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VOLUME XXXIII
Pabttsked Weekly By Tke StudeaU of Tke A. A M. Cofleice of Texas
COLLEGE STATION TEXAS, I)E( KMKKR «Tim
NUMBER 12
Hutcheson Featured On Broadcast
From Byrd’s Antarctic Expedition
Each Saturday Night At 9 O’clock
A and M Ex-Student Wax One
of Over a Thousand Appli
cants Picked by Admiral
Byrd for Antarctic Expedi
tion.
PHI HELPS
PM COSTS OF
NEW STREETS
Alumni of tho Ayricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas fre
quently venture forth to stranfe
corner* of the world and on un
usual missions, but few have an
opportunity for Such high adven
ture as Guy Hutcheson, who is at
present on the high seas with the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition. He ac
companied-the expedition as radio
operator of tho Jacob Ruppert, the
Admiral’s flacship.
Hutcheson was one of over a
thousand applicants picked by Ad
miral Byrd at Boston to aid in
preparing thA expeditionary shipe,
the Jacob Ruppert end the Bear of
Oakland, and sail with them to the
Antarctic.
Unlike previous adventures to
the far corners of the world, this
one will keep in close touch with
the home country by radio. Hut-
cheson himself may bo heard dur
ing the radio broadcast from the
Expedition over a Columbia net
work.
Toasting their feet by e comfort
able fireside, |be folks at borne
will share the high adventure of
these intrepid explorers as the
thrilling fight to conquer the
world's last remaining frontier is
brought to the American public
in dramatic episodes direct from P*r cent of
Little America, 10,000 miles awng, ru«t«. The contract
Federal Government Provides
Funds for One-Third of La
bor and Material Chat Oa
Local fatving Project.
, t
' It wad learned today from Dr.
F. E. Oiesecke, college architect,
that the Public Works Administra
tion has approved the plans for
street improvements and sidewalks
in and about Texas A end M Col
lege. Government rules of adver
tising the contract and then ac
cepting the lowest responsible bid
der were carried out. The Henger
Construction Company of Dallas
was awarded the paving contract
Estimated coot of construction is
|B6.000, of which $10,500 will be
paid by the federal government
R. A. Thompson, of Fort Worth,
is State Engineer for the Public
Works Administration and appro
val of the project rested chiefly on
results of his investigations. The
Federal government provides
funds for approximately
thirty
by weekly short-wave broadcasts.
For tho first time in history, civ
ilisation will learn the thrills of
pioneer discoveries instantaneous
ly as they take place in the polar
wastes.
When the dials are tuned in on
Little America, Admiral Byrd and
others of his party will present ministration
vivid dramatizations of Antarctic ■treats from
conquests inaugurating the most
ambitious broadcasting project
ever conceived. The first broad
cast was hsard Saturday night,
November 18, from Byrd’s flag
ship, the Ruppert, as it sailed in
South American waters on its last
lap to the Antarctic regions. The
series is heard in this country
over a Columbia Broadcasting sys
tem network of 59 stations every
Saturday night at 10 p. m. East
ern Standard Time, 9 p. m. Central
Standard Time, 8 p. m. fountain
Time and 7 pt m. Pacific Time.
to be signs* [ by F. M. Law, Hous
ton, preside it of the Beard of Di
rectors, and Mr. Thompson before
work can be begun.
Dr. Gieeecke explained that in
addition to the paving of tho drive .
the Delias H—eten
BATTALION’S ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
Oa the left and right are the
two members of A aad M foot
ball team who received berths
oa the Battalion’s All-Coafer-
ence football team.
Ray Murrey of Harlingen re
ceived an end position on the
mythical eleven becaase of his
outstanding play in both the 1
Rice and Texas games. Murray
was awarded his third letter last
week by the athletic council.
Wharton Jordan of Ft. Worth,
although not outstanding in any
of the season’s games, has
played consistent football in
every game since the Aggies
opened their season against Tu
lane. Jordan received hia second,
letter at A and M last week.
