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DIAL 4-5444 r M~iw in ^ / i # 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, SATURDAY MORNING, AUG. 29, 1942 2275 NUMBER 38 Scrap Metal Committee Is Named Aiding Drive Here Over 110,000 Pounds of Scrap Have Already Been Collected From Known Supply Sources In an effort to collect all available scrap metal, Presi dent T. 0. Walton has appointed a Salvage Committee, E. N. Holmgreen announced Friday. The committee will immed iately set in motion a salvage campaign designed to collect every available pound of scrap metal. The committee in charge of the program is composed of Dean F. C. Bolton, Colonel M. D. Welty, and E. N. Holm- green, President Walton announced. The program will begin on September 4, the committee announced. -■f The need for scrap metal is ur- Dorm Obtained For Sophomore Dates Opens Friday PM Sophs With Dates Should Turn in Their Names To Committee or Commandant Ramps one, two, and three of Puryear Hall will be vacated for the girls down here for the Sopho more prom Friday September 4, stated Jack Orrick, Sophomore class president. Th# rooms will be vacated Fri day afternoon, giving the dates ample time to get settled prior to the dance starting at 9 o’clock. Price for the rooms as usual been set at fifty cents for both nights. The Barnyard Frolics will be the feature attraction Satur day night with the Aggieland Orchestra featured, giving the weekend a double entertainment billing. AH sophomores who are having dates down for the ball and are planning to have them stay in the dormitory are reminded to turn their names in to the represen tative .on the dance committee or to the Commandant’s office as soon as possible stated Tom Moore, head of the accommodations committe. Francis Beasley and her orches tra has been signed for the dance which will be held in the main dining hall of Sbisa. (See SOPHOMORE, Page 4) gent, the committee said and all department heads will be expected to critically survey the premises under their control and dispose of all possible metal materials. There should be a real, immediate need for any metal retained, Holm- green said. A central “Scrap Pile” will be started just north of the Petroleum building and between the “Bull Ring” and the Petroleum Engi neering Field Laboratory’s fence. Military department trucks will gather scrap from residents on the campus, Friday, September 4, be ginning at 8 a. m. Scrap should be placed on the curb before 8 a. m. on that day to be picked up on the first round. Departments with no means of transportation should deposit their scrap on the curb in front of the building and notify the Commandant’s office before 10 a.m., Friday, September 4. Collection of scrap from resi dences and business establishments off the campus will begin at 10 a.m., Friday, September 4. The Commandant’s Office should be notified by 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 4. The committee will announce other days for collecting scrap if it is necessary. The college has already contri buted more than 110,000 pounds of scrap. This scrap included alum- ium, tin, brass, steel, and cast iron. The committee will be glad to re ceive suggestions from students and college employees regarding sources of scrap metal. Suggestions should be made to the Command ant, the committee said. Seniors End Classes at Noon Sept. 18 Freight Car Of Needed Equipment Ready for Prisons A. & M. Adds Strength To Effort to Send Additional Educational Materials An entire freight-car load of re creational, educational and relig ious equipment, valued at $36,000, has been sent to a West Coast port to be loaded aboard the S. S. Kanangoora for shipment to American and other United Na tions fighting men held prisoner in the Far East, according to word received by M. L. Cashion, secretary of the local YMCA. The supplies are being sent Ty the War Prisoners’ Aid Committee of the World’s Alliance of Y. M. C. A.s to help fill the needs of Al lied soldiers, sailors and marines who have been captured. The ship, now at San Francisco, will sail as soon as final assurances of safe conduct are received from Allied and Axis governments, Cashion was advised. Negotiations for such a guarantee have been underway for some time between the Inter national Red Cros, which has char tered the Kanangoora, and the governments. The • campaign on the campus is being handled through the or ganization commanders, according to Bob Cockrell, chairman of the local student committee. Money can be taken from the company fund, but 'it is hoped that each organiza tion commander will explain the purpose of the fund to his organi zation. Money can be turned in at the Student Activities office. The goal of the commitee is $500. Although the Kanangoora’s car go is complete for the first trip, other shipments will be made dur ing the next few months, either aboard this ship or on other boats, Cashion was informed by national headquarters of the War Prison ers’ Aid Committee. Materials to (See WAR FUND, Page 4) Singaroo Is Added This Semester Intramural Office Cooperates With A-M Singing Program Following the new advertising slogan that something new has been added, the atheletic office has attached “The Aggie Singaroo” to wind up this semester’s recreation al program. A competitive sing between or ganizations, the “Singaroo” will be in charge of Richard Jenkins who offers to work and advise any who desire help. All organizations entering the sing must be represented by at least 15 men one third of these being fish, one third shophomores, and one third juniors or