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STUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OP TEXAS A. * M. COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER SI, 1938
PHONE COLLEGE 8
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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 B<h1\
at
■ .i.
iay made a atrenuou*
>n 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
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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.
Go<Hlheart. Electrical Engineering;!
R. C. Green, Electrical Engineer i
i«g; C A. Greer. English; H. E.j
During the campaign among PvWoleum Engineering; H. i
youth, appeals will be made for E Hampton. Agronomy. L. N.
continued cooperation of press and Hard, Genetics; L. HL'Henderson.'
.'radio to supplement the home, Agncultuml Education; C. Hohn.
church, and school. Leaflets, post- division of the Extension
era, handbills, and a special “news-, Serviee.
paper" are being designed to aid . Walter Jennings, Mathematics,
in teaching young persons the facts Experiment Station Chemist; B.
about syphilis and gonorrhea, how E Kelly, Chemistry; P. W. Kim 1
exposures are avoided, and what lh * U - Agricultural Economics;
Ruling Concerning
Juniors Changed To
Allow More Freedom
Approximately UHl pusses
been turned in to the Commandant 1 *
office Friday morning by juniors
and Senior* wishing to attend the
A. A M.-Tulsa Univenity football
game and Rose Festival at Tyler
Saturday, secordiag to Col. Georg.
F. Ifbore, hapuMMMiL
. 0 Waltea has
a formal iaviU
{‘resident T.
bee* extended
tioa from Tjrlar to be present
at the Tyler Rose Fe»ti»»l par*
rade and the football game tm* r
twrea the Texap Aggies and
TtMoa Uaivermy, Batardsy.
Ia all lik r l.h..4 jw will aLt
id the festival.
IV Texas Aggie Bead, ac
cording to a late anaeunce
went by Coloael Ike Aahbum,
will make the trip te play la
the parade pad at the gssae.
! 1 ■■ i ii'- -Ht
treatment is necessary when
fections occur.
in-
Molly O’Daniel
Invited to Rodeo
tional Veterinary Association.
The Saddle and Sirloin Club has
b» * Molly (VDanicI
to the
and fact
etc., at Sett
Lounge Leapers
Social approval plays a lead
ing role in tV °f * college
student; at least it does ia
some colleges. Allowwig the
needle of the compass to turn
westward ly, take a look at stu
dents about one hundred and,
tea Wiles from A. A M. Head -
lines in The Daily Texan state
that dancing lessons are now
offered every Wednesday night
in the main lounge of the Un
ion buikihig.
These dancing lessons are de
signed te satisfy popular ap
daughter of Qeveduap elect W Lee
O'Daniel, to attend the rodeo that*
is to b# give* by the chib on Oct
ober 23. Herbert Milla, president,
ennouneed Thursday that if Mina
O’Daniel attend^ the will be
crowned queen of the rodeo and
will be an honor guest of A. A M
M Legataki, Civil Raginedring;
J. D. Lindsay, Chemistry; A- 8. T
! und. Agricultural Econo alias; J.
A.,McCurdy. Veterinary Anatomy;
A. P. McDonald, Mechanical Engi
neering; W. V. Maddox, Daily
Maaufacturing; V. H. Meless, Ani
mal Hii'bi.ixlry; Henry Menusan.
Plant Pathology division of the
Agricultural Experiment Station.
L. A. Miler, Animal Husbandry;
Joseph Morgan. Physics; A. M.
Nelson, Mechanical Engineering;
H. I. Ott, Veterinary Physiology
and Pharmacology ; F. C. Pack. Ex
periment Station Chemist; E. D.
Parnell. I\>ultry 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<im home to go to Tyler will no:
be necessary, bat a blanket pass
from parents or gtiardians wMl be
sufficient. Under no conditions trill
i PoNlmaMps or freshm. n be allow
ed to make the ;
Number 1 uniform is still
tiofi for the tgip, according te
Colonel Moore.
irmindful of the part played by
would “let them fight it out among
tbemaelves."
But in the event that the U. 8.
were to be involved in another war,
we would etill have no more cause
to worry thaly the rest of the Amer
ican youth. There it abaolutely no
parallel between the R. 0. T. C. of
today and the military training -at
A. A M before the war.
Any plans for the mobilisation
n diamonds under cover of darkness
ition* are in prder fo$ ^ contem ^ ^ |j j n other | of the students here would be a
FORD Wtuta •“ ,h " -rrou b«.k*.« n corflk)| wond „ A((l „ ^ ^ nuiau , ^
in r«t«rn u, ort will pU, ill th, war many prapit ami Uwrr^trr hare not bran ramie
loving ' *-* 11 -
the sbujen
Was |||
terget a
“BUULT
heights in
the situation and no one known til
the emergency arises, how desper
ately the army might need men *r
how far reaching the draft might
be
The next war will pnob*My, ac
cording to some of the foremost
military experts of today, begin
with a raid by the full force of the
attackers' bombing foire on the
centers of populations and the in
dustries of the attacked. The air
> 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.