Illl BATTALION
Published Weekly By The Students Of The A. & M. College Of Texas
VOLUME XXX
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, APRIL 6, 1932
NUMBER 27
Benke Is Elected Valedictorian
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Construction Work On College Swimming Pool Under Way
B1 AUGUST 1
When Completed will be Most
Modern Swimming Pool in
the State.
Excavation work for the founda
tion of the new swimming pool to
be built adjacent to the gymnasium
will begin this week. Plans and
specifications for the pool were
prepared in the offices of the col
lege architect and the structure is
to be erected by the college build
ing department.
Large Building
The building will be 127 feet
long and 100 feet wide and when
completed wil be one of the most
modern and best equipped pools in
the state. Reinforced concrete will
be used in the walls with the roof
supported by steel trusses. The roof
will clear the surface of the water
by approximately thirty-two feet.
The pool will be lined with tile,
and a runway of tile will surround
it.
Continuous circulation will be
maintained giving a complete
change of water in the pool when
necessary to maintain the desired
degree of purity. The purification
system for the pool will include
two pressure filters, two water
pumps with a total capacity of
about 300 gallons a minute, a
chlorination system, four unit heal
ers which will keep the building-
warm during cool weather and a
heat exchanger to maintain the
temperature of the water in the
pool at seventy-five degrees.
Locker Equipment
Other equipment for the pool
will include locker rooms, shower
rooms, drying rooms, foot baths,
and storage facilities. Locker
rooms will be arranged to be used
in connection with the present
locker system in the gymnasium.
Stands with a seating capacity
of approximately 550 people will
provide suitable accommodations
for spectators at athletic events.
Additional seats can also be in
stalled around the runway.
Farmer Ball Team
Downed 7 To t By
Texas Christians
Three Pitchers Fail To Hold
Frogs In Season’s First
Game.
Inability to connect in the pinch
es cost the champion Aggies their
opening Southwest conference
baseball game with T C U’s Horn
ed Frogs as the latter found the
offerings of three A and M hur-
lers and tallied seven times to once
for the title-holders, on Kyle field
Saturday afternoon.
The Frogs took an early lead
when they scored two runs on a
pair of base blows in the first in
ning, which they never relinquish
ed throughout the affair. Then af
ter three scoreless rounds the “wil
lows” of the opponents again came
to life and before the rally could
(See BALL TEAM on page 2)
PROGRAM FOR BAND
CONCERT ANNOUNCED
The second weekly concert of the
band will be held next Sunday af
ternoon in the triangle in front
of Gathright Hall, starting at 4:30
p. m. The program will be given
in Guion Hall should bad weather
prevent the concert being rendered
in the open.
Dunn Leaving For
Band Association
Big Prizes Attract
Several In Battle
Annual Convention 01 Flowers Contest
Director Of Baylor Univer
sity Band Accompanying On
Ten Day Trip To Washing
ton.
R. J. Dunn, director of the Texas
Aggie band, is leaving Monday for
a ten day trip to attend the con
vention of American Bandmasters’
Association at Washington, D. C.
Mr. Dunn will be accompanied in
his car by E. M. McCracken, direc
tor of the Baylor University band.
An interesting program has been
arranged, including a memorial
service for the late John Phillip
Sousa to be held at Aldington
Cemetery. Mr. Sousa, who was for
merly president of this associa
tion, was recognized throughout
the world as one of its greatest
bandmasters.
The organization is composed of
approximately fifty chosen mem
bers from North and South Amer
ica and Canada. Mr. Dunn, who is
a member of the nominations com
mittee, has submitted the name of
Major Ramon Hernandez, Chief
Bandmaster of the Mexican Army,
for membership in the society. Mr.
Dunn and Mr. McCracken are the
only members of the association
who live in the Southwest.
Press Club Brings
Lomax To Lecture
On Cowboy Songs
Lecturer Was Formerly Eng
lish Professor At A And M.
John A. Lomax, of Dallas, fore
most authority and collector of
cowboy songs and ballads, will ap
pear at the Assembly hall at 8
p. m. Tuesday under the auspices
of the College Press Club, Eddie
Brumleu, president of the club, an
nounced today.
Twenty-one years ago Mr. Lo
max’s first work, “Cowboy Songs
and Other Frontier Ballads,” was
published. Today his collection of
songs and ballads of the range is
the standard of musical folk lore
of the plains.
Mr. Lomax was formerly con
nected with the University of Tex
as where he acted in the capacity
of secretary of the University of
Texas Ex-Students Association.
