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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1939)
I 3' i r-T i v i ■ ■ Most Valuable Staff Men Above are abowa the Battalion ntaff member* named Editor in-diiH R. L Dm aa the “Five Moat Takabte.” Left to tifht, I. A. StaanriL reporter; E. C. m Jm»" Oaten, aporta editor; Ji — Criti, manarmc editor; Cecil DeViJbeaa. editorial aaeial Gladys Swarthout, Don Cossack Chorus To Appear on 1939 Town 'Hall noted BY WALTER SULLIVAN Gladys Swarthout, the American a#prone, will appear on the 1SS9-4* A. A II. Town Hall nest fall, it waa assured in a tele* rram from her manacer just re- ooivod. Also assured for the Town Hall programs are the Don Cos|- sack Ruaaion chorus and the Hous ton Symphony Orchestra. With such programs aa these, it seems cer tain that the 19M-40 Town Hall will be a success. What the name of Gladys Swar thout has come to stand for in American music is expressed ia the words of the Seattle Post Intelli gencer's music critic who began his comments on her latest recital in that city—“An American beau* ty, both aa regards personal and vocal endowment, Gladys Swarth out has skyrocketed to‘fame and grand opera. In the concert field, over the radio, and in sound films,** The students of A. A M. know this great singer as a woman with a beautiful fare and fifure, a de lightful personality, and a wonder ful voice. During the last four years Miss Swarthout has starred in four Pa ramount sound (ilms, “Rose Of the Rancho”, “Give Us This Nifht M , “Champagne Welti", and “Roman ce In -the Dark 14 . She has beem the star of several important radio so- riea, and has appeared as guest art ist os innumerable dakHaMlM programs. Ji. Statements made in review col umns of all the large newspapers over the United States have no thing but prame for this talented HaH, also next faR. Conquerors •titt, they march to peaceful vic tories under the comma id of their Iruiuuve loader, Serge Jaroff, one of the wx>rld’K best conductors. Since they organised luring the latter part of 1923 in a j risen camp pear Constantinople, hese Cos sa&s have made history as the Brmtttst sfalgtag organisation in the world. Uneir reccrd of over 3000 concerts given in E irope, Eng land, and Aastralia has never, been squalled. It is believed that a Don Cossack concert will j rove to be a thrilling experience. According to newspapers the wor d over, the exultant fervor of the r voicos in Russian sacred musk, he passion ate longing expressed in their folk poqg, and the riotous accompani ment of shouts, whi stling, and frenzied dancing in tleir Cossack war songs make a pr.grsm that, onoe heard ( is never to -gotten. The singers are exiled far iver, and it is through their singil g that they best express their long ng for their mother country which mist forever remain a memory. A tending the Doe Cossack concert pext N’ovem-1 ber 16 1 should prove VOL. 88 PHONE 8 Ag School Has 294 Men Graduating KnKineering School Second With 215 of A Class of 643 1 Once again the School of Agri- celtare with 294 candidates for hoorah a reate dsgrses leads the fioU at Taxas A. A M. College, with the Schawl of Engineering taking Second place with 216. The School of Arts and Sciences ranks third with 66 and the School of Veterinary Medicine takes fourth place with a total of 47 students who will receive their doctor of veterinary medicine degrees. Completing the clam of 643 can didates, the largest in the history of the school. Is the QrailMll School, which has 26 candidate*: for ittator'+f science degrees and six for professional degrees in engi neering subjects. All degrees will be conferred in the Kyle Field Stadium, Friday evening, June 2. One student, Paschal Martin, of Gilmer, will receive two degrees as he has completed the work for a bachelor of science degree in both petroleum • - ^mceriag . ma- chanical engineering. For tt.