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i. 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, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 3, 1942 2275 NUMBER 40 Aggieland Band Wins Ride on Fitch Bandwagon Total Fees ?! n s a ™ ,Entriei . Sophomores’ For Semester ByComingWeekend First Band Is Canceled Are $149.65 First Installment Amounts to $83.25; Payable September 14 Fees payable for the next semes ter will be $149.65, it was announc ed today by the fiscal department. Day students will be required, to pay $43.50. Students who wish to pay maintenance by installments may pay $83.25. These figures in clude a $13.00 student activities fee which may be deducted if so desired. Fees will be collected by the / fiscal department beginning September 14. Before students will be allowed to pay their fees they must clear up all old obligations to the col lege such as chemistry breakage fees and library fees. It has been suggested by the fiscal department that these bills be paid before September 14 in order to avoid congestion. ' According to the fiscal depart ment, any student attempting to pay his fees before meeting these obligations will be merely wasting his time because he will not be able to do so. It was farther pointed out that these bills would not,be collected at the Administration building after September 14. Aggie Band Hires Assistant Director AnnouncesCoIDunn Employment of Weldon Coving ton as assistant bandmaster of the famous A. & -M. College musical organization, was announced today by Lieut. Col. Richard C. Dunn, bandmaster. Covington for the past 11 years has been in charge of the Austin, Texas, high school band and dur ing that time Ms musicians have always finished in the first division of state contests, have won first place three times in concert and have won first four times in marching. Born at Alvord, Texas, the new assistant attended North Texas Agricultural College, the Conway Band School and received his Bachelor of Music degree at Sim mons University. He will receive a Master’s degree next summer af ter completing graduate work. Covington directed the 143rd In fantry band of the Texas Nation al Guard in 1933, and has taught in the University of Texas sum mer band clinic for the past two years. Plans are underway for expan sion of the A. & M. band and it is expected to be one of the largest in the United States. The Aggie band that appears at foot ball games and in various Texas cities really is a combination of two bands, the Infantry and Field Artillery units. One band plays daily for student formations at each end of the big A. & M. cam pus, but both combine for march ing formations and special mili tary events on the campus. Eliminations to Be Next Week; Organizations Must Enter at Least 15 Men Entries for the competitive sing song between organizations, “The Aggie Singaroo” must be turned into the respective organi zation recreational officers by the end of this week. Richard Jenkins, who is in charge of the “Singaroo”, stated that eliminations will prob ably begin in the early part of next week and the finals will be held the afternoon of Saturday, September 12. Jenkins also urges all organizations to participate so that it.will be an event which will afford much pleasure to all stu dents concerned. AH organizations entering the sing must be represented by at least 15 men, one third of these being fish, one third sophomores, and one third juniors or seniors. Songs to be used must be ap proved by Jenkins, who may be reached through the Student Ac tivities Office or at the Assebly Hall, and the entries may use any type of accompaniment in the pre liminaries. Jenkins will furnish piano accompaniment in the finals. One song will be sung by each group and the six best groups will qualify for the finals. The win ners will be presented on a fu ture Eadet Kapers and as an add ed attraction, the winning organi zation will be treated to an ice cream supper and a free picture show. Another Texas Aggie Has Scored on Battle Front-- “Enjoyed It” According to an Associated Press news article released yes terday “another Texas Aggie has scored on the battle front.” Captain J. I. Hopkins of Pales tine was a pilot of one of the first three United States Army Air Corps bombers attacking the advancing German columns in the Egyptian desert. In commenting on the attack the former Aggie said; “We enjoyed lit” He also said that the target seemed pretty good, and that Ms bombadier scor ed at least two direct Mts and some near misses. Mrs. HopMns who resides with her husband’s mother at Palestine was overjoyed after hearing the news that her husband had de livered a blow against the enemy. “Isn’t that wonderful,” she sobbed. Captain Hopkins is a graduate of Palestine High School and at tended A.