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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1934)
I # L ■ f j i i I {■> i : A Published Weekly By^The StudenU of The A. & M. Collegt of Teuas 1,- VOLUME XXXIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, JANUARY 3, tW4. NUMBER 14 A AND M GRADUATES AND PROFESSORS RECEIVE RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS IN . , FEDERAL GOVT. ADMINISTRATION Popular Seniors Are Selected At Senior Meeting Responsible Positions Are Held By Many Former Stu dents In Newly Created Governent Projects. The new deal in the ad ninistra- tion of the Federal Government, which has fiven employment to million* of Americana through the Public Work* Administration and the Civil Works Administration programs, has given A and M Col lege a chance to prove the real value of its service to the country | through its graduates. 'Hiis is Five Most Popular Seniors Will Have Pictures In Pop ularity Section of the Long horn. The five most popular seniors evidenced by the number of A and °* c *** a °f tfU4 were selected M graduates and professors who b * th « "*">ber* < ** class are now holding responsible places at * c l»** nut-ting just before the holiday season. The purpose of TWENTHINE FRESHEN GET 17 NUMEHS Aggie Freshmen Are Defeat ed Once in Three Games During Season; Tied Twice. in connection with the newly creat ed government projects. the selection was to determine who Three of the important projects !>hould th * Popularity sec under the Civil Works Association l ' on tb< ‘ annual, the that are now of interest to the Longhorn. graduates and professors of A and Thoae M?lected M th « moat P°P U - M are the Base Map Survey head- Ur "embers of the senior class ed by W. T. Carter of the Texas were T - N Gearrmld, senior cUs A Experiment SUtion; the Home- P re «*nt. Stephanville; G. V. stead SubsisUnce Movement head- Holmes, cadet colonel, Gonsales; •d by H. L. Heaton, graduate as- H - C - W «~ U «r. secreUry and sistant in rural sociology here; <»■«•*>«•" of the senior class, and the Mesquito Pest Control Pro- Boerm ‘: J « E - leaver, vice-presi- ject headed by Dr. F. L. Thomas of d * nt of the ! “* nior the Texas Experiment SUtion and • nd E M Connor, chief yell leader. J. A. Orr of the Civil Engineering Department, as Assistant State Director. Mr. Carter will have 80 men in his employ for the purpose of mak ing base maps of seven designated counties. Most of these men will be engineers and chairmen, and the job will not only provide em ployment for 80 men but will be a big aid to the soil survey which will be a profitable use of the Civil Works Administration. The base maps are to be made of the following counties; Kaufman, Mav arick, McLennan, Wise, Fannin, Brown, and Liberty. Mr. Heaton, who was a graduate assistant in the Rural Sociology (Continued on Page 4) Basketball Team Wins Every Game On Holiday Trip Stephen F. Austin College. Centenary, and Hunt Oilers of Tullott, I>ouisiana Are De feated by Aggies During r Holidays. Coach John Reid's Texas Aggie Basketball team went through a Christinas Holiday trip in a blaze of glory by winning four out of four of its pre-season scheduled games. The team left Collage Station Monday, December 18 for Nacogdoches where they played (Continued on Page 3) Houston. Others who were among the firat ten in the election were T. E. Jar man, major on tj*. corps staff, Waco; Jess Willard, Captain of the Ross Volunteers; Gidding*; W. M. Watson, editor of The Battalion, Center; Jack Harding, gander of the Blue Goose, Dallas; and J. A. Aston, major of the Second Bat talion Infantry, Farmersville. PALACE EXTENDS , BARGAIN MATINEE TO FIVE O’CLOCK New Price Change Will Be Given To A and M Students Only; No Changes .Made In Night and Sunday Admis- ■km. Twenty-nine members of the Tex$s Aggie freshmen football teanf earned (minerals in football durijig the past season. In three gamps this season, the Aggie freshmen were defeated once end were tied twice. Those players who earned let ters include the following; C. R. Barker, Abilene; B. D. Bass, Mc Kinney; J. D. Benson, Bryan; Jack Burk. Port Arthur; F. D Cole, Corsicana; M. C. Coy, Sey- mour; L. L. Cummings, Bryan; C. A. DeWare, Jr., Brenham; A. P. Dowling, Houston; J. M. East- ham, Beaumont; J. S. Fenner, Bee- ville: J. T. Garrett, Houston; W. W. Greene, Corsicana; E. A. Gold- *mit k. Port Arthur; H. G. Holtxo- law, Amarillo. Don Humphries. Corsicana; R. O. Kelsey, San Antonio; S. M. Kirby, Kingston; H. B. McGrady, Abilpne; F. W„ Merka, Bryan; A. B. Murphy, Voth; R. W. Newsome, Fort Worth; L. A. Orick, Bonham; H. M. Pitner, Denton; W. E. ■Stage*. Waco; M. F. Westbrook, Conkrana; G. D. White, Port Arthur; F. G. Wright. Red Rock; G. A- Wyatt, Abilene. Texas A and M College Basketball Schedule for 1934 January January January January January February 6—Sam Houston S T C at Huntsville. 