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THE BATTALION
THE BATTALION
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CLAUDE M. EVANS Editor-in-Chief
PHILIP JOHN Managing Editor
M. J. BLOCK Associate Editor
D. B. McNERNEY Associate Editor
W. J. FAULK Sports Editor
R. L. HERBERT Feature Editor
C. E. BEESON Staff Correspondent
J. L. KEITH Art Editor
RUSTY SMITH Cartoonist
W. 0. SANDERS Cartoonist
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Dent, Lewis Gross, E. C. Roberts, H. G. Seeligson.
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The Exchange Store
Contained elsewhere in this issue will be found a complete report
of the committee investigating the Exchange Store prices as was made
to the Student Welfare Committee last Thursday night. It might
be well to supplement the report with additional information not con
tained therein.
The store, since its organization in 1909, has been operated absolute
ly as an independent part of the college, and has attained considerable
recognition as an efficiently operated concern. It was first located
in the old Main Building but was burned out with the fire that de
stroyed that building and from there was transferred to another struc
ture.
Loss incurred in the fire set the store at a considerable disad
vantage, as virtually no insurance was carried. Later business helped
to place the store in a paying condition, and today the building which
it now occupies is a part of the department and has been paid out of
such profits as are derived from year to year.
It has not been the purpose of the management to operate with
the idea of making it a money making investment. Most articles which
are school necessities, and which have to be sold by the store as are
required in the order by the board of directors which established the
store, are sold below the retail price of the commercial market.
These prices are frequently equal to cost, or a fraction over. It
is only through close buying, a fast turnover of this part of the stock,
and cash sales that the store is able to operate in this manner.
As well as being a department of the college, and under the super
vision of Comptroller of Accounts, the store is audited annually by
a public auditor, so that a more definite value of the business of the
store may be obtained.
In order for the store to continue being the success that it has
been, in order for it to continue operating with prices under market
value; its business must continue. For it to make a margin of profit
at all with its retail prices so close to cost price, the store must have
a continued volume of business.
Cn the articles which are not bought in large quantities there
can be no appreciable reduction in price, if any, due to the expense of
handling. It was found that the handling of books is a loss to the
store due to the small profit and cost of handling and through the loss
in new editions and changes in kinds of books used, rendering all old
books a total loss. The investigating committee recommended that
the store handle the second hand books to offset loss on new books.
Logical reasoning shows then that the Exchange Store operated
under the conditions listed and with the co-opei - ation of student body
will be beneficial to the students. Consider this, for what would be
the result if the store ceased to operate ?
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of the “sulphur and molasses” season The Battalion announces its
feature edition for the month of March. The magazine will be the
“Spring Fever” number and will be out next Wednesday night, March
sixteenth. The cover design, depicting a spring love scene, is drawn by
W. 0. Sanders.
History Of Social Seminar
Shows Growth In 16 Years
Dr. Clark, Present President,
Is One Of Organization’s
Oldest Members.
Take Care Of The Campus
Following an adopted plan of beuutification that is paralleled
with the future campus design, the Landscape Arts Department is in
the midst of completing the task of setting out several thousand shi'ubs,
plants, and evergreens, which will materially add to the beauty of the
campus.
It is now our duty to keep them this way. The college is expanding
in a large building program that will equip it for sufficient increased
enrollment in future years. Time and money spent in a layout of
shrubbery will do little to contribute to the permanency of the project
if we do not take care of the plants while they are young.
A bit of pride and personal care in a place which is virtually a
home for us for four years may develop a very pleasant atmosphere
with only a small amount of care from each student.
A recent visitor on the campus, travelling to all colleges in the
southern and western states, was very complimentary of this campus.
He said that he was on the campus only a few minutes until he was
aware of an atmosphere about the place that he did not find elsewhere.
Few colleges, so he said, compared to this one in appearance and
environment.
But of course he was touched with that Aggie Spirit that only time
and effort have brought here. Still, this spirit can be given a very
attractive appeal to the public and visitors by keeping a beautiful
campus. Let us remember that we are strongly judged by our appear
ances and we should strive to see that we win favorable respect.
Just as clothes do not make the man; neither do flowers make a
campus, but each is a helpful agent.
Reveille Back!
After a prolonged absence of two months, “Reveille,” the little
black dog, who endeared herself to the cadet corps by her disi'egard
for the authorities, is again on the campus and has evidenced her joy at
the sight of khaki uniforms by racing madly through the ranks at
daily formations.
During the Christmas holidays the little dog was sent to the
Veterinary Hospital, as she had no vaccination tag as required by
State law and no owners could be found.
