i.- l r M kNGETO. IND THE FESTIVAL j iIIL.wmL NEWS !)I(.K*T WTAW 11:50 A. M. TUESDAY A FRIDAY I* f iv 4 IN THE lAl RTY-EIGHTH YEAR STUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OP TEXAS A. * M. COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER SI, 1938 PHONE COLLEGE 8 I . Z71t NUMBER 6 M. Makes Bid For cultural Research Lab HmiImIIIBHIIIII Ashburn Entertainment Of Visiting Official- Brief Van A Co ted To el Favoring Station Site a. * 41 bid foi* I era' proposed rai A. & M. Registers 5,576 Students For This Session U. of T. Registration Falls Below Expsdil \ 10,006 Student Bn of om of th« four ion dollar cotton re search laboratories in the state in gradnl JOMi |st Collere Station in poitfcdkv. V. H Van>Arsdel, representative of the bureau of chemistry and 'soils, makiny a tour of Tens to •■aMrj ■ikterial for a report to the U. S. Department of Agrirulture locsting turemittee and Secretary AfH^ulaire Henry Wallace, ' Khent Th*nu|ay on a tour of inspec tion of fie A. A M campus and facilities^ lie eras brougtit here from Waho by Dowell Naylor, retnry the Waco chamber of Commerdr ^nd J. D. Williamson, Warn attomtey and member ef the Waco oiuimftee on location uf U)e luh^sufrony. 1 Arrunfemhnts for entertainment of Hr. Wn Arsdel were in 4uuge of CoL Ike Ashburn, sssisUnt to , President Tj. 0. Walton, Director 1 A. B. Tenner of the Agricultural Experiment Station and Dead Gibb Gilchrist of ihc School of Engineer- inf. After an automobile trip over the 1 * Campus and much of the rbller > fanti pad leadloch acreage. Mr. Van Ar^dell eras introduced to s . representatik* group of college af* fidah and $ryan business men at a luncheon in the college mess hall at noowJ' | In pregenfng the claim for Texas as the location for the laboratory the statd’s importance as an agri cultural stdte was stressed in a; brief prev'T^ted by Cot. Aahbam tp Mr. Van Aipdel. > “lit addition there ia the great importance of a vaat wheat crotf in rhf plaini country and the twpid^ ly growing*citrus industry in the Rio Grande Valley. Pecans likewise constitute a^great money crap for the .SOI,#00 (farm hornet of Texas '* Specific claims of the college for location ofl the laboratory were piedo sled upon ait offer of the Board of Directors to deed to the government^ free of cost, “such, lands aa may be needed for build ing sites, to make available • rpjl search facitiflea now operative at the colleger including the research library, to (tender full cooperation of employes of the A. A M. College ^ . in the fUthkrance of these import-. *■ ant iaTfatigations and to ftimiah government utilities such as power, water, Final registration figures an nounced today from the office of j Registrar E. J. Howell revealed that 6,576 students are enrolled in A. A M. this term Mr. Howell pointed out that this figure represent/ an increase of 660 students over the first term of the 19S7-38 session, when 4,926 students enrolled for work in the first term. ERADICATION OF SYPHILIS IS AIM OF CAMPAIGN Plans for an expanded program of education in syphilis control and social hygiene to faarh ultimately 25/000,000 young mea and women throughout the nation were an nounced in Now York today by Dr, William F. Snow, jhairman at the Administrative committee of the American Social Rygiane associa tion These activities, made possible by an anonymous contribution of S2f),('00 will attempt, in addition to bringing knowledge of the venereal disease* before youth, to provide biological mflormation and guidance in preparing young men and : Early estimates had placed the probable gmmlwr of studeat* at around 6.700 Enrollment at the University of Texas now stands at 9,f!4, with late enrol lee* expected to boost the total to around 10,000 MARSTELLER SPEAKS OYER N WRAP SATURDAY i Texas A. A M. College will have a thirty-minute period for a broad cast over radio station WBAP of Fort Worth, Saturday morning, October 