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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, AUGUST 11, 1942
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NUMBER 30
Open Foram Talks Featur
Of Co - op Institute Meet f
Fifth Annual Conference Will End At Noon
Tomorrow; Election Officers to Be Held
Fifth annual Texas Institute for Co-Operatives and a
conference of the Texas Federation of Co-Operatives meet
ing here finished its first of three days of open forums, talks,
and banquets concerning the co-operative movement here
in Texas Monday. Two open forums were held yesterday
in the chapel of the YMCA. The morning program was a
discussion of the relationships within the co-operative asso
ciations.
Two old timers in the co-op movement in Texas, Mrs.
Maggie W. Barry, of the extension service here, and Mr. W.
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Tests Short, Painless
Texas spoke on the Monday pro
gram. M. Allen Baker information
agent for Farm Credit Adminis
tration in Houston spoke on*the
imoprtance of keeping the mem
bers interested and working within
the co-ops. He pointed out the
importance of keeping the mem
bers informed and suggested the
newspaper, posters, pictures, and
pamphlets as methods of keeping
the co-op movement before the
eyes of the members.
Graham Killough, Edinburg,
Texas, told of the relationship be
tween the locals and the larger
federations. R. B. McLeaish, pub
lic relations director of the Rio
Grande Valley Citrus Exchange
was a speaker on the Monday
program.
Charles P. Martin, student here
from Plainview, was introduced
by J. Wheeler Barger, head of
the college’s department of Agri
cultural Economics and general
chairman of the co-op convention.
Martin made a talk on the teach
ing of the co-op movement in the
high schools of Texas. Troy Stal
lones from the University of Tex
as Law School was also introduc
ed by Barger. He spoke on the
history of the co-ops giving at
tention to the time when his fath-
fer was the secretary of the In
stitute.
A. Mitchell gave a review of the
history of the co-op houses here
at A&M. He said the project be
gan in 1932 with ten boys and now
has 480 students. The highest en
rollment in the project houses
was in 1939 with a total of 1171.
He said that the houses-' were
saving the boys who lived in them
around $871 per house per month.
J. Frank Triplett from the pro
ducers grain corporation of Amar
illo was another speaker of the
Monday forum.
The program for today starts at
8:30 o’clock in the YMCA Chapel
with a forum on “Organization
and Management Problems.” This
will include such subjects as
“When is a ‘cooperative’ a co
operative, “Dividend Policies” and
“New Problems in Finance.” At
12:15 in Sbisa’s banquet room
'Miss Mary Mims, Extension Spec
ialist in Organization, Louisiana
,State University, will talk on
“The Place of Women in the Co-
Operative Movement.”
A program on inter-group rela
tionship will be held in the YMCA
Chapel from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m.
Such subjects as “The Value of
Cooperative Oil Mills to Coopera
tive Gins,” “Possibilities of Co
operative Trucking,” and “Possib-
(See OPEN FORUM, Page 4)
Lowcut necks, naked midriffs,
and flowing veils were the order
of the day at Kadet Kapers Sat
urday night at the Assembly Hall.
A portion of the “Slipstick Follies
of 1942”, the Engineer’s show of
last year, was presented in full
costume on the KK stage much to
the amusement of the audience—
both Aggie and feminine.
The Kadet Kaper presentation
opened with songs led by Richard
Jenkins, originator of the Saturday
night free stage show, sung by
the audience.
A call was put out for several
handsome boys to assist Jenkins
with a stunt on. the stage. After a
mad rush to be first, the lucky
Aggies were detailed to move the
piano. (Ed note: This was a detail
by Richard Jenkins, a member of
the college staff, and did not invol
ve upperclassmen or freshmen in
particular.) They did it and then,
being so happy at the great honor
accorded them, proceeded to grab
themselves partners and dance
Placement Bureau
Asks Seniors To
Fill Questionnaires
Records on File Will
Enable Graduate to Get
Job After War Period Ends
W. R. Horsley, recently appoint
ed director of the placement bureau
has sent out to the 1943 senior
class the personnel record sheets
similar to those sent to the last
year’s 1 seniors.
Horsley has urged all seniors
to fill out these reports regardless
of whether they are to enter the
army or not. In order that a stu
dent have a better chance in the
scramble for jobs after the war
ends, he should use the placement
office to help him resume the ca
reer planned during his college
years, Horsley stated.
