THE BAT TALiCN
VOL. XXIX
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, DECEMBER 3, 1930
NUMBER 12
Dr. Geo. Russell
To Speak Friday
IRISH POET AND AGRICULTUR
IST TO SPEAK ON RURAL
LIFE
Dr. George Russell, nationally
known Irish poet, and agricultural
economist, will speak at the Assembly
Hall at 8 o’clock, Friday evening, De
cember 5. He will speak in the inter
est of the betterment of agricultural
conditions and building up of rural
life.
Previous to his arrival in the Unit
ed States in September, Dr. Russell
was representative of the Irish Agri
cultural Co-operative society. His work
consisted principally in travelling
over the country, acquainting himself
with the farmers and their problems,
establishing banks, and forming
creamery and poultry marketing
groups.
He is not attempting to tell Ameri
ca how to remedy its difficulties as
much as he is trying to show them
how they should try to co-operate
with the farmer, and to see his side
of the situation. In his talk he will
tell of problems that he had to cope
with.
As well as being an economist, he
is also a widely read writer, and poet.
He was at one time editor and pub
lisher of “The Irish Statesman,” a
magazine devoted to rural life, and
has written many articles under the
pseudonym “A. E.” Art has also in
terested him, and he has received
quite a reputation as a painter.
At present he is on a six-months
speaking tour of the United States
and is coming to the college through
an agreement that requires him to
give one free lecture at the agricul
tural college of every state. His talks
have already been broadcast by many
radio stations over the country, in
cluding the network of the National
Broadcasting company, and the talk
Friday evening will be broadcast by
station W T A W, College Station.
Find. Carbons Of Love
Letters By Sophomore
Carbon copies of love letters writ
ten by a student at A & M, appar
ently a sophomore with the business
like habit of keeping check on his cor
respondence, were found by a mem
ber of the news staff of The Battalion
early Wednesday morning in his ram-
blings about the campus in search of
news. All efforts to locate the author
of the letters failed and the reporter
has called upon The Battalion to aid
in finding him.
So that the letter-writer will have
no difficulty in identifying his work,
several of the letters are being repro
duced on page eight of this issue un
der the caption, “Love Letters of a
Sophomore.” Additional letters in the
series found will be published until
their author recognizes his handiwork
and calls by the office of The Battal
ion for them.
The letters are typewritten and are
signed simply with the writer’s first
name, Albert. They are all apparent
ly written to the same person, a
young lady in the home-town of the
writer.
No reward is expected by The Bat
talion or by the reporter who found
them.
GULLEDGEIMPROVING
L. J. Gulledge, ’31, familiarly known
as “Pete,” who was partially paraliz-
ed as a result of an automobile acci
dent while on his way home for the
Christmas holidays last year, was re
cently removed to his home at 4300
Lafayette street, Dallas. He was re
ported as recovering slowly.
IMPROVING
Dean Charles Puryear, dean of the
college and head of the mathematics
department, who has been ill for sev
eral weeks, was reported improving
following an operation in the Bryan
hospital Tuesday afternoon.
A & M, Rice ASMETo
Hold Banquet, Debate
Approximately twenty senior me
chanical engineering students and
four administrative officers of the
mechanical engineering department of
A & M College have already regis
tered to attend the joint banquet and
debate of Rice Institute and A & M
student branches of the A S M E
at Houston, Saturday, December 6,
1930. The number of junior students
to make the trip has not yet been de
termined.
Plans for the debate, which were
left unfinished last year due to its
conflicting with Engineers’ Day in
the two schools, were recently com
pleted, The subject is “Resolved, that
the statutes of the state of Texas
should be made to include the uni
form registration law for profession
al engineers and land surveyors
adopted by the A S C E April 21,
1930.” This debate, the first between
the two schools, will immediately fol
low an informal dinner which will
be attended by a number of promi
nent engineers of the Houston dis
trict. The hour and place for the
dinner has not been announced but
will be before Saturday.
Preliminary debate to choose rep
resentatives from A & M was held
at the last meeting of the A S M E.
F. G. Sleeper, Alexandria, La., and
A. H. Rawlins, Ennis, were selected.
A. H. Grantham, McGregor, is pres
ident of the local society.
Dr. Summey Addresses
Social Science Seminar
“Good enunciation, pronunciation
(in the limited use of the word), in
tonation, proper grouping of words,
and rate of speed, are the five qual
ities of good pronunciation,” said Dr.