< first time in the history of Texas A. A M. the degree of bachelor of petroleum engineering will bo conferred, with Duval A. DavkiHoh Jr n of Houston, being the MMM to receive the honor. Student Semi-Weekly N )LLEGE STA 1 Club Heads of Texas A. & M. College AFTERNOON, MAY 80, 1989 Z725 NO. Junior Prom. Final Ball Orders Now Being HtfW* K*y Vill ' ’ “ Play for’40 top Pram left to right, the a»en above are George Smith, newly-elected president of the A. A M. Press flab; Larry Weltflo. aew vice-prr-ideat; snd Joff Montgomery, secretary-treasurer. They received their offices for tho 1939-49 Cession ia the electka at tbe basiaess meet mg of the dub following ltd annual baaqaet last week. f— FIRST SUMMER! PAPER IS TO BE ISSUED TUESDAT “The Summer BattalkiJ”, to be published weekly during the first semester of this year’s summer ses- tkr hrtd probably during the sec ond semester als#—will be the first summer publication in A. A M. history. With a staff headed by Bill Mur- memorable I r *» “ "Mor i"-**. C™.*" eiperience. wt tt .b«4of.be mm. a e4.tor .nd Don —iL- T -. T T 1] f Burk as sdvertisiag manager, it Thetkird U, be J j-ewimnedU.** the fir.t ie.oe .ill ratted ran Teer , end th.t h.. he NmUmlmd oral Turadj* .1 ra- rendy bran raranfral tor. i. •• .. The paper will t* slightly small- Williams To Attend World Breeders’ Meet WW Visit Ten Foreign < ountries Besides Going To Meeting n Zurich D. W. Williams head of the Tex- as A. A M. Colege animal bus- bandrf department, will make a comprtheisive toir of Europe this Summer to study animal produc tion in several foreign countries. As • delegate of the American Society of Animal Production, he will attend the Ihtemational Con gress of Animal Breeders which will be h<ld in Zurich, Switserlsnd, August 9.12. However, he will have visited England. Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Rus sia aad Csek-Slcrania before go ing to th; CongDesa. Upsn completihg his work there hp intend* to visit France for the purpose 4f studying the sheep in- ar Rsmbouillet. He also the Channel Islands snd lock-producing centers Work sail from New Orleans, June 16, and return to or Montreal from Liver- nd, about Sept. 1. A. S. Tee Wins CaldwelliiTrophy In Drill Friday Sophomore Award in ition Drill “A” Infan Karris Stiff Infantry I i Annual Awatd in Com petit dustry will othei Houston Symphony O-chestra. No thing more than a tho effect that it will be here is necessary, for the students of A A M. are already will acquainted young singer. According to tha De- Lwith their ability to Jplay classical FILM HERE movteo now: A. 8. Yoe, sopohomore of A Co., Infantry, won the competition drill last Friday for the best-drilled ca det in the manual of arias and has been awarded the Caldwell iT^WP" - I The Caldwell Trophy ia^an au- nual award given by Caldwell’* Jewelry Store of Bryan, and the winner ia always determined by moans of competition drill. Captain Claude Burbach was in charge of the drill this yeiur. One cadet from each organization was allowed to enter the competition, and the competitors wore judged solely upon their execution of the manual of arum. Captain Buihach reported that the competition was very stiff this year, and that Yoe was hard-press ed to win. | I Taken on New Senior Rings for Next Year The class of 1940 can order their senior rings now, scording to in formation from the Registrar’s of fice. The rings will be delivered at the beginning of school next year. * J ^ The Jos ten Jewelry Company of Owatonna, Minnesota, has the con tract fw the senior rings, and will send the order blanks very soon. However, if any man who will be a classified senior next year wants to order now, be can do so by fill ing out one of the old order blanks snd it can be transferred later. Only those who expect to be classified seniors next year will be allowed to order rings. If a junior puts up the |3 deposit on a ring and then fails to) classify as a senior next year, he will probably lose the deposit! Ring orders arc being handled in the Registrar’s