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, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1942
2275
NUMBER 92
Board Approves Summer Dance Pavilion Construction
Next Semester Expenses Registration For
0 ~ i r iv i Rations Books
Set by Board ot Directors To Be completed
Payments to Be Made in Installments;
Student Activities Fee Reduced to $1.50
Concrete Structure to Be (j enera ] Lowe
Used for Various Sports ^
Project to Be Erected Behind Assembly
Hall; Will Be Fenced in and Lighted
In pursuance of the policy of providing year-round social
activities for the corps, the Board of Directors Saturday ap
proved the construction of a concrete slab especially de
signed and finished for outdoor dancing. In addition to out-
of-doors summer dancing, the Student Activities Committee
also plans to make the floor available for tennis, roller skat
ing, volley ball, and other summer sports.
Informal regimental dances, corps dances and juke box
proms will be held in the new pavilion during the summer.
A recording system will be permanently installed so that it
will be available for roller skating.
Subject to the approval of the Campus Planning Com
mittee, the dance floor will be constructed in the area north
west of Law and Puryear Halls behind the Assembly Hall.
This committee consists of Dean Gibb Gilchrist, chairman;
E. N. Holmgreen, college business manager; and F. W. Hen-
sel of the landscape art department.
The $4000 project is to be paid for from a fund of $5000
set up by the Board of Directors for improving the college
facilities for summer entertainment.
Surface size of the slab itself is to be 120x150 feet.
Around the dance floor proper will be poured an asphalt
promenade 15 feet wide. The area will be fenced in and
lighted with colored soft lights to avoid the nuisance of bugs.
The band stand will have special lighting for the conven
ience of the musicians.
According to Joe Skiles, manager of student activities,
concrete dance flors of this type have been successful at other
colleges throughout the nation and have proved especially
popular in California. TSCW at Denton has had such an out
door dance floor for several seasons, and outdoor dancing
has proved a big drawing card at many of the supper clubs
in Texas.
Regulation attire for dances to be held on the new floor
will be discussed today at a meeting of the Uniform Com
mittee consisting of Col. M. D. Welty, Dean F. C. Bolton,
and R. K. Chatham.
In addition to the slab, an outdoor stage will be built
for Kadet Kapers, class meetings and other events of sueh
a nature. This stage is to be a temporary structure until
such time as the college can build a permanent open air
theater, it was stated by the Activities Committee.
Ventilation in Guion Hall is being improved by the in
stallation of fans so that Town Hall and picture shows can
be held during the summer semester.
It has also been announced that the various classes and
all other organizations will meet immediately after the be
ginning of the summer semester to reorganize.
Air Corps Offers Variety Of
Opportunities to Men Enlisting
In its meeting last Saturday the+
Board of Directors approved the
schedule of expenses for the com
ing semester. Total fees payable
to the fiscal department for the
whole semester amount to $139.15
which includes the matriculation
fee of $25; medical fee, $5; room
rent, $20; board, $78.65; laundry,
$8; key deposit, and student activi
ties fee, $1.50. The latter fee in
cludes subscriptions to The Bat
talion newspaper and magazine.
A departure from the usual pro
cedure has been made in regard
to the Student Activities fee. In
the past this fee has included the
Longhorn and athletic events and
amounted to approximately $11.
Since there will be no year book
during the summer session and
since intercollegiate athletics will
not be resumed until the fall se
mester, the fee has been lowered.
Old students who desire to do so
may begin their registration for
next semester Thursday, May 7, by
first securing from the registrar’s
office the six section white infor
mation card, and then paying the
first installment of the semester
fees at the Fiscal department. Fol
lowing this, they may report to
the commandant’s office for as
signment to organizations and dor
mitory rooms.
Payments on the installment
plan may be made as follows: first
installment, payable at the begin
ning of the semester $69, second
installment, payable July 1-6, $29,
last installment, payable August
1-6, $41.15. The third installment
will complete mainteance pay
ments for the semester ending
September 19.