First Team ~
Ray Murray. A A M
Arthur) iibuhr. Texas
Harold Clem, Baylor
Jack Newby, Arkansas
Bud Taylor, T C U
Wharton Jordan, A A M
Jack Gray, Texas
Tom Murphy, Arkansas
Bohn Hilliard, Texas
Charles Casper, T C U
Joe Jack Pearce, Baylor
I’oftJtiMl
Left End
Left Tackle
Left Guard
Center
Right Guard
Right Tackle
Right End
Quarterback
| Halfback
Halfback
Fullback
* Second Team
Jim Tom ^tty, Baylor
Pred Lauterbach, Rice
Dub Norton, Baylor
Bill Smithy Texas
Hal Michaglaon, Rice
C harles Coates, Texas
Ray Fuqua, S M U
Clifford Domingue, A A
Robert Wilson, S M U
Bill Couaer, A A M
John Kitchen, T C U
M
Aggies Open Basketball Season \
With Texaco Scotties of Houston
In Memorial Gymnasium Saturday
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26 ITHEETES
Oil Industry Griffin
Traced In Petroleum
And Geology Picture
Horticulturists
To Give Show On
December 14-15
Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts
Native to Texas and Other
States Will Be Displayed at
Exhibition.
Final arrangements are being
made for the horticulture show
which is being sponsored by the
Horticulture Society and the De
partment of Horticulture of Texas
A and M College, to be held in
the basement of the Agriculture
Building on Thursday evening,
December 14, and all day Friday,
December IB.
In this show, w*h is being con
ducted primarily for its education
al value, product* of Texas will be
featured bat those native of other
states will also be exhibited. There
will he spi le cider from the
Ozarks, date*, walnuts, almonds,
and pineapple guavas from Cali
fornia, along with pecan*, citrus
fruits, Japanese persimmons and
winter vegetables from Texas.
Ornaments, shrubs, trees, cut
flowers of many kinds, and other
product* of Texas nurserymen and
florists will occupy prominent
places in ths display.
The show is made , poaaible
through the generosity of commer
cial horticulturist* throughout the
state, including orchards, florists,
nurserymen, vegetable growers,
and marketing organizations. A
number of these people have donat
ed valuable material which incur-
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highway to the front of the Ad-
Building, the two
either* yide of the
library to the new building,
the sUeet from the laundry to the
veterinary hospital and acres* to
the Admiaistration Building, funds
are included for the steps sod or
namental sidewalk* on the front
of the Administration Building.
Work will prbbably be begun
within ten days and it is estimated
the the j< b will require about, three
month* for completion, the clem
ency of the weather being a de-
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Unusual Progress ■
Made On Longhorn
Kditor Announces
With an unusual minimian of
mishaps and delays, the Longhorn
for 1934 is rapidly progressing to
ward completion. Class pictures
hare all bfen received, with those
of the Benior class already mount
ed and the junior pictures ready
for mounting, J. W. Dryden, Robe-
town, Longhorn editor,
ed today.
Deadline for all club pictures is
December feMfe, and they must be
in by that time. “Senior Favorites"
and “Vanity Fair” pictures will be
5x7 glossy prints of bust por-
triats, and th^ last data on which
The movie, “The Evolution of
the Oil Industry,” was shown by
the Petroleum and Geology club
at the regular meeting last Tues
day night after yell practice.
the picture contained
terial incidental to the main
topic, the purpose was to trace
the origin and development of the
ell industry. Beginning with the
primitive Indian who scooped the
oil off the ponds and used it as a
hair dresser and outlining the
progress made in the drilling of
wells and the refining of crude
petroleum, the picture provided
entertainment as well as instruc
tion and information. This reel
just another pertaining to
some phase of geology which the
club has been sponsoring to create
interest in that field.
COLLEGE GRANTED
THREE REQUESTS
FOR GW A FUNDS
Prospects for Contisued Aid
In Local Improvements by
Federal Goverameat Seem
Favorable Giesecke Reports
Three requests for aid from the
Civil Works Administration by the
College have been approved. The
C W A will furnish labor and
some material far general work
now being done around the
grounds, for sewage treatment aad
meequito control, and for the agri
cultural experiment station roads
Mt of the railroad tracks.
