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THE BATTALION Published Weekly By The Students Of The A. & M. College Of Texas VOLUME 30 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, DECEMBER 2, 1931 NUMBER 11 ONE MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING PLAN ADOPTED * * * * * sH * * * * * * * & * * * * * * * ❖ * * * * * * TURKEY DAY GAME MOST SENSATIONAL IN GRIDIRON HISTORY Aggies Throw Longhorns In Spectacular Battle 7 to 6 Running behind nearly perfect interference, the Aggie backs turned what seemed to be a set-up for Coach Clyde Littlefield’s Texas University Longhorns into glorious victory for a fighting Aggie eleven and once more upheld the tradi tions of Kyle Field; Turkey Day. Coach Matty Bell’s team climaxed a successful season by out-playing and out-scoring the invaders from Austin by a small, yet sufficienly large score of 7-6 . As in the past, the Fightin’ Farmers rose to heights unthought of in earlietf* games to crush a seemingly invin cible herd of Longhorns, while frenzied supporters of both schools sat unmindful of the disagreeable weather and watched sixty min utes of thrills. From the moment the great Koy of Texas carried the ball from mid-field in a drive that resulted in a touchdown until the gun ended the struggle, with the Aggies in possession of the ball deep in Texas territory, the con test was never void of thrills. Domingue Outstanding The hero of the Aggie victory was little “Frenchy” Domingue, sophomore back from Port Arthur, while the heroes even in defeat for Texas were big Ernest Koy of Sealy; and lanky Harrison Staf ford of Wharton, who single hand ed stopped two certain Aggie goal line thrusts. The brilliant offensive and defensive play of Charlie Mai lone, lanky junior from Dallas, marked him as the outstanding end to perform in the conference in recent years. After the first five minutes See TURKEY DAY, on page 3 Three Line Men And Back Make Conference Team The Battalion presents an all conference football team composed of the following men: Ends, Koontz, S M U and Malone, A and M; Tackles, Moulden, A and M and Hammon, S M U; Guards, Moore, A and M and Neeley, S M U; Cen ter, Delcambre of S M U; Quar terback, Elkins, Texas; Halves, Koy Texas and Mason, S M U; Full back, Aston, A and M. Due to the fact that this team was picked prior to the Thanksgiv ing game it is likely that there may have been some changes be cause of the outstanding play of several men since that time. In making the selection Koontz and Malone were placed at the wing posts because both played sensational ball on the offense and their defensive play compares fav orably with any in the conference. The tackles have both been out standing in nearly every game played. Moore and Neeley are con sistent in every game, while Del cambre easily wins his position be cause of punts against A and M and Texas both of which were res ponsible for an S M U victory. Elkins is not a ball carrier of un usual ability but has shown good judgement in running the Texas team this season. Koy and Mason are easily two of the conference’s outstanding backs, while Jimmie Aston fits in well with this pair with his blocking and great de fensive play. Conference Dope Final Southwest conference standing: W L Td Pet Pts Op S. M. U 5 0 1 .917 86 25 T. C. U. ... 4 1 1 .750 39 22 A. and M. .... 3 2 0 .600 47 27 Rice 3 3 0 .500 71 47 Texas U. .. 2 3 0 .400 38 23 Baylor .... .... 1 5 0 .167 32 110 Arkansas .... 0 4 0 .000 25 94 Results Saturday Southern Methodist 0; Texas Christian 0, at Fort Worth. Baylor 0; Rice Institute 20, at Houston. Games This Week. Southern Methodist vs. St. Mary’s at San Francisco. Kyle Field Being Worked Over For 1932 Grid Season A new turf along with a new sea son awaits the 1932 edition of the Texas Aggie gridiron team when the opening whistle sounds for the kick-off next September. Early this week work was begun on the playing field and a complete rejuvenation is in store for the en tire ground. For years Kyle Field has been known as one of the best playing fields in the Southwest conference, and the reputation is due to stand for several more years with the replanting and regrading of the field. E CREW TO OPEN SEASON DEC. 5 Just one week after the close of the gridiron season another Aggie team will embark on the long rug ged jaunt which may lead to a conference title; but this time the battling will be on the hardwoods, when Coach John Reid’s Cagers tackle the strong Humble Oil & Refining company quintet, from Houston, in the Memorial gymna sium, Saturday, December 5. Although daily workouts have been held for the past month, as yet a capable man has not been found to replace the brilliant “Shiro” Hoke, all-conference pivot man and captain of the Aggie last season. Joe Merka, Bryan sopho more, has shown to advantage at the center post thus far but will not be scholastically eligible until February, at least. Five more candidates are now in the race since close of the football season, three of whom have had varsity experience. They are Char lie Malone, Dallas; Paul McFadden, Cleburne; Oran “Dooley” Dawson, Crockett; Ray Murray, Mercedes; and B. M. “Honk” Irwin, Kosse. The first three have had one year’s experience on the varsity, while Murray and Irwin are sophomores. Of the five, none will be handi capped by lack of height, since all See BASKETBALL on page 3 T! T T Fifteen Dollar Reduction Made To Lower College Reg istration Costs. Depression hit a slump among the students last week when the Board of Directors voted a fifteen dollar cut in room rent for the next term. This will make registration cost $140.00 plus lab fees for the second term. The room rent fee was attached to the registration charges in Sep tember 1929 after considerable campaigning on the part of the students during the year before. This money was to pay for the erection- of new dormitories when it became apparent that no appro priations would be available from the state legislature. P. L. Downs, chairman of the building commit tee, stated last week that as soon as newly erected dormitories have been paid for the room rent would probably be discontinued altogeth er. However, at such a time he was unable to commit himself definite ly as to when such action may be taken. Friley Speaks At Seminar Meeting A discussion and explanation of the differences in the college of the yesterday and the present was the topic expanded by Dean Friley in his address at the meeting of the Social Science Seminar last week. It was brought out that en trance examinations of the past required much more math than to day, and a complete knowledge of Latin and Greek. The talk also included a brief description of the work that is being done in the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Chicago, where students are allow ed to attend classes practically as they desire, and take examinations only when they feel that they have learned enough to pass the work. Such type of teaching has been so successful that its adoption is be- contemplated by other colleges. Prof. J. W. Barger, president of the Seminar announced that the next speaker would be Dr. Alexan der Dienst, President of the Texas State Historical Association who will speak on “The Colonization of Texas by Moses and S. F. Austin to the Battle of San Jacinto.” Football Coach Signs New Five Year Contract Commending highly his service for the past three years, the A and M Athletic council renewed Head Coach Matty Bell’s contract for a period of five years and took an indefinite option on his services from that date. Coach Bell came to A and M three years ago to fill the vacancy left by Dana X. Bible, who left A and M to accept a similiar posi tion at the University of Nebraska. With the start of Coach Bell’s reign A and M’s football material was rapidly failing and the season was only fairly successful. It was followed by the worst in recent his tory of Athletics at A and M. Then from the weakest team in the race last year Coach Bell this fall fashioned one of the confer ence strongest elevens, and his work has been praised throughout the Southwest this fall. In all the Southwest there is not to be found a gamer fighter, or a harder worker than Coach Matty Bell of the Texas Aggies. The corps with many ex-students and Aggie foot ball fans joins in the praise of the best coach in the Southwest con ference. It. Barnes Inspects Engineer Corps Unit In Visit Tuesday Lieutenant E. E. Barnes, Oper ations and Training Section, Wash- oington, D. C., stopped here Tues day on his national inspection of Engineer R. O. T. C. units. Two other units will be inspected on the eWst Coast. The object of the tour is liaison, and a more inti mate contact with the Engineer units as well as to obtain a local picture of the conditions under which the work is being carried. Colonel Nelson, Captain Lewis A. Pick, Lieutenant J. S. Seybold, A. C. Moser, Cadet Colonel, and cadet officers of the Engineer