Hi A*4'M CCIIK6I Cf TKX4! - coLiifft innoii .Ttx*i . -Cntcred u eecond class matter at the Post Office at ollece Station. Subscription rate $1.76 per year. Advertising rates upon reqtiest EDITORIAL STAFF tw 1; d ■ «. M. Dent . Lewis E. L. Willi W o. Sar E J Sati L- Wl Stor C. Baldassar T.jS. Roots . E. C. Rober I. A. Reid Trjrfye R. Nj.. Reid Reis GtepX. J. (B. Hpiait.... F. W Brenlle W M Wa W, A. Qonn^lly ... Editor Managing Editor Sports Editor .Associate Editor ssociate Editor ...| Lssociate Editor .... Columnist . . Art Editor Watson. H. C. Seeligson, H.‘F. Mar in, C. A. Tosoh, F. Rollins, J. N Ferguson. D. L. Twin fer. Jack Sloan, BUSINESS STAFF ,.....♦ 4 Advertising Manager i— Assists lit Advertising Manager Asfisthnt Adve tising Manager Assistant Adve tising Manager i AssisUiR Adve tising Manager ..Cirri lation Manager Ton Metz , uy 1 a AssisUitit Circulation Manager ,* i Assistant Cirr ilation Manager “Pink” Downs V \( A MAN COU/D SHOUT ACAOSS THE ATZANflC...// WOULD -tme his voice +% hours to TRHVCI FROM New YORK TO PRR/S Assistant Circ ilation Manager 44 Oil- A/l6ArORS cm TO THflA PARENTS bTFORf HATCHING GIANT ^OCOMOTlVf- OWNEP BY THE soaimn ncific lints-RUNS BACKWARDS WHfH GOING FORWARD iOHN ; BOWNffi of nmi u.. PMUSPf/rHiA... SCORfP 2,sib POINTS in : Wb baskhm/z OAMtS 1*. L Dpwns Jr., better known as “Pink” |o those! who are closely as ociated with him, has ceased to be a helping hand ut the helm that guiding ^his‘school’s destiny. It seems just a bit unfair that one wto filled K$s position so conscientiously shSuld be de| rived of the joy of witnsasiiig the completion of the building WIItt Bvrvle*. witnessing the completion of the buildin; ciS$ position as Chairman of the Building Coiwiittee hat was his un iy. (ampaigi from the offi- . , oc ted years Mr. Downs has worked haH and ndustriously for this institution, for to him his position was'dde of th> highest honors he con Id receive and this honor he has loyally upheld He is a former student of this college, and the fact that thp never-lying spirit was wht>l4 being has been adequately exprekhed by lis achievements ing his period of service. Never has any ilhan beqn more loyal to ideal than has Mr. Downs to this instituti It w a noteworthy fact that few A amt M directors shirk their ponsibilities, and Mr. Downs has been outstanding among his col- the Texas Aggie spring foot es in the enthusiasm he has expressed while a member of the hall practice Friday. March 31. The Directors. The one consoling fac|#r is thnU a man’s attri- has settled down chievements live long after he is gone. So we predbrt a Pink" Downs id the memories of those who love this ird of oil tee and life ftj kool. FINAL SCRIMMAGE FRIDAY WILL END SPRING TRAINING Y. M. C. A Offers Prizes In Theme c. ture Fanners America Hold # Annual Banquet Winkler ('hapter To Yearly Festivity In Hall Thuraday. PROFESSORS AND ,. SfODEHTSFORM Palmer la Coach and Van De Pttte President of New Club Formed On ('ampus. Inter-Squad Game Between Reds and Greva Fridav To Papers Must Be Turned In At Complete Training Period. . I H— A final scrimmage between the reds and grey* will mark the end to hard Work during the final week in or- The Y..M.C.A. April lat. Desk By M4mb#rs of the C. H. Winkler chapter of the Future Farmers of America will hold their Fourth An nual I banquet Thursday, March 30, at 7 p. $). in the banquet room of the Ties# hall, J. E. Roberts of Terrill, president of the chapter, announced today. Active member ship in the club is limited to stu dent# of Texas A and M who are enroled in senior agricultural edu cating courses and who will be eli gible after graduation to teach vocational agriculture in Texas high^ schools. Junior agricultural education students are entitled to assodiat* membership in the chap ter. i Other officers of the chapter are: IF. D. Sturkie, Proctor, vice- presfaeot; J. B. Payne, Bryan, sec- retamr; H. A. Fitzhugh, Tolar, treamrar; E. L. Williams, Carrizo Springs, reporter; L. F. Stewart, parliamentarian; and F. Littlefield, farm watch dog. |E. R. Alexander, professor of agricultural education at the cbl- legej is chapter advisor. ; P^me is also chairman of the ban<$iet committee, which includ es Sturkie. and O. H. Hays, Mount Plea#anU On the program commit tee Are E. E. McAlister of Stephen- villej chairman, William#, and R. P. Marshall, Heidenheimer. Fencing is experiencing a revival as a sport on the campus. Starting as a recreation between two stu dents. its popularity grew so rapid ly that a club was organized by permission of the coiloge and now ha# # membership of over twenn To Sophomores AttGlB^ PLAY— ted from Page 1) in the Fox. f owe'i Burl Beftuinont with sayi will have or in Ute tea chunky sojihomorq from San Anto nio, probably will see some ser vice throughout 1 he season. Tommie Huttd, “Lefty” Wei fighting it out at odds to 4*te abfut even. S u tto the past season; pnter fielder; and Rei- favorite catcher. sports editor of ihe enterprise, is credited that the Exporters of the fastest infields " th ‘\ > T. T hi ” m ‘ I At woim b... |y will finti ft.lur. .tl^, to played the whole minutes available for practice. Strong competition for line po- Coahoma. and 4tlU seem to fee first base with oppositions “cars whipped dojwn-” Said oppo- S-cubed" Sum mers and Travis tor a sophpmore. “Mitch” Mitchell and Bob (‘onnelle to have a (inch or V’oekel, the lat- field proba first. Cliflob at second, Patrhett at third, and Newsome at shurt-1 a ax . «• ^ « j . , I ution £an#ists of Othet members of their lineup probably wi(l be as follows; Susce, catchier; Easterling, left field; .Taubk’. cunlerfield; and Hughes, right! field. Hare, Sullivan, tarkin, and Ray Frit* probably will work on the “ Ikp " Uewenst^in and Bill Sodd mounjd for the Exporters. That have been swappi the>e pitchers have reached mid- t4 -' r between seasop form almost was shown at probably wdll ment has been assured tb the ex- The college English Department tent that the conjtest papers may is sfonsonng a Sophomore Writ- sit ions has been prevalent during ^ turned in as iterm papers for ing A'ontest open to all studunts entire sprin# training season, Freshman Knglish course pro- taki$g either English 210 or Eng- Mie strongest probably being for v iding the rules given on pages lish ^82. Center betwwn Jack Roach, Deca- 3^5 to 387 in Sutomey’s “A Man- William Morris#, Dallas, is giv- tur, Stanfield Stich, Cameron, and u *i f or Freshman English” are ob- ing 126 in prize money, which will (d Reichardt, San Antonio. served. i jj} j be* <1 Tided into a $20 first prize. Other players who have shown Two prises arc *0 be offered for and # $5 second prize. work during the prac- the two best papers; the ifirst to rules are as follows: follows; J. E. (Pete) consist of a fountain pea desk set, sota and Weber p ayed all but one Robertson. 1981 letterman from the .second is to be a setibf ivory inning against Philco. I Justin who was ineligible the past dominoes. *.* Johnnie Weaver K*! Murray, letter- Annual Government Inspection of ROTC To Be Held In May Colonel W. A. Castle, San Anto nio, Eighth Corps Area R.O.T.C. officers, and six other army officers, one from each branch of Ihe service represented at A and M , College will inspect the units on the Campus. This annual governmental in spection is scheduled for May 8-9- 10, tkis year. ' game at Nava l> excellent wo - (Ices are as e Robertson, 1 • man, Merce Charlie Cumr An ami J. H. at shortstop at third seem their jobs. Jli i#an, Gi ig left and cen- d ow | er them recently. Mercetles, ends; ummings, letterman. Bry- t Peck ) Merka, squad- n. Bryan, tackles; John Crow, If Herman, and Marion Crow, fresh- n, brothers from Milford, .atH$ lly Woodland, letterman. Edna, ards; Rue Ba -field, letterman, rt Arthur, Si< Martin, squad- Gilaier, and Odell (Muggins) letterman. Ft. Worth, cks. Subjects must »be choseft from Captain ent . n f the following: , ; 1. What I gained from th# Fresh men Discussion tigoups. 