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, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 30, 1941
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NUMBER 10
Fish Take
Mental Quiz
Friday at 8
Test Scheduled
For Undergraduates
8-10 Friday Morning
All freshman classes will be sus-
pended Friday morning, October
3, in order that freshman under
graduates may take the Psychol
ogical Test. Absences of all ad
vanced standing students who take
the test will count as excused ab-
Advanced standing students who
have taken this test at the insti
tution they previously attended
should write at once to the regis
trar of the institution and request
that the gross score made by the
student on the American Council
of Education Psychological Test
be sent to the Registrar’s Office
at A. & M. A record has already
been received in the registrar’s of
fice of the grades made by those
students transferring from the
North Texas Agricultural College.
It is very necessary that all stu
dents taking this test follow
the schedule set up and be on time.
This test is very important and
all students that have not taken
it be sure to do so. If a student is
late he will not be allowed to take
the test. H. L. Heaton asks for the
fullest cooperation of the students
taking the Psychological Test.
The schedule by which it will be
conducted is as follows:
8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
All new students whose surnames
are A to K inclusive will meet in
the Assembly Hall for the Psy
chological Test.
9 a.m.
All new students whose names
are L to Z inclusive will meet in
the Assembly Hall for the Psy
chological Test.
10 a.m.
All new students whose sur
names are A to K inclusive will
meet in Guion Hall for an assemb
ly.
Club Pictures
For ’41 Longhorn
Must be in Dec 18
Reservations for club picture
space in the 1942 Longhorn must
be completed by December 18, 1941
if they are to appear in the year
book.
Application blanks may be sub
mitted and can be obtained from
Bennie Bancock, room 128, hall 6,
or Jack Grantham, room 86, Leg-
ett. The application blank must be
filled out and all requirements of
the blank fulfilled before the res
ervation is completed.
All clubs must make all ar
rangements with the photograph
ers themselves in order to have
their picture made.
Outstanding Cotton
Student Given Medal
At a meeting of the board of
directors of the Texas Cotton As
sociation held August 13 in Dal
las, it was decided to present a
medal to a student in the A. & M.
Cotton* Society each year.
The medal is to be presented
to the outstanding student belong
ing to the organization.
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The above picture shows Tom Pickett racing around right end to pick up 22 yards and another six points
in Saturday afternoon’s game against the Sam Houston Bearkats. Euel Wesson, 75, and Wayne Cure are
providing the interference. Besides Pickett Moser, Rogers, Henderson, Daniels, and Williams made tallies
to bring the score at the final gun to 54 for A. & M., 0 for S.H.S.T.C.
Ayers Promises
Normal Laundry
Return Next Week
Laundry Service
Delayed By Start
Of School Confusion
“College laundry will be out on
schedule next week,” G. P. Ayers,
manager of the college laundry,
told T. S. Gillis, cadet colonel and
Dick Hervey, president of the sen
ior class.
Ayers explained that the reason
it has not been coming out on
time was due to the confusion of
starting school and organizing new
laundry numbers for freshmen.
Other confusion is caused by so
many men moving from one area
to another, necessitating another
change in laundry marks.
Rather than decrease the qual
ity of the work during this initial
rush the laundry has been delaying
deliveries slightly, but next week
will be on regular schedule, Ayers
assured.
Columbia Dean Talks
Over WTAW Friday
Dean William Fletcher Russell
of Teachers’ College, Columbia
University, whose services have
been loaned to the Federal gov
ernment to direct the new National
Citizenship Educational Program,
will be heard on the regular week
ly WPA program on station
WTAW, Friday, October 3, at 11:25
a. m.
The National Citizenship Educa
tion Program has been set up as
a WPA project under the sponsor
ship of the Department of Justice
to make citizenship education
available to as many of the 5,000,-
000 aliens living in the country as
want it. Dean Russell will explain
the operation of the program and
tell why it is a necessary phase
of national defense.
The musical portion of the pro
gram will be provided by the
Southern California WPA Sym
phony Orchestra under the direc
tion of James Sample.
Ag School Organized
For Marshall College
Henry Ross, acting head of the
Department of Agricultural Educa
tion is now at Marshall helping to
set up a school of agriculture at
the College of Marshall.
He is assisting P. C. Gentry,
president of the college, in this
work.
PICTURE
DEADLINES
October 30 through Oct. 5
—Composite Regiment
October 6 through Oct. 8
—Cavalry
October 9 through Oct. 13
—Engineer
October 14 through Oct. 17
—Coast Artillery
Vanity Fair and Senior
Favorite deadline—Dec. 20,
1941.
Club reservation deadline
—Dec. 18, 1941.
