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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1934)
4i ■ THE BATTALION i- /T \ i Wk Afa COitltfl Cf TC1A1 couun JTlTKK.TUal Entered as second class matter at the Pest Off* Texas, under the Act of Congress, Met 1 st College Station, i S, 1879. Subscription rate fl.76 per ysgr. Advertising rates upon request. Student Forum College Station, Texas February 8, ly.74. Editor, The Battalion, Campus. T ENGINEER ES SHOWN MOTION PICTURES Ufe of Thoma* A. Edition Portrayed in One Film of the Four Shown. Landscape Work On__ New East Entrance Nearinj? Completion ii i EDITORIAL, STAFF Wade M Watson. C. A. Toseh. E. C. Roberts H. G. Seeligson Jack Sloan. H. F. Martin P. G. Post Kay Murray J. M. Shepherd M. F. Fincke F. W. Brendt* i B. L. Mears W. D. Percy C. B. Hussey Tom Meta W. E. Fitzgerald D. M. Emery S. R. Greer — 4" JUNIOR EDITORS T. W Porter \ REPORTERS LEditor Editor Sport*! Editor .Associate Editor . Associate Editor Associate Editor W. L. Garrard D. L. Tlsinger R. S. Evans L. C. Smith Manager ! T. M Brown \ ! A. S. Queen 4 • • ' BUSINESS STAFF »...'.A<I - J.. Assistant Advertising Manager L... Assisunt Advertising Manager Circulation Manager Assisunt Circulation Manager Asriehjnt ClmriaMii Mjaeger Assisunt Circulation Manager „ Assisunt Circulation Manager I>ear Sir: I have just finished reading your article in yesterday’s issue of The Battalion in regards to installing a ventilation system <h the As sembly Hall- That the insUllation of such s system is necessary for tht Assembly Hall if the audience is to enjoy the presenUtion^ in comfort will be doubted by no one. However, .Mr. Editor, has it ever pccurred to you that such a ventilation system is only one of the many improve ments necessary to give this college an auditorium adequate to meet the needs of the various dramatic clubs. Y M C A picture shows, and the many other presenutions that require a completely equipped stage? Those who witnessed the admirable |>erformanc« of the cast of ami distributed these films prim- “The Whole Town’s Tfilking" must have been struck, as 1. with the very arily to familiarize the engineering poor quality of the scenery that was used in the ptod|iction. But what student with problems which con cise could the director use? And it must be admitted that such a back- front the company. ground detracted heavily from the actual l■‘rforn>anOe of .the play— . , , .. .. . t t * is«w*a .... . _ •• m « a < * I ? inf* JlfSl. cWM (lt*M 11 Wltn nl|Pn even in such a farce as The Whole Towns Talking. If the day ever » ' points in Mm life of Thomas A. came when it was necessary to present a play of the more dramatic „ . „ ,, . . .. , . ^ Edison, ni next was concerned At a j<dnt meeting of the Amer ican Society of .Mechanical Engi Peers and the American Society of Electrical Engineers held in the Assembly Hall at 7 o’clock last Thursday evening, four motion picture reels dealing with subjects Of an engineering nature were pre sented. General Electric produced type, the Hall would not be able to provide the necessary equipment and settings for the most effective presentation *»f the play. The erection of a modern, adequate auditorium that would include a fine motion picture outfit, a large stage plus the necessary sets of scenery, and s ventilation system js. from an entertainment point of , ^ .. . r , ,, . _ . , . . „ . , 1, . rtm Railway. Following “The Ro view, A and M * most pressing need. Such an auditorium would not only encourage stage presentations, but it would givp our college a place where we could stage our various shows with fifride and with a know ledge that every individual in the auditorium was getting the most out of every spoken line. J. I). M. EDITOR'S NOTE—This article was received by the editor of the Bat talion immediately after the last issue of the Battalion had gone to press. The magazine issue delayed the article one week. The Passing Review Take Care of New Buildings Just why some Aggies must allow their uhthoughtfulness to be come a lasting mar on the beauty of the new buildings