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DIAL 4-5444 DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPEK OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION The Battalion OFFICIAL NEWSPAPEK Ob THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1942 2275 NUMBER 23 Hurst and Holman Form News Agency For College News Organization Tentatively Called Southern Collegiate Press Association by Staff C. A. “Chick” Hurst, senior sports assistant on the Battalion newspaper, and John Holman, ed itor of the Battalion magazine, an nounced today that plans are being formulated for the organization of an intercollegiate news agency to go into operation within the next few weeks. Tentatively called the Southern Intercollegiate Press Association, the organization will supply col leges and universities of the South and Southwest with news and fea ture articles about all southern schools. Organization plans at present call for a tri-weekly news cover age of all campuses in the south ern half of the United States, as well as acting as regional agency in collaboration with other collegi ate news agencies. Hurst will be president of the association, with Holman vice- president and general manager. W. C. Stone, assistant director of stu dent activities, will act as advisor. The organization has the approval and support of the A. & M. Press Club. Knives Must Be Preserved During Present Emergency Every wise housewife should avoid abusing her knives because new ones will be hard to obtain with most available metal going into war equipment. To make your knives last longer and to keep them in repair, neighbors might form a “knife sharpening clinic” says Mrs. Bernice Claytor, special ist in home improvement of the A. and M. Extension Service. All household equipment will stay in better condition, whether in war or peace time, if it is kept clean. It should be checked occa sionally by equipment dealers or persons trained in repair work who can advise on feasibility and cost of repair. Manufacturers’ instruc tions for use of the appliances come in handy in prolonging the life of the equipment around the home. Sharing household equipment with others is a good way to keep the Victory Demonstrator’s pledge to “work with family and neigh bors.” Exchanging the use of a washing machine with a neighbor who has a sewing machine shows a cooperative and neighborly at titude, but it is more important for patriotic reasons because shar ing will release metals, materials and labor for war production; will improve farm life for families who cannot afford equipment; and will save time, money and labor. Town Hall Feature Monday |. . ^ 'v v Jackson Jubilee singers pictured above originated with the late professor R. G. Jackson of Western University, Kansas. The group is made up entir ely of negroes under the direction of V. S. Brown. This group will appear here Monday night at 8:15 as the third in the current Town Hall series. Police Committee In Charge Making Of First Aid Kits « The Police Committee of the Na tional Defense Committee of Col lege Station is making First Aid Kits that are to be distributed, without charge, to all of those per sons completing the standard 20- hour First Air Course. It is urged that all residents of College Station save their bottles and stoppers of three ounces or less to be used in these kits. These will be picked up in a few days by the Air Raid warden in your dis trict. .* Three bottles are required for the making of each kit; one for amonia, one for alcohol, and one for antiseptic. Some 200 kits are being made by the Police Commit tee, and it is thought that most of the bottles can and will be supplied by the people of College Station. Grady Elms Training At Wallace Center Grady Elms, former assistant advisor for student activities and student publications for the col lege, reported recently to Camp Wallace and is undergoing basic training in the Antiaircraft Re placement Training center. Mrs. Elms is still a resident of College Station where she is employed in the Registrar’s office. Everything Goes On Backwards Tonight In "Duck” Jenkins Show Have you ever wanted to do everything backward ? Have you ever wondered what it would be like, for instance, to sing back ward? You can find out about that by coming to Kadet Kapers tonight at 7:00 at the Assembly Hall. Dick Jenkins, director of the Singing Cadets, produces Kadet Kapers, a fun and song fest that throws its doors open to one and all irrespective of boots, stripes, or chevrons. Kadet Kapers was not presented last week so a bigger and better show will be back of the footlights for tonight, producer “Duck” Jen kins states. Dr Miller Goes To San Angelo for Sale Dr. J. C. Miller of the Animal Husbandry department will leave Monday for San Angelo to attend a sale being conducted there by the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers. The sale will be held Tuesday and Wednesday. Dr. Miller will return to College