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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1932)
THE BATTALION I lil. BATTALICN 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. Advertising rates on request. Subscription rate $1.75 per year. EDITORIAL STAFF CLAUDE M. EVANS Editor-in-Chief PHILIP JOHN Managing Editor M. J. BLOCK Associate Editor 0. 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 Reportorial Staff: R. A. Wright, R. L. Elkins, E. L. Williams, G. M. Dent, Lewis Gross, E. C. Roberts, H. G. Seeligson. 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. Iced Water Again A few days ago we congratulated the Y M C A on its campaign to purchase a refrigerating water fountain for the convenience of the student body, and the unusually warm weather of the past few days makes us realize just how convenient that fountain would be if it were already installed and ready for use. It also calls to mind the fact that there are few places on the campus where students can get, not iced water, but water of any kind. The fountains in the Agricultural Building, always of weak and uncer tain flow, have ceased to flow at all, the fountain beside Leggett Hall is little better and certainly does not provide cool water as it did in years past; in fact, no effort seems to have been made this year toward quenching the student thirst. Perhaps it is too late to install fountains and have them in use before the end of the present semester, but it is not too late to begin the installation of fountains for the convenience of summer school students and the hundreds of visitors who come to the campus every summer. And it seems to us that it would be quite possible to repair the fountains in the Agricultural Building and, we hope, do a little toward cooling the water from the Leggett Hall fountain. At best College Station water is bad, when warm it is worse but when one cannot get water at all it is terrible. Collegiate Vandalism College students almost everywhere are prone to commit deeds which would not be countenanced if committed by anyone else, and because they realize that so many of their misdeeds are overlooked as mere collegiate pranks they often over-step the bounds with acts which it would seem more appropriate to attribute to vandals. In this category we must place the action of the student or students who for some reason or other saw fit to cut an emergency fire hose from its hydrant in the Agricultural Building. Certainly this could not be passed off as a mere prank, for one has only to think of the amount of danger which tampering with emergency fire equipment places college property. If a fire should start in the Agricultural Building while the hose is in its present state the water supply on the second floor would be reduced by half, and the fire would have just that much more chance of proving dis astrous. College without pranks and fun would indeed be an ordeal few of us would want to attempt, but the least we can do is to think before committing deeds which are likely to endanger lives and property. Preserving Traditions In accordance with the adopted plan of expansion for the campus, several old landmarks have already been replaced by modern struc tures during the past few years, and the campus is as present under going a change which will make it hardly recognizable to old students and others who knew it several years past. Modern structures are certainly desirable, the new campus beauti fication plan is one which when carried to completion will make the A & M campus one of the most attractive in the South, and we do not want to find fault with any of the improvements. But will it not be a mistake to destroy all of the old landmarks of the campus in carrying out the present plan? If one or two of the oldest buildings, rich in tradition and dormant with memories for stu dents almost since the founding of the college, were saved from the wrecking crew, would it spoil the campus plan ? Gathright Hall, or “Old Bat Roost” as it has been known to hun dreds of A & M students, at one time virtually housed the entire college, Austin, Foster, Ross and Pfeuffer are among these old structures about which former students always ask and which they always visit when on the campus. Would it be impossible to preserve one or two of these veterans, arrange the landscape about them in ways suitable to their antiquity and keep for the A & M of the future a little of the tradition and should I be elected to this position.” Iowa State Gains As A And M Loses Members of the A and M student body as well as members of the faculty and former students receive the announcement of Dean Charles E. Friley’s decision to accept a position with the Iowa State College with a sense of regret at losing a man who has long rendered valuable service to the college and who has won recognition in the field of educa tion, not only for himself, but for A and M as well. Connected with the college for more than twenty years, first as a student, then as secretary, registrar, and dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, Dean Friley has won wide recognition. In. 1929 he was elected president of the Association of Collegiate Registrars and since 1917 has been a member of the Texas committee on accredited schools. He has represented A and M on a number of other important commit tees as well and has always taken an active part in the affairs of the college. So it is that while they congratulate Dean Friley on his new post and Iowa State on obtaining the services of so valuable an educator, friends of A and M have a feeling of deep regret at seeing one of the educational leaders of the state leave the college. Last Magazine The last issue of the magazine will be out next Wednesday. Fea turing a graduation idea, the many problems of the graduate in secur ing employment are used. Modern Air Hammers Tearing Down Old Water Tower Constructed While Sul Ross Was President of College Exclusive reprint rights of this paper are granted to The College News Service and to The Intercollegiate Press. Transforming the campus into an ideal location for the sound ef fects of a gangster movie, the air hammers used in the removal of the old standpipe near the Textile Engineering building have caught the attention of the students the last two weeks. This standpipe, built in 1890, when Governor Sul Ross was pres ident of the college, furnished wa ter storage for the college for sev eral years. In recent years it has fallen into disuse and has become a blemish on the campus. Under the new building program it is being taken down and the various plates of which it is made wall be used by various departments of the college. The standpipe is 100 feet high and thirty-one and one-half feet in circumference. It is made of circular steel plates riveted together, each of the plates weighing from 516 to 2000 pounds and the total weight of the struc ture is 52,490 pounds. Student labor is being employed in tearing down the old structure and the students are under the su pervision of Cadet George L. Bris tol. Work is being carried out in shifts of five students and a total of ten students are working on the job. The cost of removing the old standpipe is estimated at between $500 and $600. A feature of the work is the wagon wheel scaffold used in tear ing down the pipe. The scaffold was designed by Bristol and is much safer than the ordinary meth ods used in tearing down such structure's. Ordinarily these standpipes are worked on from floating platforms in the standpipes or by belts from which the workmen are hung. This wagon wheel scaffold removes the dangers involved by the other two methods being a stationary, circu lar platform affixed to a pole through the center making it in dependent of the plates which are being torn off. Many suggestions were made concerning the best way of tear ing down the structure, but on comparing the costs of acetylene torches, air hammers, and the “armstrong” method, it was decid ed that it would be cheaper to em ploy air hammers in removing the rivets. Friley To Address Oklahoma College At Commencement Dean Charles E. Friley, head of the arts and science school has an nounced that he will address the senior class of the Central State Teachers College, Edmund, Okla homa, at commencement exercises. He will also address the senior high graduate of Hearne and Calvert high schools on May 30th and 31st respectively. The topic for his address at Ed mund on the 18th of this month has not been announced. National Interest Research Work Gets Special Attention Special Funds For Study Of Subject Also Provide For Study In South. Social Scientists Pick Officers For Next School Year Following the lecture by Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham, mem bers of the Social Science Seminar held their annual election on Mon day evening, May 2. Professor T. W. Leland of the Department of Accounting and Statistcis was elect ed secretary to succeed Dr. C. H. Winkler, Dean of the School of Vocational Teaching, who automa tically becomes president of the group for next year. Professor J. W. Barger of the Department of Economics, president for the past year, is to be next year’s vice-pres ident. It has always been the policy of the Social Science Seminar to re duce administration to a minimum, and therefore only one office, the secretary, is elected each year. The secretary becomes president at the following election and vice-presi dent the third year. This was the last meeting of the Seminar for this school year. (Intercollegiate Press) NEW YORK, May 11.