1"‘li «. FRONT baseme: i . f ^ m N VOLUME XXXI1 Published Weekly By The Students of The A- & M. Co'iefre of T«*as COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, OCTOBER 12, 1932. "W ,1 m NUMBER 4 LC'_L n BIE RODEO llND Senior y PACE1NI TO BE Selects Dallas STIEED El - k For Corps Trip i ‘ j Sarah Orth ftnd Marshall Shaw to Reign as Queen and King of Festivities. Mothers’ Club and Ex-Stu dents to Welcome Cadets fcr S. M. U. Game. Embodying a ehinese motif, the fourteenth annual rodeo an eant which is sponsored ea by the Saddle and Sirloin will be held Fridiy night, 14. in the Animal Husbandry‘Pav ilion, according to H. A. FiUhugh, president of the dub. Proceeds re alized from the show will ( b« util ised in defraying the expenses of the Senior Livestock Judging Team on a contest tour to the northern states next month. | Several new features have been added to the list of rodeo events which were seen last year These are a Calf roping contest, horse roping class, for high school stu dents, and a trained horse exhibit by J Y. Henderson of the Vet erinary Medicine department. Other events will include wild bronc and steer riding, mounted boxing, a potato race, trick roping, and wild cow milking. W. W. Sterling, Ad jutant General of the state of Tex as, has been invited to judge the rodeo events. The pageant will be directed by Mrs. P. Wheeler, Bryan, and H. Durst, m, Crockett, will be an nouncer /or the rodeo and pageant. Official* of the rodeo include: C. M. Pribble, Fort Worth, as ring master; G. V. Holmes, Gonxales, business manager; C W. Jackson, Center, assistant business man ager; R. F. Hartman, Cuero, pub* licity manager; A. B. Kyle, Whit ney. social secretary; H. K. West- erman, Llano, decorations. Officers of the Fjuidle and Sirloin Club are H A Fltzhugk, Tolar, president; G. V. Holmes, Gonzales, treasurer. R. F. Hartman, Cuero, secretary; Miss Sarah Orth, College Sta tion, and F. M. Shaw, Ennis, wili reign as queen and king of the court. Miss Orth'is s freshman at 1 TCU and Shaw is a senior animal husbandry student at the college. As maidvof-honbr to the queen. Miss Ch/iatobel Bailey, also of Coi lege Station, Mill l^e escorted by Harold Blodgett, Crane. The queen’s court will consist of thirty duchesses each, escorted by an A and M senior. Duchesses of the courtrand their escorts, the latter selected from the senior class of tne college, will be as fottows. Miss Winnie Powell. Colorado, and G E. Roberts,Sweet water; Miss Mary E. Smith, Col lege Station, and TJ. C Mbrris, For- reston; Miss Gertrude Gilmore, Tolar, and H. A. FiUhugh, Tolar; Miss Margaret Higgs, Bryan, and George Samuqls. San > Antonio; Miss Jaenie June Howell. Bryan, and T. B Goodrich, Marlin; Miss Mary Rode;,, Navasota, and 0. L Minims, Ralls; Miss Elizabeth For syth, Sap Antonio, and L» W Storms, San Antonio; Miss Pat ience Chance, Bryan, and: Jack Tar ver. Rosebud; Mias Christine Nagy, Ennis, and C. W- Jaeksoti, Center; Miss Mary Ellea Greenwomi, Nava- sota, and Frank Nagy, Bryan; Miss Mildred Garvin; NavasoU, and E. H. Hudgins Hungerford; Miss Lu cille Vick, Bryap, and L» L Carpen ter, Danison; apd Miss Aline King, Bryan, and D^vid Eiohclberger, Waco. Miss Pauline: Davis, Bryan, and E L. Williamp, Carried Springs; i Davis, Bryan, and ! an; Mia* Victorine d J. W. Richards fiss Catherine Ew- Developing from a standing vote taken at the senior banquet Thurs day night in the banquet room of the mess hall. Lallas has been se lected as the destination of the official corps trip of the student body fpr this year. Open diacossion was called for upon the matter by President T. C. Morris, and was responded to by different members of the class who spoke in favor of different cities m which the Aggie football term meet opponents. Shreveport, Dallas, and Waco were all considered. Stone Harris assured the group that the Dallas Student’s Club, the Dallas Mothers’ Club, the Dallas Ex-Aggie Club would do all in their power to make the trip an enjoy able one for the students This speech was followed by one from Tommy Goodrich, head yell lead er, who stated that the team would need the support of the corps a- gainst the Mustangs more than they would