The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 16, 1938, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    .«• ;
* • \
N*8T CORPS
DANCE SATURDAY
MESS
r i
Hall. « iji
iylfctTkifty Eighth Yhir. * ; tekphoof CoUtgt
r ir
i M
STUDENT SEMI
!' V -I
i • ! -i f i wff "I.k \ ’
•i* . ' } f ] ' , l\ ■*
—. _
* A \
TUESDAY
NEW8PAI‘Krt OP TEXAS A. & M. ( OLLEGE
IV J
Tcxm, September IS, 1RS8 V
*-
-4-
V
J
ALIGN
DIGEST
M A, «. i
ft FRIDAY
11
Z725
Number 2
J
/{!
j?**
r
Says
ill Have
Dancesflfl
in and the n
•Orchentm will *»l
Satard^y nijrht at the imtla
dMcejaf tha ywE B^k «fl
all tjjedM stud«nt» who i
j4at enjoyH the corp* dan wi,
I $afttpUd with thia year's Fiah eJaftl.
jlWa IRMO wreMtri' ia h«; .ha I
;, > 4 ; • . .id». Tommy Little><lMI,
who .prami^ea to f|ve Amir
••Br of the (mat orchestras
history. TMh'pMti Mnrretrati' o
idMTiMM aMH tSlphMihi
ail those present, playiny
numbers which art request^
the danoerjs aa 'well as all «t
papular muiic.
jTw» musical group f or the
year eonaiati of right m- bei
last year’s Aggie land Orcftas'.r%
which was led by Russ
•r
tmirlyal
in frt4«i
FRIDAY IS COLLEGE NIGHT
College night, which serves annually as the in
augural of the school yeur, will be observed FruUqrf
night immediately after supper on the stepa of the
Y. M. C. A.
■! . Chief Yell Leader Hub Aston and Assistant Char-
} lie Trail said the observance will be in the manner of
< former years, with college officials, coaches and foot- \
j ball players in the limelight.
| > • To speak are President X* 0. Walton, Col. Ike Ash-
4 bum. Dean E. J. Kyle, Lt Col George Moore, Head
8. Coach Homer Norton, and possibly otbert. [
Members of the football team will be introduced
* by Coach Norton as A. & M.’s 2.600 freahmen get
their first contact with the spirit of Aggioland
Aston is asking members of the freshman class
not to participate in the yelling until afUrjtMey have
learned the correct yells
Junior Yell Leaders Brodie Pierce and Berton
Bums will assist Aston and Trail.
R CLASS
THURSDAY
HE’LL LEAD THE CORPS
.
Senior class officers will be elect
ed at a meeting of the senior class
in the Assembly Hall. Thursday
night, September 22, according to
Andy Rogers, president of last
> . Hr'v junior class and one of the
remors to hold the election this
year.
The junior class last year put off
the rieeftion of this year’s senior
class officers until the first of this
term. The members of the class be
lieved that they would be better
acquainted with one another after
summer camp and as s result the
best m<*i would be placed in the
various offices
The officers to be elected ere
I preside nt. vice-president, secretary,!
hifttomaa and parliamefitarian. Bill
Livingston was elected last year to
fill the other class office, that of |
social secretary.
T^ure new musicians hav«
aided to this year’s sdition «f Ag
4m*- "T** '*** •'“l Vh* will Win benUd SnuU,
eleven swingsters to pfovids auiaii «i J
for Aggie entertainment.
fill, one following the game sntl
Tnsa A. ft [I. and aftkr the tasesh
sfth T. G. b. University at Ark^
Jsihni. and Rkt
iii '
ittalion Sports Editor ^
icks Aggies to Take Top $5,76# Monthly
■■■■■Mia: 1M NYA Use
‘The Jeep” Sticks Out His Neck,
But Explains Strength, Experience
Are Enough to Warrant Prediction
BY E. C. “JEEP" GATES | HrJ
Battalion Sports Editor
welt Conference football race'
s ■%- V fl 11 ■ I • I V • 1 Va
Four dances bare been s’lrfsulwrWt ia the question which is in the
td be held after footbgll games thi4 minds of not only sports writers,
"hut, also
students, fans, gambler*,
and coaches. A few of the Cheches’
jobs may depend on the outcome,
and certainly a man is interested in
whatever puts the beans on his
table.
