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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1939)
cji t 'll flirt , 'ills fill i i niii •ifiiy. lei ii sin i * r .,ir i ' *! I • ; , f, J | n v i VOU 38 PHONE 8 Student Semi-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 28, 1939^ r Z725 NO. 76 i j ••.hi. \r -Him Juiet Evelyn Micks of G»i»esville, skown shove, will be- csae the brMe of Sidney L. Lovekoo, • rrsduste W A. & M. of the tUm of 'SS. Friday, J«ne M. in the Whnley Meaorial Methodist (Itarch at Gaiaesviiie. Misx Micks !• a rrsduste of Tosas State Col- I *1fe for Woomps. where she has been ft msthssiatks dspartaMnt assist- aat this year, the kridsffail ts Iw Mtsaded the I niversMy of Teiss and Texas A. a M-, rraduatinr here in tlM8 with decrees in sdeacc slid srrirsltare. [hiring his senior fear, loveless was editor of The Longhorn. A. & M. snaosl. and captain of ♦’A" Troop Cavalry. For the past year he Isn been associated with the 8est»..»rd l it. Insursn..- ( ompsny ia CMIote gtatjaa. ^ Youth of U. S. Indicts I T' '■ Modem College Education AUSTIN. Texas. May M^i-Mod. em American education, in the apdaaiof the million and half college students now getting edu cated, is not meeting present day Five Classes Of Exes Will Reunite Here Classes of *99, W, *09, ’14, *29 Plan Hi? Reunions Fiet class reunions of A. ft M. BxrStudents will be held here Jane 2 and S, according to E. E. McQulllen, secretary of the Asao- cistioa of Former Students. . The oldest Haas planning a re union is the class of 1899, followed by those of 1904, M9. ’14, and ’29. As usual, the respective classes will be boused together at various places on the campus, and each vf>U follow its own prsfraaa.. The Clan of *29 will be holding its first reunion, and members are coming from several different states, including California, Ken tucky, and Tennessee. The largest group, judging from the reserva tions received thus far, is the 1914 class, which will! be celebrating its silver anniversity. The 30th reunion of the class of ■09 is arousing considerable en- thusia.«m among its members. A. R. Conner of the Hass of 1904, Lynn Landrum Addresses Eco Club Here B MstN '' Mi f* I. f r 450 GRADUATING i SENIORS ATTEND PICNIC OF EXES : . Four hundred and fifty members of the graduating class of 19S9 and the teaching staff of A. ft M. Col lege were present at the first An nual Harvest Picnic given last Tuesday afternoon in front of the Administration Building. The af fair, which lasted from 5:30 until 7 p. m., was given in honor*of the graduating class by the Associs tion of Foster Student*. | J'. pie program opened with several a ambers by the Glee Club uadsr direction of Professor J. J. .Woel- ket. Colonel Ike Asbburn acted as master of ceremonies and intro duced the speakers. B < f talks were made by C. L. Babcock of Beaumont, president of the For- ' mer Students Association, and C. P. Dodson, vice- president of the Association. * The picnic lunch was served un der the supervision of J. Q Hotard. and drew favorable comment from both studenU and profs. The eyp^t was given the name “Annual Harvest Picnic’' because this is the season of the year that is “harvest-time’’ for school men, with the seniors graduating. . I 1 J I Tw i i : I 7 ‘ : ‘ t* T <I - Shewn shove. « the left, is Lynn I sndrum .•dii<.r.s! rolumakt for the Dallas Morning News, who spoke at A. ft M. for the Economics Cleb lest week, on The Erosion of Economic* in the Flood of PoHties.** With him are, left to right. Roy Caldwell, newly-elected president of the Economics (Teh for next director of the. Texas Agricultural year; Dr. F. B. Clark. Head of tkr Departawnt of Economics; Mrs. W. L Porter, wife of Prof. W. L. Experiment Station here, will give Porter who ia bead of the Mathematics Department; and R. L. Elkins, instructor in the Economics De- his classmates a lawn party at his parimsat f 7 / ' home Friday afternoon, June 2.| • ■ ^ . , ,i,‘ , y, ,,—!?.. ■ ^ , Dean E. J. Kyle, Ht, is extending a special invitation to members of his class to attend the group' 40th anniversary. .