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Helen Jepson E'— - ^ iti N >J r Above is Helen Jepson, outstanding soprano of the Metropolitan Opera, who will appear on Town Hall tomorrow night. Miss Jepson will feature a program of singing that is designed to please music lovers of all tastes. She. has sung with Paul Whiteman as well as several of the outstanding operas throughout the United States. Helen Jepson, Metropolitan Singer, Will Appear on Town Hall Tomorrow Helen Jepson, grand opera’s glamour girl, as she is known to her devoted audiences, will appear in a concert tomorrow night at Guion Hall on the Town Hall series. The concert will begin promptly at 8 o’clock. This is one of the regularly scheduled Town Hall programs and, according to Fred Smitham, Town Hall manager, it promises to be one of the best. Students will be admitted to the performance on their Town Hall tickets. Those students who do not have tickets may purchase tickets for this performance at the gate for $1.00 or if they desire, they may buy a ticket for the rest of the Town Hall series for $2.00 which will entitle them to see nine performances. Reserve seats will be on sale for this concert for $2.00. Miss Jepson will present a var ied program of operatic songs and arias that will be of interest to music lovers of all tastes and pref erences. She will be accompanied by Robert Wallenborn, who has been a great asset to Miss Jepson in her career. Tomorrow night’s concert has been arranged by Mr. Wallenborn. “Prima donna 1941 style” is the description that has been aptly ap plied to this lovely, tall blond. Miss Jepson makes it a point to be punctual in keeping her numerous appointments and reserves “tem perament” for purely artistic and musical uses. Horseback riding, fishing, hunting, and swimming are the star’s favorite amusements. Her hobby is raising rabbits. Since her Metropolitan debut in 1936, Miss Jepson has sung the roles of twelve of opera’s loveliest heroines before Metropolitan Opera Bryan Banks Up Warrant Charges Beginning October 24th, the banks in Bryan will charge a rate of one and one-half per cent on all state general fund warrants and will continue cashing warrants at this rate until further notice. Banks at all other places in Texas put this rate in effect on Octo ber first. The charge on cashing state war rants has been raised from 1% to lMr% because the general revenue fund against which these warrants are drawn has shown a steadily mounting deficit and the warrants have continued to be outstanding for constantly longer periods. M E Seniors Go To Houston to Inspect Around 90 seniors of the Mechan ical Engineering department will make an inspection trip to Houston today for the purpose of inspecting the Gable Street Power Plant, the Westinghouse electrical shops, and the Texas Electrical Steels Casting Company. audiences. She never sings down to an audience. “The public, whether it be in New York, or in a small Texas town, still has taste and appreciation, and is entitled to hear the best a singer has to offer. “I try to give it to them,” said Miss Jepson. Born in Akron, Ohio, Miss Jep son has seen the seamy side of life in her struggle toward the fame which she now knows. From a sales girl in a large department store, to a singer in Paul White man’s orchestra, to a great Metro politan star—this is the story of her rise. But along the way, she has not forgotten what struggle means and perhaps this accounts for her straightforward, frank, simple manner. She is always ready to step in at an emergency and will attempt anything with the same quiet courage with which she launched her career. Dental Exhibit Built for Fair By Architect Seniors Seniors in the department of architecture are building an exhib it at the Brazos County Free Fair in Bryan for the Brazos County Health Unit as part of the unit’s program of health education. This exhibit is to be devoted to dental health in conjunction with dental Health Week proclaimed by the governor of Texas. The theme of the exhibit is “Good Teeth Can Be Planned,” stressing a good diet, dental care, and dental hygiene. In charge of the design are Gordon McCutchan, Joe Bill Pierce, and Marion Lyle. The design is of a modern char acter employing the use of sus pended panels and colleges. The Battalion VOLUME 41 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 28, 1941 Z275 NUMBER 22 Arkansas Special Depends on 43 Tickets Boynton Will Address Senior Class On Employment Problems November 5 Five Branches Offer Openings To R0TC Officers Excused Absences Will Be Given for 11 O’clock Classes; Faculty Invited Speaking to the Senior Class Wednesday, November 5 at 11 a. m. Paul W. Boynton will discuss his book “Ways to Get a Job” recent ly published by Harper & Bros. Boynton is being brought here by the Placement Service of the Former Students Association and is the superintendent of employ ment in the industrial relations de partment of the Socony Vacuum Oil Company. Boyton is a member of the edi torial board of the Pennsylvania Association of School and College placement. He is outstanding in employment work and has been in this field for 25 years. After the lecture he will interview seniors who are interested