DIAL 4-5444
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
VOLUME 44
Texas A«M
The B
College
alion
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FklDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 24, 1944
SEMI-WEEKLY
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
TEXAS A. & M.
DEEP IN AGGIELAND
NUMBER 47
Variety Program To Be Given Saturday
Night At Guion Hall By College Talent
Saturday night, November 25,
a show will be presented at Guion
Hall by a cast of talented per
former's under the direction of W.
M. Turner, sponsor of the Singing
Cadets and the Aggieland Orches
tra. The program will begin at
7 p. m., and last until about 7:45.
There will be no advance in prices
for the show, and the usual Satur
day double feature will be included
in the twenty cents admission.
The program will include Marian
Holick of Bryan, singing “I’ll Get
By” and “Does Your Heart Beat
For Me”, accompanied by the Ag
gieland Orchestra. Miss Holick re
cently starred in a GI production
at Bryan Field called “Journey
In A Jeep”. The members of the
cast were men stationed at the
field and other girls from Bryan.
Another selection to be played
by the orchestra is Glenn Miller’s
arrangement of “American Patrol.”
A string section has been added
to the band since its last ap
pearance. Natalie Lane, the or
chestra’s regular vocalist, will sing
“And Her Tears Flowed Like
Wine”.
Two selections will be given by
the Singing Cadets. The first of
these is to be “The Marine’s Hymn”
featuring Watson Keeney, tenor,
in a solo. The solo will be “They
Didn’t Believe Me”, by George
Gershwin, in which Burl Ervin,
baritone, will song the solo.
The screen offering will be a
double bill consisting of “Holy
Matrimony”, starring Monty Woo-
ley and Gracie Fields, and “Tanks
A Million”, with William Tracy
and Elyse Knox. There will also
be the regular Saturday night pre
view, this time “Song of Russia”,
starring Robert Taylor and Susan
Peters.
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Sports Action Shots
Requested By Annual
Baseball and track action pic
tures are badly needed by the
1946 Longhorn, it was announced
by Henry Holguin, Sports Editor.
Only group pictures of last spring’s
squads have been obtained, and
the sports section will be sadly
lacking if more pictures are not
found.
All persons having any pictures
are requested to turn in the nega
tives at either the Longhorn office
in the Administration Building or
to Room 123, dorm 17. All nega
tives will be returned.
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Dean Brooks Attends
Ft. Worth Meetings
Dr. T. D. Brooks, Dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences, left
yesterday morning for Fort Worth.
There he will attend meetings of
various committees of the Texas
State Teachers Association. The
meetings will be held through
Thursday and Friday. Dean Brooks
will return to the College Satur
day.
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Forestry Division Men
On East Texas Field
Trip for Forest Patrol
H. C. Quin, Jr., news writer in
the Division of Information of the
Forest Service, D. A. Anderson,
Chief of Division of Silricultural
research of the Forest Service, and
S. L. Frost, Chief of Division of
Information of the Forest Service
have gone on a field trip in the
East Texas Forest section.
Quin is getting stories and pic
tures on tree farmers, Frost is
checking on Civil Air Patrol and
Texas Forest Patrol operations,
and Anderson is checking on re
search work he is doing in co
operation with private land own
ers.
Third Installment
Fees Is Payable Now
Third installment of Main
tenance fees of $53.00, payable
December 1-9 inclusive can be
paid now.
These fees include board
$41.40, room $8.05 and laundry
$3.55 to February 2, 1945.
The Cashier of the Fiscal De
partment will accept these fees
from 8:00 a. m. until 1:30 p. m.
Annual Pet Show
To Be Held Soon
All dogs and otner pets entered
in the Sixth annual dog and pet
show at the A. & M. Consolidated
school to be held at the Animal
Husbandry pavilion on A. & M.
College campus at seven o’clock
Saturday night must be brought
to the west entrance of the pavilion
not later than six thirty o’clock
that night, it has been announced.
All dogs must be on leash.
Dogs and other pets may be en
tered in the show as late as six-
thirty o’clock the night of the
show, it has been announced, but
it is urged that as many as possi
ble be entered earlier so that pro
per identification cards can be made
out beforehand and a place in the
show ring alloted to each entry.
More than a hundred dogs, cats,
horses, chickens, and other pets
have been entered in the show and
plans have been made to care for
many additional late entries.
