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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1939)
1 V. : - . Editorial Final Exumm The WeatMTi Fair and Warmer COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 20. li IN THE THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR TELEPHONE 8 \ Student Welfare Group Adopts Resolution For Installing 'Dead Week’ TEXAS LEADERS, WIVES AT INAUGURATION Medical Head To Ak Socialized Medicine Here Dr. lU-rtner Will Speak For Social Science Group Monday Night “Socialized medicine" will be the ■object of a lecture by Dr..E. W. Bertner, President of the State Medical Association, to be (iren in the Chemistry Lecture Room Monday night at the Social Science Seminar. -, Exemptions Of 25 Per Cent Is Talked at Meet Week Dr. Bertner ia a member of the American Medical Academy, and ia one of the moat eminent men in his field in the country. He has appeared several times before eon* gTsasEhaql committees concern efforts to secure socialized med icine. He ia also author ef several articles which have appeared ia the Texas Medical Journal on the *ub)«t of Veaieovabinal, urcthrs- veginal and veelcootertne fiastulas. The principles of Daad were approved by the Student Wel fare Committee last night in Re monthly meeting ia the mess halL While the committee did not give a blanket endorsement of Dead Week aa it had been asked for this semester, the group did ap prove the principles of the iseue in a 13 to 7 vote. Also discussed were the possi bility of exempting 25 per cent of the students from final examina tions aS a boost to scholarship and a recognition of sbility in the stu dent body. The Dead Week resolution, in troduced by R. L. Doss and second ed by Ernest Langford, head of the Department of Architecture, received the active endorsement of Senior President Bob Adams* and met with opposition from two de partment heads, one of whom voted for it after stating hia opposition. The resolution read: “Resolved, That the Student Wel fare Committee ia in harmony wKh the administrative authorities in Httempting to settle the pre-exsun week problem and does hereby urge that a satisfactory settlement of the problem aldng the lines of the pro|>,tsition known as Dead Week be put into operation during the second term." "The lines of the proposition known as Dead Week" was inter preted before the voting as mean ing the general principles of dis allowing major quisaos, term re ports’ and makeup work for en tire sections during the sseek im mediately preceding finals. It eras suit, d that (he provision on make up work eras not intended to mean work for individual students Aggie Corps Honors Chamber of Commerce 1st Home Review of Y College Offer of 4 ! * Supply Board of Authorize* To Accept r esiders an To ty Water Offer Registration For Second Semester May Set All-Time Record Shows at (he inauguration held Tnendny, are from left to right: Lieutenant Governor Mrs. W- Lee O'lianiel. Governor OTJeniel, and Mrs. Stevenson. Coke Steve Texas Gets New Governor, l). T. Gets New Student, And Flour Company Gets New President All Out Of One Family - The W. Lee O’Daniels of Fort Worth The last action .of the board of director* of A. AM., at their meet ing Saturday, wg^to authorize the officials of the college to accept an offer of Riggs to supply the institution with water on condi tion that a wholly'satisfactory con tract, including the time element, coukbbe worked t^ut. Bryan offered U> supply the col lege with water gt a low rate on a conttaet for one year. The con tract will includd a clause that it after the expiration of one year, both parties to the contract are not satisfied witjk the rate itruc turc, revision shall be considered and that if the two parties cannot agree on n revised rate schedule that the matter be submitted to qualified and unbiased engineers far decision. TV? plan for the construction of the new system 'call for mains to v* College, ftnd the fact that this was set out in the plans was given eons i deration by IXiblic Works Administration officials who recommended the grant of $200,339, which was approved by President Roosevelt. WITH THE ALUMNI I BY E. E. McQUILLEN 8ec*y. Former Student's Associslion Oscar Seward III, *38, ia with the Legal Department of the State Highway Dept., and located at Gonzales. He and Miaa Mary Gaud* were married last October in Lipaa. Tains . . . Dick Skrla, *3$, gets his mail at 201 W. 10th St.. Austia. , < . . . Sim Lake Jr.. '38, is with the Dallas Power A Light Co., and gets his mail at 5328 Miller, Dallas . . , Wilson B. Buckley. '38, ia in the Soil Conaenmtion Service, Conway. Arkansas. . . . Only Rhodes Schol ar ever chosen from Texas A. St M. was Wright Thomas, '22, now Chairman of the Department of English at the University of Wia- eoiudn. . Sidney 3. Stone, grad uating this mid-term,' will be as sociated with the J. E. Stone Lum ber Co., Nacogdoches. . . . Alton 8. Queen, *37, t|ie old “Bat’* Sport* Editor, is salesman for the Koerber Products OS., Palacios, Texas. ' S. A. "Doc” Lipscomb, ’06, of Lip scomb's Pharmacy, was a stai baseball player for the Aggie* during his school days. . . . Atad ask Bill Sparks, '19, about that time he entered a "Company” foot ball game sporting a mustache. . Marvin J. Simms, '37, is Assistant County Agent, Wheeler, Texas. . X. B. Cog Jr., '37, baa been ap- ’ pointed Assistant County Agseit, 1 A. A M. Extension Service, at | Snyder. . ^ . Dr. John T. Kirby, T», assistant City Health officer and ia also practicing veterinary med- iciae at Lnftla. . . . Jim N. Bos- well, '37, ia manager of the Plains i Ostpsrathre Hatchery and Cold Storage Locker System, Plsinview. p. Jesse W. Collier, '38, is with t the Soil Conservation Service at Morrilton, Ark. . . . W. E. Stages, ' '8T, in hia first year of coaching at the Hull-Daiaetta High School I tmmed in a great job with a Re gional Championship football tqam ^ last fall. . . . Walter Daggett, 137. recently moved from El Paso. to Ft. Worth where ho ia with the Daggett-Keen Livestock Coramia- siem Co* at the Stock Yards. Registration for the second se mester of the school year will be held February 3*8 with the total enrollment for the year expected to pass 5800 students, according to an estimate made by E. J. How ell, Registrar. Students now registered Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3-4 and nil new students will enroll Monday, February 8. BY R. L. DOSS \ . Battalion Kditor-ia-Chief Texas got a new governor, the University of Texas got a new stu dent and a flour company got a new president Tuesday—all-out of one family, the W. Lee O'Daaiels. The bead of the-family became Texas' thirty-fiiih governor; Mol ly, 15-year-old daughter, matricu lated at the University; Pat, 17, became president of the W. Lee O'Daniel Flour Company. And Texas A. A M.. then as al ways, contributed her share of the SOUTH AMERICAN STUDENTS VISIT A. & M. CAMPUS, SEE REVIEW The nine cadets from Colegic d# Ramirez of Bogota, Colombia. South America, escorted by Lt. Hon "tCoun* ored at Banquet Advantages to be gained from extra-curricular activities such as club wt>rk and judging teams were stressed in speeches at a banquet which honored members of the ice cream manufacturers short course and the Kream and Kow Klub in the main Banquet ropm of Sbisa Hall Wednesday night. Various members of the organ! ration made abort talks on the plan* for the jadging team this year and what was hoped to be accomplished in the future. Alfredo Angel Tamayo, who are now studying in Allen Military Academy made a tour of inspec tion of A. A M., starting at the Administration Building at 8:30. After going through the adminis trative offices of the college they were shown the general layout of the buildings and campus. They were shown the experimental farms and the athletic plant, the class rooms, the laboratories, and the library, but seemed to be most in terested in the dormitories and the dormitory life of the Aggies. At noon, the visiting cadets were guests of members of various or ganizations for lunch. Immediately after lunch, they witnessed the re view of the cadet corps in honor of the directors