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DIAL 4-5444 r w~iw 'WTh d 4 W * DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION The Battalion OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. - VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 27, 1942 2275 NUMBER 37 New Freshman Program Affords Old Students W eek Off Drive for Funds to Relieve WarPrisonersOpensToday l Community Chest Gives $200 Toward $500 Goal; Students, Faculty Raise Remainder The local student committee of the World’s Student Ser vice, a branch of the Y. M. C. A., begins its drive today to reach the quota which it has designated as its goal for Aggies and the college to contribute to the World Student Service Fund. This campaign is to raise A. & M.’s quota of $500 for the national goal of $100,000, which will be used for the welfare of the many college students who are interned in the prison camps of the waring nations. Local faculty members have already contributed to the fund. The College Community Chest has designated a sum of Herbie Kay Accepts Offer to Play For avalry Ball Registration to Be Before Vacation; Seniors Are Firsi Science Academy | Holds Annual Meet 1 Here in November Plan Allows Cadets to Attend LSU Game September 25; Fish Report September 21 September freshmen at A. & M. will be given a full week of intensive preparation for the serious business of launching upon their college education and at the same time preparing to serve their country in the armed forces as offi cers, it was announced today by President T. O. Walton. Old students will be allowed to register for the new semester before leaving for their vacation it was revealed by Dean F. C. Bolton. Seniors will be allowed to register ■Friday afternoon, September 18 and all others will register on the following day, Saturday, September 19. Arrange- Sophomores Sign Frances Beasley’s Orchestra for Prom Dance Will Be Formal; Dorm Vacated for Girls; Tickets Go on Sale Soon Frances Beasley and her orches tra, distinctive new band in the southwest, has been signed for the sophomore ball according to an announcement made today by Bill Murphy, chairman of the band committee. This is the first time that the sophomores have been able to have an outside band for their dance. The price of admission will be $1.10, and there is a representa tive in each outfit selling tickets. The dance will be formal, num ber two uniform being regulation for the sophomores or a tuxedo as desired, stated Bobby Stephens. On Saturday night the Barnyard Frolic will be held making the week end a double feature as far as entertainment is concerned. Several ramps of one of the cen trally located dormitories will be opened for the girls to stay in, announced Tom Moore, chairman of the accommodations committee. The price of the rooms as in the past will be fifty cents. Sophomores that are going to have their dates stay in the dorm- atories are urged to turn their names in to their regimental or outfit representatives immediately so that necessary arrangements can be completed, stated Moore. In a meeting Monday night the heads of all working committees made final arrangements and de cided to sign the Frances Beasley orchestra. This will be the second band on the campus this summer to be led by a girl musician singer. Frances Beasley formerly was vocalist with Leighton Noble’s orchestra, of nationwide fame, before organiz ing her own dance band. Special invitations to the ball are being printed and distribution date will be announced at a later date according to an announcement issued by the arrangements com mittee. As has been the custom in the past, the seniors are issued special invitations to attend the dance, stated Jack Orrick, Sophomore class president. Battalion Magazine Destroyed Because Of Indecent Material No Battalion magazine will be issued for the month of August. The edition which was to have been issued this month was destroyed last week because the editor and authoritie§ in charge of the publi cations considered it to contain certain matter which approached the limits of common decency. It was felt that since the Bat talion magazine reaches many people outside the limits of College Station the editorial matter should be handled more carefully than if the publication reached only the 5000 men of the corps. Early next month the Septem ber edition of the magazine will be published so that actually the corps will receive a magazine only a few days later than was originally scheduled. McAllister Becomes Scholarship Society Secretary-Treasurer Friday night the Scholarship Honor Society met to re-elect a secretary-treasurer as each offi cer had moved up a place since Walter Cardewell, Cadet Colonel, had to resign his post as president, said Adolph Ben Specia, Vice- President. Officers as they now are: Bill Galloway, A-F. A., President; Adoph Ben Specia, A-CAC, Vice- President; and Jim McAllister, H. Infantry, the newly elected Sec retary-Treasurer. It is urged that all members pay their dues by the end of this sem ester as next semester they will be 50 cents higher. The dues now are $1.00 but after the beginning of the September semester they will be $1.50, Specia said. remainder of the quota is to be raised by the students. Of the na tional goal of $100,000 the state quota is $6,000 with Texas Uni versity’s goal set at $1,100 and A. & M.’s at the already mention ed $500. Purposes of the service fund campaign are two-fold. With the money collected books, equipment, and supplies will be sent to the many prisoners of war who are college students and interested in studying. Such books will help to occupy these prisoner’s time as they have very little else to do. Al