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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1933)
; ro: r* baseme: h •- i f»j, i -w mi J ^ 1 ! 1 -|i| f l ■»V i. Published Weekly By The A. Jk M. College of Tenui t-1 VOLUME XXXII COLLEGE 8TATIOI MAY 10, 1933 NUMBER 32 I ^ MADE IN UNI FOR NEXT YEAR on Langston, And Stewart Are * M I St I dged Winners of Annual Cotton | ■* Contest Held By Agronomy Society Brenham Maifest Will Feature Steer And Aggie Bands Winners of Contest Will Make* Tour of United States and Europe During: Sumner. R. J. Gwinn, Owenville; 0. M IsnfMton, GsrriAon; and L. F. Ste wart, Temple, were adjudged the winnern of the annua) cotton con tent iponaored by the Agronomy wx-iety. Winners of the contest were selected by a competitive ex amination'covering tfn phases of ' AMhRi. MllW By virtue of their selection, these men will make a tour of cotton producing-Sreas of the United Sta tes, and also an extended tour of Jl^laad, -j Belgium, Germany, France, an|l Italy during this sum mer. On t$is tour the winners of the contest will visit the world's largest cotton centers situated in these countries and will make a atudy of cotton production, milling, and weaving. Accompanying the winners on the tour will be J. B. Ifogford. associate professor of Agronomy, | and Curtis Vinson, director of publicity for the col lege. who a nil act as press corres pondent ft \o*r wer» n bridge tournament, and donations fsom the Anderson-Clay- ton Cotton (company of Houston. Judgetnetgs on the various con- testants were handed down by nine judges, eac| covering one of the ten phases of the contest. The jud ges for the contest were: Dr. J. J. Taberthaus, cotton diseases; F. R. Jones, cotto$ machinery; Dr. V. P. Lee, cotton marketing; J. S. Mog- ford, cotton) production; V. A. Little, cottoh insects; C. 0. Doak, cotton botany; J. G. Powers, cot ton grading and cotton stapling; Mary Anna ; Grimes, textiles; and W. R. Horlgcher, cotton genetics. Other students entering the fin als -of the cotton contest were M. E. Overtoil' Stamford; A. E. Bryant, Ooraieana; Harvey Estes, Grafibury; and F. J. Kana, Wei mar. All senior students who en tered the cotton contest will be the guests of Professor and Mrs. Mog- ford, who w81 honor them with a chicken dinnmr at their home, Wed nesday night. Students’ Branch of Little Theater Group Is Formed Afttie Band Will Represent A and M College At Brenham Festival On A and M Day. A- B. Moore and W. W. Coul ter Elected Officers of New * StMcftt Dramatic Club. Meeting for the first time, a group of students organised a stu dent bra rich of the Little Theater organisation last night in H* Y. M. C. A., Hinder the supervision ef Professor <J. J. Woolket and Qporge Wren, mOmbers of the Campus Theatre Club. At this initial meet ing, officers for the club were el ected sad Mnns were drawn up for the coming year. A. B. Moor., Henderson, who has taken a prominent part in campus dramatics,' is a winner of numer ous prises in the junior college di> vision of Texas Little Theatre tour. Funds for the j contests, and who has appeared on i««*d by 'he Agronomy ihJ u ‘C-ssional stag?, was elect- leg*. ed president of the club, and W. W. Coult±, Houston, secretary- j treasurer. J This club plans to take part in contests staged by the national or ganisation of Little Theatres and also to alternate with the Campus Theatre chib in preaenting plays at meetingtof the Utter organiza tion. \ Arrangements for two outstand ing Texas bands to participate in | the Firemen’s Annual Maifest have finally been completed, Chief Er nest Hermann stated. The first day of the Maifest will be known as A and M day. On Thursday, May 18, the A and M College Band, composed of 76 members under the personal direc tion of Major R. J. Dunn, will give a forty-five minute concert on the Court House Square The second day of the Msifeat Friday, May 19th, will he termed Texas Day. The Texas University Band, composed of 70 members, under the leadership of Burnet Pharr, will arrive on a special train and upon arrival will give a concert on the Courthouse Band Stand and will likewise be featur ed at all of the Maifest attractions. Both bands will lead the parades on their respective days, and play at the rodeo, and baseball games which will be pUyed between Tex as University and / and K Col- A Few Mlnbr Details Are Still Pending According To ( ommit treman Plans for the first Senior Ban quet and Prom which will be held on the evening ef May 12, have been completed With the exception of a few minor details, according to J. D. Howder, member of the committee in charge of the ar rangements for (he affair. All seniors, bAth classified and unclassified, are ‘eligible to attend but no other members of the stu dent body will be admitted to ei ther the banquet or prom. The banquet is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p. m. And will be followed by the prom v which will get under way at 9:00 and last until 2:00 a. m. Music will be furnished for the banquet by Joe Dillon and his Cam pus Serenaders and the Aggieland Orchestra will pl^y for the Prom. The Serenaders will also play at the corps dance 0r Saturday May IS, which will mhra the close of the corps dances ’for the year. lemy Speaker i _.iy- | 1 : ^ > .