2. Helping the ^reshmbn- twt Clydt Galveston Sunday when they limit- an< ^ in ed thf Galveston Buccaneers to #ev- l ' on PtF** Bli en hits in fourteen innings. Three 19; D. Bill of thf bingles, one a double, how- representative on ever.jeame jin the fateful four-■ to ^* ve *1 slight teenth frame and allowed Galves ton If eke out a 1 to 0 victory-. Th# Aggies also will be able to present a mound staff that is roundjing into form rapidly. Mar shall f^haw and Jake Mooty allow ed Philco only two hits Saturday, versity’s Bears ^Mootf fanned a total of nine men in th# finaLfour innings he work ed. Two day# before, in a tilt at Naya^ota, “Bing” Scheer and 44 Bng$»*’ Moon were nicked for only four hi|s. Alanis < right. Th$‘ Aggies will ference flag chasd April 7 and 8 on the Kyle Field diamond pair of games with Baylor Uni- A. A M. KNTRIK$— (Continued fr#m Page 1) the club, seems edge over Dan Reynolds in settle finaby in ; Other randidati s out for spring center, a posi- p^ ac ticf include Ihe following: a freshman in Centers: W. R Phythian, Tay- Houston s only p at Koberta >n, Austin. (iuanis: Woodrpw Echols, Dal las; Morrison Bieedloye, Smith- vile; J. A. (Buddy) Golasinski. Houston; Stapp Maxwell, Leonard; open their con- Bfb Russi, Houston; Clarence Woodland, Edna. rTacklfs: Otis Cowsert, Rock- sarings; C. V’. Cox, Overton; Ed win Eads, Fort Worth; Wharton Jordan, Fort Worth; R. E. Nolan, nta Rosa; Carter Speed, Corsi- Charlie Ullrich, Halletsville; J.1T. Whitfield. Itasca; Nick Willis, * Sn Aatonio. • Rambouilldt entrief were more sue- fenda:! Odell Conoley, Amarillo, fh« scramble for other positionf c< '* ,,ful th » n the P ther brevii * o{ Weldon (;riggs, Decatur; Clifford scramble whiejube the • her P dhrisiorj. winning most Haynes, Fluvanna; John Kender- of the twenty-two awards that A Forth Worth; Charlie Rollina, and M received, fnd two of the c.blfport; Bob Simmons, Haskell; three shorthorns Entered in the Basil Spam, Decatur; Max Tohline, F^rt Worth; Taylor Wilkins, ks: Paul Callahan. Dallas; the Fort Worth n thy team, 1 gan When the first call was issued for candidates, has simmered down to one man for most of the post# and net more than two or .three for the others. Captain Bob CarvAy, the pride of Polk County, of colime hag a cinch for the marktman's job, but Ed Steves, Papers must be in by May md Awards will be msde May soon alter. The (tapers must contain be- 1500 and 2600 words. AM papers must be based on indent investigation. Purely 3. Topics for ijiscussioitj (Here n * ri ja t tjre papers afe ineligible, the student must choose original (•%> K* 4 ’! 1 teacher’of English 210 topics). I ' j If or ‘Jmt will submit’not more than 4 A and M Cotege as a Fresh- two^papers from each class, man sees it. ' Firthur particulars may be ob- 5. Suggestions ita improving the t»inid from the English depart- 1 ■ s«ai tern fZmairvJ *««A a |A y ^ ^ I i ‘ ’ * Dc. Theodore T. Zuch of the i Bruah Foundation, has discovered . a (leans of treating children of stuated growth and increasing thel- height by inches. BULLOCK & JONES BARBER SHOP HAIRCUTS 25c Free Shoe Shine* on Monday lias FairbankSm >inson Crusotf ST—rif you were to be ma rooned on as island for the rest of your life, What list of ten tools, im plements,' or mechanical devices would you take? Ten be#t answers will receive s free ticket to thi# show Saturday night List must he turned in at the Battalion office by noon Friday. Number your list from 1 to 10. a4L JOLSON is HALLELUJAH I’M A BUM Wtdriraday, April 5 .. J ; 1 1 Discussion Group#. The contest will be governed by the following thrde rules: 1. The paper hiust be legibly written, (either i* ink or typed) 2. It must be fdom 1500 to 2500 words in length. 