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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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