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-
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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.