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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The Battalion
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, MAR. 28, 1942 2275 NO. 76
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Competition for Student Positions Grows
Captain Lester Hanks To
Instruct Quartermasters
Captain Lester Hanks, instruct
or in the Quartermaster school at
Camp Lee, Virginia, has been as
signed to the Quartermaster in-
structorship at A. & M.
Captain Hanks is an A. & M.
graduate and was an instructor in
the Agricultural Economics de
partment here before being called
to active duty last April.
Lieutenant Alexander states that
the quota for Juniors and Seniors
who are taking Military Science
as an elective or have a contract,
majoring in engineering has not
been filled for those that want to
transfer to the Ordnance Corps.
Today at noon is the deadline
for applications for transfer to
the Ordnance Corps. No more ap
plications will be accepted after
Annual Horse Show
Events Will Begin
At 10 a m in Arena
Aggieland’s annual horse show
will begin this morning at ten
o’clock at arena on the Sulphur
Springs Road and Highway 6. This
years show was limited only to
students of the college and mounts
were restricted to the government
ones assigned to the Military De
partment, because of the war and
the inadvisibility of inviting pri
vate contestants.
The theme for the show will be
a military one. Participants will
come from the Field Artillery and
the Cavalry regiments on the cam
pus, but any Aggie can enter an
event. There will be events for
every class from freshman to sen
ior. For the past month Field Ar
tillerymen and Cavalrymen have
been working out at the stables,
and from all indications a spirit
of keen competition will exist.
Formal events will be held in
side the ring, while the novelty
events will take place outside the
ring on a course which has been
laid out. Formal events will consist
of classes in jumping, riding, and
three-gaited and five-gaited ev
ents. A race course and a rescue
race will take place outside of the
ring.
that time. Out of a quota of 50
men, only 21 have applied to date.
No more applications will be
taken for the current Quarter
master class but applications may
be made for the class beginning
in June. There are 49 seniors and
51 juniors in the current class.
Captain' Lester Hanks, new in
structor for the Quartermaster
Corps was an assistant professor
in marketing and finance from
1936 until 1941 when he was called
to active duty in the Quarter
master Corps. While a student at
A. & M., he was president of the
Junior Class, a member of the
scholastic honor society, the busi
ness manager of the Battalion and
a member of the Ross Volunteers.
Captain Hanks has received his
masters degree at the University
of Texas and another degree at
the Harvard business school. While
he was working towards his doc
torate at Harvard he was called
to duty with the army at Camp
Lee. Captain Hanks had recently
been made supervisor of instruc
tion over three of the units at
Camp Lee when he got orders
report at A. & M.
G W Gwin Places
Sixth in Contest
Sponsored by ASME
In the recent student conference
of the A.S.M.E. in Houston, G. H.
Gwin, A. & M. Senior majoring
in mechanical engineering, pre
sented a paper that won sixth
prize and $10.
Gwin’s subject was “The Engi
neer’s Part in Post-War Recon
struction.” He wrote that rigid
control of all weapons of war will
be necessary if democracy is to
be maintained the second time that
it has been won, and the control
must be wielded by an internation
al agency. Gwin said that the in
ternational agency will have to be
powerful enough to administer and
to enforce the plan for the distri
bution of food and remobilization
of production and powerful enough
to guarantee the safety of demo
cratic institutions where desired
by the people.
Veil Leaders
Boyd Rayburn Signs for Junior Prom
On May 8; To Play for Corps Dance
Boyd Rayburn and his orchestra have signed for the
Junior Prom the 8 and 9 of May, according to word received
by the Student Activities office.
Last year Rayburn played for the composite Regiment
ball. His orchestra will be remembered for its entertaining
as well as its danceable qualities.
Rayburn is originally from South Dakota but he left
there to attend the University of
Chicago. While at the University
he organized his band. Among his
orchestra entertainers is the com
edian “Hopless Homer Hokum.”
Booth
McKenzie
Above are shown Bernard Booth and Bill McKenzie who were
elected to the positions of junior yell leaders for the next two
semesters. Both are from Houston, which makes the entire yell
leading staff from that city. The new leaders were elected from
a group of eleven candidates at a joint meeting of the sophomore
and junior classes in Guion Hall Tuesday night. Of the four yell
leaders on the staff for next year, three are from the Heights
in Houston.
DiPardo’s Music, Junior Party And
Horse Show Highlight Weekend
With Tony DiPardo furnishing
the swing the nineteenth annual
Cavalry Ball was deemed another
outstanding social success. From
ten until two last night the Cav
alrymen entertained their dates
with dancing to the music of one
of the best bands to appear at
Aggieland this season. After the
dance the juniors of the regiment
had a party at the Parker Dining
Room in Bryan.
