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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1938)
T f ■I 1 I V kn TKRt AiNimnr series r if - ■ t TICKETS STILL OH SALE RAITALMX HE»H DIGEST WTAW 11 Jt «. m. Tl'KSDAY A FRIDAY STUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. A M. COLLEGE Z725 Lrikt TWrty-Eu'hth Y«*r. TeU phoo« College g Registration ' Figures Show 5,436 Students Septenber 29, for All Entering A. & M. By ■tratiorv AnMrtar treaktag nifchl the total ref A. A M. for the nirreot reached the record of 5436 student* - j which represents an increase of | <00 over the registration of last September. . Included in this group are over t freshmen who make up the largest freshman class in the his tory of the colleKe. Figures on the registration since Saturday jJrigjMI were not slrailable at press tiine. j , I Thurstiay, September 29 it the I • last day for registration, according to E. Ji Hwwell. Registrar. This |i slao the last day that students may add or drop courses without Mapr’4 \ Initial Meeting: Of Debate Club Is Called for Thursday fwYhs initii Club meeting of*the Debate lit year will he held FIRST DAHCE f: OF YEAR HELD i SATURDAY NIGHT Tommy Littlejohn and his new Aggieland orchestra opened the ■>- cial season of 1988-39 at A. A U Saturday night with the first corp? dance of the year. This years orchestra consists of twelve musicians, dine old members and three new additions. The vet eran membei*. who have all been together for two or more years, is- elude Tommy Littlejohn, direetot; Jock Littlejohn, saxophone; Jerry Elder, Joe Germany and Henry Bauahauaen, trumpeta; Charles Berry, trombone; Murray Evan*, guitar; Sonny Pendery, bass; BQl Blackmore, Amms; and Wilbur Kuehne, piano. The new members are all saxophonists. Gene Bond, who has played with the Dallas Federal Symphony and Lowell Biggs, of the Amarillo Station, have had previous experience with orchestras. Max Perkins of Me- Kl—y jiompietes the line-up. The student body will be able to dahee to the music of the Aggie land again on the night of Sept 34, f| following the game jrith Texas A. A I. College Station, Texas, Tuesday, September 20, 1938 *1 ilHUMBER 3 Kattalion Will Give WTAw News Digest Each Tuesday, Friday A Battalion news digest wfll be bi oadcast each Tuesday and Fri day morning at 11:80 over Station WTAW, it was announced today by Dr. E. P. Humbert, program director of the station, and the Battalion office. The progi am is acheduled to be a five-minute resume of the news which will appear in the Battalion newspaper to be imued on those days. The newspapers are tc be issued at Bight until final arrange ments make it possible to distribute them in the afternoon, according to E. L. Angell, manager of student publications O’DANIEL SENT INVITATION TO / ATTEND TCU GAME Students who are interest ed in working on the staff of The Battalion are being 1 n' i i <*d to came to Room 122, Administration Bui I d i n g. Wednesday er Thursday aft ernoon. With twe issues a week. The Battalion has need of a- round It reporters and edi- tore. .1 COLLEGE DEIS NEW INSTRUCTORS FOR THIS SESSION bight, in the Academic Student Rentals ,0 C 0 Boxes at Postoffice ch larger debating group Box rentals to date at the student this year than Mr. exchange t4ptal more than 90% of I - . . , iched last year. At the the entire number of boxes, but U * increase »f the ye dr plans are there will be enough boxes avail- ,n T«4at A A* M. this year has to hold at least two able so that every student ean have neceaaluted a similar increase in tournament* at A- A M. this year, a box. / the faculty of the school. Prac- Bemor collegea only will participate Even with the confusion existent tkaUy been in one match, and the other tour* at the opening of school, postal nametit will be held for junior col* | A large handsomely engraved in vitatkm was sent this week to Gov ernor-elect W. Lae O’Daniel to at tend the football game betwen A A If. and T. C. U. which is to be played at College Station on Octo ber 18. • r 4 1 Included with thia invitation were personal letters from President