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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1939)
[ Editorial Anti-crime Kd neat ion VOL. 88 - PHONE 8 Elaborate Mothers’ Day Program Plans Completed CIRCULATION 5,200-Student Semi-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. I ' COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 5 t l939 The Weather Pvt y Cloudy iTio: Engineers Day, t f Track Meet, Review, Picnic Are Planned Th« Twtaa Affie. wiU honor hundred* ©f visitiae P*rents royal ly on the A. A M. campus Saturday and Sunday, May IS and 14. That Saturday the annual Engineers D«y show takes place; and the day following is Mothers’ Day. idr those two days the entire student body will S^conse a recep tion committee of more than 6,000, and see that, parents are kept continuously on the go from one entertainment feature to another. All engineering departments of 'the college will be open to visitor’s from 9 a. m. until 9 p. m. Satur day and the various branches of the engineering school will hare special exhibits. The Brasos County A. A M Mother’s Club will honor all visit ing parents at a tea at the Y. M C. A. from 2 to 5 p. m. Saturday. The Southwest Conference track and field meet will be held at Kyle field beginning at I p. m. Satur day. A reception for all visiting parents will be held at the of President and Mrs. T. 0 ton at 7:90 p. m. Saturday .|hb wilt be fbllowed by a Corps Dance in the college dining hall •t 9 p. m. Milton Rhea ia chairman of the committee ia charge of the two- day celebration, and ha is being assisted by Bob Adams, president Of the Senior class; David Thrift, Cades Colonel of the Cadet Corpe; Byron Wehner, Aggie Band Major; George Staples, Captain of the Rocs Volunteers, and Bill Living ston, social secretary of the sen ior class. The program for Sunday, May 14, Mother’s Day, is filled with I T -(Continued og Page 4) Orator m M James C. (Jimmie) ShoolU, Band jenior of Grape lead, task tec- ond place sad a prise of $69 at the Battle of Flowers Oratorical Con test held recently ia San Antonio. SkliCOOftTHEITO Aggies Have Opportunity To Be As )mers Students and olhect who are interested in astronomy are being invited to attend s series of in formal weekly meetings for con stellation study, which will bw con ducted during the remainder of, the present term bjD. F. Weekes, instructor in the Physics Depart ment These meetings will be held at the Physics Building at S p. m., tonight and each Friday evening throughout the month of May.. - The location and distinguishing features of the constellations visi ble at the present time will be pointed out Field ghMi. and telescopes will be available for the examination of objects of particu- - lar interest. These include, besides the moon, the loose duster of 'faint stars called Pmesepe, in the constellation of Cancer, and the bright star Castor, in Gemini, which is shown by the telescope to consist of three stars, and by the ^ spectroscope, of six. UY FOR SENIOR IAXQ0ET, DANCE Del Courtney and his orchestra, now playing in New York, will play f*r the annual Senior Ban quet and Ring Dance, which will be held May 12 in the mese hall. The banquet will start at 7 and the dance will follow immediately. Decorations will be quite ela borate. The tables at the banquet will have a rose at each place and will be lighted by candles. At the dance the big ring in the west end of Sbtsa Hall will ba the main point of fait.nest. Thert will be a garden scene around the ring with a rose arbor around the path lead ing up to tie ring. It will be lighted by rest of the hall lighted by indirect t I •Flavors for the dance will be the face of the senior rings. A small “SO" will he attached with a chain. « Herbie Kay Will Play for Junior ' Prom, Final Ball Junior Class Plans for Annual Banquet and Hop Herbie Kay and his nationally- known 14-piece orchestra will play for the Junior Prom and the Final Ball, June 1 and 2 from 10 until 2 p. m. t it was definitely announced at a recent meeting of the junior class. Attorney General Gerald Mann has been invited to be the prin cipal qpeaker for the Junior Ban quet Woodie Varner, class president who acted as chairman, also an nounced that the total cost of the Junior Prom will be $2.50 apiece, which will include the Junior Ban quet the dance, favor, dance pro gram, and banquet menu. The favors will he heart-shaped lockets with mother-of-pearl fronts and with gold A. A M. seals in the center. Programs and menus will be elaborate maroon and white leather booklets, contracted for with the Southern Engraving Com pany. “Stags” as well as boys with dates will be given favors, programs, and menus. At the