Norris McGowan was in charge
of all arrangements for the dance.
Helping him were Moffatt Adams,
who was chairman, of the decora
tions committee; Walter Cardwell,
in charge of programs; Ed Raf
ferty, chairman of the committee
on favors; Ken Bresnen, publicity
chairmn; and Jack Miller, in
charge of invitations. The finance
committee was composed of the
first sergeants of the different
troops.
The ball, however, was only the
beginning of a full week-end for
the cavalrymen. Today at ten
Final Maintenance
Payable April 6-9
The final installment of main
tenance will be due at the fiscal
office Monday, April 6 through
Thursday, April 9, it was an
nounced today by the fiscal of
fice. The installment, including
laundry, room, and board through
May 16, amounts to $34.75.
o’clock the Cavalry Horse Show
will be opened. Based on a military
theme, this year’s show has been
designed to permit as many cadets
to enter as possible. Events are
open to all classes from freshmen
to seniors. Classes will range from
rescue races and a hunt course
outside of the ring to formal
horsemanship and jumping classes
inside of the ring. Riders in all
afternoon events will be required
to wear the number one uniform.
Activities for Saturday night
will consist of a corps dance with
music again being furnished by
Tony DiPardo and his orchestra.
Lt Courier Comes
As Naval Officer
Lieutenant C. F. Courier of the
United States Navy and three pet
ty officers will establish a tem
porary office for naval trainees in
the gun room of George F. Moore
Hall. Lieutenant Courier will re
main here as administrative offi
cer for the naval branch after the
training has been established. It
is not konwn definitely where the
permanent office will be located.
An announcement from the
presidents office has stated that
the new naval trainees will occupy
the four new dormitories only.
This announcement was made to
kill rumors that students were go
ing to vacate some of the dorms
now occupied.
Dr Simpson To Serve
As Chemical Research
Director of N A D C
Fame and Fortune if You’re Not Gable
Karloff, Hyde and Room Mates
Eligible for Ugly Boy Contest
Dr. J. E. Simpson, who received
his degree in chemistry and chemi
cal engineering from A. & M., in
1934 has accepted a position as
director of chemical research for
the National Association of Dyers
and Cleaners, with headquarters
in Silver Springs, Maryland. He
assumed his new position on
March 1.
He was formally employed as a
research chemist at the Agricul
tural Experiment Station. Dr.
Simpson completed his doctorate
work at Louisiana State Univer
sity.
Rifle Team to Face
TSCW in Match Today
Lieutenant L. J. Lefkofsky and
his Aggie rifle team will face the
T.S.C.W. sharpshooters at the first
range in a regulation shoulder-
to-shoulder match this afternoon.
By Jack Hood
Remember the Ugly Boy Contest
that attracted so *much attention
here year before last? The Student
Engineers Council—presidents of
the engineering society and an
outstanding junior and senior of
each society—will sponsor the con
test this year.
So all you handsome brutes that
have a particularly ghastly friend,
notify them of the opportunity for
fame and fortune that awaits
them. They will have to volunteer
to enter—use no force, please—
but anyone is eligible for the con
test, even Victor Mature. All en
trants must drop around to the
Battalion Office sometime before
Monday at 6 p.m.—the deadline—
and leave their names. And Tues
day night at yell practice, if the
women and children can stand it,
they will be presented to the corps.
We spoke of fame and fortune
for the winner. The fortune con
sists of $10 in good old American
Morgenthau lettice. Think, Uglies,
what that ten rocks would buy—
dozens of Halloween masks, mur
der novels, etc.
The fame connected with the
winning of the contest has unlimit
ed opportunities. Never again will
the lucky boy be hounded to death
by women. Never again will he
have to spend money on silly false
faces for Halloween and parties.
Think what it will mean to be able
to tell your children that you made
the distinguished list at A. & M.
College—you scared the profs so
bad, they gave you A’s so you
would be sure and graduate quick.
Hollywood beckons to outstanding
spooks everywhere, flashing wads
of that green stuff in their ugly
faces to induce them to spread
horror, and laughter, via movies.
The possibilities are truly great.
Ballots will be printed in next
Thursday’s Battalion, but before
the voting there will be the char
acteristic soap-box speeches, band
music, and parades. Year before
last, the campaign fever ran high,
with signs on the dorms, band
parades in the mess halls, and
speeches by energetic candidates.
