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122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 21, 1942
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NO. 61
Summer Camps Stopped
For Duration of Emergency mi vacancies
Graduates Must
Complete Basic
At Service School
Summer camps for college stu
dents seeking commissions in the
Officer Reserve Corps have been
discontinued for the duration of
the war and for six months af
terward, the War Department an
nounced today.
In the meantime, all R.O.T.C.
graduates of the Senior division
and selected graduates of the Jun
ior division will be required to
complete satisfactorily the basic
training course at an appropriate
special service school before being
commissioned or receiving a Cer
tificate of Eligibility.
All graduates of Senior units
who, in 1942, will have completed
all requirements, including a sum
mer camp, will be commissioned
upon graduation. However, those
have not completed a summer camp
camp, but who have otherwise met
all requirements, must complete
satisfactorily the basic course at
the appropriate special service
school after graduation before
they are commissioned.
It was also announced that the
requirement of a college degree
before appointment may be waiv
ed in special cases.
Any student who has met all
other requirements, has completed
all prescribed R. 0. T. C. training,
and has been recommended for ap
pointment by his Professor of
Military Science and Tactics, and
when the Chief of the Branch in
which the commission is to be is
sued recommands waiver, would
fall into this special category.
A limited number of qualified
R. O. T. C. graduates of Junior
units—Military schools—upon
graduation will be permitted to
attend the basic course at the ap
propriate special service school.
Upon satisfactorily completing the
course they will be commissioned,
if above the minimum age limit,
or granted a Certificate of Elig
ibility if below the age minimum.
Effectve immediately and re
voking previous instructions on
the subject, no deferment of active
(See CAMPS, Page 2)
Saddle, Sirloin
Boys Set Date For
Aggie Stock Show
Fuller is Superintendent
Taylor, General Manager
Hardin, Assistant Manager
The “Little Southwestern” was
the chief topic of discussion at a
meeting of the Saddle and Sirloin
Club Wednesday night. Date for
the show has been set for Monday
night, March 9. This is immediate
ly preceding the Southwestern
Livestock Show in Fort Worth and
many of the animals going to Fort
Worth will be shown in this “Little
Southwestern.”
Animals will be judged on fit
ting and showing with no atten
tion being paid to the merits of
the animal. There will be divisions
in cattle, horses, sheep, and swine
and every person interested in an
imal husbandry should sign up for
an animal immediately by seeing
the heads of the various depart
ments.
Shorty Fuller will be superin
tendent of the show; Jack Taylor,
general manager; and Johnny
Hardin, assistant manager. Heads
of the various departments are:
sheep, Victor Loeffler; swine, W.
T. Berry; horses, Jack Cleveland;
and cattle, Gordon Grote. About
sixty animals have already been
assigned, so anyone wishing to
enter the show must do so imme
diately. Ribbons and Canes will
be given. the winners of the dif
ferent classes and a pair of shop-
made cowboy boots will be given
the winner of the entire show.
Four members of the Club were
selected to represent this school
at the National Intercollegiate
Rodeo to be held at the University
of Arizona, Tucson, March 7 and
8. Two riders are Johnny Hardin
and Shorty Fuller and the two
ropers are Fred Dalby and Caddo
Wright. Tom Rogers and Hicks
Gannon were selected as alternates.
These boys were outstanding in
(See SADDLE, Page 2)
"Mysterious Jenkins” Will Be
Kadet Kapers Feature Tonight
By Tom Joumeay
“The Mysterious Jenkifts” will be
only one of the many features to
entertain the corps tonight at the
fifth performance of Kadet Kapers,
the new Saturday night fun fest
that has been such a hit. Although
our correspondent has not been
able to give us much information
about the new magician that has
so recently blossomed forth, he is
sure to make a hit with all who see
him.
The program built to entertain
the whole corps will feature Mrs.
Chris Groneman on the violin and
a number of audience-participation
contests that promise to be enter
taining to everyone.
In regard to the audience partici
pation contests it has been rumored
that a wide-spread search will be
organized to determine the fastest
talker of the corps. All those who
think that they might qualify for
said honors might arrange to be
present.
“Kadet Kapers” will start to
night at 7:15 in the Assembly Hall
and will be over at 8:00 in order to
enable everyone to attend the bas
ketball game.
The program last week in spite
of the inclement weather was at
tended by a large crowd that thor
oughly enjoyed the whole show.
The Mysterious Howard completely
baffled the audience with his feats
Humble Company
Rep Will Interview
Seniors Wednesday
Representatives of the Humble
Oil and Refining Company will vis
it the campus next Wednesday for
the purpose of interviewing A. &
M. seniors concerning future em
ployment. The visitors will inter
view at this time only mechanical,
civil, and electrical engineering
seniors who will not receive reserve
commissions following graduation.
of magic and card tricks.
A capacity crowd is expected
for the performance of “Kadet
Kapers” tonight at the Assembly
Hall. Richard Jenkins, director of
the Singing Cadets, is the master
of ceremonies.
