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, APRIL 14, 1942 2275 NUMBER 83
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Student General Election to Be in Academic Today
Classes Suspended for Halifax Review
Ex-Students Attended Annual Homecoming Sunday
Entire Corps Entitled To
Vote for Various Offices
. Batt Editor, Head Yell Leader, Junior,
Senior Representatives Posts Elected
Polls for the general student election will be open to
day from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
in the rotunda of the Academic building. All students,
freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors, are eligible to
vote upon presentation of their February registration re
ceipts.
Officiating at the polls will be members of the Student
Election committee and class officers. Votes will be count
ed as soon as the polls close in the Corps Headquarters Of
fice in Ross Hall. In case a runoff is necessary, it will be
First Call Sounded
At 10; Khaki Shirts
And Trousers Worn
Classes will be suspended tomor
row at 9:40 a.m. to permit cadets
to participate in the review in hon
or of Lord Halifax, Ambassador
to the United States from Eng
land. Halifax will fly here from
San Antonio, arriving about 9:30,
in order to review the cadet corps.
Lord and Lady Halifax are
spending their two weeks vacation
in Texas, visiting South Texas in
dustrial centers and also the King
Ranch. Halifax was formerly the
Minister of Supplies in England
and chief of production. Since be
coming Ambassador to the United
States, he has gained great re
spect in diplomatic circles in
Washington.
First Call fox the review will be
sounded at 10 ;a.m. with assembly
art 10:05. Adjutant’s call will then
be sounded as soon as the corps
is formed. Uniform for the review
will be khaki shirts and khaki
trousers. Cadet officers may wear
breeches and boots.
Formation will be line of regi
ments in line of battalions in col
umn of masses. The order of the
units in line are:
Band, Infantry Regiment, Field
Artillery Regiment, Composite
Regiment, Engineer Regiment and
Coast Artillery Regiment. Imme
diately after Assembly, each Regi
ment will move from its place of
Assembly to a place where it can
march into its position in the re
view formation most expediously.
New Schedule Of
Calls Issued For
Rest of Semester
Some were in the showers, oth
ers were recuperating from a sat
isfactory week-end, and some were
at their “horizontal engineering”
labs when the all-familiar bugle
stand echoed forth with first call.
It was Sunday evening, if you
don’t remember, when the corps
just about missed supper as a
whole. All that mad rush was
caused by the change of the sched
ule to fit the new Central War
Time.
Aggieland lost an hour as they
went on the new war time which
the nation has adopted to assist
the war effort. The present clock
time is kept, but the whole sched
ule for the college is moved up
one hour. So instead of getting up
at 7:15 Aggies will “roll out” at
6:15. For the benefit of those who
are confused about the new time,
the new schedule is given below:
(See NEW SCHEDULE, page 4)
At the annual luncheon of the
ex-student’s association held Sun
day, William J. “Bill” Lawson,
Secretary of State of Texas, was
elected president for the coming
year. Lawson served as vice-presi
dent of the association last year.
“Fireman” as he was called dur
ing his college days spent two
years at Aggieland. He enrolled
in 1920 and stayed until 1922.
While here he was in the Air
Corps branch of the ROTC, and
studied Chemical engineering. Bill
saw service on the football reserve
team and the freshman squad.
With the advent of W. Lee
O’Daniel into the Texas political
circus, Bill got the bug and was
one of his lieutenants. He was
Secretary of the State Park Board
when he was appointed Secretary
of State. In this capacity he serv
ed under O’Daniel and was reap
pointed by Governor Coke Steven
son.
Recently Lawson passed the
state bar examination and has
been admitted to practice. Of in-
Place of A&M In War
Effort Main Point
In D ay J s Program
Elections and plans for the com
ing year were the business, and
the place of A. & M. in the war
effort was the dominant note at
the ex-students’ spring reunion
and homecoming Sunday. This
subject was the keynote in most
of the activities and speeches.
Dick Hervey, president of the
senior class was elected a director
of the Former Students Associa
tion during the meeting. This is
the first time that a student has
been made a director while still in
school.
Secretary of State William J.
Lawson of Austin was elected
president and Jake P. Hamblen of
Houston vice president of Associa
tion fox the following year. E. E.
McQuillen was reelected executive
secretary.
Tyree L. Bell, retiring president
presented plans for the alumni to
launch immediately a development
fund for the future expansion of
facilities of the college. The pro
gram, which was adopted unanim
ously, providing for the Texas A.