Seven hundred tickets have been
sold by the youngsters of the first,
second, third and fourth grades of
the A. & M. Consolidated School,
who are giving the show under the
sponsorship of the Mother’s Club
of the A. &M. Consolidated School.
Early indications are that this will
be the largest dog and pet show
ever held by the school.
The Dog and Pet Show, for the
past five years, has been one of the
outstanding attractions sponsored
by the school, and has always
drawn hundreds of patrons. Supper
is served before the show begins
by the members of the Mothers
Club and members of the commu
nity usually arrive early to eat and
obtain a preview of the animals,
that have had a varied range
throughout the years.
A special non-competive exhi
bition class will be held this year
for registered dogs. An exhibition
ribbon of the show will be given
each dog. This group has been add
ed so that exhibitors desiring to
show fine dogs may do so without
competing with the animals usually
shown by school children. All
patrons having registered dogs are
urged to give a short description
of the breed and its uses, with the
name of the dog and owner at the
time of registering so that this
information may be given over the
public address system at the show.
Competitive classes of all breeds
of dogs will be hed for school
children. A class has been set
for any type of dog that may be
entered in this group and any child
may enter a dog in this division,
whether or not he is a member of
the A. & M. Consolidated School.
Dr. H. H. Lutz, of A. & M. Col
lege, will be the judge in this part
of this show.
All other pets will be exhibited
in the classes to be judged by R.
E. Caender of A. & M. College,
it has been announced. This classi
fication included that of trick dogs
and the most unusual entry in the
show.
All animals will be shown in the
parade promptly at seven o’clock,
followed by class judging, the
Mother’s Club announced.
Supper will be served a half
hour before the grand march and
will continue throughout the eve
ning, with members of the Mother’s
Club in charge of this phase of the
affair.
All proceeds of the show will be
used for the improvement of A. &
M. Consolidated School.
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Press Club Meeting
Called For Monday
Dick Goad has announced that
there will be a meeting of the A.
& M. Press Club next Monday
night at 7:15. All members of the
club were asked by the president
to attend, as this is the first meet
ing in a long while.
The treasurer has requested
that all members be ready to pay
their dues if possible, since most
are behind because of the length
of time between meetings.
Busses Are
Available
To Austin
Tickets Must Be
Bought Early;
2-Way Costs $4.31
It has been announced by the
Kerrville Bus Company that all
men who buy tickets to Austin
before midnight will be guaranteed
‘^eats on the busses. Any who pur
chase their tickets later than this
will be given space after all those
who bought early tickets have
been seated.
Busses are scheduled to leave
for Austin every day at 8 a.m., 2
p.m., and 6:30 p.m. The trip takes
four hours.
Tickets may be bought at the
desk in the Aggieland Inn for
$2.42 per one-way trip, and $4.31
for a round trip. The company
urges that all men buy their
tickets early in order that the right
number of busses may be sent.
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Fellowship Luncheon
Is Called Off
It has been announced by W. R.
Horsley that the Fellowship
Luncheon which was to have been
next Thursday at noon has been
called off.
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Veterans Needed As
Federal Guards
Returning veterans are especially
desired for appointment to posi
tions of Guard in various Federal
agencies throughout the state of
Texas, A. J. Leach, Regional Direc
tor, Tenth U. S. Civil Service
Region announced today.
The director explained that men
with military preference will be
considered first but that any one
who desires may file application
and will be given consideration
when there are no veterans avail
able.
Three months of active service
in the Armed Forces or six months
as a member of a municipal, coun
ty, state or Federal police or fire
fighting organization or the Mer
chant Marine, or related experience
will qualify a person for appoint
ment, provided his physical con
dition is acceptable and he meets
the other requirements as to age,
citizenship and the like. Persons
employed in these positions will be
assigned to the protection of pub
lic property from damage, fire,
accident, theft or trespass and to
the maintenance of order.
Men entitled to military prefer
ence should submit proof of honor
able dischax-ge and Form 14 (blue)
in addition to application Form
57. These forms and additional in
formation may be obtained from
the local secretary in any first or
second class post office or by
writing to the Regional Director,
Tenth U. S. Civil Service Region,
210 South Harwood Street, Dallas,
Texas. Inquiries may also be made
at War Department Rating Boards
and Labor Boards at Naval es
tablishments. Applications should
be filed with the Rating Board or
Labor Board in the locality in
which employment is desired or
with the Regional Director if em
ployment in Dallas is desired. Ap
pointments will be made in ac
cordance with War Manpower
Commission employment stabili
zation policies.
