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it Thursday Game
coming Turkey D»y Game
between the Africa aw* Longhorns
.have caused Fish all over the earn-
to ret oat Uwir paiatbraakea
canTai to make app opriatc
i and cartoons. Some of theM
which hare derided
-dear ole Texas 8*er” too
hare been pulled iiowT,sbat
■9B hang faT
places. Some of <
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BUT HE NEVER LEA1
FIGHT.” This rerae was 1
above the stepe of the Y.M.(XA.
rooery night after sapper the
Aggies gather fpr yell practice.
‘TAR TEXAS with OWL FEA
THERS” ia one of the sipis found
oq the Academic building with M P.
U( to T.U.” hanfinf right abore
•teps. The latter siga, if pro-
right seems to fire the
it slant of the Aggie* toward
iLonghwrnO. j
On the south fence of*the post
fbatf *■.* drawing of a
lying on Us back with a dip
tea in its hoof. “FERDINAND—
I 1 TEA SIPPING SISSY” is the
bing sign. ■'
Erery since the footbhU season
started we hare seen the almost
permanent sign painted fn the col
lege water tower, “BEAT T. U."—
a wish of all the Aggies, especially
since the Aggies play ‘the Long
horn* in Austin.
Together—But Not for Long
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couple that middle-aisled
it last June scandalised relatives by
asking for a boat Instead of a rug
for a wedding present. Old folks
who recovered from the shock bars
decided perhaps the yougg ides was
right, after siL
Anyway, thousands hare be«-n
amazed to learn how easy it ia to
go places by waterway, whether
harbor. Bound, rtrer, lake, or coast,
b fact, they-ve found that the
same folks who hare made highway
travel more comfortable, the ser
vice station men, already had or
ganised the world of water travel
Boat owners have their floating
service stations, “road maps,- used-
boat exchanges, and all the other
necessities. They warp into a dock,
get ‘Wviee with a smile,” Just like
lAccused of selling U. 8. Military secrets to the German government, ErichSJ on ^ anc i, or f or - n
Glaser, Otto Voas, sad Guenther Gustave Runrich are pictured (1. to r.) k#mi> . Jmm ^ m _
before start of their trial in Federal court. New York City. A few
minutes after the trial opened, Runrich astonished his co-defendants by
pleading guilty. Jpr, j
MEADS A LOT TO
OUTGOING MED.
Upon receiving requests from
u oa aaa > * _. r . seniors and other students concem-
Morc than 20,000 balloons were
released at th* opening kick-off tog the history and significance of
«f the Minnesota Michigan football
fracaa.
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Public Trust”
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the Elephant Walk which is held
by the seniors each year, The BaL
talion has secured the following
information concerning this Aggie
irgdlUou. .
The Elephant Walk is held each
year just before the Thanksgiving
Day game with Texas University.
The graduating seniors gather for
the last ritual of the football year
—they lay aside their dignity and
pull their shirt tails out to march
tOj^ke low mournful best of the
piccolo and the bass horn. The
lino of march ia meandering and
twitching like the movements of
s snake and extends from the “Y"
to the mess hall and back.
This age old tradition dates back
msay years. It portrays the last
journey of an old or wounded
elephant that realizes he is of no
further use to the remainder of the
herd. He goes off to die alone so
that the rest of the herd will not
see him in his suffering. The gra
duating seniors are in the same
humor about this time of the year.
They realise that this is their
last Thanksgiving game; they feel
old and of no further benefit to
the up and coming underclassmen
that are still young and will see
more games with the University.
The seniors gather and are led on
their way by two senior members
of the band playing a sad and
mournful dirge on the piccolo and
the bass horn. The remainder of
the corps gathers along Military
Walk to witness the ritual. The
observers may laugh but the march,
ing seniors never so much as crack
a smile. As the elephant goes off
to die- so go the seniors.
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Head of the
JINX OR NO JINX ! !
The Aginett are Ready for Texaa
And
We are Ready to Give You the Rest in
Barber Work
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North Gate - Across From Poet Office
Faculty Members
Engaged in Writing
Books at A. & M.
Several faculty members are ea-
K«f«d in working on manuscripts
for books, which are to various
stages of completion.
