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PubNshed Weekly By Tke Student of Tke A. A M< (olle^f ofintes
VOLUME XXXII
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NUMBER 18
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Thrills And Spills Predominate
At Annual Midwinter Horse Show
Given By Campus Army Officers
Threatening Weather Does
Not Dampen Ardor of Horae
Enthuaiaata.
ExceUent horaemanship and fine
horseflesh, together with thrills
and spills, predominated at the an
nual Mid-Winter Horse Show held
• by the military detachment of the
college at the R* 0. T. C. stables
last Saturday afternoon. A threat
ening rain failed to dampen the
ardor and enthusiasm of the COO
spectators who witnessed the prog
ram of thirteen events.
As a fitting climax to the show
and probably the most exciting e-
vent of the afternoon with the
thrilling victory registered by Pri
vate Georga Moss in the cowpony
stake race. Moss, • riding Goldie,
won hy fine yards over "Mike”
Pribble, who was astride Pat Mur-
phir, after each of them had won
haadily in the preliminary heats.
In this event the entries were re
quired to race seventy-five yards,
execute a figure-eight around two
stakes, and then race back to the
finish line.
viral liaatwaaat M. H. Marcus,
riding Princess, and Owen Garri-
ga» riding Liberty Loan, tied for
higjh scoring honors with two first
places each. Garrigan with Liberty
Lofn wen the fine-harness and
five-gaited classes and Lieutenant
Marcus took first place in the
3 h and nst and the officers'
ping clatses. In winning his
first places Lieutenant Marcus
turned in a record of four perfect
juutping scores, being forced into
an extra turn around the course of
six jumps in each of the events he
woi due to ties between himself
an<| other rilers.
In the touch and out jumping
clags a rider was eliminated as
soon as his mount tipped a hurdle
or halkML In all of the other jump
ing events the entries were judged
on p complete round of the six-
hurille edurai.
A| summary of the events fol-
lowi: f
Military three-gaited—Major J.
P. Wheeler, aiding June, first; Ser
geant Ernest Seeger, riding Danny
irk, second.
fne Harness Class—Liberty
driven by Owen Garrigan,
Good Ijoan, driven by Dr. R.
larstellaf. second.
Civiliaa thfee-gsited—Mrs. Pris
cilla Reid, ri|ing Danny Denmark,
firai; A. X. Mackey, riding Aggie-
lami Queen, second.
Shetland pony class—Miss Jo
Neal, riding Beauty, first;
Mit4 Hasel Jiearne, riding Big
Boy, second. This class was for
children up to ten years of age.
"exa* Colonel
When Us" Ferguson took office
as governor of Texas for the sec
ond time ahe appointed Mrs. J. K.
King a cojongl on ker personal staff.
Mrs. Kingi who resides In San An
tonia will wear an army uniform
at all sffaks of state.
Enrollment For
Second Term Was
1688 ■ Yesterday
ToUJ of Now Students for
Second Term It Sixteen
Says Recorder In Regis
trar's Office.
student
Sarah Orth Is
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Member of Cast
In T.C.U. Opera
“Moonligit Mesa** Is Name of
Light Opera To Be Present
ed In TFort Worth.”
With 1688 student* already en
rolled and a probable total in ex
cess of 1700 before registration is
complete the second semester of
the college year 1032-33 began yes
terday. These' figures were re-
cevied from Bonham Jonas, acting
recorder in the registrar's office.
At the close of the first term
there were 1904 students enrolled
in the college and the lower enroll
ment for the second term is not
extraordinary as the same situa
tion has been esperienced in for
mer years, E. J. Howell, registrar,
stated yesterday. Lack of finances
s given ss the reason for the
withdrawal of many students who
were in school during the first
term but who failed to enroll for
the second.
Yesterday’s total figure includes
1641 students who were present
during the first term, thirty-one
I who had previously been enrolled
*in the college but who did not at
tend the first term, and sixteen
new studenta.
DEGREE* filVEN ^ res ^ ,inen
10 SEKSUI: HJia
IHUDS
A and jl Head Is Endorsed For
Secretary of Agriculture By 1
{ Legislature of Texas State
Faculty .Meets Tonight To Ap
prove and Award Degrees
To MM Yeai Canriiri itaa.
