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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1939)
' I ■ * I- 1-^ 1 1 MAKES HISTORY IN HOUSE \' i ra ,1 ^ w VOL. 38 T IPHONE 8 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, 1*128. 3, 1939 Z752 FOR CHANGES T» fftTH-«wiari«C G«a« Cm, I1-rc«r-«ld daughter of Rep. E. K On ef Georgia, went the honor of being the first girl page la the history of the Hoase. Her fob lasted thrw di^» at $4 a day. New Directory of Former Students Shows Aggies Living All 1 Over World Rx'Students of Aggieland now in-* habit a great part of the world, ac- eordtng to the new Directory of Former Students, recently publish ed by the Ex-students Association of A. A M. In fact, ex-Aggies can be found in exactly 29 different foreign countries, as well as every ■tote in the Union. Almost five hundred of them are living in for eign countries, which include Europe, China, Russia, Sooth America. Mexico and the Philip pines, and such out-of-the-way places as Soengei Gerohg Palem- hung Sumatra and Baghdad, Iraq. Every man who spent as much as two years at A. A M. has been in cluded in tais Directory, ao far as the records of the Association dis close this information. The deceased have been included, ah well as those whose addresses were unknown or incorrect. • The Dinetory is dedicated to the men who have served the Alumni Assoc is boa and the Association of Former Students as Presidents, in appreciation of the services they have rendered. The Directory contains two lists of the former students, one an al phabetical list of every man, and another which groups them geo graphically, the number of men from each towg or locality being together. Only paid members of the Ex students Association can obtain these Directories, and must obtain them through the Association. TEH QUESTIONS ABOUT SYPHILIS ANSWERED BY A. S. H. A. DIRECTOR (ED’S NOTE. The following article appeared in the most recent issue of Herald of So cial Hygiene, publication of the American Social Hygiene Association, a voluntary or ganisation aiding America’s war against syphilis.) What do persons who have syph ilia want to know about the di aease f This question was ssked of Dr. Walter Clarke, Executive Di rector of the American Social Hy giene Association and Supervising Consultant of the Bureau of Social Hygiene, New York City meat of Health. "Infected people want to know the same sort of thing that every one Aould know about syphilis,” said Dr. Clarke. "If I were to state the ton questions most commonly naked and answered in oar syphi lis clinics at the Department of Health, they wonld be as foUows: •What is Syphilis?" It ia a dan- gerons and common disease caused by a tiny germ called the apiro- ehaeta pallida. “Why la Syphiis DaBgcroasT Because it is catching; became, if neglected, it causes miscarriages, stillbirths, diseases of the heart and blood vessels, blindness, deaf ness, insanity, paralysis, and other crippling and fatal conditions; be cause many people have the di- MM wmoui kmmta. It ‘How Does a Person Catch Syphi lis?" By getting some of the gems into his (or her) body. It is some- Survey Shows 63.5 Per Cent Favoring Abolition of Rules AUSTIN. Texas, Feb S.—Aboli tion of compulsory class attendance in colleges, a pubject seldom men tioned two decodes ago, has become an Mane of the day. That develop ment seems largely a result of pioneering by educators like Rob ert M. Hutchins with his Chicago Plan, which allows students to at tend daises at their own discre tion. Few schools, however, have fol lowed the lead taken by the Uni versity of Chicago. The majority of the nation’s colleges still require compulsory class attendance in varying degrees. Although educators - question among themselves, seldom have they asked the opinions of the students, who are most vital ly interested in the question. The Student Opinion Surveys of AflMri- ea are able to give voice for the first time to the students’ views of the issne. The nation’s college youth were asked, "Should compulsory class at tendance in colleges be abolished?" Yee, said ISA per cent No, aaid MA per cent Even though the poll revealed a sizeable majority who favored abo lition of compulsory attendance, the fact that more than g third opposed the idea is significant It invalidates the daim of many eid ers that practically all students, if given any say, would want to do away with compulsory presence ia classes. iBreaking down the results sec- tionally, sentiment favoring abo lition is strongest in the East The Middle Atlantic states showed majority of 68.7 per cent who answered “yea." In the West and Midwest, students were more even ly divided on the issue. In the West Central states, which include the Chicago section, a bare majority- MA per cent—were for abolition. A sophomore art student ia the. Glendale Junior College of Cali fornia pointed oat that some Stu dents can get their work without _ Dime Campaign Under Way To Furnish I $200 To Relieve Strain on Library 1 STUDEHT LEADERS RACE BATS DRIVE ' ,M (MU TO RAGE MONEY FOR PuicHASE OF MS ^ |!r<lln M, Y° Most I’opglar iffht W1 