THEr EATTALIPN THE BATTALI * iruDtrr Til 4*4 M CClIKi couLffL Static itioi Of I Cf ll\45 .TE.AA4 Katcrcd m Meond claM matUr at tha Post Offlca at Collaffa SUtion, \ T W ™«Wr tk. A* .« c oncr^, lU«h Mil.. Sabacription rata |3.7t par yaar. Adrartiainc rataa upon raqoaat. Wada M. Wataoa. C A. Toaek E. a Bobartu.— H. G. Saaliffsoa Jack Blaaa — — JL F. Martin EDITORIAL STAFF — Sparta Editor Aaaoeiate Editor Aaaociata Editor Aaaoctata Editor P. G. Poat M. F. Pincka JUNIOR EDITORS T. W. farter J. II. Shepherd T. M A S. Queen BU8IN1 F. W. Brandi* E- L. Maar* A. L. HOI W. D. Percy . C. B. Huarey Tom Mats. W. E. Pitarerald D. M Emery S. R. Graar J. M. McNamara Brown W. L. Garrard 0. L. Tiainfar R. S. Evans L. C Smith staff Aaaiataat Advertising Manager Advertising Manager - Circulation Manager Circulation Manager Assistant Circulation Manager Assistant Circulation Manager Assistant Circulation Manager Insistent Circulation Manager DR. KING VIVION PRINCIPAL SPEAI ON NOTBER’S AND DAD'S 1 Doctor King Vivion, President of Southwestern versitjr, and ex-student of A and M. has been secured aa principle speaker for the Mother’s and Dad’s Day in Guion Hall Sunday morning. May 13, according to Hmrding, chairman of the committee in charge of the ram for the entire week end. Doctor Vision will be inf ed by G. V. Holmes. The program, as has been arranged, will be one of the colorful and interesting Asai Special High School Edition moat vents in the school calendar for the month of May, according Harding. Activities will be inau gurated with the Annual Senior Promenade which will be held from nine until two in Sbisa Hall, Friday night. May 11. The chronological order of ev eats for Saturday May IS Is as follows: Horae Show, 2:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M., Engineering Show, 6:SO P. M. t- 8:00 P. M., Reception at Preside’ t’a Home, 8:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. d., Corps Dance in Sbisa Hall, 9:«0 P. M. to 12:00 M In keeping with the annual cus tom, flowers will be pinned on the cadets Sunday morning by young ladies chosen by the organisation commanders. From there the corps will march in formation to Gaion Hall for the Services Honoring Mothers and Dads. H. G. Seeligson, and R. B. Hodgson will extend greetings to the parents from the student body. Appearing also on the program will be Doctor Walton and Jack Harding who will give the preli P ARl SENIORS VISIT J TEXAS ESTATES Residential Estates San Antonio and Austin Visited by Gronp. Seven landscape art seniors, at- CHEN CL Lewis (iroHK toi Act as ToRst* master as Chem Engineers Close Successful Year. 1 The A and M Chemical Sodlety held an infbrmal meeting Tuesday night. May 1, in the chemistry lec- tare room, and made the final plana for the Society’s banquet to be given Tuesday night. May 15. A program committee for the ban- t arms appointed, consist inf of the followiitg men: J. M. Mitkhell of Galvestoji; L. C. Roots of Den ison; and 4- Groat of Waco who will art as -toastmaster. The ban quet is to be given in the banquet part men t head, traveled by auto mobile through Houston, San An tonio. and Austin o^ an inapection tup from Monday. April 23, to Thursday, April 26 j In Houston the group visited and Inspected a number of large and Im^ll estates in the River Oaha residential district and Herman Park. In River Oaks the Ima Hogg and ('alien estates were of parti cular interest. The Callen estate represents an expenditure , ef f100,000 for landscape beautifica- WMlj' At the Joake estate in San An tonio. the students were shown a private art collection that dated Rmlj-to the twelfth century an4 included many statutes and fine wooj carvings. The Morgan resi dent^ .with landscaping designed and executed by W. C. King, an A and M graduate, at a cost of $55.- E , fwaa visited. The home of Dr. iMra. D. T. Atkinson of San Antonio was visited by the group, llte'j\tkinson home is Spanish in Re “+■ Hfur Contracts In Texas Are Approved Cotton acreage reduction con tracts from thirty-three have been approved for payment to the Adjustment Administration hi Washington by the State Cotton Review B<>ard at Texas A and M College. The writing of benefit checks to farmers in counties which have been certified by the State Review Board begins in Washington almost immediately on receipt of the certification, it was pointed out. The bulk of the counties in Tex as will probably be approved by the middle of May, officials es timated, but it is not expected that the last county will be passed be fore June 1. Counties thus far approved in clude: Grhy, McLennan, Blanco, Comal, McColioch, Mason, Menard, Williamson, Cameron. Jim Hogg, Uvalde, Burleson. Calhoun, Falla, Fayette, Grimes, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Madison. Milam. Robertson, Harrison, Cooke, Elks, Navarro, Gillespie, Hudspeth, Deaf Smith, Zavala, Lipscomb, Grayson, and I . «[ INVITATIONS persona who have not or- their senior invitations and to do so should see H. C. at 28 Fury ear as soon aa passible. It should be remember ed that it takas about two weeks to make delivery, a^ there ia very little time left in which to order. Personal cards are also available. The habit of reading the weath er predictions and then guessing what the weather is to be seems about aa firmly fixed as any.