THE BATTALION
VOL. XXIX
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, JANUARY 7, 1931
NUMBER 15
A & M Directors and Texas Regents
Write Bill Dividing Available Fund
In a joint meeting of the Board of
Directors of the A & M College and
the Board of Regents of the Univer
sity of Texas at Austin early this
week an agreement was reached on
the phraseology of a bill dividing the
University available funds between
the two institutions. The bill, which
is to be presented to the Texas Leg
islature, carries out a plan which the
two boards agreed upon several weeks
ago.
According to the bill, A & M will
receive $150,000 a year for four years
and after September 1, 1934, will re
ceive one-third of the available fund
with the exception of the income from
grazing leases.
To Instruct English
Students In Library Use
In order to familiarize themselves
with the library and its correct usage
upperclassmen studying courses in
Engish will be required to attend a
lecture and demonstration given by
a member of the library staff during
the coming week. All freshman
English classes have recently received
instructions on use of the library and
it is the belief of Thomas F. Mayo,
librarian, that the purpose of ac
quainting the students with their
library has been achieved. In the
future it will be necessary for only
freshman classes to receive the in
structions.
Economics Dept.
Flans Trade Meet
Plans for a trade forum to be held
here January 23 have been announced
by Prof.- J. W. Barger, of the depart
ment of economics. These meetings
will be featured by the talks of several
men of the United States Department
of Commerce, who will be here at this
time to attend the forum, and to ac
quaint themselves with the operations
in this part of the state.
Probable speakers will include spec
ialists in domestic trade, trade rela
tions of the Gulf and the Southwest,
and foreign trade, and a foreign
trade representative from abroad.
They will be here for the day, and will
be available in the morning to talk to
combined classes of any department
that is interested in their work.
According to present plans the
forum will open with a meeting in
the afternoon, featuring one or two
speakers. The closing session will
be held that night at which time talks
will also be heard. The forum will be
open to the public. It will give stu
dents an opportunity to learn a great
deal about how the trade of this na
tion is promoted by the Department
of Commerce, and especially in this
part of the country.
Word has been received from Ernest
L. Tutt, District Manager at Houston
that the following men and himself
from the Department of Commerce
will be present: Sherwood H. Avery,
district manager at Dallas, and his
Assistant Manager, Harold M. Young;
Benjamin Wilson, District Manager,
Galveston; Davis Alexander, Commer
cial agent at Houston, and Fred C.
Rogers, Assistant Manager at Hous
ton.
Other details of the forum will be
announced later as they are woi'ked
out.
Chemical Society To
Give $6,000 In Prizes
Prizes totaling $6,000 will be given
by the American Chemical Society to
the freshman students writing the
best essays on several subjects deal
ing with the relation of chemistry to
various phases of life, reports Prof.
H. R. Brayton, head of freshman
chemistry. The awards are being made
in an effort to encourage students to
acquire a greater familiarity with the
science of chemistry, and no great
technical knowledge is required, Prof.
Brayton said.
Six prizes of $500, six prizes of
$300, and six prizes of $200 will be
received by the authors of the first,
second, and third best essays, respec
tively.
The following is the list of topics
supplied by the American Chemical
Society: The relation of chemistry to
health and disease. The relation of
chemistry to the enrichment of life.
The relation of chemistry to agricul
ture. The relation of chemistry to
national defense. The relation of
chemistry to the home. The reation
of chemistry to the development of an
industry or resource of the United
States.
The contest closes M arch 1, 1931. All
freshmen interested may obtain fur
ther particulars from Prof. Brayton.
Student Publication
Denounces Cramming
PRINCETON, N. J.—That last min
ute tutoring before examinations ex
erts a “vicious influence on the intel
lectual life of the university,” was
the statement made in an editorial re
cently by The Daily Princetonian, un
dergraduate publication of Princeton
University here.
The editorial opened with an expla
nation that the newspaper had refus
ed an advertisement from the Hun
School tutoring sessions for the fresh
man examinations near at hand, and
then lists four reasons for the editor
ial attack on the system of tutoring
for examinations.
First, cramming is a superficial
method of review,” the paper said.
