Published Weekly By The SH
of The A. & M. College of Texas
1XAS. NOVBMBKR 2. I‘K<2.
i DEMOCRATIC i PARTY IS CHOICE OF A & M STUDENTS
First Basketball
Practise Is Held
Tuesday Afternoon
Good Response Shown By
Cagers At Initial I'radtice
tor Year.
Though football *till holiF thf
apotlight for SogthweMtrrn
fans, basketball began to take hold
on the Aggie program as the 1932
squad had their first practice of
the season Tuesday afternoon. 3|ore
than a dozen candidates for J the
1932-33 maple court team reported
for practice, with the prospevt|i of
at least five more reporting at the
end of the football season.
Four l.ettermen
Four of seven lettermen of last
STELLAR S.M.U. OLDSTERS
—u~ .4 1 "tt— ; |rf 11 '•'T\—n
Yorker Get* One-Sided
Victory In Ballot Conduct
ed By The Battalion.
In the most successful straw vote 1
held in recent years at A and M
from the standpoint of student co
operation and response, the Aggies
fell it line with the majority of
Southern colleges and polled a
landslide vote for Franklin I). *
t Roostjvelt and John Garner, the
Democratic candidates for prwi-f
dent «nd vice-president of the Unit- ;
ed Styles respectively. Final tabu
lations showed that from a total out for thl<
of 1119 votes. 973 were cast far' * fl *** >n ‘ The main task of ( dach
Roosevelt and Garner, 122 for Hoo- has at present ia to
▼er add Curtis, and 64 for Thomas •o I'h Ihe shoes of
and Maurer Charlie Beard of Fort Worth,
Approximately BOG of the en
tire student body is represented by
the v^tes recorded and the over
whelming majority for Roosevelt
and. (tyrner indicates that the prin
ciples pf the Democratic party find
faAor. With a large portion of the
carets j
. Althpugh the ballots did not re
quire tjhat the •voters give reasons
for 4 then choice of candidates, a
few did so and marked on their
ballots*—“WE WANT ROOSE-
Vtu/ BEER."
In typly to a telegram advising
Mr. Roosevelt and Mr Garner that
tke)r were the choice of the stu
dents gt A and M, Mr. Roosevelt
said h«j is pleased that they were
sekrted and hopes to be equally
success
in the November elec-
re two is an outline of the
kt were cast. Every class
chools was carried by the
itic party.
Judgers
To Take Part In
Chicago Contest
hr — ; ..
Team of Three Men To Be
Selected From Five Eligi
ble Candidates.
f
iate
held
oultry
in
•rgest
Styles a
mapi I
“f
tallv
M Poultry Judging
making preparations to
in the Midwest Intercol-
Judging Contest to
the Chicago Coliseum
on November 25 and
t>. This event is the
,it* kind in the United
Will be attended by re
st from practically all
I he iichools of the M idwest and by
i Dine in die East according to W.
1 f. Munnerlyn. coach of the team.
The Aggie team has not been *e-
I ketad yet), but five candidates are
i rorkiag out for one of the three
| laces on the team. Tha candidates
are: II- R. Thompson. Hubbard; T.
]L Sebastian, Houston; P D. Stur-
kie, Proctor; L. A. Shone, El Paso;
and C. W. Cox, Buda. Mr. Mun-
nerlyn who is a professor of the
Poultry Husbandry Department.
WiH fa with the team on its trip.
Every year since 1925, A and M
has had a representative team at
tie Poultry Contests, This year the
plans are for the team to leave by
egr about the 19th of November,
aid visit the Poultry Depart
ments of State Agricultural Schools
throughout the Midwest and other
tain of the 1931-32 quintet,
Lester (Squawk) Veitman,
Antonio, who finished their period
of eligibility last year. These two
stellar players were rated as iwo
of the best guards in the conference
last year and were mentioned on
several All-Conference teams.
Their services will be sorely miss
ed. To fill thDse positions, Cohch
Reid raid he probably would hpve
to depend on sophomores.
pis returning lettermen we:
Captain Joe Moody. Corpus (’hristi.
Forward; Clarence (Bull) Marcum.
Estelline, forward;
Bryan, renter; J. E (Jocko)
erts, Terrell, forward or guard. Be
sides Beard and Veitman. Charlie
Malone, who lettered at guard end
center last yea^, will not be back.
