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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, SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 14, 1942
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NUMBER 58
Navy Considers A&M As Site for Trainjng School
Inspection of Facilities
Thousand Students Will Register Monday
Council Sets
Local Laws
For Blackout
Failure to Comply
To Result in Fine
Of Hundred Dollars
The standard ordinance that :s
recommended by the Texas League
of Municipalities to govern cities
during blackouts and other emerg
encies has been passed by the City
Council of College Station at its
last regular meeting. This ordin
ance provides authority for black
outs and sets up rules and regula
tions for their conduct. A fine of
$100 will be imposed for vio
lation of these rules during any
blackout.
Owners of Building Responsible
The terms of the ordinance will
hold owners or managers of build
ings or those in control of public
buildings responsible for the ex
tinguishing of all exterior and in
terior lights. All exterior and in
terior lights in homees must be
extinguished except those in a
room or space that has been prev
iously designated as a refuge
which has been properly screened
to prevent observation of the lights
from the outside.
The ordinance also provides spe
cial regulations to govern the op
eration of hospitals and emerg
ency stations during blackouts.
Usual Laws Will Hold
A limited number of vehicles
will be allowed to be driven during
an emergency with properly
screened lights; all other vehicles
must have their lights turned off
and must be parked out of an in
tersection, as close to the curb as
possible, or as far off the traveled
portion of a highway as possible.
Parking these vehicles will follow
the usual rules relative to viola
tions of fire hydrant zones, en-
tran to public buildings, and hos
pitals.
The ordinance provides for the
possibility of trial or practice
blackouts operated under these
rules. The $100 fine will apply to
the practice blackouts in the same
effect as during actual emergen
cies.
The City Council of College Sta
tion has asked for cooperation of
all residents and has stated that
these regulations are necessary
for the proper protection of the
city as a whole.
Draft Eligibles
Go to Ad Building
From 7 am to 9 pm
Over a thousand Aggies are ex
pected to register for selective ser
vice between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.
Monday, February 16, on the main
floor of the Administration build
ing, H. L. Heaton, college regis
trar, said today. Facilities for
registering college staff members
and College Statin residents may
be found on the first floor of the
the building.
Those men who have reached the
age of 21 since the last registra
tion or those who are now eligible
under the new draft law must reg
ister Monday. This includes men
ADVANCED ROTC
According to announcement
from the military department,
all students who are in attend
ance at college taking military
training under contract in the
advanced division of the R.
O. T. C. are not required to
register under the selective
training and service! act while
holding such a contract.
When a cadet withdraws
from school or his contract is
revoked, he will be required to
register. Students participat
ing in military training who
are of draft age without a con
tract are required to register.
Wilmeth Elected As King Cotton; Brians Made Social
Secretary and Warner Business Manager of Cotton Ball
Civil and Aero
Engineers Unite
To Give CERO Dance
A new member has been added
to the ever growing family of Ag
gie social affairs. The first annual
CERO dance, a new function of
the campus, will swing out tonight
in Sbisa Hall to the music of Top-
py Pearce and the Aggieland Or
chestra.
The CERO dance is a union of
the annual social affairs of the
American Society of Engineers and
the Institute of Aeronautical Sci-
who were born on or before Decem
ber 31, 1921 or who are not yet 45
and have not registered before.
Students should register during
their off periods. They will not be
allowed to cut classes in order to
do so, Heaton emphasized. Ample
time has been provided for stu
dents to register either before or
after classes, even if they have a
(See REGISTRATION, Page 4)
Episcopal Church
Changes Services To
New Time Schedules
The St. Thomas Episcopal Chap
el has gone on a new schedule in or
der to meet the conditions brought
about by War time and the chang
es in the College schedule. The
times for the regular services
have been changed and one new
service has been added.
Service of Holy Communion will
be held at 7:45 a.m. and another re
peat service at 9:15 a.m. each Sun
day. The church school and the
discussion class will meet at 10 and
the service of morning prayer will
begin at 11:15. This schedule will
be maintained as long as A. & M.
remains on its present schedule.