Station Thursday. DANCE SLAB CONTEST FORM Name for Dance Slab. Your Name Organization P. O. Box. Fire Chiefs Asked For Information On Defense Training Marvin Hall, State Fire Insur ance Commissioner and Fire De- fensa Coordinator of the National Defense Committee for Texas, to day urgently requested local fire chiefs to supply him with informa tion about local Civilian Defense training. “We are particularly anxious,” Hall said, to receive the. informa tion recently requested of every fire chief on Fire Defense Form No. 3. This will supply us with information as to the number of persons in each community now being trained, or who have received training in first aid, rescue work, auxiliary fire fighting, and fire watching.” Hall’s appeal was directed to ap proximately 50 per cent of the or ganized fire departments in the state. About half have already re sponded with the information sought, for which cooperation he expressed appreciation. In addition, the State Fire De fense Coordinator suggested im mediate organization of training for civilian defense in those com munities where no defense train ing activities have been held. Town Hall Presents Jackson Jubilee Singers Monday Night Monday night in Guion Hall, the Jackson Jubilee Singers will pre sent a Town Hall program relat ing the long history and romance of the Negro and his distinctive type of music. The company is under the direc tion of V. S. Brown, pianist, who has done much to help the group attain the heights to which it has risen in the past few years. The singers tell the story of their race in the words that have been used by them for the many years that they have put their thought and feelings into words and those into music which cannot be duplicated anywhere. Negro music falls roughly into three types, the plantation song or shout, the spiritual and the jubilee. Many of these songs use the same wording again and again, causing a hypnotic effect, making one for get that the reason for it is that the Negro of some hundred years ago was uneducated and knew only those few words that he used ev ery day, and was unable to supply new words for each melody that he thought up. The two forms are very similar in that they are both jubilant in spirit, the plantation song of the happy Negro. The spir itual is of a very different type, giving vent to their sorrows and placing in terms of song their prayers and hope of the Negro’s expectation of happiness. Some songs of more modern ar rangement will be included also like those of the beloved poet Ste phen Foster, “My Old Kentucky Home,” “Swanee River,” “Carry Me Back to 01’ Virginny” and “Song of the Bayou,” and others. A few humorous diversions will be offered such as “Song of the States,” a burlesque of the “Quar tet from Rigoleto,” “Stormy Wea ther” and “Dinah,” sung with the abandon of which the Negro only is capable, are also in the reper toire, together with numbers by modern Negro composers like Wil liam Dawson’s “Lullaby” and pop ular hits based on Negro themes, such as “St. Louis Blues” and some of Gershwin’s works. Wildlife Will Contribute To United War Effort That conservation of natural re sources including minerals, soils, waters, vegetation, forage on the grazing range, forests, and wildlife will contribute greatly to the suc cess of America’s war effort is as serted in a report recently complet ed by the sub-committee on wild life of the Texas State Land Use Planning Committee, states Dr. W. P. Taylor, head of the Fish and Game Department. Conservation of wildlife is im portant to conserve investments al ready made; to grow and maintain wildlife crops in some cases as an additional source of farm income; to produce more fish in farm ponds, streams and lakes, as well as in the gulf coast; both for food and for recreation; to restore natural color to the land; and to encour age recreation, relief from war ten sion, and out of door life which are more important now than ever be fore. Deer can be doubled in Texas, antelope can be brought back over vast areas in the ranchlands of Western Texas; the javelins and the fur animals could be better protected asserts the committee in their report. The report was prepared by rep resentatives of the Extension Serv ice, the A. & M. Fish and Game Department, and the Division of Wildlife Research. Texas Agricul tural Experiment Station. Home Timber Crop Provides Means Of Increasing Returns Wise and light selective cutting each year or two embodies the most profitable system of harvest ing the farm timber crop. Accord ing to C. W. Simmons, farm for ester of the Texas A. & M. College Extension Service, frequent cuts provide a stable income and keep woodland nearest to maximum pro ductivity. Cutting should be distributed over a forest so as to remove trees of sufficient maturity, or those which are crowding or suppressing younger and more thrifty trees. Trees of assorted sizes and species suitable for a variety of uses should be left with good