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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1939)
iRONT BASEMENT EATTAL StUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. K M. COLLEGE collE(;e station, texas, Tuesday afternoon, January 3,1939 r * t TELEPHONE 8 £725 HER 31 Pilot And Wife Mr. and <**n,iS| ...mpUt.l, hoarding following ag*. **11 t 1 Mrs. W. W. Mit- dungod role* They are shown paaaengers recent *arri- ia a pilot on the and Mm. Mi|chell, formerly Mine Nellie P. Mitcham, of Dallam was a stewardess on the same line and they often flew together. Mrs. Mitchell has been on the Port Worth-Memphis air line schedule for the past three years, while “Miteh" has been flying oat of Fort worth dnring the past year. Re became a pilot in 193* after recdriag training at Randolph am! Kelly Fields. As a stud. nt at A. ft M. Mitch" was a star player on the baseball tegm and received his degree in agrknltnre. College Honors Five Veteran Men Of A. & M. Force Five members of the staff of A. ft M. were honored at Dm college's annual Christmas dinner Saturday evening, Dec. 17, for having passed 25 years in the college's service. The members honored at the ban quet this year were George W. Jdhn*»>n of the Extension Service, Raj E. Dickson Sr., of the Spur Experiment Station, Dr. S. W. Bil- ■ing, head of .the Entomology de partment, Dr. Hubert Schmidt of the Experiment StatiotWand M. K. Thortoa Jr. of the Extension Set- President Walton acted as toast master throughout the evening at the fathering of over 1,000 em ployees of the oollege who crowded th# 'annex of Sbisa Hall for the affair. Dr. Walton presented the welcoming address to the college lores, and Dr. F. M. Daw of Hous ton, Chairman of the Board of Di rectors of the College, also wel comed the force. (hiring the dinner Christmas carols were sung by the members under thq leadership of J. J Wool- ket. director ef the college glee club and professor of foreign lang. uggea. »! i The plan to honor the offkial family oil A. fft M. annually at Christmas time was inaugurated last year when 25 members of the force who have been hi the service of the college for 2$ years or more were honored. '. ' IN COLLEGE-UNIVERSITY WHO’S WHO 1 BANDMASTER RECEIVES NEWISONGS 58 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES AT mD-TERM Approximately 58 senior stu dents in A. 5 M. will receive de green at mid-term of this year and four itndents are candidates ior the cotton classing certificates, ac cording to aa announcement made hy the registrar’s office Monday. IS of this number are candidates for the bachelor of science degree and five are candidates for the P J Am the rewait of the reeant farar u*rr . ..pi right restrict ions, which were erriaseuriy thought to have been placed apon oar aee of the -Aggie War Hymn". U Col. Richard Richard J. Dunn. Bandmaatar I and Professor of Manic at A- ft M.. r< ports that; daring the past week he hgs received •omr nine new song* saggeut- cd for aee hy the rqUege. The eoage have t» rn coming from all over the state. Bach writer is ot coarse aminos to have his partieulsr tong adopt-, ed. Four of the songs have both new words and new awde. The other* are lent new words, for which the writers ask Col onel Denn or some other matt dan ti write the mask. Ode of the songs was written hy the wife of at ex*Aggie. An other song of eight stauaas was written hy n state Legis lator. Kyle Rumoi Unfoi dmirAan of the "No coach f4r any posi tactic depart- the first f Shewn above ar ong StadenU in master of science degree. , - _ J . U.t ,»r 48 Itudcnu m^uJ***' H ‘ ~ ^ h wr « k FORMER SI KILLED IN eon of Dr. mayor of Clarence White, C M White, f« Beaumont, w last Tuesday ed iato p k« destroyed by fire. ’ I Faucets from the truck were broken off and the car was spray ed with fuel, which ignited the oaftliAs onlookers stood by help- Itady, White pleaded with them to get an ax and amputate his decrees at mid-term. 44 of these received bachelor degrees and four received master of science degrees. The Candida tea for the bachelor of science degrees sire as follows: Robert M. Bailey, Searcy Birdsong Jr, Dolman A. Blank inship, Joe M. Brooks, Thomas Ray Brooks Jr, Bennett Coulson, Charles E. Don nell, Andrew J. Evans Jr, Neelley B. Farquhsr, James L Fitgerald, Daniel A. Foote, Thomas G. Foster, Andrew J. Gillespie, William Ros- coe Gill, Joiin D. Haaeman III, John E. Hevmon, Truman