DIAL 4-5444STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY

NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion DIAL 4-5444

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF

COLLEGE STATION

122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. VOLUME 41 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. 10. 1942 Z275 NUMBER 44

Future Educational Policy at Stake TodayNine More New Defense Engineering Courses Will Begin Here During Feb

Clubs Urged to Have Pictures For ’42 Longhorn as Soon as Possible

39 Courses In Defense Training Have Been Finished

Nine courses in National De­fense Engineering will begin Feb­ruary 2 at A. & M. college, J. T. L. McNew of the civil engi­neering department announced. These courses include advanced enginering drawing, architectural drawing, camp sanitation, chemis­try of powder and explosives, ma­terials testing and inspection, pow­er and electric circuits, radio com­munications, structural drafting and surveying and mapping.

Courses CompleteWith a total of 39 courses com­

pleted for 972 students at a cost of $102,000, and with 378 men now taking 15 other courses in a program entailing an additional expenditure of $44,000, McNew al­so announced the opening soon, of 28 additional courses for 1093 stu­dents at an estimated cost of $108,000.

The program is planned to pro­vide courses that will train men in the various technical fields where a shortage of such trained men is evident. It was launched with much success on February 10, 1941, and in addition to the courses offered here at A. & M. college, classes have been com­pleted and are now being held in Kilgore, Prairie View, Houston, Tyler, Texas City and Galveston. Ten courses are being given at Houston at the present time.

In the 28 new courses .already approved for the above mentioned places, there also is provision for a ship production course at Beau­mont, and a course in petroleum re­fining at Port Arthur.

EngineeringThe courses are being given

under auspices of the A. & M. school of enginering in cooperation with the U. S. Office of Educa­tion. All of the courses at College Station and Prairie View are full­time resident pre-employment training. The courses are given free, but the student must pro­vide textbooks and living expenses for the 12 weeks of intensive study.

Complete details and pre-requi­site training data may be obtained by writing J. T. L. McNew, E. S. M. D. T. office, A. & M. college, College Station, Texas.

To prevent curtailing engraving production on the 1942 Longhorn which might result because of a serious shortage in essential sup­plies because of national defense, all clubs are urged to rush their pictures so everything may be turn­ed in to the engraver as soon as possible.

Clubs should make reservations and have the pictures made immedi­ately. Photographers available

College Ag Men Meet With Waco Convention Today

Registration Begun Friday; General Meet Held Early This Morning

Many agricultural workers from College Station are attending the fifteenth annual meeting of the Texas Agricultural Workers As­sociation in Waco January 9 and 10. Dean E. J. Kyle, of the school of agriculture, is one of the sever­al representatives from A. & M. who are on the program at the meeting.

Registration for the conference began at 8 o’clock Friday morn­ing and the opening session of the general meeting started at 9:15. The sectional meetings were held Friday afternoon, and the final session of the general meeting was held this morning. The sectional meetings included talks on agricul­tural economics, animal husbandry, ^conservation, horticulture, plant industry and the home.

Merit AwardAt the merit award banquet, held

last night at 7:00 o’clock, V. C. Marshall, administrator of the State Soil Conservation Board, was presented with the annual award for distinguished service to Tex­as agriculture. Toastmaster for the occasion. was Sterling C. Evans, president of the Federal Land Bank at Houston, and formerly with the Extension Service here at College

(See CONVENTION, page 4)

for group pictures are Joe Soslick, Aggieland Studio, Howard Berry, and Maurice Levy.

In addition to the group pic­ture of the club, those clubs de­siring to do so may run a close- up of the club president. The class section picture of the student will serve for this picture.

Freshmen are reminded that the dead line for their class pictures has been set for Thursday, Jan­uary 15.

Reservations for club pages will hot be accepted later then Tues­day, January 13.

The following student activities will have their club pictures made in number two uniform with cot­ton shirts in front of the1 adminis­tration building at 12:45 p. m., Monday, January 12: Longhornstaff, Battalion, Agriculturist, Engineer, Press Club, and the Town Hall staff.

For individual action shots of organizations, the commanders should contact Maurice Levy.

