“It’s Town Hall Tonight!”
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1943
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 80
Town Hall Presents Singing Cadets Tonight at Guhtn
Thirty-Five Aggies Sing to
Local Audience at 8 P. M.
Degree Candidates Must
Fde Applications Now
December 15 Is Deadline For Applying;
Thirty-two Graduates Is Present Total
Wednesday, December 15, is the deadline for candidates
for degrees to file applications to be conferred at the end
of the current semester, it was announced by H. L. Heaton,
Register of the College. Unless application for the degree
is made by this time, the degree
cannot be issued at the commence
ment exercises.
This deadline applies to both
graduate and undergraduate stu
dents now enrolled in college, and
applicants are reminded to take
note of the date. Applications
should be filed at once in the Regis
trar’s Office on the first floor of
the Administration Building.
At present only thirty-two can
didates have filed applications out
of the entire senior class. This is
anexceptionally small graduating
class due to the fact that there are
a great many upper-classmen who
have been activated into the armed
Horticulture Club
Begins 2-Day Show
The twelfth annual Horticul
ture show began in the Agricultu
ral Engineering Building yester
day afternoon at one and will con
tinue through 5 p. m. this after
noon. This how is held each year
for the benefit of the Horticultural
Society of the students of the Tex
as A. & M College.
This will be the first event at
college to include the dehydration
of fruits and vegetables as well as
the machines used in processing
them even though the show is
stripped of some of its finery of
pre-war days. A number of tropical
and sub-tropical fruits will be on
display.
Fresh Valley citrus, pecans, ap
ples, vegetables, and holiday spe
cialties will be on sale.
iPress Club To Meet
Wed. in Lounge
There will be a meeting of the
Press Club tomorrow night, Decem
ber 15, in the Lounge of Sbisa
Dining Hall beginning at 7 o’clock.
All members are requested to be
present, as plans will be made for
the acommodations of the members
of the T. S. C. W. publication.
The meeting of last week had
to be postponed because of the
many hometown club meetings held
at that time.
Galveston Club to Plan
For Xmas Dance at
Meet On Next Wed.
The Galveston County A. & M.
Club will have a meeting on Wed
nesday night, December 15, at 7
o’clock in room 209 of the Acade
mic Building. The purpose of the
meeting is to discuss final plans
for the annual Christmas dance.
Everyone from Galveston Coun
ty is urged to attend this impor
tant meeting.
T.S.C.W. Professors
Poll Campus on 4th
Term Possibilities
Roosevelt is Favorite
Of Girls If World War
Conditions Continue
Yes, Fourth Term—voted the
majority of the students in a re
cent poll conducted by govern
ment professors R. E. Jackson
and Paul P. Young. The question
was—Would you be in favor of
a fourth term for Roosevelt? Of
the 260 ballots cast, 152 were in
favor of Roosevelt, 66 against, and
42 were undecided.
Affirmative votes, however, were
qualified, “If the war is still
going on, it would be unwise to
change leaders. Otherwise, Roose
velt probably would not even run.”
Those who were undecided con
sidered this possibility, but anti-
Roosevelts stated that other men
were equally as capable of running
the war. One girl put it—“A new
transfusion might speed up the ac
tion in Washington.”
Only one student mentioned
Willkie in preference to the Presi
dent; several others Indicated they
preferred a fourth term to his
election. Nearly half of those
against Roosevelt thought that the
Republicans should be given a
chance, and most of them said that
16 years in the White House for
Roosevelt would be too much like a
dictatorship. One even suggested
that it was unconstitutional and a
surrendering of state rights, a
highly debatable point.
Strong Democrats preferred
Roosevelt for his capability, ex
perience, acceptance by foreign
allies, and Democratic standing.
Anti-sentiment disapproved of
his assuming too much power, his
labor and farm policies, his bu
reaucracy and loose management,
his family, and his health and age.
They also reasoned that a Repub
lican Congress would not be in ac
cord with his views and would
cause much confusion, stating that
they believed the Republicans would
place many members in Congress
this election.
