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Published Weekly By The Students Of The A. & M. College Of Texas
VOLUME XXX COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, APRIL 20, 1932 NUMBER 29
Commencement Plans Announced
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State Educator Dies Suddenly At College
Death Follows
Sudden Illness
Of Public Man
Dies In College Hospital While
Visiting Here For Farm
Contests.
Battle Of Flowers Owls Split Series-
Speakers Chosen Aggies Still Have
Following Try-Out Champion Hopes
D. L. Tisinger And W. 0. Veltman And Davis Match
Alexander Will Represent With Klaerner For Honor
College In Historical Decla- Of The Two Games,
mation.
CURDS REINC
OISTRIRUTED
Scholastics Will Artillery-Cavalry
Determine Staffs
Struggle Again In
For Publications Annual Horse Show
Editor In Jefferson City Mak
ing Approval Of Copy Be-
Ruling Adopted By Publica- Large Number Expected To
tions Will Require Students Participate In, Affair An-
To Pass
Work.
Percentage Of
nounced
May.
For Middle Of
Committee Closes
Work On Program
For Commencement
Graduating Class Will Be Of
Men Who Were Members Of
Largest Freshman Class In
History.
Death took the life of S. M. N.
Marrs, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction last night fol
lowing an attack of heart trouble
about two-thirty Monday after
noon. He died about nine-thirty.
Superintendent Marrs, here for
the annual Smith-Hughes judging
contests for vocational agriculture
students, was climbing the main
stairway in the administration
building on his way to an appoint
ment, shortly after two o’clock
when he became ill. He was given
emergency treatment and removed
shortly afterward to the hospital
where late in the afternoon he was
reported resting well.
He was rational at various times
following the first attack but a
sudden relapse was followed by his
expiration at 9:30. According to
those in attendance at the hospital,
he was conscious shortly before
death.
At his bedside were several mem
bers of his immediate family, in
cluding his wife, who made the
trip from Austin on being advised
of his illness.
The body, accompanied by Mrs.
Marrs, W. R. Marrs, J. F. Marrs,
and S. N. Marrs, was forwarded by
car to Austin Tuesday morning
where funeral services will be held
Wednesday. Hour of the funeral is
to be announced later.
When stricken, Supt. Marrs was
accompanied by his brother W. R.
Marrs, and his little grandson, C.
D. Marrs, Jr., son of C. D. Marrs,
who is a graduate student at the
college this year.
Surviving Supt. Marrs are: Mrs.
Marrs, his wife; R. H. Marrs, San
Antonio; C. D. Marrs, College Sta
tion; and S. N. Marrs, Austin,
sons; Mrs. J. F. Weinzierl, Hous
ton, daughter; five grandchildren,
four brothers and two sisters.
Supt. Marrs was an outstanding
figure in the educational circles of
Texas where he devoted nearly his
whole life to educational work. He
was born in January, 1862, at
Gauley’s Bridge, Fayette County,
West Virginia. He came to Texas
in 1882.
He was superintendent of schools
at Stephenville, Hamilton, and Cle
burne, and then for a period of
twenty-five years was superintend
ent of schools at Terrell. He left
Terrell in 1919 to become chief sup
ervisor of high schools of the state
department of education when Miss
Annie Webb Blanton was state su
perintendent. Later he became first
assistant state superintendent and
then succeeded Miss Blanton as
state superintendent in 1923. He
held that post until his death, be
ing in his tenth year of service.
Morgan Granted
Fellowship For
Western College
W. E. Morgan, assistant regis
trar, has been granted one year
leave of absence, effective July 15,
to attend the University of Cal
ifornia at Berkeley. He was grant
ed a fellowship provided by the
Southern Social Science Research
Council of Atlanta, Ga., and will
do work toward a master’s degree.
His major study will be agricul
tural economics.
Morgan is a member of the class
of 1930 and has held office of as
sistant registrar for two years. For
two years before this he was stu
dent assistant to the registrar. He
will leave for California in August.
D. L. Tisinger, Garland, and W.
O. Alexander, Bryan, have been
chosen to represent A and M in
the speech contest sponsored by the
Daughters of the Texas Revolution
which is to be held in the San
Pedro Playhouse in San Antonio
on the anniversary of the Battle
of San Jacinto.
Battle of Flowers
The contest is to be held in con
junction with the Battle of Flow
ers and is open to only two dele
gates from Texas University and
two from A and M. Contestants
are limited to 1500 words and their
subject must touch some phase of
Texas history. The sponsors have
offered a first prize of one hun
dred dollars and a second award
of seventy-five dollars to the two
winners of the competition.