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The faculty of the college is
scheduled to meet tonight to ap- when t$ey 'defeated Captain Cook
prove and distribute diplomas to and his'^Academy five in a one-sul-
the seventeen candidate* eligible ed game 27-10 hers last Tuesday
for the bachelor of science degree afternoon in the 4 Memorial Gym-
at the end of t^e term Just com- naalum
Hickman. Davis, CarmiehatL
TsK Performers for Gets Recommendation
l oit' h Holmes’ Team.
Having been nosed out earlier in
the; seafcm by a one i>omt manrir
by lAfldk Academy, the Texat Ag-!
gie freshmen revenged themeelves
pleted. One of the candidates will
also receive a certificate bf cotton
marketing and Classing. The can
didates with th#ir respective de
grees are as folffiwa:
Agricultural Administration: V.
G. Davis, Dalla4 H. C. fehiraaer,
Jr., IIp—kM*.
Agrieulttire; H. H. Baker, Som
erville; Z. C. Dhmeron, Del Rio;
J. M. Landrum, Taylor; E. M.
Ragsdale, McAlldn.
Agricultural miucatiopi L. C.
Tjh o'freshmen took command of
the'gaase from the opening tip-off,
and wepe never ih danger of the
Ramblers throughout the contest.
Thd spore at the end at the half
ws4 IP-4 in favoY of the Holmes^
n*4- | ».
ItyU Ipckman, long, lanky Aggie
fori ant from FYeeport, was the
high point man of the game with
12-4>un^ers. John Davis, forward
froffi Apiarillo, and M. E. Carmi
chael. lengthy guard from ( orpus
Goach, Austin; 1 N. Miller, Ste- Oiiisty Jvere outiUnding in their
TOM HARRINGTON
TO BE MARRIED
NEXT SATURDAY
Ceremony To Re Held At The
Home of The Bride’s Par
ents In DaHas.
phenville.
Industrial Education; |
Smith. Bryan.
Rural Education: A. 0
FORT WORTH, Feb. I.—Mis* Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Norris of
Sarah Orth of College Station is 15119 Live Oak Street, Dallas Tex-
a member Of the cast of 19 that fa«, have announced the approach-
will produce the first original light ing marriage of their daughter,
opera at Hexis Christian Univer- Ruth, to M. T. Harrington of Col-
sity on the'evening of Feb. 7. lege Sution, Texes.
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R. V.’s To Begin
Drill As Soon As
Weather Permits
Court for Spring Festivities
To Be Announced Soon By
King L. W. Storms.
The R. V.’s will begin drilling as
soon as the weather permits, ac
cording to D. M. Eichelberger,
Waco. Captain of the company. If
possible, at least one drill will be
attempted this week.
The decorations for the dances
which will be held during the
spring holidays, April 20-22, have
not been definitely decided upon,
but it is understood that the
theme used by the personnel of the
court and the fheme of the decora
tions are being planned so as to
harmonize, according to O. H.
Smith, San Antonio, chairman of
the dec*rations committee
The names of all members com
posing the court will be announced
in the near future according to L.
W. Storms, San Antonio, King of
this year’s court.
ONT base;
"Moonlighti Mesa”, is the name
of the production, the music being
composed i>y Dr. R. D. Guelick,
head of thf School of Fine Arts,
and the book and lyrics by Dr.
Rebecca Smith, head of the depart
ment pf English.
The scene’ of the opera is laid in
the Southwest, and is concerned
«’kh a Broadway millionaire who
goes to a Wbst Texas border ranch
to learn the cattle business. Of
course the i^nchman has a daugh
ter who hat been educated in an
Eastern university!
Music for the production will be
furnished by the T. C. U. Orches
tra. under the direction of Prof.
Claude Samlnis
L (ATE IN
STORr CONTEST IS
FOURTHOF MARCH
Few Storiti* Have Been En
tered; DMiy Caused By
Final Examinations.
With the deadline only a month
in the future it is anticipated that
those writer* vrho are contemplat
ing entering manuscripts in the
Battalion Sh^ri Story Contest will
submit their tthrinsjas soon as the
The wedding is to take place at
8 p. m.. Saturday, February 4th,
at the home of the bride's parents.
