: C / ■F® 11 - 'f'" i ” ! | l.K / *r ♦ ' f Published Weekly By The Students sf The A. A M. College of Texss 41 It Si VOLUME XXXIII ARRANGENENTS BEING COMPLETED FOR ANNOALCOHON BALL AND PAGEANT; COMMinEES AND ORCHESTRA CHOSEN COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS. JANUARY 31. 1934. NUMBER 18 Various A and M Clubs and Colleges Have Been Invited To Send Duchesses To Col orful Affair. > Weds A brilliant court scene, a style show that will feature cotton cos tumes, and a royal ball as a grand finale will make . up the major phases of the cotton ball and pag eant program to be held the night of April 6 to usher in the 1934 .cotton contest sponsored by the Agronomy Society of the college., A bevy of attractive young wo-i men from over the state, between fifty and sixty in all, will be duch esses of the royal court over which J. E. Loupot, Dallas, recently el ected King Cotton by the Agro nomy Society, will preside with the Cotton Queen, yet to be select ed by the student body of the Texas tSate College for Women (CIA). Duchesses will be named by the various A and M Clubs over the state and by various edu cational institutions of higher learning of Texas. The ball and pageant will be held in the mess hall apd in all probability decora tions emblematic of the general theme of the event will stress cot ton and its place in the life of the nation. Mrs. J,' P. Wheeler is director of the ball and pageant and J. S. Mogford, associate professor of agronomy, is general chairman of the combined program. The 1934 ball and pageant will be the third •f its kind at the college and pro ceeds will be applied to traveling scholarships to be awarded to win ners of the annual cotton contest. Three scholac&hips of similar na AGGIES DEFEAT SAYLOR TO TIE FOR GAGE LEAD Bruins Unable to Break Farm er Defense in Second Half; liinbey Ik High Point Man of Contest. 672 STUDENTS ARE GIVEN EMPLOYMENT ON AGGIE CAMPUS Two New ProjectK Proposed By Student Labor Commit tee Will Offer Employment To Several Hundred More If Approved. Two Thousand Students ir ^ » • Jj j Register For Second Term Above is V. K. Sugareff, pro cessor of history, whose marri age to Miss Gladys Flint was announced yesterday. Ex-Students Aid 250 Needy Boys In Registering Twelve Thousand Dollars Loaned To Students At Be ginning of Second Term; Over Thirty-Six Thousand So Far This Year. Splendid teamwork and plenty of “winning fight” led the Texas Ag gies into a tie with T C U and Rice for leadership in the confer ence basketball race Saturday night as Coach John Reid's quintet squelched the Golden Bears from Baylor University in Memorial Gymnasium. After making a rag ged start and letting the Bears get a small lead during the first half, the Farmers came back strong at the close of the half and led for the entire second period to take the game by the decisive score of 30-14. U The Baylor quintet took an $-6 lead in the middle of the first half but the Aggies quickly made 6 more points while Baylor was only making 2 before the half ended with the score, Aggies 12-Baylor M. Only one time after this did Coach Ralph Wolf's Bruins threat en the leading Cadets and this was immediately after the ^econd half started. Bennie Clark, senior Bay lor forward, made two whirlwind plays netting four points to tie the score but after this, the guarding Twelve thousand dollars in the form of loans to more than 250 students vfas made by th^ Asso- ture were aw7rd‘ed the high point ci * tion ° f former Students at the men of the 1932 and 1933 contests, beginning of the second term this these scholarships enabling the Ro r * than thirty-six thou- winners U> tour the United States 5an< * dollars has been loaned by and Europe for study of conditions t be Association this year, pnakiag 4 in the textile industry. The >tu- ;t for over 250 .tudenU, dents made the tours under the w bo would not hare been able direction of Prof. Mogford. without these loans, to attend each Conference of members of the I term - ’This is an average of about Agronomy Society, Prof. Mogford j ow * out of ever y ei * ht •t««A*nts in and Mrs. Wheeler, director of the J ^he college that is helped by the ball and pageant, have already j Student taan Fund .according to progressed to the discussion of de- , ^ McQiallan, secretary! of the tails and plans for the coming e- Association, vent and arrangements are well (Continued on Page 3) Intramural Grid Teams To Play For