DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The Battalion
DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
tit ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, 1942
2275
NUMBER 90
Queen Ernestine Ashe—King Gene Wilmeth
Pictured above is Miss Ernestine Ashe who has been
chosen as queen of the Cotton Pageant to be held in
Guion Hall tomorrow night at 8 o’clock. Miss Ashe is a
TSCW freshman.
To the right is Gene Wilmeth, king of the Cotton
Pageant. W’ilmeth is a senior in agronomy.
Cotton Ball Queen Is Second
In Family to Win Ags Hearts
(Editor’s Note: This story by Irene Dwyer
‘ in Th
newspaper of that school).
of TSCW appeared in The Lass-O student
appear
of th:
Recipe for the way to an Aggie’s
heart this year seems to have been
to take an Ashe from Fort Worth
and mix slightly with a group of
Aggie judges. First of the honqrs
went to Anna Ruth when she was
chosen Aggie Day Sweetheart last
fall. Recently, not to be outdone
by her older sister, Ernestine cap
tured the Cotton Ball Queen title,
insuring herself the number one
position at the Cotton Ball cele
brations in Aggieland May 1.
“Little One” or “Teenie,” as
Ernestine is dubbed by friends, is
a five-foot-five hazel-eyed brown-
ette majoring in business admin
istration.
So far during her college career
the freshman student has kept up
the popularity record she set in
high school where she was cadet
Pink Elephants
Aren’t D T’s; It’s
Hobby Lobby Time
Have you ever seen a pink ele
phant? Are you a model airplane
enthusiast? Do you know anything
about bottles, or is all of your
interest centered in mugs ? The
answer can be found at the An
nual Hobby Lobby sponsored by
Evening Study club which is to be
held at the Country Club, Sunday
afternoon, May 3, between the
hours of 3 and 7. According to
Mrs. Stuart Cole, chairman, hobby
ists of Bryan and College are en
thusiastic over this Second Annual
Hobby Lobby' sponsored by the
Evening Study Club and from the
number of hobbies already entered
everyone should be able to find
something of interest on display.
There will be guns, plates, pic
tures, ships, pitchers, dolls, walk
ing canes, bells, donkeys, and even
wildcats on parade. Everyone is
invited.
sponsor and queen of her senior ,
class. She has been beauty nom
inee, Redbud pi’incess, and Aggie
Day Sweetheart nominee.
“Teenie,” who claims she’s not
much of an athlete, likes to bowl
and ride horses. She likes dancing
if it’s “kinda’ slow like.”
Students will remember her as
the All-American girl in the fresh
man stunts last month. In connec
tion with this “Teenie” laughingly
tells about being second choice as
the original girl got sick at the
last moment. After TSCW she ex
pects to do office work but would
like to do something more exciting
such as singing or acting.
Proving herself versatile she
wrote a song two years ago titled
“Wondering Why,” which she
claims was too much like the later
hit “Million Dreams Ago” for co
incidence.
Looking back on the 18 years
spent with sister Anna Ruth, Ern
estine recalls Anna Ruth’s favorite
pastime, which seems to have been
scaring her. She still giggles about
the time she was taken behind the
house and told that they were lost.
“Teenie” didn’t know the differ
ence and ended up scared to death.
Until recently “Teenie’s” burn
ing desire was to break a record
over someone’s head. She finally
found a willing victim and evident-
Faculty Dance Club
To Hold Box Supper
The Faculty Dance club will
close the season with a box sup
per and dance to be held begin
ning at 7:15 on the night of Fri
day, May 8 at the Bryan Country
Club. The ladies of the group will
provide the refreshments, includ
ing liquids, in shoe boxes (or pack
ing cases) appropriately decorated
and tied with non-strategic ma
terials. All interested are ur^ed to
come either for both supper and
dance, or if preferred, for the
dancing only, which will begin at
about 8:30 or 9:00.
ly found out that “turn about is
fair play” because since then she
has liked having records broken
over her olvn head.
The popular freshman, who Las
always wanted to go to New York,
prefers tall blonde men with blue
eyes and is looking for good look
ing good dancer with an amusing
personality.
