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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1939)
* * » t ti t hi L \\ ", I Editorial Be an Ontrirh? PHONES : ^ ' ■ I' | ! f Ifti i ‘ i ion Weather Cloto*> , Cooler iTION lent Semi-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College—CIRCULATION ^200 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAV AFTERNOOfi, APRIL 21, 1939 ^ f — — - ■ — — .. i , i Z725 NO. 61 3 Positions To Be Filled Runoff Editorship, Board Positions Up To Students* Voting Dig out youi yellow ulipa—an other election’s coining up! Koaday at 7:S0 a. m. a polling booth in the Academic building will be open to send three men to of fice Kditor-m Chief of TIh Battalion, Senior Representative on the Publications Board and Jun ior Representative on the Publi cations Board. Six men, selected by the first primary last Moaday, will be the ballot Elected lest Monday was next year’s yell I'-addr, Bodte • »Cw» The rave which is expected to draw more stUmtien is for editor ship of The Battalion, where James "Hjrraie” Crit* and Bill Marray are conthstiag. ^ Crita was a reporter all laat year and was appointed managing editor when school started this year. Murrey began working with The Battalion during the latter part of last year and canee to the paper at a junior editor this year, being appointed managing editor after the resignation of Bit Payne at mid-term. The election will be under the supervision of Junior Editor Char lie Wilkinson, who will keep the polls opc4 jBnsgi 7:30 until noon and from I vntil 5:10 p. m. No student will be allowed to vote unless he presents s second term fiscal receipt for registration which shows payment of the matri culation fee;- 1 . | \ All candidates are in a position, to have representatives at the Jfolla at all hours if they so desire. The ballot, actttding to drawing held Thursday afternoon in The Battalion office, will be arrangec In this order: OFriClAL]BAU.«fl Runoff Election IFOR BATtALlOU EDITOR: James Critt ‘ Bill Murta|’ < FOR SENIOR REPRESENTA TIVE oh STUDENT PUBLICAN TIONS BOARD Mick Williams t ■ Jimmy Cokinos FOR JUNIOR REPRESENTA TIVE ON STUDENT PUBLICAr TIONS BOARB: Paul Hainea a Earle Shields < k PAGEANT TAKE PIACE TONI Elion Due Sullivan Reveals Tentative ‘39-‘40 Entertainment Programs Planned to Please Aggie Audiences Walter "Sully" Sullivan, recent-* ly elected bead of the Entertain ment Series for the 1939-40 term, has announced tentative plans for making the Series a bigger soc- ceas next year. A return engagement of the Houston Symphony Orchestra is probable. The student body liked it this year, and for that reason Sul- jivan intends to bring it back in l‘J40t i j | A speaker of the Richard Halli burton type weald go over with the boys. Sully believes; also a speaker like Stuart Chase, well-versed on social, politics! and aconomical in the United States, aad who is most dynamic in his meaner of speaking. Another play, of the caliber of the Jitney players or better is to other sim. This ydan’s play was fairly well received, Sully reported. Definitely, says Sully, there will tw a popular dance band, to in clude a stage show if it can be Sully lives in B-4 Walton and invites anybody who wishes to come and make any Suggestions he has. He pledges his fullest coopera, tin to the Student body. Brothers Get Awards li'l D * i \ Hob. in back, aad Gene Shiels, brothers from Dallas, were given awards by President Walton at a review of the carps held Monday. Bob received the Field Artillery medal for being the first year advanced F. A. student who best represent* that unit here. Gene waa cited for baring shot a -98 in timed pistol fire against the Houston Rifles and State Department of Public Safety. SOMA A. H M. MOTHERS CLUB ADDS S00 ID LIBRARY'S FUNDS The Sonora A. A M. Mothers Hub baa juAR' made a contribution of $60 to the A. 4 M. Library for the Acts as Nurse-Mother to Aggies, Receives Pet Name-ThaTs ‘Mom’ Dr. Homer Rainey To Make Banquet 1 Address May 3 The A. 4 M. chapter of the American Association of University Professors will have as its guest of honor Dr. Homer P Rainey, newly, elected president of Texas Univer sity. at its annual banquet Wednes day. May 1 u The members of the Board of Dv purchM * ^ booka tmm 4 M. and the Board T** mone y was left at the .lia- of Regents of tha Unhraraity will P 0 *^ °f !