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METHODS SUBJECT
OF ADDRESSES TO
ACCOUNTING CLUB
Member* of the accounting so
ciety were addressed by K. T. Dick
son, Lexington, and J. H. Kelly,
Athens, at a meeting of the society
in the Asbury Room of the li
brary last Thursday.
Both talks were on subjects
which are of importance to prac
ticing accountants. Dickson spoke
on the' system of deduction for
depreciation of machinery in the
yearly tax reports required by the
Treasury Department, and Kelly
described the most outstanding
plans to rearrange the calendar.
This rearrangement has long
been discussed and many business
concerns are at present using some
special calendar for internal use.
The more simple and practical sub
stitutions which could bo made un
iversal and which have been off
ered for adoption by various coun
tries were described.
T. W. Leland, bead of the ac
counting and statistics depart
ment discussed the application of
substance of thee* talks to the
practical accountant’s work.
Tap Dancing Taught
For Vaudeville Acta
Tap-dancing, under the leader
ship of W. L. Collins, Tylerton,
Miss., is now being taught to •
group of eight students by a Bry
an teacher for the purpose of pre
paring them for raodeville fea
tures of the play. The Aggies of
19S6”, to be given In April.
The management of “The Aggies
of 193A” is willing to refund half
the expenses of teaching fifteen
students to tap-dance provided that
they can satisfy Collins as to their
proficiency and that they will per
form in “Aggie” plays as long aa
they are in Ihis college. Students
desiring to participate should soe
Collins in IS Fury ear immediately.
Brewster Falls Through
Glass Door of Main Bldg.
Ed Brewster, of Temple, B Troop
cavalry freshman, fell through the
glass door of the main entrance of
the Main Building last Friday af
ternoon, and is in the hospital suf
fering a badly cut lip and gum bt-
Jf sides minor scratches about the
body.
The unfortunate accident hap
pened when he slipped after play
fully running from a friend. His
associates and the student body in
general will be glad to know that
his lip, which was cut entirely
through, is steadily healing.
Morris to Head Rusk Club
I
D. K. Morris was chosen presi
dent of the Rusk County Club at
its first meeting Sunday night.
The remainder of the officers are
to be c be sen at a later date.
* Plans were discussed regarding
a Christmas dance that is to be
held at the Cooper Club in Hender
son sometime between Christmas
and New Years. No definite date
b to be set until further arrange
ments can be made itt regard to ob
taining Vincent Lopes to play for
the dance.
The queetion of chartering a bos
to Henderson Christmas whs also
discussed by the club, but nothing
definite was decided.
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ASKKhVJtLY
HALL
.Murder In The
Private Car
* with
Charles Ruggles and Una
Merkle 41
* Saturday 10:30
Lazy River
•' with
Jean Parker and Robt.
Young
Wednesday, November 28
Stamboul Quest
with
Myraa Loy
Thursday 6:45 P. M.
Looking: for Trouble
with •
Jack Oakie and Spencer
Tracy
Saturday 6:45 & 8:30
THE BATTALION
Students Will Study
N.R.A. in Laboratories
South Hadley, Mass.—Not sat
isfied with what their textbooks
k
have to say about economic and
political theories, a group of 22
students in American government
at Mount Holyoke College have
taken it upon themselves to find
out the workings of the N R A by
establishing laboratories in Holy
oke in order to study the textile
milb and paper factories, j
Plans call for a thorough survey
Into the conditions of the indus
tries.
“We shall endeavor," a spokes
man of the group said, “to com
plete our survey of the field, and
then return to the classroom to
discuss what we have found out,
and then sit down to formulate
some good, honest criticisms of
the whole system, detailing what
seems to befall right, and what im
provements or changes are need-
Soil Erosion Shown
By Agr. Eng:. Dept
TJ»e agricultural engineering de
partment* is now displaying the
Soils Erosion Service exhibit which
has been shown at the State Fair
at Dallas and at the Braaos County
Fair in Bryan.