meeting a written ballot ing was Uken of all those present; 224 voted, of whoss 212 indicated their intention of attending the banquet and prom, and 192 said they planned to bring dates to both. t ) Seniors will be allowed to attend the Junior" Prom free of charge. “We hope to make this the out standing affair eg its kind ever held on this campus; and prospects are fine," Varner stated. Aggie Cowhands” Will Tonight at Annual Cattle elebrate i’s B They'll Sing Here Tonight Z725 NO. 69 ‘Texas Girls Guests With the Glee Club This lovely sextet will he featured on the progress of thfa I’niversity of in the Assembly Hall. The girU are Ruth Weeds. Edwins Alda. Grace Akin. Kick, and Flossie Crow. They come here af gaeste of the Saddle and Sirlein dub Klub, and will attend the Cattleman’s Ball here tonight ■ ee Club |Be Honor for Dance Texas University Girl’s guests of honor, the Club taeight Mary Sac the Kmam and Kow COUNCIL ENACIR' TRAFFIC LAWS University Glee Club Girls Will Sing Here Tonight 1 Then Attend Annual Cattleman's Ball as Honor Guests Sixty-five members of the Texasf University Glee dub will present • Concert tonight in the Assembly Hall, sponsored by the Saddle and Sirloin and the Kraam and Kow Klube. The Glee dub appeared here last year and was very well re ceived. In a letter received from Janette Hicks, business manager of the club, a new and improved group] U promised. Rebecca Bush if San Antonio, who plays the ac- cordian exceptionally well, is an addition to the group. She special ises in popular muxic. Dorothy Davis of Stophenvflle wiD be here for her second year as soloist. Dorothy has studied st the Chicago Musical College. Her accompanist is also the Glee dub accompanist. The Trio, composed of Jean ( randberry, Louise Self and Cariie Barnes, will be featured. They have been very popular this year an.) have been busy filling their engagements, which hate included singing in the Governor's Man- *ion, Chamber of ban quota and cto radio The Glee Club S$rtet baa had a busy year. It ia|composed of Ruth Woods, Akin, Ammtto Ries and . Flossie the members of the sweet Ui her of Bluebonnet Following the wiD be honor men’s Ball an sored by the dubs ed. Akin, Grace , Mail* Sue Among club.tort is and a num- the girls the Cattle vent sport ntion Last night at 7:20 the College Station dty Council passed an or dinance regulating traffic at the North Gate, and took stops to ar range for lower fire insurance rates in this dty. . The traffic ordinance makes the spotlights with the following provisions: 4 All cars shall be required to stop at the intersection of Bell Street and Sulphur Springs Road. • The parking limit on Bell Street an dthe north side of Sulphur Springs Road shall be 30 minutes. The parking limit on the south side of the latter-named road shall he one hour. The maximum speed limit shall be 20 miles per hour. DEAN SPEAKS . ON ROAD SAFETY “Highway Safety" was the sub ject of sn address by Gibb Gil christ, Dean of the School of En gineering, last night when he ?i>oke before the Ofl Belt Safety Confer ence in AF ' Dean Gifthrist was invited to be the prl^iclpal speaker for the annual Wlittiff of the dub be cause of his work with the prob lems before the dub, which was formed to promote safety and means of tfaaffic control on heavi- GIESECKE TO INSPECT NEW IRON PROCESS Dr. F. E. Gictecke, director of the Texas Engineering Experi ment Station, and E. R. Mem of the Mechanical Engineering De partment, are on their way to Toledo with a committee of the . . Li v .. . . East Texas Chamber of Commerce ’ . " to U “ t ""* * l»P« • of i™, of the state. 'There’ll Be a Big f ime in the i Old Hayloft” This Saturday Night indeed—thartU be a time in the old hayloft Saturday night when the Agricultural Engi neering Society holds its Fourth Annual Barnyard Frolic on the top floor of the Ag Engineering Build ing from 9 till 12. Overalls and calico dresses will be “reg” for the affair, which has the reputation of bung one of to beet dances of the year. “The Ag- gieland Fiddlers", commonly known as to Agffieland Swing Band, will furnish to musk. A bus load of TSCW students will be down for the frolic, which will add to to gaiety of to affair. < Decorations for to dance con sist mainly of pilas of hay, some farm implements, possibly a cow or two, and a fow other things to help give to sppearanee of a bar* yard. Invitations have been sent to to managers and office force* and their wives, of to principal farm implement companies in Dal] and Houston, Many of these peo ple are expected to attend. From 10 to II to dance musk' will be broadcast over WTAW. C. O. Spriggs of to English depart ment will act as master of cere monies