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ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. - VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, DEC. 5, 1942
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NUMBER 75
Filming Will Supersede Classes If Weather Permits
Rules and Regulations Made for Elections
Details Given at Breakfast
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Concerning Days Activities
Petitions Must be Filed
By Candidates by Monday
Qualifications Already Set Up by Student
Elections Committee Allow Banner Signs
At a meeting of the Student Election committee Tues
day, the following rules and qualifications were set up for
candidates seeking offices in the general student elections
on Tuesday, December 15.
Three resolutions regarding the coming elections were
passed by the election committee. They are as follows:
1. All handbills, cards, posters or other privately print
ed literature of a political nature intended for use in a
campaign for any student office on the A.&M. campus are
hereby outlawed in order to keep all elections democratic.
Any candidate for any office shall have reasonable access
to the columns of The Battalion for
the privilege of making statements
concerning the race.
2. In order to increase interest
in student elections, each candidate
for a campus office may use cheese
cloth signs to announce his candi
dacy. These signs must be made of
cheese cloth similar to the tradi
tional football signs and not more
than 50 linear yards of standard
material three feet wide may be
used. These 50 yards may be used
in any way and on any number of
signs, as th. ecandidate sees fit.
The candidate will be responsible
for seeing that no more than 50
yards of the material be used in
announcing his candidacy. The pen
alty for violation of this resolution
shall be disqualification of the can
didate. (Usual football signs are 15
or 20 yards long. This allows about
three signs, which will probably be
used to place one in the new area,
one in the old area and one on the
Academic building.
3. Candidates elected to a stu
dent office shall take office the
immediate following semester, and
the term of office shall continue
for the next two consecutive se
mesters. Candidates who fail to
register in the college during the
semesters for which they are elect
ed will automatically vacate the
office.
Candidates File in Activities Office
All candidates for election should
file applications with the Student
Activities office at least one week
before the ballot is to be taken.
Deadline for applications for
Junior Yell Leader is 2 p. m. Mon
day, December 7. An assembly of
the sophomore class will select six
candidates for the position Tues
day, December 15. The final choice
of the two Junior Yell Leaders will
be made at a joint meeting of the
juniors and sophomores.
The Longhorn Editor, Social Sec
retary and Town Hall Manager are
to be elected by the junior class.
Candidates will be introduced at a
meeting of the juniors to be held
Monday night, Dec. 14. Ballots
will be cast in the rotunda of the
Academic building Tuesday, Deft
15. In all student elections a ma
jority is necessary for the candi
date to win. If a runoff becomes
necessary for any of the offices
elected by the junior class it will
be held Thursday,, Dec. 17.
Candidates who have filed
in the Student Activities of
fice to date are as follows:
Town Hall Manager
John L. Lindsey.
Longhorn Editor
Marvin McMillan.
Battalion Editor
John Holman
Social Secretary
Rodney Brauchle
Bob Parker
Corps to Elect Yell Leader
Head Yell Leader, Battalion Edi
tor and Junior Representative on
the Student Activities committee
are elected by the entire cadet
corps.
Candidates for all positions for
which the entire corps votes will
be introduced at a yell practice to
be held the night of Monday, Dec.
15. These officers will be elected
by ballot in the rotunda of the
Academic building Tuesday, Dec.
15. Runoffs will be held Thursday,
Dec. 17.
Registration Slip Necessary to Vote
Qualification for voting in any
of the elections will be the presen
tation at the ballot box of the yel
low receipt for registration in col
lege the current semester.
The various offices open and re-
(See ELECTION, Page 4)
Church Week Starts Mon
Westinghouse To
Support United
ScienceClub ofA&l
Emblems and Cash Awards
Made to Winners in United
Science Club’s Contests
Rev Quillian
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During Affair
Marvin W. Smith, graduate of
Texas A. & M., who holds both a
bachelor’s degree and a profession
al degree in engineering from A.
& M., was a recent visitor on the
campus to make arrangements for
the Westinghouse Electric Manu
facturing Company, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, of which Smith is
vice president, to support the Unit
ed Science club of A. & M., and the
Collegiate Division of the Texas
Academy of Science with which
the science clubs of A. & M. are
affiliated.
Emblems and cash awards for
research and essay papers on dif
ferent branches of science were
made to five Aggies. In the re
search division a gold medal and
$15 was awarded to John A. Rom-
ing, representing the Kream and
Kow Klub, for his paper on “A
Study of Wartime Ice Cream.” Sec
ond place winner in the research
division went to S. V. Burks, rep
resenting the A. I. Ch. E., for his
paper on “Pressure Drops in Bub
ble Cap Rectification Towers”
Burks was awarded $12 for his
paper.
