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FRONT BASEMENT I M 7 i if PablishH Weekly By The Students of The A. & M. College of Texas VOLUME XXXIII COLLEGE STATION/ TEXAS, MARCH T, 1934. NUMBER 23 Aggie Riflemen Break College Record In Eighth Corps Area Match; Win By Fifteen Points l, Ten Hijfh Men To Receive Medals; Is Second Consecu- - tive Corps Area Victory For A and M Marksmen. t-t Miss A and M Colleft record* in the Eighth Corp* Art** match were shattered last week when the A and M rifle team came througn with a score of 1907 to win first place, accord ing to word received yesterday by Lieut. J. E. Reiermm, coach of the team. Thi* record score not only broke the mark of 1904 »et by last year’s team, which won the match 1 by one point, but was fifteen point* higher than the Aggies’ neare-t rival, the University of Arizona, i Eleven team representing senior R X) T C college in the Eighth Corps Area were entered. . The men on the Aggie team who fired in one or more positions on the match were: Roy Httffakcr (high individual on the A and M team i; Kenneth Tucker; C. A. Tosch. captain; C. J. Anderson; T. J. Guerdrum; C. F. Henley; J. A. Franz; W. S. Sinclair; W. R. Large; F. E. Otts; B. N. Spencer; J. B. Heinen; G. I). Gorman; B. J. Sayers; QL E. Schultis; and H. E. Meader. The ten men having the highest scores will receive medal*, j Notice has also been received that as a result of winning this match, the team is invited Vo par ticipate in the National Intercol legiate match to be held between Mar^-h Id and April 16. At the prertht. however, the team is en gaged in preparing for the Hearst Trophy match, in which every col lege rifle-team in the United States is enltqred. After this contest, fir ing Oil) begin in the National In- ' tereollegiate, which will conclude the tea son. After having finished the Eighth Corps Are* match Wednesday of, last week, the Aggies fired against eight other colleges in the remain ing three days of the week. In spite of such a -hort time that was left tj fire the match, and that a different typv* of target was used, the team made its highest score of the year to win fr#m Kansas 7 ^ FORMER A AND M ENGLISH TEACHER COMMITS SUICIDE B. M. (oonev Take* Own Life With PtotaT While Seated in Father’* Car. • • ■M Dismissed B. M. Cooney, .’U), who commit- ted suicide yesterday by ahooting himself in the head while parked in his father’s car at Northamp ton, Mass., was an instructor in the English Department of the college from 1929 to 1931. Agronomy Department to sponsor Annual A and M Cotton Contest Miss New Deal trips from the proceeds of the He came to A and M after he Three Winner* To Be Chonen cotton ball knd from liberal dona In April For The Traveling tton* by cotrtoh firms interested in Scholarship* Awarded This tbe A and M students. Miss Sarah ! Orth, daughter of Mr. and M ru W. A- 0rth, was elected as Mis* A and Mj to repre- had obtained a master of arts de- gree^ from Columbia University. Records ’Show that he was a gra duate <*f Dartmouth in 1926 and that he taught a year at Williams- ' burg. Mass. High School; imme- | diately afterward. I Cooney left A and M in the summer of 1931 . when he was caught in the economy measures placet! on the college of the State Legislature. He went to his home in Northampton, and later did some social service work In New York City. While at A and M, Cooney took an active part in Year. sent the college at the Aanual tot- interested in drn ton Ball tO'bejhl4d'in AMriLilfi** mattes. He also was very much in- Orth was elected by the members of the Agronolny Club at a meet ing last w«»k :after.- th# student body had flailed to carity out an election suggested by the Agrono my Club. ter^sied in tennis and was seen quite frequently on the college courts. The threat of a nervous break- Begmning about April 10, the third annual A ami M Cotton Con test. under the direction of J. S. Mogford, professor in Agronomy, will he held for the 'eligible jun iors and seniors taking cotton courses. The purpose of this con test is to stimulate the interest and study in the fliffhrent phases of the cotton industry, and the win ners of the contest will receive a traveling fellowship which will •ollege theatre carry them to the principal centeis of the cotton industry in the Unit ed States and abroad. Examinations in ten different courses in the study <>f cotton here will be the basis of the contest, lasting over a period of about one No defin tinatmn of for this yehr luhj t the schedule e plans for the des- ie tnp have been made jet, but instead of through England and L’ Li the continerfcal countries of Europe followed hy the groups of 1932 and 1933, t|e route may take the winners to the far east this year. Invitations 1 have been received from China pnd Japan where there are large totton interests. The trip will coker a period of about If you’re not sure just what the two months beginning shortly after New Deal looks like, here ia the June 1, including the domestic as answer to your question. Miss well as the foreign points of inter- Mary Rowan. f junior in Texas net. Mr. M<igford and Mr. Vinson Christiart University, Fort Worth, will accompany the students on was givt*n the title ’’Miss New year’sltrip a REIEF FUNDS FOR STUDENT LABOR IS DUE SAYS BAILEY About TVHve Thousand Dol lar* Will Be Spent On Stu dent I Jtbor By Government This Term. Funds for the payment of the student labor, under the Federal Relief and Civil W'-’ks have not arrived as yet accorumg to S. G. Bailey, chairman of the Student Employment Committee, although they were due here the first of University and Coe College, the t h e month. H* concluded that he only two of the eight learns that , xpwted the ^ 0fley arriv# , t ’ nounced. 