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VOLUME XXXIV
Published Weekly By The Students of The A. k
COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS, OCTOBKR 24,
Corps Will Parade In Austin
. Before Thanksgiving Grid Game
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Letters From Mayor and Chief
of Police at Austin Persuade
Seniors to Make Second
Corps Trip to University.
A Meood Corps Trip, for this
ymr, to he mod* to Austin for th*
Thnnksffirinff feme between A mod
)( and Texas University, was una
nimously favored by tha Senior
Clase in s meetin* held Friday af
ternoon in the Aeeembly Hall. ,
Previously, when official trip-
have been made to Austin, the
Corps has been hampered in its
parading by an excess of traffic,
however such difficulty this year
will not be sustained, according to
word received from Austin city
officials. «
Writing to Dr. Walton, President
of th* College. Mayor Tom Miller,
and General W. W. Sterling, of the
Austin Chamber of Commsrce.
made assurance that Congress
Avenue would be cleared for th*
cadet review.
On casting their final vota, the
seniors, Friday, were unanimous
in an agreement to accept th* in
vitation. In a diacunjion, before th*
voting, some objection was made
by a few students in light of the
possibility that a large number
of cadets might be financially able
to make only one trip, and thus,
in choosing Austin over Dallas, or
Dallas over Austin, would allay the
effectiveness of both parades by
their absence. This idea was short
Uvod, however, as other students
convinced the objectors that the
holiday season of Thanksgiving
would encourage th* majority of
students to leave the campus any
way.
Mayor Miller was especially en
thusiastic iu his invitation to the
Corps: / /
“I believe it has been four yesun
now since the City of Austin, and
its visitors on that day, have had
the pleasure of viewing this splen
did parade, und I am frank to say
that I believe that aext to th* game
itself, the parade adds mors to the
gaety of this gala day than every
thing else.”
WED BY
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K-DET KAPERS
By
BILL BRADFORD
Editor* How: Sin** BUI Bradford writ#*
tfci# column, hta umm ao*or nppror* koto t
but m Incident which happened la B*y*a
the Sunday before tact dwerro* mention
While beraobeeb ridtas with Mh* Lu
cille Vtek. Him Lacy Barb*, and another
you ay lad* too baobful to aisartm bar
aaate. BUI aMMW*d to etayo three rntraeo-
lou* and Wlr-rmWne reaeuoa when the
barm, ran —ay that U. BBI tbouybt
they were nw-uwaya. The yauay valiant,
act belay wtleflod with hi* awaiy aoeoat-
yhob—oata. exeltad the berm* to mob a
deyr** that the youay lad to* wor* flyalH
pitched off. Of eoarae. they dida’t miad.
keeaum be hoWod meb one bnefe oa ia tura.
We weader what maier .port BUI will yo
eat for neat.
.... We nr* wondering how H
happened that AL PARRACK,
SIGNAL CORPS, walked out of
PROf* ROOFS EE 406 QUIZ the
other day with part of *15WAM-
PY" DAVID'S exam pspdr, only
to return a few minute* later and
openly admit his erros to the whole
class - - - - looks lite th* boys
got their SIGNALS mixed . . . -
Why did “JIMMIE" ZELLERS.
BEAU BRUMMEL DELUXE,
come back to the barracks from the
COUNTRY CLUB DANCE and
change (rom civilian clothes to his
WHITE UNIFORM .... could
COLONEL EMERY'S presence
have had anything to do with it?
.... “FAINT HEART NE'ER
WON FAIR MAIDEN” teems to
be th* slogan of OUR LITTLE
W. B. GARRARD, “B" ENGI
NEERS, who has been trying per
sistently to get a date with MISS
HARY S. SMITH, EE DEPART.
MENT, for some of th* dances but
to no avail SO FAR anyway.
hs has the right idea .... In be
half of the GOOD NAME OF
WOMANHOOD, w* wish to an
nounce, much to our Borrow, that
OUROWN “SNAPSHOT SADIE”
BUTTON has been assessed four
demerits for the possession of OB
SCENE LITERATURE in his
room - > - - looks like he is HEAD
ED FOR THE NEXT BULLRING.
