I t V 11 }I,] Editorial Ik>adw(KKl : ' The Weather Fair and Wa VOL. 38 CIRCULATION ?nt Semi-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & ML College—CIRCULATION 5^00 )N, APRIL 11, mV COLLEGE STATION, Tl Z725 IMPORTANT JOBS WILL BE VOTED ON THURSDA New Office ^Merged With Student PubGcations 'Chiefs' Duties Multiplied by 2 Appropriations Two New Aldermen Added to List of College Station For Texas A & M Officials as Remainder of Officers Return to Posts Hiked $68,924 John Patrick Rooa(i 126 Administration ii ed to become the center of •11 extra-curricular activities, fi lowinf the coalition of* the newly created office of Buaineu tant for Student Activitiee wt_ that of Manager of Student Publi cation*. E. L. Angell, Manager ol Student Publications, ia te be Bust, new Consultant for Student Acti| ▼itiee effective the first of ne year, Dean Bolton ha* annou Mr. Angell—known to publications staff members-^ came to A. A M. in 1936 to acce the Stndent Publications poa Hie duties next year will ind closing contracts for BryeinColleg* Entertainment Series pro possibly aiding organisations ; eontiaeting dance bands, and work with the Student Aeti Committee, as well •§ rape work oa the A. A M. annual. Longhorn; the student newapape.. The Battalion, which^may becom^j a tri-wuakly pnbBcatira la addMod G TAFF come a monthly macadtee. U. I nil Mr. Angell was gradQated with the B. A. degree from North Texad Sute Teachers College, and Uteit he took his master’s degree iA Col-, umbia University. While attending! Columbia he had charge of ibid Dobbs Perry School of New York, CltT - ‘J } ; During the three years immedi ately preceding hu coming to A A M., Mr. Angell served as deputy in the Sute Department of Educa tion with his headquarters in Hous ton. with the Louisiana Tech Holds Annual Engineers Show Last Saturday, Louisiana Teeh-i all engineering departments of the lieved. college were represented. Exhibits offered were in civil ngineering, photography, rmio, tnchanical en gineering, electrical engineering, welding and foundry, woodwork, physica, and chemical engineering. Most novel of all the exhibits was a small two-piston, double ac tion steam engine pump, which was invented by a faculty member of the school in 1907. The one pis ton routes while the other recipro cates, and the action of Ihe con necting rod ia eliminated. • Mm Chicago Ork Opera, will be fe». tured on the Bryan-CetW«* Enter- Uiament Series here tonight at Goioa HalL KILLED SUNDAY IN ACCIDENT JciW Q. Taff, freshmen chemical engineering student from Beau mont, was killed instantly Sunday hjght when the automobile in which he*nd six other persona were rid ing turned over near Beaumont. W.'g. Oxford, also a freshman chemical engineering student from Beaumont, the only other A. A M. student riding in the car, received a concussion of the brain as a re sult of the accident. Other occu P«rta of the chr received mine |] injuries \ .Taff, who belonged to Battery “A” field Artillery/ was buried from the car when ttfraing over nolojted CoUtc offer*! it, mU, Th. poup ... trow , •imua Cutmr*. D., in .Uctjtrip U Villnp M.ll., It w !»- Funeral service* were te beheld > n Beaumont this morning at 10^“* * dock. * THB REGULAR 4MUL MBEfT. ing of the Texas A. A M. chapter of the American Association oi Univenaity Professora will be held in Room 343, Academic Buildiag, •t 7 p. at Tuesday (tonight). The principal buaineu will be the report of the committee on stu dent scholarship. Plans for the ban quet will be formed. R. V/s Will Escort Molly O'Daniel ! As She Becomes Blue Bonnet Queen Thousands of visitors are expect-^ ed to attend the Sute Blue Bonnet Festival held in NavaeoU Friday. Saturday, and Sunday. This festi val is to present a varied program of evaaU that will be climaxed by the coronation of Molly O’Daniel as Bine Bonnet Queen, to be es corted by members of A. A M s Ron Voluntearg. H A parade to consist of 20 floats will formally open the affair. T bands, gaily costumed cowboys girls, and a troop of Boy will also participate in the which is to travel so blocks of business streets. At 8 o'clock the same a band festival will ba held football field where each organisa tion will present a drill The Academy Band will attend to •de in the dewntown section at o’clock. With there will ba a korg^j of NavaeoU. delegation headed by the Young Men’s Civic League of Bryan. The evening entertainment will