against the teams in the other two locations considered. The vote was taken and a ma jority was easily recognised in fav or of Dallas. This trip is scheduled for November the fifth. HEAD OF AGRONOM DEPARTMENT DIRS SATURDAY MORNINO Dr. J. O. Morgan. Prominent Agronomist. Dips At His Home on Campus. Dr. J. O. Morgan head of the Agronomy department of A and M College since 1912 and vice-dean of the school of agriculture since 1926. died at his home at eleven o’clock last Saturday morning of a linger ing illness His death Vras due to chronic nephritis whbh was aggra vated by heart disease. Funeral services were held from the home Sunday morning at ten o’clock with interment at the Bryin Cemetery. Reverend Jesse C. Thomson, Me thodist pastor at the college, con ducted the services. Dr. Morgan was born "at Etowah, Henderson County, North Carolina, i May 8, 1880. His early life was spen* on s farm. In 1911 he mar ried Mips Mildred Minor of Marion. Mississippi Graduating from North Carolina A and College in 1905, ho took his master’s degree in ag- | riculture from Cornell in 1908, and received his doctor’s degree from the latter institution in 1909. He was assistant experimental agronomist at Cornell University from 1908 until 1909 and professor of agronomy at Mississippi A and M College from 1909 until 1912. He came to this school in the lat ter year Dr. Morgan waa the auth or of “Field Crops for the Cotton Belt”, a text now used at this in- stitution as a reference. For many years he had been a member of the athletic council of this school. He is survived by hi» wife and two sons. L. M Morgan, sophomore student in Chemical Engineering at .Lis schooT and James Morgan, esident of the campa^i.' Active pall bearers were: Dean 3. J. Kyle, J. B. Bagley, James hillivan. Dr. C. B. Campbell, F. W. (Continued on Page 5) AGGIE BACKHELD STAR Jim mu Aston The six men shown, .Vr>mla ton. Rae Barfield. “Dub" Williams. Pete Hewitt “Frenchy” Domitgue and Ted Spencer, will a*e plenty o* action Fa*arday afternoon *h*n they take the field with the T evaa Aggies against the T. C. U. Horn ed Frogs. AN are fini h«d lachs snd on’ of *he six can be selected » *'ncV- fiell that vi'1 e nal any ’hit H offe-ed hv riva’ Southw^s* t'onfer e-ee tarns Am-*-'. D^mi-r-e Ba- i ’d a*** S-ewe* e e ted to s art in "-t m’ay’s contest U. TILT j. i i |, . .1 • Mi 1 ; Eyes of Southwest Football Fan$ Turned Toward Meeting of Aggies And Horned Toads This Saturday Once again in the Southwest Conference there will flare anew next Saturday a blaze of football nvairy that has held may $ince 1898 when Theodore Roosevelt was down in old San Antonio getting cowboys for his Rough Rider reginyent, and which has continued with only one four-year lapse until the present time. The rivalry between Texas Christian University and Texas A. and M. dates from the time that the Fort Worth .nstitution was known as Add Rann College. The game between the two teams, played Saturday on Kyle Field, will be the Outstanding game of the Southwest Conference for the weeJLJThis game has become 4 center of * attraction in recent yeaf^ because the Aggie team has not been able to do more than tie the Horned Frogs since 1924. Twice since then the Aggies have bven Southwestern football champions, in 1925 and 1927, yet they were defeated 3-0 the ^ first time and were able to get only a scoreless draw the second. —^ . j —* » 4> In 1929, when the present senior class were freshmen and Coach Bell was starting his coaching ! career at Aggieland, the Farmera went to Fort Worth Wit|R 4 strong ’ J team boasting such players as Cap- OF RVS HEED Eirhelberger Elected Captain of Honorary Military Or ganization. tain Tommy Mills, Charlie Richter, Brooks Conover, and “Pinky** Al- ' * sabrook. who, in short order put ' over a touchdown and kicked the' extra point to retaliate, Oy^ Leland, T.C.U’s “Klping Frog”, jumped into prominence when he * skirted the Aggie left end for 40 * yards and a touchdown. Howard Grubbs, another AU-Conferenc* 1 player that year, made the other tally! sending the Aggies home on the short end of a 18-7 score, and leading the Frogs to an undefeated 1 year as conference champions. After drubbing