After the wedding trip, Mr. ahd
Mrs. Harrington will be nt home
at the Howell Apartments in Bry
an.
Miss Norris attended Randolph-
Macon College in Lynchburg, Vir
ginia, where she was a member of
the Zeta Tau Alpkst sorority and
is a graduate of Baylor University!
Mr. Harrington is a member of the
Chemistry Department of A and
M College.
More- 1
head. College Station.
Civil Enginearing: W. lW, An
drews, Madisonvilie; R. E. Deni
son, Temple; Fond Egbert, Waco;
H. L. Fischer, Houston; ; G. M.
Hatch. Jr n Oklahoma City, Okla.;
C. M. Lagow, Dallas; and l M.
McMillan, San Aetonin.
V. G. Davis at; Dallas ia also s
candidate for a certificate in cot
ton markethig und classing in ad-
ditMHi to tic •* t\*lcr science
degree in agricultural administra
tion.
play forj the freshmen with Mar-
N, R. j famJ.Allin forward, leading the
AcsMem# scoring with taro field
goals. Captain Oook of the Ram
bler! tupted in a nice floor flame.
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T O Wal to*
Word was received late yester
day : that Dr. T, O. Walton, presi
dent of A and M College, was una
nimously recommended for the post
of Secretary of Agriculture on the
cabiiet of President-elect Frank
lin I^. Roosevelt by both houses of
TTTT U t * le State legislature Many
111 JjD! prominent agriculturists over the
... L .‘t « .., nation have alto acclaimed Dr.
Waffoit 1 Soldier* Win Grid ■ ...
JZshh^K.p By Drf.rilw'.Tut^
FIRST
WHS INTRAMURAL
FOOTBALL
Hitgifleer* In Close Game.
r
irfnl running attack cou-
ia stubborn defense help-
first Bittal ion Artillery
AH Students Will *4
Have Opportunity pionfhip jjfrotn the Engineers in a
rp n | n 1 • ctjteoted fray last Wednes-
lo Study racking n ^ WM M) '
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tfcir fourth straight victory
.. . mi ..la — t i— i^ 0r A*** (JoiMoneer* who have in
March Excellent Time To t urn -. defmted the First and Sec-
Study Market Organisation on d tnfsQtry Battalion* and the
Says Depart Blent Hind. CavAry iiMdroti
Th. annual Expo. /T!"*"T!
g*v . I of ortt #owiib, tic ArtukrspMvi
PM9W to be ’ r v i m A
Spring Training
Is Announced By
Athletic Coaches
Forty Member* of Varsity
and Fish Squad* Report for
First Workout This Week.
ceived up to the present time but
the examinat
first time probably afforded em
bryo authors on the campus little
time for literary endeavors and the
process of registration has pos
sibly furthtretf that handicap. The
next few dayf should find most of
the students with their work or
ganised and with more time to
give to the construction of credi
table stories fbr entries in the con
test.
Noon, Marcel 4, is the deadline
for stories to he accepted and some
of those submitted before that date,
if received in time and are of suf
ficient merit, will be printed in the
February magazine issue.
Aggies To Meet
Baylor Cagemen
Saturday Night
Cellar Occupants Expected To
Give Reid men Hard Battle
In Return Contest.
With three straight looses chalk
ed up against them in as many con
ference starts, Baylor University’s
Golden Bears will invade the Aggie
stronghold Saturday night in an ef
fort to even the Series with the
Reidmen.
The last of the Dear's consccu-
sition and Fat Stock enow 10 oe ■ . n . a . . i
, ,, . „ .... .a ■ .TIT . drove the flail to the Engineer three
held at .Port orth in March, of- _jt¥T
A ... . . J . yanf line h« re the latter stiffen-
■s animal husbandry students an . . . T, FT . . .. JT..
.1 ,. . i , ed their defense and held Herbie
f\( I'ptional Opportunity for an in- ^ w
Yegrly Contume Affair To Be
\ Staged In Mens Hall Annex;
Aggieiand Orchestra To
Ri >< lutiens recommending Pres-
I iidant T. 0. Walton of Texas A and
M Qollege for appointment as Sec
retary of Agriculture in the cabi
net iof Prefident-Elect Franklin D.
