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DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION The Battalion DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, MAR. 24, 1942 2275 NO. 74 Nine Qualify for Junior Yell Leader Election Tonight Ernestine Ashe Chosen Cotton Ball Queen Defense Needs Take Upperclassmen Cuffs Committee Finds Only Two Candidates Are Ineligible Sophomores, Juniors Will Meet Tonight Hear Candidates Speak — Voting to Follow Nine candidates for the position of junior yell leaders were certified by the student elections committee for to night’s election at a meeting yesterday afternoon. Two of the men who had filed as candidates were disqualified be- Queen Chosen From 100 Girls At Redbud Festival Miss Ernestine (Tiny) Ashe was chosen at a breakfast Sunday morning at TSCW to be queen of the Cotton Ball by the members of the social committee of the Cotton Ball, to rule the occasion with Gene Wilmeth, Agronomy senior and King of the ball and pa geant. Miss Ashe, the sister of Miss Anna Ruth Ashe who was recently chosen Aggie- day sweetheart at the T.C.U. football game, is a freshman at TSCW and was selected from 100 of the most beauti ful girls on the TSCW campus who were chosen as Princesses for the Redbud festival held there last Saturday. It was almost impossible to pick only nine girls from the 100 the committee said but finally nar rowed their decisions down to 16 girls, one of whom will be queen, eight more will be maids to the queen, and the rest will be du chesses in the queen’s court. The king of the court and escort for Miss Ashe will be Gene Wilmeth who was chosen earlier in the year. Maids of Honor The maids in the court will be Miss Dorothy Middleton, a senior at TSCW, Miss Lillian Hulcher, a junior, Misses Jean Harris and (See QUEEN, Page 4) Singing Cadets Will Enter Glee Club Competition The Singing Cadets, under the direction of Richard Jenkins, are making final preparations for the three songs they have selected in Fred Waring’s National College Glee Club competition. For the past five weeks the Singing Cadets have been working on Roy Ringwald’s arrangement of “Loch Lomond,” and have only to put on the finishing touches in order to have it ready for record ing this coming Thursday. The other two numbers beside “Loch Lomond” entering the con test are “The Marine Hymn” and “The Spirit of Aggieland,” which will also be recorded Thursday. These three somgs will be judged against recordings from 16 other schools in this region, some of which will be Texas University, Texas Christian University, Lou isiana State University, St. Louis University, and the University of Illinois. The winner of each region will be taken to New York, where a final contest will be held sometime in the latter part of this semester. Roney Will Speak At Meeting Tonight Victory Foods Course Crop destroying pests will be discussed by J. N. Roney of the Entomology division, Texas Agri cultural Experiment Station, at the next meeting of the Foods for Victory course, which meets in Room 103, Ag building at 8 o’clock Tuesday night, Fred R. Brison, in charge of the horticulture depart ment of the course has announced. “We anticipate a great deal of interest in the coming lectures on insects and pest control, as local gardeners are finding these condi tions in their gardens at this time,” said Dr. G. W. Adriance, head of the department of horti culture, who is chairman of the committee on foods. The course is divided into sec tions with other departments head ed by Mrs. L. P. Gabbard, heading the conservation group, and Dr. Jessie Whitacre of the Experiment Station Rural Home Research de partment in charge of the house hold purchasing division. By Clyde Franklin Cuffs will no longer be the dominant factor in the distinction of juniors and seniors from those first and second year cadets be cause A. & M. is going to co operate with the rest of the Unit ed States in doing away with suits with cuffs and vests, Col- Ring Dance Favors Must Be Ordered by Apr 1 Seniors Should Get Orders in Before 6 Tomorrow Afternoon Favors for the senior ring dance, May 14, must be ordered through organization commanders imme diately as the manufacturer will not be able to fill any orders after April 1, Dick Hervey, president of senior class announced yesterday. Organization commanders must turn in all orders to the corps headquarters office in Ross Hall by 6 o’clock tomorrow. A deposit of 65 cents will be required on each order. The price of the favor is $1.71, including 16 cents federal tax. Orders must be completed by to morrow because a telegram was received from the engraver stat ing that the government had is sued an order restricting the pro duction of such commodities after April 1. The favors for this year will again be the