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I .} . 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, FEB. 12, 1942 Z275 NUMBER 57 College Blackout to Come Without Warning Distinguished Students Eligible For Scholarship Honor Society Are Announced Registrants Feb. 16 Must Answer ‘Nine Simple Questions’ No Questionaires Will Be Used; Hershey Wants Speed, To Be the Keynote Only nine simple questions will be asked those men who register on February 16 for possible mili tary service under the provisions of the Selective Service Act, Gen eral J. Watt Page, State Selective Service Director, emphasized to day. Registration of the individual should require a comparatively short time. General Page said, pointing out that the registrant will not be asked to fill out a questionnaire, but only to answer interrogations about his identity, his place of residence and his mail ing address. Also, he will be re quired to list his telephone num ber if any, his age in years and date of birth, place of birth, the name and address of the person who will always know his address and his employers name and ad dress. While it is important that reg istration be conducted as speedily as possible, General Page said that every registrant will be giv en ample time to respond properly to the questions on the registra tion card, which on this occasion wil be green. White and melon colored cards, respectively, were used on the first and second Selec tive Service registrations. No questionnaires will be given registrants when they register February 16, nor will they be re quired to undergo any physical examination, General Page em phasized. Questionnaires are given to reg istrants after their order numbers have been determined and reached by their local boards. Physical ex aminations are given only after the boards have passed on the gen eral qualifications of registrants and have determined that they should not be deferred for reasons of interest to the Nation. Clambake Features Colored Collegians Friday’s Clambake over WTAW will feature one of the really solid little jiving bands of Texas—the Prairie View Collegians under the direction of William Henry Ben nett, a student at the negro school. The Collegians will take their 30-minute turn at the “mike” af ter the regular Aggie Pickin’s pro gram which leaves the air at 5 p.m. This is the first appearance on the campus this scholastic year for the swingy band of colored lads. How ever, they proved to be a favorite in the opinion of Aggies who heard them last spring when they play ed over WTAW. Friday’s program of jam and jive will include the following sel ections: “Pay That No Mind,” “I May Be Wrong,” “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” “I Can’t Get Started,” “Big Fat Mama,” “Star Dust,” and “One O’Clock Jump.” Nat’l Affiliation To Be Discussed At Meet Friday Night Distinguished students who are eligible for membership in the Scholarship Honor Society were announced yesterday by Jack Tay lor, president of the organization. All juniors in the upper four per cent of that class in their school, and all seniors in the upper eight percent of their school may become members. An important meeting will be held tomorrow night in the C. E. lecture room for the purpose of discussing proposed national af filiations. Members who do not pay their annual dues of $1.60 at or before this meeting will be dropped from the roll, it was announced. These dues may be paid to A. J. Landua, Room 218, Dormitory 7. Membership of the society is as follows: JUNIORS Agriculture P. L. Bell, P. M. Bennett, A. Brown, W. B. Caraway, W. W. Cardwell, D. M. Davis, J. S. Dur- ell, H. O. Kinkel, J. H. McAllister, J. B. Miller, W. D. Parker and J. T. Pesek. Engineers W. M. Adkisson, S. R. Bean, J. A. Baird, R. K. Bernard, K. Bever, R. L. Chatham, J. C. Denny, W. J. Gallaway, J. C. Goppert, E. C. Hartman, Guy Johnson, S. C. Kaf- fer, A. H. Lynch, O. A. Nance, A. J. Specia and G. R. Thenn. Arts and Sciences ’ K. C. Bresnen, D. B. Gofer, R. T. Green and E. E. McChesney. Veterinary Medicine T. E. DeVolin and J. B. Young. SENIORS Agriculture J. W. Autry, Shibley Azar, T. Berry, Roland Bing, A. R. Boemer, L. C. Caloway, J. M. Carpenter, W. K. Clark, S. J. Copeland, M. F. Evans, J. E. Gable, J. W. Gibson, J. F. Golden, J. M. Hefley, 0. M. Holt, R. F. Keller, W. J. Lawler, T. W. Leonard, J. Robinson, E. M. Rosenthal, R. L. Stevenson, Jack Taylor, D. C. Thurman, R. M. Warren, J. C. Wallace, E. D. Wil- meth, A. C. Yezak, M. R. Yezak, G. C. Young. Engineers T. Ando, J. Baker, H. T. Chang, E. H. Copeland, R. A. Cook, E. G. Daughty, D. D. Echols, L. W. Fisher, D. S. Hammons, B. Hardie, M. D. Havlik, J. M. Holliday, R. D. Kenny, G. R. King, J. L. Lam- berson, L. L. Manchester, Jr., M. A. Miller, G. Nassauer, E. H. Nel son, H. C. Owen, R. B. Pearce, A. W. Sissom, F. A. Smitham, C. C. Sprinkle, M. ' H. Stevens, G. G. Sumner, W. C. Swaip, R. H. Swan