DIAL 4-5444
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, SEPT. 1, 1942
2275
NUMBER 39
Next Term Dormitory Changes Announced
?|Cavalry, Coast, Sig Corps,
Ordnance, QMC Involved
Soph Ball
Promises To
Be Largest
Tickets Being Sold
In Dorms; Number 2
Or Tuxedo to Be Reg
Advance plans and ticket com
mitments seem to indicate that the
sophomore ball for this year will be
one of the main social successes
of the summer season, was the
general concensus of opinion ex
pressed by members on the ar
rangements committee for the
prom.
An en masse ticket sale cam
paign was held last night through
out all the dorms to set the wheels
rolling for a record attendance at
a sophomore ball, stated Jack Or-
rick, Sophomore class president.
Frances Beaseley and her or
chestra will be the feature attrac
tion at the ball and either the
number two' uniform or a summer
tuxdo will be regulation for the
dance, announces Bobbie Stephens
Senior class social secretary.
Frances Beasley used to be the
featured vocalist with Leighton
Noble’s Orchestra prior to her
forming her own popular band in
the South. She features a typical
arrangement of instruments with
accent on melody.
Three ramps of Puryear hall
will be vacated for dates of the
sophomores Friday and Saturday
night, the price being 50 cents.
Sophomores may sign up for rooms
in Harry Boyer’s office at; Ross
hall between now and Friday after
noon.
The price of the dance is $1.10,
stated Orrick and all sophomores
are urged to buy their tickets
from their representatives in each
outfit, instead of waiting until
Friday night. .
R S Beard Enlists In
Naval Air Training
Raphael Stevenson Beard son of
S. S. Beard of Ft. Worth, Texas,
has been selected for training as
a Naval Aviation cadet and will
be ordered to active duty shortly.
He is a graduate of Commerce,
Texas, High School, Class of 1941,
and attended' Texas A. & M. for
one year.
General Fickel
Makes Inspection
Anent Air School
Officer Expresses Great
Admiration for Manner
Mess Hall Serves Corps
Major General J. E. Fickel, in
charge of ground school training
for this district of five states, with
headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma
was on the campus last Friday,
making a preliminary inspection of
the mess halls, dormatory accomo
dations, and class rooms as a pos
sible station for some 2000 air ca
dets, said Layton, of the Engineer
ing Experiment Station.
This was only a first inspection
as there are members of his staff
that are to be on the campus the
middle of this week to pass on the
impression that he received. Gen
eral Fickel ate in the mess hall
Friday and expressed no little ad
miration for the quality of the food
and the manner in which it was
served. He expressed the opinion
that he did not think that it was
possible to serve all the boys that
he saw marching into Sbisa at one
time. When he went in to eat, he
was very pleased with the conduct
of the Aggies as a whole and the
ability of the subsistence departr
ment to handle all of them at
once.
General Fickel said that this in
spection did not mean that any
of his men would be stationed here
in the near future, but that in
case of an overflow of their fa
cilities elsewhere, they could send
men here for ground school train
ing. At this time there is not such
overflow, but they are trying to
stay ahead of the demand and are
preparing for any eventuality that
may arise.
Shortage Causes Mess
Hall to Cut Glasses
There will be only one glass put
at each place in the mess hall due
to several factors, stated J. C. Ho-
tard, supervisor of subsistence of
the dining halls, Monday.
The mess halls have enough
glasses at the present time to put
two to a place, but there is a
critical shortage of glasses predict
ed in the near future, according to
Hotard, and with an eye toward
future needs and availabilities
caused the present change to be
made.
Which Way Did He Go, George'
Or the Death of lit er Rabbit
By Tom Journeay
Br’er Rabbit is dead. One of the
most colorful full military fun
erals ever to be seen on this, or for
that matter any other college
campus; occurred Sunday evening
at the Chapel-Under-the-Stars be
hind Dorm one.
The Right Reverend Fish Belvin
officiated at the beautiful ceremony
at which a multitude of close
friends wept at the sublime beauty
of the services rendered.
The corpse of Br’er Rabbit, a
right religious young mascot of
Headquarters Company Signal
Corps, was borne on the strong
shoulder of four pall bearers ac
companied by many weeping
friends to the place of the’burial
for the sublimly eloquent last
rights.
The service was taken by the
pastor from that great book, that
constant companion of all fresh
men engineers, Drafting for En
gineers, page 232.
