THE EATTATICN
VOLUME 30
Published Weekly By The Students Of The A. & M. College Of Texas
“COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 4, 1931
NUMBER 7
EYES OF ALL SOUTHWEST ON AGGIE-PONY GAME
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Aggies In Second Consecutive Win Over Centenary Gents 7-0
Touchdown In First Period
Only Score In Exciting Game
Scoring early in the opening period and outplaying the
Gentlemen from Centenary throughout. Coach Matty Bell’s
“Fightin’ Farmers” took a seven to nothing victory from
the Gents at the Louisiana State Fair stadium, Saturday af
ternoon.
From the initial kick-off the Aggies took possession of
the ball and drove straight toward the Gentleman goal line, j
Theye were halted on the first march but a short while later,
after Domingue, Spencer and Davis had carried the oval to
the Gents’ 23-yard line, Domingue shot a quick pass to “Big
Charlie” Malone on Centenary’s*
fifteen yard line and stepped the
remaining distance for the lone
score of the game. Two Centenary
backs made a gallant effort to
reach the scoring pass, but found
themselves not quite tall enough.
The Aggies continued their of
fensive football carrying the oval
to Centenary’s five yard line on
another drive that appeared to be
headed for a touchdown until the
Gentleman line stiffened in the
face of their own goal line. Camer
on then punting from behind his
own goal line kicked out to the
21 yard line, from where A and M
again made an attempt to score by
way of the overhead route but two
passes were grounded and Graves
kicked over the goal line. The re
mainder of the first half was spent
with the Aggies constantly driv
ing toward the pentenary goal line
only to be stopped in the very sha
dow of the goal. Late in the per
iod, however, after A and M had
twice failed to complete two pass
es and Centenary won the ball on
their own 30 yard stripe, the Gen
tlemen suddenly came to life and
on two plays made their initial
first down of the game. The Gents
were making- a gallant fight in an
effort to score when Hewitt in
tercepted a pass intended for Os
borne just as the half ended.
Desperate in their efforts to
score the Gents returned to the
game in the third quarter and
started the fireworks when “Little
Boy Blue” Nolan took the kick-off
and ran it back to the Aggie 34
yard line. On two running plays
the Gents gained two yards. The
next play was a pass which was
knocked down by Robertson. Murff
again passed, this time a long one
over the goal line to Nolan, which
the latter missed by inches. The
Aggies then began a new march
When Jimmie Aston and Nelson
Rees carried the ball to Cente
nary’s 38 yard line. A fumble stop
ped this march and the Gents a-
gain tried their passes, to no a-
vail. After Cameron had kicked ov
er the Aggie goal line, on the first
play McFadden kicked over Nolan’s
head on a quick kick and he was
downed on his own 40 yard line
when he recovered. On a fake pass,
(See CENTENARY on page 4)
Turkey Day Hop
Being Planned For
Large Attendance
Plans for the Thanksgiving
Dance on the night of the Turkey
Day game are being completed,
and Herman Waldeman’s Bruns
wick recording orchestra has been
contracted for the event. This or
chestra was highly complimented
on its appeax-ance here last spring
for the Ross Volunteer Dances, and
has earned a state wide reputation
for its music.
The dance will honor the Cross
Countx-y and Football teams, and
will be one of the biggest of the
year.
GLEE CLUB IB
SII1RT IRK ON
SPRING TOUR
Better Organized Club With
Smaller Membership Able
To Achieve Greater Work In
Planning Projects.
Plans for trips to San Antonio,
Ft. Worth and Dallas are being
considered by the A and M Glee
Club, Mr. Kay H. Beach, the Club
director announced. If the trips
materialize they will probably be
made during March or April. The
A and M Mothers Club of San An
tonio is especially anxious to ai'-
range a concert for their city.
The Glee Club this year is some
what smaller than last year, there
being thirty-one members now as
compared with forty-thx-ee last year.
Mr. Beach attributes the smaller
membership to the fact that the
general enrollment in school is less
this year. Too, last year was the
first year of the club’s existence
and a large membership was de
sirable, where as this year the old
(See GLEE CLUB on page 3)
Versatile Attack of Morrison To
Be Given Real Test By Aggies
The gridiron spotlight of the Southwest will be focused
on the turf of Kyle Field when the “Galloping Mustangs”
from SMU, favorites to cop the gonfalon in the present
Southwest Conference gridiron campaign, charge headlong
into Coach Matty Bell’s “Fightin’ Farmers,” Saturday after
noon.
Six consecutive triumphs, three of them over conference
teams, is the record boasted by the powerful Red and Blue
machine from Dallas. The Ponies have swept through, un
defeated, three conference encounters and one non-conference
* game of major importance without
having their offense successfully
Dates Changed For
Election Of Junior
Members Of R. V.’s
Election of Juniors for member
ship in the Ross Volunteers will
be held November 8, the date be
ing definitely decided upon at a
called meeting of the R. V.’s No
vember 2. About sixty Juniors will
be admitted which will bring the
total em-ollment to approximately
one hundx-ed and fifteen.