President of the Taxae Junior ( hamber of Commerce will present Molly O’Daniei with the crown of Ihe Bine Bonnet Queen of Texas. * jitterbug contest, and i negro marathon race from Andar •on to NavaaoU. MUTT j ' jfT • fpoiiH* Committee Passes Bill to Floor; Calls for $36,570 Branch Increase Texas A. AM. sute educational institutions of Dr. J. H. Binney was reelected- ► mayor of College SUtion with a total of 108 vote* at the city election held last Tuesday. A write- campaign carried two new al- was among the dermen into office when S A. Lip scomb and Wayne Long defeated higher learning granted increases Ernest Langford sad A. Mitchell for the biennium starting Sept Lipscomb received 66 votes, Long 1, the terms of a bill approved by ®2, Mitchell 43, and Langford 41. the Appropriations Committee of Aside from this, all other officials the House of RepreaenUtives die- retained to office closed Thursday.' pDMMi educational institutions would receive $623,188 less for the :t biennium storting Sept 1 than for the current one, the bill disclosed. The bill calls for appro- pnationn of $16366366, compared to $13,379,048 for the current per iod. AllotmenU fir the main divi.«ion of Tekns A. A M. were placed at $1,798,066, up $68,924, and for A. A M. extramural and branches it was $1,1 til,786, up $36,670. A. A M.’s toul was set as $2,963342. Can Get Into All Kinds of Scrapes —Even to Capturing Escaped Mexicans Expecting to find n serene Eas ter holiday, Jim Black, student at Texas A. A M., was confronted with several thrilling experiences, •ny of which might hnve resulted in serious injury, mnd perhsps death. Monday morning he captured two Mexican youths, who had fled af ter being released for a few min utes by their escort, the county judge of El Para County, on the ranch of his father, C. 8. Black, of Crockett County. The youths were °t tbjjhtough” kind, one having been found guilty of extortion and they were being taken to a refor matory when they escaped. Par a while it looked as if Black might have to use his double-bar rel shotpin when both Mexicans were reluctant to “reach for the sky," but the persuasive and cool cadet captured them and held his mers for Sheriff Blllingsly and da$«ty. Mrs. Black, the mother im, was in the car when her son made the arrest, and the was not quite as serene as her son. Jim had two other thrillers at a dance at Osona when he had to whip a couple of “dniaks” in self defen^,' Now, Jim is wondering what is to take place next F. F. A. Vocational Judging Contests To 3e Staged April 17 The 82nd Vocational Judging Contest ia which entrants from high schools from all parts' of Texas wiU participate will be held a “ i,Unt at A A M. under the aos- indude the coronation of the queen Un< * r • 0 - T ' We ‘ COme 01 «** and a pageant. T. L. Fontaine ^ Jonior Senior chap- “Heg* to the 40 guests who are of the Future Farmers of attend. Around 200 students are expected to attend the This Contest, which features ten discussion. In the discussion beginning at u ui. onmestra win puy or tae rtitore farmers of America. 1^°’ a< * OUnUnt * <* the A. A M. tiu- Grand March and the This year, Mr. Henry Rose, who is ° l Corn > M 'J r ( f,rtl tk>u* name) Out- Q “" chairman of the contest rules the underlying factors ia bod types at judging, ia limited to After the end of the pageant, Bill boy* over Texas who are members Bardo and his orchestra will piay of the Future Fanners of America for the Or ‘ “ ‘ ’ * - K —- Queea'i 8*11 Saturday's |mogram will present committee, expects some 2600 boys f«t preparation for the refiaing kMttb/ptnMa, • rodeo in Ander- to attend. m W ; The jadfing classes will ba in livestock, dairy, poultry, crops, en- tomoloKrf, cotton, hortkaltare, farm Bonmt Trails Day sponsored by eervation, and wild Ufa. All of , ^ superintendent, Hue bonnet fields in the vicinity member, of the faculties under the member of the board varioas jadging events. of the Houston chapter. I Included in the reelected rroup were aldermen L P. Gabbard who received 104 vote*, George B. Wil- cox with 103 votes, and L P. Jones, 102. J. T. L. McNew was reelected City engineer with a vote of 44. McNew was opposed by E. W. Steele and B. D. Marburger who trail, d .with six votes each. J. Wheeler Barger was returned to office as city attorney with 104 votes, and E. W. Steele was re- ' Ct. (I city sanitary engineer with 62 votes. McNew, Marburger and seven others