In the essay division, L. L. Baily,
representing the Horticultural So
ciety, was awarded $10 for his
paper on “Dehydration—Its Rela
tion To The War.” Martin Howard
took second place, and a prize of
$8 for “The Fingerprint Method of
Personal Identification.” Martin
represents the Institute of Aero
nautical Science. Third place of $5
went to Joe Kelsey, of the Kream
and Kow Klub, for his essay on
“Fat Tests On Different Volumes
From Glass and Paper Containers.
Two gold medals are provided for
each of the United Science Club
contests for the next two semes
ters. The support of Westinghouse
is especially welcomed because the
company not only employs a great
many Aggies, but has long been
known for the liberality with which
it supports the cause of science.
In addition to the two gold med
als, $50 has been set aside for cash
awards for winners at the recent
meeting of The Collegiate Division
(See SCIENCE, Page 2)
“Target for Tonight" Library’s
Film Feature at 7:15 Tonight
“It is far and away the best pic
ture that has come out of World
War II” is the way Time Magazine
finished off a glowing review of
Target for Tonight, the forty-eight
minute film which will be present
ed tonight in the Asbury Brows
ing room at 7:15 and 8:45. Tar
get for Tonight, which shows the
bombing by the R. A. F. of a
German objective, was made by
an English film unit under the di
rection of Harry Watt. Its atmos
phere, the quality of its action, its
realism all bespeak the fact that
it was made in England with mem
bers of the illustrious R. A. F. as
the actors.
The crew of six whom we see
in the film had made, at the time
of the shooting of the picture, two
hundred flights over Germany.
Their names are not given, nor are
any of the others in the film list
ed, but so familiar are they by now
that they are easily spoted. There
is Air Marshall Sir Richard Peirse,
Commander in Chief of the R. A.
F. Bomber Command; “Speedy”’
Powell, the blond, curly-topped
wing commander, who led the first
over-the-Alps raid on Venice; and
the rugged group Captain, a famed
pilot, now grounded, who led the
first raid on Sylt. The hero of the
show, if one man may be signled
out, is Flight Sergeant MacPher-
son. He is one of the R. A. F.’s
best navigators; he belongs to that
background of the pilot’s glory:
the navigators, the gunners, the
bombardiers, and the radio opera
tors. It is around him that the
crisp, laconic humour of the film
revolves. When the bomber is com
pletely lost in thick, dark clouds the
Captain says, “Hey, Mac, where
are we now, as if yo’d know?”
Mac answers, “I ken fine where
we are. We’re approaching Karl-
ruhe—famous for its brewries, you
know”. “O. K.”, fires back the
Captain, “Let’s go down and smell
its breath.”
The picture, which was three
months in the making, gives suc
cessfully every detail of a flight
from the first discovery of the ob
jective to the return of the last
plane. The objective in this case is
the formerly unimportant town of
Freihausen, Germany, which has
been changed into an oil dump.
Reconnaissance planes have brought
back a picture of it. Minute pre
parations are made: selection of
the target, instruction of the cho
sen crews, arming, gassing and
readying the bomber. Then comes
the take-off of the huge, black
Wellingtons. We follow our crew
of six in their plane called “F
for Freddie” across the channel,
through the suspense of finding
and hitting their mark, and back
to the base with their engine in
trouble and their wireless operator
wounded.
There are many good shots, some
of them actual service shots taken
in line of duty. A particularly ef
fective one is of the Crew room
after the bomber crews have dress
ed and gone, and another one is
of the waiting men as they look
silently through the dense fog for
a sight of the returning bombers.
Shown with Target for Tonight
will be Fight for Liberty. This is
an excellent review of the second
year of the war in all parts of the
world.
Night Meetings Held
By Various Churches
With Special Speaker
Religious Emphasis Week
will begin on the campus De
cember 6, and will continue
until Saturday, December 12.
The featured speaker of the
week will be Reverend Paul
W. Quillian, pastor of the
First Methodist Church of
Houston, who will speak in
Guion hall every week-day
morning at 11 a.m., according
to the Inter-Church Council
President Dwain Treadwell.
Visiting speakers other
Paul W. Quillian
than Dr. Quillian, include
Rev. O. F. Dingier, pastor of
the Cavalry Baptist Church
at Beaumont; Rev. Harrel
Rhea, pastor of the First Christian
Church at Fort Worth; Rev. L.
