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Editorial Fmiff* Policy The Battalion The Weather VOL. 38 PHONE 8 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 21, 1939 1726 NO. 61 WEEK LONG DORMITORY STRIKE ENDED MONDAY Thanksgiving Game To Be Blue-Boys Hop a* Bardo PUiys, Ahns Sing Dedicated to Jesse Jones New Dormitories May Be Dedicated On the Same Daw Athletic Committee Of Board of Directors To Make Plans for Event The annual Thankaclving foot ball came between Texaa A. A It. and the University of Texas to be held at A. AM. next November will be dedicated to Jesse Joi of Honeton, chairman of the Re construction 'Finanoe Corporation, the Board of Directors announced Monday. In all probability the (in dication of the twelve new dormi lories and meas hall will be helc on the aame day, Dr. Walton said. Dr. Jones, who in November of 1036 received the second honorary doctor of laws degree ever award ed by A. A M . baa shown much interest in tMs institution. He was instrumental, in obtaining a lean of $2,000,000 from the RFC, gov ernmental agency, for the Con struction program of the new dor mitories and mess ball now in pro gress at A. A M. The athletic committee of the Board of-Directors will be in charge of arrangements of the program for the day. Members of the committee are Dr. Walton; Joe U- tay, chairman; A. H. Demke and Walter Lacy. Dr. Jonaa possesses a long list of outstanding achievements both for Texas and the nation. He starv ed under President Wilson doting and after the war es > delegate to Red Cross meetings in Geneva and Pmia. Ha helped in organising the League of Red Croes Societies M the world. Since 1932, when he was made a member of the RFC by Pres ideal Hoover, he has been in the nation al spotlight, tnor.- so when He Was made chairman of the corporation in 1933. Since that time he worked untiringly at his job. He has long been a leader and well known figure' in the lumber, banking, and newspaper business in Texas. He was given a regency in the field of finance in 193S by the Association of Arte and I Sciences. '|T 1. Kokemot Is \Named Director i Governor W. Lee O’Daniel Sat urday appointed Herbert Lee Kok •mot Jr., a rancher-stockman of Jeff Davis County, to succeed El liott Roosevelt, son of the Pres ident, as a member of the A. A M. Board of Directors. Mr. Kokemot attended A. A M. duMng the session of UM3-19. He was an agriculture student enrolled in the Student Army Training Corpe and, at that time, was liv ing in San Antonio. Mr. Kokemot is President of the Alpine National Bank and is also in charge of the extensive ranch operations and properties owned by he and his father. The proper ties owned by the Kokernots are second in site in Texas only to the great King Ranch in tbs southern part of the state. Mr. Kokemot’* ancle was a mem ber of the A. A M. Board of Di rectors about thirty years ago, and his father has been n member of the Baylor Board of Trustees. In accepting Roosevelt's resigns tion, O'Danicl wrote as follows: “It is with regret that I receive and accept your 1 have great faith in A. A M. It certainly offers wonderful- oppor tunities for the boys of our state in fitting them to carry on the great biduatrial and agricultural development of Texas which now is getting under way in grand styla and which no doubt will eventually make of beautiful Texas the great- est industrial and agricultural em pire in the world.” Director of Wesley Hi hie Chair of Austin Speaks Here Sunday Top, a groap of Infantry students and their dates crowd aroand Bill Bardo's hand at the Infantry Ball last Friday ia the meas kail. Bot tom. Bardo beams as the fear Aha Sisters sing. Two More Announce Entrance Two candidates for student of fices—Charlie Wilkinson for Bat talion editor-in-chief and Mick Williams for senior representative on the Student Publications Board —announced their candidacy ] terdny. Wilkinson was the third person to announce for the Battalion posi tion. James “Hymie” Grits nounced last Tuesday and Bill Mur ray announced Friday. Williams is the first student to announce for the Publications Board position. A candidate for junior representative and another for senior' representative are ex pected to announce aeon. Wilkinson is s junior editor of The Battalion and served as a re porter last year. Grits served as a reporter last year and was ap pointed managing editor > when school opened this year. Murray was a junior editor the first term, ahd was named managing editor at mid-term to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Bill Payne. Work Will . | Be Dotie on 50-50 Around Back M Constmath tialiy com] lories was TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO HELP AT COURSE Stephens Collegre Girls Write Back With Their Opinions Of Aggieland Stay DAIRY HUSBANDRY STUDENTS WORK AT WORLD’S FAIR Tex at A. A M. will be joined by the Texas Highway Department April 6, 6, and 7 in offering the fifteenth annual short course in Highway Engineering, it was an nounced by J. T. L. McNew, pro fessor of highway engineering. Under direction of the A. A M department of civil engineering, the SattAday Sight at 7:15, at the * three-day session is ekpected to A. A M. Mettacxiist Church, Dr. C. draw the attendance of several W. HsSl will begin a series of lec- hundred engineers, contractors, of- tures on ‘Marriage and Home fleiala and others interested in Making” Dr. Ball -is the Director of the ;Wssley Bible Chair of Aus tin and toadies religious education in the University of Tsxas. 