The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 10, 1939, Image 1

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VOL. 38 PHONE 8
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 10, 1939
Z725 NO. 62
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Club Stages Annual Ball Tonight
HUB ASTON
BEAL HARGROVE
Thr fiT# Most
Uttem r«Mi(ly by
»»»or claM arc tkt
potHilar Maiora
■Mbubera af the
■holm above.
8IM Rofera was captain at this
year’a football team.
• Boh Adana ia pr.-Mri, nt of the
aenior claaa.
Dick Tadd waa named All-Saath-
weat halfback for two jreara.
Beal Hargrote will aerve aa King
of the cotton ball.
Hab Aatoa ia chief yell lander.
The annual ballotuglndetermin-
the moat popular •.emor-. «aa con
duct..1 Jointly by The Battalion
and the Longhorn.
Full-length photographa of the
Winnera will be placed in The
rlMfhMb •
The winner*
DICK TODD
omI; Tadd
third; and
finiahd In thia
Hrat; Adama, aec-
Hargrove, tied in
315 Co-eds
Are To Be
Entertained
Dinner, Dance
Planned to Fete
Stephens Girls >
The moat glamorous social event
of the year, the dinner and dance
in honor of the SIS girls from
Stephan College who will viait
hare, ; will take place Tuesday
evening.
The girls will arrive here on the
train ijit S o’clock, and will leave
the train in formal evening dreas-
ea- They will be met by their es
corts for the night, seniors and
juniors who will be attired in full
dress uniform. They will be shown
around the campus until 7 o’clock,
when the dinner in the mesa hall
will begin.
The dance in Sbisa Hall will be
gin at 8 o’clock, and will continue
until 11:80, at which time the
dance will have to end in order
to give the girls >ime to leave on
the train at 12,
The dinner and dance at A. A M.
is part of a program for the Step-
bans girls which includes a party
givan them by Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt and dances at West
Point and Annapolis.
Seniors who do not have dates
are invited to attend the banquet,
aad both juniors and seniors are
invited to attend the dance which
folows. Those attending either ev
ent must be in number one uni
form.
Aggie Band Started by Class of
’95 Has Undergone Many Changes
Aggie Major
LettermenTo
“Swing Out”'
Aggieland Plays
For T Club Dance
And C orps Dance
Above ia shown the Aggie Band of 18t7, the cat reproduced from a ph.>io K raph belonging to C. J. Gar-
bado af Shiaer, Texaa. aa A. ft M. ex.
Lai "Frog” Wadhwani,
Long III, a Real Aggie
A. & M. MEN
HOLD TEACHERS*
CONFERENCE
Approximately one hundred andj
sixty men of the College faculty;
the Extension Service, and the Ex
tension Station attended a teach
er’s conference in the mess hall
Thursday. They had dinner, follow
ed by an informal diacussion of the
subjact “The Teacher’s Responsi
bility to the Student”.
Many of the men took different
attitudes and various opinions
were expressed. The subject mw!
still being debated among the men
when the meeting adjourned.
It eras more successful than the
first meeting a month ago. Two
more meetings are to bs held be»
fore the end of school.
A. & M. MEN AT
MEET OF LUL1NG
FARM TRUSTEES
300,000 Visitors
Now Attending Ft.
Worth Stock Show
By WALTER SULLIVAN
Not all of us have heard, but
Lai H. Wadhwani la seriously ill
in the hospital; he’a the friendly
little fellow from India we know
•s “Frog”, and he’s crazy altout
that name, too.
From the time he was a little
boy back home he has been trou
bled with a bad heart, and last
November it began to give him
• littlb more than the usual pain;
$o he went to see “Mom” Cleghorn
at the college hospital. She lis
tened to his story and puf 'hha to
bed with what outwardly resembl
ed an extreme ease of rheumatism;
however laboratory reports showed
that “Frog” had a streptococcus
infection of the blood stream, a
very furious disease. ,• [j ! .
"IKl u l "Vi
told everyone that his name was
“Frog” Wadhwani, i maphadWhg
the “Frog” part, and that that’s
w^at he wanted to be called.”