Candidates for Team
Candidates besides the lettyr-
men who will begin practice Tues
day include the following: For
wards—W. A. Breaseale. Crockett,
sophomore: T. H. Terrell. El Paao.
sophomore; E. S. Horn. Dallas,
squadman; E. T Shepherd. Port
Arthur, squadman. {*
Guards—C. .0. Dalton, Blatyn.
Wyoming, sophomore; T. L. Hutto,
Coahoma, sophomore; Joe Bisky,
Houston, sophomore; (*. L. Cobb,
Bryan, sophomore.
Players expected to report fol
lowing the close of the football sea
son include Ray Murray Mercedes,
squadman. guard; Bob Connely,
Fort Worth, sophomore, guard; J.
C. Gregory, Tyler, sophomore,
guard; “Honk" Irwin, Koase, squad
man, center, and Cliff DomingUe,
Port Arthur, aquadman. guard.
Dope Points To Arkansas
As the basketnail season starts,
the dope seems to point toward
the Osarks and the University of
Arkansas. For »ix straight yeaFs
the lanky Razorbacks reigned sup
reme over the maple courts of the
Southwest, and then in 1930-31 the
accurate shooting of big Ad Dirt-
zel of T.C.U., and the team built
around him cut their winning
streak in two. They finished high
that year though, and came back
with a strong team the next year
when the Golden Bears of Baylor
won the flag. This year the poin|-
makers of the Baylor team, and the
gangling center of the Frogf will *
not be back, while Arkansas boasts
International
Stock Judging
Team Selected
aerial cirrus will pro^ahli hr brought in
I’anies meet the Aggies. The 8. M. U. stars, pictured above with Coach
feature the pandng atta k led by "Whitey" Karcud » nd Captain Spragu/,
the sir the Ponies scored first against the longhorn 1 fi Austin last Salt
Dallas Saturua)
Campus Peace And Quiet
Destroyed By Ghost Frolic
During Hallowe’en Jamboree
Deep silence reigned over th.‘*chantment was bpqken and the
arapus prior to the blowing of night called all the ghosts back t«f
Monday night. The spirits lhe de * d ****** The rereded
Morrison, are expacted to
tang halfbacks. By taking to
IES LOSE
tattpo
of the past were In seclusion—all
the cadets were busily engaged in
the pursuit of the ever elusive
grade«-point. Then Bugler Blodgett
pierced the still of the approach
ing midnight with the clear notes
of tattoo and immediately the
campus came to life.
Weird figures clad in the typical
white of departed spirits chased
:o its usual peace and solitude to
iw.iit next Hallowe’en when th**
rhosts arg to again parade
A little questioning spp'iel by
he Battalion Staff to one if the
figures that strayed from the as-
emblage around Sully, disclosed
that most of the ghosts were pror probb^l
unsuspecting freshtyfn clad in * * -
sheets and wishing Taps would
hurry up and blow so they could
Manning Smith Score# Ix>ne tk-e contests will be engaged in
Touchdott-p for Gent# in and inspections made of the equip-
over the campus in approved ghost get in bed and'dbCDsst fheir opinion
fashion. Sully’s statue in front of of any sophomore that would chase
the Main Building became a center a mortal out bn such a night at-
figure for the exhibition as the tired only in a sheet. Just remem-
fantastic spirits circled the ba*e,ber. Freshman, one df the things
with garments flowing in the wind,f that you should learn at A and M
of* is the ability to pass th- buck, so
' wait ’till the class of ’37 anv et -
it might be colder next HalWe'en.
chanting appeals to the spirits
the departed
When Taps blew, the spell of en
Dead Line For
Vanity Fair Is
November 15th
Senior# Have Until Middle of
Month To Arrange for the
• Entrv of Picture#.
Kunning Phy.
M f—
Kxhigitmp a Tight and jpunch
that- thi most ardent Aggif fans
thought them incapable of
showipjf, the Texas Aggie# held
the ujM^efeated Centenary Gentle
men aiy even terms for the first
half <ȣ the game in Shreveport
last Se)hirday. They gave way how
ever, ll|fore the small but hard
charging hack field to let Manning
Smitt ,$t-Centenary push ovfr the
only Itp^chdown of the game giv
ing the,Gentlemen a 7-0 decision
oyer tbAAggies.