—What is National Interest? Dr. Charles A. Beard, noted his torian and teacher, is to make a special study of the subject under a special grant of the Social Science Research Bureau. Dr. Beard will have $25,009 with which to carry on his work. In announcing the grant, Dr. Rob ert T. Crane, permanent secretary of the council, explained: “The idea of national interest constantly appears in legislative debates, in discussions arising out of international crises, and has a great influence on national and international issues. The idea is lit tle understood, and it is proposed to examine important cases of its use and to see what great interests are covered by it.” The council has also granted $45,000 to finance a study of social, economic, political, and educational conditions in the Southern Stales, under the direction of Professor Howard W. Odum of the Univer sity of North Carolina. Contestants For Sophomore Speech Tests Are Named Mustang Golf Teams Take Matches With Aggies Last Week The champion Mustang Golf team’s first invasion of Aggieland was a boon to their own champion ship hopes, but just another defeat for the Aggie team, coached by W. L. Pemberthy. Although the Ag gies were runners up last year when the Mustangs won the con ference pennant they have been de feated in all matches this season. Summary: twosomes—Lavender, S M U, defeated Keith, Aggies, one rp in nineteen; Watts, S M U, beat Malone. Aggies, one up; Deck er, S M U, defeated Heinen, Ag gies, one rp, while Boren, S M U took in Zachry, Aggies, one up in nineteen. Foursomes -Lavender and Watts of S M U won from Keith and Malone four and three; whi'e Deck er and Boren defeated Heinen and Zachry one up. In competition for a $25 prize offered by O. W. Sherrill, class of 1910, the Sophomore Speech Con test will be held in the Assembly Hall on Thursday evening, May 12, at eight o’clock. A. C. Moser, Jr., a member of the debate teams of 1931 and 1932, will preside. Dr. Summey has announced that con testants and the chairman for the evening will wear uniform number one with white shirts. As already determined by lots, the following speaking order will be observed: V. A. McCullough, Houston; H. N. Irvine, Ft. Worth; G. K. Ashby, Evansville, Indiana; and H. G. Seeligson, II, Dallas. In the absence of any of these speak ers, O. R. Cary, Snyder, will speak as alternate. The netters of Texas University, long the class of the Southwest tennis world, easily handed the Ag gie racquet wielders their fifth de feat in as many starts in Austin Saturday. Texas won all sk of the matches and lost only two sets in doing so. J. L. Cunningham, ranking Ag gie player, fell before Key, No. 3, Curtis To Work On Masters Degree At Harvard University Scholarships Granted This Week For Advanced Work In Architecture. W. M. Curtis, senior architectur al student, of Covington, Oklahoma, was recently granted a scholarship at Harvard, for study on his mas ter’s degree in architecture. The award is entitled “The Joseph Eveleth Scholarship in Architec ture,” and was granted as a result of recommendations and scholastic records furnished by the depart ment of architecture here. First Scholarship The records show this is the first scholarship to be granted an A & M man by Harvard Univer sity, said Ernest Langford, head of the department of architecture here. The graduate school is restrict ed to college graduates of certain attainments, the school last year having but sixty-seven students, representing thirty-eight colleges and universities in the United States. Will Study History Curtis will specialize in history We Have What You Want— CANDY DRINKS TOBACCO Give Us A Try Aggieland Grocery Across from the Exchange Store and design, and plans to go into the teaching field upon his com pletion of the course at Harvard. Completion of the graduate work is based upon the attainment of a specified standard of work, and not upon years of study and com pletion of courses. The advanced Haiward degree makes the holder eligible for mem bership in the honor architectural society without preliminary exami nation. L. M. Cook of Dallas, has receiv ed a fellowship with the depart ment here to complete his work on airport design. It is one of the seven fellowships awarded by the college, and divided among the de partments here. Dinner Party Given Debaters By Summey Last Tuesday Night Dr. George Summey, Jr., head of the English Department, entertain ed this year’s debate medalists with a dinner in their honor on Tuesday evening in the mess hall. Guests for the dinner were A. C. Moser, Jr., Dallas, to whose 1931 debate key the numeral 1932 was added; I. A. Handler, Galveston; J. F. Hil liard, Rosebud; D. L. Tisinger, Gar land; G. E. Schunior, Edinburg; Phillip Brin, Terrell; B. M. Gott lieb, Corsicana; and H. G. Strom- berger, San Antonio. THOSE GOOD MALTEE MILKS We Still Make Them! King’s, Whitman’s and Pangburn’s Candies Holmes Bros. Confectionery Bryan Phone 221 The Campus Barber Shop “The Friendly Shop” EXPERT WORK AT ALL TIMES Bert Smith, Prop. In the “Y” She prefers A PIPE (For you) TTER name is Ruth. She’s a popular -Ei. co-ed on a famous campus. Yes, she’ll have a cigarette, thank you (and smoke it very prettily). But for you she likes a pipe. That’s one smoke that’s still a man’s smoke. (And that’s why she likes to see YOU smoke a pipe.) There’s something companionable about a pipe .Friend- ly, cool, mellow ... it clears your mind, puts a keen edge on your thinking. 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