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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
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i STUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OP TEXAS A.& M. COLLEGE!
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER IP, 1938
NUMBER
Texas
Teachers
Assoc ation Meets
At Fo
rt Worth
Advisory Council To
Be Appointed for Pint
n Association
Le relative mattera affecting ed-
Texaa and the year'*
inf activities will be dts-
Fort Worth Saturday at
a meeting of leaders of the Tezaa
State Teachers Association. Hm
meeting was called by George B.
Wilco* of A. 4 M, newly elected
president of the Association.
Mr. Wilcox announced that for
the first time in the history of
the association, a cabinet will act
in an advisory capacity to the
president, Membership of the cabi
net will delude the state aaaocia-
tion's vic^-president, Charley Ten-
niaon of Wichita Falla, C. 0. Pol-
lari of Hjendanon, and Miaa Mary
Winfrey of Houston; and 11 dis
trict orgwniiation presidents.
Proposed work for the. cabinet
will be the formulation of aaaocia
tion enrollment plana, plans of
contact ffcr introducing legislative
measures* coordination of district
program^ commitee selection and
plans for a House of Delegates
meeting gext year. Officials of the
organization expect to boost mem
bership from the present MpS*
ment ef {31.000 to more than 40,-
000.
A legislative committee with H.
W. StiUvtell of Texhrkana as chair
man and; former state Senator R.
A. Stuart of .Fort Worth as legal
advisor Dias been appointed to
work on tall bills sponsored by the
associaiMW. , 1’ j •
Each district president will he
asked to. appoint a special repre
sentative 1 to confer with the eabi-
net on peeking passage of the
equalisation bill. Members of the
legislative committee are Bonner
(Continued on P»*e 4)
Five membps ef the staff of A.
4 M. shown here will be honored
Saturday might at the college’s
innual ( hriMmas dmaer fof haVv
lag passed 25 inarm in service
here. Top row, left to right, George
W. Johnson of the Extension Ser
vice. Kay E. Dickson Sr. ef the
Spur K\p»-nment Sislion, and Dr.
Sl W. IHUag. bend ef the Ento-
moluRv department. Eiottom row,
left. Dr. Hebert Sehsnidt of the
Experiment Station and M. K.
Thornton Jr. ef the Extension
Service.
COMMEMORATIVE
PLAm AVAILABLE
A. 4 M. College Commemora
tive dinner plates in Wedgwood
Qneenawsre with no ivory hose
and in college colon may be ob
tained by placing orders with the
A. 4 M. Comm, morative Plate
Association at Temple, Texaa.
These plates are produced in' sets
of twelve, with a different campus
or scene occupying the
of each plate. The borders
on these plates portray the tra
iitions of both Texas and Texas
A. 4 M. U1
These plates were first produc
ed and offered for sale in 1936.
The dtaim for the plates were
created by J, G. Doyle of Brown
wood. He was assisted In develop
ing the designs by Professors Ern
est Langford and P. W. Hensel,
heads of the Architectural and
Landscape Art departments.
•P. L Downs, *06, of Temple,
sided by other interested indlvi-
dulas, worked on the production of
these plates for two years. Mr.
Downs is one of the best known
and most popular A. 4 M. 4 men
ia Texas.
The center views of the plates
elude old Gathright Hall, the
first college building, erected in
diistlnas Supper
Program Set Pr
For Yuletidefl
Statistics—
Fop Christmas
Dinner Served
Twenty-five
turkey were
that each and
2JJ02 Aggies
tables in Sb
plenty to eat
purchased to ini
d "every one of
poands of
inaun
the
eating at 125
Hall would have
night when th<
annum v nrisun^ *upf
ed tx> the Co p An
enormous umoult of
plenty of all tip “tri
SAFETY LEADER
Five Men Will Be Honored By College For Passing 25 Years GIVES WARNING
In Its Service At Annual Christmas Dinner Here Saturday
All members of the official fami-'ton included all full-time members
!y of A. 4 M. College and their!* "tuffs of all department
wives have been invited to attend director, and also
a Christmas dinner to be given *he 4i4iUAte. assistants
annua) Christm^i supper was sen
And with thii
turkey went
"trimafcip”.
In addition ti the mo re-than-a
ton t f roast turkey that were con
Mimed, the Chri|tina*-supp«r menu
Of the mess haft included the fb!
lowing items: ,•
Corn-bread, opnsisting of some
200 porfnds of Oom meal, 2 crates
of celery, 200 pounds of onions,
and small amounts of other in^re-
ired
of Recent
mmunity Sing
BY BILL Mt'RR iY
lASt night
augufated at
ChriMmaa
held )n the ideas
>f tie
M^ with the aB-
sfppe and program
.ail, inspired by
recent Cadet
iommunity Sing,
tl e annual Christ-
ppgr served at the
Corps in Sbisa
appropriate to
were in evi-
in|>rmal entertain-
spirit wap prer
1876, the .Civil Engineering Build-f
iag, and the Academic Building of
1012, together with the more mod
ern buildings of today's college.
at the Mess Hall at 6:30 p. m.
