DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
The Battalion
DIAL 4-5444
official newspaper
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
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VOLUME 42
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1942
2275
NUMBER 14
Record Crowds Expected to Hear Wickard Friday
Extra Trains
Arranged To
Carry Aggies
Minimum of 300
Tickets Must Be
Sold Each Way
Because of the inadequate trans
portation facilities now afforded
students who want to go home for
the Fourth of July holidays, E. L.
Angell has arranged for two spe
cial sections to be made up Friday
evening, July 3. The northbound
section will leave College Station
at 6:30 p.m., following the north
bound Sunbeam, while the south
bound section will leave College
Station at 6:45 p.m., just ahead
of the southbound Sunbeam. This
schedule will give all those per
sons leaving on these trains plen
ty of time to make the trains aft
er eating in the mess hall.
Demanding Courage in Our Leaders
Editorial Reflections on the Fourth of July
One hundred sixty-six years ago next Sat
urday there gathered in Philadelphia a small
group of men with an ideal—the ideal of
freedom and self rule, of peace instead of
oppression. Out of that gath
ering grew a nation of pro
gressive, law abiding, happy
citizens who could obtain jus
tice quickly and without jeop
ardy of life or property. The
child that was born of that
convention came to be known
as the United States of Amer
ica.
From time to time that
serve most efficiently. He must have a cour
ageous leader who is also willing to sacrifice.
Our congressmen know (they have said
so) that the army needs men in the age
child has had to take up arms V.
to defend the ideals that it ,
represented. Always it came
out victorious because it was
conceived and founded on
sound policies, and more than
that, the people believed in
themselves and were willing
to sacrifice their all if nec
essary to defend the ideal of
freedom.
Today the same people
are willing to do what is nec-
There must be a minimum of 300 ossary to conquer the oppres-
tickets sold for each train not later
than 4 p.m. today. These tickets
may be obtained at the Southern
Pacific Lines office until tomor
row afternoon at 4 p.m.
As this is the only holiday
scheduled for the summer months,
the college authorities have tried
to provide means of travel for
students leaving the campus. It
is urged that all those interested
in signing up for tickets on either
of these trains do so at once.
Seniors Fail
To Meet Longhorn
Picture Schedules
Slowness Attributed
To Winter Uniforms
Being in Storage
Members of the senior class
have as yet not shown the proper
cooperation in meeting senior sec
tion deadlines for Longhorn pic
tures, stated Longhorn Editor
John Longley. Since the college
has gone on a twelve month sched
ule, the Longhorn staff is being
forced to do a twelve month job
in eight months Longley continued.
The deadlines for senior pic
tures of the Infantry and Engineer
regiments have already expired
and only 83 seniors reported to
have their pictures made. Usually
this number is over two-hundred-
and-fifty. The Cavalry regiment
has had from June 30 to July 6
to get their pictures in. According
to the latest reports, not a single
Cavalry senior has responded.
Longley urged that since most
seniors will be going home this
weekend, that they bring their
blouses back with them so that
they can have their pictures made
at the proper time. Since coopera
tion had been so poor among the
seniors of the Infantry and En
gineering regiments, they would
be given additional opportunity
later in the year to have their pic
tures made, it was revealed.
Longley requested that the fol
lowing deadlines be met: June 30
to July 6, Cavalry seniors; July
7 to 13, Field Artillery seniors;
July 14 to 20, Coast Artillery sen
iors; and July 21 to 27, Composite
Regiment seniors.
'sor, to supply their men on
the battle fronts with the
materials of war. They are desirous of win
ning the war in the shortest, most effec
tive way. But in a nation of 130,000,000, John
Doe cannot be expected to know how he may
group from 18 to 21. But they
have also said that this group
will not be called until after
the elections. So it is in oth
er matters. The people on the
home front are going to have
to suffer deprivation and loss
of privileges before we can
start winning the war. They
know it and are willing to do
so, but they do not know how
they can best contribute. An
they will not know until the
men they place in positions
of responsibility have the
courage to execute to the
fullest their duties even at
the expense of losing a vote
here and there.
Would the people of the na
tion rather re-elect a leader
who is conscientiously doing
his part and showing positive
results, or would they rather
. retain in office a moral weak-
ling who seeks to placate the
citizenry at the expense of the
soldiery and the basic principles upon which
the nation is founded?
The day our public servants know the an
swer to the above question, and not before,
we will be all out in the war effort!
