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*&&***? ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1943 VOLUME 43—NUMBER 57 Brazilian Soprano Appears on Town Hall Tonight Bidu Sayao Sings on Guion Hall Stage to Open Season Senior Class Election Held; Cox, Layton, Morvant In Class Sections For Football Games Are Set Up; Class ’45 Invited to Section At a meeting of the Senior class held Wednesday even ing at 7:00 o’clock in the Lounge of Sbisa Hall, Robert C. Cox of Dallas was elected president. J. H. Morvant of Sulfur, Louisiana, was elected vice- president of his class and Robert' 1 E. Layton of Waco was elected to the position of secretary-treasur er. Hank Avery, ex-sports editor of the Battalion who was given a medical discharge from the Army and who is now at school to fin ish his degree, was elected histor ian of the class of ’45. At the meeting the Senior Class made arrangements for the current semester. Art Graf presided at the meeting until the president was elected. The Senior class is com posed of all seniors on the campus, as there are not enough members of the Class of ’45 alone to be a sufficient representative body from that class. Those members of the Class of ’45 who are in the service at the College cannot act officially at any event, although they may attend by invitation any function spon sored by the Senior class. It was decided that the same class sections would be used at football games as used during previous years. A lay-out of the sections will be published in a later issue of the Battalion. Ac tivated seniors are naturally in vited to sit in the senior section at all football games. Organized Labor Is Viewed By College DETROIT, Michigan—A labor education program, new to De troit, has been started by Wayne University developed in coopera tion with representatives of or ganized labor in the Detroit area. The labor program represents the first attempt on the part of university authorities to set up an extensive series of studies designed to primarily fit the needs of the working man. The bulletin describing the pro gram lists 77 different courses in a dozen different fields, including accounting, art, economics, English, government, history, home econo mics, law, shop mathematics, mu sic, recreation, sociology and speech. “The sponsors of this venture are convinced that the worker needs university courses which deal specifically with his problems and which are streamlined and stripped of tedious non-essenti als,” Dr. Harrison B. Fagan, as sociate professor of economics at Wayne and co-ordinator of the labor program. Dr. Fagan stressed the fact that a number of courses had been intro duced which are of interest prima rily to women. He laid particular emphasis on personality clinic which will be directed by Myrtle Labbitt, local radio lecturer whose programs have a wide following. Student Employees Wanted At Once A number of jobs are available for students who desire work ac cording to W. R. Horsely, director of Student Employment . There are jobs in the mess hall, the Ex tension Service, Montgomery Ward, and other places around the cam pus. Thirty-five or forty student employees are needed. The Student Employment office is open all day long. Anyone in terested may see Mr. Horsely in Room 33 of the basement of the Administration Building. Chemists Training Being Speeded Up ROCHESTER, N. Y.—The supply of chemists and chemical engineers is drying up at the source, and within a year or two there will be no more fully trained graduates in these fields, says a report of the committee on the profession al training of chemist of the American Chemical Society. Pro fessor W. Albert Noyes, Jr., of the University of Rochester is chair- “The maximum time now allow ed by Selective Service for defer ment of students of chemistry and of other fields of technology is 24 months, ” it is explained. “It is the opinion of the committee that the present requirements cannot be met in less than two and two- thirds calendar years which would include eight semesters in an ac celerated tri-semester schedule.” “At present freshmen and sopho mores become eighteen years of age before they are within 24 months of graduation and cannot be feferred. The stream of tech nical students is therefore drying up at the source; already enroll ment is down to about one-third of normal. Unless some provision is made for a longer period of de ferment for chemists and engineers, within one or two more years, there will be no filly trained graduates in these technical fields.” The com mittee urged men already in ser vice to plan to return to college later to complete the standard re quirements for complete training. Aggie Sweetheart Is Presented At Saturday’s Game Hunter Escorts Queen; Cox Presents Bouquet; Band Plays Dedication Miss Lena Marie Adams, the Aggie Sweetheart, was officially crowned during the