traditional crown of the senior ring as has been used in the past. Hervey emphasized the fact that no favors will be available at any time other than those ordered now. Members of the favors commit tee for the banquet will be in the corps headquarters tomorrow aft ernoon to take the orders from the organization commanders. H J Hansen Is Added to CE Staff Howard J. Hansen, specializing in design of timber structures, yesterday joined the staff of the Civil Engineering department. While at A. & M., Hansen will spend half of his time in teaching and the other half in research at the Engineering' Experiment Sta tion. A graduate of Purdue in the class of 1930 and holding a mas ters degree from Tulane, Hansen acted for ten years as consultant to the Southern Pine Association in New Orleans. Because of the shortage of steel and concrete for civilian construc tion work, timber, a Texas prod uct, is coming back into its own as a building material, states Dean Gibb Gilchrist, of the School of Engineering. For that reason A. & M. is offering training in this field to those who desire it. Associated Press Manager Will Visit Campus on Wednesday Frank King, Texas manager for the Associated Press, will be a vis itor to the campus Wednesday, and will be entertained by E. L. Angell, assistant to the president, and Byron Winstead, director of information. King will address an open meet ing of the Bryan Woman’s Club in the Maggie Parker dining room at 3:30 p. m. Wednesday. His sub ject will be “World Affairs,” King spent many years in Eu rope, mostly in London, where he was manager for the Associ ated Press there. onel M. D. Welty, commandant, announced yesterday. The question was raised by the tailors in the vicinity as to wheth er or not to make cuffs into the uniforms for next year and the commandant has answered their question by stating that they will not after March 30. This is being done so that A. & M. can cooper- Censors Snip Facts Of Military Interest From Marines Letters Until you have had a meeting with the present censorship in ef fect on all incoming mail from members of the armed forces, you probably don’t know just exactly what happens to letters. Pvt. Billy F. Walker of Beau mont, a former member of the field artillery regiment, now in the Marines stationed in Honolulu wrote a letter to W. F. “Dub” Oxford on March 17. It was re ceived here Monday. The naval censor between Col lege Station and Honolulu had opened the letter and neatly snip ped out two lines that seemed to him were divulging some infor mation about the military situa tion. After reading and clipping the letter, it was resealed and stamped by the censor. Survey Being Run To Determine What NYA Jobs AreNeeded A complete survey is to be made to determine the NYA projects in Texas which are not producing directly for the war machine, ac cording to Aubrey Williams of the NYA. All improvements and construc tion carried on in co-operation with the public agencies primarily for local benefit will be termin ated at once. All available funds should be concentrated on pro jects to turn out workers for the war effort. Eligible youths who have not attained the age of 18 should be given work, experience and train ing in production so that when they reach the age of 18 they will be prepared to man war in dustry machines. Houston Mothers Giving Boys Dance The Houston A. & M. Mother’s Club is giving a dance at the Tex aco Country Club, Saturday night, March 28, from 9:30 to 12:30. All Houston and Harris County boys are invited. ate like the rest of the army with civilians in the conservation of cloth. Included in the things ban ned are double breasted suits and some suits have been designed which do away with coat lapels along with being vestless and cuff less. Taxpayers are wondering why they didn’t economise even further and omit the pockets one radio Mrs H L Peeples Will Receive Honor Mrs. H. L. Peeples, of Dallas, founder of the Dallas Mother’s Club, will be presented a bouquet •of maroon and white flowers dur ing the program on Mother’s Day here April ^ in recognition of her work with the Dallas Mother’s Club. Cadet Colonel Tom Gillis will make a short speech and present the bouquet on behalf of the corps. All the Mother’s Clubs of Texas will meet this Saturday at 10 o’clock in the new “Y.” The new “Y” is part of the work of the Mother’s Clubs, as it is they who are responsible for the reconstruc tion of the old school building and the installation of new equipment. " • Colonel Pickels Will Speak Before Mess Managers Class Colonel W. M. Pickels and Lieu tenant O. D. Butler, an A. & M. graduate of the class of ’39, will be here Thursday, March 26, to lecture for the recently instituted mess management course. Colonel Pickels and Lieutenant Butler of the Quartermaster Corps have been