the Arktnsaa > Razor backs 40-0 the week before, * the Frogs came to Aggielind in 1930 to win their second victory on . EXPENSE LESS IS SEMESTER t j Decreased Jlegistration Fees Is Largest Saving Over Previous Years. That the experiaes or the men who enrolled in the ^college are cheaper this year than last was revealed by a pre''.minary survey conducted last week. The survey covered only the fees that each student is required to pay and the equipment that he must kuy. \ No attempt was made to include the incidentals which are purchased from time tq time as the amount spent for them varies and is a mat er of discretion on the part of the individual. The largest saving was found to lie in the reduced registration fees I ast year a maintenance fee of $125.00 was charged each term but this year that fee has been reduced to $110.00 for each of the (Continued on Page 5) Cadet Firemtn Relieved From I! j j Further Duty As Old Model HY’ la bn mi lit • i Are Replaced By New'Engines I i . flS i J 44 Ur- || / I The time-honored custom that the occupants of Hall act as a volunteer lire department will be abolished under a mew system o.’ fire control instigated this year and supervised by t£w? Buildings and Grounds Department. No longer will the ancient model “T” Fords heavily laden with cadets, crawl about the campus to dc$j$|ore damage than the actual fire itself. ’IS Three pieces of tire-fighting equipment of the lataat design and structure have been purchased, representing a total i|{|estinent i in- was made was spion- reason -for ractice and and M each firemen rates.! It advantage ually. chief, and They serve in ordeq to divided flafinit^fer. and north th of the t of the the Mjiin The Ross Volunteers held their first meeting last Monday night in the Y. M. C. A. Chapel for the pur pose of electing officers. D. M Eichelberger, Waco, Captain of C Troop Cavalry, was elected captain Kyle Field from the weakest Ag- and commander. W P. Machemehl. Jrie team in years. Even then they BeOvfllai First Lieutenant in the were barely able to keat the Far- Band. is the First Lieutenant and mer* by a 3-0 talley Via the field Second in command; whilq J. McL. goal route. 'arver, Rosebud, Captain on the Last f*H the sports writers gave "avalry Squadron Staff, and J. R the Aggies their beat chance hi sev- Montgomery, Waco. Captain of eral years to defeat tCU. Behind lattery A Coast Artillery, are the a veteran line, although outweigh- econd Lieutenants. L. W, fetorma, ed 2Q poqnda by the Frogs, A and r.. Sanr Antonio,; Captain on the m fought T. C U. on even term* Composite Regimental Staff, was f 0 r three quarters, but just before lected Secretary and Treasurer. the game was over Spearman and There will be pnother meeting Hinton succeeded in carrying the Thursday night. October 13 for the ball up bo the goal line where a purpose of planning their program f e w minuter later it was pushed for the year. The tentative plans . cr oas The TCU virtory gave the are that the new senior members impression of a jinxed one when will be taken in Sunday Sovember the Ak*'** beat Rice 7-0 in Hous- 12 and the Juniors the following ton while the Texas Longhorns were eluding trucks and accesaorier of $20,000. This purcl possible by an appropriation of the Texas Legislature sored by the Texas Firemaa s Association. The pri the maintenance of this equ pment is to furnish trucks fair instruction at the annual Fireman’s Short Cqurae held at summer Any city or mrnicipality whuh sends at least to complete this course ’s given a 37e reduction in insu: has been calculated that if every city in Texas should of this instruction, tax-pm yens would be saved $900,000 This department is under the control of H. R. Bro is made up of men employed in the Utilities Departmei) ns * volunteer unit and h^ve been practicing every combat any possible occurence of fire. The campus 1 into four wards in order that fires can be located' Ward-1 will include aU property west of the Military of the Main Drive, Ward 2 west of the Military Walk a Main Drive, Ward 8 will be north of the Main Drive Military Walk, while Ward 4 will be that district so Drive and east of the Military Walk. Sunday A