Saturday. Dscentiber 17. The invi
tation {from President T. O. Wal-
WH THE ALlfibl
It is planned to continue a prac
tice stapled last year in honoring
all menibers of the official family
who hate served the college or any
of its divisions for a period of 25
fwak I *
This {year there are five mem
hers of the staff who have served
John j| Mogford, *37 , has been !D. W. Grtihaim 4, at Gober, Texas the p *4 ir * <1 quwter-century. They
appointed County Agent, Wardj .'LL. John V. Lslrd, ’38, is a grad- ,r *1 I
r^. W l^u.rUr k B.r.U,.4;X*3jrTtt. wrioultana
Dr. Carl Fink, Veterinarian, i* education department at the cp\- | 0fry n#tl ,| for hi , work in study .
aaaociat, d ^with Dr. L. J. Allen, '*f* ••• 1 . Billy Meador, 18, is ing Insict parasites on pecan trees
336 Post) Office Bldg., Oklahoma | Moody . .. . W. E. O'- £>,. Bjuj,,™ WM ^ nemr Crwt .
a„n. . a M. Irvine, '37. ij N«l. 38. i. u^hin, .ocUon,! 0 L‘ 8 , 1888
with theU. I. Case Co n Burlington agricultural at Catesville . . . . his Bachelor of Science
Jurlingtoiyla Bell Thomas Stolma, *38, is also teach-
K '88, is a cadet engi- vocajional agriculture and is
with the Houston L. * P. Co^m**^ * Cameren. . . , R. I.
ived at
degree at Otterbein College, and
then wwit to Ohio State University
to taka his B.A., M.A. and PhD.
820 Richmond Road, [ Worthington, '38, is working ia the |
rfek fa<bart Schmidt, chief of
division of veterinary science.
that city!... . Aubrey B. Patter-1 «>unty agents office at Coldwell
son, '38, gets his mail at Box 22,1 •‘j* • • Ampng last year's grads who
Madisonfilla .... Paul T. Hanes, t* 1 * toae^ng vocational ag arc
18, is aiti* ^6 Far™ Secarity
Adm., New Boston, Texas . i
Robert P. Boswel, 18, is farming
teaching vocational agriculture
Charles Bell, Ranger; J. K. Brad-
Mtiiw.JSpringtown; A. H. Court-
ads, Bmhouae; W. B. Cowan Jr.
at Kenedy 7T.. peorge M. Crook, Scraaton; Joe Coffman, Lipan; Qq
18, is teaching vocational agri- J«*» E. Evans, San Paflitas; T. E. u >
culture tt Harwood .... Also Psmbrough, Alexandria; Harold
(Continued on page 4)
Agricultural Experiment
Sutton; is an authority on animal
diseases and parasites. A native
Tm*Bt|llr. Schmidt eras bom at
Comfort and entered Texas A. 4
in fro 4, receiving his Bachelor
Science degree in animal hus-
1 landry. He received his doctor’s de-
* in Veterinary Medicine in
Berlin, Germany, after studying
there from 1998 to. 1912. He as
sumed his duties at A. 4 M. Janu
ary 5, 1913. Dr. Schmidt succeed
ed Wr. Mark Francis upon the lat
ter’s death after working with
him for many years. One of his
brilliant achievements was the dis
covery of the esuse of loin disease
and development of e means of
combating it He aided in produc
tion of a vaccine to oombat sore-
mouth of lasshg aad kids, and also
contributed valiant service to
stockmen in recognising symptoms
'produced by poisonous plants on
ranges.
R. E. Dickson was bom on %
farm in Hunt county and eaterod
A. 4 M. College, graduating in
1912 with the degree of Bachelor
of Science in Agriculture. After
graduation he joined the Texas
Agricultural Experiment SUtkm
as superintendent of the Experi
ment station at Spur and has re
mained there wnce. where his ap
plication of the resulU of scienti
fic investigation on soil and water
conserVattion, on cattle feeding,
and grain sorghum improvement to
practical accomplishments in the
field have been outstanding.
(Continued on page 4)
Warn students home for the hoi
idays that this is the peak period
for serious automobile accodent*,
advises James S. Kemper, nation
ally- known safety leader and pres
ident of the Lumbermens Mutual
Cacnalty Company of Chicago.
’'Ahalyxing 7,241 automobile ac-
ddrijto in the last three years
classified as serious, we found 523
were in the period from December
16 to January 3, said Mr. Kemper.
"This shtfws a holiday season fre
quency 39% above the annual rate.
dknts.
Gravy—more^than 75 gallons.
8,500 Parker- touse rolla. /
Buttefr-75 pounds.
