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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1931)
6 THE BATTALION Barron Addresses Hillel Club Members In an informal address given before the Hillel club January 14, Dr. S. H. Barron of Austin spoke on the topic, “Students.” According to the speaker, “there are four kinds of students: those who readily understand, and quickly for get; those that grasp with difficulty; those who are quick to understand, and forget quickly.” Students also pos sess four qualities, Dr. Barron said in taking up the characters of students further. “They can be assorted into metaphors of four household appli ances, the sponge, '.he tunnel, the strainer, and the sieve. “The sponge type is the kind that absorbs everything, or our youthful prodigies. This type is looked upon with mingled irony and pity, and LET US CLEAN, REPAIR AND ADJUST YOUR WATCH FOR ITS 1931 Mileage Trip OUR SERVICE IS PROMPT, AND OUR RE PAIRS ARE GUARANTEED SANKEY PARK Dr. Walton— (Continued from page 1) OUR CLEARANCE SALE Is Now On ALL WINTER GOODS .NOW ON SALE AT BIG REDUCTIONS ClTaldropflff Bryan and College health and create many problems for the administrative officers of the institution. Repeated attempts to se cure funds for which to provide ade quate dormitory facilities from the Legislature oy the Board of Direc tors being unsuccessful, the Board finally came reluctantly to the con clusion that in order to meet the very distressing situation with which the authorities of the institution have been confronted through many years in their attempts to house the stu dents properly, the only solution to the problem would be to charge the students room rent in sufficient amounts to build the necessary dor mitories for the accommodation of the student body. Room rent charges were made last year for the first time in the total sum of $40 a session. This amount proving inadequate to meet the grow ing demands, the Board increased the amount at the beginning of this year to a total of $60 for the ong season, and at the same rate per month for the summer season. This is the maxi mum it is anticipated that the Board wil charge for room rent and this charge will not be maintained longer than is absolutely necessary to pro vide adequate dormitory facilities for thme proper accomodation of the student body. Room rent is set aside in a spec ial fund to be used exclusively for the purpose of constructing dormotories and it is not anticipated that the funds collected as room rent will ever be used for any other purpose. It is the hope of the Board of Direc tors and administrative officers of the institution that it will not be nec- essai'y to continue the charge for room rent for very many years, but the Board is convinced that it is to the best interests of all concerned to make these charges until such time as adequate dormitory space has been provided. SHOW TALK By Fred L. Porter E. B. DANCE Plans for an exclusive electrical engineering dance are now under way, J. W. Mims, Cleburne, general chair man, reported Monday. It will be held on Friday, March 20, in the mess hall annex. As yet no orches tra has been selected. Other committee chairmen are: F. R. McIntosh, Corina, Cal., finance: J. L. Albert, Houston, decorations; C. S. Bassinger, Dallas, music; Henry Timmerman, Pflugerville, refresh ments. sometimes contempt by their fellow students. The funnel type lets in everything through one ear and dis misses it out the other. This kind gets by with the absolute minimum and has an uncanny faculty for pick ing up ‘snap’ courses. The strainer type lets the fine things pass through and keeps only the dregs. These re member the professor’s jokes, man nerisms, and destructive criticism, but not his constructive work. The sieve type of student is the best of all. He lets the unwanted particles pass on, retaining the good. He studies selec tively, insists on getting down to fun damentals, and co-ordinates and syn thesizes the different branches of edu cation.” Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Palace, “Morocco.” Saturday afternoon — Assembly Hall, “Playboy of Paris.” Saturday night—Assembly Hall, “The Storm.” Preview—Palace, “The Lash.” Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday —Palace, “The Lash.” Wednesday night—Assembly Hall, “One Romantic Night.” “Morocco,” coming to the Palace Theater Thursday, Friday and Satur day of this week, is the story of a man, a woman, and another man, filmed against the colorful and ever- changing background of Northern Africa and the French Foreign Le gion. Gary Cooper, renegade American, has the lead as Tom Brown, a private in the Legion who is relentless with all women, considering them but pleasures to be treated lightly. Marlene Dietrich, new Continental star, has the part of one, Amy Jolly, who captures the attentions of this Legion private to change his opin ion of women. Adolphe Menjou, well known star is the third party to this unusual trian gle. Maurice Chevalier, Eugene Pal- lette and Stuart Erwin are cast as a trio of restaurateurs in “Playboy of Paris” coming to the Assembly Hall Saturday afternoon. Chevalier is a shiftless waiter who has dreams of becoming a wealthy man-about-town. Pallette is the ro tund chef. Erwin is the chef’s kitch en boy. They play for laughs in the kitchen until a surprise legacy sets Chevalier up in the world, although a twenty-year contract holds him to his job as waiter. Francis Dee, who has the feminine lead is little better than Chevalier. Dorothy Christy and Cecil Cunning ham do what they can to make the picture more interesting. “The Storm,” feature attraction at the Assembly Hall Saturday night, ueals with the eteimal triangle in a new setting. This time we find two men and a girl imprisoned by winter in a snowbound cabin in the wilder ness of Western Canada. j. ne girl is a simple French-Cana- dian with her natural impulses not tempered by contact with civilization. The men are of widely different types. One a man from the city—suave, pol ished, the other a rough frontiers man. Both love the girl—each inhis own way. Lupe Velez is seen to advantage as the French-Canadian girl. William Boyd and Frank Cavanagh are cast as the two old friends who are torn by the desire for the girl. No More “D” Quizzes, Are Now Term Exams What have hitherto been known as “D” quizzes will henceforth be called term examinations, Dean Charles E. Friley made known in a recent inter view. Any student desiring an oppor tunity to i-aise his term grade in a course is eligible for these term ex aminations and if the examination is successfully passed the term’s work will be counted passed satisfactorily. A student failing the first term of a course will be allowed to take a term examination and provided he makes a grade of “D” or better, he will be permitted to continue the course through the second term, otherwise the first term’s work must be repeat ed. However, if a grade of “D” is made on the term exam and the sec ond term’s work is taken up it will be necessary to make at least a grade of “B” in order to obtain credit for both terms work. The Time is at Hand When Your College Supplies Are Needed Most LOOK IN OUR STORE OR ASK OUR CLERKS — THEY CAN ADJUST. ALL YOUR NEW TERM NECESSITIES. NEW TEXT BOOKS NOTE BOOKS FOUNTAIN PENS DESK LAMPS RULERS STATIONERY ALARM CLOCKS UNIFORMS HATS — PANTS — BLOUSES — SHIRTS HAT CORDS The Exchange Store The Official Store of the College The Greater Palace THURSDAY — FRIDAY — SATURDAY COMEDY AND TALKING NEWS PREVIEW 11 P. M. SATURDAY Also Monday — Tuesday — Wednesday