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THE BATTALION f Published Weekly By The Students Of The A. & M. College Of Texas VOLUME XXX COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, JANUARY 6, 1932 NUMBER 14 Faculty Member Seriously Hurt In Holiday Auto Crash Electrical Engineers Plan Annual Dance Plans for the annual Electrical Engineers’ Dance in March are ;speedily nearing completion with <only a definite selection of the or chestra yet remaining. At a recent meeting :©f the senior Electrical Engineering students the following .officers were elected: C. W. Eng lish, Dallas, chairman dance com mittee; J. R. McMahon Jr., Colum bus, finances; R. R. Krezdorn, Se- guin, decorations; and M. P. Brooks, Mt. Vernon, in charge of advertising. Unusual lighting effects will feature the decorative scheme. K. H. Beach In Hospital Fol lowing Accident Sunday— Others Hurt In Previous Bus Crash. Horned Frogs Back From Kansas Trip- Ready For Season By Standard Lambert. Sports Writer—T. C. U. Skiff FORT WORTH, Jan. 6.—Follow ing their barnstorming tour of the middle west during the Christmas holidays in which they lost but one game, the champion Texas Christian Horned Frog basketeers have returned to Fort Worth to make preparations for the initia tion of the 1932 basketball season. They go to Waco Saturday night to meet the strong Baylor Bears. In spite of the fact that the cham pions have practically the same team back from 1931, Coach Schmidt is of the opinion that the opening tilt will be one of the hardest of the year. Lose To Wichita Although the Schmidtmen drop ped at 31-to-27 decision to the Wichita (Kan.) Henries, national A. A. U. champions of 1931, the Horned Frog mentor was well pleased with the results of the trip. The defensive department, es pecially that of the forwards, was materially improved; the offensive clicked better than previously, and the experience in stiff competition in this early part of the season was invaluable. The Frogs administer ed the Southwest Teachers of Ada, Oklahoma, the first defeat they have suffered on their home court since 1927. Unless injuries are inflicted dur ing this week of practice, the en tire squad of an even dozen play ers will be intact for the opening game. Capt. Doc Sumner’s hand injury received in the Baylor foot ball game November 21, is prac tically healed. Walker Shows Good Form Elbert “Flash” Walker, sopho more forward from Ralls, is de veloping rapidly, and has proved a serious contender to Dietzel’s and Sumner’s scoring crown. Diet- (See FROGS on page 3) Holiday accidents drew an unus ual heavy toll on A and M students during the Christmas holidays cli maxing with an automobile crash Sunday afternoon south of College Station when two cars collided. The injured are: PROFESSOR K. H. BEACH, Horticulture Department; pelvis bone fractured and minor bruises. K. L. BATJER, Houston, broken nose and bruises. C. K. SEAMAN, Houston, and a student here, severe cuts on arm. MARTEL DANSBY, Bryan, stu dent in Allen Academy, severe bruises, possibly internal. The seriousness of the injuries sustained by Dansby are still un determined. Latest reports from both hospitals; Professor Beach at the Wilkerson Memorial Hospital and young Dansby at the Bryan Hospital; indicate that both of them are resting well and their conditions show signs of marked improvement. Mrs. Batjer and son, John, and Charles Praeger; the latter two both students; were in the car but received no injuries. Both cars were demolished. Another accident in which A and M students were injured happened the day school was dismissed for the Christmas holidays when a truck sideswiped a Greyhound Bus near Wellborn, Texas. L. F. Guse- man, student from Beaumont, re ceived an injury which necessitated the amputation of one of his fin gers. A. F. Phillips, Orange, and A. B. Stevens, driver of the bus, were not seriously hurt. The bus was loaded with students en route home to spend the holidays. AGGIES BATTLE Company B Infantry Noses Out Engineers Winning Rifle Shoot OPENER SAT. Following one of the most suc cessful series of pre-season games in history in which they have won all five of their starts to date, the Aggie cage five will make their initial bid for Southwest confer ence honors when they meet the Rice Owl quintet on the latter’s home floor in Houston, Saturday night. Among the victims of the Aggie five in pre-season games is list ed the Sam Houston Bearkats from Huntsville and the strong Texaco Oil Company team of Houston. The Bearkats lost to Coach Reid’s boys 30 to 27 and later defeated the Owls Houston, while the Texaco five boast such stars as “Shiro” Hoke, former all-conference center; Kiersky, former Baylor University star and Jake Looney who flashed brilliantly on the hardwoods for the Texas Longhorns. Although the injury of Lester “Squawk” Veltman, may hamper considerably the Aggie chances in the game Saturday night, because of the victory won by the Sam Houston Bearkats over the Rice Owls, the Maroon and White will rule a slight favorite over the fea thered tribe. Veltman’s sprained ankle has repeatedly refused to respond to treatment and may cause him to again be a spectator for the second time this season. Should Veltman be absent from the line-up Saturday night, any of four or five squadmen are likely to be found at his post. Some of those who have played at that po sition are “Dutch” Doche; “Pete” Robertson; E. S. Horn and C. G. King. Other than Veltman’s position the same used in former games this season which consists of Moody and Marcum, forwards; Dawson, center and Captain Charlie Beard at the other guard post. ELEVEN GET DEGBEEB AS T ENDS ^ oar ^ L° wers Room Rent For Company “B” Infantry was de clared intramural rifle shooting champions when they nosed Com pany “C” Engineers out by a scant one point margin to win with a score of 473 to 472. Three teams, Battery “E” Artil lery, Troop “B” Cavalry, and Com pany “D” Infantry, tied for third place with a score of 470 points each. The individual medal for high place was won by J. A. Hilgers, a member of the winning team, whose score was 99 out of a pos sible hundred. The scores of the other members of the winning team were: R. H. Illingsworth 96, C. E. McMurray 95, J. U. Parker 92, and J. M. Pennycuick 91. The individual high score this year surpases that of last year as does the winning teams totals. Probably the feature thing about this year’s matches is the relative ly few points separating the five leading teams. All the firing in the different matches was done under the super vision of Lt. L. R. Nachman, coach of the varsity rifle team. Future of Football Must Follow Ideas of Sport-Not Business As Two Universities Fire Coaches (College News Service) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.—What is to be the future of football? A turmoil of post-season argu ments this week continued to rage throughout the country—while coa ches on most campi set about the task of organizing their gridiron forces for next year. The controversy, however, was interpreted by most observers as being a manifestation of something more than “mere talk,” and many predicted that fundamental chang es in the present system of inter collegiate athletics might be ex pected in the surprisingly near fu ture. Two Coaches Fired In fact, two casualties among the coaching ranks within the past few days left sport writers won dering just what is in store for Intramural Grid Race Has First Game Saturday Candidates for graduation numb er two for the degree of Master of Science, and nine for degrees in Bachelor of Science, it was an nounced by the Registrar’s office Wednesday morning. Of these list ed it is possible that some of these may not graduate. The candidates included: Master of Science Ben Ager Dixon, Vaugh, Miss. Agriculture; and Traber Norman Dobbins, Bay Springs, Miss. Science. Bachelor of Science. Agriculture Administration: Wil liford Horace Majors, Port Arthur, Texas; and Alfred Moore Pendle ton, Dallas, Texas. Agriculture: Naim Mohammed Abu-Dabbeh, Jaffa, Palestine; Tho mas Wayne Hillin, Cherokee, Tex as; Allen V. Pearson, Del Rio, Tex as; Ke Tun Shen, Washington, D. C.; and Clifton Court Warren, San Antonio, Texas. Mechanical Engineering: Alfred Henry Rawlins, Ennis, Texas. Petroleum Production Engineer ing: Fred McKennie Clement, Ard more, Okla. Friley Gives Fish Numeral Sweaters To Twenty-four lovers of the “grand old game” next fall. The first of the recent casualties was “Chick” Meehan of New York University, who resign ed as head mentor under a heavy fire of criticism directed at his so- called “big business” methods of athletic direction. Last week, at a Teachers’ Insti tute here, Dr. Jay B. Nash, prof essor of education at New York U-, boldly predicted the early de cline of the present pigskin heg emony and asserted that the pou- larity of football already is on the wane. A reorganization of the Uni versity’s athletic department along more conservative lines previously had been announced. Wittmer Dismissed Meanwhile, the name of Albert D. Wittmer, who succeeded Coach (See FOOTBALL on page 3) Intramural football is due to get under way Saturday when six teams clash in the opening games of the season. The coaches and members of every team realize that competition this year will be as strong if not stronger than in any previous season and all are work ing with the idea in mind to have the best team they possibly can on the field when the whistle blows for the initial kickoff. Many factors indicate that a bet ter brand of Intramural football than is accustomed to being play ed here will be seen by the specta tors this year. Every team is well stocked with a number of men who have seen service in previous years, the coaches have had more time than usual to develop team work among the players, and there is an abundance of reserve material on every squad. The Composites and the Second Infantry have the honor of open ing the season at 2 o’clock on field No. 2. These team are apparently well matched, the Composites are fortunate in having more men to draw from this year by the Second Infantry is “out for blood” and to avenge the large number of de feats they have met in the past few years. Just thirty minutes after the first game starts the whistle will open the second game between the Second Artillery and the Cavalry, on field No. 1. Neither of these teams have ever failed to give notice to their opponets that they are always considered a serious contender for the championship. The third game will start at three thirty on field No. 2 when the First Artillery tackles the En gineers in a game that promises to be anything but slow. Both teams should be stronger this yeax than last and results of last years games show that the Engineers were tied for second