Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1942)
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, MAY 12, 1942. 2275 NUMBER 95 Six Cadets Appear On Vox Pop Quiz Representatives Of All Classes Get $25 War Bond Before a large audience six members of the cadet corps ap peared on the Vox Pop program held in Guion hall last night. The program was carried over a nation wide hook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting System. Beginning at 6:30 the performance lasted un til 7:30 with the last half hour broadcast. Frank Coleman, freshman from Galveston, represented the fresh man class on the quiz program. Gus Gargile, sophomore, received for his efforts on the show part ©f his junior uniform. The two junior class representatives were Dub Sibley, all-conference football center, and Ted O’Leary, senior yell leader for next year. O’Leary will receive his senior ring as his gift. Cadet Colonel Tom Gillis and Jitterbug Henderson were the sen iors on the program. Gillis’ pres ent was a wrist watch. Each of the contestants who ap peared on the show, which Parks Johnson directed with the help Warren Hull, received a $25 war bond. In tribute to the former stu dents of the college who have lost their lives in the present world war Silver Taps was played to end the program. Cosmopolitan Club Holds Banquet As Final Meeting Cashion Presented Pipe As Token of Esteem Of Membership of Group Cosmopolitan Club terminated its activities last Sunday with a banquet held at the LaSalle Hotel in Bryan. About twenty members were present. M. L. Cashion, sec retary of the Y.M.C.A., was pre sented a pipe by the members of the club in appreciation of the work that he has done for the club. The presentation was made by Tex Lynn, secretary-treasurer of the club. This year several speakers gave talks on the club programs. Am ong the speakers were Dean E. J. Kyle, Dr. A. B. Nelson, Dr. S. R. Gammon, Dr. G. W. Schlesselman and V. K. Sugareff. The T.S.C.W. Cosmopolitan Club gave a joint dance for the mem bers of the local club at Denton on April 11. About thirty members of the club attended. Refreshments were served to members of the club after every meeting. A picnic was held at the Y Cabin as another of the club’s activities. The purpose of this club is to foster better relations between people of different countries. Its function has always been to serve as a clearinghouse for the ex change of ideas about the social, economic and political aspects of internationalism as seen through the eyes of its members. This organization has long been engaged in improving good neigh borly relations, not only between United States and the other Am erican countries, but between ev ery country in the world. Dormitories 3,16 To Be Vacated For Graduation Guests Dormitory three will be vacated by the cadets housed there Friday night, May 15, in order to provide accommodations for guests attend ing the Commencement Exercises. Cadets having guests will be charged a fee of 25 cents to cover the cost of matrons, maid service and incidentals. Dormitory 16 will be opened Thursday and Friday nights and cadets having guests in this dorm for the two nights will be charged a fee of 50 cents. Girls staying in the dormitories must be in by not later than 3 a.m. Friday night. They must check in with the matron when returning. Reservations may be made by sen iors in the area to be vacated Thursday from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. who wish to reserve their own rooms. After 5 p.m. Thursday and until noon Tuesday reservations will be open to other seniors. At noon May 12 reservations will be open to all seniors. Men Needed at Pearl Harbor As Skilled Workers Immediately The Civil Service has announced that applications may now be filed for appointments to positions be ing filled at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. “An undisclosed num ber of positions for skilled work ers needed critically at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard must be filled by May 30,” H. N. Yardley, local civil service secretary said yester day. Skilled artisans of all kinds, be tween the ages of 18 and 62 may apply. Jobs to be filled include those of foundrymen, ordnance- men, parachute repairmen, metal- smiths, painters, shipwrights, gas and electric welders, electricians, and general, motor, bombsight, ra dio, and instrument mechanics. “Wages,” it was stated, “range from $1.08 to $1.30 an hour on the basis of a 40-hour week with time and one-half for overtime.” Appli cants will be investigated immedi ately, and if found suitable, will be appointed and furnished transpor tation to the west coast, from which point they will be credited with eight hours pay for each day of the normal working week, un til they reach Honolulu. Ring Dance Final Plans