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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, THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 9, 1941
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NUMBER 14
Sophomores to Elect Class
Fuermann Selects
Mr . , m . r . Gillis as Successor
Ollicers at Meet tonight For Aid Fund Head
TCU Corps Trip
Queen Selected By
Aggies Wednesday
Winner Announced
During Intermission
At Friday Night Dance
An Aggie-day sweetheart for the
T.C.U. corps trip was chosen Wed
nesday night by a group of twelve
seniors who were guests of the
twelve contestants when they vis
ited TSCW in Denton. The con
testants attended a dinner given
by the TSCWites at 7:30 p.m. in
Breckenridge Hall after which the
group went to the College club
and the sweetheart was chosen. Her
name will not be announced until
intermission at the corps dance
which is to be held here Friday
night.
Seniors who went to Denton to
select the honor girl were Dick Her-
vey, Rufus Pearce, Bob Russell, Don
Gabriel, Russell Heitkamp, Fred
Smitham, Alden Cathey, Howard
Brians, Warren Ringgold, Pete
Tumlinson, J. 0. Alexander, and
Tom Gillis. They were the guests of
Misses Sara Gillett', Lynn Gibbs,
Helen Bratton, Betty Buchanan,
Claire Newsome, Fern Hendricks,
Sophie Nelson, Marion Good, Anna
Ruthe Ashe, Barbara Cook, Bobbie
Jo Sanford, and Jo Ann Scott.
Government Offers
Land Bank Position
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces open com
petitive examintaions for the posi
tions of Associate Land Bank Ap
praiser, $10.20 a day and Assis-
tand Land Bank Appraiser,
$2,600 a year, for employment in
the Tenth Farm Credit District,
Farm Credit Administration,
Headquarters, Houston, Texas.
This includes the state of Texas.
Applications must be filed with
the Manager, Tenth U. S. Civil
Service District, Customhouse,
New Orleans, Louisiana,
Competitors for the Associate
Land Bank Appraiser examination
will not be required to report for
examination at any place but rat
ings will be based on information
shown in their applications sub
ject to corroboration.
Competitors for the Assistant
Land Bank Appraiser examination
will be notified when and where
to report for examination.
Further information and appli
cation forms may be obtained from
the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil
Service Examiners, at any first-
or second-class post office in the
state of Texas; or from the Man
ager, Tenth U. S. Civil Service
District, Customhouse, New Or
leans, Louisiana.
’ Class to Discuss
Plans for Coming
Year; Gillis Presides
The first Sophomore class meet
ing of the year to be held in the
Assembly Hall at 8 p.m. tonight
was announced yesterday by Tom
Gillis, cadet colonel of the corps.
Election of class officers and dis
cussion of plans for the coming
year will be the highlight of the
meeting.
Gillis will preside over the meet
ing and the organization comman
ders will count the votes.
Richard W. Jenkins, head of the
Singing Cadets, will lead several
songs before the meeting.
Gillis expressed a desire for a
full attendance of the Sophomore
class and full cooperation from
everyone attending so that elec
tions may be carried on more
smoothly and efficiently.
Students Injured
On Return From
Game Recovering
All the Aggies injured in the
collision Sunday afternoon near
Taylor on their way back from the
San Antonio game are recovering
and all are expected to be out of
the hospital in a few days, Dr. J.
E. Marsh, college physician, told
reporters Tuesday.
Most seriously injured of the
group is Jack Marsh, driver of the
car and son of Dr. Marsh, who suf
fered head and internal injuries.
Bob Alford and Paul Lloyd who
were also in the front seat suf
fered head injuries as well as
cuts on the face and neck. Otis
Grafa, the only occupant of the
back seat, has an injured neck and
a cut over the left eye.
Dick Thompson and Charlie
Tannhauser were in the car bur
were not hurt seriously enough
to have to stay in the hospital. All
of the students involved with the
exception of Alford who is in C
Field, are in Battery D, Coast Ar
tillery.
