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The Battalion OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION DIAL 4-5444 ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. - VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 8, 1942 2275 NUMBER 76 ERC Enlistments Stopped by Presidential Order Sixteen Students Have Filed / For Elections Next Week Cadets’ Eligibility To Be Decided Today At Board Meetings When filing closed at 2 p.m. yes terday for a place in the general student elections to be held next Tuesday, only 16 men had officially made known their intention to seek student offices. This afternoon the Student Act ivities committee and the Student election committee will decide upon the qualifications of the candidates, The Student Activities Committee will meet in Dean Bolton’s office at 2:30 this afternoo- The Student Election Com mittee will meet at 4 this af ternoon in Mr. Heaton’s off ice. and a complete list of all qualified candidates wil appear in Thurs day’s Battalion. Those men who filed for offices are as follows: Battalion Editor: John Holman Douglas Lancastar Nelson Karbach Longhorn Editor Marvin McMillan H. W. Saunders Social Secretary: Bob Parker Rodney Brauchle Ray H. Darr Town Hall Manager: John L. Lindsey W. P. Kincy Edward Hiltpold Junior Representative, Stu. Act. Comm. Joe Dan Longley R. K. (Bob) Garrett Junior Yell Leader: Dan Kuykendall Joe Pettit Charles Pittard Eligibility of these men will be decided this afternoon, and they will be voted on next Tuesday. Mass Movie Scenes Postponed Account Inclement Weather Cloudy weather which held up work on the movie yesterday has caused the mass shots originally planned to be made in Kyle Field today and tomorrow to be post poned, said Dean F. C. Bolton yes terday. The barbecue and chicken dinners scheduled for those days will also be postponed. If the skies clear up Wednesday, the mass shots will probably be taken Thursday, but a definite statement about the new schedule will be made over the loud speaker systems in the mess halls. Present plans call for the com pany to return to California about December 20, but inclement weather will possibly alter this. Some of the workers will stay a while longer, cleaning up odds and ends but after that date the majority of the work on the picture will be done on the technical end in California studios. TE Swigert to Address Petroleum Club Thurs T. E. Swigert, president of the Shell Pipe Line Company, will speak to the Petroleum Engineer ing Club Thursday, December 10 at 8:15 o’clock. His subject will be “Transportation of Crude Oil and It’s Products,” according to Harold Vance, head of Petroleum Engi neering department. This subject should be of interest not only to the students taking pe troleum engineering, but to the cadet corps and the public in gen eral. All students taking petroleum engineering, whether a member of the Petroleum Engineering Club or not, should attend this meeting, and all interested persons are also in vited to be present. College Community Chest Drive Nears Successful Close Goal of $8,025 Will Be Easily Met; Half to Be Spent in College Station Coming to a successful close is the 1942-43 College Community Chest Drive, stated Dean C. H. Winkler, chairman of the Commun ity Chest committee. Most dona tions are in and it appears that this year’s goal of $8,025 will be easily met, revealed Winkler. This fund is collected from all college employees who donate one day’s pay. Almost half of the funds are spent here in College Station for community welfare and char ity, money going to the Boy and Girl Scouts, Salvation Army, Crip pled Children’s Fund, Tubercular Fund, and student welfare. The other of the fund goes to war re lief such as the American Red Cross, U. S. O., United China Re lief, United Navy Relief, and Greek War Relief Fund. This year 33 •% of the total funds will be spent on community wel fare, 15% on community charity, and 52% on war relief. With the coming of war, the burden cast on the Community Chest has been al most doubled. Last year a total of 7,048 was spent, but the Community Chest was able to do this only be cause it had built up a surplue fund during previous years. Last year, 31% of the money spent was on community welfare, 22% on community charity, and 47% on war relief. f's Election Time, So Beware/Enlistments Started May Be Completed By Monday Library Fund Is Increased by Gift From Dallas Club Reading Fund Started In 1938; Batt Editors Have Managed Soliciting The A. & M. Library recently re ceived a $50 contribution from the Dallas A. & M. Mother’s Club to be used in the Student General Reading Fund, and will be used to purchase books and classical re cords that have been requested by the students here at A. & M. The Dallas A. & M. Mother’s Club has promised to send another 25 in the near future, also to be used in this cause. The Fund now totals $1, 454.40. The San Antonio