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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1943
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NUMBER 1
Texas A.&M. Opens Sixty Ninth Annual Session
Fifteenth Annual Short Course
Held For Cotton Mill Operators
Representatives from eleven states, India and the Re
public of Mexico attended the banquet given Thursday night
as part of the 15th annual Short Course for Cotton Oif Mill
Operators at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Texas. This school, which started Monday and continued
through Friday, is held each year by the Department of
Chemical Engineering in cooperation with the Texas Cotton
seed Crushers’ Association.
Gib Gilchrist, dean of the School
of Engineering, was the principal
speaker at the banquet. Presiding
was Harry E. Wilson, Peoples Cot
ton Oil Co., Wharton, and the af
fair was informal and strictly tie
less. Others making short talks
were: Dr. F. C. Bolton, vice presi
dent and dean of the College; Hen
ry Womble, Womble Oil Mill
Co., Caldwell, and chairman of the
college relations committee of the
Texas Cottonseed Crushers’ Assn.;
Dr. J. D. Lindsay, head of the De
partment of Chemical Engineering
and director of the short course;
C. M. Chandler, Lubbock Cotton Oli
Co., and president of the National
Oil Mill Superintendents’ Assn.;
Webb M. Sowden, Sowden Sales
Co., Dallas, and president of the
Oil Mill Machinery and Supply
Assn.; and others introduced from
the floor.
The history, development and
various departments in the School
of Engineering were reviewed by
Dean Gilchrist. While all students
at A. & M., past, present and fu
ture, will be proud to answer to
the affectionate name of “Aggies”,
the speaker advised, still it is a
little misleading as in the last
census taken of the student body,
in October 1942, the figures show-
eo there were around 6,500 en
rolled, of which 3,427, or about 52
wTr cent, were in engineering.
Gilchrist described the set
School of Engineering and
m number of students
kinds, the aeronau-
al branches rank-
* md respectively,
oted showing that
minerals, includ-
i Texas ranked in
reduction of agri-
g livestock.
rvation
atives Visit
On Friday
xidance of Robert E.
nal Training Office,
Conservation Service,
x representatives of
i governments were
College campus
rday.
Carlos A. Fynn,
o L. Somaza, Ar-
o Custall Anton-
and Jader T. de
Algueres Batista
de Melo, Brazil,
bout 25 men from
al departments of
ix, who came to this
dy American meth-
iservation and other
ork in Texas, Okla-
and Louisiana,
, r . V. Parr, principal
sionist, stationed at
College. The other 19
e at various experi-
and points in these
In 1941 the Texas Legislature
established a Cotton Research Com
mittee on which were the presi
dents of the A. & M. College, Uni
versity of Texas and Texas Tech
nological College. It was agreed by
this committee, Dean Gilchrist
said, that a project embracing an
oil mill building be built at A. &
M. and to cost $35,000. Dimensions
of the project were given by Dean
Gilchrist. “The money to erect the
building is available,” he said, “but
we have not been able to get the
go-ahead signal from the War Pro
duction Board.”
Realizing the value of such
project to their particular industry
and to Texas agriculture in gen
eral, the following statement was
endorsed unanimously, signed by
those present, and is being sent
to the War Production Board in
Washington.
“We, the undersigned oil mill
operators, a part of the 150 opera
tors from eleven of the cotton
producing states of the United
States and from Mexico &nd India
attending the Fifteenth Annual
Short Course for Cottonseed Oil
Mill Operators conducted by the
School of Engineering, Department
of Chemical Engineering, of the
A. & M. College of Texas in co
operation with the Texas Cotton
seed Crushers’ Association, take
this means of endorsing the Appli
cation for Priority Assistance to
construct an oil mill building sub
mitted by the A. & M. College of
Texas under date of January 11th,
1943. We. urge your immediate
favorable action on this applica
tion to the end that this building
may be constructed without further
delay, thereby affording facilities
for research in the field of oil
(See CRUSHERS’ ASSN. Page 8)
Wilcox To Direct
Student Office
Of Personnel
President T. O. Walton yester
day announced appointment of
Prof. George Barton Wilcox as di
rector of the newly created Stu
dent Personnel Office.
