The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, July 28, 1942, Image 1
DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPEK OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION The Battalion DIAL t-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPEK OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1942 2275 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. 9 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”.