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CIRCULATION 5,200 Student Semi-Weekly Newipaper of Texas A.&M. College—CIRCULATION 5^200
BSEmBSSBT 4 ^ COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY AFTEXNOON, MABCH 31, 1989 *
Z725 NO. 59.
HOLD ANNUAL BALL IN MESS HALL TONIGHT
Battalion To Be City’s Official Paper
r 1 - ■
Ordinance
Is Ordered
Prepared
Council Decides
To Use Students’
38-Year-Old Paper
City Attorney J. "Wheeler Bar
ter of Collcfe Station urns instruct
ed by the city council Thuiaday
afternoon to draw up a city or
dinanfc making The Battalion of
ficial city newspaper for College
Station. The weekly meeting of the
council was held in Mr. Barger s
office. j I
In line with the proposed
nance, The Battalion would
all legal noticea and dtatioi
the city. It is the only newspaper
published st College Station, and
has a circulation of 6,200 among
j the student body and College Sta
tion residents
City Attorney Barger eras also
instructed to draw up an ordinance
concerning the keeping of Sto«k,
and Sam Hopper and L. G. Jones
were appointed on a committee to
|; work with representatives of the
college proper ia effecting regula
tion of traffic.
A metisn was mads appoigtinj
Dean Gilchrist and J. L M«Ne*
to a committee to prepare a map
showing utility lines in the city
to be presented to the Fire Ihsur-
ance Commission in an effort to
secure lower insurance rates.
Published by the Student Publi-
T. S. C W. Buthess
IT
Six Candidates Now
Race for Junior Pt
■eeting Ta<
’s dock ess
cations Board of A. A M
Ulion is in its thirty-eighth
This year marks its first pul
tion as a semi-weekly newspaper.
Next year, it is reported, it will' be
fufclfaiplllfcree times a week.
It is the official student news
paper of tho college, and serves
as •‘unofficial" newspaper for all
College Station residents through
its reporting of all local newe and
maintenance of an "Official no
tice" section.
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Extension Service
Men Now Attending
Chemurgy Conferenc
ce
Choaen by Stodeat Cooacil members at the regular meetii
day, Patsy Childers is Texas Stats Callege far W«
the CoMaa Ball at Texas A. A M.. April 11. Ptotared oa Rosebud
Drive. Mm ia reading a letter of instruction from Aggielaad.
Mies Childers, daughter of Mrs. Lets Childers uf Tyler. Is vice-
of the etodent body, a member of Phi UpeHom Omieroa,
ics society, and aecretary of the Mary Eleanor
Last year 4m served as lean sale manager.
ijertac ia vocational home economics sad minor-
lag ia chemistry.—Photo courtesy Tho Laao-O.
piTOiuriu vi inr
honorary home econo mi
Brarkenridge Cl oh. Last
She is a senior mai
Aggie Twins Attend Texas
Twin Convention at Waco
f'MTTr 1 ■ ml i
By D.
AU Civic Officials
To Be Selected in
First Regular Vote
The first regular election for
College Station officials will be
bold Tuesday, April 4, in tho South-
Pacific depot A mayor, fhv
Aldermen, a marshal, a city secre
tory, city attorney, city engineer,
Sanitary engineer and a city health
officer will be elected to replace
men who hate been temporarily
elected to fill these positions.
The voting will be by ballot and
only those who are qualified voter*
under the Stole laws will be eli
glide to vote. Charles W. Crawford,
band of the Mechanical Engineer
ing Department will be judge of
the voting. Voting will be from 8
a. m. to 6 p. m.
J Present officials of College 8M
tion are Dr. J. H. Binney of the
Mathematics Department mayor
Sam Hopper of the Mechanical En
gineering Department constable
and JL P Gabbard of the Expen
mi Station, George Wilcox of
the Education Department; Ernest
Langford of the Architecture De-
pa tment, Alva Mitchell of the
Mathematics Department and
Lather Jones of the Agronomy De
partment, aldermen.
All present officials are candi
dates for election in the regular
election, and petitions of city engi-
uior, city sanitary engineer and
city health officer are to b.> filled
by “write-ina," since there are no
candidates mi the ballot.
D. T. Klllough of the Ex;
Station and M. K. Thornton
Extension Service are the
sentatrvee from A. A M. a4 the
fifth annual conference of thd Na
tional Farm Chemurgic Council
now being held* in Jacksonville.
Mississippi.
The conference this year i» be
ing devoted chiefly to the latest
developments in paper manufacture
i from pines and other woods.