10—Rice Institute at Houaton. 15—Southern Methodist University at Collage Sta. 18—University of Texas at Austiu. * 27—Baylor University at College SUtiOa. ; 3—Texas Christian University at Fort Wohh. * February 5—Southern Methodist University at Dallaft. February 10—Texas Christian University at College Station. February 10—University of Arkansas at College Station. February 20—University of Arkansas at College Station. February 24—Baylor University at Waco. February 28—Rice Institute at College Station. March 3—Univertity of Texas kt College Station. - - — r --- , TESTS BEGUN ON FISH IN POISONING EXAS RIVERS Wm. Morgan Weds Lilia Bryan On Dr. A. H. Wi«be Placed In Charge of 8 t a t • Kish. Game, and Oyster Commis- «ion Experiments At A and M. In an effort to check the whole sale killing of fish in streams leading from Bast Texas oil fields, an unusually interesting project was begun December 17 at College Station under the supervision of the State Fish, Game, and Oyster Commission. Dr. A. H. Wiebe. formerly stationed at the State Fish Hatchery at Huntsville, was placed in charge of a group of experiments to discover the chemi cals that caused the poisoning of the fish, and to devise some means to dilute or check The strength of the chemicals so as to make the contents of the water harmless. .Last summer the State depart ment received complaints that dead fish, as far down the Nava- sots river as Bryan, were floating, and that similar condition prevail ed in several other rivers. Investi gations revealed that certain N vr 9 F* chemicals, such as calcium chloride 6 \Y I C8T S 11 V C • nd "odi 11 " chloride, were being Ceremony Took Place at the First i*resbyterian Church in Bryan With the Groom’s 2 ather Officiating. The management bf the Greater Palace Theatre of Bryan announc ed this week that the bargain matinee between one and two p. « m. has been extended until five o'clock for all A and M students The bargain matinee was inaugu rated a little ovet; a year ago in order to make it possible for A and M students to see the best picture shows at a minimum of ex pense. According to Mokrii Schulmann, manager of the Bryan Theatres, a number of the latest releases have been acquired by the Greater Pal- re and will be shown within the next three weeks. They are “Din- Miss Lilia Graham Bryan, dau- ght«r of Mrs. Lilia Graham Mc- Inni^ Bryan of Bryan, Texas, be- released into streams that flowed from pools located near oil wells. Because the chemicals were not diluted and poured gradually into the rivers, fish were killed im mediately. The experiments that will be conducted by Dr. Wiebe are for the purpose of finding the .chemi cals that are harmful to the fish. WORK BEGUN FOR PAYING OF THREE COLLEGESTREETS Thirty Percent of Funds Nec essary for Paving of Streets Is Appropriated-by Public Works Administration. Work was begun tlis week on four college streets in prepara tions for tha paving that will be gin as soon as the condition of the treets permit. Approximately 5000 feet con crete will be laid, according to the present plans, at a cost of around |35,000; thirty percent of which ia appropriated by the Fed eral Government undej the Public Works AdmiAistretioni This will include approximately k200 feet on Tobert* Street. 