&M. four years. He re ceived his wings at Randolph Field and took advanced training at Kelly Field. Shipyard Engineer Speaks at Joint Meet Of ASME, SAE, lAeS E. W. Pitman, chief engineer of the Petroleum Iron Works, of the Pennsylvania Ship yards, will speak before a joint meeting of the AS ME, SAE, and Institute of Aero nautical Sciences tonight im mediately after yell practice in the Electrical Engineering lecture room. Pitman will lecture on the Re gistration of Professional Engi neers, of which he is a member of the Texas branch. All members of these clubs are urged to be present as it promises to be one of the most interesting meetings of the year, both from general information and educa tional purposes. Venereal Disease Film Will Be Shown By Sociology Club A film on the causes, prevention, and cures of venereal diseases will be shown Thursday night at 7 o’clock in the Physics lecture room by the State Department^of Health under the sponsorship of the Rur al Sociology Club. Members of the marriage rela tions classes, Rural Sociology Club, and all others interested in an educational film of this type are invited. Beasley’s Orchestra Canceled Because Of Contract Problems Frances Beasley’s Orchestra will not paly for the sophomore ball, according to an announcement made last night by the Student Ac tivities office. Because of contract difficulties with the Dallas orchestra, arrange ments had to be cancelled at the last minute, stated Jack Orrick, sophomore class president. At press time it had not defi nitely been decided whether Cur ley Brient’s Aggieland orchestra would play for the dance. “Regardless of who plays for the proip, all other arrangements are the same,” stated Orrick, and “we think that the dance this year will be the biggest sophomore ball yet,” the soph president concluded in a statement last night. Ramps one, two, and three of Puryear hall will be opened To morrow for dates to stay in if they so desire. The price per room per girl is 50 cents. The room re servations may be made through Harry Boyer’s office in Ross Hall stated Tom Moore, of the accom modations committee. Arrange ments have been made through the local Chamber of Commerce to have a number of rooms made available for students to engage for their dates in case the dormi tory space is filled. The dance will be held in the main dining room of Sbisa hall and will start promptly at 9:00 p. m. \ The uniform as announced pre viously will be the summer number two or summer‘tuxedos if desired. The dance will be formal. Cadets are reminded that during the dance they may park their cars in the parking lot east of the administration building. They are further reminded that parking in the streets is unlawful any time during the week end. Hurry, Hurry, Folks, TakeOff BrOil(!( tlSt Will Bl! Hl'ill ll Your Shoes and Join the Fun p rflm (j:3() fo 7 Sept 13 They may be non-reg as a jer sey cow, but if you haven’t got any tall yallar shoes with button tops, ragged overalls with just one strap (and that tied up with grocery twine), then feller, you had better start hustling, ’cause come ’bout Satiddy night you’ll just have to come out and shuffle a wicked foot at the annual Barnyard Frol ic to be held in the Grove as a corps (or should we have said, “corpse”) dance. Sponsored by those hearty slip- stick farmers, the Ag Engineers, this gala farmyard affair offers all the joys of rural living to each and every guy and gal (or both) present, and what with the emi nent Mr. Brient’s nationally-known Aggielapd qrchestra giving out with that right jive, fun and hap piness will be had for the taking. Sparking forth promptly at nine in the evening, Maestro Curley and all the lads will be nothing but solid, whether the tune be sweet or swingy, and all you fellows that are technically known as “Aves Caninus” can make all the eyes you want at lovely Adeline Koff- man, who will be on hand with the vocals, but nacherly! That front gate will be open only to the kids in coveralls and what have you. You are ruined for life if you show up reg or in a tux, ’cause you know you never saw a farmer running around cut ting a rug in anything but rag genes and overalls. Course now, if you don’t have any overalls, ask the mess ? Joall manager for a flower barrel,’mil you some straps over the shoul ders, and twenty to one you will win the “best-dressed” prize. And speaking of that little prize, we hear tell there are a few bucks tied up in the corniest costume at the hop. Remember, anything gets in, as long as it looks corny and country. That goes for the gals, too. There’ll be plenty of hay and tractors around for you to spark your Daisy Mae on, and no light will be allowed brighter than that great country moon that shines down on Birt Switch, Arkansas, these simmering summer nights, so loosen up from that greenback you’ve had hidden under the back porch all summer and come on out. The Aggieland will dish out the aforesaid jive, and what with them putting the waves in the ether is about ten days via the Hair Oil Bandwagon, you shouldn’t miss their last dance before they put that old shot in NBC’S arm. Bobby Stephens, social secretary of the first class, radiates facts and figures about why this Barn yard Frolic will be the best in its many-year history. One of these is that this is the first time the B. F. has been opened up as corps dance, and second is that this is the first time a really “success ful” band has played for the af fair. Reeves of Biology Department Finds 4 Unknown Plants Harvard Professors Name Specie After Discoverer; Collection Given Museum While in the process of collect ing and filing all the plants of Brazos County, Dr. R. G. Reeves of the biology departmnt ran ac- cross four unknown plant species, which were sent to specialists in California, Washington, Pennsyl vania, and Sonora (Tex). The plant specialist in Sonora was unable to indentify one of Reeve’s plants, therefore it was sent to Harvard where the professors decided the newly discovered flower should be named after Reeves. Technically the plant is called Saxifraga Re- evesii, but commonly spoken of as Reeves’ saxifrage. The purpose of Reeves’ work is to index and catalog all the plant species in the county and prepare a