DIAL 4-5444
STUDENT TRI WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
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122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 4, 1941
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NUMBER 25
CWS Award
Competition
Begins Nov 1
Company Awards
And Individual
Bars to be Given
Captain W. S. McCulley, sen
ior instructor of the Chemical War
fare Service battalion, issued a
memorandum yesterday in regards
to the various awards to be made
to the Chemical Warfare regiment
for the coming year. There will be
three different awards made this
year; these awards are the color
company award, the Baker trophy
award, and the Chemical Warfare
Proficiency awards.
Beginning November 1, the com
petition to decide the color com
pany for 1941-42 will take place;
this award will be given on the fol
lowing basis:
a. Consolidated grade point av
erage, i.e. total grade points
divided by total hours for
each company. Weight 50%
b. Dormitory inspection, i.e., for
each room against which de
merits are assessed, minus
two for each room against
which demerits are not as
sessed but not in satisfac
tory order, minus 1; assess
ments to be totaled, divided by
2 and subtracted from 100.
Weight 40%
c. Class attendance; Weight,
10%
The Baker Trophy Competition
to decide the best drilled platoon
will take place on the following
basis, beginning parts “a” and “b”
on November 1, 1941.
a. Personal inspection at drill.
Weight 20%
b. Percentage of proficiency
awards. Weight 40%
c. Execution of occupation of
position and “actjion” (Toi
take place in April). Weight
40%
The Chemical Warfare Profic
iency Awards, consisting of bars
two and five eighths inches long by
three-eighths inches wide, the low
er half of cobalt blue, the upper
half of yellow, with provision for
attaching from one to seven
bronze stars to indicate timtes
won, will be awarded on the follow
ing basis:
a. Grade point average, per sem
ester:
(1) .: Freshmen, 1>5.
(2) . Sophomores, 1.25.
(3) Juniors 1.2.
(See CWS AWARDS, Page 2)
Boynton
Paul W. Boynton, member of the editorial board of the Pennsyl
vania School and College Placement, will address the senior class
on methods of obtaining employment. Boynton is being presented
through the Placement Bureau of the Former Students Associa
tion. Members of the faculty and underclassmen are invited to
attend the lecture.
Seniors to Hear Boynton in Guion
Tomorrow at 11 am; Classes Excused
Gillis Addresses
TSCW on Defense
Thursday morning in the audi
torium of the Texas State College
for Women, Tom Gillis will speak
on “What Colleges Can Do in Na
tional Defense.” This talk will be
part of a program scheduled for
Defense Week at the college which
was designed to give students a
chance to check their present de
fense activities and plan others.
The invitation was extended by
Sara Troy, president of the T.S.C.
W. Student Body. Elmer L. Scott
of the Civic Federation of Dallas,
will be the other guest speaker.
Paul W. Boynton, supervisor of
employment for the Socony-Vacuum
Oil Company of New York and
euthor of the book, “Six Ways to
G'et a Job,” will lecture to the
Senior Class tomorrow morning at
o’clock in Guion Hall.
The subject of Boynton’s talk
will be “Six Ways to Get a Joo”
in which he will give the seniors
a general resume of the difficul
ties facing them upon tlaeir grad
uation. This lecture will be the
first of a planned series of educa
tional programs presented by the
Placement Bureau of the Asso
ciation of Former Students. Other
speakers will include a number of
prominent lecturers and business
men.
Boyton is a member of the edi
torial board of the Pennsylvania
Association of School and College
placement. He is outstanding izi
employment work and has been
in this field for 25 years. After
the lecture he will interview sen
iors who are interested in engi
neering work in foreign countries
after graduation. Boynton is, also,
the author of several pamphlets
of personnel direction and man
agement in addition to his book,
which will be briefly reviewed at
the meeting.
Lucian Morgan of the Associa
tion of Former Students stated
that “the speech will be of interest
to the seniors and will be on mat
ters which seniors will appreci
ate.” Included on the program
ROA Meeting Of
Officers and Seniors
Scheduled for Tonight
A meeting of the Brazos County
Chapter Reserve Officers Associ
ation will be held tonight in the
Petroleum lecture room at 7:30.
Col. Parks from the Houston Mili
tary district will be present to
show some training films.
All reserve officers and seniors
are urged to attend so that they
may become better acquainted and
also to discuss the training pro
gram for the coming year.
DEADLINE FOR
JUNIOR PICTURES
Nov. 3 thru 6—Composite
Regiment.
Nov. 7 thru 11—Cavalry.
Nov. 11 thru 14—Coast Ar
tillery.
