FRONT BASEME j 3 uist VOLUME XXXII Swimming Pool To Be Opened j Soon; Plans For Dedication Ceremonies Are Being Made ConstructlML Work On New $75,000 Athletic Addition Nearing Completion. rellent ( Men Reti Dr. T. 0. Walton. President of A and M announced yesterday that the new $75.(XX) swimming pool under construction here is nearing completion and will be opened and dedicated as neon as the work is finished, w~hich will probably be in the next few weeks. Present plans call for an elabo rate opening to be featured by spe cial dedication ceremonies befit ting the new addition to the A and M athletic plant, which will become \ 1933 one of the most complete and mod em in the South when the facili ties for water sports are included id its equipment. An item of interest in connection with the new swimming pool is the fart that ita erection did not the tax-payers of this State a the funds were obtained from A and M s share of the Uni versity of Texas oil lands. To Be Based On Soph Prospects PubMahed Weekly By The StudenU of The A. & M. College of TexAa J COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FEBRUARY hHiH. i NUMBER 19 Society Girl Is Fine Sculptor Walton Urged For Cabinet jfost By School Executives III ip!** Pitching Staff Considered Ex- Three Letter Thirteen Lettermen Return ing Bolster Aggies’ Chances For Championship Team. Coach Frank Agdersoa’* tfeutly. clads wiH soon take the field with what ia probably the beat balanced track and field squad since the championship aggregation of 1980. The returning lettermen will be ably assisted by w group of con testants from the strong freshman team Of last year who should do much to offset tie loss of the men who finished their period of com petition last season. Although the Aggies anticipate little trouble from T. C. S. M. ami Baylor, the Texas Univer sity Longhorns and the Rice Owls will have virtually the same teams that carried them to first and sec ond places, respectively, hi the con ference meet laatiypar. • The letter .taea which will form the nucleus of the 1933 team ir»: Captain G. R. Addkrks, La- Grange; T. W. “Red” Akins, Fort Worth; J. F. Light foot Rockdale; Joe Merka. Bryaa; B. M. “Honk” Irwin, Kosse; Jack Hester, Gulf; If- C. "Ike” Morris, Forreston; G. W. McVey. Parsons. Kansas; O. L. ■illimek, Poth; G. J. Kohler, Pal- estine; Hector Fuentes, Saltillo, Mtxhra; Salvador Marquee, York- towa; and G. P. Lord. Jourdantoo. 1 The 1932 graduation, line cut deep into Co^ch Higginbotham’s leaving him only six of last yskr’s thirteen letter- men around which to build his new machine. They; are Captain Bob Garvey,'tieiMaton. catcher; Mar shall Shaw of) Ennis. Bob Scheer. Marshall, and Wilson (Bugga) Moon. Rollanl, all pitchers; W. W. Mitchell, Longview, short-top; and “Ike" Lofwenstein, El Paso, outfielder. ! Possibly onf of the strongest pitching atafftf in the conference ia 1 available to Cbach Roswell (little { Hig) Higginbotham, varsity base- 1 ball coaoh, a^ the 1933 baseball season draws j near. However, he 1 faces the taa^ of building up an almost entirely new infield and out- 1 field to go with his pitching staff. Four strong contenders for the. mound positidn including three letter men an4 an outstanding so phomore • ;< di late, and three catchers went;through their first workouts of tHe season this week. Two letterajen from last year who will not be available this sea son are Joe RBler. who did not re turn this year, and Arthur Fischer, who was declared scholastically in- / m QUINTET ^ ^ M President Is Ricommended ACilli DEFEATS By Southeast Texas Teachers For Position On Roosevelts Cabinet and Jane Waeef. twenty-year-old daughter of Mr. end Mrs. 1. ft r New York and Montauk Point, la here seen la her New York las Waeey, who recently returned from two yean of study under sculptor, Paul Landowakl of Paris, la fa* winning recognition art ctrelse. She Is now studying under Simon Mnselsio. one of Uving eculptora. ' foremost Groundhog Sens His Shadow ; j And Relnms To Hibernate; Six More Weeks of Winter SOUTHEAST TEXAS EXECUTIVES MET .HERE SATURDAY ff ^ Luncheon In Mean Hall Ban- \«oet Room Fealure of the Afternoon Program. bility also sophomore p Jones, hard hiMing sophomore out fielder from Bolton; Heiman.Jones, atXer; A lack of funds for school oper ations) was the major problem that confuted the convention of School Executives pf Southwest wieyr MS^tbeV lMtot4Tox«sj S«tnrds> .