Abo
THE BATTALION
BAD ENGLISH USAGE HERE
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A GOOD TRADITION
kiOne of A. A M.’s botUr trodi-
. one w<ik^ ia of rolue—not
o ly throof h tiv foor yeori • »to-
d nt aperxk ken but nloo thn>u(th
the redt of h a life, ia being tor-
«t tu,n thia aeu »n.
We refer toil he tradition of all
imen mfcet ng upperclassmen
a id fish wh|enc rer the fiah come
ii contact with cadets they do not
Wwv.
Insofar as,usefulness to students
i i later life is oneemed, this tM>
<ftion probably' outranks all oth
It destroys the timidity which
r haee socorkpanied a fteshman
tfc college | it ciieatea ability to r*t
I long q e^er with everyone
But thia year it is being neglect
ed. Freshmen are not taking ad
vantage of the opportunity for
personality development which is,
afforded by suck action.
Particularly ia this truo of the.
Bryan freshmen and of many who
are frequent Bryan visitors. On the
buses; the taxis and just “on the
comer* this “rule of etiquette” for
A^gis flab is' siiffcrinfj •
Freshmen should ponder for sotne
tisne the benefits they will derive
from abiding by the tradition. If
they will do this, we feel sure
few oases of failure to meet
upperclassmen and freshmen
whom they are not acquainted
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The Knrlish being ubed by the
A. A M. is getting ao
I sulty that it ;. noticeable by the
1 eculty, outside ra, and even among
students themselves. It ia a
i ommon occurrence to hear bad
iseg* in classed, in the mess hall,
it the gym, am f at any other place
rhere students! are gathered.
It is not wholly the freshmen who
re making bid usage of their
Tammar; in f wt, it is practically
[together the i pperdassmen. Sure-
y the atmosphere prevailing
iround and on the campus is not
ntended to ci use bad grammar.
Sut all our misbsed words are prob
ably done unconsciously, but not ad
jnconacictasly hat wy cannot cor-
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rect our fablti. ,
The feet tha; students are using employment
bad Bngliab, not only in their qc
venations, but in their class pspci
sed reports has been brought to
the attention of the faculty, which
ia working to correcf our blunders.
It ■ not the slang and Aggie
NMAif” which ia bringing so
much attention. A letter written
recently to an employer by an A.
A M. student dismayed the em
ployer to such an extent that he
*tnt a letter to the faculty concern,
ing the form in which the letter
was written.
Just being a graduate of A. A M
will not get the graduate a job. The
Knglish used when he is trying to
convince the empbyer of his cgpa-
kmHg-will be ond of the deciding
factors hi the graduate's getting
it'-
of Ilhone
Cited
Junior
ties
By .Band
ED'S NOT*:
kmt omtiarnkm lot maHrknw or Ntefew
iae which h W>M 1 <m facts. The owiaiou
rsfriiiif hcrain. however, are aot to W
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ro THE BATTALION: ,
I should like to call the serious
attention of the authorities, facul
ty, and student body of A. A M.
to the urgent need for telephones telephones
in our dovmiiories. Stop to eon-|** a “P** :
aider tha
moat of yog
It is A
are on this lei
throe
more than
V
if ! | AC KOSS
1-vA gent 27—American
5—A variety Of 'scout, Indian
coffee fighter and
10— A largo ro! showman
lection SO—A small cord
(ccUoq.) M—An Indian of
11— A means of
11—Hall!
14— Scatter seed
U—To steal
from
16 Scarcely
15— Upon
IS—Shoe forms
21 — Encounter
W tribe *
-Watch ae-
Ib-S^iound
mado by a
dove
38—Observed
24-Web-footed
birds
DOWN
40-Righteous
S—Own
3-Southwest
6—Officer
day (h
of the
(abbr.)
(myth.)
4—Neuter
cry of
IT—A poem of of
lamentation M—Torture
IS—Any of aov- 28 Aurtcaigr
. sm SmsH IS—Half (prefix)
flan dog- . SI—Frosted
woods 33—a Christinas
20 -Savory enrol
23 Runs before 37-Thua
a gale 38 -South
25—Catch sight iabbr.)
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for free use by about S,S00 dorati
THE
. Student semi-weekly newtpsper
of Texas A. < ( M. College and of
ficial college publication.
Entered as second class matter
at the Postoffice at College Sta
tion, Texas, u nder the Act of Con
gram of Mar rh S. 1879.'
Subscriptioi i rate, $1.71 per year.
Advertising (rates upoa request.
ip Rbom 122, Administra- eut
Represente l for national adver- definite, progressive action in re
using
/
tory students, not to< mention al
most that same number of day
students who likewise often seed
to make telephone calls while on
the campus.
