FIHE BATTALION
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS MARCH 4, 1931
No. 23
VOL. XXIX
Longhorn Raffling
De Luxe Copies in
Each Organization
EFFORT TO OBTAIN FUNDS
NEEDED FOR PUBLICATION
In order to procure funds for The
Longhorn, seven de luxe copies of the
1931 edition are to be given in a raf
fle which will be held within a few
days. Captains of the various organ
izations will supervise the sale of
chances which will close at the end of
the present week. This raffle is pre
sented at a great expense to the Long
horn staff and everyone is urged to
take a chance.
The cover of the de luxe cope is
printed in gold lettering and has a
lining of silk. Other detailed additions
make this copy of The Longhorn a
book that one is proud to own.
After a meeting of the organiza
tion captains the latter part of next
week, at which time drawings will be
made, the winners will be announced.
Stock Judges Go
To Fort Worth for
Judging Contests
TO STOP FOR PRACTICE AT
WACO, MERKEL, DE LEON
The A & M stock judging team left
Sunday on a ten-day trip of live
stock inspection and judging that
will terminate with the team par
ticipating in the judging contest at
the stock show in Ft. Worth next
week. The team composed of six
men were accompanied by coach R. M.
Milhollen.
Stops of one day each were made
at Waco, Merkel and De Leon, where
they worked out in judging draft
horses, short horn cattle, and Hamp
shire hogs. The balance of the week
will be spent in Amarillo where the
final preparations will be made for the
competitive judging. While there they
will judge the animals exhibited at
the Amarillo Fat Stock Show.
Following their arrival in Ft. Worth
Sunday, March 8, they will spend their
time in competitive judging with
teams from other agricultural colleges
for high score on the classification of
the animals according to the standards
of perfection for each breed.
The teah, composed of those that
have done the best work in live stock
judging since the beginning of the
term, have worked out daily under
the direction of R. M. Milhollen. Those
on the team are: G. W. Davis, San
Antonio; C. E. Reese, Hillsboro; R. J.
Von Roedder, Yorktown; L. C. Ranson,
Lamesa; H J. Kothmann, Mason; and
C. M. Caraway, De Leon.
Highway Engineering
Short Course, April
The seventh annual short course of
highway engineering will be held at
college April 9-11, J. T. L. McNew,
professor of highway engineering,
has announced.
The complete program of the course
has not yet been arranged, but will
be published by March 15. Many prom
inent engineers, as well as division
and resident members of the state
highway department are expected to
attend.
A & M Debaters To Meet
Simmons, Weber Teams
Members of the A & M debating
team will participate in two debates
this week, the first with Weber col
lege of Ogden, Utah, Friday and the
second with Simmons college, Abilene,
Saturday. Both debates will be held
in the physics lecture room, starting
at 8 o’clock in the evening.
In the first debate the A & M team
will take the negative on the question
“Resolved that the Nations Should
Accept the Policy of Freed Trade,” and
on the second night will have the af
firmative side of the same question.
A. C. Moser and R. N. Daniel, both
of Dallas, will compose the A & M
team which will meet Leland Marsh
and Elmer Gibson of Weber college,
and W. O. Alexander, Gulf, and J. A.
Carpenter, Dallas, will represent A &
M in the debate with Don Steakley and
Wilbur McDaniels of Simmons.
Change Dates For Soph
Speech Preliminaries
The first preliminary for the sopho
more speech contest has been changed
to April 8-9, Dr. George Summey,
head of the English department an
nounced this week. The second will
be held Thursday April 23 at seven
o’clock. The winner of the finals will
receive a $25 cash prize offered by
Owen W. Sherrill, Georgetown, a grad
uate of the class of 1910.
First elimination for the freshman
speech contest will be held in the Eng
lish classes meeting on April 13-14,
and the second preliminary Friday
April 25 at seven o’clock. From the sec
ond tryout five speakers will be se
lected for the final competition. Dr.
Summey has offered cash prizes of
$15 and $5 to the two winners of the
whole contest. The finals will be held
on May 5.
Anyone desiring further information
and particulars about these contests
should see Dr. Summey.
Baylor Choral Club
To Sing Here March 30
The choral club of Baylor (Belton)
college will appear in the Assembly
hall Monday night, March 30. Twen
ty-five members will make the trip.
