DIAL 4-5444
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.
Battalion
VOLUME 41
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 22, 1942
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DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
NUMBER 49
Sweeping Changes to Effect Every Student Monday
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Second Semester Registration Gets Underway at 1 P. M.
ROA Ceases
To Function
For Duration
Senior Applicants
As Junior Members
To Get Money Back
All memberships in the Reserve
Officers Association will be sus
pended for the duration of the war,
according to an announcement from
the national headquarters of the
ROA received here this week. Since
a great number of the members
of the ROA have gone on active
duty, it has been found advisable
to suspend activities of the or
ganization for an indefinite period.
Concerning junior members, the
announcement said that member
ships should not be accepted at
this time, as there is not much
that the association can offer them
at this time.
All funds paid the ROA by mem
bers of the Senior Class for dues
will be refunded to them by their
respective regimental commanders.
Members of the organization in
good standing' as of February 1
will have their unexpired period ex
tended by an equal number of
months when the ROA resumes
its work after the war.
Classified Seniors Stand in Lines
For Last Time Today, Others Friday
Registration for the second semester will begin at 1 p.m.
today and will last until 5 p.m. Saturday. Classified seniors
will be allowed to register this afternoon provided they were
classified at the beginning of the fall semester. They will not,
however, be permitted to miss classes today.
Other classes will register tomorrow and all new stu
dents and old students returning for the second semester
will register Saturday. The registrar’s office announces that
they expect about 300 students to come in the second semes
ter who were not registered for the fall. semester. Approx
imately 100 of these will be “Frogs” and will be distributed
out among the military organizations on the campus by the
military department.
Clean-up Campaign
Is Planned for City
Fire Chief F. G. Brown today
pointed out the necessity of an
immediate clean-up campaign by
College Station home owners as an
essential aid in the civilian de
fense work being carried on un
der the direction of the local de
fense committee headed by Dr.
C. C. Hedges, head of the Chem
istry Dept.
Brown, in suggesting methods by
which fire hazards could be re
duced, pointed out that all vacant
houses should be clean and pad
locked, all yards cleaned and clear
ed of excess rubbish, and that all
attics should be cleaned of all in
flammables, unnecessary junk and
other items which might prevent
access to attics in case of fire or
render the consequences of incen
diary bombs more serious.
All residents of College Station
and of the campus are urged by
Chief Brown to take the precau
tions suggested, especially that of
cleaning attics. Within a few
days an inspection will be made by
the local fire department of Col
lege Station premises to determine
the existence of fire hazards.
At the present time an auxiliary
fire force is being trained at bi
weekly meetings in the essentials
of fire fighting.
Students will be held strictly to
the schedule published by the regis
trar’s office and, no exceptions can
be made. If student fails
to register at the.^itme designated
he can register from 3 p. m. to
5 p. m. tomorrow afternoon at
which time all assignment cards
can be secured from the booth at
the Assembly hall.
Old students who have not reg
istered in person by 5 p. m. Sat
urday will have to pay an addition
al matriculation fee of $2.00 for
late registration.
Freshmen, sophomores, juniors,
and seniors who were not classi
fied in September will register in
accordance with the following
schedule:
Friday, January 23
R and S—7 to 8 a. m.
C, D, E, and F—8 to 9 a. m.
M, N, O, P, and Q—9 to 10 a. m.
G, H, and I—10 to 11 a. m.
J, K, and L—11 to 12 a. m.
T, U, Y, W, X, Y, Z—1 to 2 p.
m.
A and B—2 to 3 p. m.
There are four main steps to
registration. Fees are to be paid
first and then the student may se
cure his assignment card from the
Assembly hall. After the student
has secured the assignment card
and followed the instructions
printed thereon he should report to
the commandant’s table in the
rotunda of the Administration
building. He may then turn the
card in to the registrar.
Engberg Teaches
Program in Houston
For Civilian Defense
V. L. Engberg of the Industrial
Extension Training Service of A.
& M. college has instituted a train
ing program at Houston for plant
managers, assistant managers, per
sonnel men, supervisors and guards.
The course will run for a period
of six weeks having started Jan
uary 19.