R. Hicks, Harry F. Holland, Gilbert R. Hueb- ner, Burton R. Hurley, Walton T. Jones, Bdwayd T. Keck Jr, Clifford R. Langridge. Kenneth W. Liles, William de Houhlac McClellan, Walter S. McGregor, David A. Markle, Grover C. Mathews, Joe H. Moore, Walter 0. Meseley Jr, (Continued oil page 4) •** White was formerly a student of Texas A. ft M, which he at- tendt-d till the end of last sum- mar. This term be Was complet ing pre-medical stu^y at Lamar not He had plan- | M. this next qpmester. are students from A. ft M. who wfl be included ia this year’s edition of "Who’s Who American I nivereiUee and l oilegee." Left to right. Up row. Herbert Mills, president sad Sirloin Clab and king of the rod.»; Buddy Mand.-i: .ditwr ef The Bcientifk Review; major ia command of the Aggie Bund; Da. .d Me myu .d.l. president of the stodent rhap- Lhq American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Dick Tedd. Aggie football player. l44. Sam Harris, co-editor ef The Scientific Review; Hab Astoql chief yell leader; Bob Adarno. senior dam- president; A. P. Rodins, president of the Scholarship Honor Society and the student chapter of the Am erics n Society of Civil Bagiaecfi; George Stapiee, captain of the R. V.'a. Third row, W. D. lUrti>n •siitor of The Longhorn; Dwrw^sl .Varner. Junior class president—ft* only Junior in the group; Oweoa Refers, football team espUln; A. 0. Pnabus. president gf the Kresm and Kuw Klub; Jock Clark, president ef the stadent chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fourth row, David Thrift, cadet colonel; W. C. Morris. Jr, president of the stadent chapter of the American Institute of Rbctrical Engineers; W. H. Smith, business manager of The Battalion; R. L Dmm, editer-in-chicf ef The Battalion, pad Beal Hargrove, ehainaaa ef the Entertainment 6m Says Col. Dunn. "Students might if they heard these songs conceive n liking for some of them. A. ft M. really does need some good new school songs. I suggest that a committee be sgpeinted to consider them. If lae 1 would be glad to go ovef the merits ef each song with the commit tee. The Aggie Band would gladly play the a«w songs ee that the entire student body might hear them land deride whether it likes Denn Kyle, Athletic council, ia being tlon fat the; ment-" 1 Detn Kyle’s affinal word made when he ing the rumor being coaridero^ to\ a positinn Hunt, an! A. ft M- former football tal> Ror the Ma roon and White, ’ raa Gently fired at the Cnitenity ol (..-rgm. | Bstnwa maiitocatjreeerd l made this Jrear I y hi i team, Nor ton had been the fsuhjhct for aea)p- ers’ barbs. In fit e Mart here, Ida j trams have wourjd jst around .500. "f NTAC SELECTED AS TElWj PILOT . TRAINING SCHOOL A branch college-of- A. ft M, CANADIAN TV SPEAH AT PUNT SCIENCE SEMINAR rri jhmimh i .Da J. B, Harfingl^n, Fn.fesaor of Fiflil Hii^barx Iry, flJidxersity of Saskatchewan, Cu itadL will be tho speaker at the F lant Bcienea Sem inar at ita meeting in Thursday, January 5. The £em nar is forta inate in being able to haws Dr. Harrington on tlie pjbgram, as tx- | is s noted agrondmis technique as well as other phases <>f agronomy., Hn is mperiahy fa- milidr with epical pfodbetioa and Ned in 1- Students Expected at A & M For Second Term, Malang Total 5,900 «'allegexn Beaumont.! ned to re-entei- A. ft tHURSDAY NIGRT the Biology Hub will AT 7:10 et in the p Drjili* Head Medi- conduct the School post rotunda ning here, of the School cine, will personally Clab through the Vi and Hospital, inchid mortem dissecting tories, and other parts Hospital. He will sfieak work of veterinarian!!, and explain the different features of the world's largest veterinary school. ARCHITECT’S Betwws* two and three hundred i Friday Feb. S and Monda^ Fob new students are expected to en- ' A. ft M., opened in 1816, is roll in A ft M. during the second A, Medicine. These offer extensive neater of the 1888-29 school term, accor ling to E. J. Howell, registrar of the college. This num ber will liclude new students as well as old students who have not been enroOe^ In the college for a semester or longuf, Mr. Howell The now students coming in for the second semester will raise the total enrollment for the year to between .5800 and 5900. There Mfll probably be an actual of around 5200 during semester, the registrar students have already d froth the college rolls and 5there will be leaving at mid-turn^ (Mr. Howell said. Final examinations for the