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Published Weekly By The Students Of The A. & M. College Of Texas
VOLUME XXX
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, JANUARY 20, 1932
NUMBER 16
Brazos County Survey
Completed By Sociology
Students During Holidays
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Valuable Information To Be
Distributed Over State By
Chamber Of Commerce.
Work on the social survey of
Brazos County and Bryan was
completed during the Christmas
holidays it was learned from Dr.
Russell of the Rural Sociology De
partment. Contract for publish
ing the results in book form has
been let to the Wallace Print Shop
of Bryan. All work in connection
with the gathering of statistics and
the research involved was done by
A and M students under the dir
ection of Professor Russell.
All material has been sent to
the press and the printed survey is
promised by the printing company
on January 19. Two thousand cop
ies of the 48 page book have been
contracted for, the expense be
ing borne by the Bryan Cham
ber of Commerce which is to
send a copy to the secretary of
every similar organization in the
state.
The book will serve a very defi
nite purpose in making available,
in collected form, complete figur
es and pertinent facts regarding
the county and Bryan; something
which has not existed here-to-fore.
Special emphasis is given edu
cational institutions, since they
form Brazos County’s outstanding
asset, and the Agricultural and:
Mechanical College of Texas gains
a prominent place in the survey
because of its rank as the largest
institution in the county. Agricul
ture and Live Stock industries rank
second in financial importance.
Other prominent sections of the
survey include; Population and
Vital Statistics, Postal Considera
tions, Financial Instutions, Busi
ness Houses, City and County Gov
ernments, Civic Organizations, Re
creational facilities, Health Insti
tutions, Labor conditions, Religious
Organizations, and Public Utilities.
Lone Touchdowns
Mow Tight Games
In Intramurals
Despite a prevalence of heavy
fields Saturday afternoon, a de
cided improvement in the play of
every competing Intramural grid
team was plainly evident as the
fast stepping Cavalrymen and
members of the First Battalion of
“Wagon Soldiers” sent their op
ponents to cover by a margin of
one touchdown in each case. The
third game of the afternoon, be
tween two of the leading rivals in
the race, the Infantry Battalions,
went to a scoreless draw as both
teams muffed numerous chances
to push across the other’s counting
stripe.
Cavalry Game interesting
Probably the most interesting
game of the afternoon, and cer
tainly the one which afforded the
maximum number of thrills for the
spectators was the Cavalry-Com
posite affair, which until late in
the closing period looked to be ano
ther deadlock.
When less than five minutes re
mained, Hardcastle, Cavalry quar
terback tossed a long areal to Ray
Weston, Cavalry halfback, who
made a sensational catch on
his finger tips as the ball ap
peared to be grounded and after
being tackled viciously by Bob
“Soapy” Suggs, Weston turned a
complete somersault and fell over
the goal line for the score. Bill
Newton converted with a perfect
kick from placement. The work of
Joe Love, and Buddy Golasinski
figured prominently in the victory
for the Cavalrymen. While Bob
Suggs and “Pug” Dunter were the
shining lights for the losers.
First Artillery Wins
A drive which started at mid-
field and terminated across the
goal line of the Second Artillery
wafe enough to gain the second con- floor p]ay and gQal tossing wag
secutive win for Bill O’Dowd and! to perfect throughout the en _
Luck Protects Five
As Two Automobiles
Crash Sunday Night
The old saying that you
can not kill a Mexican or
negro was again proven Sun
day night, January 17, about
10:30, by an automobile crash
which occurred north of Boy-
ett’s Filling Station on the
highway.
The Mexican’s car with its
four occupants were going at
at slow speed tow r ard the Col
lege while the negro’s car
in quite a bit more of a rush,
ran up behind the other car
with such momentum that it
turned the Mexican’s car
completely around, turned
them over in the ditch and
threw the four Mexicans over
the fence toward the railroad
track. The negro folded' his
car up against a telephone
pole and rammed his head
through the windshield.
Luck, however was with
the occupants and the casul-
ties were confined to a
sprained w T rist, a cut leg, a
cut head, and a general scare.
Both cars were completely
demolished.
Winners To Receive Honors
As Representative Of Years
Work.
