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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
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 25, 1941
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NUMBER 34
ICU Tie Makes Aggies Undisputed S W C Champs
Fish Intensifying Efforts for Yearlings
Coaches Expect Toughest Test Yet;
Game on Bryan Field in Case of Rain
By Chick Hurst
(Junior Sports Editor)
With only one more day remaining until they battle the Texas
Yearlings, the Aggie Fish are intensifying their efforts to be ready for
the encounter. Having worked hard against the varsity the past week,
including a rock-and-sock scrimmage Saturday afternoon, the Fish are
in top shape and ready to go.
Coaches Charlie DeWare and Manning Smith are expecting the
toughest battle their charges have yet experienced, and to quote Coach
DeWare “We’ll be lucky if we win by one point.” In preparation for
•■the forthcoming clash, the Fish
Rules, Suggestions
Offered Students,
Visitors for Game
Plans Set up to Help
Everyone Save Time And
Money While on Campus
With thousands of visitors ex
pected to be on the A. & M. cam
pus Thursday, it is important that
certain rules and suggestions be
followed. These are for the ben
efit of both students and their
visiting friends and are design
ed to prevent unnecessary waste of
time and money.
Here are some suggested rules:
1. All gates will open at noon and
fans are urged to take their places
in the stands as early as possible.
2. If you do not have a ticket for
the game, stay away from College
Station. There are none available
and no standing room will be sold.
3. Scalpers are warned that fed
eral and state men will be here to
watch for any violation of the laws
governing resale of tickets at ad
vanced prices.
4. If at all possible, fans should
come to the game by one of the
several special trains which will
be run. All trains run within one
block of the stadium and will save
the trouble of hunting parking
space or driving over congested
roads.
6. FREE parking space will be
provided to care for fans who drive
in, and those who come by that
method should follow the signs di
recting them about the campus.
6. To relieve the pressure on lo
cal eating establishments in Bry
an and College Station both of the
dining halls will be open to the
public with family style meals ser
ved at a nominal cost. Meals will
be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
7. The Assembly Hall has been
set aside as headquarters for vis
itors.
8. First aid station will be lo
cated on Clark Street, the thorough
fare leading to the main gate of
Kyle Field.
has been working overtime on pass
ing and pass defense, two depart
ments in which they have shown
signs of weakness.
Welsh, Wilde to Lead Battle
The Fish will be led into bat
tle by Barney Welsh, swivel-hipped
halfback from Stephenville, and
George Wilde, sensational passer
from Graham. Ahead of them in
the rugged forward wall are Ends
Nute Trotter, sensation in the
Rice game, and Jim Goers, whose
alertness counted six points in that
affair.
Yearlings Ready
On the other side of the fence,
word comes from Austin to the
effect that the Yearlings are out
to keep their string of victories
over the Fish intact. While Coach
Littlefield’s boys are not as strong
as other freshman teams in recent
years have been at Texas, they still
pack plenty of punch in some de
partments.
Game at 2 o’clock
The game is scheduled for 2
o’clock on Kyle Field, but in the
event of rain Wednesday morning,
the location will be moved to Bryan
Field so that the turf on Kyle
Field will not be torn up for the
varsity game Thursday afternoon.
Ross Volunteers Initiate Sixty Junior Members Sunday
With Informal, Formal Rites Followed by Sbisa Banquet
Bill Robinson Elected
R Y King to Reign Ovei
Spring Holiday
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Festiviti
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After a full day of preliminary
rites, the Ross Volunteers held a
formal initiation Sunday night in
Sbisa Hall. Sixty new members
took their places in this honorary
military organization.
Following the formal initiation
held by candle light, the company
adjourned to the banquet room of
the mess hall for a dinner.
Guests of honor at the cere
monies were Col. M. D. Welty,
Commandant and P. M. S. & T.,
Lt. Col. J. K. Boles, Major T. A.
Adcock, Capt. W. S. McCully, Lt.
T. B. Strother, and Lt. G. P. Ler-
ner.
Following the banquet, a business
meeting was held to elect junior
officers and determine policies for
the coming year. Bill Robinson,
E Field Artillery, was elected king
Aggies Truly Brazos
County Customers; Eft
350 Home Grown Fowls
Brazos county will be less 350
extra-special home-grown turkeys
come tonight in the mess halls,
when the cadet corps will be turn
ed loose on the annual “Turkey
Day” dinner.
Some of the turkey’s are the
Bronze Breasted type, (commonly
called “baby beef”) which are
noted for their extra amount of
white meat.
Mournful Tunes of Bass Horn,
Piccolo to Lead Eleph ant Walk
One of the events long remembered by seniors as a symbol of
achievement in their college careers is the annual Elephant Walk
which will again be held Thursday morning November 27. Symbolizing
that their lives as student are drawing to a climax, and that they will
no longer be of use to the football team, the Elephant Walk has its
origin in the customary actions of an old or wounded dying elephant.
