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fT"' r Texas A«M The B College alion ^fc*railMec|, ank3jCa( , MW Station, Tem ™ ROOM 5, ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1943 VOL. 43—NUMBER 7 Food Production To Be Aided By Use Of Electricity Discussed At Meeting Dean Bolton Speaker at Texas Committee on Relation Of Electricity to Agriculture Held on Campus Thursday; Electrification Program and Service Discussed Plans for further aiding Texas farmers in meeting 1943 food production quotas by more efficient use of electric serv ice were discussed here Thursday at a meeting of the Texas Committee on the Relation of Electricity to Agriculture, con ducted by F. C. Bolton, Chairman, and dean of Texas A. & M. College. “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands — one nation indivisible with liberty and jus tice for all. ,, Walton Stresses Importance of Sports Program in College At Banquet Here, Needed Summer Cotton School Students Welcomed by Dean Kyle Thursday Magician and Sing Song Features on Kapers Sat. Night The “Mysterious Howard,” famed magician, will be the fea ture attraction on the weekly Kadet Kapers program this Sat urday night at 6:15 in the As sembly Hall. This will mark the showman’s third appearance on the campus. Those who saw his other per formances say he is one of the best in the business, Howard’s favorite tricks are those done with cards and from all reports, he is very dexterious with them. Another feature on the program will be the singing of “Der ' Fuehrer’s Face” by all present and a special chorous by Ralph Greenberg. Also a contest will be held to determine the “Crabbiest Man at A. & M.” An announce ment of a new contest called the “All Service Singaroo” will be made and the details made known. According to Richard Jenkins, the show will be well worth while and should entertain all. Every one is invited to come and bring his date. Women Take Place Of Men In Many Engineering Phases Majoring in such college sub jects as dramatics and home eco nomics or doing secretarial work may have no connection with electrical engineering, but women with such backgrounds are now assisting experienced engineers in General Electric’s industrial en gineering department. Before the war, technical de tails regarding the sales and shipment of G-E electric equip ment were handled entirely by men who, following graduation from engineering schools, were given experience conducting prac tical tests on Company industrial apparatus. Because of the man power shortage and the small percentage of women graduating from technical schools, women with several years of secretarial experience and girls with college degrees in liberal arts are now being trained to handle as much of the technical work as pos sible. One girl studied fashion design and worked with a movie con cern previously. Another major ed in dramatics in college and was subsequently employed in a hospital. A third studied home economics and once worked as a playground instructor. Others majored in French and Italian, English, psychology and social sciences, with year courses in math or physics thrown in, but only two members of the group majored in math. Secretarial work is the background of the remaining members of the group. Former Aggie is Commissioned Ensign, Corpus Christi N. S. James B. Eldridge has joined the ranks of former Aggies now serv ing as officers in the United States Navy. He was graduated from the Naval Air Training Center, Cor pus Christi, on May 29, and was commissioned an ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve. He is the son of Mrs. Della A. Eldridge of Fort Worth. VISITS HERE Dr. Blau of Houston spent Thursday visiting on the Campus of A. & M. College with friends. The Texas CREA, which for almost twenty years has been fos tering rural electrification devel opment in Texas and working on rural electrification problems, is composed of electric service com pany executives, educators and farmers from various parts of the state. The Committee was formed in 1925, by combining a Rural Lines Committee, formed in 1921, by the Southwestern Public Serv ice Association, an organization of the electric utility companies op erating in Texas, and a similar committee, appointed in 1923 at A. & M. College of Texas to study the problems of rural electrifica tion. At a meeting called in 1935, at which Dr. Bolton was Chairman, the scope of the committee’s activ ities was widened and plans were completed for more intensive co operation in rural electrification work. It was pointed out by Dr. Bol ton at College Station Thursday that the Texas CREA occupies a position in the front ranks of such organizations of the entire coun try. “It has done a great deal of work,” he said, “in the application of electrical equipment to farm life. It has sponsored agricultural research programs, has been help ful in the development of low-cost rural electric lines, and has at all times been a center of support and a correlating agency in those movements which will further a constructive program of broad rural electrification. In view of the pending food problems incident to the war, the work of this Commit tee has become of even greater im portance than in the past.” “In its wartime program, the Texas Committee on the Relation of Electricity to Agriculture has three principal objectives,” pointed out P. T. Montfort, rural electrifi cation specialist of Texas A. & M. College and project director for the TCREA. “First of these is to help the farmer keep present elec trical equipment in operation; sec ond, to develop new methods and materials that have gone to war, and third, to continue research de velopment of new practices and equipment to be available after the war.” Mr. Montfort, in reporting on the activities of the Committee for the past year, pointed out that much homemade equipment had been developed at A. & M. for use in farming, such as poultry brood ers, pig brooders, food dehydra tors, egg cleaners, egg coolers, and farm refrigeration equipment. Plans for making and