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ROOM 5, ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 13. Terrell, Albright Lead Sophomore Class This Semester West, Herring Head First Men With Dates Let In Free At Prom All service men who bring dates ot the Juke Box Prom tonight will be admitted free. According to Richard Jenkins, there will be several pieces during which the man with a date will not have to fear the stag line cutting in on him. This is a new idea and if it works out to the satisfaction of all tonight, it will be used at the rest of the dances. Jenkins also stated that there will be more of the slow pieces playd for those who like them rather than the faster jitterbug ones. The admission price for the stags will be the usual 25c per person. The dance will start at 8:30 and end at 11:30. Everyone is invited to be there and all that can are asked to bring dates. Draft Board Doesn’t Know He’s in Army MAJORS FIELD, Texas—Lieut. Howard B. Duck, assistant physi cal training officer here*, has had three draft board notices since being commissioned in July, 1942. Last October the San Antonio draft board classified him 3-A. In January of this year he was made a 4-H and Tuesday he be came a 3-A(H). Intramural Results Are Announced by Physical Ed. Dept. Intramurals got into full sway at the beginning of the week. Al though there were some very good games in both soft ball and ten nis, there are still too many teams forfeiting their games. Of the seven tennis matches scheduled through Tuesday only two were played. The others were forfeited. The results were as fol lows: 1st Co. 3, 3rd Co. 0; Band 2, 2nd Co. 1; 6th Co. forfeit to 8th Co.; 2nd Co. forfeit to I Co.; 4th H. Q. Co. forfeit to I Co.; G Co. forfeit to 2nd H. Q. Co. Soft ball results were 5th Co. 9, 2nd Co. 1; 6th Co. 9, D Co. 3; 1st Co. 4, 3rd H. Q. Co. 2; 7th Co. 4, C Co. 3; 3rd Co. forfeit to 4th H. Q. Co.; F Co. forfeit to 3rd HQ Co. H Co. forfeit to 3rd Co.; B Co. forfeit to 5th Co. You Won’t Need Stamps for These BOSTON, Mass. — Good news for housewives: The Office of Price Administration says that no ration stamps are needed for al- mentejo, bgug-panir, daralag, eri- wani, gex, isigny, laguiole, qua- cheg, schafzieger, tali, tworog and vlasic. They are kinds of cheese. RATIONING DATA June 30.—Stamp 24, Ration Book 1, for one pound coffee expires. June 30.—Red Stamps, J. K, L, M and N for meats, fats, oils expire. June 30.—Second tire inspec tion for B gasoline book hold ers due. July 7.—Blue Stamps K, L and M (forty-eight points) for processed foods expire. July 21.—No. 6 basic A gaso line ration coupons expire. Aug. 15.—Stamp 13, Book 1, valid for five pounds sugar un til midnight. Aug. 31.—Second tire inspec tion on C gasoline book hold ers due. Oct. 31.—Dead line for valid ity of Stamps 15 and 16 for can ning sugar. Oct. 31.—Second tire inspec tion for A gasoline book hold ers due. The P. L. Downs, Jr. swimming pool as it looks just after being opened in the afternoon. The pool is open to students from 3 to 5:30 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. The time on Satur day and Sunday is 3 to 5. Faculty members, service men, and visitors of students are invited to use the pool from 6 to 7 every day except Sunday. A small charge is assessed those using the pool at this time. Coach Norton Issues Call to All Aggies Who Desire to Play College Football Report Tues. Coach Homer Norton Friday is-. sued a call for all boys interest ed in football to meet for a gen eral get-together and discussion of next fall’s prospects at the gymnasium next Tuesday after noon as soon after 5 p. m. as pos sible. “We want to meet every boy who played high school football, and every boy who has an ambi tion to play college football,” Coach Norton said. “In Septem ber we will have a football team to represent A. & M. College, and never will a boy have a better chance of making the Aggie eleven than during the coming season.” Coach Norton already has the names of more than 25 boys who have good prospects of remain ing in school throughout the next football season, but he wants to become acquainted with every boy in school who is interested in playing the game. The meeting will be held next Tuesday shortly after 5 p. m. in the gymnasium at Kyle Field, and will be over in plenty of time for supper formations, Coach Norton said. Painter In Jail Is Painting Jail HUNTINGTON, Ind. — The painting worries of the Hunting- ton County Sheriff, who had been patiently waiting for a contrac tor to get around to redecorating the jail, are over. The contractor’s painter, Wil fred G. Mygrants, is serving a ten- day sentence for drunken driving and the sheriff says he thinks Mygrants can do the job in ten days. Vice-presidents to Meet With Student Elections Committee There will be a meeting of the Student Elections Commit tee in room 101 of the Academic Building for the purpose of formulating rules of eligibility for selecting yell leaders. The Student Elections Committee is composed of the vice-presidents of each of the four semester classes. They are: 2nd semester Sophomore, Harvey Buck; 1st semester Sophomore, Bob Cher ry; 2nd semester Freshman, Bill Skinner; 1st semester Freshman, Earl Beesley. Singing Cadets to Close Membership Rolls Tues., 3:30 The Singing Cadets are closing their membership rolls at 5 p.m. Tuesday, and all who have not signed up as yet are urged to see Richard Jenkins, director, Satur day, Monday, or Tuesday after 3:30 at the Assembly Hall. This is important as the Cadets would like to get underway with some real practicing as soon as possible. An extra rehearsal period is be ing scheduled for Tuesday for the benefit of all those who have classes that interfere with the