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DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The Batta lion
DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1942 Z275 NO. 65
College Applies for ROIC Ordnance Branch
If Approved Training Will
Be Inaugurated on June 1
Details to Instruct Pilots
Of RAF Not Yet Completed;
Recent Reports Unfounded
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The above photos were taken as cadets and their dates
frolicked at the Barnyard Dance, the one dance of the
year at which formality is entirely forsaken. In the
above left is shown Catherine Foster of Bryan who
received first prize for the most appropriate dress of
the occasion. Upper right is Jimmy Souris furnishing
the piggy-back for Betty Jane Brown and Ed Ogde<j
lending the suport. Lower left, with drawn gun, is
Shorty Fuller while at the lower right Jane V. Short of Navasota does a fast twirl to the music.
The dance was held in the Agricultural Engineerning Building with Toppy “Uncle Ezra” Pearce
and the Aggieland orchestra furnishing the music. —Photos by Phil Crown
College Station to Go on Air Raid
Alert With Rest of State Saturday
Information comes officially from the office of police
and air raid warden committee that the department of
public safety states that effective at 12:01 a.m., March
7, the State of Texas will go on the “alert” and will remain
on the alert until the end of the war.
Arrangements in Progress for Seniors
To Take Two Year Course in One Year
Application for the establishment of a senior R.O.T.C.
Ordnance unit has been forwarded by President Walton to
the War department. This action was taken as the result
of a request received from the War department that such a
unit be established at this college. If the application is ap
proved, an officer will be detailed to duty here as senior
instructor in the branch which is to be inaugurated June 1.
Arrangements are being made to allow seniors who
wish to enter this unit to complete the two year training
in one year by taking the junior courses during the first
semester of their senior year, and the senior courses during
the second semester. Approximately 50 per cent of those
Details for the training of Royal
Air Force men here at A.&M. have
not been completed, authorities of
the college stated Monday. An an
nouncement made by W. A. South-
wort, director of the Canada Avia
tion Bureau in Dallas, stating that
the college would train 400' men in
a ground school course beginning
April 1, has not been confirmed
by the officials of the R.A.F.
Recently an inquiry was address
ed to the aeronautical engineering
department from the R.A.F. want-
Dairy Products
Association Meets
At College Station
The Texas Dairy Products As
sociation will hold its 1942 conven
tion here Thursday and Friday of
this week, C. N. Shepardson, head
of the Dairy Husbandry Depart
ment, announced today. Five hun
dred men are expected at this con
vention which is to be called the
Wartime Convention and is to deal
with the production and distribu
tion of milk under war-time con
ditions.
The speakers for the association
are men froun all over the nation
and are those who are prominent
in creamery and dairying circles.
One of these men is Dr. E. W.
Gaumnitz, from Washington, D.
C., who is Surplus Marketing Ad
ministrator, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, and handles
the purchasing of the large quan
tities of dairy products that go to
England and other allied nations
under the Lease-Lend Act.
Others are J. C. Clarke, who is
in the Central District of the Fed
eral Food and Drug Administra
tion; J. C. Nisbet, Director of Ex
tension and Public Relations of
the American Jersey Cattle Club,
and who is from New York City;
and A. J. Riddle, President of the
Texas Dairy Products Association,
and manager of the Kraft Cheese
Corporation at Denison, Texas.
By Ken Bresnen
Uniformed equestrians and beau
tiful girls will be the keynote of
the day as the hard riding Cavalry
men compete with the well trained
Field Artillerymen for honors at
the annual college horse show on
Saturday, March 28, at the Cavalry
drill field.
This years show will be a strict
ly military affair, entries being
confined to cadets mounted on gov
ernment R.O.T.C. horses on duty
at this station. Because of the war,
the shortage of tires and the ex
tended drill periods, the Horse
Show committee deemed it wise to
have a small military show rather
than the large civilian show until
after the war. Both the committee
and the Cavalry regiment have ex
pressed the hope that their old
friends who have shown here in
the past will return in a few years
when normal conditions again pre
vail.
Tire Rationing
Board to Meet In
Bryan Thur Evening
The State Tire Rationing Ad
ministrator, Mark McGee, has
called a regional meeting of the
County Rationing Boards in a
number of counties to be held in
the City Hall in Bryan next Thurs
day, March 5 at 2 p. m., it was
announced by College Station of
ficials.
The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss questions relating to ra
tioning.
ing to know if the college could
train 100 students. Dean Gibb Gil
christ of the school of engineering
replied that the college could ac-
comadate 100 students and named
the conditions under which they
would be accepted.
Another inquiry was made as to
whether the college would accoma-
date 200 men; the authorities
stated that the same conditions
would prevail under which they
could be accepted, and suggested
that someone come to College Sta
tion to arrange complete details
for the plan. No one has appeared
yet to confer with the officials.
