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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1930)
THE BATTALION VOL. XXIX COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, DECEMBER, 10, 1930 NUMBER 13 SENIORS TO INVITE INSPECTION BY LEGISLATORS Ex-Students Express Confidence In Madison Bell Special Committee In Meet With Athletic Council Denies Bell’s Position As Mentor Not Stable Express Confidence In Athletic Council To Handle All Sports Problems Unanimous support of Coach Madi son Bell and vote of confidence in the ability of the A & M athletic council to handle effectively any ath letic problem that may come before it featured the expressions of mem bers of a special athletic committee of the A & M former students as sociation in joint meeting here with the athletic council of the college. The ex-students committee met at the in vitation of the college athletic coun cil, of which Dean C. E. Friley is chairman, to take official cognizance of recent rumors and reports con cerning the athletic matters at the college. Burt E. Hull, Houston, acted as chairman of the meeting. The ex students committee included repre sentatives of local A & M clubs at Houston, Dallas, Waco, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Port Arthur and Corsi cana. While no set resolutions were adopt ed, members of the ex-students com mittee decried recent reports suggest ing instability of Bell’s status as coach at A & M by reason of the Aggies’ poor showing in the 1930 conference grid schedule. The group accepted in vitation of the athletic council to hold similar post-season meetings annually for discussion of athletic matters. Members of the ex-students com mittee present included Burt E. Hull, Houston; A. P. Rollins, Dallas; R. J. Potts, Waco; Tyree L. Bell, Corsicana; E. P. Haltom, Fort Worth; Ross (Continued on page 3) Organize First A & M Press Club Publication Staffs Hope To Stimulate Interest With the expressed purpose of im proving and stimulating interest in student publications on the campus, members of the staffs of the four A & M student publications Monday completed organization of the Press Club of the A & M College of Texas. Officers for the present year were elected at the meeting Monday and a constitution, to be submitted to the authorities of the college for approv al adopted. Robt. L. Herbert, Lufkin, was chosen president of the club with C. V. Ellis, Wichita Falls, vice-presi dent, and A. C. Moser, Dallas, secre tary-treasurer. Curtis Vinson, direc tor of publicity at A & M, was elected faculty sponsor and advisor. Besides creating interest in student publications, the club expects to stim ulate interest among students of the (Continued on page 5) Russell Urges Back To Farm Movement Asking the question, “How will the city perpetuate itself?” Dr. George Russell, Irish poet, orator, idealist, and economist, in an address to the Social Science Seminar advised the return of a large part of the popula tion of America to rural life. “I was alarmed to learn recently that in your country since 1920, 4,- 000,000 persons have left the land, and 89,000 farms have ceased production,” said Dr. Russell. If this condition con tinues, Dr. Russell said that in a gen eration ninety per cent of the people will be in the cities with ten per cent on the farms, and since in four gen erations the energy of the country is worn out by the unhealthy city ife, from what source will the future citizen of the metropolis come ? Dr. Russell, who is on a six months lecture tour of the United States, is not only urging this exodus from the city to the farm, but also the building of a rural civilization similar to the one existing in Ireland today. Munson Addresses A S C E On Floods A speech by Prof. T. A. Munson, professor of railroad engineering, on floods was the feature of the meeting of the A S C E last Friday night. It was brought out in his talk that the floods that do the most damage are of the shortest duration. Their control is affected only by engineer ing devices that have been established before the flood. These are different for each particular instance, and much engineering skill is required to han dle the situation properly. Some interesting facts were brought out on the possible manner by which the Brazos River may be controlled. This was by building retaining basins along the river for the storage of water during the rainy season of the year. Through the improvement of the river bed this stream would be navigable for several miles inland, and with the regulated flood of wa ter, through the use of these storage basins, the river would carry suffi cient water all during the year for navigation. This could only be brought about by government legislation, and would involve the expenditure of $1,000,000 (Continued on page 5) DELEGATES TO “Y” MEET. D. W. Sherrell, Kerens, I. C. Corps, Harlingen, M. L. Cashion of the Y. M. C. A., and Dean Charles E. Friley are the delegates from A and M to the National Student-Faculty Conference, which will be henld at Detroit, Mich., December 27-31. The party will leave here at noon December 25. Longhorn Art-Work Sent To Engravers A shipment of over 450 pieces of art-work, valued at $8,000, for the 1931 Longhorn has been made to the engravers, according to E. M. Moore, editor-in-chief of the yearbook. Early shipment of the work for engraving earned a discount of approximately $500, Moore said. With work progressing at its pres ent rate during the next few months, it is likely that the book will be ready to go to press by the latter part of March. Russians In Search Of New Home Visit Here Five former Russian leaders who were expelled from Russia because they opposed the Soviet form of gov ernment, were visitors on the campus this week, according to report from the Aggieland Inn. They and northern ing throughout Texas and northern Mexico with the idea of finding a suit able place of founding a colony for those who have been expelled from Russia because of political affiliations. Most of the former Russians who contemplate settling in this country are at present located in Jugo-Slavia, where they live in one community of 15,000 population. They have built a Russian university there to perpetu ate Russian art and iterature. According to Dr. Fasil Bensin, Ex chief of agriculture under