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Board of Directors
To Meet Wednesday
President Gibb Gilchrist an
nounced yesterday the regular
meeting of the Board of Directors
to be held in Austin on November
29. The Board of Directors meets
on the day before Thanksgiving,
dependent on the site of the game.
The President also announced
;hat all Aggies at McCloskey Gen
eral Hospital, who are able to
make the trip, will be guests at
the Texas-A&M game.
Bond Drive Not
Yet Succeeding,
Penberthy Says
Explains Drive
At Yell Practice
Tuesday Night
W. L. Penberthy outlined to the
corps at yell practice Tuesday
night the plan and procedure for
the Aggie War Bond Drive and
participation in the Colleges at
War campaign to get 90 percent
of the students in colleges to buy
at least 10 cents in stamps each
month.
Several weeks ago war bond of
ficers were appointed in each mili
tary organization to handle the de
tails in each company. The plan
that was generally adopted was to
have each individual buy his stamps
or bond then report the purchases
to the war bond officer.
Record blanks were prepared by
Penberthy for the use of the war
bond officers in keeping records of
their organizations.
Penberthy as general chairman
appointed by Gibb Gilchrist, pres
ident of A. & M., said that sales
reports were indicating that stu
dents were either not buying war
bonds and stamps or not reporting
them to their officers. When 90
per cent of the students at A. & M.
purchase at least 10 cents worth
a month they will be entitled to
fly a College at War flag. Pen
berthy added that he doubted that
buying this month would reach
the quota but that he had hopes
that with the cooperation of the
entire corps the goal could be
reached in December.
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Design Exhibit Is
In Architectural
Dept. Library
Now on display in the Architec
tural Library is an exhibition con
taining 35 designs submitted by
registered architects in the State
of Texas. This exhibition, direct
from San Antonio, shows the 35
designs for the 36th Division
Memorial Museum. This Museum
is to be erected in honor of the
deeds by the 36th Division in
World War I and II. The site
where it is to be erected is at
Temple, Texas.
The fundamental requirements
in designing the museum was the
large exhibition room in which the
trophies, flags, and historical
equipment are to be displayed.
Other factors in the design were
six minor exhibition rooms, local
meeting rooms and general offi
ces, and an auditorium to seat
approximately 500 people. During
the summer each architect sub
mitted his proposed design in a
conventional presentation. The
First Prize of $1,000.00 and the
commission to complete the job
was won by Alden B. Dow, Hous
ton, Texas. The Second Prize of
$500.00 went to Rather and Rustay
of Houston. The $300.00 Third
Prize went to J. Murrell Bennett,
Dallas. Donald Nelson and T. D.
Broad of Dallas won the Fourth
Prize of $200.00.
Three designs were turned in
by former students of the A. & M.
Architectm'al Department. One was
submitted by R. P. Woltz and two
by John B. Danna, who was asso
ciated with E. V. Welch, formerly
of Illinois University.
This exhibition sponsored by the
A. & M. Architectural Society is
open to all from the hours 8 A. M.
to 5 P. M., in the Architectural
Library, Academic Building.
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Reverend Harris Will
Speak to Freshmen
Reverend Eugene Harris, pastor
of Garden Villa’s Methodist
Church, Houston, Texas, will
speak at the Freshman Orientation
Meeting at Guion Hall this Satur
day morning at 11 o’clock. Rev.
Harris has won wide distinction
because of his leadership of the
young people of his church assign
ments.
Mr. Turner will have charge of
the singing program and Mr. M. L.
Cushion, secretary of the Y. M. C.
A., wall have charge of the pro
gram. Mr. G. B. Wilcox, director
of Student Personnel urges that
the students will be prompt in as
sembling at the meeting.
Thanksgiving Corps Parade In Austin
Will Be Full Dress; Starts At 10 A. M.
t
Rifle Team Begins Fifty-One Seniors
Practice; Large
Number Come Out
Majority Of Men
Are Experienced;
Team Shows Promise
Reorganization of the Rifle Team
has begun under the direction of
Major Benson and Captain Wilkes
Harold Borofsky is acting as cap
tain.
At a meeting held last Wednes
day night, plans were outlined to
a group of more than fifty boys
by Borofsky. Names were taken,
and a count showed that the ma
jority of these out for the team
had had previous experience either
in high school or with the Nation
al Rifle Association.