George Summey, head of the depart
ment of English, in a lecture before
the Social Science Seminar Monday,
November 24. Conversation can be
slovenly, dressy, or normal, but good
normal conversation is the most sat
isfactory in the long run, Dr. Sum
mey added.
“Our eyes, ears, and muscles are
the mediums by which we acquaint
ourselves with pronunciation,” he
said, “for it is by seeing, hearing,
and practice in the use of the new
words we learn that we may teach
ourselves to pronounce them correct
ly.”
Following the talk Dr. Summey
ironed out many of the difficulties
which the individuals in the audience
had experienced.
Welfare Committee
To Meet Thursday
Initial meeting of the Student Wel
fare committee for this year has been
called by Dean F. C. Bolton, chair
man of the committee, for Thursday
evening in the banquet room of the
college mess hall.
The committee, which is composed
of members of the faculty and rep
resentatives of the student body, has
for its purpose the open discussion
of student problems with the faculty
administrators, and problems concern
ing student welfare are presented to
the faculty by the student represen
tatives at committee meetings.
Students with problems to be con
sidered are urged to give them to a
student member of the committee for
presentation at the business meeting
which will follow the banquet Thurs
day evening.
U. S. Making Advance ..
In Chemical Warfare
“The wide publicity of the develop
ments of other nations has caused
many to think that the United States
is not up to date in chemical war
fare equipment,” said Major A. M.
Prentiss, chemical warfare officer of
the Eighth Corps Area, in a lecture
before the Science Seminar November
17. “But many new discoveries have
been made and many new inventions
have been perfected in the laboratory
at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland,
which have kept Uncle Sam in step
with the other powers. Any such con
trary ideas are heresay.” He then sup
ported his statement with discriptions
of the newest gases, bombs, and
smoke defenses recently proven by
army engineers in this plant. A spe
cial motion picture was used to il
lustrate the talk.
For three years Major Prentiss was
technical director at the arsenal, but
in September of this year he was
transfered to Ft. Sam Houston, San
Antonio, and made chemical warfare
officer of the Eighth Corps Area.
He said that he was very favorably
impressed with the military work at
A & M and also with the scholastic
achievements of the college.
To Initiate 67 New Members
In Ross Volunteers Sunday
R. V. CAPTAIN
SANTONE XMAS DANCE
Plans for the Christmas dance were
completed at the meeting of the San
Antonio club Tuesday night in the
“Y” chapel, E. E. Roberts, president,
announces. The dance will be held at
the Blue Willow Inn on the Fred-
ricksburg road on the night of De
cember 25. Music will be furnished by
the Aggieland.
Day McNeel, San Antonio, captain
of the Ross Volunteers, honorary mil
itary company which will hold annual
initiation of new members Sunday
afternoon.
Hewitt Chosen Next
Insurance Speaker
H. G. Hewitt, of The Northwestern
National Insurance company, is the
peaker for the third of series of in-
urance talks being conducted by the
department of economics this term.
This lecture will be given Tuesday
evening at 7:15 in the chapel of the
Y M C A.
Hewitt is well known among the
nsurance companies over the country,
and at present is life agency director
of Texas for his company, and holds
the degree of certified life underwrit
er. This rating has virtually the same
qualifications for an insurance man
that CPA has for an accountant.
He is believed to be the only man in
Texas holding this certificate.
Having experienced the hardships
of a lecturer on a Chautauqua circuit,
as well as once having been a college
professor, he is an experienced speak
er, and capable of easily holding the
attention of the audience throughout
the evening. He will discuss various
phases and problems of the insurance
company.
These lectures are free and stu
dents and others are cordially invited
to attend.
Do Aggies Prefer Blondes?
May be, But Let’s Find Out
Gentlemen prefer blondes.
But are A & M cadets gentlemen?
At least that question, and perhaps
one or two others will be answered,
when statistics from the questionnaire
carried on page two of this issue of
The Battalion are compiled and made
public, for The Battalion is determin
ed to find out just what kind of girl
is most popular with the cadet corps.
And it isn’t the ideal corps trip
date that is being looked for either.
What The Battalion wants to know
is what kind of girl the average ca
det would prefer to carry on the
corps trip which is supposed to con
tinue until “death do us part.”
Dig down in the bottom of that
trunk, bring out the photographs of
all past experiences or conquests.
