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VOL. XXIX
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS MAY 6, 1931
No. 32
S-W TRACK MEET IN FT. WORTH SAT.
World Tour Brings Chorus
Of Russian Nobility Here
Handler Wins 2nd
Speech Contest
I. A. Handler, a sophomore from
Gaveston won his second oratorical
victory of the year Thursday when
he was adjudged winner of the sev
enth annual P. L. Downs Oratorical
Contest. Handler previously had won
first place in the annual sophomore
speech contest.
Handler was awarded the prize of
a gold medal by Col P. L. Downs of
Temple, A & M graduate of 1879 who
presided as chairman of the contest.
As winner of the sophomore clash he
received the $25 cash prize offered
by O. W. Sherrill of Georgetown, class
of 1910.
Handler’s speech subject was “Eco
nomic Remedies.” Other speakers and
their subjects were R. N. Daniel, Dal,
as, “The Major Fallacy of Farm Re
lief”; B. M. Gottlieb, Corsicana, “Pi’o
hibition: A Plan of Dedemption”; G.
E. Schunior, Edinburg, “The United
States and Mexico”; and J. A. Car
penter, Dallas, “A Proposed Solution
for Our Foreign Trade Problem.”
Alpha, Puryear
Open For Mothers
All of Alpha and the first four
ramps of Puryear Halls have been set
aside for use of mothers coming here
this week-end for the Mothers’ Day
program. If necessary, however, sev
eral more ramps will be made avail
able for use of the ladies.
Instead of having to register in ad
vance for the rooms as has been the
custom in former years, the quarters
will be alloted by rotation as the la
dies arrive. A fee of twenty-five cen» s
will be charged for the use of the
rooms.
The full program. for the week in
cludes the Cattleman’s Ball on Friday
night, horse show Saturday afternoon,
a mechanical engineering exhibit and
a corps dance on Saturday night,
chapel service Sunday morning, and
an exhibition Ross Volunteer drill and
a band concert Sunday afternoon.
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J. E. Angell
Takes Charge
New Publications Mgr. Busy
Preparing For Next Year
J. E. Angell, newly appointed bus
iness manager of student publications
and formerly joint owner and editor
of the Denton Record-Chronicle, ar
rived on the campus this week and
will assume his duties immediately.
Until other space can be obtained,
Mr. Angell will use office space in
the publicity department and in The
Battalion office.
Mr. Angell was a journalism stu
dent at Northwestern University and
also has assisted in preparation of
publicity for the College of Industrial
Arts and for the North Texas State
Teachers College, both of which are
located at Denton. He has been with
the Denton paper for the past eight
years.
In the extension of a world tour
which has brought them into the
United States following their appear
ances in the largest cities of the
world, and all the centers of' music
and culture, the Royal Russian Chor
us, composed of over twenty mem
bers and orchestra, will be presented
in concert at Guion Hall, Thursday
night, May 7, under the supervision
of the College Theater Club.
Acclaimed by eminent critics of re
nown fame, this will give scholars of
music an opportunity for an evening
of music which seldom can be found
here. Amid a setting of sensational
Russian dancing, with gorgeous cos
tumes, a beautiful sequence of events
will give a vivid and colorful por
trayal of the Russian nation.
The following program will be pre
sented under the personal direction of
Princess Margarita Agreneva Slav-
iansky:
Part One
1. What the Flowers of the Steepes
Told me. (Soft and low the desert
winds blow
And it sounds like the music of
long ago.)
2. (a) At the Gates of Kaluga.
(b) In the Green Meadows.
(They played and they sang and
danced for joy
The young girls singing to their
favorite lay.)
3. Volga Boatmen Song
4. Awaiting my Sweetheart.
5. Oh, My Dear Slavonic Home’
(Men’s Chorus.)
6. (a) Why Are You Not Happy,
Young Man?
(b) Kalinka, Malinka.
Popular Russian Songs.
7. A Merry Song About the Little
Chicken.
Fart Two
1. Trepak, Russian National Dance
Song.
2. Where are You Gone. My Happy
Days ?
3. Two Polish Songs, Chopin, Monius-
ko.
