<■ 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, OCT. 4, 1941 Z275 NUMBER 12 Aggies Invade Alamo City for Game Tonight Aim Set for Two Straight In Year’s Only Night Fray Colonel Welty Delayed, Will Not Arrive Assembly Hail Until Middle of November to Take Post sE® Tonight Successor For Present Command Held Up Until First Colonel Maurice D. Welty, the new commandant, has been un avoidably detained and will not ar rive at A. & M. until the middle of November according to a telegram received by President T. 0. Wal ton. He was scheduled to report for duty here on October 1. Colonel Welty, who is on duty in Newfoundland, has not been re lieved of his post and cannot leave until his successor from New York arrives the first of November. On his arrival here, Colonel WeL ty will take the place of Colonel James A. Watson as Commandant and Professor of Military Science and Tactics. A graduate of West Point Mili tary Academy in 1910, Colonel Wel ty has attended the command and General Staff Schools and special ized in infantry and tank courses. He is also a graduate of the Army War College at Washington, D. C. Lieutenant Joe E. Davis, assis tant commandant and acting com mandant since the departure of Colonel Watson early last sum mer, will continue to serve as com mandant until Colonel Welty ar rives. Silence Reigns Where Aggies Ate Peanuts, Hissed Villians By John May At last the Assembly Hall has been stilled—there are to be no more feet propped over the bal cony, no more peanut fights, and no more hisses as the villain stalks in, whistles when the heroine ent ers, and cheers when the hero beats the tar out of the villain. From a place which was once a center of such sound the Assembly Hall has been converted to a dusty deserted building which is used regularly Blond Bombshell Bamboozled - Sees Corps in Mess Hall Ft Worth Corps Trip Queen to Be Chosen Wednesday The committee of Aggies to sel ect the queen of the Ft. Worth Corps Trip will leave College Sta tion Wednesday for Denton. The winning TSCWite will be announc ed at the corps dahce October 10. Twelve beauties, three from each class, have been selected by the TSCW student body. One of these will be chosen as Queen of the A. & M.-TSCW corps trip. All 12 girls will be special guests of the corps at the Town Hall Concert and the Corps dance following the con cert. As in the past, the girl chosen will reign at festivities between the halves of the game and will also lead the dance at the official Aggie dance following the game. The Aggie sweetheart last year was chosen from the candidates in the Freshman class—Mary Mar garet McCarthy of Fort Worth. The task of deciding who will be the lady of the day will be taken over this year by a committee of 12 Aggies. Names of those on the committee will appear in the next issue of the Battalion. Fish and Game Club Hears Davis Dr. W. B. Davis, professor in the fish and game department, dis cussed the scientific aspects of bio logical explorations conducted throughout Southern Mexico this past summer by the fish and game department at the regular meeting of the Fish and Game Club Monday night. A group of 13 students was led by Davis on their first field trip into Mexico. He described the var ious areas or life zones and the di versions thereof encountered be tween Laredo and Vera Cruz, Mex ico. The vegetation, birds and mam- mels of each area were included. Many interesting specimens were collected on the trip illustrating differences between various bio logical regions adjoining the high way . Davis exhibited a few specimens and of special interest were the pocket gophers which were two to three times larger than the poc ket gopher found in this region. Several lizards three feet in length were collected along with a number of parrots taken by students. In closing Davis mentioned that a similar trip is being planned for the coming summer. Ina Ray Hutton, the famed “Blond Bombshell of Rhythm,” was the feature guest at old Sbisa Hail for noon yesterday. A rousing reception given by the fish who stood up and yelled at the announcement that she was present, gave Ina Ray the thrill of her life as she lunched with the sixth corps headquarters. Her short visit to A. & M. yes terday was not her first visit as Ina Ray invaded Aggieland with an all-girl orchestra five years ago for a concert appearance. Noon Yell Practice Delays Formation The noon meal in both mess halls today will be delayed about 10 minutes for the purpose of hear ing the radio broadcast of the yell practice to be held in San An tonio from 12 noon until 12:15. Radio Station KTSA of San An tonio will present the fifteen min ute broadcast over their regular frequency. However ,for the bene fit of those who do not have a ra dio available, the broadcast will be picked up and transmitted over a loudspeaker at the top o fthe Ac ademic Building. Eastern Panhandle Club Plans Activities Hervey Walker, elected president of the Eastern Panhandle Club at its first meeting Tuesday night, and members of the club are now working out plans for future ac tivities and their annual Christ mas dance. Other officers of the club are Austin O’Neal, vice president; G'ene Caperton, secretary-treasur er; and Pat Trew, reporter. The