Walton, President Waite of T. C. U, Coaches Homer Norton and Dutch Meyers, thr captains of both teams, the president of the student body of T. C. U- and David Thrift, the Cadet ( olonel of Texas A. A M , urging Mr. O’Daniel to accept the invitation. The invitation in full reads as follows: An invitation is extended to Governor-Elect W. Lee O'Daniel and his family to attend the game between the football teams of Tex as Christian University and the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas to be played at College Station, Texas October ftf teenth, nineteen hundred thirty eight. If Governor-Elect O'Daniel ac eepts thia invitation the cadet corps will probably give a* review i in his honor the Saturday morning '•< f‘><, the game. Dormitories WiD be Built for -A.&M. ' Beginning in November, Says Ashbum \jj . ; ',|J TH rrj T ’ | Federal Loan ; > To Assureluge Program is Sought If PWA Dm Request, Rft Be l set M TO BE DEDICATED .Mtha. |J . ^ l 1 ^ The m»irt toi>ic for debate in the Scuthwvst fonlference High'School debate clubs will concern the sales ittquise about any mail that they - - • m v ! • i m—TnI iucruased by one to several mem- sennee will not be impaired, Mrs. v X Amts V. Smith, postmistress, said. Wr » * * Uo » for ^ Ur *« r However, Mrs. Smith said, student* of students which materialised this should feel free at all times to tax. ought to receive or might receive. KADET KAPERS \ BY JACK PUCKETT \ i ,/ T The last t line of a front page story in the weekly Pharr Press reads a* follows: The promotion of DAN McLENDON to Lieut. Col. murks the highest honor that any Pharr boy MM ever received at A. A M., and all Phart is proud of h?r l orpetown spa .... woW! JESSE OWENS, BILL NEALE, amf KURT JACKSON bought a diamond from a sailor in Atlantic Cfyifor thirty dollars; it turned out to bt beautiful glass. A little whitiWas ut La Topatia inn caused blewJ between PAT CLUTTER and FELLY DFltTMAN. A good looking girl made EGBERT REAQAN to spend six dollars his fir* night in ea^nh <. .i. BILL PARKER and -CLIP" ( OUNCILMAN in the OASIS, near *Enge)wo6d Arsenal, beoause the head waiter didn't believe that they were aid enough. CLIP, always a lesoureeful man. complained to the *-)«(&* and was offered a cell by the night Sergeant , [tViW was a feud at Camp Bullis over PAUL WALTON’S girl. An unsuccessful Infantry senior had a date with Mu* Opal Bush of San Mareoa and she started oat to spend the entire evening talking i.h<>iit her little darlinq DAVE (shout age TttBIFT. She was returned to the sanctity of her home at 9:80. ALVIN WOOD was seen by MA JOR ORR later one night as he was violating Paragraph 7 of the sen try regulations on the company street. After a forceful deliberation that night ALVIN was content to remain in camp the rest of the summer. It appears that “WHIS- PUSS" POTTS cleaned out the en tire C. W. S. camp, both enlisted men and cadeta, by hia sharp poker playing. WILLARD THOMPSON wants to report that the trip to Mexico wasn't wurth the worry it caused him. Wonder why? • LOUIS CHEVALLIER told his sweetie pie that his condition of the night before was caused by the fact that the boys twisted his arm made him drink the nasty stuff. After a wild night DON BRADSHAW was fortunate enough to have a Coloqel put him to bed, but NICK SCHAFFER would al ways try to get up' and lead the orchestra and be the crooner. And BILL ROBINSON could figure out no other way to kill the ants in his bed other than with a hammer. Boys, you had bettor hide your driver’s licenses. UNCLE ED is now asking embarassing questions year, y As yet the canvas of every de partment «■- the campus has not been completed, but a partial list of new faculty members is given here. • j iwT In the Civil Engineering Depart ment L- M. Legatski comes in as a new instructor. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan sod was formerly connected with the Michi gan State Highway Department. EDITOR OF LONGHORN ASKS FOR COOPERATION < ooperation of all students to make the Longhorn, student an nual, run smoothly this year was asked today by W. D. Barton, edi tor-in-chief, as he announced his first staff meeting for the latter part of next week, at which time final plans will be made for the publication. Barton pointed out that with the increased size of the student body, the Longhorn staff will face a much harder task than in former yearn, necessitating the coopers- tk>n of all students in meeting deadlines promptly. He plans to have moat of the en graving turned ip by Thanksgiving, and in order to do this, class pic tures must W taken promptly. Joe St. Thomas’ Chapel, above, will be dedicated at College Station Friday afternoon by tho Rt. Rev. Onton S. Quin. Kpincnpal Bishop of the Diocese of TeMaa. j ^ Danforth Fellowship Winners ^ Return From Northern Journey • ' jl ij • . f I 'jT; j , ’ I n David Thrift and O. D. Butler Rt t>ort Enjoyable iTscations for Selected Students An A. A M graduate who eoMOgN 8o * ollk of Aggieland Studio back to hia alma mater to teach is Lloyd Henderson of the class of 1930. From tchulenbq^, where he taught Vocational Agriculture for the past 'ape years, Henderson will be an inatructor in the ag ed department. 'Ate ag eco department announc es the hiring of tom now men, Pres ton Kimball and R. M. Denhart. Kimball, who received hit bache lor’s and master's degree from the University of Illinois, is from the University of Mississippi, where he has taught tor one year. The petroleum engineering course is still attracting as many students as ever, and as a result two new' profs have been hired in geology dept and one in the petroleum engi neering department To the geology department comes L D. Toulmin. Ph.D., and J. Fred Smith Jr., Ph.D from Princeton and Harvard res pectively Henry E. Gross, the new member of die petroleum depart iment, comes from the same depart ment of the University of Ok la ■Mm» . I i* again official Longhorn Battalion photographer. and During the last semester of each year, juniors frotp the School of Agriculture of each of Qirity-a«vcn agricultural colleges in Canada and the United States are pelectod to make an educatienal feur week's trip with William Danforth. The Danforth Felloe ship is awarded by a committee, whkh includes the Dean of the School of Ajgrioulture, to the college stedents who have made the beat record in Uieir thr *c years of‘college vrerk. Thia year, Texas A. A M select ed two men who were qualified for the Danforth award. David Thrift, and 0. D. Butler represented A. A M. in the group of picked men who will never forget their four week’s vacation with Mr. Danforth. . Two weeks Were spent at 'the the Purina Mills in St. Louis. At the Experimental Farm, the party gained *ome real experience by "down to earth" practical dealing with the principles pf agriculture. The ten days spfcnt at Purina Mills were partly defoted to classes in saiemnanship, advertising, mer chandising, price for,casting, of fice personnel, and ig the operation and management of # big businem A sightseeing trip in St. Louis was held. The'last two week. were spent at Mr. Danforth’* camp at Minni- wanea, on the shore of Lake Michi gan. All barriers to congenial, wholesome living were dissolved and everyone enjoyedithe well plan ned camp hfe. Each day was so ordered as to include the proper Doe* Not Grant RFCTumU Will • ollete . A. A M.’s dormitory boftding program, long delayed, will became reality in November, Cot Ike Ashbum, executive assistant to President Walton, said today. Application is now being made for a loan and grant of |4,«A,000 from the Publip Work* Administra tion, the money to be us,-d to a building ptugrnqu* i Joe Uuy, member of the bear! of director*, is now.ht Washington conferring with government offi cials relative tq Securing the moMH, 45 per cent of which will be n grant, it Is hoprd. He expects to learn within . week whether or not the plan wfll go through. Secretary of Interior I ekes, ad-, ministrator of |be PWA, has ex plained that money for the FWA is allottod to the nmnous states on quota, and that Terns has already been granted, its q*ota. However, some of the money may bo tamed by the states W»d Will be re- Purina