The accident occured when the
Aggie’s car met in a head-on col
lision with an automobile occupied
by two men from Taylor. Both of
the Taylor men died as a result of
the accident.
Dr. and Mrs. Marsh accompanied
by Mrs. Irene Claghorne, assistant
to Dr. Marsh, brought the cadets
back from Taylor Sunday evening
and toojc them to the college hos
pital.
Volkenberg Speaks
On Alaskan Research
The Biology Club will present
Dr. Van Volkenburg of the col
lege teaching staff at its regular
meeting Thursday night after yell
practice in the biology lecture
room. Dr. Van Volkenburg’s lec
ture will pertain to his research
done in Alaska.
Committee’s Budget
Hiked From $1,600 To
$2,100 for Coming Year
At the first meeting of the Stu
dent Aid Fund Committee for the
year 1941-42, Tom Gillis was ap
pointed chairman of the group by
retiring chairman George Fuer
mann. Members of the committee
voted to retain Fuermann in the
capacity of advisory member.
Fuermann’s retirement came as
a result of this being his fifth year
on the campus, and it being the
the general custon^ for seniors to
Appoints Successor
George Fuermann
occupy all major student offices,
Fuermann resigned in favor of Gil
lis.
The committee approved a bud
get of $2,100 for the year, a de
cided increase over the $1,600 fig
ure of last year. Joe Skiles, mana
ger of student activities, was nam
ed to succeed E. L. Angell as one
of the three faculty members, a
position left vacant when Angell
was made executive assistant to
President T. O. Walton this sum
mer.
Further business of the group
consisted of discussion of the aims
and future policies of the aid fund
program. It was decided that an ed ; -
ucational program would be con
ducted through The Battalion as
an effort to familiarize members
of the cadet corps with the purpose
and intent of the plan.
TCU Prexy and Bevy
Of Co-eds To Extend
Corps Trip Invitation
The president of the student
body at T.C.U., accompanied by a
committee of T.C.U. coeds, will
arrive at A. & M. Friday after
noon. Miss Cayce, president of the
student body, will appear at yell
practice Friday night to personally
extend a cordial invitation to the
A. & M. cadet corps to attend the
T.C.U. game and festivities at Fort
Worth during the corps trip of Oc
tober 18.
Nichols’ ’’Torrid Trumpet” Opens Town Hall
Season, Plays Corps Dance in Sbisa Friday
By Tommy Vannoy
Red Nichols and his orchestra
will be the first presentation of
the 1941 Town Hall series to
morrow night when his “torrid
trumpet” opens the program at
8 o’clock in Guion Hall.
The Town Hall series has ar
ranged for ten programs to be
presented at intervals throughout
the year.
Nichols has attained fame over
the country for his musical pre
sentations since he finished Culver
Military Academy in 1923. With
five friends, he organized his first
orchestra and called them his
“Five Pennies.” Jimmy Dorsey,
now a nationally known leader,
played saxophone and clarinet in
the original group.
The five have now grown to
fourteen. Later Nichols aided in
starting such names aa Benny
Goodman, Gene Krupa, Glenp Mil
ler, Artie Shaw, and Jack Tea
garden to successful careers.
No girl singer is used in Red
Nichols band, but he has two ex
cellent male vocalists.
Nichols has the rare quality for
a musician of being on top tech-
mensely popular with ’ the dancing
nically and at the same time im-
Toivn Hall Maestro
“Red” Nichols
public. He is admired by other
musicians and a decided hit as a
box-office favorite.
The orchestra has had but two
theme songs in its 15 years of
existence. The first was “Ida” and
the second, “Wail of the Winds.”
The latter was written one night
at the conclusion of ballroom en
gagement by IJed and his friend,
Harry Warren.