{ 4 1 .* • Uniform Proposed By Government 1 f v., I i Adopted By Board of; Directors; All Underclassmen To Wear Slacks Texas Scientists Will Convene Here W 1 For Annual Meet Dr. Mark Francis, Dean of School of Veterinary Medi- ciae. To Be Speaker. Drastic changes in uniform regulations for students at A and M College proposed by the United States War Depart ment to the board of directors of the college were approved and the details of the proposal announced late this afternoon by Colonel J. E. Mitchell, commandant of the college. The new plan provides thatjril students will wear slaeks next year and that basic studants (freshpien and sopho mores) will be issued certain parts of their uniforms from the new governmental stock and will be required to purchase certain other parts of their apparel. By this method a basic student may equip himself with the bare uniform necessities for apprpximately $17 and can obtain a complete uniform for about $29. This new uniform. Colonel Mitchell said, is equal, if not superior to the present uniform used this year, the pur- Associated Women’s Choral Organ i/ation To Appear On Campus More than eighty voices from Houston, Bay City and Bryan will be directed by Harry Gerard, na tionally known vocal coach, in a musical by the Associated Women’s LONGHORNS WILL be r SATURDAY, MAY 20 Distribution of the Longhorn, Members- - who are forming the student annual of Texas A and M new clsb are as follows: J. M. Crews, H. T. Bailey, C. R. Pierce, G. H. Guy, M. S. Rubenstein, W. W. Coulter) C. J. Steeger, Lewis Gross, A. I Hill, l]. j. Palm, A. B. Moore, and C. A. Melbourne. Aggie Debaters Awarded Medals For Year’s Work SI THKIUIEN m AUSTIN MEET College, will be made on Saturday, May 20. according to a statement made today by B. M. Gottleib, ed itor of the annual. Cards that are now being giv en in exchange for the receipt of the payment of the students acti- | vities fee may be exchanged for Landscape Students To Present Second Annual Flower Show » nd * nd ^ Students of the landscape archi- v | lecture department will present histo: Approximately 160 scientists from -many points in the state will i Choral Club to be presented* the gath* - at Texas A and M College evening of May 18 at 8 o’clock in Fridap and Satunjay, May 19 and Guion Hall. The program will con- 20, f<* the annual spring meeting sist of semi-classical numbers to- of th# Taxas Academy of Science, gather with several selections from Ac<prding to Dr. L. G. Jones, well known operas. Kathryn Ger- professor of agronomy at the col- ard, prims donna, well known as lege, hn<J a member of the com a light opera and stage singer, for- mitted in charge of arrangements, mer prixia donna of the Bostonians the program for the meeting has leading opera company of a few been rompieted and will include years ago, and also a member of an .ndpoetion through the college the Imperial Dpeia Company of plant, k banquet, a general meeting. Toronto, will be featured on the! change Store will sell their prja- tchasg! price of which was fixed at approximately 188 in the collega catalogue Articles which will be issued by the government include a blouse aad 4 pair ef slack* of 20-ounce dark serge, two regulation woolen olive drab shirts, a black tie, R.O. T.C. patches, and chevrons for ca det non-i ommission officers. Ad ditional pairs of slacks may be purchased from the government for approximately g3.76. These ad ditional slacks, sgtra shirts, and a pair of unionalls are to be bought at the student’s'owh expense. Cavalry and Artillery basic stu dents will be required to buy lace breeches, side-lace leggins, and shoes for mounted drill in addition to their other uniform. These rid ing tmeechia ,will be available at government prices from the new government 1 stock* "and the Ex- trips in botany, geology, program. The gyology and hot- Ralph Howell of Houston, native ild trips will take place in of Bryan, will appear as soloist, inity of the rollege, but the Mr. Howell is s baritone-basso. field trip will be made the second annual spring flower to Hugtaville. show beginning Baturday noon. May 13, and lasting through Sun day night, May 14, at the college greenhouse. { j. Among the features to be pre sented at the flower shew are flower displays, a