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A Published Weekly By^The StudenU of The A. & M. Collegt of Teuas
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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
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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
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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. -
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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lume in its
istence pnd
in**burin ^ bonor * d departing football head with a silver
mentor. Coach Madison Bell, and Dean Kyle reading
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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.
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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.