Ex-Aggie Killed In
Action On Corregidor
Lieutenant Stanly Friedline, ’40,
was killed April 29, in action on
Corregidor Island. From Grand
Saline, Texas, Friedline was a
cadet major in the coast artillery
while in school here. He was 23
years old and had been in the
Philippines about a year.
Reveille, famed symbol of Ag-
gieland, had an humble beginning
at this institution one summer
night in 1931 when W. L. (Rip)
Collins, found her in the weeds
alongside the road between the
campus and Wellborn and brought
*■ her to his dormitory room. A let
ter received from Collins, who
graduated in 1934 and is at pres
ent County Agent of King County,
tells of Rev’s early history that
has become somewhat clouded by
the years that have passed since
she became an integral part of the
college and its life.
Excerpts from CoHins’ letter
follow:
“One night in the late summer
school of 1931 I was coming from
a little dance at Wellborn with
two other Aggies in a model T
Honor GraduatesTake
Exam at Ellington
Yesterday morning a 9 o’clock,
those honor graduates who were
selected for appointment as sec
ond lieutenants in the regular
army reported to the post hospital
at Ellington Field for final physi
cal examinations. If the candidates
passed the physical requiremfents,
they will be commissioned in the
regular army upon graduation.
Those who have been selected
for appointment are Turney W.
Leonard, John B. Hancock and
Hughes Seewald.
Senior Invitations
Available in Ross
Hall This Afternoon
Today Last Chance To
Purchase Tickets For
Senior Ring Dance-Banquet
Senior Graduation Invitations
may be secured in the Corps Head
quarters Office this afternoon from
1 to 5:30 p.m. Dick Hervey, Presi
dent of the Senior stated.
Money for the Senior Ring
Dance and favors is also due at
the same time and place and
should be turned in by organiza
tion commanders by 5:30 p.m. to
day. Any students not living in
the dormitories or with their reg
ular organizations who want tick
ets may secure them by calling at
the Corps Headquarters Office in
Ross Hall today. This will be the
last chance to get the tickets.
Fingerprints Of
Graduating Seniors
Taken This Week
The schedule for fingerprinting
of those students who are to re
ceive commissions in the Officers
Reserve Corps at the end of the
present school year, May 16, has
been announced by the command
ant’s office. The fingerprints will
be taken during the week of May
4 to 12, inclusive, from 8 to 5 on
the second floor of Ross Hall. Each
unit will report as follows:
Field Artillery, Tuesday, May 5;
Coast Artillery, Wednesday, May
6; Quartermaster and Ordnance,
Wednesday, May 6; Cavalry,
Thursday, May 7; Chemical War
fare, Thursday, May 7; Engineers,
Friday, May 8; Signal Corps, Fri
day, May 8; those due to attend
camp, Monday, May 11.
These times at which finger
prints are to be taken also apply
to those students who are not en
rolled in military science who are
to receive commissions at the end
of the present school year, it was
stated.
and had a flat near a railroad
crossing. While we were fixing the
flat I heard a pup whining and
went out into the grass to investi
gate. It seems that the pup had
been thrown out there or was wan
dering along and hit by a car be
cause it was slightly wounded in
one of its back legs. I took it home
to the dormitory and brought it
food from the mess hall until she
outgrew the little ailment. After
a few days she began to feel at
home and was of such little trouble
and friendly we decided to keep
her. She immediately made friends
with all of the boys in the dormi
tory and began taking her meals
in the mess hall too. She would
always come back and sleep in my
room. Every night when she
thought I was asleep she would
crawl up on the bed and sleep be-
•tween my feet. The following sum
mer she was accidentally run over
again by a “hoopee’ loaded with
Aggies—but she was taken care of
by a couple of veterinary students
who gave her a general tune-up
besides, and she soon recovered,
never to be a mother of pups.
The reason all boys made friends
with her was because of a little
trick she played. When she saw a
boy standing around idle, she
would go about looking for a rock
or piece of brick and would place
it in front of the boy who would
of course throw it off so she would
bring it back, then when the boy
AH Cadets Who Have
Not Signed Up Must Do
So By Tomorrow Afternoon
Some 2,000 students represent
ing approximately half of the total
number 18-year-old or over who
have to register for War Ration
Book Number One received their
books yesterday R. G. Perryman,
assistant registrar, asserted. Reg
istration will be discontinued to
day but will be resumed at 8
o’clock tomorrow in the rotunda of
the Administration Building. All
students who did not register yes
terday must register tomorrow,
from 8 until 5 o’clock.