. ... We are still in the dark aa
to what was so interesting in
PHILADELPHIA that “CLOSNER
A KLOSNER INC", th# "AS
PHALT ARABS” from GOD'S
COUNTRY, missed their ride
(Continued to page 6)
Cries of “Down With Musao^
Hni! Down With Fsarism!**
Are Hurled ml Visiting Ital
ian Students by Columbia
Reds. r , !
An apology to the Italian govern
ment wa* considered forthcoming
from Prt— iiient Nicholas Murray
Butler of Colupibia University af
ter a mob of IbO Communist stu
dents jeered s party of 334 Italian
students who etopped at the uni
versity on a tour of the United
States.
Cries of; ."Down with Mussoli
ni! Down with Fascism!" were re-
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President Butler was later cri
ticised by James Weehekr, editor
of the Columbia Spectator, daily
student newspaper, for inviting
the Italian students to the college.
The students had been welcomed
at the New York dty hall by Mayor
Fiorello LaGuhrdia.
Placards attacking Premier Mus
solini were displayed by th* Colum
bia group which included Young
Communists and members of the
National League and the League
for Industrial Democracy.
The visiting Italians, represent
ing 26 Italian universities, had been
selected for the trip because of
some unusual ability hi art, writ
ing or athletics. Among them was
Luigi Boccaii. Olympic champion
long-distance rtimsr.
Paul Neal Receives
Promotion to Capt
Captain Paul jL Neal, tactical
officer of the Signal Corps, re
cently received his promotion from
1st Lieutenant to Captain. Because
of the time he hue been in th* ser
vice he has been receiving the pay
of a captain for • number of years.
Captain Neal Bttanded A and M
during th* firet part of the World
War. When th* United States en
tered the war, he resigned and
joined th* Signal unit of th* ro
uter army. For a (number of year*,
he has servsd as signal officer at
A and M. Radio Station W T A W
has been in his charge and be has
done a great deal toward the de
velopment of the station.
According to information receiv
ed from Colonel A. R. Emery, P.
M. S. and T, Captain Irwin and
Lieu tenant Johnson will be eligi
ble for promotion to major and
captain, respectively, in the very
near future, possible before Christ
mas. Captain Irwin ia at Ft Sam
Houston being examined far his
promotion. Lieutenant Johnson has
already stood the
Cotton Group In Japan
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Above are pictured the A and M group that spent the
past Bummer studying the cotton and textile industries in
Japan and China.
Left to right: ^ „ __
M. F. Thurman, R. L. Bennett, T. P. Porter. J. S. Mog-
ford, T. J. WaUnabe, and Curtia Vinson. The group is shown
inspecting a Japanese sericultural laboratory at Koenji, in
the suburb of Tbkyo. They are examining silkwortn cocoons.
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NUMBER 6
mmunity Chest Fund Drive
ill Begin November First
(OM MUTATION
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The senior class is expert-
ed th be over 16,000 richer
this week.
Federal commutation ag
gregating that amount is due
to bt panned out to 286 sen
ior*.' military science stu
dents, and each check will
averse* approximately (10-
Tlj* vouchers have been
sent, to Ft. Sam Houston, in
San Antonio, and the checks
are expected this -week, ac
cording to a statement is
sued Monday by the Military
SeieBce Office.
SEEK EEDEtt
Fifteen Hundred Vote in Poll
A total of fourteen hundred and
eighty-two students voted in th*
poll conducted here recently for
rudid station WSH to connection
with its series of collcga broad
casts. The poll showed that Dr.
T. F. Mayo was the favorite fac
ulty member and that E. E. Mc
Quillan, in the opinion of the stu
dents, was the alumnus who beet
represents th* spirit of A and M.
That A and M students taka
time for their rending is shown
by the fact that “Anthony Ad
vene" was selected as th* bast
book of the year. S. S. Van Dine,
creater of Philo Vance, the modern
Sherlock Holmes, was chosen as
the favorite author.
The favorite mho program of
the students is Guy Lombardo, who
is on the air every Wednesday
night at 9 o'clock. The romantic
tune “Love In Blbom” was voted
the favorite song.
“Viva Villa”, tH* impping por
trayal of th* fametas Mexican ban-
didt, was selected «s the best mo
tion picture of the year, and its
star, Wallace Beery, was voted the
favorite male movie star. Ginger
Rogers, who is a Texas girt, was
chosen the favorite actress.