The subjects taught will include
patrol methods, public-employee re-
lationsf discipline, courtesy and
conduct, law enforcement methods,
self-defense, care and use of police
weapons, criminal law, sabotage
prevention, fire prevention, ele
mentary fire fighting, first aid,
crowd control, care and presenta
tion of evidence; reports and rec
ords and cooperation with law en
forcement agencies.
Coast Artillery
Signs A1 Donahue
For Ball March 21
Played Last Year
At Senior Ring Dance,
Vocalist Not Announced
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The annual Coast Artillery Reg
imental Ball will feature the or
chestra of A1 Donahue on Friday,
March 20, in Sbisa Hall. A1 Dona
hue and orchestra will also play
for the corps dance to be held on
Saturday, March 21. The vocalist
to appear with the orchestra has
not been announced at this time.
Last year’s Coast Artillery Ball
featured the orchestra of Bernie
Cummins and the singing of Jeri
Sullivan.
The plans for this year’s dance
are in the hands of Henry King of
B Battery; Ed Monteith, H Bat
tery; and Joe Stewart of C Bat
tery.
This appearance is a recall for
A1 Donahue, since his orchestra ac
companied by the vocalizing of
Lee Keating, furnished the music
for last year’s: Senior Ring Dance
and the traditional ceremonies con
nected with this event.
Baptists Dedicate
New Church Feb 22
The new building of the First
Baptist Church at College Station
is expected to be finished some
time in February, according to the
Reverend R. L. Brown, pastor. The
dedicatory ceremonies have been
set for February 22.
The new church is being con
structed of brick, consisting of an
auditorium with 1,000 seats and a
two-story educational unit in the
rear. Earnest Langford, head of
the Architectural department of the
College, is the consulting engineer
working in collaboration with
Ralph M. Buffington of Houston,
the architect.
Dr. George W. Truett, for 15
years pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Dallas, will be the speak
er at the dedicatory ceremonies
and will be the principle speaker
during the A. & M. Religious
Emphasis Week immediately fol
lowing the dedication.
Executive
Committee
Takes Action
Calisthenics,
Halting of Fish
Details in Effect
Recognizing the need for
reorganization on the campus
in light of the present world
situation, the executive com
mittee passed the following
statement of policy at a meet
ing yesterday afternoon:
“The present war emergency de
mands not only that every Ameri
can put forth his best efforts in
war preparation, but that we scru
tinize our individual and collec
tive efforts to see that they are ap
plied most effeciently and with the
least waste.
“The greatest contribution that
this College and its student body
can make to this war effort is in
preparing a highly trained body of
young men, well disciplined in mind
and body and requiring the mini
mum of further discipline to take
their places in civil or military life.
Military Training Intensified
“A. & M. men have always prided
themselves oni their patriotic mili
tary spirit; but a military training
that was outstanding in peace
times when men’s primary objec
tive was peaceful civil occupations,
has become inadequate when the
immediate purpose of every red-
blooded American is to win this
war. Men high in military circles
—men who have time and again
shown their friendship and their
admiration for A. & M. men—have
pointed out ways in which mili
tary training and discipline must
be strengthened immediately if the
college is to maintain that pre
eminent place in military training
that it has always held.
“This will necessitate some
changes, but we believe students
and faculty alike are ready to
make any sacrafice to help win the
war.
Changes to go in Effect
“The following changes are re
garded as imperatively necessary
and are to become effective im
mediately:
1. The establishment of reveille
exercises each week-day morning
followed by 10 minutes of intens
ive physical drill. The exercises
and drill will be under the super
vision of company officers or
housemasters and will be super
vised by tactical officers and will
be participated in by every under
graduate student living on the
campus who' is not excused for
physical disability. All students
shall be permitted to remain in bed
until first call for reveille, and
shall rise at that time.
2. Military discipline is based
(See CHANGE, page 4)
Here’s an Excuse
For Those “C’s” If
You’re an “A” Student
Baton Rouge, La. (AGP)—War
exerts its ugly influence even un
to scholastic averages of univer
sity students. One of the reasons
why grades drop during times of
conflict, Dr. E. K. Zingler, Louis
iana State university professor of
economics, says, is that students
feel that an “A” student is just
as likely to be shot as a “C” stu
dent. Increasing occupational op
portunities and reduced morale of
a wartime world also enter into the
lowering of academic averages, he
believes.
