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VOL. XXIX
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS APRIL 8, 1931
NO. 28
GOVERNOR STERLING SIGNS OIL LANDS BILL
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GENERAL STUDENT ELECTION TO BE HELD APRIL 20-21
Students to Choose Battalion Editor,
Publication Board Members. Yell Chief
“Y” Cabinet Retreat
Is To Be Beautified
Work on beautifying the grounds
about the Y M C A cabinet’s new “re
treat” on the island in the lake, which
was once a part of the old college
zoo, will be started soon under the
supervision of those “Y” cabinet mem
bers who are majoring in landscape
art. The ground will be terraced and
shrubbery and Bermuda grass plant
ed.
The “retreat,” a small building made
of three shacks of the Hollywood
group that were presented to the
group by President T. O. Walton, will
be used hereafter by the cabinet as
an official meeting place. Cost of
moving the shacks and of beautifying
the surrounding grounds on the small
island will be covered by funds set
aside for that purpose by the cabinet.
In order to move the shacks uO the
island, it was necessary to make a
fill of cinders between the island and
the mainland, but these cinders will
be removed soon and a small wooden
footbridge built. The “retreat” is for
the exclusive use of the “Y” cabi
net, as this was one of the provisions
required before the group was given
permission to use the land.
Dorm. For Married
Likely In Summer
Preparation of two sessions of sum
mer school of two weeks each have
been completed and the catalogue con
taining information explaining the
several features of the sessions this
summer is now being published. The
first session opens June 8 and closes
July 18; the second session will start
July 20 and will close August 29.
In addition to the courses taught
last summer, courses in architecture
and engineering research will be offer
ed. In addition to the 90 members of
the regular staff who will teach this
summer there will be several outside
instructors teaching rural education,
agricultural education, industrial edu
cation and history. Dean C. H. Wink
ler of the school of vocational teach
ing is director of the summer session
of this year.
The total enrollment of the summer
session of last year was about 1,000,
of which 150 students were enrolled
in the graduate school.
Several courses are being offered
this summer for the first time, among
these is the training for rural school
teachers and supervisors. About 30
young women have already signified
their intensions of enrolling for this
work. In view of larger enrollment of
women students attracted by this work
provisions are being made to open one
or two dormitories for women stu
dents and possibly for married cou
ples.
ELECTION DATE SET EARLY
TO COMPLETE PUBICA-
TIONS BOARD
Announcement has been made by
F. E. Bortle, chairman of the commit
tee on student elections, that the gen
eral election in which all chief officers
of the student body are chosen will
be held Monday and Tuesday, April
20 and 21. Ballots will be cast in the
rotunda of the Main building on these
days, Bortle said.
Offices to be rilled in the election
are those of editor-in-chief of The
Battalion, student representatives on
the newly created publications board
and chief yell leader for the college
year 1931-32. The offices of Battalion
editor and yell leader are to be filled
by members of the class of 1932. One
representative is to be chosen from
the class of 1933 and another from
the junior class for the publications
board. The sophomore representative
will serve during his junior and sen
ior years.
Nominations for any of the offices
may be made by petition to the elec
tion committee. These petitions must
be signed by at least twenty-five mem
bers of the junior class in those cases
in which the officer to be elected is
a junior and by twenty-five members
of the sophomore class in the case of
the representative to be elected for
a two-year term.
Petitions for nomination must be
turned in to Bortle or to the editor
of The Battalion before noon Wed
nesday, April 15. Petitions must be
filed Devore nomination is approved
and no names may be written in on
the ballot, Bortle said.
P. L. Downs Contest
To Be Held Friday Eve
Preliminaries in the P. L. Downs
oratorical contest will be held Friday
night in room 316 of the main build
ing. All but five speakers will be elim
inated at this time, but the winner ol
the Sophomore Speech contest also
will be allowed to enter the finals
on May 1.
The contest was first started in the
spring of 1926 by P. L. Downs of
Temple, one of the first graduates of
A and M. It is open to all sophomores,
juniors, and seniors, and the winner
will be presented a handsome, solid
gold medal.
In the preliminary contest Friday
night the speakers will be required
to give a five minule \.alk on rheir
selected subject. They will be judged
by a committee of judges not named
as yet. In the finals speakers will
be allowed ten minute® in which to
talk.
W. O. Alexander or uif won the
contest last year with a speech on
“Political Issues in Texas,” while B.
A. Clutter of Good Cheer, Iowa, was
given the verdict in 1929 on his talk
m “England, Mother ol Governments.”
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SHIRO HOKE WINS MEN
TION IN COLLEGE
HUMOR ALL-
AMERICAN
Cecil Hoke, captain and cen
ter of the Aggie cage team dur
ing the past season who was
named by most scribes and crit
ics as a member of the myhtical
all-Southwest quintet, receiv
ed additional honor when he was
given mention by Les Gage,
sports editor of College Humor,
in announcing his 1931 all-
American selections. Gage’s
cpmment follows:
“Coach Bassett of Arkansas
commends Cecil Hoke of Texas
A & M. ‘Hoke was a master of
body and foot movements and
an excellent shot. His defensive
work was the best of all the
centers in the Southwest and
he led his team in scoring.’ ”
Publications Board
Members Selected
By Dr. T. 0. Walton
BOARD WILL BE COMPLET
ED IN STUDENT ELECTION
APRIL 20-21
Bill Giving A & M *200,000 Annually
Approved by Governor on Wednesday
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Urg-e Juniors Attend
Prom And Banquet
An effort to get as many juniors
as possible to bring dates to the jun
ior banquet and to the junior prom
already has been inaugurated by class
officials. A poll of the class by com
panies will be started the latter part
of the week in an effort to determine
the approximate number of juniors
who are planning to attend these func
tions.