Laois Brownlow, ckairmaa of the committee on gov era meat reorgaa- itation, ia pictored after a recent White Hooee conference where he (linrusaed government reorganiza tion with President Roosevelt Re organisation is soe sf the Presi dent’s “masts" far this session. Bill Murray To Become Battalion Managing Editor Will Replace BUI Payne. Who Will Not Register For Second Semester times caaght by kissing a person regular attendance. ’ I who has syphilis, and once In a | Speakmg for the opposition, while by using a pipe or glass or , mior an, and sciences student 1>part ‘ something that has Just been used in Bates College, Maim, b. l„ v, - by an infected person. It is most! that most students are not mature WHKN THE SENIORS WERE FISH The Aggie baseball team was ex pected to end the season in either first or second place with the Tex as Longhorns furnishing the com petition. Dr. T. F. Mayo, librarian and only regular faculty contributor to the Battalion, #as convalescing at his home, following an appendkitus operation Thursday. Work on the Federal building, which was stopped by the Supremo Court decision on the AAA was to he resumed in the near future The Texas Aggie Basketoer were to attempt to pull themselves out of the conference cellar when they were to meet the Baylor Bears Feb- 7. The Aggies had lost only one man, Max Tohline, from scho lastic difficulties. often spread through sex relations with a person who has the disease. A ptqgnant woman who has syphi lis can give it to her uAbom child. What Are the First Sigas of Syphilis?" From one to eight weeks after contact with an infected per son, n sore usually appears at the spot where the germs entered the body. This sord is called a chancre jounced slhmker)* After a few Weeks the chancre heals, often ring a scar. In the meantime, germs quickly enter the blood tream and are carried to all parts f the body. “flaw Sosn Should s Persia Seek Treatment?" Treatment should be gin immediately after the doctor tnakes a diagnosis of syphilis. His the Disease Cured When the Goes?" By no mesas. The still in the body and Can t harm. Defs the Disease Pro gress?*’ Uidess I the pstient has treatment, a skin rush, sore throat and mouth, swolhst) glands, head ache, fever, and oth. r may develop about the time the chancre disappears or soon after. Often the symptoms are mild, but the disease is tio less serious lor «ttf r . “Can Syphilis Be Cared?" Pro- enough to allow lifting of compul sory attendance requirements. The Aggie rifle team was hold ing a series of postal system match es with fhm other R. 0. T. C. Schools. Registration for 1936 exceeded 8,600, aceording to B. L. Heaton, assistant registrar. per treatment, especially in the early stages of the disease, will re sult in cure in almost all UsuMly it b necessary to treatment at least once a week for from (me to two years. V* greatest number become curt'. I wbqn treatment b begun during the)fhut few weeks of the disease ow Can I Pi ad a Good Doc- Go first to your If he does not treat he'can refer you to a wl» does. If you do not ph H‘??’r k your health (Continuad on page 4) Appointment of Bill Murray as managing editor of the Friday is sue of The BatUlion for the re mainder of the year, effective Feb. 8, was announced today by Hutu ion Bditor-in-Chief R. L. Doss. Murray, now a Junior editor will replace Dill Payne, who has < tided not to attend school the a ond term. "The amount of work Murray has done this term has convinced the manager of student publica tions, E. L. Angeli, and me thpt he will be able to c^rry out the duties of the position very well,” Doae said. Payne will continue in charge of the Friday paper until Feb. 8. “Pm all for it," shid David *- Thrift, Cadet Colonel of the Corps, it referttog to the Battalion staffs dttapaiga to rubs funds through voluntary contributions to sssbt the Library to buy mueb-needed copies of the most popular books. "Thu b a chance for the Aggies te show that they are willing to do something for themselves. We are much mere likely to receive out side helf for our school when it is seen that we are willing to take g personal part in improving con- d’.t !• <1 - ]>••■ and oth«rwbe." Here's what some of the other leading Aggies have to say about this move; "I think it’s a swell idea," says Bob Adams. Lieutenant Colonel and Seaisr Class President, think it's certainly time that some thing should be done to help the Library. I realise that the financial Situation of the Library b more pressing now than it haa ever been before. Here is our chance to do Something shout it, instead of Just griping about it.” , j Says B> rom Wehner, Band Ma jor and Vice-President of the Sen ior Class, “If We all cooperate sssbt Um Library we can assist RED THREAT Soviet Rwuda, through Vladimir P. PotemUa, fleet assistant ce ■bar af Foreign Affairs, I warned Poland to keep her kai off Czechoslovakia. TROTTER SHOWS COTTON FILMS IN BELTON MONDAY greatly. It needs assistance highly regrettable that our library b granted only some $80,000 a year, as compared with the $100,- 000 or $150,000 that libraries of many state colleges not as Urge