She has always wanted to dye
her hair but has refrained from
doing so because she is sulk she
would end up with no hair at all
if she went home with it dyed,
“Teenie’s” pet hate is to hear
girls whistling at boys, which is
closely followed by her dislike for
shrimp.
She likes to wear earrings, pre
fers tailored clothes, and votes
purple her favorite color.
Artie Shaw leads the other band
leaders in “Teenie’s” estimation
with “Moon Love” rating as her
best-liked song.
160 Duchesses to Participate In
Cotton Pageant Tomorrow Night
f . M 1 Wilmeth/'"
Juniors Make Waddle Chosen As
Plans for Ball Win,Krs of Tour
And Uniform
Vote to Exclude
Seniors from Prom;
Sophomores to Usher
In an orderless meeting Monday
night the junior class made final
plans for their v banquet and dance
to be held May 8. Jack Miller,
president of the class, presided
over the meeting which became
spirited and frequently beyond
control. Final action was taken
on the dance, and a committee on
the uniform to be worn next se
mester was appointed.
No definite action was taken in
the way of uniform changes. Many
ideas were given for ways in
which to make it possible to dis
tinguish the different classes, but
no suggestions could be voted upon
without the approval of the com
mandant. A committee composed
of Austin Nance, Bill Holland, Bill
Black, John Longley, Earl Hart
man, and Frank Young was ap
pointed to work out the best plans
for the uniform and present them
to Colonel Welty. The class in
their next meeting will then vote
on the most advisable plan.
Other action taken at the meet
ing was the voting of the class not
to invite the seniors to the Junior
Prom. By a unanimous decision
this motion carried.
For the dance it was decided
that the juniors in each organiza
tion should select a sophomore
from their organization to serve
as usher at the banquet. Doing
this, individual place cards will be
used.
Tickets for the dance are $1.50
and will include the banquet and
the dance for one couple or a stag.
The price will be the same for
either the dance or the banquet.
Distribution of the tickets will be
through first sergeants, and they
can be obtained now.
English Contests
Are Held Tomorrow
Announcement of students qual
ifying in the annual freshman and
sophomore English contests has
been made by George Summey Jr.,
head of the English department.
The contets examinations will be
held at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 30
in the Library classroom.
Freshmen who are eligible for
the F. M. Law English Contest
for Freshmen are: William H.
Andrew, W. L. Baker, Richard L.
Bolen, A. W. Campbell, J. W. Hol
loway, F. I. Jones, H. L. Philipson,
R. Shanks and William W. Ward.
Qualified sophomores for the
(See CONTEST, Page 8)
Tomorrow night is the night for
the annual Cotton Pageant and
Ball. Nearly 160 duchesses and
their escorts will participate be
fore an expected capacity crowd in
Guion Hall beginning at 8 p. m.
and lasting for approximately an
hour.
White suits and light sports
coats will predominate in the pag
eant and will be worn to the ball
to follow. The' Cotton Ball is the
second largest ball on the cam
pus, being excelled in attendance
only by the final ball.
Adding color to the event will
be th£ white summer uniforms of
the sailors stationed on the cam
pus. As indicated by the reserved
seat sales there will be people
from all over the state to see the
girls who will be here from ail
over Texas and adjoining states.
Duchesses in the court are sent
to represent clubs on the campus
and various schools and colleges
in the Southwest. They were chos
en as beauties and the social sec-
i-etary of the event who has hand
led the pictures of most of these
women states that they are beau
ties, the prettiest in several years.
E. D. Wilmeth, G. C. McGouirk,
and B. A. Waddle have been chos
en as the winners of this year’s
annual Cotton Tour which will ex
tend this year through the south,
southwest, and Mexico. F. G. Col-
lard will also make the trip this
year as he was chosen as the win
ner last year but was unable to
make the trip because he had to
attend camp.
These men were chosen through
a series of nine examinations cov
ering all the phases of Agronomy.
Each of the examinations being
given by the man in the depart
ment who knew most about the
subject covered. These exams were
held at intervals throughout the
school year.
At present the itenerary calls
for the tour to begin here May 6
and head for New Orleans and
arrive there on the seventh and
stay until noon the following day.
They will go from there to Baton
Rouge, Louisiana on the ninth and
tenth. They will be in Leland, Mis
sissippi May 11-12.
