ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 42.
Season Tickets For Town Hall On Sale September 14
Final Ball To Be
Held Friday 17th;
Tickets $1.00 Per
Del Valle Orchestra
To Play; Dance In
Sbisa Hall 9 to 1
On Friday night September 17th
there will be a Final Ball in Sbisa
Hall from 9:00 ’til 1:00.
The music will be furnished by
the Dele Valle Orchestra under
the direction of Sgt. Jack Reams.
There have been two new addi
tions to the band and it promises
to be a good one. As many will
remember Sgt. Reams put on a
really fine show at the freshmen’s
dance two weeks ago.
All details have not been official
ly worked out yet but there are
plans afoot for a dormitory to be
vacated for dates Friday and also
for formal souvenirs to be hand
ed out at the dance.
The Final Ball is a custom at
A. & M. and has been observed
for some time. It will be the last
gathering together for many of
the Aggies, graduating seniors,
Army boys and others who won’t
be back for various reasons. The
Ball will be strictly an Aggie
dance and no Servicemen except
Aggies will be allowed to attend.
The tickets for the dance will
be $1.10 per.
WTAWRadio Club
To Hold Meeting
Wednesday Night
Wednesday night at 7:00 in the
WTAW Studios there will be a
meeting of the A. & M. Radio
Club.
On the program for the meet
ing will be a one-act play entitled
“Going Home,” and written by
Aron Leavinstein. There will also
be musical numbers, including
songs and piano numbers by mem
bers of the Club. Another rehear
sal of the radio quiz featuring
Aggies vs. Bryan girls will also
be held.
A rehearsal is scheduled for
this afternoon from 4:00 to 6:00.
Club members and all those inter
ested in joining are asked to at
tend.
The WTAW Studios are on the
4th floof of the Administration
Building.
Experiment Station
Has Reed McDonald
As New Chief Clerk
Further changes in the person
nel and assignments in the Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station
staff became public Saturday with
announcement that E. W. “Dean”
Hooker, for 15 years secretary and
ticket manager for the Athletic
Department, has become assistant
chief clerk; and that Samuel E.
“Doc” Asbury, assistant state
chemist, has reached the age of
limited service under college rules.
Hooker worked two years in the
A. & M. College fiscal office be
fore joining the Athletic Depart
ment, where he became popular
with former students for his adept
handling of the very touchy foot
ball ticket situation. Hooker was
not always able to produce “a pair
on the 50-yard-line,” but he nearly
always was able to dig up accept
able seats for those who neglect
ed to buy their tickets early.
Hooker succeeds Reed McDo
nald as assistant chief clerk as a
result of the latter’s promotion
to chief clerk. The change became
effective in September.
A portion of Hooker’s duties
with the Athletic department will
be handled by Paul L. Ferguson,
instructor in the Marketing and
Finance department, Dean E. J.
Kyle announced Saturday.
TOWN HALL ARTISTS—Upper left is a portion of the cast of the Philadelphia Opera to appear
here February 21; upper right is Bidu Sayao, opera singer to be presented October 19; left center
is Zino Francescatti, violinst, on March 7; center right is Carmen Amaya and her troop of gypsy
dancers on November 18; lower left is the Houston Symphony which will play on April 4, and lower
right is Richard Crooks, operatic tenor, who will sing here on January 20. Not pictured are the
Singing Cadets on December 14, and Joseph Dunninger, mind reader, on February 8.
Darnell Discusses Cows....
A. & M. Professor Says Milk Cleanliness Is Essential
For many years clean milk
producion has been emphasized
by the various health departments
and sanitary regulations have
been formulated governing the
production and handling of milk
and milk products for human con
sumption, according to A. L. Dar
nell, professor of dairy husbandry,
Texas A. & M. College. Before a
safe natural milk can be obtained
from a cow she must first be heal
thy and have a sound helthy ud
der.
“The occurance of abnormal
milk is generally due to bacterial
action,” Darnell said, “and one of
the causes of the infection of the
milk with bacteria is the inside
of the udder. A species of bac
teria found in the udder which is
the cause of mose cases of mas
titis and the resultant abnormali
ty in the milk is Streptococcus A-
galactiae. This organism is said
to be present in 90 to 95 per cent
of Streptococcus mastitis, and its
presence as in many cases very
difficult to detrmine. In severe
casese of infection the milk is so
changed that flakes or clots,
which can be readily detected, ap
pear in the milk, but in chronic
cases the product may be changed
in composition without its appear
ance being altered.