Red’s homes, if they can be cal
led such, are in Forest Hills, Long
Island, and San Leandro, Califor
nia. He is on the road so much
that he seldom gets to live in
either one of them.
Nichol’s father was professor
of music at the University of Utah
where he also directed the mili
tary band. So, it was natural for
young Nichols to commence cor
net instructions at the tender age
of three. He later studied violin
and piano, for music was certainly
a family trait. His sister was an
accomplished cellist also.
After the Town Hall program in
Guion Hall, Red and his orches
tra will play for a corps dance
from 9 till 1 o’clock in Sbisa hall.
This is the first time that a big-
name orchestra has appeared here
during the fall semester.
Council Okeys Houston Trip,
Changes Thanksgiving Holidays
Senior Class Makes Advance to Regain Also Granted For
Former Powers at Commanders Meeting
Authorized Cuts
Underclassmen To
Attend Dances In
Uniforms or Tuxes
In an attempt to carry forth the
plan of the senior class to restore
the former powers of the senior
class a meeting of the organization
commanders was held last Tuesday
night in the banquet room of
Sbisa Hall. Cadet Colonel Tom
Gillis presided over the meeting
and under the direction of Lieut.
Joe E. Davis, assistant com
mandant, demands for more strict
enforcement of some existing reg
ulations were adopted unanimous
ly.
Restoration of power, prestige
and privileges heretofore vested in
the Senior Class was the sole
purpose of the meeting. The uni
form regulations concerning cam
pus wear was a principle objective
of the organization commanders.
In the future, seniors* and cadet
officers of the day will enforce
the regulations governing these
factors to the fullest extent of
their powers.
Freshmen, sophomores and jun
iors will not attend corps dances
in other than the official full
Student Group
Gets Money For
Y Improvements
A student committee composed
of Tom Gillis, Fred Smitham, Terry
Thrift, Toppy Pearce, and Preston
Bolton held a conference with R.
W. Briggs, building committee
chairman of the Board of Direc
tors, to discuss methods of securing
funds to make improvements in the
Y.M.C.A. Briggs secured for the
committee an interview with the
Board of Directors last Saturday
morning.
The Board authorized the college
to loan the Y.M.C.A. a sum of $14,-
000 for the improvements. This
fund is to be added to a fund of
$3,000 already acquired by the Y.
M.C.A., making a total of $17,000
to be spent on improvements. .
The construction of the improve
ments is to start at once. Two
many-windowed rooms are to be
constructed over the Barber Shop
and Casey’s. The lobby is to be div
ided into 3 rooms, forming a stu
dent’s lounge, rooms for recre
ation and a new lobby. The ceiling
in the chapel is to be lowered and
flourescent lighting installed. The
main office is to be moved across
the hall, and a new ladies rest
room is to be constructed in its
former location. Five long distance
telephone booths are to be made;
M. L. Fashion’s and J. Gordon Gay’s
offices are to be moved upstairs
into the present parlors; and two
new entrances to the basement are
to be installed—one on each side of
the steps.
The various Mothers’ Clubs have
pledged to contribute $5,000 for
furnishings to the student lounge,
and have already appropriated $1,-
000 toward this fund.
Editor White Year’s
First Hillel Speaker
Dr. D. H. White, editor of the
Jewish Herald-Voice, the largest
Jewish weekly in Texas, will be
the guest speaker at the first open
meeting of the A. & M. Hillel
Club.
The topic of Dr. White’s address
is “Why Jewish Survival,” an
evaluation of Judaism as a reli
gious philosophy, and its place in
the world we live in.
The meeting, which is open to
the public, will be held Sunday
evening at 7:30 at the Lounge
Room of Sbisa Hall.
dress uniform or tuxedo. This has
always been a uniform regulation
but in the past exceptions were
made. In future instances no ex
ceptions will be made and the
privilege of wearing civilian dress
to corps dapces will be strictly re
served for members of the ’ senior
class, regardless of circumstances.