Upon appeal of the students the Veterinary Hospital released
“Reveille” after vaccinating her free of charge and waiving her feed
bill for over two months.
The Battalion staff takes this opportunity to express its grati
tude to the Veterinary Hospital on behalf of the corps for their attitude
in this incident.
Spring Fever;—Bur-r-r!
The chilly winds blowing over the campus today are the heralds
announcing the entrance of the spring season. The corps will change
its excuse for indolence from hibernation to spring fever and in honor
Everyone who has ever attended
a meeting is a member.
Such is the informal organization
of the Social Science Seminar
which this year celebrates its six
teenth birthday. “The primary pur
pose of the society,” according to
Dr. B. F. Clark, head of the De
partment of Economics and one of
the founders, “is to stimulate in
terest in scholarship and social cur
rents.”
On alternate Monday evenings at
8 o’clock the Seminar meets in the
Physics Lecture room, where talks
are given by authorities in various
fields of learning.
Sunday School Class
The organization which has
evolved into the Social Science
Seminar had its inception in 1917
as the Campus Sunday School
Class. Meetings were held in the
old Chapel which was later turned
into an armory and has since been
removed to provide a site for Hart
Hall. Subjects discussed had a
somewhat broader scope than is
customary in Sunday School classes
and the suggestion was made that
the group should form a Sociology
Club.
Dr. Bizzell, then president of the
College, was elected permanent
president of the Club; meetings
were held each Monday evening in
th Y M C A and as the society was
no longer interested primarily in
Bible study, subjects discussed were
of an exceedingly varied nature.
Because Dr. BizzelPs duties as pres
ident of the College necessitated his
being absent frequently, Dr. Clark,
who had been chosen to serve as
leader of the club during Dr. Biz-
zell’s absence, was virtually presi
dent of the organization.
Became Economics Seminar
! The World War disrupted the
club, but its members under the
leadership of Dr. Clark, formed
the Economics Seminar and met
regularly in the office of the Eco
nomics department. The scope of
their discussions was limited to a
careful study of the forces under
lying and in operation during the
j war.
The original organization, how
ever, was one of the hobbies of Dr.
Bizzell, who is now president of
the University of Oklahoma; he dis
liked limiting the discussion solely
to economic problems and phenom
ena and succeeded in the fall of
1919 in changing the organization
to the Social Science Seminar,
which name it still retains.
Interest in the organization grew
rapidly necessitating a meeting
place that would accommodate
greater numbers. The new Physics
Building was completed about this
time and the society moved into
the lecture room on the second
floor, where meetings have been
held ever since.
Large Membership
The Seminar operates on a min
imum of organization, having no
membership list, no membership
fees and no archives. Dr. Clark
says, “every person who has ever
attended a meeting is considered
a member.” Only one officer, the
secretary, is elected annually. The
following year the secretary auto
matically becomes president of the
organization and then vice-presi
dent the third year. The present
president is Professor J. Wheeler
Barger, of the Department of Eco
nomics; next year’s president, now
secretary, is Dr. C. H. Winkler,
Dean of the School of Vocational
Teaching; Dr. Luther G. Jones, pro
fessor of Agronomy is vice-presi
dent.
Four members of the original
organization, still reside on the
campus. They are Dr. and Mrs.
Clark and Professor and Mrs. W.
H. Thomas.
Past presidents of the society
who retain their connection with
the College are Dr. F. B. Clark,
Dr. V. P. Lee, Professors W. H.
Thomas, V. K. Sugareff and S.
Morgan.
Future For The
College Man Is
Yet Optimistic
Houston Banker Says Funda
mentals Of Business Still
Compare To Those Of The
Past.
“The fields of endeavor for the
graduate will be just as interest
ing in the future as in the past,
and the pastures just as green,”
stated L. R. Bryan, Jr., Vice-Pres
ident of the Second National Bank
of Houston, in an informal talk to
members of the Accounting So
ciety Monday night in the Asbury
room of the Library. His subject
was “Recent Trends in Banking.”
Business Ideals Unchanged
Just as the fundamentals of mili
tary employment today are identi
cal to those used by Julius Caesar,
so also are all business fundamen
tals unchanged, said Mr. Bryan.
Methods of business operation,
however, are constantly undergo
ing change, and it is because of
this that the futui’e will be so in
teresting.
In commenting on the probable
effects of the newly formed gov
ernment Reconstruction Finance
Corporation he said that it would
prevent further failures of banks
and guarantee the solvency of in
surance companies in the event of
a major disaster or conflagi’ation.