during this time. The band has prepared a good program for the broadcast and it should be very interesting. Among the numbers to bo played are Begin to Beguto", "Night and Dtjy’’, “Softly as to Morning Sun- rtf’, and “You’ro the Simple Rea son’’ The last-named song is a recent composition of Aggie land orchestra member Jack Littlejohn. Proceeds from to dance will be ueod to send students to to Nat ional Meeting if to American Society of Agricultural Engineers which is to be hold in St. Paul, Minnesota Tickets can ha obtained from Ag Engineering students or at to door Scrip il only $1. production, looking toward utili sation of the vast East Texas iron deposits. J. D. Madaras of Detroit claims to have invented a method by means of which natural gas can be used to produce iron from iron or* like that found in plentiful quantities in East Texas. He was hers last week discuss ing his method with various mem bers of the A. A M. organisation. The Maderas inventions have been patented and the patents are own ed by • corporation that has built an experimental plant at Toledo, it is said. Iron ore has been shipped from East Texas to the plarft and the plant is reported to be function ing satisfactorily. The process is said to hava been examined by and approved by experts from to University of Minnesota, to Uni versity of Michigan, and to Mass achusetts Institute of Technology. A number of East Texas dti- sena are interested in the process and are said to be willing to make an Installation in East Texas for to production of iron if to peri mental plant at Toledo prove* satisfactory. The object of to pre sent trip Is to examine to plant in operation, it was said. WALTON PROTESTS BUDGET DECREASE “The efficiency of state-support ed colleges and universities in Texas will be decreased considerab ly if to reduced appropriations voted this week by the House of Representatives are accepted by the Senate,’’ President T. O. Walton of Texas A. k M. declared at Fort Worth last Saturday. 1 Charging an “alarming lack of support ef the cause of higher edu cation in TXxaa, 1 * President Walton told U Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce convention luncheon aes- xion tot Teams’ already inadequate teaching staffs and funds for main tenance would become even more inadequate if to $600,000 cut vr substantiated. He called upon the citisens of Texas to use their “(food influence to see that the Legislature provides for the “adequate support” of to state’s collages and uidveraitiea. “While there are actually enroll ed in to state's institutions of higher learning for to current a sion 12 per cent more students ton were enrolled when to budgets under whkh to institutions are now operating were passed," Presi dent Walton said, “to House was able to reduce to total appropria tions for to state’s higher educa tional institutions by a half mil lion do Han. “The cruel facts are tot unless to appropriations passed by the House for to support of to state’s higher educational institutions are substaatially increased by to Sen ate, your university (Texas) and your collages will be far lass effi dent at to end of to next bien nium than toy am today.”' Dr. flinn Will Speak Sunday on Methodist ( enter “A Methodist Chapel and Stu dent Center for A. A M." is to subject on which Dr. Glenn Flinn, Chairman of the Methodist Stu dent Commission of Texas, wiD s|x-ak next Sunday at 11 a. m. in the A. A M. Methodist Church. A called sessioa of to Quarter^ ! y < onfereacoi will be held at 10 s m. Sunday to authorise a state wide campaign to rake $126,000 for MHhodist work at A. A M. Dr. Flinn, who is to direct the campaign, will maintain a head quarters fro4. Momtey through Wednesday of next woek in the Y. M. Cu A. parlor. All Methodist students and their friends art be ing invited to hear Dr. Flinn Sun day morning and to see him per- sonnally next week. He will ex plain to campaign and give in formation as to how interested students can help in it this sum mer. Volunteers are being sought to present this cause in every community in the. state during to sammwr. LAND SHOE COURSE BEGINS annual Catt eman's Ball thte even ing at 9 p. n. in to mess hall, will get under my with members of both to Saddle and Sirloin Club and to Krtam and Kow Kkb sad their goes' ■ swinging out to to musk of tJ i* Aggie land Orchestra. Decorations for to dance can* out to tr editions! cowboy theme, with largi charcoal drawings by Asa Jones and Don Bowen arrang ed behind the orchestra pit and ut to walk of to annex Hi h a Wiy as to depict th. day* work of o cow-puncher in all its glamour and hardship. In kee ling with the nemo and decoratio is, regulation atttro for the