seniors. Selecting any song approved by Jenkins, - who may be reached through the Student Activities Of fice or at the Assembly Hall, the entrees may use any type of ac companiment in the preliminaries but Jenkins will furnish piano ac companiment in the finals. One song will be sung by each group with the preliminaries be ing held during the week of Sep tember 7, and the finals being held Saturday September 12 as a future on Kadet Kapers. The six best groups will qualify for the finals. As an added attraction, the win ning organization will be treated to an ice cream supper and a free picture show. All recreationdT’^officers have been asked to assist in the organi zation of the singing groups so that the “Singaroo” can be made an event which will afford much pleasure to all students concerned. Nothing Is Too Good for Huey’s “Baby” Aggies Begin Grid Season on Only Campus Of Its Kind Outside Hollywood Film Lots By Clyde C. Franklin Since the fighting Texas Aggies will face L.S.U. in their first grid iron epic of the coming season it seems timely to bring the Aggies a few of the outstanding high lights of the history of Louisiana’s State university. The factual ma terial is taken from' “Louisiana Hayride” by Harnett T. Kane a graduate of Tulane university ’31 and who first started his news paper career when The New Or leans Item noticed a feature story written by him in his sophomore year. Kingfish, the late Huey P. Long, adopted L.S.U. as his own and made it his baby. Nothing was too good for “baby” once he had his hands on it.. The change took place about the year 1930, or more pro perly speaking the change began then for it was to last throughout the reign of Long. His plan for L.S.U. was, “every student a king,” and among other things L.S.U. was, as people of the South say, nigger rich. It seems highly unlikely that there will be another college like it outside Hol lywood’s sets. Long had three main reasons for an interest in L.S.U. which be came phenomenal: sentimental, practical, vindictive. He had always wanted to go to the university, the country boy’s dream. Now he was on the campus, enjoying an enor mous soul-soothing satisfaction as he whizzed about and ran hings. Too, he was using L.S.U. as a showcase for his activities, a sounding board for arguments and demonstrations. Finally, he was getting even with Tulane uni versity in New Orleans, his alma mata for a brief span. Tulane had refused him an hon orary degree. The Tulane borard also included business men and lawyers who opposed the Kingfish and it overlapped his newspaper enem,y the Times Picayune. College for all the boys and girls that want it: this was Long’s plan. He made good on it at L.S.U. Thousands showed up on the camp us—many from outside the state— take him up. They were given a place. Wort; was found for them, or made for them, if they did not have the resources. New dormi tories appeared, new play facilities. An estimated $9,000,000 was spent on constrution; operating expense went from $1,500,000 to $3,500,000 a year. The school burst its seams. The first thousands found living space; the rest had to stay in town, at boarding houses, any place they could find. Like all large universities L.S.U. had a stadium. In a housing emer gency Long took a good look and noticed all the empty space be tween the sloping seats and the outer rim. Some universities use Consolidated School Holds Budget Hearing Last Day This Month Monday night, August 31, there will be a meeting of the patrons of the A. & M. Consolidated school at 8:00 for the purpose of discus sing the school budget for the year 1942-43, W. D. Bunting, Su perintendent of schools, announced yesterday. All members are asked to at tend as there might be questions that they want answered concern ing the financial condition of the school. It is the purpose of the board to answer as many of these questions as possible in order to give first hand information on questions of interest among the patrons of the community. All pa- trans and taxpayers are urged to be present. it for soft drink concessions, others the game, shouted encouragement, to keep effete citizens who wish to get out of the rain. L.S.U. used it to house freshmen and sophomores. Concrete, plaster and wood pro duced narrow cubicles in each of which four men were huddled, with two-decker beds. As Don Wharton phrased it, the stadium “seats 45,000 and sleeps 2500.” He also noted that four is the proper number for a game of bridge. A Huy P. Long Field House pop ed up, costing about $1,000,000, with drugstore, bookshop, club- rooms, training rooms for athletes. Long walked on the campus, and word spread. Out of dormitories, gymnasium, classrooms came a throng. “Hi Ya, boys”; “Hi ya cutie,” the Kingfish threw out home greetings on the way. He handed a bill to a friend who called him aside. He joshed a professor, while the boys and girls giggled. Into the campus store he lead his crowd. “Help yourself—on me.” Candy, cigarettes, cold drinks, ci gars. Long flashed a $50 bill, or called on a contractor, or a friendly heeler, or the president, whoever was along, to shell. Kingfish wanted a good football team. He had to have it to beat Tulane, and to reach national spot light for his L.S.U. He got the best material from every high school. He coached the team per sonally or hired men to do it and added his advice. One night in a Washington hotel, he sent down for “twnty-two of them little gilt chairs you got in the ballroom.” He lined them up like too foot ball teams, told his friend to “show me that Notre Dame shift,” and got to work to learn