assigned temporary duty of one day to come from Fort Sam Houston for this purpose. Competing in Austin Sunday afternoon against the Texas uni versity Panel Discussion group, Irwin Blum, Veterinary Medicine senior, and E. M. Rosenthal, Ani mal Husbandry senior won first prize as a team and individually took first and second places, re spectively. These two students will consti tute the team which will represent A. & M. and the Southwestern region at the. National Panel Dis cussion to be held in Detroit dur ing May. These discussions are be ing sponsored by the National Hill- el Foundation for the purpose of clarifying the topic “The Place of commentator stated. This move has become law am ong civilians in the United States and the army has decided to abide by it and also A. & M. In regard to the replacement of cuffs after the ban is lifted, Colonel Welty stated, “If when the restrictions are removed and the students so wish it, there will be no objection to a return to the old system.” Navy Broadens Program to Add Special Reserves Reserve Officers To Be Appointed From Juniors and Seniors Navy Department releases to Dean F. C. Boltons office advised of a broadening of their program by which members of junior and senior classes of accredited col leges may be appointed for serv ice as officers of the Naval Re serve after they graduate. These men are to fill special service as signments in the field of their speciality and are to be allowed to complete their studies before be ing called to service. Juniors and seniors majoring in architecture, agricultural adminis tration, economics, engineering, physics or mathematics are eligi ble. Further details may be learned in Dean Bolton’s office and stu dents who are interested should indicate this by leaving their name at his office, as it is expected that a Naval Recruiting Group will vis it the college later if there is suf ficient interest. Only juniors and seniors who are not in the advanced course ROTC are eligible. Denney Files For Senior Rep J. C. Denney, B Engineers, filed with student activities office yes terday for the position of senior representative on the student ac tivities committee, for the elec tions to be held in April. One other candidate has filed for the race, S. K. Kirk, D Infan try. The senior representative is be ing elected this year to replace Charles Babcock, who resigned from school. Lerner Promoted To Rank of Captain Advancement in rank of Cap tain Gerald P. Lerner, senior in structor of the Signal Corps unit, has been announced. Formerly a first lieutenant, Captain Lerner’s promotion was effective February 1. the Jew in the Post War Peace Conference.” First prize for the winner of the Southwest Regional contest was a $25 Defense Bond. Ivey Graduates From Basic Flying School Ford A. Ivey, former Aggie, graduated from the Air Corps Basic Flying School yesterday. Ivey, who entered the Air Corps in October, 1941, will now receive his commission as a second lieu tenant in the United States Air Corps after he completes a ten- weeks course at an Air Corps Ad vanced Flying school. cause they lacked enough grade points to fill the requirements for the offices. The election will be held tonight in the Assembly Hall. Candidates certified were A. P. Cokinos, Bernard Booth, Joe Clark, Flave Pledger, W. P. (Buck) Bulkley, Jack Barton, Orville (Mort) Brown, Joe Hatchel, and Frank DeBus. Those disqualified were Bud Graves and Billy Mc Kenzie. These candidates will be voted on at a joint meeting of the sophomores and junior classes in the Assembly Hall at 8 o’clock to night. Each one will be introduc ed to the audience to make a short speech concerning his candidacy. Ballots will, be passed out to the cadets as they enter the door at the meeting. After the speeches, the votes will be cast, an the bal lots deposited in the box as the cadets leave. The election will be conducted under the supervision of the student election committee. The two men who receive the most votes will be elected to the office of junior yell leader. They will assist Chuck Chalmers and Ted O’Leary, present junior yell leaders, for the remainder of the present semester, and will serve as junior yell leaders from June, 1942, until February, 1943. 