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^pGULATION 5^00—Student Semi-Weekly Newgpaper of Texas A. & M. College—CIRCULATION15^00
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 4, IMS
NO. 60
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l^inal Plans
Members of
Court Are
Announced
Full Program for
Two Day Festivities
In Company’s Plan
: Final arrangements have be«i
wudt by R*m Voluntwa for aprin r
holiday cennnftnie* this weekend.
f|rke featiTitiae will bevin Thur*-
4ay evening at I with Um Qw«b>
Coronation and will om! at S Sab*
arday morning with Um Hoaa of
Um Captain's Ball. The actmtie*
will indade Um Qaoen’a Coroaatki i
at I ThurNday aad Um Qaaeat Bal
immediately following Um corona,
tioni An exhibition drill will b;
|Mi Friday afternoon, follow* |
by a memorial ceremony at th>
$utoe of Lawreace Sullivan Road.
A Tea l»ance honoring the princes,
h scheduled tor S Friday after
noon, a dinner dance for the Ho$
Volunteer Company from 7 until
Friday evening and the Captain
_ fcil from 10 ontil t followunj
Dinner Dance.
The R. V. Coart has boea _
nounced as followt: King, & Ska
mons, Jr.; Queen, Dorothy Palm
Prineo, Raymond Pipida; Prthuin
hill(» Smith; Queen’s Attendants
Shirle^ Long and Jo Ann Nowotny
Hag’s Pigs, Philip H. Enslow. Jr.
Guard of Honor, Jim Collins. Ton
Harris, Leonard Whrle, Bill CK
wait, Dan Sharp, Vernon Smith
Bill Guy, John Dodson, Huber
Brtunig, Jos Doran; Dukes an<
Uwsr respective duchesses, J. Way-,
as Stark, Joy Ray; Francis Potts,
Manon Burehette; Burl Hulsey,
May Dell Meyer; George Staples,
Olivette Oeterwalder; Buddy Gad
dis, Jean Webb; Kenneth Knnpp,
Pat Kirwin; Foster Wiae, Batty
Cartis; Bob (River, Neva Bradford;
Arch Greig, Kay Baatty; Wilson
Potter, Mary Fraser.
The Rosa Vqjunteers, an honor
ary military organicatio^ was or
ganised here in J887.
re in Navasota Festival
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COTTON BALL
PLANS CALL FOR
75 DUCHESSES
Present plans for the annual Cot
ton Pageant U be held April 21
call for 75 dukes and duchesses.
Bhaon A. Miller, social secretary
of the Cotton Pageant and Ball, re
ports that there are several va
cancies yet to fill before obtaining
the full quota.
Any cadet desiring u> submit a
(W as duchess in the quenn's court
may do so by filing her name at
the Agronomy office in the agri
culture building. Miller said ho
also has a few duchesses without
escorts, and that students may sign
up as escorts by submitting their
names to the Agronomy office.
Jfmdets participating in the pag
eant will be required t* wear whitoj
suite, white shirt, and black
White uniforms without collar
namsnte will be permissible
eshsa may wear dresses of |
own choke, no specifications hav
ing been made on the drees thai
they may wear.
Tickets of admission to the pag-,
eant and the ball will be separate
this year, General admission to
the pageant will be 50c, reserve
seats ?6<; the dance will be $1.50
Reservations in the dormitory will
be available.
UP UNTIL $ O’CLOCK
morning the shack for tbs for
payment of advance course i
in Military Science had net
returned from the corps aroa
BO that payment could be
Six of the di
me who will take pdrt in'the elaborate coronation
to mark the speaing of the Navasota Bluebonnet Festival April 14 are
pictured abov« reading from left to ri(M: Mias Lucille Ash. daughter
Of $. V. Ash. president of the Bastrop Clamber ef Commerce; Mias
Dorothy McPkail. ef Gilmer »ho last year x M«i M qseeu ef the Gil
mer Yamberee; Miaa Henri Mre HiUaju if HsIlsMmBW; Mias Jerrv
of Austin; Miaa Frances Boney of MS; and Miaa Marjorie Copen-
haver of Wharton.
