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VOL. 38 PHONE 8
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEB 24, 1939
NO. 48
Season’s First Organization Ball Is
JUNIOR COLLEGE
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Teams From five Texas
DEBATE MEET HERE
Debate on Use
Of Public Funds
RepresefiUtWcs Of
Tarkton, Tyler, Temple.
Lenar, Kiluore Entered
The first Junior* Collcg* De
bate Tournament ever to be stag
ed at Texas A A ML is taking
place here today, and will continue
through tomorrow afternoon. With
teams from frve of the larger
junior colleges of Texas compet
ing, the meet has gives even
promise of providiag oae of ex
ceptional interest, and large aadi-
cnees are ( . 4 at the dchetca,
the first of which takes place this
afternoon aft A
John Tarletoa, Lamar, Tyler,
Temple, and Kittror.- junior cottag
es, at the iag||g|ion of the A A M.
English Department which is con
ducting the tournament, have ac
cepted and sent representatives.
With the exception at Temple, each
is sending two teams. Winners will
be swarded ribbons and bronze
~ cups as prises.
The meet opened at 12:80 today
with a luncheon in the banquet
room of the mess hall. The first
round of debates start at t this
afternoon, with the second round
at 7 p. m. and the third round at
8:80. The fourth and final round
occurs tomorrow morning at 10. 1
The debates arc being held in
various lecture rooms about the
campus and several classrooms of
the Academic Building. The sub
ject at debate is “Resolved, That
the United States should cease to
use public funds for the purpose of
stimulating business.” This 4s s
question of great interest at the
present time, when the federal
government has been attacked so
vigorously by many for is attempts
to relieve the depression by speTio-
; tag great sums.
Announcement of tournament re
sults and presentation of prises
will take place at a luncheon in the
mass hall banquet room bag!
at 1 p. m. Saturday.
Popular Lecture
On Meteorites [
Scheduled Tonight
Speaker To Explode
Some Fallacious Idea*
Formed by the Public
Oscar Monmng of Ft Worth,
leader of a group of amateur as
tronomers, The Texas Observers,
will give a popular lecture on me
teorites tonight at 7:80 in the main
lecture room of the Petroleum-
Geology building.
Meteorites, commonly called
“shooting” or “falling” stars, will
be discussed along points of gen
eral Interest to the public by Mk.
1R.O.A. URGES
MORE R.O.T.C.
FACILITIES
E. J. Howell, Registrar, who is
president of the Texas R. O. A.,
has just returned from 0 five dey
stay in Chicago where he attended
the mid-winter council meeting of
the R 4). A Each of the states and
Porto Rico had at least one mem
her present The Texas department
which is the largest in the United
States, also sent Major J. P. Hil
lers of San Antonio, president of
the eighth corps area R. 0. A., add
Captain E. J. Barnett a member
of the executive committee from
Houston.
One of the most important topics
of discussion during the course of
the meeting was the R. O. T. &,
which was spoken of as 0 vital
element In our national defense
structure since its graduates coO-
stitute 80 percent of the Officers
Reserve Corps.
In view of the fact that the R
0. T. C. is the chief source of re-
T
Youth greets youth fas the torture above, showing W. Olia Sanders,
president of the newly-organised Young Mon’s Civic League of Brasos
County, ettapdiag a welcome to Jimmie Aston. A A M. graduate sad
brother of Chief Yell Leader Hub Aston. Mr. Aston has recently taken
over the duties of the efflce of Bryan city manager.
Moraine. Bn in bom* brought boro ptaenmu for tho Officer’, Re
BAD LUCK DOGS
THE “GOING DOG”
... Old Man Bad Lock oeeTned to bo
riding tho fender at the ”Going
Dog,” 1928 Dodge, as she took a
roll for one and a quarter turns
early Sunday morning twenty
miles south of Hempstead on the
return trip from Houston. Tom
my McCord, Doug Miller, Bat Cov
ington, and Sid Clary, C Infantry
' Juniors, dragged themselves into
College, the most woe-hogono crew
over, but what seemed to bo just
another humorous incident in the
week-end trips of the Aggies has
• now turned into a near tragedy.
