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XXXVII
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Seniors To Wait
\ Until Next Year
To Elect Officers
Older System To Be
Employed by Members
Of Claw of 1939
The junior clau this year will
j revert (to the old system and 'Will
j elect their officers in the jfell «*f |
The athletic council has awarded »*“• in * U * d ^ V ,em
mijor varsity letters to 13 mem before the term ends, as did the
txr* of the baseball team and >22 present senior class. The reason
Letteirs Are
Awarded To
48 Athletes
Participants In
Six IJate Sports
Cited ! by Council
members of the varsity track tedifc.
Minor spoils vassity letter* hive
. bden awarded four members each
' oil the pohi. tennis and yolf teams
aad one Member of the fencinc
tsmm. • j ;
Numerap were awarded 14 mera-
Mrs of tae > Freshman baseball
ttkm and 13 menlbers of the fresh-
nLn track team.' '
{Marion C. ; Fu|th. of Fort Worth.
{.state) high school back.
A (title athlete to ro
edive thrfjr athletic awards this
year. He'received freshman num
eral in falj&aU. track and baseball
iitid missel) a baskatbaU numeral
I ^ only two and one-half minutes
of require^ playjmc time. (i l j
U-tlirnWn in baseball inrlude:!
A. D. Alsibi-pok. Branham; W. M.
Eh<11. NewfBraunfels; Henry Cohn.
[|allak; Jj G. Cooper, Dallas; J.,
H. Doran,iMidland; A. H. Karcher.
J»-.. Giddinys; C. V. Kirkpatrick,
llouston; |R. E. Lindsey, Kurtcn:'
Jl E. No)*n, Houston; A, T. r Pola-
moriteh. Wort Worth; R. S, -Stone.
Hqllatid; B- O. Timmerman. Rock
that the election was held in the
spi inic last year was to organise
On- class better to meet the strain
ed condition* It is the opinion of
the junior class now that ths boys
will know each other better after
camp and can elect the better men
to the different positions.
Tbs officers to be elected see
president, vice-president, secretary,
historian and parliamentarian. The
social secretary has already been
selected. ‘The elecQoo will be held
the Second Sunday .after school
start* next year.
RETIRING BATTALION EDITORS Kctterson Will
Leave Aggieland
For New York
V ff
1
fm
Commencement This
Friday Will Conclude,
1938 Session at A and M
Traditional Exercises On Tap For
Ending Year, Including Sih
Taps and President
Rollins Chosen
A.S.C.E. Prexy
Above are C. W. Walker, feft, snd R. E. While, editor and
managing editor respectively of jfiis year's BATTALION
newspaper and magasine. who leave the staff with this isoae.
Walker and White both served as jaaior editors last year, and
when Walker won the general election for editorship. White
was appointed managing editor. Walker la an Engineering
Administration student and White i* a Mechanical' Engineer
ing xtsdent. Walker and White have both been active in student
affairs during their college yearn.
Weldon Stone, A and M English Prof,
May Have Play Produced on Broadway
A and M Graduate. For
Seven Years Publicity
Writer, Quits Position
Tony Kettersun. who for sevfn
years has been putting Texas 4
snd M in the newspapers of Texas,
will leave Saturday for New York
City, where he is to make his home.
He has resigned from the staff of
the College Publicity Department.
I . Cof. Ike Ashburn, Director of
Publicity, said of Ketterson. “Tony
has been an effective and faithful
college employee,” as he expressed
regret at his leaving.
Graduating from A and M in
1931, Ketterson at once starved followed by their annual prom ID p
work in tlje Publicity Department, —f——r—•’flX »
working untU last year under Car i-vj* I
tis Vinaon. When Col. Ashburn was EfOrOUiy IximtX-Tl,
named Dirartor of Publicity thi- Sister of Senior,
Sing Here Frida,
)ER 35
Next Fridlri',i five hundred and forty-two
largest gmdustiWg class il| the history of the
degrees ia the iixVy-fwst Aanual Commencement
in Guion Hajl. \ \ .-
The oonimenoemqnt celebration mill begin
and will be initiated by the Piaal Concert of the A
The Juniors will give their Annual banquet frUsu meveo untd nine.
,y
Powell Maket
Speech to Clii
Departing
Members
Annaml
n w re
Tony is well-known in Texas
newspaper circles, snd is e fami
liar-campus figure.
Col. Ashburn said that no plans
have been made yet concerning the
organisation of next year’s pub-;
licity staff.
