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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
IS ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1942
2275
NUMBER 84
Gofer Elected Editor & Chalmers Head Yell Leader
Halifax Fails
ToMakeTrip;
Weather Bad
i Viscount Had Tea
! Date in Austin;
Review Cancelled
Lord Halifax was unable to visit
the campus yesterday because of
uncertain weather conditions. A
storm was in progress between
here and San Antonio and flight
authorities advised against his
making the trip by air which was
the only means of transportation
which would enable him to keep to
his schedule as he was to be in
Austin yesterday afternoon to at
tend a tea given for him by Dr.
Homer Rainey, president of Texas
university.
Because Lord Halifax would be
unable to make the trip, the re
view originally scheduled for Wed
nesday was called off. Lord Hali
fax, formerly minister of supplies
in England and chief of produc
tion, is spending his vacation at
the King Ranch as guest of Bob
Kleberg.
In addition to being a states
man, the viscount was formerly
a lieutenant colonel in one of the
British regiments in India and
at present holds an honorary col
onelcy in his old regiment. Several
American colleges have awarded
him honorary degrees in addition
to the degrees awarded him by
many English universities includ
ing Oxford.
Cotton Pageant
Ducats Go on Sale
In Agronomy Dept
Tickets are now on sale for the
Cotton Pageant in Room 300 Ag
riculture Building in the Agron
omy office. Reserved seat tickets
are 50 cents and general admis
sion tickets are 35 cents. Tickets
to the Cotton Ball will be sold only
at the door of the old mess hall.
The Cotton Pageant will be held
in Guion Hall instead of Sbisa Hall
as was previously announced.
Agronomy students who want
tickets to the pageant to sell in
the dormitories can get them from
Mrs. Osborn S. Johnson in the
Agronomy office.
Politicians in Action
Senior Class
Valedictorian
Chosen Tomorrow
Ballotting All Day;
Selection to Be Made
From Ten Highest Men
Balloting for valedictorian of
the senior class will be held Fri
day, April 17, in the rotunda of
the Academic building between the
hours of 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. Selection of vale
dictorian will be made from the 10
seniors having the highest grade
point averages for their four years
in college.
Seniors ranking highest and
who will be voted on follow, with
their grade point averages:
Above are the candidates in Tuesday’s general election. In the first row at the uper left hand cor
ner are J. C. Denney, Bland Harrison, Ken Bresnen, Ted O’Leary, Chuck Chalmers and Brooks
Cofer. Second row: Kieth Kirk, Sid Smith, Bill McKenzie, Marvin McMillan and J. B. Booth. Upper
right: Brooks Cofer, Editor-elect, in action. Lower left: Chalmers expounds. Lower right: Skeen
Staley, Head Yell Leader, leads the corps for the last time. —Photo by Sterizel
Composite Regiment Dances to Sky Lined Saturday
Music of Ted Fio Rito Tomorrow Night
Soph Cattle Judges
Match Skill Saturday
Beginning at 8 o’clock Saturday
morning the annual Sophomore
Students Cattle Judging contest
will be held at the dairy barn, it
was announced by A. L. Darnell,
professor of dairy husbandry.
Eligible to compete in the con
test are all agricultural students
who have taken the course in
Dairy Husbandry 202 this year.
Orchestra Engaged
For One Night Only
Pearce Plays Sat
Featuring Ted Fio Rito and his
orchestra, the Signal and Chemical
Warfare battalions will honor the
seniors of their regiment at the
fifth annual composite regimental
ball this Friday night. Tentative
plans for the dance indicate that
the ball will be another successful
entertainment for the composite
boys an dtheir dates.
The orchestra committee of J. A.
Baird, v A. R. Campbell, S. W.
Menczer and B. B. Pyeatt has en
gaged Ted Fio Rito and his “Sky
Lined Music” for the dance, but
the Aggieland Orchestra will play
for the corps dance the next night.
One of the most famous maestri
in the history of music, Ted is
equally famous as a composer,
having written over 85 hit tunes
including “Now I L^y Me Down
to Dream,” “Laugh, Clown,
Laugh” and “Charley My Boy.”
He and his orchestra recently com
pleted a highly popular engage
ment at the Blackhawk Restaur
ant in Chicago, during which they
started their latest radio' program
for Mars Candy over NBC.
Among other hotels and night
clubs at which Ted and his orches
tra have appeared are the Hotel
New Yorker, Coconut Grove in
Decorations Include
Colored Lights On
Revolving Glass Ball
Decorations for the dance will
be a large ball which has mirrors
on it of different colors. Lights
play on the ball as it revolves and
a colorful effect is obtained. The
decorations committee is composed
of Ebensberger, Eb^nsberger,
Hartmen, Massey, Ridenour and
Smith.
Other committees for the dance
are the finance and invitations
committees. William Bever and D.
S. Landon are in charge of the
finances, and Brandon, Burks, Cain
and Wilkinson are in charge of the
invitations.
