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? tn»tNT SEMI.WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. A H COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 27, 1988
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NUMBER 5
Cut Prices
Work on
I ■
Made
Clothes
>rs
V'l
d
'Costs on Civilian
Outfits Remain At
I Priwidfitj Prices
| All Collefe .iution Uilora! tjutey
ennounrrd a n-duction in prices
for work' on students' oilkta^y
Mothea, efffcct^ve Oct. 1; The »n-
tiounrfinont; wi* nude after ineetti-
C tiona by a iemor claw commit
f of Tciiy; Polanovieh, David
George Staples,
21 StyudenN Vchieve
A Perfect Rt (ord For
Making a 3.10 Average
Two hundred aid fifty-nine atu-
dent* of A. A M. College were list-
Speaking before the Urge aa- aa' diatinguiabed students for
Kyle Speaks Before
Aggie Corps at Yell
Practice Friday Night
seipbly at yell practice Friday
ni^t, Dean E. J. Kyle, president of - inf ^ lsfuN , ^ gegt.tra
thi' Athlctii (Vitinnl crnvp an in. r. « mw .
of T<^iy
Thrift, Fred K
}Fete F^r, C
lofftcera. E;
\Jtfry of the
jaociatien, co-o
jmittee hi ita
j The price
"cash and ea
iductien in
z
the Athletic Council, gave an in
teresting heart-to-heart talk to the
i rnb< r* of the student body coa-
ceming the policies of the Athletic
Council this year. He was intro
duced by Hub Aston, chief yell
lemr
Speaking on the prospects for the
u-am this year, Dean Kyle uid that
in all hit forty-two yean at Ag-
gidand he had never seen a strong
er lot of material grouped together
,n, George Staple*. I th * A - 4 M b * nner th * n “
Wimar, and class Vr *” nt th t “ ^ ar ' ^ in h » 0 P in '
h»u he believed that we had the
finest coaching staff of spy school
in the United State*.
Instead of having two seniors
serve on the Athletic Council a*
in past years. Dean Kyle announc
ed that this year there will be an
advisory council composed of stu
dents only. He suggsted that this
McQuillan, secre-
irtner Students As-
prated with the com-
irking.
luction is on|y on
work, and no re
coat df civilnan
saMounced Thi* mat-
/
. lothes
iter, comsnrkefj members stated,
!u> be pnt later.
|i The work of the c<»mmittee will
be submitted td a vote of the aenior
iclaas for pccdptance or rejection
Thursday nikTh:
Military pants will be cleaned
forrUndents ft>r 25 cents, aa com
pared with the formut charge of
40 cents. A blouse and alacka will
be cleaned and '.pressed for 50
cents.
Action was itaken by the seniors
this year ih o^der to equalise the
costs betwieeif dormitory, stagdtnts
and Aggies living in co-operative
bouses. The eosl.ef cleaning and
pressing slack* for student* in
the co-opetatipe houses is 20 cents.
Tailogs MH no longer have a-
genta in itbc* dormitories unless
the studebU themselves arrange
for having them.
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AfWWLL TAtLED AWAY
EL L/AifeeH. manager of student
publication* gt A. A M , left Sun
day night for j New York, where hi*
toother-imla*. Bumy Skilet, died
Sunday. L*
Mr. Skkleg waa instructor in
Brooklyn College and wa* working
toward his Pg. I). degree at Oblum-
bia Univerai*. Funeral aervige, it
was undefstobd,.are to take place
in Denton, Mf Skile*' former home.
* board be comprised of the Cadet
Colonel, the chief yell leader, the
president of the senior class, the
captain of the football team, the
editor of the Longhorn, ' the
editor of the Battalion, two other
prominent seniors, and two prom
inent juniors. This student board
will confer with the Athleti* Coun
cil on all matters of policy in the
future.
Dean Kyle said that over taro
thousand students did net pay
the $11 student activity fee* this
ydar, and reminded those that did
not that coupon books could be
purchased at the athletic office for
oaly $*' 50, which entitles the user
to attend all athletic contest* on
Kyle Fn*l<J this year. He concluded
his apeecty by urging every man to
support the team to hit utmost,
and to contact other studeat* and
urge them to do the same.
BIOLOGY CLUB
STARTS YEAR
First meeting of the year for the
Biology-Club was held last Thurs
day night, and officers for the
year were elected as follows: M.
