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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION DIAL 4-5444 The Battalion OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION DIAL 4-5444 ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. - VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 29, 1942 2275 NUMBER 48 Steps in Aggieland’s Bandwagon Show —Photoicraphs by Frank Tippitt. The pictures above show the various steps from rehearsal to actual performance of the Aggieland Orchestra on its Bandwagon per formance in Dallas on September 13. In the upper left corner shot, the entire band is going through the timed rehearsal before the broadcast. The picture in the upper right shows Buck Weirus, Curly Brient, Roland Mallett, and Freddie Nelson getting a few last minutes of practicing in before the program began. Curly Brient and Ward Byron, producer of the show discuss the script for the program in the left center picture. Toby Reed, master of cere monies, F. W. Fitch, sponsor of the program, and Brient are shown when M. Fitch was introduced on the broadcast in the right center photograph. In the lower left picture the band is playing a number for the program, and the audience in attendance at the Fair Park Auditorium for the show is shown in the lower right-hand picture. Over 5600 Students Have Registered for Semester Total Enrollment For Year Now At More Than 7,000 Up to 6:15 o’clock yesterday 5616 student shad completed re gistration, and the total enrol ment continued to mount steadily toward the 5700 mark. The regis trar predicts that the total will well exceed this number by the completion of the registration pro cess. Of the number who are now en rolled for the current semester 5034 had registered before Mon day. Latest figures show 1722 new students this semester. It was not ascertainable how many of these were freshmen and how many transfer students who brought with them advanced credits from other institutions. Original estimates looked for 1000 cadets to enroll yesterday, however, the figures up to six o’clock indicate that the registra tion will fall considerably under that number, only 582 having re- Williams Supervising Foreman Conferences For Consolidated E. L. Williams, head of the de partment of industrial education is serving as supervisor of general foremen conferences for Consoli dated Aircraft Corporation at San Diego, Calif. He left September 18. The conferences will last two weeks. During the past year Williams has assisted in training 500 lead- men, supervisors and foremen in most of the larger war industries of Texas. His main responsibility has been to train groups of key men in fundamentals of job in struction and foremanship. These men train others of the supervision staff. gistered. Enrollment figures for the cur rent semester exceeded those of last semester by 145. New freshman enrollment was 108 above last semester’s 1614. This means that the total enrollment for the year is already well above 7000, that is a number of names in excess of 7000 has been entered on the rolls of the college since June 1. Student Activities Gets Officers Guides Now on hand in the Student Ac tivities office is the new shipment of the Officer’s Guide. This ship ment contains those books ordered before September 8. Orders placed since then is expected to arrive in the next two weeks. Orders will be taken at the Stu dent Activities office for those wishing to secure the Officer’s Guide. The cost is $2.25 per copy. How would you like to get your home made movies in the Walter Wanger produc tion, “We’ve Never Been Licked” ? That’s just what you can do if you have movie shots of General Moore when he used to be com mandant of this school. The size doesn’t make any dif ference; the only require ment is that they be of Gen eral Moore. Come on, Aggies, here’s your chance to get some movies you took your self into a real motion picture as well as help make “We’ve Never Been Licked” be a big ger success. Cadence Will Be Issued to New Fish The Cadence, published by the A. & M. Cadet Corps, is now ready for release and may be obtained by all new freshmen by the pre sentation of the Fiscal Office re ceipt at Corps Headquarters office in Ross Hall between 2 and 6 o’clock to day. Old Freshmen may receive their copies tomorrow Ca det Colonel W. W. Cardwell stated. The originator of this publica tion was Tom S. Gillis, cadet col onel of last year, who was unable to complete work on the book. The Cadence contains articles written 'by several campus leaders and it embodies the true spirit of Aggie- land. In it are the traditions and customs of Aggieland and it is a book that every new students will want to obtain. Remaining copies will be issued to upperclassmen. Singing Cadets Will Be Divided Into Two Groups for Practice The Singing Cadets will be divid ed into two groups, the Main Club and the Frpg Glee Club, Director Richard Jenkins announced Monr day. The Main Glee Club will prac tice Monday, Tuesday, and Thurs day from 8 to 9, and will include boys returning from one full year of experience. The Frog glee club, including all freshmen will prac tice Monday and Friday, from 8 to 7 o’clock and Tuesday from 8 to 9. Jenkins says that anyone who wants to join should definitely do so before Saturday. Over 140 new freshmen have shown intentions of joining the Singing Cadets and no members will be accepted after the end of the week. Consolidated School Will Have Barbecue Supper Thursday at 7 Thursday night, the A. & M. Con solidated High will hold its annual barbeque supper, it was