- rsm will be furnished by a quar tette composed of Mesdames Dan Russell and M. K. Thornton and Messrs. J. W. Barger and Tom Harrington, accompanied by Mrs. Harrington. An exhibition drill will be pre sented for the entertainment of the guests Sunday afternoon by the Ross Volunteer's crack com- In this issue of the Battalion, we are making a great ef fort to familiarize prospective A ami M students with the physical outlay at Texas A and M College, the advantages that are to be gained by attending the college, and the stand ing that the graduates of this college enjoy in relation with the graduates of other colleges and universities of the United States. In oul* effort to covqr the outstanding fea tures of the college, we have failed !t(> cover some outstand ing things which can not be taken aB a part of the college itself but rather as a part of the student body, which is probably the greatest advertisement that the college enjoys P* n >’ aside from the physical layout and the praise that the college The week end will be brought is accredited with from the work Umt its graduates carry to a clone w’ith a concert by the A on in the cbmmercial world. This is the intangible spirit that , and M Band under the direction exists between graduates of the college, the college itself, of R. G. Dunn. A and M bandma* and its students. This fact is known wherever the college ter. is known. j • t* ■ ' / J ILmtatiaB* Harding on the prog- Other than this, we feel that wtj, with the help of mem bers of the faculty, have covered the college rather con clusively. Along with this edition, numerous students are going to the high schools from which they graduated to speak to the boys w'ho are planning on attending college upon graduation from high school room of tha mcaa hall and all of the member* ( of the Chemical So- afchilecture and haa one of the ciety and the faculty membe?* of ^rfect patioa in the aouth. minary addreaa and will introduce (he Chemiatfy Department ar9 in-. The June 1930 iaaue of Houae and. the apeaken. Muaic for the prog-j v d*d t® be tweaent. The affair will Garden ran a full page of viewa wind up thef activities' of ther So- 0 f the Atkinaon reaidence and des- ciwtor for thi* achool year. j j erfbed it in part aa follows. "Like The Chemical Society haa ex- all good Spanish dwellings this perienced a successful year, and one is bailt about a patio which* Mr. C. G. Bbuer, faculty apdnaor h«fe take* the form of an elongat- of the Societr, and those member* eft octagon with the houae carried who will be back again next year, abput one end, an elaborate pool are all lookirfe; forward for ait ev- | in .the center and an open air thea- en more successful program next tre at the other end.” year. The society haa had a« its! Contract haa been let to Van officers this year: F. B. Dickson Vnlkeaburg and Vogel, who grad- of San Anto*io, president; C. M. uated from A and M in landscape Dempwolf of Cleburne, vice-pres- art far the beautification of four ident; and R. C. Halter of |3an miles af the Chicago-to-Gulf hign- Antonio. seerttary-treasurtr. (The wap- So. 66. entering San Antonio, society haa met once each month at ,a coat of $27,000. Cleveland, Ohio.— To the ques tion, "Would you go to war under any circumstances, excepting un der the threat of a court martial?” only 39 per cent of more than 500 students at Case School of Applied Science answered “yas” in a ques- tionaire. DR. LAMAR JONRS Dentist X-Ray Second Floor City Not’L Bank Bldg. Bryan, Texas AI-TK ASSKAVliLY HALL “Invisible Man” with GLORIA STUART Saturday 6:30 and 8:30 “Diplomaniacs’ with WHEELER . Aad WOOLS I.EY Saturday 10:30 l | u: , v.— “Reunion In Vienna” with JOHN BARRYMORE And DIANA WYNYARD Wednesday. May 9 ram committee are G. V. and R. B Hodgson. Holmes An engineering show is just means of the departments for get this year at which times one or $efore returning to College Sta- more students have spoken to the tiofi the group stopped in Austin members on tome interesting tdpic foi( a.brief purvey of the Univer- which has had to do with the work sR| dC Texas campus, in which the majority of the mem- * i ber* have been engaged. The aim of this edition ia that it Will nichithe high th *; r en * in ** u p b >’ Th * ,r ! '• ™ in ** i '*t ^e student labor without any cost of heart if you db not let it lead you labor.