Boards Asked to Defer
Fathers^Unless Other
Stocks a re Depleted
General Bershey, director of se
lective service, told the House Mili
tary Affiars Committee that all
draft boards have been instructed
to use every possible means to
defer pre-war fathers as long as
possible. However, the quotas must
be filled and Chairman May added
that: “if they cannot get men any
other way they are going to have
to take fathers.”
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AGGIELAND’S SINGING CADETS Pictured above is the group of Singing Cadets who will appear on
Town Hall as its third feature of the season at Guion Hall tonight, December 14, at 8 o’clock.
Eudaly, Trench Silo Enthusiast, New
Director of State Extension Service
Producers Of Pure
Seed Are In Front
Line Ag Trenches
Genetics Head Just
Returns From ICIA
25th Annual M«et n
The producer of pure seed is
recognized as being in the front
line trenches of agriculture in the
matter of food production, and
every effort must be made to live
up to the responsibilities imposed,
Dr. E. P. Humbert, head of the
Department of Genetics of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege of Texas, said today.
Dr. Humbert has just returned
from Chicago where he conferred
and worked a week with other re
presentatives of crop improve
ment associations at the 25th an
nual meeting of the International
Crop Improvement Association. He
is a member of the executive com
mittee of this organization.
(See PRODUCERS, Page 3)
Law Announces Appointment Sunday;
Election By Board Was Unanimous
E. R. Eudaly, the man who introduced the trench silo to
Texas, and aggressively promoted its acceptance to the point
where there are 40,000 in use, has been selected as the new
director of the extension service of A. & M. college, it was
announced here Sunday by F. W.4
Law, president of the board of
directors.
James D. Prewitt, West Texas
district agent, has been named
vice-director and state agent, and
will immediately assume the duties
of acting director, pending approv
al of Eudaly’s appointment by the
United States department of agri
culture, Law also announced.
Formal action on the appoint
ment of Eudaly came after four
months of careful consideration of
the back-ground and qualifications
of various men, Law said, in a
special meeting held Saturday in
San Antonio. The election of Eudaly
was unanimous, as was the selec
tion of Prewitt as vice director
and state agent.
Since termination of the direc
torship of H. H. Williamson, now
agricultural consultant to the of
fice of price administration, the
extension service has been directed
by George Adams, formerly vice
director and state agent. Prewitt
will relieve Adams of administra
tion functions immediately. Mr.
Adams’ plans were not announced.
The Texas Extension Service is
a joint cooperative agency of the
A. & M. college and the U. S. D.
A., and the director is chosen by
the A. & M. board subject to ap
proval of the U. S. D. A., since
federal funds are used by the ex
tension service.
Eudaly has been dairy specialist
for the extension service since 1931.
He is the son of an early day
county agricultural agent. His
father, George W. Eudaly, served
the extension service in Hamilton
county, where he had lived since
1896, from 1910 until 1912 until
his death in 1916.
Eudaly, born in Milam county
July 20, 1887, was reared near
Hico, Hamilton county. After at
tending Hico schools he entered
Texas A. & M. college and was
graduated with a degree in animal
husbandry in 1910 He worked on a
master’s degree at Alabama Poly
technic institute, Auburn, Ala.,
during the 1910-1911 year.
His first post-college employment
was with the bureau of animal in
industry, U. S. D. A., Washington,
but in 1913 accepted the position of
livestock specialist for the Queen
and Crescent railroad. After two
years he resigned and farmed in
Hamilton county until July 1922,
when he was appointed county agri
cultural agent for McLennan coun
ty with headquarters at Waco.
Abilene Club Meets
For Reorganization
On Wednesday evening, Decern
her 8, the Abilene A. & M. Club
met for the purpose of reorganiza
tion. Gene Goltz was elected to the
presidency, and Beverly Reeves,
vice-president. Charles Hay was
elected secretary, and the position
of treasurer went to W. G. Jen
kins. Roy Reynolds was elected
sergeant-at-arms.