Aggie Band Changes
Maneuvers for Games
The Aggie Band will play the
Spirit of Aggieland as their last
number in the maneuvers at the
half during the A. & I. game at San
Antonio Saturday night, A. M.
Hinds, drum major, announced to
day.
This is to be played for the cadet
corps only, and the band will stop
at one side of the field directly in
front of the corps for the song.
First Corps Dance Attracts
Record Attendance of Aggies
The first chapter of the new
Aggieland Orchestra's success
story was copied on the scroll Sat
urday night when a crowd, record
breaking in attendance and en
thusiasm, stormed the doors of
Sbisa hall for the first corps dance
of the season.
While the exact figures on the
attendance were not available, it
was estimated that attendance al
most doubled that of the first corps
dance of years previous. Held
heretofore in the mess hall annex
without overcrowding, this year’s
Parnell, Warren
Will Judge Poultry
Exhibits Over Texas
Two members of the Poultry
Husbandry Dept., Prof. E. D. Par
nell and Alex G. Warren, gradu
ate assistant, are away from col
lege this week judging various
poultry shows over the state.
Both are American Poultry Asso
ciation judges insuring that the
shows will be ably judged.
Professor E. D. Parnell is judg
ing both the Denison and Denton
County Poultry Shows. Profes
sor Parnell is well known through
out the state as a judge of poul
try and as a coach of poultry
judging teams. He received his
A.P.A. license a number of years
ago and has been active as judge
of the American Poultry Associa
tion.
Alex G. Warren, graduate as
sistant in the P. H. Department
will judge the Abilene Poultry
Show on Tuesday and Wednesday
of this weeks. Warren just
recently received his license as A.
P .A. judge, and is one of the
youngest applicants to receive rec
ognition from the American Poul
try Association.
Governor Adopts
Policy of Strictest
Turkey Day Neutrality
opening dance filled the main din
ing room.
Having previewed “Music As
You Like It!” the Thursday night
dance at a free 30-minute concert
during yell practice, Toppy Pearce
& Co. featuring charming Norma
Jean Jahn initiated an effort to
furnish dance music “like the Ag
gies like it.” The Aggieland’s
new system of playing numbers
in fives proved instantly popular
and so will be continued. It is a
system whereby no pauses are
made between each tune but are
played in series of fives similar
in tempo.
Singing her first dance with the
band, Norma Jean with her golden
voice and the twinkle in her eyes
captured the hearts of 6,500 ad
miring Aggies. But the admiring
wasn’t altogether one-sided. Said
she of them, “They’re swell!”
Because the football team plays
next weekend in San Antonio,- there
will be no corps dance at that time,
and it has not been definitely de
cided when the Aggieland Orches
tra and Norma Jean will play their
next dance. Friday, October 10,
Red Nichols comes .to College Sta
tion for a Town Hall presenta
tion and a dance. That is the
weekend that the football team
plays in New York. Last reports
from Alden Cathey, social secre
tary of the senior class, indicate
that a decision has not been made
regarding a corps dance that week
end.
Aggie Spirit.
Gleams Despite
Blackout in Theatre
The lights dim and go out, the
show suddenly stops, and the thea
ter is in total darkness. This is
what happened Saturday night at
the Campus.
Due to line trouble, the power
was cut off for about 45 minutes
and the theater was a total black
out. In many places this would
have caused people to ask for their
money back, with a very definite
air of disgust. In Aggieland, how
ever, the boys sat down and dis
played the reknowned Aggie spirit.
Without a leader, the boys went
through the yells that are heard
at yell practice without a flaw.
“Lizzy” was given as a result of
the Sam Houston game and there
were many echoes of “Are We
Ready?” with answering yells.
This was not enough, however; the
War Hymn and “The Twelfth Man”
were sung with more enthusiasm
than usual. “The Spirit of Aggie
land” was sung, and, in darkness,
someone lit a match and the audi
ence was standing to a man. That’s
Aggie Spirit.
R E Evans Completes
Primary Air Training
Aviation cadet R. E. Evans of
Houston, formerly a student at
A. & M., class of ’42, in K Infan
try, will be graduated from the
Army primary flying school at
Garner Field September 26, and
from there will proceed to a ten
weeks course at one of Uncle
Sam’s advanced flying schools.
Upon successful completion of the
advanced course Cadet Evans will
be commissioned as a Second Lieu
tenant in the U. S. Army Air Corps
Reserve.
Promotion List
Available Wednesday
Promotions for the school year
will be out with the distribution
of the official promotion list
which will be available tomorrow
the adjutant’s department an
nounced.
Cadet officers to be named on
this list will be the permanent ca
det corps officers and no other
changes will be made.