The personnel records which
have been sent to the seniors will
enable the placement office to be
of maximum service to the stu
dent. From these personnel re
cords, a set of printed personnel
leaflets will be printed and sent
to prospective employers. These
will contain a picture of the stu
dent and a wide variety of infor
mation stated in a concise logical
manner. '"S*-
Even seniors who have already
secured a position upon graduation
are urged to fill out these person
nel records as they may be of use
in bettering a person’s position. A
photograph and the personnel
sheets should be turned in to the
placement office in accordance
with the instructions issued with
the personnel blanks at the stu
dents earliest convience.
Horseley has invited any senior
to call on him at any time for
help or information in regard to
to his finding employment after
graduation.
Amos V Andy to Be
On WTAW Today
Amos’n’ Andy submit a report
on what Harlem is doing toward
winning the war, when they ap
pear as “Treasury Star Parade”
guests in the broadcast to be heard
over Station WTAW on Tuesday
at 11:30 a. m. In a laugh-studded
sequence, the popular blackface
comedians demonstrate that the
American negro is doing his part
in the nation’s war effort. Special
music is provided by David Broek-
man and his orchestra.
to the strains of recorded music
(through the courtsey of Hasn’t-
wells in Bryan) much to the glee
of the female audience.
Then came the part of the show
everyone was waiting for—the
summer style parade by the cam
pus beauties from the architect
ural society.
Amidst comments from a well-
informed voice on womens? styles,
a dozen ravishing beauties parad
ed out on the stage and exposed
themselves to the awe-stricken au
dience. There were moments a
many when the - beauties paraded
up and down the aisles for the clos
er scrutiny of the style conscious
spectators.
All the latest summer fashions
illustrated in this month’s Vogue
and Womens Home Companion
were on exhibit in the salon by
the most ravishing beauties on the
campus.
It is not known what Kadet Ka
pers has on hand for next week,
but Jenkins has issued the fol
lowing statement: “It’ll be good.”
Dr. George E. Potter, chairman
of the Blood Service committee for
local Civilian Defense, announced
today that only slightly more than
one hundred persons have report
ed to the hospital to have their
blood typed.
Members of the committee ai*e
Dr. John Quisenberry, Dr. George
Edds, and Potter. Tests are being
made by the college hospital and
records placed at the disposal of
civilian defense leaders.
“We want every junior, sopho
more, or freshman (or anyone else
that will probably be on the camp
us for another year) to have this
test made. It only takes a few
minutes, and we would like to get
six or seven hundred names on
our records so that there will not
be a shortage of the rarer types if
they are needed,” said Potter.
Proof of this statement is that
out of the first hundred tested,
only eight men had blood types
other thah the common “O” and
“A” types. There are four of each
of the other two rarer types list
ed in the first hundred. ,
Those having the rare types are:
J. M. Bryan, type AB; Porter
Garner', type B; Henry Maas,
AB; Jack Robbins, type B; R. E.
Scott, type B; Jack Simons, type
B; Robert Singleton, type B; E.
J. Smith, type B; W. B. Thomas,
type AB; all others were types O
and A.
Lists of those already typed will
be placed on bulletin boards in the
Biology building, Veterinary Hos
pital, and the college hospital.
“It is very helpful to doctors in
emergency cases to know the type
of blood required for a transfu
sion,” said Potter, “so whether
you feel that you will be called on
in the near future or not for a
transfusion, you should know your
type. Tests are still being made at
the hospital. They are painless and
take but a few minutes. We want
everyone to help us out in this war
cause.”
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Surgical Dressings
Institute Will Be
HeldinBryanToday
The U. S. Surgical Dressings In
stitute will be held in Bryan to
day and tomorrow at the Red
Cross Volunteer Service Headquar
ters in the Carnegie library build
ing.
Instructors at this meeting will
be Mrs. E. S. Boyles and Mrs. Aug
ust Schumacher, both of the Harris
County Chapter, Houston.
The attendance is limited to two
persons from each of the ten count
ies comprising this region. It will
not be open to the general public
because of limited time and train
ing personnel.
The representatives from Brazos
County are Mrs. J. H. Quisenberry
of College Station, the county
chairman, and Mrs. James Butler
of Bryan. These persons will in
struct others at a later date to be
announced.
Following the completion of this
two day meet, the Brozos county
chapter, working at the Carnegie
Library in Bryan and at the Red
Cross Headquarters in College Sta
tion, will begin its assigned quota
of sixteen months of surgical dres
sing work. Because the surgical
dressings must be thoroughly stex - -
ilized and supervised, no work will
be taken into private homes.