in engineering work in foreign service after grad uation. Seniors will be excused from classes at that time so that they may attend the meeting, it has been announced by the executive committee. Any student or mem ber of the faculty who wishes to attend the lecture may do so. Lucian Morgan of the Associa tion of Former Students stated that “the speech will be of inter est to the seniors and will be on matters which seniors will ap preciate. Included on the program will be Tyree L. Bell, ’13, vice- president of the Austin Bridge Co. and President of the Association of Former Students. This lecture is to be the first in a series which was planned for the education of students in the field of employment that extends down through the sophomore class and was begun by the placement office in 1939. Other speakers will come to the campus later and will address classes other than the senior class. Nov 3-8 Date For EE Short Course The electrical engineering de partment announced Monday that a public utility short course and special meeting of meter super visors for electrical metermen will be held in the E. E. building Nov. 3 through 8 for the purpose of familiarizing metermen with var ious meter schemes. The first three days of the course will be devoted entirely to lecture, demonstration, and solutions of me ter problems, while the remaining three days will be devoted to prac tical instruction on connecting and reading meters. Crawford Elected Southern Delegate To Natl ASME Meet C. W. Crawford of the mechani cal engineering department was el ected senior delegate and chair man of the delegation from Group 8, which includes New Orleans, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas City, and Colorado at the A.S.M.E. regional meeting in Dallas October 25-26. Registration Figures Total 6,679 To Make 145 Increase for This Year Six thousand six hunded and sev enty-nine students are enrolled in the various departments of A. & M. college it was announced by the registrar’s office recently. This shows an increase in enrollment of 145 students as compared with the registration on October 10 of 1940 and is 616 more than were en rolled at the same time in 1939. The registration by schools is as follows: Agricultural Administra tion 217 freshmen, 172 sophomores, 170 juniors, and 152 seniors; Agri cultural Education 45 freshmen, 54 sophomores, 60 juniors, 55 seniors, and three graduate students; Agri cultural Engineering 36 freshmen, 18 sophomores, 17 juniors, 24 se niors, and three graduate students, Agronomy one special student, 326 freshmen, 220 sophomores, 208 juniors, 195 seniors, and 65 special students; Cotton Marketing 15 freshmen and 11 sophomores; Landscape Art one special student, 247 freshmen, 151 sophomores, 101 juniors, and 63 seniors; Science 95 freshmen, 58 sophomores, 36 ju niors, and 25 seniors with 50 grad uate students. Architectural Engineering one special student, five freshmen, 12 sophomores, 12 juniors, and six seniors; Architecture 47 freshmen, 26 sophomores, 16 juniors, 13 se niors, six fifth year men and one graduate student; Aeronautical Engineering one special student, 320 freshmen, 96 sophomores, 54 juniors, and 26 seniors; Chemical Engineering 217 freshmen, 135 sophomores, 90 juniors, 56 seniors, and seven graduate students; Civil Engineering 126 freshmen, 87 soph omores, 74 juniors, 57 seniors, and two graduate students; Electrical (See REGISTRATION, Page 4) Change of Units May Be Made by Applying At Commandant’s Office Because of a shortage of train ed officers in the Quartermaster Corps, Signal Corps, Air Corps, Corps of Engineers, and Chemical Warfare Service, graduates from other units of the ROTC will be allowed to transfer from their own branch of the service to other branches where they are needed. No ROTC student in either the Corps of Engineers or the Chem ical Warfare Service will be per mitted to apply for commission in another arm of service. The present organization of the ROTC does not provide a suffi cient number of qualified Reserve officers iii certain of the arms and services of the United States Army. Although the officer candidate schools will correct this deficiency to a certain degree a shortage will remain. Rather than attempt a complete reorganization of the units of the ROTC during the emergency, it is considered desir able to authorize the commission ing of Reserve officers in the arms and services from the graduates of other units. The Quartermaster Corps will receive a total of five per cent of all ROTC graduates. The Signal Corps will take a total of ten per cent of all ROTC graduates and the student must show an aptitude for Signal Corps duty. Graduates who have majored in Aeronautical and Mechanical engineering or Bus- inees Administration may transfer to the Air Corps which will re ceive ten per cent of the ROTC graduates. The Engineering will take five per cent of the ROTC graduates and a degree in civil en gineering will be required to trans fer. A total of 50 graduates from all corps areas will be taken by the Chemical Warfare Service. The Re serve officers desiring to transfer to this branch must have pursued courses leading to a degree in chemistry. ROTC students not belonging to a