Kadet Kapers Is
Name of Saturday
Night Presentation
Winner of Contest
Will Be Announced
On Program Tonight
“Kadet Kapers” has been select
ed by thp contest committee as the
winning name for the Saturday
night shows in the Assembly
Hall. The name of the winner
will be announced and the ten dol
lar prize will be awarded at to
night’s show by Richard W. Jen
kins, director of the shows.
Members of the committee that
judged the entries in the program
naming contest were: Rusty Heit-
kamp, editor of the Longhorn;
Alden Cathey, social secretary of
Senior class; Walter Cardwell,
historian of Junior clas and Rich
ard Jenkins. The contest was open
to all Aggies with a limit of one
entry for each contestant. There
were about fifty students who en
tered the contest, Jenkins said.
Social Committee
Will Choose Queen
Of Ball in Future
Gene Wilmeth, D. Company In
fantry, will reign as King Cotton
at the Eleventh Annual Cotton
Ball on May 1. Wilmeth was elect
ed at a special meeting of the Ag
ronomy society Thursday night in
a close run-off decision over Ho
ward Warner, F Field Artillery,
and Howard Brians, C Troop Cav
alry.
At the same meeting, Brians
was chosen to be social secretary,
and Warner to be business mana
ger for the Cotton Ball festivities
which are an annual feature of
the A. & M. spring social calen
dar. Durwood James and Sam Fer
guson were elected Junior social
secretary and Junior business man
ager, respectively.
Purpose of the Cotton Ball is
to defray the expenses of three
students and a faculty member
on a tour of cotton study. All stu
dents who have had one or more
courses in cotton are eligible to
compete for a place on the tour.
These students are selected by a
series of competitive examinations
on cotton.
Last year the winners of the ex
aminations went to South America
The 1940 tour was to Canada. Earl
ier studies took the students to
Japan and the Orient, and six times
to continental Europe.
Selection of the queen and her
court has been delegated to a soc
ial committee under the chair
manship of Brians. Members of
the committee are Gene Wilmeth,
Bugs Tate, Howard Warner, Mil-
ton Brenner, Fred Coley, Howard
Brians, Peck Clark, and Jorge
Villamil.
ASCHEs Will Hear
Kirkpatrick at Meet
S. D. Kirkpatrick, Editor of
“Chemical and Metallurgical En
gineering,” will speak at the next
meeting of the A. & M. section
of the American Chemical Society
which will be held in the Chemistry
lecture room at 9 p. m. Wednesday.
Kirkpatrick will speak on the sub
ject of Chemical Industry under
Arms which will be illustrated by
lantern slides.
Dines on Needles and Fools You
At Cards - - Mysterious Howard
By Jack Keith
The Mysterious Howard, famous
Texas magician who will enter
tain tonight at the Kadet Kapers
in the Assembly Hall, owns 350
decks of cards but refuses to play
poker or any other card game.
Says the magician, “Suppose I
got into a game and won, they’d
say I cheated. If I didn’t win,
they’d say I was a bum magician.”
The Mysterious Howard (his
real name is Howard Campbell)
will appear on the fourth Satur
day night free entertainment to
be given in the Assembly Hall.
The new time for the programs
has been set at 7:15 p.m., so that
all who plan to go to the basket
ball game will have ample time for
both events.
Campbell has been fooling the
public since he was 14 years old,
At that age, his father took him
to see Blackstone the Magician and
ing needles, pulling cards out of
the air and performing all sorts
of mysterious feats for gullible
audiences.
One of his most amazing tricks
is one in which he swallows 50
(See EATS NEEDLES, Page 4)
The Mysterious Howard who
owns 350 decks of cards and
does not play poker will ap
pear on the Kadet Kaper Pro
gram in the Assembly Hall
tonight Howard is said to be
one of the outstanding magi
cians of the day and is espec
ially noted for his trick of
swallowing needles. In addi
tion to the magician there will
be a group singing and the
presentation of the prize for
naming the show on the pro
gram.
War Department
Announces Exams
For Transport Jobs
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces open com
petitive examination for the posi
tions listed below for employment
with the War Department, Quar
termaster Corps, Tenth United
States Civil Service District (com
prising the States of Louisiana and
Texas): Senior Automotive In
structor, Motor Transport School,
$2600 a year; Automotive Instruc
tor, Motor Transport School, $1800
a year.
