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, SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. 10. 1942
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NUMBER 44
Future Educational Policy at Stake Today
Nine More New Defense Engineering
Courses Will Begin Here During Feb
Clubs Urged to Have Pictures For
’42 Longhorn as Soon as Possible
39 Courses In
Defense Training
Have Been Finished
Nine courses in National De
fense Engineering will begin Feb
ruary 2 at A. & M. college, J.
T. L. McNew of the civil engi
neering department announced.
These courses include advanced
enginering drawing, architectural
drawing, camp sanitation, chemis
try of powder and explosives, ma
terials testing and inspection, pow
er and electric circuits, radio com
munications, structural drafting
and surveying and mapping.
Courses Complete
With a total of 39 courses com
pleted for 972 students at a cost
of $102,000, and with 378 men
now taking 15 other courses in a
program entailing an additional
expenditure of $44,000, McNew al
so announced the opening soon, of
28 additional courses for 1093 stu
dents at an estimated cost of
$108,000.
The program is planned to pro
vide courses that will train men
in the various technical fields
where a shortage of such trained
men is evident. It was launched
with much success on February 10,
1941, and in addition to the
courses offered here at A. & M.
college, classes have been com
pleted and are now being held
in Kilgore, Prairie View, Houston,
Tyler, Texas City and Galveston.
Ten courses are being given at
Houston at the present time.
In the 28 new courses .already
approved for the above mentioned
places, there also is provision for a
ship production course at Beau
mont, and a course in petroleum re
fining at Port Arthur.
Engineering
The courses are being given
under auspices of the A. & M.
school of enginering in cooperation
with the U. S. Office of Educa
tion. All of the courses at College
Station and Prairie View are full
time resident pre-employment
training. The courses are given
free, but the student must pro
vide textbooks and living expenses
for the 12 weeks of intensive
study.
Complete details and pre-requi
site training data may be obtained
by writing J. T. L. McNew, E. S.
M. D. T. office, A. & M. college,
College Station, Texas.
To prevent curtailing engraving
production on the 1942 Longhorn
which might result because of a
serious shortage in essential sup
plies because of national defense,
all clubs are urged to rush their
pictures so everything may be turn
ed in to the engraver as soon
as possible.
Clubs should make reservations
and have the pictures made immedi
ately. Photographers available
College Ag Men
Meet With Waco
Convention Today
Registration Begun
Friday; General Meet
Held Early This Morning
Many agricultural workers from
College Station are attending the
fifteenth annual meeting of the
Texas Agricultural Workers As
sociation in Waco January 9 and
10. Dean E. J. Kyle, of the school
of agriculture, is one of the sever
al representatives from A. & M.
who are on the program at the
meeting.
Registration for the conference
began at 8 o’clock Friday morn
ing and the opening session of the
general meeting started at 9:15.
The sectional meetings were held
Friday afternoon, and the final
session of the general meeting was
held this morning. The sectional
meetings included talks on agricul
tural economics, animal husbandry,
^conservation, horticulture, plant
industry and the home.
Merit Award
At the merit award banquet, held
last night at 7:00 o’clock, V. C.
Marshall, administrator of the
State Soil Conservation Board, was
presented with the annual award
for distinguished service to Tex
as agriculture. Toastmaster for the
occasion. was Sterling C. Evans,
president of the Federal Land Bank
at Houston, and formerly with the
Extension Service here at College
(See CONVENTION, page 4)
for group pictures are Joe Soslick,
Aggieland Studio, Howard Berry,
and Maurice Levy.
In addition to the group pic
ture of the club, those clubs de
siring to do so may run a close-
up of the club president. The
class section picture of the student
will serve for this picture.
Freshmen are reminded that the
dead line for their class pictures
has been set for Thursday, Jan
uary 15.
Reservations for club pages will
hot be accepted later then Tues
day, January 13.
The following student activities
will have their club pictures made
in number two uniform with cot
ton shirts in front of the 1 adminis
tration building at 12:45 p. m.,
Monday, January 12: Longhorn
staff, Battalion, Agriculturist,
Engineer, Press Club, and the Town
Hall staff.
For individual action shots of
organizations, the commanders
should contact Maurice Levy.
Saving Paper
Begun by Local
Defense Council
Collection of waste paper for
national defense purposes will be
conducted under the auspices of
the Red Cross of Bryan and Col
lege Station on Thursday, January
15, announces W. P. Taylor of the
Brazos county council of civilian
defense.