so this fund is to help the Chinese in their quest for an education in their war-torn country. Organization Commanders to Handle Collection According to Bob Cockrell, chair man of the local student commit tee, organization comanders will receive a letter concerning the col lection of this fund. Money can be taken from the company fund, but it is hoped that each organiza tion comander will tell his outfit the purpose of the collection. Mon ey can be turned in at the Student Activities office. Each student should know that he is helping in this nation wide effort to assist the prisoners of war. Old Texts Will Be Collected Also in the near future a cam paign will be conducted to collect all old textbooks which students and faculty members may have and which they have no future use for. Any old textbooks which were printed not more than ten years ago will be accepted. There is no limitation on the subject, but Eng lish literature and language books for any tongue are especially needed. A representative from the Y.M.C.A. cabinet will collect these books from the offices on the cam pus. Students can give their books to any member of the cabinet or take them to the “Y” offices. It is hoped that the campaign can be closed by September 3, and organization commander are asked to canvas their organizations as soon as possible. SAE Holds Second Meeting Tues Night One of the newest clubs on the campus, the Student Branch of the Society of Automotive Engineers, held its second meeting since its organization Tuesday night in the M. E. building, with C. R. Ursell presiding. A meeting of the Texas Group of the S. A. E. was held in Dallas Wednesday night in the Adolphus Hotel, at which Arch T. Colwell, Director of Thompson Products Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio, was the prin cipal speaker. The Texas Group was organized by some of the prom inent men of the state, some of whom are officers of the Society. These are: Chairman, Allen Guiber- son ex-vice-president of the Gui- berson Diesel Engine Co. of Dallas; Vice-chairman, Harold Schwedes, General Manager of North Ameri can Aviation at Dallas; and Secre tary, W. G. Fuller, General Mana ger of Globe Aircraft in Ft. Worth. are attending the meeting in Dal las. These members of the Student Branch of the S. A. E. are: Charles Ursell, D. S. Kaufman, Charlie Ridenour, Bob Benner, J. M. Hen- nesy, Frank Young, Jack Vander- wide, J. M. Hoss, Ecerett Pauls, Owen A. Moore, Bill DuBose, Joe Fisher, and Jim Hennessy. At the meeting Tuesday night, the following committees and mem bers were appointed. Museum Receives Early Mementoes Of 79 Graduate One of First Exes Gives College Rare Milestones Of Famed Aggie Tradition W. M. Sleeper, member of the first A. & M. graduating class— 1879, visited A. & M. Tuesday to present the museum with several rare articles. One of his gifts was an old-fashioned dress sword pre sented to him when he was captain of Company C. The sword is of particular value because of its ex treme rarity and its sentimental background. The sword has a thin, springy biade with a well worn and rusty case, a symbol of the rustic days of A. & M’s early history. C. J. Hessie, assistant curator of A. & M’s museum, said Sleeper also gave him a letter written by A. & M’s first prexy, President Gathright, who welcomed several of the boys to A. & M. with in dividual letters. Sleeper also pre sented the museum with a copy of A. & M’s first catalog which was really a folder listing expenses and giving brief information about the campus. Sleeper, now living in Waco, was the first man in history to receive an A. B. degree from A. & M. and is one of the few men from the class of ’79 still living. September Shipment Of Senior Rings Is In Registrar’s Office The senior rings which are due September 1, are now in the Reg istrar’s Office ready for delivery. Remember the Ring Clerk is on duty from 8 A. M. to 12 Noon only. By John Holman A white-haired man once rais ed his voice And introduced a bill. The Year was 1862—the place was Capitol Hill. . . . And when Senator Morrill raised his voice that day, the Congress of these United States listened. As a result, the Land Grant Act of 1862 called for the establishment of colleges all over the United States, devoted exclu sively to the teaching of the agri cultural and mechanical arts. Texas A. & M. opened its doors fourteen years later with two buildings, a handful of profs and cadets, and a lot of hope. But somehow things didn’t work out just like Senator Morrill hoped they would. The Land Grant Col- legies didn’t do the job he in tended them to do, and he was quick to explain his aims. Address- is perhaps needless ot say that these colleges were not established or endowed for the sole purpose of teaching Agriculture. Their object was to give an opportunity for those engaged in industrial pur suits to obtain some knowledge of the practical sciences related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts; such as they could not ob tain then at most of our institu tions called classical colleges.” Junior Party, Horse Show Also to Highlight Weekend; Band May Play Town Hall Herbie Kay and his orchestra will play for the 1943 Cavalry Re gimental, Ball to be held in Sbisa Hall Friday night October 9, ac cording to Harry Swofford, A Troop, chairman of the dance com mittee. No contract has been sign ed as yet, but Kay has accepted the offer to play for the ball. Cavalry juniors will hold their annual banquet and party before the ball Friday night. This affair is for juniors and their dates only. The place and time of this ban quet has not been definitely de cided upon. Saturday afternoon, the Cavalry regiment will