as A. A are sllowied a year. On our Library’s comparatively small budget it is no wonder that little wr nothing b left to buy copies of the most 'popular fiction and non fiction books, after all the epenaes of maintenance of the Library building and staff and equipment, and purchase of scientific works and magazines, are paid." And this is what Woody Varner, President of the Junior Claas, stat ed: “Surely every student ia will ing to help in this move to im prove our cultural situation here at A. A M. A move of this kind from within should be a start tow ard a general improvement of our iisdocational system." itol I ^(Military Wedding Jnites Senior and Mii Lois White Wednesday night at 7 in the CelleiQf Station Church of Christ,'! building Robert Clinton Beck, formerly of Harlingen and now sf Marysville, Texas, Ssnior and First Lieutenant E Battery Field Artillery, was married to Lob White of Harlin gen who has been a student at T. C. U n in the first military wedding held at A. A M. in recent years. The ceremony was conduct ed entirely by candlelight Rev ; PEARSON TO READ PAPER AT iEETINO Dr. P. B. Pearson, professor < animal mftritioa in the Animal Husbandry department b attend ing the annual meeting of the so ciety for Experimental Biology and Medicine which b being held New Oriaana this week. While at the meeting, Dr. Pear ron will present a paper reporting results of a nutrition investigation conducted poinUy with Dr. H. Schmidt, chief, veterinary science division, Texas Agricultural Ex periment Statioh, and A. K, Mack ey, professor of the animal hus bandry department The tit!*, of the paper to be! presented is, “The Effect of a Pellagra-Producing Ra tion on Herbivora’’. Dr. Ide P. Trotter, head ef the Agronomy Department, garni, a! verbal lecture and explanation in connection with the showing of the moving pictures taken last summer on a tour of European countries in Belton Monday night The picture, about five reels io J length, was seen by 15 fanners and business men, who showed a great deal of interest in the scenes.; Some of the pictures were taken on the trip between here and New York, including those taken in the Ander son Clayton buildings in Houston Last summer was the first time that such pictures have been taken on any of the cotton trips, but due to their success, the custom will be continued in the future. The film it to be shown next at Gmgir. It b m considerable de mand at present by various organi zations interested in the subject. WPA PROJECT IN Beef Cattle Breeders’ Day Will Be Held Here A. A M. will hold its second an nual Beef Cattle Breeders’ Day. a one-day short Course, at the Co! lege Wednesday, Feb. 22, accord ing to an announcement made bv» D. W. Wfllbms, head of the Ani mal Husbandry department Beef cattlemen attending thq course will be given an opportunity! to buy some of the surplus stock of the college herd as an auction will be held In the afternoon when several Herefords will he put up for sale. At the same taction the also will offer for sale severe hogs of the Poland-China Hampshire breeds. Fuller Returns After Tour of Investigation F. D. Fuller, division of feed con trol service chief of the A. A M Agricultural Experiment Station, and a commissioned state offi< h! of the U. S. Food and Dreg admin istration, has returned from a tnp to several points in East Texas, where he investigated alleged in terstate shipmeata of feed in vin Istion of the Federal Food and Drugs Act Fuller reports to the New Or leans Station of the U. 8. Food sad Drug administration. When a rec ommendation that the shipper N prosecuted u made Federal noth, ities institute legal proceedings. Control b thus exercised over in terstate shipments of feed as pro tection to Texas purchasers. The WPA project in operation in the Cushing Memorial Library bt Texas A. A M. College has not only affected a great saving to the college but<b working out sat isfactorily to the library staff and the eight workers on the project, according to Dr. T. Fl Mayo, li Jmrlatkj “The workers assigned to repair ng and rebinding books have made jxissible a considerable saving to the eollege?, Dr. Mayo said “In i he past wehave shipped the books iff to a bindery, when the condi tion warranted repairs, or in other ■aes we have kept them on the Shelves until unfit for further use Snd then bought new volumes. “The men assigned as checkers it the door have been valuable I wereiting books leaving the brary without being charged the borrower. Many new students lire notllstoilbr with the rules of our library and frequently have -aken books out without having the oan recorded. Our budget did not allow for checkers, but with the WPA project in operation we are able $»' do this. It has been the means of preventing several lout books this semester,’’ he explained A DARTMOUTH COLLEGE student has begun publication of a weakly newspaper for skiing en thusiasts. -t W« <inesd»y/f!iikt Affair First Military Redding In Recent Years Here Popdiar Mi IWB \ Be Bought With Moaey . Raised in {Undent Drive ; A campaign to raise $200 by ‘ voluntary contributions from Sto- dents to relbvo the immediate strain on the College Library wag started today by The BatUlion ani by several student leaders, 1 Contributions of a dim# or more were being asked of students regis tering for the second term.