This week the range has been
open, with Sergeant Cody in charge
of instruction. Thirty men had
fired at the time of this writing,
and most of the targets were very
good for the amount of practice
the team has had to date.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the entry of three five-
man teams in the Hearst Trophy
Match. Men to fire on these teams
are to be picked through a process
of elimination at a later date. The
team will also compete in the
Corps Area Intercollegiate Match,
but entry has not been made as
yet.
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Fall Semester Ends
Feb. 3; New Begins 5
The current semester will end on
Februai'y 3 and next semester will
begin on February 5. This change
in the College Calendar was ex
plained by the Registrar’s Office
as necessary in order to begin the
spring semester on a regular pre
war basis. It will end the first week
in June.
Christmas holidays have not
been changed and will begin • at
noon Friday, December 22 and will
not end until 6 p.m. January 2.
This is a total of 11 days.
Registration for new and old
students and entrance examinations
for the spring semester will take
place on February 5 and classes
will begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday. It
is probable that a summer session
will begin on June 11.
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Volunteer Labor
Again Requested for
A. & M. Consolidated
Work is continuing on cement
sidewalks at A. & M. Consolidated
school and again the call is being
sent out for College Station resi
dents and fathers of children at
tending Consolidated to report to
the school grounds for work on
the sidewalk construction.
Major J. E. Breland is supervis
ing the work and reports that 26
men turned out to work week be
fore last but that more are need
ed because of the labor shortage
to complete the pouring of the
concrete as soon as possible. Tools
will be furnished all those report
ing for work.
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Dallas Morning News
Comments On Famous
Aggie Corps Courtesy
Tuesday’s edition of the Dallas
Morning News carried an editorial
concerning the courtesy and friend
liness of the A. & M. Cadet Corps.
In reply to a letter from Ted
Dealy, president of the Dallas
Morning News, which called Pres
ident Gibb Gilchrist’s attention to
the editorial, Gilchrist answered
thanking the News for the recogni
tion. Gilchrist added, “I hope the
conduct of our students will con
tinue to be pleasing to the loyal
backers of this institution.”
The editorial that appeared in
the Dallas Morning News is re
printed in the editorial columns
of this issue of the Battalion.
Apply For Degrees
Fifty-one seniors have applied
for degrees to be awarded at the
end of this semester it was an
nounced by the Registrar’s Office
yesterday. Graduation will be on
February 2 if graduation exer
cises are held. A statement from
the Registi'ar’s Office said that
that office did not determine
whether or not graduation exer
cises would be held.
Grades for graduating seniors
will be turned in on or around
Januai’y 30. This week the Regis
trar’s Office has been checking
hours and grade points of candi
dates for degrees. Hours required
for graduation vary from course
to course but in every course of
study there is a universal require
ment that a senior must make 28
grade points during his senior year
to be eligible for graduation.
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Bands Asked to Give
Shows For Benefit
Of Warm Springs
The state department of music
has asked all glee clubs and bands
of the schools of Texas to present
concerts for the benefit of the Gon
zales Warm Springs Foundation
for Crippled Children. The glee
clubs of Stephen F. Austin and
Lamar Junior High Schools will
present the first of a series of
these concerts Sunday afternoon,
December 17.
At this concert a free will offer
ing will be taken and the amount
received will be sent directly to
the Gonzales Foundation. It is
hoped that the music students of
Texas schools will raise one millon
(1,000,000) dollars.
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A. S. T. P. Office
Announces List Of
Army Honor Students
Thirty A. S. T. P. students have
achieved a grade point average
of 2.25 or more during the last
term which ended October 28 and
have been named distinguished
students.
Army regulations limit distin
guished students to not more than
10 per cent of the trainees and to
these students a blue star is
awarded. Further regulations gov
erning honor status in the A. S.
T. P. training program are that a
trainee must achieve during the
term an honor status as defined
by the institution attended and
also maintain an excellent stand
ard of conduct and military ef
ficiency.
The A. S. T. P. Office reports
that competition is so keen for
the blue star that it is often
necessary for a student to make
an “A” average before standing a
chance to get the blue star award.
Aggies in the A. S. T. P. compan
ies report that it takes a good
brand of work to even achieve a
grade point average of 2.25.
A complete list of army trainees
in the A. S. T. P. program at A.