=EDITORIAL=
; ,' Underhanded Politics I
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Rumors reached The Battalion office last night that the fact
that type-columns wont stretch is to la* used against candidate
for an important student position.
students who intend to ua* the foolish, untrue story
that Th.- Bata lion purposely overlqok.d printing an advance
story ctincernmg the annual ball of one of the organisations on
the «t»pus belong to a clique udiich U well-defined and quite
evident in its political aspect j
Lot sa now state that the rd.t..r-in-chlef of each publico-
tiou is respomihie far articles which app^r-nw do not .p-
I pear—m his publication, sad no oar else aa the staff share
that responsibility.
On the morning in question. The Battalion was’running
”tight” and all t^e news of the day could not be included in the
«P . »• found R was necessary to leave out one
story either the orgsnisatfajhl ball or a story on tliel Stoffcaaf
College girls’ arrival that afternoon, t*>th of them gtK)d stories
Obviously, the fact that the Stephens girls were coming down
that afternoon while the Friday paper wag gtsdUble for ball
stories made the Stephens story more important "spot ndws*
Cons.-quently.jth* other story had to be left out.
./ J5' *t when It haippond--ANY RUMOR THAT
ANYBODY TOOK DELIGHT IN LEAVING FT OUT IS MORE
THAN MISREPRESENTATION; IT IS 1 BASE LIE.
nibe group which intend* to nas this false talking point
i pbows that w# did our heut to make ap our forced aeglect of
*o story by playiag it ap Mg in the next issue and is the
nd ■ fl » »be in queotios by nsiaf a big pictorial
layoai on the ^f.lr-wmMlhi.g we Am t d* all the time
bccanne of a limited ragr.vinif budg^
Ignore this rumor when It comes ap—nnd it undoubtedly will.
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Thursday Last Day
To File For Office
With the Inst date for filing focf
office set for Thursday, candidates
for office in the student body elec-
non April 17 this week have bent
their energies toward lining up
their supporters.
No new candidates for any of
the three offices open to the stu
dent body as s whole had announc
ed through this morning.
BOARD MEETS APRIL 1$
Final approval on all candidates
will be aaked April 12, when the
Student Publications Board inspects
academic records and service on
publications as requirements for
Battalion editorship and classifi
cation as S requirement to Board
membership. \
Two candidates for Chief TeO
Imuder are already determined,
Bert Burns and Bodie Pierce, both
of whom have served as Juator
Yel Leaders.
Bscause of the Board meeting
on April 12, placet on the ballot
wOl not be determinod until April
IS, when drawing will be held in
The Battalion office. AH candi
dates who are not present for the
drawing or who do not send rep
resentatives will be represented by
members of The Battalion staff. ,
ELECTION METHOD CHANGED
The election this year will be held
under arrangements differing from
those of previous year* in that vot
ers will not be allowed to cast
ballot* unless they present their
fiscal receipts showing i payment
of fees for the second semester at
the poll*
The receipt will be : its ■fad
“voted” in order to prevent any
possible “double-voting.” Absentee
ballots will not be allowed by elec
tion judges.
The election will be bald under
the direction of R. L. Doss, Bat
talion editor-in-chief, with the ad
vice and regulation of a Student
' (Continued on page 6)
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Cost Accountants
Scheduled to Meet
Here Next Week
Colonel Ike Ash burn
Will Extend Welcome; 40
j Guests Expected to Attend
The next meeting of the Houston
Chapter of the National Associa
tion of Cost Accountants ia to be
held at A. A M. Tuesday everting,
April 11. This meeting is to be s
round-table discussion of the As
sociation with the student body in
Accounting at A. A M. on the sub
ject “Budget Control tor A. A M.