of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce color of the inauguration ceremo nies which began at 8:30 and con tinued throughout the day and night. Attending the inauguration from here were 200 memhers of the Ag gie Band, 30 members of the Ross Volunteers and scores of students who wanted to witness the first inauguration to be held in a foot ball stadium. SIDELIGHTS: Phil Golman, Battalion staff photographer, emerged from the hilarious day with shots of the proceediaga for The Battalion magazine's Inau guration Issue which will be dis tributed next Wednesday. . . . Pat Daniels, Editor-in-Chief of The 'Daily Texan, was anticipating a date witii Molly for Thursday night. Among the things the governor’s daughter wanted to do after the inauguration were to slide dowa the bnnnlater ig the Governor’s Mansion, . but O'Daniel decided she the new Governor concurred opinion. . . . When the Aggie Band onto the field, an ovation which surpassed any except those given O'Daniel went up from the crowd. . . • The Aggie and U. T.j students in the press seats thought they were seeing pink elephants when the Aggie Band passed the reviewing stand, for the Longhorn Band stood up in a body and cheer ed them. . . . Cover O'Daniel miss ed an opportunity to give deserved recognition to the Aggie Band when he named the 143 Infantry Band the official military band in stead of the local $>usical organiza tion. . . . Former Governor Allred sang "Beautiful 1 'exaa” so loudly that Governor O' Daniel could not be heard singing. prison broadcast, Mountain Music “Please pass the was changed pardons. Pappy” (Continued • Askburn in Of Ai For Ent A. A M. paid tribute to the Bast Texas Chamber of Commerce this afternoon with a review by the corps of cadet*—the first local re view of the year—for visiting *f- ficials af that organization.' T Classes were su-p.iuled from 1 until 3 p m. for the orcaaioo. Members of the organization's board of directors met previous to the review in the banquet room of the mess hall in templar quar terly meeting to trahaack rotithw business. I \l I The directors chose A. A kG as meeting place in dHW to bgv* a central Texas location and also to bqsrt an opportunity to njtusnak the werid'to leggudkl agMaMiMfll college in everyday tfe. Leading the delegation were Paul T. Sanderson, president of* the chamber, Herbert M. JlUnri- son, vice-president and g.n.TH: manager, and an ex-Aggie, Elmore R. Thorn, agricultural director, v Col. Ik* Asbbum was In charge of arrangements. Wednesday night the WRAP program, “Be hind the Walls nt HunteviUe," featured "I Like ’ but the line biscuits. Pappy” ‘Please pass the . . . Practical jokers had a goo I time. Somebody took the state fl ig down from in on png* 4) “Beautiful Texas” Proposed for State Official Sons OMifil* for .introduction Wednes day was a Concurrent resolution by which the legislature could make “BCantlful Texan”, n composition of W. Lee ODuniel, the official state song. It was prepared by Representa tive Kal Segrtat af Dallas, who said the tuna, wed throughout O'-) Daniel's campaign and Toeedsy's inaugural events, “touched the hearts of and fixed the determina tion ef Texans W every section pf the state to revive and make se cure the true ■p ,r,t of liberty and freedom.” BAYLORA.AM. DEBATE SCHEDULED Mayo Thompson and Don Gabriel will represent A. A M. tonight in n dhbnte against Baylor Univer sity team at 7:39 in the Physic* ' Lecture room. The Aggie debaters recently at tended a debate tournament at Baylor, at which time the debate to be held tonight was arranged The Baylor debate#* were not known. Debate Coaches C. O. Spriggs I R. M. Weaver are inviting public to attend this contest. Which is the first intercollegiate debate held on the campus ia two RECORDING OF FOLK MUSIC IS HOBBY OF AGGIE BY BILL MURIAY W. A. (BUI) Owens, of Paris. Texas, instructoi in the A. A M. English Departm ent, really has as interesting work and h-bby cording folklore of the Southwest and events Mt A A M. Equipped with a most modem electrical record ng machine fur nished him by he University of Iowa, Owens gt rs all around the country and ab tut the A. A M campus seeking] suitable material for his collect*.!