DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The Battalion
DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
m ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1942
2275
NUMBER 88
Cardwell Chosen Editor
Of Agriculturist Magazine
Sugar Rationing
Requirements Are
Grade Points 1.25
And One Years Work
Walter Cardwell, D Cavalry, was
elected editor of the Agriculturist
Magazine last week by the Agri
cultural Council, made up of rep
resentatives of all the Ag Clubs
on the campus.
The qualifications for editorship
are a 1.25 grade ptffht average, a
passing grade in at least three-
fifths of current work and one
year's experience on the magazine.
Cardwell maintained the very high
average of 2.93 during the past
three years and was on the maga
zine staff two years. The eligibil
ity of candidates was certified by
the Student Activities Committee.
The only other candidate opposing
Cardwell in the election was David
Pinson, C Cavalry.
Mrs S. H. Yarnell
Wins Sweepstakes
Garden Club Show
Sweepstakes winner for the
best exhibit in the Garden Club
annual flower was Mrs. S. H.
Yarnell with an exhibit of yellow
iris which led the field in the bal
loting Friday afternoon.
Other winners were—Best mina-
ture arrangement—1st. Mrs. Al
bert Stevens, 2. Mrs. J. S. Mog-
ford. 3. Mrs. P. W. Burns. Small
arrangement—1. Mrs. G. B. Wil
cox. 2. Mrs. J. S. Mogford. 3. Mrs.
Frank Anderson. Medium arrange
ment—1. ifrs. S. H. Yarnell. 2.
Mrs. J. S. Mogford. 3. Mrs. Henry
Rhode. Large arrangement—Mrs.
S. H. Yarnell. 2. Mrs. J. S. Doane.
3. Mrs. Henry Rhode.
Garden arrangement—1. Mrs.
Ethel Cavitt. 2. Mrs. G. B. Wil
cox. 3. Mrs. A. B. Connor. Foliage
—1. Mrs. C. B. Campbell. 2. Mrs.
J. F. Roberts. 3. Mrs. D. W. Wil
liams. Roses—Mrs. Henry Rhode.
2. Mrs. R. R. Lyle. 3. Mrs. J. S.
Mogford. Line arrangement—Mrs.
S. H. Yarnell. 2. Mrs. J. S. Doane.
3. Mrs. Jack Howell. Novelty—1.
Mrs. A. B. Connor. 2. Mrs. C. B.
Campbell. 3. Mrs. Albert Stevens.
Grasses—1. Mrs. S. H. Yarnell.
Special—1. Mrs. Jack Howell. 2.
Mrs. A. M. Waldrop. 3. Mrs. J. B.
Bagley. Single Specimen—1. Mrs.
Albert Stevens. 2. Mrs. S. H. Yar
nell. 3. Mrs. J. F. Roberts. Invita
tional—1. Mrs. J. Coulter Smith.
2. N. H. Thomas. 3. Mrs. J. Coul
ter Smith.
Men.—Single Entry—1. Dr. J.
(See GARDEN CLUB, Page 4)
Pearce Swings Out
Tonight for Corps
Following the Infantry Ball,
Toppy Pearce’s Aggieland orches
tra will play for 1 the Corps Dance
tonight.
Gate receipts for the present
school year show the Aggieland
to be the most popular band to
play for corps dances. New ad
ditions to the band have improved
it along with their many new hit
tune arrangements. Leader Pearce
states that one policy of the band
is to find out what the Aggies
like and present it as best they
can.
The Infantry, with the assist
ance of many lovely belles from
near and far, swung out on the
hardwood of Sbisa last night.
Sbisa was decorated in “Paddle-
foot” atmosphere under the direc
tion of R. L. Hanby, C. R. Barth,
A. J. MacNab, and J. L. Stande-
fer.
Lieutenant Gattis , -'
On Duty at Honolulu
Ex-Aggie First Lieutenant, Jas.
I. Gattis, is now on active duty at
Schofield Barracks in Honolulu.
Gattis graduated here in 1940,
an agricultural engineering major.