The new office, set up at
the Commencement meeting of the
Board of Directors, will coordinate
personnel work with students on
the campus that has been handled
in several departments heretofore,
it was announced.
In making the announcement
(See WILCOX, Page 4)
Plans Are Made
For Big Poppy Day
All plans for the largest sale of
Poppies yet, in Bryan have been
completed, and the American Le
gion Auxiliary members feel very
confident that the money derived
from the sale of the little red
poppy in Bryan on Saturday, May
29th, will go a long ways in help
ing the disabled veterans of the
two world wars and their depend
ents.
Mrs. L. P. Coffey announces that
Mrs. H. V. Rau, the President of
the Auxiliary, will assist with the
sale of the poppies. Mrs. Chas.
an governments, m- ^ ... 7 , j xi.
°, Ranisey will have charge of the
sale at the Library, Mrs. J. L. Law-
son at A. & M. College, and Miss
Pearl Keith will be in charge of
the AAA Building at A. & M.
Many other citizens of Bryan and
College Station have been good
enough to offer their services in
the sale of the poppies, and the
Auxiliary members are most grate
ful to every one who has so kind
ly promised to help in this great
work.
New Staff To Be
Organized For
Summer Battalion
The Battalion, as in the past,
will still serve as the official paper
of the college and the City of Col
lege Station. The military branch
es stationed on our campus will
have a definite part in helping
to make the Battalion a better
publication. At the close of the last
semester we lost our entire Bat
talion staff with the exception of
two or three reporters. From this
you will be able to realize the dif
ficulties under vjhich we will be
working until Freshman, Sopho
mores and other students can be
trained to fill their places. How
ever, the Battalion will be under
the supervision of the Student
Activities office with L. D. Boone,
manager of publications, L. M.
Collins, acting editor-in-chief, and
Richard Jenkins, assisting with
advertising. There is no reason to
prevent a freshman or sophomore
student from becoming an effic
ient member of a college paper
staff. All students who have had
previous experience in newspaper
work are urged to see Mr. Collins
in the Student Activity office in
the administration building from
1 to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, or
Friday.
With the ever increasing war
conditions the newspaper has been
forced to be cut to a tabloid size
because of scarcity of paper. How
ever, there will be three issues
published each week, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. All other
publications have been abandoned
for the duration. Therefore, we
should be able to have a better
Battalion in order to keep all in
terested persons informed as to
the activities of A .& M. College.
Greetings From The President
The administrative officers and faculty of the College
welcome the new men that have enrolled in the College for
the first time.
These are uncertain times. This fact is recognized by
all those who labor here. It is the earnest purpose and the
sincere desire of the faculty to do all that lies within its
power to make sure that you shall have unhampered oppor
tunity for mental, physical and spiritual development as
long as you are members of the student body of the A. & M.
College of Texas.
We urge you to apply yourselves diligently to the acade
mic tasks and other extensive obligations that you as a stud
ent in the institution have assumed. We invite you to coun
sel with members of the faculty, particularly with the Heads
of Department, your Deans and other administrative offi
cers, when problems arise upon which you fell that you
need the counsel of these mature men. Our offices and homes
are open to students at all times. I trust that you will take
advantage of the willingness and purpose of those of us
who serve here to render you assistance in every way we
can that will assure you a profitable stay at this College.
Authorities Expect 800
New Students For Summer
Total Enrollment of Both New and
Old Students May Reach 2000
Texas A. & M. College will open its sixty-ninth annual
session this coming week. This the second time in the his
tory of the school that the opening has been in June. The
college pledged its facilities to the National War effort in
1941, and the year-round program is a result of this pledge.
The enrollment will be less than
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President.
ntioned have been re-
the experiment sta-
ain, Beeville, Alice, Se
aton and Kenedy. Two
il do some work at the
al experiment station at
li return to College Sta
ke special work in the
Agriculture under Dr.
tter, head of the De-
” Agronomy,
ice of their individual
this work, Mr. Parr
that none draw sal-
their governments
country and all have
pense accounts. The
■ach will spend in
es is one year,
udies in this coun-
f'lnllj®d these 25 men
their respective
ill head research
a soil conservation
tto Mr. Parr.
