The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, November 11, 1938, Image 1

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Sine* I have keen writing sports
»t A. A M , I hsve alwmyo found
H s good policy, ml leas brain
work, to pick one score at the
•toft of the season and then be
Btk|t with it, 13 to 0, with the Ag-
giet on the long end.
ERE'S WHAT SOME A. & M. MEN THINK ABOUT THE
K h. McQUILLEN
Sec Former StedeeU Ase’n.
{ I think the Aggies will win b*
cause they will be primed to wipe
out last year's unjust tie. A vic
tory over the Owls would brighten
the season and I believe the boys
will really go to town Satardag.
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they
will take the Owls
use the squad shows
they have in a long
also remember last
boys are all set for
OATES
Spert Editor
If the Aggies play the football
doe Routt would like to sea them
play Saturday, they will stomp
hatt'out of the Owls with the aid
of the student body.
lAfl i year’s game in Houston
can’t be forgotten. «
AN AGGIE SPECTATOR
1 hr Sludrnl- \ I, » pout I.
A. A M. will win Saturday. The
team is far better than the rw>
cords show; it is a collsrlMh' of
great football players who will
probably be ready to play their
tost game of the year against the
Rke Owls. The “twelfth man* will
to on band far the slaughter.
B. J. HOWELL
4t will be a
odds are about
win it The aeons
are playing on
membering the tie
after we hbd
boys will b<
with the defciro
AGAINST! RICE
DRAM T. D.
Schooler Artoi
We are going to wto that ball
game because we have the team
and we have the right spirit The
team and the “twelfth man” can
not |H‘ beaten Saturday. The boys
will be in the right frame of mind
tomorrow.
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STUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY 1
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WSPAPER OF TEXAS A. * M. COLLEGE
Sen-Out Indicate
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rp-t»*the-B)ine|e reports fram the ticket office of the University
of Texas indicate Ubt the Turkey Dfcy game there with the Aggies Will
to a sell-out. Alr.-od' more than ll.to# tickets kav been sold,
regaesta fpr the dtesta pooring la every day, tkkrta probably
to sold o«t sererai days before game time*-
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
LLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 11, 1931
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For Invaders
Kice. Undefeated i|
la Conference, Also
Foil Strength 1
TO SPEAK
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fterassa storting at
2:tl the Texas Aggies and the Rice
Owh wffi resume the battle that
stasted last year when the Owls
overcame an Aggie afat point lead
in the ciosiag minutes of play to
store a mx pointer and tie the game
■p after “Rau” Watson had spent
the day prosliring the Aggies
The OoAeta are ready as they
have never been before. They are
still smarting from digs they took
lapt year. “BuU" Min nock is itch
ing to get kit hands on the big
burly Lain who ran over him last. .
ytor after Joe Routt had be*n th< ‘ +*** l * eture room
taken owl ef the game in the last ^ Hamilton has been with the
period dee to an injury. Joe at Experiment Station at A. A M.
first refused to come off the field, for several years and it a reeog-
bgt to did when the coaches con- nixed authority in the field of farm
tinned to insist. Minnock took his tenancy. He has done a great deal
pilare, although he was far from of work on problems relatgti to
toung in physical shape to pky a farm leasing systems. Part of' Dr.
ball game. This year M BiH M is hi Hamilton's talk will be devoted
totter shape and has played sonw to the more recent tenure and the
DR.C.H. HAMILTON
Dr. C. H. Hamilton, of the Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station,
will speak on “The Status and Fu
ture of Farm Tenancy in the
South,” Monday at 7:30 p. m. in
Team i
sionj
Frcto T.C.U. Club
Victorious
('ontest Of
Debate Season
Aggie debaters got off to
Start in their season last
sight Nhcn they defeated T. C. U.'s
squad 31 to IT at Fort Worth.
Thompson, D. G. Gabriel,
P. J. Edmonds and J. M. Casey
trip for A. A M. and are
S. M. U. and Trinity
ity before their re tarn to
’Station Saturday rtighL
The reason for two teams, one
to drftfnd the affirmative side of
the question and one to defend the
negative, is to try to achieve tot
ter quality debating by aboiishtafl
the abrupt shift from the affirms
live to negative side of the same
proposition. Also, it will to possi
ble to compare the ranking of any
team with that of other teams
which have defeaded the same side
of the question.
The members of this year's squad
are: Mayo Thompson, D. G. Gab
riel, J. M. Casey. B. J. Edmonds,
Song Tryout
On page four of this issue
of The Battalion will to
found a story cunceraing a
T. 8. N. broadcast from A. A
M. to to given Friday night
(tonight) from Gaion Hall.
At : that time a new school
song will to tried out Words
to the sang win to found la
the article.
Senator Clark
Will Speak On |
Series Program .
Missouri Representative
With Colorful Career To
Speak Tuesday Ni^ht
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The Entertainment Seriea of A.