He was promoted to First Lieuten
ant a year ago, and he went to
Hawaii last summer. Gattis took
over command of Company “B,”
third Engineers, about the time of
the Japanese attack on Pearl Har
bor.
Rings Made
More Serviceable
Through Changes
Rounded Dome
Will Distribute
Wear on the Crown
Some slight changes have been
made in the senior ring, E. E. Mc-
Quillen, secretary of the senior
ring committee, announced today.
The modernizations are designed
to make the ring more serviceable.
Instead of being flat on the crown,
as are the present rings, the entire
upper contour will be rounded and
dome shaped. The old rings used
to absorb most wear on the oval
rim which contained the eagle. By
rounding the crown, wear will be
more evenly distributed.
The eagle’s head on the new
ring will be slightly turned to
wards the front instead of in com
plete profile. The shield will be
lengthened at the bottom to make
it more graceful. The eagle will be
clasping a saber in each talon,
which will cross behind the numer
al 43.
The left shank, containing can
non, rifle, and saber will remain
unchanged, and the right shank
will have the same sized star and
seal of the state. The two semi
circular wreaths, however, have
been closed into a more oval form
so as to display more of the Unit
ed States and Texas flags in the
background, making the star on
the Texas flag visible.
Changes were also made as to
persons entitled to purchase the
ring. Hereafter, students in at
tendance at college for their eigh
th semester, who are enrolled in
the courses which will classify
them as senior, and whose mid
semester report is a passing grade
will be allowed to order the ring.
Due to this change the rings
scheduled to arrive June 1 for the
class of ’43 will not be ready until
July 1. This will permit the en
gravers to change the dies.
Press Club Elects
Gordon President
Ed Gordon was elected president
of the Press Club at their annual
meeting held for the purpose of
electing officers for the coming
year. The meeting was held in the
lounge adjoining the Sbisa Hall
banquet room immediately follow
ing the Press Club banquet. Gor
don, G Infantry, is editor-in-chief
of the Engineer Magazine.
Other officers of the Press Club
for next year are Reggie Smith,
A Cavalry, vice president, candi
date for advertising manager of
the Battalion and Marvin McMil
lan, H Infantry, secretary, mem
ber of the Longhorn staff.
All Men From 45-65
To RegisterMonday
For Military Duty
Takes Place on Ground
Floor Of Administration
Building At A. And M.
Registration for the men from
45 to 65 years of age, inclusive,
will be held on the ground floor
of the Administration Building
Monday.
Registration will be held from
7:00 a. m. to 7:00 p. m. A. Mitchell,
previous head of the Engineering
Drawing Department, will be in
charge.
This will be the fourth registra
tion to be held under the selective
service system.
World Champion
at A&M May 4 - 5
All Students Must f
Eligibilities
Announced for
Math Contest
Freshmen and sophomores elig
ible to enter the final examina
tions in the mathematics contest
were announced yesterday by the
math department. Eligibility was
determined by a preliminary ex
amination given this week from
which thirty highest freshmen and
the twenty highest sophomores
were chosen.
The final quiz in the contest
will be taken by the contestants
Monday, May 4 and the prizes will
be awarded at the annual mathe
matics banquet a few days later.
Prizes consist of gold watches for
first and second prizes in both
the freshman and sophomore con
tests and ten dollar checks as
third prizes.
Freshmen declared eligible to en
ter the finals are: Bill Philley,
Russell Seacat, W. W. Ward, F. L.
(See MATH CONTEST, Page 4)
Musical Silver Tea
Sponsored by Local
Methodist Church
A Musical Silver Seated Tea
sponsored by the A. & M. Method
ist Church will be presented Sun
day afternoon, April 26, from 4
to 6 p.m. The program will con
sist of light classical and classical
selections. Virginia Thomas, pian
ist of Brownwood, will play “Two
Larks” by Leschetizsky and
“Etude in Valse Form” by Saint-
Saens. Mrs. C. H. Groneman, viol
inist of College Station, will play
“Malaguena” by Albeniz and to
“To Spring” by Grieg. Vocal num
bers will be given by D. T. Kil-
lough and William Baker. The
Stephen F. Austin High School
a Cappela Choir directed by Euell
Porter will offer a group of selec
tions. The public is invited to at
tend.