Some of the nurses tease him for
being Mom’s “baby” 4 she drops in
on him from time to time during
the day and never fails to atop
by bislroom for a talk at irightl,
but that doesn't phase, him in the
faet< he always has a
to make.
likes beat, of the things
been given him, a small
tree that Waa given him
by the local A. ft
s c)ub. Except for the
pie, he’s had it with
leafti in
comehac!
I' 4m
that ha
Christ)
last Ch
M. Mo
trip to
According to Mom, the Wudh- him all the time and says he will
wani fellow la one of the most in- loeep it always.
■Mgthg mi MglMWfttoi yqoug
men she knows. . . and that's say
ing a lot, for Mom knows a lot of
boys. When asked ai po what he
EveryoitU agrees that “Frog" is
a fine fellow, and he has never
failed to return a "hello”. At
times he has made facet at the
was known aa in the hospital, she nickname that was placed before
said “we caU him “Wadhwani. but 1 His name when he first came to
want you to know that everyone A. 'ft M., but only in fun. Right
else otlls him “Frog", or he knows now, it’s impossible to get in the
ths reason why. Now you take the hospital to see him because of the
time when he was driven to Temple
in order to have Cultures takes at
the clinic there. Upon arrival he
large number of flu caees, but it
is possible to have a message aent
in and he’d like that.
RAPIDLY -GROWING COLLEGE
HILL ADDITION INC ORPORATED
INTO NEW CITY BY COUNCIL
Dean and Mrs. E. J. Kyle, Mr.
and Mn. Inch Shelton and F. W.
Hensel left today to attend at
Luling, Texas, the annual meeting
of the trustees of the Luling Foun
dation which was organized aa a
mult of a gift of $1,000,000 from
Edgar B. Davis who discovered
and developed the Luling oil Held.
The Foundation aa It exiata to
day Is perhaps the most complete
dhrendfied farm in the United
States. It offqrs practical work
ih boef cattle, sheep, hogs, dairy
ing, and poultry including turkeys.
This >1,200 acre farm has produced
each year about 2,000 turkeys of
the “baby beef” type—a new breed
that ia superior to others.
The farm is principally operat
ed dor the benefit of the three ad
joining counties: Caldwell, Guad
alupe, and Gonsalos. j
j the faiyn employs SO high school
boy* f»)tn these three counties
and two boys from the state at
large- she champion 4-H. Club
boy and the boy who is champion
Is dbcational agriculture. They
work for one year, at the end of
which time they are offered a
scholarship to A. ft M. Five of
these boys are enrolled at A. ft M.
at the present time.
Dean Kyle and Jack Shelton, who
are trustees of the Foundation, will
be accompanied by F. W, Hensel
fBY BILL MURRAY 4
“We take the opportunity here
to assure our readers that this
ia not a mixed school, as the
spirited drawing of the band by
Mr. Munro would seem to indicate;
the member of the band whose com
plexion ia. of such a dusky hue ia
one of our flaxen-haired Germans
who has become permanently black
ia the face by reason of blowing
his instrument while our cartoon
ist waa trying to stadkr-”
The above ia quoted from the
preface of the “Olio”, ’first an
nual ever Issued by Texaa ft
M„ and refers to s cartoon of the
Band in that book, which was
published by the Senior class of
1895. Our college was just in Its
nineteenth year then; but even that
early it had a band, and has had
ever since.
The first genuine Aggie band
was organised by the same Senior
class at put out the first annual.
Te continue with our quoting from
the “OB©”:—
“But jolors and caricatures a-
side, we are all proud of our band
And we have reason to be; for
though as yet not one year old,
the organization is one which will
reflect credit on the college aay-
where; and its members may rest
assured that their earnest efforts
are fully appreciated, both by the
Cbrpa and the Campus.’
This latter statement, more seri
ous then the first, ia, it Is felt and
hoped,'still true.
The first music for the Corps
was furnished by two Aggies, Fritz
Hoffipan and Ed Gruene, who from
1885 to "BT provided on their “fid-
dap” the music for the Corps
dunces and other occasions, some
times even playing to lead the
Corpa of 125 boys to meals in the
old mesa hall.
