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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1932)
2 THE BATTALION THE BATTALION Student weekly published by the students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. Member of The National College Press Association. Exclusive reprint rights of this paper are granted to The College News Service and to The Intercollegiate Press. Advertising rates on request. Subscription rate $1.75 per year. EDITORIAL STAFF CLAUDE M. EVANS Editor-in-Chief PHILIP JOHN n Managing Editor M. J. BLOCK Associate Editor D. B. McNERNEY Associate Editor W. J. FAULK Sports Editor H. G. STROMBERGER Columnist C. E. BEESON Staff Correspondent J. L. KEITH Art Editor RUSTY SMITH Cartoonist W. 0. SANDERS Cartoonist Reportorial Staff: R. A. Wright, R. L. Elkins, E. L. Williams, G. M. Dent, Lewis Gross, E. C. Roberts, W. H. Mecom. BUSINESS STAFF B. G. ZIMMERMAN Advertising Manager TOM C. MORRIS Assistant Adv. Manager TRYGVE BOGEVOLD Assistant Adv. Manager E. M. LIEM Circulation Manager GEORGE C. BRUNDRETT Assistant Circulation Mgr. A New Year—Leap Year! New Year’s Day this year ushered in a leap year with its usual crop of half-broken resolutions, (already lukewarm) a national elec tion, and super-suffraged women. A novel suggestion regarding New Year’s resolutions might be to restrict your resolutions to so few that it will not be difficult to keep tab of them. One good resolution adhered to, or even a fair one, is better than a thousand excellent broken resolutions. Resolutions have become so feeble in meaning that they are now a standing joke, rehearsing once a year. Most of us have the idea that when once a resolution is broken it should be no longer adhered to. It is much harder, very much harder, to break yourself of habit, once broken and re-acquired. Test your will power, and when the next New Year has rolled around may you be proud to point out a resolution well adhered to, or a lapse compensated. This new year is more than just a new year; it is Leap Year and the male population desity of college station is likely to make this place a happy hunting ground for the ladies, God bless ’em. If you lads are looking for a bed of roses, stay away from the brainy but poor women. Find the rich and dumb type. If your inclinations are toward celibacy, look your worst, my lads, and have that No and that Nay on the tip of your tongues. Are Outside Interests In Institutions Purely Financial? • An article apearing in the San Antonio Express recently tells of a concerted move by builders and contracting associations of the state to cause to be brought before the state legislature, a bill requiring construction at A and M College and other state schools to be let by contracting awards on a competitive basis, with plans and specifications to be prepared by private architects and engineers. The article goes further to say that: “Proponents of the move point out that—building is a highly specialized industry, making it im possible for all details to get proper attention under the plan now used. To place the entire responsibility—on directors of the experiment station is to court the possibility that one portion or another will not receive the necessary attention—where one person is the engineer, contractor and builder, the possibility that he is experienced in each line is remote.” It might interest the builders to know that: the college has a Ouilding department in the division of buildings and grounds, composed of men with the knowledge and ability to carry on the building, that the college save 10% to 15% on its buildings with the present method, that it can make changes in the building without the red-tape and extra cost of changing a contract, that it can construct its buildings to suit its needs, that it need not figure any profit and thus has no incentive to sacrifice construction and materials for greater profits, and since it has to, the college can safely economize. The men in charge of instruction are not as thought, steeped with theory and devoid of practical knowledge, but with the training and experience and interest necessary to make construction for the best interests of the institution. If the building profession as well as others would have their fingers in other pots as well as jack-pots when the interest of the institution was at stake, perhaps we would not find it necessary to economize. Cramming And Studying Three weeks from tonight the first term will be over. The time to study is now. If you are one of those who depends on cramming to get by, it is time for you to start. Cramming is not a good practice and you lose the benefit of your work by trying to condense in three weeks the work