Saving Paper Begun by Local Defense Council

Collection of waste paper for national defense purposes will be conducted under the auspices of the Red Cross of Bryan and Col­lege Station on Thursday, January 15, announces W. P. Taylor of the Brazos county council of civilian defense.

All sorts of newspapers, maga­zines, cardboard paper cartons, and tissue paper are needed. The paper should, if possible, be sorted and tied in bundles up to 100 pounds, and placed on the porch or curb.

According to posted schedule city trucks will pick up all paper on January 15. It is not necessary to notify anybody either in Col­lege Station or Bryan. All paper should be placed in a conspicuous place so that the collector can find it.

The city of Bryan, through W.(See SAVING, page 4)

Kittrell Reid, Trumpet-Player Will be Featured on Town HallKittrell Reid, versatile trumpet-

player and composer, will display his talents with the Houston Sym­phony Orchestra in the Town Hall program Wednesday, January 14. Reid is known throughout music circles as a first class symphony player and also a first class jazz artist.

“Kit” Reid, in addition to his work with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, directs the Rice Insti­tute Band, teaches trumpet, and runs a music company which he started in 1938. Ernst Hoffman, conductor of the orchestra, says of Reid, “He did not know a note of symphony playing before he played with us, but now his play­ing is so superb that he certainly deserves his promotion to the first chair in the trumpet section.”

On the same day he received his B.A. degree from Rice, he ac­cepted the position as director of the school band. He has composed several jazz pieces for the band, among which are “South Main Blues,” “Bird Dog Blues,” ahd “Blues in B Flat.” Reid has spent his summers playing with “name” bands at big hotels throughout the nation. He has played with Bob Crosby, Benny* Goodman, Red Norvo and Peck Kelley.

Reid began studying the trump­et in 1929 when he was attend­ing high school in Texarkana, and was soon playing in the high school

band. While in high school he won two medals for trumpet solos in state meets at Little Rock, Arkan-

Kittrell Reid

sas. Between engagements in New York, he studied under Professor Schlossburg, formerly of the Vi­enna Philharmonic. Schlossburg has taught a great number of the top ranking trumpet players. He is one of the few teachers who can turn out pupils who can play ei­ther symphony, radio, dance, or show work.

The Houston Symphony Orch­estra, in its appearance at Col­lege Station next week, will also feature Nancy Swinford, disting­uished vocalist who often ap­pears as guest vocalist with the or­chestra. The orchestra is annually a feature attraction of the Town Hall programs.

Some of the selections to be played are “Emperor Waltz,” by Strauss, “Roumannan Rhapsody No. I,” by Enesco and Prelude to Carmen, Act 1, by Bizet. Hoffman is well known for his ability to produce “audience appeal” as well as to win the acclaim of critics and musicians. Under his able lead­ership the orchestra has given, not only entertainment, but some­thing more lasting, a better under­standing and appreciation of mus­ical masterpieces.

The orchestra’s circuit this sea- scrn has included performances at Galveston, Beaumont, Austin, Huntsville and Corpus Christi. An estimated 180,000 persons attend­ed the “Music for Everybody” Park last summer.

1942 Resolution Backfires on Flying Cadet-Mixed His Girls

Randolph Field, Texas.—A New Year’s resolution—designed by a flying cadet at the “West Point of the Air” to aid national defense— ended abruptly this week.

Said cadet planned to conserve paper in this manner: when he re­ceived a letter, instead of wasting paper in writing an answer,' he would simply write his reply on the back. The possibilities were tremendous. The entire nation would follow suit.

Then .... disaster, but quickly. It’s still a good idea, but for some other hardy pioneer.

On the opening day of “The Plan,” letters arrived from two girls with but a single thought, and—yes, you guessed it—he mix­ed the letters in his answers.

He now is planning a new type of conservation—tires or something relatively harmless.

Registrar Begins Making Plans For Schedule Changes

Class Schedules For Early Spring Semester Necessary for Speed-up

Registrar H. L. Heaton announ­ced yesterday that a full schedule of the registration for the spring semester would be announced next week.

As previously announced, the sen­iors will register on the afternoon of Thursday, January 22, and all underclassmen on Friday and Sat­urday, January 23 and 24.

Registrar Heaton stated that the heads of the departments were working on class arrangements for the schedule to be used in the sec­ond semester registration. This schedule should be completed by next week.