In the past the attendance of
freshmen at the corps dances was
left to the discretion of the seniors
in their respective organizations.
Henceforth no freshman will at
tend corps dances without a date.
This rule is to be campus-wide and
shall be enforced by all members
of the senior class.
In the past the restriction on
freshmen, sophomores and juniors
wearing civilian clothes, or ap
pearing non-reg in any manner,
extended only within a five mile
radius. This restriction has been
revised and now reads “freshmen,
sophomores and juniors will not
appear on the campus or in the
vicinity of the college at any hour
in other than official uniform.
The vicinity of the college is in
terpreted to mean Bryan and other
entertainment centers within a 15
mile radius of the campus.”
Greater emphasis will be placed
Here’s One Who
Believes Honesty
Is the Best) ] Policy
Unbelievable as it may seem,
there are still some people in the
world who believe in the old theory
about honesty being the best pol
icy. At least there is one Aggie
who will benefit through the hon
esty of L. J. Patton of Houston
who found that he was in possess
ion of a suit case belonging to an
A. & M. student who was on his
way to Dallas.
The Aggie had ridden with Pat
ton and left his bag in the car
where it was later discovered. Pat
ton promptly wrote the lost and
found department of the Battalion
and requested that the person who
lost the grip contact him at 1642
Marshall, Houston.
Wilcox Boosted
For Appointment
To Retirement Board
George B. Wilcox, former presi
dent of the Texas State Teachers’
association is to be nominated to
fill the vacancy on the Teacher Re
tirement Board, friends of Wilcox
have announced. Governor Coke
Stevenson will make the appoint
ment for a six year term. The
position is to be created by the re
tirement of C. N. Shaver.
Wilcox is being supported by
many sections of the state in his
nomination. As president of the
state teachers association he se
cured a full understanding of the
retirement system. His wide ac
quaintanceship over the state and
with the various problems of the
retirement system make him an
excellent successor to Shaver, it
was pointed out by those sponsor
ing his nomination.
All members of the retirement
system are entitled to vote. From
the list of nominees, the three
names receiving the highest num
ber of votes will be submitted to
the governor who will make the
appointment.
Gordon Siegal To
Head Tumbling Team
New president of the tumbling
team is Gordon Siegel, A Coast Ar
tillery as a result of an election
held a ta meeting of the team Mon
day night.
The twenty members present at
the meeting elected Cecil Laws
secretary. W. L. Penberthy is spon
sor of the group.
Regulations Now
Hold in 15 Mile
Radius of College
on the regulation requiring fresh
men and sophomores to be within
the confines of their quarters by
12 midnight on Saturday nights
the commanders decided. Sopho
mores and freshmen having dates
will be permitted to be absent from
taps on Saturday night until 1:00
a.m. at the descretion of the or
ganization commander.
The senior section at the T.C.U.
football game will be from the 35
yard line to 35 yard line on the
east side of the stadium. The sen
ior section in Guion Hall will be
from row 11 to 27 inclusive in the
center section of the lower floor,
and the first two rows across the
front of the balcony.
The commanders agreed that
disgracing the Aggie uniform in
any place or in any manner is not
to be tolerated and all public ap
pearances at motion picture houses,
football games etc., will be required
of every student.
Violations of any of the above
and other new or revised restric
tions will be liable to senior court
for disciplinary procedure.
Student Activities
Office Again Opens
Official Club List
The Student Activities office
has reopened the list of clubs wish
ing to obtain an allocation of part
of the Student Activities Picture
Show Fund. Tomorrow will ab
solutely be the last day the clubs
may turn in their application for
this assistance.
Since the list was closed several
clubs have desired to be included
and the list has been reopened.
The applications must be turned
in to room 126, Administration
building by October 15.
The following clubs are the bal
ance of the original roster not
run in the Battalion previously:
A. S. A. E.
President—Walter H. Crump.
