to make room for ail this, something has to be moved. This “something” is the houses on the campus. Plenty of room is now being made all over the col lege by moving the houses to the different residential districts that surround the campus. These areas have grown consid erably as a result of all this chang ing. College Park has taken on size; South Oakwood has several new customers; West Park, south of the project houses, has added a number of houses; and Candy Hill, north of the Veterinary Hospital and on the Sulphur Springs Road, has increased its house popula tion over 130 per cent. Two years ago, in September, 1939, an order came out informing the people of College Station that by the end of two years—by Sept ember 1, 1941—all of the houses on the campus, with the except ion of the residences of a few ad ministrative officials, would have to be moved from the campus. Even with an allowance of two years the house moving did not (See MOVING, Page 6) Charge 25 Cents To Aggie Visitors A 25-cent charge will be levied on all visitors in the College mess halls on Saturdays that a varsity football game is played at Kyle Field, it was announced Friday by J. C. Hotard, supervisor of subsis tence. Purpose of such action was ex plained by Hotard as a means of preventing visitors to Aggie foot ball games from eating free meals at the expense of the cadet corps. Further mention was made that the system would absolutely not be extended to cover Sundays of football weekends, nor would it be a policy to continue the plan during the social season this spring. 1939-40 great aggregation—De race Moser, ace halfback, and Jim Sterling, All-Conference end—are back, but in Martin Ruby, big and aggressive tackle from Waco, and Bill Henderson, tree-top end from Houston, Coach Norton will have some replacements for part of last year’s teams. Moser will be the enief offens ive threat in the backfield, run ning from the tailback spot. Call ing signals from the wing will be Marshall Spivey. In John Kim brough’s place at fullback will be Jake Webster, and Jim Thomason’s blocking post will be filled by Willie Zapalac, who was held out last year. Test for Line The Aggie forward wall will get its first chance to demonstrate what strength it really has this afternoon against a stern Bearkat line which held the Lamar Junior College to a mere six points last week. Sterling will get the call at the right wing position, and Hen derson will be at the other termin al. Tackle posts will be filled by Martin Ruby and Euel Wesson. The guards, which were considered to be the weak link of the line at the start of the season, have been one of the strongest points in recent scrimmages, and this afternoon may answer many question marks. Les Richardson, squadman from last year, and Roy Bucek, letterman, will start at the guard (See AGS CLASH, Page 6) E. C. Hartman Made Secretary of AIEE E. C. Hartman was elected sec retary at the first meeting of the local student chapter of the A.I.E. E. on Thursday night. M. A. Miller and D. S. Lansdon were elected, respectively, senior and junior rep resentatives to the Student Engi neering Council, L. C. Streater and John Persohn were appointed pro gram chairmen and George C. Sum ner was appointed representative to the Engineer. Chairman J. J. Guppies presid ed at the meeting in which the pol icy and activities of the club for the coming year were also dis cussed. H. C. Dillingham, the faculty sponsor of the club, spoke on the advantages of membership in the club and suggested subjects for student papers to be presented at meetings. It was decided that stu dent participation in the club meet ings be accentuated this year. Bass Speaks To Entomologists On Present War Events Dr. James H. Bass of the de partment of history spoke to mem bers and visitors at the first meet ing of the Texas A. <S^-M. Ento mology club Monday night. His talk concerned the present war situation and the events leading up to the present standing of the countries engaged. Plans for the coming year in cluding an inspection trip over Texas to visit experiment substa tions and U. S. D. A. offices and the regular trip to the meeting of the Texas Entomological Society were discussed. The Twelfth Man’s Seat at Kyle Field Math Club Elects Leadbetter President William R. Ledbetter was elect ed president and A. C. Leske Sec retary Treasurer as the first meet ing of the A. & M. Math club Wed nesday night. Other officers have, as yet, not been elected. A large group of Aggies were present for the first meeting Wed nesday night to elect officers and lay plans for the coming year. All college men taking mathematics should attend the next meeting of the club. The meeting date has not yet been announced, but all those interested