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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1939)
\ t EVERY A. & M. STUDENT IS ENTITLED TO A VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION IN THE ACADEMIC BUILDING MONDAY BRING YOUR 2ND TERM FISCAL RECEIPT TO THE POLLING BOOTH; WITHOUT IT, YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO VOTE ». i I ■ «r • TlP * 'X a T 1 1 Editorial No Coercion VOL. 88 « -1 The Weather lirtreosinf Ckiudin^; Little Temperature Change CIRCULATION 5,200 Student Semi-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College CIRCULATION 5,200 4 1- — —1 —! | COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, nUDAY AFTBRNOON, APML 14, 1939 3|BT~n°^®2 CE FOR EDIT Candidates Speak \ To Address Aggie Corps From Y Steps Yell Practice After Supper Will Feature Talks of Fif teeu Men FifUm prospective candidates (or (our of the most important po sitions on the campus will their final plena to the stadent body tonight nt roil practice the steps ot the Y. M. C. A. These are the contestants (or Chief YOU Leader. Battalion Edi tor, and Senior and Junior Repre sen tatirea on the Student Publi cations Board. Hub Aston, this year’s Yell Leader, will have charge o( the speeches and will introduce each candidate in turn. He general election, at which time the votes will be cast (or these offices, is to bt held in the rotunda of the Academic Building on next Monday from 7;S0 to 1:90. In case run-offs are necessary in any at the races, the second elec tion will be held under the same conditions on Monday, thb\S4th. Following is a sample baflet, the arranged according to <)m of drawings for places betS. ^ detests. This group, the largest TTnraday afternoon in The Bat-fy ^ hiftory of ^ ^ be composed of the top ten percent •f the 23.IXK) students of Vocation' ue^ai wen ton ^^“ ^1 Agriculture in Texas. different contests will be en in on Mdoday—livestock animals, poultry, crops, wik tame. cotton classing, soil coneer vatKin, entomology and hortkuL Winners of the livestock, ry and poultry contests will bt state champions and will bt t to the American Royal Live* lock Show at Kansas City neri to bar. The Cadet Corps will state 4 ted review hi honor of the tors and of the Chemical War- are Service Monday afternoon, id entertainments to be offered m will be 4 free show k th< taken offidm SAMI'! E BALLOT General gsrtian For Editor of The hsttalion. L Thompson James Crita C. M. Wilkinson B01 Murray For Chief Yell Leader: Bodie Pierce Bert Burns For Senior Rep . -« ntative on Publications Hoard Mick WiUiama . Jimmy Cokinos Ray Treadwell For Junior Representative on 1‘ublirations Board: Boh Nisbet George Fuermann C. r DeVtlbisa Paul Haines Hub Johnson Sarlc Shields ittalioo Is lamed Official lity. Newspaper I-arire ( irculation Of Collete Paper Taken Into Account On Vadaesdayl April 12, Tha ttalion was selected, according Mr. J. Wheeler Barger, ehy et- •rney, as the official newspaper the newly incorporated city College Station, Texas. During the regular meeting of city council at which the new rs took the oaths of office, id an ordinance stating- nimum number of issues the of-! paper could have. Then il, after taking into account large riitulation of The Bat passed another ting that The Battalion the city's official newspaper. Theater Assured A movie theater for College Sta tion was assured today by N. E. Bough ton, Developer of College Hills Estates, city residestial and business addition. “We will have a picture show erected here in time for use next fall,’’ Mr. Bbughton said. He did not go into details. Cellega Hills Estates to now mi- lag the Bryan Amusement Comp any fbr $26,000 damages and can cellation of a deed to a tract of land in College Hills for failuro to erect a building as they allege the Bryan concern should have done. The Bryan Amusement Company hits not yet filed defendant's peti tion in answer to the one filed in District Court by College HiUe.. Hamner Gets Social Post; " Head Series ’Quiet Election j} Chooses Officers * H2SCHOOLS IN CONTEST MONDAY 1- 2738 students of Vocational Agri attorn, tupratoaMag 342 schools ver the state, will bs here Monday k>r the 22rx1 annual Smith-Hughes the thal Political Jockeying on Publications Killed in Wednesday Board Meeting Pubtications Body Will Appaitot Managing Editors; Final Action To Make Battalion Tri-Weekly Taken; Magazine W1B Be Separated