Plans are being made to simplify and speed up the registration in or­der to keep abreast of the stepped up schooling program.

Join Up

John J. Sanders and Johnny Carpenter are the latest from the Cadet Corps to complete their enlistments as aviation cadets. Both entered in the classification of pilots and were sent to the Kelly Field Re­placement Training Center.

First Aid Will Be Organized By Physical Ed Dept

Future plans for first aid through out the corps will be brought be­fore the organization commanders by W. L. Penberthy, head of the physical education department at their next scheduled meeting.

Featured in the program for campus defense will be Red Cross first aid classes presided over by Carl Tishler, professor of physi­cal education. These classes, be­ginning the week of January 26, are to be given especially for stu­dents in effort to provide the re-

(See FIRST AID, page 4)

Cadet Corps Collects Funds Aiding In $50,000,000 Red Cross Campaign

The A. & M. cadet corps is be­ing asked for a donation of a dime per man for the American Red Cross War Relief fund, Cadet Col­onel Tom Gillis announced Friday. This action is part of an emergen­cy call by the American Red Cross for a nation-wide campaign to raise $50,000,000.

This money will be used in be­half of American soldiers and civ­ilians in the Pihlippines and other war areas, as well as in the Unit­ed States proper. In this way it

Herzing Appointed As Flight Lieutenant

Ernest A. Herzing, former A. & M. student, has been made cadet flight lieutenant of Flight B, Squadron 2 of the Air Corps Re­placement Training Center at Kel­ly Field, Texas.

At the Replacement Center, Cadet Herzing will receive weeks of basic military training as well as intensive physical drill, in prep­aration for future duties as a pilot officer in the Air Corps.

PUBLICATION STAFF PHOTOS

Group pictures of all members of publication staffs will be taken at 12:45 p. m. Monday on the front steps of the Administration Building. All members of the Battalion, Longhorn, Agriculturist, and Engineer staffs should be present. Number two uniform will be worn. A picture of the Press Club will also be taken at this time.

is possible that the money may ben­efit ex-Aggies who are in the ser­vice.

First sergeants and project house captains are contacting the men in their organizations for the money, which will be turned over to the Student Activity office as soon as possible.

Brazos county’s portion of this national quota is $6,000. The chair­man of the local Red Cross chap­ter is M. L. Cashion, secretary of the college YMCA.

■ Some of the money collected will be spent on the campus to equip first aid kits and stations which are being set up under the civil­ian defense program. First aid in­struction is to be given to a group of students and civilians later this month.

Further Red Cross activities on the campus include knitting and the preparation of clothing for service men. Mrs. G. W. Adriance, College Station production chair­man, stated that the local group has received an additional quota of 325 knitted sweaters and garments. On each of these articles of cloth­ing will be a tag saying that the garments were made by the Texas Aggie unit of the American Red Cross through arrangements made by Gillis.

Brison Given 4-H Honorary Membership

Honorary membership in the Ex- 4-H student club was conferred on F. R. Brison, professor of Horti­culture here at A. & M. at a meeting held Thursday night.

Brison, a member of one of the first 4-H clubs in Texas in 1912, served as a county agent in San Saba for several years before com­ing to A. & M.

[Board Takes Action On Proposed Calendar Change

Elimination of Finals, Plan to Place College on Three Semester Basis in Offing

At 4:30 p.m. today the board of directors will meet to take action on the proposed changes in the college calendar for the duration of the war. Pending action of the board, the college will operate on a twelve month basis with three semesters. Under this plan final examinations will be elim­inated and the only holidays will be one week at Christmas time. A one week vacation will be granted at the end of each semester. t--------------------------------------

These arrangements are being made in order to facilitate the training of officers for the four million man army which is being built to fight the axis nations. Un­der the new setup an officer may be trained and graduated from college in three years and still receive exactly the same educa­tion he would receive in a regular four year college course.

CommissionsSeniors who finish their military

science satisfactorily but do not complete the academic work re­quired for a degree will be com­missioned in May. It is doubtful, however, that they will be allowed to remain long enough to complete their regular college work. Major Bennett announced yesterday that these men will probably go on active duty at once. Dean Bolton is of the opinion that seniors will receive their commissions and or­ders at the same time.