All sorts of newspapers, maga
zines, cardboard paper cartons, and
tissue paper are needed. The paper
should, if possible, be sorted and
tied in bundles up to 100 pounds,
and placed on the porch or curb.
According to posted schedule
city trucks will pick up all paper
on January 15. It is not necessary
to notify anybody either in Col
lege Station or Bryan. All paper
should be placed in a conspicuous
place so that the collector can
find it.
The city of Bryan, through W.
(See SAVING, page 4)
Kittrell Reid, Trumpet-Player
Will be Featured on Town Hall
Kittrell Reid, versatile trumpet-
player and composer, will display
his talents with the Houston Sym
phony Orchestra in the Town Hall
program Wednesday, January 14.
Reid is known throughout music
circles as a first class symphony
player and also a first class jazz
artist.
“Kit” Reid, in addition to his
work with the Houston Symphony
Orchestra, directs the Rice Insti
tute Band, teaches trumpet, and
runs a music company which he
started in 1938. Ernst Hoffman,
conductor of the orchestra, says
of Reid, “He did not know a note
of symphony playing before he
played with us, but now his play
ing is so superb that he certainly
deserves his promotion to the
first chair in the trumpet section.”
On the same day he received
his B.A. degree from Rice, he ac
cepted the position as director of
the school band. He has composed
several jazz pieces for the band,
among which are “South Main
Blues,” “Bird Dog Blues,” ahd
“Blues in B Flat.” Reid has spent
his summers playing with “name”
bands at big hotels throughout
the nation. He has played with
Bob Crosby, Benny* Goodman, Red
Norvo and Peck Kelley.
Reid began studying the trump
et in 1929 when he was attend
ing high school in Texarkana, and
was soon playing in the high school
band. While in high school he won
two medals for trumpet solos in
state meets at Little Rock, Arkan-
Kittrell Reid
sas. Between engagements in New
York, he studied under Professor
Schlossburg, formerly of the Vi
enna Philharmonic. Schlossburg
has taught a great number of the
top ranking trumpet players. He
is one of the few teachers who can
turn out pupils who can play ei
ther symphony, radio, dance, or
show work.
The Houston Symphony Orch
estra, in its appearance at Col
lege Station next week, will also
feature Nancy Swinford, disting
uished vocalist who often ap
pears as guest vocalist with the or
chestra. The orchestra is annually
a feature attraction of the Town
Hall programs.
Some of the selections to be
played are “Emperor Waltz,” by
Strauss, “Roumannan Rhapsody
No. I,” by Enesco and Prelude to
Carmen, Act 1, by Bizet. Hoffman
is well known for his ability to
produce “audience appeal” as well
as to win the acclaim of critics
and musicians. Under his able lead
ership the orchestra has given,
not only entertainment, but some
thing more lasting, a better under
standing and appreciation of mus
ical masterpieces.
The orchestra’s circuit this sea-
scrn has included performances at
Galveston, Beaumont, Austin,
Huntsville and Corpus Christi. An
estimated 180,000 persons attend
ed the “Music for Everybody”
Park last summer.
1942 Resolution
Backfires on Flying
Cadet-Mixed His Girls
Randolph Field, Texas.—A New
Year’s resolution—designed by a
flying cadet at the “West Point of
the Air” to aid national defense—
ended abruptly this week.
Said cadet planned to conserve
paper in this manner: when he re
ceived a letter, instead of wasting
paper in writing an answer,' he
would simply write his reply on
the back. The possibilities were
tremendous. The entire nation
would follow suit.
Then .... disaster, but quickly.
It’s still a good idea, but for some
other hardy pioneer.
On the opening day of “The
Plan,” letters arrived from two
girls with but a single thought,
and—yes, you guessed it—he mix
ed the letters in his answers.
He now is planning a new type
of conservation—tires or something
relatively harmless.
Registrar Begins
Making Plans For
Schedule Changes
Class Schedules For
Early Spring Semester
Necessary for Speed-up
Registrar H. L. Heaton announ
ced yesterday that a full schedule
of the registration for the spring
semester would be announced next
week.
As previously announced, the sen
iors will register on the afternoon
of Thursday, January 22, and all
underclassmen on Friday and Sat
urday, January 23 and 24.
Registrar Heaton stated that
the heads of the departments were
working on class arrangements for
the schedule to be used in the sec
ond semester registration. This
schedule should be completed by
next week.
