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 42
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1942.
2275
NUMBER 4
Model Aviation Week to Be Held Here
June 22-27; Prizes for Flying Contests
Cadets Asked
To Report
Right Time
Marshall Requests
Schedule Followed
Closely as Possible
Juniors reporting to the Assem
bly Hall for completing enlistment
in the Enlisted Reserve Corps have
been asked by Major L. W. Mar
shall, in charge of the enlisting to
report at the regular period set
aside for them.
All Juniors taking Junior Mili
tary Science are required to en
list.
The schedule for the remainder
of the enlistment period follows:
Tuesday, June 9
8:00-9:00 a.m. Chemical Warfare
Service Juniors.
9:00-10:00 a.m. % Section 502,
F.A. M.S. 303.
10:00-11:00 a.m. Voluntary.
11:00-12:00 a.m. Section 501,
Signal Corps, M.S. 305.
1:00-3:00 p.m. Chemical War
fare Service Juniors.
3:00-5:00 p.m. Coast Artillery
Corps Juniors.
Wednesday, June 10
8:00-9:00 a.m. Voluntary.
9:00-10:00 a.m. % Section 501,
F.A., M.S. 303.
10:00-11:00 a.m. Voluntary.
11:00.-12:00 a.m. % Section 500,
Signal Corps, M.S. 3'05.
1:00-3:00 p.m. Chemical War
fare Service Juniors.
3:00-5:00 p.m. Coast Artillery
Corps Juniors.
Thursday, June 11
8:00-9:00 a.m. Voluntary
9:00-10:00 a.m. Section 502,
F.A., M.S. 303.
10:00-11:00 a.m. Voluntary.
11:00-12:00 a.m. % Section 501,
Signal Corps, M.S. 30'5.
1:00-3:00 p.m. Chemical War
fare Service Juniors.
3:00-5:00 p.m. Coast Artillery
Corps Juniors.
Friday, June 12
8:00-9:00 a.m. Voluntary.
9:00-10:00 a.m. Voluntary.
10:00-11:00 a.m. Voluntary.
11:00-12:00 a.m. % Section 500,
Cavalry, M.S. 307.
1:00-5:00 p.m. All who failed to
appear when scheduled.
Saturday, June 13
8:00-12:00 a.m. All who failed
to appear when scheduled.
Monday, June 15
8:00-11:00 a.m. Voluntary.
11:00-12:00 a.m. Section, 500,
Cavalry, M.S. 307.
1:00-5:00 p.m. All who failed to
appear when scheduled.
Model airplane enthusiasts will
play a large role in Texas Avia
tion Week meetings here June 22-
27, with several lectures and a
series of cash contests arranged
by Texas A. & M. College for
visiting miniature plane-builders.
Dr. Howard W. Barlow, head of
the department of aeronautical
engineering at Texas A. & M.
College, has made arrangements
for model-builders to be housed in
student dormitories here during
Aviation Week.
Younger entrants in the model
contests will be charged only for
meals in the college mess-hall, at
35 cents per meal, while adult
participants will be housed in a
special dormitory for $3 daily, in
cluding meals.
“There is no age limit in the
contests Friday and Saturday of
Texas Aviation Week,” Dr. Bar-
low said, and continued:
“With the national model plane
contest at Chicago cancelled be
cause of the war, we hope to pre
sent a contest here which will give
Texas builders a chance for real
competition.
“In addition, lectures and dem
onstrations which will be presented
on the subject are well worth the
time of any real model-plane en
thusiast.”
The model-builder schedule opens
at 9 o’clock Wednesday, June 24,
when airplane model instruction
will be given throughout the day
by various authorities.
On Thursday morning Ed Burg-
dorf of Houston, president of the
Southwest Gas Model association,
will serve as chairman at a model
building session. The chief topic
of discussion will be on deveolp-
ment of airplane model clubs.
Thursday afternoon, under the
chairmanship of Chris Groneman,
of the industrial education depart
ment, instruction on model build
ing will be held, with demontsra-
tions.
Friday morning brings the first
of seven model contests, which
will be held under American Model
Welton Bunger In
Training At Quantico
Still another Texas A. & M. man
has heeded the call of Uncle Sam’s
fighting Leathernecks—Welton H.
Bunger, Jr., has reported for of
ficers’ training at the Marine
Barracks in Quantico, Va., it was
learned here today. Upon success
fully completing a 10-weeks train
ing course he will be commission
ed a second lieutenant in the U. S.
Marine Corps.
association rules in junior, senior
and open classes. The prize list
totals $600.