The next step then' in the musi-
cad progress of A. ft.II
Fort Worth hung s welcome sign
for more than 300,000 visitors with
the formal opening of the forty-
third annual Southwestern Expo
sition and Fat Stock Show at 4
o’clock today. A. ft M. is being
reproaented by teams in most of
the tvents. ,
Gates swung wide on the ex
position simultaneously with the
staging of a stock show parade
through the busineas district of
Fort Worth. Heading the column
of marchers were Paul Whiteman,
Amon Carter and others who Unt
a rodeo atmosphere with their organisation of tha first real
Southwestern attire. military band, in 1895. It conaiated
Rhythm filled the air along the * M s^ent member*, the pro-
two-mOe route of the parade down fe** or of music—P. B. Bittle—who
Main pnd up Houston Streets. Fifty ^ tuba, and the “spon-
bands of Fort Worth and other • or "* MISS. Anna Banka. The next
Texas cities participated in thc|*P on * ar *•* Hiss Rit* Sbisa.
■Hjlk I I ? J , 1 '.
Occupying a float in the parade
BAYLOR U. ASKS
AGGIE TWINS TO
COLLEGE TWIN
CONVENTION
The Baylor Twin Club, organiz
ed by the twins attdnding Baylor
University, hat sent a letter to the
Battalion anneum in? the first an
nual Texas Twin Convention. II
is to be held in Waco March 24
and 25.
The twin preM.ients of the club,
Irene and Florence Rushing, have
requested A. ft M. twins to com
municate with them as soon as
possible so as to make reservation*
if they with to come. Every college
in Texas is expected to be repre
sented.
The eonveation will open In Waco
Hall on the Baylor campus at 10
o’clock Friday morning, March 24,
and ths visiting twins will be hon
ored guests of the Baylor Unhrer
sity chapel service with President
Pat M. Neff presiding. A Texaa
State Network radio broadcast will
be one of the events of the day
and a banquet will be held Friday
night.
Between 75 and 100 sets of dou
bles are exported to attend the
convention among which will in
clude the Key quadruplets of Okla
homa and tho Perricone quadrup
lets of Boaumont.
The athletic groats of Aggielaod
will swing oK'in Sbisa Hall to
night from 9 111 1 as members of
the T Club stage their annual
dance. Tommy Littlejohn and his
band will furbish the musk for
the occasion, which will take place
in the main dining room of
Sbisa Hall.
Only letter men and vanity
squudmen of tfee four major sports,
football, basketball, baseball, and
track, besidoa a. few limited jury-
tors and seniors who have been
given bids will be allowed to at
tend. The danre will be chaperon
ed by raembeto of the Athletic de
partment and other department
Slick Rogers, Korky Steffins
and Bruno Sckroeder an in charge
of arrange mw»t* for the dance,
with JoJo White and Eli Hashing
in charge of decorations. The dec
orations will be unique, according
to Rushing.
On Saturday afternoon the T-
Qub will ha ye its picnic, which
will be attended by all vanity >
■quadmen and their dates.
A Corps Dance, open to every
one, will be held from 9 ’tfl 12
Saturday nigHt
A. C. S. Meets
Tonight To Hear
Reports, Talks
was Paul Whiteman’s All American
Band, which added fiddles, guitars,
and a piano to tha rodeo rhythm
when the world championship rodeo
opened at 8 o'clock this morning.
Cnrtain time for the rodeo and
hone show found every detail ar
ranged. Five Minutes to Midnight,
king of bucking horses, made hik
initial appearance at the opening
rodeo performance. Broac riders
considered it an honor to draw the
name of this outlaw. I
In 1896 the bMid had 16 mem
ber*. in W it had 18, and in '!)* it
tad 24. It has grown by leaps, and
bounds since then, till during the
• 4Continued on page 4)
1
The forty-fourth meeting of the
College Station and Bryan mem
hers of the American Chemical So
ciety will be held tonight at eight
was the o'clock in lecture room No. 9 of
tho Chemistry building.
There wi]l be a talk on the rd-
duction of air pollption caused by
sulphur dioxide and also a report
on the formation of the local A. 0.
S. Sectimki . /
All interested are invited to at
tend. Those wbo have a paper they
wish to present at the next meet
ing should communicate with F. W.