club meets on the first Tuesday of each month and all boys from Childress, Memphis, Wel lington, Shamrock, MeLean, Wheel er, Miami, Canadian, and sur rounding towns are eligible to be members. for Sunday school classes. Almost a tradition at A. & M. is the Assembly Hall. Nineteen class es have occupied the center section as seniors and thousands of Ag gies have gathered there to see movies, take examinations, and hold class meetings. It has been a center for Aggie pleasure and pol itics since 1924 and will long be remembered as an entertainment place. Sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. the Assembly Hall was constructed in the fall of 1923 and started on its career of service to/Aggies then. Early in 1924 it was opened and the first shows that were seen there were of the silent type. One of the earliest recollections of the Assembly Hall was counting out loud the advertisement slides by members of the corps. This soon grew so noisy that the use of the slides were discontinued. The pictures were originally shown only on Wednesday and Sat urday nights, but as more and more Aggies began to attend, shows were given on Fridays and Sundays also. In 1931 sound equip ment was installed. Attendance steadily increased and soon Tues day and Thursday were added to the list of days on which movies could be seen. About 1935 the Y.M.C.A. began offering shows daily and during the time since then this custom has been followed. During the summer sessions the Assembly Hall is used for all group metings. Gilchrist On Washington Trip For Defense Meeting Dean Gibb Gilchirst is in Wash ington, D. C., this week attending a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Engineiering D'e- fense Training. As one of the nine members of this committee appointed out of the U. S. Office of Education Dean Gilchirst will assist in making recommendations and suggestions on the ways of promoting defense training in the colleges of the country. The opening session of the meet ing was held at the Interior Build ing in Washington Wednesday morning. Dean Gilchrist is expect ed back next Wednesday. The Dean has been a mem ber of the committee since last fail and as a result of his work sever al new defense courses are being offered at A. & M. Feature This Evening Screened One Time Only; No Sunday, Monday Shows The Assembly Hall will flash the last motion picture of its career on the screen tonight. If plans work out according to schedule, the “old opera house” will close down to night after only one showing, states J. G. Gay, associate secretary of the Y.M.C.A. If the moving gets under way tomorrow as planned, the regular Sunday free show and the picture scheduled for Monday will not be given. The moving to Guion Hall will continue through Monday and Tuesday, finishing up in time for the regular Tuesday and Wednes day feature which will be screened for the first time Tuesday night. The new fireproof projection room and the box office at Guion Hall have been finished for sever al weeks, but the delay in moving was caused by a late shipment of equipment. The present Guion Hall, with its maroon and white curtains, will be further beauti fied with new draperies between the main auditorium and the side aisles, draperies over the balcony windows, a new screen, a new sys tem of stage lighting, and heavy carpets on the aisles. CLUBS NOTICE All requests for allocations from the Student Activities fund should be filed with the Student Activities Office, 126 Administration Building by October 10. Application blanks are now available for making your requests. Junior Engineer Positions Are Open The government is urgently in need of junior engineers in all branches of engineering, Dean Gibb Gilchrist, hiL-ad of the school of engineering, learned in a letter received from the United States Civil Sex-vice Commission. There is a serious shortage of eligibles on the junior engineer registers and the Commission is again calling the attention of any engineering graduate or candidate for an engineering degree in Feb ruary, to government opportuni • ties in federal service. Anyone who is interested in the offer of the Civil Service Commis sion may secure application form and form cards which are on file in the office of the Dean of Engi neering as long as the supply lasts. Brazos County Club Announces Membership Drive Meeting Monday Night is Scheduled As Enrollment Booster A membership meeting of the Brazos County A. & M. Club will be held at the Bryan Country Club at 7:30 p. m. Monday evening. De cision to hold the meeting was made by the Board of Directors of the club, H. L. Heaton, secretary- treasurer announced. All present members and those who have not yet joined are urged to be present at the Monday meet ing. Any former student of A. & M. who has not yet joined the club may do so at this meeting or may make application and pay their annual $1 membership dues to Jocko Roberts of the Experiment Station or any member of the membership committee. This is to be a membership meeting and an effort will be made to increase the size of the club membership. At the present time 180 men have joined the club voluntarily. A goal of 400 has been set for the enrollment. A letter was