M E Freshmen Meet
Schedule Help Classes
There will be a meeting of all
Mechanical Engineering freshmen
in the Electrical Engineering Lec
ture room at 7 o’clock tonight to
make plans for holding slide rule
help classes. These classes will be
taught by M. E. seniors for the
benefit of the freshmen, T. J.
Bolling, president of the Student
Chapter of the ASME stated Mon
day.
Former Commandant
Visits Here Monday
Brig. Gen. A. R. Emery, former
P.M.S.&T. at A. & M., stopped on
the campus for a brief visit yes
terday, while en route from Cali
fornia to Ft. Benning, Georgia.
Band Wagon
Campaign
Progresses
Vote May Be Cast
With Each 25 Cent
Purchase in Stores
The campaign to get the Aggie-
land orchestra on the Fitch Sum
mer Band Wagon NBC program
from Dallas September 13 got un
der way this week.
Curley Brient, leader of-the Ag-
gieland Orchestra received word
last week that the orchestra has a
definite chance to get on the sum
mertime broadcast from Dallas
next month. “The competition is
going to be very strong because
several pretty big bands in Dallas
as well as the SMU band are all
trying to get the chance to get
on this coast-to-coast radio prog
ram which could very easily
“make” a band.” “We’ve got the
stuff down here to get that broad
cast if every Aggie will cooperate
in voting for us when he buys any
thing at a drug store.” Brient
'stated.
The number of votes cast in
drug stores in this area during
the next two weeks will determine
-the Aggieland’s possible chance at
fame and fortune. One vote may
be cast with every 25 cent pur
chase of anything in drug stores
in the Dallas area. That means
that a purchase of cigarettes,
prescriptions, fountain drinks,
stationery—matter of fact, any
thing on the counters of any drug
store will count as a vote for the
Aggieland if the purchaser will
simply tell the clerk that he wants
to cast a vote for the Aggieland
orchestra of A. & M.
Drug stores in the following
cities will take votes for the Ag
gieland orchestra:
Abilene, Big Spring, Breck-
enridge, Cisco, Denison, Fort
Worth, Henderson, Kilgore,
Midland, Mineral Wells, Paris,
Ranger, Sherman, Sweetwater,
Tyler, Vernon, Weatherford,
Wichita Falls, and Waco.
/ If you are in doubt as to whether
your town is included in the Dal
las area for the Fitch Band Wagon
voting, a post card inquiry to The
Battalion will bring the answer.
Deer Prove to Be
Definite Asset To
Edwards Ranchers
That deer in the Edwards Pla-
tean county of Texas constitutes
an economic asset of undoubted im
portance was indicated by studies
conducted by the Division of Wild
Life Research of the Texas Agri
cultural Experiment Station in co
operation with the Extension Ser
vice, the Kerrville Chamber of
Commerce, the Kerr County Wild
Life Association and the Texas
Game, Fish and Oyster Commis
sion, in the vicinity of Kerrville,
Texas.
Reports were made recently on
497,331 acres of Kerr County land.
One thousand and thirty-three deer
were reported taken in the last
open season, or one deer to each
481 acres. Seventy-six of the 214
ranchmen, or 35%, received pay
for hunting leases, taking in $20,-
981, or an average of $270. Hunt
ing lease money was received on
313,583 acres, or 63% of the total
acreage reported on. One hundred
thirty-eight of the 214 owners, or
64%, reported receiving no money
from this source. Their acreage
totaled 183,748, or 36% of the tot
al.
Of the 214 ranchmen reporting,
151, or 70%, owning 342,947 acres,
or 68%, reported damage by deer.
Estimated deer damage totaled
$13,723, an average of $90.88 for
those reporting damage. Reports
of damage tended to decrease with
the size of the ranch. Nearly all
the small farmers complained of
deer damage, but less than half of
ranchmen owning acreage of 2,000
acres and up, complained of dam
age.
Returns from the questionnaire
clearly indicate the need for some
form of protection of cropped areas
from deer damage.
Juke Box Prom To
Be Held in Grove
Saturday Evening
New Record Equipment
Allows 45 Minutes Of
Continuous Dance Music
Dancers will get their first op
portunity to attend a dance at
The Grove at popular prices this
weekend at the first outdoor juke
box prom to be held Saturday
night, stated Bobby Stephens, Sen
ior class social secretary.
Price set for the prom by of
ficials is 35 cents, and the number
two uniform will be regulation.
Sophomores and freshmen will be
required to have dates to attend
any juke box proms, as was de
cided by the Senior Class in a re
cent meeting, although sophomores
can go to Corps dances without
dates.
Saturday night will be the first
time the new $350 record playing
and sound equipment will be used.