ALEXANDER TO''
WASHINGTON FOR
YEAR’S AAA WORK
Professor E. R. Alexander, head
His ammunition jnclude* one of j little Italian news vendor of “Sweet of the Agricultural Education De-
Growi P. C. Dillon, San An-
>nioj Henry DHtman. Goose!
reek; J. [1^. Faubion, Freeport; C. j,
eslaco; M. E. Hogan.
V Maynard. Peatl; J. A. h,s “
irady; J. K. Mills, Groes-
On Friday, t
grass will del
^ reate Sermon
Guion Ball —
j the si
partfnetits wit
A solo will be sung at the Bsc be wtlromed The Com-
rsdauroatc ceremonies in Caipn Hall mrpr^mtnV Pr*c*ssionsl will be at
Friday by Miss Dorothy I-ambert exjrttoes wlllf ollow at
of Dallas. She will sing “Un-beldi,"
EMTf^ACH
The
O. W.
ment 1
from Madami- Butterfly, aad will '
be accompanied by RusseD Curtis,
Assistant professor of Musk- from
North Teih* Agricultural College*
Arlington.
Miss Lambert, a student of N'. T.
Seniors—the
-will reesivs
to be held
ay afternoon
College Band.
t Krv. R. C. Snod-
\ the Baccaulau-
y the seniors in
Fh>ki one to four in
rnoompll of the at bool de-
t be open and all
A. C„ is ai ter of Floyd A Lam- York ' ***
1
tn
Thrice winner in playwriting of Houfe” and “When the Stars Fall",
the annual Midwestern folk drama NO slouch with a knife himself,
tournament at Cape Girardeau^; Stone spent months tramping
Mo., Weldon Stone, instructor in through the Ozark* to collect his
Englith at TeXas A and M College, stord of whittler character*. He
At the conclusion of a banquet now aims for a successful Broad-1 also spent some time in New York's
uwTvi ^ Williams, Bl plso' h *« th * Paction. lovrar E«t Side, where he saw the
The tne*k* letter-men inrlude- T C -^-t '“"t Tuesday ntght, A. P. His ammuniti
R( . Knr]no ., . 1 TjL), Rollins was elected president of the the roost picturesque folk char- Charity" in real life. I part ment at Texas A and M Col
X arnm ’\ P r p Dl , lon s.n An student chapter for the year 1938 acters in the country, the whUtlert .‘‘IJevil Take a Whittier" wasj.| c)re has recently been granted a
1939. especially the expert shaving first published in •‘The Best One ODO ,. r , r lp>vp of ahww>cei ..ff^-ttve
With the exception of twa B’s make, of the Ozark Mountains in Act Play of 1937'’, edited by Mar- ,
macks in his sophomore year. Roll-j Arkansas. , g.ret M.yorga, and drew ^ June 1, to work in the Agncultural
record of straight A's He may reach his goal this year, praise from Sidney B. Whipple, Adjustment Administration s div
for two and a half years of work, for producers already are flirting; dramatic crime for the New York ision of information. His hemd-
He won second place in-both the with the idea of including “Devil World Telegram: “This play ... , quarters during the year will he in > MM '1 S' ■
freshman and soghamr.r. mathe Take a Whittier", first of his is unquestionably as fine as the Washington. D. C. ; Kiinmipf I nlirkl/IHV
matics contest; ha la a member of-•‘whittler” set-ids and sixth of hit best of the folk -‘rams that have professor Al«iasd*jf earns to A 1 UU1 J\iaj
the. Scholarship Homer Society; plays.to- be published, among sev- flourished in Ireland. It has imagi- an d M in 1919 to teach and ha-
and hnhle the pinWan of regimen- era) One-act dramas to be staged nation and humor. It ia, further- been here ever since, with the ex-{
lat supply sergeant in the Engi on Broadway the coming winter, more, if you make exceptions for ception of one year. Previously he
MUM. "* ‘ -i-- ’ s.:—». - . ... _
"Y. Gri*fe
B’aco; (J,
BcLaan,
krthur
k'itek
Polo fcttermeu
Plataaia; H. F. Pott
- n K. Schiller, Jr,
B. E. Sehroeder, Lock-
Storms.
Port
^JCrowell: R D.
and Roy Young,
; M. {A. Shield*. Dallas
idles, j Leonard; H. H. Ston
Marios; C. P. Strother, P
»r; D. S. Todd. ■
, Granger; an
Artaur.
include; Joha.
bert, senior Electrical Engineer' , M
ing student of A and M. She is a v “*xd'
student in the department of Mq- fon ^ e
sic, and, according to Dr. E. P.
Humbert, in charge of the Com-' •J' 1
menoement program, has a very
fine voico, I
German Count
To Speak at Jr.
