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FRONT BASEMENT ■i , \ * AfrlcuJfuraliMechanfcalCoflegea* Itu College Station. Texas n ) : t Tx \ k~ •V “1 Published Weekly By The StodenU of The A- A M. College of Texaa • I ! f f - VOLUME XXXIV COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, OCTOBER SI, 19S4 [ NUMBER 7 ANNUAL RODEO TO TAKE PLACE FRIDAY NIGHT 0*000 '0 0 0 + 0 00000 00000 ^ 0 1 • f • Poll Conducted Regarding Change In Cadet Formal Uniform WHITE CLOVES MAY BE WORM BY THE DHDBRCLASS1EN, CHAHOIS BY SEHIORS Students Will Vote to Deter mine the DesirabiUty of the Wearing of Glores at Cere* • monial Occasions. Decision on the propoeed plan to include jloves as a part of the dress uniform for reviews and corps trips wi| rest on the entire student body, it was unanimous ly decided at a meeting of the senior class held Monday in the Assembly Hall An immediate stu dent poll was considered advisable in order that, should reactions to the plan prove favorable and the Corps attend the S M U game in uniform, the gloves may be worn at that time. Proponents of the plan stated that the wearing of gloves would greatly enhance the general ap pearance of the student body. They further averred that the cost of purchase would be negligible, and that only ordinary launder ing would be necessary for the white gloves of underclassmen and the chamois ef seniors. Further discussion at the meet ing regarded the corps' trip to Dallas, and the advisability of per mitting the corps to go in civilian clothes. A shipment of uniforms is dee, and should it arrive in time for distribution and alterations, the class decided that the Corps would by means of borrowing and trad ing, be able to make the trip in regulation uniform. A ballot for the student poll ap pears on the back page of this is sue. First sergeants are to sub mit the ballots of their organisa tion to room <3 Mitchell not later than midnight Thursday. K-DET KAPERS By BILL BRADFORD J: There is no doubt that JOHN AARON WORLEY, ARCHITECT fa BATTERY “D" FIELD ARTIL LERY, is taking a great interest in his architectural work, because he makes an “INSPECTION TRIP" to AUSTIN every two weeks to look over the latest de velopments (?) The next time you see GEORGIE BARGMANN, “F" INFANTRY, the ' GONZALES GIGOLO, ask him where his “TAIL LIGHT” is—there is a good story; that goes with R. J. W. MENE- FEE, “A” PADDLEFEET, put a show on for the T C U COEDS at the train SATURDAY WEEK AGO by playing the part of the DAR- IING YOUNG MAN ON THE FLY ING TRAPEZE on the ceiling fan of the coach—leave it to him to be an EL CAMPO CUTUP. “HAPPY” , WBMBT and FRANCIS RICHT ER have been pounding the pave ment of URSLINE AVENUE, BRYAN, quite consistently ever since school started—looks like the boys are INCLINED toward ANN CLINE- and LITTLE COUSIN. HARRY WILDER, in his (?) “SOUP AND FISH”, snd his shadow “FLEET* ORTH, shined op like a BRASS BAND, were seen going to the AMBASSADORS’ BALL the other nite at the COUN TRY CLUB—must be nice to be above the COMMON HERD. “MAYCHE” MAY and HARWOOD KNOX SMITH took the WAL DORF HOTEU DALLAS, by storm SATURDAY TWO WEEKS AGO and GAVE THE LAND BACK TO THE INDIANS— ask MAYCHE about HAIROIL, be is quite'an authority on the subject although he has stopped using it since his trip to DALLAS. Looks like H. A. MILLER’S “CAVE MAN TACTICS” are sUpping as fas as MISS FRANCES THOMAS is concerned—guess she is getting tired of being a “WALL FLOW ER,” because he didn’t get the date he asked for fast SATURDAY NITE. “BIG IRISHMAN” HOWE, Brilliant Punting. Passing, and by Both Teams Keeps Spectators Thrilled for Four Quarters in Satur day Game. The Aggies, playing the major portion of the game in their « portents’ territory, subdued the Baylor Bears in perhsp* the most breath taking game witnessed this season. Getting off to; a fast start, the Aggie eleven made the Golden Bean keep their distance in a punting duel during the flfat part of the first period. Wilkias recov ered Frisky's fufable, Couser ad vanced the ball through the line for 11 yards, and after a five yard penalty for the Aggies, Cummings booted a perfect field goal giving the Aggies an early lead. The Aggies came close to scor ing the second period when Kim brough broke loose for s smashing forty yard run, scattering would be tacklers over the field being stopped by Wray on the Baylor five yard line. Les Cummings tried for another field goal, hot the ball went a little too far to the right of the posts. ^ The third quarter opened with the Aggies still