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ED1TOK1AL STAFF
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W. O. Sanders
L. W. Btonos
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Editor
Managing Editor
Sport. Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
4- , .rolnmni.t
iJ— Aft Ed,tor
Reporters: W M. WaUon, H. G. Seeligaoh. H. F. Martin. C. A. Toach,
E. C. Roberta, J. F. Rollins, J. N Fergusoh D. I. Ttsinger. Jack Sloan,
L A. Reid, Jack Askins. ' [If /
V. BUSINESS STAOT/
Trygre Bogevold — . Advert.sing Manager
R- N. Eeid Assistant Advertising Manager
flam Cooper Assistant Advertising Manager
J. B. Heinen Assistant Advertising Manager
F. W. Bren.IK- Wi.stant Advertising Manager
W. M. Wataon Circulation Manager
Jf. A. Connelly ^4 AiMstant Circulation Manager
C. B. Hussey AodMurt ( irculation Manager
Tom Metz r ^AfliBtant Circulation Manager
iFincke and Halter
Win Annual Contest
For Math Students
M. F. Fincke, San Antoaio, aad
R. C. Halter, also of San Antonio,
iron first prises respectively in the
annual sophomore and freshman
mathematics contests according to
an announcement last night at the
fifth annual mathematics depart
ment banquet. Second prises were
awarded U J. W. Hull, Sonora,
for calcuhie and D. S. Bowman,
Longview, for the freshman mathe
matics.
W. W. Lawson, Houston, donate 1
the first freshman mathematics
prise and J. W. Porter of Dallas
gave the second, while W. L. Por
ter. head of the mathematics de
partment, and J. W. Mitchell, also
of the mathematics department, do
nated the calculus awards.
Campus Personalities
W. ^>4 Vela Elected
nt of Debate
Club for New Year
At a meeting of the DebeU Club
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DR. MARK FRANCIS
Probably nS other one man has
contributed sS materially through
scientific research to the cattle in
dustry of this country as Dr. Mark
Francis, dean of the school of vet
erinary medicine and chief of the
diviakm of veUrinary science of
the experiment sUtion, whose fight
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FINALE
With this issue of the BatUlion, the *ork of the 1932-83 staff ia
completed as next week’s issue will be published by the new 1933-34
staff. The present staff has edited the Battalion during the past year,
appreciating the honor that has bees bestowed upon us, and trying to
do our beet to give the students, faculty, iad administration a repre
sentative college newspaper, the merit of Irhich we do not know, but
we hope our faults and shortcomings are dbch that they caa be over
looked, and that the staff next year will appreciate our mistakes and
profit by them.
In dosing, the Battalion wishes to efcpress its appreciation for
the help and advice given by Mr. J. E. Angel 1, hpainaas manager of
student publications, and by Mr. Curtis Vinson, Tony Ketterson, and
Mu* Ruby Morrow of the Publicity Department, and by Mr. J. F.
Mayo of the college library.
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YOUR BANIT
Aa open letter addressed especially to the class of *84
By R. J. Dunn. Bandmasicr \ and M College.
The greater and moat loyal part of th4 student body, the ex-stu
dents and the friends and supporters of A and M, take great pride in
referring to the A and M Band as the “finest college band in the soqth.”
We hope it is and, if it is, the fact is due:to nothing other than the
SPIRIT of the personnel that makes up the- band.
Sometimes, however, we are inclined to allow our enthusiasm to
obscpre the actual facta. Let us glance at same of opr nearby comp. -
tors in the Southwest Conference. The band at one university nearby,
aajoy* a practice period of two hours daily for five days each week.
A minimum of ten hours. In addition, many of the members take music
as a subject, sit in class five hours each week and the band plays a
short concert at chapel assemblies. Twice each month the band plays
a grand concert in their beautiful modern auditorium to a crowded
house. In our compariaon, in order to not exaggerpte we will say a
maximum of fifteen hours weekly.
• T ‘ At another of the schools in the conference they have recently
built a beautiful band hall for practice and general band assembly
activities and at that school the band members receive letters.
last Thursday evening. WO. Vela, . T#xaJ fever has
Laredo, Battery E, Field Artillery,
was elected president of the club
for the coming year. Vela, a junior
liberal arts students, was' also
awarded a gold medal for meri
torious forensic work this year. He
participated in debates with Lou- ^
isiana State University and Rice
Institute.
