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TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 20, 1940
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NO. 53
Gladys Swarthout A rrives Friday Noon
Glamorous Star Will
Appear On Program
GENERAL COLLINS TO SPEAK
ROA Dinner
Caps Defense
Week Locally
Jr. ROA Members
May Attend Gratis;
Affair Begins at 7
Brigadier-General J. L. Collins,
commanding the Second Field Ar
tillery Brigade of Fort Sam Hous
ton, will arrive at College Station
early this afternoon. He will be
the principal speaker at the Na
tional Defense Week banquet to be
held in Sbisa Hall by the local
chapter of the Reserve Officers’
Association tonight at 7 o’clock.
One of the outstanding men in
the United States army, General
Collins was military aide to Gen
eral Pershing overseas during the
World War. He was also military
attache at the American Embassy
in Italy during Mussolini’s rise to
power and was personally acquaint
ed with II Duce.
Throughout General Collins’ mil
itary career he has been given as
signments of utmost importance
and is said to have performed
these tasks very efficiently. Most
of his assignments have been con
cerned with world problems, both
political and economic.
General Collins has come from a
general staff corps assignment in
New York City to take command
of the Second Field Artillery Bri
gade with headquarters at Fort
Sam Houston.
Well-versed on the current Eu
ropean situation, General Collins’
address is expected to be of con
siderable interest and importance.
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DAIRY PRODUCTS
MEET SCHEDULED
HERE MARCH 7
State-wide Meeting of
Texas Dairymen Will Be
First of Kind Held Here
The annual meeting of the Texas
Dairy Products Association will
be held at College on March 7th.
This will be the first state-wide
meeting in which Texas dairymen
breeders of dairy cattle, processors
of dairy products, civic leaders,
farmers, bankers, newspapermen
and agricultural workers have sat
together for a common cause—that
of improving dairy conditions in
Texas to the point where this in
dustry will become profitable, an
asset to the state and a means of
balancing its agricultural program.
The program will start at 9 a.
m. and will feature acknowledged
leaders in the dairy and allied in
dustrial fields.
C. N. Shepardson, head of de
partment of Dairy Husbandry, will
talk on “Looking Ahead for Dairy
ing.” J. L. Kraft, president of the
Kraft Cheese Company, will be
the principal speaker at the noon
luncheon which will be served in
Sbisa Hall. He will speak on
“More Cheese.”
A. L. Ward, director of Educa
tional Service, National Cotton
seed Products Association, will talk
on “Silent Partners of the Dairy
Industry”; K. M. Renner, depart
ment of Dairy Manufacturers.
Texas Technological College on “A
Quality Control Program for Tov
as”; W. A. Wentworth, the library
Company, on “National Tre Campus
Developments and the Resp—oiuxi-
ities of the Dairy Products Man
ufacturers”; F. W. Atkeson, head
of the Dairy Husbandry Depart
ment of the Kansas State Agricul
tural College, on “Are We Dairy
Cattle Breeders, or Gamblers?”;
and W. L. Stangel, Animal Hus
bandry Department, Texas Tech,
on “Practical Feeding of Dairy
Cattle.”
CAPITAL CITY CLUB
Left to right, W. J. “Bill” Lawson, ’22, president; Temple B.
Ingram, ’27, sea'etary-treasurer; H. G. Bossey, ’21, second vice-presi
dent; and Grady King, ’32, vice-president.
Guiding the destiny of the Capital City A. & M. Club at Austin
during the current year are the officers shown above. Lawson is
secretary to the Governor; Ingram and Bossey are with the State
Highway Department; and Grady King is credit manager for the
Cook Paint and Varnish Company at Austin. The clubs meet each
Monday noon for lunch at the Driskill Hotel and visitors are always
welcome^
Colonel Christian Tells
Cosmopolitans About Defense
Speaking on “National Defense-f which the Monroe Doctrine plays
in the Pan-Americas,” the Infan
try’s Lieutenant-Colonel R. L.
Christian addressed the ninety
members of the Cosmopolitan Club
at that organization’s regular
meeting Sunday afternoon attend
ed by more than 100 members and
students. Introduced by president
M. L. Rodriquez, Colonel Christian
opened his address by pointing out
that the chief concern of his sub
ject was the twenty-one Central
and South American republics.
Dividing his address into three
units, he first discussed the prob
lem of the nature of the defense
to be established by the nations
of the two American continents;
he then discussed national defense
from the point of what it consti
tutes; and lastly, he related the
various means being employed to
facilitate cooperation among the
Americas today.
