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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.