4 k — — street and highway problems Tsxasi Various phases of highway con- < Continued on page 4) —e a* - ■ g Bill Bardo and Orchestra Offered Pleasing Dance Tunes Here Last Week BT WALTER SULLIVAN < Truly great entertainment was presealed this last weekend by BiU Bardo. his hand, and the Ahn Sis ters; kfa was as versatile a troupe as A. Il M. students have had the pleasure' of dancing to. Th^ band was capable ot playing any type of music known to modern dance audiences, the numbers offered by “The Barrel House Boys” and “The Hillbilly Quartet” were a delight ful combination of novelty and originality, sum! the singing of the . Ahn Sisters was supreme. In short, the entire group was tops. The Bardo “family,” as they call themselves, is composed of Mr. and Mrs. Bardo, little Lynn Bardo, the Ahn girts and the fourteen fel lows IA the band, aU of whom have nothing but praise for the South and its people, and it’s about the most compact unit in the business. Dissension Is never in their midst, and at all times they are the best ef friends. To add to this, sonality is their middle name. Abeut 22 years ago a young lady was bom to s Reverend end Mrs. Ahn way up in Ohio; they wanted a son and had previously decided to name the child “John,” but when the "son” tamed out to be a daughter, they gave her the name “Jean” Which is French for “John’’ After the birth of the first daugh tor, the couple decided that the rest of their children, should they be blessed with more, would be givtn biblical names. And s*. have “Miriam," who was born two years later. Following Miriam by two years, arrived a third daughter who was named “Virginia” after the state of Virginia, for toe paOvudA had riscarded the idea Of giving their (Continued on page 4) 10th Annual Engineer’s Ball Friday To Feature Henry King Friday night the Engineer’s Regiment will present their tenth annual Engineer’s Ball. As the Engineers were the first to prswent an organisation dance, it is believed their’s will be one of the best of the season. Even though it is restricted to members of the Engi neer Regiment, this dance will be a highlight on the social calendar, the engineers being “noted” for the large number of beautiful girls that are always present. < Music will be furnished by Hen ry King and his Regal Rhythm orchestra. King comes here from the Royal Hawiian Room in the Roosevelt Hotel at New Orleans, fee will play' for both the Engi- tieer’s Ball and Corps Dance the following night. During the past two years Hen by King has played at the Coco- E i Grove ia Los Angeles, Beverly 1 shire in Hollywood, the Falr- nt Hotel in San Francisco, and Uie Baker Hotel in Dallas. I Decorations will follow the same general scheme as was followed for the Engineer's Ball last year; t giant castle, like the one worn ts collar ornaments, will be erected across one end of the annex. The xnd will be located ia the of this castle. Red and trhite will be need as the color scheme, using indirect lighting to Create the proper effect. Ail plans and arrangements hove wn made by a committee of sophomores in the regiment, the dance being given for juniors sad seniors by sophomores and fresh The Engineers will present their girls with favors of a pin inscribed with the letters A. M, C. and a bracelet having a small cas tle. Demonstration Of Home Lighting To Be Held Friday A home lighting demonstration will be given in the lecture room of the electrical engineering build ing at A. A M. Friday evening, at 7 o’clock, by Miss Ethclec Hud son. home lighting specialist of the Dallas Power A Light Co. 282 STUDENTS DISTINGUISHED FIRST SEMESTER 282 Students were listed as dis tinguished students for the fall semester of ’38-’39 in the report i ecently issued by Registrar How ell. This was an increase of twenty students over the distinguished students ef the T7-’38 term. Of the 282 students, there were seventeen with a straight “A” av erage or 3.00 grade points semester hour, as compared frith fourteen with a straight A average the year before. I Those who made 8.00 grade points per semester hour were W. R. Cowley, fourth year A. E. stu dent; R. S. Crawford, freshmaa ia Liberal Arts; K. W. Dahl, sopho more M. E.; J. E. Evans, senior in A. A.; G." D. Gabnel. freshman in liberal arts; T. S. Gillis, soph omore in chemical engineering; R. L. Gulley, freshman taking liberal arts; B. Hard is III, freshman in mechanical engineering; T. D. Har ris, third year vet. mod.; M. Hel- fand, sophomore vet. mod. student; J. M. Holliday, freshman in ’a>e- chanieal engineering; B. J. MiKer, junior pet. engineering student; J. E. Minnock, sophomore mechanical engineering student; J. W Moore, senior in agronomy; R. B. freshman mechanical engineer; F. A. Smitham, freshman ehem. engi neer; R. S. Urdaneta, freshman agronomy student. According to various letters re ceived by escorts of the 325 Ste phens College girls who were here last Tuesday,'A. A M. and its stu dent* made a very favorable im pression on the students from the Columbia, Missouri, school. Many of the girls have been cor responding with their Aggie dates and have offered their opinions of the eventful stay at College Sta tion. Some jof these opinions are as follows: . .. “You all were se much fun and just like home that I certainly en joyed everything. Your lines were right. BwaMpaaR., i And I wouldn't .have missed it for anythin*”—The Racehorse from Kentucky. - . . . “We won’t forget the supper- time at A. A M.—-a really swell place.”—A Coloradan. . . . “Simply heavenly!! Ail the boys wer* perfect!”—A Georgia Peach. . . . “A. A M. is tops with me all around.”