The first contest is for scale
models, which will be judged for
exactitude in scale dimensions and
excellence of craftsmanship. First
prize in each class is $10, ranging
down to an eighth prize of $1.
The remainder of the program
is made up of flying contests. Fri
day afternoon will bring indoor
and outdoor rubber-powered model
contests, with the prizes the same
as for the scale models.
The chief contest, for gas mod
els, is scheduled for 9 o’clock Sat
urday morning. Here the awards
range from a $30 first prize in
each class to a $1 fifteenth prize.
Following the big gas model
event will be the beauty gas model,
stunt gas model and G Line gas
model contests, each with a $10
first prize. There are no entry
fees.
ASCE Officials
To Be Elected At
Thursday Meeting
All Civil Engineering
Student’s Eligible to Join
Regardless of Classification
The Texas A. & M. Student
Chapter of the American Society
of Civil Engineers will open its
activities for the summer session
at which officers for the year will
at which officers fo rthe year will
be elected, J. C. Denney, president
of the chapter, announced.
The chapter is one of the oldest
engineering societies on the cam
pus, and is also one of the largest,
despite the fact that the civil en
gineering enrollment is much
smaller than that in some of the
other courses. The only require
ment for membership in the so
ciety is that the candidate be en
rolled in school as a civil engineer
ing student, and no restrictions
are placed on freshmen members.
Dues are $1 every two semesters;
these dues entitle a member to at
tend any function of the chapter
or of tke parent society, to par
ticipate in any activity of the
chapter, and give him access to the
various publications of the society.
The club was active in campus
affairs last year, and Denny plans
even more activities for this year.
Present plans include several bar
becues, trips to the state conven
tions, a trip to the national con
vention, the presentation of sev-
(See ASCE, Page 4)
L D Boone, Student Activities
Head, Replaces Joe Skiles
By Doug Lancaster
There’s a new man on the cam
pus that not only the “fish,” but
every Aggie, faculty member,
prof, and member of the College
Station population will want to
meet. His name is L. D. Boone,
and his hometown is Houston, but,
although he has been here only
two weeks, he is not “Fish” Boone.
He is the acting manager of the
Student Activities, taking the
place of Joe Skiles, who accepted
an officer’s commission and enter
ed the army last month.
Boone grew up in Fort Worth
and later moved to Dallas, where
he graduated from high school. He
entered Rice Institute in 1932.
During his college career, Boone
was President of the Student As
sociation, which has charge of all
Agronomy Society
First Meet Thursday
The Agronomy Society will have
its first meeting of the year
Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock in
the lecture room of the Agricul
tural Engineering building. All old
members are urged to be at this
meeting, and all freshman agron
omy majors are invited to be there.
R. C. Potts, instructor in agron
omy, will tell about the cotton tour
just completed during the two
weeks school was in recess. Plans
for the coming year will also be
discussed.
social activities; he also served on
the Hall Committee, an organiza
tion designed to keep order in the
halls. Another activity that kept
him busy was his being business
manager of the year book.
After graduating from Rice in
1936, Boone accepted a position
with the Goodrich firm, where he
worked for three years in the
sales and accounting department.
He then transferred to the Bur
roughs Adding Machine Company,
where he worked in the sales and
installation department.
L. D. Boone, director of Stu
dent Activities.
“During the two weeks I have
been here,” stated Boone, “I have
found a very pleasant place to
live. I know I will have a pleasant
stay here at College Station. Ev
eryone! has been very co-operative
in every way possible. In my con
tacts with the A. & M. boys I be
lieve I have found there are no
finer men than right here at Tex
as A. & M.
“The Student Activities is an
organization open to all the Ag
gies, and I hope they will take
advantage of the facilities it of
fers. Please feel free to come
around to the office anytime, and
I will be glad to talk over any
thing concerning student activi
ties or problems about them.”
Boone has been here only a
short time, but he is fast learning
the ways and traditions of A. &
M. which mould the character of
every Aggie.
Sergeant Thomas
Made Staff Sergeant
Sergeant Malcolm E. Thomas,
sergeant-major of the military de
partment, has been raised to the
grade of staff sergeant, according
to an announcement from head
quarters of the Eighth Corps Area
at Fort Sam Houston.
Sergeant Thomas works in the
adjutant's office in the military de
partment.
Coach Norton Receives Trophy
Coach Homer H. Norton receives a trophy at College Night from
Mike Haikin, sports editor of The Battalion, as a token of esteem
from the corps of cadets hi appreciation of the work that he has
done in winning three consecutive Southwest Conference Champ
ionships in football for A. & M.