Nov. 17 thru 20—Engi
neers.
will be Tyree L. Bell, T3, and, sev
eral other prominent ex-Aggies.
School authorities have announc
ed that excused absences will be
given to seniors who have 11:00 o’
clock classes. Any students or mem
ber of the faculty who wishes to
attend the lecture are invited.
Survey Course To
Begin Here Nov 10
A course in surveying and map
ping will begin here Monday, No
vember 10. The course is a nat
ional defense course being given
by the college and will last for ?
full 12 weeks.
Courses in strength of materials
and design of structures will be
offered in Houston soon, J. T. L.
McNew, head of the department of
civil engineering stated.
Several other defense courses
are being offered in Houston at
this time, some of which are for
the purpose of training young men
in engineering.
Aggie Ex at Randolph
Promoted to Major
Captain William A. Stephens, San
Antonio, has been promoted to
the rank of Major in the U. S. Ar
my Infantry reserve. He is a for
mer student of A. & M. and Hard-
in-Simmons University at Abilene.
Social Calendar
November 26 Bonfire Corps Dance
December 5 A.S.M.E. Dance
December 6 Corps Dance
February 6 Freshman Ball
February 7 Corps Dance
February 13 Architects Ball
February 14 A.S.C.E. Dance
February 20 Sophomore Ball
February 21 Corps Dance
February 27 Cattlemen’s Ball
March 6 Engineer’s Ball
March 7 Corps Dance
March 13 Field Artillery Ball
March 14 I Corps Dance
March 20
March 21
March 27
March 28
Coast Artillery Ball
Corps Dance
Cavalry Ball
Corps Dance
April 10-11-12 Former Students’ Homecoming
April 11 Hillel Club Dance
April 17 Composite Regiment Ball
April 18 Corps Dance
April 24 Infantry Ball
April 25 Corps Dance
May 1 Cotton Style Show, Pageant, and Ball
May 2 Corps Dance
May 8 Senior Ring Dance
May 9 Corps Dance
May 28 Junior Prom
May 29 ... Final Ball
Aggie Rodeo Tickets May Be Bought
From AH Students Living in Dormitories
Tickets for the Aggie Rodeo,
presented annually by the Sad
dle and Sirloin Club, are now on
sale. Afternoon general admission
tickets are 25 cents and all night
general admission tickets are 50
cents and may be obtained from A.
H. students living in the dormitor
ies. All reserved seat tickets will
be sold for 75 cents and are ob
tainable through the Animal Hus
bandry office in the agricultural
building.
The program Friday afternoon
and Friday night consist of eight
major events. The rodeo will open
with a wild mule race. Wild mules
will be saddled and ridden from
one end of the A.H. pavillion to
the other by Aggie contestants.
Following the wild mule race wiil
be the calf reaping contest which
is to be event number two. Num
ber three will be bareback bronch
busting contests; number four;
cowgirl sponsors contest; number
five, saddle bronc riding. Duke Har
rison, Hdq. Troop, Cavalry, will
present his version of a cowboy
clown and display trick roping
as event number 6. The wild cow
milking contest will follow Harri
son’s performance and number eight
will be a bull riding contest.
Participants of the cowgirl spon
sors contest, event number four,
will be seven Texas cowgirls, ail
of whom have appeared in top
ranking rodeos in Ft. Worth or
Madison Square Garden.
Annabelle Edwards of Big
Springs, Texas, will reign as queen
of the Aggie Rodeo and be escort
ed by King Shorty Fuller of D
Troop Cavalry. Miss Edwards has
B C Erwin Called To
Duty at Fort Benning
Lieut. Beryl C. Erwin of Col
lege Station has received orders
from headquarters, 368th Infan
try, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, to at
tend the Infantry School at Fort
Benning, Georgia.
The school at Fort Benning is
offering a course in rifles and heavy
weapons which is to last three
months.
Spirited Aggies Trek to Arkansas Hills For
Parade, Yell Practice and a Victorious Game
By Jack Keith
Little Rock—the capital of Ar
kansas and the hangout of seem
ingly thousands of soldiers from
furrounding army camps—was in
vaded by some 500 Aggies last
week-end. They poured in from Fri
day noon until game time Sat
urday by highway and train.
The Aggie special arrived in
Little Rock early Saturday morn
ing and about ten o’clock the band
marched down Main Street to the
tune of the Aggie War Hymn—
much to the surprise of the Ark
ansas University students, who had
been refused permission to have a
parade. Yell practice, led by Skeen
Staley standing on top of a police
man’s motorcycle, was a source of
amazement to the citizens of Lit
tle Rock. They had never seen such
a display of school spirit by such
a small group of students.
