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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1944
VOLUME 43—NUMBER 103
Extension Service
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Concert lour On Weekend information Asst
Singing Cadets Will Make
Performances Presented at Army Camp,
U.S.O. and Churches Are On Program
. Next weekend the Singing Cadets will make an excur
sion to Camp Swift, San Antonio, and New Braunfels in a
concert tour which is the first of the spring season.
The cadets will leave for the army camp, their first stop,
on Friday afternoon, February 25th, on a bus. At eight o’clock
in the evening they will perform for the personnel with their
musical voices and some extra acts.
Arrangements for their appearance
at Camp Swift were conducted by
Capt. Robert B. Tate, Special Serv
ice Officer of the post. The group
will be the guests of the officers
and men and after a night’s lodg
ing in the barracks will journey to
San Antonio.
In that city, the Singing Cadets
will present their repertoire at the
U.S.O. club at 422 North Alamo
from 7:30 until 8:30 p.m. W. T.
Bolger, Associate Regional Direc
tor of the U.S.O. secured the cadets
for this program.
At a spiritual program at the
Laurel Heights Methodist Church
Sunday morning the group will of
fer some special music and will be
entertained at a lunch following
their performance. The purpose of
the affair is to benefit the fund to
build a larger Methodist church on
the campus of A. and M. after the
war.
The cadets will be guests of the
New Braunfels Methodist Church
Sunday night when they appear in
that city at another rally to raise
church funds. Following this pres
entation the singers will return to
the campus.
There are to be some special
numbers rendered by Pinky Hall
on -the niano: MarviS BroWR wjV
appear as a magician in the pro
gram at Camp Swift. Negro spir
ituals and novelties are also in the
repertoire of the club for presenta
tion to their audiences.
Zino Francescatti
To Play Violin On
Town Hall Program
Next Attraction To Be On
Guion Hall Stage March
Seventh; Famed Musician
Zino Francescatti, violinist, who
plays here on March 7, on Texas
A. & M. Town Hall, has been
called “worthy of the mantle of
Paganini” and as a matter of fact
the glory of that supreme virtuoso
comes to him by direct heredity.
Francescatti’s father, a naturalized
Frenchman of Italian birth, played
the ’cello with the Concerts Class-
ique orchestra in Marseilles where
Zino was born. The elder Fran
cescatti had studied the violin
with Sivori who in turn had been
the only direct pupil of Paganini.
In the Francescatti household the
personality of Paganini was a liv
ing presence.
Francescatti remembers the
stories his father heard from Sivori
about Paganini. Until he met
Sivori, Paganini had never shown
any interest in having pupils. In
stead he went to great lengths to
conceal the secrets of his miracu
lous technique. He himself did
almost no practicing between con
cert appearances. Having worked
feverishly all through childhood
and youth to perfect his art he
determined to use the time when
he wasn’t earning money in en
joying himself. Jealous fiddlers
of the day spread rumors that
Paganini’s unheard of mastery
could only come from the devil.
See ZINO, Page 2
Same Name; Just
Different People
Fargo, N. D.—One Erickson has
replaced another as North Dakota
Agricultural college extension serv
ice home economics agent.
Mrs. Astrld C. Erickson, Ash
land, Wis., Indian service extension
agent, succeeded Amy E. Erickson,
now on the Concordia college staff,
Moorhead, Minn.
Speaker On
Latin America
At Bryan Wed.
Latin American
Expert Is Last of
Rotary Series
Dr. Samuel Guy Inman, special
ist in Latin American affairs, will
be the fourth and last speaker
Wednesday afternoon and night at
Stephen F. Austin High School in
the current series of lectures spon
sored by the Bryan Rotary Club
to give residents, students and men
in the armed services stationed in
this section an opportunity of
hearing from outstanding authori
ties about the dominating forces
on the world scene and their prob
able impact upon the postwar
world.
High school students will be spe
cial guests at the first lecture
Wednesday at 1:00 p. m. The sec
ond lecture will be held at 8:00
p. m. There is no admission charge
and everyanS'-is- socially invited
to attend. Following each formal
talk there is a forum period in
which the audience may ask ques
tions of the speaker.