There’s a bright side to the war
picture fox women students, Dr.
Zingler points out, since it means
the widening of their vocational
fields.
Welty Explains Plan To
Juniors, Seniors at Guion
Cadet Officers Held Responsible For
Discipline of Underclassmen in Dorms
By Clyde C. Franklin
In a brief meeting at Guion hall last night Colonel M. D.
Welty, commandant, outlined to the juniors and seniors
who hold advanced Military Science contracts, a gigantic
plan under which A. & M. will operate for the next few
years.
Colonel Welty read to the members of the corps present
an order which had a few minutes previously been handed
him by the authorities of the college. He read the order and
gave his interpretation of what the authorities had in mind
for the college beginning next Monday morning at reville.
No Fish Service
The commandant stated that the upperclassmen will
have to make up their own beds, sweep their own rooms and
run their own details. The order stated that there would be
“no personal service in any form to upperclassmen.”
Sophomores will not inflict any
FBI Tells College Station Men
Of Community Defense Plans
To further College Station’s de
termination to prevent civilian un
preparedness in case enemy bombs
should fall on this community,
Howard Lee, Garland Brown, A.
P. Boyett, and Guy Boyett, have
attended an F.B.I. sponsored civ
ilian defense course given at Gal
veston on January 12 to 17.
The course was under the direc
tion of M. D. Ford of Baltimore,
Mr. Ford is an F.B.I. instructor
in civilian defense who gave the
men practical instruction in such
vital things as air raids, police
protection, bombs, fire prevention,
etc.
These men who have received
training in this course will use
their information to instruct oth
ers in the community in matters of
civilian defense.
Average Freshman Is
Younger Than in Past
Oklahoma City, Okla. (AGP)—
The average college freshman in
Oklahoma is more intelligent than
he used to be, according to Dean
Clinto M. Allen of Oklahoma City
university. In a series of tests
the average I. Q. for entering stu
dents was found to be 108.6, point
ing to the conclusion that fewer
dull students are entering college
j than in past years.
A&M Cadets Who Can Not Complete Regular Schedule of Work
Can Now Continue Technical Training by Taking Defense Courses Here
For young men not able to con
tinue their regular college course
and who as yet have not had suf
ficient technical training to equip
them for work in Defense indus
try, it will be well to investigate
the Engineering Defense Training
courses that are to be offered at
A. & M., beginning February 2.
At mid-term each year a good
many students for financial or oth
er reasons find it impossible for
them to remain in school for the
second semester, and yet these
students have not always had suf
ficient training in specialized fields
to secure technical employment.
The colleges and universities of
the United States produce from ten
to twelve thousand graduate engi
neers each year, and the various
Federal government agenceis esti
mate that war effort makes a de
mand for more than 100,000 trained
men each year during the emer
gency. The defense courses spon
sored by the U. S. Office of Educa
tion, and as given by A. & M. Col
lege, are especially designed for
the furnishing of men needed in
various types of defense indus
tries.
At the present time, the Army
and Navy estimate a very great
need for not less than 150,000 men
trained in the various fields of
communications, principally that of
radio. A. & M. is giving one such
course, called Radio Communica
tions, beginning February 2, which
will last for twelve weeks and will
equip the student with the neces
sary prerequisites to secure a re
munerative job in the field of com
munications. An ailied course,
Power and Electric Circuits, runs
for a similar time and is also de
signed to fill a need for a grow
ing shortage of men.
One of the largest phases of
the National Defense effort in
volves construction and manufac
ture. Thousands of technically
trained inspectors of ordinance and
construction materials are needed,
and the available supply of these
men is practically exhausted. A.
& M. offers one of the strongest
courses in Materials Testing and
Inspection of any school in the
country. The course content is
built up around the requirements
stipulated for ordinance inspec
tors, and the students who have
completed the first three of these
courses have all been able to se
cure very remunerative jobs in
defense industry. In a good many
instances students have been hired
and placed on work before the con
clusion of the course.
Still another field of activity,
and yet one which is of as great
importance as any in the defense
effort, concerns itself with explo
sives. The course, Chemistry of
Powder and Explosives, offered
by A. & M., beginning February
2, lasting for eight weeks, trains
the student for inspection work in
shell loading plants, powder plants,
and ordnance plants. The prereq-
quisites for this course stipulates
that a man must have had a mini
mum of two years of college chem
istry.