—Speaking for Oregon. . . . “Leaves West Point and An napolis completely out in the sold.” -Illinois. - .. . “The best dance ever! The boys are plenty smooth and have per sonally plus.”—Connecticut. . . . “A. A M. is simply swell and hope to go back, if asked.”—Mich igan. . .. “Being from New York I might add that your school has it a if over Weet Point—Orchids to you.” . . . “Your hospitality made the eastern schools look sick.”—A West Virginia Hill-billy. ... “A. A M. is the thing!! I’d like to come back.”—New Mexico. ‘A swell school to have fun aad such a large campus with those beautiful buildings was a surprise to us all."—South Dakota. . . . "The real Southern way to show us a good time is found at A. A M.”—Illinois. . . . “You really treated us swall and So B 11 Stephens hopes you will pay us a visit."—A Mis souri Show Mo. » . . “Ws don’t know who they art or where they came from—But they’re plenty snappy!.’'—A Ken tuckian. >, . . ‘The best dance during the whole trip!”—Illinois. A R. Mandeen, rintendent tor the Company, tha ected by a corn el n the par- A M. dormi- ued today as the ended Monday morning. According construction i Bellows i < settlement promise betwe steel workers thereby the setting at the steel window frames would be done on a fifty-fifty basis, half of the work beiijg done by tad car penters aad the remaining half being done by the steel worker*. The argument which caused the strike centered about the fitting of steel window fra mss by car penters. As the frames wars mads of steel, the a (eel workers union went on strike Claiming that aoch work rightfully! belonged to them and not to the carpenter*. Mr. Mandeen pointed oat that approximately $00 men had been put hack to woilc Monday morning as the week-kin* delay made it im possible to put (he masons hack to work until certain preparatory work had been completed. How ever, he said that tha full fore* of 450 men woak( be back to work within Nick Nance of Loeneta and Du ane Hobin of Turnsrsville, dairy husbandry majors, will work in the Borden Company exhibition at the New York World's Fair start ing in April and will continue there until December, A. L. DarkeH, dairy husbandry instructor, an nounced Monday. The various breed associations throughout the United Staten were asked to select and send dairy cows to the exhibition the Borden Com pany will have and in this way will promote familiarity with the vari ous breeds where people at the fair will see these cows being milk ed at the dairy parlor. At the same time, various schools were asked to recommend students to work at this exhibition. Nance and Hobin were selected from Tex as A. A M. These students quit school te he able to taka advantage of this opportunity. They will work in the milking parlor, feeding and milking the cows, and proceasir g the milk products. The sale of milk and other dairy products will be handled by these students also LAST NIGHT THE SCIENCE Seminar had as Ha guest speaker Dr. A E. Lockenvitz of the Univer sity of Texas. His subject wai "Some Recent Developments in the Production and Measurement of High Vacuum.’’ STATE’S FAMILY TO RST VITED SHOW Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel -and his family have been invited to attend the Cotton Pageant to be held «n April $1. Since the state’s first family will be In Houston fa> con nection with the commemoration of San Jacinto Bay, H ia likely that they will be ab|e to attend. Molly O'Daniel has been asked to attend as a dueheas. the ball hee beau committee te sed to make her it was learn- tionally famous 111 will furnish for the queen, will be presented by Foley Bros, of Houston who wM present as a feature the dress te be worn by the quean of Ttoglend on her visit to the United Staten this spring. This years pqgent will have ap proximately IA i couples including . the < 80 duchesses. TV theme at the af fair win be in e formal garden. The queen selected but charge has name public, ed that the i designer Sch a “special The style Spinach Carnival and Rodeo To Be Held in Crystal City roan the toll J «*t togeths tech Festival l them Friday, Down in the Winter Garden Die-- • trict of this state—not ter from the spot on which 8ant-> Anna and Us followers camped on their march to the Alamo, steads a statue- net the statue of some famous General, neither ia it the statu- of 'any of the famous outlaws or Indians who long years ago roam ad across this land—it’s a statue of Popeye, the Sailor Man, a strip character mad* famous by the late E. C. Segar. This charact er is known from Alaska to Al bania, fkom Maine to Mam in fhet in every country on the globe the children, as well as the grown-ups, follows the doings of Popeye and his gang. Popeye gives credit for his mar velous feats of strength to the enormous quantity of spinach he consumes. In honor of this grand folks around together tor the Saturday old sailor Crystal City annual Spinach {! to be held and Sunday. On Friday morning the Spinach Capita] will start out ths.Feetivul's . three days of Feature*, Fun. aad Frolics with au immense parade te which nothing in the way of money, time, and enerfy has been spared to make the lo ts pertar the boat in the history ef the Festival ‘it* big International Rod So will bp overflowing with stars of the rep* and saddle, competing far assay prises offered to the events of thto colorful westeih Jamboree. The crowning at Mias Billy. Ruth Thompaon. queen of the festival, in the midst at bet magnifk-ient Court is one of the inoat beautiful cetu- monics ot this [festival.