trailed Steele with a lew votes each. 1 Dr. J. E. Marsh was retained as city health officer with 62 votes with Steele, Dr. A. A. Lennert, Carlin fend Lipscomb Rev. J. A. trailing. Sid Uvelese and; Sam Hopper W9rt •M^Cflld City secretary and city marshall 4e6pj|tttely, unop posed. | The election* wna for the selec tion of city official* for the Aral full term since thn'rebent incor poration of Collet^ Station The votes were canvas'-ed by the city conncil. The new officials >i]| take the bath of office tomorrow night at th» regular meeting of the city council .1 -e. 3 Positions! To Be Filled In Class Poll Social Secretary, JjHitfhorn and Series Posts Up for Vote Candidates Begin Hunting Votes in Nearing Election The scramble for votes began inf earnest today as candklatw 1 for four positions to be filled in the ANNUAL CAVALRY BALL SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY general student body election next Monday came closer to the day of kMiH h Hard battles for votes are ex pected in the races for Battalion Editor-ia-Chief, with the positioas of Junior and Senior Represents- p V *L 0 ^v the . StU L dent Publk * tioBS tea will play at the annual Cava] Wednesday afternoon in Dean Bol- "'*■* ^ ^ ‘• es * hall. The cavalry ton’s office to pass oa eligibility freahmrn, sophomores and juniors of candidates, and the drawing for* wil give the danoi for the senior*. TO DRAW AM IA. Sixty-five petroleufo engineering: seniors from A. A Mi expect to at tend* the $1300.300 G l World Ex- potion to be held id Ho«Mte> be ginning April 24, according to Harold Vance, bead M the petro- H.nrv - ■ - - leum'department. So*ine of the stu- Henrj Halstead and his orches- dentll ^ also ^ ^ M will rwlmv mt * # a! a a if ’ placm on the ballot will he held Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock in The Battalion office. Candidates who are not present for the draw ♦ill be represented ia the drawing by members of The Battalioa staff. Candidates must turn in the names of the students they wish to represent them at the polls and ia the counting of votes by noon Friday in Room 126 Admlnistra tion, R. L. Does, Battalion Editor- ia- Chief, anid. These represents tivea will be apportioned to the various jobs with the permission of the Candidates, he said. Appointment of a Stadent Elect ion Committee to facilitate hand ling the elt*< tjon and to hear miqr possible appeals is to be made by Dean BoMon. ~*~ T - - ■ HOUSTON COST ACCOUNTANTS MEETING HERE The Houston chapter of the Na tional Aaaodation of Coat Ac- countente is meeting this evening on the A A M. campus. The meet begins at 6:30 with a dinner ia the college mess hail, fol lowed at 7:30 with a round-table diacuasioa of the Association with the A. A M. accounting students on the subject “Budget Control for A. A M. Oil Company.'' Colonel Ike Ashbara. executive to the President, will extend the official welcome of the section of their company. With special emphasis on the practical aspects and problems involved. - Arrangements for the meeting of the Houston Chapter at A A M. are under the direetiea of Tom Le- tk* V.B 0 IT '" ' wiia me. All of are under the < the Nnvaeota Boy Scouts. Motor- tim contest judges are choeen by land. Head of the Department lades will leave hourly to tow th# nwitMt - . . . * , . impairment _ . inesgrauuav- mg i * - - e«t»st superintondent, and are Accounting mid Stattetka, who is a es voted IS per cant strong that tions The committe for the dance in- Hude Carl Hill, chairman; Pete Gerlich m rhajgv of decoration; Paul Ketolsen in charge of adver- tisipg; and Wayne Mueller. The dt-coi stions for the ball will consist of large plaques depicting various cavalry movements. The favors will be crossed sabers with an Aggie insignia in the center. As the annual A A M. Horse Show is to be held the following afternoon, it b expected that many amv durnitariea will be present at the ball. ■■■{«« A. AIM.; HOLD MEET Tweaty practicing architecte, mem bora of the Southwest Chapter rfthe American Institute of Archi tecte, will vitet A. A M. today and hold their monthly meeting here IB1HM I They will be the guests of the Society of A. A M.. which through Ted French, presi dent of the Society, and Harris Northrup. ha* arrangvd the visit end meeting of the chapter. The men will arrive at 430, and after their arrival will be shown around the campus and taken on a tour of inspection of the twelve