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CIRCULATION 5^00 Student Semi-Weekly Newspalm of Texas A. & M. College -CIRCULATION 5^00
"COLLEGE ST AXIOM, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 28, 1839
COLLEGE HILLS ESTATES SUES BRYAN AMUSEMENT
COMPANY TO REGAIN TRACT FOR MOVIE THEATER
Cotton Show
Court Partly
Completed
Queen’s Immediate
Court Composed of
25 Maids of Honor
The names of the maids of honor
to the queen’s court at the I9:i:l
Cotton Pageant hare been announc
ed. These girls will form the im
mediate ocjttrt of the queen, Ruth
Gordon of Bryan, who was selected
last Week. j! i
- Y>e entire court will be composed
of 2i maids of honor and some 7#
or 80 duchesses. As yet ill th#
duchesses hare not been selected;
and the final list wUl not be com.
pleted until April 6. Each club and
organization on the campus is en.
titled to be represented by a maid
of honor. Several girl* have beep
added to this list by the students
of the Agrtmomy Society.
The maids of honor as submitted
are Helen Jean Kiker, representing
the A.I.Ej}.; Catherine Cade, re pi
resenting the Pre-Medical Club;
Mary Alice Lee, represeating the
, Kream and Kow Chib; Mary Lewi*
Blundell, representing the A.S.C.E.;
Carolyn Thompson, representing
the Ross Volunteers; Mary AlezI
ander, representing the Heart «
Texas Club; Frances Edwards, rep*
resenting the Petroleum Geology
dub; Dene Boothe, representing
'‘the Agricultural Engineering Club;
Frances Dewd, representing the
A.SH.E.; Betty Jane Jones, rep
resenting the Archery Club; Algi*
Hill, representing the Kappa Kapps
Gamma Sorority at Newcomb Col
lege; Bins Sue Martin, represent
ing the Saddle and Sirloin Club;
Sara Kay Oirtis, representing thf
Pre-Law Gib; Betty Herpel, Nga
resenting the Marketing and Fi
nance Club, f hoee selected at large
by the Agronomy Society are Sarii
Cobb, Jacqueline Nutter, Katherine
Cullom, Helen Hill, Elizabeth Anne
Bradley, Mngaret Hollingshead.
Frances Sertter, Katherine Pipe*,
Mary Virginia Dimmitt and Carol
Rogers. -
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CM ENGINEERS
TO HAKE ANNUAL
INSPECTION TRIP
A. A M * chemical enginerre
will leave this weekend for thefr
annual instv<*tion tr^p, accompanied
by Professor P. F. Bishop and Df.
J. D. Lindsay ct the chemistry de
partment. The trip will be he^l
April S, 4, Wd 8, lh. sci.l.-nt
viaiting various concerns in Hous
ton, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Gal
veston and Ptaaden*.
There will be M in the party
leaving from Houston at seve^i
o’clock Monday morning. When the
party arrives at Beaumont they
will visit the International Creo-
soting Company, Gulf SUtes Util
ities Company, and the Magnolia
Petroleum C ompany, hying gnssfa
of the Magnolia Petroleum Cot*
pany for a Isftcheon.
In Port Aithur the party wgl
visit the Gulf Oil Land and the As
phalt Plant olS the Texas Company,
being lunch gfcests of the Gulf Oil
Company. N *
The Texas Star Flour Mills and
the docks will b« in Gabat
ton on WedMhriay, as well as the
Pan American Petroleum and
Transport Company of Tsxas Crar.
They will be gfwsts of Mr. Bimmer-
man, president of the Texas St*r
Flour Mills/M the Rotary Lus-
eheon at Galveston also
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Duchesses to be presented in Miss Molly O’DaaieT. coart of honor
ia Navaaota's first saausl Bine Bonnet Festival April 14 to II Top.
left to right: Miss Dolores Heyser of Giddings, Miss Marguerite Wal
ling. « ■ Indent at T. 8. C. W’., duchess of Senior Class of A. A M.
College. Mias Dorothy Elliott. Duchess of Houston Junior Chamber of
Commerce, and Miss Mittie Sue Carter uf Conroe.