Aggies And Gents
Split Series With
Last Game Rally
Playing listless ball and pass
ing erratically in all directions,
Coach Reid’s Aggie five failed
completely to check the fast break
ing Gentlemen quintet Saturday
night in the final meeting of a two
game series and took a 43 to 26
lacing after dropping the Shreve
port crew 38 to 26 in the opener
Friday.
In the opening game of the se
ries the Aggies displayed plenty of
scoring punch and counted almost
at will against the visitors. Only
once throughout the fray did the
Gentlemen threaten to become rul
ers of the floor, which was early
in the second period when they
overcame the Aggie lead and gain
ed a two point advantage, only to
lose it shortly thereafter. Even
though they scored apparently with
ease and frequently, the floor work
of the Aggie five was ragged and
the passes poorly aimed.
Gents Win Second Game
Conversely to the opening fra
cas, the Aggie found themselves
fighting an uphill battle from open
ing whistle Saturday night. In the
second encounter the Gentlemen
started the scoring early and soon
had a comfortable lead until a sud
den spurt by the Aggie five tied
the score and then gained a two
point lead. But the lead was short
lived when the Gentlemen began
sinking tosses from any and all
angles of the court. The battle
waged on near even terms with the
Gents holding a slight but very evi
dent advantage until the half, when
the score read 19 to 14 in favor of
the latter.
The opening of the second per
iod saw the Centenary warriors
come back strong and as the Ag
gies begin to weaken at goal toss
ing the battle wore on. The story is
clearly told by the scoring which
took place in this period, in which
the Gentlemen accounted for ex
actly twice as many points as the
Aggie five.
So inspired was the Centenary
attack in the closing half that twice
the Maroon and White five called
for time, at the expense of a free
toss in hopes of stemming the Gen
tlemen onslaught.
Johnson and Nolan, Gent center
and forward respectively, were eas
ily the shining lights in the de
cisive win for the Gentlemen. Their
Competition in the Freshman
Livestock Judging Contest will be
gin Saturday January 23 at the
Animal Husbandry Pavilion. The
contest, staged under the supervis
ion of the Saddle and Sirloin Club,
is open to those students who have
had the course A. H. 107 since the
contest last year, providing they
have not had any advanced courses
in which judging of livestock is
part of the practice.
The prizes are awarded to the
high individual judging all classes
of livestock, to the high individual
judging horses, and to the six high
individuals judging all classes of
livestock. These prizes are the
Charles Nitch Trophy, the Purina
Mills Trophy, and the Freshman
Livestock Judging medals.
The Nitch Trophy, Mr. Charles
Nitch’s contribution to the Agri
cultural freshman since 1914, fur
nishes a permanent record of the
high individual in judging live
stock. This award was won by A.
B. Kyle last year. The trophy of
fered by the Purina Mills is a per
manent record of the high indi
vidual in judging horses. This was
won by J. E. Miller in 1931. The
Freshman Livestock medals are
presented each year by a group
of Bryan and College Station bus
iness men and are reputed to mean
as much to the freshmen as the In
ternational Livestock medal means
to the seniors.
The contest promises to be much
larger than last year as the en
rollment of students in General
Animal Husbandry shows an in
crease over previous years.
Ex-Editor Returns
To Complete Work
Toward Graduation
AIEE MEET
HEED HERE
LAST lAIEEA
C. K. Beyette Of Rice Institute
Wins Prize For Best Senior
Paper On Electrical Engi
neering Subject.
At the regional meeting of the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers held here Saturday, Jan
uary 16, prizes were awarded for
the best papers on electrical engi
neering subjects by senior electri
cal engineering students. C. K.
Beyette, Rice Institute, Houston,
and C. C. Nash from Dallas, Texas
A and M, received first and second
prizes of $15 and $10, respective
ly. The awards were presented by
E. M. Wise of Houston.
R. L. Bullock, of Taylor, grad
uate at A and M, and Carl Dodge,
graduate student at Rice Institute,
won first and second place, respec
tively, with papers in a contest for
graduate students. No prizes were
awarded in this contest.
Chapters present at the meeting
were the A and M and Rice student
chapters and the Houston section
of the American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers. There were ap
proximately 150 students and fac
ulty members of the schools pres
ent at the meeting.