Roeieveit were unanimously adopt
ed by‘both Houses of the State
legislature Tuesday, advices re
ceived here set forth. The Legists-
' turejs endorsement of Preside at
Walton for the cabinet post was
telegraphed the same day to Pres
ident Elect Roosevelt at Warm
Sprmga. Qm I. -I)
Set is tor Albert Stone of Rren-
ham was the author of the Senate
resobition sad Representatives ^
George ButWr of Bryan, and R. M.
WagttHff of! Abilene, Lon E. Alsup
of Cbrthage George Moffett of
(Thil cothe, E. Pope of Corpus
Chri^ti. R. A. Fuchs of Brenhara
fnt7. Kritflehard of Eagle Lake
I'Pi ntcrcd the Heart re^o’tPioe J
The resolution*, which were sim
ilar, read In part; “Throughout
the Southern States there is 4 *
widespread feeling that the agri-
cultural interests of the Nation
couldi best be served by the ap
pointment of a Southern man as
the Secretary af Agriculture in th#
Cabinet of President-elect Frank
lin D.j RooseVelt.”
It waa further set forth: “A ma
jority of thf agricultural leader- '
ship hf the South ia now united
and itrongly urging the appoint-
mentjof T. (X Walton.
“Tnis feeing,” the resolutions
continued, "taist* in the North, as
4 1
Spring football training, the
forentnner of the new fall grid
»• xl* aIx^ . « - | season, was officially opened at
structive inspection trip, according , .. l,r T * r °" ‘ ‘ Aggialand Tuesday when uniforms
to D. W. Williams, head of the am- f ° r ?! down * In tht ‘ were issued to about forty mem-
mal husbandry department. In ad- ‘ oco fj *fg , ** r ^*?***’ hers df last fall’* varsity and fresh- •
ditton to the viewing of prixe win- **.i m<pn tf*nis who will be eligible ( for
ning live stock advantages may be . rtl M* r f; **• JT*™ competition during the 1933 cam-
taken of the opportunity to study '1^* f °r paign. This numb, r also include*
at first hand the martostikpr fl^ga- ff 01 ^ of ' t " e * r * fne - severdl of the outstanding intra-;
nisation, stock yards, commt^|jon ®fbigr Builder* made their maral; performer*, and will be fur-
houses, and some of the larger l n last jlalf when a had thef increased at the end of the J
packing houses oft the state, Mr. Poa^dy l^lker was covered on the basketball season when other grid
Williams explained. At this tinw of Arti|ery thirty yprd line. Flournoy placet*, now out for the court game
the year there are usually several then P*"** 1 ovW.the goal line to will b# released,
f ij-iunl ia.nl.- I.nd .attic feeding Hoot f but the'plsy was called back
in the vicinity of the yards, mak tyro ineligible Engineers
ing possibles tour #f the feed lots, c * u »rht th# ball
Mr. Williams continued. PW »»» feature of the
Students who plan to make the th # Engineers being lmpt in
trip see Mr. Williams at once so th, ‘ r * * consistent work
that arrangements; May p# adsde RMliifc,end, who was in asore
for passes from the commandant's than his >bare of plays. Reichert,
office for the week-end df March Powerful. Artillery center, and
11. Complimentsr> tickets to the Sm h <«vy nght tackle, were the
show may be secured from the aai- ®4** ,nen ^ or ^ Wagon Sol
I
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Dairy Department
Will Hold Shoit
Course Next Week
mal husbandry department.
work of the hew term is routinis- wt-backs was at the hands of
ed. Very few entries have been re- t*** Farmers in !&aco last Satur-
tn ■
day night, bat they lost hy only
at the end of the j 0 "* P°‘ nt aft€r # A «'“ wer *
held to just 20 counters. An appar
ently improved Baylor quintet is
due to give the Afgtaa aaelhar
Lough battle on th# Cadet maple
rourt here Saturday night, but the
fact alone that they play at Col
iege Sution will mark Baylor as
he underdogs.
