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X COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, APRIL 1, 1937 Sixth Annual Cotton Style Show, Pageant, Ball, To Be Held Friday Night; 100 Girls To Take Part Earl Duke, Dorothy Ehlinger Are King and Queen Cotton; Allred Has Representative More than 100 young ladies from Texas and neighboring states will take part in the sixth annual Cotton Pageant and Style Show to be held here Friday, April 2, under the direction of the members of the Agronomy Society. Reigning over the evening’s festivities will be Earl T. Duke, King Cotton, and Miss Dorothy Ehlinger, Queen. Miss Virginia Johnson, who along with Miss Ehlinger is a student at T. S. C. W., will be maid of honor. She will be escorted by Bailey Carnahan, senior agro- nomy student. Among the representatives will be one from the Governor of Tex- as, and one from Anderson Clay- ton Cotton Company. The Gover- nor’s representative is the daugh- ter of Senator and Mrs. H. L. Win- field of El Paso,and has had the honor of being the princess from the Sun Carnival to be sent to Hollywood for a screen test. She is a former student of S. M. U. and is now attending Texas Uni- versity. Miss Luly Purdy, an employee in the personnel department of Anderson Clayton Cotton Company, is the representative of that con- cern. This organization, which is one of the world’s leading cotton firms, annually contributes a con- siderable sum toward defraying the expenses of the winners of the summer cotton trip. Also included in the immediate Court of King and Queen Cotton will be the five nominees who were chosen recently by the students of Texas University to participate in the run-off for Sweetheart of the Texas Round-up. These girls are attending at the special invitation of the society, and will be escorted by members of the Ross Volunteer company. All other members of the court will be chosen by, and represent- atives of various colleges, uni- versities, cities, A and M clubs, and A and M Mothers’ clubs throughout this state and sur- rounding states. There are sixteen cotton pro- ducing states in the Union and each of these states will be represent- ed by one of sixteen junior maids to be chosen. These girls will be elected by the student bodies of the high schools of towns near the college. —The Battalion Texas Solons To Be Campus Guests Apr. 10 Members of the Texas Legisla- ture and their wives, with Capital representatives of the Press and their wives, will be visitors on the A. & M. Campus on April 10th,, as guests of the Bryan Chamber of Commerce and the College. An invitation was extended both House and Senate at Austin recently, and was warmly received. It is ex- pected that some 150 legislators will make the trip, many of them accompanied by their wives. Plans for the day call for a special train leaving Austin on the Morning of April 10, and returning to Austin that same evening. Upon arrival at College Station at 11 a. m. the visitors will be honored by a huge military review staged by the A. & M. Cadet Corps. After lunch at Sbisa Hall the guests will be personally conducted around the campus and into various college departments. Members of the College staff and the Ex-Student’s Association are cooperating with the Bryan ‘Chamber of Commerce to make the day a pleasant and an instructive one for the visiting law-makers. Some seven years have elapsed since the entire legislature paid a visit to the campus. MISS DOROTHY EHLINGER Queen of the Cotton Ball George Claims All Credit Miss Dorothy Ehlinger, senior student at Texas State College for Women at Denton, and the daugh- ter of George H. Ehlinger, ’12, county agent at New Braunfels, will reign as queen of the 6th an- nua] Cotton Style Show and Pag- eant held on the week-end of April 2. This cotton event has become one of the largest social affairs of the school year at A. & M. AMARILLO CLUB SHOWS PICTURE ~ T0800 PEOPLE Annual Stock Show Meeting Debates Matter of New Name for Aggie Athletic Teams Around 100 A. & M. men were present at the Amarillo-Panhandle Club’s recent meeting in Amarillo during the Panhandle Fat Stock Show and Fair. This meeting is an annual occasion during this show and each year is attended by many A. & M. men from over the entire Panhandle territory. The affair was held