announced by Mrs. E. L. Williams, in charge of the supper, who stated that the purpose of this meeting is to better acquaint the parents and teachers. Supper will be served cafeteria style at 7 o’clock but the service is expected to be greatly quickened by the use of two lines. Parents are asked to arrive at 6:30 so that they might spend more time with the faculty before supper is served. A cordial invita tion is extended to all parents wishing to attend. RH Palm Enlists In Naval Air Training Robert Hard Palm son of Mr. T. J. Palm of Waco, Texas has been selected for training as a Naval Aviation cadet and will be ordered to active duty shortly. He graduated from Lamar High School in Houston with the class of ’42. Since that time he has been at tending 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 reserve bases for pri mary flight training. A&M Dames Club Will Hold Meeting Wed A. & M. Dance club will hold the first meeting at 8 o’clock in the Y. M. C. A. lounge tomorrow night starting a series of meetings that they believe in acordance with prospective reports will be one of the best since the club was found ed. Tonight Is College Night H Coast Artillery Takes A ’Mural Crown for Term By Mike Mann The upperclassmen of H Coast Artillery have been crowned the Class A Intramural champions of the summer semester which has just ended. Running a close race with 3rd Headquarters Field Ar tillery and C Infantry, the Coast team came through to pile up a 15 point lead and take the honors. The winners gathered 330 points while 3rd Headquarters Field made 315 to take second place and C Infantry came in third with 312 points. J. M. Daniel, Houston, is the Recreational Officer who had charge of the Intramural activities of the champs and did much to ward guiding his men to the vic tory. Daniel’s junior assistant is J. W. Honea, also of Houston. The Class B crown was taken by the E Infantry freshmen who came Favorites Entries Deadline Set For Saturday Noon Freshmen, Sophomores May Have Pictures Taken Anytime Within 2 Weeks Seniors are reminded that they have until Saturday noon to turn in pictures to appear in the Vanity Fair and Senior Favorites sections of the Longhorn, asserted editor John Longley. Freshmen and Sophomores must have their class section pictures taken sometime within the next two weeks. Blouses to be worn in the picture are available without charge at the studio for the use of these men. The deadline for staff officers pictures for the military section has been set as November 1. The editor urges that the pictures be made before that time if possible. Reserve Seats For Town Hall Remain Contrary to the rumor that all Town Hall seats are gone is the fact that there are nearly a hun dred reserved seats for the first program, including some choice ones, at $4, John Lawrence student manager announced today. One hundred student tickets still remain unpurchased and can be obtained in the Student Activi ties office for the season price of only $2. Town Hall will open this year’s extra good series with Anson Week’s playing in Sbisa Hall Sat urday at 8:30. As previously an nounced, Week’s orchestra will be followed later in the season by H. V. Kaltenborn, Alec Templeton, General Platoff’s Don Cossacks, Nancy Swinford, Graff Ballet, Jes sica Dragonette, Aggie Singing Cadets, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and another swing band. Dr. Cox Urges Close Check on All Types of Home-Prepared Meats Because of the present emer gency thousands of American fam ilies will be added this autumn to the many who are accustomed to the home-preparation and storage of meats for their own use. This is the opinion of Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State Health Officer, who has is sued a timely warning against carelessness that might cause il lness. Trichinosis, Dr. Cox explained, is caused by a microspic organism called the trichina of muscle worm. This parasite develops in the hu man bod whenever infested pork is eaten, if it has not been suf ficiently cooked. The young worms, known as larvae, are found in the muscles of infected pigs. When this type of meat is eaten raw or is undercooked, the larvae grow in the intestines into adult worms which are carried by the lymphatic tissue and blood stream to the muscles where they became en cysted. in with a 10 point lead over their nearest rivals. D. A. Beaumont of Port Arthur is the Recreational Officer of the Infantry group while R. J. Bassett of Dryden is his junior assistant who did such a swell job in handling the fresh man. The Infantrymen took first with 320 points; B Infantry was second with 310 points; and G Field Artillery took third place with 295 points. Tech Exes Plan To Hold Meeting Here Saturday Registration Will Be Held in Sbisa Hall From 10 till 1 Saturday Morning Texas Tech supporters who will follow their school’s team here for the Texas Tech and A. & M. game will be aided during their visit to the campus by the program for Texas Tech exes and friends. The program has been worked out by Mrs. R. B. Hickerson with the co operation of W. E. Street, head of the department of engineering drawing of A. & M. Tech exes will meet and register in the lounge of Sbisa hall across the street from the Aggieland Inn from the hours of 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. The committee in charge of registeration will be made up of Mrs. Hickerson, chairman, Mrs. G. H. Brock, Mrs. W. E. Street, Mrs. C. H. Ransdell, and Scott Fikes. Arrangements have been made for the guests to have lunch in the old mess hall