& M. follows with term designa
tion and course:
N-10, Term 1—Childers, J. C.
B-60, Term 1—Anderman, G. G.,
Cunningham, H. D., Hedrick, L. W.,
White, W. C.
B-60, Term 2—Gibson,. L. R., Jr.
E.E., Term 6—Adams, R. W.,
Hurst, S. R., Irvine, T. F., Jr.,
James, H. B., Mack, D. R., Mueller,
R. P., Posthill, B. N., Riley, F. W.,
Santangelo, M. A., Sims, D. S.,
Voigtland, G. K., Wilton, R. A.,
Wunschel, F. A., Jr., Zimmerman,
R. F.
E.E., Term 7—Crockett, J. E.,
Douvas, A. G., Gonzalez, V. M.,
Harris, H. C., Jr., Lipschitz, Max,
Nelson, D. J., Pravda, M. F.,
Schwarzer, K. P., Sedlmayr, E. R.,
Wagner, F. A.
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We need fire protection to pro
tect and grow timber for revenue.
Growing timber provides taxable
wealth for the support of churches,
schools, roads and governments.
Arrangements For
Baggage at C. of C.
Blouses with khaki shirts and
woolen OD trousers will be regula
tion wear for the corps parade in
Austin on Thanksgiving morning
at 10 a.m. before the annual Aggie-
Texas university football game.
The Commandant’s Office issued
a circular yesterday authorizing
the parade and giving the line of
march. Both regiments will form
at 9:30 with the first regiment
falling in on East Second Street
and the second regiment falling in
on West Second Street. Both regi
ments will form with the head
at Congress Avenue in position to
march down Congress toward the
Capitol.
Arrangements have been made
for cadets to check any baggage
which they wish at the Chamber
of Commerce Building at Eighth
Street and Congress Avenue. The
checking place is located just
north of Hotel Stephen F. Austin.
Regimental colors and company
guidons will be delivered to the
organizations at the place of as
sembly and will be taken up at
the Capitol grounds and put into
a waiting van which will be located
where the corps disbands on the
street running east of the Capitol.
In all the parade will cover nine
blocks beginning at Second Street,
crossing the railroad tracks and
on north to the Capitol.
The reviewing stand will be at
Seventh Street and Congress on
the balcony of Hotel Stephen F.
Austin. Across from the reviev/ing
stand the Aggie Band will play
for the parade.
In front of the first regiment
will form the corps staff and di
rectly behind the corps staff the
band will fall in and march in that
position until they reach Seventh
Street at which point they will
pull out of the line of march to
play for the rest of the parade.
After the second regiment has
passed the reviewing stand the
Aggie Band will again march in
to the line of parade and follow
the corps to the Capitol grounds.
Band instruments will be deliv
ered to the assembly area by van
at 9:30 a.m. There will be a van
at the disbanding area to take
Ofire of the band instruments, reg
imental colors, and guidons.
Line of march for the parade
will be regiments, in column of
companies, company mass. The cir
cular, numbered 25 and dated Nov
ember 23, stated that the Corps
Color Sergeant would be respon
sible for the issuing and taking up
of the colors and guidons.
As usual for out of town pa
rades the corps will not carry
arms. This will be the first pa
rade for the corps in a host city
since the outbreak of war drained
the majority of A. & M. men into
the service.
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Urg-ent Call Given
For Naval Seabees
HOUSTON, Nov. 23.—Addition
al men are needed at once to serve
as commissioned officers in the
Construction Battalions, or Sea-
bees, it was announced today by
Lt. John E. Whitmore, officer-in
charge of Naval Officer Procure
ment here.
“This billet has been reopened
for civilians and will take men
from the ages of 19 to 50 who have
had heavy construction experience
in mechanical, electrical, and civil
engineering,” Lt. Whitmore said.
“A degree in either mechanical,
electrical, or civil engineering is
required for men under 35. A col
lege degree in one of the above-
mentioned branches of engineer
ing is desirable for a man over 35.
However, extensive experience in
a position of considerable respon
sibility may be accepted.
“The necessity for improving
naval bases, air strips, communi
cation lines and other improve
ments in the expanding Pacific
area coming under United States
control make this program urgent,”
Lt. Whitmore said.
Those interested may communi
cate either in person or by mail
with the Office of Naval Officer
Procurement, 824 Niels Esperson
building, Houston, Texas.