Dr. Giesecke, college architect,
announced that in all probability
all requests for federal aid in the
carrying out of the campu* con
struction program would be ap
proved as long as funds set aside
for that purpose are available.
Affffieland Orchestra
To Play At Beaumont
* Durinff the Holidays
Definite plans have been made
Her the A^gieland to play for danc
es in and around Beaumont dur
ing the hattdays, according to C
0. 1 siigsN—, San Antonio, busi
ness msnspar for the Aggieland-
of the engspuments alreedb
Contract are' the A and R
dance at Beaumont on Dec
ember 22, and Letcher Stark’s
dance at Orange on New Teal's
Dby.
The personnel of the orchestra
has been nearly unchanged daring
the past tiro years since few m
bera were kwt by graduation.
Members of the band this year
are: Russell Hillier, Bryan; Way
ne Durham, Bryan; J. D. Smith,
Heoston; Pat Ballinger, San An
tonio; H. A. Moeller, Bryan; J.
G. Martell, Houston; Dalton Rizat-
to* Waco; Oscar Keuhne, San An
tonio; C. N. Hielacher,
and Gordon Langston.
H.
Athletic Council Awards Let
ters to Twenty-One Foot
ball Players and Five Mem
bers of Crom-C o a n t r >
Team.
Twenty six varsity letters were
awarded to Aggies by the A and
M Athletic Council last week. Of
these twenty one were letters to
members of the 1933 Aggie foot
ball team which finished with an
average of .500 for the conference
race this year and five were let
ters to member* of the cross-coun
try team, which tied with the Uni
versity of Texas for the confer
ence cross country championship.
Member* of the cross country
team who won letters are: J. F.
Barnett, Palacios; Foy Cook, Lam
pasas; Captain Hector Puentes,
Tampico, Mex; R. M. Langley,
Blox; and R. E. Taylor, Hawley.
Varsity gridsters who won their
letters are aa follows: Rue Bar-
field, Port Arthur; Morriaon Breed
love, Smithville; Odell Conolsy,
Amarillo; W. L. Couser, Brecken-
ridge; John Crow, Mihord; Cap
tain Charlie Cummings, Bryan;
Houston Team Made Up of
Former AH Southwest Cem-
ference Basketball Stan;
Will Feature Sbiro Hoke of
A and M Fame.
Coach John Reid and his 1933-34
basket-ball team will open the door
of the basketball season next Sat
urday night on the Memorial
Gymnasium floor when they meet
the powerful Texaco Scotties of
Houston. The Scotties are made
up of former all-star Southwest
conference players including “Shi-
ro" Hoke, former all-coafereucw
center of A and M; Jake Hess, all-
conference forward who played at
Rice; Jake Looney, center from
Texas University; and Bob Kier-
zky, forward from Baylor.
The following Tuesday night,
December 14, the Aggies will play
the Sam Houston State Teachers
College Bearkat* here for the sec
ond game of the season. These
two tilts will be the first two of
at least nineteen games the Cadet
ctgers will, play this year, twelve
of which will be Southwest Con
ference engagements.
The results of these first two
games will give somewhat of an
estimate on the real strength of
Aggie eager* this year since
very little is known of how the
players will stand up to competi
tion. The team is made up of in
experienced players with only one
regular let ter man left from last
year, four of the first string men .
including Joe Moody, Bari Hem.
“Jocko” Roberts aad Clarence
C lifford Domingue, Port Utthur; Buir Marcum having been lost
they will
«, 1934.
is January
Affffie Glee Club To
Make Appearance At
Bryan December 10
Under the direction of E. . W.
Glenn, professor in the Engineering
Drawing Department and Direc
tor of the Glee Club, the A and M
Glee Club will sing for the Bryan
Confederation of Young People
Sunday. December 10, at Bryan.
On December 14 the Glee Chib
will broadcast a thirty miauts
program over WTAW here at Col
lege Station. The Glee Gub will
also sing for the students of Allan
Academy on December 17.
Mr. Glenn stated that be was
very pleased with the results ob
tained by th4 Club this year.
