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, JULY 14, 1942
2275
NUMBER 18
Highlights of Saturday’s Homecoming for Hilger, Gay
Typical Ag WcekendHeld For
Gay, Hilger on Their Return
He didn’t have the Aggie uni
form or the army uniform on, but
Ensign George H. Gay, U. S. N.
R., still had that old Aggie spirit;
just ask any of the seniors of
Battery A Coast who spent the
week-end with the famous hero.
The present senior class hardly
remembers George but they be
came reacquainted Saturday. Gay
was a member of Battery A Coast
when the class of ’43 were fresh
men, but he left early that fall
and went to the navy to become
a flier, and later to return home
in a blaze of glory.
Saturday’s visit to Aggielarid by
Gay and Lt. Col. John A. Hilger,
A. C., was a general bull session
held at Kyle Field with the corps
turning out in full. They told the
experiences that have made them
famous, and then answered ques
tions. After the program at Kyle
Field the two heroes were guests
of their respective organizations
for the rest of the day.
Gay had a typical Aggie day.
In the mess hall at dinner the fish
put on a real air raid, from which
the former Aggie got a great kick.
After dinner he and Hilger toured
the campus. But Battery A and
Gay enjoyed a great week-end,
making all night spots in true Ag
gie style. George really let the
bars down as he and all the seniors
of A Battery gave an unusual
(nowadays) exhibition of Aggie
spirit in front of Hart Hall.
George and the navy personnel
stationed on the campus met on
the tour Saturday night, as the
gobs got their first taste of what
it is to be an Aggie. Gay was
See HILGER-GAY, Page 4)
Above are shots of Lt. Col. John A. Hilger
and Ensign George H. Gay, who returned
to Aggieland Saturday. Upper left shows
Hilger eating dinner with J. R. Adams,
Captain B Infantry, Hilger’s old outfit,
and also the organization of many other
famous war heroes. Upper right is Gdy
calmly eating while an air raid via Aggie
land takes place in Sbisa hall. To his right
is Frank Litterst, Captain A Coast, and
on his left is Wayland Taylor, second in
command of Gay’s old outfit. Lower left
finds Gay and Litterst talking things
over just before going to the program at
Kyle Field. Lower right, left to right, Bill
Galloway, Litterst, Gay, Mrs. Hilger,
Hilger, and Walter Cardwell watch the
corps pass into the stadium.
City to Cut Grass
On Vacant Lots;
Owners Get Bill
At the regular meeting of the
City Council July 9, provisions
were made to begin the work of
mowing all vacant lots within the
limits of the city of College Sta
tion. All lots not mowed will be
mowed by the city and a bill for
this service will be rendered to the
owner of the property thus in
volved.
This action by the Council fol
lows the provisions of a recently
enacted ordinance which pi-ovides
that vacant lots shall be mowed
when in need of same and assesses
the penalty of a fine not to exceed
$50 for each offense.
An agreement has been entered
into by the City Council of the
city of College Station and J. M.
Miller to begin this work Monday,
July 30—and to proceed until all
vacant lots within the city limits
have been put in satisfactory con
dition. The rate will be $1 per
hour.
Snoop-Shooters
All camera idiots, scandal
hounds, double-crossers,
heels, etc., who thrive on
exposing the unmentioned
side of life at Aggieland:
Deposit your foremost pho
tos in the Longhorn Contest
boxes in both “Y” buildings.
The creamiest of the week
will be published in the Bat
talion, and every one has an
excellent chance of seeing
service in the Longhorn.
That ain’t all—the winner
draws a buck.
Freshmen to Elect
Officers Tonight
Cadet Colonel Walter Cardwell
announced that there would be a
meeting of the freshmen class to
night in the Assembly Hall at 8:15
for the purpose of electing class
officers for the coming year.
Corps Staff seniors will conduct
the election of thqse officers who
will serve until thef end of the sec
ond semester in January of 1943.
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Officers Guides
May Be Purchased
From Activities
For the senior’s convenience, the
“Officer’s Guide,” a book for new
second lieutenants who are just
entering the army, will be handled
this year by the Student Activities
office in the Administration build
ing, Walter Cardwell, cadet col
onel, stated yesterday.
Deadline for those who plan to
get their book in the first order
is July 22 before 5 p.m. A deposit
must be made before this date at
the Student Activities office. De-
posites may be made now.
“Cadet officers will find that
this book can help them in run
ning their organizations here on
the campus,” Cardwell pointed out.
The book which is published by
the Military Service Publishing
Company is designed to aid the
new second lieutenant enter the
army as a reference book of help
ful information.
New Yell Leader Will Be
Chosen to Replace O’Leary
O'Leary to Be
Sept Graduate;
Election Monday
J. E. O’Leary, Houston, C In
fantry, resigned his post as senior
yell leader this week. O’Leary
said, “I feel that by resigning at
this time, it will give the boys en
ough time to elect another man
for my place and he will be able
to get some experience before foot
ball season starts next fall.”
O’Leary was elected to fill the
place that Jack Nagle left when
he had to resign last fall as junior
yell leader to join the Army.
