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DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, MAR. 5, 1942 Z275 NO. 66 200 Additional Contracts Awarded for New Units Big Air Raid Jobs Placed on Corps Lunceford Plays for Field Ball Friday; Kiest Hall Will Be Vacated for Visitors To Be Distributed Among n i j i * I? II uuu duunsois rai Sophs and Juniors Equally stock show Mar 9 Saddle and Sirloin Club Sponsors Fat Those Taking Course in Senior Year To Carry Double Work, Finish in Year A total of 200 additional R. 0. T. C. contracts will be available for A. & M. at the start of the next semester, ac cording to Major A. J. Bennett, adjutant. One hundred contracts will be allotted to each of the departments of Ordnance and Quartermaster Corps. “The Quartermaster Corps branch contracts are definite, and, although not of ficial, the Ordnance branch contracts are assured,” Major Bennett stated. 50 Per Cent to Present Juniors Of the 100 contracts in each branch, 50 per cent will be awarded to students in the present sophomore class who will be eligible for contracts at the start of the next semes ter. The other 50 contracts in each department will be avail able to present juniors who now have a contract in some other branch or who are taking Military Science as an dective subject. The purpose of this plans is to provide a ?roup of graduating seniors in the Ordnance department and the Quartermaster Corps at the end of the next two- semester session. -* h Warden System For Corps Same As College Station’s At 12:01 a.m. Saturday, March 7, A. & M. College, along with the rest of the state of Texas will go on the alert for the duration of the war, according to a statement of the Police and Air Raid Warden Committee. “Alert” does not mean that there will be blackouts; it merely means that the College will be “ready to go” and on its guard for any emergencies. Practice blackouts will prob ably be held, but they will be coordinated with Brazos County blackouts and will be clearly announced ahead of time in the Battalion. Full instructions as to black out conduct of students are con tained in the official notices. These should he carefully read and observed by all students. A system of air raid wardens has been worked out by the committee and will operate in the same man ner as civilian wardens. Campus Divided The campus has been divided into three zones consisting of the old area, new areas, and project area. Zone warden for the old area is Lee Rice, for the new area is R. J. Tilton and for the project area B. N. Filgo. These men are in complete charge of their zones. Under the zone wardens will be sector wardens, one to each dorm itory. Organization commanders have been designated as auxiliary wardens, under the supervision of the sector wardens. The auxiliary wardens will be responsible for the conduct of their organizations during a blackout. Three light wardens, responsi ble to the zone warden, have been selected from each area. They will have assistants and be responsible for the turning off of all lights. A police company has also been chos en from each zone, whose duty it will be to handle traffic on the streets and project buildings against robberies. Cooperation Urged The Police and Air Raid War den Committee urges all students to cooperate to the fullest extent in observing blackout precautions. Above all students should be quiet and orderly, and avoid con fusion. Strict attention should be paid to orders of wardens. These blackouts are for the protection of the student body, and it is to their advantage to observe instruc tions with the utmost sincerity, said the committee. Fish, GameClub Makes Deer Count Members of the Fish and Game Club, including D. Homer Buck, President, Matt Whisenhunt, Sec retary, H. O. Borgfeld, Lewis A. Follansbee, and O. Earle Frye, with W. P. Taylor of the Depart ment of Fish and Game, have just returned from a trip to Kerr Coun ty where all participated in a deer count by the drive method on the ranch of Adam Wilson, president of the Kerr County Wildlife. As sociation, Kerrville, Texas. The count was successful, some 189 deer being counted on 1,260 acres of pasture. Members of the Kerr County Wildlife Association, employees of the Humble Pipeline Company, officers of the Kerrville Chamber of Commerce, and oth ers also cooperated in the drive; and Henry C. Hahn, a former stu dent at A. & M. College in charge of deer and turkey inves tigations, Texas Game, Fish and Oyster commission, was one of the leaders of the drive. Following the drive a