M. Pearson, president; A. W.
Rrck. Treasure; Frank Hatch, see-
rttary, and J. W. Stork, parlia-
■unfarmn .
KAPERS
WEBB U
tent to npe
with bin
stopped hi
streamliner
car to nplrndj i
with her; wli!
CKETT j
OMB wa* not con-
just a few minutes
throb while the train
be chased the
to Houston ip his
a few prcdious hours
weile she waited for a
train to take her to New Orleans
and far gwaV from WEBB.
Satardhy night ANDY ROLUKS
put on hit gits and went forth to
have a hilgnous celebration. At
Bryan ho ga* refused a certain
hevei
and
the
away
said,
after
GBO
his best at
Texas fl
ed him,
socceaafgl. j
GENERAL” ALD-
een drilling his "F"
fi»h and sophomore* Sun-
iv, with wool shirts be-
uniform for all
Nice going,
! if you do that every
ernoon you might win
Trophy? again,
with JOE LITTLE
I this Yankee friend when
i wimmtng in the Brazos
light? * -
camera queer, MAX
tntertniaed his date for
night by showing her the
mse he was toe young
ge attempted to enter
itrj Clu\> be was turned
as the doorman
are not permitted
STAPLES was doing
the KC to forget hi*
and the way she treat*
he seemed to be fairly
JA
RICH
Com pan
day af
ing the
except
GE
Sunday
the Hogell
Who )wag
FACE 1
they
River a
The
HO
an en
mechanism* of a pup tent. A bird
of a feather, RAY TRIMBLE, yell-
4d out in kia sleep, "Oh Daddy, is
thi* what I put the chemieais in?"
EGBERT REAGAN is making a
trip to Houston every week-end.
rom his action* at the corps dance
atorday night, BOB ^ ADAMS,
Seem* to be two-timing his Jack
sonville flame And JEEP DATES
has struck up an intimate friend
ship with the new waitress at
HARDLICKA’S.
ALVIN UTTERBACK. RAY
MOND PIPKIN, BOB RODDY,
and NEIL BURNSIDE were sit
ting at a table in the College Inn
at the wee hour of two Sunday
morning with two quarts of milk
on the table. However, they all
looked ragged.
W. D. BARTON had a date with
one of our fair damsels who lived
several mde* out of Bryan and who
supposedly had engaged her ear
for
rribed '
IRICfl
arrived, be found the car in ne
condition to run, and the taxi fares
for thr evening has calmed his en
thusiasm for the “400".
Speaking of the Bryan "400”.
PROFESSOR McWHORTHER of
the ag ec# department wa* sport*
ing one at the corpe dance
A flying cushion hit our COM-
■ MANDANT on the frafk of the
at the game Saturday. The
someone is
hurt. Don’t forget to read the lost
fountain pen in the official notices, new recruit* will purt.cipst.
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259 Distinguish
In Spring Term
Of WS Session
the spring term of 1M7-J8, accord-
J. Howell
Of these, twenty use achieved
scholastic perfection by having
“straight A” record*.
In order to distfcguiMi, a student
must have no grade below “C" end
Only juniors and seniors will be
a grade point storage of not less permitted to make the trip to Tyler
than 2.25 per credit hour which is
slightly higher than a **B" average.
Approximately 5 percent of last
year’s student body qualified foi University, Lieutenant Colonel
the distinguished list, seniors lead George F. Moore, Commandant, an-
ing as a class with fourteen percent nounced Monday after conferring
distinguished
_ , . . with the Executive Committee.
Those students having "A aver- _
ages were: L L AppelU frethmaa Fre#hm ** ■ nd •ophomoiga will not
be granted p*#*e* to attend the
D. Carpenter, third year veterinary game. j
All seniors and four year men
will be granted authorised passes
which will excuse them from class-
mediciae student; N. F. Chamber
lain, senior chemical engineer; R.
M. Collie, civil engineering junior;
E. D. Ooutson, senior in liberal arte;
B. H. Elliot, petroleum engineering ** Saturday. Tkese passes may be
freshman; Joe E. Evans, junior ag
ricultural administration student;
J. P. Giles Jr., freshman in chem
ical engineering; H. F. Goodloe.
third year agricultural student;
Hugh Graham, senior ia agricul
ture; Tom D Harris, sophomore
veterinary medicine studentf E. C.
