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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, THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 15, 1942
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NUMBER 46
Spring Maintenance Costs Swing Upward
FoodExpense
Hikes to 69c
Daily, Up' ; 7c
86 Seniors and 9 Others up For
Mid Term Degrees; No Exercises
Stay till April
For2ndTerm
School Credit
Graduating Seniors
Waiting for Draft
Should See Bolton
Students who are called to the
armed services during the course
of the coming semester .by their
selective service boards may secure
credit for the semester’s work by
remaining in school until, April 1,
according to Dean F. C. Bolton.
The academic council at its lat
est meeting agreed on the policy
to be followed.
Seniors who plan to graduate
May 16 should come to the office of
the Dean of the College and se
cure an application blank to be
sent to their selective service
boards in case they are about to be
called to the army before April 1.
Dean Bolton emphasized that
student who voluntarily leave
school when they are not going to
be called to service will not be
able to receive their grades. Stu
dents should make every effort to
remain in school until April 1, he
added.
ME Department
Offers Welding For
Employed Mechanics
Beginning today, a course
in welding will be offered through
the auspices of the department of
mechanical engineering which will
be especially designed for the me
chanics of this section.
A limit of 14 men has) been set
for the class which will meet in 3
hour shifts, two nights per week,
for eight weeks.
An enrollment fee of $2 will be
charged with the cost of mater
ials amounting to $12.
Interested workers can enroll
at the mechanical engineering de
partment, where detailed informa
tion about class days and hours
will be given.
51 Ag Students, 20 Engineers, And
15 LA Majors to Get Sheepskins
Degrees will be conferred on 86 seniors and nine grad
uate students on January 23 at the close of this semester,
H. L. Heaton, registrar, announced yesterday. No formal
exercises will be held at that time.
Of the candidates for baccalaureate degrees, 51 are
in the school of agriculture, 15 in the school of arts and
sciences, and 20 in the school of engineering. A number
of the graduates will receive their reserve commissions at
the same time and go on active duty with the army shortly.
The graduate students who will-
receive degrees of Master of
Science are J. M. Carr in Munici
pal and Sanitary Engineering, Mar
tin Kagan in Entomology, R. N.
McLean in Municipal and Sanitary
Engineering, A. M. Meekma in
Dairy Husbandry, J. D. Mauldin in
Fish and Game, H. W. Sands in
Agricultural Education, d. H. Sou-
len in Fish and Game, E. S. Wind
ham in Dairy Husbandry, and W.
H. Whitcomb in Entomology.
Those who are to receive the
Baccalaureate Degrees are 0. G.
Allen, Jr., John D. Atkins, Jr., L.
C. Atkins, E. B. Baggett, A. G.
Beene, C. D. Berry, Jr., C. D. Brow
der, Jr., L. P. Bumpers, R. B.
Cashion, Jr., G. W. Castleberry,
W. L. Church, Jr., Frederick Clarke,
G. W. Clynes, Jr., J. R. Colgin, Jr.,
C. H. Connor, F. D. Crouse, E. R.
Curtan.
J. R. Davis, C. P. Duncan, W. J.
Fallwell, L. W. Fisher, B. M.
Fletcher, E. D. Flores, George Don
Gabriel, J. W. Gibson, L. M. Go-
ber, A. D. Grant.
J. B. Harbin, L. R. Hardage, G.
G. Harris, F. B. Harvey, W. K.
Harvey, Jr., W. E. Heai’n, Jr., R.
R. Herring, W. J. Herring, D. K.
Hill, J. P. Horan, Jr., J. W. Hudson,
T. L. Hutto.
0. E. Jones, R. F. Jones, W. G.
Knight, F. J. Krampi^z, Jr., J. P.
Ledbetter, M. A. Lichenstein, J.
V. Lindsey, E. B. McKemie, 0. M.
McLen, J. B. Meriwether, Jr., J.
H. Miller, Jr., M. A. Mujica, J. R.
Mulvey, Jr.
B. W. Nayovitz, H. W. New
man, Jr., R. E. Odom, F. G. Olney,
A. G. Plummer, J. A. Price, G. W.
Proctor, Jr., G. W. Race, W. C.
Ragan, Jr., L. F. Rahn, C. H. Rain
ey, C. W. Reid, J. J. Roan, Jr.,
W. A. Routt, A. C. Rumbaugh, Jr.
L. E. Sample, R. E. Sikes, T. S.
Stephens, Ray Stockard, W. S. Ter
ry, Jr., M. M. Thompson, C. H.