& M. College Development Fund,
is a program fox the soliciting of
funds from former students with
which to make an annual gift to
the college for the purpose of get
ting things for which money is
not at present available, such as
scholarships, for building up the
library, for providing additional
physical education facilities, or, in
an emergency, for a lump sum of
money.
Another plan adopted establish
ed the A. & M. Field Force, which
is an organization to aid in the
solution of college problems, such
as those concerned with public re
lations, student enrollment, ath
letic prospects, the dissemination
of correct and timely college in
formation, student loan fund coun
sel, and placement and employ
ment. Both plans are to begin
functioning immediately.
The annual roll call of former
Mrs Frieberger Talks
On Sugar Substitutes
Mrs. L. D. Frieberger will dis
cuss “Sugar Substitutes” at the
meeting of the Nutrition Course in
the Consolidated School tonight at
7 o’clock. Time of the meeting of
the course has been changed to 7
instead of 8 in order to fneet with
college changes.
Regular meetings will continue
on Tuesday and Thursday nights
at the new hour of 7, it was an
nounced.
terest to Aggies is the fact that
his daughter will be the Capital
City A. & M. Club’s duchess in
the Cotton Ball.
President Exes
W. J. (Bill) Lawson
students deceased during the past
year was most significant of the
present situation. Most numerous
on the list this year were those
students who graduated after 1933,
and practically every name was
preceded by a military title of lieu
tenant, captain or major.
President T. O. Walton, amid
Cofer Outlines
Policies for Paper
For Election Today
The main reflection of Aggie
land and the outstanding voice of
all Aggies is their newspaper, The
Battalion. This institution should
serve as the means whereby the
desires and wants of the student
body should be presented. It should
portray the news of Aggieland in
a quick and concise manner. It
should support the cadet corps in
whatever they are backing for the
benefit of all Aggies. And above
all, it should be for Aggies
through and through, and the
spirit of the men in the corps
should be the attitude and the
policy of The Battalion.
The above views will constitute
the policy I shall follow should I
be elected in today’s election, and
for the betterment of the cadets
and the corps as a whole will I
work.
List of Students
Chosen to Talk To
High SchoolsPosted
About 500 boys have been se
lected to go home to visit their
high schools, Tom Gillis, cadet
colonel, announced yesterday. A
list of the boys selected will be
posted on a 'bulletin board on the
ground floor of Ross Hall. No
more than three to any high school
have been selected on basis of
seniority, scholarship, and activity.
To obtain excused absences to
visit high schools, cadets selected
must obtain passes through the
commandant’s office in the regular
manner. Passes must be in by 6
p.m. Wednesday, and must state
purpose, town visiting and datqs.
Upon return to college, cadets
must bring passes to the regis
trar’s office, and after filling out
a written report of his activities
on the trip, he will be given ex
cused absences for the authorized
time.
All students on the posted list
will attend a banquet in Sbisa Hall
at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16.
Mr. Perryman, of the registrar’s
office, will be master of cere
monies. He will tell students how
to get excused absences and how
to use descriptive literature of the
college, which will be given. Presi
dent Walton will deliver a short
address, and cadet colonel Tom
Gillis will speak.
rousing cheers of more than 500
former students, faculty members
and seniors, declared, “This is no
time for labor’s holiday, capital’s
gain or political expediency. It is
time for every man to divest him
self of selfish purpose and private
interest and dedicate his life to
the service of our nation at war.”
Bresnen States His
Proposed Plans For
Battalion Next Year
A newspaper is founded on re
liability. News articles should tell
what happened in the simplest,
most attractive and accurate man
ner. The aim of every editor should
be to tell both sides of every story
that is printed so that the readers
may form unbiased opinions based
on these facts.
Cold, Hard Facts
It is my purpose if I am elected
to the editorship of The Battalion,
to present cold, hard facts and
enough of them so that all Aggies
and other readers of this publica
tion may know exactly what is
happening in this institution and
how it affects their interests.
Your Paper; Your Servant
Fundamentally The Battalion
belongs to you, the cadets of A.
& M. I plan to publish a paper
with these ends in mind: first, to
report the news as soon as possi
ble after it happens; second, to re
port the news accurately; third,
and perhaps most important, to
keep in mind that a newspaper is
the servant of its readers. Insofar
as possible all requests and sug
gestions will be complied with—
all will be appreciated.
Conservative Policy
If at any time problems affect
ing -the corps should arise in which
the Battalion must in fairness take
an editorial stand, it is my plan
to follow a policy of logical, con
servative reasoning. Any soap box
orator can stand up and harangue
an audience which is already in
agreement with his ideas. Seldom
does he get very far since authori
ties will not listen to his ram-
blings. If the occasion arises when
The Battalion can be of service to
you of the corps, I shall pursue
this policy to the utmost in striv
ing to accomplish what you desire.
