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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1939)
Editorial My VOL 88 PHONE 'he B Student Semi-Weekly COLLEGE STATION^ TEX^S, Cotton Tour Winners and Prof IJ > of Texas A. & 1 . College AY AFTERNOON, MA 23, 1939 Smith, S k to A. Weather Fair and Warner f or I This Railroad Co M. Audience! ' >n WinMni of the tnnual cotton tour upoitMrcd by Um •tadent irronoay fociety of A. A M. faealty «pon»or with whom the winner* will »nli« the trip are shown above. F tharJion., pe< tod to wk ich Awarded Outstanding Cadet Saber By R.O.A. Z726 NO 74 Harria ReceiTta CavtYy Award; nrtMtaUoM !. Made at Banquet Sunday an enrra tain C. [M Bob A fcuaa, president of th > senior cldta aad lieutenant colon* I Preahman Field ci|» Contort on the c^rpa ptaff, was preaeatejl made Monday Jbanoon at year* and August Assex-iation of this afternoon 7:00 when the first t Picnic is riven in the formal garden the administration u* Texab division of Reserve 0 it 800 men are ex- ficers, a, a banquet lunebera i f ttend the picnic dinner ih* Bra os C»uaty Reserve 0 f- |_ include members of f***™* T * B . , . « by the T sxaa class and th, fac- < . Awards Made To Agronomy Contestants i I i ' F if Presentation oft pedals to winninr the Foreign Cotton St Contest, Field Crops Judging l|MliAa|lkli * CsAtest, and The Harvest Pkak Three Agronomy Seniors Tour Europe This Summer; Leave After Fimd Review The third of June will b« one off' the biggest days in the lives of three senior agronomy students for immediately after the Final Re view they will leave with Prof. J. S. Mogford on a two months cotton tear which will take them through all important points in the cotton industry in the United States and in addition will include a visit to England, Norway, and Sweden. The throe senior* who will make this trip are H. P. Goodloe, R. V. McNiece, aad J. 0. Aughtry. These three Manors who were winners of the annual cotton con test will visit Washington and the New York World Fair during their cotton tour of the United States and together with Prof. Mogford have arranged a travelogue sched ule which will give tiyen a chance to visit aa many important points as possible during their tour both here and abroad. ^ Present plana call for their re turn to the f United States and Texas from abroad during the lat- Banquet and hie Kay’s to (day, is aides the favor, prog tioa, All ter part of July so that they can j junior reach home about the first of Aug- j not he att art. •‘it AWARDS MADE AT CIVIL ENGINEER BANQUET FRIDAY A. P. Rollins, 3t^ of Dallas, was the principal speaker at the A.S. C. E. banquet held last Friday evening in the banquet room of the mess hall. Mr. Rollins made the civil engineering awards to the senior and junior of A. A M. who were mort active in the society during the part year. Abbie Koch was presented the senior award, and B. B. Cloud the junior award. After the presentation, J. J. Richey, bead of the C .E. Depart ment, made a short talk to the graduating seniors, wishing them well ia their work after college. The election of the officers for the coming ywar wss held end as is the custom of th* society, only the underclassmen voted. B. B. Cloud was elected president for the com ling year and C. F. DeVilbiss was elected to be the C. E. Junior Re presentative on the Engineering Council. JUNIORSiMUST SIGN FOR FROM BY 6 THURSDAY The coauaRto* in charge of the Junior from and Banquet must have by « p. m Thursday, the names of all Juniors who intend to attend the 1|hb Banquet and Prom, so that! any additional fav or* may he wired for If needed, Woddy Varnhr, junior class presi dent, has announced. Anyone not signing up by Thursday night can riot expect fo receive a favor at the Banquet. The price | of the ticket for the Prom, for which Her- ll-known orchestra ia SO. This includes, be- inquet and dance, the m; menu, and invita- brill be given each [less of whether or fc with a date, hi- j Vitations hjill he distributed through finf! sergeants at a meet ing Thursday night. DormiU>rri students may sign up with first sirgwants. Day students may sign lith Tom Richards at 49 Milner, jr with Varner at J-6 Hart. This