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THE EAT T/ik LION VOL. XXIX COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, OCTOBER 22, 1930 NO. 6 NEW DORMITORY NAMED FOR PRES. WALTON RARE HISTORICAL VOLUMES ARE GIVEN ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY Beautifully Illustrated Volumes Depicting History of Mexican Churches Obtained Through Efforts of Langford An authoritative history of the churches of .Mexico from 1525 to 1925 in six volumes has been presented the library of the college department of architecture by the Mexican govern ment, according to Ernest Langford, head of the department. The volumes form the only existing authoritative history of Mexican churches and cop ies cannot be bought Mr. Langford says. Five of the six volumes of the set are given to a brief discussion of the style and significance of the domes and alters of the Mexican churches. The sixth volume presents a general review of the style of the churches taken as a single unit. The sets are of unusual beauty and interest in that il lustrations are actual photographs and sketches and not ordinary prints. This set of very rare books is the second given to an educational insti tution in the state, the first being pre sented to the University of Texas sev eral years ago. Since that time sever al attempts were made by members of the architectural department here before the books were finally procur ed for the library of that department. In exchange for the books presented, the Mexican government asked that several copies of books having to do with commercial practices and econ omic principles of the United States be sent them for their library. Winners of Rodeo Prizes Announced Prize winners for the twelfth annual Rodeo and Pageant held in the Animal Husbandry pavilion Friday night, October 17, under the auspices of the Saddle and Sirloin Club for the ben efit of the international livestock judging team have been announced by the business staff of the 1930 rodeo. In the first event, Owen Garrigan driving Liberty Loan won first prize for the light harness class. D. W. Williams driving Hellin Texas was awarded second place. In the three gaited class for women riders, Mrs. Guy Adriance on Annette Lee won the first prize given by Wil son Bradley. Second place went to Mrs. J. E. Sloan who rode Denny Den mark. The Artillery mounted wrestling team, composed of W. R. Godsey, (Continued on page five) WHERE TO GO Thursday, Friday and Satur day—Palace, Ronald Coleman and Kay Francis in “Raffles”. Saturday night— Assembly Hall, “The Trespasser” with Gloria Swanson. Preview— Palace, Edumud Lowe and Joan Bennett in “Scotland Yard". Monday— Palace, “Scotland Yard". Tuesday and Wednesday— Palace, Harold Bell Wright’s ‘Eyes of the World”. Wednesday night—Assembly Hall, “The Lady Lies” with Walter Huston and Claudette Colbert. D. H. Team Back From St. Louis Much interest has been aroused over the dairy husbandry judging team which placed twelfth in the contests of the National Dairy Show held in St. Louis, Missouri, last week. J. D. Sellers, Mexia, won the highest hon ors for the A & M team by placing fourth in judging Jerseys and ninth in the entire contest. J. H. Taylor, Dublin, placed 42 and J. J. Willing ham 51 in the contest where 25 teams representing 25 states, including a team from Ontario, Canada, all com peting for national recognition. The team worked out in Sherman and Denton before leaving Dallas on October 11 for St. Louis. Members of the team include J. D. Sellers, Me xia; J. J. Willingham, College Sta tion; J. H. Tayloi’, Dublin; with J. L. Allen, El Campo, as alternate and A. L. Darnell, Head of dairy husband ry department, coach. J. W. Ridgeway, former head of the department, was the judge of Jerseys at the National Dairy Show and had the distinction of being the only man from Texas who acted as judge in the contests. Potter To Speak At Seminar Meet Dr. Charles Francis Potter, nation ally known leader of liberal thought, will deliver a lecture under the aus pices of the Social Science and Science Seminars on “The Rise of Humanism” Thursday night, November 13, in the Assembly Hall. For ten years in New York City, Dr. Potter has championed the liberal side of every major issue by vigorous speech and writing. He is particular ly well informed on cultural trends and draws interesting verbal pictures of the American scene. Dr. John Haynes Holmes has said of Dr. Potter, “Charles Francis Pot ter has been one of the most success ful, and worthily successful, clergy men in New York in recent years. In the most