Offke so that Undergraduates cannot obuin rings Seniors of this year’s graduating clam may order ring* from the Josten Company by waiting until after June l, when the present con tract with, the Star Engraving Company of Houston expires. Prices for the rings are some what cheeper than they were this year. The prices are 918.60 for the 12 penny-weight ring, $19.36 for the 13 pwt., $20.20—14 pwt., $21.05 —1$ pwt., $21.90-18 pwt., $22.75 —17 pwt, and $23.60 for the 18 Mfi ’ H Anyone wishing to see one of the ringsMkp do so at the Former Stu dents .AMoeiation Office in Room 104, Administration Building. Mew Hail Thursday Night Will Be Setae Of Junior Festivities I he nationally-known 14-piooo orchestra of Herbio Kay will bo heard at the Junior Prom and Final Ball, Thursday and Friday from 10 until 2. - ;• i The banquet before tho Junior Prom will start at 7:16. Tickets nay be bought at tho door for U0, and will b» gdbd for both he Banquet and the Prom. Favors $nd menus will be distributed at Banquet. The favor* will bo shaped lockets with mother- ’-pearl fronts and with gold A. 4 M. seals in the center. Programs I nd menus will he fin* maroon nd white leather booklets, con- itateihent to tr '* *** tl “ n tha rc * uUr lion and will be published to give ggies Do NOT efer Blondes—To dge by Choices Made at TSCW t’psetting various theories and tty hopes of all blonde entrants in -Water Supply and Sewerage". | competition for the six most the college textbook written by dutiful girls at Texas State Cbl Prof. E. W. Steel, Head of the De- le t» Women, the five gentlemen ind Saturday four partment of Munieipsl and Sani-1 fnt,m Aggieland who made the finkl 33 BIG COLLEGES - (ited the campus of Texas tary Engineering at Texas A. A M taking numerous motion College, and ft well-known author- pictlff Jabots df the military aad ity on the subticcts, has been adopt- the college snd Students an op- {the earipus apt! student activities od for use in $3 schools in 26 states troit News she Is a ‘’double-barrel ed source of delight”, and accord ing to the Kansas Times, has u a volrt aa lovriy as herself’. one has to be told that this woman islovely, and it was only year be fore last that she was named one of the ten mast beautiful women in the woild and semi-classical j music M it should be played. Net one person yn this campus whe heard their Concert this last year can be quot ed as saying^that hi did not like the pragrptyT \ ; 1 Several other programs of the same caliber as have) been mention ed above ane >Uegf!. far "March are Jack Glenn of portmdty to get notices before the I of student body, w|Mnry >ews oc-1 Timpf, , arivtafiT here during the summer The men w* months, and to furnish A A M 4 \ ew yb r k, director-* Rice grad- with a publication which will tend U atyjtyd form* cheer leader; Jins- to make summer school of greater interest to the students. of in Ai vised ' V HERBIE KAY for with the Southern En- Ving Company. “Stega" aa well boys with dates will bo given avois, programs, and menus. Ela- boiau decorations are being plan ned by Max McCullar, chairmap of the deco rations committee. The sparkling rhythms of Herbitf Kay will be heard during aa welt as after the banquet. This out* ’ standing orchestra-leader had hi« start while a student at North WOO tern ^University. His fraternity brothers persuaded him to organ ixe his own band and dispence the dance tunes at their local Prom. At the completion of his oallagt* days. Herbie entered a well-known The Cossacks are coming-hut. present, and the no longer the wild-rinding con querors in batlf. The original Don Cossack Chorus, composed of 36 stalwart Rutattinu, ex-officers of the Cxar*s Imperial army, will .