Title Sunday Eve First Battalion Infantry and First Battalion Field Artil lery Are Undefeated In Race. Through the effort# of the Student Labor Committee, there are approximately six handred ami seventy-two students employed on the A and M Campus, according to S. G. Bailey, chairman of the Student Labor Committee. This does not include graduate students or students working for private concerns. The mess hall, which uses over a hundred students, employs more cadets than any other single unit. Ninety-four janitor jobs have been created by the dismissal of outside help. The Library and various ueiartments have placed about one hundred and seventy students, and the remaining^ are employed by campus residents. Approximately forty-Jwo hun dred dollars has been appropriated through the Civil Works Admin istration to lay a water main to the new animal husbandry bams. This work, which will be under the direction of B. D. Marburger, superintendent of college buildings and grounds, will give employment to a number of student*. Two other projects have been proposed by the college authorities but must wait the approval of the Federal Government. One, if ap proved. will plaCe two hundred and sixty students at fifteen dollars a month, and the other calls for a campus (taving project of approxi mately seventy-one hundred dol lars. WORLD STUDENT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ATS MU Eacl^ University and College In the Southwest Will Send Delegates To Represent a Foreign Country. r l— Southern Methodist University will be the scene of this year’s World ('hristian Federa tion Conference on February 16-18. Each university and college in the southwest has been invited to send delegates to the meet. The plans are so outlined that each institu tion shall select a country it wishes to represent and then appoint members’of the student bedy who are mostt familiar with their country to act as its representa tives.' Tie local Y M C A secre taries have chosen India as the country to be represented by the Texas.A hnd M delegation. Comtmhtism, Fascism, and Nationalism are the three topics for genertal discussion. The prim ary purposes of the confwence is the discussion of Christianity and Kconomics, Christianity and Race Relations,' and Christianity and Nationalism from the point of view of the country represented. Director Announcement was made this week of the appointment of E. J. Kyle to the directorship the Federal I>and Hank of Hous ton. Eighty Students Added To Rolls E. J. Kyle Chosen Director Federal Land Bank Group Many Other A and M Men Are Appointed To Execu tive Positions in Govern ment Relief Work. ROYAL ORDER OF THE BLUE GOOSE HOLDS MEETING Plans Formulated For Engineering Ball and Banquet (Continued on page 3) Dr. Walter Anthony To Deliver A Series Lectures Here Soon This student loan fund has been made up from irtany sounjes. in cluding donations, A and M Moth ers’ Clubs, and the McFarland Farms which were taken over by the Former Students Assdciation two years ago. More than seventy- fvve thousand dollars is new out Dr. Walter Anthony, pastor of in lhe fom of ]o * n * that ^ the Travis Park Methodist Church | made 10 “tUdenU in the past. These of San Antonio. Texas will arrive lo • n,, are rnade at th * rate of 8ix at College SUtion February 5 to P« r cent ^ ^ back ^ th * deliver a series of messages. Dr.f*^*" 18 b >’ th * of the Anthony, who is cmv of the out- followin * >’ e * r - standing orators Sam Houston Glee Uluh To Present Program Sunday md speakers in the South, will deliver ais address Mondy evening at the Assembly Hall, beginning at 6:45. He will speak each evening except Satur- The Girls Glee Club of Sam day with his Wednesday evening Houston State Teachers College address following the show. He 1 of Huntsville will present a prog- will deliver the convocation ad- ram in the Assembly Hal| Sun dress February 6 and will speak day night as a ’ return epgage- each day folipwing this address ntent for the program the Texas in the Y. M. C. A. chapel at 10 A and If Glee Club gave in Hunts- a. m. V * 1 ville pn! January 14th. -4—f- V. K. Sugareff Weds Miss Gladys . Flint At Bellevue Tuesday Morn Profeador Sugareff, affection- A and M History Professor ately kriown as Count to his many On l^eave of Absence To admirerkJ jwas bom in Monaatir, Obtain Doctor’s Degree ; Turkey, now a part of Jugo-Slavia. Will Return To A and M and came to the United States at