Buddy To Operate
Guion Hall Theatre
Thomas G. Puddy, has been
named to assist in managing
Guion Hall Theatre, according to
L. D. Boone, of student activities.
Puddy is a graduate of Belton
High School, and attended the
University of Texas.
He has had several years exper
ience in theatre work as an opera
tor. Until recently he was employ
ed with the R. E. Griffith Theatre,
Inc., Dallas. Before coming here
he was employed with Hughes
Tool Company of Houston.
Guion Hall Theatre is operated
by the College through the Stud
ent Activities office, and ,:t is the
plan to obtain the best shows pos
sible for your entertainment, said
Mr. Boone.
Former Athlete
Claimed by Death
“Little
on any football team I ever saw,”
said an old friend in commenting
on the death of Lt. (jg) Roswell
G. Higginbotham at the Quonset
Point, R. I., naval air station Tues
day. And the one making this re
mark has seen them come and go
in the past 27 years that he has
been on the campus as a student
and as an employee. Higgin
botham did not recover from an
abdominal operation.
Little Hig was a star back and
punter on the great A. & M. foot
ball teams of 1917, 1919 and 1920.
In these three years, until the last
game of 1920, the Aggies were not
only unbeaten and untied but were
unscored on. Then in 1920 A. &
M. lost the Thanksgiving game to
Texas at Austin by a score of 7
to 3.
Equally noted as a baseball
Player, Higginbotham pitched a
no-run, no-hit game against Texas
in 1918 which A. & M. won 1 to 0.
Little Hig returned to A. &
M. as Freshman football coach,
leaving in 1936 to accept a similar
post at S. M. U. While here he
coached the baseball team five
seasons and developed two confer
ence champions.
He was born in Grayson county
and was a graduate of the Sherman
High School. Surviving are his
widow, one son, two sisters, and
a brother, Graley (Big Hig) Hig
ginbotham, another Aggie football
great.
A&M Completes Fourteenth
Annual Firemen’s School
For the benefit of volunteer
firemen in small towns and rural
communities, the A. & M. College
cooperates with the State Fire
men’s and Fire Marshals’ Associ
ation in conducting an annual
School for Firemen. The 14th
school was held on the campus
Monday through Friday and was
conducted by the Department of
Chemistry under the direction of
Dr. C. C. Hedges, head of the de
partment. ’
While the majority of those in
attendance were from Texas
points, there were some registra
tions from Oklahoma and New
Mexico.
Three general courses were giv
en during the 1943 school: General
Basic Training, Fire Department
Instruction and Red Cross Lay-
Instruction. Prof. E. L. Williams,
head of the Department of Indus
trial Education, directed fire de
partment instruction, while Red
Cross lay-instruction was under
the supervision of Melvin A. Buz-
zax-d, first aid and water safety
field representative, Mid-Western
branch of the American Red Cross,
St. Louis.
The 1943 school opened Monday
with a general assembly at which
Dr. Hedges was chairman. “Ne
cessity for Civilian Defense,” was
told by Major C. C. Patterson,
member of the War Department
Protection staff, 8th Civilian De-
Hig could have played | fense Region. Olin Culberson,
member, Texas Railroad Commis
sion, spoke on “The Job of a Fire
man.” “Training Auxiliary Fire
men,” was explained by Chief R.
O. Muenster of the Luling fire de
partment. “The Convention Pro
gram” was discussed by Chief
Chester Cherry, president of the
State Firemen’s and Fire Mar
shals Association, and Melvin A
Buzzard told of the “Importance of
First Aid Training.” At the aft
ernoon general assembly Monday
“Illustrated Camouflage” was ex
Plained by E. J. Urbanovsky, as
sistant professor, Department of
Landscape Art.
Olm Culberson presided at gen
eral assembly Tuesday. Lt. Col.
Harold E. Brayton, director, War
Department Civilian Pr-J *•
Qr-hnni T , “an Protection
School, Loyola University, New
Orleans, made talks in the fo
and afternoon on
of Fires” and
For
renoon
The Chemistry
Skv” re<?no + - ,“ FireS from th *
years £ol p ^ F ° r seve ral
years Col. Brayton was professor
A
had * i aSSembly Wednesday
ha as its chairman George C
Hawley, chief engineer, Texas Fire
roon ra “cLT m t SSi0n - In thef -e!
