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NUMBER 24
Town Hall Presents Singers
As Third Number in Series f
Variety of Songs
Made Up Program
Last Night in Guion
Jackson Jubilee Singers, featured
on the third Town Hall program
of the summer semester last
night, was received as an enjoy
able collection of old Negro chants,
plantation melodies, and joyous
spirituals.
The program included such fav
orites as “Swing Low Sweet Char
iot”, “Deep River”, “Coin’ Home”
and many other well-known Negro
songs. In addition to these, the
program featured many of the
Jackson tenor solo by Vivian
Brown, a reading by James
Brown, and a piano solo by V. S.
Brown.
The Jackson Jubilee Singers
were organized by the late Profes
sor R. G. Jackson, former director
of Music at Western University,
Kansas City, Kansas. This school
for Negroes has long maintained
an outstanding department of
music.
The organization was formerly
known as the Deep River Planta
tion Singers, but because of in
fringement on this name by other
organizations, the singers changed
their name to that of the organiza
tion’s founder.
The Jackson Singers have tour
ed the United States from Coast
to Coast and have made three
tours into Canada. Purely on the
merit of accomplishment, V. S.
Brown, the second tenor, has grad
ually attained the position of lead-
euship formerly held by R. G. Jack-
son. For several years Brown di
rected the same church choir. He
has been called upon to head up
the activities of regional and na
tional meetings of Negro musi
cians. All the while he has at every
opportunity continued his study of
both piano and voice and the Uni
versity of Kansas and Kansas City
Conservatory.
Juke Box Prom To
Be Held Saturday
The “biggest and best” Juke Box
Prom of the summer season will
be held this Saturday night in
Sbisa’s main dining hall from 9
until 12 o’clock, according to Bob
by Stephens, social secretary of
the senior class.
“Sophomores are asked to get a
date, but no enforcement of this
request will be made at the door,”
Stephens said. “Freshmen will be
required to have dates in order to
attend,” he added.
This prom promises to outshine
all the others because many of the
boys who had planned to have
dates down for the opening of the
dance slab August 1, will have
dates down any way to show them
what an Aggie Juke Box Prom
really is.
• Admission for the dance will be
the usual 35 cents. Uniform will
be number two with civilian cloth
es being optional with the seniors,
Stephens said.
The latest records will be on
hand to give the dancers the most
upto date music that can be had.
Valee Makes Third
AppearanceonWTAW
Rudy Vallee and Company make
a third “Treasury Star Parade”
appearance, in thfe broadcast to be
heard over Station WTAW on July
28 at 11:30 o’clock when they air
15 minutes of musical variety.
With Vallee as soloist and master
of ceremonies, the Connecticut
Yankees and The Sportsmen pre
sent a program which includes
“The Red, White and Blue,” “Let’s
Put Out the Lights,” “Grandfath
er’s Clock,” “Where To?” and a
medley of war songs.
Seven Collegians
Get Offers From
Motion Pictures
Seven members of the College
Capers troupe now playing at the
Majestic Theatre in Dallas have
been contacted by Hollywood talent
scouts who made special trips to
Dallas to scout the act. Two of the
girls were TSOWites.
According to Charles Freeman,
Interstate Theatre executive whc
produced the show, those who are
tentatively possibilities for Holly
wood include: Jackie Davis, Texas
U.; Mynell Allen, Dallas girl who
attends North Texas State Teach
ers College; Margaret Mary Han
cock, Texas State College for Wo
men; Betty Pecor, TCU; Elaine
Meredith, Baylor; Peggy Lorenzen,
North Texas State Teachers Col
lege; and Ruth Tilley, Texas State
College for Women. There are cer
tain details to be ironed out, such
as getting parents consent, but the
young ladies expect to come to a
decision by the end of the week.
Tests for Junior
Assistant Will
Be Given Soon
For the third time this year the
United States Civil Service Com
mission is holding its Junior Pro
fessional Assistant examination
for college students. Federal posi
tions paying $2,000 a year, con
nected with important war activi
ties, will be filled by those attain
ing an eligible rating. Applications
"must be filed with the Commission
in Washington, D.C., by August 27.
Planned primarily to recruit col
lege students who will graduate in
the summer session, the examina
tion consists of a general test de
signed to measure aptitude and
general knowledge. College grad
uates, and senior students who will
complete their courses by Septem
ber 30, 1942, may apply. There are
no age limits.
