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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1939)
j ^ ' i •: r r [ p 'PONT PASEMENT mi T i hiil . > .LfT’^aW [>J I ) TODAY’S EDITORIAL Furtker Profr— Tula Mast Be A. A M. Gets Appropriatlens VOL. 1 PHONE 8 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 14, 1939 COUNCIL PASSES NEEDED TAXI REGULATIONS Gov. O’Daniel Signs A.&M. Money Bill Vetoes Small Items In Signing Biennial Appropriations Bill | Governor W. Lee O’Deniel Wed nesday night tigtied the appro priations hill providing funds for ( Texas A. * M. College for the next biennium, beginning August SI of this year. The sum of $1,043,400 for each of the two years had been voted the college proper by the State Legislature. Governor O'Daniel in signing the bill vetoed items of $16,000 each year for laboratory equipment and 18,000 each year >for the employment of qualified researchers by the Engineering Experiment Station. This reduced the appropriation for the college proper to $1,012,400 a year, or $2,044,800 for both years, ending August $1, 1941. Other appropriations far other branches of the college ware as follows: $40,000 each year for ex tramural divisions; $418.0G1 next year and $374,508 the year after for the Experiment Station sys tem; $267,898 each year for the State Extension, Service; $4,625 ench yea i* for the State Conserva tion Board; $142360 each year for the Texas Forest Service; $36,004 yearly for the Rodent Control Ser vice; and $4,000 yearly for the Firemen’s graining School. Appropriations were also made in the bill for John .Tarleton and North Taxas Agricultural Colleges and Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College, branches of A. 4 M. College; fer the Uni versity of Texas and all other col legiate institutions supported by the state. Second I Term Enrollment To Be Less Than 1st Texas County Agents At Guion Monday Registration Set for Monday Moniint »t 7:30 Enrollment for the second term of summer school, according to an estimate from the/ Registrar’s of fice, la expected to be smaller than that for the first term by three or four hundred students, in -p te at the fact that a large num ber of the boys who attended R. O. T. C. camps for the first six weeks of the summer are ex- pMhd him , Monday,! The total enrollm.T.t for the fimt term was 1367. Registration will be from 7:30 to n? oo a. m. Monday morning, July If, In the Administration Building. Students who attended the first term may obtain their assignment cards st the back entrance. They y also save time by paying dr fees for the second term to- <fcy or tomorrow at the fiscal ©f- ftce from 8:<"> a. m. to IKK) p. m. Thursday, July 30, is the last day of registration for credit in the dlYi * i 7- . Department heads will he found at th.‘ registration tables Monday morning, aad after that they will be in their offices for consultstion ss to courses, etc. Official business enll be carried en through the of fice of Dr. C. H. Winkler, direc tor of tke summer session. Abbreviated classes will be held Monday afternoon, beginning at 1:00 p. m. These wilt be counted 4s the first class meetings for the ■tp. ■* i | Four halls will again be used by the students. Walton wiU be occu pied by girls and married students, and boys will be assigned to Leg- ttt. Mfhmr, and Mitchell. I upwati frill cover $12.50 for the mgtrieulation fee, $2.00 for the ical fee. and $$.60 fofr room gent and janitor service. Meals eaten in the tnfss halt 'will be $27 MI for fte six weeks' period. Admission requirements will be -the same as they ar« in the regular college watchmen have session! aad additions! information 700 ‘Smoke-I iters’ Will Attend hort Course Next Z725 NO. 6 School Help* To Flr« Insacaajafl And Fire Eos* o ► Taxis Must Be Inspected And Licensed fawriii iv ** Above ia the opening m i part af the crewd af ef their chart ceurae « !jr agricultural agents af the state, at GuUu Hall far M here Monday 1,2001 Here For Course To-£nd Today ity Policemen e Traffic Laws been deputised as city policemen, by authority of recent action of the Board of Directors, it has just been announced. Traffic laws of College Station are being enforc ed by theta, in an effort to better traffic conditions was the installs- watch your driving!” warns City Attorney J. Wheeler Barger, who made’ the announcement. Another step in improving