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VOL. XXIX NO. 9 T I BATTALION COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 12, 1930 RICE OWLS TO INVADE AGGIELAND SATURDAY Stock Judders On Way to National A. H. Contest Six Men And Coach Leave For Several Meets The A & M livestock judging team left Tuesday night on an extended tour of the central states to parti cipate in the American Royal Live Stock Show at Kansas City, the Inter national Live Stock Exposition at Chi cago, and to visit some of the world famous herds of pure bred livesotck in that part of the country. In these shows the team will compete with Humanist Lecturer DR. CHARLES FRANCIS POTTER other teams from the prominent agri cultural colleges of the country. Those making the trip are N. G. Schuessler, Llano; K. W. Tottenham, Brenham; H. E. Smith, San Angelo; Russell Couch, Grandview; D. H. Tay- loy, Victoria; L. T. Burns, Yoakum, and Coach R. N. Milhollin. From here they will go to Fort Worth, where they will work out by judging some of the fine live stock on the farms in that vicinity. The thirteenth and fourteenth of this month will be spent in Wichita, Kan sas, at the SNIA Bar Ranch, where they will prepare for the contests the following day in Kansas City at the American Royal Live Stock Show. Following this some time will be spent inspecting herds at Aimes, Iowa, La fayette, Indiana, and at the Univer sity of Illinois, after which the larg est contest of the trip, the Interna tional Live Stock Exposition, will be held. The team will return to College Station on December 2. Activities Committee Awards Benefit Shows Benefit picture shows for the re mainder of November and the month of December have been announced by the Student Activities Committee. On November 14, “In Gay Madrid” will be shown for the A I E E. “Let Us Be Gay” will be shown on November 22 for the benefit of the Debating Society, and Lon Chaney’s last pic ture, “The Unholy Three” will be giv en December 12, for The Texas Aggie Countryman. The other dates that have been awarded are: Tumbling team, January 9, 1931; Glee Club, January 23, 1931; Saddle and Sirloin Cub, February 20, 1931; swimming team, March 20, 1931; rifle team, April 3, 1931. Potter’s Record Is One of Radicalism That students and residents of the campus will do well to hear Dr. Charles Francis Potter next Thurs day night, is the opinion of Profes sor J. W. Barger, of the economics department. This lecture, “The Rise of Humanism,” bids fair to be one of the most interesting delivered at A & M in recent years. “Humanism” is a term applied to a new science of religion, a study of the origin of man, of the ideal way to live, and the perfection of human effort, considered from a scientific viewpoint. Dr. Potter has spent his entire life in the study of theology and religion, and recently has organized the First Humanism Society of New York City. At present he is making a tour of the country, speaking to select audiences that can understand the seriousness and the value of his work. In the early part of his life, he was a minister in the Baptist Church, and from there, as a result of his study, he went to the more liberal church, the Unitarian Church, where he preaced for eleven years. Through the deep and exhaustive study that he has made, he has gradually become more of the opinion that religion such as we have today is out of date, and that as this is a changing period of civilization it is imperative that we have a belief that will satisfy the modern demands. Humanism, as he interprets it, is a socio-religious doc trine that can be applied to scientific reasoning of modern theology. He is a very forceful speaker, well acquainted with his subject, and will carry his listeners through an evening of interesting intellectual discourse. Thursday, Friday and Satur day—Palace, “The Big Trail.” Friday night — Assembly Hall, “In Gay Madrid.” Saturday night — Assembly Hall, “The Big House.” Pre view—Palace, .“A Devil With Women.” Sunday afternoon — Palace, Free Matinee, “Big Money.” Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday—Palace, “A Devil With Women.” Wednesday night—Assembly Hall, “A Lady Surrenders.” WHERE TO GO Home Economics Assn. Will Meet in Houston Annual meeting of the Texas Home Economics Association will be held in Houston Nov. 28, Miss Mildred Horton, state home demonstration agent, Extension Service, A & M Col lege of Texas, who is president of the association, has announced. Sessions will be at the Rice Hotel. Special features of the program will be an address by Dr. Lydia J. Thomas, chairman of the department of home economics and household administra tion of the University of Chicago, and advance spring style show pre sented by Susan L. Bates, trade coun selor, Cotton Textile Institute of New i York City. LARGE NUMBER VISITORS EXPECTED FOR FIRST CONTEST ON KYLE FIELD Saenger, Perkins Chosen as Junior Longhorn Workers A. O. Saenger, Beaumont, and J. H. Perkins, Bastrop, have been chosen junior assistant editor and business manager, respectively, of the 1931 Longhorn, according to announce ments made by E. M. Moore, editor, and T. K. Watterson, business man ager of the A & M yearbook. Both Saenger and Watterson have been working with the Longhorn this fall and have shown themselves to be very capable in the work, Moore and Watterson said. Saenger is ser geant-major and Perkins color-ser geant of the Cavalry squadron of the cadet corps, and both have excel lent scholastic records. Third Magazine Edition of Bat Next Wednesday Inspection Tour for Horticulture Studes On December 4, a party composed of some thirty junior and senior hor ticulture students will leave on their annual inspection tour of the Rio Grande Valley. The students will study the methods of producting ci trus fruits, winter vegetables, and methods of irrigation. From the col lege they will go to San Antonio, and on through the Winter Garden dis trict stopping at Crystal City, Laredo, and Mission, then to the upper end of the valley to Edinburg, Mercedes, Weslaco, San Benito and Brownsville. There the trip will end, and the stu dents will go to their homes for the Christmas holidays. The trip is made possible by the Chambers of Commerce of San An tonio, Crystal City, Mission, and La redo and some development companies of the valley. The students will go in their own automobiles and will be accompanied by Professors, G. W. Adrianze and K. H. Beach. As the final sheet of the current is sue of The Battalion leaves the