1 ,t T. ..... I Several unique features are be- down was given as the reason for month. It is expected that the win ners will be announced about May 10. All the phases af cotton in Cooney's action, so far as could be learned. FREDDIE CARLONE TO PLAY FOR THE ANNUAL T DANCE Many New Feature* To Be Added To Annual Colorful Affair; Grand ProceHttion To Begin Fentivities. this year's jtrip as they have in the past. J . ■ V The three prise winners in 1932 and 1933 r4ade;the trip through the South revering the raising and handling of! the cotton and on through thd manufacturing mills. Deal of 1934’’ at the annual ban quet of the students from the de partment of business administra tion. She was crowned queen of the banquet under that title. which courses are taught here and Then they dent to England, visit- in which research work is carried '"K the largest spinning mills in on will be included in the exami- *!»«• wo rld Lnncashire and the nations, according to Curtis Vin- i handing din ks at Liverpool, son. who is in charge of the pub- Then the route followed through licity for the trip and who has Belgium. SfitaUrland, Germany, made the trips with the winners •"d France.! visiting Le Harve in^ the past two years France. |‘rofesM>r Mayo* Book. “Epi- rurru* in England” Will Be Published Shortly. MAYO ADDRESSES SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR MONDAY The money is raised for these | famous Rhiife district in Germany. Freddie Carlone and his orches tra. which is recognised as being one of the outstanding bands in the South, has been engaged to ; play for the annual “T" dance Fri day night, March 9, in the college Mess Hall, T. W. Akin*. Marshall, president of the “T” Club, has an- ! ASMEDANCETOBE HELD ON MARCH 23 WITH AIEE DANCE Ixmg Announce* Decoration* WU (’airy Out A Motif Along Mechanical Line*. TEXAS SPORTSMEN TO CONVENE HERE Sectional Meeting and Fi*h Protective A**oci- ation To Hold Convention Here Fi T. F. . Mayo, college librarian, addressed the Social Science Semi nar on the subject; l ‘Must Litera ture Take Sides?”, Monday even- ! ing at eight o'clock in the physics of (.ame I^qurp room . t. w. Inland, presi dent of the Seminar, introduced the speaker as “—a man whose student, has his son under his par knowledge of literature places him ticular attention and stated yes Executive Action Follows Telegram . 1 Ten sophomore students of Bat tery “B” Field Artillery were dis missed from the college yesterday morning by the action of the Exe cutive .Committee after having been found guilty of hazing. Action wan taken by the Exe cutive Committee upoij learning that S. D. Pogue, freshman stu dent of Battery *'B’’ Field Artil lery from Uvalde. Texas, had been hazed by certain sophomores, and had gone home because of an in jury sustained by the hazing. It was later learned that Pogue was given sever*! thorough examina tions by Dr. J* E. Marsh, college physician, aad that no injury was found that could have been cautad by hazing, according to Dr. Marsh's opinion. * i j -r Young Pogue left college last Friday for his borne in Uvalde without telling anyone of his rea sons for leaving, and when word was received from his father of the incident, i^ was the first in formation that the college offi cials had of the absence of the student, or of his having been haz ed. According to reports from friends of Pogue, he was injured while attending high school when a horse fell with him and injured one of his kidneys. It is believed that this is the reason for his de parture froih the campus other than a desire to stay at home, which members of his Battery claim, was so great that his father had to send him back to college for the second term. Dr. J. C. Pogue, father of the At the meeting of the American , . . , , . , - .—, — T . -- —..— T — , , , {Society of Mechanical Engineers. had been heard from at noon to-; i I. . , . Several unique features are bo- day. TWa* .in, rtiv, th. A,,,""”"”" "" w inr .nau,ur«^ far thi. »l.rful 1 h ' ld *'"'•** *• * Several hundred sports- a record of having won over eighty percent of their matches to date. T. J. Guerdrum, of San Antonio, took the lead in last week’s inter collegiate firing, being the first *ime in three weeks that C. A. Tosch. Mesquite, captain of the team, has failed to set the pace for his teammates. This week will be dexoted to firing against twenty-six college The funds for; tho relief program a ff a i rt ,, ne of which is the placing for Texas college* are handled of flags and emblems of South- through the emergency relief ad- west Conference schools <* dec.*- ministration at Austin and are due r,t '® n * for ball room. Silhou- to be paid at the first of pack of * •»* •»«> to be u»- month for the following month*, a* ^ ,n carrying out the motif ap- outlined by the relief administr* propriate for the occasion. Another new feature is the ar rangement of small table*, which jrill be placed next to the wall Mr. Bailey stated that A ami M College will deceive three thou sand and sevtnty-five dollars a for the banquet p recced ing the in an intercollegiate match, which | mo nth for the; next three months. 