must be done before Thursday sight. Ticketa may be secured at Either of these places. BACCALAUREATE TICKETS MAILED' TO GRADUATES r is given each yei r apter of R. 0. A. 0 the most]outstanding R. 0. T. C.c i king itaflf of A. A M. <i«t offk tr at |A. A M »i t p'Ogjram wf be Sam 1 arris j Chvalry senior, toL i»g the sunwr with Mr. awarded the 311 Cavalry Reginu nt k, *18, president of the Horsemfnshipj Trophy at the la^v quet ing hoi at A. A ed by com Ca mm ed Mber Sunday by Cad- annual Agronomy Society M. Flortr, president (f held at Scoates I^ke. HI Am 1 H. F. Goodloe, R. V. M aad J. D. Aughtry, winners of the Foreign Cotton Study Contest, wen presented with g<4d medals b]' the Student AgronomA Society. (J 00 * 1 - » Place (►V Two tickets for admission to Baccalaureate Sermon in Guion Hall Jane 2 are being mailed this week to every graduating senior this spring, etcording to Dr. E. P. Humbert, Chairman of the Com mencement Committee. Admission to Guion Hall erill be h|jticket oaJf. ' • ,i The processional to the Bacca laureate Sermon will include the Preeideni and Board of Directors, The Deans and Directors, the grad uates, and the speUkard. Seats In Guioa Hall will be re served until 10:16 only, after this time seats will nyt be held an] longer for ticket holders. The Assembly Hall will he wired with a public address system U accomodate the overflow crowd. presiding^ eras origi nated by the association this year ii the hhpas that the event will g ve moriibers of fee graduating cl ssa and teaching Muff an opper- t mitf fo r social contact and viait- k g between the two groups. ji ^ Club To Hold banquet Wednesday Members of the staff of Th* BaU The Longhevn and The Review will hold the an- ual Press Banquet Wednesday ht hi the banquet room of the mesa ball. Press dab President Sam Hkrris, co-editor of The Scitn-. ttfic Review, today sent invitation to active members of all staffs. Col. Ike Ashbum. executive as sistant to the president, will be guest speaker for the affair. Fol lowing; dinner officers for next year will b# elected. • * i award was press it- lone| Homer E. Carr BO, ng hffker of the 31 Ith Reaeifve Regiment at I si- Chairman ay Night Addresses Student_ Chapter of AIME “A Brief Sketch of the Production of Oil and It’a . Proration” To Be Subject Lon A- Smith, Chairman of tbs Railroad Commiasioi of Texas, will address the A. A M. student chap ter of the Amerirdn Institute of Mining and Metalurgfcal Engi neers here Wednesday night at 7:10 in the lecture room of the Petro leum Engineering Building, accord- ing to D. B. McC« rqnadak, pres ident of the student chapter. Commissioner 9|tith, who has served on the Railroad Commission kw also won a p|are in tha field of Texas for the past fourteen «Uop» judging add identifk ition j years, and who is i irving as Chair man of the commia son for the aec- Incld^Sd in the 100 out of tiwn guest*.at the luncheon were (Sol- one! Cj L Mitchell, Chief of S aff of thefFirst Military Area, Brga- fenry Knox, Adjutant State of Texas, was the • principal speaker at aad a number of officeJs prominent m both and rtaerve work. ? at the meeting WM ^ of the army with fhe*Tr>xas Reserve at A of the Brazos Conn Officers Association, fC. officers of the team. The other !winners id th field crop* jutlgiig and id* ntifi cation team wen* W, E. Larson, betad the most ontatai d- C, J. Ellison, and I. G. Jensoi i who man in the Cavalry npit Were also preeeaUsi with'gold nu-dal.-. K '. The winners of medals i i the Freshman Fields Crop C mtest whre 3. E. Hancock Jr^ 9. C. Warner, J. B. Clopd, J. W. Jnim- huiow, and C. C. Hutchison. These medals were presented by Lipscomb Pharmacy, Luke’s Grocery J Cam pus Cleaners, Aggie Cleaned*, and A. M. Waldrop A (ompanji B. E. Hancock Jr. will alpo have kp name inscribed on - the W. H. Estates plaque which has U b name of first place withers aim i 1926 This plaque U placed in the omy office. Also sash awarded to the above Cot lard, J. B Taylor, •iif. • More than eighty n tatatad-ibs.