- The campaign was started fol lowing a recent statemant by Dr. . T. F. Mayo, collage librarian, thal $200 a year would greatly relievo the library’s strain hi attempting to furnish a good supply »f the most popular fiction and mm-fte- Jtion books to students. Students of the college wHl have a hand ia dctcrmiaing what boohs will ho bought with the procoodo from the Dime Campaign, Dr. t. F. Mayo said today. Suggestions; as ,to what bosks are ia greatest need will ha asked of stadenta, and insofar as potable these suggestions will bo followed, he said. Cadet Colonel David . Thrift, Senior President Bob Adams, Baud Major Byrom Wehner, Junior I’n -idont Woody Varner and other* rallied to the support of the cam- poign. A box is located in registration line in the Administration Build ing, made possible by the derision of Dean F. C. Bolton to allow the campaign to be hold. Registrar E J. Howell assisted the campaign in providing for the box in regis tration line. Another box ie ia the library WITH THE ALUMNI- u BY E E MrQUILLEN Sec’y^ Former Stadenta Ass's. Ira B. Duck Jr., *38, writes that it’s a long step from milking a cow for your education and living ia New York City, but that he likes the change. He ie with the Amec. ican Jersey Cattle Club and Uvea Sweet of the Church of Christ mar- at 330 West 86th 8L . i . M. GL ried the couple. After the ceremony they marched out of the church under an archway of saber* held by a guard of h<im>r of 22 ssnior* (all the senior* In E Battery, all those from the lower Rio Grande Vallaf, and pmm .-utt seniors of vsnos* organization*). The church w*s b-nutifully de corated with pink ro*e* and be gonia*. The bride wore white satin and' carried a floral bouquet ef or chid* and lilies of the \ alley. The bridesmaid wore blue and carried a bouquet of (lark violets. The best man was Geqrge Beck of Hartfe* gent, brother of the groom and a graduate of A. 4 M. The familiee of both bride and groom wen present As* the bride pnd groom enter *d the church, "I.Love You Truly" ■ played. A quartet sang a Song approprinte to the occasion. A solo, Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" wps next given. Then the marriage ceremony took [place, following which* the newlyweds left the church through (he archway ot sa bers, and left oi their honeymoon to ta tnannoui^red destination. ; Aft. r the honeymoon they will return to make their hotne here at College Station anti Byck’s grad uation, whicto'wi) bt in June. Tech Hunts Game Note to major college football teams—no one barred: Texas T*ch iff a ted and untied in the 1938 on and one-touchdown lore* to Bt Mary's dads ia the Cotton Bowl, wants a football game next Oct 14, to be played dt Lubbock. Coach Pete Cawthora asstges that the invitation is wids open to nay major college—“just so it'a a good major team.” Students Join All Stadenta iag on the are being hu Battalion office | or to see J. E or Hill Martsy , A meeting ■embers sod ed ia Jetoiag called for ia The To lion Staff ■d la work- e Battalion ►»e to The as possible ia 78 l-eggeU Hsssll. present staff its interest- has been t at 7 o'clock m 122 Chenault, ’37, is doing structural design in t|io Ubbock office of Haynes and Ft range, Architeeto^ Lubbock and Big Spring. Both the partners are graduates of A. A M. snd are among the leading men ta their profession in West Texas..,. Joe M. Brooks, who received his de- gree at mid-term, is already at work with the Brooks Dairy, lnc t Denton-David A. Cook, ’38, re cently became a student ia the Westinghouse Electric Co. training course in Pittsburgh, Pa., and ia living at 394 Center St, Wilkina- burg, Ps. He would be happy to aeo any of his friends who get that far Mrifc. . . , Bruce Reagmiv I?, is with the International Boundary Commission in El Paso.... Gi-orgs Becker, *x38, is with the Mexia production Credit Association .... W. E, Jacoby, ’38, is with the So» Conservation Sendee at Sah An gelo. . . . W. A. Beinhorn '88, is with Levey Bros, 1307 Petro leum Bldg, Houston. . . . Carl B. Mueller, ’38, is Project Superin tendent and time keeper on a WPA Water Survey Project ia Crosby County. He ha* his headquarters St Croabyton. ... L. if, Bristley Jr, ’38, is rohgh-qecking for the Patrick and Terrell Drilling Oo, and get* his mail at liberty. .... F. M. Law, V), ChainasB of the Board of Directors of the CoHegs, is editor of! the first year-book bUshed by T xss A. A M. It was lied the Olid. Lawrenre Sullivan Ross was present of the Coflegu. Ursa Emerita* Charles Purysar and- Dr. F. B. Gieaecke, Director of the Engineering Experiment Sto- tioa, are the duty members of that family still op the campus. . , . Kenneth Chambers, ’38, is with the Texas Relief Commission at Quit- man, Texas. I... Dr. N. A. Cox, ’37, ia practicing veterinary mad- icine at Lubbock.... Site H. Crews ’37, ii rough-necking for the Golf Refining Comiaay aad ia at Golden Meadows, La. {