K. HILL
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The first annual Texas College
Twin Cbavention was held at Bay
lor Uifversity, Waco, Texaa on the
'-Uth and 28th of March. The Bay
lor'Twin dub and the Waco
Club were cohosts for the dkfc-
gajtes who represented the
pal colleges of the state. A. A M
was among the colleges repres«-nte*i
The opening program was h« d it
the Baylor University Chapel,
President Neff presiding. After the
Welcoming of the delegates, Mr.
Neff introduced the Keys Quad
caplets of Oklahoma. These gM*
who are nationally known sang |w<
•ongs and joked with Mr. Neff for
a minute, followed by the Ms^vil
tripleto.
R. V.’s To Participate in :
Elaborate Bluebonnet Festival
The Bluebonnet Festival in Nava-' >
sots will taka place this year dur
ing the throe days April 16,
and 16, and participants ini the
occasion will be Miss Molly O’
Daniel, 100 girls from various
of Texas, the Boas Volunh . fs of
A. A M. and approximately! 100
school children from Nava sots and
; mounding towns.
Miss O'Duniel. who will officiate
as Bluebonnet Queen in the esti
val, will have a court of 100 eau-
tiful duchesses all of whom
gethar with Miss O'Daniel, wfll
escorted by the R. V.’s, and t!
will form the queen’s royal party
Six of the duchesses whom
are available at present are
Dorothy McPhail of Gilmer; Lbellle
Ash of Bastrop; Henri Mas iHrti-
tek of HaUetaville; Jerry
ef Austin; Frances Beney of jlola;
and Marjorie Copen haver of \
ton j
will enter the
to begin the
Care men Us, and will be foil
the Parade of the State Flowers in
which our okra bluebonnet as Well
as the state floorers of the 47
Other state* will be
Following the parade of
will be the planting of i
At noon lunch was served in
Memorial Hall. From there the
delegates went to Waco Hall for a
session of quiues and testa. Per
sons! data was obtained on the
reactions of twins to one another,
their feeling toward the other faml
ly members, and their education
ThU was followed by an hour pay
chology tost during which twins
sfi separated.
There were over eighty sets of
twine, throe sets of tripteta, and
of quadruplets at the
convention. The Keys-Leota, Mary,
Mona, and Roberta—and the Perri-
A, B, C, and D," (Anthony,
Bernard, Carl, and Donald)—were
the quads. The latter played ae
cordkns and sang a little song by
Ten Men Now
Competing In \
Exams fur Tour
field
(EU
bluebonnets which!
100 school children,
wfll be
song, “Beautiful
last strains of the
nd her court
garden. In conclusion
States flag and the
wfll past the 1
the musk of the
while all partakers of 1
nd pswtkipents in
pay their respects
state and the beet i
which they introduce*! themselves
There were thre military schools
noag thorn represented. They
were Randolph FUld, N.T.A.C., and
A. A M. Thom from A. A M. wi
Tom and Mac Stewart, Bryan;
Don und Eugene Hill, Aantin;
(ieorge and Eddie Bryan, Stephen
ville; and Keith and Carroll Hill,
HaUetaville. There are five more
pair* at A. A M. that did not get
to make the trip on account of
iBneaa or for some other reasons
Some of the morning program
was broadcast over W-A-C-O, Wa
sp; and three newsreel picture
companies. Universal, Fox Movio-
ton. And Paramount, took pictures
of the twins.
j A banquet Friday night fea tur-
rd Ross and Doss Hardia, twin
legislators as speakers. Rom '
elected representative from his
district s few years ago aad the
voteCs have sent his brother to the
legislature with him now. They
all look very much alike and they
talk ad on similiar topics.
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Ten men are now taking the ex
amination* conducted by Profc**oi
Jot Mogford of the Agronomy
Department in competition for Hie
< otton Tour offered annually by
the department to the throe con
testants who make the beat aver
age grades on a series of quisses
covering nil phases of the cotton
iaAsotry. Those taking the exami
nations are J. D. Aughtry, W. L
Colburn, H. F. Good Re, R L.
Gregg, Beni Hargrove, L. L. Jac
obs, J. Kaotx. P. M. Mebane, R B
McNiece and H. L. Rucker. All are
seniors with the exception ef Ruc
ker.
Them men hove completed throe
of the series of nine toots. Sub
jects covered on the quisses in
clude botany of the cotton plant,
cotton production, d messes ot cot
ton, cotton insects, cotton mac
cry, cotton textiles, cotton genetics,
cotton marketing aad grading aad
stapling.
Money taken ia from proceeds of
the cotton ball wfll be used to de
fray expenses of the trip.
A^ies Rudy and
Edge Meet With
First Big Success .
