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1 BATTALION Pvbttshed Weekly By Tke Studente of Tke A. A M. W TWxm COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, MARCH 21, 1224. XXXIII NT MHKR 25 214 Students Are Eligible For | Distinction At End of School Year; 1st Term Grade Reveal AGGIE D 1 TERS SMU HERE AND IN DALLAS Affirmative TV VWtors m Nifkt While Nffativc Team Invades Methodist Campos. Win Meet Thursday H. F. Martin. Senior Civil Eafiaeerinf Student, Leads Klilhble List wHh 72 Grade Peiats. There sre <14 studenU eUcible te be distinguished st the end of the school year 1933 34, according te a report made by the registrar’s office this week after a check up on the first term grades. • This decidedly an increase over former years and, from all indications, there will be a greater number of students who srill re ceive the honor of distinguished students this year than ia the pest four years. In order to be eligible for this honor, the students who receive the honor must not have made any grade below C and must have ac cumulated not less than 81 grade points during the school year. Leading the eligibility list of students for the first term is H. F. Martin, senior civil engineering student from Dallas, who amassed a total of 72 grade points.' C. R Pare me*, senior rural education student from Port Lavaca, is second with 66 grade points to his credit. Following Martin and Parenica are Kenneth Buchanan, third year agricultural student from Bryan, and D. W. Lay, second year, agricultural student from Beaumont. Buchanan and Lay ac cumulated 64 and 59 grade points respectively during the first term Other students eligible *|br dis- by h two to one decision in a de traction at the end of school are: I bats with an affirmative team 0. W. Abbott, McAllen; T. W.ifrom the University of Southern W. O. Vela, Larado. and D. L. TMager, Garland, sill uphold tbe negative side of the current Pi Kappa Deha question. Resolved that, “The powers of the president of the United States should be in creased as a settled policy”, for A and M College in s debate with k U in Dallas on Thursday, March 22. On the same evening at eight o'clock in the physics lec tor* room G. E. Wyse. Palestine, and T. K. Irwin, Dallas, will ad vance affirmative arguments on the. same question against a nega tive team from SMU. The selec tion of these two debate teams was the result of tryouts held Tuesday night. J. Q. Hayes and J. P. Ab- t t, of the English department. I I. G. Adams, assistant profes sor of economics, acted as judges at the tryouts. In, their first “intei sectional” de bate Tisinger and V« la met defeat OF IIEE TO BE HELD HERE SITJ ke Institute and Houston Section to ke Represented in Joint Meeting; Banquet to ke Given Saturday Night. * Akins, Marshall; R. K. Allen, South Pasedena, Calif; R. H. An gus, Dallas; R. C. Archenhold, Fart Worth; G. K. Ashby. College Station; J. A. Aston, Jr., Farmers' ville. Cristobal Bailey, College Station; W W. Bailey. Cedar Hill; H. G. Barber, Weatherford; W. L Bar rett, Arlington; B. D. Bass, Mc Kinney; Frank Bednarek, Schulen- burg; R. L. Bennett, Decatur; H W. Berendt. Northville. Mich.; R W. Berrong. Fort Worth; T. J. Btanchi, Dallas; J. 0. Blasihgame, Enais; F. C. Bolton, Jr.. College Station; R. G. Bowie, El Paso; D. 8. Bowman, Longview; W. H- Bremer, La Grange; A. R. Brin. Terrell; E. D. Brockett, Jr., Fort Worth; T. C. Browning, Corsicans; K. S. C. Buchanan, Bryan; P. O. Bueno, Monterrey, Mexico; W. Z. - Burke, Port Arthur; J. A. Burns, >Fort Worth; Martin Burow, Com fort; E. D. Button, Harlinjpen. C. B. C* rut hers, Somerset; H. B. Chamberlain, Henderson; P. E. Chaney, Devers; M. C. Chenault, Snyder; R. B. Christy, Scott City, Kansas; Cesar Cl*veil, Ponce. Potto Rico; C. L. Coleman, Alpine; R. N. Conolly. Corpus Christi; A. C. Cramer, Pharr; J. P. Cunningham, Bryan; W. S. Cunningham. Bon- (Continued on Page 2) California composed of Martin Ag ent ndd James Kirkwood on Mon day eveaing. March 12, in the chemistry lecture mom before a crowd of student* and faculty members. The same question was used in this debate. Two technical papers, one by a Rice Institute student and one by W. H. Hickey Jr. of A and M wiU be presented at the joint meeting of the Houston section of the Rice Institute and A and M College branches of the American Insti tute of Electrical Engineers to