Next July. V. K. Sugareff, professor of history at Texas A and M College, and Miss Gladys Flint of Belle vue, Texas were united in mar riage at the home of the bride in Bellevue yesterday morning, Jan uary' 30. Following the wedding ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Sugareff left im mediately on a short honeymoon through the South and East and will be in New York City next week where they intend to make their home for the next six months. Mrs. Sugareff is a native Texan, having been bom near Bellevue, and has taught in the Port Arthur Public Schools for several years. the age of 14. He received his early education St Mount Herman Prep Schoal, and later received his B. A. and M. A. degrees at Syra cuse University, and Harvard. He came to A and M in 1923 a id has remained here since as a professor in the history department. While in New York City, Count Sugareff will complete his Thesis on “The Rise of Nationalfem In Bulgaria” and receive his degree as Doctor of Dissertatian at Columbia University. He is ex pected to return to A and X next July when his leave of‘absence ex pires. The Battalion staff takes this opportunity to express their con gratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Sugareff. The intramural football cham pionship will be determined next Sunday afternoon as the First Bat talion Infantry and the First Bat- 1 talion Field Artillery clash in the | final game of the intramural foot ball season. The game was first scheduled for Sunday afternoon be fore the final examinations but was called off because of hard rains. The First lofantry, coached by John Crow, won the National lea gue honors by defeating the Sec ond Artillery to make a clear sweep of their series of three games and the First Artillery coached by Bob ! Connelly, won the American lea gue race by neatly taking the fin al game out of the hands of the •Second Battalion Infantry in the last five seconds by kicking a field goal. Seward, guard, for the Ar tillery came back in order to make I the kick. Both teams boast star players that will be playing for all-intra mural honors in this game. The most outstanding for the Artillery are: Bill Walker and John Weaver, halves; Seward, guard; and Hohn, fullback. The Infantry stars arf: Whitfield, tackle; Marion Crow* guard; and McIntosh halfback. BOARD APPROVES 1 HONOR SOCIETIES After much delay and delibera- f tion, the organization of honor scholastic societies has been ap pealed by the Board of Directors of the Ex-student's Association. Under this ruling, each school in the college will have an honor so ciety which will be nationally re- .•ognited, it was made known by H. F, Martin, president of the Scholarship Honor Society. Immediately follewiag the bus iness meeting, Dr. W. R. Horlack- er, professor of Generics, deliver ed a speech on “Human Sterilita- ! tion". This speech dealt with eco nomic, social, and psysiological As pects of sterilization. Upon com pletion of the speech, the speaker distributed pamphlets dealing with the subject published by the Ho man Betterment Foundation of Pasadena, California. Members Named To Have Pictures in Battalion Hu mor Magazine Which Is To Appear m February. I^twrence Walks and His Hand Will Play for the Ex clusive Annual Engineer Corps Ball. With the recent designation of E. J. Kyle, dean of the school of agriculture, as a director of the Federal Land Bank of Houston,! A and M College is rapidly be- ’ coming prominent for its contri- ; button of professors, graduates, and extension service and experi ment station employees Vo execu tive positions on government re lief projects. In connection with this appointment. Dean Kyle will also serve as ex-officio director of three other agricultural credit in- At a characteristic meeting im bued writh order and systematic procedure held January 18, mem bers of the Blue Goose Club select ed the following men U> submit their pictures to the Battalion to represent the club in the February magazine issue, which will be dedi cated to the Blue Goose: Jack Har ding, Dallas; C. W. Cox, Buda; M. A. Kelley, College Station; G. G. lAngston, Bryan; N. T. Langham, Mission; George Bargmann, Gon zales; R. W. Clenhin, Hereford; A. L. Ragle, Olney. and A. B. Kyle, Whitney. After a lengthy discussion con cerning membership, the rool book emerged from the fracas with an even par, having gained one new member ami lost one old one. “Bubba” Watson, Longview, pub