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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1931)
THE BATTALION 3 .» “Y” Cabinet Elects Next Years Leaders I. C. Corns, junior agricultural ad ministration student from Harlingen, has been selected as next year’s pre sident of the Y M C A cabinet. F. K. McGinnis of Dallas was se lected as vice president while W. D. Stubblefield of San Antonio and E. A. Stobart of Orange were elected as secrtary and treasurer respectively. Stobart formerly was secrtary of the cabinet. Election of new officers took place last Friday at the cabinet’s new “re treat” on the island in the lake in the old zoo. The group celebrated the occasion with a steak fry. “Y” Cabinet officers retiring at the end of this school year will be David T. M. Sowell, Cleburne, vice presi dent; and P. L. Morgan, Leesville, La., treasurer. M. E. Students Attend National Convention Of A. S. M. E. C. V. Ellis, and L. L. McElroy re turned, the first of this week from Birmingham, Alabama, where they at tended the semi-annual national meet ing of the American Society of Me chanical Engineers. Accompanying them on this trip was professor V. M. Faires of the department of mechan ical engineering. Ellis attended the convention follow ing his winning of a contest conduct ed by the local student chapter of the A. S^ M. E. which required all con testants to write a paper on some related enginereing subject. The title of his paper was “Hydrogeneration; Its Development, Its Possibilities, and Its Significance to the Engineer.” This paper with six others prepared by students of mechanical engineering from the University of Florida, the University of Tenneessee, and Mis sissippi A & M were read before the convention. Other papers were read by recog nized engineers and the remainder of the time was spent in the inspection of several interesting engineering- achievements. Among these were vhe Tenneessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad plants, and the Coosar River Dam. The latter is a hydro-electric project. Requette Addresses Accounting Society Stressing the importance of com pany loyalty to the young man en tering the business world, R. J. Be- quette, head of the sales accounting- department of the Humble Oil & Re fining Company, spoke before the ac counting society Thursday, April 23, in the Asbury room of the library. His subject was “What Industry Ex pects of the College Graduate.” Not only must a man be loyal to his firm, counseled Mr. Bequette, but he must be a master of the funda mental subjects taught in the colleges He must accept decipline and respon sibility “with intelligent comprehen sion.” He should acquire the ability to hold the good will of the people he works with in the office. “If you can get along with folks you are in contact with every day,” said Mr. Be quette, “it means to the executive that you are capable of going higher.” Keeping abreast of the times, and studying after graduation are of the utmost importance. Don’t throw away the books. As a special hint to those seeking employment he said that self confi dence, personal appearance, and con duct during the interview are the guides followed by employers. The first impression insures the position provided it is good. Beautiful brunettes are more rare than beautiful blondes.—Florenz Zieg- field. A new machine to measure the weight of the atmosphere is the de velopment of Dr. Robert A. Millikan, of the California Institute of Tech nology, to be used in weather fore casting. Walton Hall To Be Completed By July 1 Progress on Walton hall, the plans of which indicate that it will be one of the most modern and best equipped halls on the campus, is continuing at a schedule set at the start of the work and will be ready for occupancy, com pletely furnished and finished, in time for the Farmers Short Course held during the first part of August. It will be actually completed however about the first of July. The hall will contain many new fea tures over the other recently con structed halls, and was planned so as to give the most efficient and comfor table living quarters to the students. The floor plan is similar to that of Hart hall, but will be the first hall with hot water piped to every room, and access to it throughout the year. Although under past policies the col lege did not require it, the new plan al lowing only two students to a room made it necessary to have another building, which necessitated its con struction. In event of an increase in enrollment in the future the dormitory capacity of the college will be fully adequate to still allow only two stu dents to the room. Among other campus improvements, on which work is being done at this time is the paving of the street from Dr. Walton’s home around to the Main drive. This will take over four months to complete, and will add much to the beauty of the campus. A four-inch foundation of crushed rock has been laid. When this has become settled, which will take three or four months, a two-inch surface of asphalt will be put on. A limited amount of money at pres ent prohibits the extension of the pav ing on around the drill field, or to the highway at the main gate, but plans are being completed for this work and it will be done within the next few years. 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Now she herself reaches the city you are call ing, 30 or 300 or 3000 miles away. Result: in five years the average time needed to complete a long-distance con nection has been cut from 7 minutes to less than 2 minutes. In this industry even long approved methods are never considered beyond improvement. For men of the right aptitude, that viewpoint is a stimulating challenge. BELL SYSTEM A NATION-WIDE SYSTEM OF IN T E R-CON NECTING TELEPHONES