The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 05, 1942, Image 1

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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