be held Saturday afternoon, March 14 ia the lecture room of the E E building. The meeting is called for 4:30 p m with adjournment to be announced at 6 p m. The two technical papers are to be entered in competition for pris es of five and tan dollars, reepec- i lively. Hickey announces his sub ject as “Instrument Transform | ers”. Professor J. S. Waters, head of the department at electrical en- i nee ring at Rice Institute and chairman af the Houston section of A I E E . wiU preside over the joint meeting and act as chairman of the contest. To conelade the meeting, enter tainment in the form of a banquet will be presented in the annex of the mess hall. F. C Bolton, dean of the School of Engineering. A and M College, will introduce the speakers and announce the win ners of the Competition held ear lier in the afternoon. Through Zeke Tipton, social aec- retkry, the senior class has extend ed an invitation to the representa tives from Houston and Rice to at tend the Corps Dance to be held in tbe mess hall annex Saturday ('ORPS DANCE Willie Stockton and • his Campus Serrrvaders, popu larly known as Uttls WU1 and his Goodwill Ambassa dors, srill play a Corps Dance, ia the Maas Hail Annex Sat urday night, March <4, ac cording to Sake Tipton, so cial secretory af the senior class. ' The dance will start promptly at nine o’clock and last a util midnight, aad is expectod to. ba the oatstand ing Corps Dance of the Tear as H follows the annual Elec trical and Mechanical Engi neering Dance. Tbe usual price of admission will be maintained. WORK PROGRESSING ON AGGIE Ml TO BE GIVEN APRIL 12 Fan Dancer From Chicago Expectod To Be One pf the Partidpanta in the Aggie Drama, Producer Announ ce*. C, O. Spriggs, profei>.«or of pub- n *****' lie speaking and debate team coach, announces that tryouts for a debate with Centenary College in Sfcreveport on Thursday, March 29, trill be held in bis class room in the Main Building Monday evening, Marth 26, at seven (/dock. A and M College is (to uphold the affir mative side of the Pi Kappa Delta query in this engagement. Danforth Award Winner Will Be AnnouncedSoon A AND M ENTRIES ■ WIN GRAND PRIZES AT FAT STOCK SHOW Grand ('hampionnhip in Car- Ixaid Entry of Hogs Won for Sixth Consecutive Time In Two Yearn. Richmond and Bednarek Se lected by Committee on Award* to Participate for the Scholarship. D. W. Williams, chairman of the committee oa awards, has announc ed that J. L. Richmond, Kyle, and Frank Bednarek, Schulenburg, were chosen from-a group of six agricultural juniors tp participate for the Danforth scholarship which awarded each I»Hnforth, president Ever see the latest tea-sipping Seed Company of St crew in action? . . . CASEY’S One junior from CAKE EATERS is the adopted psrtnlents in the title . . . dub officers for this year ^ultute am q are Homer McKentie, C. J. Bdoate, committee on award* Ned (Ott’s rival) Burns, and Joe thi * two are Edelmaa ... the meeting hoer, 12 ticipete for the a noon; the place—just follow the *t ,, ^ > fta who were “atenoa” to Casey’s . . . Then drift tor * lh * committee down to the Inn . . . watch ’DOG” *»«**"»•»; PITTMAN (the daachound from ’ Men * rd: LeBron H# McCamey) ... about 4:30 the other evening we found a certain prof aipping bis coffee . . . lo and be hold ,.. next to him sat the “DOG” (sipping and sucking his with • straw) ... an every-day occur rence, so we hear ... In his des peration, JACK HESTER even looked on the drill field for his “lost” “T” medal . U. his friends say it’s a cover-up J. . well have her address for you next week . . . “DOC” GOSS—a Casey Cake Eat er in the making . . . starting out on Bryan sub debs, though .. 1 see if you can read her initials on that •Bryan High School ring... CHAP TER MCVII of “Reed Meets His Waterloo,’’ or “Left Waiting at the Trestle” ... the story is too long . . . but the moral ia “the early soph gets the date.” by W. H. the Purina ia. of the de- sl of agri- before tbe and from to par- The other ned be- J. W. li. Mean, El Paso; and A. L Pendery, Fprt Worth Richmond aad Bednarek will each submit an eaaay to the com mittee and the wtnned will be ael ected on the basis of the merit of the esday. Mr. William* stated that the winners of the Danforth scho larship will be announced in tbe near future. The scholarship a mounts to ap proximately one hundred dollars which srill cover the Spinner’s