McCord and Clary escaped with
only cuts and bruises, hut Coving
ton is now lying flat on his hack
in Dallas, as he will for the next
six weeks, with a brace under his
chin and p 300-pound weight
his feet in an effort to straighten
0 dislocated and chipped vertebra.
Meanwhile, Doug Miller is here in
the hospital suffering a broken
chest cartilage and facing a com
plete nervous breakdown which he
is aggravating himself by his own
worry over ,tbe unavoidable acci
dent 1
Says Dr. Marsh, ‘ Miller, you Ho
bore a few days anti) you get tore
in just on« spot and then well
look at it”
by the Geology Seminar and will
not enter into a technical discus
sion of his subject during the ev
ening.
Mr. Manning will explode some
of the fsllarioun ideas which the
public has formed about meteorites.
He will slso relate his experience
in collecting meteorites and des
cribe methods of recogmiing me
teorites, and the scientific work of
the amateur collector in this field.
Meteorites, which come from in
terstellar space, are relatively com
mon in Texas. A large, mi mtx r have
been found, some of which have
considerable collector’s value.
At the present time there is a
display of meteorites in a showcase
on the main floor of the Petroleum-
geology building. This display was
loaned to A A M. last year by the
Texas Observers and has been of
mpeh interest to visitors or. the
calnpus aa well as to students and
college people.
Mr. Manning will use this display
during the lecture and will bring
other specimens which will b&sed.
Mr. Moaning is an interesting
and informative speaker. HiS lec
ture here last year was so well re
ceived that he is being presented
again, at this time. . !
serve Corps, and that, due to the
heavy loaees among its graduates
the Officers Reserve Corps is
20,000 short of the desired min
imum strength, it is obvious that
the product of the R O. T. C. must
be increased. In order to increase
the product, the association urged
the establishment of additional
unite in Ml qualified colleges and
universities, and provision for
larger enrollment in the advanced
course.
Also, at the meeting, requests
were made regarding the needs
of the R. O. T. C. with respect to
armories and modern mQitary
equipment, for, with the present
inadequate facilities, the students
cannot be properly trained for their
potential duties aa military lead-
ASHBUIN lELLS RESERVE OFFICERS
U S. HOT READY; BRELARD HOMED
LAST NIGHT THE STUDENT
chapter of the Americas Institute
of Chemical Engineers met to draw
up the constitution for tho newly
organised College Station chapter
“CuebaUr Scared
Stiff; His “Old
Lady” Doin K Fine!
And now, friends, Texans and
fellow Aggies, we have come to a
newer and more virgin subject
namely, of what stuff are Battal
ion editors made? Or more speci
fically, of what stuff is THE Bat
talion editor made; he who was
christened Robert Lawrence Doss,
but who is more familiarly known
by the corps a* “Cueball.”
Last Sunday night one of Cue-
ball’s “old ladies” \ was stricken
with appendicitis, and was taken
immediately to tho boopttal to be
operated on. Cooball’s curiosity
getting the best of his better judg
ment, he asked for and was grant
ed permission to witness the opera
i' on - ‘ ;*i
And therein lies a rad, sad tale.
His roommate was put on tho op
erating table and the operation be
gan. Cueball began also—to mop
his brow incessantly. A few miputes
later, anyone who was interested
might have noticed Cueball leav
ing tho operating room; only to re
turn shortly afterward—minus his
jacket. Time marched on and Cue-
ball’s face became pale—quit pale.
It became still more pale os the
operation proceeded.
Alas, dear readers, they carried
’im out M a stretcher!)!
Oh y4a HU “old lady?” He’s
doing fine!
