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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTt RSOON, MARCH 14, 19 39
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PREXY SCORES BILL TO CHANGE FISCAL METHOD
Dorm Steel Workers on Strike
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Threatens To
Hold Work
Upas Result
Carpenters, Steel
Workers Disagree
On Placing Windows
Unlaaa negotiation* can be
in the near future, work on the
new dormitoriea hare threatens to
come to almost s complete stand
still by the and of next week as
the raealt of s strike Friday of the
local Maal worker* union which
grew out of disagreement with the
carpenter** local orar the placement
of window sashes, it was learned
today.
, The argument causing the strike
. caatera about the fitting of steel
window frames by carpenters in
the buildings which have Wen part
ly completed to <fcte. Due to the
frames being madt of steal, (the
steel workers union went on strike
claiming that such work rightfully
belonged to their union and not the
carpenters union. , ‘
STANDSTILL POSSIBLE
J Because of the lack of construc
tion steel caused by the strike, all
concrete work has been seriously
hindered and vi[ill soon t* brought
to a complete standstill, thus af
facting all other pisses of the am
struction work except s few minor
Jobs such as basement excavations
and landscaping.
Any major tit' u|> of work at
this time will seriously handicap
finishing the dormitories ami mess
hall in time for use at the begin
ntng of school in Septe^har. |k-
tenor work up n which it hour
shifts cannot be used
vent eompletior^pf th»
NEGOTIATION8 lNSICCESFl’L
AU attempts of aagotiations up
to the present have been entirely
unsuccessful, bat serious site
for settle meat will be made
weak both by the two anions in
volved and the contractors in an
effort to prevent the complete tie-
up of work which is the prospect
at present.
IP-jhH
CAMPAIGN FOR;
NEW V BUILDING
WILL BEGIN SOON
A campaign to raise funds for a
new T. M. C A. building at
A. 4 M. will begin soon, according
to Dean T. D. Brooks. Around
tJMi.OOO or $:iU0.0O0 will be needed
-for a new_ luild >. an Brooks
believed. Dean Brooks has been ap
pointed to serve as rhsinaau of
the commit to.
The measure has been discussed
and passed by the Board of Direc
tors of the College who have not
as yet named the other members
of the committee. A Sub commute,
of the boerd will invwtigste what
needs of the Y. M. C. A. must be
filled by the new building before
a definite goal tor the campaign
may be sot «
The funds will be raised from
contributions to the measure from
organisations .ird fr.. T..U . f th.
college. The present Y. B. C. A.
building was erected fro it I funds
raised in a similar ntano*.
) M. L. Cash ion is goners! seew-
tary of the A. A M. Y. M. C. A.
and J. G. Gay Is
- tary.
“T” Clubsters and Guests Trip the Light Fantastic
Involved, Inefficient
Operations Would Result
From Bill, Walton Says
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Election of four r< l.-nt body
officers has buen set tor April 17,
it was announced today following
canvass of Student Publications
Board members and potential can
didates by E. L. Angell, manager
Student Publications, and The
Battalion.
Officers to be elected are edi
tor-in-chief of The Batulion, chief
yell leader, and junior and senior
representatives on the Publications
Board. .
• James 8. “Jaime” Critx, a
managing editor of the Bat
talion, today bees aw the first
stadeat to announce his iatsa-
tioa to seek a publications po
sition. Criti sill seek elec
tion as editer-in-chief af The
Battalion. According to tradi
tional rales, only twa students
may ran for chief yell leader,
Bert Baras and Rodie Pierce,
who were elected Junior yell
leaders last year.
New election rules passed this
year by the Board will apply to
this election. Bsrly this year recom
mendations by Mr. Angell and Tbo
Battalion were adopted, which
clarify rules governing eligibility
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Seat of'jTrouble
Senate BB1 218, which if enacted
would concentrate all Ipcal tom
collected by the college in the state
treasury, has come in for strong
opposition from President Walton.
The bill would force all money
collected here from students to ha
transferred to the state treasury.
President Walton said, in a state
ment to Texaas, "Compliance with
the provisions . would impose
hardships upon the institution and.
its patrons, which would so handi
cap the college that its efficient
operation would be impossible.
He explained that no economy
would result if the provisions of
the state constitution which af
firm the samednesa of special
funds Urn! the purpose for which
they are collected are not to be
respected.
LIVESTOCK TEAM
WINS SECOND AT
FAT STOCK SHOW
MESS HALL COSTS UP
“Serious interference and delay
in the operation of federal funds
snd their expenditure would result
from provisions of this bQl, with
So constructive purpose being aw
ed," he said. A A M. is supported
m part by federal funds.
President Walton stated that
management af the college by its
board of directors and administra
tive officers would tie impaired
seriously ! and that industry and
initiative in making departments
self-sustaining would be greatly re
duced. 1 | #
“Great inemaae in the cant of
operation of such institutkne as
the college mess ball would result
through the hmbility to taka ad
vantage of discounts in payments,
of bills and because of discounts
required for financing deficiency
warrants.
The results of the livestock
judging conteats held at the Fat
Stock Show in Port Worth last
week-end showed the A. A M. team
won second place. One t»f fourteen
livestock judging teams from all
over the United States participat
ing, the Texas A. A M. junior team
fan a close race losing first place
the Missouri
points. Other tel
Henry Dfttmaa. scalar ssember af the Aggie football team, and girl friend Betty Siderman
esie their schiag feet b.tween dances at the “T’ Slab dance last Friday night ia the upper left
head picture. Head Coach and Mrs. Norton in.-e far The BattsUoa photographer in the upper
right hand pktare. i .; • ]
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la the lower left pi. taM (reading from left to right) Byron Winstead, director of publicity
of the college; Jot Utay, member at the Hoard of Directors; sad Marty Ksrow, baseball sad
aaaisUBt football coach seem to he ia the midst af a baseball disenooioa. Loaghora Editor W. D.
