Editorial
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VOL 88 PHONE
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Student Semi-Weekly
COLLEGE STATION^ TEX^S,
Cotton Tour Winners and Prof
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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!
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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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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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
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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