instructions for using this equipment have been furnished to county agents and electric service companies. Many of the electric companies have re printed these plans and instruc tions and circulated them widely among farmers over the state. CORRECTION In Thursday’s issue of the Bat talion, an announcement was car ried stating that Henry Koontz, Sheriff of Brazos county, and How ard Lee, College Station Chief of Police would be hosts to the FBI conference held at A. & M. June 17. This statement, which was is sued from the Houston office of the FBI, and was in error since Mr. Lee is not connected with the College Station police force at the present. The announcement should have read that Mr. Henry Koontz, Sheriff of Brazos county, and C. N. Surber, Chief of Police of Col lege Station, will be hosts to the FBI meeting June 17. LEAVES SATURDAY Jack Beasley, son of Col. Beas ley, former resident of College Station, is leaving today to return to West Point after having spent his furlough visiting on the cam pus. Young Beasley lived at Col lege Station and attended the Con solidated school. Ex Reports for Duty At Army Air Field At Carlsbad, N. M. First Lieutenant Price Hobgood has reported for duty'at the Carls bad 'Army Air Field, Carlsbad, New Mexico. He is the son of William H. Hob- good, Iradell, Texas. He is a graduate of Texas A. & M. College, College Station, Tex as, and was commissioned August 18, 1942, upon completion of O. T. S. HILLEL CLUB The first meeting of the sum mer semester of the Hillel Club will be held Sunday evening, June 13, at 6:30 p. m. at the Lounge Room of Sbisa Hall, it was an nounced Friday afternoon by Harold Bor of sky, president. Re freshments will be served, it was stated. All members and pros pective members of the club are urged to attend. Nazi Prisoners Loose In Texas TEMPLE, Texas—Indwig Jung, 21, and Harold Stalleicjen, 22, Ger man prisoners of war who escaped from North Camp Hood Wednes day morning, were still at large Thursday. Two others, Adolph Bodenberg and Rolf Zeischang, both 22, were captured Wednesday night. Earlier, military police had re ported the capture of the fifth es capee, Hans Massoeur, 21, at Flat, eight miles south of the intern ment cantonment. SIGNS TRADE PACT BILL WASHINGTON. — P r e s i dent Roosevelt Monday signed legisla tion extending for two years his authority to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements with other coun tries, and in doing so, raise or lower existing tariff rates as much as 50 per cent. The Singing Cadets are badly in need of a piano player who can read music fairly well and can spare the time that is needed for practicing. The position would be as assistant pianist. The need is urgent so anyone who thinks he would like to join the Cadets is urged to see Richard Jenkins at the Student Activities Office at once. Grove To Be Scene Of All-Service Men Dance Tonight, 8:30 The Grove will be the scene of a large ’rowd of dancers when Saturday night rolls around and all of the service men who are stationed on the campus have | their dates here. The dance will I start at 8:30 and will last until) 11:30 at which time the Aggies will have to leave for their dorms so as not to be late at C.Q. A juke box with records of all the na tionally known bands will feature the music which should be fast and snappy for those who like it and soothing waltzes as a change in tempo. Every Saturday night during the summer session will have, weather permitting, some sort of a dance with music of records on most of the nights but bands furnishing the danceable rhythm on special occasions. When a band is sched uled for a dance and the weather does not permit the holding of it at the Grove, Sbisa Hall will be used. Everyone is urged to bring his girl, wife, or just come stag and have three hours of enjoyment that would keep you from think ing about home all during the coming week. Jenkins who is in charge of the dance is especially anxious that the Grove be filled to capacity with dancers. At a banquet given for the newly appointed athletic officers, President T. O. Walton stressed the importance of the athletic program for the present semes ter. Dr. Walton enumerated sev eral letters he has received from Aggies in O.C.S. and these let ters show that in many cases the Aggies are setting the pace for their officers. Mrs. W. L. Penberthy, head of the athletic department outlined the intramural program. There are twenty-two different teams from the respective companys. In the case of tennis there are to be two seven and one eight team leagues. Baseball and volleyball will be divided into two leagues of eleven teams each. Elimina tion will be by round dobin. Track and Swimming meets are to be scheduled later in the summer and possibly other sports. Participation in intramurals will not be compulsory, but every one who can is urged to attend. Regular P. E. uniforms will be reg for intramurals as well. Batt Press Club Officers Elected Wednesday Night Wednesday night in Battalion Office, a Press Club Meeting was held and officers for the present semester were elected. Represen tatives from the Navy, Air Corps, and Engineers were present at the gathering. The officers elected were as fol lows: President, Sylvester Boone; Vice President, M. J. Kaff; Sec retary Treasurer, W. R. Peters; Parliamentarian, Robert Irving. Boone and Irving are Aggies while Kaff is with the Engineers and Peters a member of the Air Corps here. The executive council is made up of the afore named club of ficers and Lt Albert Kelly, of the Air Corps; Lt. T. Ricken- backer, of the Navy; L. D. Boone, Student Activities Head; and D. W. May, Student Publications Ad- vistor. Brazos D. A. R. Urges Flag Day Observation by Displaying Flag As a part of the Flag Day ob servance Monday, June 14, the Brazos County Chapter of the D.A.R. is urging every one to fly the United States Flag, ac cording to announcement made yesterday by Mrs. S. W. Bilsing, regent of the Chapter. Mrs. Bilsing expressed the chapters wish that as many of the flags of the Allied Nations