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The Battalion
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
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ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. - VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 29, 1942
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NUMBER 61
Completion of Education is Planned at Chicago Meet
Infantry Ball Highlights Weekend
Boyd Raeburn Orchestra
Featured at Sbisa Hall
Uniform Is Number One for Juniors and
Seniors; Number Two for Underclassmen
Friday mgiit from 9 until 1, the Infantry Regiment will
hold its annual ball In Sbisa Hall with music provided by
Boyd Raeburn, popular young maestro, and his orchestra.
Uniform f©r the dance will be number one with khaki
•■shirts and ties for juniors and sen
iors, with the cloth belt or Sam
Browne optional. Sophomores and
freshmen must wear number two
with wool slacks, khaki shirts, and
black ties No one will be admitted
to the dance Friday out of uniform.
Supper formation Friday even
ing will be moved up to 6:15 so that
Infantry men and their dates will
be able to get to the dance on time.
“This will be the bigeest and
best Infantry Ball yet,” said John
Mullins, chairman in charge of ar
rangements.
Decorations for the ball will be
“different” according to Clayton
D’Avy, decorations chairman.
Reatured will be a backdrop be
hind the bandstand showing an
Infantry Aggie chasing Hitler,
Mussolini, and Hirohito. The ends
of the ballroom will also be de
corated. One end will feature a
backdrop of the cammando course,
while the other end will feature
charging paddlefeet. Lighting will
be furnished entirely by indirect
lights arqund the edge of the dance
floor. All over head lights will be
turned out.
Programs for the ball will be
four by six inches, and will be
white, tied together with blue leat
her thongs. Tickets were issued to
first sergeant’s last night.
Sixteen TSCWites and their es
corts chosen to represent A. &
M. at the SMU game in Dallas
November 6 will be guests of the
Regiment at the ball Friday night.
The Aggie Day Sweetheart will
be announced at the ball Friday
night.
Raeburn’s orchestra is one of the
most popular to come to the cam
pus. Boyd first played here for
the Composite Ball in 1941, and
returned last spring to play the
Senior Ring Dance, Junior Prom
and Final Ball.
Featured in the vocal spotlight
will be Hal Derwin, crooner and
swing guitarist, and Claude (Hey,
Hey) Humphrey, the drummer-
lunatic.
Seniors Choose
Aggie Sweetheart
From TSCW Girls
Winner Will Tie Made
Public at Infantry Ball
Friday Night in Sbisa
Sixteen A. <& M. students, led
by Cadet ColeneT'Walter Cardwell
of LuTing, went to the Texas State
Teachers CdHege for "Women yes
terday afternoon to pick a sweet
heart to be presentd between halves
of the Nov. 7 'SMU-Aggie football
game..
Sixteen TSCW students, four
from the freshman, sophomores,
junior, and senior .classes have been
selected as nominees (Each nom
inee was .selected by a respective
class meeting.
Senior selections are Misses Lil
lian Hutchens and Peggy Love-
lady, Fort Worth; Hava Robinson,
Honey Grove:; and Mary Jane Trail,
Kaufman. .Juniors are Misses Ruth
Bayne Bishop and Judy Stubbs,
San Antonio-, Marjorie Brewer,
College Station; and Ruth Tilley,
Shamrodk. Sophomores are Bar
bara Cook, Little Rock, Ark.; Ann
Gwin, Houston;; Marjorie Ann Mon
aghan, Breekenridge;; and Bobbie
Jo Sanford, Dallas.
Freshmen nominees are Elaine
O’Leavy, Houston; Mary Jone
Brown, Fort "Worth - ; Pat Mooie,
Kemp; Peggy Echols, Dallas.
The TSCW nominees entertained
the A. & M. jury with a dinner
and dance Tnesday evening and
will come to College Station to
morrow where the winner will be
announced at the Infantry Ball.
They will remain for the A. & M.—
Arkansas football game, hear H.
V. Kaltenborn lecture, and attend
the Corps Dance Saturday.
Eight hundred tickets in Ownby
Stadium next to the Aggie section,
will be sold to TSCW students, be
ginning Nov. 3 Students will be re
sponsible for their own transport
ation.
The Dallas Retail Merchants As
sociation is working on arrange
ments for style shows and other
entertainment to be given Satur
day morning before the game.