According to Southwort, the
course would train American
youths in mechanics and black
board work for seven weeks. Bar
racks have been provided and in
addition to total subsistence, the
students will be paid about $50 per
month. R.A.F. uniforms will be
furnished to the students when
they enter the course, Southwort
stated. No confirmation has been
received from higher officials of
the R.A.F. as to the details as
outlined by Southwort, however.
Gwin and Ramsden
Represent ASME
In Houston Meeting
George H. Gwin, of Baytown,
and Harold D. Ramsden, of Gal
veston, will represent A.&M. at
the Student Conference of the
Southwest Student Branches of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers to be held in Houston.
Gwin and Ramsden won the try
outs held last Saturday afternoon.
This conference will be held con
currently with the National Spring
Meeting of the senior society,
which will be attended by prom
inent engineers from various parts
of the country.
Gwin’s subject is “The Engineer
and the Coming Peace”; Ramsden’s
subject is “The Sea Otter.” The
prizes offered in Houston start at
$50.00 which is first prize.
Events which will stimulate in
terest in the various phases of
military horsemanship as they are
practised at A. & M. have been
scheduled for the spring show. This
year’s competition has been de
signed to allow as many cadets to
enter as possible. Any cadet who
is interested may enter the pre
liminaries, the committee stated.
Cups will be awarded all first place
winners and ribbons will go to the
four top men in each event.
The horse show committee con
sists of E. L. Angell, executive as
sistant to the president; Lt. Col.
J. K. Boles representing Col. M.
D. Welty, commandant; Dr. R. P.
Marstellar, dean of veterinary
medicine; D. W. Williams of the
A.H. department, and Lt. A. P.
Utterback, senior cavalry instruc
tor.
Fourteen classes have been cre
ated which will provide a compo
site picture of the various eques
trian activities at A. & M. Polo
pony reining and polo bending
races will demonstrate the skill of
the college polo team and also the
degree to which the polo ponies
have been schooled. Rescue races
and relay races have been included
to afford examples of handling
mounts at top speed.
Cross country riding and jump
ing have been included in the hunt
course event which will test the
aggressiveness of the rider as well
as his ability to handle his horse
under varying circumstances which
might arise in the field. Show
jumping will take place in the ring
See HORSESHOW, Page 4
College Station will not have an - ’ -
air raid without warning. When
the residents hear five blasts on
the power plant whistle, not the
fire siren, they should begin im
mediately to carry out the instruc
tions which have been issued them.
A previous statement said that
the raids would come without
warning but this has been rescind
ed and if at all possible a warning
will be given before any air raid.
Bombs overhead, sand-bags
stacked against glass panels, and
“banchees” wailing their protest
to whirring dive-bombers . . . .
war symbols all, and all are used
to house the camaflouge exhibit in
the improvised air-raid shelter in
the basement of the Academic
building from March 3 to 23.
This transformation from un
derground basement to air-raid
shelter humming with the activity
that such an exhibit offers was
brought about through the com
bined efforts of students of both
the Architecture and Landscape
departments. But the story of get
ting the show to include A. & M.
in its transcontinental tour dates
back to 1941. While in New York
Degree Applications
May Be Placed Today*
Deadline for applications for
those degrees to be conferred at
the end of this semester has been
extended one day so as to accomo
date those seniors wishing to make
last minute applications. All ap
plications must be signed and turn
ed in today to the Registrar’s of
fice.
during the summer of ’41, Prof C.
J. Finey, department of architec
ture, became interested in the
story of camaflouge. After months
of concentrated effort, the plan be
came a reality. But only then, af
ter the city commission of Bryan,
the city council of College Sta
tion and various civic-minded in
dividuals of both communities ex
tended a helping hand ot the pro
ject.
Here, the students of the Arch
itecture and Landscape depart
ments entered the scene. Plans had
to be drawn, cases and panels
iuilt, bombs and sand-bags pro
cured, and schedules of showing
arranged. From all this has come
a camouflage exhibit.
Col Welty Says
That Seniors Will
Not Leave in March
Rumors have been circulating
about the campus the past week
to the effect that the present sen
ior class would graduate before the
set date, May 16. The origin of
these rumors has not been ascer
tained but they are entirely false.
Colonel Maurice D. Welty, com
mandant, states that “We have no
indication at all that they will
graduate prior to May 16.” He
says that these rumors are un
founded. When any such change as
this is made it will be announced.
A calendar has been originated
to designate certain hours which
will be set aside for special
showings to all Bryan, College
Station, and A. & M. clubs, or
ganizations, and classes. Also, for
all interested civilians and stud
ents, hours have been aranged.
The schedule of showings is as
follows: daily, Monday to Sunday
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 6
p.m. and on Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday nights from 8:30 T o
11:00.
