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COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 28. 1939
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rope trick—only InsUod of ftj ro
pended in mid-air.
They were here for the Te
aampus Monday through Friday
Final attendance figurei for
■amt n'Kistered for it at 440, and
gwanM at 123, making a grand
it
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II . 4 laddrr thr>'re climbinif-
Firemen’a $hort Courae, held on the
last week, f
'OMtae place the number of fire*
number of instructors and honor etc. The objnctrm of Mr. RusaeU’e
Russell
Leaves For
Nova Scotia
To Stvdy Famous
Cooperative Units
Dan A. Russell, bead of the Ru
ral Sociology Depretment, left
Wednesday to go to Nova Scotia
to study the farmer and fisherman
cooperatives that are so numerous
there. The cooperatives in Nova
Scotia have been more successful
than anywhere else in the western
world. Their experiments mean |
more than those in Europe because
these people, like Americans, are
descendents ef transplanted people.
They have their own cooperative
wholesale sad retail stores, can-
nkag. factor ies, truck lines, boats.
ikers’ Table at Press
I * Q
Club Banquet
of 5f>:| in attendance, representing
towns and cities, CM of them in Texas.
The first fireman from a foreign country ever to attend this
courae at A. 4k M. was here this ydat. He came from Jus rex, Mexico.
266 TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES ARE TO
OBTAIN LOWER FIRE INSURANCE RATES
. A total of CM Texas muni
ities had their names placed
Texas' Fire Prevention Honor Ro|
this past week, July 17-22, whe|
they sent their firemen to ■
tenth annual Firemen’s Trainir
School at Texas A. A M. for
trip is to gain new ideas and help
from these cooperatives and apply
his gains to A. A M.'s system. He
is being sent as a representative of
the largest Student Cooperative
Housing pro^ct in the United Stat
es. While there he will live with
the farmers and fishermen to see
exactly what' they do and how they
live.
Dr. Russell will leave from Gal-
1 to enrpUj for. the course, and veston Wednesday and tail to New
Maverick Count* delegated William York where he will spend two days.
Lvall, BagU- Pass, to represent From there be will sail to Yourma.
them as a unit, although Lyell’b Nova Scotia from where he will
homo tenrii and other towns in that S<> the rest of the way by rail He
county also had repreaen\ptives en- W R1 •top at Antigonish In northern
r() H,.j Nova Scotia. His trips will be di
rected by the Extension Service
of the St. FYaneis Xavier Univer-
Mr. Ruasell plans to be gone
From left te right are shown those seated at the main table at the Summer Frees deb hnmjuet im
the mesa hall banquet room last Friday night. They are as follows: Cel. Ike Ashburn. Dr. C. H. Winkler,
Mrs. F. C. Bolton. Margaret Hoilingnhead, Hub-Johnson. Mrs. T. O. Wnllen. Dean Bolton. Mrs. Winkler,
Edith Thomas, and George Fuermann.
Summer Press Club
Banquets In Sbisa Hall
five-dap course.
Those cities^ represented at tht 1 ! la additipn to lectures on fire
school will benefit this coming yea^ fighting and fire prevention, the
by a reduction of three per cent id theory classes also learned about I “j 7 , .
' ■ IVurnon of hfmlth, bodilj WT boU ' thr " ° r , '>“ r '*** k *
ards, life saving and methods of J
body recovery. The drills and evolu
tion* covered eight sections which
included work with ladders, tools
| and safety, hose, salvage, attack
I theory, I extinguishment, hazards
and disaster operations. All fire- t
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their key rate provided that rat
at present is in excess of twent
cents.
The school tbia year was the lar
est ever held and for the first tit
attracted a representative from
foreign country a*4 one to repr
tent a county 'at-large. Juarel
Mexico, sent Leonardo Solis E
ATTEMPT MADE -
TO OBTAIN LOWER
INSURANCE RATES
Three Sisters, Near Same Age, Have Been
Taking Same Course, in Same Classi, at U. T. 1
Throe sisters, Lee Una, Ben DelLt~T^^^^*~~ —
and La Verne Sullivan of Ward, Lee Una. the oldest, teaches at
are setting an odd record at .TIA j *•"**“•’ M •* Covington;
Pills-.mils - T -_-- o,;. xml La Verne, the youngest, who thw nt * loduc *f l -
’ ^ received her B.B.A. degree June that is being charged persons who
Not only do the? .resemble on# 6 >t teaching Hve on the campus, 32< for each
another closely, but there a^e only for two months at Brownsville. %m worth of propertr Th.
three years and two month* bo- They are primarily interested in nk$ off thf » equal to
tween the oldest and the youngest business administration, th.- major j n where there is
Also, all are taking the same course ^ ,ee ^ an< * Verne, no protection. As a result ef
At the prwu-nt time the key rate
of fire insurance for the additions
surrounding the campus is $1 for
each $100 worth ef property. Thoee
persons living in these additions
have recently made efforts to have'
to the amqunt
for the same purpose; they ar^ am * l * u ‘ Tnmor ^ this, the fife insurance commis-
working toward the same degree. k* v « taught commercial subject# g j one , WM asked what could be
after already having one from am * n school. , done to lower the key rate off the
"We went to Baylor because w» campus,
are Baptists and had pla: n, ,i to week Mr. G. C. Hawley,
be there for a long time,” La Verne Chief Engineer for the State Fire
said when asked why they came to i . Division waa here at the
the University, “but we fame down Fireman’s Training School. Mr.
