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DIAL 4-5444 r g IT/ W m 4 / f • DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF g B § U Bm # # Bm B S m m m B OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION JL JL JLJ m* m* CJlU ms £ m w COLLEGE STATION 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, MAR. 10, 1942 2275 NO. 68 Student Election Committee Sets Dates for Voting Round-up Sweetheart Miss Lena Marie Adams, T. S. C. W. sophomore, was recently chosen by a committee of seniors to be the Sweetheart of A. & M. at the University of Texas’ Thirteenth Annual Round-Up on March 26, 27, and 28. From Bryan, Miss Adams is also a nominee for sophomore class beauty, a princess in the Redbud Festival, and a member of the Chapparel Club. She will chose her own escort for the occasion. Leon Svirsky, Time Magazine Editor, Visits Campus Sampling Opinion of War " Today Last Day for Air Corps Transfer Seniors to Order Invitations, Cards Resolutions Concerning Candidates Passed Monday Qualifications for Various Offices Set Up by Group; Banner Signs May Be Used By Ken Bresnen At a meeting of the Student Election committee yes terday evening regulations regarding the coming elections of student leaders for next year were passed. Separate elec tions will be held for the various offices. Three pertinent resolutions regarding the coming elec tions were passed by the elections committee They are as follows: 1. All handbills, cards, posters or other privately print ed literature of a political nature intended for use in a campaign for any student office on the A. & M. campus are hereby outlawed in order to keep all elections democratic. Any candidate for any office shall have reasonable access Petitions For City Election Filed Monday Two Men Announce For Mayor; 5 Seek Councilmen Positions Petitions were filed for the of fices of mayor and councilmen, by candidates for those offices yes terday. No petition was filed for the office of city secretary, which is also to be filled at the city election April 7. Two petitions were filed for the office of mayor which is being vacated by Colonel E. A. Ander son in anticipation of his being called to active service. Candidates for the offfice are Ernest Lang ford, and E. L. Williams. Five petitions were filed for the five city councilman offices open. These candidates, who will run without competition are J. A. Orr, T. A. Munson, Lloyd Smith, P. W. Burns, and W. D. Lloyd. The sixth of these representative of fices is held by G. B. Wilcox, who will complete his term next year. Engineers Enroll 1,899 For Defense There are 1,899 students enroll ed in National Defense courses on and off the campus with about 1,800 of these students being off the campus J. T. L. McNew, in stitutional representative for A. & M., announced yesterday. At the present time there are some 40 courses being taught with all but six being taught off the campus. Yet to start are 20' more courses in cities all over the state. Last Monday four new courses begun: one in Contracts and Spe- Specifications, one in the principles of Chemical Engineering, one in Chemical Process Design, and one in Petroleum Refining. These courses are being given now in Houston. Four courses in Aero nautical Engineering will be be gun soon in Fort Worth. Courses are being offered in the following towns all over the state: College Station, Houston, Gales- ton, Port Arthur, Texas City, Kil gore, Beaumont, Prairie View, Ty ler, Waco, Mineral Wells, and others. Courses will be begun soon in the following towns: Texarkana, Dallas, Marshall, Corsicana, Paris, Denton, Fort Worth, Wichita Falls and Corpus Christi. General Education Representative Here To See Applicants Miss Flora Rhind, representative of the General Education Board in New York, is here today to inter view applicants for grants for fur ther study in research. Some of these applicants may be grad uates, and some may come from the staff, it was announced from the office by Dean T. D. Brooks of the school of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School yester day. Miss Rhind is from New York City, and has been interviewing applicants at several other insti tutions throughout the United States. Staff Conference For Extensioners Held This Morning The monthly staff conference of the Extension Service will be held this morning at 11 o’clock in the conference room of the Extension building, A. D. Jackson, chief of the division of publications of the extension service announced Mon day. The subject for discussion at the conference will be “Research Approach to Land Use Adjust ments in the West Cross-Timbers Area.” Leading the discussion will be C. A. Bonnen and B. C. Lang ley. Leon Svirsky, associate editor of Time magazine specializing in educational writing, visited the campus Saturday when he visited with officials and students of the college. Svirsky was returning from a meeting of the American Association of School Administra tors which was held in San Fran cisco, California. While here he was taken on a tour of the college and the ex periment station. He came here from Texas university and went from here to Port Arthur to visit the high school here. Sunday morning Svirsky had breakfast with Tom Gillis, Wal ter Cardwell, Fred Smithham, Dick Hervy, Byron Wirstead, Joe Skiles, and E. L. Angell at which time he discussed various phases of wartime education. The atti tude of college students toward the war was one of the questions in which he was interested. Other questions were “What are we fighting for?”, “What kind of world is this going to be after the war is over?”, “What place the student expects to oc cupy after the war is over?”