After pointing out that the of
ficers and men who make up the
Army are the most important part
of national defense, he began his
discussion of adequate national de
fense and its constituents. “There
is not, so far as I know, any gen
erally accepted definition of ‘ade
quate’ national defense,” Colonel
Christian declared. “We must, how
ever,” he went on, “keep ahead—
where possible—of rival nations in
respect to military power. Especi
ally those nations which might
have designs on any of the Amer
ican republics.”
In discussing the part that the
United States must play in defense
of other American nations, Colonel
Christian said that this nation
must be ready at all times to pro
tect the Pan-American republics
from foreign invasion. He went
on to discuss the important part
Horse Breeders’
Course Opens Here
Approximately 100 members reg
istered yesterday for the Annual
Horse, Jack, and Mule Breeders
Short Course, sponsored by the
Animal Husbandry Department,
which is now being held. The pro
gram consists of lectures on pro
duction and tyoes horses and
eing given
or the faculty
and college staff, as several of the
out-of-town lecturers were unable
to attend the school because of ill
ness. Several commercial pictures
are also being shown.
A banquet was held in the ban
quet room of Sbisa Hall last night.
Following the banquet the visi
tors attended the “Little South
western Livestock Show,” put on
by the Saddle and Sirloin Club.
in this connection.
“There are three things which
we Amercan nations desire,” he
said. “First of all, we want free
dom: freedom of the press, religion,
and speech as conceived by our
own American Constitution. Sec
ond, we want to live together in
the same hemisphere with a friend
ly feeling existent among all na
tions on this side of the globe.
Most of all—we want peace!”
Colonel Christian then pointed
out that the maintenance of the
“good-neighbor” policy is import
ant in the Americas. “We are a
happy family of nations on this
continent—especially in compari
son with European nations,” he
said. “Furthermore, we must not
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JUNIOR COLLEGE
DEBATE TOURNEY
SCHEDULED HERE
Question of Isolation
Policy Will Be Argued
The second meeting of the A
& M. Junior College Debate Tour
nament will be held in the Y. M.
C. A. Friday and Saturday. The
schools that are to participate will
be the first ten junior colleges
to accept the invitation. Thus far
Kilgore, Tyler, Texas Lutheran,
and Lamar Junior College and A.
& M. freshmen and sophomores
are entered in the contest. John
Tarleton is also expected to enter.
The question for discussion is:
“Resolved, that the United States
should follow a policy of strict
(military and economic) isolation
toward all nations outside the
western hemisphere engaged in
armed civil or international con
flict.”
The judges are to be picked from
A. & M. faculty members. Medals
are to be awarded to the speakers
on the winning team. Each school
is asked to send two teams of
two men each so that they may
be prepared to defend either side
of the question.
Friday morning will be devoted
to the registration of contestants
and faculty members at tourna
ment headquarters, the Y. M. C. A.
lobby. The first three rounds of
debates will be held Friday from
3 p. m. to 8:30 p. m. All contest
ants and representatives will meet
in the Y. M. C. A. parlor at 9
a. m. Saturday to prepare for the
fourth and final round at 10 a.
m. At 1 p. m. luncheon will be
served at the College Mess Hall
annex, at which time the an
nouncement of results will be made
and prizes will be presented.
DANGER-KEEP OFF!
Captain B. S. Shute of the
Engineers’ regiment has is
sued notice that the Engi
neers R. O. T. C. unit will be
firing high explosive charges
on the north side of the R. O.
T. C. drill field, in the vicin
ity of the old Engineers’ Lake
on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday, February 27, 28 ;
and 29, between the hours of
1:00 and 3:00 each afternoon.
All persons are being
warned to remain out of this
area during the period stat
ed.
WATER WORKS
SHORT COURSE
IS UNDER WAY
For five days beginning Monday
A. & M. has become host to the
twenty-second Annual Water
Works and Sewage Short Course—
one of the largest such assemblies
ever held by the school. It is be
ing attended by several hundred
men from all over the state.
Purpose of the short course is
friendly contact and education of
men in such positions as water
works superintendents and egin-
neers, sanitary engineers, health
department officials, city officials,
water plant operators, and consult
ing engineers.
The school is being directed by
E. W. Steel, head of the Depart
ment of Municipal and Sanitary
Engineering.
The short course begah with
registration Monday morning in
the lobby of the Y. M. C. A. At
this time the visitors were provided
with identification cards. Follow
ing registration, a general assem
bly was held in the Y. M. C. A.
chapel. An address of welcome
was given by Dean Gibb Gilchrist
of the School of Engineering, and
a response was delivered by Ash
ley G. Classen, president of the
Texas Division of the American
Water Works Association, who
presided over the assembly.
