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Fur FAT TA.LI0N VOL. XXIX COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, JANUARY 21, 1931 NUMBER 17 COLONEL NELSON TO REMAIN ANOTHER YEAR Sullivan Accepts Position With Experiment Station, Effective September First James Sullivan, who last week ten dered his resignation as business man ager of athletics at A & M, has ac cepted the post of assistant chief, di vision of feed control service, Texas Agricultural Experiment station, ef fective September 1, Director A. B. Conner of the station announced Wed nesday. Mr. Sullivan will be under F. D. Fuller, chief of the feed control service, under whom he previously served as executive secretary of the service from 1914 to 1919 when he became athletic business manager. Both Director Conner and Mr. Ful ler voiced gratification over forthcom ing renewal by Sullivan of connection with feed control work administered by the station. Mr. Sullivan had no comment to make except that he look ed forward with pleasure to the work. It was announced by Dean Charles E. Friley, chairman of the A & M ath letic council, that Sullivan would con tinue as business manager of athletics until assuming his new position. In his nearly twelve years as busi ness manager of athletics at A & M, “Sully,” as he is known to students and ex-students of the college, sports writers and others who have been as sociated with him in his work, guided the growth of the A & M athletic plant from a property probably worth $10,000, with an indebtedness almost equal, to its present size as one of the finest and most complete athletic units in the South. The new Kyle Field stadium, the most recently com- RESIGNS James Sullivan who recently resign ed as business manager of athletics at A & M after twelve years service. pleted equipment of the plant, was constructed at a cost of approximate ly $350,000 and with Memorial Gym nasium and an auxiliary gym, facil ities for handling virtually all forms of intercollegiate and intramural sports as well as the administrative offices of the physical education de partment are included in a single enclosure. The improved plant followed placing the athletic department on a self-sus taining basis, the revenues from col lege sports being used for the devel opment. Architects Competing For Beaux-Arts Prizes First preliminary of the 24th An nual Paris Prize Competition of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects was entered by junior and senior students of ai’chiteetual designing on Monday, January 19. Following the require ments of the competition, the con testants work for twelve consecutive hours on a problem, the nature of which is witheld until starting time, without access to books or documents and are placed under strict supervis ion the entire time. The problem, which was revealed by Ernest Lang ford, head of the department of arch itecture, shortly after noon Monday, was, “A Fountain” facing the en trance to a metropolitan park and commemorating the completion of a new water supply for the metropolis. The contest is national in scope and is open to any draftsman, architect, or architectual student, who is a citi zen of the United States and will be under the age of twenty-seven on July 1, 1931. The Paris prize carries a stipend of $3,600 a year for study at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux- Arts in Paris. Work of those competing in the first preliminary exercise is sent to New York for judgement by a com mittee appointed by the sponsors of the competition. From the submitted exercises a number of the best are qualified to enter the second prelim inary and from these problems the finalists are chosen. VOCATIONAL AG. MEETING E. R. Alexander, professor of agri cultural education and state advisor of the Texas Association of the Future Farmers of America, was in confer ence with some twenty-five North Texas teachers of vocational agricul ture on January 10, at Dallas. The principal business of the meet ing was to set up specific standards for certificates of merit awarded in the various branches of agriculture to members of the Future Farmers organization who sueessfully complete the specified requirements. The ■prime purpose of the association is •to create and promote a lasting in terest in scientific agriculture as a means of livelihood. Members of The Future Farmers of America are high school students in agriculture. Debating Team Will Compete In Oklahoma An invitation extended by the South east Teachers’ College of Durant, Ok lahoma, to debate in its tournament January 30-31, has been accepted by the A & M Debating Society, Profes sor C. O. Spriggs, coach of the team, reports. The question, “Resolved That All Nations Should Adopt the Policy of Free Trade,” will be argued by repre sentatives from schools in four states. It is the initial contest of the year for the local team. Members of the society making the trip are: W. G. Carnahan, Center; W. O. Alexander, Gulf; Howard Lang, Dallas; and J. E. Gaston, Henderson. A & M Band