1200 bn Hubbard Street, 1000 feet oa Ross Street, ind the streat running paralel to, md in front of the new Adminis- ration Building. Although this does , not include he new entrance to ti|e college, it s generally believed that the Tex- s Highway DepartJmmt will pave, .he entrance end the <{vhI connect ing the entrence to Roberts and Ross Street*., Should the entrance -vot be paved by the highway de- anig the wife of William Edge- ' and the strength of the solution in which the fish can survive. Dr. Wiebe stated that the work will be completed in March or April, at which time a report of the re sults of the experiments will be turned over to the State Fish, Morgan* of Ft. Worth, at clock the evening of New Eve. The ceremony took plade tn the First Presbyterian ('huSrh of Bryan with Rev. R. B. Morgan, the groom's father, as- ^ ,worJh .V six o’cle U Year’s I lade in tl 'huSrh of sistkd by Dr. Thomas G. Watts, Game, and Oyster Commission, pastor of the First Presbyterian lb turn, the Commission will pre- Chtfrch of Bryan, officiating. pare its recommendation to be (Continued on Page 4) Miss Mary Joaes was the maid considered by the Legislature in of honor. W. L. House, of Ft. onder that steps may be taken to Worth, was bast man and Charles pneaerve fish in Texas rivars. A. Roeber, \WWlard I Truettner, and Ralph L. Schwartz were grooms- “A” C oast Artillery Shortly .flor th. coromony fatMlIml 1 Requirements For , Scholarship Honor Society Are Changed; To Add 27 New Members New Eligibility Requirements Those seniors who hre in the upper Are Ba-sed On Percentage eighth of their claiw with no con- Enrollment; New Uandi- ditions or failures are eligible, ac- dates To Be Voted On Next cording to the coiufcitutioh. Week. The following named candidate^ j men. the newly wed couple left for Mon- terney, Mexico, where they plan to ^pend two weeks on their wed- • img trip. Tjie Rifle Championship With a score of 474 out of a pos- bride graduated from the sible'500. Battery A Coast Artil- are those eligible for membership re- in the Scholarship Honor Society Changes in the eligibility quirement* for membership in the Scholarship Honor Society has made it possible to increase the present membership from sixty to eighty-seven mepibers this year. By practically a unanimous vote of Jameson, Floydada^ the present membership of the Neely. Ft Brywn High School and then at tended S M (J where she graduat- e«l with honors. Following her edo- catinn. Migs Bryan spent a year travelling in Europe. The groom is a graduate of Tex as A and M College where he now holds the position as assistant reg istrar. Mr. Morgan received his Master's Degree at the University of California, Berkley. r^e^Campus Serenade™ Seniors, W. L. Barett, Arlington; R< »tUm FfOm Annual Xmas Holiday Tour M. E. Erwin, Charlotte; J. M. Hat ton, Abilene; B. F! Heil, San An tonio; P. G. Homeyer, Ft. Worth; N. L. Hulk Pittsburg; W. 1 P. D. Mc- Morrow Worth; |H. N. “i >ur trip during the Christmas holi lays was a success from a fin ancial as well as a pleasure stand- society at their meeting Tuesday Brownsville; J. A. Nichols. College poiqt," W. L. Stockton, Terrell, ®*gbt, December 12, the constitu- Station; H. F. Barnhart, Gains- business manager of the Campus tion was made to comply with the ville; F. O. Cook, Lnmpasas; R.JKV Sergnaders reported, when that requirements of the nationally or- Fitchner, San Antqnio; J. L. Har- grofp returned to school yester- anized honor societies with the ria, Medis; E. E. Huffines, Rich day. hopas of receiving recognition for zrdson; A. J. McKenzie. Sao An- With the exception of a German its work here from the nations! tonio; 4. B. Heine*. Dallas; Low- dance in Terrell on New Year’s organizations. d Van Zsndt, Zephyr; and A. W. The qew eligibility requirements, Leach, Stephenvilld. based on a percentage of the class enrollment, makes eligible nine teen more seniors and eight more juniors. These new candidates will be voted on at the next meet ing of the society which will be held next week, according to H. F. Martin, president of the society. The eligible juniors are: S. B. Archibald, College Station; E. K. Crouch, Lometa; Ki - S. Hagius, Terrell; M. F. Makin, Bryan; H. F. Mayse. Mertzort; C. R. Paren- cia. Port Lavaca; L. Richmond. Kyle; and W. F..