DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
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DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL newspaper
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1942
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NUMBER 16
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Work Begins
On Outdoor
Dance Floor
Bandstand Added To
Original Plans; Sound
Equipment Arrives
Actual construction on the new
dance pavilion will begin within
the next few days it was revealed
by Business Manager E. N. Holm-
green. The time needed for con
struction will be fifteen working
days. “I think we can count on
having it finished by the first of
August,” stated E. L. Angell. The
contract for construction has been
let to Clarence Andrews of Bryan
and the only thing needed to begin
actual work is President Walton’s
signature.
Plans are now being drafted for
the construction of the band stand
which will be located on the west
side of the dance floor next to the
old highway. The bandstand will
be built in three tiers so that the
space underneath can be used for
storage of chairs, public address
equipment, and roller skating
equipment.
Space to be occupied by the
dance slab is 10,000 square feet
This is slightly more dancing space
than is afforded by the old mess
hall. It will be constructed of steel
reinforced concrete resting on a
six inch sand cushion. Cost of the
pavilion will be $2,510. P, G. Nor
ton, college architect, is in charge
of construction.
Public address equipment arriv
ed yesterday at the Student Ac
tivities office. L. D. Boone, direc
tor of student activities, stated
that it is the finest equipment ob
tainable consisting of six twelve
inch loud speakers, a microphone,
and an amplifier, all costing around
$350. Business Manager Holmgree.n
stated that salvage material for
building a fence around the pavil
ion is being sought since priorities
prevent the obtaining of new ma
terials.
Funds for the construction of
the slab are being furnished Ly
the Exchange store. This money is
part of the $5,000 fund taken from
the profits of the store which is
being used for general student
welfare. Holmgreen revealed that
this is well over 75% of alfprofits
made during the past year by the
Exchange store.
New War Training
Courses Launched
The national Engineering, Sci
ence and Management Defense
Training program has recognized
the nation’s new international
status and changed its name to
Engineering, Science and Manage
ment War Training, it was an
nounced today by Prof. J. T. L.
McNew, institutional representa
tive at A&M.
Plans are being made to launch
a series of new ESMWT courses,
designed to train thousands of
war workers—a hairline distinc
tion from former defense workers
—in September and October, soon
after completion of current ESMDT
courses.
Already on the new list are the
following courses, open without tu
ition to all with necessary quali
fications:
Camp Sanitation, to be taught
at College Station; Map Drafting,
at Houston, Galveston, San Antonio
and Fort Worth; Surveying and
Mapping, at Houston; Materials
Inspection, at Houston, Galveston
and Beaumont; Mechanics of Ma
terials, at Houston and Galves
ton; Engineering Application of
Trigonometry, at Fort Worth;
Structural Drafting, at Houston,
Beaumont, Galveston; Camp and
Emergency Sanitation, at Bay-
town; Introduction to Principles of
Accounting, at Houston, Galves
ton, Beaumont; Personnel Admin
istration, at Houston; Case Studies
and Personnel Administration, at
Houston.
The new courses, for'the most
part, will last 16 weeks.
My, What Pretty Legs
Anonymous Camera Fan
Submits First Winning Shot
“Fish” Anonymous, address un
known, is winner of last week’s
Longhorn Snapshot Contest, John
Longley, Longhorn editor, an
nounced today. The winning cam
era fan chose not to submit his
name along with the photo. The
prize winning snapshot is shown
above.
Longley urged students to turn
in all pictures that may be used
in the Campus section of the Long
horn. Each picture has an equal
chance to appear in the Longhorn,
and the best turned in each week
will win a one dollar prize. In ad
dition, the winning picture will
appear in the Battalion each week
with the name of the winner.
The rules of the contest are
simple. The pictures are to cover
happenings and incidents connect
ed with the campus and are to be
judged by Howard Berry of the
Texas Guayule Is
Not Sufficient To
Merit Processing
A total of only 2500 short tons
of guayule shrub, the nation’s only
presently-known source of vege
table rubber, exist in the Trans-
Pecos region of Texas, the report
of a joint A. & M.-U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture investigation
shows.
The report, released in entirety
yesterday, reveals that the 2500
tons of guayule, some of it in al-
most-inaccessible spots, would, if
processed, make between 200-250
tons of rubber.