Vice-President—Earl Pettil
Secretary-Treasurer—Earl Lewis
Reporter—Wm. Tip Hall
“Agriculturist” Reporter — Joe
Autry
Azteca Club
President—Porfirio Cadena
Vice-President — Augusto A.
Eickelmann
Secretary—J. M. Garcia
Cosmopolitan Club
President—Porfirio Cadena
Vice President—David Phillips
Secretary—C. W. Hall
Treasurer—Clayton Collins
New Officers to be elected Oct.
12.
By Tom Leland
The long anticipated opening
of College Station’s newest motion
picture theater, Guion Hall, final
ly became a reality last night with
the showing of William Powell
and Myi’na Loy in “Love Crazy.”
The theater opened with a short
address by J. G. Gay of the
Y. M. C. A. who explained that
the new projection equipment had
not been completely adjusted, as
the lens of the projector cast a
picture which was slightly too
large for the size of the screen;
However, a new lens has been or
dered to remedy the situation. A
fine example of the Aggie spirit
Was shown by the good sportsman
ship of the audience during sever
al temporary blackouts which oc
curred as a result of this new
Unadjusted equipment.
All the Aggies who attempted
Arkansas Journey
Houston was authorized as the
city for a second corps trip by the
academic, council at a meeting held
Wednesday afternoon. Absences
for the A. & M. - Arkansas game
and a change in the Thanksgiving
recess were approved also.
Authorized but not excused ab
sences will be granted for juniors
and seniors in good scholastic
standing who wish to attend the
football game with the University
of Arkansas. These absences will
allow the juniors and seniors to
leave Friday, October 31.
Thanksgiving holidays have been
changed to begin November 27 and
last until 6 p.m. Monday, Decem
ber 1. The holidays as they were
originally published in the college
calendar were Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, November 20-22 in
clusive.
Authorities of the city of Hous-
to must be consulted and must ap
prove the issue before final plans
for the official corps trip there
for the Aggie Rice football game
can be made.
Brazos A & M
Club Trying To
Get Game on Air
The Brazos County A. & M. Club
met Monday night for a business
session, presided over by Presi
dent P. L. Downs, Jr., in which they
instructed the athletic committee
of the club to try to secure arrange
ments to have the A. & M.-NYU
game broadcast and to find out if
motion pictures of all future A. &
M. games played out of town can
be obtained.
Since the Aggie—A. & I. game
was not broadcast, the committee
will contact the Humble Oil and
Refining Cohipany, or another com
pany, to seek out the possibilities
of having the Aggie-NYU game
broadcast.
The committee will also find out
if motion pictures of A. & M.
games can be obtained to be shown
at some future date, accompanied
by a personal narration by one of
the football coaches who will des
cribe some of the interesting plays
of the games.
The members also discussed the
club’s present membership drive.
Jocko Roberts, chairman of the
membership committee, reported
that during the current member
ship drive, which began August
5, two hundred new members have
joined the club.
Cotton Society Hears
Specialist Tonight
F. E. Lichte, cotton gin special
ist of the U. S. D. A., will speak
to the Cotton Society tonight aft
er yell practice in Room 201, Tex
tile building. Everyone interested
has been invited by the society to
attend.
the opening were pleasantly sur
prised by the great contrast be
tween Guion Hall and its predeces
sor. The windows and hall ways
were darkened by attractive red
draperies, the atmosphere was
much more theater-like, and a
quietness unusual for an Aggie mo
tion picture audience prevailed dur
ing the performance.
Guion Hall will now house all
functions formerly held in the As
sembly Hall, which in turn will now
be used to take the place of Guion
Hall. In spite of the fact that
many people are sorry to see
the end of the old “screech-a-
torium” as the center of Aggie en
tertainments, the new arrangeb
ment is a great improvemnt and a
much needed contribution to the
college.
(See CLUBS, Page 4)
Days of Screech-a-torium Gone
As Guion Turns Aggie Theater