barbecue was staged by the Kerr County Wildlife association in cooperation with ranchman Adam Wilson and his neighbor E. M. Peters (a former employee of the Texas Ag ricultural Experiment Station). Aggieland’s eighth Field Ar tillery ball will be Friday night from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. with the music of Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra. As is customary the dance will be given In honor of the classes of 1942-1943. Invitations for the dance have arrived and are bound in red leather and are tied with a white silk cord. Inside the invitation is a list of officers of the regiment, committees and a list of the chap erones who have been officially designated. Chairmen of committees are S. A. Ellsberry and A. R. Huse. W. F. Goodman, Jr., and E. E. Mc- Cheasney are in charge of the pro grams. Favors are in charge of R. Terrell and H. L. Delfraisse. Dec orations are under the direction of L. C. Hengst and A. Brown. The orchestra committee was com posed of T. K. Pierce and J. L. Decker. The finance committee is made up of the following men: R. H. Miller, J. W. Smith, F. T. Phil lips, W. B. Harrison, H. W. Dick erson, J. G- Walmsley, G. W. Hud son, E. O. Jonsson, R. A. Ball, F. D. Albritton, F. R. Young, W. T. Scott and A. H. Munson. Turney Leonard, John Hancock Get Army Commissions Seewald Taylor And Bradford are Ranked As Possible Alternates Announcement that two Aggies were included in the list of six principal R.O.T.C. Honor Grad uates from the 8th Corps Area was made by the Adjutant’s office yesterday. These men are Turney White Leonard, I Infantry, and John Benjamin Hancock, G Field Artillery. Ranked by priority, Leonard was listed first and Han cock third. Of six alternates se lected, three are from A. & M.— Hunghes Seewald, A Cavalry, first; Jack Boss Taylor, 3rd Hq. Field Artillery, third; and Cornel ius Bradford Marsh, Jr., C Coast Artillery, fourth. The selections were made from the entire 8th Corps Area, and the total of 12 chosen are the only honor graduate selection which will be made. These men will be commissioned in the regular army, subject to a final physical exam ination. Cattle Raisers Will Hear Dean E J Kyle Dean E. J. Kyle leaves next week to attend a meeting of the Texas and Southwest Cattle Rais ers Association in El Paso. He is to appear before the executive committee of this organization, and also discuss before a general assembly the live stock products of southern Brazil and Argentina. His lecture on Central and South America will nod be held March 10, but all students enroll ed in this course are urged to at tend the meeting of the Pan Am erican Club in the chemistry lec ture room at 8 p.m. March 18. Mayo Addresses Club Tonight onDemocracy Dr. T. F. Mayo will speak to the Marketing and Finance club at their meeting Thursday night at eight in the YMCA lounge. Dr. Mayo will speak on “Democracy” and is particularly qualified to speak on this subject since he re ceived the Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford where he was a student from 1914 to 1916 and where he returned for additional work in 1920 and 1921. Official chaperones for the ball will be President and Mrs. T. O. Walton, Dean and Mrs. F. C. Bol ton, Dean and Mrs. E. J. Kyle, Dean and Mrs. T. D. Brooks, Dean and Mrs. R. P. Marstellar, Dean and Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist, Colonel and Mrs. Maurice D. Welty, Lieut. Colonel and Mrs. J. K. Boles, Ma jor and Mrs. E. A. Elwood, Cap tain C. G. Sory, Lieut. E. B. Sale, Lieut. U. M. Alexander, Lieut. E. M. White, Lieut. P. M. Bolton and Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Adamson. No Squat, No Stoop, No Squint-“No More”; Guion Gets New Screen From now on the audience won’t have to guess what’s showing on the other side of the screen at Guion Hall. A new and larger screen arrived several days ago but could not be put up immediate ly because of some special rollers needed for the job. It is now up, however, and ready for use. It is three feet wider than the old one which makes it possible to see the entire projection. Infantry Sophs Sign Applications For Contracts at 6 The Infantry headquarters an nounced yesterday that there will be a meeting at 6 o’clock this aft ernoon of Infantry sophomores and all others eligible for Infantry military contracts in the Assembly hall. According to Captain R. L. Rob erts, applications for the contracts will be made at the meeting. By Clyde C. Franklin Agnes de Mille, foremost Ameri can dance comedienne, and her