First lecture of this series,
which was arranged by the Rotary
International Institute of Under
standing, was by Simon M. David-
ian on the Russian Republics; sec
ond by Lt. Col. Edward F. Las-
celles, retired, British Army, on
the British Commonwealth of Na
tions; third by Merle Burke on the
Oriental Nations. Each address
features the contribution of the
subject to a possible new world or
der.
These lectures have been alter
nating as to place held between
College Station and Bryan.
C. W. Jackson Joins
Staff As Information
Assistant March 1
Appointment of C. W. Jackson,
currently Harris County agricul
tural agent, as emergency informa
tion assistant for the A. and M.
Extension Service was announced
today by James D. Prewit, acting
director. He will join the headquar
ters staff at College Station on
March 1.
His work will include assembly
and distribution of information re
lating to the 1944 food and feed
programs, especially through the
medium of radio.
Native of Shelby County, Jack-
son graduated at A. and M. in
1933 with the B. S. degree in agri
culture. After about seven years
service as vocational agricultural
teacher in Colorado and Brazos
Counties, he was appointed assist
ant county agricultural agent for
Harris County in 1941. He suc
ceeded Dan Clinton as Harris Coun
ty agricultural agent in August,
1931, when the former entered mil
itary service.
At College Station, he will be
associated with the Extension edi
torial staff.
Student Chem Society
Will Meet Wednesday
The Student Affiliate of the
American Chemical Society will
meet Wednesday night at 7 o’clock
in Room 9 of the Chemistry Build
ing for a regularly scheduled bus
iness meeting.
Kermit Anderson, prominent
commercial chemist, will be guest
speaker of the evening. The sub
ject of his speech will be “Mod
ern Pigment Manufacture and Its
Application.” All student mem
bers are urged to attend.
Col. Ike Ashburn
To Speak on WTAW
For “Jobs Ahead”
Col. Ike Ashburn, director of
personnel and public relations for
the Houston Shipbuilding Corpora
tion, and connected with the Texas
A. & M. College for many years,
will discuss the shipbuilding in
dustry of Texas for the benefit of
Texas high school students over
the Texas Quality Network from
Station WTAW Thursday at 11:15
a. m.
Col. Ashburn’s talk will be on
the Jobs Ahead program, the gen
eral subject of 27 broadcasts of
the current series arranged by
the Texas School of the Air and
presented by the Texas A. & M.
College each Thursday at 11:15
a. m. in cooperation with the State
Department of Education.
The current series oegan Sept.
30, 1943, the first 11 programs
being sponsored by the School of
Agriculture, while the last 16
programs are sponsored by the
School of Engineering. Thursday’s
program is the 19th of this series.
The efficient, popular and port
ly Col. Ike Ashburn was a fixture
at the Texas A. & M. College for
many years. Back in the “teens”
he was supervising publication of
the Battalion and other student
papers, also handling publicity and
public relations activities for
many years. After World War 1
he was commandant for several
years, being executive assistant
to the president when he resigned
in 1941 to form the Houston con
nection.
A&M Board
Holds Call
Meeting
“Stand Pat ,, On
Extension Choice;
ASTP Cut Discussed
Directors of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas
are standing pat on their selection
of E. R. Eudaly to head the Ex
tension Service, and their unan
imous original view that he is the
best qualified man for the posi
tion is unchanged, it was announc
ed here Saturday following a
special meeting by F. M. Law, of
Houston, president of the Board
of Directors.
“The special meeting was called
immediately upon receipt of a
letter from M. L. Wilson, Wash
ington Extension Director”, Mr.
Law said. “Mr. Wilson’s letter
inquired if we had any more
names to suggest other than that
of Mr. Eudaly.
“Mr. Eudaly was the unanimous
choice of the A. & M. College
Board of Directors for the post
of Extension Director, and we so
informed Mr. Wilson two months
ago. The opinion of the Board
members has not changed one iota
with regard to Mr. Eudaly, and
in the meeting today we reaffirmed
this opinion.