This is the fifth year in which an
“Aggie Day Sweetheart” has been
selected for the A. & M. upstate
game in Dallas with the Mustangs
of Southern Methodist University
or in Fort Worth with the Horned
Frogs of Texas Christian Univer
sity.
At the half of the Aggies’ game
in North Texas each fall, the
sweetheart from TSCW is es-
corated on the football field by the
Cadet Colonel of the A. & M. Corps
and presented flowers by the Cadet
M^jor of the A. & M. Band, follow
ing band formations. As the sweet
heart is presented, the Aggie Band
usually plays TSCW’s “Alma
Mater.”
Miss Anna Ruth Ashe, Fort
Worth sophomore, was selected
as the 1941 sweetheart.
New Field Artillery
Officer Arrives Here
Captain W. S. Faulk, recently
assigned to A. & M., arrived at
noon Tuesday from the Second
Infantry Division of Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio. Captain
Faulk will instruct Field Artillery
and teach military science.
r Rhythms by Raeburn 9 Maestro
mum
A&M Heads Attend Chicago
Land Grant College Meeting
Plans Are Being Made to Allow Finishing
College Before Entering Fighting Forces
*■ A definite plan is being made whereby any student in
a school such as A. & M.. who is doing satisfactory work
may complete his college education before being called to
military service, President T. O. Walton stated in a telephone
conversation with Dean Bolton last night.
President Walton is attending a meeting of the Land-
Grant College Association in Chicago. According to Dr.
Walton plans are being developed to give the college student
with
Above is Boyd Raeburn, popular young orchestra leader, who
will take the spotlight Friday night with his “Rhythms by Rae
burn” for the Infantry Regimental ball.
Kaltenborn Flies to College Station
To Address Corps on War’s Progress
H. V. Kaltenborn, ace news com
mentator, will appear Saturday
at 7:00 p.m. on the Toivn Hall
program in Guion Hall. Kalten-
born’s talk will be on current topics
Dick Jenkins Teaches
“Marching Along” to
Corps in Mess Hall
Today, at the noon meal, Rich
ard Jenkins director of the Sing
ing Cadets, will sing “parching
Along” over the sound system in
order that the corps may learn the
tune to the song which they will
sing just before the Arkansas
game starts Saturday.
Words to the song were printed
in last Saturday’s Battalion and
will be reprinted this Saturday.
“I would like to urge the corps
to learn these words, so that when
we sing the song Saturday, every
one will know what they are,”
said Jenkins.
Architecture Club
Sees “New Horizons”
“To New Horizons,” second in a
series of films on city planning
being offered by the Architecture
department, will be shown to the
Architectural Club tonight after
yell practice in the Animal Indus
tries lecture room. This film
thrilled over five million people in
the General Motors exhibit at the
recent New York World’s Fair and
is considered by critics to be one
of the best technicolor films in its
field.
All members of the Architectural
Club ai - e urged to*be present and
visitors are welcome.
pertaining to the war, especially
the European phase of the strug
gle from which he has recently
returned. The analyst has seen first
hand what the British are doing
and the hardships and deprivations
which they are suffering.
Since time will be limited be
cause of the corps dance which
will follow the program, and be
cause the management wishes to
crowd into the available time as
much of value as possible, the
usual forum period of questions
asked by the audience will be elim
inated. Instead, those who have
questions may write them on slips
USS Iowa Largest
Man-of-War Afloat
of paper which will be passed out
at the doors, and Kaltenborn will
attempt to answer the questions
from the slips.
All seats for the lecture have
been sold out, but a few more
reserve seats will be made avail
able by placing chairs in the aisles,
according to John Lawrence, Town
Hall manager. These additional
seats will sell for $2.00. Cadets
who do not have a season ticket
will be admitted for $1.00.
Kaltenborn’s appearance is be
ing made possible thi-ough his
flying by plane from New York
to St. Lxmis from which city he
will make his Friday evening
broadcast. Immediately after his
Friday broadcast, Kaltenborn will
board a plane for Texas, arriv
ing in College Station early Satur
day.
His appearance here is not one
of a regularly scheduled series of
lectures. Kaltenborn is coming
from New York to College Sta
tion expressly for the purpose of
addressing the cadet corps. It is
for this reason that the program
s being held on a Saturday. On
weekdays, the analyst makes a
scheduled broadcast, therefore,
Saturday is his only free day for
traveling talks.
Lawrence especially urges that
all who plan to attend arrive early.