4. Kobza (Ukrainian Instrument)
5. Love’s Old Sweet Song.
6. Ol’ Man River.
7. Hungarian Song and Dance.
Part Three
! 1. Along the Petrograd Street.
(Ancient Russian Song with Bala
laika Orchestra)
2. Ukrainian Dance.
3. Russian Gypsy Dance.
4. The Show Maiden.
5. Russian Dances and Finale.
An informan reception honoring the
Princess Slaviansky and her company
will be given on the stage following
their program Thursday night. This
will be open to all those attending
the performance.
CATALOGUE BEING
PRINTED
Final page proofs for the fifty-fifth
annual catalogue have been returned
to the printer and the booklet sent
to press. Distribution is expected to
begin May 20, but the exact date will
be published in The Daily Bulletin.
The registrar’s office, as usual, will
have charge of issuing the catalogue.
A number of changes have been
A & M Student
Fatally Hurt
Absence of Floyd, Perkins,
And Tracy Is Keenly Felt
In Auto Crash
Two Dead From Acci
dent Saturday Night
J. E. Ballenfant, 26, junior member
of B Company Infantry from Mer
cedes, died in the Jefferson Davis
Hospital in Houston early Sunday
morning following injuries received
while en route to Houston with two
students of Rice Institute. All three
were seriously hurt; one of the Rice
students dying that night from inter
nal injuries and a fractured skull. The
other was in a serious condition, but
as far as could be learned late Tues
day night was still alive.
The light roadster in which they
were riding was telescoped on strik
ing the rear end of a cotton truck
and was completely demolished. The
truck which was standing still on the
pavement due to tire trouble, was hit
with such force as to turn it over. The
accident occured about fifteen miles
from Houston.
Ballenfant entered school here with
the class of ’31, taking agricultural
administration, but due to being out
for a year, was just completing his
junior work.
Cattleman's Ball
Friday Night
Members and friends of members of
the Saddle and Sirloin Club will see
something new in the way of decora
tions at the club’s annual ball in the
mess hall annex Friday night, mem
bers of the decoration committee
have told the organization. Every
thing except cattle rustles and an
open saloon will be used to portray
the old West, and everything from.the
saddled ponies to the giant mounted
deer heads will be used to make the
members feel at home. The Aggieland
orchestra will play for the affair.
The Saddle and Sirloin Club recent
ly initiated 20 new members, bring
ing the club membership up to 80.
made that are designed to give clearer
and more concise information concern
ing the college.
Police Force Gets
Regulation!
Members of the A and M Col
lege police force which formerly
have been known as “night ser
geants,” blossomed forth this
week in their new uniforms tail
ored from a light blue-gray ma
terial.
The new uniform consists of
a cap bearing the badge “A and
M Police,” a serge shirt, slacks
with a black stripe down the
sides, and a black Sam Browne
Belt. They replace the civilian
clothes formerly worn by the
campus “watchdogs.”
In the words of one cadet,
“Ulysses S. Grant feared the
Grays of. the Confederacy, and
so shall the Aggies fear the
Grays of the Commandant.”
Army Officers
Inspect College
Inspecting officers from the Eighth
Corps Area headquarters at Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, Wednesday
completed their annual inspection of
the corps of cadets.
The officers arrived on the campus
Sunday afternoon and spent three
days in looking over the college mili
tary equipment. Among those in the
group were Col. W. A. Castle, Inf.
(DOL); Major R. U. Nichols, Corps
of Engineers; Major Robert A. An
nin, Cavalry; Major Norman P. Groff,
23rd Inf; and Captain Harry Reichel-
derfer, Signal Corps. It was the first
inspection trip to the college for all
of the officers except Colonel Castle,
who was a member of the group that
made the survey here last year.
Fish Chem. Winners
Announced Tues. Eve.
Winners of the ninth annual fresh
man chemistry contest were announc
ed Tuesday night at a banquet given
the contestants in the mess hall ban
quet room.
