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College Adopts Strict Military Plan for Next Semester (SEE STORY BELOW) Thp Battalion OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION fe|jppl§l#c JL JL M J L Sr m m/ DIAL 4-5444 ROOM 5, ADMINISTRATION BLDG. — VOLUME 42 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1943 2275 NUMBER 91 Class of ’43 Attends 67th Annual Commencement Baccalaureate at 10:30; Steele, Leachman to Speak * Final Review Held Saturday; Call to Quarters, Physical Proficient Students Honored Training Required for AH President, Commandant, Board Of Directors, Deans to Lead Processionals The Processional for the annual Baccalaureate sermon prior to the sixty-seventh Commencement Exercises of Texas A.&M. College will march from the Academic building to Guion hall at 10:15 a.m., Friday, and will be formed as follows: Dr. T. 0. Walton, president of the college, and main speaker of the day. The Reverend Marshall Steele, of the Highland Park Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas. Colonel Maurice D. Welty, PMS&T and commandant of Texas A.&M. College. Members of the Board of Di rectors of the college. Deans and directors of the Col lege. All college staff members be low the rank of dean or director are officially excused from the Baccalaureate and Commencement Processionals, tomorrow, Friday, January 22, according to an of ficial announcement made by Dr. E. P. Humbert, chairman of the Commencement Committee. Formation of the line will be in the rotunda of the Academic build ing at 9:55 a.m., and will be in a colufn of two’s. Graduating seniors will form on the lawn rest of the Academic building and south o fthe walk running between the Civil Engineering building and the Electrical Engineering building. Seniors will be arranged alphabet ically according to courses, with those receiving advanced degrees first in line. Graduating students should report to the registrar’s office, and see Acting Registrar H. L. Heaton for assignment to a position in the Processional line. Both lines will form at 9:55 a. m., and will move toward Guion hall at 10:15 a.m. Humbert urges everyone to be on hand at least by 9:55 a.m. tomorrow morning. Doors in Guion hall will open at 9:40 a. m. tomorrow. Proper dress for both the Bac calaureate sermon and the Com mencement exercises will be the number one uniform, with the ex ception of those students who have hajd permission to wear civilian clothes throughout the semester. The Commencement Processional will form at 5:45 tomorrow after noon at the same place as the Pro cessional earlier in the day was formed, and the same order as previously stated will be observed. The Commencement Processional will move out to Guion hall at 6 p.m. As most of the seats in Guion hall have been reserved for par ents and the families of the grad uating class, the reason for the delegation of the college staff from the Processionals is the lack of seating space in Guion hall. In order to accomodate the over flow crowd expected for the serv ices, the Assembly hall will be opened for those unable to get seats in Guion hall, and will be connected to the scene of the exer cises by a wired public address system, so that those not being able to get into Guion hall may hear the ceremony through the public address system that will be set up in the Assembly hall. < Red Cross Shows Production Increase The Red Cross Nursery School has proved to be a considerable success on the first two Fridays of the experiment according to Mrs. Nat Edmonson, sponsor of the idea. On the 2x2 inch dress ings the production jumped from 200 to^780 on the first day of the Nursery School. A change in the size of the dressings made it hard to make a comparison for last week’s work. The chairs in the surgical dressing room were rearly all filled and the mothers are said to be making good fast workers. Mrs. S. I. Sheldrup will assist Mrs. Edmonson with the children on Friday, January 22. Registration To Begin On Thursday Cadet Officers Sign For Classes First; Old Students, Friday Cadet officers and first ser geants will register for next semester classes January 28 and the corps will register Friday, January 29, from 8 to 6. New stu dents will register the following Saturday, January 30. Class schedule cards will be dis tributed at Assembly hall on days of registration. The schedule for student registration as released by the Registrar’s office is: Thursday, January 28, 2-5: Ail senior cadet officers and first ser geants will register. Friday, Jan. 29, 8-9: All students whose surnames begin with J, K, L will register. Fri., Jan. 29, 9-19: T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. Fri., Jan. 29, 10-11: A, B. Fri., Jan. 29, 12-1: C, D, E, F. Fri., Jan. 29 2-3: M, N, O, P, Q. Fri., Jan. 29, 3-4: G. H. I. Ffi., Jan. 29, 4-6: All who were unable to follow the regular sched ule. Saturday, January 30, 9-1: All new students. All old returning students and those granted regis tration permission by Deans and