EXPECTED
By 1. G -JKKl- OATES
ftporu Editor l,(
Twwtjr thquwnd football fans
fert expadod bar* Satarday to
football daak of tha
to a finiah botwaon
charfinf, bard bit-
Texaa Agfie* and
Frofi r^dlran rla
in! aeeno will atart
oa Historic Kyle
where the Cadets
FROG TILT
broke the T.C.U. jinx by a II to T
score two years ago.
The fray will be a contest be
tween the two Ig—bist lines in
the southwest and betwnai' two
great deceptive backfields.
Coach Homer Norton has an
nounced that be intends to use a
five-man line all through the game.
That by the way is nears. Most
coaches hold beck ill information
sbo it what they intend to do fat a
forthcoming game and work behind
locked gates so that jfhi 4NBqr|
might not learn what defense lb
being balk.
Here is what Norton said, “We
will use a fire-man line against
T.C.U. Saturday and also give
them plenty. of ‘double-shuffle’
when are bare the halL M After
making the statement Norton add
ed, "All ‘Dutch’ has to do now is
find n way to stop that fire man
Una and th« double-shuffle*."
The- ‘’double-shuffle” will be
the
shown in its full effect for
first time Stanley. It was used on
ly twice against Texas A. A L
and the same number of times a-
gainst Tulsa. On the coast more
of it eras opened ep, but not the
full amount Only n few of its
many versions saw the Browes
badly mixed ap. x>
Todd, Rogers, Price and Thoma
son will start in the rear cordon
for the Cadets with Coston at can
ter, Steffen* and Miaaock at
L
trnmd*. Boyd end Brunson) St tac
kle v and Schoeder and Britt at
ends >
l oach Dutch Meyer always has
a forward passer, but this year
he has brought two with hint. Be
Mde* Darey O’Brien, he has Jprk
Odel to give him e two-hole gun
for firing aerials.
The seniors on the Frag team
haw* ageer beaten the Aggies and
they are going out for their last
try at it SatimUy. H. B McElroy,
gporta scribe deluxe of the college
publicity (b-partmenti aaya that the
Aggie seniors My they are gotag
out on the field.and beat those
Lisards and bare 'a record of
never baring tboaa Progs beat
them
Both mentors will \ be aheothig
straight from., the Shoulder and
you caa bet your bottom dollar
that neither will be!holding any
thing just to keep >aome of the
ecoata from seeing *hat they have.
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There b no advantage in holding,>
anything back sod losing a bai:
game so that yon ega win one the
next week.
“Hub" Aston and Charlie ImL ^
senior yell leaden. My that they
hare the corps in shape be yell Ngi 1
hell. r
It b « loag trip for a Water
Prog to prawi back It Ft Worth,
bet it looks like those Farmers
an going to threw them in the
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STUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. AM. COLLEGE
INTI
;'n-EJGHTH YEAR
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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 14, 193H
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I i ' f ' k 1 2 - 1 1 4 l
Leaves Jail to Visit Mother
Best lines
Will Battle
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Norton’s “Twin
Wirele” Will Be
l sed Often, He Says
Away b«ci in 1925, the T. G U.
Horned Frogs hung up n three to
nothing victory over the Texas
Aggies, to .'tart the famous -jinx”
* which lasted for 11 years and was
only brohrn two years ago. When
| the Cadets buried that -©I' man”
in 1936, they didn’t intend for him
to be tedired any time sooa, but
Mhis remains are graining again as
the twg teams approach another
crucial ranment in their SI games
series.
With Homer Norton at the helm,
A. A If. baa lost two, won one and
til'd one. In Norton’s first-year at
Aggieland he Mw his team go
down in a t3 to Q def eat on Kyle
(fWid before a strong T. G U.
outfit, but Iho. next year in Port
Worth the {AwIm i Marly spoiled
things for the Sugar Bowl Christ
iana. In a thrill-packed second
. period, A. 4 M. scored 14 points—
just four points shy of a tie and
fire of a victory. When Sammy
Btu^gh and |is mates came down to
, Collhge Station two seasons ago
they met si fighting Aggie crew,
set on victory, and deterpiined to
bury that long standing "jinx".
. With Bautrh playing the gamea on
his back; tie Cadets, lead by Joe
l Routt, smothered the Frogs 16 to
, 7. Last pear in Ft Worth it tool
Ken Milk to pull the Farmers into
p 7 to 1 tie with the Toads.
tAs both teams approach Satur>
day’s conflict, hopes are increas
ing and everyone can see the con-,
ference flag at stake, Both teams
have been mentioned Ss contender*
for the crown—the Frogs more of
ten, but tha conference 'winner is
apt to be the winner Of Saturday’*
tuaeel os historic Kyis Field.