No options are specified, al
though qualified persons are par
ticularly desired in the fields of
business administration, public ad
ministration, economics, library
science, statistics and mathematics
through calculus. Persons who re
ceived eligible ratings in the last
Junior Professional Assistant ex
amination announced April 13 need
not apply, as appointments will be
made from both lists established.
Junior Professional Assistant
positions pay $2,000 a year; how
ever, in some cases vacancies exist
which pay $1,800, $1,600 and $1,-
440 a year. These positions will
be filled by persons willing to ac
cept the lower salaries. Appointees
will perform professional, subpro
fessional, technical, semitechnical
or clerical work in connection with
various governmental war activi
ties. y
Announcements and forms for
applying may be obtained at first-
and second-class post offices.
Pictures for Senior
Section Taken Until
Saturday; Jrs Next
Deadline date for the submission
of senior Longhorn pictures has
been extended through Saturday,
August 1, according to an an
nouncement made yesterday by
Longhorn Editor J. B. Longley.
Juniors will start their pictures
on the following Monday, begin
ning with the infantry. A schedule
for the dates for the juniors cf
various organizations will be pub
lished in Thursday’s Battalion.
DANCE SLAB CONTEST FORM
Name for Dance Slab
Your Name -
Organization P. O. Box
UniformAnnounce
For Dances Held
or Slab Opening
Khakis and Informal
Dresses Most Comfortable,
Secretary Stephens Says
Uniform for what will probably
be the biggest social weekend of
the summer social season, August
7 and 8, has been announced as
number two by Bobby Stephens,
social secretary of the senior class.
Khakis will be in style for the
dance opening the new Aggie
Dance Slab out under the stars
Friday, August 7. The Aggieland
Orchestra will' furnish the music
for this outdoor informal.
When Ina Ray Hutton, queen of
the name bands, brings her band
here for the Corps dance Satur
day, August 8, the Aggies will also
find his fresh khakis just as sty
lish as they will be cool.
The number two uniform was de
cided upon because freshmen and
sophomores have no blouses, and
it was desirous to maintain the
summer policy of cool, comfortable,
and informal dances through out
the semester, Stephens said.
Marine Corpsmen
Guard Strategic
Panama Canal Zone
One of the most important as
signments in World War II—^pro
tection of the strategic Panama
Canal—belongs to Uncle Sam’s
leathernecks, Captain D. M. Taft,
Marine Corps recruiting officer for
this district, disclosed here today.
A large percentage of the Ma
rines in the Canal Zone are Tex
ans, Captain Taft said. Texas has
for years supplied the Marine
Corps with the finest of men, far
outnumbering other states. Since
Pearl Harbor, volunteers from
Texas have nearly equalled those
from all other southern states
combined.
The Marines are performing a
thorough job in patrolling the
Canal Zone and have perfected an
expertly arranged routine to elim
inate sabotage, Captain Taft has
been advised.
In addition to anti-aircraft and
defense units, the Marine Corps
has detachments boarding every
vessel entering the canal who keep
constant watch of all proceedings
during the ship’s entire 51-mile
voyage through the canal.
There is a constant need for
more men in the Marine Corps to
serve at every post where Marines
are stationed, Captain Taft said.
Now more than ever before Texans
are being asked to volunteer their
services. There is a need for every
man between 17 and 33 years of
age who is in good physical con
dition. Men from 35 to 50 may
enlist for continental guard duty.
Recruiting stations are located at
San Antonio, Houston, Beaumont,
Corpus Christi and Harlingen.
Richard Gordon Hill
Reported Dead July 16
Lt. Richard Gordon Hill, class of
’41, was killed July 16, when the
four-motored bomber he was pilot
ing crashed into the side of a
mountain near Walla Walla, Wash
ington.
Hill, whose home was in Mart,
Texas, was a captain on the
Composite Regiment staff and
majored in chemical engineering.
He went on active duty in the
Chemical Warfare Service upon
graduating, but transferred to the
Air Corps soon after. He had
been recently promoted to the
rank of first lieutenant and made
a squadron commander.
September Degree
Applications Taken
Both graduate and undergrad
uate students who plan to graduate
in September are requested to
make applications for degrees this
week, announced R. G. Perryman,
Assistant Registrar.