Only two wins oat of five sUrts
s the record of the Aggie five to
date as they have lost their en-
lounters with the second place
1. M. U. Mustangs, the T. C U.
domed Frogs who are now resting
n third place, and the circuit lead-
ng Longhorns. .Another win over
(Continued on Page 2)
Barnyard Dance To
Be Staged Saturday
'Sight In Mess Hall
The customary Barnyard Dance
which is held each year at this
time will be eUged this Saturday
night in the Mess Hall Annex, ac
cording to Don Klliott, social aec-
reUry of the senior class. Former
ly this costume danc* was held on
Friday night and was followed by
• corps daafla on Saturday night,
but this year the two affairs have
been rombiry-d. Elliott said.
The Aggieland Orchestra has
been scheduled to play for this af
fair, which is to last from 8 til 11.
According t# Lieutinant Colonel
John E. Mitchell. Commandant of
the College, uniforms may be rw-
placed by cosbflMB At this dance
Admission will he on# dollrar.
Papur.By Yarbrough
Wjns First Place At
Houston Convention
The A sad M Student Chapter of
the ^m«r|BBn Institute of Qec
trical * Engineers hold its annual
meeting ergh the Rice Chapter and
the Houstqjh Chapter in the Chem
istry Lor tare Room at Rice Insti
tute. Houston 1*41 Saturday af-
temoog. r} |
Conf»etitive papers were pre-
mem byr from each so-
Yarbrqugh, Alvin, first
A” Company, Signal
first pjrixe in the com
petition. Five professors and four
teen students represented A and M
at the meeting.
A bqnqq# t for the announcement
of the Wiftper and; a dance follow
ed the fraegpag. j
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MadkboaN ‘a#oaions, which are
held when the weather does not
permit practice, was the order of
the fA*st meeting Tuesday after
noon. j
Dril)s calculated to give them
practice in the style of play for
next fall will be held when the
weather improves.
! Later the candidates are to be
divided into two squads, the Army
and th# Navy, and will engage ia
weekly scrimmages. The spring
practice will last until April 1.
Ten iof the fifteen lettermen
whom the Aggies hope to have a-
vsilable next season, are expected
to be afnong those reporting. These
include. Rue Barfield, Port Arthur,
back; Morrison Breedlove, Smith-
vill#, guard; John Crow, Milford,
guard; {Captain Chgrlie Cummings.
Bryan,! tackle; £. O. (Mugginsi
Fowler.; Fort Worth, back; Whar
ton Jordan, Fort Worth, teckla;
Stapp Maxwell, Leonard, guard;
Ted Spgnctr, Gilmer, back; Sully
Woodland, Mr'(.a. guard; and J. E.
(Pete) (Robert*oa, •Austin, center
■flA f ; .-
I.ottermen who will not report
because of participation in basket
ball or Spring sports include Cliff
Ib.mingge. Port Arthur, back; Ray
Murray. Mercedes, end; Boyce
(Honk) i Irwin, Koaae; and R. E.
Connell^, Fort Worth, end.
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I’rofrssor* From A a bu rn
I’oh tech and Texa* Tech
Will Aasist Department
Head In Wort.
Professor Charles N. Shepard-
soa, head -pi the department of
dairy nuabaagry, announced recent
ly thyt the seventh annual dairy
manufacturing short course spon
sored by the dairy husbandry de
part ndent of Texas A and M Col
lege still be h#id at the College Feb.
6-9 iachisive.
The course . which ia designated .
primarily for creamery and milk
opera! arm, will include both lectur
es am! practice at the college
creamery. .
The members of the collage dairy
husbaidry staff will be assisted in
conducting the course by Professor
A. dJ, Jurke. head of the dairy de-
partna nt at Alabama Polyt«chnie
Institute. Auburn, Alabama, and
Profestor K. M. Renner, in charge
of daily manufacturing at Texaa
Techno logical College, Lubbock.
The : irst day of the course, Mon
day, F< b. 6, will be devoted to rag- |
istratiofri and to different problems
in ban lliag milk. Butter and its
pmbleeiia wll be discussed Tuea-
d»y. N(W test# for dairy products
will b# (discussed aad demonstrated
WedB«flday m#ming. while Wad-
nesday afternqon and Thursday
momiMf will he devoted to woiii
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