Kyle Accompanies
Wickard on Trip
To Mexican Capital Auto at Hearne
Contest Snapshots
Must Be in Early
Because of Holiday
Deadline on This Week’s
Contest Set for Friday;
Boxes for Entries in Y
Roster to Be Made
For Club Meetings
To Stop Conflicts
All entires for this week’s Long
horn snapshot contest must be in
by 5 p. m. Friday, July 3, Long
horn Editor John Longley announc
ed today. This change was made
necessary because of the holiday
July 4th. As was announced in
last Thursday’s Battalion, boxes
have been placed in the lobbies
of the old and new “Y” and pic
tures should be entered immediate
ly to be considered for this week’s
contest.
The, contest is open to all stu
dents with the exception of staff
and commercial photographers.
Prints should be glossy finished
prints. Do not turn in negatives
as these will not be accepted. All
pictures become the property of
the Longhorn and the decisions of
the judges will be final. In case of
ties duplicate prizes will be award
ed.
At the same time, Longley re
quested that Seniors turn in their
Vanity Fair and Senior Favorite
pictures at the Student Activities
office. Announcements concerning
club and organization pictures will
be made soon, Longley said.
New Dramatic Feature
Added by WTAW Today
In Bainter, Henreid
Fay Bainter and Paul Henreid
share starring honors in John La-
touche’s “Two Way Passage,”
when it airs as a “Treasury Star
Parade” dramatic feature, on
Thursday, July 2, at 11:30 a.m.
over station WTAW. Suggested by
Louis Adamic’s book of the the
same name, Latouche’s script pro
vides an effective vehicle for these
two screen stars and their support
ing cast. Special background music
for the drama has been composed
by David Broekman, and will be
performed by the chorus and or
chestra under his direction.
Elms of Student
Activities Enlists,
Roosevelt Extends
Rubber Campaign
Every campus organization that
intends to hold meetings during
the coming school year is request
ed to have one of its officers ob
tain and fill out a Club registra
tion form which may be obtained
from the Students Activities of
fice. This includes all military and
class organizations which handle
their finances through the Student
Activities office.
The purpose of this registration
is to coordinate all information
concerning the various organiza
tions in order to facilitate the
handling of their funds, records
and activities.
President Roosevelt has asked
that the national rubber campaign
which was to end at midnight, June
30, be extended until July 10. Up
until noon yesterday the collection
in Brazos county had reached the
sum of 163,360 pounds but G. B.
Wilcox of the Education Depart
ment urges that the drive be con
tinued with all intensity until the
tenth of this month.
Contributors are asked to re
member that this reclaimed rub
ber is vital to national defense and
that the smallest amount will be
accepted.
Aero Engineer Club
Will Meet Tonight
The Institute of Aeronautical
Sciences will meet tonight at 7
o’clock in the electrical engineer
ing lecture room.
A junior representative to the
Engineer’s Council will be elected
and the film, Wright Builds for
Supremacy, will be* shown. This
film was received from the Wright
Aeronautical Corporation and
should be of interest to all stu
dents of aeronautical engineering.
Grady Elms, assistant advisor
of student activities, has enlisted
in the army. A graduate of Baylor
University in 1938, Elms received
his master’s degree from A. & M.
in 1941.
Upon completion of work at
Baylor he accepted a position as
social studies instructor and coach
of A. & M. Consolidated Schools
and after two years became prin
cipal of the grammar school here.
Last year he was elected super
intendent of A. & M. Consolidated
but resigned to accept the position
that he held until today. Where he
will be stationed or in what di
vision of the forces he will be
placed in is not known.
Draft Registration
Is Largest at A&M
Since Outbreak of War
One thousand seven hundred
and ninety four men between the
ages of ‘ eighteen and twenty reg
istered for the Selective Service
Tuesday, according to H. L. Hea
ton, registrar for the college. This
is the largest registration for the
Selective Service in the history of
the college.
Heaton stressed the importance
of registrants informing their lo
cal draft boards of any change of
address. The registrant is held
liable for keeping his draft board
informed of his whereabouts. If
he does not notify the local board
of any change in address, the local
board will send any questionnaires
or other orders to the address they
have on their records, Heaton em
phasized. If the registrant does
not return the questionnaire or re
port at the designated time or
place he is held liable to criminal
prosecution under the Selective
Service law.
Laundry Ceases
Handling College'
Employee Bundles
Action Taken in Effort
To Resume Normal Return
Schedule for Students
For a number of years many
college employees have availed
themselves of the service of the
college laundry. Such persons have
benefitted by the cash and carry
prices, and the laundry has bene
fitted by having sufficient work
for summer months’ operations.
Because of the increased load of
student work, it will be necessary
to discontinue to handle laundry
of college employees. While the
laundry now works two shifts 7
days per week, it has not been
able to keep a proper schedule for
the return of bundles.