. He spoke to President T. O. Walton about wartime education and what A., & M. has done to Bolton In Temple For Medical Check Dean F. C. Bolton, Dean of the College, left Sunday for Temple, where he will be confined to the Scott-White ■ Hospital. The cause for his going, and the length of time he will be there is yet un known, but it is thought that the purpose is only for a thorough medical examination. Agronomy Society Initiate New Men Prospective new members may attend the meeting of the Agron omy Society at 8:00 Thursday night, which has been set aside for the initiation of new members. Gene Wilmeth president of the society. Students are eligible who are majoring or minoring in agronomy and have had two or more semesters in college. streamline and improve its prog ram. Winstead stated that there might possibly be a story on A. & M. in time but that Svirsky made no definite statements to this effect but took a great deal of printed matter pertaining to the college with him. Concert Band Has Begun Its Spring Nightly Practices The concert band has begun its spring sessions, playing in the new area each night after practicing from 6 until 7. The concert band members are selected from the whole band. In the old area, the band that plays for retreat is made up of the rest of the band. The spring concerts will begin in the near future. In addition to the concerts played here on the campus, the band is planning to make a trip to Galveston to play a concert the first week-end in May. By Kearney Brim ‘Classes in the second Civilian Defense school started here Mon day morning under the direction of Lt. Col. H. R. Brayton, head of the Chemical Warfare Service School for Civilian Defense. This class has 43 members from the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Civilian Defense Areas of the U. S. These classes are taught for the purpose of preparing civilians to defend themselves in time of attack. The school will last for ten days. Among the students enrolled are two from Wisconsin, one from Omaha, and one from Kansas City. A. & M. is preparing civilians to defend the#nselves as well as pre paring men to defend their coun try. A. & M. is givings all its re- Is Still Not Filled Commissions May Be Changed From Infantry, Cavalry, Field, Coast Applications for transfer to the army air corps must be filed today. Colonel W. M. Snyder stated that he was confident that his quota of 100 applicants would be reached by night. Colonel Snyder’s offices are in rooms 36 and 37 Ross hall where students may secure any informa tion they desire on transferring into this branch. Commissions may be transferred from the infantry, field artillery, cavalry, or coast artillery. Seniors holding contracts in the signal corps, chemical warfare or en gineers will not be allowed to transfer their commissions to the air corps. Livestock Men Warned of Raise In Freight Rates Livestock producers and ship pers were warned today by H. H. Williamson, director of the A. & M. Extension Service, that drastic increases in freight charges on livestock may go into effect March 15. Interstate Commerce Commis sion’s Service Order No. 68 re quires rail carriers to furnish only equipment of the size and type ordered. It further privides that freight rates will be based upon the size and type of car. actually furn ished. The order Was issued in an ticipation of substantial increase in rail movement of livestock, due to reduced use of trucks and ex pected increase in livestock pro duction. The USD A War Board has called for increased produc tion of hogs, sheep and lambs and for increased marketing of heavier beef cattle. Director Williamson pointed out; that two 40-foot single-deck cars for a hog or mutton 1 shipment in stead of one 36-foot double-deck car would result in the freight rate of $104.14 instead of $65.35 for a 150 mile movement, an in crease of $40.79 or 62.0 percent. Pending possible modification of the order producers and shippers are urged to conserve equipment, load cars heavily, order and use size and type car actually needed, and load double-deck cars when possible, Williamson said. Commandant’s Son Arrives in Australia With U S Air Corps Word was received today by Col onel and Mrs. Maurice