Oil Co.” . ;!
Colonel Ike Ashburn, executive
Assistant to the President of A.
A M., will extend the official wel
come of the college to the 40 guests
aipMtod to attend. Around 200
students are expected to attend the
discussion.
The meeting will begin Tuesday
e ruing at 5:90 with a dinner sc bed-
Social Secretary,iSeries j
Head, Longhorn Editor
To Be Chosen April 13
Quiet Meeting of Juniors Sees All \
( andidates fo^Senior Class Posts \
Nominated; Election Method Changed
The junior d.Ttion
radical departure frbw
class president, stat
yeur ia to be held by a. method marking a
procedure of former years. Woody .garner,
T r -t broached tbs plan dettsed for this year's
fb-otiiwi I® • of the class last night in vihicit 14 candidal***
announced for tb positions. This year’s election will be on thu
ballot system instead of the open-floor method as has been used is
the Rest.
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SMITH IGf NAMED
JUNIOR EDITOR
OF THE LONGHORN
George Smith, junior in (he Band,
has been named Jttoior Editor of
The Longhorn fori this year by
Warren D. Barton, Longhorn edi-
tor-in-chiet. James' Fouta of the
Coast Artillery and Sidney’Gottlieb
of the Engineers .are the junior
assistants. All thr* men are eli
gible, to nin for editor-in-chief of
the 1940 annual. ? j
' Bald Bartel), “I -think that the
junior class should: choose ah ef
ficient team had Smith has done
good uorlcahis yea|t"
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Munnerlyn’l Team of
Insurance Company
Win j
—- , A team headed bf Ford Kunmer-
ulad to he held in the college mess ' lyn, ’28, district mimnger for Sea-
hall. The dinner will be followed at b 0 *^ Ufa b>«nsaJ|t [Company Of
■ ■•30 with a technical discussion of Houston, won firet place it the an-
the subject wherein the aaaount- nua * March of IVqgresn campaign
held each year ini;March by the
company. Mr. Mitanerlyu’e team
finished 124 points above the sec
ond team.
In March the College Station
ante from the A A M. Oil Co. (fic
titious name} outline the underly
ing factors in budget preparation
for the refining section of their
company, with special emphasis on _
the practical aspect* and problems agency for Seaboard sold $233,(KM)
\ in Ufa insurance, wtob Sidney L.
The arrangements for the meet- l-ovdes*. editor of the Long
ing of the Houston chapter at A. > horn, heading thd; agency with
A M. an under the direction of $78,117.’
Tam Leland, Read of the Depart
ment of Accounting and Statistics.
Inland ia a member of the directors
of the Houston chapter.
, Two other Aggie exes afe to the
College Station agency, Ai H. Mc-
Cutcheon, ’38, and )H. E. Burgess,
Ross Volunteers Place Wreath on Statue of Lawrence :
Sullivan Ross Friday-Man for Whom Company Was Named
’ After nomination last night, can
didates drew for placet on the
ballot for the voting in the primary
election which will be held ia the
rotunda of the Academic building
from 8 until 5 On Thursday, April
13. Registration slips for the sec
ond semester will have to be shown
at the time of voting with only
juiiors taking p .rt. That'k^MI
votes will be counted before cartr
didate representatives and the two
high men hi each race will ba eator-
ed in the run-off election which will
be held in the A^ mbly Hall.
