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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, OCT. 4, 1941
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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)