Memphis, Tennessee yull be vis
ited May 13 and the group will
return to Dallas May 14. The
group will leave for Mexico May
16 and will visit Saltillo, Torreon
and vicinity from the 18 to 21 and
Mexico City on the 23 and 25.
They will return to college on May
28.
Singing Cadets Have Fingers
Crossed Pending Contest Result
By Ed Kingery
With the time rapidly approach
ing for the announcement of reg
ional winners in Fred Waring’s
Pleasure Time National Glee Club
Competition, the Singing Cadets of
Aggieland are keeping their fing
ers crossed and hoping that they
will be included in the lucky eight.
The announcement is expected
around May 10.
The eight regional winners who
are finally chosen to compete in
New York for the selection of a
national champion will be featured
at two tremendous concerts in
Carnegie Hall on the night of May
30 and on Sunday afternoon, May
31. Although many of the prelim
inary details have not been worked
out as yet, these two dates will
probably climax this unique com
petition of college musical talent.
Waring’s Glee Club Competition
has drawn 140 entries of college
glee clubs all over the country.
Transcriptions of more than 400
musical selections will be judged
in the selection of the' regional
champions. Ch#ise of the judges
has not been made public.
Announcements of semi-finalists
have been started by Waring on
his evening Pleasure Time broad
cast. The eastern region is now
being* publicized, and the region
in which the Singing Cadets are
entered should have a spot in the
near future.
Regional winners will be feted
in a four day round of etnertain-
ment features arranged by the
Waring organization, which will
be climaxfed by the two day festi
val at Carnegie Hall. The pro
grams to be given there are
worthy of note, for the most fam
ous musical organizations and so
loists in the world have performed
at Carnegie.
Senior Ring Dance
Ducats Go on Sale
Tickets for the Senior Ring
Dance and Banquet and for the
favors are now on sale by organ
ization commanders. The final day
for purchase of the tickets will be
Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 5:30
p. m., in the corps headquarters
office. The price of the tickets
to the Banquet and Ring Dance is
$2.30. The cost of the favors this
year is $1.71. Since most seniors
have made a 50^ deposit for their
favors, the balance for both is
$3.50. This should be turned in 1
to each organization commander,
so that he may make the deadline
Tuesday.
A senior not living with an or
ganization can purchase his tick
et in the corps headquarters office
any time before Tuesday after
noon. Senior Class President Dick
Hervey said, “I would like to urge
all commanders to start making
collections for the tickets so that
the money .can be turned in Tues
day afternoon.”
The banquet will start at 6:30 p.
m. in Sbisa Hall. The Ring Cere
mony will immediately follow the
banquet program which will be
shortened considerably this year.
The Ring Dance will start at ap
proximately 10:30.
Mounted Review Held This
Afternoon for Inspectors
Afternoon Classes Suspended from 1 to 4;
Number One with Khaki Shirts to Be Worn
This afternoon at 1 o’clock the cadet corps will pass in
mounted review as part of the annual federal inspection of
ROTC facilities at A. & M. now in progress. All classes will
be suspended from 1 to 4 p. m. to allow cadets to participate
in the review.
Uniform to be worn will be the Number One uniform
with khaki shirt. The order or re
view will be the same as in prev
ious reviews this year. This is the
first time that khaki shirts have
been worn as part of the Number
One uniform for any occasion.
Inspection of the training facil
ities was carried on yesterday and
is being continued today by the in
specting party of officers under
Col. E. A. Keyes, senior officer.
The inspecting party were guests
at a luncheon in Duncan Hall yes
terday, -with the senior cadet offi
cer of each unit acting as hosts.
Yesterday afternoon the officers
called upon President T. O. Wal
ton, Executive Assistant E. L.
Angell and Dean T. D. Brooks.
Federal inspecting oficers are
as follows: 6ol. E. A. Keyes, Cav.,
civilian components officer; Col.
C. L. Mitchell, Inf.; Col. Wm. J.
Calvert, Q.M.C.; Col. John Perkins,
C.A.C.; Lt. ol. O. C. Mclntrye, F.
A.; Lt. Col. B. F. Chadwick, Eng.;
Lt. Col. R. A. Eads, C.W.S.; Maj.