Dr. Paul Popenoe
To Give Lectures
Here Next Week
•
Dr. Paul Popenoe, nationally
known geneticUt, eugenicUt, and
sociologist, director of the Insti
tute of Family Relations, and
author of a number of hooka, will
visit A, A M. next Monday through
Thursday. While here he will give
several lectures under the auspices
>f the Y.
, Monday night he will lecture in
the Assembly Heil on ‘‘When Do
You Know You're In Love?" Wed-
neadsy night he will opeok again
in the Assembly Hall on tho sub
ject “Is There a New Morality?”
Ho will also give talks to the Mar
riage Relations classes, and pri
vate interviews to those who de
sire thorn.
The United States U not ready
in case of war, declared Col. Ike
Asburn after he had compared the
American standing army to those
of Russia, Japan and Germany at
the banquet sponsored by the Brat-
00 county chapter of the Reserve
Officers Association in observance
of Notional Defense Week Tuesday
night at the mem hall at College
Station.
Bob Blake, editor of the Heame
Democrat, was master of cere
monies. In addition to Col. Ash
burn, who was chief speaker, he
called on President T. O. Walton
of the A. A M. College, E. J. How
ell, president of the Texas depart
ment of the R.O.A., Bert Nowotsy,
president of the Brasos chapter
and M. M. Erskiae, commander of
the Earl Graham Post No. 1|9,
American Legion, all of whom
spoke briefly on national defertse.
At this meeting Col. George F.
Moore, head of the military science
department pt A. A M. College,
also presented a sabre to Captain
Jim Up land for being the out
standing reserve officer of the
coast artillery for the year.
There were about 80 men pres
ent
The Texas department is the
largest of any state in the Reserve
Officers Association, followed by
Ohio and miaoia, and the Brasos
county chapter, with over 600
members, is the largest chapter in
the state
175 Sei
Already Signed
For Dates With
Stephens Coeds
More than 175 seniors have al
ready signed' up for dates with
the Stephens College girls from
Missouri. St * io have until Mon
day morning to sign up, then the
date list will be opened to the
junior class. Bill Livingston, social
secretary of the senior class, is in
charge of the chtting arrangements.
The 800 gifts, all coeds hailing
from Stephens College of Columbia,
bsouri, an Institution of a total
Intent .of 1680, are on its
14th annual educational tour and
will\ arrive at College Station at
five Vdock Ipeaday, March 14,
where the Aggies will endeavor to
make this occasion the high point
of the' trip. Jj
At seven\o’clock they will attend
a banquet *M> their dates in the
mfsa hall, after which they will be
! escorted to tbo\^anoe given in their
honor from eight to. eteven by the
senior class. A program by tho
girls will ho given .during the in
termission. | j
Newspapers from Ft. Worth, Sad
Antonio, Dallas, and Beaumont are
being asked to send representatives
to cover tho pvent. \ |
\
“Believe It Or
Not”—Itfs True!
-Since the recent publication
a story in Hie Battalion about the
“divorced bonne" (a house in Col
lege Park which was sawed in two
and sepsra tvl by its inhabitants,
a negro couple, when they were
divorced), it has been called to
the attention of the editors that
f J several othef features about A. A
Each spring day brings out more fM. besides the “divorced house
of those cameras that were stored have at one time or another been
CANDID CAMERA
FANS—HERE’S
YOUR CHANCE!
H. L. Wilson,
College Employee,
Succumbs to Illness
H L. Wilson, an employee of the
Animal Husbandry Deportment of
A. A M., at a livestock caretaker
for the post fifteen years, died
yesterday afternoon of a brain
tumor, following a lingering ill
ness. i
He had boon treated by Houston
physicians, while ill the last five
months, but to no avail. He is sur
vived by his widow sad three youn?
daughters.
twky when the weather was too
bad or when we were too busy
studying. For the next two weeks
each of you candid camera fans
will have a chance to make your
favorite pastime a paying one.
The Scientific Review ia spon
soring a camera contest with $14
in prifes for the best pictures of
student activities on the campus.