HEIAIETT TALKS
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R. L. Herbert, Lufkin, editor of
The Battalion last year, returned
to College Station this week and
is planning enrolling for the sec
ond term to complete his work to
ward a degree. Herbert is well
known to all upperclassmen as the
inaugurator of the magazine edi
tion of The Battalion and it has
been announced that he will be
on the staff for the coming term.
McKim Chosen
Committeeman
By Geographers
Houston Man Is Second Speak
er On Program Outlined By
Professor Barger.
his First Battalion “Wagon-Sol
diers,” over their ardent rivals.
(See FOOTBALL on Page 3)
I counter as they repeatedly passed
through and around the Aggie de-
i fense.
The National Council of Geo
graphy Teachers have just an
nounced the selection Mr. V. C.
McKim of the Department of Agri
cultural Economics as member of
the board of directors of the Na
tional Council.
Mr. McKim attended the eigh
teenth annual convention of the
Council during the Christmas holi
days. The meeting was held at
State Normal College, Ypsilanti,
Michigan. The Council pointed out
that the University of Nebraska,
University of Chicago, Ohio State,
Minnesota, and many other leading
schools have allowed geography
representatives to come into the
Social Science and Natural Science
groups showing the widespread in
fluence of the study of geogx*aphy.
This is Mr. McKim’s second year
here as Assistant Professor of
Agricultural Economics.
After completion of work at the.
University of Nebraska, Mr. Mc
Kim made a tour of many ports!
of the world. The experience gain
ed him much first-hand information
on geography and resources of j
many foreign countries.
Mr. McKim has also recently ac- i
cepted a summer teaching position!
at Ohio State.
A lecture on “The Uses of Life
Insurance” was given the students
of Economics in the Y M C A chap
el, Wednesday night January 20,
by Mr. Homer G. Hewitt of Hous
ton. He is State manager for the
Northwestern National Life Insur
ance Company of Minneapolis and
one of the two men in Texas hold
ing a Certified Life Underwriters
degree.
Mr. Hewitt is the second speaker
on a program, outlined by Profes
sor J. Wheeler Barger of the De
partment of Economics, who is ar
ranging for a series of lectures on
insurance.
Mr. Hewitt, through his com
pany, offers annually a scholar
ship of $450 to some senior in this
college, who with practice and
study in the fields of business and
insurance is preparing himself to
take a position with the North
western National upon graduation.
C. W. Herring, C Troop Cavalry,
of San Antonio, holds the scholar
ship for this year.
The purpose of these lectures is
to afford the students contact with
men in the practical field of in
surance so that they may better
understand that aspect of their
study. These contacts might also
prove instrumental in securing po
sitions upon graduation.
TO PLAT HERE
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Famous Play By Channing
Pollock Being Brought To
Assembly Hall By Campus
Theatre Club.
The engagement bringing “The
House Beautiful” to College Sta
tion is regarded as the most im
portant theatrical event in the his
tory of this section. To make the
engagement possible, a special
train has been ordered so that the
company can reach San Antonio for
the performance on the following
evening.
“The House Beautiful” is a play
that deals with sophistication and
it has received the endorsement of
all sorts of people from Texas
Guinan and Walter Winchell to
Rupert Hughes, George Creel and
Dr. William Lyon Phelps and the
approval of leaders of all demoni-
nations and sects.
The company coming here is
headed by Ethel Intropidi and John
Griggs; and the support includes
Alma Brock, Betty Oakwood, Mary
Alice Collins, Marjorie Jarecki,
John C. King, Philip Van Zandt,
Henry Richards, George Oliver
Taylor, Homer Barton, and Archie
Maddox. The company carries a
seventy foot baggage car of scen
ery and effects. The play is offer
ed in twenty unique scenes with
out lowering the curtain. A remark
ably low price scale will be in ef
fect for this performance. Although
the price of seats in New York
were $3.85 the highest price will
be $1.50 for reserved section, low
er floor, other seats on lower floor
at $1.00 and 75$ and 50$ for bal
cony prices, here.
Seats are on sale at the YMCA
and at Canady’s in Bryan.
Winner Of Story
Contest Says He
Is A Woman Hater
C. M. Block, winner of the Bat
talion Short Story Contest, is a
true individual in some respects.