If history repeats iteelf, a* some
hare Mid It doee, A. A M. will
enter the game as favorites, as far
aa past games go.
Terry Thrift [ !
Elected to Head
Freshmao Class !
Vice-President Is
Kenneth Stallings
Terry Thrift, \ Field Artillery
freshman from San Antonio, was
elected president of the freshman
class at the first meeting of the
class Thursday night The other
nominees for the office were Al-
don Cathey, Infantry, and Guy
Hsltom. Field Artillery. TV run- j
off was between Thrift and Cath-
La Crawford Goes
ey, in which Thrift ruled by a
r ^s' , 'v I. McDonald, held Ip the shooting of Mrs. Karl Krusger, wifs of
the Kansas City orchestra conductor, is pictured at the bed*ide of Us
mother, Mrs. Lucy McDonald, whs is critically ill, in Los Angries, Cal.
Police authorities permitted McDonald to kart jail for the visit Note the
« nandcuffs on bk wrist.
slight majority. Fish Thrift is the 1
younger brother of Cadet Colonal
David Thrift.
Kenneth Stallings, Chemical |
Warfare, defeated the only other I
nominee. William Karcher, for the |
offlah- of rice-president in the !
closest race of the night
The office of secretary-treasur
er went to R. H. McDaniels, Sig
nal Corpa. John Nichols and John
Simpson were the other nominees
put up for this office. There was
a run off between McDaniels and
Nichol* in which’ McDaniels ruled
by a wide majority.
R. L Heitkamp, Field Artillery,
will act as bistonsn of tke fresh
man class for the coming year,
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Committee Named
To Work Out Plan
For Installation
Aggie Poloists
Meet Strong Austin
Collegians Sunday ;
The Texas Aggie Polo team will
meet the Austin Collegians Sun
day afternoon on Jackson Fkld at
2:30. The Aggies will be out to
make up for their overtime thriller
last week against the Buda Vaque
ros which they lost by one goal.
The strong Austin team is com
posed of Pete Riley, No. 1; John
Armstrong, No. 2; Dick Van Meer,
No. S; and Paul Cruieman, No. 4.
Captain Tom Roberts announced
that the probable starting lineup
for the Aggies would be Dick Cul
bertson, Fairfax Bennett, Asa
Jones, and team captain Forest Jor
dan.
j The Aggie team has bad several
fast intra-squad games and the
entire squad seems to be greatly
improved since the first game.
ANNUAL RODEO
SCHEDULED FOR
OCTOBER 2&
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Joan Crawford, screen actress, sad Casare Roiasro, her conktant eecort «f
late,Mt pictured at the ice rink in Hollywood where they attended the Ie«
The other nominees for this office Kollio* ft wMatconclusion of the show that the popular film ra:r decided
ware A. E. Hardy, Signal Corpa, 1 to try their hand aa ice dancers,
lohn Sleeper. Infantry, P. A.
Quarles, Band,
Field Artillery
Lawrence Jennings, Field Artil
lery, won over Gene Bond, Band,
for student welfare representative.
On October 28 the annual rodeo
staged by the members of the Sad- «. rsi x
die and Sirloin Club will bo held in * l^tUfeS
the arena of the Animal Husbandry To Be Shown of Last
Psrillion. There is a record of Year’s CottOU TOUT
twenty successful rodeos behind
this year’s gnrifeand the members ^ fir * t n * 0Tin F Pktures to be
ef the club promiae to stage an
even better show two weeks from
today.
"—judguio THir
IH KANSAS cm
The A. A M. Senior Livestock
Judging Team left College Wed
nesday morning for Kansas City,
Mo n where they will represent A.
KADET KAPERS
IT JACK MKNDF.rson ami
JACK ROUTT V .
rTTiifT'r- • i j
BIU J^NKNSCH, katber-leg-
ged Casdmwa of the Infantry has
gone and done it Tea. “Sweet"
WSfeMj«ep' bis bit of femininity
from Dallas had the permanent
knot tMl Mt freak end. He will
be nt homo Friday night and fat
lino for congratulations. Incident!) .
BILL wore his military clothes
WFBb LIPSCOMB’S theme song
nowadifs is "I Can’t Escape from
You".TiMt week he motored all the
way to New Orleans to be with the
Uitle thing only a few hours.