present for their week-end guests a horse show on theCavalry drill field. Fiding, jump ing, and drill exhibitions will be given by the men of the regiment, and all entrants in the different events must be in the Cavalry re giment. Details of the show will be released later in the week, ac cording to Swofford, but present plans call not only for the regular events but also for several novelty features. Members of the dance commit tee are the regiment’s first-ser geants and staff sergeants. Besides Chairman Swofford, Wayne Hurd is in charge of publicity, Clint Hearne is in charge of the pro grams and Ray Hardzog will see to the invitations. A feature of the ball will be the corsages. The invitation committee (See CAVALRY, Page 4) Love Lantern Dims To Faint Moonglow As Earth Eclipses Moon Most Aggies had to look at the moon alone Tuesday night. Those hundreds seen out of doors were doing some tall gazing as the moon threw a practice blackout all by itself. You won’t see it do that again for several years. Nothing like this happened around here, but when the world went through Halley’s Comet’s tail in 1910, a man in Africa* made mil lions selling “comet cure” to the natives. It was really bottled water. Thus, the Morrill Act called for a new and complete system of higher education, different from the then existent ideas and prac tices. He didn’t intend them to become solely farmer-schools, and he himself once said that the term “agricultural college” commonly used in referring to the colleges was created for the convenience of an index clerk in a Washington of fice. An amendment was made to the Act of 1862 in 1873, which changed the old set-up of the Land Grant colleges. Using Texas A. & M. as an ex ample, the old (1862) plan of organization for the college call ed for the following: The President, who was also Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy and Belles Letters, a professor of pure mathematics, a professor of applied mathematics, mechanics, and military science, a professor of ancient languages and literature, a professor of chemistry, natural sciences and practical agriculture, a professor of modern languages and English literature. In short, the Land Grant colleges had been organized just like the then-existing universities instead of the practical schools Senators Morrill desired. Aggieland was typical, and was Hospitalization Plan Profitable To Members of Faculty Present Rate Is Lower Than Similar Protection Received Under Later Plan “Members of the College Group Hospitalization Plan received more than their money’s worth in bene fits during the first year of the plan’s operation” declared Profes sor J. Wheeler Barger at the meet ing of the Faculty on Tuesday evening. The members of the Group paid $5,134.50 in premiums during the first twelve months of operation and received from the insurance company $5,242.72 in claims. The rate of $14.00 per year made ef fective when the Plan was instal led is five dollars less than similar protection would now cost. It is ex pected that the claims will be less this year and that the low rates will not necessarily be increased. “Staff members who are not now members are urged to avail them selves of the benefit of the pro tection. They may apply for mem- ship by seeing Mr. M. L. Antony, the secretary, at the College Hills Estate Office,” concluded Profes sor Barger. Members of the Plan are en titled to receive five dollars per day up to seventy days for any one illness or accident while con fined in a hospital. They are also reimbursed for surgical care up to $150.00 for one operation in ac cordance with the nature of the operation. Coverage for wives and children of members can be secured only if more staff members join the group and more favorable claim experience results. so even after the Act of 1873, from this school consisted of 2l men, of which 7 were in the School of English; 3 in the School of Moral Philosophy; 1 in the School of Greek; 3 in the School of Latin; 4 in Mathematics; 1 in Spanish; 2 in Engineering; and none in the school of 9griculture As a matter of fact, the professor of Agriculture was a minister and had the degree of Doctor of Div inity! From 1880 to 1898 there were but three departments teaching agricultural courses, and no de partment taught more than 2 courses. Now there are several times ten courses in agricultural subjects and the cultural, or class ical school of this college has not suffered (but grown) as the en gineering and agricultural schools of A. & M. began to serve their purpose. President Bennett Bizzell, who came to Aggieland in September 1914 was responsible for the place Texas A. & M. has held for many years in educational circles. Dur ing the first five years of his ad ministration, the college more than doubled its material equip ment; the standards of admission were raised to equal other nation ally-known schools; the Experi ment Station came into its own; (See HISTORY, Page 4) ments for early registration are being made so that those who desire to will be able to attend the LSU football game in Baton Rouge on September 25. Freshmen will be required to report at the college by Septem ber 21, and may come a day earlier if they so desire, Dr. Walton said in explaining that officials decid ed to launch the Freshman Week program so that there will be time to counsel with the new stu dents and to allow them to orient themselves to college routine prior to beginning actual classwork that will enable them to graduate un der the educational speedup pro gram pioneered by A. & M. in an elapsed time of two years and eight months. 