(See GRADUATION, Page 4)
Ample Lighting
For All in 1943
Is New Prospect
Government Priorities
Listing Delays Arrival
Of Generator 5 Months
The power plant of the college
will undergo many major changes
during the next few years in or
der to furnish utilities for he
new buildings under construction
on the campus. A new 8,000 kilo
watt generator valued at $110,000
has been ordered from the Gener
al Electric Company. The new gen
erator will furnish enough electric
ity for all the dormitories and will
do away entirely with all restric
tions, on the use of lights.
The delivery and installation of
this new generator has been con
tracted at 270 days, but according
to information recently received
from the General Electric Com
pany, the delivery of the new gen
erator will be delayed until March,
1943, because of government pri
ority.
Ernest Hartford
To Speak to ASME
Ernest Hartford, assistant sec
retary of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, will talk
to the student branch of the A. S.
M. E. tonight at 7 p.m. in the
Physics lecture room.
Hartford, who is in the south
west to arrange for the annual
spring meeting of the society in
Houston, will answer any ques
tions about the relation of me
chanical engineers to our present
war effort.
Agronomy Exams
For Cotton Tour
Start Tonight at 7
Three Winners, Dept
Member, and F G Collard
Will Make US Study Trip
Competitive examinations for the
travel scholarship offered each
year by the Agronomy society
will begin tonight a 7 o’clock.
Three scholarships will be offered
for a tour of the United States
and Canada. Four Aggies and a
member of the faculty will make
this trip in order to make a study
of the cotton industry.
The examinations will be resumed
on or about February lb and will
run for several weeks. They will
deal with cotton production, bot
any, insects, diseases, machinery,
marketing, genetics, grading and
stapling, and with textiles. The
men making the three highest
scores in these examinations will
win the scholarships.
The winners and F. G. Collard, a
winner of last year, will make a
detailed study of the cotton indus
try, production, manufacture, and
all other processes concerning cot
ton from the time the seed is plant
ed until the finished product is ul
timately purchased by the consum-
City Property Values Near Two Million Mark;
$200,000 Increase Expected for Current Year
Religious Week
Leader Announced
Dr. George W. Truett, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Dallas,
will be the principal speaker each
day during religious emphasis
week on the A. & M. college cam
pus beginning Monday, February
23 and closing Friday, February
27. The religious emphasis week
is being sponsored by the College
Y.M.C.A. and all of the College
Station churches. All denomina
tions are inviting outstanding stu
dent leaders to participate in the
meetings.
Dr. Truett will speak each day
at 11 a. m. and all students will
be given an opportunity to attend
the meetings. There will be a
coffee hour each day during the
week and students will be met by
the outstanding religious leaders
who will be here for the series.
Awards to Be
Given at Grid
Dinner Thurs
Moser, Ruby Will
Get Trophies, 27
Letters Given Squad
The 1941 Aggie championship
football squad will get its due
reward Thursday, January 22, when
the annual gridiron banquet is
held. As was the case last year,
End Coach Dough Rollins will be
master of ceremonies at the feast
which will be held in the east wing
of Sbisa hall. The dinner will be
open to the general public and all
seniors. Tickets will go on sale
immediately at 50 cents for the
students and $1.00 for the public.
Highlight of the affair will be
the presentation of the Houston
Post trophy to Derace Moser and
Martin-Ruby for being chosen by
a committee of sport writers as
the best back and linesman, res
pectively, in the Southwest Con
ference. The annual Bert Pfaff
trophy, which goes to the best
blocker on the team, will also be
awarded. As a climax to the dinner,
lettermen of the 1941 Aggie team
will be announced.
President T. O. Walton will make
the main address, and honored
guests will be called on by Toast
master Rollins for comments and
statements. Special guests will in
clude Dan Rogers, chairman of
the Cotton Bowl Committee; James
Stewart, business manager of the
Coton Bowl and S.M.U.; Felix Mc-
Knight, staff writer on the Dallas
Morning News; Col. Ike Ashburn,
and many others, including fam
ous sports writers from all over
the state.
The highlights and sidelights of
the banquet will be broadcast over
state-wide networks from the ban
quet room by Pat Flagherty, Hous
ton sports announcer.
The city of College Station in
the past few years has attained
a growth that is quite astounding
to {he visitor who has been away
from the community for any length
of time. To the citizen^ who live
here, it is taken as matter of
course.
The field or pastures of just a
few short years ago are now the
College Hills, West Park, Col
lege Park, North Gate, and Oak-
wood areas of the City of College
Station.
The property values show an
assessment in 1940 of $951,439.
In 1941 the values showed an
increase of $87,160 to $1,038,599.
The increase for 1942 as estimat
ed by the city office will be about
$200,000. The assessed values
represent about 60 per cent of the
true values.