Next Monday night at 8:15
o’clock, there will be a senior class
meeting in the Assembly Hall to
elect a man that is to fill the
vacancy that O’Leary leaves.
To be eligible for the position,
a student must meet the follow
ing requirements as set up by the
Student Activities committee:
a. He must have been at A. &
M. for six continuous semesters,
and at the time of his candidacy
be in the attendance of his sev
enth continuous semester.
b. He must be a classified senior
with a grade point average of 1.25.
c. He must have passed at least
3/5 of a normal semester’s work
during the semester immediately
preceding his candidacy.
In order to get his name on the
ballot, the candidate must have a
petition of candidacy signed by
at least 25 seniors, in the Student
Activities office by 1 o’clock Fri
day, July 17. At this time he will
be required to pay a fee of fifty
cents (50c) to cover the cost of
the ballots.
All the candidates that meet
these requirements will meet in
the Assembly Hall Monday night
to be voted on by the senior class.
Ross Volunteers
Hold Initiation
Ceremonies Sunday
84 Juniors Taken Into
Company; Walton Delivers
Main Speech at Banquet
Annual initiation ceremonies for
the Ross Volunteer Company were
held Sunday beginning at 8:30
o’clock at Kyle Field. Eighty-four
juniors were initiated into the
company, representing all the
branches of military science on the
campus. •
The secret portion of the cere
monies was held in the Animal
Husbandry pavilion at 1 Sunday
afternoon. The day’s events were
completed with the formal initia
tion and company banquet in the
Banquet Room of Sbisa Hall Sun
day evening at 6:30 o’clock.
President T. O. Walton, E. L.
Angell, vice-president of the col
lege, Lt. Col. J. K. Boles, Lt. C.
W. Williams, and Lt. P. A. Utter-
back were speakers at the banquet.
President Walton delivered the
main address of the evening and
urged the Ross Volunteers to be
come a crack military organiza
tion now that wartime has imposed
a military nature on the outlook of
the nations future in order to in
crease their efficiency as officers
on graduation from A. & M.
The total strength of the com
pany now is 124 men. O. A. Nance
is company commander; Horace
Jennings, second-in-command;
Gene Caperton and Henry King,
platoon leaders, and Bill Black,
secretary-treasurer. The junior of
ficers of the company will be elect
ed after about one month when the
capabilities of the juniors have
been determined.
In order to be eligible for mem
bership, a junior must be taking
advanced military science and re
ceive a bid for membership from
the company.
Drill will begin today after sup
per in front of Hart Hall on Mili
tary Walk, Nance said. The com
pany will be organized at this time.
LONGHORN SCHEDULE
July 14 to 20, Coast Artil
lery Seniors.
July 21 to 27, Composite
Regiment Seniors.
Seniors, Juniors
Excused from Class
For Foran’s Speech
Classes Suspended At
Ten Tomorrow for Talk
On Americanism in Guion
Seniors and juniors will be given
excused absences tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o’clock to hear Stanley
W. Foran of Dallas deliver his
lecture on Americanism at Guion
Hall. Foran will speak also to
morrow at 8 p.m. to sophomores
andi freshmen in Guion Hall.
Foran has had more than 1,600
invitations to deliver his lecture
on Americanism. He has address
ed 800 audiences and has made 250
radio broadcasts. Thousands of
publications have printed his “My
S IF Foran
Country ’Tis of Thee—and Me!”
The Dallas man has devoted the
past 25 years, except his time in
the army, to his work as a public
relations and advertising counsel,
heading his own advertising agen
cy in Dallas. >
The theme of Foran’s speech to
his. half a million listeners is:
“Let’s keep Americans the rich
est, happiest, freest and most self-
reliant people on earth collectively
by re-selling ourselves on the prin-
cipales and practices that have
made us great. To do that let’s
re-sell ourselves on the cooperative
individualism which has enriched
us materially, culturally and spit^
itually beyond the dreams of less
blessed people. By our unified, VL
talized and outspoken zeal for ef
fectively functioning democracy,
let’s regenerate belief in freedom
in all lands where coercive collec
tivism is destroying personal lib
erty, equal rights, freedom of
speech and the dignity of man.”
Military Science
Checks Out Today
Military Science Department an
nounced yesterday that subsistence
checks for seniors in all branches
would be delivered to the Senior
Instructors today and that seniors
with contract’s may and should
pick up their checks as soon as
possible.
The amount of each check is
$22.75, subsistence for the past
quarter ending June 30, 1942, add
ing up to a total of $13,788.75 be
ing paid out by the War Depart
ment. Major Bennett, adjutant,
urges every senior concerned to
get his payment within the next
few days.
City Budget Hearing
Will Be Held July 23
The annual hearing on the 1942
budget of the city of College
Station will be held in the civil
engineering lecture room Thurs
day, July 23 at 8:00 o’clock.
This meeting will be open to the
public at which time the citizens
of the city can make suggestions
concerning the appropriations and
expenditures for the new fiscal
year. All residents are urged to
attend this open meeting.