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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, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1942 2275 NUMBER 79 Largest Week-end of Years Activities Opens Today Buxom Beauties Above we see some of thp entertainers who will present their fanciest acts at the “Slipstick Follies” in Guion Hall tonight. As a part of the Engineering clubs’ annual show they are presenting an hour of riot-raising laugh-provoking entertainment. "Cadets in Blue" Like Agland Opening Interview Points Out Huge Crowd Expected For Two Full Days Festivites Educational Exhibits Today; Review, Flower Pinning, Parents’ Day Sunday Largest combination of spring holiday activities ever held on the A. & M. campus begins today with Engineers’ Day at 9 o’clock and Agricultural Day at 2, and continues through the week-end with Parents’ Day tomorrow. Special exhibits of the engineer and the agriculture students plus the review and Parents’ Day program Sunday, honoring moms and dads, will bring hundreds of people to A. & M. to participate in the mass gatherings. Engineers Expect Many Visitors Here All Departments Have Open House From 9 to 6 Today Some 8,000 visitors are expected to be on the campus today to wit ness the 13th annual Engineer’s Day program, one of the high lights of the school year. The program, sponsored by the members of the various engineer ing societies on the campus, con sists of displays and demonstra tions in each department of the school of engineering. The visitor will be conducted to the various buildings in such a manner that he will see the exhibits of the Me chanical Engineering department —the steam laboratory, the metal lography laboratory, the design shop, foundries, and other of its various laboratories. The Civil En gineering department is sponsor ing exhibits of structural engineer ing, hydraulics, strength of ma terials, design of highways, soils, surveying. Of special interest to the visitor will be the Aeronauti cal Engineering exhibit in which a model wind tunnel and several parts of actual airplanes will be on display. Of vital interest in these days of modern warfare will be the Chemical Engineering depart ment’s display of chemical warfare equipment. A drilling rig will be in operation behind the petroleum building as well as several model rigs which will be housed in the building proper. Undoubtedly the visitor will notice the huge En gineer’s Day sign on top of the Electrical Engineering building which also houses several interest ing exhibits. An interesting dis play of the work being done by the students of the Architecture department will be shown on the third floor of the Academic Build ing. At 7:15 in Onion Hall a rollick ing bit of entertainment will be shown to visitors which is entitled “Slipstick Follies.” Each depart ment will furnish a ten minute portion of the program and as usual the program is expected to have the ^audience rolling in the aisles. Ransom Kelly is in charge of the “Slipstick Follies” and has really produced an entertaining show. Boy Scouts Aid Paper Collecting The local Defense Council of College Station and the city gov ernment have been charged with the responsibility of collecting waste paper and they in turn have designated the Boy Scout organ ization of this community as the official collecting agency, accord ing to Dr. C. C. Hedges of the local Defense Council and Mayor Frank Anderson. Through the cooperation of city officials, plans have been complet ed for the city-wide collection of this waste paper on the first Sat urday of each month. Since the Scout organization is comparative ly small, and the available trans portation facilities limited, the job can be done only with the full co- orperation of all citizens and busi ness men. For these reasons, it is requested that: (1) All paper that is put out for collection shall be bundled or tied in such a way that the Scouts can handle it easily and quickly. (2) If possible please separate newspapers, magazines, wrapping paper and cardboard boxes to fa cilitate handling according to kind. (3) Under this plan, it will be impossible for the Scouts to han dle loose paper, trash or garbage of any kind. (4) Place all bundled paper in a conspicuous place on your front step or curbing before 9 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month. (5) Only that paper which is placed as requested and bundled properly can be handled. Portrait of Aggie