J. B. Wise Jr., Cav.; Capt. G. T.
Turner, Sig. Corps; and Lt. D. C.
Cutter, Ord. Dept.
Brazos Exes Plan
Old Time Barbecue
For May Meeting
The May meeting of the Brazos
County A. & M. Club will be an
old fashioned country barbecue
with all the trimmings, it was an
nounced yesterday by P. L. Downs,
Jr., president. The meeting is for
Ex-Aggies only.
“The affair will be strictly stag,
and those among the 250 member
ship who cannot get away from
home on the evening of May 4 can
drive by the Bryan Country Club
and enjoy the aroma of prize beef
being cooked to a turn,” Douns
said. George Long and his en
tertainment committee of E. E.
McQuillen, T. A. Munson, W. W.
Scott and Ivan Langford have
bought the meat and it is on cold
storage now.
“Geoi’ge Long’s committee has
done a good job on the watermel
on feast and the sunrise^breakfast,
but those were only warm-ups for
this barbecue with all the trim
mings, and I mean All the trim
mings,” Douns concluded.
No advance ticket sale will be
held, but everybody planning to
attend is urged by President Downs
to mail in his return card sa the
committee will know how much
meat to put on the barbecue pit.
A small fee of SOcj will be charged
that night.
The festivities will begin at 6:30
p. m. rain or shine, because the
Country Club pavillion can be used
in all weather.
Longhorns Will Be
Distributed Next
Week, Editor Says
New Plan to Be Used
In Issuance; Seniors
First, Juniors Last
A limited number of Longhorns
will arrive Thursday, May 7th and
will be distributed to the Seniors
only. Seniors should turn in their
first term registration slip to their
First Sergeant before noon Friday
and the first sergeant should turn
these slips in before five o’clock
Friday to the Student Activities
office, anonunces R. L. Heitkamp,
editor.. Monday or Tuesday a small
yellow card together with these
registration slips will be returned
through the first sergeant to the
seniors. On May 7th, starting at
noon, by endorsing the yellow card
and by tufning same in to the
Longhorn office, seniors may re
ceive their book.
Distribution to ' underclassmen
will be held the same as last year.
Starting Friday, May 8th, sopho
mores must bring their own reg
istration slip by the storeroom in
the basement of the Administra
tion building where they will be
given a small yellow card and by
turning in same 'to the Longhorn
Office will receive their bonk. The
same process is to be followed by
the Fish on May 11th and Juniors
on May 12th, according to Heit
kamp. “Don’t call for your book
before the time designated for
your class as the book will arrive
in lots that can be suited only to
these distribution plans,” says
Heitkamp.
If anyone has lost his first term
registration slip, he should notify
the Student Activities office and
his book will be held for him. The
ruling states that if yod are ob
taining a book for someone who
has withdrawn from school you
must present a letter from him re
questing that you be given his
book. Duplicate registration slips
will not be honored.
Pearson Makes Trip
To Chicag-o for Food
Meeting Held There
Dr. P. B. Pearson, professor of
animal nutrition of the department;
of animal husbandry has been
called to Chicago for a nutrition
conference. The conference is be
ing hel<k under the auspices of!
the National Live Stock and Meat
Board for the purpose of consider
ing research in nutrition. Special
attention will be given to nutrition
problems related to national de
fense. Other institutions represent
ed at the conference will be the
University of Chicago and the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
Air Production
Reaches New High;
Fliers Needed Now
The United States is now
engaged in the greatest air
craft production ever con
ceived. But that program can
be given meaning in terms
of air supremacy only if we
can provide the manpower to
“Keep ’Em Flying.”
On pages 4 and 5 of this
issue is more information
concerning the Air Corps—
branches, enlistment plans,
pay, college squadrons. Any
further information may be
obtained at the nearest re
cruiting office.
Experts have said that this
war will be won in the air.
The key to manpower need
for modern fighting ma
chines is youth. Thus, the
future of America is in the
hands of youth.
The safety and rights of
this nation demand that ev
ery healthy, intelligent
young man, from 18 to 26
years of age, determine
whether or not he is quali
fied to serve his country—in
the U. S. Air Forces.*
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