at 1 p. m. Special tables will be available. These guests will be charged 50 cents per mealf Tickets for the game will be available for these guests in a special section about the 40 yard line. Texas Tech exes and friends should ask for tickets in section number 106, Street said. He further states that these tickets may be bought at the gate or may be re served in advance to save time. Holders of cupon books may ex change their tickets to this game for tickets in the Texas Tech sec tion 106. Trains coming to the game will leave Houston at 8 a. m. and ar rive at College Station at 10 a. m. the train returning to Houston will leave College Station at 7:45 p. m. arriving in Houston at 9:30 p. m. Trains from Dallas will leave there at 8 a. m. arriving at Col lege Station at 12:15 p. m. This train will return to Dallas leaving College Station at 6:12 p. m. ar riving in Dallas at 9:30 p. m. Publicity Dept Again to Serve As Statisticians For the eighth season the Depart ment of Information and College Publications at Texas A. & M. will serve as official football sta tisticians for the Southwest Con ference and will furnish complete statistics gratis to newspapers and radio stations all over the United States weekly. Each school appoints its home official statistician and he renders an after-the-game report to A. & M. where the figures are processed and mailed out by Tuesday of each week. Official figures are available in all Southwest Con ference press boxes immediately after the game or at the half if required. The service was begun by Capt. Tony Ketterson, formerly sports publicity director at A. & M. and since has been carried on by H. B. McElroy, assistant information director, Lt. E. C. Oates, now in active service; and last year by McElroy and Roy P. Gates his as sistant. This season the work will be carried on by Gates with the assistance of Ed Elmendorf. Each member school shares in the cost of the service this year. Informa tion on any player will be furnish ed upon request to Texas A. & M. College. Yell Leaders To Present Coaches, Campus Officials A. & M.’s traditional College Night will be held tonight starting at 8 o’clock in front of Goodwin campus leaders, yells, and songs Hall. Speeches by faculty and campus leaders, yells, and songs will make up most of the program. The new freshmen will be shown some of A. & M.’s nationally known twelfth man spirit, head Yell lead er Chuck Chalmers announced. The athletic coaches will be in- traduced to the corps and Coach Homer Norton will make a speech and present the Aggie football players. President T. O. Walton will make a speech as well as Dean E. J. Kyle and Cadet Colonel W. W. Cardwell. Chalmers will be in charge of College Night and will be assisted in arousing the twelfth man spirit by yell leaders Bob Hanby, Bill McKenzie, and Shorty Booth. Ca det Officers of the Aggie Band will be introduced to the corps also. Besides speeches and yells, the 216-piece Aggie band will play the Aggie songs. Chalmers hopes the entire cadet corps and all interested people in College Station will turn out for the affair to work up a high spirit and really back up the team. Gasoline Hoarders Have Voided Fire Insurance Policies Civic leaders in the promotion of fire prevention are facing a heavy handicap of increased haz- ards to overcome during Fire Pre vention Week, October 4 to 10, declares Marvin Hall, State Fire. Insurance Commissioner. Innumerable fire hazards were created in a number of Texas cities last week when unfounded rumors,, spreading at an almost unbelieve- able rate, told of proposals to im pose gasoline rationing without notice. Citizens rushed to filling stations to buy gasoline and take it home in any type of container available. The buying raid on gasoline deal ers took place several days before official announcements said nation wide rationing of motor fuel would probably be made effective in No vember. “Every person in Texas who is hoarding gasoline has automatical ly voided fire insurance on his property,’ ? Commissioner Hall an nounced. “Persons foolishly trying to hoard a few gallons of gasoline have done three things: “First, they have jeapordized their insurance. When gasoline 'comes into your home, your fire in surance policy goes out. Unless you have a special permit from your company, the policy simply £ays that gasoline is a more pow erful explosive than dynamite and that, ‘I will not stand guard over a house where gasoline is stored— even a small amount’. Your policy literally says this in different words, but that is what it means. “Second, they endanger the pres tent low insurance rates of Texas —the lowest of all time. Losses af fect all insurance rates, and if ex cessive dwelling fires are caused by careless hoarding of gasoline, then the recent 25 per cent reduc tion on residence rates could eas ily be wiped out. “Third, they also jeapordize their lives and the lives of all members of their families when gasoline is stored on the premises. Gasoline fires are already responsible for the loss of too many lives in this state. During August gasoline caus ed seven of the 16 fire deaths in Texas. “Too few people realize that just pouring gasoline from one container to another very frequent ly generates static electricity that will cause an explosion of gasoline vapor. Gasoline has more explos ive power by volume than dyna mite. None of us would think of keeping 100 pounds of dynamite in the home—that would be too dangerous. Yet, a gallon of gaso line has about the same explos ive power as is cointained in 100 pounds of dynamite.