This book is at present primarily
a sugar ration book but may later
be used for other articles which
are placed on the list of critical
materials.
Residents of College Station are
registering at the Consolidated
High School separate from the
students. Student registration is
under the direction of the regis
trar’s office.
Following is a list of juniors
who are aiding the registrar in the
registration, W. F. Taylor, J. B.
Pumphrey, Jas. O’Connor, L. A.
Bridges, H. R. Bright, J. B. Long-
ley, J. F. Gerrity, Bill Galloway,
J. W. Smith, J. W. Pepper.
N. F. Spraggins, J. M. Lawrence,
D. J. Richardson, P. A. Clayton,
G. M. Gorham, G. W. Driskill, W.
M. Pennington, S. F. Lanford, F.
C. Litterest, R. B. Wolf, C. F.
Young, G. B. Caperton, W. H.
Doran, J. B. Miller, N. C. McGow-
en, W. D. Braid, T. C. Westbrook
and J. W. Kiser.
Cotton Pageant, Ball
Grosses $1557 Profit
This year’s Cotton Pageant and
Ball were the largest in the his
tory of the school the ball taking
in a gross of $1,557. The ball was
the largest dance held on the cam
pus this year and J. S. Mogford,
who was in charge of the affair,
stated that he believed it to be
successful.
Final figures on the amount tak
en in at the pageant are not avail
able. Toppy Pearce’s Aggieland
Band furnished music for both
events. The pageant was held this
year in Guion Hall which was fill
ed to capacity even before the pro
gram started.
would reach for it she would dodge
around and try to make him chase
her. I have seen as many as eight
or ten boys trying to hem her in
and take the rock. Her teeth were
finally worn down from biting
rocks. That game and leading the
band became her favorite sports.
There was never a more proud-
acting majorette than Rev. She
seemed to be pleased to parade in
front of one of the world’s largest
college bands.
“During the regular terms of
school Rev. learned to like all boys
with khaki, because I guess, she
was never abused by them. I’ll
never forget how much she liked
P. O. (Pat) Bellinger (now de
ceased) because he comld blow a
bugle. I know she missed him when
he didn’t return from summer
camp.
“About a week after the regular
term started Reveille was stolen
from me and of course I had about
a dozen fish out looking for her.
They brought her in but the same
thing happened nearly every night.
We always found her in a different
Aggie’s room in bed. In the morn
ing when she heard reveille sound
she would jump up barking and
running around the hall waking
everybody up. This is why we call
ed her Reveille. About the first
three or four weeks of school I
nearly ran my legs off trying to
keep her at home. I finally let her
go because I knew she was some-
Utility Bills To
Be Discounted K
Paid Before 10th
Council Considers Rules
Governing - Mowing Empty
Lots to Prevent Grass Fires
Effective June 1 utility bills in
the city of College Station will be
reduced 10 percent when paid by
the tenth of each month. The City
Council was unanimous in this de
cision for reducing the utility bills.
Another saving to the city is
now under the consideration of the
city council. This is the considera
tion of the ruling that the fire
department not make needless
runs because of grass fires. Each
grass fire costs the city about $50
and during the past year this has
caused an expenditure of around
$150.
It is probable that an ordinance
will be formulated requiring that
all vacant lots be mowed at regu
lar intervals to eleminated fire
hazards and the necessity for fre
quent runs by the fire department.
The council is of the opinion
that the city’s indebtedness must
be reduced when the accumulated
reserve will permit in order to af
fect further saving to the taxpay
ers and to improve the financial
status of the municipality.
Vox Pop Samples
Aggie Opinion Soon
Interviews Tonight
Vox Pop, nine year old man-in-
the-street program, will return to
its native state, and come to A. &
M. at the same time Monday, May
11, when the Aggies furnish the
interviewees. Two hundred pros
pects desiring to participate on
the program may fill out question
naires at 7 tonight in the Assem
bly Hall, Richard W. Jenkins, who
will supervise the filling out of
the blanks, stated.