From Newspaper Under New Plan The Battalion will be issued three time* weekly next year, the newspaper and magaxine will bo separated and operated by separate staffs, and all managing editors of The Battalion and The Scientific Review will be appointed by a new system designed to take politics out of publications appointments. These and other pressing publications problems were discussed and passed by tha Student Publicstions" Board in a meeting held Wednes day afternoon in the office of Dean Bolton, Board chairman, which also all Candida Us for office de clared eligible. E. L. Angell, manager of student publications, reported to the board that the financial condition of stu dent publications is good and that no groat loos possibly none at all—will, in his opinion, bo felt by increasing the number of issues of The Battalion. / The motion to increase the num- b. r‘of issues next year was made by R- L. Dots, Battalion editor, and seconded by B. P. Mend Ml Scientific Review co-editor, and was passed unanimously. Other changes in the organixa Lon of Student Publications pro posed by the Battalion editor the appointment of all managing editors of The Battalion and the by the Student Publics tions Board with the advice of the of student publications, the outgoing Battalion editor and the incoming editor. Mandell amended the motion to have man aging sditors of the Scientific Re view appointed in the same manner Members expressed the belief that gym Sunday night ■ Vocational agriculture will accompany the boys |will hold a meeting on Monda; morning at which Dean Kyle A, Manire, sUte director f< nal agriculture, will v;!! be another conference the teachers-trainers on Tuea- J - ' j 1 -i The Agricultural Education Do- Ipurtmeat, which has charge of ;tabulating U^e results of the cory hopes to ha able to announce winners and award banners b) p. m. Monday night ^ work otit a poanible solution to the Mtkm of standardising awards to publications staff members. Al so to sprve on that group are A. G. Beckmann, Longhorn business manager and senior representative the Publications Board, Sam Harris, eo-oditor of the Scientific Review, Mandell and Doss. The Board decided to award watches to the following seniors: Barton; Beckmann; H. F. Bock- horn, Longhorn sports editor; J. F. Hollingsworth, Longhorn sxno- riate editor; P. A. Anderson, Long horn assistant; J. Wayne Stark, Longhorn assistant; Doss; W. H. Smith, Battalion advertising man ager; J. C. Diets, Battalion circu lation manager; B. C. Knetaar and George Pulton, Battalion assistant advertising managers, Mandell and Harris. Eleven Entrants In Race for Next Junior Yell Leaders Eleven sophomores have already put in petitions signed by a bun dled boys to run for Junior Yell toMMlj for next year and one or two more may yet enter. The dead line for petitions has bon set at April 16th. The preliminary election will be held by the sopbomorea at 7:90 on April 18th. Each man will vote for two candidates and the run off will be held in about a week at a joint meeting of the junior and sopho more dasses. The first election will be tabulated by members of the Junior class. The sophomore class will have a meeting immediately before the voting, and the candidates will be given an opportunity to display their 6 bih ties. Voting will be by ballot and the highest six men will be in the finals Thote now in the race are John Ball, Engineers; C. J. "Foots” Bland, Field Artillery; H. O. “Hub” Johnson, Field Artillery; R. L.; Daslnfer, Field Artillery; E. R “Busttr" Keeton, Signal Corps; Grover Mushaway, Field Artillery; L. J. “Jack” Nelson, Infantry Band; Graham B. Parcel!, Cavalry; J. M. .Sedberry, Field Artillery; Teddy Saba, Field Artillery; and Frank "Pancho" Thompson, Coast Artil lery. ♦ GEORGE SMITH Houston Mothers Will Give Dinner Sunday The Houston A. 01 M. Mothers Gub will honor thd Houston and Harris county boys frith a chicken dinner held in bargquet room of Sbisa ball Sunday at 1 p. m. The dinner to ont of the many social events given Mifconor of the boys by the Mothers Gub each year. Earlier in the spring the boys were given a cookie shower and entertainment Thor mothers also aid the boys each ydsr in prepara tion for their holidsjf dance. Tickets for the dinner can he had hi room 86 Milner or from plub President Jack C^aig. George Smith of the Band was elected Editor of the 1M0 Ixin* horn with a dear