Hero, George Moore Will Hang in Library A portrait of General George F. Moore, former A. & M. comman dant who is now in the Philippines, is to be on exhibition Monday in the Cushing Memorial Library, ac cording to T. F. Mayo, librarian. Peter Cantu, 2 CHQ, drew the picture which he has given to the library, where it will hang per manently. Mothers’ Clubs Will Hold Two Meetings Today Business Meeting Will Be at 11 This Morning; Social Function at 2 Two meetings for the A. & M. Mother’s Clubs have been planned during the Parents Day program this week-end, stated Mrs. T. 0. Walton, the state president. One of the meetings will be of a purely business nature, and the other will be a social function. Both meetings will be held in the Y.M.C.A. At 11:00 a. m. today, the busi ness meeting will open. Reports from the twenty organized clubs will be heard at this time. The mothers will also discuss the con struction and payment for the ladies’ lounge in the Y.M.C.A. A tea will be given honoring the visiting clubs by the Brazos Coun ty Mothers’ Club at 2:00 p. m. Saturday. The tea has been set aside as the time for minging be tween the various clubs in order that they might become better ac quainted. Seniors Guests At Annual Dinner The Senior class will be guests of the Association of Former Stu dents at the joint faculty-former student luncheon at Sbisa Hall, April 12. The luncheon is an an nual feature of the ex-students’ homecoming which will be cele brated this year, April 11-12. Tyree L. Bell, Dallas, ex-stu dent president, said, in extending the invitation, “within a few weeks you, too, will be an A. & M. ex student. We want to honor you as guests at this luncheon in order 'that we may become better ac quainted with you and you with us.” Dick Hervey, president of the 1942 class, has appointed the fol lowing committee to assist in the distribution of tickets: Jack Forman (Signal Corps); Harvey Lynn (Chem. War.); Ed die Junge (Field Art.); Ralph Cris well (Band); Charley Bode (Inf.); Guy Johnson (Cav.); Henry Rol lins (Coast Art.); A1 Jenkins (Eng.); Dick Hervey, Gerald King, Roland Bing, and Bugs Tate. Ag School Holds Second Annual Show Thirty-First Anniversary Of A. & M. Agricultural School Sponsors Big Show All agriculture departments will be open today for the showing of the second annual Agriculture Day exhibits. Main displays will be shown in the Ag Building, the Ag Engineering Building and the Ani mal Industries Building. The horse barn, poultry farm, creamery, sheep barns and all other build ings of the department will also be open to visitors. Ag Day originated last year in celebration of the thirtieth anni versary of the school of agricul ture. Through the sponsorship of Dean E. J. Kyle, dean of the school throughout its thirty years, the affair has become an annual event. The following departments will have displays for visitors: Accounting and Statistics De partment—room 109, Agriculture Building. Agriculture Education Depart ment—Movie of F.F.A. boys, ground floor, Agriculture Engi neering Building. Genetics Department, Saddle and Sirloin Club, Fish and Game Club, Poultry Department and Ex 4-H Club—Animal Industries building. These exhibits will include mounted birds and animals, fish exhibit, meats research laboratory and a continuous showing of wild life movies in room 115. Agriculture Engineering depart ment—Exhibits of power machin ery, irrigation, farm buildings and farm shop. Agronomy Department — Seed, grain, cotton production, soil con servation displays in Agriculture building. Soil fertility experiments in agronomy greenhouse. Dairy Husbandry Department — Dairy cattle show at 2:30 p.m. at dairy barn. Creamery will also be (See AG DAY, Page 6) Naval Officers Due Salutes, Aggies As Military Courtesy Reminding cadets that Naval of ficers are due the same salutes and military courtesies as officers of the army, the corps headquarters office issued an official notice yes terday to help cadets recognize these officers. Naval officers may be distin guished from enlisted men by the presence of gold braided stripes and a gold braided star on each cuff of the coat. They also wear a gold braided chin strap above the bill of their caps. The orna ment on the cap consists of a sil ver braided eagle on crossed shield and anchors. By Ed Kingery “We haven’t been here long en ough to form an opinion, but what we’ve seen of the college looks mighty good.” Thus one of A. & M.’s newest students, a “cadet in blue,” expressed his first impres sion of the school. He spoke for most of the other sailors, who make up the contingent of naval trainees sent here recently. Their first few days have been spent in getting settled and off to a good start in their courses, and there has been no .time for sight-seeing. These gobs are going through a period of great adjustment. Not Cadet Commissions Presented Sunday Cadet commissions will be pre sented Sunday morning between 8 and 9 a. m. when the organiza tions are formed in their company area for their flower pinning cere monies, according to Cadet Colonel Tom Gillis. In each regiment the cadet com missions will be awarded by the senior instructor or his assistants. If the cadet has been promoted the cadet commission will be that of the highest rank held this year. Colonel M. D. Welty will present cadet commissions to the corps staff at 9:10 a. m. at the review- only are they in a strange place and a new environment, but they have a job to do, and a hard one. The sailors must get back into the habit of studying and at the same time master a difficult course in a short time. Long hours of classes each day for most of the week is the lot of these men. Then immediately after supper each night it’s more study until lights out and later. Gone are the night liberties; only week-end liberties may be taken. And a good share of these will be spent at a desk by many a gob., Living in a room and from a closet is just one of the new ex periences of the naval trainees. For quite some time they have lived from a sea bag, which is the seaman’s carryall. Being able to hang clothes up at night is an in novation. Springs and mattresses have likewise taken the place of the well-known hammocks. Rooms occupied by the trainees are kept spotlessly clean. “Swab bing the deck” is a daily before breakfast duty; every room is thoroughly mopped. The sailors are not allowed to leave blankets on their beds made up during the day. Instead they are neatly fold ed and laid on the beds. The day begins for the gobs with reveille at 6:15. Breakfast is at 7:00, and between reveille and breakfast the men dress and put their rooms in order. Classes start at 8:00, and continue throughout the day. Recreation and free time (See NAVY, Page 6) Engineers Plan Military Exhibit In collaboration with the annual Engineer’s day exhibits the Engi neer Regiment will display differ ent phases of their duties as a unit of the army. The exhibit will be located in the Mechanical Engi neering shops and on the vacant lot to the north of this building. In the shops the exhibit consists of models of field fortifications, military rigging, and pontoon bridges. Also there will be maps, stereoscopic photographs, and de molition equipment as used by the Corps of Engineers in the regular army. Outside visitors will be shown through a regulation “Type A” fire trench, which is the type now being used on Bataan Peninsula. Tank barriers, barbed wire en tanglements, a mine field, and a camouflauged machine gun em placement are included in this part of the exhibit. Sunday’s festivities will begin with the traditional flower pin ning ceremony for the cadets in their regular assembly areas. Flow ers will be pinned on the corps staff by Mrs. T. O. Walton. The Y. M. C. A. will furnish all the flowers for the ceremonies. At 9:35 the corps will begin to march on the drill field and the presentation of 15 awards will be made. Following the presentation of awards the corps will pass in review and march to Kyle Field for the Parents’ Day program. Singing of “The Spirit of Ag- gieland” will begin the program, after which Fred Smithem will of fer the benediction. The Singing Cadets will sing “Stout Hearted Men” for the visiting fathers and “For My Mother” for the mothers. Main speaker for the event will be President T. O. Walton who will deliver the principal address. Howard Bryant will present a short speech for the mothers and Brad ford Hardie will talk for the fath ers. There will be special Easter services at the College Station churches at 12 o’clock for all who desire to attend. Sunday afternoon at 3:30 the Ross Volunteers will begin their program as they pay their respects to the statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross. This will be followed by an exhibition drill performance. Tonight, President and Mrs. T. O. Walton will hold a reception for all visiting parents. The band will supply the music for the