place and the First Artillery was only half game behind them. A new form was inaugurated in presenting the freshmen numeral awards Tuesday night when Dean C. E. Friley, head of the athletic council, gave twenty-four members of the ’35 class their sweaters. As each respective name was called off by Dean Friley, the member rose and received his token of award from Head P’reshmen Coach Ros well Higginbotham. Other mem bers of the staff comprised of Coaches Joel Hunt, Barlow Irwin, and D. W. Carlton, business man ager; were present. Dean Friley stated that this years squad was the most prom ising freshman team in the past years. Many New Ideas And Theories Of Science Presented In New Orleans Meeting Of Science Group. Bryan Chamber of Commerce Announces Plan For Free Round Trip Bus For A. & M. Students 1932-1933 Session Twenty Dollars Set As Room Fee—Plans Made To Pave Campus Streets. • Cutting the room rent for the school year of 1932-33 and making plans for the paving of streets on the campus, the Board of Direc tors meeting in Dallas Sunday worked further toward the better ment of the college and to cut school expenses. As a result of this room rent for registration next fall will be twenty dollars. At an earlier meeting of the board, rent for the term beginning the last of this month was cut from thirty dollars to fifteen dollars. This was for this term only. The board, in making this re duction, expressed itself as feel ing that they were unable to make any more cut than this at the time, but are working to the continual improvement of the buildings and grounds, and at the same time are sparing the students as much ex pense as possible. Decision to pave several streets on the campus was made, and the work will begin soon. Street pav ing has proceeded on the campus at a relatively slow rate, but, in accordance with the new building program, many additional improve ments are being planned. Colley Wins Five Dollar Prize For Holiday Card Work The best Linoleum Block Cut for a Christmas Card made by Archi tectural Students was given con sideration before the Christmas holidays, and prizes were given by the Architectural Department for the three best submitted. The First Prize of five dollars was awarded to R. S. Colley of Yoakum, for a cut of an old home stead near Brenham. Second prize of three dollars was won by R. M. Garza, Monterrey, who submitted an original block cut of the Three Wise Men. A modern adaptation of a Christmas Reindeer, present ed by F. S. Scott of Little Rock, won the third prize of two dollars. The judges awarded the prizes only with great difficulty as near ly all of the blocks were of such character to make a decision hard to reach. Scientists Study Einstein Theory Review Ideas Fish Cagers Win From Hearne High With Heavy Score (Intercollegiate Press) NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6—While at Pasadena, California, Albert Einstein was praising American scientists as the world’s leaders in the field of research, the leaders themselves last week were holding their annual “discovery” meeting here. It was significant that one of the outstanding papers read before members of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science tended to prove Einstein’s well-known, though little under stood theory of relativity. The proof, according to Drs. Roy J. Kennedy and Edward M. Thorn- dyke of the California Institute of Tecnology, was obtained by prac tical experiments with apparatus whidh they built to show that time is not absolute. Other “discoveries” which illus trated the scientific strides being taken by American college research workers included: A method of sterilizing milk and other liquids by bombarding them with sound waves—Drs. Newton Gaines and L. A. Chambers of Tex as Christian University. Isolation of a germ believed to be the cause of polimyelitis (in fantile paralysis)—Dr. Frederick Eberson, University of California. Squad Cut To Eighteen Men Following Return From Hol idays—Team Yet To Test Its Winning Power. Coach Klepto Holmes’ Aggie freshman basketball team display ed a world of power and goal shoot ing ability in slaughtering the Hearne high school cagers 56 to 17 Friday, December 18. Coach Hol mes used every man on the squad in this melee in order to prove each player’s ability. The team was cut down to ei ghteen men Monday, January 4. This was the second cut since the freshmen squad was organized. The original eighty were cut to thirty and then to eighteen. The men remaining on the team are: J. B. Bisby, Houston; W. A. Beazeale, Crockett; R. E. Connelly, Fort Worth; G. W. Cox, San An- M. q Dillingham, Fort Worth; D av jd son> San Mar- Huito r°' Gregory ’ Tyler; T ' L ' , O’ Co ahoma; R- A. Klein, Tex- ai -ana, d ^ Waxahachie; A. ~si A n \ SpUr; C ‘ C ‘ Latham ’ s P ur ; MiNeely^ler, Fentress; M L. Valiev V- Br y an > W - G - McCubbin ’ Paso J^*; T - H - Terre11 ’ E1 ’ * ^ Womble, Bryan; and ^ e e Fish on page 3) The Flag Pole In answer to many inno cent questions of the corps, the flag-pole will not* be orange in color, but will be painted with aluminum paint sometime next week. In repairing the pole, it was made about six feet higher, not including the loss in height through bending before it was remodeled. With the exception of a bit of steel work and weld ing, the work on the pole was done by student labor through the holidays. When possible, it is a good