|l. Wehner, Del Rio. Eve, all the dances the orchestra player were sponsored by various A-nl M hometown clubs. The Serenadcrs played for (jances in the following towns; Luting, La (.range, Edna, Cuero. Hallettsville. varsity tryouts will receive an or Mt Pleasant, and Kaufman. The ^ thi , week thrt>lirh ^ Military Serenaders left here December 21 department to report for varsity and made their, entire trip in a | ■ ■ ■, chartered bus. lery won first place ih the Intra mural rifle contest completed De cember 20. The Coast Artillery men won by comparatively wide scores. Batteries E and D Field Artillery, Battery B Coast Artil lery. and Company C Engineers were separated by only one point to capture the remaining places in the contest. Their score* range! from 488 down to 465. B. N. Spencer of the winning team. Battery A Coast Artillery, scored 98 points out of possible 100 to win individual honors in the field of 250 who competed. W. R. large, D Field Artillery; H. E. Meader. C Field Artillery; J. 8. Crisler, A Qeast Artillery; and G. D. Gorman, < C. Engineers, each with a score of i>7, followed Spen cer in the order named, paced on a basis of tbeir standing scores. Medals will be awarded to the high individual in < the contest, Spencer; to the Intramural mana ger of the winning teaaL- J. A. Muller; and to the following mem bers of the winning team: J. S. Crisler; E. T. Teal; W. A. Cahrert; D. M. Snell; and B. N. Spencer. Those that showed up well <n the Intramural contest and in the (Continued on Page 4) BroadouM Ik .Made Uotwible Through Cooperation of Humble Oil and Refining Company, and .Magnolia Pe* troleum Company. Beginning next Monday, Jan uary 8, Tex** A and M College will be on the air over iwo of the State’s most popular broadcasting nations, K T R H of Houston, and W F A A of Dallas and Fort Worth. This broadcast, which is made possible threugh the cooperatior of the Humble Oil and Refinim Company an<J the Magnolia Petro*- eum Company, will be on the ai: every day except Sunday from 12:06 to 12:10. The nature of the broadcast will be strictly edu. tional, and in the form of nev* - oriefs. It will be neither politic*', religious, nor commercial. Lr. E. P. Humbert, head of th* department of Genetics and Agronomy, will be the speaker fo. the first broadcast. The other ..peakers that will appear on the program during the week are O. B. Martin, Director of the Ag - cultural Extension Service, Tues day; A. B. Connor, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Wednesday; Mildred Horton, State Home Demonstration Agent Thursday; E. J. Kyle, dean of the school of Agriculture, Friday; and H. H. Williamson, Vice-director of the Agricultural Extension Ser vice, Saturday. The Humble Oil anf Refining Company and the .Magnolia Petrol eum Company allow the use of their wires through their interest psrtment, the entrance will be Agricultural and rural problems paved later in the ;spring and Texas, should be completed ; within the next term. INFANTRY ANH The Public Work* jAdministra- Hi* fall Lll I fllll/ FffiLD ARTILLERY uated from A and M in 1925. Both Battalions of Infantry i and Field Artillery Are Vic torious As Intramural Foot ball Race Opens. Freshman Winner In Nation Wide Writing Contest Is Award* * Prize f led Kelvin- The Field Artillery and the In fantry proved themselves superior in intramural football Saturday, December 16 when teams from HU a U tSr ,rt 4a 'Pri5'>or'Utter > th of unit won Written In Chiirtma* Sel- thdr tlnt footh • ,I o1 ^ ling Campaign. ! N. H. Huguelet, fdeshman stu dent of A and M College of Texas, is the owner pf a brand new house hold Kelvinator model, awarded him as a prize in a nation-wide letter writing - eaotejt conducted this year by Kelvinator Corpora tion as part of its Christmas sell ing campaign. Huguelet, Whose letter on “Why I Want a Kelvinator For Christ mas’’ was adjudged <>ne of the best out of thousands received from intramural rare. The First Battalion, Infantry, won on penetrations of the 20 yard line over the Signal Corps (Continued on Page 3) Meat Laboratory Has Slaughtered 750 Head Cattle Work Ik Part of Canning Pro ject To Supply Food for Texas Needy; 200 Head Yet To Be Bought. In cooperation with the $500,000 Federal Surplus Relief Corpora tion beef canning project in Tex as, which began December 9, the •Texas A and M meats laboratory s slaughtered about 7$0 head of cattle of it* 988 quota jvhich was determined under the term* of the contract. Cattle quotas have been assigned every county in Tex as by the A and M College exten sion livestock specialist to facili tate the purchase of {the 20,000 beeves that are being canned this winter to proviad relief for Texas needy. Eighteen cities have been des ignated where the cattle are being slaughtered and canned under the supervision of Roy W. Snyder, ex tension meat specialist, and county .arm demonstration agents at each place. The canning plants employ from twenty-five to a hundred unem ployed persons in four daily shifts of six