In the “Y” are two free phenes
for student use. However, there is
always too much noise there in
terfering with one’s phoning, and
frequently people are forced to
wait ir hoe fer a chance to use
phoae.
As a proof of our real need of
the following tragic
mtly an Aggie’s
and I believe !mother was dying. The phone me*.
sage sent to notify him that night
did not reach him until the follow
ing morning, by which time the
boy s mother had died. There have
ix-cnj-miaerou* other instanoes—
though not all ao unfortunate -of
our sad lack of communication
fheilities. If people want to get in
touch with Aggies, it is ae*t to
impossible to do so by phoneJ A
Almost; Svery other college of
importance has adequate telephone
MTOttar'i fee its students. Why
shouldn’t A- A M. also?
The minimum here should be one
The Americas Banker* Assoc ia- NOTICE
tion for Education in Economics
has allocated to this mstitutien one
loan scholarship in Aw amount of
$260 for the yem 1988-33:
Students who are majoring ia
economics or in *ubjecU^ related to
banking, and are candatee for
the bachelor's degree in 1939 and
are dependent in whole or in part
on their own labor jlhr their ey
penses in college are, eligible as
applicaats. Students, interned
should see me for the necessary
forms.
T. D. Brooks, Dead. Schtol of
Arts and Sciences!
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Economics Prof To j
Write Magazine Series
Robert M. Denhardt, Instruc
tor ir Agricultural Economics has
been ssked by two Tepcas livestock
magastafa—Tge Cfitftsmsu, pub
lished at Fort Wortiv Texas, and
The Sheep andHtaU Raiser, pub
lished at San Angelo, Texas—to
furnish $ aeries of
tain aspects of the
livestock industry in
The articles in The
deal with the histo
bond in the Southwest, while his
first article in the Sheep and Goat
Raiser will be on the rodeo in
MdsAj i I .‘K 1/
Mr. Denhardt came to the college
this year from the pniversity of
California to teach
the Economic Histoi
ture. Me is the au
popular and tedhn
the history of the
try in the Southwest,
There will be a very important
meeting of all boys fr|s4'.Dsllas
and Dallas county immefately af
Ur supper, Thursday, October 4,
IMS —Club president
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AGRICULTI RAL tWlNEEK-S
The student branch? of the A. 8.
A. E. will meet Tueeday night at
7:30 i* the lectur? room of the
agricultural engineering building.
A11 agricultural engineers be there
for the special pregram gnd FREE
Ice cream and cajha. t
NOTICES
BUS DE
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dMUl
< Br,
fund «
NOTICE TO HOLD1
STATE OF TEXAS
FUND WARRANTS
Effective today and pntt) further
notice the baidu of 1 Bryan will
handle sUte getwral fund warrants
for regnkr deposittaA x ghatovwrs
at a discount of o«w peromt (lik)
and for non ('ustomef* at a dis
count of one and oge half per
cent (Itt);
The First NatiomSl Bank
Nations l
Tha City
The First State Baals A Trust
on cer-
ry of the
Southwest
tlemen will
of the stock
PLANT 8C1ENC11 8
The first meeting
SciAwe Seminar for
MiaMrIl be held ia the
Room, Experiment Sts
ing, at 7:30 p. m., Thi
ober 6.
I Dr. A. A. Dunlap, Chief, Divis
ion df Plant Pathology .nnd Phy
siology, will speak on “Pthological
and Physiological Features df
Seedling Production by Band Cul
ture* (illustrated^” ‘
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BIOLOGt club
The Biology Club wil) have an
important meetmK in tjke lecture
room of the Science hsll'on Thurs
day evening, October fitA. At 8:09
o’clock. Officers will be
GCM1B
POULTRY A EGG
The A. A M. Poultry and Egg
Club meets this Tun jay Sight ia
room 115 of the (i A Building
at 7:80. All students interested in
poultry are invited tg $4 present.
Course In Family Relations Has
(' it) -
Free Discussion of Vital Problems
agree.
fact that there
entire campus not
or four telephones
BY EARLE SHIELDS
Aggiea are learning—in a class
room—bow to become husbands.
Last year the class of *39, the
Biology Club, and The Battalion
were responxible for the institution
of a course in marriage relations
in the Rural Semiology Department.
This year the course ia a reality,
coming under the bead of Rural
BATTALION
on in the year many of these will
lecture to the claasssi! They wUl
consist of fhculty members,’bus
iness men. doctor*, nunaea, and va
rious others who will lecture on dif
ferent questions the students turn
in.
