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VOL. XXIX
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, JANUARY 28, 1931
NUMBER 18
Orth Outlines Building Plan For
College; New Band Dormitory Next
Structure Which Will Be Erected
Farm Shop Contest
Winners Announced
C. A. Rechenthin, Waring; R. P.
Marshall, Heidenheimer, and G. D.
Mulloy, won first, second, and third
places respectively, in the annual farm
shop contest of the agricultural engi
neering department, results received
from Professor M. F. Thurmond, spon
sor of the contest, disclose.
The contest was divided into six di
visions. Those placing in these individ
ual contests were: Saw filing, C. W.
Jackson, Humble; R. P. Marshall,
Heidenheimer; L. L. Brooks. Soldering,
J. G. McGuire, Pottsboro; C. A.
Rechenthin, Waring; J. T. Wright, Ft.
Worth. Hardware, G. H. Johanson,
Brady; J. O. Harrington, Plano; and
J. O. Beasley, Wells. Forging contest,
C. B. Edwards, Stephenville; C. B.
Ray, Lamesa; and C. A. Rechenthin,
Waring. Concrete problem contest, D.
C. Cox and R. P. Marshall, Heiden
heimer; J. H. Godwin, Bryan and Paul
Suffell; J. E. Roberts, Terrell and H.
P. Dansby, Bryan, tied for first, sec
ond and third places respectively. Nail
driving contest. G. D. Mulloy; C. A.
Rechenthin, Waring; and R. H. Good
night, Holland.
C. A. Rechenthin, high point man of
the entire number of contests was
awarded a loving cup which was made
in the college farm shop by students.
The winners of each single event were
awarded farm tools as prizes.
Mrs. Adriance Wins
Honors In Horse Show
Mrs. Guy Adriance, riding Annette
Lee and Mackie, won three first places
and one third place Friday night,
January 23, taking high honors in the
first annual midwinter horse show,
sponsored by the students of animal
husbandry. Seventy-five entrants
took part in eleven events before a
crowd estimated at 1,000.
Other winners were as follows: Fine
harness class, first, Owen Garrigan,
driving Comanche Chief; second, D.
W. Williams driving Liberty Loan,
and third. Dr. R. P. Marsteller, driv
ing Junior Celt.
Ladies three gaited class, first Mrs.
Guy Adriance on Annette Lee; second,
*Mrs. John E. Sloan on Denny Den
mark third, Mrs. George Summey jr.,
on Pat Sims.
Yearlings to halter class, first C.
C. Young with Pollyanna Carl; second,
H. Smith with King of Aggieland;
third, K. W. Tottenham with Eugenia.
Three gaited combination class,
first, Mrs. Guy Adriance riding An
nette Lee; second Mrs. J. E. Sloan,
riding Comanche Chief; third, Mrs.
R. P. Marsteller riding Red Wine.
Children’s class, Bill Friley, first;
Chick Sloan, second; Vera Nachman,
third.
Plantation walk, first, E. P. Giber-
son on Octette; second, K. M. Simp
son on Thors McHenry; third, J. Y.
Henderson on Chick Donaldson.
Open hunter class, first; N. G.
Schuessler on General Wade Hamp
ton; second, R. M. Welsh on June
Bug; third, Charles Herder Jr. on
Tipperary.
Three gaited junior class, first J.
W. Dollahite on John Twigg; second,
Mrs. J. E. Sloan on Comanche Chief;
third, Mrs. Guy Adriance on Mackie.
Five gaited class, first J. Y. Hen
derson on Astral Princess; second,
Mrs. R. P. Marsteller on Julia Pea-
vine; third, Mrs. J. E. Sloan on Junior
Celt.
Three gaited open class, first, Mrs.
Guy Adriance on Annette Lee; se
cond, Mrs. Lyman Reid on Helen
Dare; third, C. C. Young on Pat Sims.
To Consider Plans
For Incorporating
A & M Publications
A tentative plan for incorporating
the four student publications of the
A& M College under a single business
manager for the purpose of concen
trating business effort will be pre
sented by Curtis Vinson, director of
publicity at A & M, at the regular
meeting of the A & M Press club
Monday evening in the Asbury room of
the library.
Mr. Vinson has made a survey of
the publication corporations of sever
al colleges of the country and his
plan is expected to combine features
of these with modifications.
Incorporation of the student publi
cations has been under consideration
by the editors and business managers,
all of whom are members of the club,
for some time, and if it is deemed ad
visable after plans are considered, a
move will be begun to incorporate,
members of the club say.
Besides concentration of effort in
obtaining advertising and attending to
other business, it is believed that in
corporating will relieve the business
managers and editors of the publica
tions from financial responsibility
which they must now stand.