ex penses during four weeks of ex perimental work hi St. Louis apd two weeks training in leadership conducted at the Danforth Camp in norihern Michigan. Winning several grand cham pionships and first prises, A and M entries m the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show, held March 10-19, made a very favorable showing, according to D. W. Williams, head of the animal husbandry depart ment. The tollege exhibited ani mals in both the horse and cattle divisions, Professor Williams said. For Percheron mares, this school arms swarded jaaior, senior, and grand championships. Seven first prixe ribbons mere given the (Continued on Page 6) Work on the student play, “The Aggies”, U be given April 12-13, is progressing rapidly with grati fying cooperation from all those connected with its production, ac cording to T. F. Mayo, author and production manager. ■ A comedy depicting the life of the average Aggie, this play, it is hoped, will inaugurate an annual dramatic effort on the part of the student-bo4y, Professor Mayo said. “The direction and writing of the play, as well as tbe interpretation, will be done entirely by studeat- talent in future years,” be added. With a number, of departmahts contributing their services, the pro duction of this Aggie drams Will represent a contribution of (he best artistic and technical talfnt in school. Professor Mayo *x-1 pressed special appreciation of .hose lending help: Lieutenant P. L. Neal and Professor C. C. Pal mer, electrician*; Professor C. 0. Spriggs, director, and Professor J. I. Woolket, assistant director; B. D. Marburger, superintendent of buildings and grounds department, material;students of woodwork and cabinet-making, scenery; M. Lovett, Roby, and K L. Kerr, Am arillo, stage-design. It is rumored. Professor Mayo said, that a prominent cadet of ficer has succeeded in persuading a fan-dancer from Chicago to at tend “Final Ball”, the third act of For General School Election Is Announced Diiry Team Wins First Place At Fort Worth Show Wing Trophy for Eigfcth Tine Within Laat Eleven Years; Mr Ever ia High Man for the Aggies. For the eighth time within the laat eleven years the A and M dairy judging team won first place in. the annual judging contest held Monday, March 12, in conjunction with the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show at Fort Worth. Tha Aggie team led its nearest op ponent, Louisiana State Univer sity, by nearly two hundred points. C. D. McEver, Hillsboro, was high point man for A and M, win ning third place in the Jersey divis ion and first in Holstein. W. Q. McCubben, Valley View, placed third in the entire contest The other member of the team that accompanied Coach A. L. Darnell was E M. Neal, Yoakum. Colleges represented in the con test besides Texas A and M and Louisiana State University were: Oklahoma A and M; Texas Tech; Tepaa A and I; and Panhandle A an{l It of Oklahoma, finishing ia the order named. COLLEGE RECEIVES RELIEF FUNDS FOR STUDENT Pit ROLL ENGINEERS’DAY i TO PRESENT IANY MODERN FEATURES All Engineering Department* of the College to Participate With Exkibit* on May 12. For the first time in five years, an engineering show in which all engineering departments will par ticipate wil] be held on AH En gineers' Day, Saturday, May 12. The show will consist of displays and exhibits of the various depart ments, with educational and amus ing features of modern scientific apparatus being explained to the general public by students in their respective fields. At a meeting held Tuesday, the general committee headed by I4 O. Zapp, Houston, chairman, and J. H. Johnson, Ft. Worth, vicei chairman, decided to issue book lets at the show which will enable the onlooker to appreciate the dis-i plays to a greater extent by its concise descriptions and discus sions. This committee is determin ed that the show create a state wide interest, this determination being manifest by an extensive ad vertising program intended to reach all major newspapers of Tex- The department chairmen are en deavoring to get donations of lat est equipment from representative companies, in order that the show may be up to date in every fea- » r j *1 n * • . , ture. These chairmen art; W. E. RHief Fund. Now Rwdy ror Sc . rboro<lirh AblleMi M E; E . DisburHcment; Students May Receive Allowance* by Calling at Fiscal Office. "The Aggies College of the Pacific, Stockton, Cal—“The Grand Old Man of Football’’, Coach Amos Aloaso Stagg of the College of the Pacific wa* recently elected president of the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain Football Coaches Asso rts tioa. Dictionary Must Be Rewritten; Fish Vocabulary Test Reveals < Need For Many New Definitions BERLIN.