the traffic conditions was the instalala- ing Meat lion of a traffic light at the North piled froi Gate lately. with regard to summer school may summer school catalog in the Registrar’s office. Today’s full program of activi ties marks tke finish of the three-day session of the adult division of the Farmers’ Short Course, held annually at A. A M. under the auspices of the Texas Extension Service. This year’s short course was attended by almost 1.200 men and women from all parts of Texas. The course was held in connection with the county agricultural agents’ meet which began Monday, and the Texas Writera’ ( onference. The program of events was ar ranged in three main divisions, each one serving as the central topic for the day’s discussion “Land Use Planning" was the topic of the first dfcy; “Fruits of Or ganisation” was the second day’s topic; and “The Shift of Agricul ture” was tho’*ubject of the con cluding program. The first session of the short course was opened at Guion Hall by Dr. T. O. Walton, president of the eolle/ * j •tk'o spoke on “The AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY Dr. John Ashton, head of the Rural Sociology Department appeared in the June 17 issue of the National Provisioner, national foods maga- Tbe article, entitled “Process Denmark," jras corn- tea taken on Dr. Ash ton’s Inst trip to Europe in 19$4. se Planning in Our Texas 'Agn. Jkuu.’’ H. H. WU- (liamson, director of the Extension Service, waa chairman of the open ing session. G. E. Adams was chairman of the later morning program in Guion Hall at which various phases at “Land Uaa Planning’* were pre sented. I In the afternoon session, F. N. Holmgreen was r 4hniimna of the program, in which “TV Democratic Family” and “Fruits Festival" were topics for discussion. Doses Hale and Jennie Camp presided over th.-sr <iiHoui«ions The concluding program began with an address on “The History and Personalities Coanected With the Passing of the Smith-Lever Act," by A. F. Lever, former Con gressman from South Carolina who co sponsored the act. The day’s topic, ‘The Shift in Agriculture,” was presented at a discussion group chaired by Dean of Agriculture E. J. Kyle, at which the speakers were F. F. Hill, Sterling C. Evans, and Jack Shelton. E. R. Alexander was chairman of the afternoon ses sion, “Farm Forum," held in the AaMAly iHall. The finale of the short coarse is an interesting program, “Agricul ture on Parade.” presented tonight in the Animal Husbandry pavilion by the agricultural departments of the college TEXAS COUNTY AGENTS ORGANIZE AT CONFERENCE Texas county agents, at A. 4 M for their annuel conference, this week organised the Texas County Agricultural Agents’ Association. Purpose of the organisatioB, aq announced by Jack (McCullough. Collia (Vnmty agent, who waa elected prerident of the group is to “promote the professional im provement ef its members, aad to cooperate ia every manner appro priate for the welfare of the Ex tension Service, and to aid in building and maintaining high standards of service to the farm Memphis, Tenn. and ranch people of Texas.” ■•••* on The Texas group will affiliate Think* of Ua.” with the national organisation, which has some 2.500 members, McCullough mid. It ia understood that ajl county rents of the Texas Extension Service joined the organisation which resulted in a membership of 287. The tenth annual m Firemen's Training open for a five day pe ing at A. 4 M M with an expected attendance of between from 280’ Texas town The purpose of | which is organised sored by the Sta and Fire Marshal's conducted the Chemistry 4nd CVmii ing, is to give\T opportunity to 1 ments in firvfighti equipment. Mr. H. R the Firemen's Traini planned a program able the firemen to methods of handli ment, to exchange e fellow firemen, and j to get from leaders in’ the field on : lems of administra vention and fire fi each morning and be devefted to on which will be in of ideas and fire department pi hours each morning]and afternoon will be spent in drillfe end practical work at which qxpegencad firemen hfflLMl qjr ■ Several speakers national im poHOMt 4rfl| Mppajp on the pro giani. among wbona is Richard E. Vornor, of Chicago! Ill., maoager of the Fire Preventmn Department of the Western Actuarial Bureau director of the Gfoater Chicago Safety Council, and originator of the Kir. Departnusit