A. & M. Mot her’s Club recently gave a $25 con tribution, which will also be used to buy requested books and class ical records. The Student General Reading Fund was started by R. L. Doss, who was the Battalion editor dur ing the school year 1938-1939. The Student General Reading Fund, now In its fifth year, has always been under the charge of the Bat talion editors who have succeeded Doss. Under the rules set up by the Student Library Committee, the money will be divided into two parts, one being a 10% cut to be used for the purchase of classical records that have been requested by the students, and 90 % portion will be used to buy books that students have requested for the library. The request box for the books is located in the lobby of the main floor of the library, while the re quest box for classical records is up on the third floor. Bolton Says May Be More V-l Enlistments Dean F. C. Bolton announces that anyone who has discussed plans with him concerning joining the Navy V-l or other Reserve may yet be eligible for enlistment. Such students are requested to see him at once. By John Holman This next week the Aggie cam pus will once again buzz to the old hum of “Vote for Me—I’m the Guy!” as the annual scudent elec tions and their accompanying round of slick-tongued, promise-filled campaigners try to sway the bal lots ar'und to their way of think ing. Well, it L".s been said that the difference between a cold man and a politician is that the cold man has his hands in his own pocket, but at least that is one part of the political racket that the Aggies don’t have to put up with. Also, our campus-end of a landscape job will go virtually untouched, as the election committee fyas banned post ers and handbills except for signs similar to football signs and total ing no more than 50 lineal feet per candidate. Someone just reminded us of the immortal race of Sylvester Samuel Surber in the August issue of the Batt magazine. Willie is ineligible for the coming elections, but if he were, he’d probably give them the usual good race—at 19% miles per hour. From now until Tuesday, there will be enough beer, cigars and cig arettes given away around here to kill half of Brazos county, and footing the bills will be a group of about ten hopefuls—all conniv ing and contriving to have that old proverbial edge when the final tally is taken. And of course, if all of the hot air that floats around here were canned and given to the army, bar rage balloons would be only a matter of supplying the bags! You’ve heard it said, there ain’t no bull like that Army bull! The old “vets” of this Aggie po litical machine just sit around and grin at the youngsters, and while all the “boys” sit around and sweat the student activities office hoping no one else would file against them, the vets just laugh and hope for what they call a “tight race.” (Mercenary dogs!) All sorts of campaign platforms will be erected around here this next week. For instance, one can didate will probably advocate the fulfilling of that big tale which ends up with a bunch of WAACs on the campus. Another is pulling for the conservation of power, No ... He isn’t running again! buildings, and sljoe-leather by mov ing TSCW down here. Then there is the loony goon that is in favor of putting escalators in all of the building so as to conserve our strength for the army, and of build ing little tram-cars along the side walks for the same energy-saving reason. Perhaps the best offer of the week will be the one that offers to set up a letter-writing bureau and assure every man on the campus at least one letter and a postcard per day—including a new tinted photograph of a beautiful girl each national holiday. (There aren’t but 15 per year.) Then one could offer to work up enough drag with the faculty to assure everyone a passing average in at least 18 hours per semester— mox'e, if he is a worthy student and makes a minimum of 3 g.p.s the previous semester. Personally, I’d vote for the man that figures out the best plan for converting the roof of the admin istration building into an all-night dance, spot with “—r” sold to mi nors. Whichever way things turn out, though, next Tuesday let’s all come out and vote for your candidates. Before you start scratching names, think about who you are voting for. If you don’t know the candi dates by the end of the week (im possible, but perhaps) then ask someone who does know them. Be sure you are right, then go ahead, and may the best man win! Missionary Was on Jap Ship When Pearl Harbor Attacked ERC Is Still Contract Prerequisite; Applicants Should Take Oath Promptly Cessation of all enlistments in the Enlisted Reserve Corps was ordered yesterday by Colonel E. A. Keyes, Civilian Components Officer of the Eighth Service Command in of ROTC in this area. Cadets who have already started their enlistment, how ever, will be allowed to complete procedings, stated Lieu tenant Colonel