Formulated Two Rings to Be Used to Speed Up Ring Ceremony Final plans have been made for the Senior Ring Dance and Ban quet May 14. It will begin at 6:30 p.m. when Boyd Raeburn will re turn to the campus to play for the affair. Proper dress for the occasion will be the No. 1 uniform. This year two rings will be used to speed the ring ceremony. As a souvenir all seniors and their dates will be given a history of the class be printed in booklet form. The dance starts at 10:30 and lasts until 2. No special attire is to be worn. All seniors who have not already received their favors may get them at the door by pre senting their favor ticket. One junior from each organiza tion will act as usher and will usher his senior and date to the table. Junior ushers must meet in the C. E. lecture room at 7 p.m. Tuesday to get place-cards and instructions. Dick Hervey, presi dent of the Senior Class, said, “All junior ushers should be there.” Storage In AH Pavilion Starts Friday Afternoon Students wishing to store their belongings in the Animal Hus bandry pavilion may begin doing so Friday instead of Saturday as was previously announced by the officials in charge of the storage. Prices will be approximately half as great as those charged in the past. Lamps and small radios or their equivalent will be stored for 15 cents. Small boxes the size of apple boxes or others of the same size will be stored for 25 cents and large boxes, barrels and other large bulky containers will be accommodated for 50 cents. A limited amount of material will be stored for the entire sum mer if the owner is not going to return for the summer session the management announces. Author Debunks Idea Of Clear Thinking New York, N. Y.—(AGP)— Christopher Morley, addressing Hunter college students here, ap pealed for occasional “cloudy” thinking, and took issue with a professor of English who said re cently that clear thinking must precede good writing. In praising vague thinking, the author said the “electrical twinges of intuition or inspiration are the most valuable things that ever happen.” High Over Randolph Slicing through the air in his low wing monoplane, this Aviation Cadet at Randolph Field, is one of Uncle Sam’s future flying officers now receiving his basic training at the “West Point of the Air.” Take-offs and landings, instrument flying and acrobatics, plus an intensive ground school course pre pares these pilots-to-be for an advanced training school. Cadet Colonel Walter Cardwell, Luling, A H junior, will be next year’s corps commander. Navy In Need Of Experienced Men For Ferry Work An urgent need for experienced aviators to serve as commissioned instructors and ferry pilots in the naval service was disclosed today by Lieut. Comdr. Harry Holton, of the Naval Aviation Cadet Selec tion Board, Dallas, only point in the Texas-Oklahoma area where applicants may submit applica tions for such posts; It was pointed out that all fly ers with instructing or commercial flight experience might qualify. Because such men shall become commissioned officers in the Nav al Reserve, emphasis was placed upon their being of officer calibre. In the future, all men accepted for instructor or ferry pilot posts, and who are commissioned, will be designated as naval aviators, a title heretofore conferred only upon men graduating from one of the navy’s advanced flight train ing stations. * Officials stated that military requirements of men applying are no stricter than civilian CAA reg ulations. Immediate duty can be promised men accepted either for ferry service or instructing. Navy ferry pilots, it was explained, may be stationed anywhere in the world. Their jobs will be to ferry planes from American factories Jo thp Far East, Africa, Australia and other points where naval com bat units ai'e stationed. Instructors will remain in the United States to train thousands of eager youths, who daily are entering naval aviation, at both advanced and primary bases. Mar riage, it was pointed out, is no barrier. Applicants, before being accept ed, must visit the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board, Allen Building, Dallas, and expenses to the board must be paid by the applicant. Inquiries by mail should be addressed to the Dallas board. All men, unless definitely not qualified, should apply, officials urged. Senior Officers And First Sergeants Will Return On May 28 “All cadets who will be cadet officers and first sergeants for the semester beginning June 1 are directed to return to the college for a meeting in the Assembly Hall at 3 p.m. May 28.” This is the wording of an order released yesterday by Colonel M. D. Welty, commandant. Uniform Regulations for Summer Term Released to Corps by Commandant’s Office Air Corps Board Here Tomorrow To Give Mental Exams Required Papers Must Be Turned