His prize winning story “Woman
Haters” turns out to be a true con
fession and True Story Magazine is
the probable destination of his
story after it is returned to him
by the Battalion.
Mr. Block has a distinction that
few students, on this campus can
hold. He has never had a date,
hence the title “Woman Haters.”
Block is also a confirmed cynic on
the subject of women and will re
fuse to indulge in any shape, fash
ion or form with the supposedly
weaker sex.
Ideal Man Found
On Campus-Adraits
He Is “The Stuff”
Baylor Bears Ready
To Invade Aggieland
After Defeating TCU
Ex-Student Gets
R. Y. Pin Lost
Ten Years Ago
An R V pin lost in 1921
was finally returned to its
owner ten years later. This
fall John Winslow, Captain
of the Ross Volunteers re
ceived a letter from W. H.
Caldwell a resident of Phila
delphia, Pa. stating that in
1921 while in Port Arthur he
found an R V pin bearing
the engraved intitials of M.
H. F. and wished his assist
ance in locating the owner.
Winslow immediately ques
tioned the Former Student
Association and through the
aid of the school’s annual,
located the owner, M. H.
Ford, of Harlingen’i, Texas.
The pin was then promptly
forwarded to Ford. Ford stat
ed that when in Port Arthur
he was accompanied by a
young lady who had accident
ly lost the pin. The young
lady referred to is now his
wife.
Frogs And Steers
In Spirited Tilt
At Austin Tonight
Steers Place Lots Of Confi
dence In New Coach; Frogs
Think They Will Winw
Smith Addresses
Agronomy Society
On Fertilizers
The Agronomy Society received
a talk on “The Application of Fer
tilizers” given by H. P. Smith of
the Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion Monday night of last week.
Mr. Smith discussed the appli
cation of fertilizers with reference
to the depth of planting various
kinds of seed, particularly cotton.
The Society reported the largest
attendance of any meeting held
this term.
Before becoming associated with
the Experiment Station Mr. Smith
was with the Agricultural Engi
neering Department of the college.
Here’s a story that the Asso
ciated press runs: “A 20 year old
Texas has admitted he fulfills all
requirements demanded recently of
of the “Ideal Man” by several Uni
versity of California co-eds who
said that they will be glad to pay
all expenses on dates if the man
is perfect.
“The modern Adonis, writing to
the University of California news
bureau asking he be given the ad
dresses of the Berkeley girls, said
he attended the Texas Agricultural
and Mechani ca i College, and that
girls could get j n touch with him by
writing “Ch ar i ey C., Box 840, Col
lege Station, Texas.
“Charley Sa y S( <j am a true Tex
as boy, and j have been told I am
a very go 0( i dancer. I haven’t a.
mustache; j don , t wear S p a ts; and :
I don’t sin 0 ^ e ,
‘ ls . si * feet tall, has shoulders |
20 1/ “ in che s broad, dark browm, j
wa v * an > an d ‘eyes a pretty |
have been tolcL ’ ”
n U1 uen inquiry we have:
(See man on Page 3)
FORT WORTH, Jan. 19.—Fol
lowing a regaining of confidence
after their sensational 47-22 vic
tory over the Rice Owls, the Texas
Christian Horned Frogs will invade
Austin Wednesday where they will
meet the highly improved Univer
sity of Texas Longhorns. In spite
of the fact that there is no way of
comparing the way that the
Schmidtmen looked in their first
and second appearance in confer
ence competition, they are thor
oughly sold on the idea that the
youthful Texas mentor, Ed Olle,
has injected a new spirit in the
1932 aggregation and has an excel
lent team of sharp-shooters to con
tend with.
As per usual, the spotlight of
the game will fall on the center
of the court where Adolph Dietzel,
the Horned Frogs’ giant all-Amer
ican center, and Bill Kubricht will
not only vie for the tip-off, but
for high scoring honors. In Diet-
zel’s last appearance on a Texas
court, he tied the conference scor
ing record with 26 tallies. With
this in mind, the Texans may con
centrate on him, and in that event,
Capt. Doc Sumner and the brilliant
sophomore, Flash Walker, will be
left in the open.