are urged to watch the Battalion for the meeting date. o *b- F/sh ROW /O F/s b ROW U 'Soph- A/s/e & O A/s!e sec. /oz sec teo sec ize Forms Ready For Allocating Activities Funds Presidents of student clubs should announce to their respective organ izations that forms for making ap plication for the Student Activi ties funds are now available at the activities office by October 10. The forms contain a list of the income available to the clubs other than the Y funds, together with a list of necessary expenditures to carry on the official business of the organization, arrange for in spection trips, send delegates to state and national meetings, and provide for entertainment and speakers for the club meetings. A separate form contains *a re quest by the club to the Student Activities committee for the neces sary funds to make up the dif ference between the club receipts and the necessary expenditures. Large Number New Professors Teach at A & M Twenty-Seven Departments Add Men to Teaching Staffs As A. & M. gets under way for the ’41-42 session, we find that there are many new faces, not only among the students, but in the faculty also. Below is a list of new professors and their de partments. Industrial Education: W. A. Bandy, E. L. Huffhines, B. W. Whitney. Veterinary Pathology and Bac teriology: W. C. Banks and V. B. Robinson. Mechanical Engineering: A. G. Bardwell, Jr., James R. Story. Physics: C. H. Bernard, M. R. Blodgett. Engineering Drawing: Gene H. Brock, Wm. E. Street, and L. E. Stark. Agricultural Economics: F. A. Buckley, P. L. Ferguson, F. L. Greenway, S. M. McKinnon, Ray Putman, J. M. Ward. Mathematics: W. B. Coleman, C. H. Cunkle, W. B. Evans, J. R. Smith. Agronomy: A. W. Crain and J. W. Collier. Veterinary Anatomy: K. H. Curts. Animal Husbandry: Tom DeRou- en, I. F. Edwards, J. K. Riggs, W. M. Warren. Agricultural Education: L. V Halbrooks. Accounting and Statistics: F. R. Hale, Jr., W. S. Manning. Physical Education: L. A. Harri son, Jr., N. A. Ponthieux, C. E. Tishler. English: J. K. Howard, A. H- (See NEW PROFS, Page 6) Beware freshmen, sophomores, juniors; That shaded section is the senior section! From the 50 yard line to past the goal line the 6000 members of the Twelfth Man will watch the Aggie Maroon and White roll on during lT41’s football season. The senior section will extend from the 50 to the 15 yard line from row 24, just behind the ramps, up. The junior section will encircle the senior section on three sides. Sophomoyes and freshmen will be in front of the upperclassmen besides having a section of their own past the goal line. Cryptography Club Announces Officers Chosen for This Year Officers of the newly organized Crytography Club were announced yesterday by Harry Gill, president of the club. Those chosen besides Gill were: George Hoskins, vice president; Dan Lansdon, secretary; and Jack Keith, reporter. The program of the club—the first of its kind ever to be organ ized at A. & M.—will be to ac quaint students who are interested in crytography with all phases of enciphering and deciphering work, Gill said. Talks will be given by members and by guest speakers. An interesting feature of the club is the plan to have all club an nouncements printed in code in the Battalion. At the initial meeting, held this week, K. E. Elmquist, faculty spon sor of the club, discussed the gen eral aspects of cryptography. The next meeting will be held Octo ber 7. ASME Makes Plans To Increase Number During Coming Year Plans for increasing the attend ance of M. E. freshmen and soph omores keynoted the first regular A.S.M.E. meeting for the 1941-42 school year, held Thursday night in the Physics lecture room after yell practice. After the meeting was opened by a showing of the film “Yellow stone National Park,” Mr. Craw ford of the M. E. department, spoke briefly to the 140 present on engineering in general, pointing out that one-third of all engineers last year were enrolled in Mechanical Engineering. A discussion was then begun by Ed Clark, president, in which the previous low attend ance by first and second year M. E.’s was stressed, and a plea for cooperation by all members in boosting enrollment was made. Program plans for the coming year, including a dance to be given in the spring, were presented by Leland Ellis, program chairman, and the meeting was closed by the showing of the film, “Science Rules the Rouge.” Refreshments were served. Rattans Entertain Christian A & M Class Members of the Christian Church A. & M. Sunday school class will be entertained tonight in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rattan, 310 Walton Drive. J. N. Sheppard, teacher of the class announced that officers for the class will be chosen at the meeting Sunday morning.