Governor Coke Stevenson is not
going to show any favoritism at the
A. & M.-Texas University clash
Turkey Day.
Planning to attend the football
game, the governor said he thought
it would be a good idea for him
to sit between Presidents Walton
and Rainey. In such a position he
added, he could stop any fights.
Students May Still
Join Singing Cadets
All students who are interested
in singing may still join the Sing
ing Cadets, it was announced Mon
day by Richard Jenkins, director
of the group.
Jenkins emphasized the fact that
upperclassmen as well as fresh
men are urged to become members
of the organization and that ability
to read music is not imperative.
First tenors are especially desired
by the group which will have*' its
next meetng Tuesday at 7 p.m. and
Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m.
Dairy Short Course
Scheduled for Jan.
The annual Dairy Manufactur
ers Short Course will be held at
A. & M. January 26-28, 1942, ac
cording to an announcement made
by E. L. Angell, assistant to the
president of the college.
Professor A. V. Moore, of the
college dairy husbandry depart
ment, again will be in charge of
the three-day course and will be
assisted in the instruction by other
members of the college teaching
staff, department specialists from
the Extension Service and Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station.
Home Town
Clubs Should
Request Rooms
Home town presidents should
make a request for a permanent
meeting place for their organiz
ation by Friday, October 3, T. S.
Gillis, cadet colonel, stated yes
terday. The request should be made
to the Corps Headquarters office
by each home town club president.
Requests may be made by put
ting the required information on a
card and putting the card in the
corps headquarters box on the first
floor of Ross Hall in the section of
boxes used by first sergeants.
Information on the card should
include the name of the club, num
ber of members and the room want
ed for meeting.
Each club will be granted the
room they request if there are no
conflicts. Where a conflict of room
numbers exists, it will be adjust
ed by the club presidents concern
ed.
After room numbers are assign
ed the home town clubs will hold
all meetings in those rooms. All
home town club meetings are to be
held on Tuesday night.
To get announcements for the
first club meeting of the year ap
proved for announcement in the
mess halls it is necessary to get
them approved in the commandant’s
office. The first meeting for org
anizations may be held any night
in any room. All other regular
meetings will be approved through
the commandant’s office, but spec
ial meetings other than on a Tues
day night must be approved by the
Student Activities office.
Bricklayers
In Demand For
New Dormitories
Estimates Made On
Equipment for Dorms;
Utility Tunnels Begun
Progress on the four new dor
mitories is not as fast as could be
desired because of the shortage of
brick layers, E. N. Holmgreen, bus
iness manager of the college, stat
ed yesterday.
The utility tunnels have been
started connecting the dormitories
with the rest of the campus. Esti
mates for the equipment to be used
in the dormitories have been made.
However, the present shortage of
such articles may result in the
equipment now being used in the
old dormitories to be used tempo
rarily in the new ones.
Exterior brick work on one of
the dormitories has been practical
ly completed and four-fifths of the
brick-laying is finished on another,
Mr. Holmgreen added.
It is expected that the two dor
mitories on which the work is most
advanced will be ready for occu
pancy by January 1. The other two
will be completed by February 1.
Construction on the new dormi
tories was made possible after the
state legislature appropriated bond
issue of $1,200,000 for construction
of the buildings last April.
Echterhoff To
Instruct Military
Science Engineering
First Lieutenant J. H. Echter
hoff ’36, has been submitted by the
eighth corps area headquarters for
approval as an instructor in the
Engineer corps. Lieutenant Ech-
terhoff’s assignment will have to
be approved by the War Depart
ment before he is sent to A. & M.
Lieutenant Echterhoff received
his B. S. degree in chemical engi
neering in 1936. He was a mem
ber of the Scholarship Honor so
ciety and cadet captain of B Engi
neers. Lieutenant Echterhoff is
from San Antonio and was former
ly employed by the United States
Pipe Line Co. of Shreveport, Louis
iana. i
Band Plavs
KTSA Program
Before A & I Game
The first trip of the Aggie team
for the season of '41 will officially
be under way Saturday morning
at 5:30 a.m. when the Aggie band
will depart for San Antonio for
the Texas A. & M.—A. & I. game
to be played in Alamo Stadium.
The special train is to arrive
at the station in San Antonio at
11:00 a.m. carrying the band and
those students who do not have
to attend classes Saturday morn
ing, and from there the band will
will parade alone up Houston street
so timed that it will arrive at the
Gunter Hotel at 12:00 noon.
Upon its arrival the band will
give a fifteen minute concert to
be broadcast over station KTSA;
after which a yell practice will
be held in front of the Gunter Ho
tel. It is especially requested that
those Aggies wishing to partici
pate in the yell practice meet the
yell leaders and the band at the
Gunter instead of following the
band from the station.
