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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1942)
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, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1942 2275 NUMBER 20 Social Calendar Released After Commanders Meeting Two Plans Considered for Deciding Who Would Get Week-ends of Football Games At a meeting- of the regimental commanders and Bobby Stephens, social secretary of the senior class, Thursday af ternoon, dates were set for the various regimental balls. The meeting was necessary to decide which organizations would be given the week-ends with, football games since there will be only three home games this sason much discussion had arisen as to which balls would be held on these week-ends. There were two plans whereby Commando Drilling Required of All Military Classes Lieutenant Colonel Caphton Put in Charge of Program Working With Art Dept Students taking military science courses will be required to take the commando training course as part of their regular drill periods, Lt. Col. C. L. Caphton, senior in structor in the Infantry, said yes terday. Army officers turned out by A. & M. from now on will be well grounded not only in basic mili tary tactics but in training as com mandos as well. Plans are now under way to train men in com mando practices, stated Col. Maur ice D. Welty, Inf., U.S.A., profes sor of military science and tactics and commandant of the college. Lt. Col. Caphton has been placed in charge of the commando train ing and, with the cooperation of the landscape art department, has designed a cross country course that will fit a soldier for most any hazard he might find in combat. Log hurdles, 10-foot high fences to be scaled, barbed wire entangle ments, natural obstacles such as trees and thick underbrush, ascen- tion bars, and water hazards go into the make up of the course that those training for the com mandos will have to take. Work is to begin on the course soon and it is expected that it will be in operation before the end of this semester. Major Hartley Gets Orders to Report To Pensacola, Florida Major Burton Hartley, senior in structor in the Coast Artillery unit here, has received orders to report immediately for duty with a harbor defense coast artillery regiment at Pensacola, Florida. He has been at A. & M. since May, 1941, at which time he re placed Col. F. A. Hollinshed as director of training for the Coast Artillery Regiment. He served overseas in the first World War. the dates for the balls could be determined. One was to draw for date choices with each organiza tion having an equal chance. The other method, and the one used, was to determine choices by the size of the regiments. The toss of a coin decided which method would be used. Ray Terrell represented the larger regiments while George Driskill represented the smaller. AH dates chosen are definite ex cept for the Engineer’s ball which will come some week-end in September. The tentative date for this dance, however, is September 11. Also after each ball on Friday night a corps dance will follow on Saturday with the band which played for the regimental ball play ing if possible. Other dates for the social cal endar will be published as soon as they can be determined. Campus Club Lists Office Supplement Receives Addition To supplement the previous lists that have been published of the men who have been elected to hold office in the various clubs on the campus, are added the names of men that have been turned in to the Student Activities Office re cently. I. E. Club President: L. D. Loggins Vice-Pres: P. P. Swearingen Secretary: E. C. McLarty Southwest Texas Home Town Club President: Hap Russel Vice-Pres: Pete Brown Secretary: John Mullins Reporter: Marvin Stone Social Committee: John Pesek, Dean Darr, Dick Hinnant, Overton Williams. Accounting Society President: Jack E. Carter Vice-Pres: Mike J. Arisco Sec.-Treas.: Ray, L. Boyles Reporter: Leon Weiner Rural Sociology Club President: George W. Driskill , Vice-Pres: Hawyord M. Fried rich. Secretary: Van T. George Social Calendar Engineers September 11 Coast Artillery - October 2 Cavalry October 9 Field Artillery — October 16 Infantry October 30 Composite Regiment December 11 Similated Air Raid Featured Mon By Protection School Duty with Forces An invitation was issued yester day to all civilians of Bryan and College Station to attend the night demonstration and simulated air raid bombing which will be held in the Field Artillery Drill Field adjoining the tower of Radio Sta tion WTAW at 8:30 p.m. Monday night. The invitation was issued by Col. H. R. Brayton, C. W. S., di rector of the War Department Civilian Protection School at A. & M. Because of the explosions that have been heard here in the last two weeks, many inquiries have been received asking what they were. Col. Brayton has offered this chance to all who may be interest ed to come and see what they are doing. The demonstration requires the destruction of several buildings by bombs and is climaxed by an in cendiary fire in a frame apartment house—these demonstrations are accompanied by a two hour lecture that explains the things that are going on at the time they are happening. All of the buildings used in the demonstration have been erected for that purpose by enlisted men of Col. Brayton’s de tachment. The students at the Protection