growing space, according to size and tol erance to shade, for frequent har vesting. All sizes of reserved trees grow at a rapid rate after yearly, or periodic thinnings. A supply of seed is furnished by the desirable species to reseed the stump blanks. Selective cutting with wise use conforms to the home requirements and market conditions. “Waste and little-used trees may be utilized for farm and other uses with proper equipment under this system of cropping,” Simmons ex plains. “AH/ resources of the for est may be produced and used wisely to meet the farm and home (See TIMBER, Page 4) LONGHORN SCHEDULE July 21 to 27, Composite Regiment Seniors. Contest Used to Find Name for New Concrete Dance Slab Now Being Built Prize of Two Corps Dance Tickets Being Offered to Aggie Who Creates Best Name What would you call the new dance slab? To find out, the Student Activities office is sponsoring a contest to find a suitable name, Social Secretary Bobby Stephens announc ed today. Entries may be turned in at the Students Activities office or may be placed in the Longhorn Picture contest boxes in the lobbies of the old and new Y. The contest is to run until 3 p.m. Wednesday, August 5. The contest is open to all students enrolled in the school Colonel Boles and Colonel Caphton Made Full Colonels Lt. Col. J. K. Boles, Field Ar tillery senior instructor, and Lt. Col. C. L. Caphton, Infantry, sen ior instructor, have been promoted to the rank of full colonel, as of July 1, 1942, said a statement is sued by the Adjutant’s office yes terday. It was also learned from Wash ington that First Lt. Edward L. Scott, QMC, has been assigned to College Station as assistant to Captain Lester Hanks, QMC in structor. Age Limit Raised For Naval Training New Orleans, La.—The maxim um age limit for students enroll ing in the Navy’s V-l program has been raised to 26 years, it was announced today by the Eighth Naval District Public Relations Of fice. The top age limit previously was 20 years. This means that many college sophomores and freshmen will have the opportunity of becoming Naval officers where as in the past they were unable to qualify because of being over the age limitation. The minimum age limit is 17. v The V-l program of the Office of Naval Officer Procurement, of fers college sophomores and fresh men the opportunity to serve their country by enlisting in the Naval Reserve provided they meet the qualifications. The student is al lowed to continue his course in college* at least through his sopho more year and if ha desires, through the entire four years of college when he will then receive training leading to a commission as an Ensign with deck or engin eering duties provided he is still in good standing. To qualify for avia tion, or V-5, he begins actual train ing after his sophomore year. Expenditures of City Unanimously Favored An itemized statement of the expenditures of the city of College Station for 1942 was unanimously approved in a special meeting of the City Council Thursday night in the lecture room of the Civil Engineering building, it was an nounced today by C. B. Wilcox, council member. The budget is a major factor in determining the tax rate of the city. Six Organizations List New Officers In Activity Office Officers for the following clubs are listed below with the club they represent. These names are those that have recently been turned in to the Student Activities office for publication and for their records. Fish and Game Club President: Otheil Erlund Vice-Pres: V. Linton Robertson Sec.-Treas.: Benton €. Taylor Tyler Club President: A. Vernon Lockett Vice-Pres: Justin Pinkerton Sec.-Treas: Edward McKelvey Landscape Art Club President: H. E. Barnes Vice-Pres: L. Eberspacher Treasurer: Scott Fikes Marketing and Finance Club President: Dave Pinson Vice-Pres: Colbert Coldwell Sec-Treas: Joe Clark Reporter: Pete Dennis Laredo A. & M. Club President: Ramiro Casso Vice-Pres: E. A. Leonard Sec-Treas: Alden E. Mulle Social Ch: Horace Watson Reporter: Randal Nye Sgt at Arms: Jose M. Logano Newman Club President: C. E. Outterside Vice-Pres: B. Ivey Secretary: Ed Tschorpe Treasurer: Geo. Frymire Ex-Ag-gie Becomes Squadron Commander In Army Air Corps The appointment of 2nd Lieu tenant William E. Riley, formerly a resident of Beaumont, Texas, as commanding officer of a communi cations squadron has been an nounced- by Col. Earl H. DeFord, commanding officer of the Army Air Force bombardment base at Will Rogers Field, Okla. Lieutenant Riley, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Riley, Sr., of Beaumont, attended Lamar Col lege and A. & M. He received his commission at Scott Field, Illinois, May 16, 1942, and reported to Will Rogers Field July 6. entry. The decision of the judges is final and all entries become the property of the Students Activities . office. In case of ties, duplicate prizes will be awarded. Prizes consist of passes to any two corp dances. The judges for the contest are Cadet