comic ballet will make their first appearance on Town Hall tonight at 8:30 p.m. Granddaughter of the late emin ent single tax economist, Henry George, daughter of William de Mille and niece of Cecil B. de Mille, both outstanding cinema figures, this young artist has in a brief period sold herself to the United States and Europe as a unique dance caricaturist and hum orist. Between concert engagements she found time to direct the dances for MGM’s “Romeo and Juliet” starring Norma Shearer. For al most three years, she entertained England with her dance mimicing, and headed a ballet company with Anthony Tudor. She also appeared there in the latter’s ballets, “Judgment of Paris” and “Dark * Visitors and guests of the field artillery will be allowed to stay in Kiest hall as it wil be vacated for the dance and for the corps dance Saturday night. Reservations will be made beginning at 9 a.m. to day. The Chemical Warfare battalion will be excused from reveille Sat urday morning by order of the commandant. A charge of 60 cents will be as sessed those cadets having guests in the dormitory. New Food For Victory Course Aids NatT Defense Home Vegetable Growing To Be Demonstrated; Seed Shortage Prompts Course A course in Foods for Victory with emphasis on vegetable grow ing, nutrition conservation and household purchasing open to both men and women inteersted in home gardening, was announced today by the College Defense Council, Dr. C. C. Hedges, general chair man. Chairman of the committee on foods will be Dr. G. W. Adriance, head of the department of horti culture. The division of vegetable production will be headed by Fred R. Briseon of the Horticulture de partment; the conservation group will be headed by Mrs. L. P. Gab bard and the household purchas ing division will be headed by Dr. Jessie Whitacre of the Experi ment Station Rural Home Re search department. Lectures and demonstrations (See FOOD COURSE, Page 4) Elegies,” both of which were hits in the ballet theatre’s repertoire. Agnes... For the ballet theatre also, Miss de Mille herself supplied two full- Juniors from each branch will be recomended in the percentage in which present contracts are dis tributed among the seven R. O. T. C. branches on the campus, and those awarded the new contracts will cover the advanced course in two semesters. This will mean extra work on the part of these men. However, certain parts of the advanced course will probably be shortened in the case that they have been covered in the junior course in the other branches. New Tactical Officers Students in the present sopho more class who are awarded con tracts in either of these two de partments wil take a regular jun ior course. One tactical oficer in each of the two new branches will be assign ed to A. & M., and will be in charge of them. These depart ments will be handled in the same manner as the military depart ments now. There will be no charges whatsoever. “It’s five o’clock” and “Aggie Pickin’s.” Those are the words that introduce WTAW’s program of records that is built especially for the Aggies consisting of music that the Aggies order. “Aggie Pickin’s” was one month old yes terday at 5:00. “Moonlight Cocktail” by Glenn Miller has been one of the first three tunes on every show and this week turned up in the number one slot! Second and third place honors respectively go to “String of Pearls” and “Blues in the Night.” The song that the Merry Macs made popular, “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” ran a very close fourth with such sweet numbers as “The White Cliffs of Dover” length ballets, “Black Ritual,” “Three Virgins and a Devil” and a long original work, “Drums Sound in Hackensack” for the Jooss Ballet. She is the first chore ographer (dancing teacher) besides Jooss ever to be invited to work in this group. Miss de Mille will be assisted by Joseph Anthony, her partner for many seasons, and this year a leading player in MGM’s “Shadow of the Thin Man” and “Joe Smith, American” to be released soon. Blonde Miss Katherine Litz is also an important part of the dance theatre. She has been the leading dancer with the Hum- phrey-Weitman group and has just completed an engagement at the Rainbow room in the RCA build ing, New York City. This is her third season with Miss de Mille. A newcomer to the troup is Miss Lilli Mann, also a leading come dienne in Charles Weidman’s bal lets. Trude Rittmann, the pianist, Graduating Seniors Order Invitations Monday or Tuesday Booklets Come in Three Qualities; Deposit Must Be Made With Order Orders will