’ Vl kan Defense As It Af
fects the Fire Service” was dis
missed by Ja ck w . ^
Fire Defense Section, Office Civil-
ren Defense, Washington. In the
afternoon, “Illustrated Blackout”
was the subject for an address by
Ivan H. Purinton, New Orleans
Public Service Co.
Director for general assembly
Thursday was Eugene. Sanders,
fire prevention chief and assistant
State fire marshal. A talk was
made at the forenoon session by
Chief Garland W. Fulbright, in
charge firemen’s training, Kelly
Field, on “Fire Extinguishers.”
At the afternoon meeting, a rep
resentative of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation delivered an ad
dress on “Sabotage Investiga
tions.”
Eight drill periods were given
those in the general basic training
course, covering ladder and knots,
hose, forcible entry, salvage, haz
ards and safety, fire fighting prac-
tibes, pump operations and meth
ods of instruction. These drill pe
riods were conducted by represent
atives of the fire departments at
Fort Worth, Waco, Dallas, San
Antonio, Houston, Luling, El Paso
and other points.
Lt. Col. W. B. Russ, past presi
dent and trustee, Texas Medical
Association, was the principal
speaker at the banquet for the
firemen Tuesday night. Prelimi
nary remarks were made by Lt.
Col. Ozro Woods, regional medical
officer, Office Civilian Defense for
the 8th region, comprising the
states of Texas, Louisiana, Arkan
sas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Dr. Hedges was toastmaster.
“The Office of Civilian De
fense,” Dr. Russ stated, “does not
conflict with any other agency set
up as part of the war effort or our
normal way of life. The name ‘civil
ian defense’ does not convey the
true picture of the work of OCD.
I prefer to look upon it as the
medium for training and condition
ing our people against our enemies
from without and from within, to
awaken our people to take their
part in the general scheme of
things necessary to win the war
and uphold the American way of
life in the world after the war.”
OCD, he explained, supplements
the work of the U. S. Public Health
Service, the American Red Cross
and other organizations.
The talk by Dr. Russ swung
from sparkling wit to serious ad
monition. In appealing to the
American people to be self reliant,
to depend upon themselves, he
Longhorns Ready
For Distribution
On Tuesday
The Longhorns will be given out
from the Student Activities Office
Tuesday, June 1, according to L.
D. Boone, manager of student pub
lications for the college. All stu
dents returning to the campus for
the summer session are urged to
drop by for their books within the
next few days. These students
must have their receipts upon ask
ing for the yearbooks.
The 1944 Longhorn is a beauti
ful book, even though it is some
smaller than the pre-war publica
tion. Marvin McMillan and his
staff have done an excellent piece
of work, and especially so when
we realize that they published this
book in less than one semester.
The delay in receiving the books
was a great disappointment to the
seniors and juniors, but general
war conditions and transportation
difficulties due to the flood caused
the final binding and delivery to
be several days behind schedule.
All students leaving forwarding
addresses will receive their books
within a few days.
The cover used for the Longhorn
is most outstanding and the excel
lence of the contents gives no
hint of the difficulties under
which the publication was made
possible. The theme of the book is
“Freedom,” and the dedication is
made to the United Nations. This
is the last Longhorn for the dura
tion.
Farm Labor Problem
Receives Special
Attention of Agents
Texas’ 236 county agricultural
agents have been assigned the re
sponsibility of administering the
farm labor program within their
counties, H. H. Williamson, direc
tor of the A. & M. College Exten
sion Service announced.
Recruiting, training, and place
ment of all farm labor within the
county, and of directing labor cen
ters and the few camps for migra
tory workers in the state, will be
among the responsibilities of the
county agricultural agent. If and
when war prisoners are available
for farm labor in Texas this addi
tional phase of the program also
will be under the jurisdiction of
the agents.
Quoting Lt. Col. Jay Taylor,
Panhandle rancher and business
man who is the deputy administra
tor of the War Food Administra
tion in charge of labor programs,
Director Williamson said that “99
per cent of the program will be
carried on in the State of Texas
and the counties, and one per cent
in Washington.” He emphasized,
“There’ll be no cotton chopped,
pigs slopped or berries picked in
Washington or College Station.