This exhibit, which b in the hall
of the agricultural ’ engineering
building, consists of several models
made of plaster of peris and con
crete and of pictures showing the
advantages of terracing. On* model
exhibits gullied bnd, and the oth
er two large models show the ad
vantage* of terrscinging, strip
•gd contouring pastur
es. There are hiso miniature models
of several types of cheek da*u that
help prevent erosion.
Odd Chandelier Made From
Discarded Farm Implements
An item of interest that has
probably been noticed by only a
few students b the chandelier in
the lecture room of the agricultur
al engineering building. Thu chan
delier, strung by a trace chain, b
made of parts of discarded f.™^
implements, consisting of a-wagon
wheel decorated with plowshares,
cultivator points, discs, sickle
guards, and harrow teeth.
Officials Turn Nimrod
S. G. Bailey, secretary of the
college, and R. K. Chatham, man
ager of the Exchange Store, left
Thursday morning for Mason
County for a ten day deer hunt.
They were met at He*me by Guy
Anderson of Calvert, a member of
the Board of Directors of A and
M College, and several friends, who
accompanied them to Mason for
the hunt.
Date Set for Beaumont Dance
Plans are underway for the an
nual Beaumont A and M Club
dance to be held in the Hotel Beau
mont, Friday December 28.
The club b working in collabora
tion with the Beaumont ex-atu
dents. The ex-students are in
charge of floor decorations, and
the club will arrange for the or-
chestra.
Because the dance will be an in
vitation affair, bids will be under
the supervision of the thirty mem
bers of the club.
New Calculator to Solve
Simultaneous Equations
Cambridge, Msas.—What b be
lieved to be the first mechanical
calculating machine for use in solv
ing simultaneous equations b
been designed by John B. Wilbur
of the department of civil engi
nee ring at the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology.
One of the things which In the
past has stood in the way of ef
ficient analysts of many engineer
ing problems has been the solution
of Urge numbers of simultaneous
equations. It b for this reason that
Dr. Wilbur’s invention b import
ant to practically all fields of en
gineering. ’
ECONOMIC PROBLEM
SUBJECT OF TALK
BY V. LSUGURBFF
V. K. Sags raff, professor of his
tory, addressed the Scholarship
Honor Society on “Economic Na
tionalism” at a meeting held in the
Asbury Room of the library Tues
day of last week.
The address by Profsssor Sugar-
eff was the concluding one of a se
ries of lectures sponsored by the
society for the purpose of study
ing the economic problems of the
world and their possible solutions.
Other speakers who have appear
ed on this program at past meet
ings are: Dr. T. F. Mayo, Dr. V. P:
Lee of Houston, and Mr. B. D.
Marburger.
At the next meeting, which will
be on December S, Gates Thomas
of Sea Marcos Teachers College
will speak to the society on Texas
Folk Lore. Mr. Thomas b con
sidered an authority on thb sub
ject, which he has studied exten
sively.
New Corn-Hog Bills
Allow More Freedom
More individual freedom and
personal judgement are being al
lowed the signers of 1936 consrbog
contract agreement with the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administra
tion, E. M. Regenbrecht, extension
•wine husbandman, announced.
The 1932-1933 base of production
will be again used in carrying out
both the programs. This will per
mit thq fanners to produce hogs
up to ninety per cent of the es
tablished base, and will allow fif
teen dollars per head for the ton
per cent not produced. The greater
freedom lies in the fact that with
in the limits of seventy-ninety per
cent, it b optional with the farmer
mbs to the amount of hogs he pro-
POPULAR SPEAKER
ADDRESSES GROUP
A. 4. “Dad” Elliott, specialist
in student religious problems and
Associate National Secretary of
the Student Division of the Y M
C A, addressed the freshman class
Sunday morning in the mesa hall.
He was introdueed by M. L. Cash-
ion, secretary of the College Y M
C A.
