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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION DIAL 4-5444 The Battalion OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION DIAL 4-5444 ROOM 5, ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1943 2275 NUMBER 85 ^ *> if I'' L UT IT Annual Press Banquet To Be Held In Sbisa Tonight Angell to Make Principle Address; Bolton Presents Keys, Watches to Members Tonight the annual banquet of the Texas A. & M. Press Club will be held in the banquet room of Sbisa Hall at 7:30. Press Club President Ed Gordon urges that all members at tend, and invitations have been sent out through the first sergeants. E. L. Angell, executive assistant to the president will be the speaker of the evening. Immediately after eating, keys and other awards will oe given to various members by Dean F. C. Bolton, deap of the college. E. L. Angell, L. D. Boone, acting manager of student activities, and members of the teaching staff will ——— "falso be present. Three Ways City Residents Can Aid Local Defense Told Tin Cans for Scrap, Water Leaks, and Fire Alarms Are Important Points of Defense Three more definite ways in which the local residents of Col lege Station can help in the civil ian defense of this community are announced by L. D. Smith, business manager of the City government. First, citizens are asked to sep arate all their tin cans from gar bage which is placed for pick-up by the city truck. These cans should then be taken to the city tin scrap pile which is located at the east gate of the college across from College Hills. According to Smith many are already placing their tin cans in the pile, where the metal can then be sent to be used in defense prdouction, Next all water leaks occurring off the campus in College Hills, South Oakwood, College Park, West Park, or the North Gate area should be reported as soon as discovered to the City office. This will naturally reduce the mosquito hazard should the water collect, and will also prevent the loss of valuable water. Third, is the problem of fire prevention and the cost of this to the city or to the tax payers in the city. The city government has an agreement with the College for the use of fire fighting equipment owned by the college and operated by a volunteer group who work in the B. & C. U. Department. The cost to the city for each call is $25, and then also there is the loss of time from work of the fire fighter besides the danger to lives rushing to the scene on a high- powered truck. Citizens should cooperate in every way possible and use their discretion in reporting calls. Va cant lots should be kept clean and fire hazards around the home should be abolished. If there is a fire on a lot which is not dan gerous to any surrounding build ings see that the fire is checked and do not turn an alarm in unless the fire becomes uncontrollable. Should a building be on fire turn in the alarm as usual. “Every person should cooperate in this movement which will be greatly appreciated by the city and the College as well,” Smith said. Awards will be given to 87 mem bers, all of whom have been act ively engaged in working on any of the student publications. Watches will be awarded to Brooks Gofer, Battalion editor; Ken Bres- nen, Battalion associate editor; Reggie Smith, Battalion advertis ing manager; John Longley, Lang- horn editor; Harry Kunkel, Long horn associate editor; Ray Ter rell, Longhorn business manager; Jack Miller, Agriculturist editor and Ed Gordon, Engineer editor. Third year gold keys will be given to six members, men who have worked for three years; sil ver keys will be awarded 36 men having worked two years; and first year keys will be given to 46 freshmen and sophomores who have worked one year. All students taking active part in any student publication are members of the Press Club and are welcome at the banquet. Ac cording to custom, dates are not brought to the banquet. After the banquet, the Press Club will hold a short business ses sion in the lounge of Sbisa Hall, during which next year’s officers will be elected. Kuykendall, Pettit Elected Yell Leaders Walton, Bolton Go To Washington For Land Grant Meeting Dr. T. O. Walton, president of the college, and Dean F. C. Bolton, college dean, are in Washington attending meetings of the Execu tive Committee of the Land Grant College Association and officials of the ROTC schools. Walton is at tending the Land Grant meet, and Bolton is representing A. & M. at the ROTC meet. According to E. L. Angell, exe cutive assistant to the president, these meetings may not necessarily clear up the confused picture now confronting A. & M. students, but if anything important is arrived at concerning the status of stu dents here next semester, Bolton would wire the news back, and it would be given to the Battalion and corps immediately. “I would advise students to con tinue their work, and make plans for the next semester”, Angell said. “Students who might be call ed out after the next semester starts should not worry about los ing their money, because accord ing to present college regulation, that which has not been used will be refunded.” Singing Cadets To Sing for Third Time on Town Hall Aggieland’s Singing Cadets, un der the direction of Richard Jen kins, will present their third an nual Town Hall program Tuesday night at 8 o’clock in Guion Hall, Town Hall Manager John Law rence said late yesterday. Recently x’eturned from a four- day tour of the Houston area, dur ing which they won acclaim from all who heard them, the 110-voice all-male glee club was scheduled to appear before Town Hall aud iences March 15, but due to un settled conditions