Karl K. White of Eastland and a
member of Battery D, Artillery, was
awarded the first prize of $25 dol
lars offered by Z. Z. Zarmooneyi class
of 1926, while J. R. Little of Gilmer
and a member of Company B, Infan
try, won second prize of $10 donated
jointly by George Armestead, class of
1921 and C. W. Hurley, class of 1922.
Honorable mention in the contest was
given Philip Brin, G. K. Ashby, J.
A. Nichols, and R. E. Porter.
Selection of the winners was made
by Dr. F. W. Jensen of the Chemis
try Department from the 28 entries.
The grade of the winner was said to
be 83.5 but no other grades were dis
closed at the banquet. Awards were
made by Professor H. R. Brayton.
M. T. Harrington served as pro
gram chairman, and short talks were
made by Dean F. C. Bolton, Dean
Charles E. Friley, Dean C. H. Wink
ler. The chemical contest is a pioneer
move by the Department of Chemistry
to encourage the improvement of
scholarship among the students.
R. V. Medal
Contest Sunday
Award of the Ross Volunteer Com
pany “best-drilled” medal will be
made following a competitive drill to
be held Sunday as a part of the
Mothers’ Day program. An exhibi
tion drill by the company also will be
given.
The medal is awarded annually to
the company member showing the
most proficiency in the manual of
arms and is presented by the captain.
J. A. Barnes of the Artillery Regi
ment was the winner last year and
was awarded the medal by R. E.
Hable, last year’s captain. The medal
will be presented this year by D. P.
McNeel, present R. V. captain.
By Frank W. Thomas
Battalion Sports Editor
Going forth to defend their title
as Southwest Conference Track
Champions for the third consecutive
year, Coach Frank Anderson and 25
members of Texas Aggie thinly clad
squad will leave Thursday and Friday
to participate in the annual South
west Conference track meet to be
held at the T C U stadium in Fort
Worth this Friday and Saturday, May
8 and 9.
In the face of the stiffest compe
tition between the conference schools
in a number of years, the Maroon
and White team is given almost an
even break to win the meet, with Rice
,as the other favorite and Texas third.
As a result of the meet held at Col
lege last Saturday, in which the Rice
Owls defeated the Aggie team by a
half of a point, Rice is given a slight
edge on the meet. Rice has not been
defeated in a meet this season with
conference schools, and the Aggies
have lost only to the Owls.
E. C. (Mule) Frazier has been nam
ed as official starter for the meet
and will be assisted by a corps of
40 officials. Arkansas, Baylor, Rice,
Texas, S M U, T C U, and A & M
are sending teams of from 18 to 30
men to arrive at Fort Worth Thurs
day night and Friday. Preliminaries
will be run off Friday afternoon and
the finals Saturday.
The chances of the Aggie track-
sters will be dimmed through the loss
of Bull Floyd, Perk Perkins, and Rube
Tracy who will be unable to compete
because of injuries. The team will
especially miss Floyd, conference jav
elin record holder, as his services
would greatly enhance the prospects.
The sprinters, hurdlers, and quar
ter milers will leave for Fort Worth
Thursday, and will be followed by the
rest of the team Friday.
The Aggies will be represented by
the following men:
Sprints: Captain Rufus Emmons.
440 yard dash: G. R. Addicks and
George Lord. . ...
880 yard run: Percy Mims and W.
E. Nance.
1 mile run: Dick Wirtders, W. E.
Nance and Melton Smith.
2 mile run: Melton Smith and S.
Marquez.
Hurdles: Don Slocumb, H. V. Har
lan, T. C. Morris and G. McVey.
High jump: W. B. Holsenbake, W.
K. Laster and D. S. Wingo.
Broad jump: W. B. Holsenbake, and
T. M. Smith.
Pole vault: Harry Stiteler and A.
P. Morris.
Shot put: Oran Dawson.
Discus: Sam McCluney and Oran
Dawson.
Javelin: A. L. Sebesta, A. A. May
nard and J. C. Barron.
440 yard relay team: J. H. Rut
ledge, M. H. Badger, G. R. Addicks
and Rufus Emmons.
Mile relay team: George Ford, Per
cy Mims, G. R. Addicks and Rufus
Emmons.