Mayor F. G. Anderson plans
to present a full and detailed ex
WTAW Plans Aggie
Hit Parade Program
A new program patterned some
what after the popular Saturday
night Hit Parade will be started
soon on WTAW.
The program to be heard on
Fridays at 5, will feature the
eight or nine top musical num
bers with the Aggies that particu
lar week and will be conducted
by Conrad Bering.
planation of the 1942 budget and
proposed extensions of utilities
at a public budget hearing on
January 28 at 7 o’clock in the
Physics lecture room.
Serving the various areas of the
city with power, water, sewer and
streets, is a complicated job, and
the spread of the city increases
this service both in expense and
difficulty.
The city acquired power lines
and sewer lines and disposal plants
from College Park, Oakwood, and
College Hills at a cost of $31,500.
College Park and Oakwood are be
ing paid at the rate of $200 per
month, and a like sum is paid each
month on the College Hills indebt
edness.
In the meantime, total expendi
tures of $7,735.32 for extensions
of sewers have been made in the
city, and an additional $1,500 for
water lines, with another $1,500
for power lines.
To offset these and other operat
ing expenses, the city collects from
all sources a total of approximate
ly $4,000 per month, to which may
be added $6,000 per year in tax
collections. Purchases of water
from Bryan and power from the
College amount to about $2,200 per
month.
The proposed budget for the fis
cal year of 1942 contains the fol
lowing items:
Expenditures: salaries, $5,160;
fire calls and rental on fire plugs,
$700; health center, $300; tending
sewer beds, $480; sewer extensions,
$9,000; car maintenance and in
surance $500; office rent, $240;
publicity, publications, and ord
nances, $200; office supplies,
stamps, etc., $250; miscellaneous,
$500; street maintenance, $2,500;
utility payments to former own
ers, $4,800; water extensions,
$1,750; and power extensions, $1,-
750. This represents a total of
$28,130 estimated expenditures for
the current year.
Interest in Fish Ball
Lags; Freshmen Must
Sign for TSCW Dates
The response to the announce
ment made recently about dates
for the Freshman Ball to be held
February 6 has not been great
enough to warrant bringing the
150 girls here from T.S.C.W. as
originally planned, according to
the committee in charge. How
ever, if enough freshmen sign up
by Saturday noon the girls will be
brought here.
To sign up for a date contact
the representative in your outfit
on the Date committee, or G. A.
Lamb, room 127, dorm 1. You
must sign up for your date by
Saturday noon.
Defense Drawing
Course Offered By
Arch Dept Next Term
The Architecture department
will offer a national defense course
in architectural drafting beginning
with the new semester. The
course will be comparable to the
one offered by the department last
summer and is offered primarily
to make it possible for civilians
to prepare themselves for work in
the interest of national defense.
Minimum requirements will be
two years of architectural draw
ing in high school, one year of
architectural drawing in college,
or the equivalent in professional
practice. The course will run for
12 weeks, eight hours daily, Mon
day through Friday. The pro
gram will be| built around profes
sional practice and in all respects
the work will be comparable to that
carried on by professional offices.
Students who have the proper
qualifications are invited to call
at the office of the architecture
department for further informa
tion.
The architecture department
does not guarantee jobs upon com
pletion of the course but every
effort will be made to place men
who complete the course success
fully.
Holds New Job
Alfred C. Payne, former assis
tant secretary of the college
YMCA, is now regional rep
resentative in charge of youth
activities in the eighth civilian
defense region. He is in San
Antonio where he has charge
of setting up a program in
which young people can par
ticipate in practicing principles
of democracy.
Regimental Heads
Collect R0A Dues
Dues to the Reserve Officers As
sociation and for the Reserve Of
ficers magazine will be collected
by the regimental commanders
rather than be deducted from the
military science checks as origin
ally planned, Cadet Colonel Tom
Gillis stated yesterday.
The commanders of the various
regiments have the applications for
memberships which the advanced
ROTC seniors signed in class. A
receipt will be given and the mem
bership dues sent in to the nation
al headquarters on next Wednes
day, January 21. The first issue
of the magazine will be received
by the students soon thereafter.
Sid Loveless, president of the
local ROA chapter, stated that the
method of payment of the military
science checks made it impossible
to collect the dues as originally
planned, and he has asked that the
funds be collected as in previous
years through the regimental of
ficers.
t & !l
First Installment
Is $72.75; Total
Outlay Is $140.20
Maintenance for the spring
semester has been increased
from $134.65 to $140.20. This
rise is caused by the fact that
board in the mess halls will
be 69 cents per day instead
of the 62 cents in effect dur
ing the fall semester. The 7
cents increase was authorized
at a meeting of the college
Board of Directors last Sat
urday in order to absorb the
rising cost of foods.
