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rba tine of year when stodenU
begin to kettle down te reel fashion
at A. A: M. bs here. Football aeaaon
ia over, and from now until the
ei d of this term, there will be little
to interfere with the normal courae
of stndy i‘enrept for Christmas hoi-
id kyt and the “regular” weekends.
However, as the stadcat body
^goes into this period, it does so
only with the reaHaatioa that
the laat week of this tern—
what assd to be “dead week"—
will again this year be filled
with auior qaluea, torn re-
i>»rts and other anas prodoe-
tion teaching techniques
•It ia because of the crowded last
week of the term that this editorial
is being written. Some may say
that it is unnecessary to worry major quisses and other similar a*-
aboot it now. Those of as who have : signmenta.
If anything is to be done con
cerning dead week, it should he
done immediately, for instructors
We saggeat that the family
consider re-iastitatiag dead
’ week at A. k M.
Possibly no one factor could have
as much im^rtance in determin
ing the final at ending of a student
in a course as an opportunity to
study without being interrupted by
been hero several years, however,
remember all too well the chaotic
last week of the terfe«
must be givea an opportunity to ro-
outHne their coursea in accordance
tpM any important schedule
change. For this reason, we suggest
that the faculty take action on the
matter in the immediate future.
Dead week served an impjrtant
function at A. A M. but it was
elkainate^ a few years back be
cause students wort said not to
have been taking advantage of it
We might offer the belief,
however, that the facalty dis-
rominued ItoathehsMK of the
actions ad a very'smsll \*1 cent
Of the student bod> and *ith
eat tivhsg fill Consideration
to (he eetinr student bod*.
There are, of course, amny stw-
dents in all colleges ami univer
sities who will not study vety
and who will waste their time at
the most Important of all jpei iod»
the last week ia the school term
Hot the rest of the student
body, we may say the major-
Uy ef
iet
A few
few
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should bet be
«f theact-
rroup
on the campus, a
people, may say
“Grades aren't terribly import
ant, to dead week, even if it would
better grades, iKiuld serve no real
■Mpuy IX ll T
To those we may answer that
grades arb eertgialy important and
that if dead week s. • v.^j no pur.
sflj to improve grades,
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ing of it by
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alty to take actiew I
totiag this very important fea
ture ef the college calendar.
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' STUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. S M. COmCf
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George B. Wilcox
Elected President
At Closing Meet
r.eorge B. Wilcoi, Ptofesaor of
education, was elected president of
the Texas State Teachers Associa
tion for next year at the last meet-
irtg of the 1938 convention Satur
day at the Fair Park Auditorium
m Dallas.
Mr. Wilcox was bom on a Grim-
County farm and worked his way
:h high school and college,
began teaching in IpU, after
ding Sam Houston State
hen College, Huntsville, and
served as principal of high
ods at Wharton and Groes
1917 Mr. Wilcox took a leave
m kis profession to spend two
a the army during the World
ter the war he came to A.
M. and attended this institution
»«*jr four^yeari, after whkh time
he began teaching here. He has
since obtained a master of aria de-
free from Columbia University.
Mr. Wilcox succeeds R. H. Brister
of Waoo, retiring president.
Charles H. Tennyson of Fort
Worth, C. 0. Pollard of Hender
son, and Mias Mary Evelyn Win-
fuey of Houston were named as
1 W. three vice-presidents of the
association. Bruce B. Cobb of Ft
Worth was re-elected secretary.
TEMS SCHOOLS
ARE AGREED OH
Presidents Of two outstanding
Texas institutions were decided
upon at mootings of directors and
regents of the two institutions.
Clifford B. Jones, Spur, was nam
ed president of Texas Technological
College at a meeting of the Direc
tors in Fort Worth Saturday. The
Regenta of the University of Texas
have decided upon a president for
the University of Texas, but are
keeping close-mouthed on the name
of their selection.
Jones, who will succeed the late
Dr. Bradford Knapp, became a cow.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 29. 19.W
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NUMBER 24
19 A.&M. Students to Appear in
“Who’s Who in American Colleges”
A list of 20 A. A M. students—
19 seniors and one junior—in “po
sitions of official leadership’*'was
forwarded recently to the editor of
“Who’s Who Among Students in
American Universities and ( olU-g
es" by Dean Brooks of the School
of Arts and Sciences. A. A M s
quota of students for inclusion in
the book is 19, which may mean
that one of the students named
will be eliminated by the editor of
the publication in accordance with
hia system of weighing importance
of positions.
The students named by Dean
Brooks in his compilation of offi
cial 'positions in the student body
hand on a Nevada ranch in his ** follows:
youth. He later came to Texas David Thrift, aenior, cadet col-
where he took the managership of onel and president of the Y. M. C.
the vast Swenson ranching proper- A. cabinet
ties. He has been chairman of the b. T. Wehner, ««nior. cadet ma
board of directors of the college.
Varsity Team Will
Attend Stag: Party
Given by Houston Club
jor in command of the Aggie Band.
George Stap fts, aenior, captain
of the Ross Volunteers.
R. M. Adams, president of the
senior class.
Durwood Vsmer, president of the
junior class.
H. P. Aston, chief senior yell
Owens Sogers, senior, captain of
the football team.
Dick Todd, senior, football star
and possible All-American select
ion.
R. L. Doss, senior, editor-in-chief
of The Battalion, student semi-
weekly newspaper and monthly
magatine.
W. H. Smith, aenior, business
manager of The Battalion.
W. D. Barton, senior, editor-in-
chief of The Longhorn, college an
nual.
