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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 49
Total Enrollment For This
Semester Goes Over 2,000
25% Increase Over Summer Total as 200
New Students Sign With Registrar
The latest count of registered students for the fall term
has reached the surprising total of 2033 according to a state
ment by H. L. Heaton, Registrar of the College. On Monday
the count had reached 1800, but students that registered
late raised the total approximate
ly 200 in only one day.
The new registration is a 40%
increase over the summer semes
ter. Of the total, 600 were new
freshmen. The Registrar’s office
had expected only 1,500 to come to
A. &M. this fall and the unexpect
ed number overflowed the available
dormitories.
Old students returning to school
this time found that the Military
Science curricum had changed
to a general course, called Branch
Immaterial. This course is design
ed to give all students a general
military study instead of a spec
ialized course.
WTAW Broadcasts
New Program to
Network In Texas
Beginning September 30 and
every Thursday thereafter at 11:15
a. m., WTAW, radio station of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege of Texas, will broadcast Jobs
Ahead, a program designed to ac
quaint the boys and girls of Texas
with the job opportunities open to
them in their home state.
Jobs Ahead is one of the pro
grams of the Texas School of the
Air, a state-wide educational ra
dio feature under the supervision
of John W. Gunstream, head of
the Radio and Visual Education
division of the State Department
of Education.
Produced under the direction of
J. J. Woolket, specific broadcasts
of Jobs Ahead are directed by C.
O. Spriggs and written by K. A.
Spaulding.
Programs originate in the stu
dios of WTAW and are broadcast
by the Texas Quality Network,
WFAA, Dallas; WBAP, Fort
Worth; WOAI, San Antonio, and
KPRC, Houston.
New Freshmen Get
Psychological
Tests This Week
Psychological examinations will
be given to all new freshmen in
the Assembly Hall on Thursday
and Friday of this week. Those
freshmen living in Dormitory 14
will take the tests on Thursday,
September 30, from 3:00 o’clock
until 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon.
Freshmen Day students and occu
pants of Dormitory 17 will take
these psychological examinations
Friday, October 1. Dr. W. A. Var-
vell, head of the Psychology De
partment, will administer the ex
aminations.
Authorized 'class excuses will be
given to all freshmen who miss a
scheduled class in order to take
the tests. The examination needs
no preparation and is not an en
trance requirement. It is only an
aid in the ultimate placement and
classification of freshmen on the
campus. However, it does form a
part of the student’s permanent
record and will be available to the
deans of each department, profes
sors, and future employers of the
students. To sum it up, Dr. Var-
vell stated that the examination is
simply “an attempt to measure the
student’s general ability.”
These results will be turned in
to the Committee of Test and Re
search and filed in the Student
Personnel Office and Registrar’s
Office.
Lawrence College is the only
member of the Midwest Conference
with a football team this year,
Reason: Lawrence is the only
school in the conference with a
Naval training unit eligible to play.
Some Batt Cards
Improperly Filled
The Student Activities Office
requests the attention of those
men who did not fill out their
Battalion cards cofrectly. These
men will not receive their Batta
lion until they have corrected
the cards.
A complete list of the men
who did not fill out their cards
right appears in the official no
tices column of today’s paper.
Those who have hot filled out
these cards and had their student
activities fee receipt stamped
are urged to do immediately.
This Is The Army
Showing In Bryan
On Next Tuesday
The premiere of “This Is The
Army” at the Palace Theatre in
Bryjfin, Tuesday, October 5, is
expected to have a capacity audi
ence, it was stated today. Tickets
are on sale at the Palace Theatre
in Bryan, and Aggieland Inn, at
College Station. All the money re
ceived from the sale of these
tickets goes into the Army Emer
gency Relief Fund. “This Is The
Army” is the screen version of
Irving Berlin’s stage show of the
same name. This play was a tre
mendous success on Broadway and
critics declare the picture to be
just as good. Before the show
Tuesday night the Bryan Field
Band will play in front of the the
atre and there will be a display of
Army equipment also a guard of
honor will be formed. Inside the
theatre several guest speakers will
be' featured, the band playing the
music of Berlin.