dormitorien-'aM new mess hall un der construction here, escorted by of the Architectural So- tibty. Following this they will eat •upper in the men hall. The fteMteg architects will bold a private business meeting here. Then tonight at 7;$0 in the library of the ArMpteetem* DmImmmm they will engage in a round-table disruBsiort of architectural educa tion with the students of architec ture of the college. The discussion will canter aboat the problems involved in this field, and aboat the relations between students of architecture and the practicing architect Dean Gibb Gilchrist, Head at the School of Engineering, and E. L they believe their few years college will be worthwhile. foandry and Mach**' Works in Lufkin before gome to Houston, Mr. Vance said. I The Ofl World Kxjpositmn, held every other year, tei sponsored by a lion-profiting orgahuaition com pos of oU companies and oil well A p- - of machin ery perteining to the oil industry, pumping, ringing, drill ing. and ac- ce^ries of every kind, will be oa exhibition. % In addition to the Exhibition, de monstrations and tothakal meet ings will play an important hart in the oil show. !/ The show is to ba held ig Hous- toa's.new Coliseum and over one million dollar’s worth, of ndw mac- hinmy is expected to be on dis play for oil men ftem all over the world who are expected to attend. Contests among afcidente from southwestern college* and .oniver- sities will be s dreaAng sard for engineering' studentaj Throe hun dred dollars in pn»'money m to be given for talks 04) any subject related to the petrolriim industry This .will also give students from different schools a vjew on what the other fellow is stodyii^. Students from A? A M. also plan to attend the tofhnical meet ings where papers prepared ■OhhfhfflSl* of petcbleum equip- will be presented. The sub- •tance of these papqrs wil) deal wiU new ideas, way* *nd moans, _}a ] i ^were won by Gordon these papqrs will deal beck and Harold Fiftks, and ideas, way* And moans, prixo for fourth was and methods of hand Upg the latest Needham Smyth, who idoas in ptrnlw ■ ~ Between 8 a. m. and 6 p, m. Thursday the junior electioa (pri- Hr ,-,) will take place by bail in the rotunda of the Academic building. Voting will bo done by members of the junior dass only, and they will have to show their registration slips for the eaeoad semeoter before their ballots wiU be accepted. Thursday night the votes will ba counted in the presence of a repre sentative of each nominee, after which the run-off election will be h''lr architecture student won < $f><) offered for first prise fat i by Hicks Architectural Contest rnoa !y conducted hare. Two nriraa very John Patrick, Chicago Opera Star, Will Sing for Series Tonight ; John Patrick, aeti&elly knownf American basso isf ^he Chicago avk Opera Company, who will be heard in Guion Hall uadu the aue- piees of the Bryan V,il ... Enter tainment Series, he*: had a most MmmIIMa i ! S t I Born in Auburn, years ago. he started with the definite coming a aoBd busil have been his ance*$ors ia thie country since 1662. He prepared for famous old Hamilton College because his cousin, Wqolsey Stryk- ^ ^ er, was its president After receiv- WUliaam, Head of the Department in * hi * A B degree there, he did of Industrial Education, fev* been » rmda *te work in Cornell sad New elated to take part in the program York Universities. i; as speakars. PetrMr . Patrick, a bachelor, brown hair, bright pleasant smile. Onthe value of college education. _._ K . Princeton I niversity undergraduat- teg stare, he did not Mve genera- m tall, with •yea and a many siag Mm; rather, ha is the usual line of (itiin behind istion from fctricks. His father is a banker or rather i one *B D.*' (before the dep, *‘°n); a cousin la aarialak r president of internatk oU company; an ande, an ofti in a large steamship and importi «*iK>rting firm; and all the ot men of hk family are suocet iu the business world. Ha kten as soon as his formal educstionii completed, became assistant , chasing agent of the Grace U *»d for five rows was respon* for the needs and supplied far ti extensive fleet of ski pa How* when the fatal international er hit the world, Patrick found fa •elf, through no fault of hie o out of employment His family having lost w money they had, he thro tome, W* real love—murit As a ra of r u.ing by a friend, ha andii ad for the choree at the new Iti (Continued on page 4) l;