“The Board also is highly
pleased with the conduct of the
Extension Service affairs by Act
ing Director James D. Prewitt. We
have made a thorough inquiry into
the functioning of the Service un
der Mr. Prewit’s stewardship, and
it is satisfactory in every detail.”
Another important subject dis
cussed at Saturday’s meeting was
the cancellation of the Army Stu
dent Training Program for stu
dents in the basic phase of that
training. Acting President Frank
C. Bolton reported to the Board
that upwards of 1250 students
now in A. & M. probably will be
moved out by April 1. The Board
authorized President Bolton to
negotiate additional contracts with
various branches of the military
still utilizing college facilities in
their training programs.
The Will Rogers Trust agree
ment, placing $75,000 available
for student loans and scholarships
to handicapped youths also was
accepted by the Board.
Asked if the Board considered
filling the presidency of the col
lege at Saturday’s meeting Mr.
Law said: “It is a safe bet to say
that the Board discusses that
question at every opportunity.”
A. V. Moore of the dairy hus
bandry department was given an
indefinite leave of absence of three
to six months* to go to Chapingo,
Mexico, and assist in the estab
lishment of a dairy products man
ufacturing department of the
Mexican National Agricultural
School. Mr. Moore will set up
courses in dairy products manu
facturing, assist with obtaining
machinery and its installation and
(See A. & M. BOARD, Page 2)
Removal Of Basic ASTP
To Relieve Congestion
Loss of 1,000 to Campus Is Part of
Nationwide Reduction of A. S. T. P.
Cancellation of the basic Army Specialized Training - at
A. & M. will relieve the congestion of teaching and dining
hall facilities, it was reported recently by College officials.
It has been announced that by April 1, some 110,000 men in
this program will be transferred from college campuses to
combat areas; this will leave about a fifth of the present
number still in college. Advanced A.S.T.U. Engineers are not
affected by the order and may be allowed to finish their
-"^present schedule of courses.
Some 1,000 men will be taken
from the A. & M. campus and it is
believed that this will lighten con
siderably the load that the teachers
and other college employees are
now enduring. There are 400 men
in the advanced stage of engineer
ing at this time; they will be left
as they are for the time being.
Rosebud Princesses
Chosen At T.C.S.W.
Excitement runs high on the
Tessieland campus as students and
faculty of that school wonder
which one of the 104 Redbud Prin
cesses, recently selected by dormi
tory groups, will reign as Queen
of the Redbud Festival, which will
be held on March 11.
Princesses are, from Austin Hall,
Olive Cameron, Ruth Dinwiddie,
Mary Jean Durham, Mary Beth
Foshee, Muffet Merrell, Jolene
Proctor, Katherine Reeve, Kath
erine Scott, and Jo Ann Webb.
From Fitzgerald Hall come Dor
othy Blalock, Mary Coates, Na
talie Harbin, Jeannette Hudson,
Frances Death, Joan Murrey, Cas
sandra Morris, Elaine O’Leary, and
Margaret Thomas.
Representing Lowry Hall are
Bobbie Ann Anthony, Bonnie Bar-
si, Bebe Brown, Iris Doyle, Peggy
Hendricks, Hayden Kelly, and La
Vonne Redman.
From Brackenridge Hall are Ann
Alderman, Nancy Bush, Barbara
Cook, Bonnie Jo Crumpacker, Bet-
tye Jo Farris, Lois Gibbins, Mar
garet Kerby, Ellieia Murnane, Mar
jorie Monaghan, Mary Helen Ol
sen, Sue Rowan, and Peggy
Trickey.
Mina Jean Barnes, Betty Berry,
Lucinda Blakely, Bobbie Jo George,
Vicki Moran, Dottie Rutledge, Bet
ty Samsel, Thalia Sasseen, and
Jane Ward were chosen from Hous
ton Hall.