Richmond Victor
At Kansas City,
Livestock Show
Aggie Judges Set Record For
Kansas City and Chicago
Judging Meets by Scoring
4725 Points.
J. L. Richmond, Kyle, junior ag
ricultural student, won th* distinc
tion of high point man in stock
judging ut the American Royal
Livestock Show, held in Kansas
City Saturday. Richmond received
the high score of 9614. •
‘ Other members of the A and M
team, who helped to win first
place in sheep judging, second in
eattio, fourth in horses, and sixth in
hog judging, were: W. L. Boothe,
Jr., Sweetwater; R. E. Evers, Itas
ca; F. C. Schillingburg, M. B.
Templeton, and H. W. Turney of
Dublin.
The Aggie judges sot a record
for the Kansas City and Chicago
Intercollegiate judging meets by
marking up a score of 4726 points
out of s possible 10,000 points, said
to be the highest ever made at a
Kansas City or Chicago judging
event
J. H. Knox, of the animal hus
bandry department accompanied
th* team to Kansan-City.
LANDSCAPE CLUB
MAPS PLANS FOR
C01INC EXHIBIT
Plans wars discussed fer tee
coming fruit and flower ahoer to
be held ia coajaaetiea with tee
Horticulture Soriotg November 22
and 23, by the Laadaaap* Ait Oak
ia Ms first serial meeting bsM at
Me clubhoae* Friday night.
The Tandecape Art Club to 4*
make all of the ueeamary arrange
ments in regard to the flowers and
shrubbery while the Berttealtare
Society in to arrange for th* freMa
and vigriaklaB
In view *f the fact that this is
th* first year th* two dub* have
combined their show, they are es
pecially anxious to maks a saccms
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Tour Cotton Mills
Trip Made Possible by Dona
timm and Proceed* of Cot
ton Ball; Many Place* Are
Contacted Including Man-
chukoo.
This summer J. S. Mogford, head
of the agronomy department; Cur
tis L. Vinson, publicity; director of
the college: and thry* aenior win
ners of th* cotton contest, T. P.
Porter, Terrell; Floyd Thurman,
Cisco; and R. L. Bennett, Decatur;
accompanied by T. J. {Watanabe,
Japanese student and interpreter
for the group, made a trip to Japan
to study the cotton situation there.
Mr. Mogford acted as tour leader
while Mr. Vinson acted as publicity
agent Th* trip was mad* possible
by funds donated by members of
the cotton trade and by proceeds
from th* Cotton Ball
Th* party left th* College June
3, arriving in San Francisco June-
6, sad sailing on the N Y K, “As
sam Mara," oa the sixth for Yoko-
by way of Honolulu, where
meat Beam time. Altar *x-
• little #phiiu|i weather,
the “Aaaaaa Mani" reached Yoko-
Soma ea th* twentieth ef June, and
the A and M group lar ded the next
morning, being mot before leaving
the ritip by representatives of th*
making the tour pnsribli through
ed, the group went oa to Tokio.
whore they ipent a week, calling on
Bums and tha Ameri-
visiting the Imperial
University, the Japanese Seri Qri-
ture Industry, and a naaaher of
•eerie places around Tokio. Tha
next day they spent at oaa ef the
■Hat beautiful spots la all Japan,
Nikki, asked for Ms beautiful teas-
(Coutinued to page 4) * i
they
Makes
Address As First
of Lyceum Course
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Reveals Arctic As Land Of
Hijrh Temperatures And
Covfred By Vegetation; Ex-
podps Ideas Of Eternal
lee Maag.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, world-
famous arctic explorer, was pre
sented Monday night in GuRm Hall
its th* first of a group of enter
tainment features offered by the
Bryan-College Entertainment Se
nes. L
Mr. 'Stefansson’s topic “The
Abolishment of the Arctic” was
presented in clear understandable
nguage, interesting to everyone,
one-* present agreed. •
By describing the far-north as a
region subject to very high tem
peratures and covered by vegeta
tion, the famous explorer denied
th* very popular idea that the Arc
tic region is on# of sternal ice and
snow. He showed Instead that at
Certain seasons of th* year the
jtouafcT appears very much like
that of certain northern American
Mates.