This amount is considered negli
gible in view of the needs of war
industry, leading the field party
to recommend that no processing
plant be established in the Big
Bend section of Texas “unless re
ported huge amounts of guayule
in adjacent Mexico be made avail
able.”
On the other hand, the A&M-
USDA field group was impressed
by accounts of a processing plant
operated in Marathon up to 1926,
and the possibilities of establish
ing future guayule plantations in
the Trans-Pecos region, only spot
in the United States where the
shrub grows wild.
photographic laboratory of the Ex
periment Station. The contest is
open to all students except staff
and commercial photographers.
Any number of pictures may be
entered by any contestant. The
contestant should turn in a glossy
finished picture for each entry. Do
not turn in negatives, as they can
not be used and will be returned.
Deadline for each week’s contest
is noon Saturday. Pictures may be
placed in the old and new “Y” for
this purpose or may be turned in
at the Student Activities Office in
the Administration Building. En
tries should be placed in an en
velope and the name and address
of the contestant placed on the
outside. The decision of the judges
is final and all picurtes submitted
become the property of the Long
horn. In case of ties, duplicate
prizes will be awarded.
Oil Up Your Wits;
Here’s A Chance To
Make Foolishness Pay
Kadet Kapers will be run Sat
urday night completely on the
“Truth or Consequence” plan on
the “Dr. I. Q.” idea, it was an
nounced by Director Richard Jen
kins today. It will be entirely an
audience participation program
with about $20.00 as prizes for the
winners. Cigars will also be given
as prizes to contestants.
Winners must then do a trick
or act of their own choosing or
one of Jenkins choosing. An addi
tional prize will be given to the
person having the best act.
The Kapers will be held as usual
in the Assembly Hall and will
start at 7 p.m.
Merit System Exams
Are Saturday at 9 am
Examinations in connection with
the positions offered by the Texas
Merit System will be held July 11,
starting at-9 a.m. All persons who
have signed for the examination
are to report to Guion Hall.
All such tests given by the
council are held at College Station
at intervals in proportion with po
sitions open at the time. Those
who want further, information may
write to the Texas Merit System
Council in Austin or to the Rural
Sociology department at the col
lege.
Orrick Defeats
Mertz, Oakley for
Soph Presidency
Wyrick Becomes Vice-yexy
Garrett Is Secretary As
Thrash Is Made Treasurer
Wednesday night, the sophomore
class held a meeting in the Assem
bly Hall to elect officers for the
year. Jack Orrick, Beaumont, was
chosen as president, defeating
Marty Mertz and Bill Oakley in a
fairly close election.
Among those running for vice-
president were Bill Armstrong,
Marshall Gray, Ed Saper, G. B.
Wyrick and Jack Willoughby. Wy
rick, of San Antonio, was elected,
and Bob Garrett, Fort Worth, was
made secretary.
Other officers were elected as
follows: treasurer, Charlie Thrash,
Beaumont; historian, Bob Forrest,
Olney, 111.; and Harry Zeller and
Gordon Brin as social welfare rep
resentatives.
The meeting was the most or
derly one that has been held by
any class in some time. The meet
ing had to be called down once or
twice, but on the whole it was well
carried out. There was no other
business carried on at the meeting
as time was short and nothing was
pressing for consideration.
Amateur Show
Entries Must Be
Turned in Today
Program Follows Yell
Practice; Pie Eating
Contest Held for Fish
Final plans for the amateur
show tomorrow were announced
yesterday by J. E. Loupot, spon
sor of the show. Those students
who wish to participate must have
their forms filled out in time for
their first sergeants to turn them
in before the deadline at 5 p.m.
today.
The program will begin with
the band and yell leaders .taking
part. Chuck Chalmers and Ted
O’Leary will act as masters of
ceremonies, asking questions on
the quiz program and introducing
the acts on the amateur program.
Sophomores who wish to turn in
questions to be used on the pro
gram may do so by giving them
to their top sergeants to be turned
in at the commandant’s office.
The Aggieland Inn is donating
pies to be used in a pie eating
contest in which one freshman
from each organization will be al
lowed to enter.
The show will begin as soon as
possible after mess Friday night
so as to allow as much time as
possible without interfering with
Call to Quarters. The sponsor asks
everyone to come out and make
the program as big a success as
possible, and other merchants are
encouraged to contribute in every
way possible to the show.
