VOL. XXIX
NO. 26
THE BATTALION
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS MARCH 26, 1931
MARVIN HAYS IS ELECTED VALEDICTORIAN
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A. O. SAENGER CHOSEN AS EDITOR 1932 LONGHORN
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Jim Keith Elected Art Editor
For Second Consecutive Year
Vice-President of Class Chosen From
Group of Twenty Eligible Candidates
Eight A & M Students
To Attend Ch.E. Camp
Eight students from the first ad
vanced course in military science and
tactics at A & M will be allowed to
receive their summer camp training
in the Chemical Warfare Service at
Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, accord
ing to word received by the military
department from Washington.
From the twenty-two applicants for
the training at Edgewood Arsenal,
fifteen were recommended by the mil
itary authorities here; but because of
limited funds designated for the pur
pose and because of the limited num
ber of officers required in the Chem
ical Warfare Service, only eight ap
plications were confirmed. The A &
M men chosen for this year’s summer
camp were: W. W. Taggart, Dallas;
H. W. Slaughter, Henderson; S. C.
Smith, Catarina; I. Schepps, Dallas;
J. L. Biles, Big Spring; D. V. Krum-
holz, Tyler; J. W. Moore, LaGrange;
R. W. Sanders, Dallas.
Selections were based on military
and chemistry standing and were de
termined by the two departments.
Glee Club Leaves .
NorthTexas Trip
Thirty-five members of the A & M
Glee Club left by bus Wednesday noon
for Ft. Worth to begin a half week of
public concerts in the northeast part
of the state. The club will visit Ft.
Worth, Dalas and McKinney.
Prof. Kay H. Beach, director of the
club, and Prof. W. B. Dodson, accom
panist, were in charge of the trip
on which the club will appear in some
thirteen concerts. The program will
consist of a varied selection of songs,
including those of clasical study, and
selections from opera, as well as those
of a semi-spiritual nature. The club
will be assisted in its programs by its
quartet composed of E. B. Curtsinger,
R. M. Williams, W. V. Bednar and
J. N. Pennycuick.
Following their arrival in Ft. Worth
Wednesday night they will sing at the
Independant Telephone Men’s Conven
tion ,and later broadcast from WBAP
from 11:15 to 11:30 p. m. Thursday
morning they will give short concerts
at the following Ft. Worth schools:
William James High School, Poly
technic Senior High School High
School, North Side High School, Jen
nings Avenue Junior High School and
E M Daggett School. At 8 o’clock they
will be sponsored in a concert at T C U
by the T C U band.
The club goes to Dallas Friday
morning and will broadcast from
WFAA from 11:45 to 12. At 3 o’clock
they will appear before the students
of North Dallas High School. That
night they give their last concert in
the city at the Stoneleigh Court audi
torium. With the conclusion of their
final scheduled apearance which is in
McKinney Saturday night, the club
will return to College Station Sunday.
BUSINESS MANAGER PEND
ING DECISION ON PUBLI
CATION CORPORATION
A. O. Saenger, Beaumont, assistant
editor of the 1931 Longhorn, year
book of the college, was elected editor
of the 1932 annual at a meeting of
the junior class Thursday. J. L. Keith,
also of Beaumont, art editor of the
book this, year was chosen to serve
another year at the same meeting.
Saenger is sergeant major of the
Cavalry Squadron this year and at
tached to Troop A. He is a student
of liberal arts. Keith, a member of
Company H, Infantry, is an architec
tural student.
Election of the business manager of
the Longhorn was postponed, pend
ing action of the faculty on the pro
posed corporation of all student pub
lications under a full time business
manager. According to the plan which
is being considered, the student busi
ness managers will be known as ad
vertising managers in the future and
will be appointed by the directorial
board of the corporation with the ap
proval of the editors.
Although no official action was tak
en by the class, the committee con
sidering purchase of a flag pole to
be set up as a class monument was
instructed to continue its work and
make a report to the class at a later
date.