Corps, attended a luncheon Tuesday noon in honor of the inspecting officer. Lieutenant Barnes stated that there seemed to be great enthusi asm at all of the colleges in R. O. T. C. work, and that the unfavor able propaganda recently spread by so-called pacifists against mili tary training, was the organized voice of a very small minority. PEACE FIFTH IN Ranson High Point Man Of Team; Wins Fifth Among All Contestants In Hog Judging. Placing fifth in the entire con test, the A and M Livestock Judg ing Team completed its annual tour with the close of the judging in the International Livestock Show in Chicago, November 28th. The variation in score from the score of the highest to the lowest team was four hundred and forty points, and the Aggie Team was within sixty points of the highest score or approximately a difference of one percent. Iowa First Iowa place first; Oklahoma, sec ond; Kansas, third; Ohio, fourth; and Texas A and M fifth. At this contest last year the team place fourth. In the various contests, A and M placed second in Cattle See LIVESTOCK MEN, on page 3 Plans And Sketches Of High School Given To Architect Dept. Three ex-students in Architec ture comprising the Architectural Firm of Peter, Strange, and Brad shaw, of Lubbock, Texas, have do nated to the Architectural Depart ment of the College a complete set of plans and the original ren dering of the new Senior High school which has recently been erected in Lubbock. Mr. N. L. Pe ters is of the class of ’17, Mr. W. T. Strange of ’22, and Mr. W. L. Bradshaw of ’24. This new school, costing consid erably more than five hundred thousand dollars in a complete school unit designed in free adapt ation of the Spanish Style and many compliments have been re ceived by the firm upon their achievement. The original finished rendering, done by Mr. W. H. Fowler, ’20, who is employed by Peter, Strange, and Bradshaw, is conspiciously hung in the Architectural Library and is considered an excellent piece of work. Complete plans of the new thir ty-five story Gulf Building recent ly completed in Houston, have also been received by Mr. Ernest Lang ford, head of the Department of Architecture. These plans are a gift to the department from Mr. A. C. Finn, designer of the build ing and prominent Houston Archi tect. Orchestra Open For Christmas Dances Schunior—Hilliard Preparing To Meet Turkish Debaters , - r G. E. Schunior, Edinburg, and J. F. Hilliard, Rosebud, will repre sent A and M College in a debate with two graduates of Roberts Col lege, Istanbul, Turkey, on Decem ber 12 on the subject, “Resolved: That the United States Should Rec ognize the Union of Soviet Social ist Republics.” The Turkish team, composed of A Galib Rifat and Suha Ziki, hon or graduates of Roberts College, and graduates students in the Unit ed States, are brought to A and M College by the National Student Federation, an institution whose purpose is to create and maintain interesting in debating and general forensic work in institutions of higher learning throughout the world. I t iU > " Board of Directors Plan New Buildings and Changes Immediate construction of a $200,000 agricultural engi neering building, and the drafting of plans for four other buildings totaling a combined expenditure of approximately one million dollars was authorized by the board of directors of the college last week in endorsing one of the largest ex panding programs in the history of the college. The other buildings will include a $250,000 petroleum engineering building, a group of structures for the veterinary hos- :j;pital costing $200,000; animal hus- Sophomores Elect bandry bl,ilding t0 cost $260 - 000; Charske President C. J. Charske, D Battery, F. A., of Dallas, was elected president of the Sophomore class at its first meeting last week. Other officers elected were V. E. Higdon, Teague, vice | president, and J. H. Johnson, Ft. Worth, secretary-treasurer. Lack of time prevented the elec tion of the remaining officers, class historian and representative on the Student Welfare Council. The elec tion of these officers will be held at a later date which has not yet been selected. FI Group To Select State Candi dates For Elimination In Scholarship Of Internation al Fame. Dean Charles E. Friley, of the school of arts and sciences, Texas A and M College, has accepted in vitation to serve as chairman of the Texas State Committee of Sel ection for the Rhodes Scholarships this year which will meet here December 5 to decide on