The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 03, 1939, Image 1

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    iRONT BASEMENT
EATTAL
StUDENT SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. K M. COLLEGE
collE(;e station, texas, Tuesday afternoon, January 3,1939
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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