is not to be un derstood and should not be tolerated by those Interested in the archi- j tectural achievements of the college. It has been less than a year since the man^' new buildings of the ^ campus has been opened to the respective department* of the college. Loud lamentations issued from old game of “Post Office”. The and already they bear evidence of the unappfeejative attitude of some the dormitory assigned to **F” renovators, we bear, tall their ver* who scratch names in the new desks, make markings on the decorative Battery, Field Arullery. when sion of the game f “Post Office walls, and allow cigarette stubs to bum scars into the new equipment. B. Hussey, commander of this ba^ Ftreet '. Every Aggie should be proud of the interest that ha* been shown in tery was notified that a certain designing the finer buildings for the campus *mi each of us should feel that it is our part to maintain the beauty Chat has been added in our buildings by preventing this unnecessary anil thoughtless defacing of these new and modern improvements. Show your interest in your building and thd hfauty of the college by refraining from these atrocious acts and by encouraging others to recognize and appreciate the value of these new buildings. Do your part. with the difficulties encountered in the conktrtiction of the concrete -tunnel through the Cascades in Washington for the Great North- mance of Power”, in which the u*es of electrical apparatus was demonstrated, was the reel which stressed thie mechanical and pleas on* features of an ocean liner bound from New York to San Francisco. ! that pro- Free Sunday Afternoon Show . v - . Seldom has the college ever done as much for its students from which so much praise and gratitude has ben derived as the free pictures given to A and M students each Sunday afternoon. The officials of the college seem to have solved the problem has been uppenpost in their minds for a numlwr of year*— that of viding entertainment for the students over the week-ends. A fe»ling of restlessness seemed to prevail in the students over the week-end because Of the lack of something to do, and those who resented this restlessness, would leave over the week-end oc waA until Sunday and then take (Hit for some of the neighboring towns. At first a committee made up of faculty members and some students tried tz» work o|it plan of entertainment for the students through some other means such as athletic ontests and plays. This didn't help the situatim very much and was soon abandoned. ( I » The free movie, besides providing good entertaiamenl for the stu dents, is an excellent place for relaxation after the noon meal. It is also timed so that when the student gets out of the show, Ke hasn’t time to highway to neighboring towns close by and return in. fime for *up per. And may we add that the problem erf entertainment has been taken care admirably well. The problem was taken up again this year, and the idea of a show on Sunday afternoon at the Assembly Hall was fir*t brought up in the Studdbt Welfare Committee with a maximum admission price of fifteen cents. Very soon after this was undertaken, the college, officials ad vised th* Ex-Students Association that it would lie very good if the show copld be given to the students through their association. Fol lowing tfus, all of the Sunday afternoon shows have been given to| the students by the Ex-Students’ Association. Bryan lass was dropped from the i roster of his organization. Loud lam* ntations aforementioned were inspired by the fact thdt the boys were unawwre of a co-ed in the ranks until she had been chopped. And so.