There will be two divisions in-the
pontect, one for pictures of agri
cultural activities and one for en
gineering activities.
All pictures will become the
property of the Scientific Review,'
and winners will be announced im
mediately after the dose of tho
contest Contestants should turn in
their entries not later than mid
night March 8, at which time the
contest will close. Turn in agricul
tural pictures to C. B. Jennings in
J-13 Hart and engineering pictures
to E. B. Meynard in J-12 Hart
shown in Robert Ripley’s syndicat
ed “Believe U or Not” columns.
Among these are the following
items, more or less well known to
iis Aggies:
Sbisa Had* -the, largest eating
establishment ia the world.
The Aggteland Ian—the only
government-owned hotel in tin
world.
The mutotptM^-by« A. A M
(until the male died a couple at
years ago) which gave birth to a
cole a very Unusual happening
Masters Band ' ‘
Plays for Ball
And Corps Dance
Frankie Morton, a real “moo
ter” ia tho art of showmoanhip,
will lead hia nationally famous
orchestra in Sbisa Hall tonight
from t 10 1, at the member* of
the Field Artillery Regiment pre
sent the firertaeganirjition dance
of the season. Masters comes hare
from the Blue |U>m of the Room*
vdt Hotel in Hew Orleans, lead-'
ing night dab *f the Soath, where
he.has played daring the Mardl
Gras.
Frankie’s musical aggrefatioa
has won wide acclaim everywhere,
presenting delightful rhythms that ]
have «stahii*hep'$bem as masters
of superb .isnee music. Featured
are lovely Marian Francis, vocal
ist, sod tho “Master Voices,” 4
quartet consisting of three asoa
xnd * girt. Ike hand also apodal-
iseo in swing versions of older
dance tunes, including a dranmtisa-
tion. of “Take Me Out to tho Ball
Gome,” and others
Masters’ stylo Is familiar to all
radio fans, aa he has played oa
probably morj 1 radio programa
than any other Orchestra. Ho play’
ed a six-months stay at the Celtage
Inn at Chicago, He has also played
at the Rice Hotel in Houston and
the Baker Hotel in Dallas.
Only member* of the Field Ar
tillery end a few invited guests
will be allowed to attend tho Ball
niffht Sophomores and Freah-
of the Regiment art giving
with upperclassmen 00
Milner Hall is being vncai*
and Saturday night to
for tho
visiting'
Sbisa
typieal
signia (
ment of A.
design,
Artillery
Everyone is invited to attend the
Radical Changes Now Being Planned in Infantry Drill
Likely to Be Adopted at A. & M. Next Year I ’ I
BY ( H AKL1E WILKINSON strength, and the new drill takes
Methods of drill in the Infantry iecount ^ ^ T * rtatkm
branch at A. A M. and other R. 0.
T. C. school* will undergo a radical
change in the near future, if a
new plan new being tested by the
Infantry Beard at Fort Banning
is successful. The plan Was tried out
in our army in 1982, Xnd has al
ready replaced, in both the French
and Germon Infantry, the outmod
ed system now in use here and
elsewhere.
The new drill can he used by
any tvp< of organisation, accord
ing to the "Infantry Journal” for
FshraaiY- & will greatly simplify
the soldier’s work in the new regi
ment, making easier the body move
ments and leaving hia mind free
for more important things.
Briefly, the basis of the new
drill ia the squad of variable tise.
The new squad has twelve men,
and there are other squads of dif
derent sises in the regiment None
of them squads will always be full
Positions, steps, marching and
manual of arms will remain much
as they are now. The old “Parade
Rest” has been eliminated. “Port
Arm*" will be executed in two
movements to avoid throwing the
rifle and grabbing ^ it again
whit h is in the air. -Right
Shoulder Arms” ia not exe
cuted as pert of “Forward March”.
Instead, riftas are to be brought to
the right shoulder by a separate
command before • movement starts.