teaching manual on plant tax onomy. With the work of his stu dents and that of other depart ments, Reeves has a very near com plete collection of all the local seed plants, which are being placed in the Tracy hibarium in the A. & M. museum for reference and study. This is the first serious attempt in A. & M.’s history to index and catalog the several thousand local plants of Brazos County. To file the plants they are first dried and pressed, then sprayed with mercuric chloride to keep away insects, next the plants are dressed again, then mounted on heavy paper and labeled. Interesting Campus Personalities He Has Chased Thieves, Heard The Bones Rattle-Meet Sgt Mac Three Mathematics Professors Replaced Effective Tuesday morning, three new instructors, A. M. Blackman, H. Clay Searer, and Albert H. Wap- ple, took charge of their respective Math classes in place of three others: J. W. McClimon, W. L. Johnson, and W. B. Coleman, who left Tuesday. Blackman was formally with the Industrial Education Department here. Searer came here from Sou thern Methodist University, and Wapple from Southwestern. Mc- Climmons and Johnson left to take a course in instruction in Miss issippi and Copeman went into the army. By Tom Journeay Talk about someone spinning interesting yarns? All right. We don’t have to go any farther than Sergeant Mac. Who is he? Well, for the benefit of some of the first year cadets who maybe haven’t gotten around as much as they should have, we’ll tell you who he is. He’s Deputy Constable, J. T. McDonald, of .the A. & M. police department. Sergeant Mac has one of the longest service records of nearly anyone connected with A. & M. He came here, and he remembers with great pride the exact date, on May 23, 1921 to work in the Power House where he was ice checker for six years before transferring to the police work. It might be well to mention here that “Sergeant’’ before the name of any A. & M. guard doesn’t indicate that he holds the rank of a police sergeant. It all started back when an old regular army sergeant be came a guard here, and from that day to this all guards have been called “Sarge”. Sergeant Mac remembers the days when the old Toonerville trol ley was the only means of trans portation into the thriving metro polis of Bryan for Saturday after noon and evening entertainment. Those were the days before any kind of amusements were located here on the campus. Matter of fact, there was very little campus! The Administration building, nearly all dormitories, all but about three of the classroom buildings, and the gym and Kyle field had all been built since the veteran guard has been overlooking the campus. Sergeant Mac says the joke the boys used to get the most kick out of telling was the one about his being able to hear the dice roll in Walton Hall when stand ing on the YMCA steps. He tells another interesting ex perience about the time he went all the way to Mount Vernon in Franklin County to trace a boy who broke into the Y barber shop and stole a cash register with a little bit of money in it. It seems that the Satch noticed some peculiar goings on during the wee hours of the morning one dark night and decided to investigate. The culprit had an accomplice sta tioned down near Bizell hall to make a racket thus drawing the guard away from the vicinity of the Y. The next morning the Comman dant called McDonald in and told him about the robbery. By a series of moves they discovered that he boys ha'd stolen the register car ried if off to a secluded spot near here, broken into it and flown the city with the money. Sergeant Ma« tells about how he found out where the cadet’s home was, traced him there and got a confession from him when he was confronted with the goods. This is just one of the many in teresting experiences, that have happened to the likable guard that watches out for the Aggie interests during his shift every day in the year. Sergeant Mac has two sons. One is the representative in the State Legislature from this district, re cently having been re-elected. for the fourth time, and the other works for the Experiment Sta tion here. Back in the old days the college guards used to get a work out frequently when cadets would .get that old arrhy spirit and raise a little comotion. The Cadets used to pull fake murders many years ago that used to give the guards a good deal of apprehension until they found out about it. It seems ketsup from Hotajrd’s domain had a startling likeness to blood, and the stories that accompanied the gory sight were enough by them selves to start an investigation. Even if we don’t have any more fake murders around here, Sergeant Mac and the whole force will be ready and willing to keep things under control for the cadets. Program Consists of Leader’s Life Story, Popular Songs and Ballads Curley Brient, leader of the Aggieland orchestra, was. notified yesterday by the Music Corporation of America that the Aggieland has won the F. W. Fitch Band Wagon contest and will be heard on the Summer Band Wagon prog ram to be broadcast over the NBC network from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. September 13 from the auditorium at the State Fair Park in Dallas. Notice of the results of the contest was made by mail to Brient yesterday morning and confirmed by telephone yes terday afternoon. “This is the biggest thrill of all‘f~ our lifes,” said Brient speaking for the orchestra, “and we want to thank all our friends at A. & M. and elsewhere for giving us this chance to show the dance