which is difficult to finish in four and a half months. Conditions at this college may be such that allow you to get by in this fashion but you will not always manage to squeeze by. If you think yourself satisfied with such a state of affairs you must kick yourself out of your lethargy. Get busy, benefit by the experience you are getting in trying such a thing. If you are a freshman you are in a position to break the habit more easily than others. “Getting by” will not bring you the grade points necessary to graduate. Just “getting by” will not bring you success. Just “getting by” will not get you the respect of your fellow men. Nor will it enhance your self respect. Three weeks is a short time to make amends for fifteen weeks of indolence but three weeks will be enough time for some of you to save yourselves from repeating a course unnecessarily. Remember every failure is a black mark against your name that cannot be erased. They are permanent damages to your record, morale, and good name. TAMBIJT COMMENT No longer does the bright gleam atop the dome of the main building lead the foot-sore “air-minded” freshmen home from “airing out” parties. “Old Army,” Prexy’s Moon is no more. It makes the old men feel sad to see the darkness surrounding the main building where once there was light. Prexy’s moon, a cherished past of a school steeped in tradition, has gone on, either because it was the target for many a poorly aimed shot or because it was deemed a queer sight for a college building. If the latter is true, I have but one thing to say, Aggieland and its traditions are not for outsiders and what do we care for outsider’s thoughts. If the former is true I believe that the cadet corps would rather give up a target for mid-night rifle practice than to lose one of its most beautiful traditions. It means much to A and M students but it means much more to ex-students; men who have not seen its glimmer for years come back in expectations of seeing one tangible link to their college days. Old classmates have gone on, some never to be seen again; old buildings have been razed, but Prxy’s Moon should still be there. Old Army, we want Prexy’s Moon back. Let’s do our share in getting it back. —H. W. N. YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT LEAVING SCHOOL AT THE END OF THE TERM Yes, a lot of us have to face the same conditions each year at about this time. Things don’t seem to be going just right, we are deficient in about half of our studies, and there seems little use in trying any longer. So to escape the struggle we just decide to drop out of school and end all scholastic worries. You have had to work so hard this year; have had so many mis understandings with Fate and animate beings, that to have the discon tent capped with the ill fate that has recently befallen you is the last straw that can be added to your mental burden. It is enough to put you in the condition where you have no desire to fight back. You know, it is easy to be on the winning side and stay in the game. It is also extremely easy to say that you are beaten; it is easy to die; it is easy to crawfish and crawl in a hole to escape the trials and tribulations in the complexities of existence; but to fight and to fight and fight when there isn’t even a ray of hope on the cloudy horizon, well, that’s the best fight of all; the fight that wins the games of life that are lost by weaker opposition and resistance. That is the kind of fight that real men like to see in each other, because they know that a will-power and a spirit like that cannot lose in the end. So think it over and see if you are not just trying to fool yourself into hiding out of something that is really your battle and cannot be fought by anyone else. Of course there are strategic reasons for dropping out before the term is ended, as some do, to keep their names from going on the books under the classification of “dropped for scholastic failures” so that you will not have to go through with this humiliation or be refused the privelege of re-entering the following term. But even the man that does this is fooling himself into believing that he is beating disaster at its own game. I know that there will be those that will have to discontinue their education temporarily because of financial reasons, and it is not at such students as these that this is directed. Students in such a condi tion as this should be a beacon of light, spreading beams of hope and courage to those that have the financial means of carrying on their education. Be glad that you are one of the fortunates that can attend an educational institution at such a trying time for the whole world economically. It is your battle to be fought alone. You can make of it just what you put into it and no more.