—A ban has been plac ed on the Masonic student organi sation in German universities. This 4 part of a bigger campaign of the Naxis to restrict Masonry. Interesting Fact* Are Dis closed When English De partment Gives Vocabulary Test To A and M Freshmen Some of the answers by A and M freshmen on their vocabulary test were unusual; some were ab surd; others were humorous; and still others caused Eaglish profs to wonder if their work hadn't been futile. And who wouldn’t be ready to give up if forty-six of a class of one humkwd college fish confused the word “probity” with “probabil ity” and said that its synonym was “likelihood”. Most of the errors, according to Dr George Summery. Jr., bead of the English Department and who s in charge of the testa, were of the following clasees: L Confusion of opposites: opa que. “transparent” tt%; credulous. “skeptical” “intelligent" 22%. 2. Confusion of words with somewhat similar sound or spall ing; efficisas, “authoritative” 56% by confusion with official; viru lent, “healthy” 25%, “masculine 17%, by confusion with virile. 3. Confusion by incidental as sociation: exotic, “charming” 59%, because exotic flavors, objects, Me., are commonly supposed to be spac- inHy attractive. 4. Much guessing, based on the theory of One interesting error was with the word “affectation”. Thirty- six students confused it with “af fection”, giviag “love” as its syn onym. Soma of them snid that garrulous” meant “talkative”, ar “wsl 1 mil*. “Ftausable" was de fined by forty freshmen as atesn- tng “weighty and true”, while ton d it meant “unnecessary”. A new connotatien for “maudlin” was also given—sixtoon agreed that it referred to some one that was “fighting drunk”, and twenty-aix 4 it was one who was “wank” (the word really means “emotional ly •illy”). Moat of tbe freshmen, fifty-five (Continued on Page 6) ' A check amoanting to three thousand and ninety dollars was re ceived by the college this week from the Federal Relief and Civil Works Administration at Wash ington to cover the first month al lowance of Federal relief money due labor under the relief prog ram, S. G. Bailey, executive sec retary of the college, stated yes terday. „ Although the amount received is adequate to cover the allowances for the whole month of February, only about two-thirds of this wiL be paid to student labor since tke relief program did not go into ef fect until after the middle of last ■nflK The fiscal office is now rqpdy to (11-burse this money and students may leeeive their allowances by aiinyg at that office, Mr. Bailey •id. White. Henderson. E E; H. N. Lyle, Shamrock. P P E; J. E. Boothe, Dimmitt. Ag E; W. W. Holmes, Shamrock, C E; and J. A. Burns. Ft Worth, Ch E. Cosmopolitan Club Hears Address By Doctor Horlacher “Tomer at ion of Human Rare*’ Subject chosen by Genetics Professor. Annual Voting To Be Held 1st I Week In April Editor of Battalion, . CMtf Yell leader, and Reprcsen tativp on Publications BoaM to be Oumen. A general school election will be held Monday, April 2, for the per- 1 of selecting the editor-in chief of the BatUlion, chief pell leader, and junior representative on the publications board for toe school year 1934-35. The election, which is held each Spring, is be ing sponsored by the Battalion, student newspaper. The date of tbe election is baiM announced sooner this year than in former years in order to give those who are interested ia toe race a chance to make Setter known their campaigns, and also to give those who are elected 4 a greater opportunity to become ac quainted with their work before they take it over the last Week oft 'qeflhL i ■ ftMgibilHy requirements fbr the position of editor-in-chief of the Battalion, and chief yell 'tMUftc are that the contestant will be a classified senior at the begihnrag of school next year. Any sophonurr.