. t JoUs-e, pr. of
niors »2l be addressed by
..•w-hback- {Personual Dvpart-
f the |kd*-r»ai'. Telephone
and Telegraph (lompany of New
lajor Noble David
lias will give the
>ry. Thq degrees will be
by Lbs Honorable F. M.
resident ‘of the Board of
o^ jMlCoDuBU-. • i
President ahd. Mrs. Walton will
receive; all mhiriber* of the grad
uating ' class, Nhkir guests, former
studt>ts hatH WUr' families, and
members of -|li<I faculty and their
l families, at fM|r home at eight-
ihirty. The Rirml Ball will mark
the end of thh aftivities of the day.
COMMISSIftiM TO Rp GIVEN
Count H. J. von Rosenburg Will
arrive in Texas the end of this
Two other “whittior"-plays. “Mam- the esctravagance and fantasy which had received hi* Bachelor of Arts; month and will probably be in
Richard L. Powell, the depart- mon and the WhittlUr” and “That'is a part of its legend, a faithful degree from Baylor Uoiversity, and ' College Station June 1 and 2. Dr.
ing president, gave a short farewell Son of a Whittier", are to be pub- picture of a group of our most tmd six years of experience in pub j q. Walton, who met Count von
Rosenburg in Washington, D.
. j. . .. . , . , 11
speech in which he thanked all lishe.l soon. j eolpful citizens." | lie school, teaching, before begin
the members for the iUterast and Several publishers have askU^p fcti n in Holland, Bell County, ining as an instructor here. ,
cooperation that they have shown Stone to march his whittler char- Texas, in 1902, Stone attended Hol-|l Mr. Alexander earned his Bad'he- I in 1925 announced Monday.
This is \on Rosenlmu;''
eecond trip to the United States
from hi* home in Berlin, Germany.
Count von Rosenburg i» an inter
national authority) on educational
methods and practices. Hr is in
brvah SSn Angelo- D W Hick* rooiKration that they have shown Stone to march ms wnittior cnar lexas, in swz. stone attemlea Mol-|l Mr. Alexander earned hi» BaXhe
Ran h-ra-^C A Jones Alninet and ' n t|»e chapter this year A (notion meters into a full-length book, land and Waco high schools. He lor of Science degree at f and M
FWi Iordan Marfa' • to * he e ^ ect that the A and M protipJily to be entitled: '".\<ll feedkfed his Bachelor ef Arts de , n 1923, and his Master of Science
TetJnisTlettermen includq; S WJ chapter send delegates to the A. SJ Tales of a Whittler". He hopes to gtee froip Baylor University, in 1924. He has also done additional
-vine (‘or.triina! C P Mitchell C. K national roavention each year complete this work during the Waco, and Master of Art* degree work lit the University of Texas
llalduairai- | M Walls Seguin' wa -' i unanimously carried. At the Summer. ' ftom Southern Methodist Univer- and iat Iowa State College,
end Berwick Wray San Antonio rotrilusion of the business meeting. Stone first won the playwriting, *ity, Dallas. He also has studied at His work hety has consisted of
G<^f littermen include:. R. B.
I oil wuernw mciuue n o (kiree-reel moving picturt- of contest at Cape Girardeau in 1936 the University of Texas, Austin, teacher training in vocational agri- Stares at this time t,. This ti aditiodalj good-bye ai
Amarillo^ 1 May-! ^ Gilchriaf. trip to Mexico - with “Qimirrytow.”. He repeated He if married and has one daugh- culture, to prepare young men u> American system of edu- ***• «••• »ri>ule''to the l
Jr.MrX; W.D. McMahon. Long- ow P«-American high- m 193, with &mrtm Ma.z.e and «»- , - • tmeh in that field in high schwols. c>Uon iB ; universities »■ j
t, f shown. then made It three strftifrht thih ; Lntho»lactic *5 he 19 about his That the merit of his work 1 has ^ that whil# in ! *
German, Count von Rosenborg niAI ADV ^1 1ID
heard of A and M. He is very in- dKJiuUu I vLUD
M,ph(omore third baseman for the- ment’s Agricultural r| ACDC VRAR
Texas Aggies and considered by Admirostratron chiefs. ^ a|vi & lntprwltod in ULUDClO I DAI\ AO
irwai as a great major league Mr. Alexanders work in Wash- , , s„„i. tsitcvsrss mvnvsswc
|vigw{ and R. L. ^lerrill. Temple, j
11 Alvin- Gwodstein. Dallas, receiv-
j i-d the oifly fencing letter awarded,
j , Fri-shtpan numerals in baseball
inclined:;W. B. Bass, Houston; E.