first terms wilj begin on Friday, Jan 27, and registration will be held ■dpi oldest state-supported institution In Texas, and one of the largest boys’ school in the world. The en rollment has grown so rapidly in recent years that this year it tops all enrollment records in wi his tory of the school. The total value of all buildings •nd property owned by the college approaches $12,000,000. This se mester n $2,000,000 bidding pro gram was started which will make available far use next jMMilNr 12 new dormitories to acoonv-date 2,- 600 more boys, and a new dining hall. A. ft M. win then have the two largest dining halls in the world, together capable of holding more than 5,00o The college consists of the School of Engineering, the School of Agriculture, School of Arts and Sciences, and School of Yeterinary > done plant North Texas Agricultural College, th e gut.stiral njetho s , has beet seltc$sjl is one <>f the experimentation wit , them, seven schools throughout the ns- Tfc* pi aB t Science 4Sqnfinar tkm at Which pilots will be train- * very definite need 4n the ai ed immidiately under a Natfbnal * T m Youth Administration project. Civil Aeronautics Authority official^ er roneously announced last Tuspday that the Texas school selected wss Texas A. A M. The courses, which are expected courses in all phases of engineer ing and architecture, agriculture, liberal arts, education, the sciences,] basiaess administration, military science, and veterinary medicine. The School of Engineering of A. A M. is the largest in the world; the School of Agricultural is the largest in the United States; and the enrollment in the Veterinary School is this year only 16 students smaller than the largest in the amntry. 1 All the fields of the national Army arc represented st A. A M., which offers more of these than any other school in the country and is the largest military school m the world. The A. A M. military I DR. R. P. LI DLl M OP THE Band of 200 members is the second! A A M. Department of History largest oollege band in the United attending meeting of the Ameri- Ststes, and its membership will be the .American Association of Uni even greater next year when it vereity Professors in Chicago last (Continued on page 4) : week. and ita fact that ita is at to begin in January..are to be ex-J of sUff ^^bers tended later to other college* and universities to build up a backlog of pilots for the national defense Other schools selected were Pur. due University, the University pf Alabama, the University of Mih- neUota, the UaivertRy of Wash ington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Georgia School ef Tecknolajftr. The officials of CAA said that the plan would be extended to other schools later Ond if the plaa works experimental^, it would be extended to hundred* of colleges and universities fcg the station IMMO.i* a very definite heed j of A. A M < idlege in the aenif. It is th« only organixation within the inotitutioi that is de voted entirely Id the higher levels of (gaining in tbs | lant sciences. by the branches of Mm instil engaged in research and graduate in the plant I aims of the the institution^ the viewpoin similar intri tutions, since nise that a view and a qd. The program of fore, pro interest to in research pecially to in agronomic ing will Room ment ginning at 7: interested in all local who are j teaching interested Opt of the to bring to possible, others with MMf'ttrtN !ilK > rs rrcoff- of points rtf e ihui attain- weuk, there to who TCH next All who are — ... subject are cor dially invited to ath ndi NEW willi i 1 AMBRIGj GIVES. UN. The A. A the c home to Legion 1 The seleftio building American $20,000 for expected will add make poesi $$0,000 structure. The gift •f the the Board The build legionnaires able to yro dormitory do not sens of be next Lfiqn wil join the and th* hands hi 4 dormitory of American Texas A. ft Ml she for the to made. Th# R appropriated jeet and H is participation 000 to $40,009 erection of s gei (. will whose i A." Corpomt M.’s $2,000,000 dormitories and mess hall will look like the jrtxwe artiit’s sketch when they afe completed in time for use next session. Built with * Reconstruction finance the buildings will accommodate 2,600 students, and ttie new mess hall will seat around 4,000. II ION TO rous program announced at eating of the if the College tosse son* of Pa there are aai> for regular if those Kbit rooms, the f ui ds