N. Moore, missionary who recently
returned from Japan; Rabbi New-
Rev O. F. Dingier
ton J. Friedman, Texas University;
Rabbi Samuel Soskin, Fort Worth;
Rev. Walter Rabb Willis, pastor
of the First Methodist Church in
Henderson; Cecil E. Hill, minister
of the Norhill Church of Christ of
Houston; and Fred Miller, secre
tary of the YMCA for the South
west Region, with headquarters in
St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Quillian, young, well-known
preacher, holds two services regu
larly every Sunday morning to
accommodate the people who crowd
his church. Quillian wil Ispeak to
the corps every day Monday
through Friday, and all students
attending this 11 o’clock sermon
will be officially excused from
classes.
(See CHURCHES, Page 2)
Singing Cadets
Will Leave For
ouston Friday
Jenkins’ Group to Sing
With Symphony Orchestra,
Church, Ex-Aggie Clubs
On Friday, December 11, the
Singing' Cadets will leave for Hous
ton where they will make a four-
day tour of the Houston area, ap
pearing before various schools,
army, and club groups. During
their stay in Houston they will
sing before 11 groups. Included
among these are three high
schools, three army units, the Hous
ton Mother’s club, the Houston Ex
students, the First Methodist
Church, and the Salesmanship club.
Monday night they will top off
their performances in Houston
with a joint appearance with the
Houston Symphony Orchestra.
Monday night marks the first
time that the Sinking Cadets have
sung with a major symphony or
chestra. On that night the Cadets
will number one hundred strong.
This trip will be one of the long
est taken by a Singing Cadet
group, it being a four-day stay.
The highlights of the week-end will
be the teaming with the Houston
symphony orchestra, and an ap
pearance at Camp Wallace, near
Houston on Friday night.
Most of the boys will leave by
bus Friday morning, but the ‘Frog”
division of th^> Cadets will go
down by train Saturday. The Frogs
in the Singing Cadets number about
40. While in Houston housing will
be furnished by the Mothers club
in the Recreation Center.. Meals
for the boys are to be supplied by
various members of the Mothers
club who volunteered to feed the or
ganization while in Houston.
This trip promises to be one of
the most successful in Singing
Cadet history. With such a wide
variety of appearances they should
advance another step in making
their organization the most pop
ular and best known choral group
in the state, states Richard Jenkins,
director of the group.
Red Cross Workers
Urged to Come Out
On Monday Evenings
Red Cross volunteer workers are
urgently needed to help prepare
surgical dressings for the Army
Medical department. Night work
will be done In the old Puryear
home, the first and third Mondays
of each month from 7:30 to 9:30
p. m. In addition, anyone interest
ed is welcome to help out any day
from Tuesday through Friday.
The surgical dressings are made
here, then sent to headquarters
where they are sterilized and dis
pensed to medical posts.
Fiscal Office Remains
Open for Last Fees
The Fiscal office will remain
open Saturday, December 5, and
Monday, December 7, until 6 p.m.
so that students may pay their
last maintenance payment for the
present term.
Both days the office will remain
open, because the corps will prob
ably be working in the movie un
til late Monday afternoon, there
fore, all students are requested to
come Saturday if they cannot
come Monday. The amount is
$36.45.
AAF Board Returns
To Campus Tuesday
The Army Air Forces enlistment
board will return to the campus
Tuesday, Dec. 8, in order to com
plete the enlistment of those cadets
desiring to get in the Air Corps.
Corps Will Hold Practice Mounted Review
In Number Two Uniform With WoolShirts
Weather permitting-, classes will be suspended during
next week commencing at noon Monday, with the exception
of the 11 o’clock period, F. C. Bolton, dean, said yesterday.
If weather prohibits the movie work, however, classes -will
be as usual, Bolton emphasized.
Each morning at breakfast, the corps will be told wheth
er to work in the picture or to make classes as usual. This
is rather indefinite, but was the only plan plausible.
Classes at the 11 o’clock period will not be suspended on
any days because of the religious -
programs that will be held at that j
time, and because the corps will
need to rest by then if they work
all morning.
Monday morning classes will be
held as usual whether the weather
is suitable or not.
On Monday afternoon the corps
will stage a mounted review. The
uniform for the review will be the
number two uniform with wool
shirts. First call will be at 2:25
and assembly at 2:30.