coaching. He took L.S.U.’s football for tunes with an intensity that alarm ed some. He cried happy tears when L.S.U. won. He wept when it lost. He strode the sidelines during beat the ground seized handfuls of grass. Sometimes the crowds for got the game and watched Long, a better show. He loved music, the jews’-harp, hillbilly band, anything except them high toned symphonies; he loved his L.S.U. the same way; in music, he was unhampered by conference rules. He increased the band to 175, to 200, to 210. “Music scholar ships” were tossed about like a football. An important game with Vander bilt was scheduled. “How many kids going?” Huey asked. “Not many. . .Can’t afford the train fare.” “How many would like to go?” “H—, everybody.” “Then they’ll go.” Long summoned the railroad officials, gave a few or ders, emerged with what some termed the scalps of the gentle men. He talked to them and secured the phenomenal price of $7 per round trip, to Nashville and back. “Whoever ain’t got seven dollars, lemme know.” Huey turned his hotel room into a distribution point, giving out fives and ones to all who filed past him, then sticking out his hands and taking from his friends. In return, he re ceived lOUs, but Huey and his student body never broke over these little debts. In all 4,000 students made the trip. Long gave L.S.U. a music school that was classified as a near won der for the South: a myriad of studio practice rooms,; 80 grand painos. “Count ’em,” (begged the kingfish when he showed guests about. Not least was a housing achieve- men unique, the cage of Mike the Tiger. The students bought Mike, a full blooded circus Bengal, to match their stickers. Leche said he would do his part; and he built (See L . S. U., Pa^e 4) Jan Garber Signed For Field Art Ball And Corps Dance Week End to be One Full Of Activity With Home Coming and Journalism Jan Garber, one of the outstand ing dance bands of the day, has been engaged to play for the Field Artillery Ball on October 16 and for the Corps dance the next night, said Travis Parker and Don Mc Intyre, chairmen of the dance com mittee. Garber will play an engagement at the Metropolitan theatre in Houston the 15 and will come direct to the College after that. Upon completing his two day stand here, he and his fourteen piece dance band will go to Corpus Christi to play a broadcast over a National hookup for the Coca Cola Co. on Tuesday the 20. October 16 and 17 holds a lot in store for those who want a good time. The T. C. U. vs A. & M. game is that week end, as well as the home coming for all Ex-Aggies. At this time the Southwest Journa lism Congress will be meeting on the campus, sponsored by the Press Club. This week end promises to be one of the most outstanding that A. & M. has had in some time. There will be many people on the campus and the dance should be one to write home about and re member for some time to come, said Parker. 7 SAE Members Visit Dallas Meet Seven members of the A. & M. Chapter of the Society of Auto motive Engineers attended the meeting of the Texas section of the SAE in Dallas Wednesday night August 26. This group included J. M. Hoss. Owen Moore, S. Mon- cada, Charles Ursell, David Kauf man, Charles Ridenour, James Hennessy, W. I. Truettner, and H. W. Barlon. Arch T. Colwell, of Thompson Products Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio, gave a speech on “Behind the Scenes in War Engineering”. He illustrated his talk with slides of German and Japanese Airplanes and motors. Colwell stated that the part of the SAE at this time is the standardization of engines, ma terials, and propellers for airplanes. He also stated that there are parts of the SAE now working with the Army and Navy as Ordnance and Quartermaster units. After the meeting a get-together was held for the senior members of the SAE and all of the Aggie visitors. B B Bailey Selected For Navy Air Training Bill Bostick Bailey, son of Mrs. Zulene Bailey of 1602 Calif. Hous ton, has been selected for training as a Naval Aviation cadet and will be ordered to active duty shortly. He attended A. & M. When ordered to active duty, he will report to the U. S. Navy Pre- Flight School, University of Geor gia, Athens, Georgia, for three months of physical conditioning, instruction in naval essentials, mil itary drill and ground school sub jects. After completing this course, he will be sent to one of the Navy’s numerous bases for primary flight training. Adjustment Made by Academic Council To Let Seniors Leave Early; Others at 5 In a regular meeting of the Academic Council yes terday, the following regulations concerning the transfer of courses and grades, registration, and men that are drafted were passed on. In order also that students may register before leaving at the close of this semester, current semester classes for seniors will be suspended at noon Friday, September 18, and those for other students will be suspended at 5 p. m. the same day. Any student transfering from' one school to another within the College may not receive credit in his new course either as an elec tive or any substitution for requir ed course for any course with a grade lower than “C”. That is, if he makes “D” in a course that he would ordinarily get credit for in another school, within the Col lege, he cannot transfer that course unless he has a grade of “C” or better. Any student called to active duty between August 15 and 31 inclu sive, will receive semester credit for subjects in which their grades are “A”, “B”, or “C”. Any student who is called into the service and wants credit for his grades under this plan must