The plan has been in operation at
the University of Texas for several
years and has been recently intro
duced at several other colleges in the
Southwest, where reports indicate that
it is a success.
Student publications at A & M,
which now number four, are now fac
ing a financial depression which is
one of the most severe in several years,
business managers say, and at least
two of the publications, The Techno
scope and The Texas Aggie Country
man, are threatened with discontinu
ance. These two magazines are the
younger of the four publications and
serve the students of engineering and
agriculture, respectively.
Wright Stresses Value
Of Ability To Speak
“The ability to speak with ease and
forcefullness before a crowd is today
an impor-tant essential to every engi
neer unless he buries himself in some
research laboratory,” Roy V. Wright,
president of the American Associa
tion of Mechanical Engineers, stated
before an assembly of junior and sen
ior engineering students and faculty
members of the engineering schools
in his address on “The Engineer and
His Profession” delivered in the phys
ics lecture room Tuesday afternoon.
In his talk Mr. Wright stressed the
essentialness of public speaking abil
ity and suggested several methods
of improving ones self in this art, im
portant among which was the giving
of talks and papers in meetings of
the various engineering branch so
cieties. In this connection the speaker
pointed out the necessity of good Eng
lish and a versatile handling of words
in making more impressionable re
ports in today’s engineering practice.
Earlier in the day the speaker ad
dressed members of the Engineering
Teachers Conference at its luncheon
in the mess hall banquet room.
Besides being president of the A
S M E, Mr. Wright is editor of The
Railway Age and contributor to sev
eral other prominent engineering pub
lications.
RESOLUTION
We, the members of the Class
of 1931, as the senior student
group of the A & M College,
wish to express, on behalf of
the entire student body of the
college, sincere appreciation to
Mr. James Sullivan, recently re
signed business manager of ath
letics, for his untiring service
of the past twelve years.
We feel that the work of Mr.
Sullivan has placed the physical
education department of the Col
lege on equal standing with the
major colleges and universities
of the country and that in los
ing him the athletic department
has lost one of its most earnest
and conscientious workers.
RAY WALKER,
Class President.
Luedecke Captures
Pistol Competition
A. R. Luedecke, first sergeant of
Battery “D” was high point man and
qualified as expert in the artillery pis
tol competition which was completed
Saturday, January 24, reports receiv
ed from Captain H. B. Gibson, corps
adjutant, indicate. R. E. Henry, Bat
tery B was second and qualified as
sharpshooter. A total of twenty-sev
en men shooting an average of 60 or
better qualified as marksman. They
are: T. J. Morris, Battery A, 77.27;
H. D. Hensley, Battery E, 75.16; P.
C. Fiel, Battery D, 74.1; M. F.
Schlather, Battery B, 72.2; P. D.
Laughter, Battery C, 71.2; O. K.
Miles, Battery D, 71.0; F. S. Scott,
Battery F, 69.7, W. G. Allen, Battery
D. 69.7; O. J. Guseman, Battery E;
69.56; W. E. Emigh, Battery A, 69.1;
E. A. Obergfell, Battery A, 69.1; H.
F. Owsley Jr., Battery D; 68.83; R.
Collier Jr., Battery D, 68.19; H. M.
Howdeshell, Battery A, 67.8; L. H.
Veltman, Battery B; 67.4; W. H. Rees,
Battery F, 66.6; J. K. Reed, Battery
F, 65.7; H. M. Hoffmeister, Battery
C, 65.6; F. Eeds, Battery D, 64.83;
A. J. Smith, Battery D, 64.5; B. G.
Zimmerman, Battery F, 64.1; H. H.
Diehl, Battery E, 63.4; F. P. Sewell,
Battery C, 62.0; J. H. Cadess, Bat
tery C, 61.5; J. H. Flood, Battery E,
61.5; R. W. Rowley, Battery A, 61.3;
J. W. Moore, Battery C, 60.5.
“Uncle Dan” Jackson is dead. For
fifty-seven years he has been going
about the campus faithfully attending
to his janitor duties, but now we will
see him no more. Honest, polite, ever
faithful, he has been loved by gener
ations of A & M students. It has
been said of him that he returned
enough lost watches and jewelry to
more than offset the total salary he
was paid during his long service.
Uncle Dan was born ninety-four
years ago on a plantation in Newton
county, Georgia—the slave of “Massar
Bill” Newton, as he called him. When
seventeen years old he was sold to a
man named Solomon, also of Newton
county, for $560. Later, a negro spec
ulator came from Atlanta, Ga., buying
“niggers, mules, and horses.” Dan and
his brother were bought and carried to
Atlanta where the two brought $1,500
Plan To Bring- Puppet
Show Here February 9
J. P. Abbott, president of the Cam
pus Theatre club, has announced that
he is attempting to bring Tony Sarg’s
marionettes to College Station Feb.
