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. 17, 1942
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NUMBER 47
Charity Game Boosts Red Cross Relief Funds Today
Maroons Versus Whites
Promises Gridiron Thrills
Ring Dance Date Changed to May 14 As
Seniors Vote on Spring Social Calendar
Schedules of Classes Available Now;
Drill Periods Will be Four Hours Long
Registration To
Begin January 22
For Next Semester
Schedules of classes for the sec
ond semester are now available
at the registrar’s office. Students
are reminded that drill periods
next semester will last from 1:00
p. m. until five o’clock instead of
from one to three as in the past.
This fact should be taken into con
sideration in making a program,
the registrar pointed out today.
Registration will begin for all
students who were classified sen
iors the first semester at 1:00 p.
m. Thursday, January 22. All
other students who were in school
at A. & M. the first semester will
register on Friday, January 23.
New and old students returning
who were not registered for this
semester will not be allowed to reg
ister until Saturday morning at
eight o’clock.
Old students will begin the pro
cess by paying • all fees at the
cashier’s office. Fees may be paid
beginning Monday, January 19.
Assignment cards will be issued
from the Assembly Hall as usual.
On Thursday afternoon the deans
and heads of departments will be
in their offices for the purpose
of signing the assignment cards
of seniors only. On Friday these
officials will be in places desig
nated in the official schedule of
classes.
After classes have been assign
ed, students should report to the
commandant’s table in the rotunda
of the Administration building.
Following this, cards should be
turned in to the registrar to com
plete registration.
New students who are register
ing for the first time should re
port to the registrar’s ' office be
fore beginning registration.
Giesecke, Hopper
Present Research
Paper to ASHVE
Comparative studies of friction-
heads in screwed and welded el
bows have been conducted at A.
& M. college by Dr. F. E. Giesecke
and T. S. Hopper of the Engineer
ing Experiment Station. The re
search was sponsored by the Amer
ican Society of Heating and Ven
tilating Engineers, of which Dr.
Giesecke is a former president.
The paper will be presented
January 27 at the Philadelphia
convention of the A.S.H.V.E. and
has been printed in the journal
section of “Heating, Piping and
Air Conditioning.”
Results of the research indicate
that the ratio of friction-heads for
both welded and screwed elbows
varies slightly with velocity of
water and size of pipe used. Elab
orate drawings, charts and com
plete data tables and farmulae
are included in the complete re
port.
Committee Will
Meet to Discuss
New Social Calendar
Ratification of the new social
calendar will be the main business
Monday afternoon at a meeting of
the Student Activities Committee,
F. C. Bolton, chairman, stated Fri
day.
All members should be present
as complete changes in the social
calendar will be made. The change
is necessitated because of the 12
month speed-up program recently
adopted by the college.
News Editing and Feature Writing
Will Be Offered Juniors and Seniors
Junior and senior students are given an opportunity to learn to
write and edit newspapers and magazines in two three hour courses
on news editing and specialized forms of writing. These courses pre
pare students for work on college and commercial publications.
Specialized forms of writing, 442,-
for seniors deals with writing of
feature stories, special columns,
reviews, and various types of edi-
torals.
New editing, 322, which is avail
able to juniors, takes up copyread
ing, proofreading, headline writ
ing, and newspaper and magazine
layout. This course shows poten
tial staff members for A. & M.
publications what to do with copy,
step by step, from the reporter to
the printed page.
Sophomores may take these
courses by getting permission from
George Summey, Jr„ head of the
English department.
Bull Ringers Have
Unexpected Chance To
Do Bit For War Relief
The Military Department is do
ing its bit to aid the American
Red Cross War Relief Benefit
game which takes place at 2:30
p. m. today.
Anyone who is on the “bull ring”
this afternoon will be dismissed
from the walking ordeal if he pur
chases a ticket to the benefit game.
A representative of the ticket com
mittee will be at the tour duty
area to sell tickets to anyone who
is interested.
“Bull-Ringers,” here’s a way to
get out of walking a couple of
hours and aid a worthy cause—all
at the same time.
McCulley, Jackson
Take Panama Duty
Captain W. S. McCulley and Lt.
W. K. Jackson left College Sta
tion for New Orleans early yes
terday morning. The two offi
cers will be accompanied as far
as New Orleans by their wives, but
the ladies will remain behind when
they sail for the Panama Canal
Zone where they will be on duty
with the Chemical Warfare Ser
vice in the Panama Canal depart
ment.
Captain C. A. Johnson, A. & M.,
’33, is replacing Capt. McCulley
temporarily in the capacity of sen
ior instructor of the Chemical
Warfare unit. On February 1,
Lt. Col. L. E. Swearingen, who is
at present a professor of chemis
try at Oklahoma university, will
come to A. & M. as Senior instruc
tor. Johnson will remain as junior
officer under Swearingen.