The initiation for Juniors and
Seniors will be held the fii*st week
end after Thanksgiving, December
6; the plans for the event being-
handled by A. O. Saengex-, Beau
mont and R. D. Hardcastle, Hous
ton.
Farm Electrication Demonstration
Show in Agricultural Engineering
Short Course During Last ol Week
Interesting Program Being
Given For Vocational Teach
ers, Agricultural Agents,
Anil Farmers.
ing session.
Sessions Open To Students
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Butler To Address J
Social Science Men
In Meeting Monday
Former Resident Of Campus
To Speak On Social And Re-
ligeous Conditions In China.
Dr. D. C. Butler, ex-resident of
College Station and now Assistant
Professor of English in the East
Texas State Teachers College at
Commei’ce, Texas, will speak be
fore the Social Science Seminar in
the Physics Lecture room at eight
o’clock Monday evening, Novem
ber 9. Dr. Butler will be remem
bered by many as Presbyterian
Student Pastor at A and M dux-ing
1923 and 1924.
The subject of the lecture will
be, “Some Social and Religious As
pects of Ancestor Worship in
China.” A study of the traditional
attitude towax-ds ancestor worship,
its social consequences, its univer
sality; the modern attitude toward
its practice, the rites, their mean-
Horse Enthusiasts
Attracted By Two
State Horse Shows
First Number To Contain
Many Interesting Articles
On Various Engineering
Subjects.
The Technoscope will make its
debut for this year, on November
10, with a magazine featuring
many prominent and interesting
subjects, which includes ax-ticles on
legal problems in oil productions,
the Coast Artillery, advances in
radio, campus planning, new cam
pus buildings, architecture, and
many other stories of common en
gineering interest.
A new cover in color will top
the changes made in the magazine
for this year. Many improvements
have been made to make the pub
lication one which will demand a
ing, and the attitude of Christiani
ty toward ancestor worship. Dr. j more universal interest than it has
Butler’s study is based on source heretofore.
material in English, French and It is the plan to have several ar-
The sessions*are open to all stu-j Chinese literature; on first-hand tides for the future issues, from
dents and interested students are information from Mohammedan men of national fame and accom-
especially invited to the discus- P riests > Chinese pastors, scholars, plishment.
sions of papers. A most interesting educationalists, students, and the Harry Pennington of San Anto-
Marstellar Judges In Show At
Dallas During Past Week;
Horse Sold Here Wins
Prizes In San Antonio.
citizenry. The lecture is to be illus
trated by various exhibits such as
an ancestral tablet and spirit world
nio and prominent engineer of the
petroleum industry; Major Wash
ington, Coast Artillery officer; Lt.
I Neal, radio authority, and Dr.
Giesecke, College Architect, are
Horse shows held over the state
the past month drew several A and
M men, while many of the entries
in the different classes were train
ed at the college.
Dr. R. p. Marstellar, professor
of Veterinary medicine, judged the
show of the Dallas Horse Show As
sociation held on the aftex-noons
and nights of October 24 and 25.
J. F. Reeves, Dallas, was general
manager of the show which con
sisted of thirty-eight classes and
stakes. This show was considered
one of the best ever held in North
Texas, renewing the interest of
many horsemen and creating new
enthusiasm. Dr. Marsteller was ac
companied on this trip by Mrs.
Marsteller and J. Y. Henderson, a
JU p 101 , Veterin a r y student.
Pasha Peavine, a splendid black
xegis eied four-year-old gelding,
ia , 1 « e( partI y developed by the
(bee Horse FANS on page 3)
checked at any tithe. They opened
the 1931 conference x-ace with an
overwhelming win over the Arkan
sas, returhfid a ’ week lathi- to
trounce the Rice Owls, and Satur
day afternoon took the mighty
Longhorns in camp. The week fend
previous to last Centenary* Gen
tlemen fell victim to the Pony stam
pede. • >i ■ . •
Differing- from their usual style
of play, which features an aerial
attack second to none, which has
been so effective in past years that
the Ponies have been dubbed “The
Flying Circus,” Coach Mori’ison
this season has elected to build a
ground attack to match his aerial
tricks. And the success of the Mus
tangs to date is ample proof that
the Ponies have plenty of power
in that “ground attack.” Once only,
in their six consecutive victories to
date this season, has it been nec
essary fox- the Ponies to resox-t to
their vaunted overhead scoring ma
chine, which was Saturday after
noon when the Steer line stiffened
afxd the Mustangs took to the air
ixx order to continue their max-ch
toward the goal of the Longhorns.
The Ponies boast of a big, fast,
charging line followed by a raft
of fleet, hard driving backs. In the
fox-ward wall they are led by cap
tain Alfred Neeley, one of the lead
ing guards in the conference; while
the backfield is headed by “Speedy”
Mason, tx-ipple thx-eat artist who is
xxxaking a strong bid for all con
ference and possibly all-American
honors by his play thus far this
season. Other Pony backs who have
shown more than usual ability in
games this season are Kenneth
Travis and Charles Hearon.