Rice and T.C.U. Rave been picked
\pphrants for Student
Labor Greatly Exceed
Number of John Offered
Applications for student ‘,labor
this year totaled more than 4.000,
with only about 1,000 job* avail- j
by moot of the experts. Some place able in both the NYA and college
Rice in the favored spot with the divieiaiis, it was learned today. The
5,187 jEnter
College For
62nd Session
3,214 U]
And 1,
In
Freahmen
m Here
| Students of TeRas A. ft M. Col
lege trekked 1,107 strong through
the registrar’s dffke Wednesday
and Thursday, According to the
latest figures relea-vd from that
office
I irhinllmsiit
new high
chiefly base use of the return to the
campus of S.2H 9n>< rclssiimen but
also because LitlS freshmen gave
the school ith 'Mb|uut| frsahmWi
class in hiotorf, 1
k s r I ■' lid 1 » •
hMn|
for eld slade
Ssterday,
Sophoaiores
^ Guion Hall ft
inrs and sti
, Classes for
mg. Sept W.
Iftr foilewhig
David Thrift, above, Ran been named by LL Col. G. F. Moors as
Frog* *,vond while other* favor MYA allotment thi* year b W.7«0 c.^ Colonel for A. ft M. Hirift was a dommaung figure in student
activities last yaar (Promotion story on Page 2.)
KAPERS
r
BY JACK PUCKETT
i Another year has rolled
sfd we are here again to bdag |
the latest dope on all the guys s
gals. RICHARD JEP
made the Md mistake of
tftreufh a little town outside H« *
ton, fislena Park, at the rate
ninety mile# an hour. Wheu
pod by SSi <lfficer he mekelf
“Was T dthving too fastT*
the cop reslidd "No, you wersr’t
driving ton fast; you «see just
flying too |ern low."
'Uh fttvjr waa doing temrdwy
of llwustoh without a gun, flaan-
light, stack >r rock wh« n ha sud
denly spied Apm dim figui -1 smosg
the giant searchlight* He pursued
yelling at the top af hn
but when they baited. BEN
running the other way.
One of oRir newer »tuded}t
hospitable enough td offer JO-1
DAVts a drink when th# acting
Commandafk was making a dormi
toi\ f m*pettion in summer athoe!.
but he was b
mitory hecakts# of his kind
I ‘
the Frogs with the Owls as second month which takes care of
choice. The\Rggies have been plac- about 500 jobs at from 910 to $11
ed in third and fourth place by most * month.
of the gtiessem 0. R Simpson, head of the stu-
Thls writer is Vking this time dent Isbo. department, has plans
to *tick big neck odt and pick the tor completely centralising student
Cadets in first place.'ft •* believ labor in hn office in order to eli-
ed that the Aggie-Frog game which mmate an employment agency ip
will take place <m historic Kyle each department in which student*
Field Oct. 15 will be the contest to wish to work. Department hands
decide the rhampferaMp. '\ will tarn in the number of vacan-
If the Aggies wm that fray> cies to Mr. Simpson’* office, and High tribute for the outstanding
Packard. LLOYD SAMPLE claims aiM | ^ should be a fray in the full-\he will distribute the job* aa he P*ri it ha* played In the devel-
that, his reputation was ruined by eat sense of the'Word |tkey will go deems necessary. Mr. Simpson opment of the Texas livestock iS-
a f»i ger at camp. JACk WEBBER ®n w,n victories over Rice wadto dkg student labor situation duWry was given the Agricultural
prstkically bankrupted the U. S. ! ^ Univ «rty of Texas Steer* j centrRUxed v, the extent that after , and Mechanical Cenege ef Texas
turned down
the sp-
.BR'BIE BRAUNIG hah a very
warm spot in hia heart fbr • blue
Tribute Paid to AIM. In
lvr~ ' i3 1 I i i bfH / F r Jj • 1
Issue of Livestock Journal
a. m. sad Jew-,
St 11 a. m.
turday msrn-
be held am
pl to S:2t to m.
:M to 8:5# to.
Third period—i .-M to 9 Jt a4to
Fourth m ri(*1 ■ 9:M to 9 Jl to
wl Awatlto
<*o,,mment H, dmun, «, »My ^ ^ W h.t do tW
.Mb but "KLONDIKE" LANG- CodrU b,v* th.t look. Ilk, champ-
FORD found shooting time a won- ipnship material ?
licrflil opportunity to catch up on
his |or i7.ont^lff^iBuuriaH> , I j
CAPT. EN8LOW became lost
whe4 attempting to return the
boys to Camp Belli* after
three-day hike. After wan-
around the mountain* for
(Continued on page S)
Advanced Military
Applicants for contracts in ad
vanced military science will be giv.
oevetnl hours Re returned two bo^rs en physical examinations, starting
to tReir beds at 3 a. m. at 8 a. m. Monday and continuing
J.mAYNE STARK wiihe* to.an- through Wednesday, in the base-
noudee that Re has lost two cam- ment of the hospital.
psigh hats wkh bis natne in both
and ut the present time he has no
ImLi nor the wherewithal to buy
tame. So for the safe return of
Sitbtir of his hat* J. WAYNE offer*
hool.Lgn epiiNUsl reward,
aked to leqve the dor- Mare camp stuff when I get a
Htthj tints. X.