'Sight Thousand Fans
TM ga me was played before a
crowd about eight thousand peo
ple wfc^aaw the Aggies come back
strong , ip the 'closing minutes of
the
the
Survey Shows Practically Whole
Student Body To Attend Battle
With Southern Methodist Ponies
Special Trains Carrying Cadets To Leave Saturday Morning;
Ccrp# To Parade Down Main Streets At Invitation of
Dat a# .^others’ C|ub.
Virlual'y the entire radet corps is planning to go to
Dat a# this week end for the Corps Trip and Aggie-S. JVf. IT.
game, according lo a preliminary survey conducted this week
by Colonel J. E. Mitchell, Commandant of A and M College.
Interest is rapidly growing in the trip and a good representa
tion of the C©Tege has made known its intention of attend
ing the game Saturday^ Colonel Mitchell said this afternoon.
4 Two special trains will leave here
Saturday morning for Dallas, the
first at 6:30 a. m. and the other at
*»:40 a. m The first train arrives
in Dallas at.9:50, followed by tho
serond one at 10:00. Assembly will
lie held for the parade at the Unioa
Depot at 10:30 and the corps will
then march up Main Street past
the reviewing stand where they will
be dismissed. Traiqs returning to
College Station will leave Dallas
both Saturday and Sunday nights.
Trucks furnished by the Dallas ex-
student* will meet both trains to
carry baggage to the dismissal .
point.
Tickets To 12:00 A. >/.
According to Mr. Hooxer.'Secre
tary of the A and M Athletic De
partment, tickets for the game can
be procured at the Athletic office
until Friday neon, at which time^
all surplus tickets will be returned
to the 8. M. U athletic office. Cou- v
pon book holders can purchase tick
ets for the price of $1 10 her«t hut
tbe price at the gate in Dallaif will
he $2.20. Students purchasing ‘tick
ets on coupon hooks however, must
present their coupon books at the
gate at Dallas with their ticket,
Mr. Hooker said today. Friday noen
is the absolute deadline for the pur
chase of tickets.
Formation of *T"
According to Tommie Goodrich,
chief yell leader, the corps will
form the “famous Aggie T” during
the halves. The seniors will re
main in the stands and form a
miniature T there. The Aggie band
has been practicing the last week
on their exhibition which will also
be between halves.
Dances
I’rpbabiy the most entertaining
features of the trip will he a series
of dances that will close the day.
The Dallas A and M Mothers’ Club
I is sponsoring a dance at Gardner
Park.
Arrangements are tinder way to
have C. I. A. students ami tbe
Dallas high school girls well repre-
Animal Husbandry Team To
Leave November 10 Or
Three Meeks Tour.
^Six seniors in the Animal Hus
bandry department havp been se-
Mected to compose the A and M In-
. ternatioitfU Livestock Judging
Team fot this session. The men who
will represent A and M are! H. A.
Fitzhugh Tolar; A. P. Goforth,
Tolar; E. H. Hudgins. Hungerford;
i). W. Rfehards. New Willard; W
iD. Kuasejl. Grar.bury; and E. L.
Williams,-Carrizo Springs.
The team will leave College Sta
tion about November 10 on a three
weeks trip to northern citips. While
Dway they will compete ia the Coll-
tgiste Livestock Judging Contest
to be held in Kansas City and the
International Collegiate Livestock
Judging Contest to be held in Chi
cago Stops will also be made at
Iowa State 1 College, Purdue, and the
University of lillintys where prac-
- it*
ment and stock of these colleges.
The teart will return about Nov
ember 30. ■
Dairy Students
Work For Places
On Judging Team
A and M To Be Represented sented at this dance. Herman Wald-
; At Southwest Exposition m , n wi „ preJ , id< . , t the B , ker Cry _
and F*i Stork BpoW. stal Ballroom while the Aggieland,
* * official A and M College orchestra.
Junior students in the Depart- j s playing at Peacock Terrace. At
ment of Dairy Husbandry are Univprsity Club the SMU Ger-
working out this week for places man Club ia giving an A and M-
to advance the ball to on the judging team which will SMU dance from 8 to 12. The night-
one-yard line as the represent A and M in the Dairy cap of the evening will be the Rev-
game .#p|Jed. Contrary to advance Show held annually in conjunction elpr’s Club German dance lasting
dope tltyl Aggies batlled the Gen- with the Southwest Exposition and ^ from 12:30 to 4 a. m. gt the Uni-
tlemen ' # evenly throughout the Fat Stock Show at Ft. Worth. This versity Club.
of a team that will probably be
near, if not on top, when the sea
son ends next March.