as well as that of the United States, since all of these nations are fighting for a common cause —the liberation and freedom -of all oppressed peoples every where and for the preservation of free dom in the lands where it is not existing. The week of June 14-20 has been set aside as Flag Week, Mrs. Bilsing pointed out, by spe cial proclamation of Gov. Coke Stevenson. “A display of our flag will help us to be flag conscious,” Mrs. Bilsing stated. “Personally each person can take for himself the allegiance to the flag!” Free Movies Sunday At Assembly at 4; Sponsored by 0CD Free movies sponsored by the Office of Civilian Defense will be shown at the Assembly Hall at four o’clock Sunday afternoon. This week’s movie is The Nazis Strike, the second in the excellent series, Why We Fight. Bismarck, speaking for the Ger man nation said, “We will domi nate the whole world.” Few will deny that in 1914 Kaiser Wilhelm had the same purpose, and Hitler has expressed this to be his goal in every utterance and ruthless action §ince his coming to power. The Nazis Strike reviews the well calculated plans put into execution within and without Germany to bring about world conquest. Ger many’s geo-politicians set up a system of labor to produce war materials and more war materials. Experts and thousands of students were sent into every country as spies. Inside Germany all those who were not in sympathy with the plan of world conquest were either put to death or imprisoned in concentration camps. At the same time Herr Hitler was carrying on the most shame ful diplomatic program in history. Treaties were worthless scraps of paper which he signed to carry out his desires. In 1935, over the dead body of the treaty of Ver sailles, he declared national con scription in Germany, and soon every available man was goose stepping over Germany with eyes turned always outside her boun daries. How ironical and how madden ing now to see news reels of Cham berlain making the Munich Pact and returning to London with the self-destructive phrase, “Peace in our Time.” The most vivid, horrifying scenes of The Nazis Strike are those showing the German invasion of Poland and the gallant fight the Poles, outnumbered six to one in every way, put up. No one can doubt, watching the helpless anger and unbearable grief which the camera has caught on their faces as German bombers scream and roar above their riddled cities strewn with bodies of dead chil dren and women, that Poland will one day strike back. The movie ends with the en trance of Great Britain into the war and the heartening scene of Churchill speaking iron words of courage and vengeance to the English Parliament. Students attending the 34th Summer Cotton School were of ficially welcomed to the Agricul tural and Mechanical College of Texas Thursday by E. J. Kyle, dean of the School of Agricul ture, and heard the first lecture of the 1943 school Friday on “The Plant Breeder’s Contribution to Good Cotton,” by D. T. Killough, agronomist, specializing in cotton breeding for the Texas Agricul tural Experiment tSation. The 1943 school began May 31 and will continue until July 10. It is being conducted under the direction of Dr. Ide P. Trotter, head of the Department of Agron omy. Present takinge the course are about 50 students from Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, California, Oklahoma, Mexico, Peru and Ecua dor. Others have made reserva tions to come in during the sec ond and third two-weeks period. For the first time women have enrolled, present registration be ing four, three students and one listed as a visitor. Several author ities have stated that they lookde for women to help relieve the pres ent acute shortage of experienced cotton classers the same as they have gone into other lines of bus iness heretofore regarded as be longing exclusively to men. It was pointed out in Dean Kyle’s talk that cotton is the most important fiber grown, it should be the cheapest to produce, and he predicted that as a result of the war many new uses for cot ton will be found. Even in nor mal times at least 50 per cent of the people of the world have in sufficient clothing. When the con quered people of Europe and Asia are freed from Nazi and Japa nese bondage there should be a great demand for cotton for cloth ing and industry in those coun tries, he said. Dean Kyle predicted that the United States will come out of the war as the most powerful country in the world has ever known. Enumerating our air pow er in particular, and our lack of desire for territorial expansion he declared this country would be in a position to be of real serv ice to mankind by making our cargo planes and instruments of commerce between the countries of abundance and those in want. In this respect Dean Kyle sug gested that the nations of the western hemisphere, least touch ed by actual fighting on their soils, should take unified action in feeding and clothing the world. Classes in the cotton school be gan June 1. Lectures and recita tions have been held daily from 8:30 to 9:15 a. m., and grading and stapling from 9:30 a. m. un til noon, and from 1:30 until 3:30 p. m. It was pointed out by Dr. Trot ter that it is the custom to let the school get well under way be fore having lectures to the group by authorities on various phases of the cotton business. Mr. Kil- lough’s address was the first one scheduled in keeping with this practice. Later talks will be made by Dr. E. P. Humbert, head of the Department of Genetics; Dr. F. L. Thomas, chief of the Division of See SUMMER, Page 4 Aggie-ex Killed in North African Action Second Lieutenant Eugene D. Wilmeth, 22, King of the Texas A. & M. Cotton Ball in 1942 and Pres ident of the Agronomy Society during his senior year, was killed in action in North Africa May 7. Lieutenant Wilmeth, who was schooled at Fort Benning and Fort Knox after his graduation from A. & M. a year ago, went to Eng land last September and then to North Africa two months later. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wilmeth, of Ebony, and other relatives.