Stefansson further brought out
that, although there are immense
forests in th* Arctic regions,
(Continued on page 6)
Would “Put American Educa
tion on its Feet” With Fed
eral Fund of $25,000,000,
Committee Sp<»kesmen Say.
Washington,—A plea to the gov
ernment to wipe the smear of de
pression and drought from the ns
tioh’s schools was exp^-ted to net
326,000,000 in federal aid for edu
rational rehabilitation purposes.
In conference with Federal Re
lief Administrutor Harry L. Hop
kins and Secretary of the Interior
Ickes, spokesmen of the National
Council of State School Superin
tendents and Commissioners of
Education set the relief figure
necessary to keep distressed
schools open during the 1934-35
school year at 125,000,000
The federal money would vir
tually put American education “on
ita feet” and would dispel the un
savory picture of closed schools
and curtailed activity.
A survey by the College News
Service had revealed many schools
in the midwest and far western
states to be suffering from cur
tailed programs while others were
closed because of th* drought
havoc. J ,f
The council, which rrtet in Wash
ington, forced s seven point relief
program which included;
Prompt Federal consideration of
the need to extend school terms
in 1986 in districts where state and
local resources cannot provide nor
dial terms.
Increased research by the office
of education to develop an adult
education program, that will ‘fit
FAIEES COMPLETES
! ENGINEERING TEXT
FOR m SCHOOLS
V. M. Faires, professor in the
nechankml engineering department,
recently completed his book, “De
afen of Machine Elements,” which
is rapidly gaining popularity in th*
Mr. Faires has worked on mater
ial for the book over a period of
three years, arranging new mater
ial and improving previous idsus
and problems, and now th* finished
text is a combination of sound ele
ments and improvements necessi-
ted by up-to-date teaching re-
tremmiti. An incomplete report
from the publishers shows that ten
college* end universities have al-
rnedy •dopt.d his book.
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Aggie Traditions Featured on WSM Program Friday
School history, Aggie spirit, and
traditions, th* coDaga curriculum—
all of these received do* reeogni-
tion and praise in the WSM col
lege broadcast which brought be
fore the nation's radio audience
the development and present day
activities of A and M last Friday
night. Giving justice to every
branch of college work and campus
Ufa of the Aggie cadet, the thirty-
minute program was offered ia
such an instructive and entertain
ing manner that any potential col
lege stadent would give A and M
careful consideration in choosing
his place of study.
The school aoags “Aggie War
Hymn,” "The Spirit of Aggiaiaad"
and 'There Shall Be No Ragreta"
were offered in a creditable etyte
by th* large cast and pared th*
way weO fer th# presentation of
the play written for th* broadcast
by Dr. T. F. Mayo. Beginring with
the seen* depleting the formal op
ening of the college which took
place ia 1873 under meet dismal
circumstances—a mere handful ef
students and well-wisher* standing
in a dritsling rain on aa undevelop
ed prairie, barren except for the
on* building which then was the
college plant in Ms entirity—the
script carried th* development of
the school through pro and po*t-
wur periods to ths present time
th* second largest school ia the
•tat* with a stadent body ef over
three thousand which is privileged
to study any of many and varisd
courses in'a tan million dollar
ofithe idiosyncrasies char
acteristic <mly of A end M cadets
were eiad* public as the results of
ths stadent poll made by th* Bat-,
ta Hon were broadcast. Th# Nation
al Lift aad Accident Insurance
Company, sponsor* of this scries
of broadcast* on American colleges,
took only d short time of ths pro
gram for advertising purposes, and
that was also offered in an educa
tions! light A repetition of tha
school songs completed th* pro
gram with reverberations of “Good-
by# to Texas” coming through th*
speakers of undoubtedly thousands
of tuners in
(Continued to page 6)
Saddle and Sirloin
Announces Royalty
W. L. Boothe, senior student of
agriculture from Sweetwater, and
Josephine Dunn, daughter of Rich
ard J. Dunn of College Station,
were selected to preside as king-
and queen of th* Rodeo Court of
Honor by the Saddle and Sirloin
Club Thursday night Ed L. Mears,
Menard, is to act as escort to the
maid of honor.