on March 8 in the form of a banquet at the Capitol Hotel and immediately following the ban- quet, the entire group went to one of the Amarillo schools for the showing of the A. & M. movie, “ALONG THE COMEBACK (Continued on page 3) Graham Hall No Longer Connected Ben Milam Hotel Graham Hall, ’13, recently sev- ered his connections with the man- agement of the Ben Milam Hotel in Houston. He is making his home at the present time at 2025 West Main Street in Houston and has announced no future business plans. He served last year as president of the Hotel Greeters of America and is one of the best known hotel men in the United States. Widely known among A. & M. men and one of the Houston A. & M. Club’s most active members, his presence at the Ben Milam made that hostelry A. & M. head- quarters for the city of Houston. His A. & M. friends selfishly hope that he will associate himself with some other hotel in Houston, in order that they may find a place to stop where a decided A. & M. spirit is in evidence. FRM Th Cu ew tr AT yh SR | eo AT 1 ad te tht BN ON Ca NE ie tt ac hi en chy ach Bi Vrs Bo a ne IE RE ak-npitsii AT THE CROSSROADS | Today the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, alma mater of 33,000 Aggies, is well along the road of the greatest expansion in her sixty-one years of colorful history. Within the past five years the physical plant at College Station has been nearly doubled, approximately $11,000,000 being invested on the main campus today. Student enrollment for the current long term has reached 4354, the all time record to date, and all the signs prophesy a student body of at least 5,000 for 1937-38. It goes without saying that this is a most satisfying state of affairs for the contemplation of Aggies, friends of the col- lege and friends and supporters of higher education in Texas. But, unfortunately, there is another side of the picture, somewhat disturbing, less roseate of hue. It has to do with the immediate needs of the college if A. & M. is to march ahead, confidently and with unfaltering step, toward what is eminently her greater destiny. An army, to reach its objective, must have food and sup- plies. No less is required by a college. Today A. & M. stands at one of the most important crossroads she has yet reached in her long advance. If she is to keep straight ahead, to continue the promise of marked expansion and increased prestige of the past five years, she must have: 1. MORE TEACHERS 2. SALARY RESTORATION 3. MORE MAINTENANCE 4. A GREATER LIBRARY More teachers is one of the most acute needs in view of the rapid increase in student enrollment. In 1928-29, peak enrollment year of the pre-depression period, the student body numbered 2,786 and the regular full-time teaching staff 173. For the current year (1936-37), student enrollment is 4,354 and the full-time teaching staff numbers 205. With an increase of 56% in students in nine years has come an increase in teachers of only 18.5%. Since the Legislative appropriation of two years ago for the current biennium, student enrollment at the college has increased by 1140 boys, a larger number by increase in two years than is found in the current student body of John Tarle- ton, or North Texas, or the College of Mines or the College of Arts and Industries. A. & M. cannot expect to continue to do work of high quality if such overloading of the teaching staff continues. OFFICIALS OF THE COLLEGE, USING CONSERVA- TISM, HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT AT LEAST 57 ADDI- TIONAL TEACHERS ARE SORELY NEEDED TO HANDLE | THE INCREASE OF 1140 STUDENTS ALONE. In the face of increasing student enrollment, Legislative appropriations for instructionai work at A. & M. have shown a steady decline. For 1928-29, peak pre-depression year pre- viously cited, the total appropriation for instructional purposes was $1,097,015. For 1936-37, despite an increase of only 18.5% in teach- ing staff as compared to an increase in students of 56%, the total appropriation was $599,500, or a 45% decrease. Teaching salaries at A. & M. are now 80% of the 1933 level. RESTORATION TO THAT LEVEL AT LEAST IS AN URGENT AND PRESSING NEED IN ORDER NOT ONLY THAT THE COLLEGE MAY PROTECT ITSELF FROM IN- ROADS ON ITS STAFF BY OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF- FERING