difficult city in the country for religious work he has, by sheer force of energy, ability, and conse cration, gained the respectful atten tion and admiration of a great me tropolis.” Dr. Potter debated against Dr. John Roach Stratton in a series of debates in New York in 1923 and 1924, and these attracted wide attention. In 1928 and 1929 he wrote “The Story of Religion,” a companion vol ume to Will Durant’s “The Story of Philosophy.” In a review of this book, the New York Times said, “The name of Charles Francis Potter needs no introduction. It is a name that is to day at once a symbol and a slogan. Of the liberal in religion he is the apostle. With friend and foe, Dr. Pot ter is a favorite and his book is likely to be as popplar as he is himself.” Agronomy Society To Hear Reynolds E. B. Reynolds, agronomy chief of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, will address members of the Agronomy Society on crop rotation at their meeting in the agronomy li- brary, Monday evening, according to J. R. Emmons, chairman of the club program committee. Officers of the Agronomy Club re cently elected are Rollin Richmond, Kyle, president; Ray Walker, Wolf City, vice-president; and Tom Drew, Livingston, secretary and treasurer. Rare Collection Given To Library A rare collection of twenty-one clay tablets in cuneiform and three clay figures of Ishtar, the Babylonian Ve nus, which was obtained by the biol ogy department of the college, is to be given the library within the next week, according to information re ceived from T. F. Mayo, librarian. The colection of tablets and fig ures with inscriptions, are the origi nals and date from 2000 to 2300 B. C. They were formerly in possession of the University of Pennsylvania, hav ing been obtained by them after ex tensive archeological effort and ex pense, and were obtained from that school by Dr. Ball for the biology de partment at considerable cost. These are to be on display for inspection and study, as soon as they are received, in front of the loan desk in the deliv ery room, it was announced. McNEEL CAPTAINS ROSS VOLUNTEERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DECIDES ON NAME AT SPECIAL SESSION HERE Usual Routine Business Considered; Faculty Resignations, Leaves of Absence and New Appointments Formally Passed On In honor of President T. O. Walton, during whose administration many improvements, including increased fa cilities for housing students, have been added to the A & M College campus, the new dormitory, now be ing constructed near the mess hall is to be named Walton Hall. An nouncement of the selection of a name for the new dormitory was made fol lowing the session here Saturday oc DR. T. 0. WALTON Day P. McNeel, San Antonio, was elected captain of the Ross Volun teers, and J. B. Fitzpatrick, Sweet water, second in command and first lieutenant, at a recent meeting of the company in the Y M C A chapel. L. T. Burns, Yoakum, and Charlie Herder, Weimar, were chosen as sec ond lieutenants, and W. T. Askew, Ft. Worth, as secretary and treasurer. McNeel is captain of Troop A, Cav alry, prominent on the campus and has taken an active part in stu dent activities. He was first sergeant of the Ross Volunteer company last „ . • -r> n year as well as first sergeant of his Lng’ll’IGGI'liTg’ X 10IS troop. Fitzpatrick is captain of Company B, Infantry and Herder major of the Cavalry Squadron while Burns is in the band and was king of the 1930 Rodeo and Pageant. Askew is major on the Infantry regimental staff. Plans were made at the meeting to give an exhibition drill at Austin Thanksgiving, immediately following the “T” formation. However, since there are only 53 old men back this year it will be necessary to elect the seniors on November 2 so that there will be enough men to make an im pressive showing. This will bring the membership up to about seventy-five and with the junior election on No vember 16, the company’s quota will be brought to the standard of 125. The initiation will be held on the Sunday following the Thanksgiving holidays. HavG First MGGting 1 According to an announcement from the office of Dean F. C. Bolton, H. C. Spencer, instructor of drawing, was elected secretary of the engineering teachers’ conference at a meeting of that organization in the banquet room of Sbisa Hall Monday noon. Teachers from the vocational agri culture and arts and sciences schools met with the engineering teachers for the express purpose of discussing freshman week and new methods that might be adopted to improve the ef fectiveness of that week. V. M. Faires, chairman