majority over Sid Gottlieb and Jimmy Kouts in the primary election yesterday. He . rectohfcd 189 votes to 71 for Fouls and 61 for Gottlieb. Waiter “Sully" Sullivan of A Engineers won over Henry Herder of F Field Artillery in the run-off for Manager of the Entertainment Series for 1940. His vote was 147 to 86 for Herder. -SuBhrmn also lad in the primary polling 96 votes, fol lowed by Harder with 87, BUI Guy with' 78 and Henry Hertner of D Coast Artillery with 49 Charlie Hamner of B Infantry was ejected Social Secretary of the Senior Clam in the run-off election against Johnny Seville of H In fantry. Hamner led the seven can didates in the primary election with 116 votes, followed by Be- vUle with 66, Guy Garrett of the Band with 46, Red Austin of 2nd* Hq. Field Artillery with S0i Bill Dwytr of E Engineers with 29, ( ai! Hill of D Cavalry with 20 and Carl Martbi of H Infantry with 17. mhly Hall Monday night and political “trading" of publications Xing and wrestlihg exhibitions i*{potions is effectively stopped by 00 Rice Girls Giesecke Addresses U. T. Science Club “Air Conditioaing for Humat Comfort and Calculations Relating Thereto” was the subject of s talli by F. E. Giesecke, of the Engineer, ing Expriment Station, to the Unii versity of Texas Science (Tub re. coolly. Mr. Giesecke began by tracing the history of air conditioning. Tht first application of air tonditioot ing was used in s printing plant of the magaxine “Judge”. The object was not to increw human comfort; t\Y T nn4xtol no HofAu but to facilitate the reprodu— M ^ai68 of colored illustrations. With beginning, however, air ing for human comfort has made rapid advancement and has become a very important science and in dustry. > . 1 Air conditioning involves five steps: purifying the air, adjusting the’ temperature, adjusting the humidity, bringing shout effective motion of the air, and effective rsf diation of the heat. Purifying air of dust, germs, odors, snd fcative gases is first done by ing and filtering. After this d- ne, the other four steps may taken. ! the change An editor of the comic magaxine wUl be appointed this year by the Stodent Publications Board, and if the separation of the two publica tions proves satisfactory, the of fice will be made elactive next year. Separate staffs for the two or ganisations will be set up. Effective this year, as were all other items in the list of important changes, will bo an arrangement whereby press key awards will be given by the Publications Board instead of the Prom Gub. Warren Barton, Longhorn editor, was named chairman of a committee to For Houston Dance About one hundred Rice art wanttd as dates far from Texsi, A. A M. and other leges at the principal ment of the Student mte Convention of the American tute of Electrical Engineers, dance at 9 p. m. April 18 in main ballroom of the Rice Girts may obtain application for tto^tiptea from Dorothy Zaps, president of the Woman's Councg. These slips must bt tuturned fag next Wednesday. l ” iJF CHEM WARFARE TO RECEIVE COLORS MONDAY 4 s' The Chemical Warfare Battalion will be presented with their Batte- ^ I j. ■ » S’ ~ lion colors in a review Monday afternoon. The review to to be in honor of the Chemical Warfare Batte lien and the Smith-Hughes boys. The Chemical Warfare Service was the last branch of military training to be established at A. A M. It was organised four years a- go, with one company. The next year there were two companies and this year a third company was or ganism!, giving a complete batta lion. The Chemical Warfare Ser vlet. which to open ouly to chemi cal engineers and chemistry maj ors, contains practically all of the chemical engineers at A. A M. Cost Accountants Discuss Budgeting: At Recent Meet Here to Hear East Texas Of (ommer Madaras at "Iron Ore Reduction With East Texas Gaa” will be'the subject on which Julius b. Mgdaiad, engineer of Detroit,;Michigan, will address the toriv,-ntv>n of .the East Texas Chamber of. Commerce at Beaumont April 2< it haa been announced by HnUvt M Harn.sop vice president and, general man ager of the regionnj charaher Mr. Harrison stetpd that accord ing to letters frpm promfaneriti metallurgists on id.M-idarss and his process, prosi-u.