“Cadets who finish the advanc­ed course in Military Science be­fore they reach the age of 21 will probably be commissioned at once, since the draft age has been low­ered to 20,” said Bennett.

Junior ContractsJuniors who have contracts but

find it necessary to drop out to work before they can complete their education will have to register with their local Selective Service Board within ten days. However, if they are not drafted before they return to college, they will receive their contracts again and finish military science. In order to regain a contract which has been dropped, it will be necessary for the cadet to have the military de­partment write a request to that effect to the Eighth Corps Area headquarters.

Arrangements are being made with the war department to defer camp for the juniors until they graduate. The new four hour drill periods will in part account for the additional training which is usually received at camp. Both Bolton and Bennett said they thought it quite possible that this year’s juniors might be commissioned upon grad­uation without going to camp. In this case they would be ordered to the respective branch schools where they would become intimately ac­quainted with the duties of a sol­dier in the field before they ac- actually went into the theater of operations.

New Dorm Completion Slowed Down

Work Is Only Half Finished; New AAA Building Ready SoonAdvent of the second semester

will find two of the four new A. & M. dormitories ready for oc­cupancy, stated E. N. Holmgreen, business manager of the college, yesterday.

Contractors’ schedule plans call for completionj of Dormitories No. 1 and 3 (west and north buildings) by February 1. Dormitory No. 4 (center structure) should be fin­ished by February 15, and Dormi­tory No. 2 (south building) has not been assigned a definite date of completion.

Schedules for the arrival of dormitory furniture are as follows: mattresses, February 1; dressers, February 15; double deck beds, February 20; chairs, March 7; and study tables, March 20. Until the new furniture arrives, old surplus equipment will be used.

Holmgreen further pointed out that the new AAA building should be finished sometime in the early part of March. Plans are as yet indefinite as to the fate of the old government building.

Coburn Will Speak For Economics Club

“Some Contemporary Invest­ment Problems of an Insurance Company” will be the subject of a talk to be delivered by Arthur Coburn at a meeting of the Eco­nomics club Monday night at 8 p. m. in the Petroleum Engineering lecture room.

Coburn is well qualified on this subject as he is in charge of all investments for the Southwestern Life Insurance Company.

All interested students as well as faculty members are cordially invited to attend the meeting.

Aggies Retain Appetites Even When Confined to the Hospital

When the Aggies go to the cam­pus hospital it does not seem to affect their appetites. Over a ten year period, every patient has consumed an average of 2.9 meals every day spent under the care of Dr. J. E. Marsh and his staff of capable assistants headed by the motherly Mrs. Irene Claghorn, known as “Mom” to the students.

Since September, 1931, a total of 47,526 Aggies have paid the hos­pitalization fee which is $10 for the long session and $4 for the summer. This fee includes hos­pitalization, treatments and medi­cines for numerous ailments and complaints.

Surgery and treatment of com­plicated diseases requiring special serums are not included in the overall fee, but the student receives hospitalization and treatment for minor eye, ear, nose, and throat infections, respiratory diseases, stomachache, skin diseases, and in­juries.

Complete X-ray . and fluoroscope services are available at no exti'a cost.

During the ten year period end­ing last August 31, a total of 20,-

168 students spent 56,443 days iri the hospital. They consumed 163,- 234 meals! Each patient averaged about two and one half days in the hospital, and was served eight meals while there.

During the entire ten year per­iod, only seven boys have died in the A. & M. college hospital. In­fectious diseases through the years have been numerous. The largest epidemic was the epidemic of meas­les during 1940-41, which put 1,399 boys in bed. Respiratory infections that year hospitalized 2,110 stu­dents out of an enrollment of 7,437.

With less than 100 boys in the hospital each year from accidents for the first six years of the period, the last four years saw the follow­ing increase: 102 in 1937, 165 in 1938, 309 in 1939, and 290 in 1940- 41.

In addition to the hospital cases, hundreds of boys weekly are treat­ed as clinical cases for minor ail­ments and accidents.

Closer attention by the medical staff to eye, ear, nose and throat infections resulted in hospitaliza­tion of 630 in 1930-40 and 668 in 1940-41.