1100 New Students Accepted Eleven hundred new students already have been accepted for admittance in the new semester. A total of 1500 new students is expected and by arriving at the college a week before classes be gin, sufficient time will be allow ed each individual to receive coun sel and guidance in the course he is to select. Each accepted fresh man will receive a letter from the Registrar’s office detailing the program of the Freshman Week. Rooms will be available on Sun day afternoon, September 20, and on Monday morning a full week will be devoted to counselling, orientation, play and entertain ment of the novices. The Fresh men will have the 4500 acre camp us to themselves for the entire week, and will have much more time than heretofore to register, take medical examinations and meet deans, heads of departments and the military personnel of the college. Freshmen Will Become Oriented During the week it will be pos sible for the new students to fam- iliamize themselves with the entire campus, and class section changes may be made before actual study rather than break the new stu dent’s routine after his studies commence. One entire afternoon of the Freshman Week will be devoted to military instruction and in- docrination into the daily routine of bugle calls, setting-up exercises, meal formations, etc. “I believe we will remove all the horrors of beginning college usually haunting freshmen,” Dr. Walton commented. “Under the speed-up program of education we are anxious for as many Texas boys as possible to get a good start, and the impetus thus gained will make their road easier through out the beginning semester.” Faculty Recommends Changes in Library At a meeting of the faculty Tuesday night an investigation of the library by the American Asso ciation of University Professors Was brought to light. Several rec ommendations regarding changes in the libary were presented to await action by the academic coun cil. It was recommended that addi tional appropriations amounting to- $20,000 be made and that at least $15,000 of this fund be used to secure new books for under graduate use. It was proposed that the library committee be reorga nized to include members from all teaching ranks. Certain changes in the library building were also recommended. Presented at the meeting were reports regarding group hospitali zation for the faculty and various war activities carried on by the college. Leading Research Men Will Participate; College Section Will Also Convene The Texas Academy of Sciences will hold its annual convention on the campus of Texas A. & M. Col lege November 13-14, according to an annunocement made today by E. L. Angell, assistant to the pre sident of the college. It will be the first time in several years that the organization has met here. Research men from leading Tex as educational institutions and many from industrial research lab oratories will have a part in the program. Many others who ma^ not participate in the program but who -are interested in keeping up with the advances made in their own fields of work or with the ad vancement of science in general will attend. The Junior division, composed of high school students of science, the College division, composed of college students majoring in sci ence, also will be in session here- at the same time. Dr. G. E. Potter, of the college- biology department, has been nam ed general chairman in charge of local arrangements. Approximately 300 scientists are expected to at tend. DairyJudgingTeam Works Out for Meet Preparing for the National In ter-Collegiate Dairy Contest to be held September 7 at Waterloo, Iowa, the squad that represents the Dairy Husbandry Department of A&M have been undergoing ex tensive practice training in order that the team to attend the con test can be selected. The contest, will be held in connection with the- National Dairy Congress also to hold their annual meeting at Waterloo on September 7. Teams to participate will be representa tives of most of the agriculture schools of the nation, making it one of the most outstanding of the year, C. N. Shepardson of the Dairy Husbandry Department stated. Juding last Saturday at the Neal Farm in Waco the squad be gan a series of practice matches to enable them to be in the best possible condition for the meet and see that the represenative team may be choosen. The next trip planned is to Jersey farm at Buda on Saturday, September 14. The team is to be chosen there from the squad which now con sists of the folowing students: M. B. Cafpenter of Cumby; Doyle Moore of Stephenville; Ewell Pra ther of Waxahachie; G. E. Roberts of Gatoule; R. C. Bauhhardt of Burkberret; J. K. Kelsey of Den ison; W. V. Klare of Schulenburg; and J. R. Simons of Fort Worth. Leaving the 3rd of September the team coached by Professor A. L. Darnell will judge at a number of places enroute to Waterloo for the main contest. Publications Staffs Attend Press Club Tuke Box Friday Nite “Plans have been completed for the Press Club dance which is to be held in The Grove Friday nig it”, Flash Gordon, president of the club, said. Members of the various staffs of the student publications are entitled to come, but they should see their respective editors before the dance for any final arrange ments that might have been made, Gordon said. The dance will be from nine to twelve, with the price set at 35 cents for couples and stags. Math Dept Fears Professor Shortage With the loss of W. C. Coleman, instructor of mathematics, to the army, the math department gave up its ninth man to the arm ed forces having sent three men to the navy and six to the army. About fifteen men from A. & M. q ng Congress in 1864 he said, Something of Aggie History A&M Established as Result Of Unconventional Senator’s Plea