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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1930)
Freshmen Do Your Support IJ lr%ig% BI I f Part in Your li ITr Wlrl 1 8 4:11 Iiill Getting Fish Bat Ads Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical Coil ege of Texas. VOL. XXVIII BRYAN, TEXAS, MARCH 5, 1930. NO. 24 MAGAZINE NAMED Juniors Selected to THE TECHNOSCOPE Attend C. W. S. C. D. H. Team Leaves Sunday for Contest OLD STYLE RING WINS CLASS VOTE Deane, Winner, Will Receive Prize; Burton Second in Contest. At a meeting’ of the new engineer ing publication staff, the name “Technoscope,” suggested by Bill Deane, was selected as the title for the magazine. Because of this choice, Deane will receive the two prizes of fered in the contest which are a six- dollar tailor ticket from Ben Young blood’s College Tailor Shop and a Wahl Eversharp pencil from the Ex change Store. The very nifty name “Equation” was suggested by M. S. Burton, ran a close race with “Tech noscope” but fell a second choice and can thus receive only honorable men tion. The one volume which will be pub lished this year is intended to be fifty pages and already both the business and the editorial staffs are busy in trying to make the first issue of the quarterly a dvnamie success tc cor respond with the newly arranged for “Engineers’ Day” which it will in- augurate on March 10. The editorial staff as selected at the time of voting on the magazine include S. A. Roelofs, editor-in-chief H. D. Maples, associate editor; M. C. Easterling, B. W. Farquhar, I. L. Williams, W. E. Collins, B. H. Holt, P. M. Honnell, and J. W. Donahue as assistant editors, representing each of the engineering departments of the college. The faculty sponsors are Dr. L. E. Grinter of the Civil Engin eering Department; C. W. Crawford of the Mechanical Engineering De- (Continued on Page 7) “T” CLUB DANCE TO BE GIVEN FRI. Committee Announces that Plans are Ready for Dance. Tuxedos and the last word in mil itary uniforms will blend with sweep ing gowns of vari-colored hue when the letter men of the college meet with their guests for the annual “T” dance to be held at the Bryan Coun- try Club Friday night, March 7. Joe Brown, president of the “T” Club, announced that the following men would compose the dance com mittee: F. L. Holmes, Waco, and R L. Hunter, Fort, Worth, decorations; Brooks Conover, Dallas, music; H. U. Bible, Jefferson City, Tennessee, floor; H. B. Lackey, Fort Worth, and (Continued on Page 7) Number Reduced This Year From Fourteen to Eight. Each year there is a select group of Junior chemical engineers taking advanced military science, given the opportunity to choose between their regular camp and the Chemical War fare Service Camp at Edgewood Ar senal, Maryland. After attending - this camp each must accept his commis sion in the Officers Reserve Corps in the C. W. S. Last year there were sixteen rec ommended for the camp and fourteen attended. This year, however, the number has been reduced to eight out of the sixteen recommended. Those who will attend are: D. F. Cheaney, E Company, Infantry, from Electra; W. T. Askew, E Company Infantry, Fort Worth; L. C. Baker, A Company, Infanrty, Dale; R. E. Bland, C Engineers, Dallas; J. B. Clark, B Battery F. A., Fort Worth; T. A. Francis, B Troop, Cavalry, El Paso; J. C. Ward, D Battery, F. A., Weatherford; and J. E'. Latta, D Com pany, Infantry, Tyler. All Freshmen Interested Are Urged to Make Themselves Known. Plans for the publication of the annual “Fish Battalion,” special edi tion of The Battalion by the members of the freshman class, are being made according to J. L. Cunningham, class president. The “Fish Bat” is traditionally published by members of the fresh man class every spring and its ap pearance on the campus is awaited eagerly by members of all classes, for it is often the source of much fun and pleasure. Members of the freshman class who wish to assist with publication this year should see Cunningham in 23 Foster. It is desired that all fresh men who have had any expeirence in work of this kind or feel that they would be interested in such work make themselves known at once, for in order to make the special edition a success it will be necessary for the entire class to be behind it. Until two years ago a “Fish Bat” had never paid for itself and it was usually expected that personal sub scription would be necessary with (Continued on Page 7) First Stop to be Fort Worth; Thence to Tyler for Practice Judging. The Dairy Plusbandry Department has announced the selection of the dairy cattle judging team, which is to leave Sunday, March 9, to parti cipate in the Southwest Student Dairy Cattle judging contest, held in association with the Southwest Fat Stack Show and Exposition at Fort Worth. Eight men have been working out three times each week since February I, and the following men will com pose the team selected by A. L. Dar nell, coach: J. L. Allen, El Campo; J. D. Sellers, Mexia; J. H. Taylor, Dublin; J. J. Willingham, College Station. These men will attend the East Texas Dairy Show, Tyler, for prac tice judging Wednesday and Thurs day of this week, returning to Col lege Station Friday. Foaoh TJa-rnell will accompany the team to Tyler and go from there to Fort Worth to as sume his duties as superintendent (Continued on Page 7) Annual Journalism Society Meeting in Fort Worth This Year. Plans for the program for South western Journalism Congress, which will be held April 4 and 5 at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, were made at an executive board meeting at Baylor College. In attendance were: President J. Willard Ridings, Texas Christian University; vice president, Paul J. Thompson, University of Texas; sec retary-treasurer, Miss Ailese Parten, Baylor College; executive members, Miss Helen Zene Wortman, Baylor College, and Curtis Vinson, A. and M. College. Already several social features for the two-day convention have been planned by the Fort Woi'th Press and Fort Worth Star-Telegram, which are co-operating with T. C. U. The convention met last year with College of Industrial Arts at Denton with Merle Crowell, editor of the American Magazine as the principal speaker. Schools which hold memberships in the Southwestern Journalism Con gress are': A. and M. College, Baylor (Continued on Page 7) Second Meeting of Juniors Proves Decisive on Ring Question. With the overwhelming vote of 150-37, members of the junior class voted in a meeting called for that purpose last Saturday to return to the old style ring which was official ly discarded by the members of the preceding class last year. The meeting Saturday followed one held the previous week for the pur pose of discussing the problem, and the quiet orderliness which was evi dent in both gatherings bespoke the sincerity of the class in their con sideration of the matter. Advocates of both rings were allowed ample time for arguments for and against each ring in the first meeting, but only the matter of voting was taken up in the second. Members of the ring committee are -t —.7drnvnng 'bp specifica tions for the new ring and will prob ably consider bids from several com peting companies before the week is out. It has been pointed out by mem bers of the committee tnat the spec; fications to be drawn up will likelj call for a better class of engraving than has ever been given in an A. and M. ring and several other require ments are being made which will improve the quality of this year’s product. It would be wise, then, mem bers of the committee believe, to await until the contract is awarded, before placing orders for rings with anyone. MORGAN DELIVERS PAPER TO SOCIETY Major Sloan .<> Speak on Naval Ques tion at Next Meeting. Professor S. S. Morgan of the De partment of English, idelivered a very interesting paper on “Vitalism” before the Scholarship Society at the regular semi-mothly meeting last - Thursday night. Major J. E. Sloan will deliver a paper on “Some Aspects of the Naval Requirements of the Five Great Pow ers” at the next meeting of the So ciety on March ISth. The meetings are held in the “Y” parlor at seven o’clock every other Thursday night and the members of the teaching staff are cordially ^in vited. PLANS FOR FISH [PRESS CONGRESS BAT NOW STARTED TO MEET APR. 4-5 CORPS DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT