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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1932)
Weekly By The Student* of The A. & M. CoJhtfe of Tex** COLLEGE STATION, 1UAE| NOVEMBER V1M2. !ll, . TO BE AGGIES’ • 1 NUMBER 8 TEDS TO PU¥ FIBST UME _■ Freshmen Open Season With Ninth Infantry Team From San Antonio. » » I Agfrie* wh* have been wonder ing what kind of a team the Fresh men have this year, will have a chance to decide for themselves when Coach Roswell Higginboth am’s Texas Aggie Freshman eleven meets the from San A V ember 12. The frashin have contei scrimmages “B" squads AGGIE MASCOT GIVEN ' RECOGNITION AT GAME IN DALLAS Reveille. A and M campus pup. was given more atten tion and Comment by the ra dio announcer of the Aggie- S. M. U. game in his broad cast than any player of eith er team. Infantry team Saturday, No- imen to ds n i<h1 thei i between and again to date this season themselves 1 with i their “A" and tinst the vanity reserve and Manity teams. Teata- tive starting freshman lineup, with appreximate weight of each player is as follows: M B. Tohline (1*6), left end; Carter Speed (1#7). Cor- sicanp, left tackle; Marion Crow (1751, left guard; Stanfield Stach (1751 center; Oscar Seward (161), right guard; Fred Bayless (175), Houston, right tackle; Robert Sim- mons (179), Haskell, right end; Wilham Couser (159), Brecken- ridgev or Nash Thompson (155), Fort Worth, quarterback; Ed Wick er (IBS); Corpus Christi. left half back; P. R. Reid (175), Corpua Chrirti, tight halfback; Paul Calla han, 1185), Dallas, fullback. Coach Higginbotham has announced that the entire ‘‘A” squad probably will aee service in the tilt. i 4—T Aggie Defensive Work Holds S.M.IL To Scoreless Tie * j 1 Farmers Battle .Muntangs To 0-0 Score In Dallas Satur day Before 14,000 Fans. The same attack that gave the Mustangs a touchdown against the Texas Univenity Longhorns in Austin two weeks ago proved in adequate when near the Aggie goal line last Saturday as the two team* fought to a scoreless tie before a crowd of 14,000. Both teams tried to break into the “win” column and shove the other into the conference cellar now held by the Baylor Bears The Mustangs are a few percentage points ahead of Baylor With the Aggies and the Arkai ADDSMEMBERS ‘Hdrt.v-Eight Students Elect ed Te Haltormry Scholastic Association. Thirteen seizors and twenty-five , _junior* were added to the member ship soils of tl|e Scholarship Honor Sdciety last nipht. These men were elected members of the Society from an eligible list of thirteen and forty Razor- backs tied for fourth place in the race for the conference football H** ’ i! J Statistically, the Mustangs out played the Aggies. They made 13 first downs, nearly all by the fer ial route, while the Aggies were able to gamer only 3 first downs straight running plays. Only two passes were completed by tpo Farmers for a gain of about yards. . . { Special Trains From Hi To Arrive At Noon Wii Crowd For Armistii Complete Arrangements for elude Dance Friday Night, FH Saturday Afternoon, and Coi urday Night. iton Large . Day Game eek-End In- iman Game is Dance Sat- On Armiatice Day, Friday, November be host* to what promises to be a record dents and viaitors. The occasion will be the football game which is to be played this Special trains will be run from Houston and are scheduled to arrive about noon. Corps Dances To Be Exempt From Federal Revenue Tax On Admiiedon Fee To Corps Dance Is Eliminated By Revenue Collector. , the Aggies will wd of Rice stu- nual Rice-Aggie on Kyle Field. College Station tr II WIk. Arrangements have been made to handle and entertain the visi tors and the Cadet Corps ia an xiously .afctkiiating the day when they may see the Aggie football team in action against the Rice Owls. The program for Armistice Day include* a turkey dinner to be serv ed in the megs hall at noon, the Owl-Farmer |rrid battle that af ternoon, ani an Armistice dance to be held in the mess hall Friday night Ralph Webster and bis Lamar Hjatel Orchestra from for this dance Houstonians will iphere prevailing iplay for Saturday in game in the after- Chartie Cumminps At the first of the football season, the linesmen pictured above Texas Aggies’ football aspirations. Injuries have removed George Both teams threatened to score Murray, end, from the lineup, and the brunt of the line play is now oit several times, but each time a lis Nolan, center, and Charlie Cummings, tackle, who are making a mb _, w i_ . | ipmii p. _ JB* Engineering s^idents led the list for 13 yards, thereby making r-eight juniors tightening line, an intercepted pass, or a fumble halted the march. Twice did the Aggies get into scor ing positions. In the third quarter, a Mustang back got off a weak punt that went out of bounds in a dangerous position. Domingue carried the ball off tackle for a good gain and then the line-plung ing Ted Spencer hit center for a first down. Probably the prettiest play of the game then followed a* Woodland. Aggie guard, came out of the line and took the ball froan Domingue to rush around right end ence honors. of new sient be rs. there being twenty-stx from this branch of study, *Ekmtricu) Enigneering stu dents led all other courses of in struction. t|her| being eleven from this field added to the roster of the first down. Two more plays failed to gain much ground, but the ball was advanced to a position favor able for a field goal, A try for a field goal that would have won the game had it been successful was / societir.' tight Chemical Engineer- blocked by Mills, Pony end. ing student* were taken in for sec- Twice the successful aerial attack ond high honor*. of the Mustang* carried them deep Senior Biem|ers admitted were: into Aggie territory, but on each L. M. Adam* Waco; B ey, Ft. Worth; W. H. L. Dellen- attempt {to reach the goal line eith- Litchfield. «*r knocked down a pass or caused Beauipont; Urns Miller, Corsi- the passers to throw them wide. L i ENGAGED,FOR ARMISTICE DAY Reserve Officers Form Battle Plan In Sham Skirmish cana;|T. 0 Pke, Winters; V. A Randolph. Cherokee; P. A. Sharp, Mooripgsport, ^a.; H. Q Whitmire, jw. ! W. Whitmire, Mid land; jW. B. Williams. Greenville; H B. ChambeHam, and E. F. Rob erts. Members eta rted from the Jun ior class wen: R. T. Alexander. Canadian; H. V. Blackwood, Ros- B. D. llrockett. Ft. Wortl); Bsrns, Ft. Worth; A. M Wi^m; ". N. Gearreld. Ste le; F. ( remmel, Pettus; E Crmwf )rd; W. W. Holmes, rk; W. B. Logan, Dallas, Dallas; W. A. Mc- H. F.| Martin, Leod, Cuero; Antonio; JL E. Poole, Port Arthur; R. E. Porter, Sin Antonio; V. Pea cock, iMineela; J. B. Rawls, New Orleaas. La.; 'V. D. Sorrells, Gil mer; R. E. White, San Antonio; J. E. Weaver. Refugio; J. I. Walton, Yoakdm; J. H- Wilkinson, Daln- gerfield; 0. S. York, Galveston; K. E. Zimmerman^ Coleman; and F. E. When the toe of Captain Sprague punted the ball deep into the Aggie territory, the toe of Muggins Fow ler came to the rescue of the Ag- (Continued on page 5) GEOLOGY CLUB OFFICERS AT ELECTS MEETIN NG At a session held in the Science Hall recently the Geology Club was rsnrg*nidiri - for the present year. A. ,Carnegie- Elliott, Pilot Point, was chosen president and G. J. Koehler, Palatine, secretary. The club will hold weekly meet- S. Pawkett, San ^ ing* and the programs will consist Noted OrcheHtra To Flay For Dance Follow ing Rice Game Friday. Ralph Webster and his Lamar Hotel orchestra have been engag ed to furnish music for the Armis tice Day dance to be held in the mess hall Friday night following the Rice-Aggie game, Donald El liott, social secretary of the Senior Class, announces. The dance is scheduled to begin at nine o’clock and end at one a. m It will probably be the most out standing dance of the,year Elliott said this afternoon. This orchestra played for the Junior Prom and Final Ball last mar. It consists of twelve musi cians, six of whom are vocalists, 1 and in addition has four torch sing-' ers who accompany the orchestra. Several novelty numbers will be given by the orchestra as well at * floor show featuring the torch f ingers and a vocal trio headed by Emmy” Giffea. former Aggietand prehestra trumpeter. Army Fentonnel Engages In Imaginary Defeiute of Col lege Station. the bast* of the Tliarri, and Ray shoulders of Wil- bid for all-confer- In accordance with a ruling re- Houaton will ceived from James W. Baa*, Col- so the lector of Internal Revenue, the , find a home corps dances held at A and M will m this respec be free from tax in the future. Don The p Elliott. Social Secretary of the eludes a foot Senior Class said this afternoon, noon between the Aggie Fish and The exemption is based on the the strong >Alnth infantry team fact that A and M is an educational from San Adtonio and a dance institution and the profits derived Saturday trigljt in the mess hall, from the dances go to the Senior music for whi^h is being furnished Class Memorial Fund. At the end by the Aggiepnd Orchestra, of the school year the Senior Class > ««— is to vote on the disposition of the _____ __ ___ ______ r PRESS CLUB OFFERS ' Elliott communicated wfth the PRIZE TO STUDENT revenue collector in Austin gnd car ried on the negotiations necessary to bring about the exempthtn from the tax, but it was only after an I affadavit stating the purpose of' the dances and signed by D*. Wal ton, President of A and 91 College, had been submitted that Bads made th t-n U, ' n * . , . I The Press ( hib, in an effort to Elliott est,mates that th* onus- rt|mul . te in creativ< . wri t- sion of the government tax will jnjr amonff ^ ,, tudentl ,. specially save the cadet corps approximately thoM ^ connected with AUTHORS FOR WORK J 'P|. Medal To Bd> Ghen For Beat Composition Submitted By Any Undergraduate. I M five hundred year. dollars du i>x|nu ri*g Make Tour Before Cpflegiate Live- Debaters Give Show To Raise Money For Meet With Missouri blem ■ - According Proceed* from the picture show club there are any gf th *' the regular pu dications staff* haa announced the institution of $ lit erary congest. The winner of thia contest will receive the Press Club Literary Awa^d, a medal bearing an inscription | with the club etn- -I An extensive practice martUeyer is being held this week by members of the Reserve Officers troopVhool The A| a«d M International Live as a means of keeping their re- Stock Jjkmng Team left today serve commissions in effect. Yhi*' on northern manuever consists of a plan of de- ; cont ** t *- WMm consists of H fense for College Station against A. Htzhdgjk Tolar; A. P. Goforth. . ficUtiou. ,n.n,y 1°w W^W. from the south, and is to efeage D Russtll, Gi*i*ury; and E. L. all branches of the Regular Army , Willmms l. C , ri *za Springs. Pro- .. , , . _ „ . lessor R;’K. MHHollin of the mai Hushaadry department accom panied the;team as coach The fir«£ .stop will be made at members of the many students in the to be given in the Assembly Hall, corps who have writing ability and Friday evening. November 11, wilC one of the purposes of the contest represented in the in ■ the Rewerve Officers Training Corps at A and AGGIES GIVEN CREDIT The Retail Merchants Assocla- The details of the battle condi tions were issued to all members of J Kansas Cltj on November 12 where the Troop School at their meeting t>H , men participate i B the Col- last Wednesday night. Members of r lefpmte LiVistock Judging Contest each branch were assigned posi-1 to t* heUFtn connection with the tions as commanders and are tor Amer jcan Joyal Livestock Show, arrange their own defensive posi-! prom K tions. Senior Members of the R. 0. g Q to A T. C. were invited to participate Bpend sevpjjgl days inspecting the in .the manuever in order to ac- *tock of t*< jowa $tate College and quaint themselves with the routine brushing thhir judging toch- of the reserve officers school* as n ique Th^y will xlso visit Purdue they all will be required to do this University and ttye University of type of training after graduation HUnois. Op Slovember 26 the team As a finale to the tactical prob- will be i*j Y piicago to compete lems. the officers wid ride *ver against -Mil 1 ilii^isUly twenty City the team will 1 low* where they wid be used to defray the expense of s is to attempt {to find the talented debate team tour scheduled for the ones. Members iof publication staffs second semester. The tour will b<- are not barred from receiving the to Columbia, Misaouri, where the award, and a j system of judging team will participate in a debate has been perfected that wtU pre wit h the University of Missouri vent the judges from recognizing team from whom the Debate Club the author of [any manuscript, recently received an invitation been made am yet. the club is mak ing arrangements with a number of other colleges for engagements that might be filled on the Mis souri trip, i The picture sponsored by the De bate Club is “This is the Night” starring Charlie Ruggles and Ro land Young with Lilly Damita. (Continued on page 5) of talks on subjects relating to ge- mnv w.e wuaBwm «i«r -»■ maammrn -■ ology and associated sciences by , |ion of Bryan desires to cooperate the grounds on which the battle l* teams frotr She United States and the members, with occasional dis with the Aggies in the establishing supposed to be fought Sunday and Canada ip JBie International Gol- cussions by men prominent in the field of geology. The first speaker to address the i club was J. JL Day, a graduate stu dent in geology, who spoke on “The Fleming and Liaste Formations in Colorado and Lavaca Countian.” ♦f credit in that city. They an- discuss the weaknesses of the final legists that the only requirement plan of action. The sham situation The A the opening of an account with is; a cavalry squadron with a tna- have 1 )ny merchant will be the securing chine gun company attached en- hare f a letter of recommendation from gages the enemy initially, and then tically e respective home town Retail retreats to a position occupied by - erchant* Associations. the Infantry battalions. .fudging Contest teams of the past showings as they near the top in prac- inte(-national compe- !>•*• 5) MURRAY CONFINED Vo SIDELINES BY INJURY cation for the ■.. ■ i ■ ■ , of the present Members of the Aggre football from Bryan to team state that the baddfenld, as well as the line will miss the ser vices of Ray Murray, left ead. who was injured in the S. M. U. game last Saturday. Murray was pn the receinig end of most of the pass es hurled by the cadets, and turned in a good defensive game accord- tag to sports writers of the state It is doubtful that Murray will graduates are be sufficiently recovered to play in Of the time the Thanksgiving game University of Tex**. to play in with the B __ Road ' Paving Contract Let By State Department «d • The contract has been let by the state highway department for the concrete pavinir job between Col lege Station and Bryan and work ; will start immediately. The new lo- highway runs east route all the way Navasota. With the com pletion of this short stretch of wori . in Brazos county, it will be poss ble to stay on the College Station to of highway 75. At e a hard surfaced campus abd the cam- Aitonio. Some of the a *ble to tell stories a trip to Nava- concrete from Dallas by way present there road between ■•■•ton and al^o pus and San bottom 41 NCE the « o betw* note through t te Navasota River was an I dventure te be tak- .vi IS