If You Fail to Get a Copy Of
The Batt, It Can Be Remedied
If you fail to get your Battalion
some of these mornings after an
invigorating ten minutes of calis
thenics, do not come running over
to the Batt office with the inten
tion of getting one or else! Re
member, with only about 5000
copies to deliver three times week
ly, Fletcher Asbury, Jr., circula
tion manager of The Battalion,
and the circulation staff have their
hands full getting things organ
ized.
The first thing to do is to write
your name and room number on
Baptist Students
Go to Conference
Five Aggies left College Station
yesterday to attend the annual
South-wide Baptist Student Con
ference at Ridgecrest, North Caro
lina, to be held June 10-19. They
were accompanied by Rev. and
Mrs. R. L. Brown, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of College
Station.
Aggies making the trip are
Lewis Eberspacher, Charles Barn
es, Oran Jones, Bob Wright and
Garnet White.
The conference is a gathering
of Baptist college students from
colleges in the entire South. ^
Juke Box Prom Opens
Summer Program
Last Saturday Night
Saturday night marked the be
ginning of the summer social sea
son as the corps enjoyed the pop
ular recordings of the Juke Box
Prom. The popularity of this type
of dance was proved by the large
number of Aggies who attended.
One problem the Juke Box
Proms brought to the attention of
those who attended was that of
too many stags in proportion to
the number of girls present. While
the problem is yet to be solved,
Social Secretary Bobby Stephens
and L. D. Boone, director of Stu
dent Activities are working on a
plan whereby the number of stags
will be limited.
One suggested plan was that
each stag must accompany a
couple. Stephens states that any
suggestions that might aid in
solving the problem will be ap
preciated.
Whether or not freshmen will be
allowed to attend without dates is
left entirely up to the respective
organizations. The frequency of
the Juke Box Proms will be de
cided by the enthusiasm of the
corps.
the back of the Batt card you got
when you registered and give it to
your first sergeant. Then if you
don’t get your Batt, see the car
rier boy who delivers the paper
in your dorm. He’ll straighten
things out for you and see that
you get a paper.
If it becomes necessary to
change your address, notify both
the carrier boy* of your old ad
dress and of your new address and
you won’t miss a single copy.
The same thing applies to the
Battalion magazine and the En
gineer and Agriculturist maga
zines.
The circulation department is
trying to see that every one that
paid for a paper and magazine
gets it with as little delay as pos
sible. Your co-operation is needed.
Lutheran Students
Install Colwick As
This Year’s President
The A. and M. Lutheran Stu
dent’s Association installed its of
ficers for the year at their first
meeting of this semester Sunday
night. The following officers
were installed after having been
elected at the close of last semes
ter: Rex Colwick, president; Ray
mond Velinder, vice-president; and
Raymond Eisenhauser, secretary-
treasurer.
The association works with the
American Lutheran Church of Col
lege Station under the direction of
the Reverend Kurt Hartmann, and
is a local branch of the Gulf
States Region of the Lutheran
Student’s Association of America.
The purpose of the LSAA is to
stimulate and sustain students in
using the Bible, in regular church
attendance, and frequent reception
of Holy Communion. The national
association was organized in 1922
and is celebrating its 20th anni
versary this year.
Crytography Club
To Meet Tonight
All students interested in cryp
tography are urged to be present
at the initial meeting of the crypt
ography club tonight at 7:15 o’clock
in room 213 of the Academic Build
ing, according to Harry Kidd, pro
fessor in the English department.
The initial meeting tonight will
in all probability determine the
advisability of having the club
function this summer as it has in
the past, Kidd said.
Final Arrangements For
Longhorn Publication Made
Class Section Photographs to Be Taken
Starting June 15; Infantry Seniors First
Jenkins Searching For
Aggies With Dramatic
Or Musical Abilities
If you can sing, act, dance, play
an instrument, or do anything in
an entertainment way, Richard
Jenkins, director of the Singing
Cadets, is looking for you at his
office in the Assembly Hall any
day from 5 until 6 or from 7 until
8 o’clock.
He will be glad to enroll you in
the Singing Cadets or book you to
appear on Kadet Kapers some Sat
urday evening. It will be an ex
cellent opportunity for you to im
prove you latent abilities and help
the campus entertainment program
no end.
Ring Committee
Decides to Keep
Old Crown Design
Further Investigations
To Be Made In Improving
Design for Future Classes
After careful consideration at a
meeting held yesterday the sen
ior ring committee decided not to
accept the new style which had
been proposed. It was believed by
the members that the proposed
changes would not help in keeping
the ring from wearing.