Plans are being made to simplify
and speed up the registration in or
der to keep abreast of the stepped
up schooling program.
Join Up
John J. Sanders and Johnny
Carpenter are the latest from
the Cadet Corps to complete
their enlistments as aviation
cadets. Both entered in the
classification of pilots and were
sent to the Kelly Field Re
placement Training Center.
First Aid Will
Be Organized By
Physical Ed Dept
Future plans for first aid through
out the corps will be brought be
fore the organization commanders
by W. L. Penberthy, head of the
physical education department at
their next scheduled meeting.
Featured in the program for
campus defense will be Red Cross
first aid classes presided over by
Carl Tishler, professor of physi
cal education. These classes, be
ginning the week of January 26,
are to be given especially for stu
dents in effort to provide the re-
(See FIRST AID, page 4)
Cadet Corps Collects Funds Aiding
In $50,000,000 Red Cross Campaign
The A. & M. cadet corps is be
ing asked for a donation of a dime
per man for the American Red
Cross War Relief fund, Cadet Col
onel Tom Gillis announced Friday.
This action is part of an emergen
cy call by the American Red Cross
for a nation-wide campaign to raise
$50,000,000.
This money will be used in be
half of American soldiers and civ
ilians in the Pihlippines and other
war areas, as well as in the Unit
ed States proper. In this way it
Herzing Appointed
As Flight Lieutenant
Ernest A. Herzing, former A. &
M. student, has been made cadet
flight lieutenant of Flight B,
Squadron 2 of the Air Corps Re
placement Training Center at Kel
ly Field, Texas.
At the Replacement Center,
Cadet Herzing will receive weeks
of basic military training as well
as intensive physical drill, in prep
aration for future duties as a
pilot officer in the Air Corps.
PUBLICATION
STAFF PHOTOS
Group pictures of all
members of publication
staffs will be taken at 12:45
p. m. Monday on the front
steps of the Administration
Building. All members of
the Battalion, Longhorn,
Agriculturist, and Engineer
staffs should be present.
Number two uniform will be
worn. A picture of the Press
Club will also be taken at
this time.
is possible that the money may ben
efit ex-Aggies who are in the ser
vice.
First sergeants and project house
captains are contacting the men in
their organizations for the money,
which will be turned over to the
Student Activity office as soon as
possible.
Brazos county’s portion of this
national quota is $6,000. The chair
man of the local Red Cross chap
ter is M. L. Cashion, secretary of
the college YMCA.
■ Some of the money collected will
be spent on the campus to equip
first aid kits and stations which
are being set up under the civil
ian defense program. First aid in
struction is to be given to a group
of students and civilians later this
month.
Further Red Cross activities on
the campus include knitting and
the preparation of clothing for
service men. Mrs. G. W. Adriance,
College Station production chair
man, stated that the local group
has received an additional quota of
325 knitted sweaters and garments.
On each of these articles of cloth
ing will be a tag saying that the
garments were made by the Texas
Aggie unit of the American Red
Cross through arrangements made
by Gillis.
Brison Given 4-H
Honorary Membership
Honorary membership in the Ex-
4-H student club was conferred on
F. R. Brison, professor of Horti
culture here at A. & M. at a
meeting held Thursday night.
Brison, a member of one of the
first 4-H clubs in Texas in 1912,
served as a county agent in San
Saba for several years before com
ing to A. & M.
[Board Takes Action On
Proposed Calendar Change
Elimination of Finals, Plan to Place
College on Three Semester Basis in Offing
At 4:30 p.m. today the board of directors will meet to
take action on the proposed changes in the college calendar
for the duration of the war. Pending action of the board,
the college will operate on a twelve month basis with three
semesters. Under this plan final examinations will be elim
inated and the only holidays will be one week at Christmas
time. A one week vacation will be granted at the end of
each semester. t
These arrangements are being
made in order to facilitate the
training of officers for the four
million man army which is being
built to fight the axis nations. Un
der the new setup an officer may
be trained and graduated from
college in three years and still
receive exactly the same educa
tion he would receive in a regular
four year college course.
Commissions
Seniors who finish their military
science satisfactorily but do not
complete the academic work re
quired for a degree will be com
missioned in May. It is doubtful,
however, that they will be allowed
to remain long enough to complete
their regular college work. Major
Bennett announced yesterday that
these men will probably go on
active duty at once. Dean Bolton
is of the opinion that seniors will
receive their commissions and or
ders at the same time.