A M. will present the third in ita
gvou^ of events Tuesday night at
eight o’clock when Senator Ben
nett Champ Clark will deliver an
address in Guhra Hall
New Plan Will Begin Its
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Andy Rollins Only
Aggie To Apply A Roo _ t
For Rhodes Award —
rough tough football.
(Continued on page 6)
WITH THE Mil
Bf E. E. McQLTLLEN
Sfc'y. Former Students Association
Ex-Students fr#m Texas A. A
M. and Texas University will hold
annual joint meeting in San
»nio day before the Turkey-Dgy
-with no winner yet decided
1 ample room for raising
both sides. . . . Last year’s Al-
Aynericas Joe Routt is starting at
the bottom in the oil business with
Glean McCarthy, Houston, one of
Smith Texas' best known inde
nt operators.,.. Jim Shockey,
ex-footballer of 1937 is
mt County Agent at Mineral
w«n*. . . . r *. Brovkschmidt,
is wKh the I-one Star Gas C«„
^acoi . . . C. C. Chapman, ’37, is
the Phillips Petroleum Co.,
arger. . . . Tyree L. Bell, ’IS, DaL
Contractor, still a great foot-
fan, captahmd tin A. A M.
team both his junior and senior
Engineer Senior WUI
Go Through
For Oxford Berth
Andy P. Rollins. Engineer senior,
has sent in his application to the
Rhodes Scholarship committee for
the approval of the committee at
the meeting which will to held in
Houston early in December, ac
cording to Dr. T. F. Mayo. Rollins
has been the only apphrant to
apply this pear.
The condition! of eligibility for
the scholarship are to be a male
citisen of the United States, with
at least five years domicile, and
unmarried. By Oct. of the year
for which he is elected have passed
his nineteenth and not have passed
his twenty-fifth birthday, and by
the time of application have at
least junior standing at some rec
oil. Men picked from this squad ognised degree-granting university
will represent A. A M. »n the fol- or college of the United Statea|.
lowing schedule. Dec. 2, Junior Col- quality of distiLti
lege Tournament nt Snn Msreos; ^ wkrther „ mto lWct. ijmnftr
yearh. . r . Monte Kaplan, ’38, is Houston Teachers’ or per*ouality, or in any onmbina-
with the Texas Co., Galena Park. of HuntaviRe at college; j t j <rn ^ these, is the most important
requirement for a Rhodes Scholar
ship, and it is upon this that Com
mittees witVinsist,'
Thirty-two scholarships are as-
sogned annually to the United
nament, the first of its kind ever, states of America. The states of
to be told. Mar. t. Centenary at tto union are grouped into eight
college; Mar. 20-30, a trip which
types of contracts needed for lease R. V. Yarber, A. G. Warren, J. H.
agreements today.
Craig, W. C. Carter, W. S Hig
gins, T. N. Studer, and J. L Nick-
ersl important measures during the
last few years. Among these were
the AAA, the NBA. the uadtvided
profits tax and the court roorgan
ixation bills. He was recently re
elected over an opponent who label
ed him as a traitor to the party by
one of the most overwhelming ma
Jonties ever given anyone in the
State of Missouri.
Senator Clark ia a proponent of
“liberal democracy”, and hatei
Communism and Fascism with equ
al fervor. He has propoumu rl a bill
designed to take the profits out
of war, and b a leader in the ef
fort to keep America neutral
He once wrote a* biography of
John Quincey Adams, but since
the beginning of his political ca
reer he has had little time for
writing. He learned politics on his
father’s knee and inherited A great
deal of the old Champ’s forreful-
ness in speaking.
on Clothes Cut for Students
ro Committees; Prices For
Faculty Members Remain Unchanged
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BY “CURBALL") DORR .
Battalten id.ter-to (W
What w ll i r bably be the most welcome annoancinwt ef the
year was made today by Dean Bolton when he said that tailor
will to reduced t^ 30 cento, delivered and credited if the students
credit, beginning Monday morning.
Thurfday night ait a senior meeting Senior President Bob Adams
announced the plans completion; Dean Bolton’s announcement made
the plan official.;
A.rording u* the agreement reached by the tailors, the pr** ea
blouses and slarto will be 30 cents
br'«*che« 'w
Keith Maxwell, ’39, Prexy 0 fj J » n * 13 - 14 - B «y ,or Tournament at
the Dallas Student’s Club, seemed F * b - Botofcwwtara
Tournament at Austin; Feb. 24-25
A- A M. will be host to ten junior
Louis Leax, ’07, Lake [•" Junior College Toer
, Lo., has set missed
U-t(
to like the ‘‘Blind’’ date he took to
the big banquet preceding the
game
Charles, ia>., has Mt missed a
Texas U-Texas Aggie football
game since he entered A. A M in
1904, and will be at Austin this includ « the University of Okla.,
LIVESTOCK MEN;
GO TO CHICAGO
TO ENTER CONTEST
each. Civilian breeches will be
cleaned «t the same rate for stu
dents. No change in the price of
faculty cleaning And pressing was
made.
