The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 30, 1929, Image 5

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EARNEST LANGFORD
Even if you are not studying Ar
chitecture you should visit the fourth
stoop of the main building and meet
Mr. Langford. He is a fine fellow
and a man worth knowing. He hasn’t
got a Tine’ and he doesn’t possess
a high-pressure-personality, but he is
just what his name implies, EAR
NEST, sincere, and upright. When
you meet him you’ll know him, and
when you know him you’ll admire
him just as others have done since
his Fish Days in ’09. This quiet per
sonality and steady character of his
has, ever since those days, been gath
ering behind him a tremendous force
of friends and influence which this
year placed him as Head of the
Department of Architecture.
Earnest Langford graduated with
the class of 1913. After graduation
he was employed for two years as
an architectural draftsman in Aus
tin. He returned to A. and M. as an
Instructor in the Architectural De
partment until 1919 when he became
a member of the same Department
at the University of Illinois. He re
ceived his master’s degree from Illi
nois in ’24 and in ’25 returned to A.
and M. as professor of Architecture,
and in four years worked up to
Head of that department.
Three years ago he designed and
superintended the construction of the
first unit of the concrete stadium on
Kyle Field. He has been awarded
several prizes for his architectural
designs. All in all, Langford is a
real success, and we are sure proud
of the fact that he is one of us—
an Aggie.
time this term however, is taken
up in putting the sophomores over
the hurdles of surveying and mechan
ics, and giving the juniors a run in
strength. We are mighty glad Frank
is back and wish him success to
wards his master’s degree.
A. S. C. E.
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E. W. Steel, while the defense of
the issue will be taken by J. M.
Garcia and Prof. L. E. Grinter. The
rules of the debate are “anything
goes”—so that if the judges don’t
die laughing an answer shall be
forth coming. It’s all in fun and the
club invites any and all who care
to listen. An announcement of the
meeting place will be published in
the Daily Bulletin Friday morning.
The feature of last week’s meet
ing was a talk on the present con
ditions and reclamation of the Bra
zos River by A. D. Jackson of the
U. S. Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion. The address was immensely
enjoyed and was followed by an
open discussion on the prospects of
harnessing and controling this river
and the benefits to be derived.
A report of the Corps Christi Con
vention by the club delegates is also
to be heard at the next meeting.
Some sixty future C. E.’s were pres
ent and it is hoped a larger number
will be there for the fun next Fri
day night.
A well educated Vienna man has
offered to sell the film rights to his
suicide, which he is planning for
the near future. The plans to blow
himself up with a home-made in
fernal machine.
Two members of the family of the
Rev. William A. (Billy) Sunday, have
encountered marital difficulties in the
past few weeks. Mr?. Harriet Sun
day, wife of George Sunday, has
brought suit for separate mainten
ance. Mrs. Mae Sunday has filed
suit for divorce from Billy Sunday,
Jr.
A soccer game played last week
between Worcester, Mass., and Wor
cester, England, for the purpose of
developing friendship between the
two communities, ended in a tie
match of six goals each. Both teams
were made up of amateurs.
Dr. Morton Prince, one of the
country’s most prominent neurolo
gists, died recently at his home in
Boston.
Key Town selling
—a new telephone idea
Commercial development men of the Bell
System have originated a new use of the
telephone which is proving economical and
efficient for modern salesmanship. From
important central towns the salesman makes
periodic visits to customers and prospects
by telephone.
To conceive this idea, to make it practical
by selecting Key Towns on a basis of most
advantageous rates to surrounding points,
and to sell it as a business practice — all this
illustrates how telephone service is as open as
any commodity to constructive imagination.
Key Town selling is one of many indica
tions of the steady demand, present and to
come, for more and more telephone service.
M. P. FRANK
Frank hardly requires an introduc
tion because most everybody on the
campus already knows him. Last year
he was in boots and buttons and
lived in Hollywood with the Cavalry.
Last June he received a B. S. in Civ
il Engineering and now is working
towards a master’s degree. All his
BELL SYSTEM
nation-wide system of inter-connecting telephones
“OUR PIONEERING WORK HAS JUST BEGU^