Chemical Warfare Service unit, but pursuing courses which lead to a chemical degree, may receive their summer camp training at Edgewood Arsenal with the view of being commissioned as Reserve officers of the Chemical Wax-fare Sex-vice; provided that the cost to the United States for transporta tion does not exceed that incident (See ROTC, Page 4) Senior Class Has Already Orders For 569 Rings Ordered The senior class has ordered 569 rings already this year. The next 'order will be sent on November 1, and the rings will arrive on Novem ber 15. So far, the most popular ring has been the 18 pennyweight model in antique green. If necessary the first adjust ment on all rings is made fx-ee of charge, but all following adjust ments cost two dollars each time the ring is sent back to the factory. Adjustments go back on the 5tn and 20th of each month. All the senior rings are made by Jostens in Owatonna, Minesnota. This ih the last year of a three-year contract with this firm, and next year new bids must be made by the various engarving companies for the ring contract. Welfare Committee Meeting Postponed Until Next Tuesday The meeting of the Student Wel fare Committee, which was sched uled for Wednesday, October 29, has been postponed until Tuesday, November 4. The Committee will eat supper together at Sbisa hall parlor at 6:15 after which the members will ad journ to the adjoining room to dis cuss business for the coming year. Rodeo Queen Annabelle Edwards Rodeo Royalty Named; Annabelle Edwards Is Queen Funds From Rodeo Will Send Livestock Judging Team on Trips Miss Annabelle Edwards of Big Spring will be in the spotlight at the A. & M. Rodeo on November 7 and 8, as she has been selected as Queen of the Aggie Rodeo. Miss Edwards is one of the top cow girls of the nation, having twice appear ed in the Madison Square Garden. Among the other honors she has received is the title “Chesterfield Girl of the Month” for January, 1941. At the present time she is a student at John Tarleton. “Shorty” Fuller, last year’s rodeo director and president of the Saddle and Sirloin Club will es cort the queen this year. Other members of the court will be Duke Jack Taylor, Dave Shelton and their duchesses. Preparations for the rodeo are now being made in the Animal Husbandry Pavilion. This is the twenty-second annual rodeo spon sored each year by the Saddle and Sirloin Club. This rodeo is held in order to raise funds to send the livestock and meats judging teams to Chicago, Kansas City and Fort Worth. Besides the regular rodeo events, there will be cow girls sponsors contests between some of the top ranking and most beautiful girls in Texas. This is the first time girls have even performed at an A. & M. i-odeo. Zeno Hemphill, in charge of the sponsors, is work ing to get prizes for the winners There will be ttiree shows this yeai\ Two performances will be held Friday and finals will be Sat urday night. The high point men from the Friday shows will be the only men entered Saturday night. Col Welty To Report for Duty Before November 3 New Commandant Comes Here From Infantry Base Forces in Newfoundland In a personal letter to Captain A. J. Bennett, Adjutant, Col. M. D. Welty stated that he would re port to College Station on or be- fox-e November 3 to assume the duties of Commandant of A. & M. College. Col. Welty graduated from West Point in 1910 in the Infantry branch of the service and went into active duty as a second lieutenant and later graduated from the War College at Washington, D. C. He was a distinguished graduate of the Command and General Staff School at Fort Levenworth, Kans as. He is also a graduate of the Infantry School Tank Corps at Fort Benning, Georgia. Col. Welty is being relieved of his command of the Infantry Base forces at Newfoundland and is be ing transferred to A. & M. fox- active duty as Commandant. He will reside in the home recent ly occupied by Col. James A. Wat son, at 406 Throckmorton street. Col. Welty’s furniture is temp orarily stored in the Coast Artillery Corps armory. Besides Col. Welty, A. & M. will receive two new replacement offi cers in the immediate future. Lieut. Col. John K. Boles is being tx-ansferred here to relieve Lieut. Col. O. C. McIntyre as Senior Ins tructor of the Field Artillery. Vanity Fair And Senior Favorites Corrections Made Seniors are reminded that Sen ior Favorite and Vanity Fair pic tures for the 1942 Longhorn may be turned in now to Benny Han cock or J. C. Grantham. They are cautioned not to wait until the last moment to submit their pic tures. Contrary to previous announce ments in the Battalion, Senior Fa vorite pictures must be 5 x 7 close-up, gloss finished. Vanity Fair pictures must consist of an 8 x 10 full length formal, a 5 x 7 full length street or sport and a 5 x 7 close-up, gloss finish. Nurserymen to Have Short Course Oct 30 Again this year A. & M. is of fering a sex-ies of short courses for all interested nurserymen ex tending from October 30 through November 1. Common problems on plant ma terials, culture, design, accounting, and salesmanship will go to make up these courses. Aggies Hearlded Again--This Time in Poetry By Dr. Lackey Another tribute to the Aggies! Texas Aggies on Parade, the lat est edition