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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The Battalion
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1942
2275
NUMBER 2.
Enrollment Skyrockets to 5060 as More Fish Arrive
CoUege Night Will Be Held
At Goodwin Hall at 7 P M
Norton Receives Award for Producing
Champ Teams; First Yell Practice For Fish
Traditional College Night celebration will be held to
night at 7 p.m. on the steps of Goodwin hall. Feature of the
program will be a presentation to Coach Homer Norton for
his work in producing three successive conference champ
ionship football teams.
College Night will be the first opportunity of the year
Reserve Corps
Enlistment Plan
Gets Under Way
Cadets Must Enlist
To Become Eligible
For Advanced Contracts
Enrollment in the Enlisted Re
serve Corps is now under way for
all men taking advanced military
science either as an elective or who
have a contract. The schedule for
this enlistment is to be found in
the official notices on page four.
Major L. W. Marshall, who has
been detailed as recruiting officer,
states that those men who have
not completed their physical ex
amination or do not as yet have
their parents’ consent need not
come to enlist until that is com
pleted.
Any men who were listed for
a recheck on their physical exam
ination must see the Sergeant
Major for an appointment to the
hospital so that they may take
/heir physical when the Medical
Board from Fort Sam Houston
arrives here, the Major revealed.
As this enlistment in the En
listed Reserve Corps is a prere
quisite for any cadet taking the
advanced military course, it is re
quested that all students cooper
ate in the fullest in maintaining
the schedule for enlistments.
Where entries in the schedule
appear at times other than the
normal military science class peri
od it does not mean that those
men will be excused from classes
at that time.
the campus to participate in an
Aggie yell practice. As at all yell
practices, the band will be present
and the corps will be led in Aggie
yells and songs by the four yell
leaders.
Short addresses will be made to
the corps by President T. O. Wal
ton, Colonel Maurice D. Welty, E.
L. Angell and Dean E. J. Kyle.
Football players who are now on
the campus will also be honor
guests at the exercises, as will all
the coaches of the team.
Yell leaders who will officiate
tonight are “Chuck” Chalmers,
head yell leader; Ted O’Leary,
senior assistant yell leader; Ber
nard (Shorty) Booth and Bill Mc
Kenzie junior assistant yell lead
ers. All four are from Houston.
College Night has traditionally
been held at the beginning of foot
ball season on the YMCA steps.
Tonight’s affair will be the first
college night to be held at this
time of the year and also the first
to be held at the new location for
all yell practices, G'oodwin Hall.
The new A. & M. speed-up pro
gram has made it advisable to
hold College Night every second
semester, regardless of the time
of year.
Aero Institute
Holds Meet Thursday
The Institute of Aeronautical
Sciences will hold its first meeting
of the new session Thursday night
at 7:00 o’clock in the Chemistry
Lecture room. All freshmen in
Aeronautical Engineering are in
vited to attend, and all members of
the Institute are urged by the
officers of the club to be present.
New officers will be elected.
Kadet Kapers Resume Place
In Ag Summer Entertainment
Among the free entertainments
offered at A. & M. is Aggieland’s
own “Kadet Kapers” which will be
resumed Saturday night, June 6.
Having originated in the Assembly
Hall last January under the direc
tion of Richard W. Jenkins, the
Kadet Kapers programs have
steadily improved and have be
come one of the best-liked and best
attended of week-end activities.
Kadet Kapers regularly feature
Jenkins as master of ceremonies
of a program which includes not
only stage performances but also
stunts in which the audience par
ticipates. The programs are de
signed to help round out an Aggie
week-end and also provide a place
to take his date on Saturday night,
if he has one . . .
In the past the Kadet Kapers
has always been presented in the
Assembly Hall. Due to the limited
facilities for cooling that build
ing and also due to the limited
seating capacity, it is expected
that the weekly programs later
this summer will be given out-of-
Saider Discharged
From Army in Order
Be Commissioned
S{t. Ross F. Snider, instructor
in tie Signal Corps battalion, was
discharged from the army yester
day for the convenience of the
government and was ^warded a
commission as second lieutenant in
the Signal Corps. Lt. Snider will
remain on the campus as an in
structor.
Lt. Snider has been on the cam
pus for a number of years and is
well known by the cadet corps. He
has seen eighteen years of service
in the army, and is now living in
College Hills.
doors, possibly on a temporary
stage at Kyle Field, according to
Jenkins. This will make it possible
for more students and their visit
ors to take part in the entertain
ment program. However, the first
Kapers, Saturday night, will be
held in the Assembly Hall.