After the general assembly, the
visitors went to various places of
instruction about the campus.
Thursday night at 7 o’clock a
banquet will climax the short
school. Mr. Classen will preside,
and Dr. George W. Cox, State
Health Officers, will be the princi
pal speaker. There will be a pre
sentation of awards for attendance
and exceptional service in the
water works field.
WTAWGrantedNew
Equipment; Range
Will Be Increased
Transmitter Will Be
Moved to New Location
Word was received yesterday by
John Rosser, W.T.A.W. director
that the Federal Communications
Commission has granted a con
struction permit to WTAW, col
lege radio station, for the moving
of its transmitter and the con
struction of a new vertical radia
tor. The present transmitter and
antenna are located in the Electri
cal Engineering Building.
H. C. Dillingham, chief engineer
of the station and also head of the
Electrical Engineering Department
said that the new antenna will be
the latest type of vertical steel
radiator. He estimates that the
new equipment will nearly double
the effective range of the station’s
signal, which is now audible over
an area of about 80 miles in di
ameter.
The new transmitter location
will be in the vicinity of Scoates
Lakes, Mr. Dillingham said. Plans
are not yet entirely complete, but
construction is scheduled to begin
before April 5. The transmitting
equipment will be housed in its own
special building, just off the high
way. It is expected that the Land
scape Art Department will super
vise the landscaping of the trans
mitter site.
Although no increase over the
present power of 500 watts nor
the present broadcasting time of
some five and one-half hours
weekly was granted, Mr. Dilling
ham pointed out that the new
equipment will pave the way for
further expansion.
No change in the location of
the broadcasting studio is foreseen
at the present time. The present
studio on the second floor of the
Y. M. C. A. building, however, will
shortly undergo alterations and re
pairs designed to increase its ef
ficiency.
Ce-
log
OIL WELL “JEEP” TO
BE EXHIBITED HERE
The Halliburton Oil Well
menting Company will run a
on the well in Vance Field, behind
the Petroleum Building, Tuesday,
February 20, from one till five
o’clock with its logging equipment
known as the “Jeep.”
This will be a very interesting
demonstration, and all students,
particularly petroleum and geology
students, are invited to attend.
COL. ASHBURN,
WINSTEAD TALK
TO AAUP TONIGHT
Discussion of Public
Attitudes Will Be Held
Col. Ike Ashburn and Mr. G.
Byron Winstead will speak at sev
en o’clock tonight in Sbisa Hall
before an open meeting on the
subject of the part played by col
lege staff members as individuals
in determining some of the public
attitudes toward A. & M. Both
men are widely known in this sec
tion of the country and are emi
nently qualified by reason of their
many contacts and their long ex
perience in public relations work
to speak with authority on this
subject. Col. Ashburn is executive
assistant to President Walton and
director of public information,
while Mr. Winstead is publicity di
rector for the college.
The meeting is being sponsored
by the A. & M. Chapter of the
American Association of Univer
sity Professors as part of its pro
gram of active cooperation with
college authorities in advancing
faculty and student welfare. This
organization also has plans under
way for a spring banquet to which
representatives of other education
al institutions in Texas will be
invited along with members of the
entire college staff and their fami
lies. Dr. E. O. Lovett, president
of Rice Institute, has accepted an
invitation to deliver the principal
after-dinner address.
Refreshments will be served at
the meeting tonight in order that
there may be an opportunity for a
free interchange of ideas on points
brought out by Col. Ashburn and
Mr. Winktead.
Architects’ Annual Swing-Fest Is Tops
As Historical Great Roam Aggie Campus
By George Fuermann
Robin Hood, Confucius, Sam Houston, Carlotta;
Daniel Boone, Saint Simeon, Abe Lincoln, Rebecca;
From the pages of history to the Aggie campus, these—and other
historical guests—came to life for four scant hours last Friday night
as the Architects’ Ball whisked 1940’s dance season into a vivid
and unique beginning; a brilliant and colorful reality.
Kings and queens and political-
big-wigs of centuries past were
born again at nine that night, and
—an hour later than the ghosts of
the Macabre—one o’clock found
them returned to their original
status . . . cadets and “cadettes”.
They danced to the rhythmic
swing of John Sullivan and his
orchestra, and — in a manner ty
pical of architects—they decorated
the annex of ancient Sbisa in a
memorable fashion. And so it is
. . . the beaux and belles who at
tended the architects’ 1940 swing-
fest have material aplenty to store
in their memory closets.
And uppermost in memory will
be recollections of a galaxy of ex
cellent and well-executed costumes.