In the stadium the Aggies took
up a whole section right next to the
section occupied by the army boys
from Camp Robinson. The soldiers
didn’t like the idea of having to
stand up to see the game over the
heads of the Aggies, so they did
some cheering for the Arkansas
team, but it was easily drowned out
by the combined cheering of the
Aggies.
The Arkansas University stu
dents had ten yell-leaders in red
and white satin uniforms. Their
girls ped squad, the “Rootin’ Rubes”
were also very colorful in their
red and white uniforms with a gi
gantic razor-back on their backs.
The favorite ‘cheer’ of the Arkan
sas U. was ‘calling hogs’ much
as A. & M. Fish do in the mess
hall.
In its usual excellent manner, the
Aggie band performed between the
halves, forming the letters “A”
“U” and “T A & M”. The 150
members of the band who made the
trip sat in chairs along the side
lines and played between quarters
and during time out periods. The
Arkansas band, in their red ‘cab
bage-head’ hats and red uniforms
came on the field to the tune of the
“Arkansas Traveler.” The feature
of their performance was the for
mation of an airplane in the cen
ter of the field with their hats,
with music to resemble an airplane
in flight. The cheer-leaders then
ran out on the field and picked
up the hats.
With a 7 to 0 victory over the
Razorbacks, the Aggies proceeded
to ‘take ever’ Little Rock until
train time. The train arrived in
College Station Sunday at noon—
full of tired, sleepy Aggies who
had spent the week end in “hillbilly
land.”
appeared in Madison Square Gar
den twice and in other outstand
ing rodeos all over the country. She
was chosen as Chesterfield’s Girl
of the Month for January, 1941.
She is an outstanding personality
in rodeo circles and is now a stu
dent of John Tarleton College at
Stephenville.
The afternoon and night per
formances for Friday will begin at
2:30 and 7:30 respectively and will
last approximately two hours and
thirty minutes each. Winners of
the Friday afternoon and night
contests will compete for final
honors in the Saturday night per
formance.
To the winer of the Cowgirl
Sponsors Contest will go a silver-
loving cup to be presented by the
Saddle and Sirloin Club. A silver
buckle and cowboy belt will be pres
ented to the all around cowboy by
J. B. Lauterstein. Other cash a-
wards will be made to the winners
of the different events.
November Payroll
For Texas WPA
Boosted by $248,000
November’s WPA payroll for
50,000 Texas workers will be in
creased by $248,000, it was an
nounced today by State Adminis
trator H. P. Drought.
In line with nationwide WPA
wage increases to aid certified
workers in meeting higher living
costs, the wage raise goes into
effect with all payroll periods be
ginning on or after November 1,
Drought said.
Workers on those certified na
tional deefnse projects which ahe
exempted from the normal WPA
limitation of 130 hours 6f work
per month permitted on other WPA
projects are not included in thi
wage increase. Such workers are
pex-mitted to work from 160 to 192
hours per month, depending upon
project conditions, Drought ex-i
plained, and are therefore able to
earn more per month than other
project workers.
All Skilled Craftsmen
Not Engaged in Nat’l
Defense Needed by US
As the efforts of the nation are
united in building the most power
ful air force in the world, the
mightiest fleet on the seven seas,
and providing the arms and am
munition for the United States
Army, Uncle Sam sends the ca l
for more workers.
Three hundred thousand civil
service workers will be needed by
the end of December, 1942, to pro
duce the arms that are the defense
of America. The United States ur
gently needs engineers, draftsmen,
naval architects, machinists, ins
trument makers, physicists, and
economists. All persons not en
gaged in defense production should
see their civil service secretary at
College Station or at any first class
or second class post office for com
plete details on how to get a civil
service national defense job.
Col Welty Assumes Duties
As New Commandant Here
Band Expresses
Appreciation For
Making Train Possible?
To The Cadet Corps:
The Aggie band wishes to
express its appreciation giv
en to us for the trip to Little
Rock for the Arkansas game
last Saturday. If the corps had
not bought enough tickets on
the special to make the trip
possible for the band, we would
not have been able to go.
The members of the band are
grateful for the backing of
the Twelfth Man which has
been shown us this year, and
we want to place our services
at the disposal of the corps on
any occasion.
Bob Russell
Cadet Major, Aggie Band
E D Department
Organized to Do
Blue Print Work
W. E. Street, head of the De
partment of Engineering Draw
ing, has announced the establish
ment of a blue printing service for
the college.
A student having 18 months ex
perience at industrial reproduction
work has been secured to run the
machine.
A new two tube mercury vapor
Paragon Revolute machine has been
made available for the work. This
machine can be used in the repro
duction of blue prints, negatives,
blue line prints, and ozalid prints.
