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BATTALION
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, MARCH 21, 1224.
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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-
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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
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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
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' 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.