-fltank pud bari acne authorities TEXAS TECH PAPER FLAYS CAWTHON The Toreador, student newspaper of Texas T*<hnol<»gical College, last wfeek by college ter its latest issue thsl football team on editorial and ear- Head Football Coach the fact that Saturday from w*. The editor- authorities to t the situation the trouble Tech was JIMMY SHOULTZ. BAND JUN- ior from Grapeland, has been nam ed Managing Editor of next year s Longhorn by Editor-elect George Smith. His selection has been turn ed in to be recommended by the Student Publications Committee. This is the first time a job of this nature has been added to the Longhorn staff. Shoultz will be second in command of the staff and sports editor. the Border is) asked the do something since “they lay". Thf varsity is reported Cawthon, nd when K day night, n trihutkm sand papers got officially. —rt AT THE Marketing i week, Dunrard elected president tioa for 1929-40. was elected team, which loyal to to get oat of th* paper Tuee- hours before dia- re than a thou- circulation an. WALTON TO MAKE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES \ A busy two weeks is in store for President Walton, who wilt joumey N over the state daring this time to make commencement ad dresses to various high schools, junior colleges, and collages. Among the engage menu Dr. Walton has jotted down on his em gsgement pad is to deliver the com mencement address to seniors of Texas Technological College in Lubbock May 29, make the com mencement address at Baylor Mod- teal College in Dallas Jane 6, the commencement address to hers of Edinburgh’s Junior Wednesday, rxi the ment address at Bugnriaad School Thursday. Dr. Walton was invited to Lub bock by President Clifford B. Jonas of Texas Tech sad to Dallas by Dean W. H. Maursuad af Baylor Med Dr. Whkon will he tuck at A. A M. ia time to attend the becca OF THE Club last Varner waa the organisa- oner and Paul Hpiass secretary-treasurer. Next year’s activities were also (ilHcussed at the merttag of the dub. , # laureate! services exercises of the ckss graduation n J. R. THORNTON. LANDSCAPE Art student from Pnrwpll, was el ected president of the Landscape Art Club last week. AJ D. LaselT was elected vice-president, 0. E. Schers secretary, and Giles Single ton treasurer. Final flans were made during the meeting for a picnic to ha held Wednesday afternoon at Scoatos A. A M. EX AT I FIELD ED IN CRASH Lieutenant James Marion ’33, reserve officer on duty as an instructor ia the section at Kelly Field, was t 11 a. m. Sunday when the P-12 jpursuK plane h* waa flying hen Mine miles north of San Anto^ib. Definite cause of the crash Vras not determined. GuUrds were placed around the wreckage Sunday, pending an in- n Monday morning by t board of Kelly Field. Jones, 26, was a 19S6 Id graduate and a member of tht class of 1936 of A. A M. DurinM his senior year at A. A M. was captain of B Battery Field Ar tillery, president of the Bell County dub, and a member of the Roes Volunteers and the Aero Club. Degree to Father and Son Preeentm June 2 Agron- pru^s wen- r. Roland at- Fi sen gre lAc of aioi ond time, has cho len as hit ad dress to the group 'A brief sketch of the production |>f oil la Texas and it* Proration", Mr. Smith is Engaged at the present time with he many duties which come % under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Co: nmiasion. One of the outstanding di ties of th* com mission for the pi at several year* ia that of looking after the great oil and gaa fields >f the stats. The members of the i k>mteission have made an extend' e study of this, one of the larges: and greatest in dustries of Text i, sad hare had valuable experien •* along this line of work. Aa a member Appointed ,to hold Interetate Cornu tree Commission bearings ia Tex a, Oklahoma and New Mexico, an i as a member of the executive Committee of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities ;©m missions, Mr. Smith has bee active in erery phase of the w< rk under th* eom- misston’s juried ctioa. , r Mr. Smith's 1 fe has been an in teresting one. H p was bora in Hen derson, Texas, where he attended school through 1 is high school days. He attended th< celebrated Summer Hill Select Sch ol at Omen, Texas, fitting himsell to teach in the rectors, presents s Urafes-1 the CHy of Dallas j; A. J, fctummell, Bchool ‘ ®f kis county, whern ha degree to