The recent trends in banking are
paralleled by similar changes in
other businesses, the speaker said,
and this should be a source of en
couragement to those about to
graduate.
Reserve Officer
Mr. Bryan holds the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Officers’
Reserve Corps, is former treasur
er of the Houston Chamber of
Commerce, and a member of the
Executive committee of the Tex
as Bankers’ Association.
Houston Magazine
Commends Cadets
On Yelling Ability
At last one Houston sports scribe
comes forth with editorial comment
on the terrific threshing the Ag
gie quintet handed the Rice Owls
in Memorial Gymnasium a week or
so past, for in The Houston Gar
goyle dated February 21, we find
the following remarks:
“The loudest thing in America
today is the A and M Cadet Corps,
in full cry and enclosed within the
echoing confines of its own gym
during a basketball game. There is
noise what is noise! Thundering,
deafening, it rises from thousands
of rugged young throats, banked
in a solid olive-drab mass on the
other side of the court, and hits
your ear-drums with the power to
stun.
“There are seasoned veterans
who say that the previous gym,
with its tin roof, was even worse,
but we doubt than any human cla
mor could surpass what we heard
last week when the Aggie played
Rice. The veterans also say that
when the Aggies fall behind, that
awful concatenation fades away in
to a pale-pink whisper. But we did-
nt get a chance to note this, since
Rice managed to score but six
points during the 40 minutes of
play ... a field goal and a free
throw during the first half, and
three more donations during the
second. The crux of the contest was
a lean, towering sophomore named
Merka, who reached far above the
heads of the short Rice five and
took the ball at will. It was just,
as one proud Czechoslovakian fath
er proudly remarked, “Tc^o much
Smetana.”
“Dr. Gaylord Johnson, the chem
ist, felt that the Owls were just
plain dead on their feet, and were
outfought. We couldn’t help harbor
ing a suspicion, though, that they
were numbed by din.”
Troop B Tops List
In Scholastic Merit
For First Semester
Troop B Cavalry led the list in
scholastic averages of the first
term according to a compilation
released by the Registrar’s office
recently. The Cavalrymen made an
average of .548 for the first term’s
work and are well on their way
to lead the other troops, batteries,
and companies for the second term.
Individual averages were first
determined by dividing the num
ber of grade points by the number
of hours for which the student was
registered. Company averages were
then found by adding the individual
averages of the members of each
company and dividing the total by
the number of men in the company.
In determining the individual av
erages the following grade point
values were used: grade A, two
grade points per term hour; grade
B, one grade point per term hour;
grade C, no grade points; grade
D, one negative grade point per
term hour; grade E, two negative
grade points per term hour.
The normal average for a com
pany would be .500 assuming each
student made the normal require
ment of half as many grade points
as hours for which he has regis
tered.
Einstein Er. route
To Gerrnany-May
Return Next Year
able to determine whether the cos
mic ray signalizes the birth or des
truction of matter.
“I believe the apparent motions
of nebulae away from the earth
(as indicated by the red shift in
their spectra) are real.”
“It is scarcely possible to think
that life on other planets does not
exist.”
Asked if he had modified his
unified field theory during the past
year, he replied:
“Yes, I have changed the plan
of attack, but the object is the
same.”
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LOS ANGELES, Mar. 3.—Albert
Einstein, who this week was en
I’oute to his homeland via the Ham
burg-American liner San Francisco,
hopes to return to Southern Cali
fornia for a third visit next year,
he announced just before sailing
last Friday.
Studies Universe
He has spent the past two mon
ths in Pasadena, studying prob
lems of the universe with scien
tists at the California Institute of
Technology and the Mount Wilson
Observatory. His first visit was in
1930.
Replying to a multitude of ques
tions fired at him by reporters,
Einstein committed himself to some
of the following opinions last week:
with German youth, “has the good
fortune not to have its outlook trou
bled by outlook tradition or by an
imposed development which they
American youth, as compared
resist.”
Answers Question
There are insufficient facts avail-
COLLEGE THEATER CLUB
Presents
THE ROYAL RUSSIAN CHORUS
“The Undisputed Peers of Choral Harmony”
Assembly Hall
Monday, March 14, 8 p. m.
—Admission—
Students 25^ Adults 50^
Reserved Seats 25^ extra
COLLEGE THEATER CLUB
(with local cast)
Presents
“The White-Headed Boy”
That superb Irish Comedy by Lennox Robinson
At the ASSEMBLY HALL on Thursday
Evening, March 17, at 8 p. m.
—Admission—
Students 25^
Adults 50£