Kadet Kapers was born on
January 17 of this year. The first
program featured the Singing
Cadets and audience singing. At
that time an appeal was made to
the corps for any talent, hidden
or otherwise, that could be used
on succeeding programs. Not know
ing what to call the new type of
program which was being intro
duced, a school-wide contest was
started to obtain a suitable name,
with a ten dollar prize offered to
the submitter of the winning name.
It was by this method that the
name “Kadet Kapers” was adopted.
Since the time of its beginning,
Kadet Kapers has featured many
local and imported musicians, ma
gicians, mind-readers and what-
have-you. One of the earliest pro
grams presented “The Mysterious
Howard,” a well-known Texas ma
gician. This visiting wizard
prompted the discovery of several
other mystery men, notably “The
Mysterious Jenkins” and “The
Mysterious Norris.” The latter,
mystified the audience by actual
ly performing hypnosis on the
stage.
Another program featured June
Jones, blond beauty from Houston.
Miss Jones sang several popular
songs and succeeded in giving most
of the student body “that old feel
ing.” Other programs included
Professor Jackson, from TSCW,
and the low-down rhythm of the
Mudcat Swingsters—a student or
ganization.
They Helped Make It 5,000
Gathered around a desk in Dean Gibb Gilchrist’s office are a group of Aggies registering for courses
in the School of Engineering. Those shown above are only a small portion of the men who make up
the unexpectedly large enrollment for the first regular summer semester in the history of the
college.
Singing Cadets
Invite ’Newcomers
To Join at Once
Meetings Will Be Two
Days, Afternoon And
Night at Assembly Hall
As the Singing Cadets enter in
to their, summer program of activi
ties, Richard Jenkins, director of
the organization, urges all stu
dents who are interested in sing
ing with the club to join at once.
Applicants who have had previous
experience are especially urged to
join, but such experience is not
necessary for admission, Jenkins
revealed.
Corresponding to the glee clubs
found in every college but differ
ent from any other in its size,
membership and spirit, the Sing
ing Cadets of Aggieland is one of
the outstanding campus organiza
tions. At first only a small and
mediocre glee club, the Singing
Cadets assumed its name and be
gan its rise in the 1939-40 school
year. The organization’s growth
and recognition continued during
the next two years, attaining a
membership of close to 100 men
in the last school session.
Now the Singing Cadets is a
name known and associated with
A. & M. and the Aggie kind of
singing throughout most of the
state of Texas, because of the sev
eral tours taken by the club each
year. Aside from these trips, the
Singing Cadets appear on numer
ous* occasions on the campus, dur
ing the school year, and sing vari
ous programs including a Town
Hall appearance.
Anyone with the desire to sing
and the ability to carry a tune can
become a member of the Cadets.
It is not necessary to be able to
read music; a little vocal ability is
all that is required, states Jenkins.
New and old students who desire
to join the Singing Cadets can do
so by coming by the Assembly
Hall and seeing Director Jenkins
at the following times; Thursday
afternoon between 5:00 and 6:00,
Friday afternoon from 5:00 to 6:00
and Friday night between 7:00 and
8:00.
Another advantage of belonging
to the Singing Cadets is that stu
dents who have satisfactory atten
dance receive one-half hour credit
per semester in the registrar’s of-
(See SINGING CADETS, Page 4)
Renovation of Old
Halls Approved
The Board of Directors has re
cently approved construction and
renovation work for Milner Hall.
At the present time the top two
floors are being renovated. When
the work has been completed it is
thought that all of Leggett and
Mitchell halls will be renovated
provided the work on Milner turns
out satisfactorially.
Other comstruction work at the
college consists of the building of
a new loading dock at the rear of
Sbisa Hall.
Men Wanted: Highly
Industrious, Skilled,
Willing to Work Free
Says the editor, if you use more
than two fingers to type, we will
be suspicious of you; if you make
A’s in English, you might fail to
make a newsman; but if you have
a nose for news and want to have
fun while participating in a prom
inent college activity, we have a
place for you.
A new Battalion staff is being
organised and there p.™ still a few
places left for reporters, sports
writers, and feature writers. The
work is hard and the pay is low,
but here’s a chance to get in on
all the latest dope before anyone
else knows anything about it. If
you are naturally nosey, drop by
the Batt office any Monday, Wed
nesday or Friday afternoon and
we’ll see if we can’t remodel your
present proboscis into a nose for
news.