- will be eligible for the position sn ih<- publication board who will be a classified junior next September. Ia order to have the name at a contestant placed on the thirty members of his class must sign a petition to that effect aad hate H hi the hands of the Bat talion Editor not later tiun Mon day night, March 26. An election committee composed of W. M. Watson, C. A. Toach, Jt, W. W. Holmes, and W. H. Druchel. and C. E. Reirhardt have been de signated and will conduct the elec- tioa, count the votes, and certify the results. A list of the contestants will be ' carried in next week’s BatUlion. ROSSI APPOINTS COMMITTEES FOR CLASS PROMENADE Dr. Russell Speaks To Pre-Med Society Mae ling Monday night in the Science Hall, the Pre-medical So ciety was entertained with a talk by Dr. Daniel Russell, professor of Rural Sociology, on “The Rela tion of Sociology to Medicine”, Dr. Ruaoell discussed the relation of sodal and human pathology, and prsdicted that the sociologists and dactors in the future would be more closely related in the analy sis af Raman ilia. He stated that indications show that the use aad application of medicine will likely became socialised under tbe state and 1 federal jurisdiction, according R. C. Hermann, Yoakum, pres ident at the club. It was announced that the sopho more pre-medical students will make their regular inspection trip to the State Medical College at Dr. W. R. Horlacher, professor of genetics, addressed the Cos mopolitan Club on “Conservation of the Human Race” at a meetiag held Sunday afternoon at three o’clock in the “Y” parlors. The speaker dealt chiefly with the ben efits of eugenic sterilisation. ‘The number of known mentally diseased persona in the United States is now three times as great, in proportion to the total popula tion, as it was fifty years ago,” .Dr. Horlacher said. This increase, he pointed out, is due not only to Shreveport better methods of enumermtioo. but to an actual rise in the number of mentally deficient persons. He added that heredity, in the majo rity of cases, is the responsible factor for this present condition. Eugenic sterilisation, a practice made legal in twenty-seven states ;(not including Texas), ia one of the many tested and dependable measures that will help reduce the burdens, and increase the happi ness and prosperity of the popu lation in this and future genera tions. he emphasised. “Conserva tion of the good elements of the human race for future generations demand that something be done to stop the rapid multiplication of the diseased portion of-oar faito. iation, and steriliaation is the (’[as* Members Placed in (’barge of Dance, Decora tions. Programs and Fav- «•» and Publicity for An nual Junior Prom. Calves tea on March 30 and 31. The junior* and seniors who desire will cheapest, most effective, and least accompany them. A thorough in- harmful of all these,” the speaker speetioa of the John Sealy Hospi- tai and Clinic, and the Callage will made, according to the dub praMdeat. Plana are also being made for a steak fry tor the club to be giv en ia two or three weeks. concluded. SCORE MASONRY MEN It> a wonder Greta Garbo never catches cold; there’s so mkch at her an the ground. j NEW YORK, N. Y.-< ondemn- ing the ban of Masoifry in Ger many, * resolution arms adopted last week by the Soverign Grand Consistory of the U 8 A of the Masonic Order to protest to tho German government. Plans for the Junior Prom are •11 under way, and committees for its arrangement have been appoint ed, according to R. W. (Bob) Rnaai, president of the das* Thr committees are as" follows: nee, N. I Taylor, Tahoka; A. L., Hill, Corsicana; G. H. Lamberti’ cpv.., Mike C. Dillingham, FoK Worth. Decorations, E. F. K Hildebrandt, Brenham; M. F. Mar|; tin, Bryan; H. K. Smith, San Ben ito. Programs and favors, J. C (Joe) McHaney, Sap Antonio; si L. Moara, Jr., Menard; J. P. KI. Fht. Dallas. Publicity, D. L. Tisinger. Garland; Tom Doo^sy, McKinney; J. N. Ferguaoa, El Faso, and E. F. .Martin, Shamrock. Flower Show To Be Staged Mother’s Day Plana for k flower show to be given on Mother’s Day were made by landscape students last night at a meeting in the college green- iMtok i |. Nurserymen, florists, and indivi duals will be urged to submit plants, flowers, and floral designs for showing. These contributions will be judged according to merit and • awarded first, second, and third prise ribbon* Air Students and their guests will be invited to attend (he ex- blMtio, ’ jtr WeSrc just found out what hap pens to people who are run down. They wind up in the hoepital.