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T r BATTALION Published Weekly By The Students of The A. & M. College of Texas VOLUME XXXIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 1, 1933. NUMBER 7 AGGIES ENTRAIN FRIDAY FOR SHREVEPORT State Supreme Court Very Likely To Decide Co-ed Question Proceedings Begun On Petition Tuesday Morning; Officials Of College Are First To Take Stand Byrd E. White Testifies That* Letter From Attorney Gen eral States That Constitu tionality Involved Does Not Exclude Women Students. Mandamus proceedings on the petition filed in the 85th district court last September by Bryan citizens to compel the admission of women students to the A and M College of Texas began Tuesday morning, October 31, at ten o’ clock with Judge W. C. Davis on the bench. Further postponement of the proceedings was not grant ed by the court. The entire morning session was taken up with the testimonies of the following people who were called to take the stand by the plaintives in the case: H. H. Wil liamson, vice-director of the A and M Extension Service; Mildred Hor ton, state home demonstration agent; F. C. Bolton, dean of the College; C. H. Winkler, dean of the school of vocational teaching and director of the summer ses sion; Byrd E. White of Dallas, a member of the Board of Regents; and Dr. T. O. Walton, president of the College. The questions asked by Colonel C. C Todd, attorney for the plain ly? "■es, were- of prefunctory nature and related mostly to courses of fered at the College. Questions concerning the present situation of allowing daughters of college em ployees residing in Brazos County to attend A and M for the period of one year were asked Dr. Wal ton. At the time of adjournment for the noon recess, Dr. Walton was on the stand; his testimony was resumed during the after afternoon. Mr. White was questioned on the reply he received from the Attor ney General regarding his opinion on the legality of allowing women students at A and M College. Mr. White testified that a letter stat ing the constitutionality involved did not exclude women students from the College had been re ceived, but further testimony re vealed that all members of the Board of Regents were not cogni zant of the letter. Late Tuesday afternoon the pro ceedings were still underway. At the end of the trial Judge Davis may render a decision or he may find it necessary to take the case under advisement, thus delaying the decision temporarily. Regard less of the outcome in this court, it is popularly believed that the de feated side will appeal the case to the Supreme Court of the State. W. G. Perrin And Gladys Gray Wed In San Antonio Ceremony Takes Place Night Following Texas A and M— Texas A and I Game In San Antonio. LaRoe Selected To Head Palestine Club D. M. La Roe was elected presi dent of the Palestine Club at the initial meeting of that group on Monday night, October 30. Other club officers for the year are G. E. Wyse, secretary-treasurer, and L. J. Reagan, reporter. Plans for dances during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holi days were discussed but no defi nite dates were set for the affairs. The club voted to have their pic tures in the club section of The Longhorn and all members were urged to cooperate in this measure. The following students from Palestine and Anderson County are club members this year: D. M. LaRoe, G. E. Wyse, T. R. Cely, J. W. Compton, Jr., J. C. Hughes, J. G. Murphy, M. W. Porter, G. J. Kohler, R. L. Elkins, L. J. Reagan, C. A. Johnson, H. W. Woodard, and J. G. Halbert. Boy, ain’t I got personality?— King Levinsky, fighter. Students and friends of W. G. Perrin, senior mechanical engi neering student from San Antonio, will be surprised to hear of his recent wedding to Miss Gladys Gray also of San Antonio. The ceremony was preformed by the Pastor of the First Baptist Church of San Antonio October 14, the night following the Texas A and M—Texas A and I football game which was played in San Antonio. Mrs. Perrin has been employed by the Southwestern Bell Tele phone Company for the past few years and is a graduate of the San Antonio Public Schools. Definite plans for the future have not been announced by the nf-wly weds, but The Battalioi’ joins a host of friends in wishing them a long and prosperous life filled with happiness. CENTENARY ACES a m 0 \ %. It MANNlNCf Sviit+I | QUGR.T£R.BACK.- I I “r CLUB MEMBERS HONORED WITH A BANQUET SUNDAY F. M. Law, Chairman of the Board of Directors Ad dresses Members of Club After Banquet. Members of the “T” Association were entertained in the banquet room of the mess hall Sunday, October 29, by W. A. Duncan, supervisior of subsistance. T. W. “Red” Akins, Marshall, presided over the meeting which followed the banquet. Twenty nine of the thirty seven members of the club and all of the coaches except John Reid, varsity basketball coach, who was away on a scouting trip, were present at the banquet. F. M. Law, chair man of the board of directors, was also a guest. A number of short impromptu speeches were made Coach Matty Bell encouraged the association to do everything they could to pro mote a more friendly feeling be tween the athletes and other mem bers of the -student body. He in troduced Mr. Law who made a short talk to the athletes. The club plans to hold a meet ing every two weeks until after the Christmas holidays. FIRST ISSUE TEXAS AGGIE COUNTRYMAN OFF PRESS_MONDAY To make the magazine more in teresting, several new features have been added this year to the Texas Aggie Countryman, the first issue of which came off the press Monday. Though it is the official publication of the School of Agriculture, articles that have a general appeal are being pubilsh- ed. Members of the staff will canvas each dormitory for