- gentlemen, we give, you Aggieland's first co-ed battery with a Hussey in command, ra ting. what? A Phony fanfare, for Bob Nor wood. “A” Infantry junior'who is a self-adjudged military *cienee Medical Students of Galveston Meet With Pre-Medical Society Five membqrii of the Nu Sigma Nu Fraterpilj of the Galveston Medical College met with the Pre- Medieai Society last Thursday evening, February 15, in the Sci ence Hall to present the pre-med- And a silver, <fe*sert spoon to Wilkie Adsit Rambo, Infantry sen ior from Gonzales, who is so un familiar with Emily Post’s dic tates concerning table etiquette ns to mistake a side dish for a des sert. While dining in the Officer’s Mess at Ft. Crockett Wilkie Adsit saved his potatoes au gratin for the last, thinking it was the des sert. Adsit, meal hounds, the whole truth and I think it au gratin on expert. This renuarnation of Na- k*1 studentis of A and M with the advantages and benefits of the Gal veston College as a school to fin ish their medical studies, e-' R. C. “PtfM? Hermann, Yoakum, president ojf the Pre-Medical So ciety. turndd the meeting over to the Galvyston students of which Martin L. Towler was the princi pal s|>eaker, Mr. Towler discussed the academic requiremeTUs of the Galveston medical college. Other topics discqsaod were social acti- poleon, Caesar, or-who will you. argued irately foe‘hours Ihftt a major was tin offifWf of raflk high er than colonel Nnrtvood he con- , cede that he --a* tdtall>* wrong \after a strenuou. debate, -j — — Cjiai.t a lyric <>f sophqi^iories and Incorporate a verse to "ftovine’ iiow to you illiterates otpnipre- st-titi Davidson of “LI” company Infantry This college tired sbphis- ticate was detected passing notes vitjes and the history and advan- to a co-ed in class asking her for tHge* of tie fraternities. The A a date. Of passing interest and and M students were extended an for obvious reasons* was jt that she refused this stalwart. ’Next step on the short p%th to ‘jMbron Manor will eithei he curving mi- his nerves. And on this same trip. : tiais on desks or bringing apples to class. Ilyah. hyahJ Th%* drama of Cow Kd \> Co-ed! it is said that “Kraut” Kenderdme and I). B. Mastin modernized the invitation tb the Nu Sigma Nu Fraternity by Mr Fowler. These Gjjivfaston students will visit practically every college in I the state before returning to their studies at C aivrston. Olvera Puppeteers ^To Be Presented At Assembly Hall Soon Student Labor Just as it has been found in giving government relief work to citizens in other cities, college officials employing student* in govern ment projects at A and M are encountering the puzzling problem of which students need aid. Or rather, perhaps we should hate said, they are finding it difficult to select the students that need government aid the most. It seems to us that the student ho<4t itself should be held responsible for solving the problem: For in tjie business world, the fear of being branded with the word “chisler” has kept the selfish individual from cashing in on government relief at the ekpense of a more unfortunate neighbor. A and M cadets have a still stronger term to apply tb those $tu- dents that accept employment when they do not need it to stay in school. Of course, all of us could use a little pin money. Butfk-hpw- ever, it hardly seems necessary to ask an f A and M Student to look around before accepting student lalior to see if one of hi* classmates needs the job more than he does. I>et this serve, then, merely as a suggestion that government projects are not “relief projects” unless some needy person is given help. The Famous Puppeteers, direct from Los Angeles, will present their inipreskive and unique enter tainment the afternoon and even ing of Thursday. February 22. at the Assembly Hall. The matinee, Jimmie's Adventure* at the Cir- ! cus”, is chucked full of clowns and animals and has been designed to appeal to children; the perform ance will begin at three thirty in the afteVnoon. “Puppet Gaieties of ’33”, a musical revue, will be presented at eight o’clock in the evening. The Famous Olvera Puppeteers travel with their own stage, spec ially equipped with sound ampli fiers that make it possible for everyone in the auditorium to hear as well as see. Many of the favor ite movie stars in Hollywood have posed for portrait puppets of themselves. Marie Dressier, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, ami num erous others appear in the revue in mi nature. "WHEN, A NEEDS A FRIEND' v/>; Co-operation Cooperation between student organizations