L. W. Marshall, recruiting officer. , There are approximately 500 applications for enlistment being processed in the recruiting office at the present time, and every effort will be made to com plete work on these applicants and get them sworn in before the ab solute deadline for sending the in formation in to the War Depart ment, December 14, further added Colonel Marshall. Eleventh Annual Horticulture Show December 14-15 Prizes Not Awarded This Year; Silver Plaques Not Available for Presentation Monday and Tuesday, December 14-15, the eleventh annual Horti culture show will be presented from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. in the lob by and room 203 o f the Agricul ture building by the A. & M. Hor ticulture club. Feature exhibits this year will include Rio Grande valley citrus fruits, sub-tropical fruits from Florida, dates from Arizona, ap ples of different varieties from. Washington, New York, Ohio, and Maryland, and dehydrated fruits and vegetables. Also on exhibit will be dried peaches, raisins, apricots, and prunes from California, as well as a large fresh vegetable exhibit. Pecans of all varieties will be on exhibit and on sale both days. All other exhibits will also be on sale, both days. Proceeds above costs will be donated to the Former Stu dents Association Development Fund for the construction of a student activities center after the war. Previously, awards and prizes were given for the best exhibits, but as war has made it impossible for the club to obtain the silver plaques usually awarded, no prizes will be given this year. Professors assisting Horticulture Club President Leo Bailey are Dr. G. W. Adriance, head of the horti culture department; F. R. Brison and R. F. Cain. ERC Still Contract Prerequisite Enlistment in the ERC is still definitely a prerequisite for taking advanced military science and ac cepting a government contract, since no additional instructions have been received from Washing ton regarding that qualification. “Those students who have start ed their enlisting proceedings al ready and have had, or will have a definite date set for taking the oath of enlistment, must report at the time designated by the recruit ing officer,” emphasized Marshall, “sinc^ it will be impossible to pro long, or set a new date for the swearing in process.” Complete Cooperation Needed Complete enlistment forms must be sent in to the War Department on next Monday, December 14, there all forms must be typed completely, all enlistees must have been sworn in, and the signed applications in the mail to Wash ington on that date. “To accomp lish this,” Marshall declared, “we must have the complete coopera tion of all applicants.” “For several months now infor mation has been published in the Battalion every issue urging soph omores who wanted contracts to expedite their enlisting process,” concluded Marshall, “just in case something of this sort took place. We urged sophomores not to wait until the last minute to enlist. As far as our information goes, those who are not signed up in the ERC will not be eligible for contracts the way things are at present.” By Douglas Lancaster Missionary in Japan for 18 years and then took a world cruise at no personal expense—only it was on Japan. ... That’s the Reverend L. W. Moore who talks tonight and tomorrow night On the church and political situation in Japan. Reverend Moore was born in Japan in 1898, and lived there until 1909, Moore’s father spent 47 years in Japan as a United States missionary for the Presbyterian Church. When young Moore was 11 years old, the family moved back to the states, and settled in Sher man, Texas. In Sherman, Moore went to the Austin College, a prep school. He graduated from here in 1918, and studied theology at the Union Sem inary in Virginia. After complet ing his work here, he preached two years in Oklahoma. In 1924 Moore was sent to Japan as a misisonary of the Southern Presbytery, and spent the next 18 years of his life in missionary work in the Nippon ese Empire. In 1940, when the State Depart ment called all the Americans back to the United States, Rev. Moore’s wife and boys came back and made their home again in Sherman. Moore decided to “stay a little longer, and watch the situation”. By the fall of 1941, all the mission ary work seemed to be closed out, so he decided to cross the puddle to the states. Boat Called Back On December 2, he took a boat shipped out on a Japanese ship bound for San Francisco. Five days out of Yokohama, that historical date of December 7, the ship was ordered to return to the port from which it had left. On December 16 Moore’s ship docked, and he was immediately put in interment in the Yokohama Yatch Club House, which the police had taken over. The building itself was 32 feet by 49 feet, and the yard enclos ing it measured approximately 100 feet by 70 feet, the Club housed 35 people, who whiled away the hours with some outdoor