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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