The Army Emergency Relief
Fund was organized to help the
Army “take care of its own.” It
was incorporated as a company un
der the laws of the District of
Columbia. The working organiza
tion is under the head of the
Adjutant General’s Department
It takes care of the needs of the
families of Army men. There is
now a AER division at every army
post. No job is too small for the
AER. They aid in obtaining family
allowances, tracing pay checks, and
even arranging marriages and bu
rials. With every penny of the re-
All Service Dances To Be
Held After Games This Fall
Three Dances Planned For Rest of Fall
All Planned As Victory Celebrations
Plans are being made by the Student Activities Office
to have all service dances after football games this fall. The
dances will have an orchestra to play for all of them.
These dances are initiated to take the place of the Corps
■Balls which were formally held
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—Photo by Tiny Standifer
RETREAT—One of the most impressive ceremonies of Aggieland is evening retreat, when the flag
in front of the Academic Building is lowered to the strains of the National Anthem, while the entire
corps and the military complement stand at attention.
More Openings For Bill Terrell Chosen Student Activities
Part Time Work Of
Students onCampus For This Season
The Students Placement Office
reports that there are between
250 and 300 boys who are employ
ed in various jobs around the cam
pus. No more applications will be
accepted for work in the Mess
Hall; however, there are still quite
a few openings for boys who might
desire other type of work.
W. R. Horseley, head of this de
partment, reminds all who are in
terested in working on the cam
pus, that this performance goes
on the permanent records that are.
kept in the Registrars Office. Rec
ords of this type are extremely val
uable to employers who might ask
for information concerning a stu
dent, as it is their one and only
means of actually learning some
thing about the applicant.
A student can rest assured that
this department will supply him
with a job that he is best fitted
for. His major field of work will
certainly be taken into considera
tion before attempting to supply
anyone with work. Then, too, work
ing will definitely not conflict with
an individual’s studying time.
Purdue
expected
University got an un
blackout this summer
when the campus’' first air raid
siren was being tested. By a
strange coincidence, the campus
power plant failed just as the si
ren test was about to begin!
ceipts going to the Army Emer
gency Relief Fund this cause will
be helped to the extent of several
hundred dollars by the Bryan I been in
event, it was stated. years.
Town Hall Manager Committee Appoint
Last Week For
Aggies To Buy New
Town Hall Tickets
Bill Terrell, second semester so
phomore president of the summer
session, was elected Town Hall
Manager by the Town Hall assist
ants Tuesday afternoon.
The meeting was held in the
Student Activities office with a
majority of the assistants' present.
Marvin Brown, Bill Terrell, Burl
Ervin, and James T. Mathis are
junior representatives from which
the manager was elected. Other as
sistants are Frank Albright, W. R.
Lipscomb, James G. Gabbard, C.
R. West, J. E. Jackson, J. D. Har
rington, Phil Donahue, Ed Farrow,
J. R. Dickson, and Joe B. Taylor.
These men will serve as ushers
and helpers during the coming sea
son.
In a discussion on the ticket
selling program, Bill Terrell urged
the assistants to try to sell all
tickets possible to Aggies before
the week ends. There is a possi
bility of a sell-out house and, in
this case, seats would not be avail
able for individual performances,
it was stated.
Tickets are being sold in each
dormitory by the assistants. An
outstanding schedule has caused
an increased demand, according to
the committee.
Boone As Editor
At a meeting of the Student
Activities committee held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock, H. Sylvester
Boone was named as editor-in-Chief
of the Battalion for the current
semester. Boone served as editor-
in-Chief of the summer semester
Battalion for a ten-issue period and
was president of the A. & M. Press
Club during that semester.
The Student Activities commit
tee is made up of Dr. Frank C.
Bolton, acting president of the Col
lege; George B. Wilcox, director of
Student Personnel; and D. W.
Wiliams, head of the animal hus
bandry department.
The appointment of Boone to this
position was based on the merit of
his work during the past semester,
it was stated. He began his of
ficial duties with this edition of
the Battalion.
Notice to Dog Owners
General Reveille has just been
awarded a 24 box case of Red
Heart Dog Food by the Dogs for
War Defense, but since she has
no desire for that type of food,
it seemed advisable to the com
mittee on making Rev a general
that the food be disposed of in
some other manner. It has been
suggested that the dog food be
sold to some person with a dog,
and the money go with the con
tributions already collected for a
portrait of Rev and the collar.