Final Ball, Prom
Plans Are Started
Committees for the plans for the
final ball and the junior prom have
been made and work is to begin at
once, it was announced Thursday by
George Fix, president of the junior
class. ‘‘Preparations are to be made
as early as possible so as to avoid the
rush and confusion of a crowded com
mencement program. The committee
on decorations remains to be appoint
ed. This will be done in a few days.
It is hoped that the class wil co-oper
ate and work together and we will be
able to prepare an enjoyable series of
events for the visitors on the campus
at the close of school, and for the
graduating class,” he said. Those work
ing on the final ball and the prom
will also have charge of the junior
banquet.
The appointed committees are: Fi
nance, A. R. Ludecke, artillery, chair
man; John Winslow, cavalry; Fred
Earhart, infantry; R. L. Suggs, signal
corps; and D. R. Abbey, engineers.
Favors and programs: J. P. Chris
tian, cavalry, chairman; R. P. Gregory,
artillery; and J. D. Edgar, infantry.
Music: P. J. Mims, cavalry, and P.
H. Luckett, engineers.
Banquet: J. B. Turner, infantry;
and J. E. Hurley, signal corps.
Floor: L. E. Bell, engineers; and
J. M. Orman, artillery.
PERFECT NEWS STORY
When a boy dances with a girl, !
it’s not news.
When a girl dances with a girl, ;
at C I A, Baylor College, T W C '
or some other strictly girls’ ;
school, it’s not news. !
But when a girl dances with ;
a girl at an A & M corps dance,
it’s news with the best water
mark. ;
Two unidentified young ladies !;
were seen doing just this at Sat-
urday night’s corps dance. An
official report of the incident '>
would read something like this: ;
Two girls were reported seen !
dancing together in the Mess ;
Hall Annex at Saturday night’s
corps dance. First reported seen
in the immediate vicinity of the ;
main entrance proceeding slow
ly in a southerly direction toward
the doors connecting annex with
main dining hall. Many necks
craned and eyes opened as they
passed. A cadet, as yet unidenti- !
fied, accosted them as they ;
reached end of hall and took !
both outside. Investigators un
able to learn names of anyone
connected with the affair.
Aggie Countryman
Publication To Be
Resumed In April
REORGANIZED STAFF TO
REVIVE AGRICULTURAL
PUBLICATION
The Texas Aggie Countryman, stu
dent agricultural magazine, which has
been out of circulation since December,
again will be published beginning with
an April issue.
Decision to recommence publication
of the Countryman was reached after
a reorganization of the magazine’s
staff had been effected. F. B. Lester,
junior poultry husbandry student and
R. C. Horne, junior agronomy student,
have been selected as editor and busi
ness manager respectively, replacing
T. B. Ketterson and J. M. Cooper, for
mer editor and business manager.
New plans for the Countryman
call for four issues during the regu
lar school year and one during the
Farmers’ Short Course here in the
summer. Subscription price for one
year based on this publication schedule
has been set at 50 cents.
F. E. Jarrat has been selected by
Horne as assistant business manager.
Other members of Lester’s staff and
the fields over which they have con
trol are W. J. Bryan, horticulture; M.
R. Kenndey, animal husbandry; R. W.
G. Sheckles, dairy husbandry; D. S.
Wingo, marketing and finance; L. O.
Ellisor, entomology; and D. R. Davis,
sociology. Members of the staff to rep
resent other departments of the agri
cultural school will be selected later.
Deadline for copy for the April
issue has been set at April 1 by the
editors. This issue will make its ap
pearance on or about April 10.
Work Of Texas Artists
On Display In Library
Paintings and other art work by
Texas artists are now on exhibition on
the third floor of the library and may
be seen daily from 8 to 5 throughout
this week. The exhibition was origi
nally announced for March 18. This
exhibit is sponsored by the department
of architecture and a cordial invita
tion is extended to residents of Bryan
and College to see the work of Texas
artists.