A book on agricultural resources
ia being written by J. W. Bargar,
head of the Agricultural Economics
Department, and Dr. G. W. Schlea-
sebnan, professor of Agricultural
Konnomics. It is s bsckguound book
for students of agriculture and it
stresses the relation between eco
nomics and geographical factors,
commerce, agricultural commodi
ties, and production.
A text on economic policies for
agriculture is being written by Dr.
F. H. Arnold. It consists of a
critical analysis of past and pres-
hour, a day, or a season to a city-
owned “marina," or “beat parking
lot,” and they can even ties up at a
water-trailer camp and have elec
tric, telephone, and water service
run right into the boat!
The cruise-minded follow the
first Inland waterway, which par
ollels the Atlantic Coast from Man
asquam Inlet, N. J., hround Florida,
and along the Gulf Coast shore.
It’s well-marked, just like a modern
highway, and fitted with every
thing the amateur mariner needs,
Including smooth sailing.
Water tourists buy their ships
for about the same price as their
ears, new or second-hand, costly or
fiWkMltohre. ’ About 1,500,000 of
them now are traveling the water
ways with around 9,000 marine
vice stations to keep them supplied
with petroleum fuela, lubricants,
end maps.
No easy three . trips • a - week
schedule for him! How should a
carS-free vacationer know when
he wants range oil? So the oil
truck driver becomes a cross be
tween a Scotland Yard detective
and a mind reader, and be eats,
sleeps and lives on his truck.
The only thing that really wor
ries him is nicking a tourist’s
fender. More than $15 worth of
nick end that) Tittle safe-driver's
buttom cornea off h|s cap. He's got
to start from scratch again to
build AMo-accident r.-cord’
Lake scenery Is pie to them, or
rather three square* a day, for the
summer visitors and the tourists
stand in line and pay real n v
for a 'JO-mile flight OVurilfeUv
favorite lakes and mountains. A
special “personal” exhibition of
the barrel roll or the tail
to the same end.
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, t And when the barnstormer docs
not work, he goes fishing—In his
seaplane. Poking leisurely *ilhM$
above the lake country, ha alights
wherever the fancy strikes, and
tries his luok. If the fidh aren’t
biting, he hop# to another apot un
hampered by guides, time,!sMail
or money.
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of the 6raduat i School; Professor
W. C Hqghes, Head of the Depart-
it of Education; Professor Goo
B. Wilooot, of the Education De
partment; and W L Penberthy,
• This year a nrw car—the Mereary — joins the Ford-Lincoln family . . . fulfilling the desire of
many motorists for a qmditjt car priced between the Ford V-8 and the Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 and
comhimng many virtues of each. The Mercury brings to a new price field an established tradition -
the Ford tradition — of progressive engineering, mechanical excellence and outstanding value.
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Traffic ProMeou
A baker’s boy on a bicycle is a
major traffic problem in most Eng
lish towns, says Margaret Halsey
to her side-splitting “With Malice
Toward Some." Yet the Londoners
have been playing with traffic con
trol since 1868!
The first -traffic light” ia Lon
don. perhaps to the world, was
reported by the London “Express”
on Dec. 8, 1868 to hove been
erected between Bridge and Great
George Streets, Westmi aster, hi
on effort to control what was re
garded as a tidal wave of “un-
gf'ntry” overflowing the streets
and hawking vegetables.
The London fathers empl
Saxby A Farmer, railway s
engineers, to erect a 20-foot; pot-
umn, topped by a “spacious gas
lamp” equipped to shine groen for
“caution” and red for “stop.'* Fur
ther to assist in “arresting traffic,”
two mechanical arms were raised
when the light chanf#d\i
Indicative of the fact that his
tory can, and does, repeat, is the
Comment of the “Express* that
the device was “obviously an im
provement upon the gesticulations
of a policeman as a defense against
accident"
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Head of the {Physical Education
Department, ^Pmprise the grttp
of representatives of Texas A. p If.
who will attetd the 60th annual
convention of the Texas State
Teacher's Association to be held
to Dallas No*. 21 2$, sod 26.
! 1 r- - ; aru- of the convention
will jhoet to many puts of the
city, but heappiarters will be the
State .Fair
Thf many
Wilcox, who
of the
him for
sociation du
I’n.fessor
dent last
Mr. Penberthy will attend the
meeting of tlfe Texas Health and
Physical Education Association.