The new equipment which is in
stalled in the base of the band
stand has provisions for playing
forty-five minutes of music with
out interruption over six high
fidelity speakers mounted on poles
around the border of the floor.
As well as provisions for records
the new sound equipment has mi
crophone plugs installed in the
front of the band stand where the
sound- amplifiers can be used for
microphones for vocalists as well
as for records.
Aggie Riders Will
Be Featured in 24th
Annual S&S Rodeo
The 24th annual Texas Aggie
Rodeo, held in Bryan at the Amer
ican Legion Park, August 14 and
15, will offer a wide variety of
entertainment including calf rop
ing, bareback and saddle bronco
riding, wild bull riding, ribbin rop
ing, cowhorse contests, and many
other attractions, and feature ca
det riders. v
The rodeo is sponsored by the
Saddle and Sirloin Club in order to
raise money to send A. & M.’s
International Livestock Judging
team to the annual Chicago live
stock show and judging contests.
The ceremony of the king and
queen of the rodeo will be omitted
this year, the Saddle and Sirloin
Club stated.
Busses have been secured to run
from the College to the Legion
Park in Bryan. None of the pro
ceeds from the rodeo will go to
any promoter.
Camera Club Elects
Officers; Drafts Plan
For Future Activities
Newly created College Camera
Club formally approved their new
constitution and mapped out a pro
gram for future activities last
Wednesday night, according to
Frank Tippitt, second vice-presi
dent of the club. The meeting was
shown some color pictures and
slides taken by the Landscape Art
Department and members of the
club.
Officers elected at the, meeting
were as follows: Phil Crown, presi
dent; Bill Evans, first vice-presi
dent; Frank Tippitt, second vice-
president; Tom Robb, reporter;
Linton Robertson, secretary-trea
surer.
Tomorrow night another meet
ing will be held in the lecture room
on the second floor in the Y.M.C.A.
A program has been planned and
any new members will be wel
come. The club is open to stu
dents and college employees as
regular members, and to others as
associate members. The only re
quirement is an interest in photo
graphy.
Press Club Will Hold
Meeting Tonight at 7
The Press Club will hold an im
portant meeting tonight at 7
o’clock in the Battalion office at
the Administration building, ac
cording to E. A. Gordon, presi
dent.
It is imperative to that all mem
bers of the Press Club be present
to transact important business.
Anyone who is a member of the
staff of any student publication is
eligible to attend the meeting.
Summer Style Show Feature Is
Highlights of Kadet Kapers
Scholarship Honor Society
Eligibilities Announced
66 Seniors of 4 Schools Named Members;
Juniors Will Be Determined in Near Future
Names of sixty-six seniors eligible for membership this
year in the Scholarship Honor Society have been announced
by the Registrar’s office.
Those eligible for membership are the highest ranking
eight per cent of the seniors in each school and four per cent
of the juniors in each school. The list of Agriculture juniors
is complete and the other schools will be ready in a few days.
Seniors who were members last year are automatically elig
ible for membership this year.
In a few days, the Society will have a meeting to elect
^.officers.
Seniors in the School of Agri-
Cadet Chess Team
Tackles Faculty
Players Tonight
Aggies Defeated By
Profs Last Week; Out
For Revenge This Time
Tonight at 7 o’clock the Aggie
chess team will match their skill
against a group of faculty chess
players in contest to be held in the
chess room in the first floor of the
new “Y”. All persons interested
are invited by Eugene Canfield
team captain, to come out and
watch the battle of wits.
Dr. C. M. Kelly of the chemistry
department; Dr. S. S. Share of the
physics department; Malcolm Or
chard, agricultural education; B.
R. Holland, chemistry department,
and Dr. E. P. Humbert, genetics
department.
In a practice, skirmish held last
Tuesday between the Aggies and
the faculty, the Aggies were
soundly defeated by a score of
four games to one, however, in
the actual contest to be held to
night, the aggies are out to better
their record.
Chess activity is on the increase
every Tuesday night at the regu
lar chess club meetings. All per
sons interested are invited out to
join the sessions. A chess ladder
is posted on the blackboard of the
chess room which shows the posi
tion of the players. There’s al
ways room at the bottom for any
one who wants to work up to a
top place.
College Capers
TSCWite Signs
Selected from ten TSCW girls in
the cast of “College Capers of ’42”,
two have been awarded movie con
tracts. Margaret Mary Hancock,
has accepted a 10-week contract
with Metro-Goldwyn Mayer at
$250 per week. Ruth Tilley, is be
ing considered, but has not an
nounced definite arrangements.