August 1 is the deadline, and
those candidates who have not
already made application should
call at the Registrar’s Office im
mediately and fill out an applica
tion form.
'I Norman
Raine Leaves o'
For Texas
Writer Will Start
Work on Story of
A-M Motion Picture
Norman Reilly Raine, ace Holly
wood scenario writer, will leave
Hollywood this afternoon en route
to College Station to begin work
on the script for Universal Studio’s
Walter Wanger production tenta
tively titled “American Youth Has
Never Been Licked,” which will
depict the story of A. & M. He
will arrive some time Thursday,
reports from Hollywood stated.
Raine; whose specialty is writing
screen stories concerning war, will
stop off shortly in Dallas before
coming here.
He was the man-behind-the-
typewriter on Walter Wanger’s
current hit production, “Eagle
Squadron,” the story of American
boys in the R.A.F., and has been
responsible for many other war
time hits dealing with courage
and heroism.
Approval of the faculty and
board of directors was obtained
some time ago, and the $750,000
production is scheduled to go into
production as soon as the screen
play is ready. Raine will spend
several weeks on the campus as
sembling background data around
which to write his story.
Stars for the motion picture
have not yet been selected, the
casting to be determined by
Raine’s characterizations.
Egg Production
Increases Over
Last Years 161
The hen does not take a Gov
ernment challenge lightly in war
time.
Demand was made for 50 billion
eggs in 1942—and the hen is lay
ing at the rate of well over 60
billion eggs'a year, almost 115,000
eggs a minute, day and night.
In May alone, hens on farms in
this country laid 5,769,000,000
eggs, a record high, exceeding
May, 1941, by 16 per cent. Total
egg production during the first
five months of this year has been
exactly that percentage higher
than for the same period in 1941.
The increase is 26 per cent above
the 10-year average for 1931-40.
While much of the increase has
been due to more layers, individual
hens are laying more eggs than
ever before. They set a new high
of 17.6 eggs per layer for May,
compared with the 10-year aver
age of 16.7 eggs for that month.
The average hen in farm flocks
laid 70.4 eggs during the first five
months of 1942, which was 3 per
cent more than she laid during
the same period last year.
Interest incident to egg produc
tion, feeding problems and health
maintenance centers upon vita
mins, particularly A and D.
Use of dehydrated alfalfa and
shark oil are helping the vitamin
A poultry situation. There is no
vitamin D problem, because of re
search conducted by chemists for
more than 10 years. A chemically
standardized source of vitamin D,
known as “Delsterol,” is satisfac
torily filling vitamin feed require
ments making for healthy, produc
tive stock.
Dr. Harry W. Titus of the U. S.
Bureau of Animal Industry stress
es the fact that “D”-activated ani
mal sterol is not merely a| partial
solution of the problem of finding
a satisfactory source of votamin
D for use in mixed feeds for poul
try, but is “a complete solution.”
He points out that its merits have
been verified by experiments at
several of the State agricultural
experiment stations, and the U. S.,
Research Center at Beltsville, and
in the laboratories of numerous
feed manufacturers, as well as by
wide use in commercial feeds dur
ing the last two years.
Layers in farm flocks totaled
327,157,000 during May, 1942, the
largest on record for the month,
exceeding May of the previous
year by 14 per cent and the 10-
year average by 15 per cent. And
See EGG, Page 4)
Dr H L Walster To
Speak at Meeting
f Local AAUP
Educator Will Talk On
Problems of Education
In Land Grant Colleges
Dr. H. L. Walster, dean of the
School of Agriculture and Director
of the Agricultural Experiment
Station at North Dakota Agricul
tural College, will address the lo
cal chapter of the American Asso
ciation of University Professors in
its second meeting of the summer
semester tomorrow night at 8:15
o’clock in the Physics lecture room
on the subject, “Some War and
Post War Problems of Education
in Land Grant Colleges.”
“The A. A. U. P. feels itself
fortunate in securing Dr. Walster,
who with others is making a sur
vey of the College curricula at the
invitation of College authorities,
to speak before the chapter. Be
cause of the general interest in the
subject, the chapter invites the
college staff as well as the public
to hear Dr. Walster,” said Dr. G.