« _ _ , converted for one of their meetings Th ' Jr ,r * T ' d in thn.pnrlor of Only 4 desperate spurt during the last bixlminutes of play ena bled Coa<$) ifgid’s proteges to come from far] bdiind and defeat the much im^n>ied Baylor basketeers here Satird^y flight 38-29. Trail ing 29-20^ the Farmers,' led by big Joe Merka >nd Jocko Roberta, made IS-poiiit* during six hectic last minutes £>f play. Three Baylor men went oA of the gime during this brief peH|od via thd fodl route. Captain Abe.Barnett, James, and Parka, all* rtf^he Bears, were evict ed just before the last quarter rally started. WJ the Aggies could not be stopp^l Ufnwafter. Plans Announced I' For 2nd Annual Cotton Pageant I’rouram To ('oiMtet of Ban quet, Cotton Review, and Cottdn Ball. T K. Cleve- shbrtstop; N. J. , pitcher; and M. J. rkhart, pitcher. E. phomorc shortstop Galveston, cat land Dallas. Taylor, Tahoki Schriebcr, Lo H. Bobbitt, sc from Hillsborf. will probably be unable to play^because of injuries. Filling in thd infield seema to be Coach Higginqbtham’a main trou ble as Mitchelljis the only return ing infield let german. Sophomores seem to be 1 ti for infield pospiona. ( ■ f Fish Cagers Have Lost But One of It * ■I" Six Eogagements A. <*n the ca^npus. Each >*ear this group holds $everal meetings for the pur- J pose qf discussing current educa tional ‘policies and problems in the different communities. A feature of the morning session was t^e endorsement of a resolu tion recommending the appoint^] ment rtf President TjO. Walton of this institution by President-elet t 1 Frank|in D. Roosevelt to the posi tion of Secretary of Agriculture on 1 his capinet. The portsibility of a I main contenders M ] ei( a source pf school rev enue t^as discussed, gnd all mem bers v^re urged to solicit the sup port o( such a measure in their re spective communitieau A sdciai p-ogram wfrich includetl a luncheon in the banquet room of the college mess hall Wa« arranged for thf entertainment of the mem- • Preparations for the second an nual Cotton Ball and Pageant, which 'is 1 to be given April 7 under the supervision of the Agronomy Departnient, are well under way with coihmittees appointed and at work .oil the three main events. The three main events are the ban- | quet, thf Cotton Review, and the Closely 1 pitted throughout, "rith I Cettofl Ball. The Aggieland Or- the exce|Aio^ of the first part of c hestra krill play for each event, the secodd fislf when the Bruin According to J. S, Mogferd, offense cltckej to overtake the slim ohairmai| of the Pageant, efforts Cadet lea|l a%d then forge far a- bein^ made to secure the beat heed, the was a thrilling one known mont interoating speak- from staii finish. j era i n the cotton industry for the ’ In the Witwo games Captnin banquet..A. E. Bryant, Corsicana. Joe Mood^ efUhe Aggies has been iwesidentl of the Agronomy society, held to ojilf 11 points, while be- said that approximately seventy- fore he bqaatfd a 12-point average I five girlrf will take part in the pag- per game.iJoe'Merka, Aggie center, i eant clothed entirely in cotton cos- Dr. Walton Is Again Endorsed for Secretary of j Agricul ture ItMition. J. Hall Bheppard. LaPorte. pres ident of the Southeast Teuts School Executives Association, M- nounced that while iq session here on Saturday, February 4, that or ganisation adopted a resolution ad dressed to 1*resident-elect Frank- , lin D. Roosevelt endorsing Presi dent T. O. Walton of Texas A and M College for the office of Secre tary of Agriculture in the Roose velt cabmrtt. This action follows that of the Texas State Legislature which laftt week forgarded a similar recom mendation to Roosevelt at his haadqaartare in Warm Springs. (Georgia. ■ j . b' for bei iy. but on, he other hand he coird oe juk s oit foisa of IhiiT sleep. It remains for time to prove the issue. However, it jmight be xd moth-balls for a while just as matter of precaution. wae the high point mgn for the tames to! be furnished by the Tex- tiaJugijg$« qf New City sod Jocko RoiertA probably the cool- by local merchants Many otbfcr est playfr|on , |he floor, was next in novel features are being planned , _ { line witl-kiCPUiters. Roberts long and the . Agronomy Society' pro- vjsable to keep the long-handies s h ot j n the ^st play of the first mises fifst-class entertainment, and the red flannels out of the ^h»- Farpien* to lead Proceeds from the ball will be L L _.i_ « n of uge< i t0 help defray the expenses The grtrfo Which was the fourth of ^ * hi <* straight adM»ck for the Bruins.. ^ ^ the wi J ,,,nK conte * Un, '' and which basted the into | in the c< ! tton . eo / , ? <,st ' Th * *"!