Seven Architecture Seniors
Working on Plans for New ‘F
Seven advanced seniors in the A.<
A M. Architecture Department
are working on plans for a new
Y. M. C. A. building to be con
structed in the near future, ac
cording to M. L. Cushion, secretary
of the Y. M. C. A. Prises of $100,
$75, $60, and two prises of $25 will
be offered for the best five plans
submitted. The awards will be
made o* Mother’* Day, after a
committee yet to be selected de
cidua the winners.
The students competing are Ben
Christian, Charles Stoudt, Mateo
R. Ortiz, Antonio Malo, Rudolph
R. Ban Miguel, F. W. Bush, and
William Taylor. Each student will
submit plans to fit s location just
south of the athlete’s dormitory;
by the new mess hall. Cost will
be figured on the basis of $300,000.
This will include improvements on
the present building maintained by
the Y. M. C. A.
Varied types of interests will be
represented on the contest commit
tee. It will consist of one outside
member ef the Y. M. C. A., one A.
A M. Mother’s Qub member, an
outside architect, one ex-student,
and one member chosen on his
standpoint of recreational facilities.
Plans will be submitted in time for
the results to be published on Fri
day before Mother’s Day. Accord
ing to ME. Caahion, the blue-printi
will be on exhibition Saturday and
Sunday of the Mother’s day week
end, May 4.
r- Features that Mr. Caahion hopes
to hs included in the new * , Y’* will
consist of many ideas given him .
interested students. A 4^00 square
foot dance floor will be included
in the plana in order that studenu
may entertain their guests when
nothing of spectacular importance
it scheduled for the week-end at A
A M. It will be equipped with a
"nickelodeon” for general use, but
will also have a platform large
imnough for a small orchestra. This
will mean that each military or
ganization may have dances of
their own in addition to organiza
tion daaces, Mr. Caahion said. It
may be possible for small duba to
usejifcia for Informal dances also.
Plans alto include a large lounge
room, partially broken into nook*
for reading and writing, an out-
side patio similar to the one on
the present building, 30 guest rooms
and a large recreation room to be
equipped for bowling, billiards and
ping-pong. The Y. M. C. A. has
also planned to furnish a large lot
for viaitors parking at toe new
dormitories. Mr. Caahion said that
a news stand and a sub-postoffice
would be maintained in the build
ing.
Funds for the construction of toe
new building will be raised by dona-
tiona. The A. A M. Mother’s Club*
throughout the state are working
on this fund. Mr. Cash ion said that
he hopes to have the building erect
ed in time to be used for the 1940c
41 session.
on accounting: A. M. Day, P. M.
Hess Fitts and I. M. Badd
Centenary Due To
Debate Thompson,
1 Doss on Spending
The last home debate and prob
ably the last debate of toe season
for A. A M. will be held Thursday
»t 7:30 p. m. in the Physics Lsc-
ture Room, when Centenary Col
lege and A. A M. hold their annual
contest
Debaters for A. A M. will be
Mayo Thompson and R. L. Doss on
the affirmative side of “Resolved,
That the federal government should
cease spending public funds to
stimulate business.”
Centenary’s debaters have not
been announced. They will arrive
here Wednesday afternoon shortly
after noon to visit the campus.
Each year Centenary and A. A
M. teams debate each other. Last
year the contest was held in Louis
iana. (
Judges for the debate will be
local profa. The public is invited to
attend.
College Company'm
Asking $25,000
In Damage Suit 1
Petition Says Bryan Concern Does Not
And Has Not Intended To Construct
Movie Theater Building at College
COLLEGE HILLS ESTATES COMP AMY OF COLLEGE STA
TION YESTERDAY FILED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF BRAZOS
COUNTY. 85TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. SUIT FOR S25^M DAM
AGES AND ANNULLMENT OF A DEED TO THE BRYAN AMUSE
MENT COMPANY.
THE PETITION FOR COLLEGE HILLS _
J. C CULPEPPER IS PRESIDENT. ALLEGES
Amusement .Cosnpany has disclosed to the real
attend to aud had never intended to build a
building on toe site described” but that the
the Bryan concern os* obtained “solely for the
the business operated by defendant in «aM dt
against any new comp, tition."