“It deadens undergraduate initiative
and places a premium on merely get
ting by. Second, in view of the fact
that only certain types of examination
questions can be asked, and that these
can be easily spotted by experienced
tutors, cramming by Hun puts uni
versity examiners under the tempta
tion of trapping the trapper and giv
ing tests that will beat Hun and fail
everybody.
“Third, shallow tutoring, foreign to
the purpose of all worth while study,
encourages habits of mental laziness
and is worse than useless in preparing
for comprehensive examinations of up
per-class years.
“Fourth, it is partially responsible
for the failure of men who relied, in
freshman and sophomore years, on
intellectual dope and found it un
availing later.”
Dean Puryear Reported
To Be Improving Slowly
Dean Charles Puryear, who is
slowly regaining his strength lost fol
lowing several recent operations, Mon
day reported himsef as “feeling fine”
and “longing to be at his desk again”.
He is allowed to sit up in a wheel
chair five hours a day, and says that
he feels much benefited by the fresh
air and sunshine.
“I am very grateful”, remarked the
Dean, “for all the telegrams, flowers,
and letters sent to me by my friends
during the Christmas season.”
Sterling Names One
New A & M Director
Henry Schuhmacher, Houston, and
Raleigh White, Brady, were re-ap
pointed members of the Board of Di
rectors of the A & M College and
Joseph Kopecky, Halletsville, named
Announce Twenty-one Candidates
For Mid-Term Graduations Feb. 1
V smgtm To Address
Seminar January 23
Prof. G. C. Vaughn, of* the depart
ment of economics will be the princi
pal speaker at the next meeting of
the Social Science Seminar which will
be held in the physics lecture room
at 8 o’clock on the evening of Mon
day, January 23. He will talk on “The
Regulation of Public Utilities.”
It will deal principally with the ad
justments of a fair price for the com
modities the public gets from the util
ities and the manner in which rates
are determined. Various examples of
contested cases which have been tried
in the Supreme Court will be used to
give a clearer understanding of what
has been done in the past.
The talk will be given in a non-tech-
nical manner such that it will be in
teresting and give one a general view
of the economic characteristics of the
to succeed William A. Wurzbach, San
Antonio, as a member of the board by public utilities. While attending the
Gov.-Elect Ross Sterling Tuesday. At University of Chicago during the sum
the same time new regents were also
appointed for the University of Tex
as and the state teachers’ colleges of
Texas.
The directors were appointed for
six-year terms, their terms to expire
in 1937. Wurzbach, the only member
who was not re-appointed, was recent
ly elected County Judge of Bexar
County. His successor is editor of
Novy Domov, a Bohemian newspaper
at Halletsville, and very prominent
in educational and other affairs in
that section of Texas.
Other appointments made by Gov
ernor-Elect Sterling:
University of Texas regents—Les
lie Waggener, Dallas; M. Frank Yount
of Beaumont; and John T. Scott,
Houston. They succeed Lutcher Stark,
Orange; M. E. Foster, Houston and
Sam Neathery, Houston.
Teachers’ College regents—CoL
Thomas H. Ball, Houston; Henry
Paulus, Yoakum, and John E. Hill,
Amarillo, all re-appointees.
dWK-ETAOIetaoi shrdlu cmfwy pvb
mer Prof. Vaughn received instruction
from Martin G. Glaeser, a recognized
authority on the economics of public
utilities and is well informed on the
subject.
Faculty Dance In Mess
Nineteen Candidates For B. S.
Degrees, One For B. A.
Candidates for degrees at A & M,
to be awarded Feb. 1, 1931, at the
close of the first term of the present
academic year, number twenty, an
nouncement from the office of the
registrar, discloses. Nineteen are can
didates for bachelor of science degree
and one for bachelor of arts degree.
The candidates are as follows:
For bachelor of science degree in
electrical engineering: William B.
Clute, Schenectady, N. Y.
In civil engineering: Willis E. Col
lins, Schenectady, N. Y., Allan N. De-
Maret, Bryan; Stephen M. Farquhar,
Jonesboro; Robert E. Hable, Dallas;
John W. Singleton, Dallas; Seth H.