press this week, printers and pressmen will turn to the edition of next week—the third feature edition in magazine form—which is to appear for gener- ar distribution next Wednesday eve ning. The November feature edition again carries a cover by Jim Keith, archi tectural student who drew the covers for the first two magazines this year, and is replete with jokes, cartoons, il lustrations, poems, short stores and other features which the editors be lieve will make it the best of the three magazines to date. In order to give everyone an op portunity to purchase as many copies of this issue as they want, the busi ness staff has decided to take orders from all who wish to give them in advance. Last month the demand far exceeded the number printed, and this month an increased number will be printed if the advance sales warrant. Greenhorn Editors Searching For Dirt A & M Professors Build Telescope E. E. Vezey, associate professor of physics, and Ernest Langford, profes sor of architecture, have constructed a six-inch telescope of the Newtonian reflector type. This telescope has a focal length of four feet and a magni fying power of seventy diameters. All parts were made in the physics lab oratory by Mr. Vezey and Mr. Lang ford. The eye-piece, mirrors, and prisms, were ground and polished un der the supervision of Mr. Vezey. A machine which is now being used to construct a mirror with a ten-inch fo cal length, was made by him also. The ingredients used to grind the glass are carborundum and water. The instrument, now in use, is good for its size, and gives clear views of the moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and many other planets. Mr. Vezey lives in a two story Dutch colonial type house in College Park, and will be glad to show students astronomical objects when the weather is suitable. Special Trains To Bring Rice Students And Houston Fans To Game Before what is expected to be the largest crowd of the season, Coach Matty Bell’s warriors will stage their final game on Kyle Field this year when they engage Coach Jack Mea gher’s Rice Owls. At least two.special trains bearing A & M and Rice fans will arrive about noon for the game, which will feature a cross country meet between the halves by the Rice and Aggie hill and dalers. As a result of Rice’s fairly successful season thus far, it is expected that a larger attendance than usual will be at the game. With this game as the most oppor tune time for the Aggies to break into the conference win column, Coach Matty Bell is putting the team through hard practice for the coming game with the Owls. As there were no injuries received in the Mustang game, the entire regular lineup will probably be in condition for the fray. This season, the Owls have consider ably more opposition to offer, and this game should provide more inter est than past games have. During the present season, Rice has presented to football fans the most powerful array of sophomore talent ever displayed to the Southwest con ference followers, and, incidentally, the strongest team that Rice Institute has had in a number of years. So far, the Owls have had victories over such strong teams as Texas, Sewar.ee, and University of Arizona; they have been defeated only by Arkansas and T C U. With the exception of a se- (Continued on Page 5) Texas Registrars To Meet Here Nov. 14-15 The problems and duties of college registrars will come in for general consideration and discussion at the tenth convention of the Texas branch, American Association of Collegiate Registrars, to be held at the A & M College Nov. 14-15. Topics for dis cussion range from “Registrar’s Ethics,” by C. M. Howard, Texas Wo man’s College, to “Sectionizing,” by E. R. Tucker, Texas Christian Uni versity, and “Schedule Changes,” by A. K. Presson, Wichita Falls Junior College. Fifty registrars are expect ed to attend. Complete program for the session has been announced by E. J. Howell, assistant registrar at A & M, who is president of the Texas brafich. Local arrangements for the meeting will be handled by the registrar’s office of A & M. Pre-registration and infor mal reception will be held Thursday evening, Nov. 13. The convention will get under way the morning of Nov. 14. Those scheduled to appear on the program include, in addition to the ones mentioned, the following: Dean C. E. Friley, A & M; F. H. Allen, Baylor University, vice presi dent of the Texas branch; Miss Edna E. Phillips, Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College; D. A. Shirley, West Texas State Teachers College; R. L. Brewer, Southern Methodist Univer sity; F. H. Junkin, Schreiner Insti tute; Miss Ivy Rhodes, Simmons Uni versity; Max Fichtenbaum, Univer sity of Texas. “What we want is dirt—clean dirt, nice soft oozy dirt, dirt that will stick, any kind of dirt—but' it must be dirt,” said J. L. Hawley, Dallas, and R. A. Woodall, Celina, official muck-rakers for the Greenhorn sec tion of the 1931 Longhorn in issuing a joint plea for contributions to their section of the yearbook. The Greenhorn section this year is going to be different from any in the past and in order to make it that way we must have all of the scandal we can find on students of the college. What we want each student to do is to find out the darkest secret of his room-mate, best friend or buddy, and let us help him keep it secret,” the editors explained. “There will be no section of the Greenhorn devoted to these persons generally pictured on the background made up of a most important anatomi cal part of a horse, so we do not care for any nominations for the exalted position of king in the royal H. A. court, but we do want lots of grimy, slimy dirt.” To Choose Delegates To National Meeting- The four delegates from A & M who will attend the National Student- Faculty Conference to be held De cember 27-31 at Detroit, Michigan, un der the auspices of The Council of Christian Associations, will be an nounced at an early date, according to M. L. Cashion, secretary of the Y M C A. The purpose of this conference is to discuss, and, if possible, provide a solution for the campus problems that are universal throughout colleges and universities. Information concern ing these problems has been obtained from the returns of questionnaires that were mailed to all institutions of higher learning in the United States, and will be divided for discussion into two groups, those pertaining to re ligion, and those pertaining to other topics such as student government, fraternities, and athletics.