Plans for the Christmas party
were discussed, the completion of
which will be made at the next
meting, which will be December
15, at 7 o’clock in the Academic
Building. All Aggies from Abilene
are reminded to attend this meet
ing.
While he was county agent,
which ended in 1926, Eudaly gain
ed nation-wide recognition for his
greatest achievement in livestock
work by supervising the feeding of
the world’s record ton-litter of hogs
in competition with feeders in
most of the other states. From
1926-29 he served as swine spe
cialist on the extension service
staff.
In 1931, he returned to the service
as special agent, and then became
dairy specialist.
Law states upon the appointment
of Eudaly to his new position. “He
is eminently qualified and has the
unanimous cooperation of the board
of directors.”
"TyphusFeverHelpsShapeWorld
History” Soys Dr. L Anigstein
By Jim Gabbard
“Typhus fever has been an im
portant factor in the shaping of
world history” stated Dr. Ludwik
Anigstein in his lecture on the
Rickettsial diseases, sponsored by
the Pre-Medical Society on Wed
nesday, December 8. A captain in
the Russian Medical Corps during
World War I, he has first hand
accounts of the effect of the tiny
lice—and tick-bom killers on an
army in battle conditions. The re
duction of Napoleon's proud army
of 64,000 to a pitiful 14,000 during
his winter in Russia was due to
a great extent to the lack of im
munity of the Prussian invaders
to the Rickettsia, said Dr. Anig
stein. “Q” fever, spotted fever,
and Camp Bullis fever. The Rick
ettsia, a group of organisms in
termediate between the filterable
viruses and true bacteria. Dr.
Anigstein discussed the features
of these diseases and dwelled es
pecially of their modes of trans
mission, lice, ticks, and mites. “The
rickettsial diseases are caused by
unsanitary conditions, congestion,
and a general lack of self-respect,”
he stated. As these conditions are
so beautifully supplied by war-time
maladjustments, the diseases are
particularly prevalent and deadly
at this time.
Steps toward giving our fighting
men protection against the Rickett
sia were discussed when Dr. Anig
stein told of the immunization pro- j
cedures developed. He also ex
plained the Weil-Felix test, an in
dicator of rickettsial infection.
Bom in Warsaw, Poland, Dr.
Anigstein holds a degree from the
University of Heidelberg and
degrees of Doctor of Medicine from
the University of Poznan (Poland)
and tho Imperial Russian Univer
sity at Dorpat. His specialization
was developed in post-graduate
work at the London School of Trop
ical Medicine and Hygiene. He
was Surkecn and Epidemiologist
of the Russian Army in the rank
of captain; later he served as a
member of the Malaria Commis
sion of the League of Nations in
collective studies in Europe, Africa,
(See TYPHUS, Page 2)
Third Feature of Season Promises to Meet
Warm Response; Only Show of Cadets Here
The Singing Cadets of Aggieland and guest artist Wal
ter K. Kerr of Austin promise to render one of the most
popular programs that Town Hall has presented this year
when they appear at Guion Hall tonight under the direction
♦of Euell Porter of Bryan.
The widely acclaimed all-male
choir that has advertised A. & M.
throughout the state of Texas will
furnish a wide range of favorites
demonstrating their versatility and
captivating any type of audience.
The numbers will delve from Rich
ter’s classical “Creation” to Wolfe’s
ever-popular “Short’nin’ Bread”
The program is arranged as fol
lows:
The Star Spangled Banner, arr.
by Smith.
Prayer of Thanksgiving, Krem-
Texas U. Plans For
United Science Club
Modeled After A&M
Representative Of T. U.
Biology Dept. Examines
Actions of Club Here
Dr. Fred Barkley, of the Biology
Department of the University of
Texas was a visitor on the campus
this past week-end in the interest
of having a United Science Club
organized at the University of Tex
as and to be modeled after our
organization now in operation here.
In a letter received by Dr. C. C.
Doak, Head of the Biology Depart
ment, from Dr. Barkley it was in
dicated that the organization of
this club was a certain success in
the near future.