to the volumes of trib utes already paid the Texas Ag gies, was written by Dr. W. W. Lackey, author of Flowers and Fruit, and Five and Thirty Years. Although Dr. Lackey was never an Aggie himself he has truly captured the “Spix*it of Aggieland” and materialized it in his latest publication, Texas Aggies on Par ade. Dr. Lackey served as super intendent of the Midland, Texas, public school system for 35 years and from each succeeding year has seen boys graduate from Midland High School and come to A. & M. In recognition of his immortal contribution to the famed Aggie Spirit, it is only fitting to say Dr. Lackey has come as close to being an Aggie as anyone possibly could without having actually come to A. & M. Texas Aggies On Parade ’Tis royal fun to witness Texas Ag gies on parade— A picture bright in memox-y which time will never fade The strength and flower of our youth in spick-and-span array. Precision and efficiency, cadets accustomed way. Where’er impox'tant game is play ed, they migrate to the scene In cars and trucks and bus and train beloved cadets are seen While every person in the world would lend a helping hand To sons like these with spirit bold who come from Aggieland Before the game is ever called, they’re there ten thousand strong: It thrills the heart to hear them yell and listen to their song When banked together in the stands they form a thrilling sight; A spark would quickly set them off—their spirit’s full of fight. Supported, marshaled, led inspired by brilliant marching band No loyalty has yet compared with that in Aggieland Maneuvers of this mighty band, a a liberal education, Spell out the names of colleges in fitting dedication. With dates from Texas College for Women, it looks like Romance Land (See PARADE, Page 4) Game Tickets For Sale at Athletic Office or Y Desk Student tickets for the Arkan sas-A. & M. football game are now on sale at the office in the old Y. M. C. A. building for $1.10 plus one of the regular coupons. At present there are five hundred tic kets available but more can be readily obtained if they are need ed, according to releases from the Athletic department. Tickets will be removed from sale at four o’clock Thursday evening. WANTED!—43 Aggies to go to Arkansas on the special band train. In order to justify running the special train, at least 43 addi tional Aggies besides the band members must make reserva tions by 1 p.m. today. Old Army, let’s show we’ve got the Aggie spirit by going to Lit tle Rock and let’s help the band get there by making it possible to run this special train. Reservations must be in Harry Boyer’s office by one o’clock. The office will be open from eight until one o’clock, so that every one may have the chance to make his reservation and pay the fare. Round-trip tickets for the trip will cost $9.14. Tickets have hot yet been printed, but will be as soon as sufficient resevations have been made. Let’s Go, Army! Bob Russell, Band Major Skeen Staley, Head Yell Leader Tom Gillis, Cadet Colonel Regular admission tickets are available at the athletic office for faculty members and residents -of College Station who wish to see the the game in Little Rock. The price of these tickets is $2.25. Authorized Absences Authorized absences will be granted to juniors and seniors who attend the game, the commandant’s office informed the Battalion last night. The leave of absence will be gin at noon Friday and end Mon day morning at reveille. This will allow students who make the trip twenty-four hours to travel the four hundred and fifty miles to Little Rock. In order to get authorized ab sences from Friday afternoon and Saturday classes, it will be nece ssary to fill out a regular week end pass and take it with a foot ball ticket to the commandant’s office to be stamped. It is abso lutely essential that the ticket be purchaesd before leaving for the game and is stamped by the Com mandant’s office. Band Members One hundred and thirty-two members of the band will accom pany the team on the trip. The band fish will not make the trip, as there are only funds available to send the upperclassmen. A spec ial train carrying the band and any cadets who wish to make the trip will leave College Station at 7 o’ clock Friday and will arrive in Lit tle Rock at 8 Saturday morning. The special will leave Little Rock for College Station at 1 a.m. Sun day, arriving at 12 noon. Elmquist to Serve As Cryptographer In War Department Professor Karl E. Elmquist of the English department has been called into the service of the War Department as a crytographer. He has been given a leave of absence to begin November 16 and is to re port to the Chief Signal Officer, War Department, on November 18. Elmquist will act in the capacity of a civilian specialist and advis or, but will not be in the uniformed service. During his absence, he hopes to create a bibliography of military cryptography for the Library of Congress. Elmquist has already started work on his book and has done research on the subject at the University of Chicago Library, the University of Nebraska Library, and other principal libraries in the East. No arrangement has been made as yet for someone to take Elm- quist’s place as head of the cryp tography club.