Winners will submit two type
written copies of their speeches for
publication and will be guests of
honor at the Battle of Flowers
luncheon to be given at noon, April
21.
Five Deliberate
Tisinger and Alexander were se
lected as entrants from A and M
after the five judges had deliber
ated for almost two hours. Judges
for the try-outs were Mrs. J. B.
Lewright, Mrs. R. F. Spencer, and
Mrs. W. A. Adams, San Antonio
members of the society; Mrs. J.
P. Wheeler, chairman, Mrs. Will
Howell and Mrs. Lee J. Roundtree,
Bryan. Elimination try-outs were
held in the Asbury Room of the
Library on Thursday evening,
April 14. I. A. Handler, Galves
ton, also entered the try-outs.
Tisinger spoke on Henry Smith, the
only provisional governor of Tex
as, and Alexander discussed impor
tant incident in the lives of out
standing leaders in Texas History.
These two men will leave for San
Antonio Wednesday afternoon.
Previously the contest has been
open only to Texas University stu
dents, but through the efforts of
Mrs. J. P. Wheeler, A and M stu
dents are allowed to enter the
contest.
Attendance High
For Smith-Hughes
Contest Monday
Sixty-five Piece Band Organ
ized For The First Time
Gives Concert At Close Of
Contests.
Attendance in the annual Smith-
Hughes contests this week brought
approximately 1400 high school vo
cational agriculture students here
for a crowded one-day program.
This is the largest attendance these
contests have had.
In all there were 159 school rep
resented, entering 398 teams in the
contests, including dairy judging,
livestock judging, poultry and egg
judging, entomology, farm shop,
soil conservation, and plant produc
tion.
Sixty-five Piece Band
The judging contests called for
complete judgements on all con
tests, and for announcement of the
winners and awarding of trophies
at a night meeting in the assembly
(See CONTESTS on page 4)
Coach Higginbotham’s champions
of the Southwest conference dia
mond remained in the flag chase
for 1932 when they staged a come
back against Rice Institute to win
the second game of the series by
a 4 to 2 count. The feathered tribe
played stellar ball behind “Smoky”
Klaerner’s effective tossing to cop
the opener 4 to 3.
Veltman Leads
Captain Lester “Squawk” Velt
man led his team and starred in
both games, although his brilliant
work went for naught in the first
fray.
His sensational catch in the ninth
checked a Rice rally and saved the
second game for his team.
Dividing honors with Captain
(See OWLS on page 3)
Short Elected New
Leader Ex-Students
In Annual Meeting
Prominent Member Of Asso
ciation Takes Office For
Year; Has Good Record In,
Organiation.
A. K. “Dad” Short, of the class
of 1900, Houston, was named pres
ident of the Association of Former
Students in their annual meeting
last week. Melvin J. Miller, ’ll,
Fort Worth, was made vice-presi
dent, and E. E. McQuillen was re
elected secretary-treasurer.
At present engaged as Land Con
servation and Terracing Agent for
the Federal Land Bank of Houston,
Mr. Short is in close contact with
every section of the state. It was
through his efforts that the Sears-
Roebuck Student Loan Fund of the
Association was established here at
the college. He succeeds J. B.
Thomas as president of the Asso
ciation.
Bids Being Received
The college is now taking bids
for a new fire truck to be pur
chased for the college fire depart
ment maintained by the building
and grounds department.
fore Printing.
Complete copy for the 1932
Longhorn has been sent to the
printer and every detail is being
pushed toward the early distribu
tion, A. O. Saenger stated Monday
morning. Students are requested
to come to the offices of the Long
horn this week and secure their
Longhorn cards. These cards will
be necessary that one may get his
copy of the yearbook.
Students must bring their
Fiscal Department receipt,
showing that they have paid
their student activity fee,
when they come for the
Longhorn distribution card.
These cards only, will allow
you to get your book.
Cards are being issued this
week from the Longhorn of
fices in the Library. This of
fice is located on the left
side of the lobby beyond the
stairs to the second floor.
It is urgent that this mat
ter be attended to at once.
O. A. SAENGER,
Editor, Longhorn.
Effective with the approaching
election an order adopted by the
Student Publication Board last
week will require all publication
members to maintain the same
scholastic average as required of
athletes participating in Southwes
tern Conference events. This move
was made as a safe guard to pre
vent students, already deficient in
classwork, spending their time on
a student activity when it was
needed in the class room.