*• I*. F. Mayo, college attend, ami also ex-students 0 f "bo hat added it to-the General Reading Fund of $156 re cently raised through a campaign conducted by The Battalion. Thk like thnt previously con- will be used to buy books moat often requested by the stu dent bo4)r. Of the $165 which was already in the General Reading Fund, $100 was contributed by the San Antonio Mothers Gab, $60 was raised by a dime campaign among the student body, and $6 was donated by Dean R. P. Mar- steller. The Sonora Club has been giv ing Fortune and Esquire magazines as an annual gift to the library. Says Dr. Mayo. "The library sincerely thanks the Sonora Gub for the generous contribution. It is to be hoped that other Mother's Gubs may follow this fine ex ample. Annual R.O.T.C.. Inspection and Review May 2, 3 Officers WiU Make Complete Examination Of Training, Equipment The annual K. 0. T. C. Inspection ! A. 4 M. wiO be held here May 2 and t. Officers on every phase of coiabat will inspect the various units and their equipment, aa well attend the theory classes and the Tuesday drill. The Corps will have a review Wednesday to cli max the inspection. Briefly the inspector's schedule is as follows: Tuesday morning visit theory classes: afternoon, ob serve all drill and inspect the armories; TRednesday morning, visit theory classes and inspect facilities, etc.; afternoon, review. At some time during their stay, the senior inspector and members of the inspection board will call on President Walton. j t The inspection is held every year to determine which college R. 0. T. CL untie of the United States have the higHgat rating. The best are accorded the privilege of wear ing the blue star on the blouse. . Laat year the Corps Commander, himself, came to A. A M„ but this year officers of his choosing anil condagt the inspection, i r Dean Kyle T(* Attend Meets in Washington Dean E. J. Kyle*n$ll leave Sun day morning for Washington. I) C. where be will attend the meet ing of the Presidents of tha Feder al Land Banks and Rid meeting cl the directors of thg Farm Credit Administration. Daan Kyle said |hat probl. m relating to agriculture will be dis cussed along with the future of commercial agriculture. While in Washington, Kyle will talk to the Texas delegation in re gard to the cotton Situation amt t. the Secretary of S$at4- about th. relations with Mexi^v Also he will talk with the Sta$e Department about organisation of a course here in agricultural commerce' and for eign trade. r t ■’ ,ii 'im Be Best Of ‘39 Season Pageant Bigger This Year; Show Offers Many Attractions A. & M. Men Speak At Regional Meeting Of Professors in Waco both school^ Tickets for the banquet may be secured Mra Dal# Weddington, Ex- tensi.n Service; President Walto Dr. J. H. Quisenberry, Dr. W Porter, Dr. D. ,B. Cofer, Dr. C| tl Doak. R. 3. Clkhut Dr. R. P. LM- lum. Dr. W. g Potts; M. L. Cash* ion. Y. Mi C. A.; and the office of the Director of the Experiment Station. flurongh typographical and proof reading errors, The Battalion re ported Tuesday that his speech was to have been Wednesday; the meet ing is scheduled for Wednesday,' MayS./ A > 1 Her name is Mrs. Irene Clagham, and hag title is assistant superintendent of the A. 4 M hospital—bat by the more than 6,000 students here she is affec tionately called M ini," and for a good reason. There’s‘ s lot of sep- timent stUched to that name the bop gave har some eight or ter yean ago; it’s short for mothir. You see, Mrs. Gaghorn takes t$c place of each cadet's mother wh|e he it away from homo pursuing the activities of College life. While her chief duty is adm istering to students Confined the hospital during illness, doesn’t stop there. In addition, acta aa syrqpathetic listener adviser when an Aggie pours his problems deaiiag with ma other than academia Many an Ag gie has felt better after Mom has diagnosed his case of the bines. She always finde time no matter how tired—to bring a word of ebaer 1- and a gracious smile to.her tients. She adds her perhoAal tough that brings la botne-like atmosphere to the hospital nurrodadingB. Mom does a good job when jit conies to carinn lot physically ail ing students ad well aa those suf fering the pangs of homesickness And frequently she’s rimn at 2 or 3 a. m, to treat a mounded boy, or to helij a boy distressed by his love affaini borne affairs, family trdu- blee—dverything. ] \ Mont jp careful go see that h|sr patients alwap have good food while they are un^er the care of a( physician—that 11 if the doctor says it’s all right lor them to qat certain nahes during illnesa. Pa tient* us special foods have their meals peraoimHy supervised by Mom. Regular meals for patients <»r special foods ap prepared in the diet kitchen. More than oOce Mom has gone out of her way,to , • (Continued ou page «) ll Two m. mbors of the staff of A. _ ___ . 