D. Welty that their son, 1st Lieut. Richard C. Welty who is a member of the Air Corps, has arrived safely in Australia with other American forces. sources toward winning this war. Members of these classes are taught the technique of civilian protection, organization of civil ian defense corps and other sub jects of vital importance to the protection of civilians in time of attack. If this country should be subjected to gas attacks, these are the men who will give our civilians their greatest protection. Some of the courses taught these workers are gas protection, aircraft warning service, espion age and sabotage, effects or aerial bombardment and blackouts. Their duties will be to aid civil ians in preparing for attacks and protection in time of attacks. They from the nucleus for civilian de fense. The classes are taught from facts learned in England. The War Department has des- Deposit Must Be Paid On Each Order When Made, Hall Office Remains Open Today is the last day that orders will be taken for all graduating seniors invitations. Orders will be taken in the corps headquarters office in Ross Hall, .which will be open until 6:45. After that time no more orders will be taken. Dick Hervey, president of the Senior Class, states that it will be necessary to order exactly the number of invitations wanted, as it will be impossible to reorder aft er the original order has been sent in. These invitations come in three qualities. The best is bound in maroon leather and contains the names of all the graduates and all the information concerning cere monies. These invitations are 50 cents each. The second grade is a cardboard booklet with the same contents as the best invitation and sells for 25 cents. The third type is a French fold with just the invitation inside selling for 12 cents. These prices are the same as they were last year, as the South ern Engraving Company, Houston, holds the contract for the invita tions and the diplomas and has held it for the past three years. A deposit of five cents each will be required to place an order for the invitations. This is the same for all grades of the invitations. Orders can be placed for calling cards at the same time. ASCE Delegation To Austin Meeting A. & M. members of the Ameri can Society of Civil Engineers will go to Austin Friday and Saturday to attend the state convention of the organization to be held there on those days. A number of stu dents will attend along with sev eral faculty members, J. C. Denny, secretary of the student chapter, stated Monday. Officers for the coming year will be elected on Saturday morning and a dance will be given for the students attending Friday night. Students who turned in their names yesterday will be given ex cused absences for the two days. Fish Ball Makes Over $700 Profit Gate receipts for the Fish Ball, January 6, were the largest in the histoi’y of this annual dance, ac cording to Louis Bracy, Freshman class president. The balance from the total $1076.45 after bills were paid was $701,09. Out of the total receipts $107.64 went for the United States defense tax. The profits from this and the Sophomore and the Junior balls of the Present Freshman class will be used for its Senior Ring Dance. ignated A. & M. as one of five such schools for civilian defense. It has sent Lt. Col. Bryton and a number of officers and enlisted men for the specific purpose of instructing Civilian Defense workers. The enlisted men were sent from Edgewood Arsenal to assist in the field work. In private life the students en rolled in the course are firemen, policemen, lawyers, college profes sors and school superintendents. The jobs they will hold in their home comunities are non-paying They are giving their services free in order to help their com munities to face an attack if it should come. Classes will be held for ten days and at the end of these the workers will return home to or ganize their defense corps. to the columns of The Battalion for the privilege of making state ments concerning the race. 2. In order to increase interest in student elections, each candi date for a campus office may use cheese cloth signs to announce his candidacy. These signs must be made of cheese cloth similar to the traditional football signs and not more than 50 linear yards of standard material three feet wide may be used. These 50 yards may be used in any way and on any number of signs, as the candidate sees fit. The candidate will be responsible for seeing that no more than 50 yards of the material be used in announcing his candidacy. The penalty for violation of this resolution shall be disqualification of the candidate. (Usual football signs are 15 or 20 yards long. This allows about three signs, which will probably be used to place one in thehew area, one in the old area and one on the Academic building. 