Campus Theater
Is Two Years Old
College Station’s North Gate
theatre, the Campus, was two
year’s old last week, having open
ed in May, 1940. Motto of the
theatre has always been ‘Serving
the Texas Aggies,” and according
to Charlie Tigner, youthful man
ager of the establishment, this
motto will be lived up to more
than ever now that A. & M. is on
a year-round schedule.
Last fall the Campus answered
the demand for a larger seating
capacity with the addition of a
balcony that seats 150. These ad
ditional seats are for ladies and
their escorts only—bird dogs are
strictly taboo. Each seat in the
balcony is a double “love seat,”
thirty inches wide, a width which
is considered just wide enough for
the average Aggie and his date.
One of the outstanding moments
in the history of the Campus took
place on that never-to-be-forgot
ten date, December 7, 1941. It was
during the showing of an exciting
Betty Grable-Tyrone Power pic
ture when news of the bombing of
Pearl Harbor came over the air
waves. According to its custom,
the management interrupted the
movie for an announcement of the
world-shaking events. Immediate
ly, the picture was forgotten and
(See CAMPUS, Page 4)
Chem Warfare Loses
Col Swearing-en
Col. L. E. Swearingen, senior
instructor of the Chemical War
fare battalion, has been replaced
by Maj. O. D. Horne. Col. Swear
ingen came to the campus last
semester and was on the campus
for only a few months. He has
gone to take charge of the Chemi
cal Warfare Service in the Eighth
Corps Area. Maj. Horne comes to
A. & M. from Ft. Sam Houston
where he has been stationed for
the past year and a half.
Air Corps Seeks
Pilots for Gliders;
Receive Flying Pay
Applicants Must Pass
Air Cadet Physical Exam
Except for Eyesight
Men who hold private pilots’
licenses, have passed the CPT
elementary flight instruction or
have been eliminated from the
aviation cadet corps, are being
sought by the army air corps for
training as glider pilots, it has
been announced by Dr. Howard W.
Barlow, head of the aero engineer
ing school and local CPT co-ordi
nator.
Fliers from 18 to 35, inclusive,
are eligible for the glider training.
However, applicants must be able
to pass the aviation cadet physical
examination except for eyesight,
where a visual acuity of 20/40
correctible to 20'/20 is acceptable,
and must score 110 or better on
the army general classification
test.
Those who complete the course
of training will be appointed air
corps staff sergeants, with flying
pay and allowances approximating
$180 monthly.
A person who has completed the
CPT elementary training is eligi
ble whether or not he passes the
advanced instruction. Dr. Barlow
said.
Local applications may be made
to Dr. Barlow, who will supply
eligibles with credentials which
will be accepted at the nearest
army recruiting office. If appli
cants fail to pass the physical ex
amination, they will be furnished
return transportation to the point
of ( enlistment.
Those who qualify will join the
enlisted reserve, with an oppor
tunity to become a commissioned
officer after gaining experience,
Dr. Barlow pointed out.
The training calls for prelimin
ary instruction on “dead stick”
landings in light planes, since pow
er-off operation of the light craft
approximates handling of gliders.
Later, trainees will learn to fly
small gliders, then larger ones.
Dogs Which Are Not
Registered Will Be
Destroyed June 13
All dogs on the campus must be
registered, innoculated for rabies,
collared and tagged before June
13 it was announced by the com
mandant’s office. All students who
own dogs or who are responsible
for dogfe on the campus must see
that the dogs are registered or else
the dogs will be caught and de
stroyed.
The office of the commandant
stated that these precautions must
be taken due to the prevalence of
rabies during the summer and the
presence of a large number of
dogs on the campus.
Original Estimate Exceeded
By 700; Fish Still Enrolling
Mixup in Classes and Room Assignments
Due to Big Registration Not Serious
Registration for the Summer semester of the 1942-43
school year at A&M totaled 5,060, with rolls still open until
June 12 without loss of college credit, H. L. Heaton, acting
registrar announced Wednesday.
Of those enrolled for the first full schedule summer
semester under the speed-up education program, a total of
1529 were freshmen and the re~f— ~
maining 3531 old students return
ing. Several more students are on
the campus but had not completed
their registration formalities at
the time Registrar Heaton releas
ed the enrollment figures at 5:00
o’clock Wednesday.
“The Summer enrollment is far
beyond our expectations," Heaton
said. “Although it is below the
6205 registered in the same period
last September, it indicates to us
that high school graduates are
anxious and willing to go to school
the year around so that they may
be better fitted to serve their
country when needed,” he added.
The registrar’s office had esti
mated between 4300 and 4500 stu
dents to register for this summer.
They expected between 1250 and
1300 of these to be freshmen. The
estimates were exceeded by more
than seven hundred students.