HIGHER SALARIES BUT THAT IT MAY BUILD UP ITS STAFF THROUGH ITS ABILITY TO OFFER AC- CEPTABLE SALARIES. During the depression the college lost many valuable teachers to other agencies and salaries at Colleges in other states have been restored so they are now much higher than A. & M. can pay. Even within the state, at the University of Texas for instance, higher salaries are paid for teaching many of the same courses offered at A. & M. Only about one-half a cent of each dollar spent by the State in 1935 (date of the latest published report of the Comptroller) came to the teaching division of the college. In view of the type of instruction at A. & M. and the rapidly growing student body, increased maintenance becomes another necessity. : Of the A. & M. student body, 86% register for technical curricula as compared to 40% at Texas Tech and 13% at the University of Texas. Surveys show that at these three state schools—A. & M., Texas Tech and Texas—the average cost over a period of three years for a student in technical departments is $143.50 more a year than for a student in other departments. YET, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT 86% OF THE A. & M. STUDENTS ARE REGISTERED FOR THIS MORE EXPENSIVE TYPE OF WORK, THE REPORT OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHOWS THAT FOR 1935-36, THE COST OF INSTRUCTION AT A. & M. WAS LOWER THAN AT ANY OTHER STATE SENIOR COL- LEGE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TEXAS STATE COL- LEGE FOR WOMEN. : In addition to its highly specialized departments of in- struction, there are the research, extension, forestry and other divisions of the college that are playing such an im- portant role in the agricultural and industrial progress of the state to be considered. Adequate library facilities for an institution such as A. & M. needs no argument. Yet these facilities at A. & M. do not rank very high when compared with other schools of similar rank. THERE ARE IN THE A. & M. LIBRARY ONLY 60,500 books, including bulletins and pamphlets. The University of Texas library has 528,230 volumes, Rice Institute has 133,100, Southern Methodist 100,200, Okla- homa A. & M. 94,000. Library expenditures at A. & M. for 1935-36 for services amounted to $14,475 and for books $10,496 as compared to $82,468 for services at Texas and $49,299.30 for books. Library expenditure per student at A. & M. for 1935-36 was $6, as compared to $10 at Texas, $8.75 at Texas State College for Women, $11 at Oklahoma A. & M., $25 at Iowa (Ames). The ratio of library expenditure to total college expendi- ture that year at A. & M. was 6/10 of 1%. (Continued on page 4) eae fn 4 J rat % ¢ WA $ . i oh YEE ¥ . oN Wale re Ww 'y wv ’ PS ARS TN TR CV WU RTE Val Ae dN FERRER ww CORPUS CHRISTI CLUB BREAKS ATTENDANCE RECORD WHEN 150 GATHER T0 SEE A. & M. MOVIE One hundred and fifty A. M. men from Corpus Christi and the surrounding territory gathered in the banquet room of the Nueces Hotel in Corpus on the night of March 22, to enjoy the largest A. & M. gathering ever held in that section. The event was a banquet under the auspices of the Corpus Christi Club. Secretary E. E. Mec- Quillen, ’20, of College Station, was the honor guest and speaker for the’ occasion. While the party was put on by the Corpus Christi A. & M. Club, nearly half of those present were from surrounding cities with dele- gations on hand from: Sinton, Robstown, Alice, Mathis, Kings- ville, Ingleside, Gregory, Aransas Pass, Taft, Violet, Banquete, Odem, Addresses Dallas Agricultural Club E. H. VARNELL. E. H. Varnell, 21, project man- ager of the Soil Conservation Ser- vice at Garland, was a recent speaker before the Agricultural Club at Dallas. He is director in charge of the Duck Creek water- shed program at Garland and is a veteran agricultural worker in Texas. Prior to his connection with the Soil Conservation Service, hed taught vocational agriculture for a quite a few years. He makes his headquarters at Garland. ALLRED NAMES R. W. BRIGGS, "{T A. & ML. DIRECTOR The appointment of Robert W. Briggs, ’17, to the Board of Direc- tors of the A. & M. College, and the naming of several other A. & M. men to various state appointive positions, was announced last week by Governor James V. Allred. In- cluded among members