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Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and
Mechanical Coll ege of Texas
VOL. XXVIII
BRYAN, TEXAS, JANUARY
29, 1930.
NO. 19
PROF. HALPERIN
DELIVERS TALK
AO. MAGAZINE
GOES TO PRESS
SENIOR CLASS
HOLDS MEETING
DIRECTORS MEET
WITH REGENTS
Intimate Knowledge of Russia Makes
Speech Interesting
First Edition by February 1st. Nam
ed “Texas Aggie Countryman.”
Several Problems Concerning Wel
fare of Student Body Discussed.
Committee Appointed in Connection
With Oil Land Distribution.
As a precedent to the talk of Max
Eastman which comes as a compli
ment to the college faculty and stu
dent body February 14, .Professor
Halperin of the mathematics depart
ment spoke Monday evening - on eco
nomic conditions, which exist in
Russia, to the members and guests of
the Social Science Siminar. Mr. Hal-
perin’s talk was interesting as well
as educational and the discussion of
questions which followed his talk
added much to the knowledge of the
gathering of some three hundred edu
cationally inclined who attended. '
Mr. Halperin was born and reared
in Russia and spent two weeks in his
native country last summer. He
therefore knows the Russian as well
as the English language; he knows,
not only Russia as it was twenty or
thirty years ago but also what the
Russia of today resembles, even
though it has changed rapidly in on
ly a short time.
The political powers of Russia are
divided into two principal parts, the
Mesheviki, or the minority, and the
Bolsheviki, or the majority. After the
revolution of 1905 many of the
Bolsheviki joined the opposite asso
ciation and the organization as a
whole, decided to change their name
to Communists to avoid being con
fused with the revolting tribes and
organizations which existed at that
time.
In Russia there are six constituent
republics consisting of delegates
(Continued on Page 5)
BARNYARD DANCE
RUSTIC AFFAIR
Scenery, Calico and Overalls to be
Highlights Friday Night.
Vari-colored calico of the country
lass and blue denim of the country
bumpkin will blend harmoniously in
one of the most colorful events of
the college year when the cadets of
Aggieland don their overalls and
gather their gingham-clad dates for
the annual Barnyard Dance in the
Mess Hall Annex Friday night.
Thorugh the efforts of George
Love, Del Rio, in charge of decora
tions, rustic scenery in such abun
dance is to be had that it is feared
even the most rural cadet will suffer
pangs of homesickness after once
having gazed over the transplanted
scenes of his childhood.
The barnyard frolic is one of a pair
of dances to be held in the Annex
during the midterm recess, the sec-
(Continued on Page 2)
Enthusiasm reigns supreme as both
students and faculty members await
the first issue of “The Texas Aggie
Countryman,” to be published Feb.
1, 1930. In the contest for a name
Howard Hedges submitted the title
just quoted, and thus a student of
engineering has the honor of sub
mitting the best name for an agricul
tural magazine.
The idea of such a publication was
conceived by Professor Daniel Rus
sel, and is being sponsored by the
agircultural journalism society under
his supervision. T. B. Ketterson was
chosen by the society as the editor of
the publication; P. A. Dresser, busi
ness manager, and D. H. Taylor, cir
culation manager. The other members
of the staff will be selected soon.
The magazine will deal with all
phases of agricultural life in Texas,
in eluding - technical subjects, experi
ments, helpful hints to farmers, and
several departments such as “4-H
club and Future Farmers.”
(Continued on Page 5)
At a meting of the Senior class
in the Y. M. C. A. chapel Tuesday,
January 28th, sevei’al important
problems concerning the student body
were brought up for discussion.
It was decided by the class that
the annual senior class reception
given by Dr. and Mrs. T. O. Walton
would be gven Thursday nght week.
The queston was brought up with
reference to the conduct observed by
freshmen while standing around sen
ior tables in the mess hall. While
great dissatisfaction was shown by
every one present, still greater was
the commotion aroused by the state
ment made that the senior 'tables
were not sufficiently provided with
food. This fact seems to be true with
respect to the entire corps. The Bat
talion sees itself in the position of
being forced to call the attention of
the proper authorities in regard to
this matter and see that the neces
sary steps are taken towards reliev
ing such a deplorable condition.