J. Samuelson.
Additional Club
Officers Listed
The following clubs have been
organized and their respective of
ficers elected the Student Activi
ties office said.
Student Affiliate of the American
Chemical Society
President: Lee Stautzenberger
Vice Pres: Sam Menczer
Vice-Pres. and Secretary, W. F.
Oxford
Brazoria County A. & M. Club
President: W. O. Parker, Jr.
Vice-Pres: H. W. Upham
Sec.-Treas: Albert E. Vickery
Ex-4-H Club
President: Loyd Clydeburn
Vice-Pres: Billie F. Kidd
Sec.-Treas: Howard C. Hahn
Hillel Club '
President: Sam Rosenstein
Vice-Pres: Billy Noa
Treasurer: S. Forman
Secretary: Richard Gottlieb
Rio Grande Valley Club
President: T. R. Vannoy
Vice-Pres: George J. Ogdee
Treasurer: W. P. Kincy
Corps Rifle Team
President: R. T. Cook
Vice-Pi’es: C. J. DeAvy
Sec-Treas: Howard Crossland
Tri-Cities Club
President: George Ferguson
Vice-Pres: John Walmslay
Treasurer: J. E. Green
Secretary: A. Barber
Land of the Lake Club
President, Dyke Gillen
Vice-Pres: Robert Cook
Treasurer: Dudley Terry
Navarro County Club
President: Mickey Edwards
Vice-Pres: J. Daniels
Treasurer: Carlos Love
Secretary: Cullen Dunn
Shoes Should Be
Purchased Only
If They Fit Well
During the next six months the
U. S. Army will buy more than 16
million pairs of shoes. That means
civilians must take good care of
all the leathef goods they have,
so the men at the front may have
enough, says Mrs. Dora R. Barnes,
clothing specialist for the A. & M.
College Extension Service.
Taking good care of shoes and
leather goods is in line with the
Victory Demonstrator’s pledge to
help win the war which thousands
of Texans have made in the last
few months.
The shoe industry last year
turned out four pairs of shoes for
every man, woman and child in
the country,., but many pairs are
not in use now because they don’t
fit. The fault lies both in the shoes
and in the customers, Mrs. Barnes
See SHOES, Page 4)
Seniors Rings Sent for
Adjustment Returned
Registrar’s Office announced
Monday that senior rings sent back
back to the manufacturers for ad
justment, have arrived and are
ready for distribution.
The next order of new rings will
be distributed August 1.
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Entries for Naming Contest
For Dance Slab Coming In
City Budget For
1942-43 Approved
At Last Meeting
At the last meeting of the City
Council, the new budget for the
period July 1, 1942, to June 30
1943, was approved. The new bud
get contains many new items which
have been added since last year.
The tax rate will be the same
as last year, 60$ per $100 valua
tion. The water and sewer fund
and the electric fund are shown on
the budget as' net amounts after
deducting a 10% discount in favor
of the consumer.
The Brazos County Health Unit
fund was increased by $300 over
last year’s fund. A fund has been
set aside fox furnishing water to
the negro area. This will be ac
complished by drilling a well which
will be available to the negroes
who pay a fee for the use of the
water. In this manner the well will
pay for itself after a period of
time. Other additions to the budget
include an allowance for the main-
tainance of a City Park Board,
the purchase of a new truck, and a
fee to be given A. & M. College
for the use of the college garbage
incinerator. The complete budget
is printed on page 4.
Navy Offers Places
To Men Ineligible
For Combat Duty
Civilian airplane pilots who are
not eligible for Naval Aviation
Cadet Training because of age or
marital status may/ now take ad
vanced civilian pilot training to
qualify for commissions in Class
A-V(T) of the Naval Reserve, the
Navy announced today.
To be eligible for this advanced
training, applicants must have at
least a private pilot’s certificate
with approximately 100 hours fly
ing time and be technically quali
fied to take either the civilian
cross country course or instructors
course. Applicants should have at
least a high school education. Pref
erence will be given those under
32 years old, it was pointed out by
Lieutenant-Commander L. C.
Priestman, senior member of the
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection
Board, in New Orleans, where ap
plication should be made.
Qualified applicants are origin
ally commissioned on a probation
ary status and immediately assign
ed to an advanced Civilian Pilot
Training course. Upon completion
of the subsequent instruction they
are commissioned with appropriate
rank in Call A-V(T) of the Naval
Reserve. Applicants who do not
successfully complete the training
may apply for any other commis
sioned branch or enlisted grade
for which they may be qualified.