\(^rg$fSnKm Lon SnlB Press Club Next Year O. R. C. Oath Being Taken By Seniors * Col. Sears To Give jr 2nd Lt. Reserve . ■ t Corps Commissions All cadet officers eligible to join the Officer’s Reserve <orpa are tw- •thring the oath of office for ap point ment to the Reserve (orps, beginning this moming, according Wan order issue I ly Colomd (ito P. Moore, P. M. «. ft T. All oaths are to be administered in Room 101, Academic Budding, before Saturday. June 3, because at that time commissions as second IW# - tenants will be presented to mems be re of the senior Haas who have computed their advanced roununl ia military science and taetka, by Colo ad George D. Sears, 36th Di vision, Texas National Guard. At the same time graduates receiving degrees as doctors of veterinary medicine will receive commissions as first lieutenants. Oaths will be administered to aD R. 0. T. C. graduates, except those entering the Veterinary Reserve, until noon, Friday, June 2. Veteri nary graduates will be adaoinister- ed the oath beginniag at 1 p. m. of that date at the same place. Only studenU who will graduate and receive a diploma will be eli gible for the appointment at this time. L For Club Here on Oil Production .. Lon A. Smith, chairman of the Texas Railroad , dkeovmJ I I president, HI emducted Z Z T*"** I ) Six out of every one hundred stu denU in our colleges and univer sities have some indictment to make. The Student Opinion Sur veys of America this in a national _ . I ^ , I ^. Til, Battalion «rd .i^ty-wJ ““ P'<™lau»^aol W Chib other campus publications <•<>,.p,-rat- > n **»« lecture room of the ing in these studied Petroleum Engineering Building Some may say that the average Wednesday night, college boy l* s Miromc complain- Mr. Smith gave,a brief sketch er about his school work. But in- 0 f the production and proration of tervieWCrs for the Surveys foun.l 0 a of the world as well as that of that most of these studenU are Texas, and entertained the group able to put into words what they with many quips and stories of tlfckk eftntpfion needs. The great the oil game. He was introduced cty is for aioreivocAtWnal training by Harold Vance, Head of the Pe- snd specialised study. Overwhelms troleuai Engineering Department 1 George Smith, editor elect of Thef Longhorn, was elected president Of the Press Chib for the coming year, at the annual banquet and mectlap' of the club Wednesday night in the banquet room of th Mess Hal. | L J. Wehrle was elected vice- | president, and W. J. Montgomery Senior Ring Orders May Note Be Placed Senior rings for the class of 1940 can be ordered now, according to information received from R- G. Perryman «f the Registrar’s of flee today. Several orders have si ready been Uken for the rings, which "iU 1? delivered at the be- j ginning of -acbool ftext^year. jir Order blanks have not yet ar " rived front the Josten Jewelry Co ^ Of Owstoons, MinnesoU, but or ders will be filled out with the old 1 blanks and transferred later on Only juniors wfc* expect to be come classified seniors next year * can order the'rings. A junior who ^ pays a deposit on his ring this year and fails to classify next year sUnds « chance to lose the deposit. Ring ordem are being handled thru the Registrar's office so that un dw graduates cannot obUin rings as they sometimes did in the past. Seniors of this yoar’s graduating class may order rings from the JosUn Company by waiting until after June 1, when the present con tract with the Sur Engraving Cot*pony of Houston expires. iagiy, collegians every where msdo that statement alt hough’ ■Mn] were found who want colleges to change their course of study with an emphasis on cultural background aad liberal aria. Still approximately every stu dent approached seamtd to say, We are getting too much theory that we cannot use in finding s job when we step from college into s world crowded with unemployed.'' Thai attitude got* hand in hand with a recent poll Uken by the Sur- in which studenU declared they believe they are.facing a world that offers less opportunities than it did before they were born. Whether the American colleg.; student is right or wrong the Sun veys do net try to point out. This merely a record of what they soy and why. For sxample, H are a good many who would like to sse education “atoned to the world of today, ssodemised.’