son, J. L. Wilson, Paul Wolfe, Jr., and R. E. Woodham, Jr. Arts and Sciences R. S. Crawford, A. B. Crimmins, T. S. Gillis and A. J. Landua. Veterinary Medicine W. G. Aldridlge, Simon Born- stein, T. H. Coffey, Alex Gross- man, V. C. Isaac, E. L. Lepon, R. F. Lapham, R. D. Macy, M. D. Ommert, H. Shanzers and C. R. Tubbs. Architects Hold Annual Ball Tomorrow Night in Sbisa Hall Members and friends of the Ar chitectural Society will dance to the music of the Prairie View Col legians, the 15-piece negro dance band from Prairie View State Col lege, Friday night at 10 o’clock in Sbisa hall. This is the oldest annual dance on the campus, having initiated the organization balls with its first Beaux Arts Ball. Last year’s dance was held on Valentine’s Day. Hundreds of members of the facul ty and society danced to the mus ic of Ed Gerlach’s orchestra in the Sbisa hall banquet room which was decorated as the patio of a South American residence at fiesta time. Costumes for this year’s ball will protray the dancers’ ideas of “Things to Come.” The ball room will be decorated by the junior class in architectural design. Glaring lights will be placed at the entrance for a transition into the future. Inside the lighting from all ceiling fixtures will be projected upward into clouds of balloons. Concealed lighting will carry along the walls behind shrubbery. Bandstand back ground will consist of scenes of the world of today contrasted with the world ef tomorrow. Coast Guard Film Shown at 5 Today In Assembly Hall Short Talk By Lieut. Commander Await Will Be Given With Picture Sound pictures of the Coast Guard academy at New London, Conn., will be shown at the Assem bly Hall this afternoon at 5 o’clock by Lieutenant Commander T. Y. Await, U. S. Coast Guard. The pro gram will consist of a short talk illustrated by a new sound motion picture showing the activities of cadets at the academy. Films of the coast guardsmen at work will also be shown. Awalt’s purpose in appearing here is to interest students in en tering the Coast Guard academy for officer training. Unlike the army school at West Point or the Naval Academy at Annapolis, ad mission to the coast guard school is obtained through competitive examinations; there are no ap pointments. Advantages of attend ing this academy will be pointed out. Mess Management Gets Big Response; 75 Sign for Courses Size of Class Forces Change in Meeting Place; Will Be In AI Lect. Room The newly instituted course in Officers Mess Management and Training, which meets this after noon for the first time, brought forth such a great response from the cadet corps that it has been necessary to change its meeting place to accommodate those men who signed up for the course. The new room assignment is the Ani mal Industries Lecture room in stead of Room 132 A. I. building as originally announced. With figures still incomplete yesterday evening, the Registrars office announced that almost 76 were entered in the course. This is many more than were original ly anticipated by those who plan ned the course. The class will meet at 6 p. m., Central War Time, and last for one hour each week. Dr. P. B. Pearson has been placed in charge of the course but the majority of the meetings will be conducted by guest speakers on various phases of nutrition and mess management. The course has been officially listed as Animal Husbandry 434 and was submitted to the course committee by Professor D. W. Williams of the animal husbandry department. Mysterious Howard Appears, Disappears in Program Series Best Take Heed Of North Gate Signs Reading ‘Parking Fine’ Read this and save $1 to $5— Parking of automobiles on the west side of Bell Street at the North Gate across the street from the U. S. Post Office is now banned and anyone caught parking there will draw one of those invitations to Mayor Frank Anderson’s office. For the first few days after the “No Parking” signs went up the officers merely warned the offend ers but the “free ride” period is over and the ticket business is do ing pretty good, reports say. By Ken Bresnen “The Mysterious Howard” will appear on the Saturday night en tertainment program in the As sembly Hall at 7:15. Traveling from Houston to thrill you and chill you, the mysterious one says, “I am not the best magician in the world—only the greatest.” What’s in store for those who attend is highly speculative. He might pull a rabbit from your hat, or he may not. Then there is al ways the possibility of sawing the Battalion editor in two. Richard Jenkins has urged everyone to try to be there for a grand evening of fun. Song sheets will be provided for everyone so that all may join in the singing of the rollicking, ro mantic and patriotic songs and ballads which have been one of the keynotes of the success of these programs. Names