Thanksgiving ‘Football Game Most
Colorful In History of Kyle Field
Battery “C” F.A. Wins
Annual Intramuiz?
Cross Country Race
LITTLEFIELD RESIGNS
Clyde Littlefield resigned aa
head football coach at Texas Uni
versity last night aftar havmg
been re-elected for next year by
the University athletic counciL (
Battery “C” Field Artillery cap
tured the Intramural Cross Coon
try team honors Sunday, Novem
ber 26, in the most successful in
tramural cross country meet ever
held nt A and M. H. C. Wilson,
"D” cavalry, from Groesbeck won
the individual honors by breaking
the tape first after a two and one-
half mile grind.
The annual mast was an <
whelming success with 872 parti
cipants starting the race and 864
finishing. A comparison to
year entrants when 204 oat ef 280
finished shows how interest in this
sport has grown.
The meet was opensd by a short
“fight talk” by W. L. Penberthy,
director of intramural athletics
who urged the participants to put
out their beet efforts, and conclud
ed his talk by wishing sack aad
every one of them the best of lack
aa ha shot the gun to start the
long grind In spite of the large
number of participants, the rasa
eras started without any difficul
ties at all.
Other runner* who placed la the
meet are: G. A. Wyatt, Abilene,
second; C. H. Rollins "B** Engi
neers, Gulfport, Mias, third; J. G.
Blevens, Fort Worth, Co. “B” Inf.,
fourth; and G. Nagel, “B” Oav,
Fredericksburg, fifth.
Aggies and l<onKhorns Battle
To 10-10 Tie To End Their
1933 Football Season.
The “fighting” Texas Aggies
and the Texas University Loin
born* ended the 1933 football
season for both schools last Thurs
day in the most thrilling, hardest
fought, and most colorful football
game that has been seen in many
years oa Kyle Field with both
teams struggling to win for their
Coaches, who were playing their
games at each institution,
each side took over the ’sad at one
part of the game but when the
final gun shot, it a* happened that
the score for each was equal,
neither team winning and neither
team losing, but so valiant was the
battle that every man on the field
pat up that no one blames either
side for not coming across with
a victory. It was a football game
in which the final score counted
HttU the 16-10 tie not beginnii*
to teU the story of the real battle
It remained for two substitutes.
m tor each taam; to paU ths
trick that turned ths tide of battle
h time. Aftar things began to
look dark for the Texas Aggie on
their own Kyle Field orhoa they
were traffiag * 7-0 score, tho
“Mighty" Grady Godwin from
Lomsta was rushed in the game
to try a difficult flnld goal from
his own 86 yard Hue. Since the
goal poets are tan yards behind tho
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Tom Mnrphy Selected
As Southwest's Most
j Valuable Grid Star
Tom Murphy, triple threat
quarterback of Coach Fred Thom
sen's University of Arkansas Ras-
orbacks, was voted as the confer
ence's most valuble player by
sports scribes over the South*
last Sunday and will receive the
Houston Post Silver trophy to
night at tha annual “R” asm
tioa banquet at Houston. Tha “R**
aaasciation ie aa organisation of
Riet’s lettermen similiar to thu
“T* Club at A and M.
Tern Murphy has bean instru-
meatal in his team winning rights
to first place in the conference
rnea this year and has mad* Mar
ly •Wy all eonferencc teams that
have been selected to-date, at the
portion of quarterback aad sig-
Grady Godwin, Lometa; J. C. Gre
gory, Tyler; Wharten Jordan, Ft.
Worth; John Kenderdine; Fort
Worth; W. R. Kimbrough. Has
kell; J. H. Merka, Bryan; Ray
Murray, Mercedes; J. B. Roach,
Decatur; J. E. Robertson, Austin;
Ted Spencer, Gilmer;' ‘Stanfield
Stack, Cameron; Jack Striagfel-
low, Terrell; E. C. Ullrich, Hal-
lettaville; aad Sully Woodland, Ed
na.
Of this number receiving foot
ball letters, three are ends, four
tackles, four guards, two centers
and eight backfield. Barfield,
Cummings, Domingue, Murray,
and Spencer received their third
letter in football.