—Homer. W. McKenzie. i into balm. > > school students and that the value to be gained from a college education at A and M will be weighed with that which is ti be had at any other institution,^ h^lm iBaiTunff- We are confident then that the purpose! of our work will have been fulfilled. * * * /1| k i /vi * People Are Funny The people of this age are strange, even funny, people— . especially the American people of the world, and more es pecially the young |>eople of America. In the fields of science and engineering we can’t be beaten. Our brains are kept on edge trying to think up a new goal for those scientists and empneen. to shoot at Televiaion. air Iran, port at ion-it ia lbov , the averw in i n , e i| iK . IH . e can „ btai H , college -du^a- dlfficult to imagino a feat that wo cannot accomptoh. If we j(>n even , h h h( , ja hanrtl( . a| , tH . (l financially. Peraonaliy. can t accomplish it, we II die in the attonpt. ~ M »■"*- - r * . . > BUT—if we’re persistent in saying that nothing is im possible for the inventor, we’re equally as persistent in say ing that it is impossible to stop wars between one civiliz^tl (?) nation and another, and that it is im|M»ssible to keep one group of people from collecting all the wealth in the country while another group goes hupgry. In fact, we regard such things as war. depressions, and social and economic ills as parts of the routine in man’s life!; we do, however, go so far as to admit they are regretable plages in our lives. We wouldn’t attempt »to stop a depression any more than we would attempt to stop an oncoming thunder shower. We are quite unconcerned over what we’ll do With leisure time when a 4-hour 5-day week is accepted in egun. • » » # • l * Are Students Serious? Student activities made the front pages of many metro politan dailies during the last w*eek. This time it was all about peace demonstrations. Students at high schools and colleges throughout the country held rhass meetings to pro test against the increased war preparations and the growing influence of fascist tendencies within the country. Some of the demonstrators were j arrested. In various colleges, particularly at Harvard, counter-demonstrations ridiculing the student protest, were organized. But the great er number of students who participated wre serious in their opposition to, war and fascism. In general the daily press handled the story with a not too well disguised condescen sion. One gathered the impression that these student pro tests were not to be taken too seriously. They were just bright pranks to be credited largely to spring fever. If war came, or if fascism was introduced, the press was -quite sure that these same students could be counted on to support both. All of which raises the question: “Are students serious when they protest? Are they against military service apd fascism?” A college poll would help sdttle the question at least temporarily. State Legislature To •Create Scholarships ' J. r •flwl State Lejri”l*tur* of Texan paitod legislation last fall au- Working Your Way College :S* 0 « >n 4» r y School Scholarships ' * I for* thf‘atiMNint of fifty dollars. , I the amount of matriculation fees We are getting in our Colleges and Universities Dxlay for. the two terms of the long ms some men and women who are not of college rank and w'ho sioi. in any state school. The re should have never gone to College. Still others finishing quirement is that the scholarship, high school every year are of college calibre but never gojto on**to each of approximately nine college because they do not have finances to see them hundred accredited Texas high through. ^ I • I 1 schaols; shall be awarded to the It is this group I am particularly interested in Itecatlse or girl who is the ranking sto- I believe that every young man w*ith good health and whojia deni of. February. June, and sum- above the average in intelligence can obtain a college eduqa- "ier school graduates The regula- ti«rts also specify that the scholar I do not Itelieve there is a standard college or university in *hig is good only for the first long the United States, other than perhaps a few of the more ajc- *ck$ol 'session following high elusive academies that a person could not go to and work $11 *chfol graduation, of his way through. However, it takes a lot,of perseveTenfie, An Up-To-Date Cleaning & Pressing Plant ! SERVICE & SATISFACTION Our MoW THE CAMPUS CLEANERS (on the Campus) (■ V Shorty Halbrooks Joel English .-Vp\ • AT YOUR SERVICE r T ^ [the THE CAHPUS CLEANERS C ' | , j I ' * . T located at THE HEART OF AGGIELAND in the Y Bert Smith. Prep. , * I * —College News Service self denial, and hard work. , Some of the qualities I think a young man should hate who expects to work his way through our folleges and urti- versities are: First. Good Health. long hours of work and of study necessary for this type of student cannot t>e accompiishgd except in most unusual cases by anyone who does not have a strong physical body. Second. Individual initiative. The boy \fho has to work all of his way through school cannot depend! on other p«H>p|e nlways finding jobs for him and helping him along. After he gets started, he must do so well on his fifst job that'bet ter jobs will naturally seek him. If they do not. he must he able to create a better situation for himself. More students working their way through college perhaps fail in this orte particular than in anything else. Third. The student who works his way through Collefje must be able to organize his time so that he can use ever) minute to advantage. He must budget his time for work, f