Kluener, junior In electrical engi
fleering; George R. Lewis, fresh
mah science student; H. H. Lieb-
hofsky, sophomore in liberal aria;
F. A. Loving, freshman chemical
engineer; A. M. Martin, architec
tural engineering freshman; H. C.
Martin, senior agricultural admin
istration student; C. R. Matehett,
freshman in chemical engiaeering;
T. A. Murrah, liberal arts senior;
A. P. Rollins Jr., junior civil ei*i-
neer; and H. G. Talbot, freshman in
agricultural engineering.
RODEO PLANS
MADE BY SADDLE
AND SIRLOIN
The Saddle and Sirioin Club held
its first meeting of the year Thurs
day night, with plan* for the an
nual college rodeo as the main
topic of discuss km. Present plans
for the rodeo, which is one of th4
features of the school year indicate
that it will be the biggest and most
colorful df any yet staged.
Herbert Mill*, president of the
club, introduced the new members
of the Animal Husbandry Depart
ment and called upon old members
of the department for talks. Mr.
Murphy, head of the meats depart
ment told of the efforts now being
made to: send the meats judging
team, which wot In Fort Worth
last spring to the Royal show in
Kansas City and the International
Show in Chicago.
The meeting was thea turned
over to the rodeo committee who
told of the plans for the rodeo
which is to be given on Friday,
October 28. which is the day before
the Arkansas game Features of
rt»e mdep are to be a queen who
is to be elected by the popular vote
of the students of the college and
the resilient* of College Station
and Bryan. A big pre-rodeo parade,
and a number of regular and
the evening. When BARTON ro<,eo rV * nt * » och “ bell
calf roping, Mexican Ribbon roping,
boot rato, Brahma steer riding, and
as many other events as can be
worked in the program.
GLEECLUB
IS TO BEGIN
PRACTICES
A. A M
- - Prof. Joe Woolket's ... * „
throwing throe cusiona Glee Chib will Mi its first re* ^ ^ BBT111¥1
“ Ular ****** ht - the window is open from ft a » to 6 p m
to bo seriously chapel of the Y. M G A. Sixteen
old members and appi-v.mat. l-.
to attend the football game bo-
tween Texas V A M and Tulsa
obtained from the
office and those
Commandant's
who content
I VMM
plate attending / the game should
put these passes through imme
diately.
Juniors and third year men will
not be granted authorised passes
like the seniors, but instead will bo
given only regular passes, which
will permit them to be absent from
the college. All classes that they
miss Friday and Saturday will be
counted as single cuts. To obtain
these passes authorising them to be
absent from the campos, juniors
must obtain permission from their
parent or guardian to the effect
that they are given special permis
sion to attend the Tyler game.
It ia suggested that all juniors
who contemplate making the trip
write home immediately and have
their parents or guardians send
permission directly to Lieut. Col.
Moore. If, sufficient time is not
available for a letter |o reach fhe
Commandant’s office it ik suggest
ed that the student have hia pm
enta send a telegram, for permis
sion will not be given to leave the
campus unleaa special permission
to attend the game is obtained
from home.
All cadets who make the trip to
Tyler -will be required to wear the
No. 1 uniform, and any violation
of the rule will be punished by the
college authorities, the Command
ant said.
Under no condition will sopho
mores and freshmen be permitted
to make the trip, so they are here
by requested not to inquire at the
Commandant's office for the same,
aa it will only add to the congestion
around the windows. Col. Moore
stated
Juniors and Seniors Will be Permi
To Make Tyler Trip for Ag-Tulsa
Freshmen and
Soph Passes
To be Rejected
Seniors To Be
Granted Excused
Absences for Game
JOIN SUDETEN [FREE CORPS
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v ©
Above are Sudeten Germans who have gooft'within Merman bor
ders to join the Sudeten "Free Corps.” A Nali party representative ia
siipiing them up. Their future will be guerrilla warfare along the
( zeck border unless the speech made by Hitler yesterday afternoon
precipitates highly organised warfare.
We Hear the Aggie Band Regularly .