showing plenty of steam. Muggins Fowler on a run ning play through “that good old Baylor line,” galloped 43 yards placing the ball on the Bear’s ten (Continued to page 5) LITTLE THEATRE CLUB TO PRESI WELLRNOWH CORPS TRIP UNIFORMS The improbability of a parade in Dallas, on the oc casion of our trip there for the S M U game, has been suggested by college authori ties, because of the insuffi cient number of blouses for underclassmen. The exact seriousness of this problem can be ascer tained if organisation com manders will report their needs to J. C. McHaney, Cadet Colonel. Possibly, the problem can be solved, if commanders will cooperate! A new shipment of uni forms is now on the way, and others are expected. Harvard Refusal Of Scholarship Receives Praise Eastern Educators Applaud Move Made by School Pres ident in Declining Offer of Hitler Aid. King and Qmen of Rodeo w 7 Above are Lee Boothe and Josephine Dunn, who will, as King and Queen, honor the rodeo with their royal presence. Friday night. i . (Continued to page 5) The A and M little theatre dab, which has recently adopted a new method of operation, will present one act of the Greek play, “Aga memnon”, at its »«xt meeting, to be held in the Asbnry room of the library November 6. Voder its new method of opera tion, the club will meet once a month. At each meeting two one- act plays will be presented, one modern, and one play illustrating the progress and development of drama from the early Greeks to the twentieth century. The plays will be given on the collapsible intelligence, culture and general Cambridge, Mass.— The recent refusal of Harvard University to accept a $1,000 scholarship from Ernest F. S. Hsnfstengel. Harvard graduate and a lieutenant of Adolf Hitler, German dictator, continued to draw fire, j 1 ’ Many educators in tbs east have praised the action of Doctor James B. Conant, president of the univer sity, on the ground that one so closely associated with a govern ment which has taken away the freedom of German universities should not be allowed to glorify himself in the eyes of American university students. The Harvard Crimson, student daily newspaper at the university, took an entirely different view. “That politics should prevent a Harvard student from enjoying an Y opportunity for research in one of the world's greatest cultural eitiev is most unfortunate and scarcely in line with the liberal tradition of which Harvard is pardonablv proud,” the Crimson said in a re cent editorial. (Continued to 5) College Fallacies Revealed By Survey New York.—To determine the quality of the mi ad trained by a four-year college course, the Carne gie Foundation for the Advance ment of Teaching spent six yaars studying educational institutions in Pennsylvania. A few findings resulting from ENGINEERS SEE PUNTS IN IGTION Aggie C. E. Group Visits Industries Faculty Members accompany Senior StodenU on Houston Industrial Visit; Grou^l* Visits Nine 'Plants on Trip. ASME Official to Address Student Society Nov 5. : . £ L • V “The Court of the Lone Star Marks Innovation In Program; Boothe and Dunn to Officiate i Assistant Secretary to Ex plain Aspects of Seni Unit of .Society and Privi- leires Knjoyed by Us Mem (Continued to page t) White Gloves As Addition to the ' i . -TW - "I Cadet Uniform, May Be Desirable Gloved hands, swinging rhyth-*standard drees—one which is eor- mkmlly to march time, flashes of white snd chamois acting eoordi- nately at the command “Pro-sent arms,” snd a neater appearance of the corps whether it be on parade or at social functions—such will be a few of the renal ts of the plan to include gloves as a required part of the dress uniform, if the out come of the student poll proves favorable. The best advertisement afford ed a military institution is the ap pearance, both individually and collectively, of its Cadets There is a common desire here to further the name o# A a id M, sad since it is a military school, this can best be don# by $ well-groomed rect at any military occasion. The gloved hand is a require ment at both West Point snd An napolis, government schools at which correctness snd neatness are stressed. Why not sanction this plan which has been proved by these two schools to be an mid in promoting snd maintaining an approved appearance to those who judge a military institution solely in this way? Coat of these gloves, white for underclassmen and chamois for seniors, would be small—twenty- five cents a pair having been con sidered a probable maximum, for the white gloves. This pries Is