1 dance The grand procession, which is in preparation for th* Hearst Trophy piatch to begin Monday. The payroll for the month of Feb ruary will not tome up to this quo ta as the project did not go into effect here until after the middle of last month. This will mean a total of close to twelve thousand dollar* of government money paid this institution for student Ubor between now and the first of June. There has been a change in the. relief program a* originally plan- r ned by the rflief administration. A and M stock .Shipped To Ft. That is, it will not be necessary in Worth After Houston Show the future for the college to em- ploy twenty-fifve per cent of it* The animal husbandry depart- labor in new students. ,1hti mill raent was awarded three champion- not affect A and M since th* quota A.H. Dept. Entries Carry Off Prizes At Houston Show will be let! by Akin*, will begin the festivities. In the procession will be member* of the club and their dat e*. and guest* of honor. The banquet will be given at 7 o’clock, followed by the dance, which will last from 10 ’til 2. Those wishing to attend the dance may secure bids from a member of the T’ Club. motion was unanimously carried So change the date of the annual Mechanical Engineer* Dance from May 26. a* previously derided up on, to Friday, March ,23 and com bine their dance with the one to be given by the American Institute of Electrical Engineer* on that night. All tentative plan* to make eith er of the two dances a dinner af fair have been dropped. According to C. K. Swanaon, chairman of the dance committee from the AIEE. the dance will be heid in the annex of the mess hall with Richard Shannon and his orchestra play ing from nine ’til two. Only stu dents registered for M E or E E will be admitted. Bids will sell in an enviable position.” „ ... .. , Having done considerable re men of thul Mellon are expected ^ „ . , J — . search in literature, Professor to gather at Texas A and M Col-' ,, Mayo was able to present a very- thorough discussion of his subject. He attacked the query, in the be ginning, by introducing the phil- M Col lege Friday; afternoon and night for a ronvehtidn of District Four, Game and Fish Protective Associ- ation of Texgs. Included in the dis trict are Austin, Brazos, Burleson. Grimes, Le<in, Robertson, Walker ami Washington counties. Featuring! tke afternoon pro gram will bk a bench show to be opmionative. held on Kylt Field and to.be open Distinguishing the to all sporiing dogs owned by terday that his examination had failed to reveal anything injurious so far, and that the student was improving rapidly. The ten sophomores, who were expelled from school, will not be allowed to return to A and M un- osophy pf two groups of people. 1 Bl tl*** second term ef the 1934-35 the Humanists and Communists, ! *‘kool year, according to the pen- that American creative writing •*** imposed by the Executive should be both purposeful and Committee. members of the Fourth District. L ■ (Continued on page 6) ship premiums for the excellence of their entries in the Houston Fat Stock Show, heid St Sam Houston Hall, February 24 to March 3, according to D. W'. Wil liams, head of the department. . In the cattle division, the A and M entries won four first premiums, two third, one fourth, and one championship premium. These in cluded Shorthorn. Hereford, and Aberdeen-Angus breed*.' Six first premiums, four second^ one third, three fourth, one fifth, and one grand championship premium, for a carload of all breeds, werg k- ' warded the hog division. Thursday and Friday, respec tively, a carload of cattle and one of hogs and horses will be shipped to the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show, Professor Williams said. Saturday, junior animal hus bandry students will enter the in- lercollege stock-judging contest at for this college was completed be fore this chaz^ge took place. Grins Denvers Talk On Airplane Design J. Y. Orm* f junior M E student, delivered a speech on ''Streomlin- ing of Aeronlknes” at a meeting of the Aeronacr cal Club in the M E building last Thursday evening. A and M Architectural Graduates Enter Designs In Academy In Rome Competition; Rivalry to Be Keen Winner Will Receive a Two- Year Re*idenre Study at the American Academy in Rome With All Expentte* Paid. Fort Worth, in which several the southwestern college wilt partiev a* G. W. Alexander and B. N. Young, both second year graduate architec- The speaker dtalt chiefly with the ture students at A and M have en- gain in speed made possible by tered designs in the American Ac- such designing. W. H. Johnson, ademy in Rome Competition known president of the club, who recent- as the “Rome Prize”, for arrhitec- ly made application for entrance tural study abroad, according to into the air Corps, gave a brief Ernest Langford, head of the Ar- resume of the, physical examina- chitecture Department. The designs tion given at Fort Crockett for submitted, a* instructed by the such applicant*. f American Academy in Rome Com- The club has been planning to petition Committee, were of a me- secure an a«ro|>lane