This will apply to all members
of any publication, and only those
qualifying under these rules will
be eligible in the future to work
on publications.
Ex-Students Will
Hold Meetings Over
Country April 21
Saenger left Monday afternoon
for Jefferson City, Mo. where he
will read proof and pass final ap
proval on the book before it is
printed. The Hugh Stephens Press
is handling the printing of the
book this year. They have a na
tional reputation as year
book printers, and with the ex
ception of last year’s book, have
done the Longhorn printing for sev
eral years.
It is expected that the book will
be here for distribution by the mid
dle of May, but it is impossible
to state now the exact distribution
date.
R. V. QUEEN
I READY
City Club Groups Meet Simul
taneously To Discuss Col
lege Days.
Swimmers Defeat
Houston YMCA In
Water Polo Game
Miss Mozelle Bryant Will Of
ficially Open Ceremonies
Thursday night.
While students of A and M will
be enjoying their annual spring re
cess from April 21 to 24, former
students of A and M all over the
world will be celebrating the tra
ditional day for Aggies everywhere
to get together, according to in
formation received at the office of
the Former Students’ Association.
Every year San Jacinto Day has
a marked significance to A and M
men because on that day wherever
there are A and M men in groups
of two, three or more luncheons,
picnics and general get-togethers
are held to enable old timers to
once more concentrate their
thoughts and conversation on “the
good old days.”
Aggie ex-students in New York
City, Wichita Falls, Waco, El Paso,
Schenectady, N. Y., and Tulsa,
Oklahoma, are among those who
have signified their intention to
hold annual meetings this year. In
past years, however, meetings have
been known to be held in the Orient
and in other places outside of the
United States, and it is quite likely
that they will meet again this year.
Rivalry between the Field Ar
tillery and Cavalry R O T C units
will be featured at the ninth annual
horse show to be held on the col
lege drill field, May 14, at 1:45 p.
m. The show will be conducted by
the Military Science department
and is composed of fifteen events
for civilians and cadets. Officials
for the show are Major R. S. Hop
kins, F. A.; Major I. G. Walker,
Cavalry, entries; Captain C. S.
Richards, F. A., equipment and
grounds; Lieutenant J. V. Carroll,
publicity.
Events are listed as follows:
CLASS I—Exhibition
Fine Harness Class—Open to any
exhibitor of a two or four wheel
ed vehicle; judged on manner of
going at walk and trot.
CLASS II
Children’s Three Gaited—Open
to any mount and any child not
over fifteen years old; to show
walk, trot and canter.
CLASS III
Three Gaited Saddle Horses —
Open to one cadet per troop, bat
tery, squadron, battalion, and regi
mental staff; to show walk, trot,
and gallop. United States govern
ment mounts.
CLASS IV
Mounted Tug of War—Open to
one team each of eight sophomore
cadets from the Cavalry Squadron
and Field Artillery Battalion.
CLASS V
Equipment Race—Open to one
cadet from each battery and troop;
conditions; contestants to start at
scratch, assemble equipment, har
ness, and race across line; to be
judged on accuracy and speed.
CLASS VI—Exhibition
Three Gaited Saddle Horses —
Open to mounts of high action
(See HORSE SHOW on page 4)
Barger Closes
Houston Class
Of Insurance
The Texas Aggie swimming
team ended its season by winning
a water polo game Saturday
against the Houston YMCA polo
team, and by taking second place
in a triangular meet with the Hous
ton Amateur Swimming Associa
tion and the Galveston Beach As
sociation consisting of The Sharks
and the Tri-five Club, Sunday, at
the Crystal Palace in Galveston.
Captain R. M. Smith’s Aggie
Polo team overcame the Y team
from Houston by a score of 6 to 1
in a hard fought contest. At the
end of the half, the score was 1 to
0 in favor of the Aggies, but the
Houston team evened the score at
On a brilliantly lightly dias, with
her ladies of the court and their
escorts, Miss Mozelle Bryant of
Goliad will officially open the an
nual festivities of the Ross Volun
teers. She will share the honor with
Jack Edgar, king of the organiza
tion.
Transforming the main dining
room of the mess hall into a ball
room of Spanish architecture, the
center of activities will be a huge
throne erected across the east end
of the building. Gay colors will
carry out the motif with a lattice
work running the entire length of
the room while windows shaded
with colored awnings supported
by spears and adorned with
shields bearing various coats-of-
arms will ornament the other side.