licity director, was given an hon orary membership for his success ful efforts in flaunting the activi ties of the club before the public (Continued bn Page 3) Preparations are getting well under way for the fifth Annual Engineer's Ball to be held Friday Bank, the Productkm Credit Cor- mght, February 23, in the Mess Hall Annex, according to C. B. Lyle, chairman of the dance com mittee The program for the week end . will include a banquet pre- ceeding the dance, the Engineer Ball, and a Corps Dance the fol lowing night. All of the members of the En gineer Corps who have dates will attend tha banquet which will be in the foiWof a dinner dance to be held in the Mess Hall Banquet Registration Figures Show In crease of Seventeen Per Cent Over Total for l-as*t Year, * LZ With the return of 40 former students and the registration of 40 new students, the enrollment for the second semester was brou ght to 1992 an increase of nineteen per cent over the total of last year. Compared with these figures, an addition of only eleven new students and twenty-five okl stu dents enrolled for the second se mester of last year. At least fifty more students are expected to reg ister sometime this week, bring ing the total to around two thou sand. W. E. Morgan, assistant reg istrar, announced yesterday. Mr. Morgan.pointed out that large increase was made in spite of the fact that approximately two hundred students who enroll ed for the first semester- failed to register for the second semes ter. This decrease, which included students that failed in courses or dropped out because of lack of funds, is not greater than that of other years, Mr. Morgan added. Cotton Reduction Likely To Reach 3 Million Acres H. H. Williamson, Vice-Direc tor of A and M Extension Service Issues Report To Agricultural . Administra tion In Washington. With the reduction of the 19,34 Texas cotton crop already reach ing a total of two million acres in contracts signed by farmers irr-202 stituiions—the Intermediate Credit counties up to Saturday night. poration, and the Bank foi* Co-op eratives. v Arnong the other government positions that were recently filled by A and M men are: Sterling C. Evans, elected as president of the Bank for Co-operatives; ami Dr. V. P. Lee, Owen W. Sherrill, and J. B. Jones, who will be connected with the Farm Credit'Administra tion, the offices of which are in Houston. Dr. Lee has been given leave of absence for the remainder Room. Muaic i« to be furnished by of the scholastic year to serve the Costume Ball Students will be able to realize their most glamorous dream Saturday night when they are giveri the opportu nity to attend a dance at A and M without wearing their most distinguishing feature —the Ag^ie khaki uniform. All will be hail and hearty when their classification can not be made by buttons or stripea, and freshmen can tag seniors and not feel weak in his shoe.4 for doing so. All of this and much more will lend to make the Annual A and M Costume Ball the greatest corps dance of the year. The (’am pud Serenade rs will play for the dances, and the usual hours and price will be maintained. Accord ing to Zeke Tipton, Social Secretary of the Senior Class. - IjiWrence Welk's “Biggest Little Band in America" now playing at the C«feteria of the Baker Hotel in Dallas, and a clever floor show- will be presented at both the din ner dance and the Ball which fol- loxfh. The decorations are to be of a modernistic design bringing out the colors 'and ensignia of the En gineer Corps. Plans are also being made to vacate part of Walton Hall for the visiting ladies over the week-end. Members of the dance and en tertainment committee are: C. B. Lyle, chairman, J. C. Stine, T. J. Guerdrum, C. C. Porter, J. F. Hud- sop, and Y.-C. Wiley. W. M. SCARBOROUGH SUCCUMBS FRIDAY four, institutions of the Farm Crerth by means of wireless telegraph. The broadcasting sta tion W 5 A Q Y, which was grant ed by the Federal Radio Commis sion t)o the radio club at^Cbllege Station, was improved this year by adding new and more modern and dependable equipment, and com munication over 7 megacycles with the Expedition is expected to be easily picked up. The equipment for the station is fll obtained from the club dues with the exception of a few parts that are furnished Radio rby some of the members. The purpose of this daily con tact is to keep up. with the activi ties of the expedition and to re- (Continued on Page 3)