half of the T. C. U. game. Sumner Hunter, president of the junior class, es corted Lena Marie and Robert Cox, president of the senior class presented the bouquet from the corps. Just before thp coronation the 90-piece Aggie Band played “Let Me Call You Swettheart” in dedi cation to the sweetheart school, T. S. C. W. Immediately after the ceremony Col. R. J. Dunn led the band playing Tessie-land’s alma mater. The entire Aggie section, com posed of 2,000 Aggies and approx imately 500 Tessie-W-ites stood while alma maters of A. & M., T. S. C. W., and T. C. U. were play ed. The T. C. U. band came on the field immediately after the Aggie display. Theirs was a a display of twirling and marching in their purple and white uniforms. Their rendition of the “Aggie War Hymn” was especially welcomed in the Aggie section. Friday night before the game a dance had been given for the Aggies by the T. S. C. W. girls in the Union Building. The Campus Serenaders played for this dance while the N. T. A. C. orchestra played for a similar occasion in the T. C. U. gymnasium that same night. The two missing links in pro fessor A. A. Applegate’s journa lism clhss at Michigan State report ed late but in unison recently. When calling the roll, no reply came to the names of Eileen Fink and Marilyn Zink. A few seconds later the two missing class members entered. To Applegate’s query, “What are your names?’’ the two replied, “Fink and Zink.” Hitch-hiking Is Still Aggie Method of Travel By Ed Katten Hitchhiking has always been one of the greatest traditions of Aggie- land. People have heard of the Ag gies’ prowess at “thumbing” all over the country. Nearly every boy that made the L.S.U. game thumbed his way there and back at least as far as Houston. The one thing that makes Ag gies the greatest hitchhikers in the country is the traditions they have set down for hitch-hiking. In the “Old School,” one of the first things that every freshman was taught was how to hitchhike and its traditions. Today a freshman has to learn these things for him self. The first man in line does the thumbing for the whole group who stand away from the road a good distance. When a car stops, the man doing the thumbing asks the driver where he is going and the number of boys he can take. The men that ride in the car should im mediately introduce themselves to the driver—“Jones is my name” to men, and “My name is John Jones” to women. Never smoke without first getting the driver’s permis sion. These are but a few of the traditions that make the Aggies the world’s greatest thumbers. As said before, the Aggies at L.S.U. nearly all thumbed their way. The few that didn’t either had cars or rides with boys who did have cars. Some of their experi ences make better conversation than can be heard in most bull sessions in other schools. Most of the rides had to L.S.U. were in trucks. One group of boys rode in the back of a truck on top of some chicken crates filled with chickens. However, one boy was much luck ier than that. He got one through ride from Houston all the way to Baton Rouge. On the way back one group of boys rode in a truck from Baton Rouge to Lafayette. It was early in the morning and mighty cold. There was nothing in the truck but a bunch of burlap sacks. They took the sacks and covered themselves up and went to sleep. The driver had to wake them up in Lafayette. Probably there are some better stories from the Fort Worth Corps trip. Some of the boys didn’t leave until 3 Friday afternoon and still made Fort Worth by 9 Friday night. But everyone didn’t have this type of luck. One boy trav eled 720 miles getting up there and back. Then there was one group that had to ride in the back of a hog truck and push the hogs out of the way in order to stand up. On the whole the Aggies are still the hitchhikingest people in the world. Thumbing is getting harder and harder due to the ra tioning of gas and tires, but there will still be some Aggies on the road for a long time to come. If we keep up the traditions there will still be hitchhiking and it won’t get too bad. SINGER—Lovely Bidu Sayao, Metropolitan Opera soprano, will open the Town Hall season here tonight with a concert on the stage of Guion Hall. Miss Sayao will sing a concert divided into three parts, and will be accompanied by Milna Charnley at the piano. 