Cranberry si uee—175 pounds.
Green peas 20 cases, of 6 fe
lons each. j v v
Assorted nutl -459 pounds.
Ccldry—6 cn lies
Olives—16 g Bum, * \
[ Cysutto I j pas.
a plea—19 a ktos. -
ipea—10
it cake—Over 350 pounds
gallons.
ehtomouxiFclub
the success
Corpl
In addition |
mas turkey
usual time
Hall, decora(
lie Yuletide
lence, and
ment in the
sented.
The Iights|
were co\
crepe paper,
pleasing gloi
ar, ami lax,
also emploj
The progfton featured the heat-
known rhris|mai songs, sung by
the fish of tl e A rifie Band, whose
riMIr i tan 1-sii ging has won
favorable cot une it over the Cam-
tho dining hall
red and green
a soft and
D4»rations of Md-
and yupon were
pua. They sing,
address sydtdm
IDG'
MAKES INSPECTION
k ! 11 * ^1
rltitomolqgy Club inspection
group, sccompdnieii by Dr. 8. W.
Bilsmg, sponsor of the clnb, went
to Austin Satrgrday to iiupect the
that.Stott Dht
homeconrting students on pleasure
bent are 39% more apt than usual
to figure in serious automobile ac
cidents at this season," he contin
ued. Actually the rate doubles in
tha last half of December compar
ed with the average for December
and January."
A special student hazard to be
avoided is unsafe conditions driv
ing hom^ from school and back.
Typical of such conditions is a
poor car, overcrowded, driven
through night and day with a relay
of excited young driven.
Just as l5ew Year’s Eve climaxes
the holiday season,' so the first
three days of January provide the
wont record of Abe year, with 71%
more serious automobile accidents
than the December and January
average. !
I t of Health ma
located there,
ng, the group was
gh the laboratory
cGregor, Depart-
entnmologist. One
; phases’of
on by this labors-
rearing malaria
the treat-
malaria. These
ectad by feeding
them on the -.blood of malaria
patients, and jpiay then be used
to transfer thq-disease to syphili
tic patients. The high body tom
perature caused by the malaria
rmwlto in a ^complete cure in
forty percent of the cases of ^p-
treated. When the desired
re has been reached, the
is ea^ly checked by th»
physicton in
—»
la ha laborat
Sunday me
conducted thr
by Theodore
meat of Healt
of the most
the work cam
tory is that
mosquitoes fo
meat of syphil(
mosquitos are
over the pufclic-
the men hall,
several of tile ni*t familiar told
beautiful Cl ristAias hymns and
carols, such 11 "Ay to the World",
O Little Toi w o Bethlehem", and
Belli .’•N, special recor 1 -
their •* rhir Of "Silent
Nifcllt" was .also played. The re
cord had been mide only the day
before by W. A. ( wens of the Eng
lish Department; who ia inafcttig
a bobby out | f re ording the eehdot
songs, progi sms* j»nd traditional
events of A. ft M
(Contipued on page 4)
WHEN THE
SENIORS
WKKB ftrF
by kay theaDwell
iTImVprusiects of s soceensful
vsson for the bju-kctball team
were bright as oach McQuillan,
shaped bis I earn up for the open
ing pre scaton j sme with Cente
nary. Capti In 1 onte Carmichael
and jTaylor Wil :ins were undim
puted choic< s fqj guards with the
rest of the line- ip still in doubt
other prow ism*; squadmen from
which the positii ns would be fill
er Lindsey, Job my Morrow, Ed
er Undseyff, Jol nny Morrow, Ed
Lee, Pete powl ng, Paul
Max Tohlin i, Ja< l Qrichton, Clyde
Jones and Virgil
FRANCO-GERMAN TREATY SIGNED^ BAD NEWS- EXPLODES SCANDAL- SOCI
in i -■
orw m F. HOPNIN
Snistei
MARRIAGE
license
»sos»wno*«
la nn effort 11
increased njumbe
axbculive 4>rnmi toe. through Dr.
(Continuedjon page 4)
—
In Pam, French ftnd German
voted to aboliah hasty marriages
following a surprise visit. Disappearance of
Young models a white satin tovemng gown
guilty of disorderly conduct after failure of
vea sign a treaty of amity. Joachin von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister, is at left; Prance’s Minister Georges Bonnet
■ one of the merry in’ parsons, reads the had news ... Police Commissioner Lewis Valentine is pictured in Brook
records has launched the most intensive police investigation in years in the police scandal which followed supersed
ritzy fashion show in New York City in which aociety girls wen* the modele ... Mrs. Ruth Parktin, 28, New York
sitdown strike in the Board of Education building. Mrs. Partin attempted the sitdown in protest against her s
at right... At the lastielectkm Elkton, ltd.
, N. Y., police headquarters tanning records
of District Attorney of Brookjyd. .7 Eleanor
teacher, and her colored husband were found