the program was jumped to January 12. Their program will be in two parts, the first of which will con sist of religious and classical se lections. The latter portion will be military airs and novelty se lections. Feature of the evening will ne a new five-part arrangement of “The Spirit of Aggieland” made for the Singing Cadets by Ken Darby, musical director for Uni versal Pictures. According to Jen kins, “You’ve never really heard the ‘Spirit’ until you have heard this arrangement. You may be inspired by the Band playing it, or at final review, but as a beauti ful piece of music, it can stand alone in this fine arrangement.” Although definite plans have not been completed, a guest artist will appear with the Cadets Tuesday night. Also to be featured is a musical-background narration sim ilar to the one presented on the Showtime broadcast a few weeks ago. Jenkins said that this year’s Singing Cadets are by far the best group ever assembled on the cam pus, that the voices are more even ly matched, and together will make this one of the outstanding Town Hall presentations of the year. Colonel Chevalier To Speak at Aero, C E Clubs’ Banquet Annual Affair Will Be Held Friday in Sbisa Hall; Tickets Available Today Colonel Williard Chevalier, vice- president of McGraw-Hill Publish ing Company and editor of Bus iness Week, will be the chief speaker at the annual banquet of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences and the American Society of Civil Engineers to be held Fri day, January 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the banquet room of Sbisa hall. These two student organizations are holding their banquet jointly this year so that more students might have an opportunity to hear the speaker. Rocky Sutherland, Senior class president and repre sentative of the A.S.C.E. on the Engineering Council, will intro duce the speaker and act as master of ceremonies. Prizes will be pre sented to outstanding students, and officers for the next school session will be elected. Tickets for the banquet may be obtained at the Aeronautical eng ineering office, C. E. office, or from either of the club presidents. Nancy Swinford Sings for Crowd Of Twelve Hundred Mrs. Nancy Swinford, noted Houston soprano, sang Tuesday night in Guion Hall before a Town Hall audience of approximately 1200 persons. She was accom panied by Ernest Hoffman, con ductor of the Houston Symphony orchestra. Her program, in two parts, in cluded purely classical selections in the first half, and lighter, semi- classical songs in the second half. Singing as soloist with the Houston and Lake Charles sym phony orchestra, Miss Swinford’s power and brilliance have won her praise from prominent music critics in Houston, Lake Charles, and other southern cities. Ag Engineers Will Hold Meeting Tonight The last meeting of the student branch of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers for this semester will be held in the Ag Engineering building tonight, Jan uary 7, at 8 o’clock. Every member of the A.S.A.E. is urged by the club's president, J. W. Otto, to be present, as a former senior in Ag engineering will speak on something of interest. An election of officers for the next semester will be held during a short business session after the talk. Red Cross School Convenes Friday At Headquarters A Red Cross Nursery School will be opened at the Red Cross Head quarters at College Station Fri day morning, January 8th. The hours will be from nine to twelve a.m. Children from the ages of two to six will be supervised and enter tained according to the require ments of age groups. Mrs. Nat Edmonson has been appointed Nur sery School Chairman of the Red Cross and she will be assisted by mothers of the children who are attending the Nursery School. Mrs. Joe Davis and Mrs. Edmonson will be in charge this week. This project will be continued Friday morning of each week as long as it seems advisable to those in charge. This is a cooperative project in stituted by the Red Cross for the benefit of mothers who would like to help the Red Cross meet the surgical dressing quotas on sche dule. This work is lagging because of insufficient help, and it was thought that those mothers who spend their mornings in a struggle between housework and keeping an eye on the youngster, and possibly, their neighbor’s youngster, would welcome an opportunity to give some much needed help to their country and have their children cared for at the same time. Fresh cotton dresses, smocks, oveotall, aprons, or blouses with a washable covering for the hair are the accep table forms of dress. No jewelry or nailpolish is worn and hands must be washed before entering the room. There will be supervisers to instruct in the making of the dress ings. Each mother will take her child or children directly to the upstairs rooms where the nursery school will be held. Every effort will be made by those in charge to main- (See RED CROSS, Page 4) To the Corps: Due to the failure of the War Department to work out final plans for the utilization of the facilities of colleges and universities for the training of men for the war effort some students’ parents seem to be con fused with regard to whether the students of this College will have an opportunity to go ahead with their program of academic training. Some have raised the question whether boys who have not entered the Col lege should enroll for the coming semester. They seem to feel that the War Department contemplates taking over the College completely. These viewpoints are based upon rumors of which we do not know the source. There has been no dis position of which we have knowledge upon the part of the War