THE BATTALION
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CHANGES MADE IN
STATION WTAW
Telephone ?nen
are continually
scouting ' along
the frontier of
better methods.
Who will scout p
this electrical frontier.
TT WHETHER in the Bell Telephone
VV Laboratories, in the Western
Electric workshop or in the various op
erating companies, telephone executives
are scouts on the frontier of better meth
ods to serve the public.
It is significant that your true tele
phone man, he with the feel of the call
ing in his blood, never speaks of having
“perfected the art of communication.”
And this in spite of the fact that America,
by its solid achievements in telephony,
shows the world.
Work in the Bell System demands the
bold curiosity of pioneers and the infinite
pains of pioneers who, like Columbus,
Lincoln and Lindbergh, prepared “and
when their chance came they were ready.”
BELL SYSTEM
nation-wide system of 18,000,000 inter-connecting telephones
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OUR PIONEERING WORK HAS JUST BEGUN
LIBRARY FOR EXCHANGES
STARTED
An exchange library, made up of
collected copies of college and uni
versity publications from various
parts of the United States and Can
ada, has been started in the Battalion
Office, 40 Gathright. All of the is
sues of college papers received in ex
change for the Battalion are to be
saved and any students desiring to
look over any of the publications on
the list are invited to make use of the
collection.
Among the forty or more papers
on file at present are to be found The
Round-Up, from New Mexico A. & M.
College; The Wichitan, from Wichita
Falls Junior College; The J. T. A. C.;
The Tulane Hullabaloo; The Simmons
Brand; The McGill Daily, from Mc
Gill University, Montreal, Canada;
The Thresher, Rice Institute; The
Beacon, Rhode Island State College;
The California Aggie; The Daily Lar-
ait, Baylor University; The Semi-
Weekly Campus, S. M. U.; The Con
glomerate, Centenary College; The
Reflector, Mississippi A. & M.; The
Hustonian, Sam Houston State Teach
ers College; The Prairie, West Texas
S. T. C.; The Skiff, T. C. U.; The
Lasso, C. I. A.; The Shorthorn, N. T.
A. C., Arlington; The Wesley Pilot;
The Toreador, Texas Tech; The Col
lege Star, Southwest Texas S. T. C.;
The Varsity, University of Toronto,
Canada; The Coyote, Weatherford
College; The Optimist, Abilene Chris
tian College; The Sul Ross Skyline;
The Yellow Jacket, Howard Payne;
The Sewanee Purple, and the Arkan
sas Traveler.
A number of the daily papers of
the state, and a few high school pub
lications are also kept on file, and all
who are interested in the papers are
invited to make use of the collection.
“We are good furniture dealers.
We stand behind every bed we sell.”
* * *
Bach: “What would you say if I
kissed you?”
Modern Necker: “Goodnite, dear,
I’ve had enough of your lip.”
* * *
Customer: “Give me change for a
dime, please.”
Druggist: “Sure. And I hope you
enjoy the sermon.”
* ❖ *
Stude: “Why do sorority girls give
dance bids to so many track men at
school ?”
Second Stude: “That’s easy. May
be, it’s because they’re fast.”
Wave Length Changed and New
Studio to Be Put in Use
A new wave length has been
assigned to the A. and M. College
Broadcasting Station by the Federal
Radio Commission, and has been op
erating since last week on 483.6
meters, with a frequency of 620
kilocycles. The old wave was 309.1
meters, and with the change, WTAW
shares its wave length with Station
KFDM, Beaumont. The tall steel
aerial towers on the E. E. building
and Legett Hall will remain unchang
ed, and the broadcasting apparatus
will still be in the Electrical Engineer
ing Building.
The old studio on the fourth floor
of the E. E. building has not been
all that could be desired, and so a
new one on the second floor of the Y
is being equipped. This will be the
station’s first well-equipped broad
casting studio, and will be fitted out
with modern equipment, including a
new grand piano. Day programs are
from 12:10 to 12:35, except on Sat
urdays and Sundays, and there are
regular night programs from 7 to
8:30 on Wednesdays and Fridays. The
noon program consists of agricultural
and homemaking talks, followed by
music by the A. and M. Band, and
night programs feature lecture cours
es by members of the faculty. Special
features are the Friday night band
concert, with College Station and
Bryan artists presented on the musi
cal bills; the broadcasting of all con
ference games; and the Sunday morn
ing convocation services.
Dean Bolton is the station director,
and the following are announcers:
W. H. Darrow, program director and
chief announcer; A. B. Johnson, se
nior E. E. student, assistant announc
er; and E. E. McQuillen, sports an
nouncer. C. C. Yates is the chief en
gineer and W. C. Tinus, senior E. E.
student, is the station operator.
McQUILLEN GETS REAL TASTE
OF A. & M. HOSPITALITY
E. E. McQuillen, Sec. of Ex-Stu.
has had the pleasure recently of visit
ing A. & M. Clubs in Ft. Worth, Waco
and Lubbock. At Ft. Worth they were
entertaining the whole cadet corps
and all visiting A. & M. men. At
Waco they were carrying on the A.
& M. Kountry Store at the Cotton
Palace for the benefit of their student
loan fund. At Lubbock a duck barbe
cue was spread for three hundred
West Texas Aggies gathered there for
the A. & M.-Tech football games. Re
ports • come from Houston and Dallas
of the attendance of over a hundred
at their weekly luncheons. San An
tonio is doing great things in their
club and they are also active out in
Amarillo and Wichita Falls. The
Temple gang is as regular with their
meetings as clockwork and with the
fall the Beaumont Club has swung
into action. Many more could be
mentioned. These are enough to show
the tremendous activities and interest
of these A. & M. men. The Former
Student who is not entering into this
activity is missing something good.
Anywhere you go there is a warm
greeting waiting for you that swells
and warms the old cockles of your
heart. Its the realest and the deep
est and most genuine A. & M. spirit.