Los Angeles and the Palmer House
in Chicago. Besides his “Skylined
Music” Ted features “Candy” Can-
dido, “The little man with a thous
and voices,” and “The Three
Chicks” and their “Power-diving
Trombones.” Betty Grable was
formerly a vocalist with Ted be
fore she became an attraction to
the movie magnates.
Programs of white pig skin with
maroon tassles will be given. Also,
included in the program will be a
list of the class of '42 of each
battalion. W. M. Adkisson and D.
G’. Griffin make up the committee
responsible for the programs.
Ag Journalism
Students Attend Meet
Eight students from the class in
Agricultural Journalism taught by
Dr. John Ashton attended the
Southwestern Journalism Congress
in Dallas April 8 through April
11. Students making the trip in
cluded Jere A. Daniel, Glenn Mc-
Gouirk, D. W- Michie, M. C. Pugh,
E. H. Perry, E. C. Jones, C. W.
Stafford, S. L. Shipman.
Dr. John Ashton, W. C. Stone
and Grady Elms accompanied the
group as faculty representatives.
Texas University Coeds Sing Classics and Popular
Songs at Assembly Hall Before Cattlemen’s Ball
Saddle, Sirloin And
Kream, Kow Clubs
To Be Entertained
Highlighting the evening’s en
tertainment for the Saddle and
Sirloin and Kream and Kow Clubs
will be a program in the Assem
bly Hall Frioay night at 8 o’clock
presenting the Texas university
Girls’ Glee Club, which will be
followed by the annual Cattle
man’s Ball.
Swing numbers, semi-classics,
Mexican folk songs and specialty
numbers will comprise the Glee
Club’s program. Featured will be
the girls’ quartet and Margaret
Johnson, soloist.
After the Assembly Hall pro
gram the girls will be guests at
the Cattlemen’s Ball to the music
of the Prairie View Collegians.
Texas University Girls’ Glee Club
Tom S. Gillis
3.0000
Paul J. Wolfe
2.9803
Rufus B. Pearce
2.9436
George C. Sumner ....
....2.9428
Robert F. Keller
2.8527
Bradford Hardie
....2.7842
Roland Bing
....2,7730
Alton W. Sissom
....2.6423
Robert S. Crawford ..
....2.6198
Robert M. Warren ....
....2.6124
Only seniors wearing rings are
eligible to vote. Dick Hervey,
president of the senior class, urges
all seniors to turn out so that a
representative vote will be secured.
Houston Quartet
Another performance in the Ka-
det Kapers series awaits Aggie
land this Saturday night at 7:15
when Richard Jenkins, director of
the Kapers, will present “The
Houstonians,” which is the finest
male quartet in this section of the
country, according to Jenkins.
Composing the quartet are Walter
R. Jenkins, bass; Billy Triggs,
baritone; Abner Lewis, Jr., second
tenor and Lewis Brabelton Jr.,
first tenor, accompanied by Her
bert Rohloff.
Featuring music everyone knows,
the program will be a prominent
hour’s entertainment. “The Hous
tonians,” all natives of Houston
as their name implies, are widely
known for their renditions of all
types of melodies.
The usual “Duke’s Mixture” of
fun and frolic will also be on hand
at the Assembly Hall Saturday
night. Fifteen minutes of sing
song, the contests, free cigars,
love lessons, and just about any
thing else the Aggies desire will
be presented on the Kapers., “The
Houstonians” are a must on any
one’s entertainment list, and ca
dets and guests are urged to come
early and get a good seat for the
evening’s hilarious activities.
Denney - - Harrison Now In
Runoff for Representative
Smith Battles Thompson for Junior Rep
On Student Activities Committee June 1
By Clyde C. Franklin
Brooks Cofer and Chuck Chalmers were elected Editor
of The Battalion and Head Yell Leader, respectively, at the
student election held Tuesday in the Rotunda of the Acad
emic Building. J. C. Denney is in the run off with Bland
Harrison for the position of Senior Representative on the
Student Activities Committee and Sid Smith is running
with R. O. Thompson for Junior Representative on the
Student Activities Committee. A run off is necessary since
no candidate received a majority vote in the Junior and
Senior Representative races.
In the race for Battalion editor there were 1,016 votes
cast with 436 going to Ken Bresnen and 580 to Cofer. Chal-
won over Ted O’Leary re-'f-
mers
ceiving 825 votes to O’Leary’s 205
with 1,030 votes cast.
Denney polled 437 votes to Har
rison’s 397. Keith Kirk received
191 votes in 1,015 cast.
Smith received 422 of 997 votes
cast for Junior Representative and
Thompson received 217. Lamar
Haines polled 174 and Marvin Mc
Millan 184.
These votes were officially
counted in the Corps Headquarters
office in Ross Hall. Since there
was not a majority vote in the
Representatives races a runoff is
Cofer
necessary and will be held today
from 8 a.m. until 12 noon and from
1 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. in the Ro
tunda of the Academic Building.