A comparison of the height of
the two teams gives neither the ad
vantage as both average 6 feet
plus, and there is but two inches
difference in the total height of
the two teams. However, the Tex
ans have the best average height
man for man. Elkins and Rundell,
with 5 feet, 9 inches and 5 feet, 11
inches respectively bring the Long
horns’ average down. Dietzel’s 6
feet, 5 inches is the only thing that
keeps the Frogs’ average up, since
Brannon is the only other man on
the quintet that is above the popu
lar six foot standard.
Capt. Doc Sumner’s hand still
refuses to heal, but he managed to
eke out 16 points single handed
against the Owls. All the rest of
the squad is in excellent condition
and will be determined to go into
its next tilt with Texas February
6 with but one conference loss.
No definite announcement has
been made concerning the starters,
but it is highly probable that Cap
tain Sumner and Walker will be at
forwards; Dietzel at center, and
Brannon and Green at guards.
Bruin Offense To Center
About Strickland And Al
ford.
Having successfully subdued the
champion Horned Frogs of TCU
with a mighty “swipe of the paw”
in their opening conference bat
tle, Baylor’s Golden Bears will at
tempt to strengthen their hold ma
terially on the pinnacle of the
Southwest conference basket ball
race when they meet Coach John
Reid’s battling basket tossers on
the Memorial Gymnasium floor
Saturday night at 7:30.
Because of their impressive win
over the Horned Frogs, who in turn
vanquished Rice’s Owls after the
latter had dimmed considerably the
Aggie cage hopes in the initial con
ference game of the season, the
Baylor five will rule a heavy favor*
ite to “breeze through” to an over*
whelming triumph, when the game
opens.
Although comparative scores
mean practically nothing at Aggie-
land, the presence of Benny Strick
land and the “Mighty” Alford, cen
ter and forward respectively, in the
Bruin line-up will alone givq the
visitors a marked advantage.
Should this pair perform in a
manner similar to that in the Bay-
lor-TCU tussel there is little that
the Aggie guards and center will
have a rather large evening keep
ing them guarded if the score is to
be in favor of the Maroon and
White.
A and M’s hopes of retarding the
scoring of the “Mighty” Alford
will rest on the capable shoulders
of captain Charlie Beard, while
either “Dooley” Dawson or “Honk”
Irwin will draw the assignment
of stopping Benny Strickland. An
other “ray of light” for Aggie fol
lowers is the possibility of Lester
Squawk Veltman being able to take
part in the game. Aggie fans will
remember that" it was essentially
Beard and Veltman who completely
silenced the Baylor aces in the Me
morial Gymnasium last season and
sent the Bears home with less than
fifteen total points to their credit.
Other than the possible entry of
Veltman into the line-up there will
probably be little change in the
starting line-up over that of last
week. The starting five will be
chosen from the following: Clar
ence “Bull” Marcum, “Pete” Rob
ertson, Joe Moody, and “Shep”
Shepherd, forwards; “Honk” Irwin,
center; Captain Charlie Beard,
“Dooley” Dawson, Gradie King, and
“Frenchy” Domingue, guards.
American Association of Univer
sity Professors' adopted a resolu
tion opposing post-season charity
football games.
Aquatic Prospects
Excellent As Team
Begins New Season
Twenty-two men, six of whom
are letter men from last years
team, reported last week to Coach
es R. M. Smith of Houston and R.
L. Suggs of San Antonio at the
first call for candidates. for f* 16
1932 Texas Aggie Swimmjpg team.
With this number competing, coa
ches Smith and Suggs are. now
fashioning a probably team.
Among those repo rt ’ ng
showing temselves capab e s
mers are: J. M. Mitchell
veston and R. E. C° x ® ^ jj ow -
backstroke swimrnc rs ’ ' ‘ ^ Suggs
der of Fort Crocket? ^ Q S burn
of San Antonio, and R- f ' ree _ s tyle
of Fort Sam Houst 011 ^^ Omar
and dash swimmers : Cham-
Rhodes of Houston? ' ar)d C- #•
berlain of Port Art bu ^ n j 0> fancy
Swanson of San
divers. gwimiuers
Besides the reg u a j g being oT '
a Water Polo Te^ ''
(See SWIMMlN^j!!,