Colonel Wal ter W. Cardwell, Battalion Editor David Brooks Gofer, Longhorn Editor John B. Longley, Senior Class President Dan R. “Rocky” Sutherland, and Social Secretary Bobby Stevens. Co-op Institute To Emphasize Plans For Development A three-day institute for lead ers,,of farm cooperatives in Tex as will be held on the A. & M. campus here, August 10-12. Rep resentatives of the co-ops will gather to exchange experiences and to discuss plans for future co operative development. The program for the institute is being prepared by representatives of the Texas Federation of Co operatives, A. & M. and the Hous ton Bank for Cooperatives. L. T. Mayhugh, Amarillo, president of a federation of about 50 local wheat growers’ cooperatives, is head of the cooperative federation, and B. E. Stallones, manager cf the South Texas producers’ co-op, Houston, is secretary. Texas has 845 active coopera tives, according to C. E. Bowles, specialist in organization and co operative marketing for the A. & M. Extension Service. These or ganizations engage in processing, storing, marketing and financing every important agricultural crop produced in the state. Leading in number are the cooperative cotton gins, the grain and rice associa tions, and the purchasing coopera tives. Others have been set up by farmers to supply themselves with electric current, production credit, hospitalization, insurance and sim ilar services. One third of the farm families in Texas now are members, of one or more of these coopera tives. Prof Born in China Teachers Second Generation of Aggies One of the more colorful char acters on the campus, R. E. Snuggs has become well known to Aggies of the past and present. Snuggs states that he will soon be teach ing his second generation of Ag gies. He has an uncannty ability for remembering students he has taught here for the past eighteen years. Snuggs was born in Canton, South China, where he spent the first eleven years of his life. He says it’s easy to remember his age because it goes up with the cen tury; he was born in 1900. The Olympic, sister ship of the Titan ic, brought him over from China. Captain Smith who later went down with the Titanic as its cap tain was captain of the Olympic when he came over. Snuggs was in England in 1911. for the corona tion of King George V and (ac cording to Snuggs) Queen Mary 4/5. He spent three months in the third grade in England. He is a yeterart of World War I, and he has been on every continent except South America and Australia. He’s been robbed by Chinese bandits, been in a typhoon, been in a fire; but never arrested for violating a traffic law. His favorite possession until 1938 was a model “T” Ford (that is besides his wife). A variety of schools have played a role in Snuggs’ education. He’s still proud of the military tradi tions of Bailey Military Institute at Greenwood, North Carolina, where he was bugler for three years. He got his A.B. at George town in Kentucky, and his M.S. at the University of Florida. Snuggs took some work here each semes ter beginning in 1931 and got an ag degree in 1937. (He sat with that class at graduation and wears the graduation ring of that' year.) Snuggology is the widely re nowned course that Snuggs teach es, sometimes known as Ag Chem istry. He says it’s a grade point course offered three times a year, and the fourth time at John Tar- leton, and the fifth time at TSCW, and the sixth time at Huntsville (because it’s a crime to take it the sixth time). He has a vivid type of presentation as well as other methods of keeping the students on their toes. He has a large re pertoire of jokes always ready to enliven the class. Snuggs says that psychology does not enter into his teaching methods; they are per fectly natural and come forth vol untarily. Snuggs is the apple of Mrs. Snuggs’ eye. He likes blond hair and hers is naturally blond and curly. His disposition in class var ies with Mrs. Snuggs’ disposition. If he gets chocolate pie, no quiz; but if he doesn’t, there is always weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Snuggs says his course is very practical, and is readily ap plicable to natural conditions. Snuggs keeps himself well-in formed on the progress of the war, and he is working at the War In formation Center in his spare time. He is also an assistant air raid warden for College Station. Since Pearl Harbor he has acquired some ability in first aid, and he now acts as an instructor in first aid. One of Snuggs’ classes thought they were getting in on some in side information when he told them that watermelons were being smuggled into Germany. Of course somebody had to ask why, and the military secret came out—“to feed the soldiers on the Rhine.” “Although I vary the course from year to year it always re mains a grade point course,” says Snuggs. The grade points are there according to a number of Snuggs’ A-men (correspond to yes-men), but you really have to sweat to get around to getting any of them.