Experimental Farm at t amount of physical, mental and re- Gray’s Summit, Missouri, and at Hgious activities. College Station Businesses Expanded For Larger Enrollment 4- As the student body of A. A M. grows every year, the many bus iness institutions which Serve Ag gie students expand to make way for a larger student body.Njhls year there may be seen many Im provement* in the businesses around A. A M. for the convenience of the students. The I "change Store has just completed an expansion program, according to R. K. Chatham, man ager The floqr space has been in- creasocj approximately one-third, and the store has been rearranged ao as to accommodate the great number of students who flock to the Exchange Store at the opening of school The < ollage Inn it now located 1* —~P • -44— open there above the Lipscomb Pharmacy. The second floor of thja building has juat been completed, The inn now has a seating capacity of 168, and has about twice as much space as before. Ordinarily, the inn wiU be closed at 1 a. m., but it will be as long as the crowd la after the official college danena,’' V. V. Mercer, the owner,Nfaid. Mr. Mercer invitee all the Aggn-s and their dates over to the inn after the dances are over in the Mesa hall, for dancing will be provided at the inn on such occasions. Students also are invited to bring their books along when coming over for coffee when studying. \ (Continued on page 3) SULLY’S EA! WASHED BY FISH After standing around all year through sleet, snow, and rain. Sul ly, the bronze form ef Lawrence Sullivan Rosa prhtch stands mejev tically *in front of tlje Academic building gets a bath and scrub down once a yqar. At thia time Freshnwn first get well acquainted -- they give him Several years ago “SuQy" was giv en a pair of white gloves by sotoc thoughtful member off thj cadet £*81118 Wednesday corps when it was feared students ^ wear whit# gloves NEWSPIX would have to with the No. 1 uniform, 4>ot Sunday there, eon Id be found no trace of Sully’s once out*landing gloves. Today bl still stands tbsjoolically with a' brighter mien. Hia shiny note and head, which is the result of many hours of toil kg the Fish ih allotted on or ground October 1. Revisions will mjmM* whan con ditions vary andthup A. A M. may yet receive the desired loan. * New housing room is the great- eat need of A. A M. at the pr. *, nt t|me, according to officials. The enrollment has increased from 2,276 in 1934-34, the year after the !a.st dormitories wer* built, to 5,700 far the prttaent yegr. Many stu dents are being forced to stay off the campus, son* ah' far. pwgy aa Nava seta, because of unavailable space In dormitories Almost da many students Ag living off the campus as are living in the dormi tories, according to figure* foam tte office of the Registrar. The building program will be in umratgl d|riMMovembaA'ac cording to Colonel Ike 4*hbum, ext < utive assistant to the prated—t. Plans and specifications ha— al ready be— drawn up and Contracts arc ready to be signed. The con templated construction include* dofadtariea, a dining hall and equipment, an auditorium, a college hotel, a laundry and utilitiaai^ 7 A. 4 M. has already been allow ed a grant of 12.000.000 fro- the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion, or 46% of the amount now be ing requested. If the PWA loan to not secured, construction of dormi- l r w ‘. win . > rni 1 n already obtained. A board ef regular army medical officers will examine applicant* for contracts in id inc* military, starting at 8:00 a. m. Monday, September 19th and contimine through Wednesday, September 2! The place of Examination will be the basement of the bo-pital.L j After Shooting Bus-Truck Wreck Shot to Death Labor Conference i flat bn was bailiff tended Charlton, Maas. Seven Eifle acroee hie kiieea. Police say the pair committed suicide when Mrs. Weed’s hutband, in an institution,'refuMd”o"five h^freedon*... Ineeneetcon^nSMi'jit'iie UtinVAmMtam taW^feT^ceM >City are Vicente Toledano. head of the Confederation of Mexicen Worker*; Leon Jouhaux, French labor leader, and CIO’s John Lewis.