Before he left, McCulley sent
the following message to the Bat
talion:
To all my friends of the
faculty and the cadet corps,
Best wishes to all of you that
(See McCULLEY, page 4)
Junior Prom
May 8 Under
New Calendar
Changes in the social calendar
were brought about when the sen
ior class decided in a unanimous
vote to have the Senior Ring
Dance and Banquet on Thursday,
May 14, instead of on May 8, as
previously scheduled, Dick Hervey,
senior class president reports.
The dance will now precede the
final ball on Friday, May 15, and
final review on Saturday. The
date was changed in order that
guests might avoid having to make
two trips to College Station in the
course of a week to attend these
functions.
If the seniors are called out for
service before May 16, the dance
date will again be changed. Sen
iors will have their dance before
being called out regardless of the
time, Hervey promised.
The Junior Prom originally
scheduled to be May 16, as now
announced, will be May 8, which
was the former date of the Sen
ior dance. This date however is
tentative, until the student activi
ties committee decides definitely
next Tuesday when it meets to
consider proposed date changes.
A program and favors commit
tee was appointed by Dick Her
vey at the meeting. Chairman of
the committee is Billy Davis. Mem
bers are Frank King and Robin
Rominger. Also appointed was a
laundry committee, composed of
Tommy Cook, chairman, Tim Cup-
pies and Jack Holliday.
Rod Gambrell, chairmaa of the
committee for reduced train rates
and Archie Crews of the hospital
committee both made reports.
Turn Camp Shots
In Before January 20
Camp shots are due Tuesday,
January 20. Please turn in your
camp shots to the Longhorn of
fice or any of the following men
by that time.
Infantry—John Langley, G In
fantry, Dorm 5 or W. J. Bryant,
G Infantry, Dorm 5; Field Artil
lery^—Bennie Hancock, G Field Ar
tillery, Dorm 4; Cavalry and Engi
neers—Jack Miller, C Cavalry, Pur-
year; Coast Artillery—R. B. Jones,
Hart Hall; and the Composite Reg
iment—Harvy Lynn, B CWS,
Dorm 2.
Annual Freshman
Livestock Contest
Will Be Held Today
AH Pavilion Will
Be Scene of Contest
Beginning Today at 12:30
The annual freshman livestock
judging contest will be held, this
afternoon in the animal husban
dry pavilion. The contest is slat
ed to begin at 12:30 p. m.
As in the past, all freshmen tak
ing Animal Husbandry 107 who are
in the high 25 per cent of their
class may enter, provided they
have not had any advanced courses
in this subject. Contestants will
be required to judge eight classes
of livestock and give an oral set
of reasons for their judgment on
four of these.
Judges of the freshmen will be
the members of the senior live
stock judging team, consisting of
Tommy Stuart, Jack Cleveland,
Victor Loeffler, W. T. Berry, Gor
don Grote and Jake Hess. The
contest is sponsored by the Sad
dle and Sirloin club and the Block
and Bridle club.
High point scorer in last year’s
contest was Marvin McMillan from
Mason. Second place .winner was
E. J. Martin of Odessa. Results
of today’s contest will be released
as soon as ^possible. All contest
ants and helpers are urged to re
port at the pavilion promptly.
Block and Bridle,
Club Wins National
Achievement Contest
The Block and Bridle club of
A. & M., a branch of the National
Block and Bridle club, recently
won the achievement award for
the year 1941. This award goes to
the club in the nation that accom
plishes the most during the year.
Among the work done by the A.
& M. Block and Bridle club is the
annual rodeo, which is a great at
traction to the population of Col
lege Station.
The Saddle and Sirloin Club had
at its regular meeting last night
the initiation of new members.
Forty-eight new members were in
ducted into the Saddle and Sirloin
Club. Since this is a joint club with
the Block and Bridle Club, the
new members also belong to the
latter.
Infantry, Cavalry, Composite Regiment
Battle Artillery^ Engineers, Corps Hdq
By Mike Mann
The American Red Cross Relief Fund will be given a
boost this afternoon at 2:30 by residents of College Station,
Bryan, and surrounding territory when they turn out in
support of the A. & M. annual benefit football game. The
two teams are made up by members of the A. & M. Cadet
Corps who are donating their services for today’s game.
The Maroons, coached by Bill-f*
Buchanan, former Aggie football
star, is made up of boys from the
Infantry, Cavalry, and Composite
Regiments along with the Band.
TICKETS TO BE SOLD
AT GATE
All those who have not
secured their tickets for to
day’s game may purchase
them at the gate for 25
cents.
First Sergeants are re
reminded to turn their tick
ets or money in before the
game at Kyle Field or to Tom
Gillis’ office before noon.
The Whites, who’ are coached by
Bill Conatser, an Aggie great of
last year, consist of members of
the Field Artillery, Coast Artil
lery, Engineers, and the Corps
Headquarters.