file a written petition with the Dean of the College requesting that the credit be allowed. Students called after the mid-semester grades are out may, upon their return to college at a later date, re-enter a course in which they had a passing grade too low for credit as indicated above, at r,r prior to the corresponding time in the semester when they left, pro viding they obtain the approval of the Head of the Department of fering the course. There will be no commencement excercises at the end of this se mester. Those Seniors who com plete the degree requirements by the end of this semester will re ceive their diplomas through the mail shortly after September 19. They may leave College after com pleting their classes on September 18. Son of Commandant Promoted to Captain According to a cable reclived Wednesday, Richard C. Welty, son of Colonel and Mrs. M. D. Welty, has been promoted to the rank of Captain in the United States Army Air Corps. Captain R. C. Welty was graduated from Alabama Poly tech, Auburn Alabama, in ’36. Upon graduation he was commissioned in the Field Artillery Resrves, and in June 1940 he was called to ac tive duty with the U. S. Air Corps. When last heard from he was a Squadron Adjutant stationed in Australia. Press Club Bids Farewell to Stone As Their Associate Thursday night, the press club gave W. C. Stone assistant director of student publications, a going away party. Stone has held his position with the Student Publications office for two years, and proved himself more than worthy the responsibility that was given him. After everyone had finished eating, Brooks Gofer, edi tor of the Battalion newspaper, made a short speech and presented Stone with a watch given by the Press Club. In accepting the watch, Stone expressed his deep apprecia tion for fhe cooperation that has been given him by the various editors and their staffs since he has been here. Those attending the supper were: Jim McAllister, Brooks Gofer, Tan ner Freeman, Clyde Franklin, Mike Haikin, Jack Hood, Reggie Smith, Flash Gordon, Chick Hurst, Bill Japhet, John Sparger, Jay Hum phrey, Dave Pinson, Tom Journey, John Longley, Tom Vannoy and Leroy Jenkins. Petition Filed For College Station Health Unit A petition to the proper admin istrative officers of the State Health Department in seeking the establishment of a College Station Health Unit has been made in the name of the City of College Sta tion by the City Council at its re gular meeting last Thursday. The present Bryan and Brazos County Health Unit, organized and operated in cooperation with the State Health Department and: maintained by prorated contribu tions of Brazos County, Bryan, College Station, and the State Health Departmnt is expected to cease all functions as a result of the withdrawal of the support which Bryan has been giving. The College Station city Council realizing that Brazos County and College Station can ill afford to dispense with the needed effective services that are provided through a Health Unit deemed it necessary to ask for a College Station Health Unit. College Station, at the pre sent time, can not supply the range of services that guarantee proper safety and protection of the resi dents of A. & M. College and the City of College Station. These facts should be a strong factor in gaining the serious at tention and immediate action of local, County, and State health au thorities on the matter the council belives. Sophomore Pictures Made Beginning On Monday, August 31 Sophomores may start having their pictures made for the 1943 Longhorn beginning Monday, Au gust 31, Longhorn Editor John Longley announced today. There are several blouses of various sizes at the studio for the use of sophomores, but each man must furnish his own ornaments. No deadline will be set for seperate organizations but the pictures will be taken of the class collectively disregarding regeinental divisions. Because of the small number 6f sophomores who have had their pictures made in the past their deadline will be the last day of the current semester. Freshmen will begin having their pictures made the first of the next semester. Baptist Freshmen Give Fishing Party All Baptist students are invited to attend a fishing party given by the freshman training union of the First Baptist Church. Those who want to go should meet at the church this afternoon at 4:00. The party plans to re turn by midnight. Cavalry Continue Experience With Overnight Camps Now By Tom Journeay Flies in the soup, gnats in the bull neck, and sand in the shoes will be the order of the day when D troop, Cavalry, goes on its over night hike this week end. The troop will go out the Bra zos River just past Koppe’s bridge on Alexander’s place, the usual site for the encampment, and observe all the regulations of setting up camps, stated Lieut. W. G. North, Cavalry instructor. Departure time for the troop from the campus has been set at 3:30 Saturday afternoon with the troop slated to arrive at the camp site around 6:30. From that time until around 9:30 the many tasks that are incum- bant to setting up a military over night encampment will be carried out by the Cavalry cadets. Five sentry posts will be set up with two hour shifts of two men each gurding all the possible ap proaches to the encampment. Several sentries will be posted at different points surrounding the bridge, since the bridge consti tutes a vital artery of approach to the camp site. Many interesting experiences al ways occur at these overnight hikes the Cavalry troops take, states Lieut. North. On a recent overnight hike at (See CAVALRY, Page 4)