garden wall fountain, an aquarium, a minia ture formal garden, a miniature greenhouse, tile ‘patterns, orna mental benches, a display of plas ter models, and sdveral problems ^done by the senirt landscape ar- Dr. Mark Francis, dean of the school lof veterinary medicine at the college, will be the principal speaker at the general meeting. Dr. fc. N. Jones, head of the bio logy department at Baylor Univer sity, Waco, is president of the Tex as Ac4deny of Science. P. S. Parks, f San Antonio; is the secre tary aiid treasurer, f Mrs. W. S. Howell, chairman of general arrangementa cpnunittee of the Bryan Woman’s Club for the musical, has announced that admission charge will be fifty cents with a special price of fif teen cents for students. Student tickets will be on sale at the col lege Y. M. C. A. The muaicale will be presented by the Bryan Wom an's Club. In the consolidated cho rus will be thirty Bryan voices, (Continued on Page 4) • a few extras. TeamH From Every School In Southwest Conference Will Participate In TYack Meet. Not for yoor, h. v , th.'Two Hundred Attend chances for the achieving new re- Annual Dance Given the annual on that date. Gottleib also announced that a student^, 1 few copies will be available for the f ,ower < *°4 abo in cidents who did not pay their stu- ' cIud * a tri P throu ^ the d ‘«"ent debts activities fee at the begin- d «P»rtment* of the greenhouse, niig of the school year. These ex- th< * -W* of tre copies will be on sale at the ,he ‘f rowth of P |anU P rior 10 office of student publications man- m V v *l to nursaty. agfr, 18 Ross Hall, for th. same I Stud * nt * requested to bring price that they were so^d for at ,heir P*™ 1 " and ***** ^ th<? the beginning of school. It is ad- ^"house after the reception visible for those who are anxious * iven ** ^ ,nd MrB WalU,n b ** to buy a Longhorn to pbee their caUM L of l ^ aut * *"* d 10 th * orders early, as $*re will be only “ how ^ l, * ht,n * effect R.O.T.U. INSPECTION |T J noon today Colonel J. E. Mitchell, commandant of the fotlege, said |*The R. O. T. Ci inspectors Ire pleased with their findings thus far, and were particulerly pleased with review of the cadet corps Tuesday miming.” Colonel Mitchell said'the corps review was as good as >iny review this >war if not the beet. * ent stock of leggins and shoes for five dollars the set (shoes and leg- gins). These two articles formerly sold ffr 39.60. This means that new students entering the mounte<f orgnni^fttkNM, will bear an addi tional expend, of approximately |7~ At present it is contemplated that cadet jltior non-commissioned officer# will wear 'leggins and ( breeches and seniors will weaf breeches and boots in addition to the slacks. Juniors and seniors will continue to receive the govern mental refund. Colonel Mitchoil •old. j j j . j Breeches and side-lace leggins now.oufned by members of* the corps will be regulation next yfar f except It reviews and corps trips, t aorordirig to Colonel Mitchell. LEGISLATIVE action TO AFFECT CMTC AND NATTN’L GUARD ONLY JL events By Cattlemen’s Club I cords in ( trark and 1 Debate Team Completes Sue- bwn *° I . i. ■ -Tl- . rr-nfill <eaann with A Virtn annual Southwest Conference meet Approximately 200 guesta, MM CCSHIUI Steajon with b > IctO- l . ... . . ! eluding the entire personnel of the nes and 3 Defeats. <*riws near. D will be held in Aus- “TV. , - 1 , T tin, Saturday,! with every team in I I' ntVfr.'ty of Text. 1 | f f | Kngineerin|j Exhibitions Planned For Mothers’ Day By Electrical, r Mechanical, and Petroleum Engineers j Debate J«edals were recently the conference represented for the •warded Bine- members of the A first time in he vers I wessons. Ark- and M debate team, who, during ansas. according to reports, will fhe past season won six events, send the stroiwaat.aggregation to lost thret, and gained two no-deci- represent the i mountain school in ■on verdicts ever opposing teams, many years, wjiile Baylor, T. C. U. Those to receive the awards were: and S. M. AJil will send in their b. L. Tisinger, Garland; I. A. Han- relect few to Compete against the Galveston; J. E. Gaston, Hen- brilliant array |of thinly clads from dhraon; -J.' W. Wells, Aransas Texas. Rica, aid A and M. Ha**; R B. Jenkins, De Leon; H. Usually the; preliminary meets N. Irvine, Fort Worth; D. T. Lusk, between the Steers, Owfc, and Ag- Scotia, N. Y.;j G. E. Wyse, Hous- gies decide the winner of the con- ton, and W. 0. Vela, Laredo. ference meet early in the season. Victories of pie Aggie team dur- but the three teems are too evenly itlg the past season include two matched thin yfar to anfve at any over Southern Methodist Univer- definite conclusions Early in the r, and one Over Texas Christian season Coach AaderaonVi chargee ivqrsity, Simmons