Instructors' Conference, meeting annually at Overcrowding, Unsaf e. Condition, Now Prohibited A. & M. Assured N.Y.A. Aid During Coming Year About 50 Newspapermen and Women of Texas Gather Here for Three-Day Writer’s Meet Taxas newspa perr ies gathered here That A. 4 M. students will havr< N. Y. A. aid during the coming year became am established fact last week when Congress appro priated $100,690,000 to be used for 'National Youth Administration funds over the nation during the coming school year. O. R. Simpson, chairman of the Student Labor Committee, has not yet been informed what A. 4 M.’a allotment will be. Last year the college received $63,006. The' $100360300 appropria made for the coming school represents an increase of $0% over last yeel-’s appropriatioal of $81300,000. However. Mr. Simp eon pointed out that it does not necessarily follow that A. 4 M- wiU receive a proportionate increase h* its allotment ke most of :h«« $19,000,000 increase will probably be used for non scholastic purposes. * During the nine months of the last long session. 647 studeutikpril were assisted through N. Y. A.I r funds. However, over the Hina period of time, almost 1304 «tu- Thursday the following men Wednesday fer the annual Writ-1,poke: Fran* W. Zeiske af the ers’ Conference held through today Bellville Times, Bob Blake of the i in connection! urMh the Farmers’ Heerne Democrat, Ray D. Jones Short Course, iMtardiiig to Arthur' Q f the Hempstead News, and Col- LcFevre of Houston, secretary one! Ike Askburn, executive assist- Praaidant H. D. Meister at the ant to the president ef A. 4 M. t u were employed tkr»,h bMh D.U, B.™kl -IM «l» : , A. D. **■«■ N Y A. and collars fund*. mating to order Tuesday after- th« division of publications ef the noon, and during the three days an Agricultural Experiment Station, interesting program has twt*n H. B. Fas of the Mmdiaonville Ma under way for the visiting writers, teor, and Ross Woodall, Jr., of Each day’s program was arranged the Huntsville Item spoke. Last on to allow plenty of time for round- the program of this conference are table discussian. The annual Writ- 1 committee reports' sod the election era* Banquet was held in the col- of office*.. • lege dining Hell Tuesday evening. , 1 » — • ■■■■* FUNERAL SERVICE - HELD FOR FATHER OF PRES. WALTON Word waa received here Monday morning of the death Sunday night ait Gory, his long-time home, of James Austin Walton. 80, father of Dr. T. 0 Walton, president of Togas A. 4 M College. Dr. Wal ton had gone to the bedside of his father Saturday, j Funeral services were held at 6 o’clock Monday afternoon at Mount Bethel Mb. Walton is survived by his widow, by Dr. WaHon, another son, T. H. Walton of Carthage, and one daughter, Mrs. Clyde Thomas of Snyder, * \ A nunmer of College officials and faculty members drove W •0 R. SIMPSON f Mr. Simpson added that the Hme tudent labor regulations which (Continued on Page 4) At thi. m-un* t*» writer, toid Men Take Oral extension service workers what M 1 m mg - expected of than, and in return E\aiTIS for Master S the extension workers told the Nine men took their oral exami writera at the many services avail- nations for their master’s degree* able to newspaper readers through here Wednesday and Thursday. I county . ggricultural agents and Those taking the examinations home demoni*ration agent* ware J. M. Addison, in agricultural Wednesday, following the ©pen- education; Hartley Bebout, in a«- j ing of the meeting by president ncultural economies; 1 Z. C Edgar, ! Meister. apeichas were made by in agticfelfeMli economics; R. fc. ij. E. Sheaf of the Wood County Petersen, in animal husbandry; 8. j Democrat. Extension Service editor j E. Schaefer, in industrial educa- Louis Franks, Texas Editorial Aa- The Ffijt tflvahm s Course will be offered again tlks year, outlm ing best methods o| inspection and (t’ontinuod 04 Page 4) By George Peer mans Finally fettling a problem which i- has long been a major thorn in the aide of the Aggie student body, the /College Station City Council at its lost meeting enacted a much-needed regulatory ordinance in respect to taxicabs opcrstin*r within the dty hmits. The ordinance not only provides for the increased comfort of pas sengers but also for their increas ed safety. Divided intw 13 sections, the first division provides heavy penalties for anyone operating any . x