For the men who have had very
little college training, defense
courses in Machine Drawing, Struc
tural Drafting, and Architectural
Drafting are to be offered. In the
past year A. & M. has successful
ly placed over seventy-five trained
draftsmen in industry, and at the
present time cannot supply the
demand for draftsmen that is be
ing made.
Complete details concerning all
of these courses may be secured
at Room 14, Civil Engineering
building, and applications for reg-
isitration may be made at that
same place. When it is consider
ed that the total cost to a stu
dent, including personal expenses
and spending money, need not ex
ceed $100,000 it can be seen that
the cost to the student is extreme
ly cheap, considering what he re
ceives in the way of gainful and
worth while employment, which is
also of vital interest to the Na
tional Defense Effort.
Ad Contest Entries
Due in by Saturday
Entries for the contest for read
ing the ads appearing in Tuesday’s
Battalion should be sent or mailed
to the Student Activities Office,
126 Administration building, by
noon Saturday, January 24, R. M.
Criswell, advertising manager of
The Battalion, stated yesterday.
The contest is open to all resi
dents of Bryan and College Sta
tion, as well as members of the
cadet corps. The contest is under
the direction of Stewart H. Mc
Kinnon of the agricultural eco
nomics department. The Battal
ion is furnishing $15 in prizes for
the contest.
In the reader division, first
prize will be $3; second, $2; third,
$1.50; and fourth, $1. Prizes for
the students who submitted the ads
will be the same.
form of physical punishment nor
will juniors and seniors as under
the new order no cadet is authoriz
ed to administer any form of phys
ical punishment. Offenses against
regulations warranting punish
ment will be reported to the com
mandant on the regular demerit
slips now in use.
Calisthenics for All
Beginning Monday morning at
reveille the corps of cadets will
rise for 10 minutes of physical
drill. The exercises and drill will
be under the direction of company
officers or housemasters and will
be supervised by tactical officers.
They will be participated in by
every undergraduate student living
on; the campus who is not physic
ally disabled. All students including
freshmen will be permitted to
sleep until reveille has been sound
ed. The students will then rise,
dress, and form in designated areas
for their exercises.
Acting under the orders of the
authorities of the college, the com
mandant’s office is charged with
enforcing the rules of the super
iors. Tactical officers will be di
rected to inspect when necessary.
Bleed Meetings No More
No so called “bleed meetings”'
will be held in the future between
sophomores and freshmen. Only the
organization commander may call
or conduct meetings of underclass
men in his organization. No meet
ings will be called except to trans
act any business vital to the org
anization’s well being.-^This is to
apply to all classes.
Acting on Board’s Order
Before beginning his speech the
colonel stated that he would not
express his opinions on the new or
der and that the order was not his
own. Colonel Welty states that he
will act under the direction of the
board of directors to do what they
deem best for the school during
this period of national emergency.
These steps, Colonel Welty said,
will emphasize at A. & M. the prox
imity of the war to the student
body.
The officials decided that under
the old plan men were not being
sent out of the college in a con
dition which would allow them to do
their best for their contry, Colonel
Welty said.
Parachute Troops
Descend on Randolph
Randolph Field, Texas.—Para
chute troops dropped on the “West
Point of the Air” the other day,
but old-timers yawned and went
about their business.
The “troops” were just dummies,
the occasion being the testing of
a new shipment of parachutes,
fresh from the factory.
Safety, of course, is the big rea
son behind the test. The silken
mushrooms must be in perfect
operating order before any Avia
tion Cadet or flying officer is
permitted to wear them.
WTAW to Present
‘Aggie Hit Parade’
Starting February 6
Plans for the new program to be
started on WTAW Friday, Febru
ary 6 have nearly been completed.
The broadcast will be heard at 5
o’clock each Friday afternoon and
will feature the giving away of
theatre tickets to those who cor
rectly guess the three' most popu
lar songs with the Aggies.
LAST ISSUE
This issue of The Battal
ion will be the last issue of
the First Semester. There
will not be a paper Saturday.
The next issue will be pub
lished Tuesday, January 27.