3. Candidates elected to a stu dent office shall take office the immediate following semester, and the term of office shall continue for the next two consecutive se mesters. Candidates who fail to register in the college during the semesters for which they are elect ed will automatically vacate the office. Candidates File in Activities Office All candidates for election should file applications with the Student Activities office at least one week before the ballot is to be taken. Deadline for applications for Junior Yell Leader is 12 noon of Wednesday, March 18. An assem bly of the sophomore class will select six candidates for the posi tion Thursday, March 19. The final choice of the two Junior Yell Lead ers will be made at a joint meeting of the juniors and sophomores on Monday, March 23. The Longhorn Editor, Social Secretary and Town Hall Manager are to be elected by the junior class. Candidates will be introduced at a meeting of the juniors to be held Monday night, March 30. Ballots will be cast in the rotunda of the Academic building, Tuesday, March 31. In all student elections a majority is necessary for the candidate to win. If a runoff be comes necessary for any of the offices elected by the junior class, it will be held Thursday, April 2. Corps to Elect Yell Leader Head Yell Leader, Battalion Edi tor and Junior Representative on the Student Activities committee are elected by the entire cadet corps. Because of the withdrawal from school of Charles Babcock, Junior Representative this year, it will also be necessary to elect the Senior Representative at the same time. Candidates for all positions for which the entire corps votes will be introduced at a yell practice to be held the night of Monday, April 14. These officers will be elected by ballot in the rotunda of the Academic building Tuesday, April 14. Runoffs will be held Thursday, April 16. Registration Slip Necessary to Vote Qualification for voting in any of the elections will be the presen tation at the ballot box of the yel low receipt for registration in col lege the current semester: Members of the Student Election committee which formulates rules and regulations regarding elections are Cadet Colonel Tom Gillis, Chairman, Dick Hervey, president (See ELECTIONS, Page 4) Two Engineer Defense Courses For Women Begun Registration Will Be Started For the Two Courses on March 13 Two new courses, one in ad vanced engineering and one in in dustrial drafting for women, are to be offered for the training of civilians through the A. & M. En gineering Drawing Department and the United States office of education. The women’s course training will be for community service in industry and govern ment service, and the training for the men will be to provide for draftsmen in industry and govern ment service. Application blanks may be ob tained from the Bryan Chamber of Commerce or Room 38 of the Civil Engineering Building and the courses will be held in Bryan equipment. Suitable to thekg on nights (2 nights a week, 3 hours a night) suitable to the conveni ence of the students. There are no registration fees, but students buy books and equipment. Registration will be Friday, March 13, and the instructors are to be announced soon. Prerequisite for admission to the course for the women will be high school graduation or equivalent. This is also required of the men, in addition to two semesters of high school math and one year of mechanical drawing or equivalent. The men’s Advanced Engineer ing Drawing will include work in sketching, orthographic profec- tions, auxiliary views, revolution sectional views, intersections, de velopments, pictorial drawing, architectural, structural, graphic charts, and lettering, topographi cal. The work for the women is to include work in lettering, use of instruments, view drawings, engi neering geometry, auxiliary views, revolutions, sectional views, inter sections and developments, picto rial drawing, sketching, size speci fication, various kinds of symbols in architecture, and house planning and studies. Annual Student Conference ASME Will be Held March 23 The annual Student Conference of the student members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the Southwest will be held in Houston on March 23 and 24, concurrently with the National Spring Meeting of the Society, Since the National meetieng at tracts outstanding engineers from all over the county, the attending students will have an opportunity to hear and meet some of the best engineering talent. Student programs start Monday afternoon, March 23, and ends Tuesday night with a banquet. There will be time and opportun ity for students to attend meet ings of the Senior group as well as their own meetings. Inspection trips are also planned. Prizes are offered for the best student papers. This year there will be about seven individual prizes, ranging from $50.00 to $5.00. The Rice Hotel, which will be convention headquarters, is of fering special rates to students at $1.25 each for four in a room. Second Civilian Defense School Teaches Protection From Attack