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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1933)
f ' J ‘ < i trupurr poDuciTtoa or VI A-fi CCIII0I Of HAAS coiitm fnnoi .mid ■ THE BATTALION -—- aa Mcond claw Tcxaa, under the matter at th« Poat Office at Colkc* Station. m Act of Contrew, March », 1*7» Soboeription rate $1.75 por jraar. Adrertiain* ratea upon rrqueat; Editor ^Hanarn« Editor .1^... Sporta Editor . Aaaociate Editor IL-Aasociate Editor . Aaaociate Editor EDITORIAL STAFF O. M. Dent r p“f" Lawia Groah f4-t~ *. u WilUama - t—f"* B. J. Smith - W. O. E.inim* —- L. W. pharma - * *" C BaUaaaart i —1{ Art Reportan: W M. Wataon, H. 0. Soalifton. H. F. Martin. C. A. T«*ch. E. C^berte, J. F. Rollina, J. N Farfuapm D. L. Tiain*«r. Jack Sloan. L A. Reid, Jack Aakina. _ a-a •- BUSINESS 8TAPF AdrerUainf Manafar Aaaiatant Adyertiain* Manor*' Aaalatant Adrertiainr Manafor Aliptanl Advertiainf Manar«r Aaabtant Adrwtiainf Managw ( .rculat.on Manor*' Aaaiatant Circulation Manar«r Aaaistant ('irculation Manarer Aaaiatant CircuUtion Manor*' Tryir* — A N. Said Sam Coopar^- J. B Hainan F. W. Bren.iU- W. M. Watson. W. A. ConnaUj a A Hasstjr— Tom Mote THE BAND BENEFIT SHOW IDLE RUMORS freedom from the sees Muaic apparently waa not the prime consideration of the Texas University r*** elnh’a offerinr* •* far aa “Pusa” Pennycuick. Bill Colrlasier, and BiU Flannery were concerned. Financial straits neces sitated that this stellar rmP from the famotm “Bloody B” company •it in the balcony, and this condi tion provoked a near not. Havinr only one seaman’a teleacopo bo- tween them for viewin* the show, there was pullenty of diaeenaiow aa to when ownership right* were to be relinquished. Ownership was d^ finitely settled, however, when it waa shown that it waa the same telescope that waa uaod by ‘Trix ie’* Gottlieb while sittiar on the front seat at the Burlesque show last term. TOS4?H, TOSCH! Last nirht, while Mike Eemna. ruatodian of the maadas for the south part of the camps* was ra- placinr foam » Hart hall, ha un- locked one fnae box and found a letter there marked for midnight mail which tame innocent placed there for mailing. After pocket ing the enclosed fire *«**. Mike found oat that the mailer of the letter waa none other than Charley Teeeh, editor tf next year’s Coun tryman and Battalion aapiraat. This inability to tell locked fuae boxes from mail boxes i* Juat one of the indications of that mental sluggishness known as the editorial teach. 8. W. TRACKMEN— (Continoad from Page 1) urday the Steers and Cadets tied for first place in a meet between the three schools with 18 points each, while Rice trailed only four points behind. The Owls were with out the services of Ed Holloway, In order that they might attend the Thanksgiving Day Gama ** | *•**’ ■'’*-- — lut fall. It was necessary that the A and M College band who ^ been undefeated in confer- horrow money to defray part of the expend of thi. trip Thi. money 1 — however, covered only a small part of .Ah axpanaea, the .ndivulual members of the band bearing, as usual, the greater part of the expense, t” h The band has always been oae of the hardest working student (ggamxations on the campus and has brought much more credit to th. school than they have been credited with, gad the w l *‘"‘ “ ceived proportionately much less compensation for Mma and energy than they are due. - . As little or no dispensation is made by the college or by the ath b) t . n8 • ^ final mile relay lottc department for the expenses ef the band on football and corps ^ ru n The javelin record of 204 AAi, the expensea of thae* trip# has been borne by the members o f by “Bull’ Flofd of A and the band. To repay the money borrowed far the Thanksgiving trip, g in bas been surpass^! once tl* band ie giviag a benefit show in the assembly hall. Friday. To re- ^ Jmt by Smokey Klaemer of goeat that the student* attend this show is not asking too much of thsm and it will show the band members that their work has been ap- fAipAAr j| H l ence competition this year in the century and furlong, and Ray Har- U»ur. crack quarter-mi ler, who Were on the sidelines with injuries. Roth, however, are expected to be have re- in shape Saturday, sacrifices of At four records are doe to fall, and more may become “has LIBERALISM Columbia, long proclaimed a forward-thinking, efm radical insti tution, is the latest American university to bfc criticised for liberalism. Rice who fa expected to set a new record. The big Dutchman from Fredericksburg threw the sp*ar ■JiHt feet in the meet with Texas. Another Rice man. Petty, is almost certain to dip the present discus record with his consistent heaves of over 114 feet. The present re- The causa is the droning from the faculty of Donald Henderson, in- | set by Leo Baldwin of Texas structor ia economics. Communist sympsthitdr and ex«cutive s^retary of the National Student League, a “red” intercollegiate orgamxation. The iadisoriminate blame heaped upon Columbia as a result of iU action did not, perhaps, take into account the practical embarrassment* which the administration of an endowed or Itate-support.