* Faults, they day, are found in cuy- ricula that do not fit individual needs, and there art many incom petent teachers. This saight be cor- retted, oqr student suggested, by paying, faculties higher salaries. < Continued on pegs 4) Accompanying Mr. Smith from the oil and gas division of the Ka:!ro*<l Commission was Dr. F. ,V. L. Patton, director af production of the.engineering department, and Lynn Boyett, engineer with the commission. A. & M. Will Have Program on WRAP Saturday Moming A. ft M. will bo on the air over radio sUtion WRAP of Fort Worth, from 8:30 until 9 o’clock Saturday morn lag, according to H. B. Me Elroy of the Publicity Deportment The program will be one of a so- rice of educational pcograms spon sored by the Texas Quality Net work this year. Byron Winstead, head of the Publicity Department, will be mas. ter of ceremonies, and chief speak er will be Caeear ‘Dutch Hohn. former Aggie grid great and now a member ot the SUte Conserve tion Board. Several numbers by the A. AM. Glee Hub will com plete the program. Caldwell Trophy Competition for "Best-Drilled" Will Be Held Today Competition for the Ix-st-drillcde cadet in the manual of arms U beii\g held this jiftirnoon at 5:18 p. m. in the area jest north of Goodwin Hall. Winners of the com- petition drill will be presented with the Caldwell Trophy, an annual award mad* to the beat-drilled cat det by CqldWeH's Jewelry Store of Bryan. ; , \ , Koch orgahiiHtion ia allowed to enter one ca4et in the competition. These rontesUnU will report this afternoon to Captain Claude Bur bach, armed with the service rifle and wearing No. 2 uniform with all insignia of grade, class and branch of service removed. Anyone wearing any identification mark will be disqualified. The competi tors will be judged solely on the execution of the manual of anas. Seventy members of the Press Club were present for the occaxion which marks the last of the acti vities of the club for this year. Col. Ike Ashburn was guest speaker for the dinner, and Dean F. C. Bolton present dub key swards to 3T senior members of the club. Those seniors receiving Press Key swards were B. P. Mandril. IP. At BeviHe, Sam Harris, M. A- Wester man, F. M. Potts, C. B. Jen nings, R. P. Eckert, P. G. Cokinos, W. D. Barton, P. W. Anderson, J. Hollingsworth, C. H. Hudson. H. F. Bockhorn, 0. D. Butfcr, A. G. Beckman. W. S. Thomas. A. L. Patrick, H. M. Moseley, R. L. Doss, H. Smith, George Fulton, B. C. Knetsar, Bob Oliver, Wayne Stark. J. C. Diets, J. A. Stan sell, Foster Wise, Lewis ChevaiDoir, Tom Dar- row, and Bill Payne. ’ Awards of money for watches had already been asade to W. D. Barton, P. W. ftaderson, J. F. Holl ingsworth, H. F Bockhorn, A. G- Beckman. Sam Harris, B. P. Man- dell, R. L. Doss, W. H. Smith, George Fulton. B. C. Knetsar, J. Wayne Stark, aad JL C. Diets. R. L. Does, retiring editor of the Battalion, frcs.-ntod certificate* at sward to ths five most valuable members of this yoar’s staff. Those receiving this sward were Bill Murray, James Crits. E. C “Jeep” Oates, J. A. Stanacil airl C. F. DeVilbiss. Members of the Press C)ub are as follows: The Scientific Review staff—B. P. MondeTI, Sam Harris. P. A. Seville, M. A. Wes terms r, R. P. Eckert, F. M. Potts, P. G Cokinos, C. B. Jennings, D. B Varner, d H. Hamner, E. B Mey nard, W. H. Dwyer Jr, P. J. Grot*. S. B. Given. J. P. McGVoin, T. U Power. W. J. Montgomery, and G L San ton i; The Battalion staff— R. U Doss, W. H. Smith, James Crits, Bill Murray, E. C. Oates, George Fulton, B. C. Knetsar, Bob Oliver, Wayne Stork, Philip Gol- man; J. 0. Diets, Ross Howard, H G. Howard, C. F. DeVilbiss. Ray Trosdwell, L. E. Thompson. Bob Nisbet, A. J. Robinson. J. A. Stan sell, Foster Wise, George Fuer mann, T. N. Studer, Lewis Chevsil- kins, Alfred Fischer, James Epp- ler, D. K. Hill, W. W. Sullivan. R L. Adams, 8. P. Davenport, J. L. Hanby, D. G. Burk, J. W. Jenkins, L. J. Wehrie, Bill Payne. R. W. Burchfield, Paul Ketelson, and John Moseley; The Longhsrn staff—W. D. Barton, P, W. Andersoh, J. F. Hollingsworth, C. H. AmMaIh. F. Bockhorn, 0. D. Butler, A. G. Bsifctenn, W. S. Thomas, A. L. Parrick, H. M. Moseley,] G. W. Smith, S. H. Gottlieb. J. 4 Foots, and D. H. Watson. Lefkofsky To Head A. & M. Branch of I. M. E. Next Term • J. Lefkofsky, junior student in petroleum engineering, has been elected to head the Petroleum-Geol ogy Club, the student chapter of the American Institute of Mining sad Metallurgical Engineers, at A. ft M. for the 1939-40-session. Other officers elected included Eber H. Peters, vice-president; W. J. -Montgomery, recorder; and R. P. Dunkerfeg, treasurer. All "ill take office «ith the beginning of the school year next SeMMaber. D. B. Mci orquodale, who it graduating this term, is the retiring president. n4« ii I - — MRS. B. U ANC.ELL WIFE OF the manager of student publics tkew, underwent a major opera tion at a Bryan hospital Tuesday. Seven Firms Offer, Font Refuse, Junior I niform Reduction At a meeting of the Sophomore Class last Monday night, the presi dent of the class, Jack Bailey, re minded members that several Bry an clothing firms have offered to make