Above is Charles C. Peterson who will give an exhibition of cue
wizardry Tuesday at the old YMCA yarlor. There will be two
performances so that everyone may attend the show. Peterson
likes to do all the impossible shots for the spectators.
In Less Than Two Wee Hours
Billiards Shark Shoots 20,000
By Tom Journeay
Do you think you could i-un 20,-
000 billiards in an hour and forty
minutes? If this strikes you bil
liard-queers and laymen alike as
an impossible feat, you might be
on hand at the YMCA next Tues
day to learn how it’s done. Charles
C. Peterson, the world’s fancy
shot champion, will stand forth in
two performances—at 2:00 and
7:00—in the YMCA Chapel with
a variety of fancy and trick shots
that are known only to the most
proficient magicians of the green
table.
Peterson has appeared at many
army camps and colleges all over
the nation with his large reper
toire of tricks and fancy shots
on the green. His exhibition in
cludes a demonstration of billiard
fundamentals for the novice, a
variety of trick shots that are al
ways amazing, and a discussion of
billiards as played by Willie Hoppe
and other champions of the sport.
Undoubtedly the most enthusiastic
if not the greatest billiard shot
in the world, Pete says that his
tricks are only a minor part of his
performance, the major portion
being an instructional period that
will teach the fundamentals of
Last Faculty Dance
Scheduled for May 8
The last faculty dance of the
season will be held at the country
club on Friday night, May 8, the
dance committee announced today.
Original plans for the dance to
be scheduled on April 30 have been
changed.
Warner Coordinates Action of
Eleventh Annual CottonPageant
By Clyde C. Franklin
H. C. Warner, F Field Artillery,
is this year’s business manager of
the Agronomy society’s eleventh
annual Cotton Pageant and Ball
which will take place here begin
ning at 8 p.m. May 1 in Guion
Hall.
Warner’s is the complex job of
coordinating the activities of the
committees in charge of music,
decorations, floor and all the vari
ous components of the pageant
and ball excep^'the social commit
tee which functions separately.
Warner is a member of the pis
tol team and has been a member
of that organization for his four
years in A. & M. He has lettered
two years and is classified as an
expert marksman by the National
Rifle Association.
In 1941 Warner was secretary
of the Agronomy society and dur
ing his freshman year he found
time to win the freshman crops
judging contest. He is a past viee-
president of the National Agron
omy society.
After graduation he expects like
most of the graduating class to
serve his stay in Uncle Sam’s
army. He prefers blonds and is
escorting blond Miss Pauline Web
ster in the Cotton Pageant.
In the field of journalism War
ner is the assistant editor of the
Agriculturist magazine.
By way of explaining the last
minute change of the Cotton
Pageant from Sbisa Hall to Guion
Hall he said “it was necessary be
cause of the time element. There
simply would not be’ time enough
to clear the floor in any reason
able time for the ball to follow.”
“Interest is running high in this
years Cotton Pageant and Ball and
many tickets, more especially re
served seats, have already been
sold,” he said.
Tickets may be bought in Room
300 Agriculture Building or at W.
S. D.’s store in Bryan. Cotton Ball
tickets will go on sale Monday
morning in the Agronomy office
for $1.50. Reserved seats are 50
cepts each and general admission
seats are 35 cents each. Everyone
is urged to buy tickets early to
keep themselves and their dates
out of the rush at the door.
The last examination in the se
ries being given to determine the
men to make the Cotton Tour was
given Tuesday J. S. Mogford stat
ed and the three winners will be
announced at the Cotton Pageant.
Crownbearers in the pageant are
Miss Roberta Johnson daughter cf
Mr. and Mrs. Osborn S. Johnson
of Bryan and Miss Rosemary
Lenert daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
A. A. Lenert of College Station.
Around 160 duchesses and their
escorts will be in this year’s Cot
ton Pageant the largest number
ever to participate in this event in
the eleven years that it has been
staged. Last year there were about
125 a record in itself.
billiards to those who have never
even seen a cue.