Capps Hall selected Betty Bran-
—See ROSEBUD, page 2—
Norton Calls Twelfth
Man for Baseball
Another baseball season is
about to get underway and
Coach Homer H. Norton, ath
letic director and coach of the
team, is asking members of the
Cadet Corps to join the squad
when it gets into regular prac
tice hours. All boys who want to
play on the varsity team and
try out for it are urged to meet
him at the gymnasium on Thurs
day afternoon, February 24, at
5:15 o’clock. This is an urgent
need and a loyal response is
wanted.
Press Club Holds
Meeting Wednesday
On Lass-O Trip
A special meeting of the Press
Club will be held tomorrow at 7
o’clock, it was announced by the
president of the Club today. The
meeting will concern acceptance of
the invitation of the T. S. C. W.
Lass-0 staff to be their guests for
either the week-end) of March 4 or
March 11, and all members of the
Club are expected to be present.
Students not yet associated with
the Battalion are reminded that the
staff is not yet complete and sev
eral more additions to the staff
can be taken in. All staff men are
also reminded that they are mem
bers of the Press Club and should
be present. Those members who
have joined recently or expect to
join in the near future are re
quired to work on the staff at
least 30 time hours during the re
mainder of the semester, that is,
those who plan on making the
T.S.C.W. trip.
Remember that the meeting will
be held in the Cabinet room of the
Y.M.C.A. tomorrow night at 7
o’clock. All old and new members
should be present without fail.
Large Crowo Hears
Philadelphia Opera
Version of ‘The Bat’
The Philadelphia Opera pre
sented “The Bat” last night be
fore a crowd that nearly equated
cne crowd' that; saw Dunningdr.
Gilbert Russell, as Gabriel Eisen-
stein, and Helena Bliss, as Rosa
linda, sang brilliantly before an
appreciative Guion Hall Audience.
In the first Act Gabriel Eisen-
stein was found guilty of a minor
crime and sent to prison. Before
he was to leave for prison Eisen-
stein was given an invitation to a
dance at Prince Orofsky’s house.
Rosalinda, his wife, gives the maid,
Adelle, the evening off, and Al
fred, who is an admirer of Rosa
linda, dresses as Eisenstein and
eats dinner with her. Meanwhile
the prison guards come to pick up
Eisenstein, and by mistake take
Alfred.
In the second act which took
place at the dance, Eisenstein is
found having a gay time drinking
with the warden, who is disguised.
His wife walks in, disguised of
course, and he immediately starts
to make love to her. At six in the
morning the warden and Eisen
stein walk away from the party
arm in arm and full of gay water.
The third act finds the two
boys walking into the prison gates.
All of the party files in after
them to see the outcome. Eisen
stein, who is puzzled by all the
happenings, is reconciled when Dr.
Falke, who was playing a joke,
tells him about it. Eisenstein and
Rosalinda make up and the play
ends with everyone in a happy
humor.
So You’re Sweating The Old Draft Board
So your life has undergone a
complete metamorphosis. People
ask you how old you are and what
you are doing with those blue la
pels on your blouse. You reply
jokingly that you are 18 (or 17 or
19) and that you have never been
kissed—enough!—or that you are
old enough to sleep by yourself—
or that you have passed from the
boy scout age to the girl scout age
—or any one of several other cliche
remai’ks. But this is only a camou
flage for most of us! Most of us
resent these remarks and become
acutely aware that we have reached
the crucial age and that we are
not in one of the regular branches
of the service.
This article is written for the
benefit of those lads who come un
der this category. You have been
stewing over the problem—what
shall I join?—since you became 17
years old. You gathered a dab of
information here, there and yon
from this and that procurement of
fice. Still you don’t know doodledy-
squad about the situation because
you can’t assemble all the infor
mation at one time and find out
what the score is.
For the past several weeks your
author has been in an identical sit
uation. Letters have been sent
everywhere. All available informa
tion has been drained from local
officers. And now he has the auda
city to drop all this accumulation
into one short article. Remember,
any similarity between programs,
living or dead, is purely coinciden
tal. You can’t blame a fellow for
trying, neither can you sue him
for lying.
Another explanation before we
get down to business. We are as
suming, of course, that you don’t
mind being drafted since your
course has been declared unessen
tial or since you haven’t made the
best possible grades. We take it
for granted that you simply desire
some say-so about what outfit you
are going to join. We just want to
be sure that we get into an outfit
in which we will be happiest, best
adapted and in which we can ren
der the most profitable service to
our country.