the Czars regime, the colony, if located in Tex as will have a population of thirty or forty thousand, and the enterprise will be backed to the extent of $55,- 000,000 by a New York corporation. Other members of the party be sides Dr. Bensin were. Dr. John V. Klrinkar, C. S. Shulakoff, J. Chermol- toz and Nicholas Bayokoemow. These men were authorities on agronomy, horticulture and mining engineering. After leaving College Station they in tend to visit the ower Rio Grande valley. Seniors Vote to Ask Legislators Investigate Conditions on Campus Student Injured In Three-Story Plunge Losing his hold on the window sill as he was attempting to get into his room, T. P. Porter, Terrell, sopho more in “H” Company, Infantry, fell from the third floor of Law hall Mon day afternoon, and was seriously in jured. He was taken to the hospital where he received first aid treatment, and is reported to be recovering. As he was without his key, and it was necessary for him to get into his room at once, Porter attempted to enter by climbing from the gable over the entrance of the third ramp to the window of his room.® Some pecan shels left on the window sill caused him to lose his hold, and he fell from the window to the ground, where he landed on his feet. The bones of one heel were crushed, and the arch-bone was fractured. Vaughn Will Address Social Science Group The next meeting of the Social Science Seminar will be held January 12, at which time assistant Professor G. C. Vaughn of the department of economics will speak on the subject, “Regulation of Public Utilities.” While attending Chicago University last summer, Professor Vaughn took considerable work under Martin G. Glasser, a re "mzed authority on the economics oi , ;’.':c utilities. The lecture will deal with the regu lation of rates of public utility com- odities and will be divided into three groups. These groups are: (1) the economic characteristics of public util ity industries; (2) judicial fair value and the price level, and (3) the need for a definite rate-base for fixing public utility rates. Motion Prompted By Rumos In Regard To Hazing At A & M Appoint Committee to Investigate Second-Hand Uniform Problem Here Appointment of a committee to in vestigate the feasibility of establish ing on the campus a secondhand uni form store resulted following the in troduction of a proposal to that effect at the first meeting of the year Thursday evening of the Student Welfare Committee, joint student fac ulty body for the consideration of student problems. The recommenda tion was introduced by A. C. Moser, junior representative of the welfare group. The committee, composed of Major J. E. Sloan, faculty representative; Ray Walker, senior representative; A. C. Moser, and Robt. L. Herbert, edi tor of the Battalion, was asked to present its findings at the next meet ing of the Welfare Committee. According to the proposal made by Moser, financial benefits derived from the secondhand store could be used for the general benefit of the student body and the clothing sold through it would be inspected and passed on by a supervisor officially tion on this matter was deferred to a later meeting. Action was also deferred, pending further investigation, on the proposal of locating additional telephones for the use of students on the campus. The proposal came through Dean F. C. Boton, chairman of the committee, following inquiry by local telephone officials. It was pointed out that the present location of telephones in the Y M C A and Main buildings was not satisfactory because of noise from the outside and because of the large de mand for telephone service. Discontinuance of further parades by the cadet corps in Austin on designated to that capacity. The committee was asked to assist in locating deserving students who need additional funds to complete the current college year, such funds to be obtained through the assistance of Bishop Clinton S. Quinn, Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Texas. Ac- continued on page 5) Several members of the Texas Leg islature will be invited to informally visit A & M for the purpose of per sonally investigating actual condi tions which exist here, according to a motion which was carried almost unanimously at a meeting of the sen ior class Saturday afternoon. The motion to invite the legislators follows the recent publication of let ters to President T. O. Walton, de crying the hazing situation at A & M, and members of the class express ed belief that the investigation would result in quelling rumors which are said to be grossly exaggerated. “We firmly believe that the visit of the legislators will correct any mis taken ideas that the exaggerated re ports may have caused them to form,” Ray Walker, president of the senior class said. “Conditions have been mis represented in such a manner that we we believe some step should be taken to let the people of the state know just what the truth of the matter is:” Other business passed on by the class at its meeting Saturday includ ed the appointment of a committee to select graduation invitations. C. A. Schwope, Waring; C. L. Pickett, Post; and Fred S. Buford, Dallas, were nam ed members of the committee. Cotton Elected Volunteer King 67 New Members Initiated Sun day Afternoon James A. Cotton, first lieutenant in C Troop, Cavalry, was elected king of the Ross Volunteers at the banquet held in the banquet room of th mess hall Sunday night. The banquet fol lowed the initiation of twelve seniors and fifty-five juniors. Other officers elected include John Winslow, Menard, first sergeant, Phillip Gregory, Ft. Worth, and Don ald Ralph, Farmersvile, line serge ants. Tom Bagley, College Station, will be chairman of the music com mittee; Ed Roberts, San Antonio, decorations: L. T. Burns, Yoakum, tea dance; Jack Harrington, Plano, pro grams and favors; and Fred S. Bu ford, Dallas, floor and arrangements. Cotton is vice-president of the Scholarship Honor Society; he is a member of the Student Welfare Com mittee, and officer in the A S C E. The queen and members of the court who with Cotton will reign over the annual festivities at A & M April 16, 17 and 18 will be announced later. Short talks were given at the ban quet by A. C. Love, class of ’97, for mer second lieutenant in the R V Company and John W. Singleton, ’28.