Wakefield is Winner
of 4-H Club Contest
A. and M. Student Will Represent
Texas at Springfield, Mass.
Milton Wakefield, freshman agri
cultural student from Midlothian, has
been announced winner of the Moses
leadership contest for - 4-H club boys
and girls by the Extension Service
of the A. and M. College, which fos
ters 4-H club work in Texas. As win
ner of this contest, Wakefield, whe
was a 4-H club boy at Midlothian
last year, will be the Texas repre
sentative to the International Lead
ership Training School at Spring-
field, Mass., which is conducted each
year for the carefully selected farm
boys and girls from each state and
;? our provinces of Canada at t ?
expense of Horace A. Moses, Philan
thropist of Mittineague, Mass., who
himself was once a farm boy.
Starting 4-H club work with bees
as his project, Wakefield saw oppor
tunity for greater gross profits in
cows and hogs and invested what
money he had earned in a pure-bred
gilt hog, later adding a Jei’sey cow.
His record on one Jersey cow shows
a profit of S143.73 above all cost on
the production of 9,405 pounds of
milk and 474.9 pounds of butterfat
in 305 days. He was offered S600
for this cow, which placed first in
Register Merit in the livestock show
(Continued on Page 5)
A, & M. Places in
National Contest
Architectural Department Places in
Beaux-Art Judging
Competing with entries from lead
ing universities and colleges through
out the United States, nine architec
tural students of the A. and M. Col
lege of Texas carried off honors on
designs submitted to the Beaux-Arts
Institute of design, New York City,
results of the judging recently re
ceived by Prof. Ernest Langford,
head of the department of architec
ture, disclose. One student, R. L.
Stripling, San Augustine, was award
ed first prize on archaeology project,
the subject being a Greek temple.
Added interest is given the record
of A. and M. students by reason of
the fact that they participated this
year in Beaux-Arts competition for
the first time in fifteen years. Re
lations with the Institute were re
sumed on the opening of the present
academic year at the instance of Prof
Langford newly named head of the
department. The Beaux-Arts Insti
tute of Design is wholly educational
in its functioning and its assign
ments are similar to all competing
students in the various classes. Men
tion on work submitted to the In
stitute carries with it much pi'es-
tige for the student.
In Class A and B, Archaeology
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Definite steps for the conclusion
of the Texas University oil lands
were made at the joint meeting of
the Texas University Board of Re
gents and the Texas A. and M.
Board of Directors at Austin last
week, according to Dr. T. O. Walton,
who with Secretary Bailey attended
the meeting.
The one definite step taken by
the assembly was to appoint a com
mittee from each board whose mis
sion is to work out details of an
agreement as to the distribution of
the aggregate from the so called
Texas University Oil Lauds. These
committees are to report to their
respective boards whether an agree
ment is reached or not.
If these two committees cannot
agree, the board will meet again for
the further discussion of the mat
ter and the reaching of a conclusion.
If the two boards cannot agree, the
matter will go to the courts.
In contrast to what might be the
current opinion, the meeting was
very harmonious and both boards
seemed anxious to get the long
drawn-out matter to a conclusion.
It should be noted in this connec
tion that A. and M. once received
a portion of these oil lands profits
but the Board of Directors agreed to
relinquish claim on the profits for
a time and receive separate appro
priations for their buildings so as
to allow the Texas University to
receive full benefit of the interests
for their building program.
HONOR SOCIETY
HOLDS MEETING
Homer D. Maples Delivers Paper;
Mr. Mayo Will be Next
Speaker
The regular meeting of the Schol
arship Honor Society was held in
the “Y” parlor last Thursday night
with forty-seven present. A very in
teresting paper was heard by the
Society on “The Cotton Seed Oil
Industry,” delivered by Homer D.
Maples, a senior chemical engineer
from Dallas.
NOTICE
All students desiring to pur
chase a deluxe copy of a 1930
Longhorn see W. A. Porter at
23 Austin or M. T. Halbouty
at 51 Milner.