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VOL. XXIX COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS MAY 20, 1931 NO. 34 District Manager G. E. Speaks To Senior Engineers '‘Engineering is the backbone of in dustry,” L. T. Blaisdale, district man ager of the General Electric Company, president of the Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Electrical En gineers, and associate member of the Dallas A & M Club, said in his talk to the senior engineering students on “The Engineer in Business’ at their banquet Monday night. “The executive and responsible posi tions are to be in the future filled by engineers,” the speaker stated, “and hard work, friendliness and co-oper ation are the points to be remembered in mounting to such positions.” In discussing what a graduate might expect after leaving school, Mr. Blais dale sketched the “post graduate” school of practical learning of the General Electric Company as being representative of the probable ad vancement of the engineer, explaining that the student’s desire before grad uation was to be able to use his knowl edge of a slide rule and figures and to stick to details, but that the “money is on the business end.” Among the numerous qualities de sirable in a progressive employee, as given by the speaker, are to be a friend of everybody in the organiza tion, for it is by helping them and not by stepping on their toes that one progresses, to practice self examina tion, to have your whole heart in your work, and not be too modest about your abilities. “The future is one hun dred per cent up to you,” Mr. Blais dale reminded. Arthur E. Shields, district manager of the industrial department of the General Electric and a member of the class of 1910, proceeded Vthe main speaker of the evening with a short address. Senior Week Starts At Noon Sunday Saturday noon will mark the close of the last classroom period in the academic existance for seniors who are not behind in subjects other than those of senior standing and for sen iors who do not plan to do any grad uate study work, for “Senior Week” begins Sunday after the baccalaure ate chapel services. There’s a catch in it, however, as seniors enrolled in required courses not of senior standing, must attend these recitations until the course has been completed. Seniors will not be required to attend elective courses next week, even though these courses are not of senior standing. Senior term examinations will be held Monday and Tuesday, May 25 and 26. Arrangements to take these tests must be made by the individual with the heads of their respective de partments. Underclassmen will be dismissed from classes Friday, May 29, at noon. Term examinations for them will be held Friday, May 29, in the after noon, and Saturday, May 30, in the morning and afternoon. Retiring 1 Editor Most recent orders read that all seniors will be required to attend the baccalaureate sermon Sunday, the ceremony to receive commission Fri day and the graduation exercises Sat urday, May 30. It is also announced that all seniors will be required to have passes to leave the campus dur ing Senior Week. Medal Winners to Receive Trophies In Review Sunday Final award of college medals will be made at a review to be held Sun day, May 24, on the drill field. The review will begin at 8:20 a. m. Among the medals and trophies to be distributed will be “T” medals to varsity lettermen, the Caldwell trophy to the best drilled man in the corps, and Hurst’s trophy medal and ribbons —to rifle team members. Trophies also will be given to the honor com pany, battery, and troop in each bat talion, and, in addition, the Walters trophy will be presented to the most efficient Cavalry troop. The National Intercollegiate rifle trophy will offi cially be presented to the rifle team as a group. Miller and White Win Essay Contest A. J. Miller of Corsicana and Karl K. White of Eastland have been judged the winners of the anual sophomore and freshman writing con tests respectively. Miller will re ceive a prize of $25 offered by Mr. Williams Morriss of Dallas, class of 1902, while White will get a prize of $20 offered by Dr. J. Allen Kyle of Houston, class of 1890. W. A. Ludeman of Gainsville and J. G. Goldberg of San Antonio were given honorable mention in the sopho more contest, and H. F. Martin of Dallas received an honorable mention in the first year affair. White’s prize winning paper was entitled “What is an Education,” while Miller’s winning theme was on “Con tributions of Chemistry to the Home”. Ten papers were submitted in each contest for the judging and the final decision made by committees composed of representatives of the english department and of the student body. In the sophomore contest, how ever, it was necessary to eliminate five of the contestants and re-judge the remaining five before a final de cision could be made. NEW YORK.—Students of Barnard College have presented college author ities with a petition asking for a change in the grading system at the college, and the substitution of pass- failmarks only. The action of the stu dents followed a campaign carried on by the Bulletin under graduate newspaper. Retiring Business Manager New Coast Artillery Unit Assigned Equipment And Basic Course Students Sophomore Prom Is Disapproved With an emphatic “Disapproved” stamped across its face, the petition for the annual Sophomore Prom was returned to class officials last week by Student Activities Committee. De traction from the Junior Prom and Final Ball and interference with studies were given as causes for the disapproval. President T. O. Walton declined to act in the matter, stating that the committee had full control over such matters and undoubtedly had a just cause for with-holding permission to hold the affair. Refusal of premission to hold their first and only social function of the year was made known to the sopho mores by their class president, T. B. j Goodrich of Marlin, at a class meet- j ing held in the Assembly Hall last Thursday. Further action on the mat ter was unanimously voted down by the class. The money thus far collected on bids for the dance will be returned, Goodrich stated. ANOTHER STAFF PASSES ON Their work on the staff of The Bat talion virtually being complete with the completion of this issue, Robert L. Herbert, and Richard N. Winders pass on to next year’s editor, Claude M. Evans, the difficult task of con tinuing a work nobly attacked and successfully carried on. Too much can hardly be given in favor of these two men, for Herbert has left nothing un done towards publishing a paper which would reflect only credit on the col lege, and Winders has done an excel lent work in keeping up with the ex penses that Herbert has incurred, de spite the financial handicape which he was forced to work under. Unfortunately the publication lost the services of Herbert for its last few issues, but because of