4 M., A. F. Chalk of the Economies Airfripg Whn Will I i D 'v* nm * ni ' Dr. R. p. Ludium, JJ 111 , Of the History Department recently I® HIJh a regional meeting of the Schools Banqueted \merican Association of ptshawlly I Final instructions to a Urge num- ^ W * co ‘ R«pr«*nU- ber of cadeU-who will journey tq] ***** w « re P re# « ,t fron » mott of their borne towns soon to talk to high school students reUtive to Pre-Meds Inspect Galveston Hospitals Recently the Pre-Medical Gub made a trip to Galveston to in spect the medical school of the University of Texas. Saturday morning, the club started out by visiting one of the illustrated lec tures on childrens’ disease* Next on the program was a tour of the different buildings and hospitals Two of the hospitals, the Childrens Charity Hospital and the . Negro Charity Hospital, have just recent ly been built. Later in the morning, the club members were allowed to entering 4- A M., were given Wed- nesday night at a banquet ia the Mess Hall. Speakers at the annual occas- ekm were Dr. T. 0. Walton, Col Ike Ashbum, Dean Bolton, Dr. Dan Russell, E. f. Howell and David Thrift, toastmaster. Information concerning plans for next year was given the studentk j Three hundred bop will make the |,ripe this yegr. which will be the sixth year that such a pUn has been used. the college in Texas, and from some out Rke colleges in neighboring Statet. Other A. 4 M. staff snembers who httonded the meeting were Dr. C. B. Campbell of the Modern Lang uage Department; Dr. Ide P. Trot ter of the Agronomy Department; and Dr. Ctmrles LaMotte, Dr. 8. 0. Brown, and Dr. S. H. Hopkins of the Biology Department Savage Drummer SUlths Kal.T. I ft 1 Last night the Aggies were eat ing their supped quite peacefully in the mess hall. All of a sudden a savage drum ming broke the ‘‘silence’'—that is, stood out over the usual din. To a man everyone looked up, startled, and wondering whether some can nibal had entered th* dining hall. Soon before everyone** fax* pranced a half-clad figure bedeck ed with a sheet and beating out his savage rhythm on a snare drum. For a mo aunt no one could understand this mysterious-look- irg person or his drumming about the moas hall. But upon cloker in spection a colorful sign could b* A* & M. Concert Band To Give Hour Concert Sunday, 4:30 Sunday aftemmin at 4:30 the A. 4 M. 80-piece concert band will give an hour of familiar marches and semi-clasnral selections ia the triangle below the mess balk The concert^ia part of the tour of Tex as hpebonnet trails arrpnghd .by the Houston Press, and a number of visitors on this tour are expect ed to be here that afternoon Tm program follow*: 1 Mirch, "French National Defile'' (Turjbi) witness several operations whuk proved to be very interesting. The s^rn hanging in front of him, am| anatomy laboratory »bere the another in hack. The signs bore freshmen study human bodies, was colored advertise meats of the mov. also a point of. interest. ing picture "Drums", shown in tb4 1 Some of the members of the club remained in Galwtston Saturday afternoon to witness a sham battle on the beach between the army and navy, j,, Assembly Hall last night Sad to. The drummer was, underneath his disguise! Fish <\ckrrll of th* F’. ij Artillery. WF%W (O'Neini) I Mb Duckworth, "The Silver Chord" The most glamorous epirt of th* • entire social season at Aggieland will take place tonight, beginning at * o'clock, when the Agronomy ty presents the annual Cot ton Bull, Style Show aad Pageant The Honorable W. Leo O’DaaM, Governor ef Texas, will be prafeot to place the crown on the head of King Beal Hargrove of Troy, senior of "A" Infantry, who will reign ever the occasion with Qumo Ruth Gordon of Bryan- Fallowing the coronation, the presentation of the Queen’s court 2$ Maids of Honor and 75 Duchesses represent ing twriou* schools, dvic organiza tions over the slate, anf campus clubs, will take place. The Style Show for this year will surpass any previous performance, according to r-port- Professional mannequins from Foley Broo. hi Houston will model the most ex clusive modern creations, both for informal, sports and formal even ing wear, all, of jeourse, made of in cotton. Climax of the Style Show will be e wedding party, The Pennington School of Danc ing cl Houston will furnish 41 highly