Department to take over this institution. Our counsel to parents, students and prospective stu dents is that they continue to carry on because while the institutional authorities may find it necessary to make adjustments to meet situations as they arise, the College will continue to operate. Classes will be continued the next semester as they have in the past, therefore students and parents should not hesitate, in our opinion, to go ahead with plans for securing aca demic training that will enable the student to make his largest contribution to the war effort. If and when decisions are made by those in author ity that affect the students in this college, the students and their parents will be promptly notified of these de cisions. T. 0. WALTON, President. Plans For Fish-Frog Ball Gain Impetus; Transportation Worry By Bill Jarnagin In spite of a slow start on tick et sales, the Freshman Ball is now expected to be very successful. Ticket sales and prospects have picked up considerably; however the transportation situation is hindering dates somewhat. As a personal plug for the event, fellow freshmen, let’s keep in mind that the traditional Fresh man Ball is our greatest affair of the year and has always offered plenty of color and entertainment* In the past the fellowship and spirit of this night has been in comparable. As all of you know, we drop handles at the ball and really cut loose for a big night. The seniors will be our guests, so let’s all turn out to show them we can stick together too.. If you don’t have a date, grab a Bryan 400 or your roommate and come along. Tickets are on sale in every dorm. If your dorm’s representa tive happens to come around when you’re not there, go to him for a ticket as soon as possible. Since no dancing is allowed on Sunday, the dance must end at 12, midnight, which has caused the freshmen to select 8 o’clock as starting time. Tuxedos or number one uniform may be worn by all. Dorm 15 will be open for dates from Saturday afternoon at till Sunday noon, announces Charles McWilliams, president of the freshman class. Freshmen helping manage the ball are: W. L. Moore and Cliff Whitehead, co-chairmen of the Ad visory Committee; W. L. Terrell and Albert R. Orssinger, charge of tickets in general; Charles Mc Williams, charge of finance com mittee; M. A. Coulter and J. K. Oliver, decorating committee. Tickets may be obtained from the following representatives: Dorm 1, W. L. Terrell; No. 3, R. L. Clayton; No. 5, B. B. Clarck; and O. L. Taliferro; No. 7, W. E. Wheeler; No. 9, J. D. Swatzall; No. 11, C. L. Lee Norman; Hart Hall, Alex Dickie, G. A. White, and T. B. Westbrook; Foster hall, A. B. Ruff; Bizzel, D. M. Wowth; Good win, J. W. Johnson. Dorm 14, W. C. Sylvester; No. 15, M. C. Sultenfus and Bill Jarn agin; No. 16, M. A. Coulter; No. 17, W. M. Bennett; Walton, J. O. Whittington; Mitchell, J. K. Oliver; Law and Puryear, W. C. Enderly; P. G. hall, J. H. Landers; Milner and Leggett, A. R. Orssinger. Funeral Services for Mrs O E Beezley Will Be Held in Santone Funeral services for Mrs. O. E. Beezley, who died Sunday night at Camp Livingston, La., where Col. Beezley is stationed, will be held this afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Porter-Loring funeral home in San Antonio. The Beezleys are remembered by a number of friends of this community as he was connected with the Military department for a number of years before being transferred to Louisiana. Col. Beezley was senior instructor for the Field Artillery regiment while here. Cattleman’s Ball To Be Held Saturday Members of the Saddle and Sirloin Club and the Kream and Kow Klub will hold their annual Cattleman’s Ball Friday night, January 8, in the Sbisa Hall An nex, with the Aggieland Orchestra furnishing the music. New officers of both organiza tions will be introduced at the dance, according to Wilbur Hahn. Texas State Grange Opens Two-Day Meet This Morning Texas State Grange opens a two- day convention this morning at A. & M. College . with its theme, “Grange in Defense.” The state meeting will consist mainly of dis cussion panels on vital subjects with three farm women and three farm men sitting on each panel. “Less guesswork and more cer tainty about the future of essen tial agricultural work in 1943 is the aim of the meeting,” stated State Master H. W. Galurapp. He fur ther stated that the meeting would follow the platform of the Na tional Grange. E. R .Elexander, head of the Agricultural education department, will lead the first discussion panel this morning on “What’s Ahead for Agriculture.” Lt. Gov. J. L. Smith will speak at the Grange banquet to be held tonight. Election Over in Fourteen Minutes Only Fifty Attend Joint Meeting; Dan Kuykendall, D Troop Cavalry, and Joe Pettit, A Infantry, were elected new Junior yell leaders last night by a joint meeting of the sophomore and junior classes in the Assembly Hall. Only about fifty persons showed up for the election and it was over in exactly fourteen minutes. This sets a new record for the low spot in student representation at an important election, and the high mark for shortness of session. Gordon Brin was the defeated candidate. Unusual about the meeting was the lack of interest and attendance, and the quiet, peaceful atmosphere that prevailed. Previous student assem-f-" bly election have been madhouses of confusion and racket. Sid Smith, president of the Jun ior Class, Stewart Cartwright, sec retary-treasurer of the Junior Class, Billy McKenzie and Shorty Booth, senior yell leaders next year, and a few other juniors conducted the meet. “This beats anything I’ve ever seen around here. I know every body is mixed up about the war, and