Roll time back at least for part of a
night and recall all of those dates
you have had. Then pick out the trait
you liked most in each of them. Put
the traits together and you’ll have—
not a jig-saw puzzle—but the ideal,
the only one.
Or perhaps you won’t have to go
to that much trouble. Perhaps you
have already found the one and only.
Then just indicate on the question-
nair those characteristics which she
possesses.
Then after all is done, put the ques
tionnaire in an envelope, address it
to the Questionnaire Editor, The Bat
talion, and drop in the “campus slot”
of the Faculty Exchange, or bring
the questionnaire directly to the of
fice of The Battalion.
Then sit back and wait, and if the
ideal of the cadet corps doesn’t fit in
with yours, don’t blame the Question
naire Editor.
On your marks, get set, turn to
page two and start scratching.
Seniors And 55 Juniors
Be Added To Company
Initiation of new members of the
Ross Volunteers will be held Sun
day afternoon in the Animal Husban
dry pavilion, Day P. McNeel, San An
tonio, captain of the company has
announced. W. H. Markle, Port
Neches, W. G. Free, New Orleans,
La., and Maurice Sessions, Austwell,
are in charge of arrangements.
Twelve seniors and fifty-five jun
iors will enter the organization. The
seniors are: J. S. Dial, Sulphur
Springs; J. Y. Aldridge, Bonham; J.
O. Woodwam, Austin; D. F. Cheaney,
Electra; R. C. Rippstein, San Antonio;
T. B. Ketterson, Houston; C. L. Neal-
on, San Antonio; C. C. Stroud, Fort
Worth; A. A. Robinson, Galveston;
Neal H. Bean; Carl McKelvy, Valley
Mills; and W. H. Phelps, Little Rock,
Arkansas.
The juniors are: T. S. Austin, Hous
ton; C. B. Beard, Ft. Worth; J. P.
Christian, Abilene; R. B. Collier,
Houston; J. T. Connally, Waco; R. H.
Cotton, Abilene; P. F. Crozier, Fort
Worth; Z. C. Dameron, Del Rio; H.
P. Dansby, Bryan; Fred Earheart,
Houston; J. D. Edgar, Cuero; C. W.
Fichtner, San Antonio; G. J. Fix,
Dallas; W. F. Franklin, Douglas, Ari
zona; A. L. Gambrell, Farmersville;
A. A. Golasinski, Houston; L. C.
Gosch, Austin; R. P. Gregory, Fort
Worth; R. A. Harling, Houston; C.
W. Herring, San Antonio; W. W.
Hewitt, Groesbeck; J. L. Keith, Beau
mont; E. M. Kimbrough, Haskell; H.
F. Kothmann, Mason.
A. C. Love, Ennis; E. T. McCoun,
San Antonio; J. M. McMillan; San
Antonio; A. C. Moser, Dallas; F. W.
Mueller, Kennedy; R. G. Murchison,
(Continued on page 2)
Architectural Dept.
Buys $2,500 Texts
Valuable standard architecture
texts have been added to the archi
tectural library, according to Ernest
Langford, head of the department.
The volumes represent an expenditure
of $1,000 toward the purchasing of
the list of books compiled by J. H.
Jansen, architectural book publisher
of Cleveland, O., as the most valuable
books written on architecture. Up to
this time A & M has spent $2,500, the
complete list would cost $20,000.
The books range in price from one
to one hundred and twenty dollars. A
list of the most valuable ones follows:
“English Homes” by H. Avray Tipp
ing, a set of eight volumes illustrat
ing some of the most notable houses
in England from the Norman and
Plantagnet period about 1066 to the
late Georgian period of 1820; “Dic-
tionaire Raisonne de L’Architecture”
by Viollet-le-Duc, ten volumes cover
ing all architecture during the elev
enth to the sixteenth centuries, pub
lished in 1863 in French and never
translated into English. “L’Art Rom
an en Italic” by Martin and Enlart,
contains plates showing exteriors, in
teriors, and details of cathedrals,
churches and other buildings in the
Romanesque style.
One of the most important of the
recently acquired books is “Master
pieces of Architecture in the United
States.” The architectural master
pieces were selected by a jury of the
twelve foremost architects in Amer
ica. Typical examples are Lincoln Me
morial, Freer Art Gallery, Detroit
Public Library, Madison Square Pres
byterian Church, Nebraska State Cap
itol, Shelton Hotel, and Tribune Tow
er.