Barton swings oat with Virginia Dimmitt during the frnlies la the lower right picture.
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\ Tommy Littlejohn and his Aggieland orchestra furnished the mask for the affair which lasted
from • ‘til 1.
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Bill Duncan, who played football
during spring training with a brok
en hand suffered more injuriei
Friday night when he cut his chin
badly as the result of a sign board
crash.
Skull of Extinct
Elephant Found And
1 Maced in Museum
The skull of an extinct elephant
was discovered last week by two
Brsxos County farmers, Steve
Glowakie and Louis Paholek, living
about seven miles west af College
Station, near the Brazos River
According to C. J. Hesse, paleon
tologist of the A. A M. museum,
this is tbs first skull of this kind
to be discovered in this vicinity,
although it is known thatnAnaa!
animals once existed in this region
17>e skull is in fairly good con
dition although it was broken in
severed pieces when it was removed
from the ground. The skull will be
repaired and placed on display in
the museum within the next two
months, as it will take this long
to put in shape. ^
Stephens Gals Will Arrive Here at
5 O’Clock This Afternoon En Masse
Some 818 Stephen college girlsf
docked at Galveston this morning
at six o’clock from the S. 8. Algon
quin for a day of sight seeing in
Houston snd Galveston before
they boarded their special train
for A. A M. where they are due
at five o'clock this afternon for
the dinner and dance to be given
in tbeir honor here toaigbt Not
only will the entertainment to
night present some of the most
beautiful coeds of the country but
will be sa event unequalled in ori
ginality ia the history of the school.
The girls will dress for the din
ner and dance while on the train
from Houston and wiH arrive in
full evening dress to meet their
dates for the evening. In order to
ASME CONTESTS
HELD FRIDAY
FEES NOT ^ATE FUNDS
“We hold that the fees collected
from parents and students snd
from operatiorf of many erf the
college services essentially am not
state funds, but are special funds
for specific purposes Furthermore
the collection snd expenditure of
these funds are under the scrutiny
of the state auditor and the Col
by a few lege hoard of directors, and detail-
which won ed reports of tti. tiHnssctioas atw
Students, af A. A M., Rice and
Texas University participated
a contest held here last Friday
night sponsored by the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Prises of $12.00, 88.00. snd $5.00
were offered for the best speeches
on subjects pertaining t« some par-
eliminate confusion snd save time
the cars of the train have been let
tered sad each girl assigned to a
specific car so that her date css
locate her immediately. Introduc
tions will be performed by a chap-
eron after which girls will be
shown about the campus until the j ticalar ot "* ch * n * c * 1 «>**-
banquet which is to be held in the ne * rin *
basement of the mess hall at seven. First prise was won by R. D.l
The dance will start immediately Bodemiller of Texas University,
after the dinner snd will last from whose topk was “Exhaust Smoke
8 until 11 o’clock when it will stop j, D< of A 4 j,
In order to give the girls time to . .
board the train which leaves at 12 d P h y
for Stephens college at Columbia, r,n,t D^P^t of the Canti-
Missouri, where the girls will ar- j lever Wing". Third high with "The
rive late Wednesday afternoon to Sunbeam Locomotive* was G. Wj
resume classes. Jtteplea, alao of A. A M.
places were Oklahoma A. A M
Nebraska, snd Wisconsin.
The A. A M. junior livestock
team, m charge of Prof. N. G.
Schuesaler of the Animal Hus
bandry Department and team coach,
won third place in horse judging,
thiril place in bog judging, fifth
place in cattle judging, snd eighth
place in sheep judging.
R. S. Huddle snd W. B. Buster
wore the two high men in the A.
quarters of the Eighth Corps Ares
places respectively in the contests
Individually Huddle won third place
in horse judging and Buster won
third place in hog judging. Other
members of the team who went to
Wort Worth were F. H. Corder, W
R. Lehmberg, P. W. Jacoby, J. F
Grote, James Gallant, snd J. E
Epperman. It is from these boys
that the Senior team to represent
the college next year will be drawn.
submitted to the legislature,” ha
said.
He concluded. “Financial loan,
not economy would result; fiscal
services would become highly in
volved and costly; and neithsr ad
ditional information or control
would accrue to the governing
agencies ef the state of any funds
collected and expended by the col
lege.”
Subsistence Checks
Requested Before
April 7 by P. M. S. & T.
According to Col. Moore a special
letter has bees sent to the head
quarters of the Eighth Corps Ares
by the office af the P. M. 8. A T,
requesting that subsistence checks
for the months pf January, Febru
ary, aad March for juniors and
seniors be paid on or before April
7, the h ginning of the spring hol
idays.
Payment will be made on the
basis at 90 days, 25 teats a day,
which • should amount to $22.50,
AGGIES AND
PROFS GO TO
OKLAHOMA MEET |
Leaving Thursday morning far
Stillwater, Oklahoma, for the
Southwestern Journalism Congress l
at Oklahoma A. A M are E L.
Angell, manager of Student Pub
lications, Dr. John Ashton, profes
sor of agrfeultural journalism,
James Critx, Battalion managing
editor, and B 1 Smith. Battalion
advertising managtr. 1
The meat Will last through noon
Saturday and will be attended by
college journalist* and their ad
visors from all parts of the Sooth-
west
Critx, who today announced his
cahdtdacy for editorship for next
year, was aairu-d by R. L. Does.
Battalion editor-in-chief, to repre
sent The Battalion editorial staff
at the maeting.
Mrs. E. L. Angell will accompany
the group to Denton, Where she is
to visit relatives snd fi x-nds