Executive Committees. Dean Kimball , Speaks Tonight At Staff Meeting Tonight at 8 p. m. the A. & M. Chapter of the American Associa tion of University Professors will hold an open meeting in the physics lecture room. All members of the college staff are invited. Speaker at the meeting will be Dr. D. S. Kimball, Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering at Cornell University, who has taught in the department of industrial engineering here this semester as a distinguished professor. Dr. Kimball holds several of the high est honors in the engineering field. He will speak on the origin and history of land grant colleges, their relation to other universities, their grown in importance and some of their possible weaknesses. Classes End at Four; Supper at 5:40 Friday Classes for the current semester will be suspended tomorrow after noon at 4, according to Dean F. C. Bolton. Early dismissal has been authorized in order for the seniors who are still attending classes to be present at the commencement exercises. Supper formation will be held at 4:50, according to an announcement made yesterday by the Command ant’s office. Seniors To Review For Last Time Sat; Juniors Take Over Seniors will participate in the last activity of their college ca reers Saturday morning at 10:00 when the bugler sounds first call for the Final review and the entire corps falls out in front of their respective dormitories and marches to the main drill field. Uniform will be number one for the entire corps with khaki shirts, according to the commandant’s of fice. The corps, as usual, will be formed in line of Battalions, in column of masses for the review. The corps for the first time around the drill field will be led by the Seniors. On the second time around time around the graduating seniors will fall out and take the review enmasse led by the juniors. The usual order of lining up on the drill field will be followed by the regiments. At this date it was unsettled whether a visiting dignitary would be on hand to receive the review according to the adjutant’s office. Final Ball Held In Sbisa Friday; Tickets Are $1.65 Last Social Function Of School Year; Uniform Or Civilian Clothes Reg A. & M.’s final ball—open to both faculty, student body, and their guests—will take place in Sbisa hall Friday night from 10 to 2 with Curley Brient and the Aggieland orchestra furnishing the music. Tickets will be on sale at the door at $1.65. L. D. Boone, acting manager of student activities, said in a state ment to the Battalion that this final ball will be the last big get- together for the current student body and faculty this semester and should offer an excellent opportu nity for fareyrell greetings to de parting seniors. The entire corps may wear eith er number one uniform or civilian clothes (including coat and tie). This is the first opportunity that underclassmen have each year to attend a dance non-reg. The ball is sponsored by the junior class. Keist Lounge Open For Next Three Days Keist Lounge in the bottom floor of dormitory two will be open today from 3 p.m. until after the Junior prom for use by those hav ing dates on the campus, states M. L. Cashion, YMCA secretary. Tomorrow the lounge will open at 9 a.m. and remain open until after the Final ball, and Saturday morn ing the lounge will be open all morning. Coal Plant Uses Electronic Device Loaded coal cars are emptied at the New Piney Fork preparation plant of the Hanna Coal Company, Ohio, by being rolled onto a ro tary dump, fastened to the rails by a mechanical device, and then rolled upside down over a chute. After the car has been righted again, it moves off the dump by gravity. It is essential that the dump does not revolve the next full car until the preceding empty one has moved off. Otherwise, the empty car will be turned over onto the floor. 1943 LONGHORN The 1943 Longhorn will be issued to the corps on or about February 5, Editor John Longley said late yes terday. In order to secure your copy, you must present last September’s registration fee receipt (the one with the $12.40 Student Activities fee on it). Watch the Battalion for the specific day on which they will arrive. Yearbook for 1944 Assured If Corps Buys Now Annual Not Included In Activities Fee; Cost Four Dollars If the Class of 1944 wants a Longhorn next year they must purchase 1500 of them before work can begin on the book, Ed itor Marvin McMillan said yes terday. Price will be $4. “To answer a number of ques tions regarding the 1944 year book,” he said, “the Student Ac tivities office and Longhorn staff wish to say that the decision is entirely up to the corps. If the corps wants a 1944 Longhorn, and will agree to support production of the book by meeting all dead lines and by buying tickets for a copy of the book at registration time, then there will definitely be a 1944 Longhorn.” Ths year it has been impossible to include the price of the book in the regular student activities fee paid with your maintenance, since it was too