school will get a taste of an actual gas attack Tuesday afternoon, weather permitting, when planes from Randolph Field fly over the drill field and let go a large am ount of tear gas. All of the men will be equipped with gas masks, but will not know which of the planes carries the gas or when the spray will be released. This feature has been added to the course and the students will be graded on the way they react to the test. Postage Required Unless on Active LONGHORN SCHEDULE July 14 to 20, Coast Artil lery Seniors. July 21 to 27, Composite Regiment Seniors. Graduate Class of 1895 Comes Back to Finish College Career Students are reminded that even though they have advance con tracts and have enlisted in the re serve corps of the army they are not entitled to free use of the mails, according to Mrs. Anna V. Smith, postmaster at the local of fice. Officials at the post office have noticed that a number of letters have been placed in the mails marked as “free.” Only those men who are on active duty with the armed forces are entitled to this free postage, and students taking the advance course in military science are not regarded as on active duty with the army. Also any men enlisted in the reserve component of the army such as the air corps or otherwise are not privileged to this free use of the mails. Students are asked to abide by this regulation as it is a federal offense should one be caught using the mails without paying the re quired postage. 24th Annual Rodeo Held in Bryan On August 14 - 15th The twenty-fourth annual Aggie rodeo bringing to “Aggieland” the pasttime of the “west” will be held Friday and Saturday, August 14, and 15 at the American Legion Fair grounds in Bryan. Featuring all of the usual events plus some added stunts, the rodeo which is sponsored by the Saddle and Sirloin Club is scheduled to be put on at the Fair grounds be cause all the Fair grounds rodeo equipment is ready to use and the grounds will provide a cooler place than the Animal Husbandry pavil ion in which all other aggie rodeos have been held. By Charles Kaplan Smiling and reminiscing how he used to jump out of the second story window of Ross hall way back in 1895 in order not to be late to formations, Stansell Tenny son Brogdon, class of ’98, is an Aggie again. Brogdon was born January 27, 1877, in Bosque. He is very proud of this fact as- he is' one of the very few native born Texans of Bosque left. Beginning in the sophomore class at A. & M., he attended here from 1895-98 grad uating with a B.S. degree in the course now called Mechanical En gineering. While a senior at A. & M., the beloved President Lawrence Sulli van Ross, better known to the stu dents then as “Governor” Ross, died and Brogdon had the privilege of being one of the honor guards at the funeral. He thought that “Governor” Ross was the greatest man in the world because he was the first man to call Brogdon “Mr.” The first morning that Brogdon attended A. & M., he was brought here by a neighbor named Gentry, who was a good friend of Ross. Gentry introduced Brogdon to Ross and several weeks later, when Brogdon found out that it was necessary for him to become a day student in order to cut down expenses he went to see Ross. That is when Brogdon was called “Mr.” and the remarkable part is that Ross had met Br6gdon only once before, that being three weeks previous. In the class of 1898, there were twenty-three graduates and at the time of graduation, there were about ten buildings on the campus, Ross hall being the new est. Brogdon did not receive a com mission as day students were not eligible for military training. He 'volunteered for service in the Army during the Spanish-Amer- ican War, but before he could be shipped abroad, peace was declar ed. In 1909 he won a scholarship to Moody Bible Institute at Chi cago, and in 1910-11, he attended Vanderbilt University on another scholarship which he won. Several years later he taught school at Irene, Texas, and during the World War he organized a company of forty-four men from Irene, which later saw service in France. He could not receive a commission then as he was physically handi capped by the loss of two fingers on his left hand in a saw mill ac cident several years before. After the war he taught school in Fort Worth until he became a super visor of building construction. Although Brogdon did not go abroad during war time, he did go to Palestine in 1930-31 to make a survey of the outlet of the Jor dan River at the Sea of Galilee. While traveling, he purchased cop ies of Codex Alej;andrinus, a book written about 1600 years ago and containing the New Testament, and Codex Bezae, a book which con tains only part of the New Testa ment and is about 1500 years old. In 1938 he ran for the Governor ship of the State of Texas. His platform was the annexation of Mexico to the United States and he believed that Texas should lead the movement. At the present he is taking courses in Education under W. L. Hughes of the Department of Ed ucation. Brogdon wants to renew his certificate so as to be able to teach again in the public schools. He is unable to fulfill his job of supervisor of building construction because of his age. He wants to teach either mathematics or his tory after he finishes his courses here. Steering Committee Of UnitedScienceClub Plans Academy Meet Members of the Steering Com mittee of the United