Circulated by the Museum of
Modern Art, New York City, the
exhibit, acording to Finney, “Is
an admirable handling of a dry
technical subject.” In the scope
laboratory technicians, department
Aggies Pick Lena
Marie Adams to Be
Roundup Beauty
Will Participate In
Coronation at Austin;
Sixteen Girls in Contest
Lena Marie Adams, sophomore
student at Texas State College for
Women from Bryan, was selected
as the Sweetheart of A. & M. to
represent this college in the Thir
teenth Annual Roundup in Austin
on March 27, 28, and 29. Miss Ad
ams will choose her own escort for
the occasion.
Miss Adams is a member of the
Chapparel Club, a Redbud Prin
cess for the Redbud Festival, and
she was one of the sophomore
beauty nominees. She is majoring
in Clothing and Textiles.
Sixteen A. & M. seniors went
up to Denton last Friday to make
the selection. The seniors dined
with the beauty contestants in
Brackenridge Hall, and later se
lected Miss Adams at the dance
held in the Stoddard Guest Room.
The Sweetheart will be present
ed at the Texas U. coronation, and
will attend numerous dances and
teas in Austin.
Beauty contestants from the
four classes at T.S.C.W. included
Alice June Baird, Florence Mc-
Dermont, Earnestine Ashe, Mar
garet Kerby, Marjorie Monoghan,
Jo Meree Ridgeway, Anna Ruth
Ashe, Katherine Morgan, Margar
et Templeton, Betty Buchanan,
Peggy Lovelady, Mary Jane Trail,
Edna Clark, Lynn Gibbs, Dorothy
Middleton, and Roberta Ratliff.
The Department of Dairy Hus
bandry will conduct a six weeks’
Creamery Defense Short Course
beginning March 16, and closing
on April 25. The course will in
clude class and laboratory instruc
tion in market milk, butter, ice
cream, dairy bacteriology, dairy
mechanics, dairy plant sanitation,
testing dairy products, and dairy
mathematics.
There are no scholastic require-
foremen, plant superintendents and
managers.
Some firms will send men to
take the course, and on completion
of it will fill vacancies in more
responsible positions, while other
firms stated that they would at
tempt to send untrained men for
work in their organization with
the promise of a job when they
complete the course.
The opening will be held tonight
as the premier showing of the ex
hibit at the college. Included in the
members to be present are the City
Commission of Bryan, the City
Council of College Station, all
deans and officers of the college,
and all heads of departments.
(See CAMOUFLAGE, Page 4)
ing will be permitted to finish the
course in one year, so that A. & M.
can begin to turn out Ordnance
officers as soon as possible, it was
stated by the Military depart
ment.
At least 50 students must en
roll for the course in order to es-
tablis hthis new unit here. The
maximum enrollment is 100. With
the addition of this unit and the
Quartermaster unit, the military
department hopes that approxi
mately 200 additional contracts
will be allotted the college.
Any cadets who hold contracts
in other branches and who desire
to transfer to the Ordnance unit
will have to transfer their con
tracts also, since the applicant
cannot hold a commission or con
tract in another arm of the serv
ice.
Dairy Cattle Show
To Be Sponsored By
Kream and Kow Club
The Kream and Kow Klub will
sponsor a dairy cattle show on Ag
riculture Day, April 4. The cattle
from the college herd will be fitted
by the members of the dub and
winners will be. determined by the
showmanship of the fitter and the
individuality of the animal.
According to members, interest
is very keen because the boys are
divided into teams and will com
pete against one another as teams..
The various teams will be cap
tained by seniors who will super
vise the fitting of the animals..
Cash awards will be given for plac
ing in the various classes.
ments for entrance, although it is
preferred that everyone making an
application for this course have at
least the equivalent of a high school
education. The fee for the course
will be $15, and room and board
will be available in the project
houses on the campus at approxim
ately $5.00 a week. Due to limita
tions in laboratory facilities, the
class will be limited to 30 students.
Since most of the graduates of
A.&M. who are dairy husbandry
majors are reserve officers in the
army, they are not able to take
the positions that will be open at
the end of this course. Therefore,
the purpose of this course is to
train men who are interested in
this type of work, and have no
other activity that would keep
them from holding positions in
dairy work.
Graduates of the course will fill
requests from dairy plants thni-
out this area for churn men, free
zer men, pasteurizer operators,
of subjects on camouflage, the
show includes such subjects as
(See SHORT COURSE, Page 4)
March Maintenance
Payable Thru Thur
Maintenance for the present
month is now due at the fiscal
office in the amount of $32.70, the
fiscal department announced Mon
day.
The last day for payment is
Thursday, March 5. The payment
for this yeriod includes room,
board and laundry through April 9.
Annual Spring Horse Show To
Be Based on Military Theme
Everything But the Noise
Architects Simulate War Conditions With
Camouflage Exhibits in Academic Building
Dairy Husbandry Department to Give
Six-Week Defense Short Course Here