3. The papers must be turned In at the Y.If.C.A. desk oii or be fore April 1, 193.1 Several Professors Are Chosen To Be On Roosevelt’* LUCCHESE BOOT CO. Hoot*. B*lt» & SIMM. Made to Write in order bta 21S Kro. San Antonio, Texas. M received, pn< t shorthorns #nt beef rattle division won first plac- All of tbe hogs were sold after Iho' I peii Swift and Compaay. and the oth ers by Ariaour and Company. Fat sopta; Bill Kimbrough, Haskell; P. steers were sold to the Missouri- R.iReid, Corpus Christi; Ted Spen- Kansas-Texas Lines for dining car cer, Gilmer; Nash Thompson. Fort *'"*»• •f#* C *"“- Fort Worth :jto".'nd wiuhinition'and l^eand try Club. Swift a ltd Cumpany. and ttitkowaki. Hlainvww. nIk _ >r JU. v.a. Armour and Company. One per- Washington—rdj*^—Unk#s som ething happens to/ change Ihe sit uation. the rule of Frapkiiq D. Roosevelt as president of the Unit- eel States is to be one largely by the advise of college professors and other educators. . Among the president’# closest L advisors, many of whose ideas are already incorporaied in legislation passed at Koosexirit’s beh4et, are Prof. Raymond Xiley of Colum bia. now in the : department of state; Dr. Rexford Gilbert, Har vard Law School; cum laude gra duate; Prof. A. A. Berlc, econo mist; Prof. M. L. Wilson of Mon tana State College, and Dr. H. Parker Willis, lecturer at Colum- EXPERT WORK at a I FRIENDLY SHOP I Campus Barber Shop d (In the Y) /Bert Smith. Prop. cheron stallion was also sold to Roland Sberer of Weatherford, Texas. The only purchase made was a shorthorn bought from Ma ther’s Brodiers of Mason City, Ill inois. At Houston, A and M showed the grand . champion ; carlbad of hogs, grand champion barrow, grand champion weather, and grand chaftipion Angus steer. Af ter the show, stem's were sold to the management of the Rice Hotel Cafeteria, Who alfo bought the grand champion darload of hogs, to the Houston Parking Company, and to I. Gross. Julian Wes low bought the grand ichampion weth er. Intramural Bouts To Be Finished During: Ex-Student Reunion other colleges, who wrote the Fed eral Reserve act In 1914. It is quite imAoaifibla Id build rational faith out of #, critical Fountain Drinks of Distinction i Hi • t ! It takes m } CANADY’S PHARMACY $lack eyes, puffed lips, and braises in general prevailed on the raitipus as boxing recently made its, annual appearance as one of th* intramural sports. More than thirty prelimanry eli mination bouts were fought in the Meinorial Gymnasium as the con tests opened. The second series of elimination bouts will take place thi# week making H possible for th* finals to be staged during the Former Students meeting oh April mood.—Rev. < hartes Haven Myers. S 1—■ . }■}< gaiiiL~Ji»jipr »..$■ j, 1 , in r Time and again, Bell System engineers have demonstrated their pioneering; hem in working out unusual telephone construction problems. For example, they laid a huge conduit under the Harlem River. They dredged.a tnrnch in the river bottom, lowered enormous sections of iron pipe, sent down divers to join the section#, encased the finished tube in concrete. Through this they ran York’s main lila River in 2373 feet radio tele- Y We Are Now Ready To Handle Your Line^ Suits CAMPOS CLEANERS. (Over Exchange Store) •• Th L ’ IT l WORK AS ALWAYS telephone cables forming one of N< lines of communication. Across Arizona they constructed a eaten; long. To bridge oceans, they devtlo] phony. They have built telephone* !in< tains, across deserts, through swamps. Their resourcefulness in getting under natural barriers makes possibb vice that is practically world wide iti BELL SYST over moun- gh, over or :elephone scr- h. SAY“HELLO”TO MOTHER ...RATES ARB LOWEST AFTER \ ! Hi Sr Jl IM k N D DAD 8:J0 F. M. /