Laying aside their dignity and wearing their shirt tails out, the
seniors each year at the end of-f
of the R. V. spring holidays. Jun
ior officers elected were Austin
Nance, first sergeant; Henry King,
line sergeant, and Jim Cunningham,
line sergeant.
The Ross Volunteers, named aft
er Lawrence Sullivan Ross, promi
nent in the early history of Texas
A. & M., is the oldest organization
on the campus. They are now
entering their fifty-fifth year of
service.
Louis Kercheville, captain of the
company, announced that drill
would soon begin in an effort to
Albert Spalding On
Town Hall Program
After Thanksgiving
Violin Virtuoso, Now
Playing with Kostelantz,
Make A & M Debut Dec 3
Albert Spalding, one o f the
foremost violin virtuosos of Am
erica and the world, makes his bow
to the Texas Aggies Wednesday
night, December 3, in Town Hall’s
third presentation of the year.
Spalding made his debut in Paris
at the age of 16. In the course of
his career he has played before
royalty, was decorated by the Ital
ian Government and by France with
the rosette of the Legion of Hon
or. There is scarcely a musical
center of the world where he has
not appeared and been accepted
as a master of the violin. It is
said of him in some of his crit
icisms that his playing is as fine
as the violin he uses; he has been
called by some “the aristocrat of
the violin.”
Each season he sets new records
all over the world in his concert
tours, playing recitals and appear
ing as soloist with some of the
leading orchestras. At present he
is appearing every Sunday after
noon with Andre Kostelanetz’s or
chestra.
the football season parade in wind
ing lines up and down military
walk. Two senior members of the
band lead the march playing a
slow, mournful dirge on a piccolo
and a bass horn. On this occasion
the. seniors take off all insignia
of rank and regiment; fourth year
private or cadet colonel makes no
difference, they are just Aggies
on this day.
Dick Hervey, president of the
senior class, has requested that all
seniors meet at the flag pole in
boots at nine a.m. sharp. The pro
cession will wind its way down
Military Walk to Legett Hall and
back past Hart Hall to Guion Hall.
It will then return to the flag
pole and wind around it.
Visitors Charged 35^
On Thanksgiving Day
A charge of 35 cents will be as
sessed all visitors who eat in the
mess halls at the noon meal
Thanksgiving, Bill Butler annpunc-
ed today.
This charge will be made to cov
er the expense caused by the unus
ually large crowd which is expect
ed to eat in the mess halls.
Austin Nance, Henry
King, Jim Cunningham
Chosen as New Non Corns
make the R. V.’s the outstanding
drilling, organization in the state.
It is hoped that the company may
put on several exhibitions during
the coming year to further their
reputation as a military unit of
renown.
Senior officers for the year are
Lewis Kercheville, captain; Max
Jordan, second in command; Frank
King, secretary and treasurer; and
Second Lieutenants G. W. Halton
and C. B. Marsh.
New members are chosen each
year by the senior members. In
vitations are extended to those Who
have proven themselves proficient
in drill and military knowledge
during their freshman and sopho
more years. Other factors on
which membership are based are
popularity and other accomplish
ments of merit.
Officials Fail to Comment
On Cotton Bowl Invitation
Team, Back in Top Shape, Scrimmages
Behind Locked Gates Learning New Plays
The Texas Aggies have been declared Southwest Con
ference champions for the 1941 season even before the season
has been officially closed. For the third consecutive year the
Cadets have finished not lower than first place in the South
west Conference race.
The Rice Owls, by battling the Texas Christian Horned Frogs to
a scoreless tie last Saturday, clinched the championship for the Aggies.
As the clash with the Texas Longhorns is the only remaining
conference game, the Aggies have an undisputed hold on top honors,
regardless of the outcome of the Turkey Day battle. Hand-in-hand
with the championship comes the automatic invitation to participate
as the Southwest Conference repre-
Teasippers Burn Red
Tapers 24 Hours Each
Day to Drive off Jinx
The belief that unpleasant oc-
curances can be prevented by
simply burning a red candle is not
just a superstition of the dark ages.
Hundreds of them are burning now
24 hours a day at Texas university
to drive off the Kyle Field “jinx”.
The impression is that Christmas
has come early over at Austin, but
the impression is wrong because
the everburning candles is the tea
sippers’ way of showing they’ve
got the spirit.
U of Houston Prof
Invited to Speak At
National English Meet
Dr. R. Balfour Daniels, profes
sor of English and chairman of the
division of cultural arts in the
University of Houston, has been
invited to appear on the program
of the College English Associa
tion, which will meet in Indianapol
is on December 28-29.