Jensen, chairman of the program
esanaittea, I
At a meeting of the College Sta-, y
tion City CoQpcil last night, the
rems fling 160 acres of the 200-
acre College Hills addition wa*
petitioned to be incorporated into
tho new City of College Station. The
first two blocks, 40 acres, of the
Collage Hills community was orU
ginally included as part of the city.
| The now addition, located across
the highway from College, wa*
•tartod in April of last year. The
K
first house waa built in July andfV*-
M| others have bgat! built since
then,
i The construction[ of a grocery
store was started this week and
IMW week a beauty shop, barber
Shop, and a ladies’ ready-to-wear
shop will bs itartod. A drug store
will he Started sometime ia June.
The site for a new theater has
been selected, but it ia not certain
kow sooa the construction will be-
Howard Williams
who will art as an advisor on land-1 Recovering From
Unusual Operation
BMpt* pssMHai
105 Aggies
In Hospital,
Most With “Flu”
Miaabanow well are at present
being requested to stay away from
the College Hospital in order to
avert the possibility of an iafuenza
epidemic
* At present there are 106 patients
kK the hospital. The majority of
thee* are victims of influensa. The
wav# started last week and has not
shown any signs of declining.
Two foet of intestine were re
moved from Aggie Howard Wil
liams in a major operation per
formed successfully on him nt the
C'Ottefe Hospital last Tuesday to
remove an intestinal obstruction.
Tho operating was performed by
Dr. J. E. Marsh of the hospital
and Dr. L. O. Wilkerson of Bryan.
An adhesion from an appendi-
citus operation of eight months a
go made the second operation neces
sary. Williams spent two and one-
half hours on the > rating table.
Newly-Formed Engineering Council
Makes Plans For Engineers Day
The first meeting of the newly-f
formed Engineering < ounef ] wa*
told Wednesday night, Marsh 1,
in the Director* Dining Room of
Sbisa Hall. Organisation and elec
tion of officer* was completed at
this time, and plans for Engineers
Day were made.
Ed Hagan was chosen to be
the first president, of the organi
sation. E. C. French was elected
secretary, and W. C. Morris Jr.
will be chairman for the Engineers
Day shoei.
There are 18 charter member*
of the Council, including the pres
Went of each engineering society
on the campus, and one extra se
nior and junior from each of the
six societies. The extra senior from
each organisation will be in dhargr
of that department'* display for
Engineer* Day. Members of the
Council include E. C French, Hal
(Continued op page 4)
PUBUC ATTITUDE
OP MVERNKENT
HELP DISCUSSED
S. B. Me AI ister, professor of
government dnd director of re
search at North Texas State Teach
ers College, will discuss the “At
titude of the Public Toward State
and Federal Help” at tha meeting
Monday night *of the Social Science
Seminar in Ihe Physics Lecture.
Room at 7: 36 |p. m.
Dr. McAlister will discuss thu
increasing dependence of tfcf in
dividual upon* the state with the
effort of thifl| dependence on (he
size and natunr of the government,
the psychological effect upon the '
masses, and the changing emphasis
on our systeni of lay.
“A government tor a socialistic
society must of necessity be dif
ferent from a government operat
ing a laiases-fairo system,” Dr.
McAlister has said, and during the
course of hii discussion will en
deavor to dittinguish these dif
ferences and what they mean to
the individual and to the entire
democratic processes of govern
ment'
Dr. lieAliater received his for-
mal education at the University of
Texas and at Harvard University.
He has been connected with the
Government Department at N. T.
S. T. 0. since 1926 with the ex
ception of one year spent in Wash
ington as Research Technician fofj
the National Resources Commis
sion and one yc.ir spent in Austin
as Firrt Assistant State Superb)*
tendent of fjblic Instruction.
He has published one book, “ThitP
Government ftnd Law of ths Texas*
Public School System," and is co
author of “(Ada«|
mocracy."
«aMp> in Our Da-
ED HAGAN
THE A. ft M. BOARD OF Di
rectors Will meet in the faculty
room of the Admini*tiation Build
ing. Saturday morning, according
to an announcement • made by th«
Preaidant’s Mdea. \
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The Weather
Partly ctojidr. with mad
tempemta*aj*»<! little change.