The court will lead the Pageant
of Texas, which will be presented
at the annual Saddle and Sirloin
Rodeo on November 2. This will
be the initial presentation of the
Pageant of Texas and will be un
der the direction of Mr*. W. A.
Orth ef College Station. I| .
According to Ed L. Mean, presi
dent of th* club, this yean* rodeo
will present many new attractions
and events, and M^is the hope of
the club that the student txxiy will
support th* rodeo in every possible
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NATIONAL CHITi
by
George Wonnaeott
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Dr. Lee Will AMrem Seminar
Dr. V. P. Lee, head of the Pro
duction Credit Corporation of
Houston, and formerly professor
of Agricultural economic* at A and
M College will address the Social
Science Seminar, Monday October
29 at eight p. m.
Dr. Lee will speak on "Aspect*
of the New Deal” He is said to be
particularly fitted for his talk on
account of bis work in the govern
ment program.
Many students will -fMWter
Dr. Lse because of his well re
membered dry humor, clearness,
and common sense.
The Social Science Seminar,"
Dr. Mayo, ita secretary, said, "is
in to students. There are al-
ys some students present and
no admission is charged,
ter of fact, there is no
bers. Anyone, student or campus
person, tfe a member who desires
to attend the meeting."
It is not unusual in this day and
agr to witness very sodden .rises
and downfalls. Something of the
former was quite tragically demon
strated last week when Prince
Peter of Jogo-Slavia, through the
violent death of Ms father, was
suddenly elevated from th# station
of boy-scout to that of a sovereign.
Undoubtedly he would have prefer
red to re mailt s mere scoot but un
fortunately assassins do aot con
sult those who are'liable to be af
fected before they take M upon
themselves th# task of righting
what they think is their wrong*,
see
Much ado i* being made over
Mahatma Gandhi's feminine aid*
who is at present visiting America.
Her mission here is to "enlighten
th* people of th* United States as
to Gandhi’s true ideals.” Two weeks
is th* time that she has allotted^
herself to do this. She certainly
will have to be much more explicit
than “Friend Gandhi" was at times.
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Fellow mei, w# are advised thdf ,
'it is extremely discourteous to
drink while out on a date." So says
one of am 1 hading authorities on
good behavior. Well we have known
some women to drive some men to
greater misdeeds than drinking.
They were not on a date either,
e # e
hve years ago this month we
very reluctantly entered the “de
pression period" as M is known. If
we reflect a moment, we will see
that despite all of our efforts ths
routine of living had to go on un
der these conditions. Oftentimes
w# remember with *nn)«thing of a
start, that the “depression is still
I" (Continued to page 6)
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Dr. Walton To Be s
- Leader For
|) Program
Budget Announced This Year
Seta Goal for Charity Move
ment; One Thousand Nine-
Hundred and Forty Dollar*,
Ruaadl Says. ■
The annual drive for funds for
the CoDege Community Chest will
start November 1 under the l.-a.I. r
ship of Dr. T. 0. WsHon, it wag
decided at s meeting of the Com
munity Chest Committee Thursday
afternoon, according to an an
nouncement made by Dr. Daniel
Russell, head of the department <rf
rural sociology. The budget this
year will reach $1940.00.
Dr. Russell has been’ professor
of rural sociology here since 1926.
He took the lead in organising th.*
College Community Chest a few
years ago and Is now chairman of
the permanent osmmittae respon
sible for the annual drive each fall.
Working with him on the commit
tee are D. L. Weddingtoa, ‘C. H.
Winkler, dean of the school of vo
cational teaching; R. fc. Karper,
D. B. Gofer, professor ef English;
and H. (X Dillingham, professor of
t-trill rngineering.
j The Community Chest this year
will include the following organ
izations: Chamber of Commerce,
$660, College Y M C A, $100; Sta
dent Welfare Fund. $100; Contin
gent Fund, $600; Local diarity,
$250; College P T A, $1M; the Red
Cross, $150; and the Salvation
Army. $4f
The committee states that each
college employee will be asked to
donate one day’s pay and th* stu
dent* will be asked for five cents
each. These donations, however,
will be oft* s voluntary basi*. The
person making the donation will
be allowed choose the organisa
tion to which he wishes his funds
applied.
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