' F Bbyle; San K'nincism, Calif.; S.
.jt | (Cantinued on page 41
1
Ind. Ed. Seniors
Have More Jobs
Than Graduates
L. Williams of the In
ducatian Dept in a recent
KISSINGER WILL
GO TO MARINES,
MOORE ANNOUNCES
year with “Sweet Charity", a play
involving a little Italian news ven- no
play-writing endeavors. Stone is achieved widespread reputati
no less enthusiastic *>ver the base testified to by his winnings the
dor who is going to start free map ball playing of hi* first coasip. i recognition of the national govern
distribution. <
Other plays by Stone which have
been published include “A Dark
I be A and M's Mil-
jj>r General Claude
dromanding GoccraJ c,
â–  ision, San Antonio,
will present two hundred
seniors with com- .
Coe OfCKer* in the j,
is the- largest
numbcL of rien to -receive commis
sions ft the history of the school.
After the prrsfstation the entire
Corps >f Cadets, p ill peas in review
Indore the Setnfr Class.
At < (evpi* to'flpck. Fridhy lyght,
all ac ivities will cense and the
Senior of today, those of the pest
and til t ones jif the future-will join
hands and liptqn to Silver'. Tape.
A and
lass of
3$.
\
some Fumrjtr'
FISH DANFORTH
All Through the prospect.
G. H. Kissinger, senior architec
ture student from San Antonio* har ___ _ __
FELLOWSHIP TO , |
Marine Corps, according to an an- /IA TA II I VWUQ
nouncement by Col. G. F. Moores. \JV/ IU HA I HuO
P. 4 S. A T,
A H. Williford of Hasse, senior Cayl G. Haynes, a freshman agri
Hays to Obtain
Leave of Absence
For Year’s Study
ington, according to 'the present
understanding, will be the collec
tion and organization of materials
all good points back to his country
when he returns.
If Count von Roaeakorgl
College Station at this liatc. and
for the use of county agricultural wU , cnnmi to do so. he will ad-
RUSSELL SPEAKS
The Biology ICIub of A and M
dress the Juniors at their annual Tuesds y with
banquet the evening of June 2.
agents and teachers of vfratifoal
agriculture hr their nation-Wide
work cooperating with farmers. He
Professor J. Q: Hays of the Eng- will be under the supervision of
lish Department and freshman de- Mr. Wayne H. Darrow, formerly U/rAVER Will RE
bate coach this past year has an- 1 connected with the, Texas A and M if £jA 1 OI\ IslKiKi OlI
that he ia taking a year's Agi .cultural Extension Service and
..^lihred ^
sgrjiculturml education students, poitur, student who Is majoring least' of absence effective this com his last capacity here editor. Of
FRESHMAN DEBATE
MtotT.al Education Dept **»£■“**] H ‘* en »« hlternate. |n mmrkfitng . nd fin,™-,, was ■- ing geptember Mr- Hays, howevar, the Extenakm Service publication,. ^
•SJrstfi- —»»—*>■ coach next year
jmand. lM»e received request* for graduates of R. 0. T. C. colleges lowship award for A and M Co|l- ‘ y ^ that h# u >h>(Trt M jn June, 1939, to resume his
teaebi rs from some, of the b*sti ,„d universities. This year A and rgr. The award is a monetary one. froni A M jg. Hays will at teaching and tiy* position he now
tj«y*tima4n the state.” . ’ Ill has been allowed one appoint- which pay* half hi* expense* to te nd'the University wf California hold*. / •
11 Most 4radu.te, ^kUmttoU^ ment. - r (J Camp Minriranca. located at Bhel- at Berkley. He will be there during I u.__
possible. This popular
sor Da siel Rtswll. head of the de-'
paftm, nt of Rfral Sociology, Mr.
Russelj spoke on aepecte of a course
in “n arriag 1 relations and the
family" tentatively arranged to
be tau rht at A and M next year.
Offi-er- fof kext year ate M. M
Prarsiln.
. KX- parsiden
The appointment of Profkssor R. pi ahant
. M. Weaver to esach the freahman L
' debaters during the absence of J.