Age limits for the position of
Automotive Instructors are 25 to
50. The age limits for Senior Auto
motive Instructor are 25 to 55.
These age limits do not apply to
persons granted military prefer
ence because of military or naval
service except that such applicants
must not have reached the retire-
tirement age. Persons not entitled
to military preference who are
over the maximum age limit speci
fied above, and persons entitled
to military preference who are
over the applicable retirement age
may also apply, if they meet all
other requirements of this an
nouncement. While such persons
cannot be certified for probational
appointment their qualifications
will be classified and their names
listed for possible use in filling
defense needs which cannot be sat
isfied by normal Civil Service
means.
Competitors will not have to re->
port for examination at any place
but ratings will be based on infor
mation shown in their applications
subject to corroboration.
150 Officers Guides
Sold During Week
One hundred and fifty Officers
Guides were ordered Friday after
noon and they should arrive within
two weeks, according to word re
ceived from the military depart
ment. Men who did not get in on
the first order may order their Of
ficers Guides any time next week.
Church Leaders
Come to College
For Religious Week
Classes Will Be Set
To Enable Students To
Attend Daily Meetings
Many prominent national and
state church leaders will be on the
campus for the Religious Empha
sis Week Program which will be
held February 22-27. Dr. Truett,
Pastor of the First Baptist Church
Heads Activities
George W. Truett
of Dallas, will be the principal
speaker for the week.
The schedule of classes for the
week will be arranged so that the
corps may attend the meeting each
day in Guion hall if they so de
sire. Each night the various
churches of the campus will hear
a speaker of their own denomin
ation at their individual meeting
places.
Other leaders who will be on the
campus for Religious Emphasis
Week are J. Frederick Miller, Gen
eral Secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
at the University of Oklahoma and
member of the Staff Southwest
Council of Student Christian As
sociations; Rabbi Robert I. Kahn,
Associate Rabbi, Temple Beth Is
rael of Houston; Rabbi Sanders A.
Tofield, of the Congregation Adath
Yeshurun, Houston.
Reverend Ernest Michlka, St.
Anthony’s, Beaumont; Reverend
Cardine R. Hooton, pastor of the
Tyler Street Methodist Church,
Dallas; Rev. Burton Coffman, pas
tor of the Central Church of Christ,
Houston; Rev. Gordon M. Reese,
Executive Secretary of the Army
and Navy Commission of the Dio
cese of Texas; Rev. J. Thomas
Bagby, Rector of St. James Church,
Houston; and Rev. J. W. (Bill)
Marshall, Baptist Student Secre
tary of the State of Texas will
also be here to participate in the
program.
Here Completed Yesterday
Army Also Considering Using College As
Plant for Training School in Near Future
A. & M. is being considered by the navy as the location
of a new naval school for the training of naval radio operators
and technicians, according to an announcement made by
Commander John A. Terhune of the New Orleans naval dis
trict. This school will be started on or near March 1.
Terhune completed an inspection of A. & M.’s facilities
for such a school yesterday. The school is to enroll from
300 to 400 naval enlisted men capable of college work to be
trained as radio experts for the navy.
In addition to the naval school^
the army is also considering the
use of A. & M.’s facilities for sev
eral training schools for the army
in the near future, according to
a statement made by Dean F. C.
Bolton.
The school will largely be under
the direction of the department of
electrical engineering and the de
partment of mathematics. The pro
posed period of training will last
for three months, and after the
school is underway, classes will
enter and graduate each month.
The movement has yet to be ap
proved by the War Department and
the board of directors of the col
lege and is yet entirely in the pre
liminary stages of organization,
Dean Bolton stated.
Salmon Elected As
Pres of WWS Group
M. J. Salmon, Superintendent of
Utilities at Commerce, has been
elected president of the Annual
Water Works and Sewage Short
School which has been in session
for the past five days.
The Water Works and Sewage
Short School consisted of lectures
and demonstrations covering wat
er treatment, water pumping and
distribution, sewage treatment,
maintenance of sewer systems, and
treatment of industrial wastes. A
separate laboratory was held to
train a group in water and sewage
testing.
Members of the group atended
a banquet held for the group
Thursday night. Dr. George W.