*p pear on the Teyas A. A if. Town SEVEN EXES GRADUATE FROM FLYING SCHOOL Seven A. 4 M. former students graduated, last Thursday, from the United Stateu Air Corps Advanced Flying School at San Antonio. The seven graduates were James C. Barbu®. ’36; Walter S. Rector, *39; Charles E. Gregory, ‘38; T. H. WaL •kins, ’40; Captain Leroy Hudson. *27; First Lieutenant W. L. "Gei 4 ry" Lee, *27; and M. F. It*. ’18. Following graduation the men received their “wings" as airplane pilots, commissions as-Second Lieu tenants. Air Corps Reserve, and orders detailing them to extended active duty with tactical unite with! play at mktee’a work ty, be that Texas Hall wfll have a that will be Final Band Thursday Commence contacted at of the com all probabili- A M Town of programs ML . All studeate •Matfntt auMMr school during the first semester Urho wish to work oa the staff are Urg ed to gat in touch with Bill Murray ♦r George Fuermann. J The final band « ueert of the pre sent school'year wi I be held Thurs day afternoon. Ju le l, at 4:20 p. m. in front of thi Administration BuDdiag. This Um start of mteicement M. Allege tf 1 'fhe concert very interesting members of the tty numbers to will msrk f-third Com of the A- A to be a aa the senior d will chooee » played, which the Army Air Corps for a period of three oc more years. After this initial three-year period, they have the option of continuing on.extend ed active duty for an additional t so years as a First Lieutenant. At t he end of the original three-year per iod of active duty the men will given a bonus of $600. -b.Mi Id U' sgrv.ai>le to everyone. “This ia tbe last concert the senior ®embers of the Band will A. A M . and the appreciate a good affair," Colnel R. ■■Mink j- who ittewd can ait in of 4le Administration Those with cars may ear* along the .circle | f into the Formal i and sil there in the shade. boys wopld reall; turnout for J. the AG ECU DEPT. ; AKMCES ITS. SUMMER TOUR The second anneal summer tour course of the Texty A. A M. De partment of Agricultural Econo mica, involving 6,090 mile* of travel in 20 Kates and two countries, w$l be conducted from July I to Auf- ust 27, Prof. J. Wheeler Barfer, hood of the department, has an nuuaeod. Ptof. L. S. Mh*. «f the depart ment, wttl be in charge again this summer and will tyke a group on a lour through tho southern and eastern states and return by way of Canada and the middle west Ptoblem* of land *»e and the eco nomic aspects of |product ion will be observed in the regions visited, and special emphasis will be given to agricultural marketing opera tions in the large consuming taty. ; TM cMrsc carries six hours college credit All expenses on the trity y including transportation, meals and lodging, will amount to $l|7.t0 for the six-weeks period. A. 4 of my Lfterer, cUmeraman, who shot the pic ture “Tbo Hot To Handle”; Pau) R illett of San Anonio, assist, ant flpieramaa; and Gene Glenn of Hoitatdn, iiseistsnt director. of time” is ‘making its ture-length picture, s five- numod "The Ramparts W« dealing with the national of tty United States. The included in this film are lar Army, the Navy, Coast snd Murines. West Point and Us, Randolph and Kelly and tiie R. O. T. C. r Texas* .. M. is the only R. O. T. C. M-hool pictured in the film, snd represents if it the R. O. T. 0. natioif. movif men took shots of stratidn maneuvers and tsc every one of the seven mil- organifations of the college, qf the Coast Artillery daatys in which all the J defense equipment of the was Used. in” with campus boys going to and fro of the Corps the mess hall for dht- Aggie Band playing. They will prob- week-end to shoot choices not only picked four bru nettes but left out the blondes en tirely. Selected fm*n the sixteen tyminet s from all ftyr classes, the! rica, tty publishers have ad-1 tyrk-hsired beauiies are Mixscs Chicago brokerage office. The members of his college orchestra kept hounding him to resign from his job snd form an orchestra, and ’ in the end prevailed upon him to do so. *». From this point on, Herbie Kay’s meteoric rise to national recogni- if suburn-haired; and Miss Corinty tion in the world of music is his- Immeriy. Dallas junipr, Is rgk* Smith, senioi 1 from Llano; Among tty