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, FEB. 7, 1942
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NUMBER 55
Fun-Feast Entertainers
Above are some of the entertainers that appeared on the Saturday night fun-fest held in the Assembly
Hall last week. Featured on the program were the “Aggie Mudcat Swingsters,” a group of Aggies
who whipped out a real jam session. Buddy Kaufman won the cigar smoking contest. The baby milk
drinking contest rolled the watchers in the aisles.
All-Girl Orchestra From TSCW
Plays on Aggiekind’s Fun - Fest
Central War
Time Begins
Here Monday
Schedule For
All Calls Are
Changed One Hour
Central War Time will be ob
served in College Station, starting
Sunday at midnight. At that time,
all clocks will be moved up to
1 a.m., thereby causing one hour
to be lost. The schedule of col
lege events has been changed, ef
fective Monday, so that all form
ations and classes are one hour
later by clock than the present
schedule.
The following is the new sch
edule as issued by the comman
dant's office:
Daily Except Sunday
Sunday
1st Call
7:15 a.m.
Reveille
7:25 a.m.
Assembly
7:28 a.m.
Recall
7:40 a.m.
Fatigue
7:43 a.m. 8:00 a.m.
Mess Call
8:00 a.m. 8:25 a.m.
Assembly
8:03 a.m. 8:30 a.m.
Mess Call
1:10 p.m. 1:20 p.m.
Assembly
1:13 p.m. 1:25 p.m.
1st Call,
Retreat
7:10 p.m.
Assembly
7:13 p.m.
Retreat
7:15 p.m.
Mjess Call
Immediately After
Retreat
Call To
Quarters
8:15 p.m.
Assembly
8:30 p.m.
Tattoo
11:55 p.m.
Taps
12:00 p.m.
Senior Ring
Dance Date Is
Definitely May 14
The Senior Ring Dance will be
held May 14, the class decided in
its second meeting of the week
Thursday night in the Assembly
Hall. Less than 100 Seniors were
present to decide if the date should
be changed.
At the meeting Wednesday night
the class fought to a standstill on
every suggestion made. The dance
was originally scheduled for May
8. On January 16 the class met and
changed the date to May 14, since
then many seniors had expressed
the desire to hold it on an earlier
date. Both meetings this week fail
ed to produce a date which was
agreeable to the majority and which
would not conflict with other
events on the school schedule.
All men between 20 and 45 years
of age who are supposed to regis
ter February 16 should do so
with their own local boards, ac
cording to General J. Watt Page,
Selective Service Director of Tex
as. Registrants who are unavoid
ably away from their homes may
register at the registration place
most conveniently located, but
care must be taken that the cor
rect home address is recorded on
the registration card.
Aggies who have advanced mil
itary contracts are exempt from
Military Aircraft
Discussed by Speaker
Recent improvements of Ameri
can military aircraft and a dis
cussion of problems pertinent to
aircraft design was presented to a
joint meeting of the A.S.M.E. and
the I.Ae.S. by F. B. Chapman of
the Aeronautical Engineering de
partment.
In the joint meeting of the two
organizations in the chemistry lec
ture room Thursday evening, Chap
man took up recent improvements
and problems in aircraft design,
such as those involving high alti
tude flying, fire-power and arma
ment on modern military planes,
and the development of new types
of power plants. Although many of
the aircraft Chapman presented
interesting data on were considered
military secrets, it was shown that
aircraft built in this country are
of a very high quality.
By W. J. Hamilton
Calling all Aggies 1 Get in the
groove tonight with the TSCW
all-girl swing orchestra which
begins at 7 p.m. in Assembly hall.
The hour program will provide
lots of fun and entertainment be
fore the corps dance at 9 p.m.
The 14-piece orchestra will
swing out on the sweet side, un
der the direction of Miss Mary
Elizabeth Armstrong, in their own
style which went orver big at their
preview during the intermission
of the Fish Ball last night.