not prohibitive, and only ordinary laun dering is necessary for cleaning. FRONT BASEMENT I Accompanied by Professors J. J. Richey, L. E. Grinter, C. G. Ad ams, snd J. T. L. McNow, some thirty senior civil engineering stu dents from A snd M convened in Houston last week. The group inspected the various industrial enterprises of' the city. Beginning Wednesday at nine in the morning, the group visited the municipally owned north side sew age disposal plant. From 10:80 till noon, they were guests of the Na tional Lumber and Creoaoting Company. In the afternoon, the I»ne Star Cement Company was host to the group. The party was accompanied through the plant by one of the company's guides and, was shown the processes involved ia the mans- facture of cement. At 2:80 the party was conveyed to the Houston ship chapnel snd as guests of the Houston Port Com mission, were shown the port fa cilities of the port of Houston. Mr. Thompson of the Carnegie Steel Company Warehouse, which is located on the Hou«tx>n ship channel, showed the group through the steel company’s faculties far receiving snd storing its products in Houston. Thursday’s activities began at eight in the morning when the group went out on Liberty Road, which is an extonsion of Houston's Clark Street, and inspected s pav ing job that was in progress. The Mosher Steel Company plant was headquarters for the group be tween 9:80 and 10:80 a. «. From 10:80 to 11:80, the group inspected the plant of the Wyatt Metal and Boiler Works, and learn ed of the making of boildrs. From 11:80 to noon, the pano rama of Houston and the South Texas section unfolded itself before the group’s eyes from the top of the Gulf Building, the tallest and largest building west of Ghicago. After luncheon at the Rice Ho tel, the group proceeded to the Gulf Concrete Pipe Company plant where they witnessed the making of concrete pipes. During the visit, the grotp made He headquarters at Houston's Rice Hotel. I In interest of the student branch of the American Society of Mech anics] Engineers, Ernest Hartford, tent secretary to the society, speak to the members of the it branch here Monday night, November 6, at seven-fifteen o’ clock ih room 109 mechanical en gineering building. Ij art ford is making a tour of the United States, and is visiting all the student branches. His purpose is io explain to the students the vsriou* aspects of the senior unit of fhe ASME and to give them an) idea of pll the requirements that are to be expected of them when they graduate and join the seifior unit Then too, in addition to ’this he hbpes to elaborate to some extent k>n the various priv ileges that the men enjoy upon bo- (Continued to page 4) Socialized Medicine Subject Of Debaters The A and M Debate team will journey to Mouston November 28, to debate the -Rice University team on .the qusetibu: “Socialised Medi cine should be adopted ia the Ufgtcd State*.” {laving selected G. E. Wyse, Palestine; C. E. Nelson, Beaumont; aM' Butler, two weeks ago to re* present A and M. The debate club discussed the coming debate in its weekly meeting Thursday night. “Old Maestro and All the Lada” Will Play for Dance in Dalian Hall Evening of Southern Methodist Game. An added incentive for A and M students to go to Dallas on the corps trip this year is the fact that Ben Bernie, the “old maestro, and hia lads” play for a dance hi the Manufacturers Building at the State Fair grounds the night after the A and M-S M U grid battle at Owenby Oval Saturday, Nov. 10. Bernie’s orchestra ia to play for the dance and will also give a re cital Sunday afternoon at 4, under the auspices of Hell* Shrine Tem ple. Dallas. In addition to Bernie and his Dance Will Be Held Following Pageant Show Designed to Depict His tories] Development of Tex as; Expected to be Colorful Entertainment. The annual A and M rodeo to be presented by the Saddle and Sirloin Club Friday night, wiH be marked by the advept of a new feature, the pageant entitled “The Court of the Lone Star”, with D. L. Boothe qf Sweetwater and Miss Josephine Dunn of C ollege Station presiding as king and queen of the court. Mias Dorothy Hedges is to be the maid of honor and Ed L. Mean of Menard will be her escort. The pageant, which is under the direction of Mrs. W- A. Orth of Collage Station, is designed to show the history of the Lone Star State from th* time of the Indians through its development into the empire of today. This is the initial presentation of the pageant, and it is expected to be both colorful and entertahiing. According