In short, by a slight reorganiza
tion of the staff and its methods,
we can afford' a more complete
coverage of the news as it hap
pens and provide A. & M. with a
paper that will again win a First
Class rating among the college
publications of the nation.
If I am elected to this position,
The Battalion will be devoted to
guiding Aggie opinion, and pro
tecting Aggie rights and tradi
tions by presenting their side of
any questions which may arise.
Dick Hervey Chosen
For Membership On
Board of Directors
“That honor roll just read,” Doc
tor Walton said, “shows a heavy
casualty list of recent graduates.
Those are my boys, ydur boys,
Texas boys. It is our duty to see
to it that no Aggie shall give his
life in vain.
“In Washington recently I ob
served some of our national lead-
era waiting hopefully for the citi
zens back home to take off the
heat. In order that this nation
shall not default an obligation, we
have the right to demand of our
congress to ‘get going,’ or if they
lack the patriotism to do the job,
to step down and make room for
men who will. The citizens are not
going to turn the heat off this
seventh column of labor racketeers,
profiteers and vote-conscious poli
ticians until the job is done.
“It is the will of the people that
our armed forces get the backing
they plead for, and it is every
man’s patriotic duty to live and
act each day 'so he may be able to
say each night—T have done my
duty to my country, to my fighting
men, and to the future genera
tions’.”
Marion Church, Dallas attorney,
declared, “It is our duty at home
to see that no Aggie bares his
breast to the enemy without the
tools to deal out death to that
enemy. We’re in a storm, so let’s
pray, and fight and back our men
on the firing line. When the sun
shines again we can chew our
tobacco and enjoy ourselves.”
Senior Ring Orders
Must be in by 15th
For Dance Delivery
In order to get a senior ring for
the senior Ring Dance your order
must be in the Registrar’s office
by April 15. All orders placed after
5 p. m. on that date will not be
received in time for the dance.
The ring clerk will be in the Reg
istrar’s office only in the morn
ings with the exception of April
15; on that date she will be in
the office all day, H. L. Heaton,
acting Registrar, said.
To date 914 rings have been
sold, of which 850 have been de
livered, compared to 832 rings sold
last year at the same date. Forty-
eight rings have been sold to ex
students, some as far back as 1904,
1913, 1924, 1925 and up to date.
Beginning with May 1, 1942,
orders for the rings will leave the
Registrar’s office only once a
month with delivery following
first. Rings returned for adjust
ment will leave the office on the
fifteenth of every month with ap
proximately two weeks delivery.
If you’re a singer, a dancer, a
magician, an acrobat or a musi
cian ... in other words if you
have a special talent, then this
summer may find you on the stage.
At least that’s the whole thought
about Interstate Theatre’s Varsity
Varieties that is currently being
put together.
Believing that there is a wealth
of talent available for the stage
and screen and realizing that Tex
as has recently supplied the na
tion with some of its most prom
ising stage, screen and radio stars,
Interstate Theatres is organizing
a summer show to be made up en
tirely of collegiate talent.
All Southwest Conference
schools, plus North Texas State
Teachers College and Texas State
College for Women are being in
cluded in the plan that will see
held Thursday, April 16, in they
same place and at the same hours
as for the primary election.
Voters will scratch out all but
one of the names for each office,
leaving the name of the person for
whom they wish to vote. A copy
of the official ballot is as follow:
For Battalion Editor:
Ken Bresnen
D. B. (Brooks) Cofer
For Head Yell Leader:
Chuck Chalmers
Ted O'Leary
For Senior Representative on the
Student Activities Committee:
S. K. Kirk
J. C. Denney
Bland Harrison
For Junior Representative on the
Student Activities Committee:
Lamar Haines
Sid Smith
R. O. Thompson
Marvin McMillan
The candidates for the various
ofices wound up their campaigns
last night at yell practice with
short speeches to the entire corps.
As in past Aggie elections, there
has been a minimum of ballyhoo,
signs and campaign posters. Al
though the elections committee
authorized candidates to use cloth
signs similar to football signs to
entice voterfe, few such signs have
appeared on the campus.