College employees now using the
college laundry are, therefore, re
quested to make other arrange
ments for their laundry service as
rapidly as possible. Within about
three week the laundry expects to
completely discontinue the han
dling of employees’ laundry. If,
in the future, the laundry load is
again light enough to take em
ployees’ bundles, employees will
be advised.
Dean Is Appointed US Delegate
To Conference by Secretary Of
State Because of Experience
Accompaning Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard, Dean E. J. Kyle of the
’school of agriculture will go to Mexico City
to attend the second Inter-American Con
ference on Agriculture to be held July 6-16.
Dean Kyle will serve as one of the twelve
official delegates to the conference from the
United States.
Dean Kyle was appointed by Secretary
of State Cordell Hull to attend the meeting
because of his experience in Latin-f-
America and because of the prom
inent position of A. & M. in the
education of Latin American stud
ent. While at the conference, he
will present a paper on “Desirable
Extensions of Relationships be
tween Agricultural Institutions in
the Americas.
Is Second Conference
Officials Meet
Secretary With
Cavalry Will Furnish Mounted
Escort from East Gate; Field
Artillery Gives 19 Gun Salute
This is the second of the inter-
American conferences on agricul
ture to be held. The first was held
in Washington D. C. in 1936. The
theme of the present conference
is to be “Impact of the Emergency
Situation on the Present and Fu
ture Agricultural Economy of the
Western Hemisphere.” The pur
pose of this meeting is to discuss
agricultural problems and bring
about a better understanding be
tween the twenty-one American
nations according to Dean Kyle.
Subjects to be discussed at the
conference will be: agronomy, en
tomology, research and education
al problems, forestry, animal in
dustry and wildlife conservation,
climatology, chemistry and tech
nology, and products of present
day importance. Statistics, Pro
duction, Transportation and dis
tribution, commerce and credit,
rural organization, and garicultur-
al engineering.
Other Delegates Named
Included in the list of delegates
to the conference will be Congress
man Richard M. Kleberg, one of
the owners of the King ranch, as
representative from Texas; Eugene
C. Auchter, administrator of Agri
cultural Research; Albert G. Black,
Governor, Farm Credit Adminis
tration; John B. Hutson, President,
Commodity Credit Corporation;
and James D. LeCron, Director of
division of Nutrition and Food
Supply.
Edward A. O’Neal, president,
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion; James G. Patton, president,
National Farmers Union; Knowles
(See KYLE, Page 4)
Increased interest being manifest in
the forthcoming visit of Secretary of Agri
culture Claude Wickard to the A.&M. cam
pus Friday and Saturday indicates that a
record crowd will hear the cabinet member
when he addresses a mass meeting in Kyle
Field stadium at 8 p.m. Friday.
A committee composed of Dr. T. O.
Walton, A.&M. President; H. H. Williamson,
Extension Director, and B. F. Vance, AAA
a administrative officer, will meet the
Four More May
Join Ag Eco Field
Trip, LeaveMonday
Group Will Use Half
Of United States as Lab
Four additional students are
needed to fill out an agricultural
economics field party which will
leave Monday for studies through
out the western half of the nation,
it was announced today by L. S.
Paine, assistant professor at Texas
A. & M. College.
Any agricultural-minded person
who has completed a year of col
lege work is eligible to join the
party, which in effect is a 6-weeks
course using half of the United
States for a laboratory, Paine said.
Six hours of college credit will
be awarded students completing
the trip, which will end August
14. Complete cost, including regis
tration, transportation, lodging,
and meals, is $142, little more than
the cost of a 6-weeks summer
course in residence.
New registrations, which neces
sarily must be hastily completed,
may be made by calling or writing
Paine at Box 122 F. E., College
Station.
The group, travelling in a new
bus owned by Paine, will visit Okla
homa, Kansas, Nebraska, Minne
sota, North and South Dakota,
Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada
California, Arizona and New Mex
ico.
Cattle, dairy and agriculture
methods will be studied in actual
practice in the regions visited,
with emphasis upon correlations to
Texas’ problems.
Aggieland Get Prominent
Swing Exponent in Webb
With several years experience
playing with big name orchestras,
Jesse Louis Webb recently added
his talents to the Aggieland Or
chestra. Webb is one of the new
est members in the band, filling in
the tenor clarinet position, but also
capable of playing the saxaphone,
the bassoon and the flute.
Webb obtained his nickname of
“Dinkle” during his first year at
Allen in ’32. He attended Allen
until he graduated from there in
’37, but finally left there in ’38
after taking one year of college
work. After dividing his next two
years between Baylor and Sam
Houston State Teachers College,
he accepted a position to play with
Bernie Marcello’s Orchestra, which
he kept for eight months. School
again called him, and on quitting
Marcello’s band, he went back to
S.H.S.T.C., but soon Jeft there to
go with Peck Kelly and later on
with Joseph Sudy and George
Wald.