The girls are making a week’s tour
of south Texas, and are brought to
Aggieland under the auspices of the
Y M C A.
Suspend Editor College
Paper, British Columbia
Shortly after the suspension of an
editor of one of the Pacific Coast col
lege papers, comes the similar news
of the suspension of Ronald Grantham,
editor of The Ubyssey, undergraduate
paper at the University of British
Columbia. While in the first case, the
suspension was caused by a difference
of political beliefs, the Canadian edi
tor was suspended for allowing to be
printed statements of various people
which were opposed in thought to
those of the college authorities.
President Klirtck of the University
of British Columbia, in his letter to
editor Grantham, said in part, “I for
bade you to publish any criticism, edi
torially or otherwise, of the univer
sity, the faculty, or the government—
I therefore suspend you ”
The publication board immediately
suspended publication of The Ubyssey
“until Grantham’s re-instatement as a
sign that we are in support of our
editor-in-chief.”
Dean Friley Denies Rumor
That No Summer School
Will Be Held Here
Rumor that no summer school
will be held at A & M in the
summer of 1931, is untrue, state
ment received Tuesday from
Dean Chas. E. Friley, registrar,
discloses.
“A & M college will offer the
same curriculum during the sum
mer session of 1931 it has in
the preceding years,” said Dean
Friley. “The term will extend
over the usual period of time,
and the board that supervised
the session last year will re
sume their offices again this
summer.”
Select Seeligson
To Edit Fish Bat
WORK STARTED ON ANNUAL
NUMBER THE BATTALION
H. G. Seeligson, Dallas, a member
of Battery E, Artillery, has been se
lected editor-in-chief of the freshman
number of The Battalion, which is
scheduled to appear Wednesday,
March 18,- as the next feature num
ber of that publication.
Seeligson was one of five members
of the freshman class early in the
year to compete for the position as
editor of the annual freshman num
ber, and was selected by regular mem
bers of the staff of The Battaion fol-
owing several months active duty as
a reporter.
C. O. Thompson, China, Company
A, Engineers, has been selected by
Seeigson as manager editor of the
magazine, and work has already been
started. No other definite appoint
ments have been made but the editor
expects to announce his complete
staff within a few days.
Seeligson asks for co-operation from
other members of the freshman class
in putting out the magazine and re
quests that all freshmen who desire
to work on it or contribute jokes, car
toons, poems and other features to it
report either to the office of The Bat
talion or to his room, 45 Legett.
Dean A. A. Potter To
Address E.E.s And M.E.s
Dean Andrey A. Potter, dean of the
school of engineering and director of
the engineering experiment station
of Purdue university, will speak to the
faculty, and students of electrical and
mechanical engineering Thursday and
Friday, March 5-6.
Dean Potter is an eminent educator
and an engineer of national reputa
tion, having written many important
books and articles in the field of heat
engineering.
“Dean Potter is a most interesting
and entertaining speaker, and has a
worthwhile message for students,”
Dean F. C. Bolton of the school of
engineering, said.
FORMER STUDENT VISITOR
R. W. Davidson, a graduate of A
& M in the class of 1929, spent last
week studying in the Architectural
Library in preparation for work on
a $25,000 city hall and fire station
for Wharton, Texas. The building
will be modernistic in designs.
Since his graduation, Mr. Davidson
has been with the Houston Structural
Company.
Band To Go To Temple
And San Antonio Soon
The first of several concert trips
for the band will be made to Temple
and San Antonio March 27-28, accord
ing to B. E. Nowotny, New Braunfels,
band captain. It is being made upon
the invitation of the mothers’ and ex
students’ organizations of the two
cities.
Special numbers now being practiced
for use on the programs include a
trumpet solo by E. D. Griffen, San
Antonio, clarinet solo by J. B. Bloomer,
Belton, and a vocal solo by W. C. But
ler, Ft. Worth.
Proceeds over expenses for the Tem
ple appearance will go to the Temple
library fund, Nowotny said. “We have
also received invitation to play in
Waco and Ft. Worth, and hope to make
these trips as soon after the R. V.
holidays as possible.”