some were at the basketball game early, but I have never thought I’d see as little interest as this displayed in an election as important as this one,” said Cart wright, commenting on the lack of attendance. All three candidates made short talks to the voters, and a vote was immediately taken. Each man was allowed to vote twice as two men were to be elected. It was unan imous for both the elected. Because of the utter lack of juniors at the meeting, no junior class meeting was held after the election. Senior Invitations Delivered Monday Delivery of the senior graduation invitations will start Monday in the Corps Headquarters Office if present schedule is keep in ship ment and receipt. Shipment is to be made Friday and the invitations should be ready for delivery by Monday. Ring Dance Tickets Go on Sale Friday Noon in Ross Hall Those Buying Tickets Will Receive Free Corps Dance Ducats Tickets for the Senior Ring ban quet and dance will go on sale Friday noon in the cadet corps headquarters in Ross Hall. Seniors buying both of these tickets will be given a corps dance ticket free, which will otherwise cost the usual $1.10. Barney Rapp will play for the Senior Ring dance Friday, Janu ary 15, and the corps dance Sat urday, January 16. Also Rudy Wright, vocalist, and the New Englander’s Glee Club will enter tain the dancers. Rocky Sutherland, president of the senior class, has appointed Ed Gordon head of the committee board and invitation committee; John Lawrence head of the prog ram committee; Adolph Specia, head of the banquet committee, Jack Baird, head of the Favors committee; and Moffett Adams, head of the docration committee. Group Hospitalization Semi-AnnualPremium Of $7.00 Is Now Due The semi-annual premium of $7.00 for the group hospitalization and surgical reimbursement in surance of college employees for the period beginning January 23 is now due according to J. Wheel er Barger, secretary. Please mail checks to “Group Hospitalization Plan, Faculty Exchange.” Seniors Must Take Final Physical Exams January 16 Board Will Arrive On Campus January 11; Will Examine 577 Srs Seniors who will complete their military science this semester must take their final type physical ex amination before they leave on January 16, stated Lieutenant Col onel A. J. Bennett, adjuctant. The Board of Examining officers will be here next Monday, January 11 for the purpose of beginning the exams, stated the adjuctant. Seniors must report to their sen ior instructor to get the exact date an hour for their individual physical, stated the adjutant, since it will be impossible to get all the examinations completed without a definite schedule and strict follow ing of that schedule. Those 577 seniors who expect to go to camp on graduation are the ones that must have finished the examination to be allowed to go to camp, added Bennett. Valedictorian Of Senior Class Will Be Elected Friday Balloting for valedictorian of the senior class will be held Fri day January 8 betweeen the hours of 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the rotunda of the acad emic buiding. The selection will be made from the ten seniors having the highest grade point average for their four years in college. No list of those eligible is avail able for publication at this time. Ballots will be used in the election and will be given to those eligible to vote on request. These seniors who have senior rings or who are entitled to them will be given a bal lot. All seniors are urged to vote in the election of one of the most important offices in the senior class .stated Rocky Sutherland, president of class of ’42. Dr Kimball Talks To I E Club Members Thursday night, January 7, at 8:30, the Industrial Education club will have its regular bi-monthly meeting in the Engineering Shops Building. Feature attraction will be a lecture by Dr. T. F. Kimball, pro fessor of Industrial Engineering at A. & M. He was formerly Dean of Engineering at Cornell Univer sity, Ithica, N. Y. Signal Corps, Cavalry Stage Combination Problem in Field Officer’s Guides Still Obtainable At Activities Office A limited number of Officer’s Guides are on hand in the Stu dent Activities Office and may be purchased by any students who are interested. When the present sup ply is exhausted, no further orders I will be placed. By Tom Journeay “Baker from cast. Message for commanding officer, First Cavalry Squadron. Attack at zero hour.” “Cast from Baker.,Roger.” Thus for the first time in the history of A. & M. military train ing, close cooperation was attained between two different branches in actual field manuevers, as two Cavalry troops engaged one an other with two signal companies supplying the communication as a supporting arm. The manuevers are taking place this week and next week out on the Brazos bottoms, southwest of the campus. The Cavalry troops are split up into a red and a blue force one group mounted, one dismounted each with its attached signal com munication troops. The signal units bring into play several means of communication to “get the message through”, namely field radio sets, walkie- talkie, tele graph over simplexed telephone lines through multi-cord compli cated switchboards that can handle a number of important operational messages at once. Each “army” has its own CHQ and sends out its own messages to direct the troops in accomplish ing their missions, and the individ ual unit commanding officers re porting back to the CHQ, the re sults of their attacks or other movements. The manuevers are taking place over a period of two weeks pro gressively with all signal and all cavalry troops participating in the muddy job, learning how to be sold iers.