1 Q. Hays- has been announced by
I the English Department. Aa an out-
L growth of the Freshman Debate
*f the Hub has beea
IK HMhwst in ell
Club work during the past year.
and especially from its contacts 10 ’ > * 0r
place at the contest at C.mp Miai- torsi degree and wil specialize in mVllillhl VlintlUnmi ! snd debate, with various Junior '"•“t'». ^Tl ffl T : ^ St . ndy
wanes'all his expense* for the en- American literature and Araeri- At (heir last meeting of the '-ollege*, - which debates .tkiU bo, . J
j4. ran History. While attending the yMr t b, student branch of the continued this coming year at a 10 ^ 'F
thus fbr ex -
ed from hen -
ng at the U.j \
h salary of 1
u*hr»ol The
- , j
- J
receiving high
most cases the average- t
$1500 for a nine month
R. Balthus fbr ex-i
graduated
nok- teaching
pi with
Boling school system
ope* for a manual
instructor with a starting
$1150. . . '
I So to the Seniors who are still
out of ^ j°b and have had Indus-
ttrial Education training, take note,
and if jou are interested, era Mr.
Williamp In the Mechanical Engi
neering j Building. He w>H be glad
to help j you obtain a position.
Miatajigbeteg kept
f possible. Thi. popular; in*! whM K. Mnt 1 . ** “>e winners from all thy oUmr Augu'-u A. I. E. E. SELECTS
baseless says. Mr. Wil- mUqne base for a six months per- ' ,u, * rr *"‘ co,, «»** th e Lnrtwl c buin hi^Doc MAD DIO All 1 IDU A U
■»» » IMORRIS CHAIRMAN
and untrue. Many of
graduates of former year*
occupying fine posts a, »~1 M graduate* have " This" U Th^ fTrsTthn* that smjh L’alvrrsily of CaWornia Mr Hay. AIEE c , 01 wd thesr yehre acUHtiee! Jonior Coll.-ge Tounmment which c !* h ■
an award has been given a freA to receive a teaching as- by electing the officers for the '*11 be held on the A and M cam- ^ * I" ' P ’
last vear man at A and M. Selections were sistanuhip. It is expected that he\ comm g year. The m w officers are Pus next year. , f ru»
made from, ten distinguished wl, l "torn to A and M at the w. C. Morris of Shreveport. U,.- All junior college* over the ntate. aown ,or V'
dent* who satisfied the activities begeming of the fall session In chairman; and W. P. Smith of San about 38, and some from neighbor- TheJ first
V. Mr A. Elects require™™t. . these ten. 19 **- -
Doyle Justice and A. A. Hansen.
last meeting for the current the regular Danfortji Fellowship < 0 -^' rlo? ' IT-ANNED nmrt year. The dub expects
year of the Student Chapter of the winners of last year, selected tin- Plans are now uadpr way for s|hd,the senior electrical engineers I* February. _ , ,
A V M 4 was held Mondav nirht winner by personal Interview Of all the third annual convention of the SgriteMistric! convention to be held Thi* tournament is a highly de-' â– JJFt"**'
, V , , the applicants. The qualifica'-ion- Texas Federation of Federal Ert- in IMIston next year. Present at livable feature for A and M aa it Other pi
to elect ollicers lor next year. apon were physical, mental, ployees Unions, to be held at Tex- the convention iwill be students j will bring the college iato closer ' J
The following officers were elect- ‘ and relious activities Af-, a* A and M College June 18- Del- from Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, contact With the junior colleges of. •“‘i r *
ode Willard <X Brooks of Prairie ter examining each candidate thor (-gates arc expected from every Oklahoma, Texas, and New Meg- the state; a condition that has not | of lif< •
oughly Justice and Hansen decided section of the state, representing geo. During the summer, Morris existed heretofore, according to Mr. The â– *
•on Hanes because bi* activity re-; more than twenty local union* plan* to find out what speakers Weaver. 'scan tra in
cord was superior to those of the made up of employe** in various can be obtained for next year's The plan for holding thi* tourna- ntoig of nei :t
other candidate*. 1 I phases of governmental work. meetings. ment eras suggested by J. Q. Hays 1 Frank Hatr$.
Benito, secretary aad treasurer, to* state*, win compete with the campt 1 to
ftnlv quo plan i<«« )*<““* aad ijl freshmen. The tourna- wurM deal
to ment sftrpfbbably be bald early ?«*
Grove, Arkansas, president; Omar
G,' Werntx. Collage Station. Texas,
vk-e-preeident; and H. D. Miller,
filar. Texas, secretary-treasurer.
its ytstj of programs last
ai kpefleh by Profee-
Krank Hatch
Erek.
parliarieni
Motte is
The
nt; Pat H4nna,
I chairman of the
Committee;
A. W.
4 W. Stark,
Chat*.-, U-
Heutlll on the
and sponsor a
th awmav and
Ae. Bfeiogy dub
has a *0 bet n agHew-ia <<(>« a'lmi;
eaugeual diseaars.
ef the Hah I Delude
of health, reports
,ng varies form*