**** fourth phgd in the conference, was tied at 13^-alL 15-all. and again at 29-all 1 ^ College Directors Adopt Proposal On j faf Senior Ring Sale LAWBERCE WELK TO ■yV FOR ANNUAL BEW-ART5 BALL Board -of Direttors To Ap prove and Copyright A and M College Ring. ^ Woods Public! r. w. L. Pet. $ 5 0 1.000 3 4 . 1 .800 « t 3 .500 1 4 4.i .500 li 3 3 .500 5 1 4 .200 ••4, 0 4 .000 Conference Basketball Standing Vitas _.L.~ TvCU. ........ A and M ... Am. aaku. 4 -H Min-.- I *•— Baylor -il Last Week's Results Friday, T-C.U- 30, Arkansas 19, at Fort Worth. jfatnrday, T.C.U. 30, Arkansas 28. at Fort Worth- — Texas A and M 33, Baylor 29, at College Station. 1 HiM Week Monday. Arkansas 40. S.M.U. 23. Tuaeday, Arkansas 26, S.M. U. 25. Games Thai Week Texas tv. Baylor at Waco. t-iBlLU. vs. Baylor at Waco. A and M v*. Rice at Houston. The high scorers are; 4 FG FT Moody. A and M 25 12 Gllfty, Texas, 23 16 Kubricht. Texas 24 9 rifdnll. Ark. 19 < Saginer, T.C.U.: .*....17 7 Johnson. BleeJ_.J_.lt 10 Marks, A and M 18 11 At a recent meeting, the Bo*rean T. D. Brooks, Dean C. H. W^ikler, Kay Begch. Carl T. Sprague, and L. W. Storms. blent. Losing but of bix basketball games this seaapn, the Texas Ag gie freshmen hake amassed a total of 259 points Of their apponents 153. The freshnten have split two games with theytamblers of Allen Academy, loaing) the firat on the Academy’s home 1 court by a score of 27-26. but winking the second 27-10. Other remiuest* of the Holmesmen inclUde a 71-38 victory over the Bryan kagles. a thrilling 39-33 defeat of tie Methodist Trin ity Church leant of Houston, and a double win over the highly tout ed Temple Junior College five by scores of 39-24 And 27-21. John Davis, sAarp-shooting for ward from A i .cnllo. has set the No Vexas Aggie teams will com pare for the frefhmen so far this pete in Southwest Conference golf season with A t$Ul of Points. #nd yw|r He ia closely followed by Bill Hick- ,, 1 "17 j ... man. lanky forward from Freeport. cord H to ^unermegt made this who has collected 50 markers. M MINOR SPORTS ARE BANNED BY AGGIE A TUI DTIP r’AUMPII * th « g«i te P no- IjnLIjliU vUUri vllJ I hibited by the ruling ofEthe Board. registrar be required to pun base a ring from the jewelers who handle its sale. A design for a standard ring is to be submitted to the Board of Directors by the Senior Class and the design, if approved, wil) be come the standard ring of the col lege. and will be cqpyrighUd. w Minor Sp#rta To Hr Civil Engineers Hear To Athletic Program Speech On Conditions I Confronting Graduate II Declares. f “What the Civil Engineer as a Graduate in 1933 Should Do” was the subject of a talk given by C. E. Sandstedt, professor of Civil week b|r Dean E. J. Kyle, chairman ^Engineering, at a abort meeting of B. Tohline, the Aggie pivot-man, I of the athletic council of the col- f the College Station chapter of the moved into third^ place by scoring l«irc. TI its omission of golf and ten- American Society of C$vi] Engl* 23 points in the double-header with n >* wil h the decision' to add no neers held recently in the Civil TP the Temple Juni>r College for a minor >ports at this time is part Engineering building. 62 season total of 4$. The leaders are of the program of economic re- Mr. Sandstedt’s talk Was given 62 cloaely followed 1 by Taylor Wil- trenchirten* being canfei*out by for the benefit of Seniors. 57 kina, forward frt*n Franklin, with the athetk authorities. cuiariy those who will go into 37; Harris, guard from Dallas. “Thi« will leave the college with business world aeon, ahd he of tx 41 with 17; Couaar, guard from Breck- 36 enridge, with 9; hnd Carmichael, 35 guard from Corpus Christ!, who Dixon. Riea.._*. 14 35 ' has 8 counters toj bis credit. 