Tears were flowing in the eyes
of all Without restraint as the
classic words of the short ser
mon were wafted out over the
multitude: “The line of intersec
tion of two surfaces is the locus
of all points common to both. It
is often necessary to. . .”
As these immortal words echoed
Correction Concerning
Grades for Draftees
Made by Registrar
In a story on grades that had
to be made before a student in
ducted into service could receive
credit for them which appeared in
the Saturday Battalion, a mistake
was made concerning the lowest
grade that would be acceptable,
the Registrar’s office state Mon
day.
The correction is a follows:
Those students called between Au
gust 15-31. inclusive, will receive
credit for those subjects in which
their grades are “A” or “B”. How
ever, those men called'after Au
gust 31 will receive semester cre
dit for subjects in which their
grades are “A”, “B”, or “C”.
cources within 4 months after ap-
that all seniors will register Fri
day, September 18, with classes
being suspended at noon that day.
Ag Eco Summer Excursions Give
Cadets Agricultural Knowledge
A series of nation-wide agricul
tural field trips sponsored by the
agricultural economics department
has been recently completed. The
excursions were led by Professor
L. S. Paine of the agricultural
economics department.
The first trip began May 18 and
carried 21 Aggies throughout the
eastern part of the country and
into parts of Canada. The trip was
completed by the 27th of June.
The second trip was conducted en
tirely west of the Mississippi and
extended from July 6 to August
15. Sixteen Aggies made up the
second • party, 14 of whom had ac
companied the first trip.
The trips were made in the ag
ricultural economics department’s
new bus recently purchased for the
trip. The trips cost the boys $142
each and a total of 14,000 miles
were covered.
The purpose of the trips as
Paine stated, was to “shorten the
gap between college training and
practical affairs. Business men the
country over desire more experi
ence from the men they hire. In
most cases, however, the college
graduate has had only limited
practical experience and observa
tions. He is thus handicapped when
he enters upon his professional
work.”
Boys who took the trip learned
chiefly through interviews and
talks with farmers and agricul
turalists along the way. These in
terviews were all arranged in ad
vance by correspondence on the
part of Paine. As an example, the
experiment stations located in each
city on the route, the agricultural
colleges, county agents, and farm
ers themselves were all inter
viewed.
For the most part the boys ate
in restaurants. Sleeping was done
in tents when the weather permit
ted. Several times the group was
the guest of fraternity houses in
various agricultural schools visit
ed. The cities offered the Y. M.
C. A.s and tourist camps for ac
commodations. Every eight days,
as Paine said, “the boys bought a
laundry, or at least a large share
of one.”
All along the route the people
were impressed most by the five
gallon hats and cowboy boots worn
by the party. The most enthusi
astic reception given the party
was in London, in Ontario, Can
ada. The chamber of commerce
gave a dance for them and fur
nished the entire party with dates
for the occasion. The Aggies par
ticularly enjoyed their trip into
Canada and had a gay time trying
to eat in a Freneh cafe in Quebec,
Paine said.
The group was particularly im
pressed with the hospitality shown
in all parts of the country. The
group could form an interesting
contrast between the types of
farming found in different parts
of the nation. The boys who took
the trips were surprised to find
that the inhabitants of the north
ern parts of the country were hot
the cold jphospitable “too-busy-to-
talk-to-you-now” type of people
as they had imagined. They com
mented on the big business and
large sums of money handled by
the prosperous agriculturalists of
the northern middle west. The
group noticed the general tone of
prosperity and well-being in the
farm buildings in the northern
states.
The /group related a particular
ly interesting experience encoun
tered in Michigan. All through the
section, the Aggies commented on
the absence of waste land and the
thoroughness* of the farming. As
an illustration of this thriftiness,
the boys talked to a farmer in this
state who, when his horse died,
even skinned and sold the hide for
the few dollars which it would
bring.
The students who took the field
trips gained experiences and
knowledge which would be a great
help to them in their courses. The
younger students were given a
background which would make
their later study more realistic and
interesting. For the older, more
advanced student, the trips gave
them the opportunity to correlate
class room study with their prac
tical observations, Paine staged.
and reached across the tearful
throngs, a thirteen gun salute was
fired paying due respect in a most
military manner, befitting all ac
tivities on this campus, to the de
ceased little chum, and his tender
body was lowered into the ground.
The circumstances surrounding
the death of Br’er Rabbit were in
deed tragic. The little cottontail
appeared in Daniel Boone’s room
one morning several weeks back
and was immediately taken into
the fold. It seems that Headquar
ters Signal Corps has in one of its
New Songs Written By
Cadets May Be Entered
In The Aggie Singaroo
Have you written new lyrics to
a song already composed? Do you
think maybe they’re pretty good?