spectacular and interesting Floor Show follow!ug the Style Bhgw. (There will be varied numbers to suit every taste. Admission to the Pageant will be 25f for children, 50c fojr adults, and 7$f for restrv- ed Seats. The Cotton Ball, honoring th* King and Queen, will begin at L0 o’clock, with Tommy Littlejohn and his Aggieland Orchestra fumish- md the; music. Admission to the B# nil I be $1.50, 3 of 9 Ciiuon Tour Exans Left For 9 Contestants Throe more exan to be taken by the contestants fsr the 1939 Foreign-^ Cotton Tour. Seven examinations > have been tak en, but no resultsdiave been an pounced, j T I $. , Three men are picked each year by the Agronomy Department, to go on * two-month four of Europe, through s series of competitive examinations involving the botany of the cotton plant/cotton produc tion, diseases, inaputs, machinery, textiles, genetics, mgrketing, grad ing and stapling. RHe expenses of the trips are paid J>y the Agrpn- omy Society through funds raised by the Cotton Pageant and Ball, and through contributions from various sources. Anderson and Clayton, Cotton Marketing Asso ciation. Houston, ahnually contri bute $500'to this fiaid. The idea of the Cqtton Tour was origisted by S. Evags and Dean K. J. Kyle, and the qualifications and examinations were Worked out by J. E. Mogford, of the Agronomy Department, who is charge of the tour. Mr. Mogford and the throe mem bers of the party wiR leave A. 4 M. on Jurfe 3, and taiLon the Amer- Geographic March’’ composed by kan Importer for Liverpool from Thomas P. Darcy, Jr.j Darcy i« the CHEM WARFARE ADOPTS A SONG The Chemical Warfare Battalion ha* adopted an official oong for us* in ceremonie* end on special occasions. Words to the song were written by William Small, a Chemical Waf- fajv Senior in the B^nd. The mel- o«fy U* a part of '*111* National New York June 16. W week or ten days will be spent iit; Liverpool and Manchester. From t^ere they will either sail from Newcastle to Ber gen, Norway, th. q to Sweden,! Denmark, and back to England, or go through Northern England, across the Vhannel -’to the Conti nent, visiting H*la|um. Holland, Switzerland, and Prince. Tie Iti- nerpry will be chosep according to conditions then existing in Europe. Twelve men orlg^tally were in the contest, but this number has been reduced to nine.fThose remain ing in the contest a|W J. D. Augh try. W. L. Colburn, $1 S. Goodloc. R. L. Gregg. Beal Hh .rove, L. L Jacobs, P. U Mebape, R. V. Me Ncicr, Agronomy ma.' rs, and John KanU, Cotton Mari-eting Major. The three tests repaint’ g to be • aken are Colton <}en*ti *, April 28; Colton Marketing, May 3; and Grading and StapUfM, Ma|r I. i. H icr of th* U. S. Army Band. Though no details for ita presen tation to th* Chemical Warfare Bkttalion have been made, the ten tative plan is to make Orrangemento with Art Kasael to play it at the Chem Warfare Ball BUI Small said he was trying to find several beys who would be willing to sb^ it; however be also said that be wasn’t having much success. The words to the song run sis fol lows: ' We’re the boys in the Chem War- 4a We never have -a care Well fight all day, then go our nwn (tarn way ; Our carts and mortars without a lmy. ; There is no gas exists that me cannot resist We’ve everything that's in tbs W*t; j We’re the men in the C. W. 8. O'Daniel and Party Arrives Today, <jSy*jTo Review Corps, Crown King Cotton by Band senior Bill "Brown’s Autograph I Polka" (Casey >. - Paraphrase, “The World ing for the Sunrise “Southern Rhapsody" with Miss Cynthia Lancaster on I A thirteen-gun mlute and the harp This work is dedicated mounted escort wil£ be tendered ijh* honor from a position to the United Daughters of the (;oYerTM)r w ^ ^ Wot Id War Monument on Confederacy. , '! T! bus Thor* H«> will r.vtM, i Section from the comic opera • rnv ” Tndm > • f ^ on ^ "Sktethearts” (Victor Herbert) the «<*•'« r '> r P* 36> •ttend tht War March of the Texas Ag- Cotton PhgeanL Gotibmor O’Dar gie^ > # lei and his party will be met it bellowing the concert the Band, the East Gate and rfcorted to th> will play for retreat. While the vis reviewing stand on the review field iu.rq witness an army of Aggks Troop B Cavalry, tohih- Batter* marfhing to the mess hall. D Field Artillery wiff fire a aalut i the cam pus There he will review the Entire corps under arms at 5:30. I: Govhmo! O'Daniel will the Cotton Pageant after th* re view, where he will crown Hargrpvc as King Cotton, daughter Molly, aa& hia sonsj! pad Mik-, will prohahly act mi any im