Later he was of the faculty of the
English department of A and M
College. For three years he held
the Sheldon Fellowship at Harvard
University for the investigation of
American ballads, he was twice
president of the American Folk
lore Society, and with Dr. L. W.
Payne of the University of Texas
was organizer of the Texas Folk-
(See LOMAX on page 4)
Preliminary Elimination Here
Will Determine Representa
tives For A And M At San
Antonio.
A first prize of one hundred dol
lars and a second prize of seventy-
five dollars have been offered by
The Daughters of the Texas Revo
lution to the winners of a speech
contest sponsored by them. The
competition is to be held in con
junction with the Battle of Flow
ers on San Jacinto Day and is
open to two representatives from
Texas A and M and two from Tex
as University.
The contest is scheduled for ten
o’clock the morning of April 21,
at the San Pedro Playhouse in San
Antonio. Speakers may choose any
phase of Texas Independence for
their subject but are limited to
1500 words. Identity of the five
judges will be withheld from con
testants until that time. At the
Battle of Flowers luncheon to be
given in the Menger Hotel at noon
on that day, the winner of the one
hundred dollars will deliver his
speech and the recipient of the sec
ond prize will receive his award.
Rules laid down by the committee
in charge state that both first and
second prizes may go to represen
tatives from the same school.
Ten students have signified their
intention of entering the try-out
to be held here on april 15 for
the selection of the two represen
tatives from A and M. Judges for
this preliminary contest will be
prominent Bryan people. Students
now preparing speeches are: J. F.
Hilliard, Rosebud; Phillip Brin,
Terrell; G. E. S^nunior, Edinburg;
W. O. Alexander, Bryan; I. A.
Handler, Galveston; A. C. Moser,
Jr., Dallas; H. Pennington, Jr., San
Antonio; R. T. Brinsmade, Mexico
City; D. L. Tisinger, Garland; and
C. E. Beeson, St. Louis, Mo.
Harry Bone Will
Speak To Social
Science Seminar
Secretary Of Texas Y M C A
Will Address Body Monday
Night.
Harry Bone, associate Secretary
of the Texas YMCA, will read a pa
per before the Social Science Semi
nar Monday evening at 8 o’clock
in the physics lecture room. The
subject of Mr. Bone’s paper will be
“Relation of Various Personal At
titudes to Adjustment and Malad
justment,” a subject dealing prima
rily with student bodies in the edu
cational institutions of the coun
try.
Practically all of Mr. Bone’s life
t
San Antonio Firm Given Con
struction Work On Agricul
tural Engineering Building.
General contract for the Agri
cultural Engineering building has
been awarded to the Walsh-Burney
and Key Construction Co. of San
Antonio, according to an announce
ment by the Board of Directors in
their meeting yesterday. The for
mal contract will be signed upon
the completion of several minor
adjustments, which will be com
pleted within a few days. The terms
of the contract will not be made
public.
Actual construction should begin
within thirty days. The Depart
ment of Building and College Util
(See CONTRACT on page 4)
NEXT lEWl'S
FEES ILL BE
Registration Costs for Next
Year Will Range From $350
to $400 for Old Students
According to Registrar’s
Estimates.
Plan of the payment and amount
of the fees for the college year was
announced today by the registrar.
The new plan of payment entailing
a reduction of fees will decrease the
cost of attendance at this college
and assist students to raise the
necessary money for registration.
Expenses Lowered
New estimates of the expense
range are $400 to $520 for new stu
dents, and from $350 to $400 for
old students. Expenses are distri
buted as follows:
Semester
1st 2nd
Matriculation fee $ 15 $ 10
Maintenance (board and
laundry) 110 110
Room Rent 20 20
Medical Service fee 5 5
Text Books and sup
plies, approximate 15 10
Laboratory fees, approx. 5 5
Student Activities fee
(voluntary) 15
Room key deposit
(returnable) 1
$180 $160
In addition to the expenses list
ed above there will be certain ex
penses incurred in certain courses
such as the cost of drawing instru-
Debaters Working
On Argument With
Baylor University
(See BONE on page 4)
Cook Is Awarded
Scholarship For
1932-33 Session
(See FEES on page 2)
Allen Elected
Captain Rifle
Team For 1933
As a result of a recent try-out,
Phillip Brin, Terrel), and H. G.
Stromberger, Fort Worth, have
been selected to debate with the
Baylor University team at Waco
either on April 12 or 18. A and M
will have the negative side of the
Pi Kappa Delta question for this
year: Resolved that, “Congress
Should Enact Legislation to Pro
vide for the Centralized Control of
Industry.”