-, f„r the de velopment of iron orp in East Texas Tha report Budget Control for the A. A M. Oil Company was the topic of « round-table discussion at the meet ing of the Houston Chapter of the National Association of Coat Ac* countants and the Accounting So- ver y encouragijte eiety of A. A M. held here last “P 0 " ^ investigation of the best Tuesday evening. information available on the sub- Principal speakers at the meet. * iron or# d r elo P*»« ,t ^ ing were Dean Bolton, Dean Kyle, b * furnl,hed 10 M loctl *7°"''* and J. W. Leland of A. A M. and Mr Ma ?* rt8 ^ «* Mr. Ibwtai Heiaen, president of ^ hU P**" ot th « the Aasociation. Ttoey were intro- I* 01 ?® 441 11 f lron rtianuf«cture by -iucvd by Gifford Wendler, pres hi ‘ Dew process fortuso of natural ident of the Accounting Society. *t the convuf ion m Beau- Other members of the Association mont - on the program, introduced by Mr. I Also appearing (gi tha Monday Heinaa, were J. L Block, J. A. Coil- afternoon group ujoeting on In- erain, of the Humble (Ml and Refin dustry and Government uJU he Jake ing Company .and f. P. Jones, all Loy, Sherman, P^Mi jmt Texas of Houston. j j Cofnty Judges U. 8. Civil Service Will Hold Two Exams The United States Civil Betvtoi Commission has announced open competitive examinations for As sistant Communications Operator - <11.620 a year), and Undar Com munications Operator (l.-W a year). Information blanks and ad ditional information may be ob- I at the College Station Post Office Applications muat be on file not later than April 24, 19.19, with the Manager, Tenth U. S. Civil Service District, Customhouse New Orleans, Louisiana. Applicants for Assistant Com munications Operator moat have had at least two years’ experience as radio operator, and have a re- ceiving speed of 80 words a minute on a typewriter. He must bt able to write by touch system 96 words • minute on teletypewriter or 60 words A minute on regular typ. write*. Applicants for Under Com munications Operator most be able to write by touch system 31 words a minute on teletypewriter or 60 words a minute on regular type writer. The age liipit tor applic ant!, for-both positions to that they must be st least 18 years of age, and not ever 60 years #f age, except f "< those persons granted prefer ence bn account of military or naval tervto*. Henry Halstead and His Top-Ranking Band Will Play for Third Annual Cavalry Ball Here Toniglit The Third Annual Cavalry Ball will be held tonight’ in the College Mess* Hall. The dancs to being given by the fresh- man, sophomores and juniors in honor of the graduating seniors. This method has been followed be fore ami with good results. The music will be furnished by Henry Halstead, whose band to wall known throughout the nation as a top-ranking band. He has played in many of the larger hotels, a- mong them the St Frapeto in San Francisco, the Park Central in New York, the Jefferson in St Louis, the Rice in Houston and the Baker in Qsllas. Th.- d.-.urstiona are getting the fmnl touche and will be ready, as will the Cavalry. They consist of \ariou* phases of the Cavalry in action and are built around a life- sixe lorse and rider just beginning to take a jump. The large horn- will be set ip the center of tbe-'Jlro. T. 0. Wth 1, stagq, behind thg bandstand shell To Add to the attraction of the danca, small but beautiful favors will bo given the dates of the boyt. They are small cross snber* hung on a gold chain and on the otboi end the seal of the College. A banquet for the seniors and their dates begins at 6:90. The ptoets fbr thAditeter wUl include Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Uw, Dr. and Colonel and Who is the of the 311 naster tot Uttcr- Mrs. Homer E. C; Regimental Comi Cavalry^ the ceremonies will bach, captain of C fi The dance will o'clock with a grai Ed Brown, LL Col. 1 r . “IT" Fish and Sophomore English Contests to Be Held Here May 4 The William Morrias. fcplfc Contest for Sopbomorea and the F. Marion Law English Contest tor freshmen win be held on the night of Thursday, May 4. from 7 to » o’clock in the Library classroom. All eligible freshmen and soph omores who are going to enter the contest should file their names with their English teachers at the earltost possible date Entries wiQ not be accepted after noon, Friday, April 21. F. E. GIESECKE. OF THE BN- girut-ring Experimeat Station, and C. w. Crawford, of the Mechanical Engineering Department, will at tend the third conference on sir oon^tJaning to be held m Austin Apri 14 and 16. The program will contest of talks by speakers from various air conditioning compan ies in Texas