Science Club met Wednesday night for the pur pose of setting a meeting date for the annual inter-club contest in which scientific papers are present ed, and to make some alterations on the club constitution due to the new three semester school plan. Plans were also made concerning the Texas Aqademy of Science meeting which will be held at A. & M. this year early in November. Some fifteen colleges will partici pate in the meeting at that time. August 20 was set as the date for the inter-club contest with pa pers being due not later than one week prior to the contest. Presidents of the variorus mem ber clubs in attendance Wednes day night were Harold Holdeman, Winstead Arranges Picture Details In New Film Produc Senior Yell Leader Filing t Date Extended to Tuesday Title Change Asked Specifying One With Less Gridiron Spirit Offered G. Byron Winstead, college pub licity director, will return from Hollywood today where he has been conferring with film producer Walter Wanger and officials of Universal Pictures on the produc tion of a film tentatively titled “American Youth Has Never Been Licked” to cover in a full-length motion picture the dramatic his tory of A. & M. and its role in the military, engineering and agri cultural scheme of the state of Texas and the nation. Approval for the $750,000 pro duction which will feature an all- star cast has been obtained from the board of directors and the fac ulty. Winstead expressed a hope that the title of the picture will be changed, contending the present title sounds too much like football. “But this is more than a football picture, so maybe our football enemies will understand,” Win stead said. Norman Reilly Raine, ace Holly wood script writer, will arrive on the campus in a few days to begin work on the scenario. Junior Class Make Boots Optional-- Decide Ring Date The Junior class voted to make boots optional for next year and could reach no decision about the date to be on its class ring in its third meeting in the Assembly hall Wednesday night. The class was originally the class of ’44, but since it will now graduate in September, ’43, the problem of what date to put on the class ring was presented by Sid Smith, president of the class. No definite agreement was reach ed on that issue. Men Completing Camp ApplyforCommissions Applications for commissions will be filed by four cadets who will complete their R.O.T.C. train ing at the end of this semester and have already attended a sum mer camp. Those who will make out this application are John B. Porter, F.A.; William H. Byrd, C.A.C.; Jack W. Brown, Eng.; and George P. Caudill, Q.M.C. Applications should be made in room 18 in Ross hall immediately. Ex-Aggie Reports As Communications Officer In Air Force Second Lieutenant William E. Riley, Jr., son of William E. Riley, Sr., 2545 Hazel street, Beaumont, Texas, reported July 6 to this United States Army Air Force bombardment base for duty as a squadron communications officer. Only Two Men File for Position With One Declared Ineligible by Elections Group Deadline for the filing of petitions for Senior Assistant Yell Leader have been extended by the Student Election Committee to July 21, Cadet Colonel Walter Cardwell, chair man of the committee, announced after the committee’s meeting held yesterday to investigate the eligibility of those who had already filed their petitions. At the meeting the petition of Ed T. Rafferty was the only one accepted. The only other petition submitted, that of James O’Conner, was not accepted because of the failure to meet the 1.25 grade point ratio necessary for eligibility to the yell leader post. “The committee feels that it should not go ahead and declare Rafferty the senior assistant yell leader without first having some reaction from the Corps. A yell leader needs a vote of confidence from the corps in order that he may perform at his best and to make a declaration of a yell lead er when only one petition was ac cepted would be unfair to that yell leader,” Cardwell said in an inter view after the meeting. Cardwell added that in case no petitions are filed in this extend ed time the committee will con sider this an ample vote of confi dence from the corps and declare Rafferty the senior assistant yell leader. This is one of the most import ant posts of leadership on the cam pus as the person elected will rep resent the corps on many occasions and will be called upon to lead the corps often especially in the com ing semester with football season, Cardwell pointed out. Those who make up the Student Election Committee are L. D. Boone, student activities manager; H. L. Heaton, registrar; Walter Cardwell, cadet colonel; Dan R. Sutherland, president of the sen ior class; Bill Andrews, vice-presi dent of the junior class; G. B. Wyrick, vice-president of the sophomore class; C. E. McWilliams, vice-president of the freshman class; and Gus Link, vice-president of the senior class who is also secretary of the committee. Petitions must be filed in the student activities office before July 21. To be eligible for the posi tion, a student must meet the following ' requirements as set up by the committee. He must have been at A. & M. for six continuous semesters, and at the time of his candidacy be in the attendance of his seventh continuous semester. He must be a classified senior with a grade point average of I. 25. He must have passed at