subscriptions within the next few days. The rate is fifty cents for the five issues to be published this year. Vef?MOt4 Stacks - Coach Matty Bell’s Texas Aggies will attempt to ».op these Gentlemen from Centenary who have held two Southwest Conference teams to scoreless tie and defeated another so far this season. Rhodes Scholarship Candidates Will Be Selected By Nov. 16 Rhodes Scholarship candidate appointments for the school must be made before November 18, T F. Mayo, College Librarian, said Friday. To be eligible a candidate must: (1) Be a male citizen of the United States, with at least five years’ domicile, and unmarried. (2) By the 1st of October of the year for which he is elected have passed his nineteenth and not have passed his twenty-fifth birthday. (3) By the 1st of October of the year for which he is elected have completed at least his sophomore year at some recognized degree granting university or college of the United States. Anyone desiring further infor mation or desiring to apply should see me right away, Dr. Mayo con cluded. Pritchett Lectures To Science Seminar At Initial Meeting Dr. H. L. Pritchett, professor of sociology and counselor on mental hygiene at Southern Methodist University, lectured to the Social Science Seminar on the subjct, “Mental Hygienen in the College Program,” at eight o’clock Monday evening in the lecture room of the Physics Building. It was the first meeting of the Seminar this year. The speaker’s address was con cerned chiefly with an analysis of the mental ills of collegians, lay ing particular stress on the idea of emotional maladjus t m e n t. “Temper,” Dr. P itchett said in closing, “is the most destructive thing to pprsn-hality ’> At the next ' ^Mimlifl^ of the group, two weeks lienee, Dr. J. D. P. Fuller will speax on “Calhoun’s slavery in the Mexican War.” COSMOPOLITAN CLUB RE-ORGANIZED AT MEETING SUNDAY; M. A. HADDAD ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR 1933-34 Purpose of Club Is To Pro mote Congeniality and Fel lowship Between Foreign and American Students. Following several years of in activity, the Cosmopolitan Club, met Sunday afternoon at three o’cock in the Asbury room of the Library. Reorganization, the elec tion of officers, and defining of the purpose of the Club was made at the meeting. Officers elected to conduct the business of the club for this year are M. A. Haddad, Transjourdan, president; M. E. Martinez, C. Vic toria, Mexico, vice-president; J. F. Hilliard, Rosebud, secretary; R. K. Adwany, Karachi, India, treasurer; and V. K. Sugareff, professor of history, was selected as faculty ad viser as he was instrumental in the reorganization of the club. At present there are twenty-four stu dents who will be listed as charter members. The primary purpose of the club is to promote congeniality and fel lowship between students from other countries and American stu dents. In order to accomplish this each member will acquaint him self with the customs, traditions, and historical background of the other countries. At each meeting one speaker from one of the ten countries represented will speak on his country. The club is planning to make the program as versatile as pos sible so that members of each nationality will have ample chance to study and learn of their fellow countries. At the end of each meeting there will be a general fellowship meeting for those who (Continued on Page 6) Mears Selected For Ringmaster Of Annual Rodeo Steer Riding, Bronco and Mule Riding, Wild Cow Milking, and Horse Jump ing Contest To Be Fea tured. E. L. Mears, Menard, will act as ring master at the Annual Rodeo and Pageant to be presented by the Saddle and Sirloin Club Fri day evening, November 10, in the Animal Husbandry Pavillion. In the way of deviation from the set form of pageants given in past years, the display to be presented next week is being worked around a theme of major and minor sports in the schools of the Southwest Conference. Mrs. W. A. Orth is the director of the pageant. Mem bers of the corps and representa tives of the other schools will take part, with A. B. Kyle, Whitney, and Miss Margaret Higgs, Bryan, in the roles of king and queen. The tentative program promises entertainment in the form of steer riding, bronco and mule riding, wild cow milking, finals in the Cavalry and Field Artillery annual jumping contest, a greased pig con test, and a citmp fire scene featur ing C. T. SjTprague singing “The Last RoumSr Up”. County agents from twenty-nine districts, who will be visiting on the campus at the time, will take part in the wild cow milking contest. The pageant and rodeo is an affair staged each year by the juniors of the Saddle and Sirloin Club as a means of raising funds to finance the National Livestock Judging Team on its trips to Chicago and Kansas City. Farmers Journey To Shreveport For Fifth Game Between Teams; All Players Will be Available Commutation of subsist ence, amounting to $15.70, will be paid to seniors en rolled in the second advanced course R O T C, in room 101 Academic Building between 4:30 p. m. and 5:30 p. m. on Thursday, November 2. This payment covers a period of ninety days. Hughes Relates Metamorphoses Of Electricity Science Seminar Addressed By Head of Electrical En gineering Department At Meeting Last Week. SENIORS EXEMPT IN FINAL EXAMS NEXT SEMESTER Will Be Required To Take Final Examinations In Jun ior Courses. Changes in the examination schedule will effect only the next semester, according to Dean F. C. Bolton. The most important change and one that will be welcomed by the seniors, is the institution of ex emptions for those whose grades merit it. The seniors whose grades do not justify exemptions will be given regular final examinations. This changes senior week, as it will offer only