in at Time of Test; Class Excuses Authorized The aviation examining board will be on the campus tomorrow and Thursday to give mental tests for all those cadets who intend to enlist in the Air Force Enlisted Reserves, Major L. W. Marshall, Infantry, announced yesterday. The board will give the mental tests tomorrow and all men who can come should come down dur ing the day. Applicants are not excused from classes, Major Mar shall added. All enlistees are warned to have all necessary papers ready to hand in to the examining board when they take their mental examin ation. They must have three let ters of recommendation and their birth certificate. The Air Force Enlisted Reserve will provide opportunities for en listment on a deferred service bas is so the aviation cadet candidates may continue their education until actually required for army train ing. Those who are interested and have not filled out applications may still obtain information and application forms at Ross Hall. Seniors Get Checks Uniform Allowance All seniors enrolled in the ad vanced ROTC will be able to ob tain their uniform commutation check for $7 any time at the fis cal department, C. A. Roeber of the fiscal department announced yesterday. The fiscal department is open from 8 to 1:30 every day and seniors may get their checks dur ing this time. Sabers Not to Be Used Remainder Of Present War Eight major uniform changes have been announced by the com mandant’s office to become effec tive with the beginning of school June 1. These regulations are with slight modifications the recom mendations adopted by the junior class. These regulations have been recommended by the Uniform Committee and approved by the President. Cotton overseas caps with offi cer’s braid will be optional for seniors during the summer. The campaign hat will be continued. Only the cotton uniform will be worn during the summer months. Other uniforms are not authorized during this period. The olive drab tie will be authorized as regula tion uniform effective June 1 for seniors and juniors and effective for others as soon as this tie is available for issue to them. No cuffs will be worn on trous ers. Cuffs will be non-regulation after the date named above. The Sam Browne belt will be worn by commissioned cadet officers dur ing the present emergency but sabers will not be carried. In order to make it possible to differentiate between members of the four classes the seniors will wear the insignia of cadet officers. Juniors will wear the chevrons of sergeants and sophomores will wear corporal chevrons or the first class private chevrons in the event that they are not classified. The office of the commandant states that “Cadets will wear the prescribed uniform at all times; no cadets will appear outside the quarters assigned or attend any classes unless he is in proper uni form. Shirt collars will be button ed, neckties worn and neatly tied, sleeves not rolled, cuffs buttoned. Only authorized head-gear will be worn.” “Failure of any cadet to carry out any of the above regulations will be considered as wilful dis obedience of orders and punish ments will be assessed according ly.” Awards Presented At Architecture Banquet in Sbisa Beadle and Smith Receive Medal, Books; AI Representative Here At a special banquet of the arch itecture department last night in Sbisa Hall, Frank Forrest Beadle of Houston was given a medal “for general excellence in architecture 1942”. Vernon S. Smith, also an architecture student, received a copy of the book, “Mont St. Michel and Chartres” by Henry Adams, in recognition of the meritorious work done as an architecture student. X For the first time in its history, A. & M. has been authorized by the American Institute of Archi tects, to present one of these an nual medals to an outstanding architecture student. The school was designated to recognize a stu dent to receive the medal and a runner-up to receive a second prize. The winner, Frank Beadle will also receive a copy of this book in addition to the medal. The American Institute of Arch itects was represented at the ban quet by J. Frazer Smith, Memphis, Tenn., regional director of the Gulf States district of the American Institute of Architects; and Wal ter T. Rolfe, Austin, member of committee on education of the American Institute of Architects, and chairman of the department of architecture at Texas Univer sity. Rolfe gave the address at the banquet. The only other Texas school which is authorized to present such a medal is the University of Texas. A. & M. was appointed May 10, 1941, after meeting high standards set by the American Institute of Architects. The American Institute of Arch itects is a nation-wide organization which corresponds similarly to the large national organizations in the fields of law and medicine. Former Aggie