Rural Women Rush
First Aid Training
Rural women of Texas are tak
ing first aid and home nursing
courses as rapidly as instructors
can be procured, according to Hel
en H. Swift, sociologist of the A.
& M. Extension Service. The cour
ses are sponsored by the 2,200
home demonstration clubs of Tex
as. Courses are open to neighbors
and friends as a wartime service.
In one county alone it was re
ported that 1,450 women had re
ceived instruction and in another
at least one member in seventy-
five percent of the families of the
county have studied first aid. Club
mepabership has increased as a re
sult of this work in many in
stances, it is reported. Other ac
tivities of rural club women in
clude such things as keeping in
touch with boys in the armed for
ces and sponsoring and cooperat
ing in community school lunch pro
grams, according to Miss Swift.
FamousExes Address Corpsjsecond Me Box
In Kyle Field Stadium atll gf
Classes Dismissed So That Cadets
March to Assembly to Hear Experiences
Lt. Col. John A. Hilger, ’32, who was second-in-command
on Doolittle’s bombing mission to Toyko and Ensign George
H. Gay, ’40, who sank a Japanese aircraft carrier and re
mained afloat on a rubber life raft for many hours, will
visit A. & M. Saturday morning. They will speak before
the cadet corps on Kyle Field at 11 a.m. Classes will be dis
missed, and the cadet corps will march to Kyle Field so that
they may hear the two heroes. Lt. Col. Hilger will tell of his
experiences in bombing Tokyo.
They will arrive on the campus about 10 o’clock and
will be the guests of their old organizations while on the
Aggie Show Plays
Over Network From
Guion Hall Tonight
Swing, Band Music,
Singing Cadets Will
Be Broadcas at 7:15
“The Aggie Show,” a network
program produced by the WTAW
production staff, featuring the A.
& M. Band, the Singing Cadets
and the Aggieland Orchestra, will
be presented from the stage of
Guion hall tonight at 7:15, states
John Rosser, WTAW production
director.
The stations of the Texas State
Network, one of the largest re
gional networks, carries this pro
gram every Thursday night from
A. & M.
Tonight’s program will feature
the Singing Cadets under the di
rection of Richard W. Jenkins and
the “Five Werewolves from the
North Gate” in a half hour broad
cast designed to introduce listen
ers to the Texas Aggies.
The motion picture at Guion
Hall will not start until. 7:45 to
night because of the broadcast.
The whole corps is invited to at
tend the program, according to
Rosser.
Hanks Addresses
Accounting Society
About ArmySystem
Captain Lester Hanks, senior in
structor in the Quartermaster
unit, was guest speaker at a meet
ing of the' Accounting Society
Tuesday night. The subject of
Hanks’ talk was “A Comparison
of Accounting Systems Used in
the Quartermaster Corps With
Those Used in Civilian Business.”
“As the main function of the
Quartermaster Corps is that of
supplying other branches of the
army, the Quartermaster Corps
has evolved special systems of ac
counting ‘tailor-made’ for each
sub-function of supply, for exam
ple purchase, storage, transporta
tion and distribution,” Captain
Hanks said.
Main differences brought out
and discussed between civilian and
Q.M.C. accounting were:
1) Essentially, civilian account
ing practice is concerned with
monetary amounts of financial
transactions whereas the Q.M.C.
is largely concerned with unit am
ounts in its Property-Supply ac
counting system. Civilian account
ants are interested in Profit and
Loss while men performing ac
counting functions in the Q.M.C.
are interested in ascertaining that
each unit of public property is ac
counted for through each stage of
supply from purchase to final dis
tribution.
2) Sales-commissary and fiscal
accounting systems, the other two
systems used in the Q.M.C., have
much in common with civilian ac
counting systems even though no
financial statements are made in
the Quartermaster system. The
system of internal check is not as
complicated, yet is quite as effec
tive, as that of civilian accounting.
No periodic depreciation changes
are made under the Q.M.C. system.
Hanks also discussed operation
of the Q.M.C. depot systems and
operation of post exchanges.
campus. Both Hilger and Gay
were students in mechanical en
gineering while at A. & M. Hil
ger was in B Infantry which is
the old company of Gen. George
F. Moore and Jesse L. Easter-
wood. Gay was in A Battery,
Coast Artillery.