late to put it in when the staff decided that it would be possible to put out an annual dur ing the coming semester. A price of $4 will pay for your 1944 Longhorn at the time you reg ister, and a minimum of 1500 copies must be sold before it will be at all possible to begin work on the new annual. “Every Aggie should have a rec ord of his years spent here, and a yearbook is the best form of a class history,” McMillan said, “so let’s everybody buy one, and we promise that you will have it by the end of the semester.” Dairy Husbandry Professor Leaves For New York Meet Charles N. Shepardson, profes sor of dairy husbandry at Texas A. & M. College, left the campus Monday to attend a meeting of the Purebred Dairy Cattle Associa tion directors in New York and will stop en route at Washington, D. C., to confer with representa tives of the dairy industry there on the matter of dairy production in Texas. On his return trip he will stop in Chicago where he will address the annual meeting of the Kraft Cheese Corporation on the subject of cheese production in Texas. He also will stop over at Oklahoma A. & M. College, at Stillwater, Okla., where he will serve on the faculty of the annual dairy short course. Universal Depicts Agronomy Dept’s Work in Short Film Work done by the Agronomy department, especially the some eleven cotton tours sponsored by that deperament, is shown in a moving picture made recently here on the campus by Universal Pic tures for release soon in South and Central America, in the interest of fostering better Pan-American re lations. Annual Awards To Be Given Outstanding Students at Review A large number of awards will be made at the final review Sat urday honoring outstanding cadets for leadership, and military and scholastic proficiency, announced military authorities today; how ever, it was impossible to get a list of the cadets to whom the awards will be made because of uncertainties in the presentation of those awards. Awards which will be made Sat urday morning at Final Review include the Albert Sydney John ston saber, presented by the Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy; the Coast Artillery medal, which is presented to the junior in that regiment for military proficiency; the Caldwell Trophy, presented by the Caldwell Jewelers of Bryan for proficiency in military drill; the Daughters of the American Revo lution Award, presented to the hon or man of the Junior Class for scholarship, leadership, character, and military proficiency; the Field Artillery Medal, which goes to a Field Artillery junior for profi ciency in military leadership. Ross Volunteers Trek to Austin For Inauguration Twenty eight, members of the Ross Volunteers Company assisted in the inauguration ceremonies of the governor and lieutenant gov ernor Wednesday in Austin. The company formed a military arch for Governor Coke R. Stevenson and Lieutenant Governor John Lee Smith to walk through as part of the traditional ceremony. According to Vance Carrington, Captain of the R.V. company, the men who attended had a good time in spite of the fact that this year’s inauguration did not include the usual street dances, receptions and barbecues that have been charac teristic of those in the past. The entire ceremony was over in an hour and the R.V.s returned to College Station that evening. Civil Service Needs Economists, Specialists at Once Complex problems connected with the war have created in federal agencies a demand for economists, accounting assistants, statisticians, and transportation specialists, the local secretary for the U. S. Civil Service Commission announced to day. Economists and statisticians will conduct studies and analyses rela tive to commodities, industries, prices, markets, international economics while transportation specialists will strive to prevent traffic bottlenecks and expedite the flow of passenger and freight traffic throughout the United States and around the globe. Persons will be selected on the basis of experience rather than upon any written test. Accounting and auditing assist ant smust file their application with the Commission’s Washington office by February 23. They will be informed when and where to report for eteamination. Women particularly are urged to apply. Yearly salaries for these posi tions range from §2000 to $6500 plus overtime compensation. Max imum age limits have been waived. Complete information and forms for applying for all of these posi tions may be obtained from Col lege Station, Texas, at the post office. New Schedule Conforms to Army Recommendations for Men in Colleges A tentative plan whereby A. & M. will adopt recommen dations made by the War Department in order to “bring the war to a successful conclusion,” President T. O. Walton an nounced in a talk to the recently promoted cadet officers and first sergeants in the assembly hall last night. The changes include a program whereby each student of the college will attend classes for a minimum of 25 hours, have supervised study for 