1, from 9 to 9:30. The broadcast will originate from Gaion Hall on the A- A M. campus The prograui will conaiat of ma- sical numbers and a speech by Dean Marsteller in which he will give his observations of a trip he took recently to Sweden nnd other European comitries to 'attend the world convention of the Interna- . '■v. , Prtxy Honors New Instructors With Dinner 56 New Member* Of A. & M. Staff Guest* A( Annual Affair Fifty-six new faculty members of A. A M. were honored by a din ner given by President T. 0. Wal- ton in the banquet room of the mess hall Tuesday night. Deans, department heads, and other facul ty members also attended. . | New instiuetors honored Wan* H. D. Baker, Physics Department; wnmin 1 ** ^ ®* n T n ' an . Mechanical Bngi for stronger' amT more enduring 1 n< * r,, ‘* Dwmrtmert; E W Blak marriage and family relations, the|nfjr. Rathamatics; Krnshaw Bon announcement stated. This gift, ear-marked for the youth project, brought the total contributed to the fund being raised by the association's National Anti- Syphilis Committee to $66,016. “Of the nation s 36,900,000 indi viduals between M and 30 years of age. it is estimated that about* 6,000,009 are suffering from syphil is or gonorytMa”, said Dr. Snow. “No other dangerous communicable disease tacks as many victims from this age group aa these twin pla gues which can be curbed and ran be cured." The program will get under Way by October l and is expected to reach its peak of intensity for the year around Third National Hy giene Day on February 1, 1939 300 Passes Granted juniors and' T 9 ■ j | ' I* Seniors to Attend Tyler Contest Fish and Sophs Not Allowed to j See Ag-Tulsa Tilt SENIOR CLASS rNI Jf PRESIDENT ham. Wild Game; T. W frets. 94*?. B. W Brewer, Mathematics; Wel- dm Brewster, Biology; Louise Bry ant. Home Management , division of the Extension Service; Cup:. J. A. Telia, Military Science; U. Col. R. L. Christian. Military Science. C. M. Dehhardt, Agricultural Bcononucs; J. L Dodson. History; A. A. Dunlap. Plant Pathology division of the Agricultural Expei i- ment Station; Tildon Eaaky. Agn- mnuy; F. M Ekfelt. English; H H Qairptaou, Qwmistgy. P. L Gettys, Economics; C. F. Goultry Husbandry; J. W. Potta, Boys Club division of the Extension Service; N. E. Rigier, Plant Pathology diviahm of the \ H Above ia Bob Adams, recendy elected president of A. AD seniors are t» mg granted authorised t passes excusing them from classes SatunkW, but juniors are being give* regular passes permitting them to be off the ram j put, and all clauses they miss will be Counted as single cut*. A change ! in jtjie ruling as regards Jewisyi i M.'s senior : has been made by the Executive darn. Adams is s chemical engineering student from SacksonviUe, lieutenant colonel in the Cadet Cbrps Cotmnittee. Special*- permkmion The rodeo, sponsored by the gun- (Agrkultuaal Experiment Station peal and lessen the ennui of the I cost to the college. U • poor, lonesome freshmen. ET KAPERS I i»r members of the organizatioo, ’ will be a real wild west affair con sisting of many new events that have ngver been attempted fn the ; annual club rodeo. One of the more interesting events will be a Mex ican rope pulling contest. In this event a ribbon wfll be tied tq the tail of s wild sterr. Aa one member of the team ropos and holds the steer; another will attempt to re move the ribbon. [j" : ' f j 1 | r: »{^rj— “n If War Should Come: S. I. Scheldrup, Economics; Caj>t. B S. Shute, Military Science; C. M. Simmang, Mechanical Engineer ing; J. F. Smith, Jr^Goology; W B. Temple, Mathematics; J.