Moat of the year will be taken
up with class discussion of ques
tions turned in thia way. Each stu-
Sociology $18. There are three se^- k*™ •*»«* he is
tions of the course totaling over particularly interested in.
136 students. Prof. Dan Russell
conducts the course.
‘ The course has been divided into
several divisions so as to facilitate
better teghidtation of the course.
The main divisions are the family
as ah institution, conditions of di
vorce, desqrtion, separation and the
cause of their occurrence, factors
influencing success in marriage—
such as the ages of the husband
and wife, their health, education.
course in
of Agrieul-
of numerous
1 articles on
k indus-
telephone in each hall. The coat of social standing, andthe money prob-
one phone per month ia small— lem of marriage—courtship prob-
Telephone College 8.
until 4
nsdah I hi with this small
tional convenience for which wi
hate so much need. I urge some
or four dollars. Surely
Ikes', the college could
iff National Advertising
pkv 420 Hadinon Ave.
New York Cfty.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
H. BMItH ADVERTISING
IIANAGER
Bill Pa ae. James Crits
■aijaging Editors
George Fulton, B. C. Kaetear
J|Mt. Advertising Mgr*.
Boh Olivhr, J. Wayne Stark
Asa iciate Editors
R. C. CJaep) Oates Sports Editor
ijam Harrow
it Sports Editor
-(Clmtlstion Manager
Don iUcCljesney, H. G. Hward
i ation AsMsUnts
a F. BeVII tan. - proof reader
tUiSDAY STAFF
Kjwador Editor
ly ♦ Junior Editor
■■Jgaiir Editor
Junior Editor
Junior Editor
R f. Rogers, T. N. Stader, A.
J. Carroll. IL A- Moore, M. G. Faer-
H. (1. Tolbert. W. J. Sea
didge, M. I'. Perkins, Brice Died-
rich. J- R. Scott Lewis ChevailHer
W. TJtGey George Neseaeer. B.
F. Shtels. C. R Strsech. ( srter
Beam. A 4 8Un * el1 ’ B H
field. C. A Rhode. A. K.
gard to this by the college authori
ties.
-Wm. H. MURRAY, Band Jpnior.
(AY STAFF
Junior Editor
Jaaior Editor
Janlor Editor
Junior Editor
Frank Phataa. J. F.
Billy Oarhaea, W. F.
H. W. Camming.
L. H. Graaaboff, U
_ -west Schott Maaaa
W. DeArmond.* Jr, K. Ci
Hubert Stone,
L. A. Newmaa. *
DK. M AYO’S COLUMN
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(Note: The sketches of eleven
medsni Writers will ke resumed
next week.)
A creation that the Aggies
ought to be proud of” is the des
cription that 1 heard the other day
>f the Entertainment Series. And I
heartily agree. Five years ago ai
Aggie Sgaior,.named Jack Fergu
wm, from El Paso, decided that this
ampus like other campuses ought
to be visited every year by good
political speakers, orchestras; sing
ers, and stage plays So be set to
work and, without taking a penny
for his heart-breaking labor, crest-'
ed the Ekitertainment Series.
Ill the four years of its existence
the Series has brought to the Ag-
gtas, for $1.50 a year; fix or
seven features a season Such
spankers as Stuart Chase and Bsn-
ator *|fchting Bob” U Fellette;
such music, serious and popular, as
the Manhattan String Quartet and
Duke Ellington’s Orchestra^ such
plays as ‘The G$d Maid.” straight
from Broadway.
This year Beal Hargrove, elected
by the senior class as manager of
the series, offers by far the big-
geat season in its history. For $1.50
the Aggie man-about-town can hear
U. 8. Senator Champ Clark dis
cuss national questions, .ahd Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Jr. tall bis im
pressions of all of the bigwigs of
Europe, whom he hai
talked urtth personally
MNtoj Aggie
for his measly $1.50,
music of a symphonic
string trio (from
big-time swing band
hour's coneert He can
On the whole the questions are
very sensible and the discussion of
them should prove very beneficial
to every member of the da sees.'
A few of the question picked at
random run like this: Who should
be boss, man or wife? Bow to ban
dl« In-lawa? Why marry? Do pros
titutes make good wives? How can
a husband put more spark into
marriage when the morale is run
ning low? What ia expected from
each person on the honeymoon?
What should be discussed at thai'
|dinner table? Should a farm
marry a rich girl? What points to
consider in choosing i wife ?,'What I
harm is there in unmarried couplet
romancing to a healthful degree?
. , , . . ... Should husband help wife • with
.1 « ta hniI ' >0[k1 mUTim ^ ^ thout
love successful? How can one be
young at 50 What can be done
about jealaMyf . .