Those students who have order
ed the new style ring for delivery
July 1 will receive the old style
ring if they don’t go to the reg
istrar’s office and notify them
that they do not desire an old
style ring.
Further investigations will be
made, however, and work will con
tinue on improving the ring for
future classes.
College Community
Chest Contributes
$1050 to USD Fund
The College Station Community
Chest, through whose offices con
tributions to all charity, relief, and
civic organizations are made, in its
meeting last Friday night author
ized a contribution of $1050 to the
Brazos County United Service Or
ganizations Fund, Dr. C. H. Wink
ler, chairman, stated.
A drive is on this week to reach
the Brazos county quota of this
nation-wide drive for funds to pro
vide entertainment for the men in
the armed services.
► Final arrangements for publica
tion of the 1942 Longhorn have
been made in spite of difficulties
in obtaining printing and engrav
ing materials, Johnny Longley,
editor of the annual, announced
Monday.
The first meeting of the staff
for this year will be held Thurs
day evening at 7:30 o’clock in
the Longhorn office in the base
ment of the Administration build
ing. Longley asked that that any
one interested in working on the
yearbook come to the meeting so
that the staff can be organized.
Pictures for the class sections
this year will be taken according
to classes and organizations. The
schedule for pictures for the sen
iors section will start with the
Infantry Regiment on June 15.
June 15-22 Infantry Regiment.
June 23-29 Engineer Regiment.
June 30-July 6 Cavalry Regiment
July 7-13 Field Artillery Regi
ment.
July 14-20 Coast Artillery Regi
ment.
July 21-27 Composite Regiment.
Anyone having random snap
shots of the campus may turn them
in at the Longhorn office. These
pictures of the campus enhance
the attractiveness of the annual
greatly and any that are contri
buted to the Longhorn will be ap
preciated, Longley stated.
Members of the classes ( who
wish to use their last years class
section picture may use them this
year by going to the Aggieland
Studio and arranging for the pic
ture, Longley added. It should be
done according to schedule.
Horticultural
Students Organize
Summer Activities
The Horticultural Society of
Texas A. & M. met Thursday eve
ning for the purpose of discussing
plans for their activities during
the coming year.
Plans were discussed for a club
house to be built on the horticul
ture farm, a summer horticulture
show featuring varieties of figs,
peaches, plums, and grapes, and
other fruits and vegetables. The
show will be conducted by horticul
ture seniors.
Two members of the horticul
ture Society will present an open
forum at the club’s next meeting
for discussion by the other mem
bers.
Benito Canales, graduate of the
School of Agriculture and Animal
Husbandry of Saltillo, Mexico, is
one of the newest members of the
society. Canales is at A. & M. for
the purpose of taking graduate
work in fruit and vegetable prod
ucts.
Radio Station WTA W’s Work
Has Gained Wide Recognition
By Tom Journeay
“This program has come to you
from College Station” are words
familiar to listeners all over the
state of Texas as well as to many
listeners in other parts of the
country. When those words are
heard on any of the networks, it’s
a sign that the production staff of
WTAW, the A. & M. College radio
station, is on the job.
WTAW operates on 1150 kc. with
1,000 watts of power on a limited
time basis only. The station’s fa
cilities are used for making near
ly all the “pick-ups” for networks
when broadcasts are originated
from the college as well as for the
daily program put out over
WTAW’s own transmitter.
At 11:25 each week day an op
erator at the transmitter throws
WTAW’s carrier on the air for a
35-minute show. This daily broad
cast features some of the best
transcribed features obtainable, a
recorded portion of popular music,
and a five minute newesast with
the news of Bryan and College
Station and the college news as re
ported by a member of The Bat
talion staff.
One of the most popular pro
grams offered by WTAW is the
Aggie Clambake, heard on Friday
afternoon at 4:30. This program
is just what its name implies—a
clambake — where anything can
happen—and usually does happen!
The program features such stellar
performers in this vicinity as the
Werewolfs of the North Gate, pop
ular swing five that gives out with
music (after a fashion) that the
Aggies seenl to like immensely.
An invitation is offered to any
who think that they may have tal
ent in any of the several branches
of radio broadcasting to come to
the studios for an audition, ac
cording to John Rosser, managing
director of WTAW. There is an
opportunity to gain much valuable
experience by doing announcing,
dramatic, musical or technical work
on the station if at least some
previous experience has been had.