In the production playing cur
rently in Fort Worth, Miss Han
cock and Dick Gregory of SMU
give a comedy interpretation of a
jitterbug team. They are featured
in a new dance creation, the Col
lege Capers Stroll, with five jit
terbug couples, each doing varia
tions of' the fundamental steps.
culture eligible have grade point
averages ranging from 2.017 to
2.63. They are, in order of their
standing: Walter Cardwell, John
Pesek, Harriot Kunkel, Tom Moore,
William Parker, Dean Davis, Char
les Wyatt, Raymond Terrell, Percy
Bell, William Lawler, Haywood
Clemons, Alanson Brown, John
Powell, William Lehmberg, W.
Bland Harrison, Bryant Caraway,
Tommie Pierce, Kenneth Smith,
Jack Barton, Bill Morehouse, Or
ville Foster, E. C. Shillinburg,
James York, John Ellison, Jack
Miller and Ray Mulhollan.
Engineering senior’s averages
ranged from 2.22 to 3.01. In order
they are: Bill Galloway, William
Adkisson, Kent Roy Barnard, Wil
liam Bever, Stephen Kaffer, Earl
Hartman, Jean Goppert, Guy John
son, Addison Lynch, Adolph Spec-
ia, Russell Jolley, Jack Baird, J. C.
Denny, Spencer Baen, Don Little,
Sam Burks, Luther Marshall, John
Pratt, George Thenn, John Cox,
Austin Nance, William Bowie, Roy
Grim, Dan Lansdon, Don Griffin,
Russell Chatham and Richard
Worth.
Arts and Science seniors eligible
have grade point averages running
from 2.094 to 2.60, and are: Ken
Bresnen, Charles Hancock, David
Gofer, James Lynch, Ralph Green,
and A. L. Stautzenberger.
Veterinary averages range from
2.029 to 2.84. Eligible seniors are:
George Charlebois, Wilford Lur
ies, S. H. Madin, Robert Faha,
Frederick Baker, and Tyrrel De-
Volin.
Anyone feeling that there is a
mistake in this list is requested to
come by the Registrar’s office,
said R. G. Perryman, assistant to
Acting Registrar H. L. Heaton.
Juniors in the School of Agri
culture eligible for membership
are: Arthur Lacy, Albert Lacy,
Joe Hollingsworth, Benton Taylor,
Joe Kelsey, Marvin McMillan, Dan
iel Anthony, James Robertson,
Harold Holdeman, Edward Bonn,
and Jack Morgan. Grade point
averages ran from 1.86 to 2.71.
Juniors in other schools will be
announced shortly.
H J Hansen Appointed
To Timber Committee
Howard J. Hansen, Associate
Professor of Civil Engineering, has
been appointed as Chairman of a
Committee on Timber Structures
for the Structural Division of the
American Society of Civil Engine
ers, according to J. T. L. McNew,
head of the Department of Civil
Engineering.
Week-end Filled With Good
Times Climaxes Summer Term
Pretty Ina Ray Hutton front
ing the band and singing the vocals
with the white background of the
r
new bandstand at The Grove to
fill in the picture’ presented an
attractive sight to the over-ca-
pdcity crowd on the slab and to the
many onlookers who flocked to
The Grove as the strains of music
drifted over the campus Satuur-
day night.
As a climax to what will turn
out to be one of the biggest week
ends of the summer, Ina Ray Hut
ton and her all male orchestra
played for the largest corps dance
yet of the summer session Sat
urday night before an overflowing
crowd.
Final tabulations showed that
1259 paid admissions crossed the
entrance to “The Grove” while
84 complimentary passes were is
sued making a grand total ticket
purchase of 1343.
The familiar landmarks of the
campus were covered with more
weekend visitors than have been
seen since Easter weekend last
semester was the opinion expres
sed by many.
The corps dance Friday night
was played by Curley Brient and
and the Aggieland Orchestra, and
was the first dance to be held in
The Grove. The dance Friday night
was not as crowded as was the
Ina Ray Hutton hop on Saturday,
therefore many expressed the opin
ion that dancing was better. The
area above The Grove was roped
off to - keep back onlookers from
getting to close to the slab and
blocking ventilation from the dance
floor.
A near-capacity crowd attended
Kadet Kapers prior to the dance
to witness a summer style show
put on by members of the Archi
tectural society. Richard Jenkins,
director of the Singing Cadets and
producer of the Saturday night
show, acted as emcee for the pro
gram that, several members of the
corps and their dates participated
in.