OftHae Gasper, T C U’e a
ran a aiose second to Mi
phy by poOiag a veto of 34, just
two points below that of tha Ark
■00 player. Casper has alai
do a large majority ef tho seb-
ectieoa for afleonfereaco tarn
and is leading individual scorer of
the conference.
Other players who ware men
tioned are named hare la tha ord
er ef votes rucoivod far • each:
Pearee, Baylor; Murray, A aad M;
Coatia, Texas; CWtm, Baylor;
Petty, Baylor; Wilson. S M U;
LoFrnge, Arkansas; Gray, Texas.
Two Corps Dances
Remain On Stx-ial
Calendar For Term
Two corps dances for the re
mainder of the first term are
scheduled for December 16 and
January 13, according to Zeke Tip-
ton, Ft. Worth, social secretary
for the senior class. The Campus
Serenaders will play for the first,
and the Aggieland orchestra will
provide music for the second.
Schedule of regular corps danc
es for the second semester will be
announced aa soon as various
campus organisations desiring .dat
es for special dances have turned
in their requests.
Campus Serenaders
Contracting Dates
For Xmas Holidays
by graduation last year.
Coach Reid will probably use
several combinations in this first
gaasa in order ta both give Me
team experience and to pick out
the best working combinations.
Merka and Stansel are slated te
■tart at center and forward while
the other starting players will pro
bably be Earl Sheperd, Port Arth
ur, forward; Lindsey Lawless, Kur-
ten, guard; and Monte Cormichaet/
Lamkin, guard. *
A trip on the road for the*
Christinas holidays has been sche
duled for the team. They will meet
the Stephen F Austin State Teach
ers College Lumberjacks at Nacog
doches, December 18; the Cente
nary College Gentlemen at Shre
veport, December 19 and 20; and
tha Tullos Oilers at Tullos, La.,
December 21. On Jah. 6, the Ag
gies will play a return game with
the Sam Houston Bear kata at
Huntsville.
It OK IS UPHELD
BY SUPREIIE COURT
OP UNITED STATES
W. L. Stockton, Terrell, busine**
manager of the Campus Serenad
ers, has announced that the or
chestrm la \ contracting engage
ments to play for a number of
Christinas dances to be given by
A and M club,. '
Three members of the band will
cetve their degrees this year,
they are Stanley Arch.bald. Col
lege Station; H. B. “Doe* Omm-
berlahh'Henderson, director of tho
orchestra; and Stockton. Other
members of the band are H. C.
“Chet" White, MulUcan, N. J.; J.
E. Grey, Olney; J. H. Dickey, Ft
Worth; J. C MeCarroll, Ft Worth;
G. F. Gasell, San Antonio; W. H.
Randow, Hallettsville.
Tha Serenaders are scheduled to
play in the following towns daring
the holiday*: La Hag, December 22;
La Grange, December 28; Edna,
December 26; CUaro, December 26;
Hallettsville, December 27; Mt
Pleasant December 28; Kaufman
December tt; and Sherman, Jan-
nary L
\piH-al From Lowtr Court De
rision b Refused by 8u-
r e Court, Thun UpboM-
_ IC ompulsory Military /
Training. ' £
Washington, Dec. 6.—Refusing
to review an appeal from a lower
court decision, the United Staten
Supreme < ourt this week had
thus upheld tha right of the Uni
versity of Maryland to require Ha
students to enroll for compulsory
military training coOrsas.
The Supreme Court's ruling
marked the and*of the long battle
which Ennis H. Coale. once ousted
from the university for his refusal
to join the BOTC, had waged to
force university officials to re
admit him as a “conscientious ob
jector."
Just what effect tha ruling would
have on tha propect suit of two i,
youths, who were forced to leave
the University of California at
Loe Angelas aftar having declined
to enroll for military training, was
conjectural, do* to the many legal
iMhNtatttai ‘ involved. In the
Maryland case, it was pointed out,
the Supreme Court firthned to re
view a Court of Appeals decision,
upholding the constitutionality of
• state law which requires com
pulsory military training nt the
University, but it wm not known
what precedent, if any, would be
established with relatinn to the
proposed California antt
r