received and read at the last meeting from the Wash ington, D. C. A. & M. Club. The club invited all Aggies to visit them when in Washington. Their regular meeting date is the eighth day of each month. The nine chairmen of standing committees have been requested by the board to call meetings of their committees and plan their year’s work and make reports on their program at the membership meeting. Chairman Roberts of the mem bership committee is already work ing on his list of 454 eligibles for membership in the local club. Subsistence Lists To Be Sent in Soon The list of those seniors taking advanced military science who earned pay this summer will be sent to the headquarters of the Eighth Corps Area at San An tonio by the end of next week, Captain Bennet, adjutant, stated yesterday. Mississippi Valley Cadets Organize Club The recently organized Mississ ippi Valley Club of A. & M. has as its aims to promote a general feeling of fellowship, and to form acquaintances with the boys of that area according to John Har din, newly elected president. There are approximately 25 members in the club. Dots and Dashes ... W T AW and Battalion Take to Ether Waves for 6-a-Week Newscast If it’s flash news that .you’re looking for, you can start and stop with the Aggie’s radio station WTAW. With Graham McNamee’s ap proval and operating under Win- chell’s plan, Aggieland can now be treated to their own self-styled headline news in the form of a daily newscast- The first in this aeries of broad casts was heard on WTAW one week ago today. And from now un til June there will be a newscast at 11:55 a.m. every day except Sun day. The new radio program has been made possible through the cooper ation of The Battalion, WTAW, and the public speaking depart ment of the College. Carrying out the announcer’s chores on a regular schedule of Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday is junior editor of The Battalion, Charlie Babcock. Program announ cers for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday will be arranged in the future by the public speaking de partment. However, mention must be made that Irving Dietz conduct ed the program Wednesday with Norman Snapp in the driver’s seat Friday. Along the same vein, yet not to be confused with the news broad cast is the traditional Aggie Clam bake, a WTAW feature which hits the ether waves every Friday at 4:30 p.m. for one hour’s duration. Purpose of the Clambake is to promote a time for Aggies to use the radio station—a possibility for anyone to perform. Because of the customary first- of school rush, the Clambake has not been developed to the extent which existed last year. Progress along this line will be made during the next few weeks. Make that daily rush back to your room from class, grab the radio, and turn the dial. . . the re sult? A highly entertaining var iety program once a week or a masterful news commentary bring ing to you the highlights of the campus. English Profs Make Progress The Texas A. & M. college de partment of English has been in creased from 27 to 30 men since the 1940-41 session, two members have returned from leaves, three new men have been added and four resigned, Dr. George Sum- mey, Jr., announced today. Dr. Fred E. Ekfelt of the Eng lish department received his Ph. D. degree at the University of Iowa on August 1. Dr. A. H. Sakowitz, member of the staff from 1936 through 1938, returned after re ceiving his Ph.D. degree at Har vard university. Dr. William A. Owens, on leave for graduate study, received his Ph.D. degree at the University of Iowa in June. Members of the 1940-41 staff who spent all or part of the sum mer in gfadaute study or library research where John L. Coulter, Jr., W. A. Hall, L. F. Hauer, John Q. Hays, E. D. Hedgcock, Carroll D. Laverty, A. S. Limouze, Byrd L. Priee, Frank W. Powell, J. C. Watson, Kenneth A. Spaulding and Karl E. Elmquist, who spent a total of twelve weeks in prepara tion of a bibliography of military cryptography for the Liberty of Congress. Those resigning were C. W. Wilkinson, who accepted appoint ment at the University of Illinois; Richard M. Weaver, to continue studies at Louisiana State Uni versity; George D. Stephens, to do graduate work at the University of Nebraska and E. K. Spahr, to en ter private business at Austin. Moser, Spivey, Zapalac, Webster In Starting Backfield Against Javelinas By Mike Haikin Battalion Sports Editor The Texas Aggies, 36 strong, aided by some 2000 mem bers of the cadet corps, will attempt to make it two straight tonight when they take on Coach Bud McCallum’s A. & I. Javelinas in their “second invasion” of San Antonio at the Beautiful Alamo Stadium. Coach Homer Norton plans to start the same lineup which faced Sam Houston last week. Derace Moser, Marshall Spivey, Willie Zapalac, and Jake Webster will be the Aggie starting backfield, but they are scheduled to get plenty of help from those reliable re serves—Lee Daniels, Tom Pickett, Cullen Rogers, Bobby Williams, Andy Andricks, and “Bama” Smith. Daniels and Rogers, who com bined to ignite that spark which set the cadets off on a scoring spree last week, are destined to see lots of service before the night is over. In the line, there will be Jim “Rosy” Sterling