memfaers of to two club* he white Hacks, bright, flashy shirts arid a colorful Spaaiah uero saak All students attending the dam e will ba clothed in tfcld rodeo ecstume with only member* of the I vo club* being eligible W attend (ha affair. The lance, whkh la given ifa honor cf to graduating student* of to two clubs, wiM also honor to metnbera of to senior ttvf- k Judging to Emil PrugeL l Menton m am Herbert Mills, Dos* Buntin, Ed Camp, Marvin Smith, USB, MATH TS HELD tion The annual Texas.Yund Associa- tkis wel- Bolton, vtee- at 10 a. m. building. The Course opened 1 an address of Short morning with come by Deair F. ( president of A. A I in the Agriculture short course is t^signid as a means of edomtingifthe fend own ers of to state iq the need for land preservation and to most efficient means by which this can be dona. • M 1 A number of prominent men are here for the two-day course, whkh will doee tomorrow faftemoon with a field trip to difUrent parts of Brasos county for Jhe purpose of* allowing members iof the short course an opportunity to identify and learn soil typed. Principal speaker* for to course include Dr. F. L. Thomas. State Kntomologist; Dr. $.■ A - Dunlop, K v |>en inert Station, agronomist; Rr E. P. HumberV Head of the Genetics Department) Dr. J. T. 8. Lund, instructor in tfae Department of Agricultural lYonomica; Dr. D W. Thorne, instructor in to De partment of Agrruio Officers of American Institute Of Mining Engineers to Visit Hire HOWELL ATTENDS REGISTRAR MEET E. J. Howell, registrar . mt A. A M., recently attended to an nual meeting of College Regis trars in New York. Mr. Howell was second vice-president of th* meet ing, chairman of to executive council, member of the committee on admission requirements, and in addition presided at on* of to morning sessions. Th* membership of to College Registrars consisted of 784 regis trars, of whom 440 wore in atten dance at Now York. K I ! /• A Hie national officers of the- > American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical F.ngineers wiD stop over here Thursday on their an nual tour of to I). 8. to ho honor ed with a luncheon given by the student chapter of to A.IJLE. Th* officers are on route in th. South and will travel to Houston later k th* evening. The tour is to all colleges and snivarsities where student chapters are located, 1 to senior chapters. They will arrive by train and will travel in the private car of to past-preai- dsnt of to Society. The banquet will U- held in 8bka Hall at 12:99 with juniors and seniors of to society excused from rises ee to attend. The Presi dent ef to student chapter, D. B McCorquodale, will preside at to hnehaon. Honored guests in- | duds national past-president Jack- departments have staged their annual contests freshmen and sophomores—i and English. Winners at a joint near future. I' , \i Monday night between 30 the eleventh annual 1 contest was held in to Acad^iAk BuMihg. Sixty sophomores 106 freshman participated, freshmen’s papers have not been graded. The sophomore paper* have graded; and the 20 making grades are as follow 1: J. rinaor, A. P. Bolding, 1. D. idridge, J. H. Cain, K.W.lkhl, i. Fenner, J. P. Gileo Jl J U a. At Jmsthoff, G. C. Hardin, 1 f . A. fc. R. Littlefield, Fraal », N. H. Snyder, E. and E. B. Wheeler. 1 fake phomores, and also the lifts ing freshmen in thefaT t, will go into the ikals the wfcin. • • II go mb will determine of each contest \ Thursday night,the a ifaual contests fori f reshmef sophomores took place in th* demfc Mila* with' 21 freejimen 24 sophomores partinpi ling, contest was limited orfa kal tt> sophomores only, pru< 1 awarded by William M >ms, prominent ex-Aggie now favt g in Dallfa*- Two yean | ago, thfough efforts of Dr. ling, President A. B. Parsons, si tary Chester Ni Secretary iSacre- Laryngitis *8 Y Inaudible Battalion Edi yesterday did an of to policies c Early in th* year carried numerous ■F-lkas to tk relations on 1 ing speaking to Yastorday D» just which ing at meeting had an almost painful, he tal attendants “give his voice ed iii Writ- oppad doir f. Laryakt Wednesday’s staff voice to inaudible and very said -whisper. Bospi ♦- w -— 1| told him to to at tliat til men with mad 1 potsibl* to over ummey, contest I for •ophos ores. freshmen sver, F. M the sponsorahi contest, which his bonpr. banquet wiD •Unto ia to mees hall time after to cioe^ of the At this trine he con tost will awards will held for to -f— Conquest of ” Is Addresj en by Dr. Dailj A H»y K. Daily, well-h sown and prominent dvfc 1 er of Houston, Tuesday nig) t Hvered an illustrated lecture,, a large audience of Biology and faculty members and on to «ubject The Conqpfr * Vision*, i Who