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STUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. A M. COLLEGE
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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
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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.
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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
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BY JACK PUCKETT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.