Candidates announcing for posi
tiotu weret For Senior editor of the
I/onghorn, J. EL (Jimmy) Fouta,
S. H. (Sil) Gottlieb, and George
W. Smith) for Student Entertain-
ment Serb a, He*ry Hertner, Henry
Herder, W, H. (Juy, and Sully Sul
livan, and for $D<ial Secretary of
the senior class, Carl Hill, M. E
(Red) Aedtin, Johnny Seville, Guy
Garrett, Chrl Martin, W. H. (Bill)
Dwyer, and C* |l (Charlie) Ham-
mf, i
The seijior ckad of 1940, this
yearns jun or cla^s, went on rw»r i
almost unanimously last might to
five next year's entertaiumant se
ries their ■ undivided support in
an effort io make the aeries a sue-
vest as it has not been in the past,
at least from a financial point of
view. However, when n motion was
introduced on the floor to recom
mend that it be placed on the ath
letic coupon book, if poeaibe, the
move was overwhelm ingiy defeated
with only some $0 juniors being in
tfavor of the move. Tbs satortaia-
meut sc rice moOe was finally end
ed with the appointment of a com
mittee of Harry Trimble,
Duncan, and Johnny Zercher by
to work with the
The first organised student activity at
A. A M. appeared ia 1^7 as a crack militery
company called the Scott Volunteers. In 1891
the name was changed to Rosa Volunteers
in hotor of former governor Lawrence Sulli
van Rosa, who became president of Al A M.
at that time.
The uniform of the company at this
time was of white duck with gold ornaments
and a tin he\p*t. In 1907 the uniform was
changed to gray and blue with a big stetson *
hat, but since this dress did hot meet with
favor, the white uniform was again adopted
with the substitution of white caps in the
place of the tin helmets.
At a part of the annual activities the
Ross Volunteer Company places a wreath on
Roes' statue in front of the Academic Build
ing. In choosing the name of Rosa Volunteers,
the compeny could not have picked a more
appropriate name from a military standpoint.
Roes was born in Iowa, but moved to
Texas at aa early age. From the beginning
he was marked for a military eem». So
able a militery leader was ha that at 18 he
had acquired the rank of captain in the Texas
Rangers. While serving in this capacity, he
1. f. xted a tribe of Comanche Indiana and af-
fatted the rescue of Cynthia Ann Parker, a
girl kidnapped from her home in childhood
When the Civil War started, Ross enlisted
as a private in 1881. Four years later in 1885
he was discharged as a Brigadier General.
After the war, he returned to Texas to raise
cotton on a plantation in the Braxos valley.
Through a campaign carried oa matiM'by
friends Roes was elected governor of the state.
In 1890, immediately after his term office
as Governor of Texas, Ross was elected presi-
dent of A. A M. collage. So popular was he
over the state that many parents Sr effect
sent their boys to Roes rather than to A- A M.
Dtidhtfi bis administration the enrolment of
ths cottage increased enormously. In this capa
city ha served until his death in 18981 I
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President Vi
(acuity commi
the financing o(
tain ment In
to find a
than
Ulty commit
ment seriet is
F. Mai
to form plans to
next years eater
way it -is hop«
of furnishing i
support to Mj
the past. The fac
♦n the entertain
of Dr. 1
1 andD. W. WD
ttoma, Head off the Animal Hus
bandry department.
JUNIOR BALLOT
for the junk
Thursday, Apr
to drawici
JITOR OF
Fouta
ROSS’ STATUE*
Official
election to be
13. (Listed
results).
FOR SENIOR
THE LONGH
J. E. (
8. H. (BM) |
Gearge W. Smith
MANAGER OP
ENTERTIN-
Henry Hertner
leafy Herder
W.H.Guy, ]
Sally SelHvau
FOR SOCIAL SECRETARY OF
THE SENIOR CLASS
Carl Hill
M. B. (Red) Ausnn
Johnny BerilW
Gty Garrett ’
Carl Marita
W. H. (BUI) Dwyer
C. H. (CfcariM) Hamaer
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REPRESENTATIVES OF TI
Houston Branch of the Inten
tional Harvester Company inch
ing the manage', assistant mam
•r, credit manager, and others e
ritit the- A -
meft with
gibbering
Tuesday in
gi nearing
lens* involved
manufacturing
$y »t 7:16 ■
lAMrimfemi |
to explain pn
farm eouiprtn