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VOL. 38
CIRCULATION
?nt Semi-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & ML College—CIRCULATION 5^00
)N, APRIL 11, mV
COLLEGE STATION, Tl
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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.
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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''l<l between the two high men in
each race. Thie is an entirely dif
ferent procedure from those need
in the past, and it is believed that
it will prove to be fhr more effi
cient
Nronhmee for po-nmn* hi the
•rder that they wHl be placed
« the ballot are; Far editor
of the Unshorn. Jimmy Fonts. !
8. H. Gottleih. and George
SariU; for manager at the
Stadeat Entertainment Series
Henry Hertnor, Henry Herder,
'. W. H. Gny, and Sally Saltivaa,
and far Social Secretory of the
senior class. Cart Hill M. R.
Austia, Johnny Seville, Gay
Gnrrett, Carl Martin, BUI
IWpr, and C H. Hamaer.
Um Monday might the junior
class voted almost unanimously to
support the Etatertaimaont Series
program of 1939-into Much die-
riiNKton was held regarding this
subject, before Woodic Varner,
president of the junior elaas acted
upon a suggestion made from the
floor and appointed Harry Trimble,
Mac Duncan, and Johnny
as a committee to negotiate with
the faculty in order to plan for
the fmancing of next roar's enter-
tomment series. From expression!
of opinion made from the floor dur
ing the discussion, it is bohovod
that the students definitely do want
“ entertatatent aeries next year
because of the fact that so few
extra curricular activities an of
fered to A A M. students at
present
KOElTER WINS CONTEST
Gunter Koetter of Houston, ji
k>r 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
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