hours each, giving employ ment to a hundred to four hundred persons for the month estimated to change the twenty thousand beeves into canned roast cdts, hash, hamburgers, stevr, and soup stock. Each (dant is supervised by a plant supervisor selected by the Extension Service, and assisted by four assistant supeiM-ors, one for each shift. These supervisors and assistants were trained for two days i^i Austin, on November 28 •nd 29 by Miss Lola Blair, exten sion food specialist, m* canning beef b y home demonstration methods to get a standard product. County home demonstration agents from the eighteen counties where canning plants have been designated, and nipe * district agents were also present to aid in the training work. The Texas A and M meats lab oratory has facilities Uor handling about fifty head of cattle daily. After the beeves are slaughtered they are held in the »coolers for forty-eight hours and then sent to a canning plant in Bryan. The price paid for the cattle is deter mined by the price on the Fort Worth market, with a minimum of a cent and three-quarters a pound insured the farmer. The plan for buying Texas beef to feed Texas needy was worked out by C. Z. Crane, Texas director : of the Federal Emergency Relief Corporation; Lawrence Westbrook, director of the Texas Relief Com mission; and the Extension Ser vice. If the Buying plan proves .n success with the beef, it may be tried with butter and dggs. accord ing to Mr. Crane. • s -! r every section of the country, found hi* wish true when the refrigerator ns.' was delivered to him. Twenty fopr women won refrig erator*, awarded by Kelvinator Corporation gs prist* in the con test. In announcing the Inwards, Kel vinator officials their company this th* greatest, sales entire 19 yanrs is making pU n * even greater inc during the coming ye^r. Convinc ed that 1934- holds pnomisa of ex ceptional recoveries jin virtually all branches cf v American business, Kelvinator is basing ^11 future ac tivity upon that balkf. they said. Huguelet is a freslfman electri cal engineering student from For- reston, Texas and a, member of Company “D’’ Infi Football And Cross Country Teams j Are Honored At Banquet Preceding Holiday Season; Gregory Speaker l-ettermen Are Annonced At trophy, a desk fountain pen set. Banquet; Awards Are Made tor the most valuable player and To Captain and Most Val- Charlie Cummings, Bryan, re liable Players; Numeralmen ceived the Captains trophy which - Are Announced. consisted of a fountain pen and _____ pencil set. The Annual Football and Cross , The “T" Hub presented Coach out that Country Banquet was held Thurs- * ilh * *° ,d t"*** w » tch and -r U in .he Me,, H.ll B>rki>i lRi . nni) Ir .| ith , annex. Several prominent visitora WBt rh. James iDurSmy) Otis were preseat at this meeting which Chance then presentee! Coach Bell carving set with CHai 1 lume in its istence pnd in**burin ^ bonor * d departing football head with a silver mentor. Coach Madison Bell, and Dean Kyle reading L ■ incc s pre sidents At Sii Drop Ban A Smoking Boston, Mass.—A pan' against smoking amang students of Sim- ■MM. College has b««-n lifted, it was announced this ' week. The ban had been in effect for many years. I ‘I- ! I the football and cross-country let- termen. Among those present were the successor to Bell, Homer Norton; Lloyd Gregory, Sports Editor of the Houston Post, Dean E. J. Kyle, Chairman of the Ath letic Council of A and M, and the Coaches of A and M’s athletic teams. Dean Kyle presided over the meeting and after presenting the T” medal to new members of the “T" Club and bars to the old mefto- hers. called on S. A. (Doc) Lip*- eomb to present the Aggieland Pharmacy’s trophy to the most valuable player and to tbe Captain of this years football team Ray Murray, Mercedes, received the sentation in an impressive letter. After receiving the gift*. Coach Bell, with tears in hw eyes, told his boys how much he appreciated the gifts but that they shouldn’t have spent their money on such an expensive gift. He then said that he and Coach Norton were the best of friends and that he wished his successor the greatest success in the years to come at A •nd M. Other speaker* at the banquet were Coach Norton. R; G. Higgin botham who presented the fresh man letterman, and' Frank G. Anderson, who presented the mem bers of his championship cross country team.