As Song Composers
The ability to write music ia a
quality that very, very few of or
have because of the fact that it Li
technical aad complicated, and then
to<>, it requires sn unlimited amobnt
of natural la tint. r
Jack H. Rudy of B Company In
fin try and Clarence Edge of X
Company Infantry have this qual
ify. Jack is an expert pianist as
the result of many years of study,
and it was during them years that
he learned to write music. Lately
the two have written many songs,
the most recent of which was con
tracted for Thursday by* the Rec
ordoshcr* Company of Los Angeles,
California; The title of his new
son* m “Why Did My Love End
This Wey?" It was checked by the
company aad found to be without
fault aad so far as merit, meter,
and lilt were concerned. The Re-
cordoMhcr* Company will introduce
the song to prospective boyer^aml
wfll inaucurate it over station
KPMC in the near future. Jack
who wrote the music, claims that
he merely set down and did his
port without the aid of any inspira
tion whatsoever. Clarence, |ow-
ever, admitted that his "love" had
JUM ended when the idea for the
lyrics came to him.
The boys have written and copy
righted a large number of song*
since they first started working
together and feel that they might
go places once they start receiving
royalties. Their chances are es
pecially good because of the fact
thst Hollywood motion picture stu
dios am not renewing (heir high-
songwriter contract#
e neither Rudy nor Edge is a
fatsUnal, it ia belUved that
they will be successful because of
their musical ability and determi-
■Utifeh
Ear!
sophomore,
Ate to
Rsprm mtative
Publication*
ing several
student poll
To date four
nouncod for
chief; the onl
in
Field Artillery
the sixth cae-
for Junior
the Student
today, follow
of quiet on the
front,
candidates have an-
Battalion editor-in-
two who are eligi
CUef Yell Lead-
are asking for
Representative
itions Board.
ble will seek
er position;
the place of
on the Student
Tkarsday ia the last date to
announce for offices which are
filled ia the gtaatal lUrttitt ]
to he held Atoil 17.
The ballot this year wfll bo long
er than h has been in years, with
16 students slrqndy la the political
field.
Friday, April. 14, The Battalion
will print ahoriAUtementa from all
randidartM who wish to take ad
vantage of the chance to promote
their candidacy‘through the news-
paper.
If a runoff is accessary this
year, it will be ;!• id one week after
the April 17 fkneral election, Ac
cording to traditional rul.-H
Places an the ballot will he
determined by drawing to he
held in 1W, Battalion office
Tharoday at j m. after tho
spriag holidays. Candidate*
who do not' appear for the
drawing will be r.-pr. seated in
the draw by members of Tho
Battalion staff.
Junior
Monday
Candidal
r.
Meets
ro Nominate
for Posts
laF night, Abril S. the
will modt in the As-
AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
by Dr. W. P. Taylor will be pre-
sented to the students taking Ag
ronomy 418 and 418.
The illustrations will be in the
form of an animated lecture on 16
mm. picture reel titled “Soil, Water
and Vegetation”.
The lecture will be h. id at 7 p.
m. in the Animal Industries Lsc-
l room. Everyone U being in-
id to attend.
HUlel Club To Hold
Open Meet, Services
There will he an open meeting
of the HUU1 Chib Sunday night
nt 7:18 p. m. in the A*bury mom
of the library. Dr. R. f. Lndtom
of the History Department will t*
the guest speaker.
Religious services for the Pass-
over holidays wfll he held at Tem
ple Freda ia Bryan at 4:48 p. m
Monday, April t. Following the
services, about 7:80, the PassovW
Seder wfll be held at Maggie Park
erti Dining room to the rote’ qf
Canady * Pharmacy in Bryan.
Next Monde
Junior
sembly Hall for tho purpose of
nominating catelidatos for the of
fice of Longhorn editor-in-chicf
and senior xocial secretary for the
coming year. !
offices
Nominationml Uk
will be made «t this meeting, and
the election will he held Thureday
night. April 13,
Those men |»ligible to run for
Longhorn editor will be those clas
sified junior* who have worked as
junior assistants on this year’s
annual. Any cMssifiod junior may
ran for social -nidulmry.
Election of director of the
Entertainment Series will he held
at n later date-
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JACK SHELTON. JR-, SON OF
Jack Shelton, College Station, has
enrolled at Port Arthur College,
for a course in radio.
Aggfteland Plays
For Ball, Tea Dance
And Corps Hop
Tonighf from 9 till 1 in Shite |
Hall the sophomore class of A. [
A M. wifi hold ite Third /
Ball. The Aggielaad Swing ftBil
featuring Dorothy Thames, vocal
ist, will play for the affair.
Three years ago tho date “89" |
held the first sophomore boll. Tho
boll tonight, the third sineo then,
promisee : to surpasc the others. It I
will probably be the largest 4mm
that ha# been held at A. A M. |
>o far this year.