Succeeding J. W. Wells of San
Antonio, D. L. Tisinger, Garland,
was elected aa vice-president, and
G. E. Wyse, Palestine, was chosen
secretary-treasurer of the club.
Immediately following the selec
tion of officers, L A. Handler, Gal
veston, retiring president of the
club, presented Professor C. 0.
Spriggs, director of debate, with
a pipe, given by the debaters in
appreciation of his leadership.
The Debate Club loses four let
ter-men this year. Handler, Wells,
J« E. Gaston. Henderson, and R.
B. Jenkinp, De Leon. However, ex
cellent material should be fur
nished by the Freshman Forensic
Club next fall, according to Pro
fessor Spriggs.
Move) Architectural
Problem By L. M. Cook
To Be On Exhibition
L Striking a new note in the field
of architectural design, L M. Conk,
Dallas, graduate student of the
A and Ml architectural department,
has completed to scale a plaster
»l of a large suburban home,
according to Ern«st Langford
md of the department of archi-
etare.
Being Complicated by a creek
and otheB irregularities in the ter
rain, the right was moat suited to
Sptaiah type of architecture which
was folldwed closely in design.
Each pietje. including a swimming
pool and' terraces, \
separately in clar and cast in plas
ter of paris. Thi carvings around
tha windows and ok the doors
were done to exactness, even show
ing the nail*
This problem is the first of such
detail and site to have ever been
constructed here and it will be left
on permanent exhibition in the ar
chitecture department, Mr. Lang
ford said.
OTTS ELECTED TO
EDIT TECHNOSCOPE
FOR TEAR 1933-34
Ferguson, Owens,
Get Positions
Year’s Staff.
Either this system is going to
chaag* or there isa’t going to be
any country here 50 years from
now -Father C. H. U Blond.
Next
J. G. Otts, Cuero, junior student
in mechanical engineering, was
elected to edit the 1938-84 Tech no-
scope at a meeting of the advisory
board of that publication Friday
We Appreciate
and Thank You
For the business you
have iriven us this
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Agffieland Studio
ramisled Other members se
lected to fill positions next y>+ -
were: J. N. Ferguson, El Past, as
sociate editor; F. E. Owens, Edna,
circulation manager; and 8. D.
Bruns, Louise, business manager.
Otts requests that aayons who
may be interested in working en
the Technoscope get in touch with
Mm immediately, as preparation-
Are now being made for the next
issue, which will be published in
September.
Mayo In New York
Getting Doctor of
Philosophy Degree
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T. F. Mayo, head librarian and
professor in the English depart
ment. is now in New York taking
examinations which are to con
clude his work for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy. His disser
tation “Epicurus in England” has
‘In recent years the practice of scouting the campus for freshmen | already been approved but haa not
at the opening ol school, for the various Companies troops and bat- yet been published,
ttries, has grown steadily and we regret to state that in their enthus.- With the teaching staff since
asm, many upperclassmen convey a very p4ar impres-ion of the bar ! 1916, Mr. Mayo was appointed col
to the freshman who happens to be a musician or we might say an lege librarian in 1919.
— embryo musician, and advise them ‘ to notjapply for membership In
the band,” but to join their particular company, troop or battery. Blear
‘ ip aaind that at other schools in the conference they give musician*
free t nit ion and other inducements.
^ i-.Jn some cases the upperclassmen assure the fteshmen that the
work is so great in the band that he will not be ablejto accomplish his
scholastic work. In the survey published at mid-teri^, the band stood
second over a period of four years in scholastic work among twenty-
si* organisations. In one case last year, the bandmaster had been cor-
i responding with a young man who performed on what we call -in
' uncommon instrument. After about eight months cofraapondence, the
Js young man came to A and M and upon his arrival he was met and
) 2 ^talked out of joining the band."