ITES, OF WHICH
I AT THE BRYAN
that H “did not
pictare theater
land bought by
ef preferring
ef Bryan, Texas,
It waa learned from College Hills
realtors that prior to the time that
the Bryan company obtained the
tract for toe construction of a
theater, two outside promoters had
been interested in purchasing the
tract for the' construction of
$100,000 theatr. The Bryan com
puny proposed to build
building, the plaintiff*
state..
$45,000
petition
Plantiff Wants To Buy ] |||
Back Deed for Land Tract
DOROTHY PtM
SELECTED AS
R. V. QUEEN
Dorothy Palm of Waco has
cently been named to reign as
queen of the Ross Volunteer Court
to be held here April 0 and 7. Mias
Palm, a student of Baylor Uni
versity, wUl be attended by B.
Simmons Jr. of Houston as king.
Festivities will begin Thursday
evening at 8 p. m^ the first func
tion to be the queen’s coronation.
Immediately following the corona
tion will be the queen’s bull. - — —
An exhibition drill will be pre- Am *** ra * nt did not liv *
.enter Friday afternoon to be do* ' P * ^ **
ed with the presentation of the * 9edUt * 1 ? ** Ublbh and •
A. • • .. ’ mntinn f K tm
The Plaintiff—College Hills—of
fers in the petition to pay the
Bryan Amusement Company $3,000
with 6 per eent interest from July
5, 1938, in order to cancel its deed
ef land in the new addition to the
Bryan company.
It is understood that if this is
n done, any promoter who will take
immediate steps to eonatruct and
operate a movie wUl be eligible to
purchase a tract for that purpose.
In its petition, College Hills al
leged that it on July 5, 1938, sold
to the Bryan Amusement Com
pany, managed by Mrs. Edna
Schultoan a tract of land in College
HiU* for the construction of a
$45,000 theater, but that the
WHEN PROFESSORS START
out to make their textbooks inter
esting, there’s no telling what they
will do. Witness the names Univer
sity of Alabama's Dr. H. H. Chap-
Wp was to pop up his next text Thame* will sing with the orcbes'
eu wiw me presentation 01 me ~ ^‘
memorial wreath at the stataoof * lotlon P*** re Neuter in the arex.
Lawrence Sullivan Rosa. At • p. m. petition says, in
the princesses of the holkkys will part:
be honored with a tea dance. A
dinner dance for the Rosa Vol
unteer Company will last from 7
p. m. until 9 p. m., and afterwards
from 10 till 2 will be the Captain's
Ball. The Saturday Corps Dunce
will be eliminated this year.
Music will be furnished by Tom
my Littlejohn and hit Aggieland
Orchestra who will play for the
entire iplidays. Mias Dorothy
"• . - PlainUff says that after a
n+animbil |thM for the beginning
of construction qf ’ auM theater
building had eUpaed, from the date
of the execution and delivery of
said deed, j tkij plaintiff requested
the defendant io hasten the begin
ning of the construction of said
budding, but plaintiff says that
wmad of beginning the
construction of. said theater build
ing in accordance with its obliga
tion and covenant aforesaid, the de
fendant constructed and erected on
said site a large, unsightly sign
board arranged In‘a double wing
formation in fu I view of the stu
dents of A. AM College and all
persona passing along toe main
highway into paid subdivision and
on said sign Urn defendant invited
all person* interested in seeing a
picture show uf attend the defend
ant’s picture s|pw in Bryan, Texas
P* 1 **’ ant’* picture s|p«
Petition Says Sign Was
Opposed by College Hills
4 Candidate* Jump
Into Races During
Last-Minute Rush
Fourteen students tar four posi
tions to be filled in the general
election April If had announced
today.
Four additional candidates—L
E. Thompson for Battalion c-litor-
in-chief, Jimmie Cokinoa and Ray
Treadwell for Senior Reprsaeata-
Uvea on the Student Publications
Bgard and Hub Johnson for Junior
Representative op the Board—an
nounced their candidacy over the
weekend.
Thompaon is * junior editor ol
The Battalion, iaa is Treadwell
Johnson is a reporter for The Bat
talion. Cokinos i* not on the Mafl
of any publication.