The sophomore doss of TB.C.W.
is beet invited dosrn for the I
ball, ami over 100 girls from ttime
will be here. They will arrive ksrs|
by bus pboat 8:80 this
Arrangements have been made for I
the girls and boys with “bUndj
dates" to meet each other in
Y chapel as soon as tha girls nr-1
rive. Introductions wfll bo mads by
J. P. (Fat) Ledbetter, chairman
of the Date Bureau Committee. The |
T. S. C, W. sophomores will
here until Sunday afternoon.
Tha thfee top * loops of Leggett |
Hall have been vacated to
date the'visiting girls. All elaaai-1
fied seniors have been invited to|
the dance; they can!
their girti in Leggett if they wiah. I
The decorations for the Ball will
be elaborate. The backdrop cat
behind the bandstand wfll be 101
feet long and 18 fret high. Itit
color scheme will be maroon and
white. Ii the middle wfll be a |
huge maroon ’41. It is ast oat b
front and wfll be illuminated by
indirect Ighting. At each end will
be a pair ef white corporal stripes
an a maroon background. Hum
will alto be set off by indirect |
lighting.
r There will be a tea dance Satur
day afternoon at the Bryan Coun
try Chib; to honor of the sopho-
Tbe Aggie land Swing Band
wil play and the admission ia 784.
t
Prestidigitationist Bill Smal
Has! Made Much of His Hobby
A student of A. A M, who hast
ado ttio most of an interesting
and unusual hobby is William War
ren Small, the campus magician.
Bill ia a senior to the Band and
to a cheat, engineer.
His interest in legerdemain was
stimulated by a traveling magteian
who happened to past through the
old hoare town, El Paso, many
yuan ago. After seeing the *hovr r
Bill’s curiosity was oo,arouaed that
ho ventured backstage. Tbs kind
magician invited the boy to bis
hotel room where he produced a
large bowl of chocolate fudge seem
ingly from thin air. From that to
stoat. Bill Small was a confirmed
That was over ton yuan
Now he claims that if atom*
molecules fail to provide a llv-
he can turn to magic, j
difference between a thttht
artist and n magician as
by Small, who is a metn-
of the International Brother
built
hood of
equipment
everyday
cards, coins,
magician
jecially
menta and
create
During
aa a
Bill
dubs, schools,
parties,
froi
down
is that the only
the former u
eta as thimbles,
handerchiefs. The
res sppH itu* ea
se compart-
in order to
1 of i
luncheon
carnivals,
banquets all the way
m California to New York and
to to Mtetel- His specialty is
entertaining nt banquet* and din
nor parties ia pfuck the same capa
city as an after draner apeahsr.jln
a performance here 01 A, A M
Bfll once asiomshed everyone by
pulling from ’Dean Bolton's •coat
pocket a pint fcotie of whiskey. His
favorite trick'Ja his Chinese link
ing ring jfoutine.
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WITH THE ALUMNI
BY E. E McQLTLLEN
Secretary, Former Stadeuta Asa's.
11 Blerias McKenxie, ’B8, is lo
cated at palms, New Mexico. . .,
B. Hawkins, ’38, ia managing tha
Kelly Ranch, Route 2, Anton, TV*.
nd sends regards to all Us
friands. . Roy Young, *88, tor*
footballer, was accepted la
Tulane Medical School aad will
start his studies there next fall.., .
Ken Smith, ’38, ia tosehing aad
coaching at Gilmer, Texas. .TT,
Edgar E Whorton, .Id, raetedlp'
accepted a position with tha Wee-
Oil and Snowdrift Saks Omm-
pany, New Orleans, Louisiana....
Arthur H. Courtade, H, Harold
Hart, ’88, and Edwin Zabdk. TB,
are all with the Soil Cnaaervatiea
toe at Corsicana, Texas. . . .
R. B. Steele, Tt, was raeently ap
pointed chief engineer of the Cana
dian National Telegraphs w
headqualAn at Toronto^ Canada.
.... Charlie 0. James, TO, dted
at Houma, Louisiana on March 20.
Ho waa employed by the National
Supply Company. . . . MBtfa g.
Malone, (37, has been employed by
the Cendftit Chemical lV»mp«ny of
New York. After a tea ia ing penod,
he expects to do oaks and advisory
work on Insecticide* from hk com
pany’s Houston office. . i . Jou A.
Ford, ’fl, k with the nArkanta*
Natural Gas Corpora tied aad k a
member pf the recently re organix-
ed Shreveport A. A M. Club. .
More A^ A M. men Ihe to Shreve
port, than to any oily out of the
State of Thxss.