“Free Wheeling” Topic
ASME Lecturer Here
“Free Wheeling,” a new adaptation
of an old idea to the modern automo
bile, its principle of operation, advan
tages, and disadvantages were discuss
ed by P. L. Morgan, Leesville, La., at
the semi-monthly meeting of the
ASME this week. In his talk Morgan
brought out the point that the main
object to the new principle is that
unaccustomed drivers might occasion
ally allow their cars to run away with
them when using machines equipped
with the free wheeling devise. He stat
ed, however, that this was the fault
of the driver and not the mechanism,
and could be overcome by experience.
Friction and lubrication, two impor-'
tant items of design to the mechanical
engineer, and the qualities desired
in various lubricants, was the other
feature of the program.
An invitation extended by the AIEE
to attend the lecture by Dr. Potter
Friday was accepted by the members.
Architects Present
Benefit Performance
Morocco, a talky featuring Marlene
Dietrich, Gary Cooper, and Adolphe
Menjou, will be presented at the As
sembly hall Friday night for the bene
fit of the architectural club.
It is the picture of the foreign
legion wherein a woman who spurns
the love of all men meets a man who
regards woman as something to amuse
and forget. The two meet and the fol
lowing action may be likened to a
match being applied to dynamite—
a heart-throbing picture of flaming,
all consuming love.
Marlene Dietrich, the toast of two
continents, and Gary Cooper, the miss
ing heart-beat of every young girl’s
life, play the leads. They are support
ed by Adolphe Menjou in the usual
snake-in-the-grass characterization,
with a curious sugar daddy complex
which causes him to finance the
heroine’s love adventures.
Dr. Lee To Speak On
The Small Town Bank
“The Small Town Bank” will be the
subject upon which Dr. V. P. Lee, pro
fessor of marketing and finance will
speak before the Social Science Sem
inar, Monday evening, March 9. The
meetnig will be held in the physics
lecture room.
In the lecture Dr. Lee will give the
present status of the banker of small
communities, and show trends that
might affect his future.
Palace Theater to
Give Benefit Show
For The Battalion
In an effort to obtain funds to en
able the continued publication of the
monthly feature editions of The Bat
talion,-a benefit show, featuring Ra-
quel Torrez in “Aloha,” will be given
at the Greater Palace Theater in Bry
an March 17 and 18. The benefit per
formance is being presented through
the courtesy of Morris Schulman, man
ager of the Paace Theater.
A petition requesting that members
of the cadet corps be excused from
call-to-quarters on the night of Tues
day, March 17, to enable them to at
tend the evening presentations of the
picture has been granted by the fac
ulty, and tickets will go on sale in
each organization this week-end.
These tickets will be accepted at all
performances Tuesday and Wednes
day, March 17 and 18.
Students are urged to purchase
their tickets for the show from rep
resentatives of The Battalion in each
organization as only funds derived
from tickets sold in this manner will
go to the publication. Representatives
will also see members of the faculty.
In addition to the feature picture,
“Aloha,” in which Raquel Torrez is
supported by an all-star cast which
includes Ben Lyon and several other
well-known stars. A comedy, news reel
and other usual features will be in
cluded in the presentation.
In an effort to supply the need oi
a college comic magazine and a news
paper at A & M The Battalion ha&
exceeded its budget for the year and
it is hoped that sufficient funds will
be derived from the benefit show to
make it possible to continue the pub
lication of the monthly magazines dur
ing the remainder of the college year.
“T” Club and E. E.
Hops Mark Opening
Club Dance Season
Aggieland’s annual era of club and
organization dances will be ushered in
with the proverbial bang Friday night
when “T” Club members assemble at
the Bryan Country club and the elec
trical engineers gather ni the mess
hall annex for their respective yearly
hops. These dances will be followed
Saturday night by the usual mess hall
corps dance.
Ligon Smith and his Baker hotel
orchestra have been engaged to pro
vide the music for the E. E. affair,
while “Bill” Cornelson and his band
from Schulenburg will play at the “T”
hop. Ligon Smith’s orchestra also will
play for the Saturday night dance.
“T” blankets, pennants and natural
foliage will be used to complete the
decorative scheme for the “T” dance
The E. E.’s have long been at work on
a system of brilliant realistic light
ing effects to be used against a series
of modernistic blue-black backgrounds
Electrical novelty numbers will be fea
tured between the numbers at this
latter dance.
The E. E. dance is an exclusive af
fair open to electrical engineering stu
dents only, while invitations are re
quired for admittance to the “T” club
ball. Tax for the corps dance has been
lifted from the usual dollar to $1.50.