Ponies Have Stroag Fish Team
Though the Southern Methodist
Mustangs finished in the cellar last
year, they boasted the strongest
Freshman team ever to wear the
Red and Blue. This year according
to reports from Dallas, they
pdints of poultry interest on thqjr ^ fini „ h high in ^ conf^^
rdute bo Oiicago The trip is ex- 4IM j „„!*** something unexpected
pected to cover a period of about tornil up they prot * Wy w oi give
two weeks. In order to get a little ty* Mxt champions a tight fight
ptWctke in Poultry Judging before for crown,
leaving on the trip, the candidates
wll attend the South Texas Expo
sition in Houston the latter part
of this week.
Texas Team
Seniors have until November
15 to turn in their selections for the
Vanity Fair -aad Senior Favorite
sections of the Longhorn, accord
ing to a statement issued by B. M.
Gottlief, editor-in-chief of the 1933
Longhorn. *
The necessary dimensions and
types of pictures that will be
eepted are as follows: all pictures
entered for the Vanity Fair
tlon must be glossy prints. Sixe
8x10, fall length, and without any
color or tint. Pktures to be used
in the Senior Favorite section must
be glosay prints sixe 7x5, and
Registrars Office I# Given
Control of Aggie Ring Dis
tribution.
J
BASEMENT
Texas finished in the cellar in th4. wfU * oat f ° ,or or tint Th *y "»**
, be bust three-quarter, or full
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At a meeting held in Che Assem
bly Hall Monday night the senior
class voted unanimously to adopt
a resolution set forth by C. A.
Dickey, Major of the Coast Artil
lery Regiment, in behalf of the
Student Welfare Committee regard
ing the sale of senior rings.
The resolution stated that the
senior rings should be copyrighted
and their sale limited to the stu
dents who are classified seniors
game wuth the exception of a short
period yu j the third quarter
when thf only /core was made.
The evitues* of the teams is -evi
denced (if the , number of first
downs 4folked ,Vp by each team.
marked up ten to nine
. and five of those
f; Centynarry were made
ly when they took the
ght down the field to
and who are eligible to graduate in
the year in which the rings are
purchased The registrar’s office
will govern the sale of the rings.
Smiti^ Make* Touchdown
Smith, though he lost
his pantytlin doing so. gave the
GentlenrtW their Victory This snkall
145-pound hack kept hammering at
the hesn(to* Aggie line for three
quarter* fh il it; gave just enough
for him tf^lip through. Smith then
stepped fagfCk and kicked the extra
point frorfc placement. The midget
backs Centenary have proven
to j the members of
the Southirfvst Conferenee in every
.1
on Page 6)
contest was instituted by the Col
lege Dairy Husbandry Department
in jl923 and is open each year to
college judging teams representing
Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiaaa, and
New Mexico. A and M has won the
competition five times out of the
nine years it: has been held.
According to A L. Darndf. Pro
fessor of Dairy Husband#]), the
real value of Ithese contests to the
students is largely training they
receive in judging before the team
is selected. Although there are only
four places on the team, all juniors
taking dairyihg are eligible. De
partment records show that gra
duates in dairy husbandry who held
positions on these teams during the
past years are now occupying im
portant positions in the
iwtabr.
The senior dairy- ,
rco-nth returDcd
Iowa, where they
the Western Students’
./ ..icniir ' ontedt
.Mothers’ Club
The Dallas Ar and M Mother’s
Club is responsible for instigating
all the plans to entertain the corps
during their visit. They have the
co-operation of the Dallas Ex-Stu
dents and the Dallas Chamber of
Commerce in all the features of the
entertabiing. At the culmination of
the parade, street-car passes good
to and from the game will be dis
tributed. 1
Puzzled By
Ition In Oceans
Scientists have never yet dis
covered fimlly why it is that the
Pacifk Gees n is approximately one
and seven tenths feet higher than
the AUaptM Ocean. It is believed
by som* however, that the dif-
ference m dfe to the fact thet tfie
Pacifk Ocebn. haring a slightly
different salt content, ia lighter
than the Atlantic.
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