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
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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.
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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