C. O. Spriggs, professor of pub
lic speaking and debate team coach,
announced that this competition
will probably terminate activities
of the forensic society for this
year.
Lawrence M. Cook, senior archi
tectural student from Dallas, has
been awarded one of the seven fel
lowships which are divided among
the various departments of the
College each year. The award was
primarily based on scholarship and
recommendations from heads of de
partments, although much consid
eration is given the character and
integrity of the student, according
to Ernest Langford, head of the
Department of Architecture.
Cook plans to return to A and
M next year and study the fine
points of airport designing and
construction.
Wililam G. Allen, Dallas, was
elected to captain the Aggie sharp
shooters through the 1932-33 sea
son, at a meeting held recently of
members of the team.
Allen has been a member of the
team for the past two years and
has been a consistent winner since
the very start, his score frequent
ly being among the first three reg
istered in the match. He was a
member of the team winning the
National Intercollegiate champion
ship last year and also fired on the
five-man team winning second
place in competition for the Hearst
trophy.
Aggies Play Two Army Officers To
Games With Bears Inspect ROTC Units
Friday-Saturday HereOn May Ninth
Hard Games Expected from
Bears Following Their Vic
tory Over Mustangs.
Defeated in their opening game,
the champion Aggie baseball nine
will make a second attempt to
crash the win column of the South
west conference as they entertain
Baylor’s Golden Bears in a pair
of tilts on Kyle field Friday and
Saturday afternoons of this week.
Baylor’s Bears, while not rated
as strong as last season, proved
beyond a doubt that they have in
tact a powerful array of sluggers
when they sent Coach Jimmie St.
Clair’s Mustangs to the showers
under a top-heavy score of 18-0, in
Waco last week.
Baylor Needs Pitchers
The Baylor team this season is
minus the services of “Lefty” Elli
son, stellar moundsman of last
season who left by the graduation
route, but have several curve ball
artists who have displayed real
promise in Raymond “the Mighty”
Alford, of basket ball fame; Abe
Barnett, also a member of the cage
five, and Jimmie Parks. In the out
er garden the Grizzlies boast in
Strickland on of the conference’s
best ball-hawks, and also a danger
ous man with the “willow.”
Same Line-up
The same line-up which started
the tilt with T C U will probably
face the Bears in the first of the
two games Friday, and again Sat
urday with the probable addition
of two or three substitutions. Fred
die Marshall Shaw will likely be
the choice to show the boys a few
slants from the hillock Friday with
either “Bob” Scheer or “Bugga”
Moon, whose south paw fire-ball
checked a Frog rally last week, in
line for duty in the second fray.
Results of last year’s games, in
which the Aggies were victors
twice over the Bruins, give Shaw
(See BAYLOR on page 4)
Student Movement
Speaker Praises
T Cabinet Work
Faculty And Cabinet Hear
Elliot Speak At Steak Fry
In His Honor Monday Eve
ning.
A. R. Elliot, who is directly con
nected with the headquarters of
the National Student Movement of
the Y M C A in New York City,
spoke to the local YMCA Cabi
net and thirty faculty members
Monday evening at the “Y” Cabin.
The address followed a steak fry
given by the Cabinet in honor of
the speaker and members of the
teaching staff.
The work carried on by the Col
lege YMCA and the efficiency of
its secretaries were highly praised
by Mr. Elliot. The speaker contin
ued with a resume of work done by
similar bodies throughout this
country and abroad. He stated that
in over seven hundred American
colleges, universities, and prepara
tory schools, more than 80,000 men
and boys are actively engaged in
such work. In conclusion Mr.
Elliot pointed out the tendency to
wards seriousness that is rapidly
gaining strength in all institutions
of higher learning.
Before adjourning the meeting,
I. C. Corns, president of the Cabi
net, appointed L. E. Bell, Har
lingen; J. E. Hurley, New Orleans;
and C. F. Roderick, Dallas; as a
committee for nominating Cabinet
officers for the coming year.
Review to be Held for Visiting
Officers, May Tenth.
The annual inspection of the
ROTC units will take place here
May 9, 10 and 11, according to
orders received by Major J. P.
Wheeler, executive, from Eighth
Corps Area Headquarters. Col. W.
A. Castle, assisted by six other of
ficers will be in charge of the in
spection. »
Inspestion of classes in military
science will be held Monday, May
10. Tuesday there will be a review
of the cadet, corps, which will be
followed by an inspection of the
units at tactical work. Wednesday
the inspection will be concluded
with further work in class rooms.