J. L. Keith is in charge of decora
tions.
Music for the dances this year
All Parts of State
Visited By Seniors
On Inspection Trips
Seniors And Juniors Leave
Campus To Study Phases
Of Work.
Class Of Insurance Men
Studying For Professional
Examination Ranks Fourth
In Size.
With the completion of the com
mencement week program, Dr. E.
P. Humbert, chairman of a com
mittee composed of Dr. S. R. Gam
mon, Professor Daniel Russell, and
Cadet A. C. Moser, Jr., announces
the following order for the week’s
activities:
Sunday, May 29
8:30—Parade honoring “T” men
and the awarding of “T” medals
and Intramural medals. Also the
awarding of the Military Ribbon
to the members of the College Rifle
and Pistol teams.
10:30 a. m.-—Baccalaureate Ser
mon by Dr. Lewis J. Sherrill, Dean
of the Louisville Presbyterian The
ological Seminary, Louisville, Ken
tucky.
4:30 p. m.—Outdoor concert, A
and M Band.
9:00 p. m.—Junior Prom.
Friday, June 3
1-4 p. m.—All departments open
for inspection.
1:30 p. m.—Livestock show, con
ducted by Senior Animal Husban
dry students in the Animal Hus
bandry Pavillion.
4:00 p. m.—Competitive Drill of
Ross Volunteers followed by an ex
hibition drill.
5:00 p. m.—Formal Presentation
of Reserve Commissions by W. W.
Sterling, Adjutant-General of the
State of Texas.
10:00 p. m.—Final Ball.
Saturday, June 4
9:00 a. m.—Commencement Pro
cessional.
9:15 a. m.—Commencement Ex
ercises. Address by Dr. Edgar
Odell Lovett, president of Rice In
stitute. Valedictory by Cadet Maj
or M. L. Benke. Conferring of De
grees by Honorable F. M. Law,
President Board of Directors of
the College.
12:30 p. m.—Graduating Review.
In the graduating class this
term there are 351 candidates for
degrees. This class represents the
largest freshman class in the his
tory of the college.
Of these there are 228 candi
dates for Bachelor of Science de
grees, seventeen candidates for
Bachelor of Arts degrees, and ap
proximately twenty-three candidat
es for Master degrees.
In the school of Engineering'
there are 192 candidates, in the
school of Agriculture, 102 candidat
es, in the school of Arts and Sci
ences, thirty-two, and in the school
of education, fourteen.
Approximately 235 junior and
senior students are away on the
annual inspection trips Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday of this
week. Students making these trips
are excused from classes wherein
applications are made of the work
they are studying. The purpose of
these trips is to enable the students
to observe the practical appliance
of the courses they have been pur
suing the past three and four years.
Thirty electrical engineering sen-
A meeting tonight concludes the
class in Life Insurance, conducted ,
by Professor Barger of the Depart
ment of Economics, under the aus
pices of the Houston JAfe Under-
| writers Association. The class of
seventy members, fourth largest
; in the United States, included em-
| ployees of more than twenty com-
j panies.
Take Examination
All of the men are preparing for
the first section of the examina
tion for the Certified Life Under
writers degree to be held at Rice
Institute on June 16, 17 ,and 18.
Commenting upon the C. L. U. 1
degree, Professor Barger said,
“There is as much difference be
tween the holder of a C. L. U. de
gree and the ordinary insurance
peddler as there is between a
certified Public Accountant and a
bookkeeper.
“The majority of people know
little or nothing about insurance
and must rely upon the judgement
Home Run Wins
For Fish From
Allen Academy
(See SWIMMERS on page 4)
(See QUEEN on page 4)
(See INSPECTION on page 4)
(See BARGER on page 4)
A heavily clouted ball over the
left field fence in the first inning
by Bob Connally proved to be the
winning run when the freshmen
defeated the Allen Academy Ram
blers on Kyle Field Monday after
noon 3 to 2. The freshmen showed
much improvement over their
games with Blinn College last Fri
day and Saturday.
Jake Mooty again had an easy
time on the mound, striking out
eleven men. Three strikes were
called on the first man to the plate
before a single ball was pitched.
A slight miscue in the seventh
allowed the Allen cadets to bring
in their two runs.
So far the freshmen have three
wins over Yoe high of Cameron and
one over Allen, but have lost and
tied the Blinn College team.