least three-fifths of a normal semester’s work during the semester immed iately 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 July 21. At this time he will be required to pay a fee of 50- cents to cover the cost of the ballots. The Senior Class will meet in the Assembly Hall next Wednes day night at seven to vote on the candidates for the senior assistant yell leader. Freshmen Sophomores Issued Caps Beginning Monday Basic Students Will Be Issued (Tsea Cap Freshmen and sophomores will wear the overseas caps as part of the regulation uniform after next week. This was given in an order by Col. Maurice D. Welty, com mandant, Thursday. The caps will be issued from the Exchange Store from 8 a.m. Mon day morning through Friday, July 24. Freshmen and sophomores will report to the Exchange Store dur ing their vacant periods in the following alphabetical order on the dates indicated: Monday, July 20 A to E Tuesday, July 21 F to J Wednesday, July 22 K to O Thursday, July 23 P to T Friday, July 24 U to Z and all others not able to re port as scheduled. A yard of black piping will be issued with the cap which is to be put on the cap as soon as possi ble. The black band is the regula tion ROTC cord that is to be worn on the overseas caps by freshmen and sophomores. Accounting Society Elects Jack Carter New Club President Jack E. Carter, H Infantry, was elected president of the Account ing Society at the first meeting of the semester. Other officers elected and appointed are: Mike J. Arisco, vice-president; Ray L. Boyles, secretary-treasurer; and Leon Weiner, reporter. Captain Lester Hanks, Senior ((Instructor of the Q.M.C. unit, was guest speaker at the second meet ing. He spoke on “A comparison of accounting systems used in the Quartermaster Corps with those used in civilian business.” A picnic is now being arranged. Final plans for the picnic will be made at a regular meeting Tues day night. Vigorous Amusement Calls for Maneuver And Strategem Bringing Culture to Aggie Environ “I’ve been rooked!”, “Fork him with your knight,” “Queen that pawn!” These and similar expres sions are commonly heard at the , regular chess club meetings every Biology club; Fred Kolle, Pre-Med; j m , Tr . i , „. . ^ ’ T , Tuesday night m the chess room Keith Kirk, Entomology; John ^ ® Roming, Kream and Kow; Phil| 0 ^ t ^ le new Y.M.C.A. It is here Alford, Collegiate Chapter F.F.A.; j that old feuds are renewed, scores D. W. James, Agronomy Society; W. D. Dumert, Junior Chapter A. V. M. A.; James Clutter, repre senting the Student Affiliate Am erican Chemistry Society; Leo Bai- ly, Horticulture Society; R. J. Loofbourrow, Radio Club, and W. G. Gill, Geology Club. Fish and Game Club Will Be Shown Motion Pictures Mon Night Two reels of motion pictures will be shown at the second meet ing of the Fish and Game Club at 7:30 Monday night, announced Otheil Erlund, president of the club. are settled, and mind clashes against mind in a game of maneu ver and strategem. Chess is the oldest game in ex istence. It was invented by the Hindus fifty centuries ago, was in troduced into the west, and is now played in every corner of the world. Played by young and old, it is termed by the Encyclopedia Brittanica as “ . . . the most cos mopolitan of , all games ...” Chess is primarily a game of mind against mind. “The most in tellectual of all games of skill,”’ according to the New International Encyclopedia, chess is characteriz ed by strategem, maneuver, will, subterfuge and finesse. The play ers are the generals and the men and pieces on the chess board are the opposing armies, ready to fol low any order and attack the en emy singly or in force or ready to withdraw slowly or with all possi ble speed, according to the dictates of the player. The average length of a game played at a meeting of the chess club is about one hour, and the average intercollegiate tournament or match game lasts from two and one half to five hours. Some closely matched op ponents may play for days or weeks on one game, while games have been played in which one player was decisively beaten in three moves, or about five minutes. It has often been said that chess is in many respects similar to the game of checkers. In actuality, the only resemblance is the board on which the game is played. Chess men occupy both black and white squares of the board, and take the square of the man they -are jump ing rather than taking the oppo site adjacent square, as in check ers. In checkers there are only two classes of pieces, that is, men and kings, while in chess there are six classes of pieces, i. e., kings, queens, rooks, bishops, knight^ and pawns. The most powerful man in checkers has a maximum of four possible moves to make in each turn to play, whereas the most powerful piece in chess has a maximum of twenty-seven possi ble moves to make in each turn to play. There are many different classes of players, rated solely according to ability. At the A. & M. chess club there are four classes, i. e., beginners, intermediates; squad and team, the five highest on the squad forming the team. Beginning this Tuesday night a round robin will be held between all chess play ers of A. & M. for purposes of classification of all men who play chess or who - would like to leam to play. Once a player has been classified, he may raise his classi fication by defeating any member in the class above his.