A. P. Rollijs, Sr., j *22, electrical eagipeerin -, who is | Uu *f ht 13 j ears. He abandoned teaching when he was elected as County Clerk >f Rusk Couaty, a position which he held for three terms, retirini voluntarily. He was ele ted to the Senate from his distri rt, where he served for six years, resigning this port to run for Com itroller pf Accounts, an office whk h he held fori two term*, then mi de the race for the office of Railr >ad Commissioner. Mr. Smith h s led a very active life, one in sriu h he has shown in terest always i i the welfare of his fellow man. H< is * Deacon ia the First Baptist Church of Aastin, and teaches a < las* in this Sunday and son will he npn ♦ Itta|commencement pro- R. M. Dixon, .’28, Chemical engi this yRu- when Walter G. | neering, a senior ehginee ing with tather tad in iijk thi cj, vice-president of the (Board | the Public Works De pa: tment of IXrectors, presents a prnfes- the ( ity of Datlas| A. J. Rummell. YfAl degree to A. P. Rolliijs, Sr., *22. electrical enghteerin who ia ’06 lind during the same prbgram an sir conditioning engi teer with will! prerent a Bachelor of jnence the Public Service^ Depa tment of degtre in civil engineering td Andy ^ San Antonio, and Profei lo* E. G P. (Kollina, Jit, the elder Rollins' Smith, mechanical fngme ri eg, and son, In additl on Andg. llIlM i*! who is at the pre^rnt alpaafesaor graduating with high honofs and | in the Physic* dogaitnvnl of A. is ijaledictorwn of the graduating senmr class. pjofessional degrees will presented to six other gn the college rt the comm* exercise*. ThoSe to receive ir ess are I. B. Baccua, ’24, nonal degree m electrical ingj who is at the present festor at Oklahoma A. lege; H. M. Gather, 17. mechanical engineering, rt the present e pro fessor in the school of engmeering at Wert Virgiaia Unireraity*, R. A. Gonzales, *26, mechanical engineer ing, who is connected with the Air Temp Corporation, Dayton, Ohio; A M ' TV professional degn rs in en gineering are open onl; to men who have received the legree of Bachelor of ScienUe or (aster of Science in an enfineeni g course from A. A M. The requir menu of a candidate for a profes ional de gree include acceptable p -ofession al experience in the Hi e of hia thesis for a period of not] leas than four years after graduation, a the- School. He wa i sis of an analytical character which must constitute s distinct contribu tion to engineering science, and an examination of the candidate by the Board of Directors. t"4t r ''i'-'lf a t Chevalier to Deliver Commencement Address to Class* Of ’39, Lacy to Confer Various Degree to 62! ; \ WALTER G. LACY Colonel Willard Chevalier, vice president of the McGraw-Hill Pub lishing Co., of New York CHy, will deliver the commencement t to thk gradaating class a ! A. A M. in the Kyle Field Friday night, June 2, according to the commencement program has been released. After Cadet Captain Andres* P. Rollins, Dallas, delivers cdiotory, Walter G. Lacy, vice president of the A. A M. of directors, will confer the degrees upon th* 623 the largest number in the of the school. Dr. George W. Truett, pastor the First Baptist* Church, erill deliver the baccalaureate mon to the graduating das Guion Hall, the college chapel, Fri dsy morning. Followiig the commencement ex erdats Friday night. President am ' (Continued on page 4) / State Commander of the Sons oB Confederate Vet erans for six rears in aueeauaiaa, and tangh a S wday Schcool class in the Confedei ate Home at Austia for a number >f years. All students and members of th* college staff interested in hearing Mr. Smith spa Jt are invited to At tend the meeting by the members of th* A. L M E. Next Med I Vet Klect At the annual'election of officers of the student chapter of th* Amer ican Veterinary tkm, R. J. ident. Other elude O. H. ident and V. C. treasurer. The election, which was attended ected in- viea-pna- Itoac, secretary- COL WILLARD CHKYAUgR jf I r I" i I 0 by Hi matohmr% Veterinary Following three sponsors during the coming are Dr. John M Ketehersidof th* staff, sud Dr lege Station Following this ertid made an a support *f Jfeal faculty t« ths local A. V. M. A. h.-ld in pledging the school haptar of tha