He is taking sophomore military
science and is working for a con
tract in January. He’s also taking
Chemical Engineering as his ma
jor, or as he says, “It’s taking
He is reputed to be a general
cut-up in the band, and it has been
suggested that a new appropriate
nickname for him would be Gen
eral Cutupper. Whether the new
name goes or not, it is certain that
his addition will be a great asset
to the Aggieland band, and what
ever position he plays, will be done
as well as those he played with
the professional orchestras.
Bolton Returns To
Duties After Trip
Returning from Toronto, Can
ada, where he has been attending
a meeting of the Rotary Interna
tional, Dean F. C. Bolton will ar
rive in College Station early Fri
day morning. Dean Bolton is presi
dent of the Bryan Rotary Club.
LONGHORN SCHEDULE
June 30 to July 6, Cavalry
Seniors.
July 7 to 13, Field Artillery
Seniors.
July 14 to 20, Coast Artil
lery Seniors.
July 21 to 27, Composite
Regiment Seniors.
Food Preservation
By Dehydration Is
Taught as War Aid
By way of adding to national
defense effort A. & M. is now of
fering a new course on the preser
vation of foods by dehydration, it
was announced by R. F. Cain of
the horticulture department.
Preservation of this type has-
just been established soundly,
mostly through the work of the
Quartermaster Corps of the army
since the war began. Their tests
in shipping and preservation abil
ity were very satisfactory and well
above expectations. Metals for
merly used in canning, such as
iron, tin and zinc, are now avail
able for more vital necessities.
One of the most important ad
vantages is the reduction in size
and weight of the food which
leaves greater amounts of space
and tonnage for other goods. In
reduction of shipping weights and
size of products in comparison
with the older method it has been
cut 25 percent or more
This course now offered is one
of the first to be established of
its kind. All interested in taking
this course may see Cain in the
■Agriculture building.
wartime agriculture secretary at
Hearne at noon Friday and bring
him to the college by automobile.
At the East gate of the A. &
M. campus the party will be met
by a mounted Cavalry guard of
honor to escort them to the A. &
M. Board of Directors building. A
nineteen-gun salute will be fired
in Wickard’s honor as his car en
ters the campus.
Witnesses Retreat
Following a rest period at the
board of director rooms, and a
period when newspaper corres
pondents will interview him, Sec
retary Wickard will witness re
treat formation of A. & M. at
A. & M. at 5:25 p.m. This will be
followed by dinner in the Sbisa
dining hall with the cadets.
After the speaking in Kyle field,
Secretary Wickard will remain
there to meet various persons who
hear him, and then will return to
the board rooms.
On Saturday morning a break
fast will be held for the cabinet
member in Sbisa hall, and he then
will be taken on a tour of the
college campus, the tpur ending at
the new Department of Agricul
ture building occupied by the Agri
cultural Adjustment Agency.
Open House at AAA
The AAA will hold open house
from 9:30 until 11 o’clock Satur
day morning and personnel of the
state office will conduct visitors
through the new building.
Secretary Wickard and his of
ficial party will arrive at AAA
headquarters at 10 o’clock. Dedica
tion services will be held at 10:15
at the front entrance to the build
ing.
Citizens Invited to Attend
Citizens of Bryan, College Sta
tion and out-of-town visitors are
cordially invited to attend the open
house, at which time they will be
taken on inspection tour of the?
various departments, and the work
ings of the AAA will be explained
by members of the staff.
Other Department Members ,;
Visit A&M
Accompanying Secretary of Agri
culture Claude R. Wickard on bis
visit here tomorrow and Saturday,
will be I. W. Duggan, director.'Qf
the Southern Division of the,AAA.
Also in connection with the visits
of Wickard and Duggan,-M*-'iiL.
Wilson, Director of Federal,(Ex
tension work in the Department of
Agriculture, enroute to the Pan
American Conference on education
which is going to be held in Mex
ico City, will stop here today gnd
Friday and will meet Wickard on
his trip here.
Battalion Mag-azine *
Delayed in Printing
Will Be Week Late
July issue of the Battalion Mag
azine, slated for distribution this
week, will not be out until the'lat
ter part of next week. John Hol
man, magazine editor, says the de
lay is caused by congestion in the
college print shop.
Featured this month will be
stories by L. B. “Butch” Tenny
son, John Holman, an Ag student
who gives the reader his idea of
an engineer, an engineer gives his
idea of an Ag student, and Mike
Haikin, who explains how the Twi
light League is run. Also featured
will be art work by James Mims,
Harry Cordua and Bob Miller.
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