Plays For Sterling Inauguration The A & M band, and Captain T. C. Harry, tactical officer of the unit, returned Wednesday from the inau guration rites of Governor Ross Ster ling held at Austin Tuesday. It was the official band of the ceremony. While on the trip they played a series of short concerts at three Aus tin hotels in the forenoon, for the inaugural on the steps of the Capi tol in the afternoon, and in a massed concert that night with the Texas Longhorn band, the Shrine band of Houston, and the Eighth Infantry band of San Antonio. They also at tended the ball. Chem. Papers May Be Used In Engl. Contest Will Be First Command ant To Serve At A & M Longer Than Four Years Papers written by freshmen in competition in the American Chemi cal Society essay contest may be en tered in the annual freshman writ ing contest held each spring by the er ly- As a result of inadequate dor- college, Dr. George Summey, head 1 uiitory facilities, and a desire upon | the part of the Board of Directors of Dr. Walton Explains Use Of Rent Money By Dr. T. O. Walton At the request of the Student Wel fare Committee, the following state ment is submitted for the information of all those interested in the $60 a season room rent that is charged to students occupying rooms in the Col lege dormitories. For more than twenty years is has been impossible for the authorities of the institution to secure appropria tions for the construction of dormi tory rooms is sufficient numbers to accommodate the student body prop- of the department of English has an nounced. The prize for the A & M contest is $20. in cash donated by Dr. J. Al len Kyle of Houston, and has pre viously attracted a large number of contestants. “These papers will also be accep ted as term themes in English 104,” Dr. Summey said. the College to accommodate all the students who apply for admission, it has been necessary from time to time to house students in tents and shacks, and frequently to place from three to four students in one room. These conditions make it impossible for the student to do satisfactory work. They also mitigate against (Continued on page 6) TCU BEAUTIES rfO-ZELLE Q*Y/tNT Meb/em Members of the sophomore class at Texas Christian University have named four girls from their class as candidates for the beauty section of the Horned Frog, TCU student annual. Two of the girls wil be honored in the final selection by pages in the annual. The four prettiest are (left to right): Margaret Reeder, Knox City; Eloise Barksdale, Fort Worth; Mozelle Bryant, Goliad; and Marian Miller, Waco. War Department Grants Exten sion Asked By President Walton Col. Charles J. Nelson, head of the military department and commandant of cadets at A & M for the past four years, has been assigned to the same duties for another year, announcement by President T. O. Walton, following receipt of orders from the War De partment, discloses. Col. Nelson’s reg ular four year assignment as profes sor of military science and tactics at A & M, the customary period of assignment to such R O T C duty by the War Department, will end with the present academic year. His new period of duty will be for the 1931- 32 fiscal year. Col. Nelson, whose ex tension of service at the college was requested by President Walton, will continue as commandant and he will be the first commandant to serve at A & M for five years. Col. Nelson was assigned to A & M as professor of military science and tactics in September, 1927. He was named by the college officials at the same time as commandant of cadets, the latter post being that of jiscipii- nary head of the cadet corps. Prior to coming to A & M, Col. Nelson was executive officer of the Ninth Infan try at Fort Sam Houston, San An tonio. He has known army life ever since his college days, having volun teered as a private in the Alabama National Guard at the outbreak of (Continued on page 3) Freshman Live Stock Contest On Saturday The annual live stock judging con test for freshmen will be held Sat urday, January 24, starting at 12:45 p. m., in the animal husbandry pa vilion. All freshmen who have taken Animal Husbandry 107 are eligible to enter and are urged to do so by the department. All entrants will have eight classes of animals to judge and will be re quired to give their reasons on four of these classes. The judges for the contest this year will be: Fred Hale, swine; J. M. Jones, sheep; D. W. Wil liams, horses; and John Jones, beef cattle. All the judges are local men. Several prizes are being offered to the high point men for this contest; among them will be six medals to the six high men. Also the high point man of the contest will have his name en tered on the Charles Nitch Trophy, and the high point man in horses will have his name entered on the Purina Mills trophy. The medals are being given by the following local firms: A. M. Waldrop & Company, Caldwell Jewelry Store, Campus Grocery, Casey and Sparks, James Drug Store, and T. K. Lawrence. The engraving on these medals will be done by the Caldwell Jewelry Store.