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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1929)
THE BATTA LION 5 | UNDER I I PREXY’S I ! MOON I “DOC” JENSEN The kind of a prof that makes a class room seem like a club meet ing and yet put out knowledge so that without trying you take an in terest and really get a kick out of learning. Every Chem Engineer draws him at least once, either in “quan- itative” or “physical” and every Chem Engineer likes him. In fact, the only reason “Doc” Jensen isn’t more popular is that everybody does n’t take Chem Engineering. He’s been over the same road( and detours too) we are traveling and has learned its lessons. He under stands his students, and their prob lems because he has never lost his own collegiate viewpoint; and that’s the whole secret of his popularity. Back in 1914 he had to drop out as a ‘Fish’ at Nebraska University and take up the business of War. He was stationed at Zanesville, Ohio, with the Chemistry Warfare Society. In 1918, when it was all over he went back to Nebraska and was so con cerned over missing those four good years of school that he stayed right there until 1925 when he was award ed a Ph. D. in Chem Engineering. This in addition to his B. S. in 1921 and his M. S. in 1922 and all he could want so he packed up and left Nebraska for sunny Texas and A. and M. He had worked in the Chem Labor^ atory at Nebraska paying all his own expenses during his seven years of school, and had formed the habit of lots of hard work and not much play, so A. and M. appealed to him. He liked the idea of our ‘call to quarters’ for a specified study per iod, he liked the type of fellows here; and the longer he stayed at Aggieland the better he liked it, till now you couldn’t drive him away. “Doc’s” personality would put him over anywhere. He has an extremely amiable nature—you just can’t make him mad—he’s a “breakoff” artist, and if you ever try trading float- outs with him you’re bound to lose. He’s firm and fair and frank and the very best kind of a sport. “Doc’s” an Aggie and he’s proud of it. FINAL PLANS (Continued from Page 1) Astin, Bryan, and Jack Allison, Den ton; Elizabeth Burrows, Waco, and W. E. Morgan, Fort Worth; Eliza beth Dinwiddie, San Antonio, and Jerome Harris, San Antonio; Mar garet McFadden, Austin, and L. H. Moon, Troup. In attendance as a member of the royalty will be Miss Lilia Graham Bryan of Bryan, duchess of A. & M. at the Waco Cotton Palace, and her associates. In addition to the rodeo features already announced several new ex hibitions have been placed on the program for the evening. Harry Hemphill, a world famous bronco buster, will give several exhibitions and Captain Bill Sterling of the Texas Rangers, president of the As sociation of Former Students of A. and M., has indicated that he hopes to bring his favorite mount to the show. GEOLOGICAL CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS FOR YEAR In their first meeting of the year the Geological club completed the customary business riot by electing Mike Halbouty as their president for the next nine months, R. T. Cox, vice-president; J. J. Peyton, secretary-treasurer; and M. S. Metz, chairman of the program commit tee. In their second meeting of the year, which was held October 8, in- I teresting associated geological talks ! were heard from Dr. Lonsdale on the j “Scope of Geology” and from the : newly elected vice-president on “Stream Erosion.” In the customary meeting, papers j written on geology by eminent men are read and discussed. The plans this year are to make every fourth meeting an assembly for the ex change of ideas on anything which might come to their attention. Each fourth meeting, it can be seen, will be the source of much filling mater ial. The very essential part of the geological study is the making of field trips, particularly those which carry the students to other towns. As hardships are often worked on students making these trips, the club has decided to buy for the de partment a truck suitable for this purpose. The money for this will be obtained through the receipts of a specially arranged film production to be given at a convenient time during the year. 'Two banquets to take place during the present year were discussed by the 40 members present, about one- half of whom were new additions. All men taking petroleum engi neering or geology are eligible for membership in the club and the in vitation for students taking these courses is particularly extended by its members. The Geological Club meets in the Science Hall every second Tuesday night following the meeting of Oc tober 8th. 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