It took him several years to
build up the college interest in
billiards, but he was rewarded
when colleges all over the coun
try instituted inter-collegiate play
in pockets, straight rail and three-
cushion play. Last year for the
first time winners of the college
titles were brought together at
the University of Wisconsin for a
national play-off.
One of the favorite tricks of this
“magician of the green table” is
his “dollar” shot. Pete stands a
silver dollar on end between two
pieces of billiard chalk. He then
strokes the dollar to the far rail,
from whence, lo and behold, it
returns to come back right be
tween the two pieces of chalk!
Mr. Peterson visited more than
200 schools, boys’ clubs, army and
navy posts, and civic centers last
year, and he expects to show be
fore 250 groups on his current
tour, which will keep him on the
road until early summer.
Inducted Seniors
Can Purchase Rings
A. & M. Seniors who expect to be
called to the armed services be
fore graduation, will be authorized
to purchase A. & M. rings follow
ing action of the Ring Committee
at a meeting Wednesday, April 22.
“The committee recognized that
the present emergency may pre
vent some men from graduating, or
becoming eligible for ring purchase
and the Ring Committee wants
these men to have the privilege of
buying and wearing an A. & M.
ring,” said Dick Hervey, Senior
Class President, after the meeting.
The new rule provides that any
Seniors whose present course and
March 21 grades indicate that he
would be classified at the close of
the term, is eligible to purchase a
ring. The new rule will apply for
the duration.
The present ring committee is
composed of Senior representatives
Gillis and Hervey; Juniors, Jack
Miller and S. C. Kaffer; and Soph
omores Robert Phillips, Curtis
Zahn, Vance Carrington; G. C.
Carrothers, and Messrs. E. L. An-
gell, H. L. Heaton, W. L. Pen-
berthy, Ray Perryman and E. E.
McQuillen.
Beaumont Mothers To
Hold Annual Banquet
The Beaumont A. & M. Mothers
Club will hold their annual ban
quet for all students from Beau
mont and the surrounding area
Sunday, April 26 at 1 p. m. in the
banquet room of Sbisa hall.
Mrs. Bob Osius, president of
the Beaumont Mothers Club, has
indicated that President T. O. Wal
ton will deliver the address.
Get Ration Books
To Eat in Mess Hall Enlists Men
For Reserves
Sugar rationing to take
place at A. M. under the
direction of a registration
board in the Administration
building will begin on May 4
and 5, Dean F. C. Bolton an
nounced today. Final plans
for the operation of the board
are in the making, Dean Bol
ton stated.
Persons 18 years of age or over
who have left home to attend col
lege should apply for their own
rationing books. If a person is
under 18 years of age and has left
home to attend school, his mother,
father or legal guardian must file
an application for him, instruction
from the Texas Rationing Admin
istrator pointed out.
J. C. Hotard in charge of the
college mess hall is putting in an
application for mess hall allow
ances. The students must turn in
their war ration books to the mess
hall authorities in order to eat in
the mess hall.
A consumer who arranges to eat
12 or more meals per week in an
establishment registered as an in
stitutional user must surrender his
book to the owner or manager of
the establishment. Books will be re
turned on the withdrawal of this
patronage.
Project house students or board
ing house students will be required
under this set-up to turn over their
cards to the matron or manager in
charge of the house.
Stamps which expire must be
turned into the registration board
for cancellation. Final arrange
ments for the registration of stu
dents at A. & M. and the plan of
operation of the board have not
yet been completed.
Fourth Annual
Methodist Banquet
Held Thursday Nite
A. & M. Methodist students held
their fourth annual banquet in
the church at 6:30 p. m. Thurs
day. Guests of honor for the oc
casion were Reverend C. W.
Lokey,, D.S., of the Bryan district
and Mrs. W. W. Fondren of Hous
ton.