But Rarely do We Realize the “Inside”
chards Becomes
Vice-President; 1
Doran is Secretary ''
Representatives Are j:
(’hosen At Class
Meeting Monday
itv vx.d Varner, supply sergnant
on the Infantry rqgiLiHgl staff, !
waa elected president of the junior
daro Monday night on the firm
ballot by aa overwhelm mg major!
ty. His only opponent waa W. T. >
Guy, Jft, sergeant major of Uw r
Battoatr ragiamnL j' d I;
Tom Richards of the Fluid Artil-
fery was ulMteil
a race which necesmtat. 4 a runoff
election between Richards aad Ed
Ore is. of the Field Artikry. -
Elected secretary-treasurer was
Joe Doran of^MMiilElIfc two
"pponeata were Jack Bibba, supply
sergeant of the Eamivaft M^hnaL
and Buddy Bornifield of the Coaal
Artillery. T
John HeaMe, sergeant major in j
the Chemical Warfare ^Service, was
elected historisn K. pre^-ntatM 1
on the student welfan- (ommittalb
will be Ed Dreisa, Jack Bibb*, and
Jack BaJmer. ♦ jjl
Clourot contort was the historian
me, ia winch H< able was the vio-
tor by six votes over Fete Gerlieh, )
technical sergeant of the Canftf )
regiment
Gadrt Colonel David Thrift woe
in charge of the nmettag.
Beal Hargrove 'poke ia support
of the Entertainment Scries, ask-
ing the juniors to ajd him ia tnak* •
tag this year’s program a sueoesa,«
and W. D. Bartoa, Longhorn i-di-
tor, asked the co-operation of the
juniora in meeting deadlines on
photography. • k
mavewurs at Aggie football
Itdjj, , j • w.
ftit do you ever stop tp think
what lies behind all this—to realize
what an enormous sacrifice in tima,
work, and even money these patient
and persevering bandsmen make
frt the sake of our school? Just
stop for s moment to consider.
The Aggie Band, consistiug of
two. divisions—Infantry and Field
Artillery—toUlling m-.., than 200
members, is the second largest col
lege- band in the United States, »ct-
Vallp exoeeded in site only) by t&ft
University of IHinoii Band. But
the Aggie Band couat* not only iti
- r< nut inequality, and the latter
is obtained by grueling hours of re
bcarsal and (*rill.
Each week-day aftetnonn one can
see the Band devoting a full hour
ta its drill. Here jthr members be-
corqe proficient at playing their
instruments while nmrchittk, at
performing the various fancy turns,
A new addition to the t ollege counter-marches, and oth<i ma-
Station p.,.t offle I. tht mural „ forwjw ^ rU „
jmintiu, b, Victor Anmumff of , kK ,
Urn Califonna School af Fin. Art. th , B. nd
Thu mural, which has been hung ot
on the north .all of the port offkc. ^ djtk)n . „ cb nl(ht , ltrr „
la mi cipenalre putt <4 wortt which , tKtke (f „ which the j.. .
BY BILL Ml KK tY
Every dnft the A. t M. Band
plays for all the rest of the Aggie
Corps to march into the mess hall
to dinner or supper. Nearly every
night the Band plays for our yell
practices. You hear the Band play
at all athletic contests of the Ag
gie teams here as well as at most
*!■ r > „t > *y 1 """ ’ l ”T' ** B *~ i »#■£•. furthermore” com
other cities You sec the Band pre.
sent its intricate aad spectacular
spring the Band consider
able trouble to present a series of
special Concert* for the Aggie Corp,
and visitors. And every day, as pre
viously mentioned, the Rand plays
to match the corps in to dinner or
suppei. Despite all Uwir duties, the
Band averages high scholastically.
Arnautoff Mural
Secured by Kyle
For Post Office
4
was secured through the efforts of
Dean Kyle.
I According to Miss Anna V.
Smith, postmistress, all mail leav
ing in morningai should be in the
poet office by 9 a m; for after
noons by 11 a m; and for night by
9 p. m. All light mail ia put up by
7:S0 a m and during the day all
diail from the south is up by 12
soon, and from the north by 3 p m.
Fer quicker mail service all letters
arriving should have the box lum
ber on them so that they can be put
up without troublesome delay. The
money order and postal savings
and any trouble with mail or boxes
Should be inquired shout
time.
playi), one or both branches of qn r, i
the Band rehearse for an hour WHUIC 1 0 oC OH SillC
more their marches and other mu
sk. |On many week-ends the Band
makes trips to other citieu, to lead
parades of the Aggies Corps and
play at the football games there.
