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DR. KING VIVION PRINCIPAL SPEAI
ON NOTBER’S AND DAD'S
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ASSKAVliLY
HALL
“Invisible Man”
with
GLORIA STUART
Saturday 6:30 and 8:30
“Diplomaniacs’
with
WHEELER .
Aad
WOOLS I.EY
Saturday 10:30
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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.
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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.
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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 <sir economic system. If
politicians are crooked, or if 8,000,060 boys in the United
States are loafing on street corners fifter school hours, we
simply ask what can be done about it. Thus the subject is
casually dismissed from our minds and we return to that new
story in Colliers while listening to the Boswell Sisters—
mere children amusing ourselvus in a dynamite chamber.
All we*re hoping is that the explosion doesn’t occur until
we’re gone.
Agaih, what can be done abciut it ? Nothing; not a thing
can or will be done about it—at least not in America and not
for another generation. A youth movement^ a slow* but sure
youth movement, has just l>egun.
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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
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•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,
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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<r
study, and for leisure activities Ixtfause this student should
have time for a limited amount of extra school activities if
he is going to get the most out of his college education.
Fourth. The student must have the quality of self de»
nial. He must be willing to work if necessar) when the bif
athletic contest is on, when the other boys ate on the corpAj
trip, when activities are going on that he wojuld like to taki
part in, or even when his best girl is in tpwn. In fact. 1
think this boy who works his way through School will havfi
little or no time for activities with the opposite sex.
Fifth. He must have enthusiasm and confidence in him
self. Unless he has the ability to smile whdn the going H
roughest, when the difficulties seem most insurmountable,
he is likely to fall by the wayside or the people he is working
with will see that he falls by the wayside.
Sixth. Above all he must be willing to work and then
work some more and make himself indispensible ia what he
has been given to do.
Some people are prone to praise the man who works his
way through college. I cannot agree with this group. If a
boy has money to pay his way through school. I think he is
more fortunate and he should not be required to work. If he
does not have money, he can still obtain his Education if he
is willing to pay the price. Sometimes the price can be dear
and he ought to know this in the beginning. There is cer
tainly no royal road—at least I have Bever we^ one—for the
boy working his way through college. He muit be able and
willing to do all the school work the other boys do and have
many extra hours for work beside.
—DANlfcL RUSSELL
nexf four ‘ year enfrineerin*
course will be inausruratod at A
a*d M CoHere bejrinninir the fall
of } $934; it bears the name. Geo-
logiral tnirinecring. and leads to
the :Bachelor of Science decree.
We are not trying to
start anything but. just
ia case—well. If you’re
iaterested. we would like
for ybu to see our selec
tion of diamond rings I
and wedding rings iiV
matched sets—many of
them in yellow gold. (All
inquiries and purchases
will be kept in confi-
dencet)
THEY’RE PRICED AT-
Diamond Rings \
$25.04 - $37.50 - $50.00
and up
Wedding Rings
|5.0(| - $7.50 - $12.50
d up
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