and the departments of the college is one of the necessary things that create an atmosphere So necessary to the growth and development of A and M. An example of such cooperation was exhibited last week when the Press Club presented it* benefit show in Bryan. Transportation for students attending the show was furnished free of charge by the Buildings and College Utilities department; tickets were printed at tost by the A and M Press; and the college officials kindly permitted tuadetfclbssmen to be absent from their rooms during call to quarter^ i J Not all colleges are so.interested in student activities that they willingly permit their departments to operate on a non-profit basis. So we should sincerely appreciate such kindness as shown the Press Club, which is an example of only one of many - timilar occasions. Whatever expense the college departments may have incurred through Fort Worth, D. R. Parker, Laredo, their kindness will be more than repaid by the friendly feeling toward and Van De ihrtte. At a later date. >ncing Team Will Meet University In Practice Match Here An exhibition of A and M’s new est sport will be given March 3 in the Memorial Gymnasium when the University of Texas fencing team meets the Aggies ia a practice match. The purpose of the match will be to create greater interest in this sport, Charlerf Van De Putte, San Antonio, captain of the local team and C C. Palmer, Couch, an nounced yesterday. Members of the squad who will participate in the first event will be M. G. Culvert, Eagle Lake, F.'j A. Hubbard, Waco. K. H. Pier. ■ > ' Placed on the market a year ago. this pipe mikture made many friend* before it had a line of advertising; Aged in the wood for years . . . BRIGGS is mellow, packed with flavor, bitelem! Won't you try a tin and let genial BRIGGS speak for Itself? *Err PACTOUY HtKSN j kf laaar Mala* ®l cai.i oruANK them by members of the student body. (Continued on page 6) , _ «4> • r. LonlUr* Ca., lac. Landscape work on the new Ea.-t entrance to the college is rapidly nearing completion, F. W'. Hertsel. head of the landscape departim-ni and who is in charge of the pro ject, announced yesterday. Include ed irt the project are a terrace wiiii ballustrade in front of the Ad ministration Bdildmg. planting the Chemistry Budding, grading th< area east of the Textile Building, and paving parking area* on eucli side of the Administration Build ing. Concrete walks in the runt and front of the Administration Building will ak*o tie {toured with in the next few weeks. Additional standards have bt*en orded t<> light the streets from the retu < the library to the Animal Indu? tries ami Agraultuial Engineer- lag Buildings. The Landsca|M- Art Department has just been alloted thirty-om students under the Federal Re lief funds and these, wfth regulnr V W A laborers, temporary and permanent labor force, bring the totpJ to seventy-five men now em ployed «r( campus improvement project*. ^ v i iM-me ] ASSEMBLY k (| H VI.I, | “Little IVomen” w ith Katherine Hepburn, Joan Bennett and I'aul Lukas : altiPilay. b : X) and 8:00 p. m. “ V Shriek in the wita I > It 'I itlhot and (linger Rogers Saturday. 10:30 ‘•Prizefighter aiid the Lady” w.ibl .Mj nia I.oy, Max Baer, lack Dempsey \\ tu u^-cay. Kch. ,28th. .Neither of the two societies held a business meeting this past week. WE AKK KQl : IPPKJ> TO HAKDI,K YOl'H \M> URKSSING MKE IT SHOl I D HE. THE CAMPUS CLEANERS - ' ExthanjsV Store) Joel English ’ < ALove th« “Shorty'' Halhrooks The Greater Palace; THURSDAY — FRIDAY SATURDAY ! i ECLIPSING THE GLORY THAT WAS ROME! EDDI CANTO IH IMF. SAMUEL GOLDWYN PRODUCTION OF ,] SCANDALS with RUTH ETTING GLORIA STUART DAVID MANNERS and the Golduyn Girls RrU'asrd thru Undrd Artists f Rome never visioned »uDi beauty as 1 this! And how you'll howl when the Goldwyn Girls make ruin* of Rome . . . and a wrtvk out of EDDIE! Preview 11 P.M. Saturdav ^ yr JOE E. •v«e soiled the sovon seos. in son C*Afc,UOR ■kN A First Nolicnat lough hit wDh JEAN MUIR • I RANK McHUGH • TilLlMA TODD 5s rF55 *' **■••*• \ Also Shown Sunday and Monday -w n ■ ;\ ! • 4 V I •Ml