- G. H. Thompsoa, Mechanical Engineer ing; L. P. Thompson, Mechanical Engineeriag. T. R. Timm, Farm Management division of the Ex tension .Service; L. D. Toulmm, J Geology, and G. B Winstead. Pub Ikity. I Tulsan Expect to Win From A. & M. at Tyler Saturday Tulsa, Okla., Sept. 30—(Special) —Regardless of the opinions Sf •football experts," the Golden Hur ricane of the Unitcraity of Tulsa has every intendon of bringing home s victory when they play the Texas Aggies next Saturday at Tyler, Texas. " We realise that we are facing one of the toughest teams in the southwest," Head Coach Vic Hurl said Monday noon at the weekly sports writer* luacheon “We will be handicapped by the lack of re serve strength, expccially so if w run into hot weather, but our boy* believe they can win this game, and that's half the battW-f The Tulsans suffered Vsnaidnr ably in the opening game with Central State Teachers last Satur- fcr. day, but the head was indicative ib- of what they can expect in Texas. No casualties were reported, how- K.lTsItr rr-fr all thr worM. m- imaa. U far tamadlala owfliri haa tkBrhr aetioa of BY JACK |lOL’TT AND . I A H 8PITZER, who left 4. A JACK HENDERSON M. last year after a glorious mil- ‘ SONNY BROCK look "* n r * n * mh * rt * b » SUNNV BROCK look. lth# Finit Battalion Fo»- M • H a || been re-named with time bo rechne leisurely and smoke, ^ ^ sprra:E HALL NO. !.,_ — but tte. yeWr he informs the junio^ sprrzER ^ ^ voU , W^M w^-Va-ait that sm^kigg is a senior prWilege. ^ yw ^ put thf rjrBt BatUlion Jt, "Ttf m ZF " ’*11 i,,BIOr, ' ^ ^ Goodwin rMX * T - and ° Ut rtf •^4 " The scholastic rating of the coll j u trunnu 1 l ^ ^ THOH^BON lege shdukTclimb this year since DAN McLENDON really look* Whip Europe hovers on the brink C Q. Tilt being dixtn tH d by *^Py these days. He ame. at two * , not>M , r war m< rr than LEWIS C$EVAILLIER looking ; . ***** ,, , the World War. some of the Aggies (ireat Increise In Air Fighting Would Probably Be Main Feature of Another Big WorldjWar <■01 NOT*: WtBfe rlalb tlM OnlUO Sui tr anS skAr aa IOms r* MairaO Af hr tW fi pi, newest of the major branch es of military forces, bids fair to become one of the most powerful ♦f aH I* ever, and Coach Hurt expect* to have a fully-manned squad on tap for the game Following a tough scrimmage Tuesday evening against the fresh men, who wore using Aggie forma tions, the Hurricane appeared to be polishing up a few of the ragged spots which Coach Hurt detected in the opening garm with ^>c Teachers. ’I . Moms White. Mickey iAAsgS, Troy School, Elmer Let* Gantry, and Pat Smith looked especially good on running plaps, and the baekfieid chores will probably fall on their shoulders next Saturday SOPH AND FISH ELECTIONS SET Dates for sophomore and fish elections were announced today by Cadet Colonel DimcI Thrift, who will be in charge of Uje meetings. Sophomore class officer* will be elected the night of Thliraday, Oct. 6, immediately after yell practice. Freshmen will elect Ufcrir officers Sunday, Oct. 9, following the after noon show. Both no. tings will be held in the Assembly Junior and senior recently elected t THREE NEW OFFICERS MED 1^ The personnel of the Military f Department has among ita ranks, this year three new officer* to lake the place of the officer* who were transferred to other stations doe to the army regulation* of moving an officer after four years at one Post- , Tbe Infantry branch of the Mil itary Science Department la headed by Lt Col. t. L Christian, who waa transferred to the college from Detroit, Michigan, to repines Qapt Martin Moses who is now stationed in the Philippine Islands. Capt J. A. Cell* has been added to the Field Artillery Branch in the place af ( apt B. P.Heiaer. who after terv mg foor years here ha* been chang ed te Fort Benjamig Hamm.a in Indiana. Capt. Celia came to A. A . M. from the Command and General Staff School at Fdvt Laanawwatb. * Kansas. The atfeaa dhmge in the •teff this year war th. placing of Capt B. 8 Shute from the Panam« Canal Zone with the Engineer* to take the place ef Capt Davit T. Johnson. Chpt Johnson ia now eon nected with the River and Harbor Work an the Mumuomppi river and is stationed at Kansas City. Mis souri. Bombing plane* .an cripple the for contj Congfati by i _ in, P.Ji. Jn'ni^'cniiiT “' l ’' r * 1 ’ """■ “ , N “ rU ' T "“" m«4 "Beantiful" bo, nmnn, ™ V* l, * v,n * *™* 0 ~ rm-l U inniubl. p„Wk. Tbrr, are good ground* for My, my! i | ‘ Jr ‘ , [ There art several sound rea»on* the belief that we would continue ause the deer or tht watching CHARLIE why We should not become unduly as at present with those students missed that ifanss^ TRAIL for a Is# minute* st yell excited, tht first of which ia that eligible far the draft being taken movements of men- and supplies NX to reach giorioul practice a female vitilMf remark- there is. as yet no war. The sec as their turn came. Due to their beyond the range of tbe most pnw- ight* in Tits military earear? | "That little fellow certainly and is that, if there is a European superior training, the majority of erful guns, as well a* destroying BORSIKtELD shouldn’t stop hi» puts pep into hi* cheering Charlie war, pre may not become involved those student* would probably be crowded ritie*. Another of the fuar- car if ! thit incidents thari’folioW j •*>1' contend* that be is^ anything i n it [|t is possible that the U. f ^ aent to training camps to be made tions of the air ewps would be as cauae tern to spring the car doof j*** “pvoplea chofco". _ \ (pMUtadd her le*s,m when she sent into officors. The graduating sea- observers, to ipst artlllkry fir* and iff backing oqt. FRANCIS POTTS AND CHES- thousStids sf Her young men acro^ : iors would probably be called to Folloiring Saturday night’s coi p TER WISE are to escort MOLLY the spas to die in the war to end 1 active duty immediately upon re dance f'MRDALS" WIMER wai O’DANIEL to the Tyler Rose Fes- all wars and make the world safe reiving their commies!om, while a prcaa tree id t thral. The conversation for the day for democracy! Today we see the students not graduating or ikmatts. Id has already bean planned and ia Europe neurmed with an estimated . drafted would probably be allowed Seniors Decide/to Ask for Reduction Of Tailoring Prices on Civilian Outfits The senior class accepted the pro posal of College Statibn tailors to reduce prices on military clothes at their meeting Thursday night The •ame committee was appointed to confer further with tha tailors con cerning the reduetkmilit price* for dtvfliaa. dotbda. duced. His proposal was rejed^cd. \ Glass {‘resident Bon Adams atat^ ed p petition had Vs-eu- aent ki to the executive commltte for aa of ficial corps trip unqfflrial corps and Austin. The t^ipp to Dallas and Austin werp CHELOR PROFESSOR te lecture to Dr. course o^ FAMILY 8? U ,| very stereotyped. Wise is supposed M say, “Please pass the buiscuits, MOLLYf. Don’t crackers go better with ch«i? 5.ooo t iKKi men ready to begin again to continue their course of study, that awful slaughter of men and These opinions are, frankly. Innocent cRitens; therefore. H » guesses The military demands of highly prepah Me that the U. 8.1 the nation would, of course, control observe the movement of enemy ti-oopa. Besides these, tbe ingvnuity of maa wiO. no doubt, devise many other uses for tki* extremely mo bile* force; to in spy circumstance, we can probably expect the next war to begin—if begin H untet— with the larged air bottles in the history of the world, if' com- A representative of a tailoring j migtoe, but the a»offkial corps firm in Waco made th. pi. p-^hI trip to Waco will he decided upon to the class at their first meeting at the next meetfeg of the efeca- to orgonite a Cleaning and Pro**- live committee at 1 the first of next big Club of the senior class of five hundred members have their work done by the Waco plant for 16 cents per suit. Thi* proposal led to an imeatigdion byta committee from the class to see if prices at local tailor shops could not be r*- week. Owen (Slick) Rogers, senior quorterbock of the Aggie football team, was unanimously chosen by the senior Haas to r. present it on the student advisory board to the Athletic Council.