Two Declared Ineligible
In its final meeting before the
election, the members of the stud
ent elections committee and of the
student activities committee de
clared all those who appear on the
ballot as eligible for their respec
tive offices. Harold Ivey, I Infan
try, was declared ineligible to run
for junior representative. Tom
(See ELECTION, page 4)
Horace Brown Chosen
Head of Saddle And
Sirloin Club Next Year
Horace Brown, H Infantry, was
elected president of the Saddle
and Sirloin Club for next year
last Thursday night at the regu
lar club meeting. Ed Rafferty was
chosen vice-president; Bob Parker,
secretary; Joe Lemley, reporter;
Caddo Wright, marshall; Buddy
Hahn, treasurer, Vance Carring
ton, social secretary and Marvin
McMillan, rodeo director.
Plans were made for the Cat
tlemen’s Ball that is to be held
Friday night in the loft of the
Agricultural Engineering Building
and a number of bright colored
shirts and sashes ordered by the
club members to be worn to the
dance.
some fifty Texas collegians in an
outstanding stage revue this July.
Currently visiting each of these
schools is Charlie Freeman, head
of all stage activities for the In
terstate houses. Mr. Freeman is
first making arrangements to au
dition all available talent on each
campus.
From this talent a show will be
produced that will play six weeks
on the Interstate time and pos
sibly be used at some army camps.
Those participating will not only
receive a salary for their services,
but complete expenses of the trip
will be paid. Opportunity will also
be offered to designers, composers,
costumers and publicity men. It is
the current plan to provide the
show with two publicity directors
that will act as advance men for
the company.
Longley
Made Head
Press Group
3 Day Convention
Held in Dallas;
Next Meeting Here
Johnny Longley, editor-elect of
the Longhorn, was selected by del
egates to the Southwestern Journ
alism Congress in Dallas last week
end to head the student section
of the organization for the com
ing year. Dr. John AsKton, pro
fessor of rural sociology, was
elected president of the entire
Congress and College Station was
selected as the meeting place for
next fall’s session.
Students from 13 colleges in
Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma
attended the three day meeting of
the Journalism Congress 1 of which
S. M. U. was the host. Those at
tending from. A. & M. were Reg
gie Smith, Ralph Criswell, Tom
Vannoy, K. C. Bresnen, C. A.
Hurst, Walter Cardwell, E. A.
Gordon, Ed Douglass, Billy Davis
and John Longley. Other student
officers elected by the delegates
were James Farley, Baylor, vice-
president and Frances Krauss, L.
S. U., secretary.
Program of the Journalism Con
gress began Thursday night with
registration of the delegates at
the Baker Hotel. The Student
Council of Dallas College enter
tained members of the congress
that night with a reception and
dance on the Peacock Terrace. Fri
day morning there were speeches
by leading members of the journ
alism profession of the Southwest.
Highlights of the afternoon pro
gram Friday were sectional meet
ings and a round table discussion!
on “The Effect of the War Upon
Journalism Students.” One student
from each school expressed his-
school’s viewpoint on the subjects
Friday night Grove Patterson, edi
tor of the Toledo Blade, spoke oik
“Newspapers in a Democracy.” To
the students present, he said there
is no higher calling than journal
ism, but don’t expect to get rich.”
The opportunity is to be open
to any person who is a registered
student at any of the above named
colleges and universities during
the school year of 1941-42. Abso
lutely no professional talent will
be included in the show.
Said Freeman in Dallas Thurs
day, “We do not want this to be
misunderstood. This is not simply
a search for talent, but is rather
a plan of our company to offer
legitimate opportunity for any
young man or woman in school
that has exceptional stage, screen,
or radio possibilities.”
Freeman will visit the A. & M.
this week to complete audition ar
rangements. Any person interested
in being present at these auditions
should contact Charlie Tigner at
the Campus Theatre at once.
Secretary of State Bill Lawson
Will Head Exes Association
Today is the day!
Starting at eight this morning Aggies again will
have the privilege of going to the polls to select men
who will hold key positions in next year’s political
whirlpool as well as all student activities.
But, Aggies, when you take this privilege of voting
don’t forget to accept the responsibility which goes
with it. Remember that you are looking for the strong
est candidates, those who will be able to carry out their
duties in the best manner possible. Don’t let personali
ties and individual feelings check your ballot. Let clear
thinking and common sense be the basis for the selec
tion. The best men deserve the positions whether they
are your best friend’s friend or whether they happen
to be on the other side of the fence. SEE THAT THE
MEN YOU VOTE FOR ARE THE BEST IN THE
FIELD.
Batt Editor Candidates List
Platforms to Be Followed
Interstate Theatres Offer Chance to Students
With Talent to Go into Stage Work This Summer