The doors will be locked promptly
at 7 o’clock and no one else will
be admitted.
Military Science
Checks Are to Be
Given Out Today
Senior Instructors Will
Issue $23 Pay for Three
Months to Contract Men
Military science checks for jun
iors and seniors with contracts
were received by the military de
partment yesterday and will be
distributed to senior instructors of
the various units by noon today.
Contract holders may obtain their
checks from their senior instruc
tors this afternopn and tomorrow.
Each junior and senior will re
ceive $23.00 at this time, in pay
ment for the first quarter of the
fiscal year 1943. This includes pay
ment for the months of July, Au
gust and September, a total of 92
days at the rate of 25tf per day.
Previous payments were made
about August 1 for the month of
June to all those juniors who re
ceived contracts on June 1. Total
amount of the checks to be issued
this week is $27,459.25.
All students who received their
contracts at a time other than the
beginning of a semester and all
others whose contracts are irreg
ular in any way may obtain their
checks in room 19, Ross Hall.
Those men whose respective senior
instructors have not received their
checks may make inquiries about
their checks in the same room. All
such inquiries should be made aft
er noon today.
an opportunity to continue
his education and at the same time
prepare himself for most effective
military service. Government of
ficials urge students to stay in
college until such time as they are
needed in the armed services. They
promise that adequate warning will
Jbe given of any change in the
policy affecting enlistments.
Announcement of this, program
will not be made until after Con-
Your Longhorn Won’t
Be Out Unless You
Give Elbow Grease
Want to get the inside dope on
the 1943 Longhorn long before any
one else sees it ? And would you
like to help relieve a dangerous
situation at the same time ?
Then drop around to the Long
horn office any Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, or Friday afternoon and
lend them a little of your elbow
grease—they need you and need
you badly. The yearbook is run
ning behind schedule because of a
lack of help, and so if you want
to get in on some good bull—that
may lead to the editor’s chair and
$55 per month your senior year—
drop around and give the boys a
hand.
Remember, it’s your Longhorn!
At press time the follow
ing telegram was received at
the office of the Dean of the
College:
“Dean Bolton: I strongly
urge all students to with
hold decision as to branch
and service to enter until
final approval of pending
legislation afefcting lower
ing of age of selectees, and
and the announcement of
the War Department’s pol
icy, which will shortly fol
low, defining status of stu
dents in schools and colleges.
(Signed) Edward W. Smith,
Colonel, General Staff Corps,
Executive for Reserve and
ROTC affairs.”
Women’s Club Has
Book Review for
Tomorrow’s Meet
Reception and Social
Hour to Follow; This
Will be First Meeting
“Texas a World’ in Itself,” by
George Sessions Perry, will be re
viewed by Mrs. W. H. Andrew
Friday, October 30, in the Chapel
of the YMCA at 3 p. m. This will
mark the occasion of the first
meeting this season of the College
Women’s Social Club.
A reception and social hour in
the YMCA parlors will follow the
program.
All women whose husbands are
employed by A. & M. are eligible
for membership in the College
Women’s Social Club. Mrs. T. O.
Walton is president; Mrs. T. D.
Brooks, vice-president; Mrs. J. E.
Marsh, general chairman; Mrs. W.
S. Flory, secretary; Mrs. A. B.
Nelson, treasurer; and Mrs. John
Ashton, reporter.
This organization is divided into
groups with various interests, each
being responsible for the program
of one meeting. Next Friday’s
meeting will be in charge of the
Circulating Library Group, of
which Mrs. C. C. Doak is general
chairman.
The purpose of the club in gen
eral is to promote acquaintance and
friendship among the women of A..
& M. To make it easy for new
comers to get acquainted, all mem
bers are asked to pin a card, with
their name and department, on
their lapels.
Slack-Clad TSCW Riflewomen
Cause Notice in India Paper
Greatest man-of-waj ever to be By Bill Jarnagin
launched is the U. S. S. IOWA, | Way over in India there appeared
45,000-ton battleship wdiich went | two photos and an article in the
down the ways at one of the Navy I “Sunday Statesman” about the
yards recently. She will be driven j TSCW rifle team defeating A. &
by General Electric geared-turbine M. Beneath the photos of the
propulsion equipment. slack-ciad TSCW rifle members
This vessel, first of six of the [ was the following:
same class, was completed
was completed seven
months ahead of schedule through
the united efforts of thousands of
engineers and workmen. Her five
sister ships, the New Jersey, Mis
souri, Wisconsin, Illinois and Ken
tucky, are being built at various
yards throughout the country.
