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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.
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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.
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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
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