UrTI
A staff of regular army medical
officer* will conduct the examine-
at the s<
plicant
job available
Mr. Simpson tnnt* it dkpecaslly
emphawted that the students should
feel that they can't bqthar.him ton
much. His time is completely theirs,
and their problem* are bib, he said.
Student* should feel free 'gt any
and ad time* to come by Mr.
son’s office and talk to him ai
their heeds
-4 —
Figures en
t* are not avail
increased enroll
the ntaffs in the
and ,
mamC' Rdt swp
student body
a* quickly aa
, , (Continued
itration by daaa-
le because of the
Additions to
registrar’s offlse
'a office • were
tRe swelling
not be chedni;
«)
when “The Cattleman,’ official
publication of the Texas and
there is no ^Southwestern Cattle Raiser* Assn- Cattle RawSrs Association
ctaUon. ^nc.. released it* current. Tad Moee*, for several years the
section take the stockmen of the
state on an instructive journey be
hind the scenes in the inatitution
which, as the magazine points out,
is only onq year older than the
TO STEAK
Senator Bennett Champ (lark
lions. Seniors who had minor cor- , of Missouri k to speak at A. ft M.
rectable physical defect* and who
have been authorised to appear for
re-examination will alao be exam
ined befori cadet commissions will
be given.
between Oct SI and Dec. 15 in
the pcngrsm being offered by the
BryamCollege Entertainment Se
ries. Ticket* are still on sale for
the season’s program*
issue as a special Aggie number.-
Breaking a precedent in the
make-up of trade journals, “The
Cattleman” devote* moat of the
76-pagv issue to A. and M. far
the expressed purpose Of “bring
ing about a better understanding
and appreciation on the port of
livestock producer* for the school
its work." v
Rvefi the cover 4p so designod
as toshring a thrill of remembrance
to the\nany thousands of ex-Ag-
gie* scattered over the Southwest-
carrying sJ\it does s pictured bo-
tween-halves ‘T," and a bar of the
chorus and muaic from die school
anthem, "The Rpirit of Aggieland.”
Nearly 30 articles and a photo
1=
editor and himself an A. apd M.
ex-student, has spent several
month* assembling the copy, and
the issue mark* the first time that
he ha* matrihuted s personal col
umn, an article of reminiscences
of college day* which he calls "I
Remember . I*
Other writers, furnishing a rath-
er complete picture of the school’s
methods, are college officials like
Dr, T.! O. Walton, the preridenl;
Col. Qke Aahbom, executive as
sistant to the president; department
heeds, instructor* for tRa> eplk#s
proper, and officials of the Agri
cultural Experiment Station and
AriCultbral Extension Service.
(Continued on page 8) t
(ivilian Clothes
RjSle Changed
Due to i modification of uni
form regalaKoss* by the C-om-
mandant's offioe. Aggies this
yaar will he freer to wear civ
ilian clothes thga to any pre
vious yaar in the history at
thr school either on nr off of
the campn*,.According to toe
| all student*
are allowed - to wear ririHsa
clot hr* after sukrupt whan nff
the tampua This ruling, how-
ever, doee not aimlf.to North
€flto. or Collegp Park, throe
being regarded aa a part ef
the campus. j
In additton to these off-
put change*. tRe
tigue uniform
ad ea that bontoay shirt and
stocks may ha worn far tab-'
oratory or I
place of the regulation Aggk
1
\
14,
i
■i i
v -
t. 1
$
tehmen
/
I . From
Building, ‘
Two frea
line on the
“pre also
J m
lleft to right: Thd Bail
Ibut the lines contiitobd ti
hhien, Wrigkt Ruastll Jr.
||left waa headed ftor tht
•eady to wind up tn J|
,i k, i [.
)ti photographer geta a shot of part of the throng of freahmen which taxed regiatration official* all day Wednpaday. This group waa at the rear entrance of the
ell around the right wing of the edifice!... Aaaiatant Regiatrar Homer L. Heaton ia ahown with one of the manv group* which flocked around hia desk for advice a
Bonham, left, and Henry Shortridge of Dallas, do a little worryin’.. . Inside the Admmiltration Building, the atop* to the mexaimine were filled not with one line 1
gike
rifiatrar’s office... A shot of the students in the wing of Administration occupied by the refistrar’s office*
of registration—except for the onea in the line who were "loet.’’ (Soaolik Photos.)
tea another idea of the aixe of the freshman class.
yff JImI
4
Ilf