A . This practice is n$t only unfair to "your band” but unfair to the
'Vreshman and his parents who most likely bare spent quite a lot of
money for a musical instrument and musical instruction for their son.
f hoping that at least he would maintain a coftact with music while At
r dafipga. ~
q Each year the band has some di8tingub*hed students and every
t effort h made to encourage tha band membarto pass his work.
s q We trust that this letter will be considered “a plea” to each meia-
^ ber of the senior class of ’34 and also to our next junior and sophomore
classes, when you observe a freshman arriving on tbe campus next
T. R. Timm To Head
1933-34 Marketing
and Finance Club
T. R. Timm, junior student of
Hallettsville, was elected presiden-.
of the Marketing and Finance Club
for the 1933-84 year at a meeting
of club members Wednesday night.
May 10.
Other officers elected were: J.
| H. Willard. Giddings, vice-presi
dent; J. R. Martin, Shamrock, sec
retary-treasurer; and Lee Scarpi-
nato. Bryan, chairman of the prog
ram committee.
September, with a musical instrument or bebr one »
/ tyen a member of the high school band, cause him t
Heinen Is Elected
Newman Club Head
For Year 1933-34
J. B. Heinen, Jr., Dallas, was el
ected president of the Newman
Club for next year at a meeting
te that he has
report at onoe
for rumination for membership ih the band and assure him that it b
very seldom that we can afford to reject aa applicant^ if he can read
nyisic.
In conclusion, if this much talked of "SHRIT OF AGGIELAND** 1 held in the club room of St. Mary’s
really txiaU, the pulse of that spirit is right in your bfcnd and we re- ' Chapel last Sunday morning. Hein-
call several occasions when the band accompanied the fpotRall team on ( >n succeeds F. J. Kana, La Grange.
ji trip withoat the corps that u{K)n their retbra the yrll leaders told | £. A. Olsovsky.Hallettsville. re-
the corps at yell practice that the band both;played music and yelled placed T. M. Weaver. Dallas, as
as loud as if half the corps had been at the galne. vice presideat; H. G. Seeligson, II,
j— . , wa> reelected recording sec-
England ia essentially ahead or retary; B. F. Carter. Shreveport,
essentially behind Aaserica -I La., succeeded R. E. O’Connell,
never make up my mind which.— Waco, as sacial secretary; A. P.
Mrs. Henry T-Fleikmann. Callahan. Dallas, succeeded E. 0.
* > L ■ < I - i Wunbarh, San Antonio, as treas-
la this country we never fac* ! urer; W. O. \ ela. Laredo, was el-
facts. We’are neither socially, po- ected corresponding secretary;
LUCCHESE
BOOT CO.
Custom Boot
Making
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Custom
Tailoring
Shoe Repairing
New Location,
In Milam Bldg.
101 W. Travis
Street
San Antonio,
Texas.
become veterinary history.
“Who * Who In America” speaks
of Dr. Francis’ work as follows:
“Veterinarian to the Texas Experi
ment Station and introduced meth
ods of produeikf immunity to Tex-
fever by subsutaneous injec
tions with infected cattle blood;
this has reduced mortality from
Texas fever from about 75 to 10
per cant, and. has made possible
the importation of breading ani
mals of highest quality to Texas.”
This brief comment fails to tell
the romantic story and the far
reaching significance of Dr. Fran
cis’ work, not only for Texas beef
cattle but for the Southwest and
for the dairying industry as well.
Dr. Francis was born at Shan-
don, Ohio, Marth 19, 1863. He gra
duated with the degree of Doctor
of Veterinary fcedicine from Ohio
Skate University, 1887, spent one
year at the American Veterinary
College, New York, some time at
the University of Michigan, Berlin
and Munich. 19(M He came to A
and M college in 1888 aa professor
of veterinary science and became
dean of the school of veterinary
medinrine in iMft.
During the period following the
civil war, great numbers of cattle
were taken from Texas aad the
Southwest to the Corn Belt to be
finished for market. These cattle
were infested with a tick, as was
later discovered, to which they
were strongly resistant, but not so
became infected with a disease
caused by these ticks. Thi» disease
was known as “Texas” or “tick"
fever, and caused great losses a-
mong the cattla native to the com
belt.