The girl! BOB ADXMS will bo
week end k not the
T. W. C. but one of
ifcet.
and "DUB" HAL-
the bassinet (cradle
last week. A couple
High School girls
up so high they
SELL
to yon*
of little
ran their
i
caught the “special” and returned
to Temple with the “Hi-School
Hattfee”.
JIMMY MORGAN re-enacted
Romeo aad Juliet in Huntsville the
pant week-end. Showing off in front
of his girl he proved his Tenon
like gualitiee by climbing tha wire
flower trellis to the balcony of her
boarding house.
Ita hard to distinguish whether
those are three golf balls or throe
buttons on BILL “SOCIALITE”
LIVINGSTON’S shoulders.
DALLAS CRISWELL had a date
in Austin with a T. U. co-ed an
s we ring to the startling name of
Albena Miklhlavicca. May hk con
ference with Mussolini bo a success.
SCOTT MOSTEY still insists on
playing with fire after all his child
hood teachings. Recently he set
fire to the celluloid frame on his
girl friend’s picture and it wasn't
as eeily extinguished as SCOTT
hsri expected
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James Grots will manage tha
show in the capacity of ringmaster
and acaprding to him the show
events will be open to all Aggies
and that any Aggie who wishes to
enter any of the contests may do
M by getting in touch with the di
rectors of the various events. Pete
Jacoby, J-13 Hart, has charge of
the bronc riding with ‘Taxi” Black,
A-ll Hart, in charge of the wild
steer riding; B.-nton Adams, Law l,
is managing the Brahma calf rop
ing, and "Gat" Garrison, 81 Foster,
k head of the boot race. The new
addition to the program this year
k the Mexicon Ribbon roping which
k bong handled by Bob Evans,
J-14 Hart
The rodeo stock this year whkh
pi'mines to be the best ever used
here win include some well known
bucking hones and the hardest
pitching steers out of the noted
Teager herd. The rodeo this yeai
has asked Tom Hkklnan of Gaines
ville and Dr. Scott of Forth Worth
to bo judges for the contest, so
that there will bo no dispute either
to thf quality of the stock or the
way In whkh they are ridden in
the events. V.
Aa added attraction of the show
this year will be the queen and
court of the rodeo who are to be
selected by members of the club
and who are to reign during the
rodeo activities.
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4 M. at the American Royal Live
stock Exposition to be held Satar-
shown of last year’s European Cot- d *7- wiU ** f° M one Week,
ton Tour will be given next Tues- expecting to return next Wednes
day night at 7:S0 by the Agronomy gay.
Members of the team making the
> hiULunt
Only the p. rmi^ .rn ef officials
of the College to erect line* to tbs
dormitories, and the desire of i^
dividual companies, batteries, aad
troops stood in tiU way of phones
in the dormitories this morning, M
was learaed from Dr. Daa Raanril
chairman of a ssh fommttteo ef the
Stedeat Welfare (kmmittoe. whkh
was appointed to iaventieote the
dormitory phone dHualMfe... U
Dr. RnaaeD v Mid hk committee
has figured that St a cost of llp^
a semester per man will pay for
the phonM.
As b illots in The Battalion sar
vey to determine the strength ef
sentiment for better telephone ser
vice in the dormitories at A. A M.
were counted Friday morning, it
was disc!0*111 that 99 per cent of
the students submitting ballots are
in farer of telephone installation
and 93 percent of those voting
would be willing to pay a nominal
sum toward the upkeep of the
|IMmL •l; ‘
Actual count on the vote was as
| follows:
Vw Afeiaa;
"K - 'll » . AtaMt ...... i
In a release mtHf today by the! Would Pa, F«. 892
Y. M. C. A. in cooperation with the Would Not , 87
Registrar’s Office lit Was shown} questions in the survey eon
that Baptist students compose ducted by The Battalion were aa
ly a third of the A. A M. stu-; follow!: “1 (favor, do not favor)
body. Of thefNi.Vi student*-.installing telephone connections ia
Y. BL C. A. Release
Shows Percentage Of
Aggies in Churches
dent
Society in the lecture room of the
A. L Building.
This European tour k sponsored
by the Agronomy Society and the
contest is open to ell students tak
ing Agriculture. Three students,
with the highest average grade
from a aeries of Qine examinations, 7
covering all phases of cotton, are
swarded this all-exponw* pax)
tour of the principal cotton mar
kets and industrial centers of the
world. Tbs examinations are taken
In the spring of the year, end th.
tour starts immediately after school
is out J ! 1 I j’ '
Dr. Ids P. Trotter, head of the
Agronomy Department, aceampan-
ied the contest winners last year,
aad will have charge of the show
ing of the moving pictures for the
meeting Tuesday night Some of
the former winners of the contest
who will be present ere: G. J.