This avoids the awkward operation
of stepping off and trying to get
the rifle on the shoulder ait‘dm
some time. It also gives the now
rifle company, which will frequent
ly carry its 90-mm. mortar and
light machine guns by hand, • pre
liminary command to bring wea
pons and equipment to the carry
ing petition. At the Halt from
marching, rifles will remain at the
“Right Shoulder” until “Order
Anus” is given. This ia to ethninate
the ragged execution of the man
ual often seen when large com
mantis are halted. ;
The new platoon mil consist of
three squads, and will form in
three ranks, with the squad leaders
on the right. The number at men
in the squad la immaterial. To
form ft column, tho platoon exe
cutes a right face. With a few
simple additional movements such
as “Column Right”, "Open Ranks”
and “Taka Interval”, this is virtual
ly all there ia to squad and platoon
drill. There will he minor changes
during the testing period, for these
very likely, will not be greatly im
portant. Altogether, the new sys
tem i* much simpler and easier
to learn than the old method
The new system may be insti
tuted at A. A M. next year, if pre
sent plans,of the Military Depart
ment sMlirtaMift
• r •
pr. Doak Addresses
Hubs; Picture Shown
Eventual^ all the nations of
the woridhsjH have adjusted their
differences and united to form oae
great confederation of peoples,” dt
ktarti Dr. C, C. Doak, Head of the
Biology D< pa-tmmtraent, as th.
Climax of h!| talk on “Unity in
Natare” giv«>:i Tuesday night tc
arge aodtance at biology and
Fish and Game Club members and
r*** I
By cooperation and Use moat
division every- field of
he decorated in
style, with th* ia-
Artillery Regi-
as the central
I by the Field
big Corps
from 9 til
to BUI
secretary,
of the year.
I* €X period
hr.
Saturday sight
which, according
senior satin]
one of the beat
targs attendance
will ha oAe dol-
SHORT COURSE
IN SCOUTING
TO BE OFFERED
According to Dan Russell, head*
of the Rare] Sociology Department,
a scout leader*’ short rourae will
aooa ha offer*! at A. A M. and
will ha open to any person interest-
od in tearing a scoutmaster't cer
tificate.
The eaarra has the sanction of
the National Bog Scouts of Ai
life from Ingest to highest is able
to get along more efficiently than
by individual effort,” Dr. Doak
said. Th* cells of living things arc
differentiated, for diffe'-eat func
lion*. In the Same way, mass pro
duction of i^utomobiles by th<
Americans has been more efflcien’
individual production. And
finally in the distant future, th
nations of the globe '.rill learn th*
truth of thip fundamental law 0
nature and join in a cooperative
alliance.
the Biology Hub attended a private
showing of the motion picture
“Damaged ^oods”. The dub de
ckled* to present this picture f*w
the cottage the night of Monday,
March 18
A NEW COl R8K IN I1I8TOR.
■ irrnphy providing a basic know-
lerigs at the historical method has
tea Council, whose representative
wiU be hers to Supervise th* train- .
ing. The course will he divided into
two parte. Tbq first part, “Ele
ments at Scout Mastership” will
begin March 8ti| and last five days.
The second part, “Principles of
Scout Mastership’’ will begin
March 17th. Cartes will be eon-
ducted ia the evening and ViU be
gin at 7 o’clock. Upon oompletioa
it each part a scoutmaster’! cer
tificate will be awarded.
Last year more than Idft sta-
ient* enrolled is the course making
A the largest scoutmasters’ train
ing course ever held in the .South
west.
Dr. Roaaen wishes to emphasise
Monday nteht the members of f that thf chief advantage to be
gained by Ukr g this cou *0 is
earning to teach and work with «
hildren of the school age.
Persoas interested in on re fling
a the course should see Dr. Rue-
-eu. j_ T- n i.r
4.
ben established at
University-
St Lawrence
THE CHEMBTBY , DIP ART-
ment ia new putting out pamphtate
at the end of the semester with its
graduates listed with their pie*
torts and qualifications.