April 6 will bo the last date fm
filing for office, according to E. L
Angell, Manager of Student Pub
lications. The election will be held
April 17 under the supervision oi
the editor in-chief of The Battal
ion and a Student Election Com
mittee to be named by Dean Bolton
Chairman of the Student Publica-
tions Board.
A list of candidates who hive an
nounced follows} (arranged alpha
betically):' J
Per Battalion Bditor-ia-Chicf:
James “Hymie” Oits
Bill Marray
L E. Thompson
Charlie Wilkim
For Chief Yell Leader:
Bert Bams
Bodie Pierce •
Fqr Senior Representative:
Jimmie Cokings
Ray Treadwell
* Mick William*
Far Jiatinr Representative:
: C F. DeVilb.s,
George Faermann
Paal Haines
Heb Johaaoa \
Bob Nisbet j- '
tra. Waa Thames, who ia from
Knight, U. B. Good, U. R. Looney, Victoria, has been featured hen?
before.
j “. . . Plaintiff protested the
erec tion of such signboard (saying)
it waa defendant's obligation to
begin actual construction of a mo
tion picture'Emater building on
aaid site. That defendant then con
temptuously refused to remove said
signboard and advised plaintiff that
instead of building a new building
Chief Yell Leader tor Next Year Will Be Chosen on
April 17 in Year’s General Student Body Election
BERT BURNS
When A. A M. students elect an
editor-in*«hief of The Battalion
and senior and junior Representa
tives on the Publications Board for
the coming year on April 17, they'll
alao choose a Chief Yell Loader.
There are only two students eli
gible to make the race—Bert Burns
of the Engineers and Bodie Pierce
of the Infantry.
Elected junior yell leaders last
yenr by the sophomore data, these
two students, who have assisted
Chief Yell Lead**- -Hub" Aston
and Assistant Charlie Trail this
year, will both seek the position of
fender of the Aggie “twelfth man."
on the site dweribed in the deed
from the plaintiff to the defend
ant, the defendant has expended
the sum of netely $100,000 in im-
proving its th. au r building in
Bryan and that defendant had paid
the $3,000 to the plaintiff and had
bought the site described in said
deed solely
tec ting the
defendant in
Texas, aga
tion and
uating its
picture
for
J
for the purpose of pro-
operated by
city of Bryan
any new competi-
purpoze of perpet-
•ly of the action
in Mi^soa County,
and that defendant did not intend
to, and had never intended to build
a motion picture theater building
on the site dmentx-d in the deed
abovemen tioned."
T
BODIE PIERCE
Tve aevto heard af say-
thing SO ridiculous ia my life,"
said Mrs. Ednt Schalmaa, man
ager ef toe hr. in \ nuiM-m, ■■
Compaay upon leaning of the
filing of toe College Hills Es
tate* salt against her com
paay for S23>«H> da mag'* and
caacellatioa J «f a deod to a
tract of land
"The agreement called for
■o specific time whatsoever.
There's no gttaad Whatsoever
for salt,” ska. said, i [t
DOTARD STEMS
FOR COHPANY '
COHIAHDERS MEET
In a meatiaff iof the Company
Commanders Monday night, j; C
Hotard, supefvi##r of subsistence,
explained in detail the work of the
Mess Hall in ite plan of gradual
change which hai lead to cheaper
mnnla at no re<h>ction in quality.
He asked the Seniors, as leaders
of their respective unite, to ae-
quint the ataMts with the plan,
or at least gel their curiosity
aroused where they would come
to him personally for information
na the general uo. king of Urn Mess
Hall-to create la tter rriatioaa bo-
tMtea the Meta Hall and the stu
dents and to Correct the tnisundei
standings of toq‘ student*.
Beginning April 1, the
Bhall be directly ]
men they serv*, and
fieen them to |4rt the _
food which they know to
Will eat, Mr. Hcfcahi aaid
way, toe enormdus waste
will be decreased, he belie
it will gradually lead to a
item* of service such a* “
on milk and icejcream. In
harving “Gem-aloes,” f oe
head-waiters w I] be ad.
each will take ca e of fif tee
Ever since M r, Hota-d
managing the Mesa Hall
fmdual ehangei have be<
which have lead (to ah rati
ferent menu to rhich mo*
Seniors and Jufnors will
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