“Dad” Elliott b affectionately
knewn to thousands of students
throughout the country. He grad
uated from Northwestern Univer
sity thirty-two years ago where he
was all-western end on the var
sity football squad and was captain
of the track team. V
He stated Sunday: “As a man b
in college, so he b in life. A student
has the attitude toward life while
he b in school that he will prob
ably have always. What you aay
and what you do will not matter
much nor for very long, bat the at
titude you take will matter much
and matter always.”
“Probably only seven out of the
present freshman class here will
ever amount to anything. Thb b
too bad. for it should not, and
really need not be true. What stu
dents are to be, they are now bo-
coming and all shea Id determine
to be one of those seven."
The scientist b society's scout
who invades Nature’s uncxplot *-
territory and returns with a re
port of what lias there.—Dr. Ar
thurs H. Cogipton.
Fsd undergraduates deserve to
be celled students; most are only
youthful specimens of the average
citixen.—T. L. Harris.
Let our young men poos on from
their destination of war to a per
sonal crusade to strengthen evert
international agency designed to
prevent it.—Robert C. Clotheir.
HOARDING DONE IN
400 B.G., MICHIGAN
U. PARTY REVEALS
Ann Arbor, Mich.—Hoarding b
nothing new. The University of
Michigan expedition, recently re
turned from Palestine end the Nadi
East where it dug up some 30,000
coins, revealed that it had found
several hoards of coins while dig
ging. The hoards, they alleged, date
beck as far aa the fourth century,
B. C.,
On* of the most important de-
tails involved in the digging up of
coins was the cleaning and
of the treasures in such
as to maintahR their val-
Of the 30,000 coins found, 10,000
have been cleaned, and the expe
dition b ready to publish mbs ac
count of the some 2,000 of the
finds.
Gold coins come out of the
ground “as shiny as though they
wera new,” the bulletin states, “hut
silver, bronse and copper coins
needed cleaning work."
Klein Orchestra Engaged
To Play for Clubs’ Dance
Jimmy Klein and his dancs band
will play for the annuel Heart O’
Texas and Mountaineers Club
dance to be held in the Crystal
Ballroom of the Bevins hotel in
Menard. December 29.
Mr. Klein, who .has recently
completed an engagement over
1 WOAI in San Antonio, will fea
ture hb original floor show, and,
according to the director, the over-
popular girl accord ianist, Mar
guerite, will be with hb band when
it plays December 29.
The Crystal Ballroom will be
decorated in A and M motif, and
each member of t^ie club will be
in uniform for the dance. The fea
ture attraction will be the Grknd
March which ifill be staged at mid
man
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Work at the creemory b steadi
ly progressing, with more machin
ery being moved in each day, C. N.
Shepardaon, head of the dairy hus
bandry department announced. He
farther stated that all the machin
ery should be put in place during
the Thanksgiving holidays, and
that bottled milk would be served
in the mess hall as soon after the
holidays as possible.
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Phone >78 er US Bryaa
Office Over First State Beak
OPENING SATURDAY, NOV. 24
AT 8 P.M. ,'
New Dixie
(The Aristocrat of Theatres)-.'A j
Starts Saturday —i Ends Tuesday
30 STAGE, SCREEN AND RADIO STARS
IN A MUSICAL MIRTHQUAKE
—WITH—
“GIFT
of GAB”
Ed m u mm! Lowe
Ruth Etting
(■loria Stuart
Phil Baker
Mid Many Other SUrs.
— ADDED UNITS —
Coiod Cartoon -Jolly Little Eire*
NEWS AND TRAVELAFFS
ADULTS
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CHILDREN 5c
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A reporter for “The Daily Tex
an” while scouting around for
news, slipped into the main lounge
of the Union and peered over the
shoulders of twenty-odd students
to note what part of tho daily pap
ers thgy were most interested In.
With but one exception they were
all turned to the funny page.
Finally the colleges are getting
down to fundamentals. The Uni
versity of Oklahoma has started a
course on “how to live without
money”.