-.l in . - faces In such a situation as that presented by the Heqddrson css*. ^ Toying with gentlemanly liberalism is a paetime permitted almost tfce prm9nt hoUer 0 f the record any university by th# powers that be. but harboring a “dangerous • j.Lj wi i| be striving to set a new radical who takes sides openly in the class struggle and preschee the ()|>e himself. A new comer to South- .^tjjtorship of the proletariat transcends th* ground* of permissible track. Schulix of Rice clipped academic hobbies. As only the Columbia adiginistratiqo egn know the t D ff the half-mile record amount of pressure exerted to obtain Hendkrson’s dMmissal. no out- of lM last year by Schiller in 1929. is a little over 168 feet Though “Honk" Irwin has failed so far to break the present shotput record of over 48 feet when it would count, he is still a favorite t* break it this'year. Burke is sider can estimate fairly the freedom of choice left There was evidence of reluctance in the manner ip which Header son’s connection with the university was terminated. He was even offered, naively enough, s research fellowship in &'**'*; Thw offfr contrasts strangely with the ungracious apd unconvincing grounds which were publicly announced to explain his dismissal lack of a doc torate and inability to teach. _ ' i . , Columbia might have gained respect and dignity by retaining H«a- derson. but perhaps this is too much to expect of Columbia, or any institution similarly dovetailed into the existing political and eaanomic system. Criticism must be leveled, not only against timorous admin istrators. but against all the stand-pat forces which determine the atti tude* of our universities. . ]j j.. It id time for universities and the country of which they are a part to realize that social change is a historically inevitable fact, and that all suggestions, no matter how revolutionary, mMft he faced in the oper and honestly discussed if the change is to take the most de sirable form.—Tulane Hullabaloo. j L LONGHORN NOTICE ^Rtudents who lose the Longhorn card given to them in exchange for the receipt for the payment of activities fee will be unable to acquire their Longhorn, as the cards are not numbered or have any means of identification placed on them, according to B. A Gottlieb, editor of the annual. Gottlieb also announced that it might be well for all, students to write their names on their cards in ink so that they might be recovered If lost Minnesota Students Shown Vote Machine After Election Riot of Texas, snether Dutch boy in the triangular meet, and is expected to repeat this feat Saturday. T C U’s main contribution to the meet will be Charlie Casper of ggn Antonio, who is the favorite to take both the hurdle events. Cas par set some kind of a record in a dual meet with the Mustang* when he amassed a total of 17 points for high scoring honors. Th# cornpetition will be much stronger 1 though in the conference meet. (Belcher of S M U probably will be the outstending Mustang eh- | tnr. Witnesses last year in Hous ton stated that Belcher outdistanc ed Holloway of Rice in the 100- yard ds*h, but received only third ; place. He will be counted on to place high this year also. Another '•printer. Goddard of Baylor, will probably be the eBar’s main eon- tetpant Conference Game In A Row To Frog: Nine LUCCHESE BOOT CO. Custom Boot Making Custom Tailoring Shoe Repairin'.’ New Location. In Milam Bldg, j 101 W. Trmvia L Street the University of Arkansas will MINNEAPOLIS, May 10.— At M-versl 'men. but the strength last science has come to the aid of of the team as a whole is unknown, the present low state of defnocra- ~ cy... and perhaps to the aid of Farmers Lose Third campus politics.’’ Thus did.th* Minnesota Daily at the University of Minnesota re port the perfection of an electric voting machine, “guaranteed to be , Ip failing to solve the delivery acid proof," which was displayed of jCinsy, big Texas Christian pit- last fortnight at an electrical an- c hek the Texas Aggie nine lost ginasring 4how sponsored by the thejr third consecutive conference university. ! ■ 1 Student elections at Minnesota several moSths ago were marked by an acid-throwing incident, which resulted in the suspension of one student after another had been burned by the chemical. gaipe of the season to the T. C. U. frog* 6-1 Saturday on the Kyle Field diamond, which definitely el iminated the Farmers from the conference race. Kiniy limited the Farmers to two hits, fanned five and allowed SPECIAL SALE - - * Aggie Buckles and Hickok Belts — From real Hick ok we are offering a row uatil tke < . irkok Belt and Buckle 84(1— Regular $2J>0 i Now $1.00 CAIDWEU'S JEWELRY STORE C onsolidated School To Give Senior Play The final rehearsal ef "Who Wouldn’t Be Oaxy,* which is the title of the play to be presented by