are being pondered at the moment. Saturday’s Battalion will carry the name of the winner of the naming contest, and the title that has been selected for the pro grams. Last Saturday night before the corps dance, 2,000 cadets and dates packed the hall to hear the sweet Three More On Nominee List For Army Commissions Three names have been added to the list of candidates for commis sions in the regular army published in The Battalion last Tuesday. They are John Bannister, III, Charles Bode and Howard Brians. These men have been selected for outstanding scholastic and mil itary proficiency, and qualities of leadership and character. From this list the 8th Corps Area examin ing board will select a number of men who will be given regular com missions and placed at the foot of the West Point class. Last year six regular commiss ions were granted from the ROTC schools in the 8th Corps Area. A. & M. received three of these. Those who have been selected as candidates this year are Shibley Azar, Jr., John Bannister, III, How ard H. Brians, Charles W. Rode, John B. Hancock, Jack B. Holiday, Gerald R. King, T. W. Leonard, C. B. Marsh, Jr., M. A. Miller, Ru fus B. Pearce, Jack B. Taylor, and Ben T. Yeager. and swing played by the TSCW serenaders. Featured on the pro gram were a girl’s vocal trio and a violin trio. Little Sally Maxwell, ten year old mascot of the group, won the hearts of the cadets with her rendition of “Elmer’s Tune.” Incidentally, she proved so popular with the corps that she was even provided with an Aggie escort. Typifiying Aggie hos pitality, a cavalry freshman was seen squiring her about the cam pus and pointing out things which he thought might be interesting to her. Sally seemed quite proud of her uniformed beau. First Orders For Officers Guides To Be Made Friday The first order for Officers’ Guides will be mailed Friday, the Cadet Colonel’s office has announ ced, and all seniors desiring a copy of the book within the next two weeks should make their deposits by tomorrow. There is a possibility that a sec ond order will be placed later on dending on the number of men ordering now. The books will be delivered ten) days after the order is placed. , When asked his opinion of the publication, Colonel Maurice D. Welty made the following state ment: “The present type of Officers’ Guide is a very convenient compil ation of War Department infor mation that can prove of value to an officer entering the service. Its convenience makes it worth while to any young officer.” Hillel s Observe IFnai Brith Holiday B’nai Brith Day, which is a part of National Brotherhood Week, will be observed by the Hillel Club in .conjunction with the Bryan B’nai Brith Lodge at a joint meeting to be held Sunday evening, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the lounge room of Sbisa hall. The speaker of the eve ning will be Dr. I Manhoff of San Antonio, who is the state president of B’nai Brith. Dr. Manhoff will speak on “The Problems of Youth in the Present Day Crisis.” The meeting is open to the public. Easter Is Set As Date for Mothers, Dads Day Program Engineers Day Moved To April 4; National Defense Will Be Theme Parents Day instead of Moth er’s Day will be observed on Eas ter April 5 this year. Engineer’s Day will be on April 4 as this was the logical date for it due to the change in parent’s day, according to college authorities. The theme of the thirteenth an nual engineer’s day will again be national defense, a subject with which the college is even more closely connected now than it was at this period last year. Many of last year’s engineering students are now in national! defense industries and many more are now in the fighting forces either as officers or enlisted men. At 11 a.m. April 4 the State As sociation of A. & M. Mothers Clubs will hold its annual meeting in the lounge of Sbisa hall. A tea hon oring all visiting parents will be held in the lobby of the YMCA un til 6 p.m. and will be sponsored by the Brazos county A. & M. Mo thers’ Club. That night at nine Dr. T. O. Wal ton will be at home to visiting par ents when he and Mrs. Walton hon or them with an informal recept ion. The program for Sunday will be gin with the traditional flower pinning of red and white flowers upon cadets in formation in front of their respective dormitories. Each organization commander will designate a girl to pin flowers on the men in his outfit. This cere mony will begin at 9 a.m. and last approximately an hour. At 10 the cadets from each regi ment will march from their res pective area to the old parade grounds where they will stand in ranks for nearly 30 minutes. Dur ing this time honors will be pres ented to the highest military and scholastic students in school. Localized Tests Held At Intervals Printed Rules For Precautions Prepared by City “When the College Station total blackout