The problem and the job belong to
the county.”
The national farm labor act as
signed the administration of the
ever before due to the draft and
the absence of the juniors and
seniors who were called immediate
ly after the close of the semester
just concluded. Mr. Heaton, the
acting registrar, feels that we will
have approximately 800 new stud
ents and 1,000 old students who
will return for the summer ses
sion, making a total of 1,800 or
better. Registracior of old students
will begin at the Assembly Hall,
Saturday, May 29, at 7:30 a.m.
Registration of new students will
begin in the Assembly Hall Mon
day, May 31, at 7:30 a.m. Classes
for old students will start meet
ing Monday, May 31, and new
students will meet classes begin
ning Tuesday, June 1. New stud
ents may get their physical exam
ination at 1:00 o’oclock on Sunday,
provided they have their entrance
cards with them. All examinations
will be given at the College hospi
tal. Physical examinations will be
continued all day Monday.
Mr. Heaton will meet with the
new students on Monday morning
in the Assembly Hall and will give
detailed instructions in regard to
their registration at that time.
According to F. C. Bolton, dean
of the college, all students who
are entering college as freshman
will receive basic R.O.T.C. train
ing. The freshman and sophomores
wil lhave at least two semesters
and perhaps more before being
called into the army, depending on
war conditions at that time. Vet
erinary students will continue
their course toward graduation,
and engineering students who ex
pect to receive their degree by
July 1, 1945, will probably be given
time to complete their courses for
graduation.
i
Texas To Follow
New Insecticide Law
Hereafter it will be unlawful to
adulterate, misbrand or misrepre
sent agricultural insecticides and
fungicides sold in Texas. The state
legislature at its current session
enacted a law providing for the
branding or labeling of all such
products placed on sale within the
state. The law also requires at
taching to each package a printed
statement showing the minimum
percentage of active ingredients,
and the maximum percentage and
names of inert ingredients it con
tains.
According to Dr. H. G. John
ston, entomologist for the A. & M.
College Extension Service, the act
provides for the examination and
analysis of agricultural insecti
cides. It will be administered by
the state commissioner of agricul
ture and analyses will be made by
the state chemist, located at the
Texas A. and M. College. The law
exempts household insecticides
from these restrictions, and thru
the definition of “agiucultural in
secticides” also eliminates insecti
cides used for controlling insect
parasites of domestic animals, Dr.
Johnston says.
The law provides for taking
samples of any agricultural insee^
ticides offered for sale within
Texas for analysis by the state
chemist. Under its provisions any
corporation, firm or person may
be prosecuted if they offer for sale
insecticides which are found to be
misbranded, adulterated, or in
tended to deceive the consumer.
Dr. Johnston points out that all
farm labor program to the Exten-
cited many instances of men and I sion Services of the land grant
women handicapped physically or colleges in the 48 states. President
bom in humble surroundings who, T. O. Walton of A. and M :' hai '' I Te ^dors°of agricriturf'inaMtrcii's
through their own efforts, became man of the executive committee of i venaois ui & , . e..,
leaders of humankind. Guiding the Land Grant College Associa- ^ Jte commission-
their conquest of these handicaps,! tion, recently pointed out that the y eaiJ y onnlWtinn
Dr. Russ stated, were indefinable | Extension groups had not sought er °I a £T rica u1 ^
spirit, miracle and mystery—a the program but would accept the , Tor registration. S „ nnv
responsibility “like good soldiers.” they are reomred to fde aeopy of
While farmers will not be able each label to be attached to pack-
to obtain the type of labor to which aged agneu um
they are accustomed, the Extension be sold within the stete. TTi a eg-
istration must be obtamed on or
fighting soul that recognized neith
er boundary nor barrier.
A breakdown of the registration
showed 398 student firemen, six
visitors for the speaking program,
30 instructors, and 243 towns as
(See FIREMENS, Page 4)
Service will help them obtain and
make best use of the available
workers.
before delivery to dealers of any
insecticides for sale in Texas.