be taken Monday and Tuesday, March 9, 10, from 2 to 6 p. m., in the corps head quarters office in Ross hall for all graduating seniors invitations. Dick Hervey, president of the Sen ior Class, states that it will be necessary to order exactly the number of invitations wanted as it will be impossible to reorder after the original order is sent in. These invitations come in three qualities. The best quality is bound in maroon leather and contains names of all the graduates and all the information concerning cers- (See INVITATIONS, Page 4) filling out the hit parade in fine style. In the past four weeks since “Aggie Pickin’s” has been on the air, forty passes to the Campus theatre have been given to Ag gies who knew their popular music and guessed the name of the three top tunes each week. The ballot box where the names of the three tunes are turned in is on the bul letin board in the Academic Build ing. Anyone is eligible to enter into competition for one of the passes by merely writing down his vote and turning it in. Heard as the last part of the Aggie Clambake on Friday after noon at five o’clock, “Aggie Pick in’s” is conducted by Conrad Ber ing. has been musical director for the Ballet Caravan and American Bal- .. .de Mille let for several years. When Charles Cochran of Lon- Judged on Individual Shownmanship; Winner To Receive Cowboy Boots The Saddle and Sirloin club will sponsor its third annual Little Southwestern Livestock show in the Animal Husbandry pavilion March 9 at 8 p. m. This show is designed ta give the animal husbandry students practice in fitting and showing animals in the show ring which is one of the most important phases of the livestock industry, the club believes. Between 80 and 90 boys have signed up to show animals and many of them have been working daily for several weeks on their livestock getting it ready to show. The Little Southwestern is one livestock show where the livestock is not judged on its conformation but on each animals showman and how well he shows his animal. Fred Hale of the Agricultural Experiment Station will judge the swine entries, J. M. Jones, of the animal husbandry department will judge sheep. Dean R. P. Marsteal- ler of the veterinary school will judge horses. Cattle will be judged by J. D. Prewitt of the extension service. The winner of each divis ion will receive a medal and then the winner of each division will be eligible to compete for grand champion showman. The grand champion showman is to receive a pair of shop made cowboy boots donated b ythe Central Boot com pany of San Antonio plus a banner donated by the Central Boot com- mal husbandry department. For the past two years the sheep showman has won grand champion but the swine, horse and cattle showman have indicated by their recent hard work that they intend to break that record this year. The public is invited to come next Monday night and witness . the third performance of their dif ferent kind of livestock show, rep resentatives of the club state. Civilian Defense Class Graduates Yesterday at 4 p.m. 47 mem bers of the first War Department Civilian Defense class graduated from the 10-day course in Civilian Defense. The 65 hour course consists of instruction in aerial attack, civil ian defense organizations, defense against gas, defense against in cendiaries, plant protection, local training, Civilian Defense Corps, and general subjects. Applicants have to be approved by the Regional Director of Civ- (See DEFENSE, Page 4) don presented Agnes de Mille in dance concerns, the most discerning connisseurs of dancing flacked to see her. Among them was the Countess of Oxford and Asquith. She was struck by the young art ist’s talent and invited her to lunch, a signal of great favor. Miss de Mille went to the great house in Bedford square and ate a fine lunch but was distressed to see that her hostess dined on two peas, a half-piece of bread and a glass of water. She remarked on the latter to a mutual friend and added that she feared the cause must be some hideous secret ma lady. “Not at all,” said the friend, “Lady Oxford is in bouncing health. She ate an enormous meal before you arrived. She always does when she is afraid she is go ing to be bored—so she won’t have to stop talking for a minute. I must^hand it to you, though, she actually listened a couple of times. I’ve rarely seen that happen with anyone less than a diplomat.” Comedienne Brings Famous American Ballet Group To Town Hall; Renowned As Caricaturist, Humorist 'Moonlight Cocktail’ Leads Month Old Aggie Hit Parade