Nicknames such as “Gas Mask,”
“Horror Man” and many others
sprang up overnight. And the win
ner was crowned by a lovely young
lady dressed in an Aggie uniform.
The King of the Uglies will be
announced next Saturday evening
at the Engineers Show in Guion
Hall—he will also become $10 rich
er.
First Sergeants of every organ
ization will collect the ballots and
turn them in to the. Corps Head
quarters Office in Ross Hall by 6
p.m. Friday. Entrants will have to
get a hustle on, for they have to
enter by 6 p.m. Monday.
Walter Cardwell
Made President Of
Scholarship Society
Three Offices to Be Filled
In First Election Tuesday
Dean Kyle Tells Of
Necessity for Trained
Men to Win Present War
With Jack Taylor serving as
toastmaster, the Scholarship Hon
or Society held its annual spring
banquet and election of officers
Wednesday night in Sbisa hall.
Dean E. J. Kyle of the school of
agriculture made the principal
speech in the absence of President
Walton who was unable to attend.
Dean Kyle brought out the ne
cessity of continuing high stand
ards of scholarship during the war.
“The hope of the United States
and of the whole world after the
war depends upon such men as A.
& M. is training at this time,” said
Dean Kyle.
Continuing, Dean Kyle proposed
the establishment of a large num
ber of exchange scholarships be
tween A. & M. and the colleges of
the many South American coun
tries. “There should be an increase
in the inter-American activities
among the colleges of the West
ern hemisphere, and through a
system of scholarships better rela
tions can be promoted with the
other countries of the Americas,”
Kyle said. For such a system of
exchange scholarships the society
would serve as a means of co
ordinating the program.
After the banquet the election
of officers for the coming year
was held. Walter Cardwell was
elected president of the society,
replacing Jack Taylor retiring
president. Other officers elected
were W. J. Galloway, vice-presi
dent, and Adolph Specia, secre
tary-treasurer.
Ex-Aggie Fights
With Flying Tigers
Over Warring Burma
One of the “fightingest” of the
fighting sons of A. & M. is Flight
Leader David Lee Hill. He flys
with allegedly the world’s best
combat fliers—The Flying Tigers
of Burma. Their official name is
the American Volunteer Group.
Hill was a cavalry boy at A. & M.
and later joined Uncle Sams fly
ers where he got his combat train
ing.
There are two Texans in the
Flying Tigers—a San Saba boy
and Hill—although their number
is small. Their pictures may be
seen in the latest issue of Life
Magazine.
The first review of the year will
be a dismounted review of the
Cadet Corps in honor of the in
coming Naval Training Unit on
Tuesday, March 31. Classes will be
suspended at 2 p.m. on Tuesday in
order to permit participation in
Junior Candidates
Will Be Introduced
In Guion Monday PM
The junior class will meet Mon
day night, when candidates for the
offices of the Longhorn Editor,
Social Secretary, and Town Hall
Manager will be introduced.
Students who have filed for
these offices are: ,
For Social Secretary: Bobby
Stevens, Tommy Pierce, C FA,
Harvey “Bum” Bright, D CAC,
Jack Miller, C Cavalry.
For Longhorn Editor: Harry
Kunkel, D FA, and John B. Long-
ley, C Infantry.
For Town Hall Manager: John
Lawrence, I HQ FA, W. M. Ad-
kisson, B Signal Corps, W. F.
Dreiss, B CAC, Dwain Treadwell,
H CAC.
Ballots for these three elections
will be cast in the Rotunda of the
Academic Building on Tuesday,
March 31. *
If a runoff becomes necessary
for any of the offices elected by
the junior class, it will be held
Thursday, April 2.
Girls Chosen For
Cotton Ball Dates
Accept Invitations
About 50 acceptances have been
received from girls who have been
invited to be duchesses in the Cot
ton Pageant May 1. Around 100
more have received invitations and
the deadline for returning these
has Been extended to April 15
from April 1.
Mrs. Osborn S. Johnson, secre
tary in the, agronomy office, has
pictures of several duchesses who
do not have escorts for the Cotton
Pageant. Any student who is in
terested in accompanying one of
these duchesses should see Mrs.
Johnson.
E. D. (Gene) Wilmeth and Ern
estine (Tiny) Ashe will be king
and queen of the pageant and
members of the social committee
will escort the maids to the queen
who were selected' from a group
of 100 beauties at TSCW last
week-end.
The eleventh annual Cotton Ball
will be held in Sbisa hall follow
ing the pageant where music will
be furnished by the Aggieland Or
chestra.
talions in column of masses.
