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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, 1*128. 3, 1939
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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.
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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. {