Out of the 200 who submit ques
tionnaires, a number will be select
ed and interviewed by John Cole,
advance man for Vox Pop. From
that number, eight will be chosen
to participate on the program.
The program will be broadcast
from Guion Hall from 7 to 7:30
o’clock May 11. The arrangements
concerning the distribution of tic-
(See VOX POP, Page 4)
where safe on the campus. That
was my last claim on her because
I guess she found out that all Ag
gies were about alike, and like
most other girls she just liked
khaki. Later she started staying
around the Y.M.C.A. following the
night watchman, and greeting ev
ery passing Aggie that came in
late at night. After she began act
ing as majorette, our yell-leader,
Herman (Two-Gun) Parker took
up nickels from Fish to buy her a
jacket and some light harness. A
Fish was always appointed to care
for her on visiting trips. If she
happened not to go on some of the
trips she would meet all trains and
busses until the boys and the band
came back.
“Now, I have a three-legged
spitz, and a bird dog in the clinic
with a broken thigh and being
treated by a couple of Ex-Aggie
Veterinarians—Burch and Roberts
of Wichita Falls. No one likes pets
better than I, but I have never
seen a more loyal pet and mascot
than Rev. Shel always remembered
me when I went back to the short
course every summer. I know you
Aggies will take care of her to the
end and pay just tribute to her for
all of us.
“Here it is Rev.:
Many are regrets over loss of pets
By people who possess them
But none compare by Aggies out
there
Who knew Reveille of A. & M.”
Any American boy more than
18 and less than 27 years of age
can become a flying officer in the
United States Air Force if he can
pass simple mental and physical
examinations. Statistics prove that
almost seventy percent of those
who enlist as pilots win their
wings and become second lieuten
ants in the air force.
The ability to make quick de
cisions, physical coordination and
mechanical aptitude are desirable
in the applicant who wishes to be
come a pilot.
After signing up with Uncle
Sam’s Air Force the future pilot
is sent to a replacement center
where he studies aircraft identifi
cation, chemical warfare, military
drill, customs and courtesies for
nine weeks. He is then sent to a
primary flight training school for
nine weeks, nine more at a basic
flight school and the final nine
weeks at an advanced flying school
where he pilots giant 450-horse
power planes.
While in training the pilot appli
cant draws $75 a month, $1 a day
subsistence, clothing, quarters, and
a $10,000 government insurance
policy. After successful comple
tion of the thirty-six weeks course
he draws $245 a month unless
Dames Club Honors
Executives Wives At
Annual Tea in YMCA
Mrs. T. O. Walton, the wives of
the deans and members of the A.
& M. Mothers Club were guests
of the A. & M. Dames club last
night at 8:30 at the annual tea of
the Dames club held in the lobby
of Y.M.C.A.
The Dames club is an organiza
tion made up of the wives of stu
dents of A. & M. The club is one
that is national in scope as there
is such a club on practically every
campus, but it is not national in
organization as the clubs are not
affiliated with each other.
quartered on an army post where
no rental allowance is made.
There is no doubt that commer
cial aviation is still in its infancy
and little doubt that the aviation
industry will offer excellent execu
tive opportunities to the U. S. Air
Force flying officer after the suc
cessful completion of this war.
AIChE to Present
Film on Perfumed Oils
A five-reel film on the manu
facture and extraction of perfum
ed oils will be shown Wednesday
night at 7 in the Physics lecture
room by the Junior Chapter of the
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers. The film is in full color
and will show how perfumes are
obtained from flowers and plants
in Africa, Europe, Asia and else
where.
Physical examinations for the
following named cadets, seeking
advanced contracts in the Quarter
master Corps, will be given Thurs
day afternoon and Friday morn
ing, May 7-8. Each cadet must re
port to the basement of the hos
pital at the date and hour desig
nated above his name. This sched
ule must be strictly observed.