of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Ex- aminers were: Dr. Paul P. Boriskie, ’26, Port Arthur; Dr. A. C. Burns, 07, Cleburne; and Dr. Archie Stal- lings, ’23, Houston. Hal Yakey, ’04, prominent South- west Texas ginner, farmer, and business man of Agua Dulce, and Paul Ehlers, ’07, La Pryor, were appointed as directors of the Nue- (Continued on page 3) Highwaymen Hold Best Short Course A record breaking attendance that saw 337 men actually regis- tered, was enjoyed by the 13th annual Highway Engineer’s Short Course, held on the campus last week under the sponsorship of the Civil Engineering Department of the College, in cooperation wich the State Highway Department. J. T. L. McNew, ’20, professor of highway engineering at A. & M., who has directed the short course since its inception, was again in charge. The visitors declared the event one of the most successful ever held. Many A. & M. engineers were among those present and the event was in the nature of a homecom- | (Continued from page 1) Tani ae ah - A 2 LY dh v8 Ed. Roy, and other cities. Guests for the affair included Corpus Christi High School coaches and players and other high school boys of the Corpus Christi area. President T. B. Powers, 29, of Corpus Christi, presided at the opening of the meeting and wel- comed the guests and visitors from other cities. After a few remarks, he introduced as toastmaster for the occdbion Dr. King Gill, ’24, famed three letter athlete during his college days and now one of South Texas’ most prominent phy- gicians. : In his remarks, Secretary Mec- Quillen congratulated the Corpus Christi Club upon its activities and expressed the hope that the club would continue to enjoy the sup- port of other A. & M. meh in the surrounding section. He outlined some of the problems of the Col- lege and called on all A. & M. men to do their part in helping the in- stitution solve these difficulties. Short talks were also made by George Herman “Flop” Hartung, 22; Coaches Raymond Berry and J. A. “Dutch” Rektorik, 29, of the Corpus Christi High School; Coach “Rocky” Rundell, of Robstown; Mr. R. Kunitz, ’01, of Sinton, introduc- ed as the oldest A. & M. men pres- ent; and several others. Following the speaking program, motion pic- tures of football games played by the Aggies last fall were shown. The Corpus Christi Club is meeting regularly twice each month at the Nueces Hotel. Officers of the club include: T. B. Powers, ’29, pres- ident; Joe Moody, ’32, vice pres- ident; and J. H. Kelly, ’35, secre- tary-treasurer. These and any other Corpus Christi A. & "M. men can furnish any information desired about the Corpus Christi A. & M. meetings, and extend a cordial in- vitation to all visiting A. & M. men to join with them. Student Labor Is Aiding 1416 Scholars Here Average Monthly Pay Amounts to $10,500 School of Agriculture Has Largest Percentage Working One thousand four hundred and sixteen cadets were on the student labor roll on March 1st. This means that 32.77% of the student body is working their way through school. Of this number, there are 600 paid with college funds and 538 paid with N.Y.A. funds. The average monthly payroll to this student labor amounts to $17,- 000. And of this, the college puts out $10,500 while the N.Y.A. con- tributes $6,500. Of the 1416 on the student labor rolls, there are 448 first year students and only 215 fourth year students. 435 jobs are distributed among the second year students and the remaining 315 are third year students. While the number of jobs goes down with the increase in the number of years here in school, the percent- age goes up. This is shown by the following figures: first year students-24.41% ; second year stu- dents-38.66%; third year students- 42.45%; fourth year students- 43.47% The School of Agriculture ranks first in the number of jobs and consequently in the percentage of jobs. Next in line comes the School of Engineering and after that, the School of Arts and Sciences, then the School of Vetenary Medicine. —The Battalion Gill G. Johns, ’30, is with the Reed Roller Bit Company, Hous- ton, and is located at 46021 Polk Street of that city. e 3 at ny. RE a ry Ta Srl FOS 5 a Poti fon. Rn Sik ETE =] . . poles Lin Ban pied WN Lela, Jo ape il, EE BE a 4 ¢ Na oo Powe 8 FRY 3 ., Viale 25d pada - So ig 1 gM Ta Pedi X Whe a¥