Officers assisting Col. Castle are
Lt. Col. Dan D. Tompkins, who will
inspect the Cavalry unit; Lt. Col.
Ralph T. McPennel, Field Artil
lery; Major Norman Groff, Infan
try; Major Glenn P. Anderson,
Coast Artillery; Capt. Clay Ander
son, Engineers; and 1st Lt. Arthur
E. Mickelson, Signal Corps. Lieu
tenant Mickelson was formerly an
instructor in Military Science and
Tactics here.
Rice Bringing
Good Team For
Saturday Meet
Track Outlook for Aggies
Exceedingly Dark as Crew
Works for Hard Races.
A versatile crew of track men
will furnish plenty of competition
for Coach Anderson’s down trod
den Aggies when Rice Institute’s
array of stars take the field on
Kyle field cinders Saturday at
2:30.
Extremely gloomy is the outlook
for the A and M tracksters as they
compete against the brilliant speed
sters and weight tossers from the
Institute, who have defeated all
comers this season and last. The
Rice team not only is well repre
sented by sprinters and distance
men but also have among their
member the leading pole vaulter
in the conference.
Strong In Field
The Aggies are strong in field
events but weak on the track,
while the Rice team is weak
in neither. In Percy Burke the
Owls have one of the best weight
men in the Southwest while Baldry
also is a leader in weights, pole
vault, and broad jumping.
George Addicks’ return to the
track may aid materially the re
lay teams and in the dash events,
but stiff competition is sure to be
had from Holloway, leading Owl
sprint man. The relay team of Rice
is the fastest in Texas and the op
ponents are especially strong in
the 440-yard dash, having at least
three men superior to any on the
A and M squad.
Artillery Wins
Handball Crown
In Close Game
Battery B, Artillery, wrested the
intramural handball championship
from Battery C, last year’s cham
pions, Tuesday in a speedy match
by a score of 2-1. The members of
the winning team are: J. Wright,
O. S. York, J. M. Mitchell, E. C.
Reichardt, R. F. Tansil, H. C. Ste-
fani, and P. E. Morris, substitute.
Mitchell and Stefani won the dou
bles matches last year, Mitchell al
so winning the singles last year.
I
Benke Wins Out In Final Vot
ing At Class Meeting Tues
day Night.
M. L. Benke, San Antonio, senior
student in electrical engineering,
was elected valedictorian of the
Class of 1932 in a run-off with
Clint Herring, also of San Antonio,
to climax probably the most close
ly contested student election of the
year at a meeting of the Senior
Class Tuesday evening in the As
sembly hall.
Herring And Benke In Run-off
Benke and Herring went into
the run-off election by virtue of
their leading the second primary
balloting in the election held Tues
day, when members of the class ex
pressed their choices among the
five candidates chosen from the
eligible list last week.
Benke’s total ballot in the final
election was 114 while Herring’s
vote was 93. In the primary elec
tion Tuesday the votes were as
follows: Herring 76, Benke 73,
George J. Fix 44, J. E. Hurley 19,
and L. E. Bell 15.
Two Weeks Campaign
Election of Benke as valedictor
ian brought to a close a two-week
period of political activity which
reached what is said to have at
tained the greatest peak of any
campaign in several years.
In the initial primary Hurley
and Banke, both electrical engi
neering students, drew heavy bal
lots, and Benke’s nomination in
the second primary was virtually
assured Tuesday morning when
agreement was reached by E. E.
students to throw their entire sup
port to one candidate. Benke was
the choice.
Benke, who will receive his B. S.
degree in electrical engineering in
June, had a total of 248% grade
points to his credit at the begin
ning of the present term. He is
major of the Signal Corps Bat
talion and a member of the local
chapter of A I E E.
First Conference
Swim Meet Victory
For Texas Steers
Aggies Take Second Place in
Swimming Events in Long
horn Pool.
By winning every first place and
also grabbing a majority of the
second place honors, the Texas
University natators easily captur
ed the first conference swimming
meet ever held in the Southwest,
in Austin Saturday night by a
score almost doubling the points
won by the remaining conference
entries. They garnered 77 points
while A and M took 20, S M U 10,
and Rice 6. Peculiar was the fact
that though they broke no records
(See STEERS on page 4)
NOTICE JUNIORS AND
SENIORS
The Ross Volunteers wish
to extend an invitation to all
members of the junior and
senior classes to attend the
dances which will compose
the annual R. V. Festival
here April 21, 22 and 23.
JOHN M. WINSLOW,
Captain.