100 Kyle Field Ushers Needed For This Season Approximately 100 men are needed to usher for the remain der of the football season for all home games, according to Coach Art Adamson. There will be no pay for the work done; however, each usher will be allowed to see the game free of charge. All men interested are request ed to meet woth Coach Adamson this evening at 6:10 p. m., in the swimming pool stands. Army Announce New Women’s Recruitment Plan Eligible Women To Choose Job They Wish To Be Assigned Service with the Army Air For ces in the job of their choice was made available to women today under a new Women Army Corps recruitment plan announced by the War Department. The campaign of tre Army Air Forces to fill its quota of enlistees will be inaugurated on a nation wide basis today, (Oct. 19.) Similar campaigns are planned by the Army Ground Forces and Army Service Forces. During the Army Air Forces re cruiting campaign all eligible wo men will be permitted to choose the type of job for which they wish to be recommended for assignment. A list has been compiled of eighteen occupational fields, representing more than 100 Army Air Forces positions, which volunteers will be allowed to uge as a guide in select ing the job for which they are fitted, and in which they are most interested. The War Department announce ment indicated that at least half of the specialized jobs for which qualified women are sought are clerical; however many will also be assigned as link trainer opera tors, radio operators, weather ob servers and control tower opera tors. The Army Air Forces job choice list open to women who enlist in the WACs during the present cam paign was said to be the out- gfowth of a close study of the ef fectiveness of women in certain positions in contact with men in the same work. An increase in the efficiency of Army Air Forces posts is therefore anticipated as a result of filling many of these jobs with qualified women. Women interestd in joining the WACs for service with the Army Air Forces will be given an oppor tunity to visit air bases and ob serve just how jobs in occupation al fields for which they would volunteer are being handled, thus (See ARMY, Page 3) Camera Club Will Have Meeting Wed. The A. & M. Camera Club will hold their regular meeting Wed nesday night at 7:30 in the tower of the Petroleum building, it was announced here today by Tom Pud- dy, sponsor of the organization. Items of interest to camera fans will be discussed as well as prac tical dark-room demonstrations given in the technique and art of picture developing. A discussion will be held on the lighting effects necessary to bring out the best qualities of the subject, it was stated. Servicemen on the campus who are interested in camera work and picture taking are urged to be present at this meeting and to become members of the club. * Also, it was stated, Freshmen and other members of the corps are urged to be present at this meeting if they are camera fans or have an interest in photography. BUT THAT EXTRA WAR BOND TODAY Eight Performances Make Season Best Ever To Appear on Campus; Full House Indicated Bidu Sayao, the enchanting Brazilian soprano, will ap pear on the stage of Guion Hall tonight at 8 p.m. Miss Sayao is the main attraction of the Town Hall program. The lovely singer was introduced into this country by Toscanini, who •chose the radiant prima donna for his soloist in Debussy’s “Blessed Damozel.” She sang with the Phil harmonic-Symphony Orchestra in Apirl, 1936, and received high praise from critics. The very next season, Bidu Sayao was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera and has starred there ever since. She has played the title roles of Mimi in “Boheme,” Rosina in “Barber of Seville,” Violetta in “Traviata,” Zerlina in “Don Gio- vanna,” Norina in “Don Pasquale,” Susanna in “Marriage of Figaro,” and Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet.” Slim, petite, dark-eyed with shining reddish brown hair and a very charming manner, Bidu Sayao is pretty by every international standard, being typically Latin in looks, She speaks Portugese, Spa nish, French, and Italian fluently and her “American” is progressing rapidly. Meanwhile a lively smile and extraordinary person magne tism atone for minor conversation al gaps. “I was bom in Rio de Janeiro,” states Miss Sayao. “As a little girl I was mad about the theatre. Un til I was fourteen I did not think of music very much. My family made me study piano and I must say, I had a little talent.” “But I always liked to sing and suddenly the idea came to me that I might become a singer. It was a happy idea and it didn’t frighten me at all. And so, unknown to my family I went to a noted voice teacher in Rio, Mme. Theodorini.” To make a long story short, her (See Brazilian, page 4) Freshmen Needed To Sell At Game Salesmen are needed for the concession at Kyle Field, it was stated this morning by Ben Waidhofer, manager, who urges all students, especially the Fresh men, that want to make money at the home games to take part in this activity. “It has long been the custom for Freshmen to help in this work and receive a commission on their sales. This year they are need ed worse than ever,” Waidhofer stated. “I would like to have as many report to me as possibly can.” Waidhofer also pointed out that any upper classmen wishing to make money during the home games, also report to him for service at the