Texas can didates for the scholarship awards. Dean Friey has invited members of the Texas committee, of which Prof. H Trantham, Baylor Univ ersity, is permanent secretary, to meet at the college here for it nom inations. Invitation to serve as chairman of the Texas committee was ex tended by President Frank Ayde- lotte of Swartmore College, Swar- thmore, Penna., who is American secretary of the Rhodes Scholar ship Trust. In keeping with procedure put into effect the past year, the Unit ed States has been divided into eight districts of six state each for the selection of Rhodes schol ars. Each state committee will sel ect two men, making twelve candi dates for each district. From these twelve, each district committee will select four men for the awards. This method is expected to result in more equitable selection of stu dents on basis of general qualifi cations. Campus Serenaders Reading from left to right: Pinky Shumate, Larry Cook, Pete Baughn, director, ^ Vincent Foote, Beau Comet, Joe Latta, Harold Gieb, manager, j 0 Siecke, Littlejohn, e Dillon. Serenaders Busy Contracting Dances For Xmas Holidays The Campus Serenaders are now contracting engagements to play for the several Christmas dances stag ed by the A and M clubs. They have several novelty numbers as attractions and are considered one of the best college orchestras in the southwest. The Serenaders were first organ ized in 1923 and have continued to function since then. There are three men in the band who have been working on their Master’s degree, Pete Baughn, Paul Siecke, and Joe Latta. The remainder are undergraduates. All these men have been playing in orchestras for the past years and are consid ered excellent musicians. and an administration building whose cost is yet to be determined. Swimming Pool The swimming pool, which was authorized at an earlier meeting, will be constructed at once at a cost of $60,000. This order for these buildings is the largest in the history of the institution and on completion will so materially effect the campus as to produce an entirely new appear ance. These changes and improve ments are possible through the use of college’s share of the proceeds of the University’s oil lands. Campus beautification plans were also adopted in the meeting, which will include the removal of austin and Pfeuffer Halls, the re pair of Guion Hall, and the clear ing of 450 acres of timber south of the college for use by the agri cultural department. Sterling Thanked While in session, the board ex pressed its thanks and appreciation to Adjutant-General W. W. Ster ling for his co-operation with the college in the service rendered by his department whenever needed. Work on the new building pi’o- gram has not been completed, as the board will meet again next Sunday in a special called session to go further into detail of differ ent parts of the program. Football And Cross Country Letters Go To Twenty-nine Men The A. and M. Athletic Council has awarded the coveted “T” to twenty five members of the 1931 football squad, four members of the Cross Country team, and Freshman numerals to twenty four members of the Freshman football squad. Of the twenty five members of the Varsity squad to receive their football letters ten are backs, three, ends, four tackles, five guards, and three centers. Moulden, Magrill, and Christian are receiv ing this award for the third time. More letter awards for varsity football were made this year than in recent years. Those who won their letters are: Willis Nolan, Santa Rosa; H. R. Hornsby, Austin; Oli ver Guseman,.Houston; Jack Chris tian, Abilene; A. A. (Bus) Moore, Itasca; Byrom Magrill, Marshall; Carl Moulden, captain, Cisco; Char lie Cummings, Bryan; Luther Bell, Harlengen; Ray Murray, Mercedes; Charlie Malone, Dallas; Paul Mc Fadden, Cleburne; Henry Graves, Corsicana; W. W. Hewitt, Groes- beck; Jimmie Aston, Farmersville; Clifford Domingue, Port Arthur; Rue Barfield, Port Arthur; George Lord, Jordanton; Ted Spencer, Gil mer; Nelson Rees, Dallas; Oran Dawson, Crockett; Earl Rudder, Eden; J. E. Robertson, Austin; Walter Davis, Fort Worth; W. B. Williams, Greenville. Cross country letters were a- warded to Captain Melton Smith, Sulphur Springs; Hector Fuentes, Saltillo Mexico; Salvidor Marquez, Yorktown; H. C- Smith, Fort Worth. See LETTERS on page 2 Father Sa-leJ-W mb. The automobile may be ruining the young er generation, but there is no question about what the young er generation is doing to the auto mobile.