4- flv t V A DeHigncr of Dec- Announcrs Motif ;^Ryptian^ 4 / ’Nv i •In a meeting qf the Ar- rVitectural Chb, final plans were made for Wirt execution of their an nual sociql -Went, the Beaux-Arts Ball. Bida{fSh»m various 'orchestras were presented to the group and it was derid«d to award the contract to ^awredre Welk and i his “Big gest Littlf Bynd in America.” / T. S. I (A" tq, Marshall, who ie in charge of Ihe decorations, announc ed an Ek- ptian theme will be car ried out t^is gear. \ , j ' a. \| apartment >w Course it History tk»n toun will include parts of the United States and Europe asso ciated utit|Y' the cotton industry. Interesj } n pageant and con tent has been spreading through out the itate and donationa from several df the larger cotton com panies afe anticipated. Mr. Mog- ford annfiunced. Committees for the Ball and Pag- Cant age as follows: Mr. j. 8. Mog- •ford. Chairman, and Mrs. J. P. Wheeler,; Director; A. K. Bryant. F. J. Kakia, J. E. Gaston, F. h Lkhte, Harvey Estes, and R. D. Hatch, favors Committee; Mr Curtia Vi' L. F. St ston. Put J. Gwin, |V< T. Bruton, Cj. O. Mos er, DecorAtkms. ing With No Iamm- ters Aggie Rifle Team’s^ Season Average. Having Jin all of the six match es in whij they fired the past week, the A and M Rifle Team raised their season’s average up to thirteen mqtche* won against four losses. Thq team, showing an im provement j of 67 points over the previous utoek’a average, defeated the Univeimty of Western Mary land. Daviuon College. Depauw University. Knox College. Kemper Military Academy, the Uriversity of Kentucky, New York Military Academy, and Michigan College of Mines jmd Technology during the week ending Sunday, February 5th. According to Lieutenant J. E. Reierson, coach of the Rifle Team, the Aggie Jadet showing the great- son, Mr. T R Hamilton vA »n>P™vmi»eit during the season iwwrt, and O. M. Lang- '■"H ^ P T W **f * *° M W * tC,, icity; M. E. Overton. R rh ** n of f* design. Two History Offers On D Fee Reductions Cause Slashes In Two Departments an athljk program of| basketball, eluded suggestions on both football, baseball, and track, con- and technical activities With a sidered as tour major sports," view of the conditions to be faced Dean K)rle said. by this year's graduates.' Providirhr 4l01. nt interest war rants ita qddMjion, the History de partment JvilF;offer a new course the first *rwi of next year which ^ w trill be kntiwit as “Recent History ti€ of Eaaterii "Europe , benUfigf C Around tusrtia” *' wwabur will Ip replace t which wi ricultural will cipal his Europe d tury and events up Accoi of the new ” Its catalogue 319 and it is to History of Agriculture be taken up as an ag- urp« This new course with the . flip events of Eastern ttg .$he Nineteenth cea- include important the present time. Dr. Gammon, head department, the W an attempt to keep abreast of student opinion along historical lines rather than a ten dency towajN sensationalism. Mesa Hail Cut* Force; Laun- c dry Tb Eliminate Use of Starch* \ I . \ i As a retrtilt of the reduced Main tenance fflje and the consequently lowered brtdget. the Mess Hall is now operating with a force of men thirty-nine! less than during the first term; according to informs tion received today. Of theee. twen -one weCe student waiters and the other eighteen were released from the general kitchen payroll However, a few student waiters left school ’ voluntarily at the end of the first term, so all of the twenty-one‘were not released aa an economy measure. * More stddent waiters have al ways been ion the Mess Hall pay roll than Were actually needed as frequently illness, accidents, in- spection trips, and other causes made it necessary to have substi tutes ready at all times. The recent new members on the varsity team have shows the greatest improve ment thus far, according to Lieut enant Reigrson. They arc C, J- Anderson, Land, and J. A. Miller of Dallas. The return of G. R. Rhine. Sad Antonio, to the team is expected to increase the team's average, I.jeutenant Reierson said. This weqk the A and X BiCbe Team will fprobaily face the best intercollegihte rifle tearrta in the United Stapes, according] to Lieu tenant Reigrson, fs they begin fir ing again J thrt University of Waxhingtoi. Ohio State, Iowa State, Wajhingtqn University of •. St. Louis, University of Wyoming, College of (the City of New Tork. ,> University -of Missouri. University of Kansas. Rose Polvtechnic. and University of Arkan^a- (Continued on Page 4) larpshooters mi Allen In Kniragement After beilg defeated the previour week by a jnargiA bf one point by the Rifle rtam of Allen Academy, the Freshrun Rifle Team of A and M reti Hated Monday by de feating the Allenites 691 to 674. T. J. Gerlrum, San Antonio, led with high a •ore of 186 for the Ag gies. Kenneth Tucker of Burkbur- nett, Roy 1 luffaker of Srtn Anto nio. and E. 1, Moor* of Dallas, all Aggie marksmen, followed close behind with beer*ganging from 172 to 166. FRONT BASEMENT