Included in the repertoire o fthe
Denton congregation will be vocal
solos, violin and vocal trios, and
novelty numbers. A tap and acro
batic dance will be presented by
Miss Patricia Racket. The “Three
registration. Others exempted are
National Guardsmen, West Point
Cadets, army officers and mem
bers of the Public Health Service,
also exempted are all those be
tween 21 and 36 years of age who
According to General Page,
legistered in 1940 and 1941.
special registrars will be provided
to register men who cannot ap^
pear at a designated registration
place because of illness or other
incapacity.
Every man subject to registra
tion who is an inmate of an asy
lum, jail, penitentiary, reformatory
or similar institution on February
16, is required to register on the
day he leaves the institution.
Cattleman’s Ball
Being Planned By
Saddle and Sirloin
Plans for the third annual Lit
tle Southwestern and the Cattle
man’s Ball were the chief topics
of discussion at a meeting Monday
night of the officers of the Saddle
and Sirloin Club. The plans for
the initiation of the new members
into the Block and Bridle Club
at the next meeting were com
pleted. In addition to the initiation
ceremonies the measures recom
mended at the last meeting will
be passed on Monday night.
It will be necessary for all
sophomores majoring in Animal
Husbandry to be there, and all
freshmen who are prospective can
didates for membership are urged
to attend.
Tones”, a vocal trio composed of
Miss Betty Tieman, Miss Joan
Gurley, and Jerry Smith will sing
several numbers.
Accompanying the group will be
Miss Sally Maxwell, 10-year-old
mascot of the* orchestra, who will
sing her version of “Elmer’s Tune”
on the program.
The largest crowd in the history
of this three-week-old Saturday-
night revels is expected for to
night’s presentation which will
also include stunts, surprise con
tests, and other audience participa
tion events, including the group
singing of popular songs new and
old.
Last week’s program made a hit
with everyone who attended. Fea
tured on the program were the
“Aggie Mudcat Singsters” a group
of Aggies who whipped out with
a real jam session. Biggest laugh
was the cigar smoking contest.
After the stogie blackout cleared
away, the winner of this event was
revealed to be reeling Buddy Kauf
man, CHQ, who inhaled to a close
victory over Manny Rosenthal,
Another hit was the baby milk
drinking contest in which the male
participants imbibed the cow juice
from nippled bottles held by their
mothers. The latter part was play
ed by girls from the audience, how
ever.
Drop Courses
Today, Last Time
Today is the last day for drop
ping or adding a course or making
any other changes in the present
semester schedule. Any courses
that are dropped after today will
be turned in as an F grade, how
ever, those dropped today or pre
viously will bear no grade.
Officials have announced that
due to the fact that the semester’s
work is well under way in most
classes no more classes may be
added to courses.
Bolton Speaks For
AAUP Monday Night
Dean F. C. Bolton will speak to
the American Association of Un
iversity Professors Monday, Feb.
9, at 8 p.m. in the M. E. lecture
room on “Tentative Plans for the
College during the Emergency.”
Dean Bolton’s address will be
informal with opportunity for
questions from the floor and, will
be as specific as the present status
of plans permits.
Just what surprises are up
Dick Jenkin’s sleeve for this
evening have not been re
vealed as he does not re
turn from the Singing Cadet
tour until today, and would not di
vulge the news even if he were
here.
See the show tonight and pro
pose a name for the as yet name
less attraction scheduled to be
presented every Saturday this
spring. A $10 prize awaits the per
son who submitted the best title
before 5 p.m., February 10 to the
Student Publication office. An
entry blank may be found on page
two.
Texan Debunked
On Debunking Done
To Dover's Bluebirds
Bluebirds in the popular song,
“There’ll be Bluebirds Over the
White Cliffs of Dover,” are rep
resentative of peace and happiness,
in spite of the recent “debunking”
of the song spread around by the
Daily Texan.
This publicity concluded that
England would have to wait a
long time for the bluebirds over
Dover’s White Cliffs since the
nearest English relative of the
bluebird resembles the American
robin.