orches tra world what a bunch of Aggies can do when they make up their mind to.” The Summer Band Wagon fea tures new and young orchestras and gives way to the regular Band Wagon of “name” bands late in the fall. A program is being arranged which will consist of the following: the Fitch signature, the Aggieland’s theme, “I’m Livin’ My Life for You”, a popular ballad (to be se lected), the story of Curley’s life, another ballad, a commercial, short swing tune, more story, a feature tune of the band, more story, an other good feature, a commercial another short “chaser”, story, a big clSsing tune, then the signing off with the Fitch signature. Tunes will be selected in the near future. “I want to emphasize again how much we appreciate what all of you did for ds. You did it; with out you wouldn’t be there that Sunday night, and by expressing your interest so sincerely we are forever indebted to all of you,” said Brient. Thp story spots in the program will be concerned with Curley’s life, his first interest in orchestras, a brief history of the Aggieland, any little intimate details about the boys of the band or Curley, as well as what the orchestra and its ac tivities mean to the school and all Aggies all over the world. j “I’m quite sure Curley and the band will be a credit to the school and to themselves,” said E. L. Angell, assistant to the president. Rehearsals will probably be held sometime next week, but definite plans have not yet been formulated. Toby Reed is master of cere monies on the Band Wagon, and will conduct the “ride” when the Aggieland appears. Listeners in this section will hear the broadcast best over WFFA in Dallas, KPRC in Houston, and WOAI in San An tonio. Brient is making arrangements for tickets for the broadcast and a block of seats in the auditorium will probably be reserved for Ag gies. Tickets are free and probably will be made available through the Commandant’s office and the first sergeants. Shortwave will carry the pro gram all over the world to men and officers in the armed forces, so all Aggies and exes will get a chance to hear the program if a radio is available. Norman Streppe, Dallas repre sentative for the Music Corporation of America, confirmed the an nouncement of the Aggielands win ning by telephone to L. D. Boone, director of student activities. Annual Horse Show Planned for Day After Cavalry Ball Affair to Be Run Strictly on Military Principles This Year Horsemen from the Cavalry and Field Artillery will meet for the twentieth time on’ October 10 in the annual Horse Show to settle the traditional dispute over the respective merits of the men of the two regiments as to equine skill. The show will be held at the rid ing hall on the north end of the Cavalry drill field on the day fol lowing the Cavalry Ball as is cus tomary. Since transportation facilities are limited, the Horse Show/Com mittee will follow the precedent set last spring of not inviting civ ilian showmen to enter the com petition. When ,the war is over, a\ combination civilian and military show will be held as in the past, but. until tha?t time the show will be a military one with the riders: mounted only on government mounts on duty, at this station. Highlight of the show will prob ably be the hunt event with three Cavalry teams entered, states Norris McGowen who is handling the arrangements. In addition to this field jumping, there will be three jumping events in the ring. Seat and hand classes are being arranged for freshmen and soph omores in addition to such novelty events as a pop race and a musical chair contest. Jakkula Describes Tacoma BridgeFailure Dr. A. A. Jakkula will speak before the student chapter of the American Society of Civil En gineers at 7:00 o’clock tonight in the C. E. lecture room. His talk, “The Tacoma Bridge Failure” will be accompanied by a motion picture showing the actual collapse of the structure. The re cent failure of this bridge claimed nation-wide attention since it was one of the largest suspension bridges in the worldl All Civil Engineering students are invited to attend this meet ing which should be of interest to all. Electronic Cop Warns Speeders The science of electronics has now supplied the answer to the speed ing motorist who tells the judge he did not know how fast he was going, according to Frazier Hunt, General Electric newscaster. “Driving at night along a high way near St. Paul and Minneapolis, the motorist’s attention is caught by the sudden turning on of a large illuminated signboard ahead of him. A second or two later the sign flashes the speed of his car in lighted numbers big enough to read a mile away. If the speed is too fast for the danger spot ahead the sign flashes an additional warning in the words, ‘Slow Down.’ “Startled by this electronic speed cop that issue no summonses, the motorist may wonder what math ematical genius is hiding behind the sign and starts an electronic timer which measures the car’s speed. As the car passes the second electric eye the timer calculates the speed, and flashes the speed in lights, as a warning to the driver. “Electrons, travelling with the speed of light, get the message on the sign board in plenty of time to warn the fastest driver. There is nothing to be gained by arguing with the speed shown on the sign.. To an electron, one-millionth of a second is a long time. “This application' of the elecU ronic tubes, developed by a St. Paul engineer is but another example of helpful, public services which can be performed by electronic de vices.”