colleges using hisj^ ,^i,, Harrison, IWllnM ffom Tuckerman, Ark.; Naomi Edity ChariottS( State Unhrefsity, University |, of ^ Miuejtlsie Black Maine, Uniuersity of Pittsburgh. ( * HuUxville, junior chossn at large, Amonjf inf coiiegrn UMnfc sw* * book as a r^iirvd 1**1 are tho fol~ ^^erman, Ark,; b lowing; Uaited States Naval Acad.; sophomore; eay, Duke {University, Louisiana uunior from th»i iT-i -4 selected at large. Miss Elsie Rennsaelaer Polytechnic, Univer sity of Santa Clara, Tnlane Uni versity, Northwestern University, Ctemson College, The Citadel, Uni versity of Ksnsqs, University of Minnesota and several others of high scholastic rating. Although there are several other tcxtlxcks oo\( --ing the subjects of water and sewage. Prof. Steel’s book is the only one in print at the present time which covers beth topics in ojk volume. neri of snd other snd his crew, direo- to Glenn expressed a great pleas- ur i in. tying here, in seeing thin campus ahd eating in the mess hall ty 1 havin r • number of other new HHs declared their tion for the coopera- given him by on page 4) j HISTORY PROFS MAKE ADDRESSES “In the : uture the United States cannot tui n to Europe for Allies Our futuip is increasingly linked with that ef Latin America,” stated Dr. Al B. Nelson of the A. 4 * History Department last week Marshall, Texas, where he ed the ktyrshall Rotary dub its international relations progra Dr. Nelson's address was on “Background of Our Relations Latin Arty rica”. He illustrated talk witty a number of early ments. f' Real jfriendfhip with the countries will be difl I- cult to tyin and maintain, no ter how {much we desire it, ( ■4| . j 1 ” Each of the girls are featured in litil-page pictures In the Daedalian yearbook. Their identities were kept tec ret until they were 'presented 11 Sen ity Formal Prom by Edit) r. Coats. Cadets W. D. Bertok nghqrn editor; Andy Rollini. larubip sockty president; Jty Btyrd,-tytatending football plays r; ft>b Adams, seaior president; afd Hill Smith, Battalion advertisifg manager, were the bloade-barming jddges. • ' vl * 44■' oiS • I . le of the United Stein than 1# p«- mile, since passe igers j real aad sincere effort Ito the Spanish cultufe, national and racial Bun Lines Offer Cut Rate Trips T) Both W orld's Fa its ►«. * - This year tty cost of high'ray transportation reaches as all t|mc low in the announcement that Greyhound Lines snd other Companies throughout AaJriea are offering a sensationally low fare of $69.96 -from any poit t in the United States to both the New York World's Fair aad tty San ; Francisco Goldon Gate E and return. At this rate, (will in many instances run are allowed wide choice of to take in famous vacatior historical spots, aad routei Dr. Nelson conclude L |vary from «,00Q to 9,000 mil a. tor^. Making his professional do- bat at Chicago’s famous Trianon Ballroom, Kay was an instentano* ous hit. From the Trianon ty mov ed his aggregation of musicians to the Blackhawk Restaurant in down town Chicago. His sparkling dance rhythms, now beard throughout tho land via the networks of tho Mu tual, Columbia, and National Broad casting Systems, have caught the fancy of dance-lovers everywhere. Wynne Faire is Kay's vocalist, and Pussy Combs, featured instru mentalist. Herbie Kay and his orchestra have appeared at the following hotels and supper clubs throughout the country: . Five engagement* st tho famed Edge water Beach Hotel. Chicago; four engagements it tyeadowhro.k Country Chib, St Lduis; four en gage menu at the Raker Hotel, Del la*; and many others, including tty Rice Hotel, Houston; the Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Franciaco; and the Gibson Hotel, Cincinnati. Kay and his orchestra hold records througtymi the entire country for the thousands of dancers who have Blended thefar one r r Thomas Maim, cjenaan Aovefiat. h»» been awarded the Cardinal Newman award fog 1937 by New man Foundation ty UnivutyHy of Illinois campus. A ight engage-