Under the speedup plan at A.
& M., those freshmen who have
just enrolled will complete a full
four-year college course in two
years and eight months by attend
ing the three sixteen-week semes
ters each calendar year.
Seniors who have just enrolled
will graduate next January instead
of June and the present Juniors
will complete their work in Sep
tember next year.
Heaton stated that no serious
difficulty would be experienced be
cause the college is equipped to ex
pand. However, there was quite a
mix-up in assigning students to
their proper military organiza
tions. Many rooms contained three
or more students. Many classes
were filled beyond capacity but the
sections were split and little diffi
culty was experienced with crowd
ed classes, said the registrar.
Juke Box Prom
Saturday Opens
Social Season
Admission Charge Is
25 Cents; Seniors Wear
Civies, Others Number 2
First dance of the summer ses
sion, a Juke Box Prom, will be
held Saturday night in the Sbisa
Annex, at nine o’clock. Admission
price will be 25 cents per couple or
for stags. Proper dress will be in
formal with the uniform for the
dance being No. 2.
According to Bobby Stephens,
social secretary of the senior class,
no limit will be placed on the num
ber of stags who may attend this
first Juke Box Prom although some
method of limiting may be found
necessary later in the season. The
dances will be conducted as they
have at summer school sessions in
the past, with low-cost admission
and informality stressed. Records
on the nickelodeon will be repre
sentative of the best popular tunes
that can be obtained, Stephens
stated.
Juke Box Proms were originated
on the A. & M. Campus in the
summer of 1940 by W. L. Pen-
berthy and Luke Harrison as part
of the intramural program. Their
popularity has increased with each
successive dance and as evidenced
by the increasing number of Ag
gies who attend. The name of the
proms was derived from the slang
name of nickeldeons which fur
nish the music for the dances—
“juke box.”
Aggie Slanguage Is Something
Else for New Fish to Learn
If you think your old lady is a
gold brick, don’t get the reds at
him. It may just be that he isn’t
caught up on his horizontal engi
neering and needs a little shuteye
before soupy so that he can cram
for the quizzes he missed while he
was A.W.O.L. dating a tea sipper.
No, it isn’t a foreign language,
fish! That is the way we talk at
Aggieland. Understanding and us
ing the lingo is just a part of be
coming an Aggie. Before long you
will realize that part of the Aggie
Slanguage is of army origin, other
parts are typically collegiate and
still others typically Aggie.
So some night when you are
thumbing your way back' to College
Station after a week-end jaunt and
you see Prexy’s Moon shining from
atop the Academic building—well
it isn’t exactly like Mother leaving
a light on for you, but at least
you will know that there will be
eager ears in a bull session wait
ing to hear your experiences.
It is generally conceded that in
order to keep the body and soul
together, it is necessary to know
the names of food in the mess
halls. In the past when Aggies
have gone off to summer camps
in various parts of the country,
the cadets from other schools have
quickly adopted A. & M. mess
hall terminology out of necessity
if for no other reason.
The primary constituents of ev
ery meal are gunwadding (bread),
bull neck (meat—any kind), spuds
(potatoes), sky (water), rabbit
(salad), and either stud (tea) or
dope (coffee). If new freshmen
can learn these names, at least
they will not have to worry about
starving for the first few days of
school until they have become ori
ented.
For the information of all fresh
men, when an upperclassman tells
a freshman to be in his hole by
C. Q., he means that he should be
in his dormitory room at 7:30
p. m. when the bugler sounds Call
to Quarters.
G. I.’s are government issued
uniform clothing which are issued
to all freshmen and sophomores
whor are taking military science.
O. D. when used to refer to cloth
ing means olive drab; when the
term is used in reference to a per
son, it means officer of the day.
Although in informal conversa
tion sophomores are wet heads and
army officers are bulls, they should
never be referred to as such when
they are present because they may
resent it.
Six Week Education
Courses Offered For
Graduates and Profs
For the summer session the Edu
cation department is offering spe
cial six week courses for the bene
fit of graduate students and teach
ers desiring to obtain their Mas
ters degree. The courses offered
are Education 427, Student Per
sonnel Counselling, and Education
432, Curriculum Problems and
Adaptations.
Among the persons of note en
rolled in the first six weeks course
are Harvey S. Williams, super
vising principal of the Austin ele
mentary schools, who is complet
ing the requirements for the mas
ters degree and James Binion,
principal of the Big Springs school
system and president of the Class
room Teachers Association. Binion
is also continuing his work toward
a masters degree.