“The rifle club is now one of
the most popular activities of the
State College for Women in Texas,
U. S. A. The girls are becoming
the firing line these girls are re
ceiving targe}; tests. Incidentally,
almost all young women in the
United States have slacks for in
formal wear these days. Right—
A freshman member of the team
and a beginner had trouble squint
ing through the sights so she tied
a scarf over one eye.”
The newspaper clipping was re
ceived from an ex-Aggie, R. Brace
Brough, of D battery F. A., sopho-
such good shots that they recently more in 1941. He bas been in India
defeated a boy’s team from Texas eight months and was quite pleased
Agricultural and,Military College to ran across the TSCW and A.
a neighboring institution. Left—On i M. publicity.
gress acts on the law extending
selective service to those eighteen
and nineteen years old. This law
will be passed shortly after
November 3.
The armed services need trained
officers and Dr. Walton expressed
confidence that the War Depart
ment will work out this plan so
that students in an institution
such as A. & M. can complete
their education and at the same
time receive the required military
training.
President T. O. Walton, Dean
Gibb Gilchrist, Dean E. J. Kyle,
T. R. Spence, engineering experi
ment station, J. T. L. McNew,
civil engineering department, H.
H. Williamson, George Adams, and
Miss Mildred Horton from the ex
tension Service; A. B. Connor and
O. H. McCowell, from the Experi
ment Station, made up the A. &
M. delegation for the meet.
Dean Kyle wifi speak before the
Land Grant meeting and also be
fore the Teaching Research and Ex
tension Divisions meeting also be
ing held in Chicago this week. His
subject for the Land Grant meet
ing will be “The Mission of the
Land Grant College in Promoting
Our Good Neighbor Policies Among
Latin American Republics”; his
topic for the Research meeting be
ing “Our Relations to Agricultural
Economy of Latin American Coun
tries and What it Means to Prop
er World Stabilization at the Close
of World War II”.
At the close of the meetings in
Chicago, Dean Kyle will go to
Washington, D. C., to confer with
Nelson Rockefeller concerning the
government’s increasing the num
ber of Scholarships for Latin
American students in the United
States, and with the Department
of State regarding aid to Texas
A. & M. in broadcasting the edu
cational program with Latin Amer
ican countries.
Delegates to the Land Grant
Conference are expected back in
a few days.
The Association of Land Grant
Colleges and Universities is one
of the most influencial educational
organizations in the country and
recommendations coming from
their annual meetings usually
have marked influence on the pol
icies followed by American Col
leges and universities.
A&M Leads Other '
Colleges in Fruit
Dehydration Work
Again A. & M. establishes its
lead in modern industries. With
the largest enrollment in Agri
culture and Veterinary Medicine
in the United States and the sec
ond largest enrollment in Engin
eering, the College has recently
become the leading institution in
the dehydration of fruit and vege
table products.
Not content with being the lar
gest military school in the nUited
States, officials are attempting? aia
process food for military and civil
ian consumption. A. & M. will serve
as a pilot plant for Texas and the
southern United States.
Shortage of containers and trans
portation has brought about the
rapid development of this new
process. “Dehydration” explains
Dr. G. W. Adriance of the Horti
culture Department, “will reduce
the weight of vegetables about
j 90% and the bulk about 75%. The
j essential constituents of food are
. saved and the loss fr©m spoilage
is reduced to a minimum.”
Examinations Open
For U S Employment
Service Interviewers
The Texas Merit Council has an
nounced competitive examinations
on November 22 for Interviewers
in the United States Unemploy
ment Service
Requirements are college educa
tion with one year’s experience as
interviewer, or high school grad
uate with two years experience in
interviewing work.
Application for the examination
should be sent to Texas Merit Coun
cil, Austin, Texas. Starting salar
ies range from $1440 to $1800 per
year.
Abilene Club Holds
T mportant Meeting:
A meeting of the Abilene A.
and M. has been announced by E.
W. Berry, vice-president of the
club, for tonight after yell prect-
ice in room 107 of the Academic
building. Berry urged that all mem
bers be present at the meeting as
very important plans will be dis
cussed
Club members are also reminded
that a definite date for the club’s
Longhorn picture will be an
nounced at the meeting.