Pena, John Rogers, L. M. Thomp
son, H. E Hampton, and George
Warner. J
The society extends a cordial in
vitation to all students, faculty
members aad their fives, end may-
one interested fan cotton to see these
pktures and hear the accompany
iag comments.
trip are Lewis Buntin of Plain view,
Ed Brown * of Beeville, Marvin
Smith of Sonera, Walter Camp of
Wellington, Herbert Mills of flteri--
ing City, Ed Campbell of Brady,
Norris McMillan of Mason and
Emil Pregel of Menard. Lavelle
Christian of McLean, other mem
ber of the teem, was urwble to ^take
the trip being Irepfeced by Me-
Millan. The team k accompanied
by N. G. Schaeeoler, coach.
Thia year's team k virtually the
same group that lest year as fen-
iors won first place in the feort
Worth Livestock Judging Contest,
Buntin being high point mat of
the contest
registered In the college only 429
did not show, ia ,registration, a
preference for some church, and
187 Aggies did notrnake any com
ment at all.
Bapti*t> pn-domfeatef with 1508
students, Methodists an second
with 1440, and the Presbyterian*
bold third place with 500 student*
enrolled in the college Other
groups include: Catholic, 408; Loth*
eren Churches, 168; Jewish Faith,
88; Christian Scientist 47; nuaceL
laaeoue (Protestant, Latter Day
Saints, Unitarian, Congrogational-
ist, United Bretbefen, Hindu, As
sembly of God, and Greek Ortho-
NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
utiliaed the warm waters of Hot
Springs, Ark., long before whjfe
met discovered them. The spring*
now ere enclosed in. a national
park.
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Pasadena Grid Fan
Has Unusual Hobby
ADD HOBBIES: H. V, B. Blo k.
107 Billefontaine St., Pasadena,
Calif, baa a rather unusual hobby.
Tkk week E. L. Angel!, Manager
of the Student Publications,} re
ceived an order from Mr, Bkclj for
two official programs for th4
A M.-T. C. U. game to be plhyod
bed* Saturday.
li >ife fetter, Hobbyist Block
said collecting official programs «
a hobby of hk. He follow* the'plan
of collecting programs of his ^Fa
vorite dubs," and, he safe, the'
Aggies have been admitted til hk
rirefe.
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each dormitory” and T (would.
would not) be
e nominal suit
phone hi the
will not bear the
A committee
the Student
W.sln.-sday night,.
■ •a- knv.e .1 th ft
tot
upkeep of e
College *~lf
appointed by
e Committee
d by Dr.
erne, Qif f
ton Armstrong end Roberta aa ete-
dent members to Work oat n plan
te be submitted to the students
T The diacusaion erf h i. phones oc
cupied moat of the time of the first
Student Welfare Committee meet
ing, with e discussion of tailor
prices also brought in by the stu
dents.!
Chemical Warfare Most H
Of All War Methods to Co
itants
When, and if. the U. S. k ever
engaged ia another war, the Aggies
from A. A M.’s Chemical Warfare
Service are destined to play a part
important out of all proportion
to their numerical strength. Al
though the primary purpose of the
C W 8 k to produce officers able
to direct chemical defense end of
fense by the miliOu-y forces of the
nation, the secondary, end nearly
as important purpose k to provide
men who can be fenders in time of
emergency and fho can, in
of n gaa attack,
ties by the application of common
sense methods
Gas is the only type of weapon
for which there Q a comparatively
easy defense. Defense against
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bombs or artkHfe shells, if fe.
deed there be'M, must be bog*
forte or deep und«rground refegee.
On the other hand protection from
gas can be bad by simply Weerfeg.
h, m,rally trialed dothing and
light effkknt gas mask. In Europe,
so recently in grip of the worst
warlponk ia yeah, tbs empbrnk
has been heavily on rhenncal de
fense. The casualties actually eau*
ed by gas bombs in a city would j
be fees than tho^ cane
same number ef, Wfh
bombs, but the pank whkh
be certain to result from a g i at
tack would prehdbty take mvy
toU. 19 k in an effort to
thia deadly fear of gaa that
(Continuod fer Pago 8)