“The udder disease is of ex
treme importance to the dairy
industry. The annual loss to the
industry is estimated to be about
70 million dollars which s evi
dence that it is one of the most
serious diseases with which the
dairyman is confronted and during
the present time when every effort
should be made to conserve the
resources of the nation, every dai
ryman becomes more concerned
about the control of this disease.
“This great economic loss is
brought about through the loss
in milk production of the infected
cows. Many of these cows may
continue to secrete milk but it is
abnormal and cannot be used for
human consumption. In other
cows there is a loss of the entire
udder and the cow is a total loss
as a milk producer. In work at
the Connecticut Station it was
found that in a herd of cows
milked twice daily and with ordi
nary herd management practices
prevailed there was a loss of 12
per cent in milk production due
to mastitis infection in the cows.
The highest production herd con
sisted of 35 cows and in the low
production herd there were 22
cows. The production in some in
dividual cows in these two herds
was reduced as much as 40 per
cent whereas there were a few
cows that showed no reduction in
milk flow. Furthermore, with very
few exceptions there was a loss in
the per cent butter fat in the
milk, however, this loss was very
small., In both herds all foui*
quarters were infected, in the ca
ses considered in these data.
“The work of various authori
ties in the field of mastitis inves
tigations indicate that the average
incidence if infection among the
cows in the dairy herds investi
gated is from 30 to 50 per cent,
depending on the method of diag
nosis. About 90 per cent of the
cases have been found to be due
to the organism Streptococcus aga-
lactiae or mastitisdis. The usual
percentage of infection due to va
rious Staphylococcus and bacillus
organisms is about 10 per cent.
“Streptococcus responsible for
infectons in humans are sometimes
isolated from cases of mastitis
but are seldom responsible for
mastitis infections in cattle. These
organisms are usually harbored
in the udder of the cow tempora
rily and have little tendency to
establish themselves permanently.
“There is a large variety of
tests used to detect mastitis in
fections of the udder if the cow,
and the results of these tests in
dicate much variation in the sen-
sativity of the different tests.
However, at the present time the
results of several of the most
uniformly reliable tests are used
to diagnose the presence and na
ture of the infection.
These facts have been found to
detect at least 90 per cent of the
infected udders when checked, with
the blood plate laboratory test
which is used as a standard of
comparison. The blood agar me
thod of culturing and isolating
the streptococcus organism is the
only accurate method of deter
mining the presence of this or
ganism in the milk -of a cow. In
our work at this station the Hatis
(See CLEAN MILK, Page 3)
New Season Promises to Be
One of Best Presented Here
Tickets Are $2 for Aggies and Servicemen
College Staff and Local Residents Pay $5.00
The complete program for the 1943-44 Town Hall season
has been announced by the Town Hall Committee through
the Student Activities office, according to a statement re
leased this morning relative to this year’s entertainment.
•fEight programs have been con
tracted, it was stated, ranging
from operatic music to flamenco
dancing.
The schedule announced for the
season include Bidu Sayao, Metro
politan Opera soprano, who will
appear here October 19; Carmen
Amaya and her troop of gypsy
dancers, who will be the Town
Hall feature on November 18; the
Singing Cadets will be featured on
December 14; Richard Crooks,
Metropolitan Opera tenor, who will
appear on Town Hall January 20;
Joseph Dunninger, mind-reader,
will appear on Town Hall Febru
ary 8; the Philadelphia Opera,
featuring modern dress and con
temporary English combined with
the classics, will be the Town Hall
feature on February 21; Zino
Francescatti, violinist, will appear
on Town Hall March 7; and the
Houston Symphony, making its
seventh appearance on the campus
under auspices of Town Hall, will
be presented on April 4.
Reserved seat tickets will go on
sale Tuesday, September 14, with
booths in the Student Activities of
fice Room No. 3, Administration
Building and in the lobby of the
YMCA. No tickets will be sold
before nine o’clock Tuesday morn
ing, September 14, and no reserva
tions will be made by telephone.