—W. 0. Sanders. Prosperity Next! Prosperity will be featured in the next magazine which will be ready for distribution next Wednesday night. One of the feature will include a story submitted in the short story contest, and a cover by J. L. Keith, artist. Contributions for this number should be turned in at once. The Bryan Chamber of Commerce is to be congratulated upon its move to stimulate business, by making possible a reduction in trans portation rates to Bryan. Co-operation is as keen in time of need, as competition is in time of plenty. If the two could be together always there would be no more hard times. Now that the holidays are over and we are gradually sobering up to campus life once more, we are inclined to reminisce over the past few weeks we have spent else where. Think back over the major in stances that occurred during the holidays in each of your respective lives, leaving out of course the var ious dances and parties that you attended. The most important thing that struck most of us was the differ ent bread and soup lines that pre vailed in the larger cities. And more particular in these lines were the expressions on the occupants faces. Did you ever see such a whipped, hang-dog countenance be fore in all of your life? No, you haven’t! Which all leads back to depres sion “talk.” Someone has said that “if we quit talking about depres sions, there will not be any depres sion.” I can’t agree with that per son when I see long lines of wait ing men who have been “licked” and do not care for life any longer, j and these same men who will just naturally drift, and if temptation come strong enough, will resort to crime and become obssessive to dope and liquor. Think back still farther. We didn’t have this condition be fore. Then, you will ask yourself who is to blame. Numerous theor ies, no doubt, will prevail upper most in your mind. Capitalism, pol iticians, Wall Street, Stock Ex changes, gold standards, war, high standards of living, low standards of living, and so on. We can cite so many cases, yet there is no solution that any one has offered that has been acepted. And what about it? Are the stu dents themselves taking any active interest in this difficulty. Again, we say most emphatically, NO! In other countries we read of student participation in govern ment, student strikes, student pa rades, etc., but not so in the good ol’ U. S. A. No siree, we don’t haveta. We just let a bunch of pol iticians graft us out of house and home with their neat ways of pass ing various taxes on gasoline, cig arettes, county fees, etc. Then they waste over half of their time lob bying around in their various of fices while at meetings, do noth ing but inflate the air with their blah and ballyhoo. But friend pub lic is blind to all this, or if they are not sightless, they don’t care. It is time some definite meas ure was taken. It is past time; but if Mr. and Mrs. Citizen will contri bute dollars to hot kitchens, it is opportune that MR. and MISS Col legiate contribute sense to relieve the situation. It seems plausible enough that we can turn our minds from engi neering, agriculture, and science for an hour or so a day and look in to situations that concern us most vitally. Especially the seniors. What is that class to do after June 4th, 1932? So, instead of majoring our bull pens with our experiences over the holidays, let’s minor it with ways that we can alter this situation when we become Mr. Citizen. Engineers-Cavalry Win Intramural Cage Titles As Race Ends The lead of Company C Engi neers in the Intramural race was lengthened when the quintet rep resenting that organization defeat ed Company C Infantry in the class A basketball finals. Five teams, those of Co. B Signal Corps; C Infantry; A Artillery; C Engi neers; and G Infantry, went into the semi-finals. The men comprising the winning team were: E. J. Shepherd, A. G. ODD THINGS AND NEW By Lame Bode )1GN OF /) HflM DtALBR in Richmond,!/a m wm- m wek Ip'*' cSS UhF Of {RUZtRS KIRKZ- -in Copenha^en- HASA SfAIRCASe ON THE OUTSIDE ime Rem r sf>m am/ -YWIS IS HOW H£ lOOKS-ftHD HE lives RT SLRIZR.MO. — NCrr THE NORTH POLE- C McGur« Newspaper Syndicate M fiLElieR- muto iHpem,\LL AFYEf? 