Sara Harm, senior, co-editor of
The Scientific Review, agricultural
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REPORTS TO BE
TURNED IN DEC. 1
i frem
The entire A. A M. varsity foot
ball team and the A. A M. coaches leader,
wi4 be guests of the A. A M» form- “ ' ’
.r ««ie„u club .t Hou.tonRevejUe j n Hospital
Monday night for a stag party r
and buffet dinner. The invitation Reveille ia ia the hospital. A
wav received from G. A. “Cap" member of the staff of the vet-
Forsythe,’17, president of the club, erinary hospital di-< l"'* d 'eMrr
The members of the team will day that the maacot of the rorp^
leave by cars sometime next Mon- had been in the hospital for several
day for Houston and return that
night The affair will be held at
Dokie Hall in Houston.
The party given by the Houston
Club ia getting to be an annual
affair as a get togeth. i t* :*,,!
the club and the members of the
football team. ,
days with a eat foot but “4« ia
doiag fine and will be o«t of the
hospital in a few daya."
Reveille missed her first foetball
game between A. A M. sad Texas
University since ahe has been at
A. A M. last Thnrsday, being in
the hospital at that time.
POIILTRY JUDGING
TEAM PLACES ATH
The A. A M Poultry Judging
Team placed fourth in the Midwest
Poultry Judging Contest which was
held in connection with the Inter
national Livestock Exposition at
Chicago Saturday.
The team placed third in exhibi
tion and tied for third in produc
tion to the eontwts. There were
ims from 10 different land grant
colleges in the west present at
the meet. Louis Jurcak, a member
of the A. A M. team, was high
individual in production and placed
third in the entire contest ,
The members of the team, which
left College Station Nov. 19 and
which will return Nov. 30, who
made the trip to Chicago are Alex
G. Warren, Fort Worth, Louis Jur-
cak, Cameron, Ted Martin, Gates-
ville, and W. L. Braddy, Fort
Worth. The team was accompanied
by E. D. Parnell, team coach. .
Complete grade reports
each department on the campus
will be turned in to tbf Resgis-
ttartl'office by Dec. 1, H. ti Hea
ton, assistant registrar, said Man-
day.
A complete grade report will be
sent to the parents of each stu
dent enrolled in A. A M., Mr. Hea
ton said, and one will be sent to
the student’s dean and to the com
mandant’s office.
The deans will probably bold
conferences with students passing
too few hours, as has been the case
in the past, Mr Heaton said.
A report on the grades will be
published at a later date it The
Battalion when the statistics on
the grades are compiled.
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30 Dairymen Register
Monday for Fourth
Annual Short Course
The Fourth Annual Dairymanh
and Tester’s Short Courae, sponsor
ed by the Dairy Husbandry Depart
ment, opened yesterday morning
with an enrollment of thirty dan >■
men. The course will continue
thr^igh Thursday. It is anticipated
that late registration will bring
the total attendance to well over
fifty.
The theme of the entire program
ia the more economical production
of dairy products, and includes dis
cussions of problems in feeding,
breeding, herd health and sanita
tion. and general management.
. Iwterday’s program was devot
ed to discussions of various feed
problems.
Wiring
Restrained
Second Bidder
AUSTIN, tS>. »-A. A M.'i
board of directors Wednesday were
restrained by ja court order from
awarding to till second lowest bid
der a contract for electrical wir
iag in the tweUe new college dormi
toiies and the dining hall on which
Work has lately bee* started
The temporary restraining order
was issued by; Judge J. D. Moore
otf the 98th District Court here on
motion of the Curtis Electrical
Company of 4u*tm which alleges
that it had the low bid on the wir
ing project when bids were taken
oh Nov. 5.
Charles E. Curtis, president of
the firm, said that his bid of |7&,-
830 waa the lowest, but that be
had received word from A. C. Finn
of Harris county, architect on the
"buildings, that ihe second lowest
IwMar' would receive the award
when the board of directors meets
in Austin Wednesday or Thursday.
The Austin firm claims that ac
ceptance of it* low bid constitutes
a contract and asked the court for
a mandatory -Injunction compelling
the board to sign a contract for
the wiribg. ,
Judge Moore aet Dec. 5 as the
date for; the hearing on applica
tion for a temporary injunction.
Until that date the temporary re
straining order will be in effect.
THERE WAS
Display of Products
Scheduled for Next
Week in Ag Building
A Horticulture Show to be held
in the Agriculture Building next
Monday and Tuesday by the mam-
here of the A. A M. Horticulture,
Society will play an important' ^
part in the observance of Citiwa
Week over the Itale. In 1937 Gov-i
ernor Allred dedared that the fin*
week in December be aet aside ferj-.
the observance of Citrus Week, be-. •
lievbig^be occasion to be approprti...
ate, the members of the socioty de
cided to bold the show at this .
time. * f ..
In order to emphasise the im
portance of horticultural products
to Texas, a complete display of
state products has been arranged.
Citrus as an important product
will occupy a central position *»
mong the exhibits. The types, their
varieties and the by-producta of
the eitrua fruit will be completely
displayed through the cooperate*
of the marketing agencies in the
Rio Grande Valley. Hybrids Mil
form an interesting part of the '
citrus exhibit
The pecan industry of the state
will be represented by the Pecan
Variety Display of the Texas State
Edible Nuts Department TUa te
the same display that was ia tihti;
Texas Centennial and has betol
shown in various fain over the
state. Comparative examples of the
ratio between edible portion to
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COLOR ALONG WITH TEXAS’ 7 TO 6 WIN OVER COACH HOMER NORTON’S TEXAS AGGIES
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top row, ptrlj of tU £000 Aggies in the Austin review pass the reviewing stand ... the j
waa also around ... the Band goes fancy on its ‘TU” .. . second row, Davis hei
(IB), Boyer (52), Peterson (15), Jackson (51), and Sweeney (SO) —
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Rollins and Homer
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fersjvith (he officials before the game...
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before the game—it’a bound to
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