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TUESDAY AFTKRSOON, NOVEMBER 1, 1938 1
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TUESDAY A FRIDAI
ONE 8 NUMBER
OFS Set Propps Wins
Best All-Round
Cowboy Award
rodeo: provides thrills and spills
1. .
Students Ur^ed
_, Slyn Up With
Junior President
absenccn from cUsws
afternoon 1 hare been
the junior ctaaa in or ii r
that they might accept the invite-
tiog ef the junior clast of Texas
foil, tr' 1 for Woown to at-
tond a dinner-dance in their honor
nAht
I mniora desiring a date for
thU oceanion must turn their names
in |d Durwood Varner at J-6 Hart
10 p. m. Wedne:«laf. A com
survey of all dormitories has
bedn made and names turned hi
to iVaiiier by the first sergeants,
but there are a great many day
students who have not had the
; tx rtanity to take advantage of
• K h p no position. All thorn desiring
a data or wanting to attend the
re piay do ao by signing up on
sheet oa Varner's door at J-5
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The junior class has engaged a
special Irak to Dallas which will
leafre Cot lege Station at 1 p. m.
jl At DaS^s the boys will
aflr to busses which will trans-
:fc. rr to Denton. The fare for
eiStire journey it ti.40, which
include transportation around
tot as well as the round trip,
shtwn and sophomores are.
that they will not bo per-
to ride on the Gain Priday
as it is strictly for
ari only. Commandant Moore
requited the underclassmen
wait until Saturday morning
>te going to Dallas, ahd te take
specials at that time,
it a meeting of the first aer
ate it was agreed that the No.
nifferm will be worn at both the
and -the dance. Those boys
db not have a blouse and can-
isorrow one for the occasion
Wear civilian clothes.
receive authorised absences
i single cuts for classes missed
(Continued on page 4)
Other Prtie Winners
Receive Cash Award-
For First Places
Pat Propps, Cavalry junior, woa
the cup offered by Laaterstein for
the beat all-round cowboy at the
rodeo on Friday afternoon and
night. He placed first in Mexie
Ribbon Roping and second in 1
boot race, also showing well in the
other events in which he was <
tend.
Winners of the other contests
were rewarded with prise money.
R. D. Pierce and Forest Jordan won
first place in bronc riding in the
afternoon and night shows res
pectively; the teams of Pat Propps
and Pat Rote and Charles Jen
nings and J. L. Black won first
place in the Mexican Ribbon Rop
ing; Benton Adams and Ray Trend-
well tied for first in the boot race
in the afternoba and Tom Waddell
won first in the night event; and
in the calf roping J. L. Black and
Tinker Albright led the field.
Thf crowd of 1100 spectators
got msny laughs from the antics
of Jupt- AUen and Duke Harrison
acting as clowns for the show.
“Out on a steer,'* {follow r<| by
whoops" from the nadtae*. comes
one of the contestants at the an-
aual Saddle sad Sirloin Gab rodeo.
“Gray Buck** trained horse foa-
turej at the rixlxi is shown btlow
with his trainer taking a how fal
lowing the exhibition pat os by the
horse and trainer.
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Marsteller Attends
Meeting of Public
Health Association
At
A. & M. Exes
ule Dinner And
at Adolphus
this meeting medical men
from all over the United States
brought forth the nearest methods
known for the prevention and cure
of disease.
Well-kn<>wn speakers at the
meeting included United •States
Surgeon Thomas Parran, head of
the U. 3. Public Health Service;
Lieutenant Colonel A. P. Hitchens,
^f. D., of the U. S. Army; Dr.
Arthur T. McCormack, State Health
Commissioner - of Kentucky and
president of the American Public
Health Association; and Dr. Abel
All'emptoyces of A. A M. who Wolmaa of Johns Hopkins Univer-
aVie in Dallas on Priday are cordial- sity, president-elect of the Aasocia-
lyf hmted by W. A. Orth, presi- turn
d** 0f the Dallas A. * M Kx
Student Club, to attend the thirty-
sigth annual birthday dinner and
of the dub. The dinner will
it 7 p. m. in the Grand Ball
of the Adolphus Hotel,
year on* particular phase
activities is chosen for
tkm. This pear the School
Engineering has been selected,
Dean Gibb Gilchrist will be
of the principal speakers, along
President Walton.
Thin dinner and dance should
to be one of the outstanding
kmal and entertaining fea
t^rea, of the •year, and it is hoped
t many of the college employees
are ia Dallas will purchase tie
and attend.
Used '
For
“De Soto Off*
Pork to the I
Title of WRAP
Amcruan Indian*, according to
Portuguese chronieler who ac
companied Hernando De Soto on
Mb all-fated trip tq Amends in
1539, like the Chinese of Charles
Lamb's tale, fell it love with roast
pork the first time 4>ey ate K.