. Anyone Avbo is not taking the
course but who would like to listen
to sotaraff the lectures can secure
a visitor's card tq the classes.
Houston Club Talks
Dance Plans Moliday
The Houston A. A M. Club baa
begun its functioning for the year
by holding a smoker for thijllni
meeting, and a general) business
meeting last night
Some enf hundred and twenty
five boys have joined the club «
far, however, an extensive mem
bership drive is b<mir plsnned. A
definite club program Has' been
planned for the coming year with
• Christmas dance as one of the
first activities. This dance is to
t be held at the Houston Club in
Houston some time during the week
following dismissal for the Christ-
vseation. h* /,
BED BOOM -f $M$, Private
home. Two blocks ffonU boarding
house. ’ itfiM ffh» tan iApfc ■
202 W. 24th «, Bry*>. Te
1325.
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room
FOR RENT—Four room Duplex
Apt Completely furSisbed. 509 S.
Has well. Drive, Bry^g Tpias Phone
after 7>tojp. to.
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We have receive in U>e Presi
dent’s Office, a shipment of gas
stove radiance* from The Quad
Stove Mfg. Co. Will the Depart
ment or ‘peraon ordering these
please call for them’\ ;
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The principal business
ducted by the*Seminat’
election of officers for
year.
This is an important meeting
considering both the speaker to he
heard sad the business to be con
dupted. AU of those who am in
terested in thfi various phases of
plant science are urged to attend
FOR RBNT-^Twd extra large
bed rooms with connecting bath.
Also extra lavatorV nnd toilet.
Oaragehvailabte. $21.90 per month.
Phone Bryan 252 afar 7:00 p. m.
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AGRONOMY SOaiTf; .
There will be a I leeting sf Jm
Agronomy Society 1 l ue.««iay night.
Oct. 4, in Room 312 Agriculture
'Building. All new aifi pld stodente
taking any Agronor ly Course am
urged to be presen ^ Cigars will
h^ served. j [ ' ' Hi
with name HAMM )NS on
Return to P. G. 9 for liberal re-
ward. ,
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CASH AND CARRY
Save on Our Low Prices And Convenient
Location . H-V
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lems, and relations of the man and
woman during engagements.
The adjustments of early mar
riage, and the adjustment of later
marriages will be discussed, as will
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STATION
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Washing • I nbriratio*
General Repairing
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mk fni ters sod the family bud
get, child-bearing, and the prob
lems facing modern men and wom
en of these conditions.
However, Dr. Russell said that
h« is trying to make the course as
much like the students want it as
possible. He is having each student
turn in a list of questions fog class
discussion. Along with these ques
tions the students turn in several
names of persons they would like
to hear lecture on the course, later.
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RIGHT OBLIQUE
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Prom ill* I’ost Office. Agfiet, and Try
OUR BARBERS
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AGGIELAND BARBER SHOP
North Gate
Across from Pent Office
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brute) thrill to the- singing and
personality of MArfc*ret Speaks,
who- has heretofore been merely a
radio voice to him. He can follow
the drama «f “Both Your Houses”, IP ,
a tucestaM|iajr by one of our two P^ident of the group. Other <»f-
Grad Students Meet
A meeting of graduate students
will be held tonight at 7 o’clock in
the biology lecture 1 Voom. Dean T.
D. Brooks will speak and plans for
a picnic, will be made.
Officers of the graduate dub
were elected at -* meeting last
week. J..C, McWhortta was elected
oc threy most sdeceaafhij. drama
tists, Maxwell Anderson He can
btor a fine young baritone singer, I retary-treasUrev
Jmb nTOriah, -fmd a negro male
quintet singing as only negroes can
sing.
Incidentally, by buying a season
ticket flir $1.50, you can give your
support to tine of the most credit
able institutions that the Aggies
themselves have ever built up. And
perhaps the moat decent fact of
the whole affair It thia: If a great
many Aggies buy tickets, there will
be.erisn mor* Httmctions. Nobody
is making any profit. \
ficer* am Ralph Dodson, vice-
president, and Raymond Hines, sec-
nuiita
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CERTMte
Must ec
If you are particular with yonr
clothe*, let Bea do them at HoUek
Cleaners.
We are equipped to handle all
year gaflBMfe. Special attention te
ice cream breeches, sweaters, saede
jackets. Jaaior slack', and Mouses.
Don't be afraid to aedd it to Hsl
icks. Agents ia all kails.
Special cash and carry prices ea
uniforms. North Gale. Look fer
the Green Ne-ea alga.
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