25 hours and take a physical training program 5 hours of each week. Walton emphasized to the future leaders of the corps that it would be their duty to see that the new program is carried out successfully. The following constitutes the main points of the new schedule: Banquet Changed To Seven Thirty Juniors Celebrate Tonight With Annual Dance in Sbisa Hall Time of the junior banquet has been changed from 7 to 7:30, an nounces J. C. Hotard, supervisor of substistance, because the dining hall department will be unable to arrange the banquet sufficiently during the time between supper and 7. The schedule of events now stands: junior banquet, Thursday, 7:30; junior prom, 10 to 12, the same night; final Ball, Saturday, 10 to 2—all in Sbisa Hall. The selling of combination tick ets for the banquet, prom, and final ball ended yesterday, but in dividual tickets may still be pur chased and will be on sale at the door, announces Stewart Cart wright, ticket manager. Dormitory no. 5 will be opened to accomodate dates January 21 at 4 p.m. and will be re-opened to cadets at 9 a.m. January 23, an nounced the military department. Cadets whose dates stay in the dorm may pay the 50 fee at the Watchman’s office in Ross Hall. Ben Smith, president of the junior class, will make the wel coming address at the banquet and Ed Womack, class historian,, will present a summarized history of the class. E. L. Angell, executive assistant to the president, will be the principal speaker. Dr. Walton and two or three deans are ex pected to comment on the class in general. Dick Jenkins, director of the Singing Cadets, and eight cadets will sing several songs to add to the entertainment, said Hack Bind ley, banquet chairman. Broiled small tenderloin steak will be the main entree on the menu along with a well-balanced dinner, according to the junior ban quet program cards. Music will be furnished by the Aggieland orchestra. Regulation upiform will be num ber one with either cloth belts or Sam Browne belts and shoulder straps. Longhorns Due About February 5 Longhorns for 1943 will be is sued near the fifth of February, according to L. D. Boone, acting director of student activities. The exact date for issuance will neces sarily be announced at a later date, Boone stated. Seniors are reminded that they must leave their forwarding ad dresses so that the Longhorns may be shipped to them as soon as they are available. This informa tion may be left at the Student Activities Office in the Adminis tration Building. ► First, Call to Quarters will be observed by all classes. This in cludes seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen. It will be the duty of the cadet officers in each or ganization to check CQ and the duty of the tactical officer to check on these seniors. Second, all lights will be turned out at taps. Third, calisthenics are suspended. In their place, each cadet will be required to attend five hours of physical training class each week. This program will be under the direction of the Physical Educa tion Department and Mr. Penber- thy. Fourth, each cadet will have 25 hours of study each week. This in cludes the time he studies during Call to Quarters, plus study hours he may select during the day. Fifth, a six-day week will be adopted, lasting until 4 p. m., Sat urday afternoon. Sixth, the time from 4 p. m. Saturday until midnight Sunday will be free time. Passes may be obtained from the military depart ment to go home at this time, pro viding the cadet’s home is close enough to warrant this. Walton was introduced to the^ assembly by E. L. Angell, assistant to the President. The President preluded his announcement of the new changes by telling of his trip to Washington ten days ago and the conferences with Army offi cials there. “We have too often looked upon this war as a foreign one,” he said, “and have hoped we would not be called upon for per sonal sacrifices.” “Now we are face to face with the hard reality of war,” Walton continued, “and there are certain things, such as the traditions of A. & M. which we love so much, that must be surrendered. We must have the cooperation of the cadet officers in doing what the war de partment expects in the shortest possible time.” Seniors Must Contact Bryan Board Immediately All seniors who have not yet re ported to a selective service board or have already reported to their own board in their respective home towns are urged by the Bryan board to wire their hometown boards to send their papers to the Bryan board immediately in order that they may be transported to Houston Monday morning at 8 o’clock to be inducted, said Travis Bryan, chairman of the Bryan board, yesterday. Approximately 160 seniors made the trip Monday morning, and the rest of the 571 members of the class are urged to make the trip next Monday, January 25. This will do away with a lot of red tape which would otherwise be necessary. Last Issue This is the last issue of the Battalion for this sem ester. There will not be an edition Saturday.