He is fpaturetl on the program of
the foriber organisation.
A number of prominent men
from oajtside the state will be pre
sent at) the convention, jas well
as many outstanding men in the
teaching proflwision of Texal The
Asaodapon meets at this time
every fear td present and discuss,
before 1 the hundreds of educators
present, the many
field Of education,
bat
Mtoj Brooks,
important port to
ia a member of
Committee of the
Administration
meets as a short
surnn
her of the
nation of the
Colleges,
Comm
of Ol
to the
to com-
1
wi| take an
convention.
Executive
School
I which
A. AM. 1
I so a mem- «
on Coordi-
of Texas
Executive
ittoe of the Texas Society
Beg# Teachers of
of Professor
now vice-president
►Don, are presenting
residency of the as-
the coming year,
was its presi-
BEAT TEXAS
All Types of Radkm
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Mall
ent programs of governmental
agencies and farmers’ organisa
tions for the economic betterment
of agrfcultnra. , |
The history of the Spanish hone
in America ia the subject for a
book by Robert M. Denhardt, in
structor in Agricultural Economics.
A manual on farm management,
based on Texas conditions and prob
lems, is in the making by T. S. J.
Lund.
A book on cotton marketing is
being written by Dr. R. L Hunt.
The book is a survey of the de
velopment of cotton marketing
problems with a description of va
rious markets, price determining
factors in those markets, and a
critical analysis of cotton policies,
existing and proposed.
A laboratory manual on agricul
tural statistics ia being written by
Dr. T. R. Hamilton.
AIME Appropi
Money to be Used As
Student Loan Fund
Michigan was the first state uni
versity to recognize the need of a
museum building to centralize the
research and educational functions
of organised scientific collections.
Word has been received by Har
old Vance, Head of the Petroleum
Engineering Department, that the
Gulf Coast Diiviaion of the A.I.M.E.
has appropriated a sum ef money
tb A. A M^to be used as s loan
fund to seniors in petroleum engi
neering who may need financial
aid to complete their final year in
school. ;
The fund was made possible
through the effort* of C. A. Warn
er, chairman of the Gulf Coast
Division of the A.I.M.E. Mr. Warn
er spoke to behalf of thig project
at the fall meeting of Petroleum
Division, of the A.I.MJB. held to
San Antonio Oct 5-7. 1
In his speech, Mr. Warner ex
plained how many student* of Pe
troleum Engineering who are work
ing their way through colleges and
universities and who, because Of
some unexpected financial troibles,
would be forced to leave school
before r - tin# s their work
These conditions, he explained,
could bd aide# by the proposed loan
fund. The plan was met with ap
proval and $ committee wsa put
to charge of jthe loan 'fund.
This committee consist* of M.
Albertson, •l|. G. Cheney, George
('orletaj: Tba’ ton Davis, E. P.
Hayes, A. 3 Parks and George
Sawtelle. They will co-operate with
heads of the petroleum engineer
ing departments of the various
schools of p-troleum engineering
on tte Gulf Coast, namely, Texas
A. aklf., Texas University, and
Loahlaaa Slato Uidvwrsity.
Mrj ffaroet already has received
several contributions from mem
bers of thejAJ.M.E. along with
fund# allotedj by the A.I.M.E. He
has solicited; morat i and financial
suppdri to a plan to his
heart
Personality! led all other quail-
listi
ties i|i the listing of male assets by
Univlraity <4 New Mexico co-eds.
Yale University'* “community
cheJtf has raised more than $350,-
000 to 16
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provides an extremely favorable power-to-weight ratio and
amure* brilliant performance with V-type economy. Mercury
brakes are hydraulic; body and chassis pll-steel. Appointment*
and upholstery are luxnrioua. New developments in weight
distribution, soundproofing and seat fonatruction make the
Mercury an extremely comforttw AM quiet dar. ... Your
Mercury dealer invites yon to and drive this new qual
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tJ. S. Army Air Corps, at Washington, with the award of tits Mackay
trophy for 19W. The award was for development of the original.auto
matic landing drriea for aircraft, designed by Copt Crane and two
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