While taking civilian training,
applicants are furnished subsis
tence, quarters and transportation
to and from the airport and are
required to devote their full time
to the training.
It was pointed out that appli
cants for A-V(T) commissions who
already have the necessary flying
qualifications do not take civilian
training but are commissioned
from civilian life and assigned to
“refresher” training at one of the
principal Naval air stations.
Agronomy Society
Holds First Outing
As the initial social event of the
summer semester, last Thursday,
the Agronomy Society gathered at
the picnic ground west of the new
drill field for a barbecue and a
number of games.
Thirty-five members of the
Agronomy Society, their dates, and
faculty members of the Agronomy
Department were present and spent
an hour and a half playing games
and getting acquainted. After a
barbecue lunch everyone formed a
circle and sang old and new songs.
Dr. Ide P. Trotter, head of the
department, and his wife sang a
duet. Dean E. J. Kyle said a few
words to the group at the close of
the meeting.
Deadline Set For
August 5; Prizes
Passes to Dances
Dance slab now under construc
tion at a cost of over $2,500 on
the west side of the campus is still
lacking a name but entries in the
naming contest have begun to come
into the Student Activities office
which is sponsoring the contest.
Names for the slab which have
been submitted include “Dance-a-
torium” which William Robert
Hess of H Infantry thought would
make a suitable name for the mar
oon slab. John Holman of A In
fantry submits “Aggiemat” as his
choice for its name. “Tune Down”
is submitted by R. J. Moore of A
Cavalry. “The Scarlet Carpet” is
submitted as a likely name by
Jack Chilcoat of F Infantry.
John Longley says that it should
be called just “The Slab.”
Entries must be turned into the
Student Activities office to be
placed in the Longhorn Picture
contest boxes in the lobbies of the
old and new Y.M.C.A.’s. Deadline
for entries to be submitted is Wed
nesday, August 5, at 3 p.m.
Prizes for the winner will be
passes to any two corps dances.
The judges for the contest are
Cadet Colonel Walter W. Cardwell,
Battalion Editor Gofer, Longhorn
Editor J. B. Longley, Senior Presi
dent Dan R. “Rocky” Sutherland
and Social Secretary Bobby Steph
ens.
Opening of the slab will be Fri
day, August 7, at which time the
name selected will probably be an
nounced. The Aggieland Orchestra
under the direction of Curley
Brient will furnish music for the
floor’s initial dance. Before the ce
ment cools from the opening dance,
Ina Ray Hutton will bring her or
chestra to the slab for the first
Corps dance to be held under the
stars Saturday, August 8.
Over $350 worth of sound equip
ment has arrived to make the
sound system of the dance floor
one of the best in the south. This
sound equipment consists of. six
twelve-inch loud speakers, a micro
phone and an amplifier. It is the
finest obtainable, L. D. Boone, di
rector of student activities, stated.
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.
Co-op Canning Of
Pineapple Adds
Variety to Diet
Cooperative purchase of pine
apple for canning and for “eat
ing fresh” has enabled many Texas
home demonstration club women
to add another variety of fruit
to their daily diets at a consider
able saving. Myrtle Murray, spec
ialist in home industries for the
A. and M. College Extension Ser
vice, says marketing committees
of county home demonstration
councils have been handling pool
ed orders for three or four years,
but this summer the idea seemed
exceptionally popular.
The Gregg County marketing
committee, ordering through a
local merchant, obtained pineapple
for $1.75 per dozen, while the reg
ular market price was a little above
$2. In that county 148 families
pooled their orders, saving about
$50 on 196 dozen. Interest of the
club women enabled the local mer
chant to sell more than 500 dozen
pineapple within the next few
days. Altogether, 8,000 pints of
pineapple were pooled as a result
of this cooperative order.
Pineapples purchased coopera
tively in Harrison County totaled
270 dozen within a week, and in
previous years the amounts had
totaled 100 and 110 dozen. The
merchant handling the order esti
mated 90 percent of the fruit pur
chased was canned. Yield from a
dozen pineapple averaged from 36
to 45 pints, depending on the type
of canned product. Most home
makers canned juice, slices, and
“wedges”.