occurs, it will come without warning,” an executive of the local air raid committee said yesterday. “Citizens will not know the ex act hour the trial is to be held. In this way, the com mittee will be able to ascer tain the efficiency of its plans, and to determine how long it would actually take to put protective measures into effect in case of an unexpect ed attack.” Acting in accordance with the F.B.I. recommendations for con ducting a successful blackout, the College Station office of Police and Air Raid Warden Committee has issued printed instructions for air raid precautions to every house hold in the city and on adjacent property. In most cities a blackout is sim ply announced for a certain time on a specified day, and at that time all the lights are turned out. This, however, is not a true repre sentation of the efficiency with which a blackout would be per formed under war conditions, authorities said. Striving to make the proposed civilian defense test as authentic as possible, test blackouts will be held in various sections and neigh borhoods of College Station in the near future under the supervision of air raid wardens. These tests will be held from time to time in order to afford practice in black out behavior to local families and residents. 'Angel in Back Seat' Makes Forced Landing of Lost Plane “Air Raid!” “The Japs are here!” These were only a few of the Don’t Say You Weren’t Warned; Tomorrow Is Friday Thirteenth By Charlie Babcock Black cats, witches, broken mir rors, ladders and even the Texas Memorial stadium jinx bow out of the picture tomorrow for 24 hours. The reason? Date line of tomor rows newspapers will be Friday, February 13. Adding suspicion to superstition, Friday will begin an hour earlier, (thanks to War Time) than is the usual case. Last jinx day on the calendar was that thirteenth day of June, 1941. However, such “black” days won’t be so unusual this year, for there is one scheduled in March and another in November. Wheth er this will be to the advantages of Hitler’s gang or the Allies is yet to be determined. But about this dreary day com ing up tomorrow—all weather re ports indicate rain and bad weath er — profs are scheduling their hardest exams of the year—and to top it all the Aggie basketball squad, winners of one out of five conference games, must face the league-leading Arkansas Razor- backs. But don’t be disheartened. This Friday business, when tied up with that number 13, means bad luck and plent yof it. However, it ca nwork both ways. There may be a shortage of tin, rubber, aluminum, and zinc, but we are going to have plenty of Friday the thirteenth this year, even if they are rather non essential to national defense. “Me, superstitious? Of course not,” These were the sentiments of Sam Semo last week, and to prove it, he walked under a lad der while he was breaking a mir ror while a black cat crossed his path. He said he would do it a- gain tomorrow on Friday the 13th to doubly show he wasn’t afraid of any jinx, but if he does he will be doing it with the army as he received a notice from the draft board the day after this was taken. —Photo by Stenzel many speculations which were cast Wednesday night as the moaning roar of a plane’s motor was inter mittently heard. ; But there were more than sounds to verify the fears. The airplane could be seen nearing the ground and then zooming up again every few minutes. Finally, shortly before midnight,, the pilot came near the ground once again, but this time it was te land. In fact all of the other times he was trying to do the same thing. It later proved that the pilot was attempting to land on the highway and that each time ap proaching cars forced him back in the air. The landing, which was finally made in an extremely small fenced- in spot in front of the Adminis tration building, became necessary when the cadet flying the ship found he was running out of gas. His mission was a cross country night flight from Kelly Field to Austin and points north and then a return to his base. However, on the return part of the flight the cadet lost his direction and ended up over the college. He circled College Station look ing for a place to land for more than 30 minutes. Soon he reached the conclusion that the highway afforded the best possibilities. The cars preventing his landing on the highway, the cadet became aware his gas gauge registered “empty” and realized that he must do something immediately so he flashed on his landing lights and headed for the spot where he end ed his flight. A big crowd had gathered and all breathed a sigh of relief when he made what was hailed a “spec tacular landing.” Tuesday afternoon two officers fi*om Kelly Field came to investi gate the situation. The officer in charge said, “An angel in the back seat landed that plane.” The other officer, a lieutenant, took the ship up.