The A. & M. United Science
Club is the one which the Univer
sity of Texas will use as a model
for the organization of its club.
The A. & M. United Science Club
has long been a progressive club
in the field of Science, this being
one reason the University has cho
sen it to use as its model.
This club is made up of the sev
eral science clubs on the campus
and once a semester instead of
their regular individual meeting,
meet as a group and hold contests
for the best science achievements
of the particular semester. Prizes
are given the ones having the high
est achievements.
During the present - war emer
gency and an absence of students
from school, the A. & M. United
Science Club has somewhat de
creased in its active work but the
skeleton of the club Is being held
together so that immediately after
the war old-time standing can be
easily reattained.
Old Crusaders’ Hymn (Beautiful
Savious), arr. by Riegger.
Blow, Trumpets, Blow, James.
The Creation, Richter.
Shepherd See Thy Horse’s Foam
ing Mane, Speaks.
Hangman, Hangman, Enders.
Walter K. Kerr, Baritone; Eldon
Sutton, Accompanist.
Houston A&M Club to
Meet Wednesday Nite
The Houston A. and M. Club will
hold the first meeting of the pres
ent semester on Wednesday even
ing, December 15, at 7 o’clock in
the rotunda of the Academic Build
ing. Officers will be elected and
plans will be made for the Hous
ton Club dance will be discussed.
Since very little time remains
for preparations for the dance, ev
eryone will have to work hard if
the dance is to be a success. All
Aggies from .Houston are request
ed to attend.
Aggie-ex Recently
Assigned to Duty
Second Lieutenant Thomas S.
Barth, graduate of A. & M., in
January, 1943, who was recently
commissioned in the Marine Corps
Reserve, graduated this last week
from the Field Artillery Course of
Marine Corps Schools, located at
Quantico, Virginia. He has now
been assigned to active duty with a
combat organization.
Lieutenant Barth, while attend
ing A. &M., majored in Civil En
gineering and graduated with a
B. S. Degree. He is the son of Wal
ter W. Barth of Mercedes, Texas. 1 tend this important meeting.
America’s Calling, Wilson.
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve
Seen, Grant.
Short’nin’ Bread, Wolfe.
The Song of the Jolly Roger,
Candish.
What Do You Do in the Infantry,
Loesser.
Route Marchin’, Stoke-Kipling.
De Glory Road, Jacques Wolfe.
Walter K. Kerr, Baritone; Eldon
Sutton, Accompanist.
Song of America, Southey.
The Marines’ Hymn, Ringwald.
The Bells of St. Mary’s, Adams.
First Noel, arr. Darby.
Silent Night, arr. Darby.
Auld Lang Syne, arr. Darby.
Spirit of Aggieland, arr. Darby,
Taps, arr. Darby.
The baritone soloist is the pres
ent director of the student choir
at University Methodist Church in
Austin. For a number of years his
voice has earned wide appraisal
throughout the Southwest. He was
the featured soloist with the Hard-
in-Simmons Colege Band when it
toured Europe in 1930.
While in college, he started in
the leading roles of a number of
operettas including “The Mikado”,
“H. M. S. Pinafore”, and “Bohe
mian Girl”. The San Antonio Civic
Opera Company featured his bari
tone for an entire season
The tenor guest artist will be
the director of the Singing Cadets,
Euell Porter, who is replacing
Richard W. Jenkins in this capac
ity. Jenkins has accepted the new
position of associate professor of
music at the North Texas Agricul
tural College in Arlington. Prev
iously Porter directed the A Ca-
(See TOWN HALL, Page 4)
Dallas A. & M. Club
To Hold Meeting at 7
Wed. in E. E. Building
Conrad Sommers, president of
the Dallas A. and M. Club, an
nounced Monday afternoon that
there will be a meeting of the
club on Wednesday, December 15,
in the Electrical Engineering Lec
ture room at 7 o’clock.
Preliminary plans for the
Christmas dance were made last
week in the meeting in "which the
officers were elected. Final plans
will be made at this coming meet
ing. All members are urged to at-