Students who have paid for
board for the last month of
the fall semester will be given
credit of $6.20 or ten days
board at the'old cost of 62
cents per day on their main
tenance for the spring semes
ter.
First installment on mainten
ance, which is due at registration,
will be $72.75 including $2.50 for
the YMCA privilege card which is
voluntary. The second installment
payable March 2 to 5, will be
$32.70. The last payment, which is
due April 6 to 9, is $34.75. For the
students who have paid their board
for January, the first payment
will be $66.75 including the Y
card.
The board increase was neces
sary in order to maintain the quali
ty of the food served in the mess
halls, J. C. Hotard, supervisor of
subsistence, said. Overall food
costs have risen 30% in the col
lege area. Aniong the commodi
ties showing unusual cost rises are
rice which is 167% higher, bacon
and eggs both up 100 per cent, po
tatoes up 38 per cent, and beef
cuts up 61 per cent.
As the mess hall operating costs
have not risen, the 10 per cent
board increase will cover the in
creased food costs.
Hotard does not anticipate any
further rise in the costs of food
this year as the normal seasonal
trend of food prices after March 1
is downward.
(See MAINTENANCE, Page 4)
Houston Symphony Proves
Ags ’ Town Hall Favorite Again
By Tom Leland
The annual performance of the Houston Symphony Orchestra on
the A. & M. Town Hall program last night more than lived up to its.
splendid reputation as the most enjoyable program of the entire Town
Hall Series.
The Houston Symphony Orch
estra is one of the few organiz
ations to be engaged year after
year by the Town Hall. The reason
for this could readily be seen by
any person who attended 1 the per
formance last night, The pro
gram selected by Ernst Hoffman,
conductor of the orchestra, was one
which was suited to the tastes of all
music lovers. The playing of such
favorites as the “Emperor Waltz”
by Strauss and the prelude to
Bizet’s “Carmen” was especially
well liked by the corps.
Nancy Swinford, Houston so-
More Photos, More Propaganda, More Fame;
New York Mirror Pictures Aggie Life
In Two Page ‘Glory’ Spread Next Sunday
prano who was the soloist on the*
program, gave rendition- of two.
popular operatic arias, selected-
from Verdi’s “La Forza del Des-
tino” and “Madame Butterfly” by
Puccini.
On completion of the program,,
the orchestra received a record
breaking round of applause which
drew many encores. The complete
program given by the orchestra
consisted of Miss Swinford’s sel
ections, aria from “La Forza del
Destine,” by Verdi and an aria
from “Madame Butterfly” by Puc
cini; and the following selections
by the orchestra: Prelude to “Car
men” by Bizet, two movements
from Tschaikovski’s Symphony
No. 6 in B minor, the L’Arlesienne
Suite No. 2 by Bizet, Strauss’
“Emperor Waltz” and the Rouman
ian Rhapsody No. 1 by George En-
esco.
By Tom Vannoy
“The College that produces more
officers than West Point.”
That’s the headline spread
across the top of two pages of
the New York Sunday Mirror Mag
azine Section for next Sunday,
January 18. Pictures of the motor
ized Field Artillery battery on
ROOP, the Easterwood airport, a
Coast Artillery map, a shot of
the horse show, the rifle range, the
corps marching to mess in the new
area, the Aeronautical engineering
shops, and field artillery cadets
using a BC scope are included
in the article.
The story accompanying the
photographic outlay sums up the
ability of the college to turn out
officers for the expanding army at
a greater rate than West Point, in
words to this effect:
“Overshadowed by the fame of
precise-stepping West Point Acad
emy, the Agricultural and Me
chanical College of Texas, nonthe-
less, furnishes more officers for
Uncle Sam’s Army than any other
college in the U. S., including West
Point.
“Beginning with six students in
1876, Texas A. & M., an all-male
college, now has an enrollment of
7,000 students, 91 per cent of them
from the Lone Star State itself.
Each year more than one-half of
the approximate 1,000 graduates
become commissioned army offi-
ceite.
“Situated at College Station,
Texas, the 65-year old institution
is known far and wide among mili
tary men as a college where offi
cers of tomorrow are thoroughly
grounded in every fundamental of
military science. Here students
learn the “real thing,” not mere-
(See GLORY SPREAD, Page 4)
First Term Drops Out
Number 695 to Jan 14
Up to and including January
14, 695 students had dropped out
of A. & M. Up to this same date
last year 511 cadets had dropped
out. This increase is not alarm
ing, according to the registrar’s of
fice, in view of the fact that many
have left this year to join the
army, navy, air force, and other
branches of the armed forces.
The enrollment is considerably
lai-ger this year than last also.