University, easily topped the Longhorns who 8iWriouiton State Teachers in turn defeated the Owla. Then The no-decision debates the Feathered tribe turned around |m£ with Louisiana State and whipped the Farmers. Last Sat- iversity and Baylor College for f- - (Coatinued on Pa ft 2) Girls’ Glee Club, i attended the annual Cattle- Reviving the Engiheering Day* i refrigerator* will be khpwn by the of former years, the mechanical slectricel engineers. An amateur of Pridiv \i av ft Kv th.. q—1^1- engineering, electrical engineer- f r * di ®Pl ,on# Nation ha| been ar- of Friday, May 5, by tna. oaddle ... , , . ranged so that visitors who desire and Sirloin Club assisted by the >"*. and petroleum engineering de- do ^ ^ gp ^ k inU J it|| micro . membfrs of the Kream and Kow partments will present exhibits of phone and-talk to amat«»jr station* Klub. Tha affair wa^ held in the their departments fot the benefit in various .parts of the (country, annex of the college mess hall and 0 f visitors on • the campus diir- The mectenical engineering de- accordfng to reports and discus- mg the week end of Mother’s Day, part men t will hold ope# house in sions prevalent on the campus was May 13 and 14. its engineering .shops presenting one of the most picturesque and Interesting and educational de- internal cdMbustion engine teeta, enjoyable dances of the present monstrations by students in these exhibits in weod working and foun- Mr. Hoover"; J. S. Crisler, San year. departments will begin at 6 o’clock, dry worjc, .and other recent me- Antonio, “Ideals for Texas”; J. E. Novel decorations depicting ty- Saturday afternoon. Exhibits will chankaU developments.' Several Evans, Lamesa, “Technocracy, an pical cattle country scenes includ-. be staged in the mechanical en- novel features such as s miniature Evaluation”; and W. O. Vela, La- ing rattlesnakes end cattle brands nee ring shops and the electrical “Mt. Vesuvius” and plunging an redo, “In Defense of Capitalism”, were forked out by S. C. P. Vos- engineering building and will offer Winner of Downs Speech ( on- tewl Also Won Cash Prize In Flowers Contest. D. L. Tisinger, Garland, a soph omore chemical engineering stu dent in Battery "E” Field Artil lery, again claimed oratorical hon ors by winning the ninth annual P. L. Downs Oratorical Contest which was held in the assembly hall the evening of Thursday, May Two weeks ago Tisinger was s warded a cash prixe in the second annual Battle of Flowers .Speech Contest. Recognition of Henry Smith’’ was ‘ the subject of Tisinger'* speech. The other speakers in the contest were J. T. Wyse, Houston. “American Foreign Policy Under per pf| the college architect's ffeq Striplj of- unusual and h the assistance of R. L. as instructive exhibit*. , •] To add to the continuity A “talking skull” providing in saon the orchestra mem- formation concerning love affairs. unprotected human hand into a Colonel P. L. Downs, donor of interesting as well stream of molten metal have also the medal, was the chairman for been planned. the affair. Judges for the contest Cooperating with the rdechanical were: I. A. Handler, Galveston, engineering department,^ the pe- winner of the contest in 1981: J. dressed in cowboy coe- investments, and politjea, a bottle troleum engineers will demonstrate W. Wells, San Antonio, winner last nd the members of the two that cannot b. emptied, a mini*- the operation of an oil well with year; and R. E. Karper, vice-di- hich sponsored the dance ture street reilvmy, abd late de- the drilling equipment npw local- rector of the agricultural experi- shirts and ocarfs. velopments in radios and electrical ed in the IL E. shops, j j ment station. *■’- ■ t ■! V i '■dm Action that may be taken by the^ * legislature during the next few weeks will have no effect on R T. C. summer camps according to Lieutenaht Colonel Emery; profes sor of military science and tactics. Any action taken will affect only - the C. M. T. 0. and National guard camps maintarined by the govern ment, Lieutenant Colonel Emery stated. jj Lieutenant Colonel Emery furth er stated that the military science departmeitt is ihnkiag its plans forS the summer a* it has in previous years and that juniors may feel free to continue their plans for the summer. Kream and Kow Klab Officers For Next Year Are Introduced Student officers of the Kream ) and Kow Klub that were elected at a meeting of that group Tues day night. May 2, were introduc ed at a final banquet held in the mess hall annex Tuesday night. May 9. Those elected to the exe cutive office* of the club were F. L. Hansen, Temple, president, who will succeed E. O. Wurxbach, San Antoqio; C: W Cox, Buda, vice-prenideat; W. G. McCubbin, Valley View, secretary and teasur- er; and W. T. Moon, Holland, re porter. ighi in Mess