i< ductiona In prices of junior uniforml provided they are bought in loU of 25. • . j The firms that have agreed to the reduction are Bullock ft Akin, Kaplan, Penny’s, Zobick, and Ross Tailors. Several other firms sre considering the matter. There sre only four that have outright in fused to offer a reduction. These are A. M. Waldrop, Wimberly Stone-Dansby. Laute rite in’s and the Uniform Tailor Ehop. > Two out-of-town firms, Sol Frank of- San Antonio and Ring and Bre%er of Dallas, have also agreed to reduce prices on these terms. Bailey aaig that he wished to ex press his appreciation to the whole Sophoqtore Class far their coopera tion on the mater Of uniforms and also for the success enjoyed in j puling on the Sophomore BfH. This attempt to abtain reductions on uniforma ia the first of its kind, but Bailey said he thought the idea wo did grow each year un til mors reasonable rates art ob tained. and that If rates are not reduced by local firms, some nat ional uniform manufacturer will! receive an order for the satire lot C Co. Wins Howell Trophy, 6 Co. Second * (7 Company Infantry woo the Howell Trophy drill held during the past week with the highest score of 90.760. C Company will be the color bearing company t©^ function at all corps, regiment, and first battalion ceremonies for the year 1939-40. G. Infantry is dr- signaled as the color company fir-, all second battalion cvremoniss. and M Company is the color bean r for the third battalion during the next year. The Howell Trophy is awarded every year to the Infantry Com pany having the highest average in points of attendance, inspection, manual of arms, and drill. The at tendance ia for the year, and the other points are determined at a drill period near the end of tho term. Color guards and the best- drilled company are determined by the drill. The Howell Trophy rating of the companies and the top percentages aye as follows: C Co. first with 96.760; G Co. second with 90.446; F Co. third with ‘H).28a Tho other companies in their order pieced as follows: Infantry Band, K9 564, A Co. 89800, H Co. 88.806, E Co. 87.090. B Co. 86876, t) (To* Kb 5IK. M Co. 83.373, I Co. 79827, K Co. 79.381, and L Co. 78 H49. Words “Adequately Trained” Have New leaning for Job-Seekers Today MADISON, Ww. May M^-Mr.1 Webster and bin dictionary not withstanding, to the job-seeking college graduate ..f Unlay the two *onis "adequately tromed” have taken on n now meaning, accord ing to information supplied by A. H. Edgerton. director of vocational guidance at the University of Wls cousin. \ The dictionary will toll you, id effect, that these two “specialised knowledge and skill in tho technical processes of the Basing his statements on the re sults of « nation-wide occupational trend study of ©Per 18,000 profes sional and semi-professional poor lions which were actually filled by college graduste*. Prof. Edgerton predicted that iq “the job-hunt oi tomorrow the r^te will be to lBo socially weII-adjusted and to the “March of Time” Will Take Moving Pictures of A. & M. A director and a moving picture operator for “March of Time" will be do the campus of A. ft M. this afternoon and tomorrow to tako moving pictures of the campus aad college life. The scenes being taken here will form a part of the motion picture now being made by “March of Time” called “The Bmparta Wo Watch’’. This is a pictora on nat- ioaal defense, and has been selected to portray that very important phase of national defense, tho R. 0. T. C. AH concerned sre being caution ed that if they see the cameraman versatile.” .1 “The study repealed, among otb- at work to go on about their bus- er things, that the individual most iness naturally and by all mean* do in demand is one who ran got along not look nt the camera. What the ‘ director and cameraman want are tier, Hub Johntoa, C. M. Wilkinson, Frank Phelan, H. G. Tolbot, E. A. i must also be “prepared to adapt Shields, J. P. McGarr, Billy Clark and adjust themselves to the chang- son, L A. Newman Jr, Max Por- ing conditinMlMlI tfteWf OOHliPWfM" 1 But Prof. Edgerton recently de- successfully with other persons, 1 clare^ that to be “adeqpately control his emotions, and the like,” trained” May, college graduates; Dr. Edgntcn saki Mere skill and • ’ • - ! ■ !*r< •••< or g. r suffice. Em ployers insist thst social facility (Oon tin deft on page 4) director amt cameraman want are perfectly natural pfclhrea, and one man looking at the camera will --poil a scene for their pui post. The cooperation of all la being re-