from ths gov- mortal to the Founders of the Re- ernment for th^ purpose of instruc- public to be placed in Washington tion and degiohstration. although as a future plan of the dewelop- pate. Approval oi the college has not ment for the Capitol. The memo- yet l>eenf obtained, Johnson an- rial is to be placed in an imaginary location at the end of a main park ♦vista overlooking the Potomac River. To enter the competition, the candidate must have graduated from an accredited college and had an equivalent of two years office experience; and he mitst be recom mended by three khown archi tects who are members of the American Institute of Architects. The competition is nation wide for all American citizens under thirty years of age. There ▼ill likely be 150 to 200 competitor* from the United States and only 9 or 10 of them will be selected for the finals. From this groap in the finals, only one will be selected M the winner of the prise. » j “The keenest of competition will be met for this prise,” said Mr. Langford, “and Young and Alex ander should stand well up in the nouneed. (Continued on page 6) two groups the speaker explained: “Except for this common insistence upon a pur- j In addition, {there will be an open P 0 **. * w o u,d *** difficult to find event for wiich champions or en- » Po«»* of contact betwen the two trants from put of the district will schools. The Humanist look* be eligible lor entry. The show largely to the past for his stand- will be spoisarad by the Brazos ards; to the Communist, history | County chapter. has no meaning except as the road ' Following'a banquet that night, leading to Socialism. The Hum- there will b«: an interesting discus- anist concentrates upon the devel- sion featuring the legislative, pro- opment of the individual; the Corn- gram advocated Ijy the association, munist, attacking and reforming J. Frank Elder, of Waco, state as- institutions, looks upoh. individual- School Executive Club of Texas to Meet Here Mar. 10 EldsfVaf W sociation president, will be among the speaker^ on the program in addition to 4 number of state rep resentatives knd state senators who have been invitad to attend the banquet. Ladies are invited to at tend the dipner. Tom Fields, of Calvert, is preaklent of District Four, and E, E.'Yeager, of Bryan, is secretary-! Although organized only in Oc tober, the Brasoa County chapter already has ^inducted a campaign far extermination of hawks and crows, and if has paid twenty-five cent bountn* on 270 hawks and five cent bounties on 265 crows. E. B. Elliott, C>rl T. Sprague, of Col lege Stationi are president and secretary respectively of the Bra zos County chapter which already lists more than 200 members. Kyle leaves To Attend Meet i E. i. Kyle, head of the of agriculture, left yester- ir Lullng where he will at- Dean school day for tend a meeting of the board of Trustees of (he Lai ing Foundation. He will thed spend three days in Houston at 4 meeting of the board of director* |of the Agricultural credit Admmiotvatien before re turning to Ihe college Saturday, March 10. ism as trivial, selfish, and reaction ary. The Humanist preaches self- control and the will to refrain as the central virtues; the Commun ist aims at a society in which necessity of refraining will be lift ed from millions who now ‘refrain’ not from will but from poverty. Finally, as both Communism and (Continued on page 6) Sociology Students State School Official*, Super intendent*, Principal*, and leading Educator* To At tend Meeting. Members of the Southeast Texas School Executive Club, which is composed of state school officials, school superintendents, principals, and some of the State's leading educators, will attend a conference at A and M College on March 10. Superintendent S. M. Brown of the Bryar City schools, president of the organization, will preside. H. G. Seeligson, It, senior agri cultural ' administration student from Dallas, will welcome the nn to A •"d * Allege at the IO ivIaKc I lip iNOOn Saturday morning session which j. i will open in Guion Hall at ten o’clock. President T. O. WaRon of A and M and Mrs. Lee J. Round- tree, editor of the Bryan Eagle, will address the group during the morning program,. Luncheon will be served in the college mess hall. In connection with this confer ence. state school superintendents will confer regarding plans for an educational conference for school executive* to be held at A and M for one week this summer. H. W. Stillwell, superintendent of the Texarkana public schools, is chair man of the committee to cooperate i Junior; and senior students tak ing sociology will leave on an in spection trip the first week in Ap ril to go to Huntsville and Hous ton. While in Hqntsville, the stu dents will go through the State Penitentiary. After staving in Huntsville for a few hours, they will go to Houston where they will go through the Houston Post Dis- patch Building and visit the Hous ton Probation Office, the Harris County Juvenile Court, the Social Service Bureau, the Federal Tran sient Colony, the Harris County Jail, the Behmia Home for delin- with the college in working out quent girls, and Faith Home for plans for the fummer conference, orphan children. On the return It is hoped that the school execu- Ltives conference will be made an (Continued on page 6) annual affair. k.