After addressing the corps, the
two will eat in the mess halls
with the members of their old
organizations. For a few hours
after dinner, the boys in their old
outfits will escort them about the
campus. They will leave together
some time during the afternoon.
Lt. Col. Hilger
An indication of the spirit of
these two men was revealed by
business manager E. N. Holm-
green. President Walton had in
vited them to A. & M. as guests
of the college but they turned him
down saying that they would
rather visit with their old compan
ies than to be entertained with
official banquets.
E. L. Angell, executive assis
tant to the president, stated that
the Navy would be invited to at
tend the affair on Kyle Field Sat
urday morning.
Hilger bombed Tokyo three
months ago. It was a vengeance
flight because a month earlier
the Navy announced the loss of
his younger brother off the Java
coast. He was graduated from
A. & M. in 1932 and received his
degree in mechanical engineering.
After graduation, he received his
wings from Randolph Field in
1934 and has been in the U. S. Air
Corps on active service since that
time. He is married and Mrs. Hil
ger and their two-year-old daugh
ter are now living in South Caro
lina. Hilger received the Distin
guished Service Cross and a pro
motion for his flight over Tokyo.
(See HILGER, Page 4)
Use of Main Dining
Hall Makes for Better
Sound; Cooler Dancing
Continuing the summer social
season, Social Secretary Bobby
Stephens has arranged for the
second Juke Box Prom to take
place Saturday at 9 p.m. Half of
the main dining room of Sbisa
Hall will be used to accommodate
the dancers instead of the annex
as in the past. Use of the main
hall will afford more room and
cooler dancing for the large crowd
which is expected. Acoustics are
also better in the main hall than
in the annex.
Admission will be 35 cents which
will cover cost of space and rent
of the sound equipment. The dance
will be informal and last until mid
night.
Baptists Hold
Three Dedication
Services Sunday
Outstanding Leaders
Expected as Member^.
Officially Open Church
The new church building of the
First Baptist Church in College
Station will be dedicated on Sun
day, July 12. Three services are
being planned for the day. A num
ber of outstanding Baptist leaders
have accepted invitations to attend
these services and participate in
the dedication ceremonies.
The new building was made pos
sible by a donation from the Exe
cutive Board of the Baptist Gen
eral Convention of Texas and a
loan negotiated by the Board. Fur
niture and equipment have been
furnished from a fund contributed
by the members of the local con
gregation, Baptist students, ex
students and friends.
Included in those who have ac
cepted invitations to nttend the
dedication ceremonies are Dr. W.
W. Melton, executive secretary of
the State Board; A. D. Foreman,
president of the Baptist General
Convention of Texas; R. A. Spring
er, state treasurer, and Reverend
J. W. Bill Marshall, state student
secretary.
The old church has been moved
and reconditioned and is used for
educational and recreational pur
poses. The new church was opened
for services on February 22 and
the new furniture and equipment
for the first time on June 7.
Church Preferences
Expressed in Survey
More than half of the student
body at A. & M. have expressed
denominational preference for the
Methodist and Baptist churches, it
was revealed today by J. Gordon
Gay, associate secretary of the
college Y.M.C.A.
Of the student body of 5,314, a
total of 1,440 expressed preference
for the Methodist church, and 1,-
313 for the Baptist. No cards were
turned in to the Y.M.C.A. by 213,
and 202 others showed no prefer
ence for any creed.
The tabulation of preferences:
Methodist 1,440, Baptist 1,313,
Presbyterian 570, Catholic 539,
Episcopalian 344, Christian 260,
Church of Christ 208, Lutheran
152, Jewish 144, Christian Science
57, Congregational 10, Greek Or
thodox 10, Latter-Day Saints 8,
Reformed Evangelical 16, Evan
gelical 8, Reformed 3, Assembly
of GFod 2, Freewill Baptist 2,
Unitarian 2, Church of God 3, Ad
ventist 1, Czech-Moravian 1, Naz-
arene 1, Pentecost 2, Protestant 2,
Quaker 1.
LONGHORN SCHEDULE
July 7 to 13, Field Artillery
Seniors.
July 14 to 20, Coast Artil
lery Seniors.
July .21 to 27, Composite
Regiment Seniors.