May 7, 3 P.M.
H. B. Anthony, W. B. Acrey, A.
E. Aikman, Otto E. Arnim, Ever
ett Booe, Loyd L. Borcherding,
Conrad Berring, Horace R. Brand-
enberger, James B. Brymer, John
L. Bell, Robert L. Bryan, Jack P.
Barton, Luther P. Cain, Richard
G. Churchill, Clarence E. Cross-
ling.
May 7, 4 P.M.
William J. Chileoat, Ewell D.
Condron, O. S. Coke, Jr., James
T. Danklef, Irving D. Glazer, Paul
T. Goins, WilMam S. Gandy, Lam-
Rayburn Replaced
By Lowe; Bruce To
Award Commissions
Word was received this morning
stating that Brig. Gen. Frank E„
Lowe, Chief Officer R.O.T.C.—U.
S. A., Washington, D. C., will be
the chief speaker at the Com
mencement exercises Friday, May
15. He is to replace the Hon. Sam
Rayburn, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Washington, D.
C.
The exercises will begin Thurs
day, May 14, at 4:30 p.m. when
the A. & M. Band will play its
final concert. At 10 p.m. that night
will be held the Senior Ring
Dance.
Friday at 10:30 o’clock the com
mencement program will start
with the Baccalaureate Sermon by
the Rt. Rev. Clinton S. Quinn, D.
D. , Bishop of the Diocese of Tex
as, Houston. From 1 until 4 all
departments of the college will be
open for inspection. At 6 p.m. the
commencement processional will
start. At 6:15 the Commencement
Exercises with the address to be
given by Gen. Lowe and the vale
dictory by Cadet Colonel Thomas
S. Gillis of Fort Worth. This will
be followed by the conferring of
degrees by Dr. T. O. Walton, presi
dent of the college.
The presentation of diplomas
will follow by the president of the
Board of Directors of the College,
Dr. F. M. Law of Houston.
At 8:30 President and Mrs. Wal
ton will be at home informally to
members of the graduating class
and their guests, former students
and their families and members of
the faculty and their families.
Following at 10 p.m. that night
will be the Final Ball.
Saturday morning, May 16, at
8:30 the formal presentation of the
reserve commissions will be made
by Brig. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce,
U.S.A., of the Tank Destroyer
Center, at Camp Hood near Tem
ple.
CPT Courses to Be
Offered This Summer
For Cadet Training
The Civilian Pilot Training, Ele
mentary and Secondary Flight,
and Ground School courses will be
offered again during the summer
semester, according to H. W. Bar-
low, head of the department of
aeronautical engineering. Priority^
will be given to training of stu
dents who can meet the require
ments for appointment as aviation
cadet, United States Army, and
who are members of the Air Corps
Section of the Enlisted Reserve
Corps.
uel L. Haynes, Howard C. Hahn,
John D. Hale, Charles E. Kingery,
James H. Keath, Walter E. Kruse,
Marvin R. Kercho, Albert D. Lacy,
Arthur T. Lacy, Dan G. Lehmberg,
William S. Edwards, Fred W. Dol
lar, Jack B. McGregor, William R.
McLarry, J. C. McCesky, Heston
S. McBride, W. A. McKenzie, Jack
M. Moore.
May 8, 8 P.M.
Garnet C. Menger, Jack E. Mor
gan, R. L. Melborn, Raymond L.
Merritt, Leland M. Main, Melvin
R. Mirick, Fred R. Norton, George
R. Rawley, Alfonso R. Ramirez,
John W. Reesing, Richard W. Rig
gins, Joe William Reynolds, H. K.
Reed, Chas. G. Sones, Floyd M.
Stigler, Vernon M. Scofield, W. H.
Steel, Jack H. Siegal, Hubert B.
Thornton, James D. Tarver, Ben
ton C. Taylor, William H. Teal,
Harry Trodlier, Wm. H. Tenison,
Leon Wiener, F. C. Wright.
Ex-Aggie Relates Reveille’s Early Days
Before She Became Nationally Known Dog
Captain Hanks Announces List
Of Sophomores Who Will Take Exams