Order of the units in line will be,
north side: Band, Infantry Regi
ment, Field Artillery Regiment,
Composite Regiment, Cavalry
Regiment, Engineer Regiment and
the Coast Artillery Regiment.
More Students File
For Final Balloting
Scheduled for April
Student elections got under way
this week, with more scheduled
next week. The Junior Yell Lead
er election is the only one that
has been held thus far.
The candidates for The Long
horn Editor, Town Hall Manager,
and Social Secretary are listed
elsewhere in this edition, and the
candidates for other offices who
have filed to date are listed be
low:
For the Battalion Editor: Ken
Bresnen and D. B. Gofer Jr.
For The Engineer Editor: E. A.
Gordon and C. H. Wallace.
For The Agriculturist Editor:
Walter Cardwell and Dave Pinson.
For Junior Representative: R.
L. Haines, Sid Smith, R. O.
Thompson, Marvin McMillon and
Harold Ivey.
For Senior Representative: S.
K. Kirk, J. C. Denney and Bland
Harrison.
Candidates for all offices for
which the entire corps will vote
will be introduced to the corps at
yell practice Tuesday night. These
offices will be filled by balloting
in the Rotunda of the Academic
Building on April 14. Runoffs will
be held on April 16.
Qualifications for voting in any
of the elections will be the presen
tation at the ballot box of the
yellow receipt for registration in
college the current semester. Re
quirements for elgibility of can
didates have been published, as
havg the election rules.
A&M Seniors May
Take Merit Exams
To Fill State Jobs
A. & M. has been designated by
the Texas Merit System Council,
which selects 5,000 employees of
five large state departments, as
one of its examination centers.
The need during the present em
ergency for workers to fill state
employment vacancies is great and
all seniors are urged to take the
nexf examination to be held April
18, the place of which will later be-
announced. The vacancies have
been more numerous than people
to fill them—jobs which range in
salaries from $120 to $200.
The Texas Merit System Coun
cil is made up of three men ap
pointed by President T. O. Walton,
President Rainey of Texas U., and
President Jones of Texas Tech.
Those interested in taking the ex
amination can write to Joseph U.
Xhrborough, Administrative Su
pervisor, Merit System Council,
Austin, Texas. Further informa
tion may be obtained from the of
fice of Dr. Daniel Russell, Head
of Department of Rural Sociology
and Chief Examiner for the Col
lege Station area, in room 205 of
the Agricultural Building.
First Review of Year Scheduled For
Tuesday; To Honor Naval Contingent
Eighth Corps Area Men Hearty
Meat Eaters Says Col. Pickets
the review. This review will be a
practice for the traditional Moth
er’s day review which will be held
April 4.
Captain A. D. Bernhard, com
manding officer of the U. S. Naval
Air Station at Corpus Christi, will
receive the review, which will take
place at 3 p.m. The first conting
ent of 200 men will arrive at Col
lege Stationn on Tuesday morning
from both Houston and Dallas.
Khaki shirts and khaki trousers
will be regulation for the review
and Cadets are warned that if they
are not in proper uniform they
will not be permitted to take part
in the review and will be reported
absent. Cadet officers will be al
lowed to wear boots and breeches.
First Call will be at 2:35 p.m.,
Assembly will be sounded at 2:40
p.m., and Adjutant’s Call will be
at 3 p.m. The formation will be a
line of regiments in line of bat-
“The biggest meat-eaters in the
country and they still want more.”
Such was the reference Lieut. Col
onel W. M. Pickels made to the
men of the Eighth Corps Area
Thursday afternoon when he spoke
to students in the Mess Manage
ment course.
“You men as mess officers are
going to find that the army uses
only the best quality merchandise
and that it is going to be up to
you to see that it isn’t murdered
in the kitchens by the mess ser
geants and cooks.” Colonel Pickels,
who is the officer in charge of
subsistance of this corps area,
continued.
During his talk the Colonel
pointed out the problems facing
the army in planning its menus,
how farm conditions, supply and
demand, and the appetites as well
as the tastes of the individual
soldiers must be considered. He
also briefly explained how the Ag
gies, when they assume their new
duties, could be of assistance in
overcoming some of the problems
of army feeding.
With Colonel Pickels was Lieu
tenant O. D. Butler ’39 who is as
sistant commandant of the Bakers*
and Cooks’ school at Fort Sam
Houston. Lieut. Butler demon
strated the use of the army’s new
field kitchen and explained the ad
vantages of it over the old style
issued until recently.