his accomplish ments, it was voted to retain his name as editor-in-chief for the remainder of the 5^ear. C. E. Calder To Address Seniors At Commencement College Again Gets High Military Rating The Military Department of the col lege again has a rating of “excellent” following an inspection made here re cently by army officers from eighth corps area headquarters in San An tonio. In addition to rating the military department as a whole, the inspectors also rated each service branch individ ually. The Artillery, Cavalry, Engi neers, and Signal Corps units all re ceived ratings of “excellent,” while the Infantry was given a rating of “satisfactory.” As a result of this rating, the col lege will be permitted to designate five per cent of its second year ad vanced military science course grad uates as “Honor Graduates.” As such the names of these men, soon to be designated, will appear on the com mencement day program. The honor graduates thus named also will be entitled to appointment in u he regular army in time of a vacancy without the usually required mental examination, if they so desire. SENIORS OF ORGANIZATION TAKEN FROM PRESENT FIELD ARTILLERY New Technoscope Staff is Announced The staff of The Technoscope has been selected and work on next year’s publications is under way, it was learn ed from E. P. Fortson of Ashville, N. Carolina, who will occupy the editors desk next year. The following men will perform the indicated duties: B. G. Zimmerman, Shiner, adver-! tising manager; G. H. Samuels, San Antonio, associate editor; W. T. Evans, Corsicana, assistant editor; P. D. Laughter, Matagorda, news editor; H. ! W. Perkins, Dallas, associate news edi tor; L. W. Storms, San Antonio, as- j sistant news editor; and J. L. Chap man, Lockhart, designer. Other officers are: B. G. Zimmerman, Shiner, business i manager; J. C. Barron, Center, asso- | ciate business manager; B. M. Gottlieb, Corsicana, assistant business man-! ager; F. S. Scott, Little Rock, Ark., j circulation manager; J. B. Cornett, i Waco, associate circulation manager; and C. C. Johnson, Victoria, assistant ! circulation manager. The complete support and co-oper ation of all engineering students is asked in the editing and publication of this magazine. Next year a effort is to be made to secure membership in the Engineering College Magazine Association. Recent orders from the War De partment indicate that the organiza tion and establishment of the two Coast Artillery batteries here next September are well under wa5 r , and immediate work on the part of the department of military science has virtually completed the enrollment of sophomore members which are being- drafted voluntarily from the present freshman members of the engineering and signal corps units. The first freshman to signify his in tentions of joining the new unit was Charles E. Friley, jr., son of Dean Friley of the School of Arts and Sciences, it was learned from Major Sloan this week. New equipment which will be sent here during the summer for instruc tion in this branch of the army will have a valuation of over $50,000 and will necessitate the erection of a building for storage purposes. Tena- tive plans call for the building to be placed ajoining the armory. Aside from numerous types of com puting devices, calculating instru ments, and surveying instruments there will be sent the following heavy equipment: one 155 mm. gun, one 3-inch sea-coast gun, one 75 mm. an ti-aircraft gun mounted on a truck, one 10-ton tractor, and one 3-ton truck. Aside from this the work in camp, which will be held at Fort Crockett at Galveston, will involve the use of many new instruments that have been developed since the last war. The disciplinary control of the bat teries, until Seniors can be from within their own battei-ies, will be composed of five seniors and five juniors from the six field Artillery batteries. These men will continue in their field artillery work however, and will be in charge of the battery only for formations and while in barracks. Army instruction in this work will be under the direction of two army officers and an enlisted detachment which will arrive here during the sum mer. The establishment of this unit comes following the war department’s increasing its defense along the gulf coast and the likewise need for re serve officers in this unit. Student requirements for signing up in the coast artillery at the be ginning of school are that their class work include a course in Trignometry at least. Programs for commencement can be obtained now from the president’s office, the Y M C A, or the office of Dr. Humbert in the Agricultural building, but cannot be obtained at the commandant’s office. C. E. Calder, a widely known and recognized individual in the financial and public utility fields, has been ob tained as the speaker for the com mencement address to be given at the exercises Saturday, May 30, at Guion Hall, when the largest senior class in the history of the college wends its way past the last goal post of educa tion to receive diplomas. Mr. Calder’s official connections in clude president of the American and Foreign Power Company, incorporat ed, vice president of the Electric Bond and Share Company, director of both the National City Bank of New York and the First National Bank of Dal las, and officer of various other public 1 utility and financial organizations, and his accomplishments as a speaker to (Continued on page 8) Commencement Program Changed Recent changes in the program for the commencement activities for Thursday and Friday of Senior Week, move all Ross Volunteer ac tivities which are scheduled for those dates to Friday afternoon. This change affects the drill com petition which was formerly plan ned for Thursday afternoon that under the revised program this will follow the exhibition drill on Friday afternoon. The competition drill will be held to determine the winner of a ten dollar gold piece that is being donated by a resident of the campus. Decorations Final Ball Being Finished Decoration for the junior banquet, junior prom, and final ball, the an nual commencement social affairs, is rapidly being carried to completion by J. L. Keith and other groups in charge of arrangements, George Fix, president of the junior class, announc ed this week. The Final Ball, as in the past, will be the only one of the events that will be open to the entire student body. The Junior banquet, which will start at seven Thursday evening, will pre- ceed the Junior Prom. The Banquet will be open to the Juniors and their ladies only, while the seniors are in vited to share the evening’s dance in the main dining room. The script to the Prom is two dollars and a half, and will be paid by all attending. The Final Ball on the following night is in honor of the four year men, and may be attended by all underclass men. Members of the finance commit- (Continued or. page 8)