New Promotion
List Issued To
Adjutant Carries
113 Names on List
Of Men Now Classified
One hundred and thirteen names
appear on the new promotion list
issued last night by Major A. J.
Bennett, adjutant. This list carries
names of men who have been pro
moted to fill existing vacancies
and men who are now classified
but who were not when earlier
lists were distributed.
Vacancies were caused by grad
uation, death, and students drop
ping out of school for various rea
sons. The majority of these pro
motions are for men to fill exist
ing vacancies.
Hedges Will
Speak on War
Gases and Bombs
War gases and bombs, incendiary
and explosive, will be the subject of
an address by Dr. C. C. Hedges,
chairman of the College Defense
Council in the Chemistry lecture
room at 8 p.m., Thursday, Febru
ary 26th.
Dr. Hedges was asked to deliver
the discussion on bombs and war
gases by a majority of the faculty
members of the College Tuesday
evening, and agreed to set the date
sobn.
Men, women and children of Col
lege Station and Bryan are urged
to attend and hear the discussion
of the subject by Dr. Hedges, who
has attended the Edgewood Arsen
al school and who probably is one of
the best posted men in this section
on all phases of Civilian National
Defense.
Six Professors
Discuss Problems
For National Contest
Six A. & M. professors will an
alyze inter-American problems and
offer possible solutions in a round
table discussion in the Y. M. C. A.
parlor at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon.
The meeting will primarily be held
for the benefit of students taking
part in the National Extempore
Discussion Contest on inter-Amer
ican affairs but will be open to
anyone interested in the subject.
The professors taking part in
the discussion are G. W. Schlessle-
man, A. F. Chalk, Ralph Steen, V.
K. Sugareff, S. I. Scheldrup. John
Paul Abbott will serve as chair-
Plans Complete for Religious
Emphasis W eek to Begin Sunday
Leads Religious Week
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Opening the Religious Week Sunday morning at the Baptist
Church Dr. George W. Truett will be the principal speaker at a
regular morning lecture series to be held daily in Guion hall at 12
on Monday and Tuesday, 11 on Wednesday and Thursday and 12 on
Friday. Dr. Truett is an international Christian leader, having trav
eled extensively in Europe, the Holy Land and in the Orient. He is
a former president of the Baptist World Alliance.
Town Hall Will Present Quentin
Reynolds on Monday Night Program
Quenton Reynolds, writer for
Collier’s, author of “The Wounded
Don’t Cry,” as well as recent press
advisor to the Harrison Committee
in Moscow, will be heard on the
Town Hall program at 8:30 Mon
day night.
Reynolds has seen Britain in her
hour of trial, and has written many
sincere and warm articles about
her people and her fighting men.
The American people have read
Profs Study Civilian Defense
Reynolds fiction stories and art
icles in the Collier’s magazine for
years. He traveled to Europe at
the outset of hostilities and wit
nessed the activities on the West
ern Front. He retreated before
the German hordes during the bat
tle of France and traveled from
Bordeaux to England on a small
freighter. He was in London dur
ing the terrific bombings of the
winter of 1940-41. *
In his lecture Monday night Rey
nolds will present facts concerning
Britains stand, and first-hand in
formation recently gathered in
Russia, the Near East and North
ern Africa.
Inter-Church Council, YMCA, Local
Pastors, Combine Efforts for Week
Final plans for the A. & M. Religious Emphasis Week
were made Thursday night at a meeting of the religious lead
ers of the campus in the parlor of the Y.M.C.A. Members of
the Student Inter-Church Council, the pastors of the local
churches, the student officers of the various denominational
groups, and the secretaries of the Y.M.C.A. combined their
efforts in preparation for the first all-school religious em
phasis week which gets into full swing Monday.
The religious leaders of the-*."
campus have been busy for many
weeks making plans for the com
ing week. J. Frederick Miller
of St. Louis, National Student Sec
retary for the Southwest, has been
on the campus more than once
meeting with various groups who
have been responsible for plan
ning Religious Emphasis Week.
Mille r has had considerable
experience in such meetings on
other college and university cam
puses.
Under auspices of The Inter-
Church Council in cooperation with
All students who attend the
daily meetings in Guion Hall
will get excused absences from
classes which are held at that
hour. Supper will be held at
6:45 Monday night so that
those students attending the
Town Hall program may also
attend the program in their
own church the same night.
the Y.M.C.A. and the A. & M.
College Administration, the Relig
ious Emphasis Week program is
made possible.
Dr. George W. Truett, Pastor of
the First Baptist Church, Dallas,
will speak in Guion Hall each
morning at the following hours:
Monday and Tuesday—12 a.m.;
Wednesday and Thursday—11 a.
m.; and Friday at 12 a.m. Dr.
Truett will speak in the new
building of the Baptist Church
each evening at 8:00.
The following denominations
will hold evening services at 8:00
in their respective churches at col
lege: Baptists, Methodists, Catho
lics, Church of Christ. The Christ
ian Church will hold their services
in Bryan. The Hillel Club in the Y.