G. C. (Spike) White of the Ath
letic department delivered the
principal address of the evening
to the group of Aggies and visitors
present. C. C. Collins was the
toastmaster of the evening.
Following the singing the guests
of the evening were introduced by
James Carlin, pastor of the local
Methodist church. Officers of the
association installed for the com
ing year are president, Tom My
ers; vice-president, Roger Bassett;
secretary, Eugene Bailey; treasur
er, Leroy Adcock.
Outstanding student awards
were given to Jack Duree for 1941
—and to Owen Watkins 38-39.
Watkins’ award was forwarded to
the 69th Coast Artillery at San
Diego, California.
Engineering School
Honors 180 Students
Faculty of the A. & M. School
bf Engineering will honor 180 stu
dents whose scholastic records
have been outstanding at a ban
quet next Monday evening. Ever-
ette L. DeGolyer, Dallas geologist
and oil producer and director of
Conservation for the Petroleum
Coordinator’s office, will deliver
the principal address of the eve
ning. %
DeGolyer has been awarded the
Fohn Fritz medal for notable sci
entific achievement in the field of
pure and applied science. He re
ceived this medal for notable work
in his leadership and development
of geophysical exploration of pe
troleum deposits. He has formerly
been employed by large oil com
panies and has served with the
United States Geological Survey.
Air Corps
Scholastic Training
Stressed for Those
In Air Corps Reserve
Incorporating A. & M. along
with many other colleges and uni
versities in the nation the War
Department todaji announced a
plan to recruit men for future re
quirements of the Army flying
service.
Plans call for the procurement
of aviation cadets through pre
liminary enlistment as privates in
the Air Force Enlisted Reserve.
The program will provide oppor
tunities for enlistment on a defer
red service basis so the aviation
cadet candidates may continue
their education until actually re
quired for army training.
Students in the Enlisted Re
serve, of. course, are subject to call
to active duty at any time. The
plan, however, is to 1 defer them,
permitting further scholastic train
ing provided they maintain a sat
isfactory scholastic standard.
Students whose courses of study
give them the special instruction
necessary for meteorology and
communications will be permitted
to continue their schooling to en
able them to qualify as officers.
Whether college students will
continue college training for these
special posts will depend largely
upon the results of examinations
to be given to sophomore students
enlisted in the Air Force Reserve.
These men will already possess
qualifications for Aviation Cadet
training, but the continuance of
their education will be of further
benefit to the Army when eventu
ally they are called to active duty.
Students enlisted in the Air
Force Reserve who are graduated
or who may be called to duty be
fore graduation, will be ordered
to active duty and appointed Avi
ation Cadets, with an opportunity
to compete for commissions in the
same manner as other Aviation
Cadets.
Young men enlisted in the Air
Force Enlisted Reserve and de
ferred for scholastic reasons will
be identified by an emblem sim
ilar to the familiar Air Forces
wing-and-propeller insignia.
The college recruiting plan was
announced by Lieutenant General
Henry H. Arnold, Commanding
General of the Army Air Forces,
in a telegram to centrally located
colleges throughout the country.
These central colleges are to serve
as focal points for colleges in their
vicinity.
In a letter confirming the tele
grams, General Arnold said: “The
(See AIR CORPS, Page 4)
Kadet Kapers Will
Hold Last Program
For This Semester
Kadet Kapers presents its last
program tonight for this semester.
According to Richard W. Jenkins,
director, a bigger and better pro
gram than any previous one has
been planned.
Perhaps the most prominent fig
ures to appear are the Mysterious
Norris and a Memory Wizard De
luxe. In addition to these baffling
personages, June Jones, a song
stress from Houston, and Prof.
Jackson from T. S. C. W. will be
featured.
Interviews Scheduled
Quartermaster Sophs
Sophomores who have made ap
plication for the Quartermaster
Corps and have not been inter
viewed will have a chance to be
so this morning from 8 to 12 and
this afternoon from 1 to 4. The
deadline has been extended by the
military department to accommo
date those men who have been un
able to get interviews so far.