The Band plays for all football,
baake’tbull, and baseball games, for
horse shows, reviews (practice and
formal) of the Aggie Corps, re
ceptions of and occasional confir
mation of degm-s upon distinguish
ed visitors to Aggieland, BaocaUu
reate aad Commencement exercises,
midnight yell practices before big
f v..tb*ll games, welcoming home or
seeing off the Aggie football team
to and from games at other locali
ties, and other occasions. In the
pose the two fine dince orchestras
that play for many Corps and oth
er dances here and elsewhere.
And when you consider, in addi
tion to all the above, the time and
trouble each Band member must
devote to individual practice on
instrument"; the expenses they
bear in buying instigmenta, instru
ment accessories, and their distinc
tive while Band belli with shoulder
strap*; their having to forego, be
cause of then Raid duties, tak
ing as many week mid trip# as the
rest of the Aggies take; the time
they must sacrifice from study and
recreation in ordev< to live up to
their Band obligstlhna; and other
minor trials and tribulation, the
hard-workiag bandgmen undergo-
then .dpi of you, fellow Aggies,
should bettor understand and ap
preciate out great Aggie Band
But to the members of the Band
the result* and returns of their
labors are well worth the sacrifices
r-
Tickets for Tyler
Game To Be on Si
Through Thursday
Aayone who ha* art pur
chased * ticket for the Tulsa
University-A. 4 M. game,
Which will be p4*'.-d m Tyler
Saturday, way get them at the
athlrtk office IMy .iky from
eight antil fivem*clock through
Thursday. A fir? that time the
tickets will he sent hock to
Tylro.
Ducat* far seuts hetweea the
tw* Ift-ysrd Mae* sell fer MAO
regularly, with others rooting
$2Jft. Student* with art i \ it \
books may secure tickets ft
ll.lft.
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DEADLINES
FOE LONGHORN
CLASS PICTURES
; Rf. D Barton,‘‘Ciughorn editor,
.mnounced today the following
deadlines for elaro Section pictures
for the 1939 Longhorn; for fresh-
men, November 3ft; for sophomores,
Nov. ft; for junior!, Oet 1ft. For
members of the senior the
deadline ia Oet Kj ut uhift MMhft-
they must fB! out ftftljiMMuunM^ll
card, if the achievftmdits of thulr
mrs at A. 4 M. are to be recorded
in the annual.
These individual picture* must be
token at the Aggielond Stud,I
from whteh they aft sent directly
to the Longhorn -office.
Burton also anno timed that all
pictureiuijtn at the aaaual R. Q.
T. C. camp for junior* during the
summer must be turned in to the
Stuili nt I’ulilirations Office by ev
ery organisation as soon aa pos
•ible. As the Longhorn office ha*
»o other camp pktpre*, "tudentft
who attended camp will be repr,
seated only by 4M ]jph«u>grapbs
they took, and are urged tn briag
for publication in the annual aB 1
the pictures they have of camp life.
It m also urgently requested
anyone having any pictures of any
sport—intramural or varsity; fooip [
bull, baskftball. ha—hall. Hurt,'
tennia, golfing, or any other ath
letic contest of the Aggies, of last
spring or thi*
tore* to the
Office as
them published
All picture*
turned. It is
these pk-
Publkation*
. to huve
th.- lAinghont
used will be re-
that the stu
dent body wlfl give She Unghom
■toff every cooperation in the above
mutters. Barton declared.
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REC HTION HELD
TTi ‘j £ : . jf *. |
A reception was held at the Col-
legc poultry farm for new d. par *
ment members and students last
Tuesday night OldlMrtfti/(■£•
hosts to Dean and Mrs. E. J. Kyle.
lf r ' S hUd Mm. R. M, Sherwood, E.
M. Hofamgreeu, Iff- uud Mrs. George
IfaOartfcy. Mr. a«l Mrs. D. H. Retd.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H WBey, Mr. and
Mrs. Bd ffanaul. Mr. snd Mrs J.
R. Couch, Mrs. Colrkrhmidt, Mor
ton Rosenberg. Creorge Logan, and
George Roesuer.