M. C. A. Annex.
Beginning Tuesday morning at
7:45 and continuing through Fri
day, the visiting Religious Leaders
together with the pastors of the
local churches and student officers
of the various church groups will
have breakfast at the Aggieland
Inn for the purpose of devotion,
fellowship and conference.
From 5-6 p.m. oh Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday after
noons a coffee hour will be held
in the Y. M. C. A. Parlor so that
the students and the Religious
(See EMPHASIS, Page 2)
Students
Needed For
Key Center
Twenty-One Boys
Who Have 2 Hours
To Spare Required
Twenty-one Aggies who can
spare two hours a week of their
time, are wanted immediately to
become active participants in the
work of the Key Center of Infor
mation and Training Committee
recently established on the cam
pus at t he request of the Federal
Security Agency, U. S. Office of
Education. The Agricultural and
Mechanical College has been hon
ored by the designation of this
committee on the Campus, and
the work of this group will serve
one million people in Texas.
The faculty-student committee
which will be in charge of the
War Information Center in Cush
ing Memorial Library will work on
a volunteer basis in arranging dis
play of materials, counseling
speakers, writers, teachers and
others in the use of the available
materials. They will distribute
pamphlets to those who call at
the War Information Center and
collect and package materials to
be sent out from the Center.
The work will not be difficult,
but will be educational and very
helpful and interesting. Aggies
wishing to assist in this patriotic
work are requested to contact D.
Hennessy at the Library Loan
Desk and inform him of the hours
open on their schedules.
If you are interested in volun
teering to give two hours each
week for the remainder of the
semester, and want any additional
information about the work before
contacting Hennessey, please con
tact any member of the undersign
ed committee for full details:
V. M. Faires, Mechanical En
gineering Dept.
(See KEY CENTER, Page 4)
Out Goes the Bad Air-In Comes the Good;
Upped left—Entire group
of air raid wardens of the
Civilian Defense. Upper right
—J. E. Breland and R. E.
Snuggs demonstrationg con
trol of an incendiary bomb.
Lower right—L. S. Payne and
J. E. Roberts demonstrate
First Aid bandage. G. W.
Adriance and R. F. Mitchell
examining training gas mask.
The faculty members sign
ed up for the course are enter
ing into the active training as
their contribution towards the
Civilian Defense Program now
in progress over the United
States. Capacity crowds have
attended each lecture-meeting.
First Aid Classes Study Hard,
Like Quizzes - Believe It or Not
By Keith Kirk
Out goes the bad air—in comes
the good air—reach; out goes the
bad air—in comes the good air—
reach; these are the words one
might hear if he should happen to
be within shouting distance of the
Academic building sometime dur
ing the day or night when C. E.
Tishler of the physical education
department is teaching one of his
three First Aid classes. Just in case
you haven’t already guessed it, the
above commands are given while
the students are practicing the
Schafer method of artificial res
piration.
Tishler, who has come to A. &
M. from Ohio University, has been
giving the 85 boys who are taking
the first aid course a practical
workout each time they meet class.
In addition to a quiz each time
they meet, and believe it or not
rip, the boys don’t even dread
them, each boy must learn how
to tie bandages, apply a tourni
quet, and a dozen other manipula
tions which are explained in that
day’s lesson in the standard Red
Cross textbook.
Some of the questions asked by
the instructor get many varied and
humorous answers. One boy seem
ed to think the victim of a dog
bite, as well as the dog that did the
biting, could be turned loose at
the end of ten days provided the
dog showed no symptoms of hy
drophobia. Another boy was ask
ed about the treatment that should
be given for a compound frac
ture of the leg. The student went
on in detail to explain how the vic
tim should be treated for shock
by keeping the patient warm and
yourself co<jl, that the patient
should not be moved and that band
ages should be applied. “But how
about using splints?” asked Tish
ler. “We haven't studied about
them yet,” was the quick reply.
Knowing what not to do is just
as important as knowing what to
do in the case of most accidents.
Every day on our highways many
people lose their lives because
of some careless road demon who
thoughtlessly tosses an acident vic
tim in his car and tears down the
road towards town with him. In
most accidents, that is the worst
thing that can happen to the vic
tim. When there is evidence of ser
ious bleeding or stoppage of brea
thing, treatment must be adminis
tered immediately and it is up to
the first aider to do it. Many times
accident victims with broken bones
are moved unnecessarily which
causes severe damage to the tis
sues and muscles surrounding
the break and in many cases the
person dies because of internal
injuries inflicted by the. sharp ends
of the fractured parts.
Puncture wounds result from
powder burns in many cases.
Some actual burning of the skin
may result but the chief dan
ger is usually from the many
small puncture wounds caused by
the small particles of burned pow
der penertating the skin. The first
aid treatment of a wound of this
kind consists of encouraging the
bleeding, being careful not to bruise
the tissues, then working iodine
down into the wound.
Now if any reader of this article
should fracture a jaw, get hooked
to a high tension wire, or break
his neck, just call a member of the
first aid class and he will fix you up
as good as new.