9, to be sponsored by the club.
Tony Sarg, cartoonist, illustrator,
and author, is the creator of a new
puppet theatre that has proven to
be one of the most popular forms of
entertainment presented in the East.
The puppets talk and act in full length
plays of Sarg’s own editing, and are
considered both artistic and very amus
ing-. They have been very popular
wherever they have appeared.
Press notices indicates that the
shows are smart and artistic, the pup
pets tastefully groomed and costumed,
and the scenery fresh and modern.
Mr. Abbott expects to make a def
inite announcement within the next
few days. He also said that he is ne
gotiating with the Shakespeare Play
ers, headed by James Hendrickson
and Claire Bruce, to present a Shake
spearean play here some time in the
near future.
Serenaders Disband To
Form Professional Band
Following the annual barnyard
dance next Friday the Campus Seren
aders will disband, according to Alan
G. Wood, Waco, manager. Six of the
members of the local organization will
leave college at the end of the first
term to organize a new eleven piece
band in Waco. There they will play
under the name of the Hilton hotel
orchestra.
The following men are leaving A &
M: Alan G. Wood, Waco; Hampton
Mabry, Beaumont; N. Wright, Clay
ton Ward, Weatherford; L. L. Mc
Daniel, Palestine, and William Sim
mons, Orange.
On February 2 they will open for
an unlimited engagement at the Hil
ton hotel. They will play concerts, and
broadcast over station WACO for the
Columbia Broadcasting System.
on the “block.” A few months later he
was moved to Texas. In 1873 Uncle
Dan began his work with A & M, and
served continuously until his death,
Though in his last days he was too
feeble to work regularly, he received
his pay as ever.
For years he has been recognized as
one of the characters of Aggieland.
Returned ex-students inevitably asked
for him. While at the station one day,
he was hailed by a passeng-er of one
of the trains. Not knowing the man’s
name, he asked how it happened that
he knew him. Whereupon the passen
ger replied, “My son attended the
college several years ago, and often
spoke of Uncle Dan. When I saw
you I knew that you were he.”
So, as time passes we miss another
form—another memory of college days
that will not be when we return.
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CAMPUS OF FUTURE TO CONSIST
OF TWO DORMITORY GROUPS
Outlining the future building pro
gram and campus plans, W. A. Orth,
assistant supervisor of building and
college utilities, spoke before the Ar
chitectural club Thursday, January 22,
in the Asbury room of the new Library.
“Upon the completion of Walton
Hall, work will start on a new dormi
tory for the band,” Mr. Orth said.
Following this building a sister dor
mitory to Walton Hall will be erected
between it and the Sulphur Springs
road. According to his prediction, there
will be another military walk parallel
to the present one that will run
through the present site of Marstell-
er’s barns, ending in a proposed mess
hall just east of the power plant. Stu
dent dormitories will line this walk
and the academic buildings will be
centrally located between the two
walks.
After the talk, the Architectural
club held a short business meeting.
The date of the Beaux-Art ball was
definitely set for March 20. R. C. Ripp-
stein, San Antonio, president, also
announced that a benefit picture show
will be given for the club on the night
of March 20.
Ernest Langfor, head of the de
partment of architectux-e, will address
the next meeting, February 3, on the
bill for licenses of architects to be
presented to the next session of the
Texas Legislature.
Handball Finals Are To
Be Run Off This Week
The end of next week will see the
completion of two more of the long
list of sports offered by the intra
mural department. They are hand
ball and tennis.
Handball, one of the most popular
sports on the campus, is rapidly out
growing the space now provided for
it, and should it continue to progress
in the future as it has in the past 3
years, it will soon be necessary to
provide several more courts. The
competition in this has been keener
this year than ever before with every
unit in school having entered a team.
In the semi-finals, which are to be
played eax'ly this week, are Com
pany’s A and B Signal Corps, Com
pany D Infantry and Battery E Artil
lery. The boys in the Signal units
seem to have more than their share
of handball players this year, since
there are but two companies on the
campus, and both of them have won
their respective leagues.
In the tennis competition, twenty-
three of the twenty-five units enter
ed doubles and single teams. This
competition has been run off in a
tournament form in which a team
once defeated was barred for further
participation. The winning doubles
team members and the individual
singles winner will receive the intra
mural silver medal. The outstand
ing men in this tournament will be
selected to try for places on the col
lege tennis team.
Negro Janitor Dies After 57 Years
Service at A & M; Was Once a Slave