and Bill Henderson at ends, Les Richardson and Ray-f” Mulhollan at guards, Martin Ruby and Fuel “P’ats” Wesson at the tackle posts, and Dub Sibley at cen ter. Supplementing them will be The commandant’s office has again reminded the cadet corps that the official uniform for today’s game in San Antonio will be the number one with white shirt. The number two uniform may be worn at any time on the trip with the exception of the ball game. Boots Simmons, Harold Cowley, Roy Bucek, Wayne Cure, Bob Tulis, Jack Swank, Leonard Dickey, Art Mercer, Weldon Maples, and Leon ard Holder. Hopes Are Clarkson As for the Javelinas they will put all their hopes on the shoul ders of Stu Clarkson, one of the greatest centers ever to come out of the Lone Star State. He is go ing into his last season after mak ing all the conference honor teams, and making many All-American mentions. Much will depend upon this boy to strengthen the middle of the Hog line, which will cer tainly get its test against the speedy Aggie backs. Along with Clarkson in the Hog line, which held Tempe to a scant yardage last week, will be Klosters and Dowgiello at tackles, Maris and Gardes at guards, and Arnold and Jensen at the terminals. Johnny Vargo Starts In the backfield, Coach McCal- lum plans to start off with John ny Vargo at the wingback post, Vernon Gillespie in the tailback (See AGGIES HOPE, Page 3) R L Freeland Takes Reins of Spanish Club Robert L. Freeland will lead the Club Espahol de las Tres Americas for the coming year as a result of an election held at the first meet ing of the club Wednesday night. Other officers elected are Harvey Cordua, vice president; “Happy” Goodman, secretary-treasurer; and W. J. Hamilton, Jr., club reporter. Completion Of AAA Building Planned for March Preparation For $300,000 Structure Started in September The future home of the Agri cultural Adjustment Administra tion in Texas will be completed in about, six months, B. F. Vance, administrative officer in charge of the state AAA, has announced. Construction of the $300,000 three-story brick and re-inf orced concrete building, at the intersec tion of the Sulphur Springs road and former Highway 6 on the west side of Texas A. & M. college campus, was begun September 3, when final plans were approved. The building is being constructed by the college for rental to the AAA, Vance pointed out. When completed, the building will be 281 feet long, 44 feet wide with 22-foot end wings, and a total office space of about 44,000 square feet, the AAA official said. Included on the first floor, be sides offices of executives and administrative officers, will be the state AAA committee, district fieldmen and conference rooms. Persons visiting the state office will have access to a spacious lob by. Other departments on the ground floor are the supply and duplicating offices, and a photo graphic dark room. Along with marketing quota, commodity loan and crop insur ance personnel on the second floor will be the receiving, filing, sched uling auditing, correspondence, computing and adjustment units, Vance said. The AAA equipment repair shop also will be located on> the second floor. Equally important is the third floor where the general account ing, statistical and fiscal offices will be located. Plans for the third floor also include an aerial photography laboratory. The basement will be used for storage of supplies and state AAA records. East Texans Select Watson as President The East Texas A. & M. Club at its second meeting of the sem ester Tuesday selected Joe Watson to serve as its president this year. Other officers elected at the meeting include D. R. Sutherland, vice president; Tom Lanier, sec retary; Bob Bruce, treasurer; and M. M. Wooften, social chairman. Students living in and around the East Texas oil fields are in vited to come to the next meeting of the club whch will be announced in the mess halls. A dance is be ing planned for the Christmas hol idays. Late Club Entries by Presidents Continue to Lengthen Official List The names of the officers of the various clubs on the campus will appear in the Battalion from time to time. The following is a con- tiuation of the list which appear ed in the October 2 issue. Biology Club President—Robert S. Crawford, Jr. Vice-President—Marvin M. Pear son Secretary—Harry Trodlier Treasurer—Harold Holdeman Social Secretary—H. O. Borg- field Faculty Sponsor—Dr. Charles LaMotte Boxing Club President—William Hammersley Vice President—Gus Link Secretary-Treasurer—Don Grif fin Beaumont A. & M. Club President—Dick Crutcher Vice-President—W. F. Oxford, Jr. Secretary-Treasurer — Charles L. Babcock, Jr. Cryptography Club President—Harry Gill Vice-President — George Hos kins Secretary-Treasurer—Dan Lans- don Reporter—Jack Kieth A. & M. Czech Club President—Joe Homak Vice-President—Joe Lichnovsky Reporter—Jimmie Mendl Secretary-Treasurer — Robert Ski'abanek Social Chairman—Fred Kallina Colorado County A. & M. Club President—Fred P. Kallina Vice-President—Henry Hasse Secretary-Treasurer—Joe Lich novsky Reporter—Robert Wells Social Chairman—Teddy Dank- lefs Del Rio A. & M. Club President—Earl E. McChesney Vice-President—William Bren nan Secretary-Treasurer—Harold W. (See OFFICIAL CLUB, Page 4)