passenger vehicle fer purposes of •-lie safest m| „n«a:ion or hire anlHa a ire e<jn.; license has been obtained from the dVittl nty Sections two through six pro vide fer various factors in respect to the license and the operator. seven, however, is one of lar importance to the stu- body ss it prevents over- of taxis and busses, passenger sedans, for ex will not be allowed to carry more than passengers not in cluding V»« driver. v. Another* important division of the ordinance, section eight, pro-, vides that spy passenger vehicle otwrating for hire must be main tained in suitable mechanical con dition for the sbfe transportation of passengers over city streets and highways. . Section nine stated \he penalties in force for the violat*ipa of any of the former eight divii ti<m tan provides for of the vehicles every Sections It, 12, and 18 the S<hnini*tration of the and bring it to a dose. fire ing. One hour ftamoon will tbly session [for exchange discussion of iblem*. Three Vernor will nhn Q. Public Two Comi Applicatioi City for Fri lies File With ichises [ranchIkes have [City of College mnity Nature Applications for been filed with Station, by the a! Gam Company ai^l the Southwest Telephone Com J. H. Binney, mkyor, has given notice that hearings will be con ducted on these applications in the city office. July to at 7^M) iflM 8:30 p.m, res Legion Coop Being Completed Picnic Given Grad Students, Faculty A picnic supper in honor of the graduate students and the faculty wa* given by the College in the gardens in front of the Adasinis- tration Building Monday evening from six to eight. Dm,Brooks extended a weed of greeting to the guests and introduc ed Ssm Hupiwr, master uf cere monies. Mr. Hopper prssmtsd the officials of the newly incorporated dty of College Station, and Mr. J. J. Woolket led several songs. Jay A. Rossi tar, Houston, chair-* man of the sub-committee of Board of Trustees of th • American Le gion, has annoiiieed 'admission regulations concerting the Ameri can Legion Community House which is nearing e impletion on the campus at Tex** A. 4 M. The building ia just nofth of the present for the funeral. Among them were fiftaen campus pt eject bouses. - Col. Ik* Ashburn, W. H. Holxmann, Housing about 7$ boys, the build r. TIT. Hansel, Byron WinMoad. ing will It. , eompl rted before Sep- and E. J. tiosril. timber 1. Living cooperative^. H ’ ... , is estimated that the cost to resi- Power Plant Engineer wfll about*$15 per month for room l nd board. •NT RASF WNTT sociaUon president Ernest A. Bosl, Jack Howerton of the Caere Daily Record, and T. C. Richardson, no* sistant editor of Form and Ranch. iL f ..4 storting his vacation, went te Waco tkm; W. M. Simpson, in account- on a bur'ness triR Be was an en- tng and statistics; R. R. Tippit, in ginoer with the power plant of agricultural education; and W. A. 4 M., and a long-time resident E. Williams, in agriceltural educa- of College Station, whore his Hfeairi j I ■ family also resides. { whose fathom have died. Other points entering into admission re quirements will include financial | status, reputation and d.-servinR ; qualities, and corroboration at the applicant's statements. Each successful appikmnt will be required to sign a statement, which will be furnished him, governing bis conduct aa a member of the Community House. Shortly after, arrival at th.; college those accept ed will organise their own govern ing body and each student will have a port in the responsibility had Drons Dead in Warn woat, ‘ Ior POO,n V* ^ ,n ^ reaponaibiiUy Hi AdmiBrion may be gained by op- proper functioning of the house. V. C. Mousner, well-known Col- plying to local j American Legion Ifer. Romiter mys that it is aa- lege Station man. dropped dead in im.iW* ia Texas w lich have receiv- Burned that those accepted will havo Waco Tuesday at mid-aftamoen. ed notice of thrirjallotmenta boded sufficient interest in natioiml de- Mr. Mousner, who was just upon paid membe^diips, as of June fense to take military training for 1. All application^ should he made the four years they am in school Aaguet I. ! However, this will not be construct- All thangs being oqhal, prefer ence will he given to sons of hem of the American Legion, and to sons of Wortt War V ed to debar an applicant, who is not ftoptanBr fit for military duty, frori applying for admiasioa, if otherwise qualified.