This was brought out in a radio
■ketch, broadcast frogi WBAP Sat
urday morning, entitled “De Soto
Offering Roast Pork to the Chicka-
saw Indians,” which eras adapted
by G. B, Wiastead, publicity direc
tor of Texas A. 'A5M., from the
"History of Hogs and Pork Pro-
T HOTTER TO ACT
AS CHAIRMAN AT
AGRONOMY MEET
Dean Marsteller, Head of the
School of Veterinary Medicine, re
turned last Priday night from s
trip U Kmm, atir. Mo., whore be , ,, TmUr ^
attended the 17th annual conven- . _
tion of the Amerieon Pobhe Heolth '*'■>"«"'» DeMrtriritt. -.11 oet ..
Avox-Ution held froo Oetohee » fhoirmon in tho trap, leetidn of
to 28. He reports having a very in- i the meeting of the American Se
at ructove and interesting meeting, riety of Agronomy which will be
Cadets To Parade /
20 Blocks Before
Ag-Mustang Tilt |
AH classes wiH b* suspended
Saturday monung in order to «n- |
abl* the A. A M. cadet corps to
make the official corps tup to
Dallas to att< rid the football game
barteresn M. and Southt^m
Methodist Uniyeraity.
Three Hpeciali* scheduled
Three special trains 1 have been
engaged for the purpose of tmaa-
porting the carps to Dallas. The
duction in Missouri'' written in ^ f » ^ n4orm ^ ^
1923 by Dt. John As|lton. now head leave (<)1,e ^ * Ut,on FrkU F * ft * r -
of AgricultuiHl Journalism at the noon at 0 “* oc!ock ^ other ^
trains will lenve at 5:15 and 5:80
> . J ., J I ' . . Saturday moraing, and will arrive
p V ', h » w XLT* ^ i» IWh. at (hit and t-M r«p«.
" 'J W L Sn ^"'■ <, “T * n "“ 1 tiv.1, Th,. ^11 b. in tine (or Ora
husbandry *l>*0»*» «< ct,, u, („rm for tho parad. down
UnrarraitT,*. h.1 o» th, th. and lh „
D ', S T U u '* v ‘ ,h<ro drab to Thf trijil aftonvoon
„ n a*i '’“'r*’ -L.TS “ «■««•*>» of th. hra-
^tth Dr Aston mdjradrawl lhrt „„ ^ JT' >tUDd . dimtr _
th, moidont b, 4~ttaM in a IVoum ^ t,,
ono-art play to I- prara^d at ^ in ^ honor by th. htnlor
Puidu.^ r.b IS. 19SA at thr *“■ d „, 0 , T s c w „„
A* Shori ( „„, w b.n w ,t . Dn or „„ b, , llo .^ on
Ashton complird -th th.s reou.st ^ trt|n >nJ >n , ^ . y,
and the phtj’ was then adopted r . . f ^ _ .
. . ! . . i , JraT Commandant to wait ever in Col-
for .adio hrhadnsj by Mr Win- ^ SUUo „ „ d U|u . ^ te| ,
stead. k| „ » , • r. ’ •
The cast of the dramatix«ti..M SatU,,i ‘‘ y
was drawn from the faculty ofV The Urr f « ** rwtnd
Texas A. A M. an follows: j ** ** <°- Tr “ iM returning to Ool-
Mfej Station will leave Dallas at
ll;3© .Saturday night, 8:00 a. m.
(Continued on page 4)
Dillingham;
Slxty-four large frauwd pictures
pf Texas A. A M. College and of
the many phases of Extension Ser
vice work throughout Texas were
exhibited prominently at the Texas
State Fair in Dallas, Oct 1 to 16.
The pictures show 4-H Gub work,
contouring sad terracing, conser
vation practices, home gardening,
and many other features of the
work being actively carried on by
the Kx tens ion Service throughout
Texas. A catalog, "Texas A. A M.
College Present—", was issued by
the Extension Service and handed
out at the fair. It shows the pic
tures Which were exhibited and
describes the work of the Service
here and throughout the state.
Mayflower Hotel in
Washington, D. C^ Nov. 14th to
uk. . -
The mooting will be of consider
able importance to persons inter
ested in agronomy, as an extensive
stpdy will be made in crops grow
ing and aoii preservation. Such sta
tistics will be considered as, the
stpdy of comparative nutritive val
ue and relative cost of forage aqd
other crops. The meeting will be
conducted in twelve and a half day
sessions and will consist of the
reading of fifty-three papers with
a round tnbl.» discussion of each.
Texas ranks second in the states
as. to its membership in the Amer
ican Society of Agronomy, having
sixty members in all. A journal
published by the aociety is sub
scribed to by sixty-one different
countries.