the A and MConsolidated High School seniors has been held, Mrs. H. C. Spencer, director, nanmumad today. This production will be staged i at tbd Assembly Hall. Thursday. May M, at 8 p. m. , The plot centers around the em- hnnumdag situation in which a young man finds himself when, through a case of mistaken iden tity, he is confined in a sanitarium for mental cases. His enforced stay b made exciting, bower*, by a group of society girls, a jewel rob bery, and a daring kidnaping. but three walks. He also aided in his team’s scoring by driving in two runs. Jake Mooty, sophomore Aggie hurlar, allowed th* Frogs to bunch 11 safeties. The lone Aggie counter came in the first inning- Ike Lowenstein. Aggie left fielder was walked. He was then sacrifioed and cam* home on at) error. Mooty held th# visitors scoreless for the first three frames. Then with two out ih the fourth, .the Frogs hit three clean bingles and scored one rim. The Christians en- loyed a big inning in the seventh when they bunched five safe blows to score three more runs. Again in the eighth they managed for another run on three hits. This game was the fourth con ference game the Aggies have lokt. Campus Personalities MAJOR JOHN P. WHEELER Historic Maryland b the home state of Major John P. Wheeler. Here he attended the public schools of Baltimore and later graduated from the City College of Baltimore MRjer Wheeler’s military career stertgd in 1912 trhen he entered the Cwvalry as a Second lieutenant from civilian Ufa, his first poet being at Huachuca, Arizona. He eras later stationed with the Sec ond Squadron of the Fifth Cavalry and with thb organization was sent to the Colorado Coal Strike in 1914, the State of (Colorado at thb time bring under martial law. In 1916 he mniried Miss Mary Newton, and while on hb honey moon was recalled to hb regiment. This was the time ef Pancho Villa’s raids M Columbu^ N. M., and the Fifth oavalry went on campaign into lM* xico whkch Mqted ten months. Major Wheeler’s fhrst pro motion came during thb campaign, promotion being tojflrat lieutenant He q*s then transferred to Camp Stewart at Fort B)iss, Texas, and while there was promoted to the rank of captain, acting as regi mental adjutant. He later became poet g4(utant for Camp Stewart. . June 8, 1918, wag the date upon which he received a temporary commission as major and was tsansfayred to the’ 168th Depot Brigade at Jackson, South Caro lina, where he stayed during the war, serving as asristant in handl ing drafted men. In the early part of 1919, he went to France with replacement troops, and on dbetn- barkmMt at France was sent on •n eqtansive tour, of the battle fronts* after which he was sta tioned at Paris with th* Motor Transport Corps. In the latter part df 1919. he left France, and arrived in New fork City on Christhm* day. Frodi New York, ihe was sent to Camp Marf*- Texas; and re-assign- V NOTICE Ci Ship Trunks H< SPR0LE8 MOTOR FREIGHT LINES WE PICK UP AND DEMVERt TO YOUR DOOR Freight Rates With Express Service DEPENDABLE — CHEAP i G. L. Whitener Phone Bryan 418 'if* I 1 * * See Us For Summi a *T SPROLES MOTOR FRI m — EFFICIENT J. R. Gill 29 Milner Storage I6HT LINES Associated Women’s Choral Chib Mu Guion HallJ May 18, 8 p. m. MORE THAN *0 VOICES BAY Proffram of semi-caaiical nui selections from well knot Harry Germrd Personnel Director HOUSTON, TAN Lf I interspersed with operas Gerard Prim a Donna Presented By BRYAN YYOMEN’Sj CLUB TICKETS 15< Bikes Replace Autos of College Students On Depression Dates College News Service—“I’LL be around on my ‘bike’ at 8:80 to take you to th# dance." < From Maine to California, the new—or b it just “renewed” —bicycle fad b hitting the college campi like nobody’s business. And b it popular? Soon the above quo tation will be as prosaic as “Say, let’s go for a walk!" ed to the Fifth Cavalry. Major Wheeler was sent from there to the Fort Riley School to attend the Troop Officers Course in 1921 and finished thb course in 1922. At Fort Benning, Georgia, he acted' ns Senior Cavalry Instructor for the Infantry school there and re mained there in thb capacity un til 1926. From Fort Benning he went to the Commanding General’s School at Fort Leavenworth, gra dusting from thb school in 19^. to be re-stationed at Marfa, Texas, for duty with the First Cavalry. For two years he remained at Marfa until he waa assigned to duty with the R.O.T.C. at A and M college. In 1981, Major Wheeler was made executive officer for the R.O.T.C1 detachment here, and sen ior cavalry instructor. - “When first assigned to R.O.T.C, work at A and M," Major Wheeler said, “I was not so enthusiastic but after six months had passed, my attitude toward teaching and R.O.T.C. work had changed entire ly, and I found my work here more interesting than any other phase of my army work." Jno. D. Quinn Druggist WHITMAN CANDIES Navasrta, Texas — 11 1 ' * — SUMMER SPECIALS i For the Warm Days Ahead! 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