to an announcement made Sunday by L. C. Traylor, Mount Pleasant, social secretary U a Dallas orchestra of four- of the rodeo, girls from teen pieces, is to start the dance festivities off with preliminaries beginning at 8:80. Bernie is to wave his baton at 9 and play “untiL” In addition, the Humdingers, an organixation of eight youngsters, eight to fifteen years old, reputed musical marvels, will do some floor show numbers. Both the dance and the auditor ium redtal Aill be open to the pub lic. Tickets may be had in advance through the Hells Shrine office at Dallas. neighboring colleges, Bryan, Col- lege Btation, and vicinity, together with-escorts chosen from the A and M student body, are to take part in the pageant Tjoae girls taking (Continued to page 4) NATIONAL CHIT-CHAT by \ George Wonnacott . T • "U H •• NEARLYHALFOF TEXAS ESTATES ARE INTANGIBLE The startling fact, or a fact whiph may have been startling to many, that nearly half of property of estates in Texas was found to be intangible, was recently reveal ed by L. P. Gabbard, of the Texaa Agricultural Experiment Station, who has made a study of the pro bate records from 47 countiaa. “Forty-six percent of the pro perty in the State of Texaa is in tangible and largely eecapes the ad valorem tax.” Mr. Gabbard re ported. Mr. Gabbard revealed that “pro bate records were secured on 26,187 estates and that these records truly represent the classification of tan- __ gible and intangible property in | , the state. Ninety-seven percent of (Continued to page 4) Fighting crime costs Uncle Sam around $12,000,000,000 annually. A Federal drive to curtail crime i* now being executed with unusual vigor. By looking back over some of the accomplishments of the fed eral agents one is pleasantly sur- priasd to find out that theirs has been a particularly successful en deavor. For instance, the kidnap ping cases snd they above all are extremely difficult because of the lack of cooperation on the part of the families involved, fearing as they do that some harm may befall the victim. a • • • , Nearly four hundred years ago it will be recalled that Martin Lu ther greatly disturbed the powers in Germany by his doctrines. Now his name is being liqked again with the power in Germany—Hitler. They are.prraasting against pres- iure which Is being brought to bear politically on the churches in protestation” was 1 delivered from a Lutheran assem bly in America this time. Another case of history repeating itself? Cline’s Orchestra To Furnish j I - 1 > r \ Music And Novelties For Dance the boast of Durward Cline—Snow on a Texas tour, and will come • Every man an individual enter- tamer”—is no idle one if advance notices and popular comment can be taken at face values. Cline and hia NBC broadcasting orchestra will be given ample opportunity to justify these commendations wijen it comes to Aggieland and offers its dance rhythms and nov- features to the Arkansaa-Ag- gM* dance-gOers next Saturday night in the main mess hall With engagements at such high •pdts as the Frolics Club, Miami, Florida, Th# «’alms, Wichita, Kan sas. and the exclusive Broadmoor Chib in Denver, Colorado, to its credit, the musical aggregation I* J direct from Dallas. If enthusiasm by the dancers Is inducive to a good performance, the orchestra should be at its best, for the T C U dance plainly indicated that the ‘spirit of the dance’ b again with the corps. Such artists as rreddy Cohen, clever novelty entertainer, Ken Cariey, eccentric dancer, and a hot-cha ringin' trio will feature the novelty numbers for which the publicised versatile orchestra is noted. Durward himself b-reputed to be not only a capable leader but an entertaining showman, and he promises to pull more than just (he ordinary run of surprises from hb “Master of Ceremonies'' bag. Around twepty-five books are i iblished daily in New York City. These almost entirely assume the aspect of fiction, and in nearly ev ery case by recognised authors. Rather discouraging for the aspir ing writet one would think. • • • Uncle Sam and Johnny Bull are joining hands to combat Japan in an oil issue. That nearly happened a short time ago without the oiL • e • Two steamers have docked in New York after racing from the far-east with a cargo of dates. It seems that there has been a short age of dates In America for the past several months and a bonus was offsred to the first arrival with a fresh supply. Two good rea sons why the captains of the re spective boats should race—they both had dates with which weat a bonus. * i