Steele, Chilton.
In chemical engineering: Alvis B.
Duke, Handley; Leslie S. Moore, Com
anche; Joseph A. Redinger, Texar
kana.
In mechanical engineering; Elmer
C. Haller, San Antonio; Gilbert M.
Vick, Houston.
In agriculture: William A. Culber-
[ son, Gatesville; Francis C. Davis Jr.,
Denton; Thomas J. Moon, Santa Rosa;
Corbin R. Owen, Magnolia, Ark.; Har-
:' o D. Wood, Henderson.
i , In agricultural administration: Rob-
Hal! Saturday Night [en-u. Hendrick, Fort Worth.
I In landscape art: Stewart E. King,
The College Dancing Club will en T ^ San Antonio,
tertain with its first dinner dance on | For bachelor of arts degree, liber-
the evening of January 10 in the ban
quet room of the mess hall. Small
tables will be arranged around the
dance floor and soft lights will be
used. Reservations have already been
made for numerous dinner parties
and at least seventy-five couples are
expected to attend according to
Thomas F. Mayo, secretary of the
club. Dinner will be served at eight
o’clock and besides dancing between
the various courses, novelty acts will
be presented during the dinner.
The Serenaders will furnish music
for the dance.
Ohio State Students Plan Anonymous
Magazine In Order To Avoid Censors
Ag. Engineering Dept.
Conducting Hotbed Test
1 An experiment involving the heat
ing of hotbeds by electricity is being
conducted by Professor P. T. Mon
ford, according to an announcement
from the Ag. Eng. department.
Mr. Monford is using four hotbeds
in the experiment each heated by
electricity, and he hopes to prove that
it is both economical and practical to
use this method of heating the beds in
this climate. As the usual difficulty
in the operation of hotbeds is the
inability to control the amount of
heat necessary in varying climatic
conditions, it is expected that the use
of electricity will prove quite popular
in the south if it is found to be econo
mical.
The experiment is being conducted
jointly by the schools of Engineering
and Agriculture, and is one of a
series of attempts to adapt electricity
to the farm.
COLUMBUS, O.—In order to avoid
censorship which they feel has ruled
the Ohio State Lantern and Sun Dial,
student publications of Ohio State
University, a group of students will
publish “The Free Voice,” it has been
announced.
The magazine is to be published
anonymously and sold off the cam
pus.
The advertisement printed in the
Ohio State Lantern explains that the'
magazine is intended for the “think
ing students and published by the
liberal student element.”
Contributions are solicited from stu-;:
dents and the faculty in the form of
articles on campus controversies,-
verse oj' short stories. They will be
published anonymously and are to be'
addressed to Campus Post Office box,
977, the only address of the publish
ers.
The magazine is to appear bi-week-
Jy beginning with the issue of Jan
uary 14, 1931.
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Miss.
ard H. Pepper, Gulfport,
A. H. Students
Flan Horse Show
The first annual mid-winter horse
show, sponsored by the animal hus
bandry students specializing in horse
production will be held in the A H
pavilion on January 23, has been an
nounced by D. W. Williams, head of
the animal husbandry department.
A wide range of classes has been
carded and the entry is list open to
everyone in an effort to have all local
horsemen compete.
The tentative list of events releas
ed Wednesday includes a fine harness
class, ladies’ three gaited class, wean
lings to halter class, three gaited com
bination class, children’s class, plan
tation walk, five gaited class, hunter
class, fitting and showing of draft
horses, and a three gaited open class.
“Th° students are planning this
show,” said Mr. Williams, “in order
to stimulate interest in the horse in
dustry, and show the public what this,
section has to offer in the way of
horseflesh.” Prospective entrants
should report to the A H department
office as soon as possible so a final
program may he arranged. There will
be no admission charge.
KYLE ATTENDS AG, MEETING
Dean Kyle left last Wednesday to
attend the meeting of the Texas
Agricultural Worker’s Association in
Waco, Texas, where he is scheduled
to make a talk oil Agricultural Teach
ing Problems. Agriculturalists from
all over the country will be present.
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