exercise, which included softball mostly, and a small library in the clubhouse, which held books mostly in the detective line. More books were later obtained from friends on the outside who were allowed to send books, food, money, clothing and charcoal. Rev. Moore stated that they were not mistreated in any way at all, except for the lack of heat and food during the cold months the group spent in the Yok- ahama Yatch Club. He said they were left entirely alone, since the Japanese “had nothing against us, and we did not take the rigid ex amination given those who spent long horrible days in the prison. These were suspected of being pies, and were treated much worse than we.” Interned in the Yatch Club were nine Americans, two Greeks, one Brazilian, and the rest of the 35 were English. Two of the number were over 70 years of age; these were released along with the Brazil ian. Besides Rev. Moore, there were three other missionaries—two other Americans and an Irish one. The Yokohama Yatch Club was situated right rn the Yokohama Bay, so there wt-s always a good, refreshing breeze. Left For East Africa June 17, the internees were put on a Jap ship; the boat left Yoko hama, and touched at Hongkong, Saigon, and Singapore. Here at Singapore the Jap ship took com pany with an Italian boat, which also had some 600 refugees from Hongkong, Korea, and Manchuko. By this time the Japanese boat had approximately 900 people. The two boats sailed together for Lourenzo Marques in Portugal East Africa. Here the 1600 prisoners were ex changed for an equal number of Japanese who had been taken pri soner. The Western Hemisphere in habitants, made up mostly of dip lomats, business men, missionaries and newspapermen, were put a- board the Grispholm; from East Africa the Grispholm sailed for Rio, South America, where some 200 Latin Americans disembarked, and set foot again on their homeland. And next stop was New York City, where 1400 Americans gladly took “shore leave” from a world cruise they never expected. The month was August. During September, 1941, Rev. Moore took a long needed rest, and since then, in October and Novem ber has been lecturing on the church situation in Japan. Rev. Moore stated that all the time people in Japan are break ing away from the national church (See MISSIONARY, Page 4) Dr Steen Publishes Grammar School History, “Texas, a Story of Progress” Now practically an old hand at writing books, after he’s turned out four of them, Ralph W. Steen, of the A.&M. History department, has received word that his newest Texas History has been accepted as the text for grammar schools throughout the state of Texas. The title of the book is “Texas, a Story of Progress,” a story that took the author six years to hard work and research (between meeting classes) to compile. “Texas, a Story of Progress” was printed in August of this year and finally accepted by the State Board of Education in October, going into use in the hundreds of grammar schools next September as the official sixth grade text. A previously written book by the same author, “History of Tex as,” is one of several accepted books for use in high schools throughout the state, over 500 Tex as high schools choosing Steen’s book over the others. Air Force Recruiters Here Today Last Time Air Corps recruiting officers will be on the campus today to complete enlistment of all students who took the mental tests last week. Under a recent order from Washington, they will not be able to enlist any others at this time. Dean F. C. Bolton says that all those who started their enlistment last week should report to the of ficers at the Assembly Hall be tween 10 and 11 a.m., as the offi cers are expected to arrive about then. One of the contributing factors that make this sixth grade text book a little different from most grammar school history books is the over-abundance of illustrations. There are a hundred-odd pages of pictures, including a full-page il lustration of the Petroleum En gineering building on the A.&M. campus, 50 or 60 of which were taken by the author. Activities at A.&M., with special emphasis on the military theme have been stressed in the book, since in the author’s opinion, A.&M. is definitely a shaping influence in the activities of the state of Texas and has a very definite place in her history. Dr. A. B. Nelson, also of the history department, prepared all ;he maps in the book that illus trate the vivid and colorful ac count of the Lone Star State. Rev J H Farrell Is New Episcopal Rector The Reverend J. Hugh Farrell assumed his duties Thursday as student chaplain of St. Thomas Episcopal church, and conducted the regular schedule of services Sunday. Before coming here he was rector of St. George Episcopal church in Texas City. St. Thomas Chapel has been without a permanent rector since the departure of the Rev. Roscoe Hauser, Jr., who is now attending the Army-Navy Chaplain school at Harvard University.