Work to be blue printed should
be sent to room 38 of the Civil En
gineering Building.
Maintenance Due
By Next Thursday
Maintenance for the month of
November, amounting to $25, is now
due and may be paid up until 5
p.m., Thursday at the fiscal office
in the Administration building.
It may be paid with cash or per-
sonel checks, but the checks numt
be for the right amount, as no
money will be given on personal
checks.
The fiscal office closes at 1:30
p.m. every day except the last
day when maintenance is due, and
then it remains open until 5 p.m.
Gov’t Again Sends
Out Appeal for Men
In order to speed production fo
national defense, the federal civil
service needs more consultants and
specialists, men who have had suc
cessful purchasing, distribution, or
marketing experience; men who
have a thorough knowledge of pro
duction and distribution methods
in any manufacturing.
Arrival Delayed By
Lack of Relief At
Newfoundland Base
Colonel Maurice D. Welty, the
new commandant and P.M.S.&T.,
arrived on the campus yesterday to
replace Lieut. Col. James A. Wat
son, who has been transferred to
a C.C.C. camp in San Antonio. Most
of Col. Welty’s time was spent in
moving into the residence which he
will occupy during his stay in Col
lege Station, and getting his family
settled in their new home.
The colonel will officially as
sume his duties as commandant to
day when he relieves Lieut. Joe E
Davis who has been acting com
mandant in Col. Welty’s absence.
His arrival at A. & M. was de
layed because his successor at the
Infantry Base at Newfoundland
did not relieve him of his command
at the time originally scheduled.
Welty is a graduate of West
Point from the class of 1910. During
his 30 years in the armed forces,
he has attended the Army War
College at Washington, D. C., and
the Infantry School Tank Corps.
He is also a distinguished gradu
ate of the Command and General
Staff School at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas.
Gilchrist to Inspect
Defense Courses At
Rice, Prairie View
Inspections of defense training
courses being held at Prairie View
Normal college and at Rice In?-
titute will be made tomorrow by
five members of the staff and Dean
Gibb Gilchrist, dean of the school
of engineering.
Accompanying Gilchrist will be
Dr. J. D. Lindsey, T. W. Leland, S.
R. Wright, J. T. L. McNew, and
Byron Winstead. The group wiil
leave College Station at noon and
will go to Prairie View and then
to Houston that night to visit
the courses being given under the
auspices of A. & M. at Rice Ins
titute.
Statisticians In
Demand-Civil Service
Committee Announces
The United States Civil Ser
vice Commission has just announc
ed that a written examination is
to be held for statisticians for the
Agricultural Marketing Service of
the Department of Agriculture,
There are vacancies in positions
paying from $1,620 to $2,600 a
year.
In order to qualify, an applicant
must have completed a four year
college course with major study
in agriculture, or equivalent. For
appointment to positions requiring:
a knowledge of cotton, applicants
will have to show that they have
had experience in handling cotton.
Men interested in these positions
should apply for further informa
tion at any first or second class
post office, or direct to the cen
tral office in Washington, D. C.
Not a Girdle Advertisement--
Lose the Paunch the New Way
Paunchy waists and short winds
rre being paged—that is to say,
any members of the faculty in
terested in getting a little exer
cise and recreation are asked to
meet in the animal husbandry lec
ture room Thursday evening at
seven o’clock. Volleyball, Aggie-
minton, or any other suggested
sports can be arranged for if a suf
ficiently large group is interested.
Plans are in a purely tentative
stage and the meeting is for those
interested to decide on details of
team arrangements, etc. If desir
ed, a league could be formed in
volleyball or any sport with teams
from each department or building
or campus area. This is a coopera
tive arrangement with an eye to
eliminating that old line of “Yep>
I need some exercise, but I just
can’t find time or anyone to make
it a little more sociable.”
Since daylight hours after work
are getting shorter, most of the
contemplated activities are indoor
and evening sports either for the
big or little gyms. Nothing too
stemuous but good fellowship and
a workout for those soft muscles
and out-of-condition legs. Don’t
forget the Thursday meeting!
CE Juniors Inspect
Houston Steel Plant
At 10 o’«lock this morning, a
group of junior civil engineers will
go to Houston to make an inspec
tion trip. They will visit a steel
.and fabricating plant there.
The students will have lunch as
guests of the company and will
spend the afternoon in the com
pany’s shops. Dr. A. A. Jakkula,
professor of structural engineer
ing, L. M. Legatski, instructor
in civil engineering, and F. J.
Benson, assistant professor in civ
il engineering, will go with the
students who will make the trip by
bus.