All students from freshmen to
seniors will be eligible to vote and
may vote by showing their Feb
ruary registration receipts. Mem
bers of the Student Elections Com
mittee will officiate at the polls
and votes will be counted after the
election in the Corps Headquarters
Office.
The Election Committee urges
every student to vote in this elec
tion as only about 1,000 votes
were cast in Tuesday’s election in
spite of the fact that there are
many more eligible voters than
this. Vote early to avoid confusion.
Singing Cadets Vocalize, Give
Novelties on Town Hall Series
By Ed Kingery
The Singing Cadets, presented
in their annual performance on
Town Hall last Tuesday night,
gave the corps and many residents
of College Station an outstanding
musical program. One hundred
strong, the Cadets thrilled the au
dience with their varied repertoire
of songs old and new.
Prominent on the hour and a
half show were the renditions of
“Loch Lomond,” “Blow, Trumpets,
Blow,” “The Creation” and “This
is my Country.” Opening with our
national anthem, the Cadets con
tinued with Gershwin’s “Strike
Up the Band,” two Russian songs,
negro spirituals and religious
numbers, including “01’ Man Riv
er” by Kern and the first three
melodies mentioned above.
During the intermission novelty
and individual acts were present
ed. Bernay Martin gave a tenor
solo, the Mudcat Swingsters per
formed, and Marion Lyle, the
club’s pianist, as Madame Olga
gave a highly humorous rendition
of “The Kiss.”
Continuing the regular program,
the Cadets sang the “Battle of
Jericho,” “All Day on the Prairie,”
“Short’nin’ Bread,” two rounds,
and closed with a group of patrio
tic songs and the “Twelfth Man,”
“Aggie War Hymn,” “Spirit of
Aggieland” and “Taps.”
Upholding the high level of last
year’s Town Hall performance, the
Singing Cadets proved their abil
ity and talent on Tuesday night’s
program.
Boyd Raeburn Will
Play for Juniors;
Tickets Cost $1.50
Prom and Banquet
To Be Held May 8;
Favors Available
Plans are rapidly nearing com
pletion for the annual Junior Ban
quet and Prom to be held Friday
night, May 8 in Sbisa Hall, ac
cording to Jack Miller, president
of the Junior class. The music of
Boyd Raeburn’s orchestra will be
featured at the banquet, prom and
the corps dance Saturday night.
Tickets for the banquet and
dance will be priced at $1.50 and
will go on sale next week. Favors
have already been ordered, but
there will be a few extras avail
able to juniors who did not order
one.
Committees working on arrange
ments for the prom are as follows:
finance, Eddie Jones; orchestra,
John Longley; floor committee,
Frank Litterst; programs and fav
ors, Bill Black and Walter Card-
well; tickets, Wade Keiser; deco
rations, Earl Hartman, and ban
quet, Frank Young.
Boyd Raeburn’s orchestra is one
of the newer bands to attain wide
spread popularity. He played for
the Composite Regiment Ball last
year, and made quite a hit on the
campus. Since that time Raeburn
has been playing many of the more
famous night spots and radio net
works throughout the country, and
he is recognized as one of the best
of the up-and-coming young or
chestras.
Biology and Poultry
Clubs View Films At
Joint Meeting Tonight
The Biology club will hold a
joint meeting with the Poultry
Science club tonight at which time
a film on ovulation made at Kan
sas State college will be shown.
The making of this film caused
the sacrifice of 25 hens. The pro
cess of egg laying is shown step
by step from the release of the
yolk from the ovary into the ovi
duct until the egg is laid. All inter
ested in seeing this film are ex
tended an invitation. The meeting
will be held in the Biology Lec
ture room of the Science Hall at
8:00 p. m.
Press Club Banquet
Is Next Wednesday
Members of the A. & M. Press
club will hold their annual ban
quet Wednesday, April 22 at 6:30
p. m. in the annex of Sbisa Hall.
At this meeting awards will be
made to all editors and members,
of the student publications staff.
Ralph Criswell, president of the
press club, will preside over the
meeting to follow the banquet.
President T. O. Walton has been
asked to speak and Dean F. C.
Bolton will make the awards.
All editors will receive watches
and all staff members will receive
keys. A bronze key will be given
to men who have served on the
staff one year, a silver key for two
years and a gold key for three
years.
Contributors to the editorial
page will also be invited to attend
the banquet. A complete list of
those contributors and members
of the staff will appear in a later
issue of The Battalion.
BayloFs Dean Jones
To Speak at Banquet
Dr. E. N. Jones, dean of Baylor
university at Waco, and president
elect of the College of Arts and
Industries at Kingsville, will be
the guest speaker at A. & M.’s
spring banquet being held this
year at Sbisa Hall on April 21.
The banquet is an annual affair
sponsored by the A. & M. Chapter
of the American Association of
University Professors and open to
all who care to attend.