However, it may be pointed out
that the English are looking for
the peace and prosperity symbol
ized by the mythical bluebirds in
the song and not for the actual
bluewipged creatures.
Upleger Speaks For
Accounting Society
A. C. Upleger, president of the
A. C. Upleger & Company, Waco,
was the chief speaker at the meet
ing of the Accounting Society
Thursday night. Upleger spoke
upon the subject, “Opportunity for
Accountants, in the Present War
Program.”
He told of the many favorable
opportunities for accountants in
defense work. He spoke of the
great demand for cost accountants
at the present time and urged the
students to watch for the civil
service examinations for account
ants.
R. K. Long, newly elected pres
ident of the Society, presided at a
business meeting following the
talk. Plans were made for the
meeting with the Houston chap
ter of the National Association of
Cost Accountants.
General Page Asks That Students
Register With Local Boards If Possible
Fish Ball Begins Social
Season; Dance Tonight
Exercises
Omitted Due
To Fish Ball
Extra Thirty
Minutes Sleep
Allowed Today
Calisthenics were not held this
morning because so many students
have been moved out of their
dormitories to accommodate the
girte who are here for the Fresh
man Ball and the Corps Dance to
night. This will also permit Fresh
men who had late passes last night
to have an extra half hour’s sleep.
The special order suspending
calisthenics was made by Colonel
Welty on the recommendation of
Major A. J. Bennett, Adjutant;
Lieutenant Joe E. Davis, Assistant
Commandant and Tom Gillis, Ca
det Colonel. Breakfast formation
will be held at the regular time.
Fouraker Will
Conduct New
Defense Course
Professor L. L. Fouraker of the
A. & M. Electrical Engineering de
partment will be the director of a
new defense course called “Funda
mentals of Radio Communications
and Electronic Devices” which will
begin February 16.
This course is designed to of
fer employed men and women an
opportunity to obtain a techincal
background for work in radio com
munications and simple electron
ic devices. Enrollees in the course
should be high school graduates
who have an interest in or a lim
ited experience with radio equip
ment. Instruction will be given in
the mathematical fundamentals
necessary in the handling of ele
mentary electrical circuit theory.
This will be followed by a dis
cussion of simple electronic de
vices and the fundamental circuits
employed in radio transmission and
reception.
Registration in this course will
be at Bolton hall (Electrical En
gineering building) on February
9. The closing date for registra
tion will be Monday, February 16,
when the course will start.
Similar courses are being offer
ed in Houston, Beaumont, Port
Arthur, Kilgore, and Waco, design
ed to offer men employed in elec
trical trades an opportunity to
obtain a technical background for
their work.
Instruction is being given in the
mathematical fundamentals neces
sary in the handling of the circuit
theory. The electrical instruction
covers d-c circuits; d-c machinery;
a-c circuits, transformers; rotat
ing a-c machines; power genera
tion transmission, and distribu
tion; and applications of electri
cal machinery in industry with
special emphasis on industries rep
resented by the students.
Serenaders
FromTSCW
To Entertain
Beginning the spring social sea
son at A. & M., the freshman
swung out last night to the music
of Toppy Pearce’s 14 piece Aggie-
land orchestra in Sbisa Hall. Over
260 girls from TSCW were in at
tendance as dates of the Fish
together with girls from all parts
of the state.
Tonight the Corps Dance in the
old mess hall is the second occa
sion of the starting season of soc
ial activity. Pearce’s orchestra will
also play on this occasion, toge
ther with a floor show during
intermission by the TSCW serena
ders.
Seniors attended the opening
function given by the Fish as the
honor guests of the freshman
class, from 9 until 12 last night.
Fish class president Lewis Bracy
who has been detained in his
home during the past week return
ed Friday sufficiently recovered to
attend the dance.
Norma Jean Jahn who was to
furnish the lyrics in addition to
the Aggieland orchestra was un
able to be present. Dates for the
dances are being lodged in Pur-
year Hall.