Glistening gowns of European
nurse Edith Cavell—they were all
there.
The mythical nod to the best
costumes was probably split three
ways: between Paul Rose as Eng
land’s Chamberlain, E. C. French
who was astoundingly authentic as
Henry VIII, and Betty Jane Wink
ler as Carlotta.
But judges—had there been any
—would have been hard-put to
have selected a second-best cos
tume. There was Marshall Biggs
as Tom Sawyer, escorting Mildred
Jahn as Becky Thatcher; Mr. and
Mrs. Leonardo Da Vinci were there
in the person of Joe Bourn and
Mary Katheryn Watson; the Un
known Soldier had a date with
queens and princesses, striking uni- , Edith Cavell—at least that’s the
forms of kings and diplomats, the shape Arthur Bartel and Peggy
drab of a beggar, the grey of, (Continued on page 4)
Play by Dr. Ashton
Retained for Use At
South Dakota School
Dr. John Ashton’s associate pro
fessor of agricultural journalism
at A. & M., has been notified by
Forrest U. Fenn, assistant pro
fessor of the animal husbandry de
partment of South Dakota State
College, that a copy of Dr. Ashton’s
play, “DeSoto Offering Roast
Pork to the Chickasaw Indians,”
is being retained for future use
at that institution.
The play has received comment
from many parts of the United
States, has been produced a num
ber of times and broadcast over the
air.
Stated Professor Fenn, in his
letter to Dr. Ashton: “We have
not yet staged your play, but in
tend to make use of it next year
at either our Farm and Home
Week or the students’ Little Inter
national show when the outstand
ing hog men of South Dakota are
given special recognition.”
Long-A waited
Concert Takes
i
Place Friday
Miss Swarthout Is Exhibit
A in Pep and Personality
BULLETIN JUST RECEIVED
WHO: GLADYS SWARTHOUT,
GLAMOROUS METROPOLITAN
OPERA MEZZO-SOPRANO AND
SINGING STAR OF CONCERT,
SCREEN AND RADIO.
WHAT: ARRIVES AT COL
LEGE STATION ON BOARD
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
TRAIN NO. 16-6.
WHEN: FRIDAY NOON, FEB
RUARY 23 AT 12:02 P. M.
WHY: TO GIVE A CONCERT
AT GUION HALL THAT SAME
EVENING.
Grand opera’s exhibit A in good
looks, pep and personality, Gladys
Swarthout, is now in the midst
of the most active season of her
career. She is scheduled to sing
in more than fifty cities through
out the United States and Canada,
and will return to the Metropoli
tan Opera after an absence of
two years.
America’s most photogenic opera
star comes to College Station di
rect from Lubbock, Texas.
Miss Swarthout is as delightful
to talk to as she is lovely to look
at. She will be happy to talk to
reporters and pose for photograph
ers either at the train upon arrival
or later at the college where she
will be staying.
•
On Friday evening Town Hall
will present its most eagerly await
ed program when it introduces to
College Station one of the nation’s
best-known stars of opera, radio,
and screen, Gladys Swarthout.
Anticipation of this program is
steadily increasing and a record
attendance is certain.
Gladys Swarthout, popular mez
zo-soprano, is the fourth member
to appear on the Town Hall series.
She is a member of the Metropoli
tan Opera Company of New York
and is the first big-time opera
star to entertain on this campus.
Season tickets are good for this
program. For students of the col
lege and the local high school with
out the season tickets, the price
of admission will be $1.00. Reserv
ed seat tickets are on sale for
$2.00. There are also on sale special
reserved seats which may be pur
chased by holders of season tickets
who wish to bring their guests.
The program will begin at 7:30-
and will be of at least one and
one-half hours* duration. It will
be over in time for attendance
to the A. S. C. E. Ball. An invita
tion to this Ball has been extended
Miss Swarthout. It is suggested
that all C. E. students and their
dates dress formally for the con
cert in order to be ready for the
dance.
Miss Swarthout will arrive Fri
day noon and will probably leave
Saturday afternoon. Where she
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South Station P. 0.
To Open on March 1
Mrs. Anna V. Smith, postmaster
of College Station, has announced
that boxes in the South Station
Post Office will be available for
renting Tuesday, February 20.
However, mail will not be received
at the new boxes until March 1.
By this time all boxes will be in
stalled and ready for use.
Two roommates will be allowed
to each box, and the charge will
be the regular rate of 75tf per box.
Reservations can be made only at
the South Station Post Office. In
order to avoid confusion, students
are asked not to have their mail
sent to the new box numbers until
March 1. At this time organization
boxes will be discontinued.