occasion. Arrangements have been made by the commandant for reserva tions in dormitories to accommo date visiting parents. All cars are to be cleared from the drill field beginning today, and will be parked in the area west of Puryear and Law halls. All of the dormitories will be open for inspection by the visitors with the exception of part of Hart Hall and all of Dormitory No. 4, from 2:30 to 4:30 Sunday. Churches Time Easter Services for Sunday Program At a meeting of the Inter church Council, it was decided to hold Easter Sunday church ser vices at 12:00 o’clock noon in oi’der to fit the schedule of events for the week-end. Churches of all denominations agreed to this change in time which will enable the students and their visitors to be dismissed from ser vices in sufficient time before lunch. By W. J. Hamilton Toppy Pearce and the Aggi eland Band is Aggieland’s favorite dance band. That’s the verdict of the cadet corps as shown by their turnout for the dances this year. Competing with such “big name” bands as those of Jimmie Lunce- ford, Andy Kirk, and Tony De Pardi, the Aggieland has made an enviable record. Three times since the record-breaking bonfire dance last fall Toppy and his boys have played for dances that drew a larger crowd than either Lunceford or Kirk and twice as many as De Pardi. And it is not unusual that the Aggieland should be so popular on the campus. The band is made up Fifteen Awards Will Be Presented At Sunday’s Review Leadership In Military, Studies Are Qualifications Fifteen awards will be present ed to eleven cadets when the corps is formed for review Sunday, Ca det Colonel Tom Gillis says. The awards go to students for various qualifications such as leadership, military proficiency, and scholar ship. Presentation speeches will be read over the loud speaker system for the benefit of the corps and visitors. The presentation will be a color ful ceremony. After the corps has formed on the field all who are to receive awards and all regimental colors form in two lines in front of the corps staff. They will then be marched to the reviewing stand where they will receive the awards. The Albert Sidney Johnston sa ber, presented by the United Daughters of the Confederacy for military proficiency, will be awarded to Cadet Major C. B. Marsh, C CAC. Mrs. I. B. McFar land, president of the Texas divi sion of the U.D.C., will make the presentation. x Cadet First-sergeant Spencer Baen, C CAC, has won the Coast Artillery Medal which is given to a junior in that regiment for gen eral military proficiency. The presentation will be made by Mrs. Burton Hartley. The Caldwell Trophy, presented by the Caldwell Jewelers, Bryan, for proficiency in military drill will be presented to Cadet First- sergeant Harold Dickerson, 2 HQ FA, J. O. Chance will make the presentation. Cadet Master-sergeant Bill Gal loway will receive the Daughters of the American Revolution Award for honor man of the Junior class. Scholarship, leadership, character, and military proficiency are con sidered in making this award which will be presented by Mrs. E. S. Lammers. Galloway will also receive from Mrs. J. K. Boles the Field Artillery Medal which goes to a Field Ar tillery junior for general military proficiency. Sons of the American Revolu tion Awards that are presented to one senior in each regiment for leadership, soldierly bearing, and general excellence will be present ed to the following cadets by E. L. Angell: Cadet Colonel Tom Gillis, (See AWARDS, Page 6) of Aggies, plays primarily for Ag gies, and caters to the desires of the cadet corps—if the corps wants swing, it gets it; if it wants sweet music, the Aggieland supplies it. Toppy and the band are always on the alert for new tunes which appeal to A. & M. cadets and their dates. In addition, with good arrange ments and hard work, they form one of the best, if not the best Aggieland band in the history of the school. Among the several new arrange ments which they have been work ing on for the corps dance tonight are Benny Goodman’s “Jersey Bounce” and “Sing Sing Sing” and two new ballads, “Tangerine” and “Dear Mom.” Navy Gets Acquainted Above we see the Navy unit in the Aggie Mess hall as they prepare to take their first meal in their new home and become acquainted with the ways the Aggies eat. At lower left some of the white- capped sailors read The Battalion to find out what the Aggies thirk of them. Pearce Band Is Aggie Favorite Corps Dance Turnouts Reveal