Cox, State Health oficer who was
the principal speaker for the oc
casion, awarded trophies to the
cities who had made outstanding
records in water and sewage
treatment.
Nelson to Lecture
On Latin-America At
Inter-American Meet
Dr. A. B. Nelson will speak on
certain important aspects of Latin
American history to the Inter-Am
erican Discussion Group in room
124 Academic Building Monday at
8 p.m.
Interested students who have not
yet joined the discussion group
are invited to attend this meeting.
Some time early in March eight
members of the group will be sent
to the district conference at Tex
as university.
Objectives of the discussion pro
ject are (1) to promote inter-Am
erican friendship and cooperation
(2) to stimulate a nation-wide
study of inter-American affairs,
(3) to inform the general public
concerning relations in this area,
(4) to formulate solutions for exist
ing problems, (5) to implement the
good neighbor policy.
New Management
Course to Train 100
As Mess Officers
Training Offered
For All Types Food
Used in Armed Branches
One hundred men reported for
the new course in mess hall man
agement yesterday. Due to the
large number of students register
ed for the course enrollment will
be limited to only juniors and sen
iors. This will necessitate the
dropping of all other students
from the course but as they will
have opportunity to receive the
training later on it was decided-
best to limit the class.
The class met on Thursday of
this week and will meet on Thurs
day o fall weeks following except
next week. Because of the late
start the class will be held twice
next week. The first meeting will
be on Thursday and the second
will be on Friday.
Instruction in officers mess
management is being offered this
semester as an experiment. Be
cause of the interest manifested
in this training it is probable that
it will be included in the College
curriculum each semester provid
ed that this interest is maintain
ed.
Division of the course into six
-parts is scheduled. The divisions
are: (1) lectures on nutrition by
P. B. Pearson, who is in charge of
the classes, • (2) identification of
meats and meat cuts with instruc
tion by C. E. Murphy and Roy
Snyder, (3) instruction on fruits
and vegetables, (4) discussion on
milk and dairy products, (5) lec
tures of procurement of foods,.
(6) lectures by officers from Ft.
Sam Houston on army mess man
agement, and (7) instruction by
J. C. Hotard on mess hall manage
ment.
Gammon Will Talk
At Pan-Am Meet
Dr. S. R. Gammon, head of the
History Department has accepted
the invitation of the Cosmopoliatn
Club to talk on the development of
the Pan-American Conference held
at Rio de Janeiro this year.
Feeling that this subject is of
great importance in our present
situation, the officers of the club
extend an invitation to all those
students and faculty members
who are interested in Pan-Ameri
can solidarity to attend the meet
ing.
Ag Engineering Department Sponsors Tractor
Demonstration Next Monday Through Thursday
The Agricultural Engineering
Department will sponsor a dem
onstration of Ford Tractors and
the Ferguson Principle next Mon
day through Thursday. The dem
onstration will be under the aus
pices of the Bull-Stewart Company
and will be held at the Main Agri
cultural Experiment Station, one-
half mile west of the campus.
Students, faculty, and the gen
eral public are invited to witness
these free demonstrations which
will show modern farm methods as
contrasted with the “horse and
buggy days.” These demonstra
tions are unique, in that sound
equipment will be provided so that
all who attend may follow the pro
gram no matter in what part of
the field they may be in.
Highly trained factory repre
sentatives will be on hand to ex
plain the Ferguson Principle, an
exclusive method of attaching an
implement to a tractor and con
trolling the implemeht in the
ground. It supplies penetration
Battalion Magazine
For Feb Out Monday
The February issue of The Bat
talion magazine will be available
Monday night. The magazines will
be issued from the basement of the
Administration Building at 8:15.
without weight, controls the depth
automatically, provides traction
without built-in weight, keeps the
front end of the tractor down and
automatically protects the imple
ment and the tractor when an ob
struction is hit. A cut-away model
of the hydraulic pump will be on
display for the benefit of spec
tators and will be explained by the
factory representatives.
The program will include plow
ing with a two bottom moldboard
plow, demonstration of a two-row
middlebuster, two-row cultivator,
feed grinding, a rear mounted
shovel for excavating and many
others. All of these implements
are hydraulically controlled.