The San Antonio Chamber of
Commerce is giving a free lunch
and supper to the Aggie Band as
well as paying the band’s expenses
to San Antonio.
The special train will leave San
Antonio at 2 a.m. Sunday morn
ing and will arrive at College
Station at 7 a.m. with the price
of the round trip set at $2.95.
Since the game is to be played
at night no excused absences will
be issued, except to the band mem
bers, because it is hoped that ex
cused absences will be given for
the week-end of the A. & M.-Ark-
ansas game.
Colonel Welty
Takes Position
As Commandant
Colonel Maurice D. Welty, In
fantry, is to report for duty at A.
& M. Wednesday when he is to re
place Lt. Colonel James A. Watson
as commandant and Professor of
Military Science and Tactics.
Colonel Welty was graduated
from West Point Military Academy
in 1910. He has attended the Com
mand and General Staff schools
and specialized in infantry and tank
courses. He is also a graduate of
the Army war college at Washing
ton, D. C.
New Plan Made for Conduct
Of Student Record Concerts
Luther G. Ponsler
Passes Away Sunday
Luther G. Ponsler, graduate of
Texas A. & M. College, passed
away Sunday afternoon, Sept. 28.
His home is at Cisco, Texas, and he
received a Bachelor of Science de
gree in Petroleum Engineering in
June, 1941.
A new plan for presenting the
student record concert or whether
the concert will be presented ac
cording to the old plan will be de
cided by the students in a poll
asked for by Dr. T. F. Mayo, college
librarian and sponsor of the group.
In an effort to present the kind of
concert music the students want,
Dr. Mayo has suggested two plans
and asks that all students who are
interested go by the library and
state their choice.
Last year the program was in
charge of student conductors and
this practice will be continued. The
concerts were not as well attended
as expected but an effort to create
more interest is being made to
give the students a chance to show
their choice.
The plan that was used last year
was for a different student to sel
ect the music and comment on the
records each Monday evening.
The series presented for the stu
dents’ decision this year will be
run in order that the students may
be introduced to different phases
of music, working under a planned
series. The new program will pres
ent different phases of music such
as the playing of records illustrat
ing the various phases of music.
The college library has for the
students’ enjoyment a Carnegie
College music set, consisting of
1,000 records card indexed, to facili
tate their use by students and
members of the faculty.
In the last two years about 100
records have been added on the
student’s requests and bought with
15 per cent of the Student Gen
eral Reading Fund, which is con
tributed by the A. & M. Mothers’
Club.
Dr. Mayo especially urges that
the students come by the library
and state their choice as to wheth
er they want the plan used last
year or the new plan. All students
who plan to vote should go by the
library and state their choice on a
slip of paper and drop it in the box
in the entrance hall.
Town Hall
Presents Piano
Team for Aggies
Piano music styled from Bach
to boogie-woogie will be the high
light of the tenth Texas A. & M.
Town Hall feature of the year as
the two-piano team of Jacques
Fray and Mario Braggiotti plays
on the stage of Guion Hall. The
date has not been definitely set,
but Fred Smitham, student man
ager of Town Hall stated it would
be about the first of December.
This famed team of duo-pianists
have won acclaim throughout the
land wherever their concerts are
played. The partnership was start
ed in Paris 13 years ago while
they were studying at the French
Conservatory. They conceived the
idea and were among the first to
put it into practice.
The pair is able to take any
operatic or symphonic score and
produce a perfect piano perform
ance with their twin keyboards and
matchless coordination. They were
among the first to bring to Amer
ican radio networks the music of
Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, and
DeFalla. In addition they were
among the first to bring humor to
the concert stage at their debut. At
their debut in New York in 1930
in Carnegie Hall using Yankee Doo -
die as a theme, they presented take -
offs on the masters.
Today for their concerts they
choose the works of Eighteenth
Century composers or tunes of the
day. Because their material is un
ique, because their versatility is ex
treme, because their approach to
music is both academic and prog
ressive, Fray and Bragiotti are rec
ognized among the widely varying
audiences of two continents as the
last word in concert presentation.
Marine Engineering”
Courses Will Not Be
Offered This Semester
Courses in marine engineering
will not be offered by the school
of engineering at A. & M. college
until the beginning of the second
semester, Gibb Gilchrist, dean of
the school of engineering, states.
On his return trip from the
meeting of the National committee
of the Engineering Defense Train
ing program to be held in Wash
ington, D. C., Dean Gilchrist will
make arrangements for an instruc
tor in the course.
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