Each organisation will ehodse by
Friday night (tonight) the two
tailor shops which will be allowed
to solicit business in thq unit, for
under the new plan, soliciting other
than by the two tailors the stu
dents choose will be barred.
Cash and carry prices reduced
early in this term through the co-
operatioryof a committee from the
senior class aqd one from the
tailors will remain as they now
stand—25 eeate per garment
Agents will not be m mimerous
under the new system as wader
the one which cesses operation at
midnight Sunda*. Each agoat will
represent one firm and will worR.
for a 20 per cent commission with
out being allowed free tailor work
by the firm he represents
A point widely diicasaed brfore
the plan was adopted was whether
or not credit was to to insured for
the tailors. Under the plan, it will
not be insured, although an organi
sation may not change the firms
R selects to patronise until aB H*
(Continued on page 5)
New Unit of Service Provides
Coordination of Command Components
year. ... Jack McCanne, ’38, is
with the Humbfe Co., New Gulf.
. ... N. F. Chamberlain, ’38, is
with the same company at Bay-
town. . . . Fitthk J. AHkk. ’38. is
studying medicine at the State
Medical Collwge and lives at the
Thet|L Kappa P*l House, 918 Ave.
G, Galvefton... . Jack V. Williams,
’37, ig ranch manager for John R.
Black, Oranbury, and reports he
has jukt completed vaccinating 140
(Continued on page 6)
Okla. A. A M., University-of Kar.,
Kan. A. A M., and others to be
decided upon later.
Anyone who wishes to try out
for the squad is invited to see Mr.
C. 0. Spriggs or Mr. R. M. Weaver.
No definite date has been sat to
end the try out period. Students
are urged to attend the practice d-
bates which are held twice weekly
in room 320 Academic building.
Days on which there wB be de
bates will be announced later.
The Senior Livestock Judging
Team of A. A M. will leave college
Tuesday morning for Chicago,
where it will represent A. A M.
districts of six states each for the ‘at the Annual International Live-
purpose of making these thirty- stock Judging Contest to bv held
two appointments. There Is a com
petition every year in every state.
In each state there ia a committee
of selection which may nominate
two candidates to appear before the
district committee. Each district
then selects from twelve candidates
so nominated not more than four
men who will represent their its tee
ns Rhodes Scholars at Oxford, sub
ject to their acceptance by medical
examiners sppointed by the Rhodes
trustees.
on Saturday. Nov. 28. The team
^will be oa the trip for fifteen days
and, according to members of the
Animal Husbandry Dept, R will be
the most extensive trip ever made
by the team.
Members of the team malting the
trip as Doss Buntin of Plulnview,
high-pomt man ia the Junior Live
stock Judging Contest at Ft. Worth
last spring^ Emil Pnigd of Menard,
a member of last year's junior
(Ceatiaued on page 6!)
By L. B. THOMPSON j .
The Signal dorps is one of the
smallest units in the Army but
second to none in importance. The
Signal Corpn ia- charged with pro
viding communication so necessary
in order ; to coordinate the neveral
component* of a command and per
mit effective liadermhip. Prior to
the World War very little attegtioa
had beeh ghrsR .to ftictlitiesj for
communication With the exception
of the ipeaaenger either mounted
or on foht, sad in the early stages
•f .this wsf pinny command, n*
found themnelVr* completely iso
lated; dug; to. the lack of effective
m.an- M r.-mmumcate their wishes
to Utolr subordinate*. This unfor
tunate situation was successfully
overcome by the immediate expan
sion of the Signal Corps, and their
ttaslewl. performance ia a matter
UNION MAN- . . SECRET BRIDE- FORMER PREMIER ARRIVES- MYSTERY
of historical record.
The activities of the
Corps are as follows:
The development,
storage, sad issue of signal and
meterclogica. equipment;
apparatus connected with
finding for determining the
tion of enemy radio stations, air
craft, and marine craft; and elec
trical apparatus associated with
range fladtog. Research labora
tories are maintained at Fort Non
■KMith, N. J., and at Wright Field,
Ohio Here a piece of equipment
is developed aid carefully
and is then sept to a field
tion for a service test, after *
it is ready to to purchased ia <
tity and issued to the army,
plus equipment for use ia
geney is stosaf in several
.(Continued An page 8)
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io sigm contract* .. . Henry Huddleston Rcym, Jr., son of the late oil i
signs a union contract. Mayor LaGuardia (left
ionaire, is pictured with his secret bride of
) acted as go between, lent alt the cit
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heir pet dog, at their farm home It Bedford Hills, New York ... Paul C. Van Zeeland, former premier of Belgium, is pictured arriving at New York to start a
Dorman i left), 22 whose body was 1
series of tiny bulbs, connected to a battery, can be switched on and off i
arrested by Guy Ind. police in sn endeavor to penetrate the mystery of his fiancee,
necklace Ma|
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