This review will be a practice
review to rehearse what will be
done in the movie later in the
week, on Thursday or Friday. This
will represent the final review in
the picture itself, states Colonel
J. K. Boles, military supervisor for
the picture.
Bolton emphasized that next
week is not to be considered a
holiday, and that lessons should
be prepared and when the weather
prohibits picture-taking, classes
will be met according to schedule.
“The faculty and administrative
authorities are anxious to get the
movie taking completed as soon
as possible, and with the minimum
of interference with classes, so I
urge the fullest cooperation from
teachers and students to this end,”
said the dean.
Scenes to be shot during the
next week are of the final review
and the corps and several thousand
other persons in Kyle Field. The
picture company has asked for
10,000 persons from the surround
ing communities to be on hand
Tuesday for the mass shoot of
Kyle Field. The same applies for
Wednesday.
Tuesday a* lunch of fried chicken
and all the trimmings will be serv
ed in the stadium and Wednesday
barbecue will be the main dish.
The scene will depict the com-
morative ceremony in Kyle Field,
during which Brag Craig (Richard
Quine) will be posthumously
awarded the Congressional Medal
of Honor. All during the scene,
Bill Stem, NBC’s head sport an
nouncer, will describe the ceremony
to a mythical radio audience. The
entire scene will be impressive and
“tear-jerking,” one official said.
Former Students Aid
US Army Air Forces
Lieut. William Howard Ardis,
now stationed with the AAF as
a flying instructor at Pecos Army
Flying School, Pecos, Texas, has
been promoted to captain, effec
tive November 24, according to
Colonel Harry C. Wisehart, Com
manding Officer.
James Louis Garrison, Jr., of
Dallas has been selected for train
ing as a Naval Aviation Cadet
along with C. D. Norman of Olney,
Texas. Both men attended A.&M.
College.
W T Magee Drops
Dead Friday Morning
W. T. Magee, county agent of
Shackleford county, Albany, Texas,
dropped dead at his home early
yesterday morning. Cause of his
death was believed to be failure of
his heart.
Magee’s son, W. T. Magee,. Jr.,
left for home yesterday morning to
attend his father’s funeral. Bill
Magee is a sophomore in G Com
pany Infantry and is majoring in
animal husbandry.
ERG Enlistments
Completed With
Reception of Oath
Men who have completed their
enlistment in the ERC and lack
only being sworn in, must report
at the time agreed upon for the
actual swearing in procedure, de
clared Lieutenant Colonel L. W.
Marshall, in charge of all recruit
ing, yesterday.
“The tremendous job confronting
the recruiting staff, that of en
listing all those who hope to get
contracts or take advanced military
by the first of the year, can only
be accomplished with the full co
operation of the enlistees. We are
doing our best to get you sworn
in on time,” said Marshall, “but
you must report at the time de
cided on to take the oath.”
The recruiting office will be open
every day next week during the
filming of the review and “T”
formation sequences and any ca
dets who are not busy at that time
are urged to complete their en
listment during that periood if at
all possible, Marshall said.
Navy Wives Aided by
Employment Plan
The local committee which spon
sors the activities of the navy re
cruiting house has inaugurated a
new service for assisting navy
wives who seek employment during
their stay in College Station.
Those who desire employment of
any type may call by telephone or
in person at the navy recreation
house on the campus Saturdays
from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m.
The committee urges residents of
College Station and Bryan and bus
iness establishments to phone in
their vacancies. In this way coordi
nation may be efficiently estab
lished between women who wish
work and employers. This service
is supplementary to similar bu
reaus already in operation on the
campus.
Dr. J H Yoe to Speak
To A&M Section ACS
Dr. John H. Yoe, of the Univer
sity of Virginia, will speak to the
Texas A. & M. Section of the
American Chemical Society on De
cember 16. His subject will be “In
organic Analysis with Organic Re
agents.”
Dr. Yoe is Professor of Chem
istry at the University of Virginia.
He is the author of eight books on
chemical subjects and many papers
in scientific journals. He was born
in Alabama and was educated at
Vanderbilt University and Prince
ton University.
Lieut Alan Shepherd
Stationed at Lubbock
Lubbock, Tex., Dec. 4.—First
Lieut. Allen S. Shepherd of Hous
ton, a former student of Texas
A. & M. is now on duty at the
South Plains Army Flying School,
according to Col. Norman B. Ol
sen, commanding officer.
At the large school where the
Army Force is training advanced
students to fly gliders, Lieut Shep
herd is a student officer.