Gridsters Of Past 5 Years Serving in Army If it is football players that are needed to win the war, A. & M. has supplied the Army with a fair to middling squad from which to pick a team to play out the sched ule. In response to a request this past week, Coach Homer Norton checked back over his lettermen for the past five years and found that of the five te^ms to represent the Aggies (1937-41) a total of 32 gridsters already are on active duty with the U. S. Army and an other eight former players will join those 32 immediately after May 16. In addition, another five are on duty with the U. S. Navy to bring the total to 45 in service off his last five teams who have played out their eligibility. Dittman, Tops Tops from a military standpoint is Lt. Henry (Felly) Dittman, ’37, who already is wearing the Dis- Raeburn Again Plays For Final Ball, Senior Ring Dance Boyd Raeburn and his orchestra, who just completed a successful week-end here playing for the Jun ior Prom and corps dance, will re turn again this week to play for the annual Senior Ring Dance and the Final Ball. This is the first year that the senior dance will be held the night before the final ball. Raeburn left College Station for Little Rock, Arkansas, where he has a two-day stand before re turning for the ring dance. Rhy thms by Raeburn were well re ceived by the corps at the dance. Tickets for the Final Ball will be $2.00 for everyone. This in cludes graduating seniors as well as the other classes. Juniors and seniors are reminded that to re ceive credit of $1. they must turn in their yellow key deposit slips. These slips must be turned in with the keys to the first ser geants before Friday. The entire corps is invited to attend the final ball which is the last dance of the current school year. Dress for the dance will be civilian clothes for all classes. All plans for this dance are being made by Bobby Stephens, newly elected Senior Class Social Secre tary for the coming year. tinguished Flying Cross won in action against the Japs in the Far East. Tops from the football angle are Twice All-Americans Lt. Joe Routt, ’36 and ’37, and Lt. John my Vaughn and Lt. Howard Shel ton. Squadmen who go on active duty after Commencement Friday as Kimbrough, ’39 and ’40. Marshall Robnett, All-American in ’40, has been accepted to become an en sign in the naval physical educa tion program. Only missing All- American players of the past five years is Joe Boyd, ’39, who has been married for some time. Playing for Country Coaches may talk -of building character in their players but what better proof is needed than in addition to winning three cham pionships in three of those five years, Coach Norton also turned out this fine squad of lettermen who now are playing for their country: Backs—Lt. Pelly Dittman, Ken Mills, Lt. Bob Nesrsta, Lt. Dick Vitek, Lt. Bill Conatser, Lt. Mar- land Jeffrey, Lt. John Kimbrough, Lt. Jim Thomason, Lt. Fim Wood, Lt. Joe Rothe, Dennis Andricks, and Bob Hall all in the Army, and Ensign Bill Audish and “Cotton” Price in the Navy. Sam Porter will go into the Navy after Satur day. Ends—Lt. Herby Smith, Lt. Joe White, Lt. Bill Duncan and Lt. Jack Kimbrough. Tackles—Lt. Henry Hauser, Lt. Warren Church, Lt. Chip Routt and Leonard Dickey. Martin Ruby is in the navy and Ernie Pannell will go on active duty after May 16. Guards—Lt. Joe Routt, Bill Minnock, Lt. Charlie Henke, Lt. Karl Steffens, Lt. Alvin Olbrich, Lt. Leon Rahn, Joe Reeves, Army; and Ensign Marshall • Robnett in the Navy. Centers—Odell Herman, Lt. Eli Rushing, Lt. Joe Turner, Lt. Tom- second lieutenants include Marion Pugh, Derace Moser, Marshall Spivey, Bill Dawson, Jim Sterling, Zolus Motley, Roy Bucek and Maurice Williams. Of the 45 mentioned, a total of 25 already have commissions in the army, another eight will be commissioned this week and two hold naval commissions. Three others are in the navy working toward commissions which leaves but seven on Coach Norton’s squad who do not now or will not have commissions within the next few weeks. Aviation Cadets Take Exam When Reporting All aviation cadets, upon arriv al at the replacement center, un dergo a simple mental examin ation to determine the type of training for which they are best qualified. Any intelligent college student should make a passing grade without difficulty. Here are three typical questions asked on the exam: 1. When a man is asked to rein force a bridge, he is to: Widen it, strengthen it, destroy it, close it, replace it. 2. Barracks are: Airplane hang ars, flat-bottomed boats, living quarters, street obstructions, un derground passages. 3. If a hangar which is to be 30 feet high casts a shadow 20 feet, what is the height of a signal tow er which casts a 70 foot shadow at the same time of day? 46% feet, 140 feet, 210 feet, 23% feet, 105 feet.