Dr. Daniels, who has been a mem
ber of the faculty of the Univers
ity since 1939, will lead the dis
cussion following an address on
December 29 by William Blackburn
of the English department of Duke
university. Dr. Daniels’ speech and
discussion will be the “Value of
Literature in the Present Crisis.”
Citrus Fruits
Hold Spotlight At
Horticulture Show
Purpose of Display Is
To Instruct Students
Raise Money for Trips
Fruits and vegetables of every
description were on display in the
lobby of the Agriculture building
yesterday as a part of the show
sponsored by the Horticulture
Society.
Citrus fruits from the Rio
Grande Valley of South Texas
constituted the chief display. Each
crate was carefully inspected and
graded for size, quality and pack.
The producers of the best crates
of grapefruit and oranges were
awarded silver plaques of recog
nition by the society.
The purpose of the show is two
fold: first, to afford horticulture
students a chance to see various
types and grades of fruits, and
second, to secure funds to send
some of the students on an ins
pection trip later in the year. Ad
mission is free, but all the fruits
and vegetables are on sale at rea
sonable prices.
On exhibition are products from
many other states. The quick freez
ing process of foodstuffs in their
fresh form for future use, hybrid
sentative in the New Year’s Day
Cotton Bowl classic.' The directors
of this annual affair invite the con
ference champs to be the host
team every year.. No comment
has been made by A. & M. offi
cials on this invitation and none
is expected until after Thursday’s
game.
Three-Time Champa
Conference champions in 1939,
co-champions with S. M. U. in
1940, and repeating their 1939 feat
this year, the ten seniors on the
Aggie squad have never experienc
ed anything lower than a tie for
top honors in their entire college
football career.
Notified of the Rice-T. C. U.
deadlock while they were hard at
work preparing for the climax of
A. & M. football, the Texas U.
game, the Cadets were overjoyed
at the news, but soon started back
to work with renewed vigor.
Scrimmaging ‘ behind locked
gates, the Aggies are learning new
plays, both offensive and defen
sive, designed by Coach Norton to
stop the deadly onslaughts of the
Longhorns. A number of new
plays will be seen for the first time
Thursday as the Cadets are ex
pected to go the limit to take
the Steers into camp.
Team In Top Shape
The string of injuries which has
plagued ‘the Aggies is practically
gone and all men are expected to
be in top shape with the exception
of Les Richardson who has a bad
ankle. Roy Maples will start in
development in plants, and can- Richardson’s place at the right
ned goods of various sorts were guard post in the event the latter
also on display. The show will close is still ailing at the game time,
this afternoon. (See CHAMPS, page 4)
Student Activities Committee Rules
On Cotton Ball and Barnyard Frolics
Along with the handling of routine business the Student Activities
Committee made a decision in regard to the Cotton Ball at its meeting
held yesterday afternoon in Dean F. C. Bolton’s office.
In line with its former decision announced earlier in the year, the
committee agreed that the Cotton Pageant should be managed entirely
by the Agronomy Society and at the Cotton Ball following the pageant
■the net proceeds should be split
Year’s Greatest Pre Game Commotion and Excitement on Tap;
Aggie History Full of Dynamite Scheduled to Unroll Itself
Starting Tomorrow With Broadcasts, Bonfire, Dance, Game
Aggie history written full of
dynamite will unroll itself in Ag-
gieland tomorrow and Thanksgiv
ing. After a buildup given by eight
or more national radio broadcasts,
the largest bonfire given in the his
tory of the school, the year’s lar
gest corps dance and a luncheon at
tended by Governor Coke Steven
son and the majority of the State
Senate, A. & M. will play Texas
university’s Longhorns as a fitting
climax to such a display of friv-
olties.
Bill Stern Starts
Broadcast at 6:30
N. B. C.’s own Bill Stern will
be one of the radio personalities
to give time to the Aggies when
he broadcasts from 6:30 to 7 p.m.
from the steps of Goodwin Hall
Wednesday night. The program will
be carried from coast to coast by
N.B.C. and around the world by
short wave radio.
Bill Stern, N.B.C. sportscaster,
will direct the program and will
interview General George F. Moore
former commandant of A. & M., I
ippines. E. B. Elliott, local Texa
co distributor, has arranged for
the company’s big new sound truck
to be available for yell practice
that night and will be placed on the
drill field where all the program
may be heard.
Glen Miller’s program will be
broadcast a few minutes later to
those students out on the campus
and the crowds who will be filing
into old Sbisa for the annual Bon
Fire dance. Miller will dedicate the
entire program to the cadet corps
and will play “Chattanooga Choo-
Choo,” “Elmer’s Tune,” and “Song
of the Volga Boatmen” for them.
He will also play one surprise tune
for the cadets on this program.
