The Battalion
Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXVIII
BRYAN, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 18, 1929.
NO. 1
$108,000.00 ON IMPROVEMENTS
HONORED
MAJOR DUNN HEADS
A. AND M. BAND
Elected a Member of the American
Bandmasters Association.
The familiar tune of the Spirit of
Aggieland will be heard soon when
some seventy-five old students in
the band returns re-enforced by some
promising freshmen. Major Dunn,
bandmaster, and recently honored by
being elected a member of the Amer
ican Baindmasters Association, is
making preparations to put our band
on an equal basis with the best in
the country. One of the worse set
backs is the small number of instru
ments available and the deplorable
condition of many of them.
Many students this year will have
to furnish their own instruments in
the hope of learning something new
and developing their musical talent.
The recompense will come when they
will be authorized to make some
trips over the state for concerts. At
present we can boast of having one
of the best bands in the South since
the men composing are admitted
thorough competitive examination.
Major Dunn is very enthusiastic
in the reorganization of the Glee
Club and wishes to enlarge its mem
bership. All students interested in
the classic art of singing are in
vited to interview Major Dunn.
PROGRESS BEING
MADE ON STADIUM
Business Manager James E. Sull
ivan is now looking bright and hap
py over the progress that is being
made on the new stadium, which
when completed will be the largest
in the south and southwest.
When the oval is completed, about
the time of the S. M. U. game, it
will seat about thirty-five thousand
people and the total cost will be
three hundred and sixty-five thous-
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THREE THOUSAND STUDENTS EXPECTED
Unusually Large Number of Students Transferring From Other Colleges.
From all expectations there will be
approximately three thousand stu
dents enrolled in the institution with
in the next week, including one
thousand freshmen. The facts of the
case this year are in harmony with
the general trend of registration in
the past: namely, an apparent steady
growth.
One of the unusuaities of this
year’s matriculation is the exception
ally large: number of students ex
pected to transfer from other insti
tutions, especially junior colleges.
Also there is an encouraging in
crease in the number enrolling in
the departments of agriculture, geol
ogy, and petroleum engineering.
Petroleum engineering, a course
to be offered under this year’s cur
riculum, deals with the taking out
of oil from the ground. th° storage
and transportation ox oil, or in other
words, the engineering phases. Al
though it comes under the school
of engineering, the work will be
done in close cooperation with the
geology department. This course has
attracted the favorable attention of
oil men throughout the state, and
they have shown their willingness
to substantially help the work. J. B.
Joyce, ex-student of the class of
1917, will act in the capacity of
head of the department. He has had
quite a bit of experience in the oil
line, and is an outstanding man in
petroleum production.
The facultorial staff will be aug
mented by the following:
T. R. Hamilton and G. R. Gragee,
will instruct in the department of
accounting and statistics; J. C. Dykes
in agricultural education, John Gor
man in animal husbandry, S. C. Ves
per in architectural department, Dr.
Vernon Young in biology, J. K. Blum
in chemistry, M. P. Frank in civil
engineering, J. W. Barger in eco
nomics, J. Q. Hays, W. B. Dobson,
and B. M. Cooney in the English de
partment, A. E. Finley and W. L.
Porter, who has returned from Rice
Institute where he obtained his doc
tor’s degree, in the mathematics de
partment.
DORMITORIES
COMPLETELY
WORKED OVER
The following statement has been
issued by Mr. B. D. Marburger, Head
of the Grounds and College Utilities
Department, to clear in the minds of
students the questions concerning the
expenditure of the increased fee
charged this year:
College authorities approved the
expenditure of $108,000.00, being the
amount available, for the improve
ment in the dormitories and for
additional furniture. The estimated
cost was as follows:
Plumbing, wiring and plaster
work $17,000.00
Carpenter and paint work $22,000.00
All steel dressers $28,000.00
Oak arm chairs $15,600.00
Two men oak. fa\>\es with hook
racks and drawers . $ 8,000.00
Ernest Langford will succeed Dr. I Duubi- deck beds to ^^oiumouaie
Giesecke as head of the architectural
department. Dr. Giesecke will devote
his entire time to the experiment
station research work, and to his
duties as college architect. Mr. Craw
ford succeeds Mr. Bliss as head of
the mechanical engineering depart
ment. Matty Bell w T ill head the de
partment of physical education, re
lieving Coach Bible. John B. Read
succeeds Coach Bassett, and J. G.
Holmes has joined the coaching staff.
720 students $ 6,100.00
Re-decorate interior Alpha and Beta
halls, double floor, install ceiling,
paint exterior and interior of 157
shacks $11,000.00
YELLING STAFF
IS ANNOUNCED
Total $108,000.00
The supply of dressers has been
exhausted and students need not be
excited because these will be put in
their rooms as soon as the factory
can ship them out. A hope is main
tained that the student body will
cooperate in preserving in good con
dition all State propei'ty.
In personal interview with Mr.
HFRFI Marburger, we are able to find out
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| undergone in order to beautify and
FIVE NEW ARMY
A great big worry has been lifted
from the minds of two thousand men
at our school. Old “Hop” Reynolds,
the Bastrop Blaze, has returned
single to us despite numerous false
reports of his having drowned in
the sea of matrimony.
As senior yell leader Hop will
mold the spirit of the men in the
corps into a phantom volley that
will crash forth like thunder when
that team goes on the field.
“Doc” Farmer, a good natured
boy who ranches around Junction
will be Hop’s senior assistant. Aside
from being a boy of sterling char
acter, there is no one on the campus
who could fill the position better
than he.
And now ladies and gentlemen,
you have before you tonite two
young men from Dear Old Forest Hi
who have made good for dear Alma
Mater in being selected as junior
assistants on the Texas Aggie yell
ing staff. These boys are none other
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The coming year will see five new
commissioned officers transferred to
this college to assist the military
department in its R. O. T. C. pro
gram. In each case the new men
are relieving others who are report
ing for duty elsewhere.
Major Benjamin F. Delameter, an
infantryman to replace Major Ber
tram, comes to us from Ft.
Sam Houston. He is an ex-student
of this college, class of 1909, but left
in 1907 to attend West Point, grad
uating from that institution in 1912.
During the World War he was in
the adjutant general’s department.
His home is in Caldwell.
Capt. Harold B. Gibson comes to
us from Ft. Riley, Kansas, relieving
Major Limbocker. He is a native of
Missouri and received his commission
being appointed from the Missouri
National Guard. He is a graduate
of the Cavalry School.
Capt. Calvin S. Richards, a native
of Pennsylvania, has been an army
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J. E. Mitchell, last year’s grad
uate of the college, has been chosen
by the authorities as assistant to
Col. C. J. Nelson. Mitchell, during
his senior year, served in the capac
ity of captain in the field artillery
unit. He also has been a member
of the Student Welfare Committee,
and his knowledge of student affairs,
his personality, and his capabilities,
all unfailingly point to the fact
that the authorities 'have acted,
wisely.