Anyone desiring this Red Heart
Dog Food may have it by calling
4-5444 and asking for the editor
of the Battalion or by writing
him at Box 557 and also setting
a price that will be given. This
offer pertains to either persons
or commercial houses. The Food
will be sold to someone by Sat
urday morning at 12 so call ear
ly.
Gates of the main barracks of
The Citadel in South Carolina have
use for more than 118
New Feature on
Station WTAW Is
“News of the Campus”
“News of the Campus” is a new
feature presented three times week
ly over Radio Station WTAW in
co-operation with The Battalion
newspaper on Monday, Wednesday
an dFriday, ta 4:45 on the first
two days mentioned and at 5:30 on
Friday. This will be a regular fea
ture of the station and news pre
sented over the newscast will be
taken from the columns of the
Battalion.
Sylvester Boone, editor, is news
commentator for the program.
WTAW Goes on
8-Hour Schedule
Texas A. & M.’s own radio sta
tion, WTAW, went on an eight-
hour-a-day schedule September 20
and will remain on that basis until
further notice. The programs be
gin at 10:00 a. m. and will afford
listening pleasure until 6:00 p. m.
in the evening.
The Federal Communications
Commission gave the authority to
broadcast longer hours this sum
mer. Since then WTAW has broad
cast on its own wave length and
prepared to expand to an all day
schedule. The eight hour program
is only temporary since the sta
tion plans to broadcast on longer
hours.
after Regimental Balls. They will
be for Aggies as well as the Air
Corps, Navy, Marine and ASTP
service men. The dances will be
held in the main dining hall of
Sbisa mess hall.
The Student Activities is trying
hard to obtain good orchestras for
these dances. To those who have
never been to Aggieland before,
these dances are something new
in the ^ay of social activity. Ori
ginally Corps Dances were planned
for the Saturday night after the
game in the afternoon. They were
played for by the band that played
for the Regimental Ball the night
before.
Footbsfll games will be on Octo
ber 23, November 6 and 25. The
dances will be held on those nights.
Texas Tech Game
Tickets On Sale
In answer to those students go
ing to the Texas Tech-A. & M.
game, tickets are now on sale at
the YMCA. Tickets for students
will cost $1.25 and other tickets
cost $2.50. It is necessary for all
persons to obtain their tickets by
Thursday afternoon since all un
sold tickets will he returned to
San Antonio after that date.
High Holiday
Services Began
September 28
Last night at 7:00 the Rosh
Hashonah services for the Jewish
Aggies and servicemen were be
gun. These services are those- for
the new year in the Jewish calen
dar, the new year being 5704.
Next week services for Yom Kip-
pur, the Day of Atonement will
be held. Dr. H. J. Ettlinger from
Austin conducted the services and
did an excellent job.
Highlighting the evening ser
vice was the presentation, before
services, of a holy scroll in which
is written the complete bible in
the original Hebrew text. These
scrolls are very rare and it was
only through the efforts of the
Bnai Brith and the kindness of
a synagogue in Houston that we
were able to secure a scroll or Sa
fer Torah to be kept here on the
campus for the duration.
Excused absences will be given
for all classes or C. Q. time missed
and all Jewish Aggies and service
men are urged to attend. The ser
vices will be held in the Y. M. C.
A. chapel.
BUY THAT EXTRA WAR BOND TODAY
"Key to Recreational Facilities'' Folder Being
Distributed by Student Activities Office
Now
By Sylvester Boone
A “Key to the Campus Recrea
tional Facilities” folder has been
released for the use of guests of
service men and Aggies. This fold
er has been prepared by the Stu
dent Activities office of the Col
lege and contains a list of the var
ious entertainments and recreation
al diversions that may be found on
the campus over the week-end or
during the week. Everyone is urg
ed to secure one of these folders
at the first opportunity and utilize
it to the greatest extent. This fild-
er will be given everyone if they
will call by the Student Activities
Office.
The first place of interest for
most people is the theater, and the
College owned Guion Hall is the
first stop when the latest screen
attractions are being shown on
the campus. Guion Hall is under
the direction of the Student Ac
tivities office, and an earnest ef
fort is made to have the very latest
shows on its screen at all times.