Thursday’s radio programs will
be given over mainly to the ac
tual broadcasting of the game, but
will be followed Thursday night by
the program of the Grand Prize
Brewing Company dedicated to the
Aggies.
Kickoff Moved
Uv Thirty Minutes
Beginning with the kickoff at
who is now stationed in the Phil- 12:00 p.m., Kern Tipps will broad
cast the game over the Texas
Quality Network which would ord
inarily be the only hookup to
broadcast the classic. Because this
is the event of the day and the en
tire season, the National Broad
casting Company will carry the en
tire program beginning at 3 p.m.
This network will not be heard in
Texas.
In addition to the T.Q.N. and N.
B.C. broadcasts of the Mutual
Broadcasting Company will carry
the entire game. It will be noticed
that the start will come 30 minutes
early Thanksgiving as Kyle Field
games have been starting at 2:30
p.m.
Bonfire Blaze Begins
During Yell Practice
The largest bon fire ever as
sembled on the campus will be
lighted during yell practice and
will burn until many of the ac
tivities of the evening have been
completed and dancers wind their
way homeward.
Construction on the heap has
been underway since the corps re
turned from their jaunt to Hous
ton for the Aggie-Owl victory No
vember 15. Railroad timber, trees,
barrels, baskets, doors, crates,
packing boxes, stakes, old skis, and
discarded flooring have been ar
ranged to form a conical lumber
yard of great proportions.
Governor, Senate
Here for Luncheon
Governor Coke Stevenson will
attend a luncheon in Sbisa Hall at
noon Thursday along with approx-
Aggieland Plays
For Bonfire Dance
Aggieland’s own orchestra under
the direction of Toppy Pearce will
play for the bonfire dance tomor
row night. Norma Jean Jahn will
lend her vocal talent to the color
of the affair when the largest
crowd of the year will pack the his
toric building, Sbisa Hall.
The dance will begin at 9:30 p.m.
and will last until 1. Admission will
be $1.00 which with the customary
imately two thirds of the State j tax of 10 cents totals $1.10. Be-
Senate. The office of student ac- | sides the many members of the
tivities states that at least half of ! corps who will attend the dance
the House of Representatives of with their dates there will be many
the State of Texas will be visitors visitors on the campus who will go
on the campus at this time. j to the dance, further expanding the
Governor Stevenson will deliver ! crowd,
his dedicatory message before the CliltlclXCS
start of the game of which he has j .. ...
said, “congratulations to the two G6k S E 6StlVltl6S
fine teams and the great institu
tions which they represent. To the
student bodies of both schools, my classic
praise for their devotion to the eighth
The climax of the week will come
with the playing of the football
which will be the forty
meeting between football
cause of democracy and the ideals teams of Texas University and A.
of service.” ! & M. Before the defeat of the TU
team at the hands of TCU, it
appeared that Thursday’s classic
would determine the championship
of the Southwest Conference.
The unexpected loss by Texas
reversed the roles somewhat and
finds the Aggies under “pressure”
to preserve their undefeated, untied
record.
While Texas will be fighting to
repeat their 1940 feat of putting
an end to the Aggies’ string of vic
tories, a win by Texas now could
not ruin the cadets’ championship
since TCU tied Rice last Satur
day.
Bands Plan
Spelling Session
Texas’ 150-piece Longhorn Band
will parade at the half as will the
Aggie band. The Texas band will
probably form the letters TU and
AMC. The Aggie band will spell
“Bible”, “Norton”, and “12th Man”.
While the “12th Man” is still form
ed the band will play the song new
to Aggieland this year, “Twelfth
Man.”
between the society and the stu
dent fund managed by the Activ
ities office. This fund will be us
ed in a similar manner as money
derived from shows at the Y.M.C.
A.
The committee also approved a
petition of the Agricultural En
gineering Society to hold an open
dance this spring to be known as
the “Barnyard Frolic”. This dance
will be a corps dance and proceeds
will go into the corps dance fund.
Other routine business which was
transacted at the meeting included
the granting of $75 to the A.I.E.E.
to send delegates to a national con
vention. The application* , of the
Kream and Kow Club for. funds
was deferred until a later meeting.
These clubs received funds from the
committee in accordance with the
policy adopted after the abandon
ment of benefit shows.
Dean Bolton presided at the
meeting. Other members who were
present were: Charlie Babcock,
junior representative on the com
mittee; Tom Gillis, senior member,
Rusty Heitkamp, Longhorn editor,
Don Gabriel, Battalion editor,
Fred Smitham, Town Hall mana
ger, Roland Bing, Agriculturist
editor, D. W. Williams, head of the
animal husbandry department, Joe
Skiles, manager of student activi
ties, E. L. Angell, executive assis
tant to the president, and G. B. Wil
cox, education department
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