Admission to the Corps Dance
will be $1.10,
President FDR Says
“War-Time” Instead Of
Old Daylight Saving
Getting tired of hearing about
this new change for the purpose
of saving electric power? F. D.
Roosevelt’s newest name for day
light saving time is “war time,”
with the name of the time belt at
the front.
Well, this is what it is. The cen
tral time belt instead of saying
6:15 a.m. Central Standard Time
say 7:15 a.m. Central War Time.
In the East it will be Eastern War
Time; in the West, Pacific War
Time, and so on in each respective
belt. This new name has probably
been made to keep war before the
U. S. citizens each day so that the
task which confronts America is
not forgotten; fight against
those enemies of democratic and
liberty loving people.
Extempore Contest
Entrants Will Meet
In Academic Tuesday
Students interested in represent
ing the college in the National
Extempore Discussion Contest on
Inter-American Affairs will meet
in Room 316, Academic Building,
at 7:30, p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10, to
be given complete information on
the subject.
A. & M. has been authorized to
send as many as 6 students to the
district conferences. Selected dele
gates will be sent to regional and
national conferences and finalists
will be sent on a summer tour of
other American republics.
Courses In
Managing Of
Mess Planned
Students May
Sign for Course
Late by Permission
Definite plans are being drawn
up for a course in Officer’s Mess
Management and training to be
offered here this semester. A
sufficient number of students
have already made primary appli
cation for such a course to make
it possible to offer it at this time.
Special permission has been grant
ed so that students may sign up
for the course after the deadline
today.
The plans will be submitted
early next week to the course com
mittee and, if approved, will then
be sent to the executive commit
tee for final approval. Officials of
the college feel sure that it will
be okayed by both committees.
Under the present plans, The
mess management course will be a
one hour credit course. Classes will
meet one afternoon each week at
5 p.m. It is necessary that all
those interested in taking the
course leave their names at the
registrar’s office by Monday af
ternoon. This is just a preliminary
list of those who intend to regis
ter for the class and is not bind
ing.
The course in Mess Management
and Training has been requested
by many students because many
young officers are assigned the
duty of mess officer soon after
they enter the service. The course
is designed to prepare future of
ficers from A. & M. for this ser
vice so they won’t be handicapped
from lack of knowledge of the
subject.
Former Aggie
Goes to England
Lieutenant George Murchinson,
graduate of A. & M. who took his
degree in mechanical engineering,
recently left for England after be
ing selected by Government of
ficials in Washington to make a
survey of aeronautical conditions
with the U. S. embassy in London,
Upon leaving school, Murchin
son worked as an engineer for the
Texas Oil company, later entering
the air service at Randolph Field,
San Antonio. After, taking exten
sive training at air bases in Gal
veston and Boston, Mass., he was
sent to Shreveport as an aeron
autics instructor.
When the C. A. A. came into be
ing he was sent as a member of
the organization to Chicago to
serve as aeronautical inspector, at
which task he was employed when
he received his appointment, being
the first to be chosen from the
C. A. A. for the responsible un
dertaking.
No Curtailment
In NYA Employment
During This Semester
There will be no curtailment of
employment under the N. Y. A.
throughout the duration of this
semester, according to W. R. Hors-
Committee. Although a 36 per cent
cut in NYA funds was realized in
N. Y. A. funds was realized in
January, there definitely is enough
funds left to continue the employ
ment schedule as it is now until
May 16.
The question of N. Y. A. student
employment for the next semester
hinges on Congress. Because of
the present war expenditures the
N. Y. A. annual appropriation may
have to be discontinued or at least
decreased for the duration in all
probability. In that event the de
ciding factors for employment will
be the student’s needs for financial
assistance and his ability to main
tain a good scholastic average
while employed.
Rhythm Section
Above i| the rhythm section of Toppy Pearce’s ’42 Aggieland Or-
chestr? which will play for the Corps Dance tonight as Aggie
swing~—rs and their dates “cut a rug”. The Aggieland has play
ed w v throughout the state this year at Aggie dances.