135 ME Students Attend National Houston Meeting Ninety juniors and eighty-five seniors constitute the A. & M. delegation to the national meeting of the American Society of Me chanical Engineers now in session at Houston. This group is com bining attendance at the meeting with the semi-annual inspection trip made by the student engin eers. Seniors inspected the Hughes Tool Company yesterday morning and spent the afternoon at the contest of Presentation of Student Paper Conprisers. The completion of this contest will take all this morning, and the night program will be on war production and manufacturing problems. Wednes day will be spent at the Lone Star Portland Cement Company and at the Houston Shipyards. Juniors made a trip to the Southern Pacific Railroad shops yesterday morning, and attended the A. S. M. E. in the afternoon. Dr T E Dodd To Speak Before Meeting Rural Sociology Club Three films and two speakers will be presented in a program by the Rural Sociology Club at 8:00 p. m., April 2, in the Physics lec ture room. The speakers will be Dr. T. E. Dodd, Public Health officer of this area, who will dis cuss venereal disease, and answer any questions from the audience, and Reverend Roscoe Hauser, pas tor of the College Station Episco pal church, who will make a brief statement on the attitude of the church towards the fight against venereal disease. Cloth Belts May Be Worn When Not On Duty or Formation New cloth belt with brass buc kles have been adopted for option al wear by cadet commissioned of ficers. This applies only when not on duty or in formation. Other wise the Sam Browne belt with single shoulder strap will be worn. The cloth belt may be worn on weekend trips or other occasions that do not apply to the rules and regulations stated in the handbook of college regulations. MS Classes For QMC To Begin Today Transfers Will Meet New Classes At Regular Period Military Science classes for the cadets enrolled in the newly acquired Quartermaster Corps unit will begin today at 2:00 p. m. in Room 109 Academic building. Those who have transferred from other branches should meet their new Military Science classes dur ing their regular drill period. Classes will be held temporarily on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from two until six o’clock. Non-military students who have signed for this branch will be required to meet one of these three sections. The above arrangements are tentative and will be followed this week only. At the first meeting of the classes permanent arrange ments will be made to fit into the regular schedule of classes. Seniors and juniors will meet class together this week while fur ther details in the schedules are being worked out. Collar ornaments for the Quart ermaster and Ordnance units have arrived and may be purchased at any time by those who are eligi ble to wear them. It is not impera tive that cadets wear them to their first classes in Military Sci ence. A list of the cadets eligible for transfer to the newly organized Quartermasters Corps unit was announced by Lieutenant M. E. Speer, Cavalry, temporary senior instructor, Monday. Forty-eight seniors and 54 juniors have been approved for transfer. Soph Architects Enter Title Contest A forestry motion picture title competition for sophomore archi tects under the direction of W. W. Caudill was announced yesterday by the architecture department. Winning title designs will be used in a new sound motion pic ture, “Forests of Freedom,” being produced in color by the Texas Forest Service of A. & M. The film will show the import ance of wood in the war. It will be used by the two educational units operated in East Texas by the Forest Service. Title card entries must be sub mitted by 6 p.m. Friday. Repre sentatives of both departments will compose the judging commit tee, including Professor Ernest Langford, head of the Architec ture Department, and Director E. O. Siecke of the Texas Forest Service. Scholarship Society Plans Annual Banquet The annual Scholarship Honor Society’s banquet will be held Thursday evening, March 26, at 7:30 p.m., the banquet committee announced today. The committee, composed of J. B. Miller, W. W. Cardwell, O. A. Nance, H. C. Clem ens, and J. H. McAllister, also an nounced that a talk by Dr. Wal ton, the election of officers for the coming year, and the presenta tion of the society keys ordered earlier in the year would be on the program. Parents Day Program Saturday April 4 (times announced later) Engineer’s Day—All Engineering Departments Open Agricultural Day—All Agriculture Departments Open State Meeting of A. & M. Mothers Clubs Tea Honoring All Visiting Parents Given by Brazos County A. & M. Mothers Club Engineers Musical Show Reception at the President’s Home * Special Kadet Kapers Honoring Mothers and Dads Sunday April 5 Pinning of Flowers on Cadets 8:00 to 9:00 A. M. Presentation of Cadet Commissions Review of Cadet Corps for Parents 9:55 A. M. Program Honoring Mothers and Dads Kyle Field 11:00 A. M. Lunch—To Visiting Parents Duncan and Sbisa Hall 1:20 p. m. Dormitories Open to Visitors 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. Ross Volunter’s Exhibition Drill—Drill Field 3:30 p. m. (Special Easter Services to be held in all Churches in Bryan and College Station at 12:00 A. M.) A&M Panel Discussion Group Wins First Place At Austin Meeting Sunday