plan to use student labor, since at its best, work is scarce for students here as compared to other places. Sometime soon work will begin on the old stand-pipe, which will be dismantled and used in many ways. Perhaps selfish outside in terests will demand that they be permitted to do all this work too, that we may take advantage of their specializ ed training. Schedule Starts Thursday Af ternoon ; Others May Be Added Soon. Mustang Colts Strongest Cage Team In History By Charles A. Burton Sports Editor, Semi-Weekly Campus—S. M. U. Dallas, Jan. 6—Boasting a fast breaking offense that is already clicking with precision and speed and a defense that is holding op ponents well in check, the fresh man basketeers of Southern Me thodist University are shaping up as the strongest first year five in the history of the school. They looked so g.ood in early sea son practice sessions school offi cials entered them in the Dallas Major City League, one of the fast est amateur circuits in the state, and the Colts came through in great style in their initial loop start by downing the veteran Dr. Pepper quintet, a league title fav orite, in an overwhelming victory. The ease with which they coasted to their lop-sided win astounded even their staunchest supporters and caused Jimmie St. Clair, var sity mentor, no end of joy. Ten On Squad The squad has been cut to ten men, among whom are numbered three all-state men and two other former high school stars who have received all-state mention, as well as some former junior college standouts. Whitey Baccus, sensational little scoring ace, is a former all-state performer from Estelline and has (See COLTS on page 3) Attempting to improve business in Bryan and to encourage student trade, the Bryan Chamber of Com merce announced Tuesday after noon that, sponsored by that body and with the co-operation of the Bryan-College Traction Company, goodwill busses will leave the Col lege at 2:30 on Thursday and Sat urday afternoons, providing free round-trip transportation to Bryan for students. Plans are not yet complete for future arrangements, they being pending upon the way in which the goodwill busses for this week are accepted by the students. If stu dents will take advantage of the arrangements made through the co-operation of the business men of Bryan, it will act to the mutual advantage of both. All plans con cerning future arrangements are tentative until it is possible to de termine how they are accepted by the student body. Should the trade increase as hoped the arrangement will be elaborated upon and made of a more permanent nature. Abbott-Burns Wed During Holidays A quiet wedding was solemized during the Christmas holidays at which Miss Virginia Burns of Fort Worth and Mr. J. P. Abbott of the English Department were married The ceremony took place in Cuere the 23rd of December at the home of the bride’s grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Burns. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott are to their friends in one of the Boyett Apartments while awaiting the completion of their home in College Park. Story Contest Closed-Winners Being Selected Fine Group Of Stories Sub mitted At Close Of Contest —Prize Winners To Be An nounced At Once. The Battalion short story con test closed at mid-night last night. Response to the contest was very gratifying, and many good stories were submitted. Judges will begin the work at once, hoping to select the prize winners before the next issue of The Battalion. It is hoped to have the first prize story print ed in the magazine number for this month, which will be issued Wednesday the thirteenth. Awards for the stories are twen ty dollars for the first prize; ten dollars for the second, and five dollars for the third. A complete list of winners will be announced as soon as possible. Well Known Scientists Take “Mathematical Philosophy”— Einstein Enrolls As Pupil By JAMES CRENSHAW, Editor College News Service PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 6. — (Special to The Battalion)—A new student was registered at the Cal ifornia Institute of Technology this week. His name is Albert Einstein. He could hardly be called a fresh man, since this is his second term at the Institute, but he admitted frankly that he is just a beginner —a star pupil, perhaps, in a pri mary class of students puzzling over the problems of creation. The special course for which he has enrolled could rightfully be titled, “Mathematical Philosophy.” Three Noted Pupils Also enrolled are three other pupils who also stand near the head of the class—Dr. Willem De Sitter, famous astronomer of the Univer sity of Leyden in Holland, who, too, arrived last week to register for the course; Dr. Edwin S. H u b ble, equally famous astronomer o the Mt. Wilson Observatory, an Dr. Richard C. Tolman, Ga e P 1Sn. however, * ^ it o confine himself to any room or laboratory- inc iuding hear numerous lecture ^ ^ jiiiii- at least one by Dr. ^° T bel t jtute, and kan, director of the l nS ’n u b- to divide his time h^Yoo-inch tele- ble’s world’s-largesL ^ Caltech i scope and studies ° n campus. obtain « eW Here primarily t0 . rt jfy a P 03- data so that he °£ electricity I sible unified theo r ^ ° - n will hold and gravitation, B! inS with Dr - numerous discus 3 ’ 0 ^ n concern- Hubble and Dr. ^ s been gain ing information th 3 *' , exp 6 ^ 01611 ^ oH hv observaf-.mrt ^ 1)