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ftoka C Baker, radio specialist
of< the United States Department
of Agriculture from Washington,
D/ C., is here at College Station to
confer with staff members of the
Aj A M. Extension Service on the
>ject of improving the presenta-
of The Extension Service radio
asts over the Texas Quality
Network. Mr. Raker will be here
until Wednesday.
2000 TSOW Students to Make “Corps
Trip For Aggie-Mistang Game
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Narrator, i H. c
Hernando Do Soto,'C. O. Spriggs;!
Ntcaluta, J. J. WodHoet; Balthasar
de Gallegos, A. FJChalk; Luis de
Mosaoec, C. [W. Wlhlaaop; Ricar
do, Mr. WlouikeR Pedro. Mr.
{Chalk; a friar, Dr. John Ashton.
Music wa» famished by tho
A. A M. (’onAoh.Ut. <1 High school
orchestra under direction of Col
R. J. Dunn Vocal into were from th<
A. A M. Glee club under the direc
tion of Mr. Woolket and theme
music was scleetei by Mm. John
Ashtoa. f .
Two thousand girls from Texas
State College for Women and tv. ic
as many Aggies from Texas A. A
M. will meet in Dallas November
6 for the S. M. U.-A. A M. football
game, joining with the 8, M. U.
student body to make one of the
biggest collegiate eventa in Dallas'
history.
Precedent for the annual "Double
Corpa Trip” for A. A M. boy* and
T. S. C. W. girls was set last year
when the girls journeyed to Fort
Worth for the A. A R.-l*. C. U.
game. These trips are the culmi
nation of long years of friendship
between the largest girls’ college
In the United States and one of the
largest boys’ colleges.
Specifl trains and cart wHl bring
the girls to Dallas early Saturday,
trains, busses and* tRutifia wil
bring the Aggies. T. S. C. W itos
will have places m the Aggie cheer
ing section at the stadium, and af
ter the. game will remain in town
for the numerous coll
scheduled for the evening.
dances
Included in tha flurry of prepa
rations for the events are the elec
tion of a T. S. C. W. girl to act as
leader and spokesman for her 2,000
classmates, plans for a dating bu
reau, and a dinner dance to be
given in Denton Friday night be
fore the game by the T. S. C. W.
juniors in honor af the same class
at A. A M
Debate Subject For
Year Is Announced
A debate on the question, "Re
solved' that the U. S. governgnent
should quit spending money to
try to bring about business re
covery”, will be the program for
the A. A M. Debate Club tonight
B. J. Edmonds and J. M. Casey
will uphold the affirmative against
J. H. Craig and A- G. Warren.
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Official \K£ie Dance
To Be At Adolphus
The official Aggie 1 dance at Dall-
| is to be held in the Adolphus
Ballroom from 9 to 12 Saturday
night. This dance; is being spon-
sared by the Dfllas A A M.
Mother's Gub, who havu engaged
the Aggieland Onhestra for the
occasion. Tickets are now on sale
on the campus byfmembers of the
Aggieland Orchestra or by Brun-
drette, 18 Miner. If purchased on
the campus, tickets may be bought
for $1.65, but if tie students wait
until they get to • Dallas the cost
will be 82.20.
Besides the dance Saturday
night, the Aggielapd will alao play
for the Dallas A} A M. Ex Stu
dents Club bniiquet and dance
which ia to be held in the Adolphus
junior ballroom FYiday night at "I
o’clock. The danor ia open to all
Ex’s and present students, and
tickets will be S2fi0. which will in-
ciode both the banquet and the
Today’s Names
BY JACK PUCKETT
Orehidr this week gu to WOODY
VARNER, TOM RICHARDS,
jack Bibbs, job doran,
CHARLES BANNER, and all tha
FIRST SERGEANTS. These boys
have worked long and hard to put
over the tnp of the Jaaiort to Den
ton, and their labors deaerva a just
reward. To WOODY and JOE as-
pecially do we w^nt to give a pat
on the back—these boys took dou
ble cuts Monday in order to toako
a trip to Dallas and arranga tha 11
transportation.
TONY ROLANOVICH, HARRIS
NORTHROP. and
KNA PP s.-eru to be the only apnlors
on this campus with any initiative.
As a result telephones will be plac
ed in “A" and “D” Coast within
the next few days. HARRIS and
KKNNKTH realized tha importance
of having a telephone in tha dor
mitory, so they railed battery meet,
inga, got the consent of the boys
and collected tha money. Our hate
are off to these bays and it is hop
ed that other orgmnixation com
mander* will follow their example
A real seniot/ president ia BOB
ADAMS. Ualike his predecessors
who have strived te maiataia their 1
popularity at |ay coat BOB has
taken the action that he thought
would be best for the college as a
whole. Congratulations are ia order
to BERT BURNS for thinking ^
original things te say at fall prac
tice, and not continuing the aaato
old line. . j
TODD ELUDES RAZORBACK ENDS
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