Charlie Moran Visits
A&M After 16 Years
Charlie Moran, once head coach of
Aggie athletics, returned to the cam
pus Wednesday to find his position
and title usurped by one of his former
pupils, Madison “Matty” Bell. Moran
tutored Bell in the intricacies of the
pigskin sport while head coach at
Centre College, home of the famous
“Praying Colonels.”
“A football player,” Moran told a
group of athletes Wednesday after
noon, “is not doing his best nor giv
ing all that is in his power until he
hits an opposing player, whom he
knows is larger .and better than him
self, with the hope that he will hurt
the opponent more than he hurts him
self.”
It was Moran’s first visit to the
campus in 16 years, and he was very
much impressed and startled by the
changes he found had taken place
here. He was head coach from 1909
through 1919, and generally is credit
ed with laying the foundation for the
present modern athletic plant at the
college. After leaving A & M he went
to Centre Colege. He is now a veteran
member of the National League um
piring staff, and at present is in Tex
as getting his “spring training” work.
Moran came to College Station
Tuesday from Brenham, where he
umpired the Now York Giants-Mon-
treal game Monday afternoon.
SENIOR INVITATIONS
Orders for senior invitations
must be placed by noon, Tues
day, March 31, C. A. Scwope,
chairman of the invitation com
mittee has announced.
Orders may be placed with
Schwope at 54 Milner or with
C. L. Pickett, B-l Hart, and
must be accompanied by cash
payment for ful amount of or
der, Schwope said. In order to
gain full advantage in workman
ship and price, agreement was
made with the negravers to have
all orders placed by April 1,
and no exceptions to the rule
can be made, he pointed out.
The invitations are of two
types, leather at forty-seven
cents each and paper at twenty-
five cents.
RETURNED TO A&M IN 1928
AFTER ABSENCE OF
FIVE YEARS
“If a college degree was worth $250
a month to the company for which I
was working, I figured that surely it
was worth much more to me.”
That’s why Marvin Hays, recently
as valedictorian for the 1931 graduat
ing class, came back to A & M after
having been out of school for five
years. “I missed out,” Hays said, ‘‘on
a job paying $250 a month just be
cause I didn’t have any degree. The
next fall found me back here deter
mined to get one.”
Hays was chosen for valedictorian
over nineteen other seniors who were
eligible for the title. Fifteen were
eliminated at a special election, and the
final selection was made at a class
meeting Monday night.
Hays, a graduate of Mount Pleas
ant high school, first enrolled in A
& M in a course in electrical engi
neering. He dropped out after a year
and went to work for the Bell Tele
phone company. After a five year lay
off, he returned in the fall of 1928,
transferring to a course in agricultur
al administration and majoring in mar
keting and finance. He is now 25 years
of age.
Hays, besides being valedictorian,
also is vice-president of the senior
class. Formerly -of Company H, Infan
try, he now is a captain, executive
officer, on the Second Infantry Bat
talion staff. He is a member of the
Scholarship Honor society, president
of the campus Masonic club, president
of the Northeast Texas club, and a
member of the Farmers’ and Bankers’
club.
Baylor Choristers
To Be Here Monday
The Baylor College Choral Club
composed of 22 young women will
sing at 8 p. m. in the assembly hall
under the auspices of the Y M C A
Monday on its tour of South Texas.
This is the eighteenth annual tour
and the fourth tour under the direc
tion of Arthur Faguy-Cote, head of
the department of voice.
A varied program of classical and
semi-classical numbers will be given
Monday night. The club opens the en
tertainment with a group of four se
lections: “Trees” (Rasbach-Harris);
“A Banjo Song” (Homer); “The Old
Refrain” (Kreisler) and “Maria, Mari”
(Di Capua).
Miss Frances Murray, instructor of
piano in Baylor Conservatory, who
has been accompanist for the club
several years will play two solos.
She has chosen “Gondiliera” (Liszt)
and “Niads at Spring” (Juon).
A violin ensemble, composed of
Misses Mary Marrs, Marble Falls, and
Crytal Welch, Rusk, will play two
numbers: “Gondelfahrt” (Slunicho)
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