52?PM -ri?AV/£/S m? mss -ro v - RZRCH PZORlR- - 9 mues Rmy / King, J. P. Miller, L. R. Moore, W. R. Faust, G. E. Carpenter, R. H. Klein and R. J. Roach. Troop C Cavalry won the class B title by defeating Company A Signal Corps in the finals, after these two teams with Companies B and F Infantry had reached the semi-finals. S. E. Grove, A. B. Fisk, R. P. Marshall, J. B. Bisby, and T. B. Sebastian composed the team during the deciding fray, but D. S. Wingo, L. D. Zapp, J. H. Brown, W. J. Reed, and N. J. Tay lor were on the squad. Curtis And Travis Place In National Architect Contest The Architectural Department of A and M College received nation wide recognition by winning sev eral of the awards in the periodi cal Beaux Arts Competition re cently. Three Senior Problems of a XIV Century Wall Tomb were submitted, and two of the prob lems placed; W. M. Curtis of Cov ington, Okla. winning first mention and R. 0. Davis of Mexia winning mention. Awards of one-half mention on a Sophomore Problem of the Two Pylons at the Entrance of a Bridge were made by: J. H. Brown, Hous ton; L. E. Kojak, Beaumont; S. J. Krenek, Caldwell; M. D. Lovett, Roby; C. 0. McCurdy, San Antonio; and R. W. Zumwalt, Shreveport. The Department of Architecture is gradually making a reputation by repeatedly placing in these com petitions in which all major col leges of the nation are represent ed. Denver University Now Offering Credits For Work Taught By Radio (College News Service) Denver, Jan. 6.—Credits toward a regular college degree will be of fered to radio listeners who suc cessfully pass examinations after a series of educational broadcasts sponsored by Denver University, it was announced this week. Subjects to be taught include his tory, languages, physchology, poli tical science, English and a course in short story writing. A small fee is to be collected from radio fans, who will be asked to enroll by mail. HOLCOMB-THOMAS WED Ernest Holcomb, College Station and Miss Erin Thomas of Temple were married during the holidays. THEM GOOD MALTED MILKS We Still Make Them! King’s, Whitman’s and Pangburn’s Candies Holmes Bros. Confectionery Bryan Phone 221 For Your Convenience SPECIAL RATES 10:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M.—80*! per hour per alley. Any number may play on each alley. Bryan Bowling Alley H. T. MAST, ’24, Mgr. THE PAN By D. B. McNerney Back to earth, young man— the merry yuletide has past and there’s much to be done ere the fatal day of reckoning is upon us. Aye, and if you are like us, you need no warning. Outside— A badly informed cricket merri ly sings away and omnious clouds rumble overhead. Evident ly this mid-summer weather has even old mother nature buffaloed for all her best laid plans seem to have gone haywire. By the simple process— . of elimination we will all settle down for three educational weeks. Football season and Christmas have been checked off the calendar so nothing else re mains for us to do. Such is col lege life, we suppose—because we’ve only been to one college, thanks be to Allah. The only way we see— to solve the unemployment prob lem is for all the nations to de- cclare war upon each other. That will make wages and everything soar ‘way up, then when all the “big-money” men find that such a procedure is ruinous financial ly, they will declare peace and leave us “little fellows” with pockets bulging and fattened bank accounts when the next panic “cycles” in. Someone just asked us— where all the money was coming from to start this. We don’t know but it’s a good idea anyway— at least, as good as some our prominent politicians and econ omists have offered, eh wot? Oscar Zilch said— that he didn’t think Mr. Hoover’s moritorium idea would include a suspension in the poll-tax this year. So long until next week at this same hour!!!!! Dr. LAMAR JONES Dentist X-Ray Second Floor City National Bank Building Bryan, Texas | The Aggieland j j Barber Shop ( i j (Next to Aggieland Pharmacy)? j First Class Work at all | ( times. | | “Service With A Smile” | I R. W. IVY, Prop. j l | “Boys Glad To See You Back” Happy New Year to you! Again we thank you for past favors; and invite you now, to see our new' Packard shoes, serge shirts and breeches, wool shirts, suede and corduroy jack ets, wool sweeters, combi nation raincoats and slick ers. Also pajamas, bath robes and house slippers. All at low price levels. W. F. GIBBS & SON “See our corduroy vests, with sleeves, — new pull over sweaters,—silk reef ers, etc. ASSEMBLY HALL Saturday, January 9, 12:30 CW ami OaxSai GEOBKSE ~ VhltC^ ' Saturday, January 9, 6:30 and 8:30. Q Qarwmmnl Q'k iii Wednesday, January 13, 6:30 8:30 THE YELLOW TICKET With ELISSA LANDI LIONEL BARRYMORE SENSATIONAL Clearance Sale FINE UNIFORMS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT A Store-wide sale on the largest stock of fine uniform and military equipment ever presented in a sale— Our stock must be reduced regardless of the loss to us—Take advantage of this opportunity—Buy your uniform goods now—and SAVE MONEY— Reduced prices on all leather coats, O’Shea sweaters, rain coats, pennants, college jewelry, etc.— fllaldrop6(5 College Store