of the pro gram committee, was introduced by Dean Bolton who presided over the meeting. Ernest Langford, department of architecture head, and H. C. Dill- (Continued on page five) Pres. Walton Receives Many Letters Denouncing Hazing Members of the three upper classes at the A & M College are fiends of the worst type and inhuman brutes who delight in tortures heretofore attributed only to savages of another time, or authors of reports being cir culated about the state are grossly exaggerating conditions at the college if letters received by Dr. T. O. Wal ton, president of the college, from parents of A & M students and men prominent in public life can be taken as representative of the general be lief held by the people of Texas. Letters accusing, in general terms usually and with no specific indict ments, upperclassmen of the college of brutal treatment of freshmen are regularly included in the presidents mail, and some idea of how much of a diplomat it takes to be the head of an institution of this nature ma be garnered from perusal of extracts from a few of the letters. In many cases the letters are writ ten by fond mothers or fathers over anxious for the safety of their sons as they venture into the world of higher education, but in nearly as many cases the letters come from members of the Texas Legislature, prominent professional men or lead ers in education, to whom appeals have been made to remedy the situa tion which is believed to exist. Extracts from four letters have been chosen for reproduction in an effort to illustrate the opinions of a large portion of the people of Texas. The excerpts follow: “My information,” one man writes, “is that the freshmen are brutally hazed and that continually. the board of directors of the college. The new dormitory is expected to be ready for occupancy next September and will be the largest on the campus. The board of directors, in special session, considered routine business for the most part, only a few of which affected A & M proper. Per mission was granted the State High way Department to widen the road across the Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station at Troup and au thority was granted Prairie View State Normal to expend $40,000 in repairing the old mechanical arts building there for use as class room quarters. L. S. Paine, assistant professor of agricultural economics, was granted a year’s leave of absence to pursue graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was awarded a fellowship. J. D. P. Fuller, associate professor of history, was granted a leave of absence for the second term of the present academic year to work toward his doctor’s degree at John Hopkins University. Resignations of the following mem bers of the faculty were formally ac cepted, these being effective as of last Sept. 1 R. H. Williams, professor of animal husbandry; J. A. Gorman, associate professor of animal hus bandry; J. Fish Smith, instructor in marketing and finance; H. P. Smith, associate professor of agricultural en gineering; F. S. Jamison, assistant professor of horticulture. Appointments to the faculty, effec tive Sept. 1, were made as follows: N. M. McGinnie, professor of land scape art; D. S. Buchanan, professor of animal husbandry; Charles La- Motte, assistant professor of biology; K. H. Beach, assistant professor of horticulture; V. C. McKim, assistant professor of agricultural economics; (Continued on page five) A & M Livestock Captures Awards At Dallas Eair After winning first places in vir tually every class in which they show ed their animals, representatives of the animal husbandry department have triumphantly returned from the annual exhibition held at Dallas in conjunction with the State Fair of Texas. According to D. W. Williams, head of the department, from the va rious breeds of cattle, sheep, goats, mules, and horses sent to Dallas, the A & M representation received all championships in Morgan horses, all first places but one in the cattle classes, and eleven firsts, fourteen seconds, five thirds, and two fourth places in all other classes. The steers, particularly, were outstanding by win ning exhibition championships in the Hereford, Aberdene-Angus and Short horn sections. Of the ten classes for Rambouillet sheep that were displayed, six first places and four seconds went to the A & M stock. Probably the hardest competition at the State Fair in re cent years was encountered by the Angora goats, but nine of them were awarded places, five seconds, three thirds and one fourth. In the horse and mule show, Morgans carried the