Well, now is the time to find out.
Richard Jenkins, director of “The
Aggie Singaroo” announces that
original lyrics to melodies, or for
that matter entirely new songs—
both words and music can be en
tered in the contest.
“The Aggie Singaroo” is opera
ting under the auspices of the In
tramural department with their
full co-operation. All the outfits
are invited to enter the contest,
the only regulations being that at
least 15 men from each outfit
must enter, one third of those
being freshmen, a third being
sophomores', and another third be
ing juniors.
The winner will be treated to an
ice cream supper and a free pi-
ture show. All outfits entering
must have their entries turned in
by Friday.
Former Student
Leads Leatherneck
Solomons Attack
Aggies were prominently repre
sented when the Marines for the
first time landed troops on the
Solomon Islands, stated United
Press reports yesterday.
Captain E. J. Crane, class of
’38, led the first marine company
to land on the Solomon Islands in
the present campaign.
They landed on the West side of
a Florida Island promontory
which overlooks the island fortress
of Tulagi, which the raider bat
talion was to assault half an hour
later. They met no opposition at
this point, but later in the day saw
some heavy action, the report stat
ed.
On the heels of this company
were the waves of leathernecks as
the main strength of the assault
swept up the west side of a Flori
da Island promontory overlooking
the island fortress of Tulagi.
Crane is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Crane of 2817 Rosedale, Dal
las, and attended A. & M. for two
years from 1934 to 1936.
The leatherneck captain was
born in San Angelo, entered high
school at Dallas and after study
ing in several cities was graduated
in Houston and then attended A.
& M. for two years.
He worked for a drydock con
cern in Galveston and while there
enlisted in the Marine Corps re
serve from which he was called
to active duty on November 7,
1940, as a Second Lieutenant. He
received his Captaincy at a later
date after seeing active service
with the marines.
Fort Worth Club
Meets Tonight for
Important Business
The Fort Worth club will hold
a meeting tonight immediately aft
er yell practice in the Academic
building to discuss very important
business, . announced the club’s
president.
seniors a pet-raiser supreme. The
little wabbit was taken into Leo
Greer’s room and offered a life
long home under, the care and su
pervision of Leo, a truly dutiful
keeper.
Several days ago some eighth
columunists (Ed. note: the eighth
column is the name applied to
those who would destroy the mor
ale of our fighting forces—by fair
means or foul.) turned a cat loose
in the dorm hot on th scent of the
unsuspecting young rabbit. Ad
ding insult to injury, the cat had
a sign attached to his posterior
regions reading “This is the Tiger
that will beat the Aggies!”
This cat ferreted out the rabbit
mascot of the signal company an
attacked him viciously. This was
the start of the downfall of the
rabbit.
This past week end Leo had to
leave town. The rabbit was put
under the care of “Big Jim” Mont-
ford. Big Jim naturally being so
tender-hearted and kind in nature,
decided Saturday night the time
to feed the rabbit had come. Well,
what that little rabbit didn’t eat
is not worth mentioning! When Leo
returned to school, the rabbit was
six feet under, having succombed
to the cat’s attack, and, oh yes, to
Jim’s feeding!
Walter Wanger
Will Arrive Here
For 2-Day Meeting
Walter Wanger, noted Hollywood
independent producer, will arrive
on the campus September 11 for a
twb-day conference with the board
of directors concerning “We’ve
Never Been Licked” to go into pro
duction early in the fall.
According to letters received by
G. Byron Winstead, college pub-
licty director, he absolutely does
not want what he called a “royal
welcome” of the type given Nor
man Raine, script writer, he wants
to slip in without welcome such as
was given Raine.
Raine has taken Nick Grinde,
one of Hollywood’s best directing
and story minds, in as an assist
ant in the preparation of the script,
and as yet will issue no statement
concerning the plot of the story.
Casting will be done after the
script is finished.
(See WANGER, page 4)
Regiments to Be Moved Will Be Required
To Live Three to a Room in Most Cases
In order to make room for the increase in attendance
expected next semester, several changes in dormitory as
signments have been announced by the Commandant’s of
fice. These changes are necessary because of a probable 800
to 1000 man increase in enrollment and because the sailors
and marines are occupying six dormitories normally used
by students.
The Cavalry Regiment will move into Hart Hall on Sep
tember 17 or 18, after the men have arranged individually
to exchange and move into the rooms assigned. Two men
-♦.will occupy each of the middle
rooms and there will be three in
each of the corner ones. All Caval
rymen will live in Hart and if
there is any overflow, Mitchell Hall
will accommodate these.
The Coast Artillery Regiment
will move into Law and Puryear
when the Cavalry moves. A new
battery, Battery I, will be formed,
and the entire regiment will live
in Law and Puryear with probably
a few in Mitchell. The Coast will
live three men to a room.
The Quartermaster Corps unit
will be three to a room in the west
wing of Bizzell Hall and will move
from the top two floors of Legett.
The Ordnance men are to be
moved to the east wing of Bizzell
from the first two floors of Dor
mitory 16.
The Signal Corps arrangement
has not been definitely decided
upon but they will probably live
on the first two floors of Legett
and the first floor of Milner.
The Field Artillery Regiment,
Infantry Regiment, Chemical War
fare Battalion, and the two Bands;
will remain in their present quar
ters. Some of the Field Artillery
men will live on the first and sec
ond floors of No. 16 and some of
the Chemical Warfare and Infantry
unit overflow will live in Dormi
tory 1 except for twelve rooms
now occupied by Chemical War
fare cadets.
In Law, Puryear, Legett, Milner,
Mitchell, and Bizzell halls there
will be three men in each room.
These plans are in a tentative
stage as yet but there is enough
indication that they will materi
alize to make plans.
Tentative plans call for the cre
ation of a Signal Corps Regiment
by the recruiting of three more'
companies. Although details are
lacking at the present time, there
is a strong indication that the
regiment will be formed.
Specifications For
Vanity Fair and
Favorites Clarified
Deadline Set for September
15 for Favorites; Deadline
For Club Section October 1
Editor of the 1943 Longhorn
Johnny Longley announced today
that all the picture’s which are to
appear in the Vanity Fair section
are due September 15. The pictures
both for Vanity Fair and the Sen
ior Favorite cannot be submitted
in any size, as previously announc
ed, but must conform to the fol
lowing standards, Longley said.
For the Vanity Fair, three pic
tures must be submitted in all—
an 8 x 10 inch full length, formal
dress; a 5 x 7 inch full length,
sport or street dress; and a 5 x 7
inch close up. All the pictures must
be glossy prints. Walter Wanger,
producer of the motion picture
featuring A. & M., will judge the
Vanity Fair photographs.
Pictures' for the Senior Favorite
Section must be glossy print, 5x7
inch close ups. The charges will be
$3 for the Vanity Fair photograph,
which includes a • free picture in
the Senior Favorites section; and
$1.50 for the Senior Favorites it
self.
Reservations for club pictures
must be made at the student ac
tivities office not later than Oc-
tobr 1.
Officers Guides May
Be Ordered This Week
Copies of the Officer’s Guide
can still be obtained from the Stu
dent Activities office, but as there
are not enough orders to send off
at this time, they are being held
until more orders are handed in.
Soph Dance Leader
tl
Francis Beasley, pretty young southwest Orchestra leader, who
used to be featured on Leighton Noble’s Orchestra, will grace the
bandstand in Sbisa Hall for the Sophomore dance Friday night.
(See story elsewhere on this page).
Dallas Club Meets
To Make Final Plans
For Mid-term Dance
In a recent meeting, the Dallas
A. & M. Club voted to have a dance
at mid-term. The final arrange
ments for the dance which is to
be held at the Plantation on jSep-
tember 22, in Dallas, will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the club
tonight at 7:15 o’clock in the “Y”
Chapel, Tommie Pierce, president
of the club, announced.
There has been a very noticeable
absence of freshmen at the past
club meetings which seems to be
due to the fact that they do not
think that they are members of the
club. This is a misunderstanding,
as any boy* at A. & M. from Dallas
is a member of the club and is
urged to attend all the meetings
he can, Pierce said.
AH men that are planning to
come to the meeting tonight for
final arrangements are to be made
at this time.
McDonald to Speak
To AAUP Tonight
Representative W. T.. McDonald
will address the local chapter of
the American Association of Uni
versity Professors at 7:30 o’clock
tonight in the North Lounge of the
Y.M.C.A.
The subject of his address will
deal with the mechanism of legis
lative appropriations for Texas A.
& M. College and other States sup
ported schools, announced G. J.
Samuelson, Secretary of the A.A.
U.P. Chapter in this area.