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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Second Floor City National
Bank Building
Bryan, Texas
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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'
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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
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Our stock must be reduced regardless of the loss to
us—Take advantage of this opportunity—Buy your
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O’Shea sweaters, rain coats, pennants,
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