In 1888. Dr. Francis took up his
work *on the tick fever problem
which was then developing into a
gigantic problem for the South
west. Attempts were made to im
muniae the Northern cattle by in-
noculating them with injections of
blood serum of immune Southern
cattle but this failed. Next, it was
attempted to create immunity by
inflicting young cattle with the vi
rulent blood in the fall of winter
time when the attack would not be
fatal. Gratifying results were ob
tained from this work, and in one
case, the death rate of a herd
which had been formerly between
fifty and eighty per cent was re
duced to approximately five or six
percent Later a systematic eradi
cation of the tick was undertaken
by the Department of Agriculture
and the dipping process developed
by Dr. Francis was enforced by
law in the state of Texas. Much of
Dr. Francis’ work was done while
suffering the ridicule of press and
platform who derided his study of
the disease as “wanton waste of
public fundM". However, the re
sults of Dr. Francid’ investigation
have saved the siate of Texas far
more than the cost of the entire
Experiment Station.
In 1930, Dr. Francis was nomi
nated to receive the Capper Award
for Distinguished Service to Am-
Texas A and M Track
Stars To Compete In
National Track Meet
At least two, and maybe three
member-* of Coach Anderson's
track and field team will journay
to Chicago' about June 9 to par
ticipate in £he National Track and
Field Meet, They are Honk Irwin
and John Herring, weight man and
Hurdler r.-p.--1 ively. The other man
has not yet been selected.
Irwin waf picked to go last yaar,
-hut the trip was put off. Hia
heaves in the shot pot last yaar
wan him a place on the All-Amer
ican roll, add probably he will get
recognition in the discus also this
year. Honk ‘ will have to compete
agaipat Torrence, giant shot put
ter of Louisiana State and the pre
sent holder of the Southern Con
ference record of 52 feet.
Herring will have to run against
probably the beet hurdler in the
United Sutea. Jack Keller of Ohio
State. I
Harper Winner of
Annual Freshman
Agronomy Contest
I. W. Harper, College Station,
Will have his name engraved
the W. S. Howell trophy which ia
on display in the Agriculture Build
ing, as a result of taking first
place in the annual Freshman con
test in crop production held by the
Agronomy department recently.
Others placing in the contest
are listed in the order of the high
est scorers: B. M. E. Smith, Jr n
McKinney; A. A. Crownover, No-
cona; D. P. Gallman, Cotulla; and
D. W. Lay, Beaumont.
Awards for the winners of this
contest are donated by the A. M.
Waldrop Company, Morris Sckul-
man, the College Tailor Shop, and
the staff of the agronomy depart
ment.
eriegn Agriculture. Another honor
was bsatowed upon Dr. Francis
this past week end, when the Tex
as Academy'of Science gave him
an honorary lifetime fellowship in
the Academy, this being the first
fellowship of this kind given to
any Texas scientist since the re-
orggnitation of the Academy.
D^. Francii* hobby is the collec
tion of fossils of animal life that
flou|Tiahod ini prehistoric days. He
has been engaged for forty-four
years in the*, work of identifying
relics of prehistoric animals that
i - -a tried Texaf. As a result he has
gathering at A and M, a museum
collection containing the largests
assortment of specimens to be
found in this) section of the coun
try. Most of the zoological collec
tion belongs to Dr. Francis perso
nally but he has announced that
he expects to donate the collection
to the college,
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WHEN IN DOUBT
A bast Taar Km «r Taw Claam
i EARLY
SALE
Young Men's
SPRING SUITS
Our entire stock of
Young Men’s Spring
Suits are ON SALE
at these extreme low
prices —
$16.50 Suits $12.75
$19.50 Suits $14.65
$24.50 Suits $18.35
$29.50 Suits $22.15
$34.50 Suits $25.85
This is your opportunity
to nave on your Spring
Clothing _
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*TAN AND COIXBCB
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On
Summer
Weight Clothes
Linen Suits
Tropicals
Linen Slacks
and Knickers
IpTo-Date
Haberdaahery
Ceh e in tan see me
v fore you buy.
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M EAPLAN
Are you an
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eat-and-run
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student?
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litically nor aconoipicaUy minded and F. C. Schleicher, Victoria, waa
—Anita BUk. , |charted club reporter.
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CAMPUS CLEANERS & TAILORS
SERVICE
CtEANL^G, PRESSING, REPAIRING. AND
ALTERATIONS
V
W. E« (Shorty) Halbrooks
Joel English
“IT WONT BE pONG!'
VACATION TIME l| HERE
We want to thank you fot the patronage
you have given us his yelar.
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We wish.you an enjoyable summei
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hope to see you Ofxt ar
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