NTAC game here next Saturday. Instructions will be published in the Battalion Thursday Waid hofer stated. Here's That Absent Minded Prof Again The alarm clock situation in the nation is admittedly bad these days, but at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., is was more than critical for one coed. B. J. Lundquist’s alarm clock simply refused to run and so she toted it down to the local jeweler. Imagine her embarressment when the jeweler asked her if she had ever tried winding it, and, with a twist of the wrist, the time piece started in ticking again. BUY THAT SLICE OF VICTO RY TODAY!!! College Officials and Aggies Give Opinions on New Time By Max Mohnke Comments have been flying fast and furious about the new time system which started Monday morning. Everyone appreciated sleeping an extra hour yesterday morning, but as far as keeping this new routine—Well, that’s ano ther question. Opinions have been expressed pro and con in regard to moving the clock back an hour, and the Battalion has endeavored to gather a cross-section of the view points of a few of the people who are effected by it. Dean T. D. Brooks, dean of the school of Arts and Sciences, has this to say about it: “It’s necessary for all the Aggies and soldiers who live in the dormitories to recog nize this time, as it gives them the opportunity to more favorably space their activities. It is incon venient, however, for those people who have to come from Bryan for their day’s work. It’s unfortunate that the nation as a whole could not recognize the changes of time which each season produces.’’ L. O. Schaper, a five-year man in the school of Veterinary Med icine, says, “I guess it’s all right, but I’m married, and I don’t es pecially like to have to wait until six o’clock to get home. I can uti lize my studying time quite a bit better under the new management” Mrs. Shepherd, an employee in the Former Students Association, thinks that it is not up to her to say. “What has to be just has to be, I guess,” she added. A. M. Prescott, a Pre-Med So phomore, doesn’t relish the idea in the least. He added, “that extra hour’s sleep the other night was heavenly. It would be O. K., with me to be able to get that hour’s sleep every night, but I just don’t care to go to bed in the wee small hours of the morning.” Dr. Dan Russell, head of the So ciology Department, is very much against the idea. Dr. Russell said, “It doesn’t harmonize at all with the train schedules which have to be taken into consideration when changing the clock in any way. It doesn’t give me time to work in my garden. It wouldn’t be bad at all if the rest of the nation would go on the same schedule, but it is going to work a hardship on some people the way it is now.” R. E. James, a Sophomore En gineer, isn't too happy about mis sing that 12:19 train to Houston. “There’s going to be quite a few boys who are going to miss that train, as they won’t get out of class until one o’clock the way it is run now,” he commented. W. R. Horsley, head of the Place ment Office says this: “I’m agin’ it. I have no particular reason for University Has Census Collection GREENCASTLE, Ind.—The re markable growth of the United States census from 1790 to 1940, can be traced in the census collect ions at DePauw University. The DePauw collection, housed in the library, is one of the most complete of its kind in the nation. The library has recently purchased facsimiles of the 1790 and 1800 censuses, and already owns ori ginal copies of the censuses from 1840 to the present. The first census occupies only one tiny volume, and the informa tion given consists merely of counting noses, and dividing the people into classes according to sex, race and condition of servi tude. By 1840, the census bureau began to branch out o little in its mate rial. Deaf, dumb, blind and insane persons were tabulated. (Incidentally, Greencastle, home of DePauw, is certainly no boom town. In the census of 1840 its population was 2,258, and in 103 years it has grown only about 2500.) The census continued to expand, and the 1930 census is composed of 28 volumes including population, agricultural statistics, industry, distribution of population, tally of unemployment, state of the lands in the country and countless other topics. The 1940 census is even larger. The Honorable C. J. Hambro, president of the Norwegian Par- disliking it unless it is because IJ liament and of the League of Na tions assembly, is the headline speaker scheduled for the sixty- eighth annual session of the South east Missouri Teachers association. Every man enrolled in the V-5 unit of Illinois Wesleyan pur chased a war bond in the third loan drive. will miss a few games of tennis every week. W. B. Hardy, A Frog taking A- griculture, thinks it’s fine. “The only thing wrong with it is that I can’t get those week-end passes until an hour later,” he added.