regular period of 4 p.m. every day. All who would like to join are urged, by Jenkins to act now by seeing him on the days mention ed. Large Intramural Meets To Be Held In Near Future According to W. L. Penberthy, Head of the Physical Education Department, there will be a table tennis tournament held for all Ag gies interested in the near future. There will also be an Intramur al track meet in which anyone can enter as well as a handball and a golf tournament to be held later on in the summer. A swimming j meet in which every company may enter its team will be held some time in the latter part of August. Medals will be given to the win ners and runners-up in each event. If the table tennis tournament has progressed far enough ulong by the time Cook and Cartland ar rive for .their war-bond games with challengers, the play-off might be held and the winners be the ones to play these two champions. All of the companies who are planning on entering their teams in any of these events are asked to get organized as soon as possible in order that there might be as little confusion as possible when the time comes for the games to be played. There is expected to be a keen competition in most all of these events. The Intramural track meet held last semester was very successful in most aspects and those who en tered said the sence of fair play in competition was very high. Crook Steals and Doesn’t Like It LOS ANGELES, Calif. — You in my opinion are the worst bunch of crooks on the coast,” said a postcard received Wednesday by H. M. Katz, owner of a gold-buy ing agency. The writer said one lot of sup posed gold he’d obtained from the Katz agency, bearing a $90 price tag, was worth only $4. “For reasons of my own, I wish to remain anonymous,” he added. Katz and the police department explained: the man had stolen brass which Katz had substituted for gold, as a precaution, in his show window. Aggie Party to be Given by Christian Church at 8 Tonight The A. & M. class of the First Christian Church is having a party on the lawn in back of the church for all who wish to attend. Games and stunts will be the entertain ment, but everyone who is a mem ber of the A. & M. class is invited to come if only for the fellowship with others in attendance. The par ty begins at 8 p. m. tonight, and E. G. Baily, class president, prom ises enjoyment for all in attend, ance. If you have a date, take her by for an hour or so and then leave if other plans have been •made for the rest of the evening. SummerCottonSchoolStudentsHaveRare Privekge of Hearing Cotton ExpertSpeak Cotton Production And Marketing is Topic of Speech Students in the 34th Summer Cotton School, being conducted at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas under the direc tion of Dr. Ide P. Trotter, head of the Department of Agronomy, were told Thursday that Texas is too large and growing conditions too varied for any one variety of cot ton to be considered the “best” from an overall standpoint. The speaker was James R. Ken nedy, chief of the Cotton and Fi ber Division of the Food Distribu tion Administration’s Southwest ern Region. This is part of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Kennedy’s headquarters are in Dallas. His address was one of a series by authorities on various phases of cotton production and marketing arranged for students in the 1943 school. Kennedy was no stranger to the surroundings from which he talked as he took a two-year course in cotton at the A. & M. College of Texas, later coming back and get ting a B. S. degree in Agricultural Administration in the class of 1928. While he agreed that there could be no one-variety for the State as Masons To Meet Tonight at Eight Called meeting Brazos Union Lodge No. 129 tonight at 8:00 o’clock. There will be work in the Master's Degree. All members and visiting brethren are cordially in vited to be present. A special in vitation is extended to members in the service. R. M. Searcy, W. M. J. W. Hall, Secretary. a whole, the speaker pointed out the many advantages of one-va riety communities and named sev eral such communities which had profited by this practice. By way of introduction, Kennedy told how the organization he rep resents is operated, the coverage of several cotton growing states in the Southwestern Region, how information and reports are sent out to the trade and how cotton is classed. “We are losing much of the po tential efficiency of our cotton production,” he declared, “through our present unorganized practicse, if measured in returns or profits for the farmers and compared with what might be found possible, if improved varieties and methods were regularly used in organized one-variety communities. “Pure seed in abundance can be produced only in communities that limit themselves ot one variety,” he Kenedy is Aggie-ex Of’28; Majored in Ag. Administration said. There is a distinct commer cial advantage in a uniform prod uct, it was pointed out, citing the area around Paris, Texas, where the cotton produced is in great demand by a large tire manufac turer. Within a one-variety com munity the growers are usually more progressive, not only an ade quate supply of good seed is as sured but it can be obtained at less cost, and there is less trouble at the gin. These are additional factors in favor of the one-variety program that were pointed out. Citing the different fiver lengths produced in Texas, Kennedy pre dicted that when the State as a whole produced a fiber averaging one inch in length Texas can com pete with any cotton growing state. Kennedy also gave details on the examinations to be given on July 3 by the Board of Examiners of the Cotton and Fiber Division. Four of the students in the 1943 school are scheduled to take