“Cadets who finish the advanc
ed course in Military Science be
fore they reach the age of 21 will
probably be commissioned at once,
since the draft age has been low
ered to 20,” said Bennett.
Junior Contracts
Juniors who have contracts but
find it necessary to drop out to
work before they can complete their
education will have to register
with their local Selective Service
Board within ten days. However,
if they are not drafted before
they return to college, they will
receive their contracts again and
finish military science. In order to
regain a contract which has been
dropped, it will be necessary for
the cadet to have the military de
partment write a request to that
effect to the Eighth Corps Area
headquarters.
Arrangements are being made
with the war department to defer
camp for the juniors until they
graduate. The new four hour drill
periods will in part account for the
additional training which is usually
received at camp. Both Bolton and
Bennett said they thought it quite
possible that this year’s juniors
might be commissioned upon grad
uation without going to camp. In
this case they would be ordered to
the respective branch schools where
they would become intimately ac
quainted with the duties of a sol
dier in the field before they ac-
actually went into the theater of
operations.
New Dorm
Completion
Slowed Down
Work Is Only Half
Finished; New AAA
Building Ready Soon
Advent of the second semester
will find two of the four new
A. & M. dormitories ready for oc
cupancy, stated E. N. Holmgreen,
business manager of the college,
yesterday.
Contractors’ schedule plans call
for completionj of Dormitories No.
1 and 3 (west and north buildings)
by February 1. Dormitory No. 4
(center structure) should be fin
ished by February 15, and Dormi
tory No. 2 (south building) has
not been assigned a definite date of
completion.
Schedules for the arrival of
dormitory furniture are as follows:
mattresses, February 1; dressers,
February 15; double deck beds,
February 20; chairs, March 7; and
study tables, March 20. Until the
new furniture arrives, old surplus
equipment will be used.
Holmgreen further pointed out
that the new AAA building should
be finished sometime in the early
part of March. Plans are as yet
indefinite as to the fate of the old
government building.
Coburn Will Speak
For Economics Club
“Some Contemporary Invest
ment Problems of an Insurance
Company” will be the subject of a
talk to be delivered by Arthur
Coburn at a meeting of the Eco
nomics club Monday night at 8
p. m. in the Petroleum Engineering
lecture room.
Coburn is well qualified on this
subject as he is in charge of all
investments for the Southwestern
Life Insurance Company.
All interested students as well
as faculty members are cordially
invited to attend the meeting.
Aggies Retain Appetites Even
When Confined to the Hospital
When the Aggies go to the cam
pus hospital it does not seem to
affect their appetites. Over a ten
year period, every patient has
consumed an average of 2.9 meals
every day spent under the care of
Dr. J. E. Marsh and his staff of
capable assistants headed by the
motherly Mrs. Irene Claghorn,
known as “Mom” to the students.
Since September, 1931, a total of
47,526 Aggies have paid the hos
pitalization fee which is $10 for
the long session and $4 for the
summer. This fee includes hos
pitalization, treatments and medi
cines for numerous ailments and
complaints.
Surgery and treatment of com
plicated diseases requiring special
serums are not included in the
overall fee, but the student receives
hospitalization and treatment for
minor eye, ear, nose, and throat
infections, respiratory diseases,
stomachache, skin diseases, and in
juries.
Complete X-ray . and fluoroscope
services are available at no exti'a
cost.
During the ten year period end
ing last August 31, a total of 20,-
168 students spent 56,443 days iri
the hospital. They consumed 163,-
234 meals! Each patient averaged
about two and one half days in the
hospital, and was served eight
meals while there.
During the entire ten year per
iod, only seven boys have died in
the A. & M. college hospital. In
fectious diseases through the years
have been numerous. The largest
epidemic was the epidemic of meas
les during 1940-41, which put 1,399
boys in bed. Respiratory infections
that year hospitalized 2,110 stu
dents out of an enrollment of 7,437.
With less than 100 boys in the
hospital each year from accidents
for the first six years of the period,
the last four years saw the follow
ing increase: 102 in 1937, 165 in
1938, 309 in 1939, and 290 in 1940-
41.
In addition to the hospital cases,
hundreds of boys weekly are treat
ed as clinical cases for minor ail
ments and accidents.
Closer attention by the medical
staff to eye, ear, nose and throat
infections resulted in hospitaliza
tion of 630 in 1930-40 and 668 in
1940-41.