Physical Education is a part of
the Aggie’s rountine during the
war, but the gymnasium plays a
greater part in the life of the Ag
gie and service men in his leisure
time. The gym is open every day
from 8 a.m. to mess call. Students
and service men are urged to use
the gym where every facility is
open to them. Tennis courts are
also available.
The P. L. Downs, Jr. Natatorium
which has the distinction of being
the largest indoor swimming pool
in the United States is open each
day of the week from 3 p.m. to
mess call for the use* of service
men and Aggies. No charge is
made so it is the urgent wish of
the college that this pool be used.
Every health precaution is made to
keep everything sanitary and the
chlorinating system that is used
helps to do this.
For those who like to read, the
College Library offers its facilities
of 199 magazines, 25 newspapers,
a music room with 1200 classical
records and 444 books on music,
and a total of 105,000 books. Read
ing and smoking rooms besides the
browsing room which is complete
with readable books on open
shelves, are maintained for the
use of Aggies and service men.
A lounge and a recreation hall
for sailors and marines can be
found at the new area, south east
of the campus. Phones, reading
rooms, pianos, ping-pong, and other
facilities may be found at one
of the recreation spots.
Duncan and Sbisa, the two
large dining halls of the college
serve all the Aggies and service
men their regular mess, but they
also have facilities for holding
dances and other social affairs
from time to time. Sbisa has a
floor space that is large enough
to hold as large a dance as could
be wished for. Banquets are also
held in Sbisa. Use of the dance
floor and banquet room facilities
may be had upon application to
the Student Activities office.
The Saturday Service Show and
the Saturday Service Dances are
the features of the week-end. The
Assembly Hall is the scene of the
Show at 6:15 and is under the
supervision of the Student Activi
ties office as is the dance. The
Grove has dancing under the stars
for service men and Aggies every
Saturday night from 8:30 to 11:30.
Church goers may find the
church of his choice in the folder
where every church is listed.
Churches of the campus are the
Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian,
Christian, Catholic, Church of
Christ, Episcopal, Lutheran,
Scientists, Jewish, and Morman.
The Y. M. C. A. will help in lo
cating these various churches.
Town Hall is the chief entertain
ment of the fall semester because
it is at this time that the top
performers of the country appear
before the audience composed of
Aggies, and now service men are
added since the war has begun.
Tickets can be purchased at the
special price for service men and
Aggies at the Student Activities
Office.
The Y. M. C. A. has facilities for
any and everything that is recrea
tional or literary. Newspapers,
stationery, lounges, information,
billiards, bowling—all of this may
be found at the “Y”. Friends who
happen to be visiting Aggies or
service men may find this an ex
cellent place to sit and talk or
read.
A number of these folders have
been prepared by the Student Ac
tivities office, and it is their wish
that you get one and find the
places about the campus. The fold
ers are free, and they will help
you during your first days at Ag
gieland. The Activities office has
done this for your convenience,
and if there is any additional in
formation that you need, you are
reminded that they are at your
service by calling 4-5324 or by
visiting their office at Room 3 of
the Administration office.
Changes Made
In Several Courses
By the Registrar
According to H. L. Heaton, reg
istrar, students who need to regis
ter for Chemistry 101 or 102 should
report to the Chemistry Building,
Room 116, for an assignment to a
section.
Military Science 321 has been
withdrawn for the schedule and
will not be offered this semester.
Students who may have register
ed for this course should report
to their respective Deans for a
change in registration.
Bidu Sayao To Be
On Radio Sunday
Bidu Sayao, Metropolitan opera
soprano, who will sing on the Town
Hall program here October 19 Will
appear on the Coca-Cola program
Sunday, October 3 at 3:30 o’clock,
according to an announcement made
here Wednesday afternoon. Those
interesting in hearing Miss Sayao
are urged to listen to this program
and to hear what is in store for
them when she presents her con
cert here next month.
Miss Sayao will be the first of
the series of eight Town Hall fea
tures that will be presented during
the 1943-44 season. Season tickets
are now on sale at the Student Ac
tivities office and af the box of
fice of the Guion Hall, with the
season reserved ticket selling for
(See SAYAO, Page 4)