**, hikJolkL-rr ool- He is lection fa feasor of Sity, from taking woi k gree. He ia field r*| < Conductor Ernst Hoffman of Houston Symph Is Enthusiastic About Aggie Audience’s Rece rtf Piper, Pre laws Ui Poi Owens is now Ma Ph. D. d« ’s only country New Courses Offered h Several new courses will be of fered in the Geology I a pt the second semester of this term, ac- Oording to heads of the department Among these will be * course on “Physical Geography with ref erence to Texas” by Prof. Burt. This course has been found to be aeceanary for students majoring in Geology who transfer to other schools Increasing amounts ef field work, both fur beginning and advanced Geology courses Will be Offered tai the mountain* of West Texas and Wyoming during both terms of summer school. (ED’S NOTE: Below we reprint in Its entirety an interview by Hubert Rhuasel, amaaements editor ef The Houmtoa Poet, with Ernest Hoffman, conductor of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, which play ed here Monday. The story ap peared in the Thursday Post.) Conductor Ernst Hoffman of the Houston Symphony orchestra is a man of quiet nature, and I felt' pretty certain he was letting in for a shaking up wbsn he took the organisation to A. A M. college the other evening. Mr. Hoffmann has never been to a Southwest conference football game and was unprepared for the Aggie cadets. One look at his beaming faee when be walked into the office the next day was suffi cient to indicate that what I ex pected had happened. He was ob viously tired but happy. He sat down in the guest chair wearily. "Well,” I said, "how did you go over nt A. A M.t" Mr. Hoffmann gingerly felt the small of his back. “Boy,” he replied, “we killed ’em!” It was not an expression which the Symphony lender ordinarily uses, but I realized its magnificent right ness in this case. I knew it hadn't been an ordinary concert. "They didn't kill yout” I asked. "You look pretty pale and disjointed.” Mr. Hoffman struggled and brought forth a smile. “Oh, no,” he exclaimed, “that'* all so unripe- ted iy Orchestra ion of Him! I didn't get an r sleep last night. It was a wonderful audience up there. I never saw anything like It.” And I kr rw again ha supremely corr ct. So I asked wI ether he would like to tell me abou ; it. Well, I’m ik L certain I can just yet,” he repiie I, his eye* dancing with a mighty ixcitement. “It was different. WHEN THE SENIORS WERE FISH BY L. E. THOMPSON A. E. Frugal, CO year-old fresh man of H Company, Infants* won ?rst place in the A. A M. stock | judging contest tot freshnfen. Frugal's score of 508 narrowly bent I <ut E. Cory, who was sseond with ISO. Fred Howard won first place ini the amateur broadaaM held in the f studio* of WTAWt The Aggie basketball tans* broke I hi to the win eokiran for the first I time this season by def Texas Christian Frogs 29 to 1A| Ed Lee and Taytsr WilkiM kigb scorers for 41m Aggies with| 9 and 5 points respectively, win made the basketball an bright for the season. Seen ter mm returned for the senso Coach Adamson's Aggie wat poloists came threngh in ftno i to defeat the swimmers 7-4. ghose, the * threngh in fine style! the Tessa UnlversitJ 7-4. By winning thbl Aggies showed good I’m afraid I'm Of course I a little bit dixsy. to be playing to a student audi- chances of repealing the pr.-vio emce that wouldn't care for the year's unbeaten record heavier things, so I got up > a pro- j i - | - ■ gram af short pieces. I' picked them mostly; to get plenty dimax. . r ‘ t j "But I needn’t have bothered about that Because the audito rium there, cBiion hall, turned out to be the ‘liveet’ hall in this part ef the eountsjf, and magnified ev ery sound of ithe orchestra. I did- (Continbed on page 4) i ■ G. B. WILCOX. PROFESSOR < of education at Taxes A. AM. lege aad president ef the Tex Stage Teachers AnaocixtUn, accepted appointment from Rub T. Shaw, preaidant of ME A, serve on the advisory commit of legislative commission ai the advisory committee of opportanity of