Pre-Game Ceremonies
Pre-game ceremonies will fea
ture the renowned Aggie band. The
Field Artillery Band will enter the
stadium and march to its place in
the west stands. The Artillery*
Band will be followed by the In
fantry Band which will march to
its position in the east stands. One
of the bands will open the after
noon With the playing of the Na
tional Anthem and the other band
will follow with the “Spirit of Ag-
gieland.” The White team bench
will be on the west side of the
gridiron while the Maroons will be
seated on the opposite side.
The lineup of the Maroons is
dominated by the Infantry while
the Field and Coast Artillery have
the most players on the White
team. Both teams are strength
ened by fast, broken-field runners.
Johnny Von Sprecken, H. Coast
Artillery, is expected to cut loose
with some classy footwork for the
Whites. Vance Carrington, C Cav
alry, who will be the running ex
pert for the Maroons, also does
most of the passing and kicking.
Fast Running Game
As both of the teams have
shown decided leanings towards
a running game in scrimmages, a
hard, fast ground game is expect
ed. The Maroons have a big gun
(See CHARITY GAME, page 4)
Kyle Gives
Advice For
Ag Students
Stay in School
Theme of Present
Advice by Ag Dean
In a letter to all agricultural
students Dean E. J. Kyle has given
advice as to action during the pres
ent crisis.
“It is extremely difficult to give
any definite advice tp students at
this time due to the uncertainties
brought about by the war situation.
Advice that seems sound now
might prove to be unwise later,”
stated Dean Kyle.
“I desire, however, to suggest
to all agricultural students who
hold contracts or are below draft
age to continue your studies and
finish college if possible. To those
who do not hold contracts and are
of draft age or approaching it,
I would suggest that you consider
the situation very carefully be
fore leaving college. Consult your
parents, the head of your depart
ment, and, if you feel that I can
be of any service, please feel free
to come to see me. There is a
strong possibility that those of
you who register for the draft next
semester will have a good chance
of finishing a considerable part of
your work before being called in
to the service. You can rest as
sured that we will be liberal in
allowing substitutions of courses
that bear directly on defense work.
“The Government has set up
certain policies relating to the de
ferment of students that is beyond
our control here.
“We should keep constantly in
mind that this war is going to
end some day, and when that day
comes, there is going to be per
haps a stronger demand for prop
erly trained men than ever be
fore.”
Loveless Reports
To Active Duty At
Fort Riley, Kansas
Sidney I. Loveless, city secre
tary, will leave January 27 for
the Officer’s Replacement Center
at Fort Riley, Kansas. Loveless
is a reserve officer in the cavalry
and will take over his duties as a
first lieutenant at Fort Riley.
Loveless, a well-known ex-Aggie,
was captain of A Troop Cavalry,
and gradutaed from A. & M. in
1938. He was quite active in his
school activities during his four
years at A. & M. and was made
editor of the Longhorn his last
year.
Besides being the city secretary,
Loveless is the secretary of the
Reserve Officers Association, and
is head of the Freshman Guid
ance Program.
Worried? Need a Lift? Go Hear Singing Cadets!
Singing Cadets Begin New Series of Student Entertainment
With Unusal Program of Audience Participation in Singing
By Jack Kieth
Worried? Need a lift?
Tired
of the monotony of classes? Get
away from it all by joining in
on the fun at the Assembly Hall
tonight at 7. The famous Singing
Cadets will be on hand tonight to
provide the stage entertainment
and Richard Jenkins, director of
the Singing Cadets, will be master
of ceremonies of a program in
which the audience participates.
Personnel officers of the organ
izations on the campus are plan
ning a series of programs to be
given in the Assembly Hall each
Saturday night throughout next
semester. These will be given for
the purpose of discovering stu
dent talent and providing free en
tertainment for the corps on week
ends. Each show will feature some
special members on the stage and
also a let-your-hair-down audience-
participation program.
Under the present plan, each
regiment in the corps will have a
Saturday night on which one bat
talion of the regiment will present
the program. From these bat
talion shows, the best talent will
Aggieland’s Famed Singing Cadets will entertain the corps in a
special program to be presented in the Assembly Hall tonight.
This group will present several numbers and lead the audience in
singing special “audience participation” songs which are known
to be favorites of the corps. This is the beginning of special student
Saturday night entertainment presented by students.
be chosen to put on a show for
the whole student body. Any one
having any ideas on the type of
show that should be presented or
any one who w r ants to appear on
one of these programs should con
tact his organization personnel of
ficer.
Practically any kind of enter
tainment is suitable for this type
of program. Nothing serious will
be allowed—it’s all for fun. It is
expected that every thing from
yodeling to drama will be tried
when the system of self-entertain,
ment gets under way. Nothing
of this sort has ever been tried
before and there are no customs or
traditions to follow, so the policy
is to come prepared for any
thing.
By limiting each show to one
hour’s length it will be possible
for those who plan to attend the
corps dances this spring and for
those who usually go to the picture
show to add this to their enter
tainment program without chang
ing any of their plans. It is hoped
that boys with visitors will feel
free to bring them to these shows
while they are on the campus.