those who have been exempt a week off. In event of a failure in a regu lar examination the senior will be allowed to take one special or re examination. Circumstances other than this will be subject to the ruling of the executive committee. Seniors taking junior courses will nit be exempt in those courses but will have to take the examinations with the regular sections. One of the latest rulings of the executive committee deals with the re-examinations for under-class- men. Re-examinations in condition al work from the second semester will be offered Tuesday of the opening week of the first semester following. This will not only give the student an opportunity to re move the conditional grade, but will enable them to schedule this course in event of failure. M. C. Hughes, professor of el ectrical engineering, addressed the Science Seminar on “A Historical Sketch of Central Station Indus tries” at eight o’clock Monday evening in the lecture room of the physics building. Mr. Hughes’ talk dwelt chiefly with a history of the developments which have aided the electrical in dustry, such as the incandescent lamp, the electric motor, the al ternating current, and the steam turbine for generating purposes. He discussed the establishment of the first electric-lighting company in Chicago as indicative of the in fluence of these developments. In closing, Professor Hughes stressed the idea that develop ments in the electrical industry have by no means reached the point of saturation. He estimated that the market for electrical en ergy has a capacity four times as large as the present demand. Officers of the Seminar for this year are: E. W. Steel, professor of municipal and sanitary engi neering, president; Dr. L. G. Jones, professor of agronomy, vice-presi dent; Norman F. Rode, professor of electrical engineering, secretary- treasurer. ❖Several Hundred Students and Fans From East Texas To Witness Contest Saturday. Knowing now how the wine of victory as well as the dregs of de feat in conference football tastes. Coach Matty Bell’s Texas Aggies will entrain Friday afternoon at 1:30 for Shreveport to play Cen tenary for the fifth time since 1928 with the avowed purpose of never again tasting those bitter dregs of defeat this season The game Saturday will be the play-off game between the two teams, both having won two gam es in previous meetings. In 1928 the Gents came storming to Col lege Station and took over the first defeat that the Aggies had been given in their own back yard for two seasons. The teams did not play in 1929, but when Centenary came back to Kyle field in 1930, although they brought another powerful team, it was an Aggie day. The Cadets won the game by the slim margin of 7-6 to give Cen tenary her only defeat for the en tire season. In 1931, the Cadet Corps travel ed to Shreveport for the first out of state Corps trip to see the Ag gie eleven beat a fighting Gentle man team 7-0. Then in 1932 when the Aggies again traveled to Shre veport, Centenary came back with a vengence to send the Farmers home on the short end of another 7-0 score. According to after sea son estimations, this was said by Centenary followers to have been the Gents hardest game of the season—a season in which Cente nary was neither tied nor beatdn and let only 26 points be scored on them during their entire schedule. Although one of the Cadets best friends off the football field, Cen tenary is one of the bitterest ri- SERENADERS PLAY ALL COLLEGE HOP FOR SAM HOUSTON Dance On^ of Most Successful the Teachers College Has Had In Several Years; Gymnasium Filled. Little Willie Stockton and his Campus Serenaders played an all college dance for the Som Hous ton State Teachers College in Huntsville last Saturday night, October 28, before a crowd of ap proximately one hundred and twenty couples that filled the men’s Gymnasium. Sam Houston students claim that it was one of the most out standing dances that the college has had in several years. The Campus Serenaders consists entirely of students of A and M More than 2,000 young men, in- I College. Members of the orchestra eluding college students, former are W. L. Stockton, manager and college athletes and men listed in saxaphone; H. C. Chamberlain, the Social Register, have been or-I saxaphone; C. White, Saxaphone; ganized in New York to watch the Earl Gray, trumpet; Hubert Dick polls Nov. 7 on behalf of the Fus ion ticket which is seeking to oust Tammany from control of city. ey, trumpet; Jimmie McCarroll, trombone; V. A. Foote, base; W. that IH. Randow, drum; G. F. Cazell, piano; and S. B. Archibald, violin. (Continued on Page 5) ivn Fort Worth Hotel Manager Commends Aggies In Letter Westbrook Hotel Manager In vites A and M Students To Visit Hotel While in Fort Worth. Dr. T. O. Walton, President of the college, received a letter of appreciation from E. F. Frerking, manager of the Westbrook Hotel of Fort Worth, last week on the business of the hotel received from the A and M students while on the corps trip to that city for the A and M—T C U game. In the letter Mr. Frerking said that the cadets conducted them selves as perfect gentlemen while guests at the Westbrook and that he would appreciate the continued patronage of the hotel by A and M students while visiting in Fort Worth. This letter is very much to the contrary of the news spread a- mong the students by some of the instructors, and was very good news to Dr. Walton. The letter reads as follows: Professor T. O. Walton President A. & M. College Bryan, Texas Dear Mr. Walton: I am writing you this letter to tell you how much we appreciated the nice business we received from your boys who attended the Foot ball game here last Saturday. In this connection I want to say that you have a wonderful set, and (Continued on Page 6)