“We must know,” class president
George Fix said Wednesday, ‘ the num
ber of juniors and the number of girls
who will attend the banquet, in order
to make out our budgets and to ar
range for the favors and other inci
dentals.
“There never could be too many
gii L at a dance here, and we’re go
ing on the theory of ‘the more vhe
merrier.’ If every junior were to bring
a. date, the prom would be a complete
success, for there will be enough sur
plus seniors present to complete the
requisite number of stags.”
As is the yearly custom, the juniors
also will have charge of the final ball.
224 Students Eligible
For Distinguished List
BILL SIGNED IN PRESENCE
OF PRESIDENTS OF BOTH
A & M AND TEXAS
Governor Ross Sterling Y,Wednesday
afternoon approved House bill No. 368
making a division of the income from
the royalty investment of the Univer
sity of Texas oil lands between the
university and the A & Ivl College of
Texas.
The bill gives A & M $200,900 an
nually for each of three succeeding
years and thereafter assigns one-third
of the income of the royalty to the col
lege with the remainder going to the
University of Texas.
The royalty now amounts to ap
proximately $17,000,000 and is invest
ed in United States bonds. It is the
interest from these bonds and others
to “be bought as the royalty increases
which it to be divided between the
two schools. The income from rhe
grazing leases is to be retained by
the university.
Present Wednesday when Governor
Sterling approved the bill were Dr.
H. Y. Benedict, president of the uni
versity; Judge R. L. Batts, chairman
of the board of regents; Dr. T. O.
Walton, A & M president; and Judge
Byrd E. White of the A & M board
of directors.
Faculty representatives on the new
A & M Student Publications Board,
plan for which was recently given
faculty approval, have been named by
President T. O. Walton as follows:
Dean F. C. Bolton, school of engineer
ing; Curtis Vinson, director of pub
licity, and George B. Wilcox, profes
sor of rural, education.
The board personnel will include
nine members in all, six student and
three faculty representatives. Edi
tors of each of the four student pub
lications automatically become mem
bers of the board and two members
'are to be elected from the student
body at large. Student members of
the board so far are A. O. Saenger,
editor-in-chief of The Longhorn for
1931-32, and F. B. Lester, editor of
The Aggie Countryman for the new
year. Editors of The Battalion and
The Technoscope for 1931-32, yet to
be elected, will complete the student
membership from the publications.
Editor of The Battalion for next
year and the two student represen-
| tatives-at-large for membership on
| the board will be elected at student
| election to be held Monday and Tues
day, April 20-21.
The board is expected to hold an or
ganization session and to consider
the plans for putting all the publica
tions named under one manager at
a meeting to be held early after the
election of members to complete its
personnel.
NOTICE SENIORS
Permission has been received to en
able seniors to order their invitations
on any day up to and including Sat
urday, April 11.
Two hundred and twenty-four stu
dents were eligible to be distinguish
ed at the end of the first term, a re
cent survey by the registrar’s office
shows. Students who amassed a cotal
of 25 or more grade points during
the first term were included on the
list, as it was considered that there
would be little liklihood of anyone hav
ing less than this number making-
enough the second term to bring his
total to 54 grade points, the number
necessary to be rated as a distinguish
ed student.
Two students of agriculture led the
list, G. E. Beeson, sophomore from
St. Louis, Missouri, accumulating 42,
and G. W. Davis, junior from San An
tonio, also making 42 grade points
during the first term. Dallas was
better represented than any other city,
having 23 representatives on the roll.
San Antonio was second with 17, and
then in order came Fort Worth with
seven and Houston with six.
Dr. Jacobs To Address
Sophomores At Banquet
Dr. William States Jacobs, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church of
Houston, and well known lecturer and
after dinner speaker will talk at the
annual banquet for the sophomore
class which has been announced for
Monday night, April 13. Dr. Jacobs
is popularly recognized over the state
for his wit and humor and talks of
a light nature.
Aside from his activities on the
stage and platform, he is the owner
of a fine herd of Brahma cattle, which
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Hiway Short Course
Expected Draw Many
Early reports from the civil engi
neering department concerning enroll
ment in this year’s annual short course
in highway engineering are that the
attendance will be the largest in the
history of the department. Attracted
by the unusual program which has
been prepared under the direction of
J. J. Richey and J. T. L. McNew of
the civil engineering department and
Gibb Gilchrist, state highway engi
neer contractors, engineers, and road
men from all over the state will be
here for a three day session starting
Thursday morning and continuing un
til noon Saturday.
The short course, which has been
put on yearly by the civil engineering
department with the co-operation of
the state highway department, has had
continued increase in attendance, and
the interest taken in the program this
year indicates that it will establish
itself as a permanent event to be
largely attended and widely recog
nized.
The program is as follows:
Thursday Morning—Chairman: J. J.
Richey of the civil engineering de
partment.
8:30—Registration, Y M C A lob-
by.
10:00—Address of welcome.
10:30—The Preservation of Lumber
with Creosote, by R. E. Meyers of
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