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I. A. Reid
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“Pink” Downs
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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. .
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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 twen<y
students and two faculty members
who serve as coaches.
Officers of the club are; C. C.
Palmer, professor of electrical en
gineering, Coach; Charles Van dc
Putt#, San Antonio, president ; VV.
F. Chamberlin, Mineral WcPs,’
vice-president; and Henry Fisher
man* Big Springs, secretary. V. 1
K. Sugareff, professor of history,
also assists in coaching the mem
bers of the club.
One public performance has al
ready been given by an A and M
fencing team sponsored by the duo.
This .exhibition was presented dur
ing the mid-period of the A and M-
SMU basketball game. Another
match is tentativesly scheduled for
the Former Students reunion, Ap
ril 16.
when in doubt
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See the Boots we make
in our shop. Call on us
Let’s talk Boots.
j J. F. HOUCK
AND SON
ASSEMBLY HALL
In an effort to arouse the inter
est of potential journalists, the
Y. M. C. A. is sponsoring a theme
writing contest. In order to in
crease the numbej- of entries, the
Ei
— [ a i mg- iiuiiiiswp wa ^■ 111 ax *'*,
4er to .ake advantage of the last eooperation of th# English depart-
rlish Department
ritins: Contest Is
>n To Sophomores
AttGlB^
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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 <how. the grand D^nny Collins. Huntsville; Bill
champion tarload being bought by Cquser, Breckenridge; J. C. Gre-
Tyler; Bill Hickman. Bra-
t>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
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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.
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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-
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