The newest deal on the line has
a very promising future for those
fellows who are 18 years old and
have completed two years of engi
neering. This opening is in the Air
Corps Communications Ground
Crew and the Air Corps Engineers.
The only way that you may become
| a member of this relatively new I
set-up is through the regular army.
You must volunteer or be drafted
before applying for a transfer. The
physical requirements are not quite
so steep as that of the regular Air
I Corps, since you must pass Test
No. 64, a lenient edition of the reg-1 which is open at the present to
ular tests. all ages from 17 to 26. This, of
Our old stand-by’s of course, are course, is the Naval Aviation Pro-
the V-12 and A-12 programs that gram. The physical requirements
have been open at intervals for | are much steeper than those of
several years. Examinations will any of the aforementioned pro
be held March 15 under the aus- grams. If you are 17 or 18 years,
pices of G. B. Wilcox’s Student you will be required to complete
Personnel office. These examin- a certain amount of college work
ations are the doorway to both before entering pre-pre-flight
the Army Specialized Training training. However, if you are 19
Detachment and a future commis- years old or older and have had
sion in the navy if you complete two years of college, you may skip
the prescribed courses in outstand- this college work and go directly
ing colleges which are designated to the air training program. After
by the government all over this pre-pre-flight training there will
vast United States. There is a swell be pre-flight training and then
opportunity for more college and actual flying in one of the Navy’s
a future commission. No more prominent flight centers. A care-
need be said concerning this pro- ful study of men in this program
gram; it has been advertised suf-| determines their final job, accord-
ficiently as the outstanding pro
gram for a select group of ambi- j
tious fellows.
Then there is the V-5 program ]
ing to their merit. Don’t forget
the commission atached.
Appointments are still open to
See SO YOU’RE, Page 2
Of the many men who were acti
vated last spring, approximately
200 are still on the campus with
expectation of being sent to Offi
cer’s Training School by April 1.
Of the more than 1400 civilian
students now enrolled in the school
and members of the Cadet Corps,
about 150 are being reclassified
and inducted. This means, of course,
those who are in the draft age and
now have deferments. Many more
Aggies are expecting draft board
calls within the next several weeks.
The College has been advised
that the Basic Engineering,
ASTP, and the ROTC-ASTP pro
grams ir J " - ‘itinaec? at,
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not affected.
T, T>
All trainees a^e urged to con
tinue their normal programs un
til instructed to the contrary.
Certificates will cover any frac
tion of a term to the date of
actual discontinuance of instruc
tion.
Instructors teaching the groups
affected are advised that they
may expect their services to be
needed at least until the end of
May. With the shortening of
the course every lesson should
be made to count. I feel assured
of your cooperation with your
students to this end.
F. C. Bolton,
Acting President
In regard to the decision made
by the War Department, it was
stated that it came when the needs
of 7,700,000 men was not filled, but,
failed by 200,000. To close this
space, the army is taking basic
A.S.T.P. soldiers.
Effect of this discontinuance of
the Army Specialized Training
Program will not affect A. & M.
except in a beneficial way, ac
cording to the report. It will, how
ever, affect the smaller colleges
which are not co-educational and
do not have any of the other
branches of the service on their
campuses. With the movement of
the majority of the A.S.T.P. from
this campus, it is believed that
the other branches will have an
increase in number.
Agronomy Group
To See Movie
“Meat and Romance” will be the
title of the picture show for
Agronomy 415, according to an
nouncement made this morning
by Dr. L. G. Jones, professor of
Agronomy. The picture will be
shown in the Animal Husbandry
room of the Animal Industry
building at 7:20 o’clock Thursday
evening February 24, Dr. Jones
stated, and all those interested are
urged to attend.
The picture is very interesting,
it was pointed out, dealing with
an important and timely subject.
People who wouldn’t listen to
the dictates of their own con
science may soon be taking dicta
tion from someone who hasn’t got
a conscience.