the examination fdr license as Federal Cotton Classers, while about twelve will take examinations for Certifi cates of Proficiency. (See COTTON, Page 4) and2ndSemesterFreshmen Five Officers From Each Class Represented Were Elected by Popular Votes of Classmates The class officers of the four classes represented here at A. & M. were elected last week. The . second semester sophomores met in the Assembly Hall Wednesday and elect ed Bill Terrell to lead them as president. Harvey Buck elected vice-president, with Aggies are Urged To Attend Church Of Choice Sundays If you haven’t the church-going habit as yet, tomorrow is the best time with which to start and the following churches are listed to give you a chance to go to the one of your choice: First Baptist, Bell Street, Col lege Station. First Presbyterian, Guion Hall, College Station. St. Thomas Episcopal, Jersey Street, College Station. St. Mary’s Chapel, College Sta tion. Methodist Church, North Gate, College Station. Lutheran, Y.M.C.A. Chapel, Col lege Station. First Christian, S. College and 27th, Bryan. Jewish Services, Cabinet Room, Y. M. C. A., College Station. Christian Science, Y. M. C. A., College Station. Services are carried on every Sunday so you might worship as you please. It is the urgent wish of the Battalion staff that you at tend tomorrow and every Sunday during the coming semester. ■was John Cornish as Secretary and Tom Lentz as Treasurer. Harold Borofsky is the historian of the class. The first semester sophomores met in the Chapel in the Y.M.C.A. and elected F. Allbright as their president for this semester. The vice-president elected was Bob Cherry and the secretary, C. L. Brunow. S. Mikulinsky was elect ed as treasurer and Randell Kent as historian. The meeting of the second se mester freshmen was held in the Chapel of the Y.M.C.A. Thursday night and Charles West was elected president. Bill Skinner is the vice- president, Jack Jackson, secretary, Dan Winn, treasurer, and B. B. Wallace, the historian. The first semester freshmen held their meeting Thursday night in the Assembly Hall and elected the following officers: President, S. C. Herring; vice-president, E. G. Beesley; secretary, W. B. Cald well; treasurer, P. H. Donahue. Following the different meet ings, a general discussion was held concerning the balls and other class affairs to be held this semester. Kampus Kapers Show Tonight Tonight at 6:15 in the Assembly Hall, Kampus Kapers, formerly known as Kadet Kapers, will put on another all-service show for the free entertainment of all. Pat Barlow, singer, with Emily at the piano, now being featured on the stage at The Campus Thea ter, will appear on the program as an added attraction. Arrange ments are being made to have sev eral performers from the Air Corps to be present to give a well rounded program. An old and a new contest with prizes for the winners and a sing song are also on the bill. Featured on the Kadet Kapers show tonight will be the Dead End Kids of College Station, playing four harmonicas. These artists will be Martin Ismert, Francis Ames, T. F. Giglietta and Irvin Carvin of Squadron Three, ACTD. Also featured on the same pro gram will be an accordian and gui tar duet, played by Ramon Al- verez and David Campbell of Squadron Two, ACTD. Food Stamps To Be Valid on July 1 WASHINGTON. — Blue stamps N, P, and Q, from ration book No. 2 will be valid for buying pro cessed foods from July 1 to Aug ust 7, inclusive, the office of price administration announced. The June stamps, K, L, and M, will remain valid through July 7. Thus, for seven days, six blue stamps will be valid. OPA, in announcing that the July stamps would remain valid through August 7, said that sim ilar carry-over periods would be provided for subsequent months. In continuing the overlap of one week, OPA said it made shopping more convenient, particularly for persons living in remote sections. Red stamps, J, K, L, M, and N, used for the purchase of meats, fats, oils and cheeses, expire next Wednesday, and OPA urged that housewives spread out their pur chases to avoid last minute rushes at retail stores. Validity dates of red stamps to be used during July will be announced soon. Aggie Grad Goes To Carlsbad For Flying Training First Lieutenant Price Hobgood, Son of William H. Hobgood of Tredell, Texas, has reported ot the Carlsbad Army Air Field, Cars- bad, New Mexico, where he will be a student in the Air Forces Central Instructors School for Bombardiers. Lt. Hobgood is regularly sta tioned at the Carlsbad, New Mexi co Bombardier School. The Central Instructors School combines “refresher” courses in basic bombardiering with new techniques worked out in various commands. Officers back from com bat contribute their experiences. Students in the school return to their home stations to give cadet classes the benefit of their course at CBIS. His wife is the former Merle Plummar, of Dallas, Texas. Lt. Hobgood is a graduate of Texas A. & M. College. Saxton is New Head Of Aggie Cleaners; Buys From R. Rapp Announcement was made this week of the purchase of the Ag gie Cleaners at north gate by J. E. Saxton of College Station, who will continue the operation of the business at its present location. Mr. Saxton is an experienced operator in his line of work and is familiar with the A. & M. Col lege campus and with College Sta tion. He was in charge of the cleaning and dyeing department of the Aggie Cleaners until 1942 when he moved to Palestine to make his home. He recently re turned to College Station and last week purchased the business from R. C. Rapp. Elsewhere in this issue of the Battalion Mr. Saxton has inserted an advertisement setting out the policy of his business and invites the reader to turn to this ad. \