Tx-avis, playing his first year on
the varsity, has been the spark
plug in the Mustang aex-ial attack
since the injury of Bob Gilbert,
regular Pony passer, early in the
season. Thix-teen completed passes
out of twenty tried against the Tex
as Steers speaks well for his ac
curacy in throwing the oval. Hear
on is another speedy merchant but
is not as shifty as “Speedy” Ma
son.
To match the brilliant backs of
of Honor, Helen Nelson, College j Southern Methodist, Coach Bell has
(See COURT on page 5) (See PONIES on page 2)
Biggest Rodeo In History To
Be Held Friday Night For
The Benefit Of The Live
Stock Judging Team.
Final arrangements have been
made for the Thirteenth Annual
Rodeo which will be held in the
Animal Husbandry Pavilion, Fri
day, November 6th, at eight p. m.
according to F. M. Shaw, Pag
eant manager.
The pageant which preceeds
the Rodeo promises to be full of
excitement and thrills, and spec-
totax-s are offered an evening of
varied and interesting intertain-
ment x-anging fx*om a camp fire
scene to bronc busting and wild
cow milking.
The King of the court,
John Winslow of Menard, dnd
qxxeen Mary Jones of Bryan, will
officiate the event with the Maid!
A short course in farm electri-1 speech is expected from W. T. Mc-
fication with special appeal to Caskey who has had forty years
^3%“ c - d fal
Tnd teachers of Vocational agricul- j die West Utilities Company of Chi- | Raveled Consxderably
ture, will be given at the college, | cago, Illinois. Any persons inter-1 w I the first issue
under the management of the Agri- j ested in the banquet to be held at, college reads like a travelogue. He | the first issue,
cultural Engineering Department, the college mess hall, Friday eve- received his A. B. from Austin
November 5 to 7, inclusive. P. T. ning at six fifteen, may obtain | College in 1918, taught English as
Montfort, research agricultural en- i tickets from O. O. Henderson or
gi-eer of the college staff, is in from the Agricultural Engineering
c j-ge of the arrangements for! Department for one dollar each,
tl sessions. A well outlined pro-1 The time of the banquet has been
ei m and interesting speakers j changed from seven thirty to six a Th. B. degrees from the Prince- j in which it found itself during
pr mise to make this an outstand-| (See FARM on page 5) ! (See BUTLER on page 3) j good times.
Fire Wipes Out Three Concerns
Monday Morning—$20,000 Loss
| to take sucft precautions as they
Delay In Getting Water Pres- were able with spch chemicals as
sure Results In Total De
struction, To Two Buildings
With Minor Damage To Ad
joining Structures.
Fire which originated in
Reservations For SMU
V^itors Announced
were on the trucks.
Mrs. Parkhill’s Lunch Room, The
College Tailor Shop an ^ 5
gieland Studio were compJetelydc-
| molished by the f ire * Arable
the j buildings suffered C ^ all of
damage from heat, aS the
Dr Butler’s life since leaving among the many contributors to I Pfeuff^ - 1 T ; . rVT V rT P , “" Z the
ur. sutlers me since xeavmg £ * i ie iter aml Austin halls w jn ne ss district at the north gate, and street cracked from
kitchen of Mr, FarkhiH’s Lunch j the X’ied by ^ *
Room early Monday morning re-! Charley, and the Campus
suited in the complete destruction ! Store was badly scorchec, ^
of the Boyett Building, occupying j several plate glass wind° v '^^ the
the northwest corner of the busi-j Casey-Sparks Buildi n £., a f l j n tense
I ^ or accommoda-
r * TV 4. 4.V C «Tn. c AT IT Visitors here for the
Ernest Dimnet, author of The ; b M U jr a
head of the department at Texas I Art of Thinking,” a noted French j cost for the 110 ^h- n C
Military College of Terrell 1918-19. philosopher, is optimistic about the j each student U b e ° ^ S 'v 1 U
In 1922 he obtained his M. A. de-j depression. He believes it will stir I must avm g -gues s ere
gree from Princeton, together with ' the world out of a mental lethargy the room . accomrno a lon ® or
1 made lat e V ^ nnouncement Wl11 be
ervation L tor the method of res -
1 rooms in these halls.
the building occupied by the Ag-jheat . men t was
gieland Studio at an estimated to- j A total loss of all eq1 i! P whose
tal loss of $20,000 which was par- suffered by the tim ee
firms
tially covered by insurance. The; business houses v? eTe ff eC ted by
cadet fire department answered the j Students will also b e a en j or s and
-i u.,4. loci- £j rej as virtually ^ %tures for
Junior individual cla sS lost 1°
alarm but due to temporary lack
of water pressure in the mains,
were unable to Confine the flames
to the lunch room, and were forced
this years Longhor n
the blaze.
were