Those interested in purchasing sea
son tickets for the 1943-44 Town
Hall programs must apply in per
son at one of the ticket booths set
up on the campus for the conven
ience of the public. Additional
booths will be set up in Bryan, the
location of which will be announc
ed later.
The booths will be supplied with
a floor plan of Guion Hall so those
(See TOWN HALL, Page 4)
Commencement for
Class of’44 Will
Be on September 17
Final Ball, Cadet
Review and Senior
Reception Planned
The commencement program for
the class of 1944 has been an
nounced by Dr. E. P. Humbert,
head of the commencement com
mittee. The program will take
place on the 17th of Septmber.
The schedule reads as follows:
Friday morning at 10:30, the
Baccalaureate Sermon will be de
livered by Reverend John Donaho
of the Ook Lawn Methodist Church,
Dallas, Texas.
A Cadet review is to be held
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The commencement processional
will begin at 7, Friday evening and
at 7:15, Commencement exercises
begin. The commencement address
will be delivered by L. J. Ward-
law of Fort Worth.
George James Charlebois of
Los Angeles, California, is to be
the Valedictorian speaker. The
acting-persident of the college will
confer the degrees. Diplomas will
be presented by F. M. Law, Pre
sident of the Board of Directors
of the College.
At 8:30, the reception for mem
bers of the graduating class and
their guests, former students and
their families, and members of the
faculty and their families, on the
lawn of the President’s home.
The Final Ball will be held at
Sbisa Hall at 10 o’clock.
Aggie-Ex’s Go To
Bombardier School
As Aviation Cadets
Aviation Cadets Hal D. Farmer
and Chas. W. Carpenter have just
arrived at the Big Spring Bom
bardier School it was announced by
Colonel Robert W. Warren, com
mandant of the school.
Cadet Farmer is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester L. Farmer of 511
N. Catherine St. in Terrell, Texas.
He graduated in 1941 from Ter
rell High School and attended Tex
as A. & M. College until he enter
ed the service of his country in
December, 1942. He lettered in foot
ball, softball and track, and play
ed the trumpet in muncipial band
for four years.
Carpenter’s wife lives at 901
N. Franklin St., Marshall, Texas.
His mother, Mrs. May M. Carpen
ter, lives at 1112 Bowie St., in
Texarkana. He attended Marshall
High School and Texas A&M Col
lege at College Station. Before en
tering the service he was employ
ed at a Clerk at Longhorn Ord
nance Works, Karnack, Texas.
Upon satisfactory completion of
his training here they will win
their silver wings as bombardiers
and be appointed a flying officers
in the Army Air Forces.
The Big Spring school, one of
the world’s largest bombing
colleges, graduates a new class of
“hell from heaven” men every
three weeks, and its outstanding
record for safety in the air has
earned for it the reputation of
being the safest school of its
type in the country.
Bombardier cadets spend many
long hours flying over the vast
(See AGGIE, Page 4)
Tuesday, September 7
6:02 a. m. Texas Farm and Home
Program, TQN; Extension—T.
R. Timm; Physical Education—
W. L. Penberthy
11:20 a. m. Musical Moment
11:25 a. m. Today’s Summary on
the Home Front
11:30 a. m. Current Economic Pro
blems
11:45 a. m. Chats to Texas Home
makers
11:55 a. m. News-Interviews
12:00 a. m. Sign-Off
Wednesday, September 8
6:02 a. m. Texas Farm and Home
Program, TQN; Triple A; Poul
try Husbandry—D. H. Reid
11:20 a. m. Musical Moment
11:25 a. m. Today’s Summary on
the Home Front
11:30 a. m. Treasury Star Parade
11:45 a. m. Brazos Valley Farm
and Home Program—Extension
Service
11:55 a. m. Air Corps News
12:00 a. m. Sign-Off
Thursday, September 9
6:02 a. m. Texas Farm and Home
Program, TQN; Extension Ser
vice—E. R. Eudaly
11:20 a. m. Musical Moment
11:25 a. m. Today’s Summary on
the Home Frout
11:30 a. m. Something to Read
11:40 a. m. Special Broadcast
11:45 a. m. Brazos Valley Farm
and Home Program—FSA
11:55 a. m. News-Interviews
12:00 a. m. Sign-Off
7:00 p. m. “Back the Attack”
7:30 p. m. Sign-Off