here b«<ause we thought »t would Hawley was accompanied by an in-
brnaden our education.” Ben Dell ip ector who investigated the addi-
waa in th^ University last summer.: tions to see just what could be done
Tbik is the first time for Lee Una to lower the present rate. Regard
ing this, the following decisions
other college; and each has had
some teaching experience
students, the only children of
and Mrs. Ben F. Sullivan, are
’ uates of Baylor University and
enrolled in Paul J. Thompson
course, “Supervision of the
Newspaper and Yearbook.”
i reason for taking the course la
each expects to be sponsor or
visor for one of the student
cations fan her respective school
term. „ ■ i
“It eras really an accident tha
all of us enrolled for this courae,'
commented Ben Dell, ’‘b,-cause 1
didn't knog my sisters were tak
ing the course. We have n
in the same class before.
600 Vocational Ag
Teachers Will Be
Here August 9-12
Rural Electrification
Conference Is Announced
All the vocational agriculture
teachers of the state will converge
on A. A M. next week, August 9
through 12, for the Vocational Ag
riculture Short Course. Prof. Hen
ry Ross of the Agricultural Educa
tion Department announced .today.
Some 600 teachers, 130 of whom
will bring their wives, are expected
to be here. The program will be
in charge of ten area supervisors,
who will lead the group in the
formulation of a program for the
next year. Dates for 4-H Club
meets, for district teachers' meet
ings, plans for fairs and shows,
and other business will be decided
Prof. P. T. Montford of the Agri
cultural Engineering Department
has snnounceii that a Rural Elec-
trificatien Conference will be held
at A. A M. October 26, 27, and 28
Approximately 150 are expected
to attend. 1
.This week enjoys the distinctioi\
of being the only one of the entire
summer school during which no
short course will have been held,
Colonel Ike Ashburn, executive as
sistant fo President Walton, has
reported.
In honor of its members during
the first semester of the courrent
summer session, the Summer Press
Club banquet was held in the ban
quet room of Sbisa Hall last Fri
Team Represents
A. & M. at World’s
Poultry Congress
More Than 650
Persons Will Attend
College Station will become the
scene of one of the moat unique
and interesting of the summer short
courses when the Farm Security >
Administration holds its fifth so- j
nual conference here Monday j
through Friday of next week, July
31 to August 4. The meeting will
be attended by 650 county and home
agents with their entire secretarial '
*
ftelping Others Help Thqmselv-
es” is to be the keynote of the
conference, and the main problems
to be dealt with will be centered
in the fields of livestock, poultry, ‘
dairying, horticulture, food preser
vation. and inoect control in the
houae, garden, and field. Ode of
the most interesting features of
this year’s conference will be the i
showing of miniature exhibits along
the corridors of Gukm Hall. In
many cases, real objects will be
used in the exhibits.
The program will be officially
opened at 7:46 p. m. Sunday at the
Assembly Hall with an addipss on
“The Importance of Public Hala
tions”. C. M. Evans, regional di-
Texas A. A M. will be represent
ed in an intercollegiate poultry-
judging contest at the World’s rector - w ‘ 11 P***ide *t the meeting
Poultry („*ro.. moot,., i. C1.V,. “ H *" 7™^
i ^ . * )r * T < 0- Walton, president of the
land, Ohio, tomorrow the first College, will deliver an address; H.
*** •»! MM^dance of time this eongrass has ever been H. Williamson, State Director of
$7 persons.
Th«> banquet’s todstgiaatar. Hub
Johnson, introduced the principal
Spealosr, Col. Ike Akhbsm, who de
livered a short address oS the in
terest value of the various sections
of a modern newspaper.
Following press club tradition,
the summer Organization invited
held in the United States The Die Extension Service, will speak
A. 4? M. team consist* of the foU ® n “ Facin * Fmct *”; ^ E - *•
Kyle will speak on “The Present
lowing members: Alexander War
ren, Louis Jurcak, and Fred Price;
and E. D. Parnell, associate profes-
-orof poultry husbandry, is coach
of the team and accompanying the
beys on the trip.
The contest will include compe-
several guest* including Dr. and tition in m^iibitiori n ,-diing, bird
Im-a. T. O. Walton, Dean and Mrs
F. C. Bolton. Dr. and Mrs. C. H.
Winkler, Col. Ike AsHbum, Mr.
ami Mrs. E. L. Angell. Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Wilcox, gad Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Winstead
Presided over by chairman Del-
selection, and market grades of
both live and dressed birds. Teams
from all states are invited, and a
wide participation is expacMi,*
The team members and coach
left College Station Wednesday,
aad will !return next Friday,
Whitaker, the banquet com- I August 4.
mi ties included Sara Allen Gofer, | Both Jurcak and Warren were
Margaret Hoilingnhead. Edith members of the Texas team that
ThomnWand Hub Johnson.
and 1-H Verne.
Lee Una wants to get her mao- were made
ter’s degree. Ben Dell would like
to ontinue her study of Spanish
aad business courses and, perhaps,
some day be a secretary in the
State Department of Education
La Verne desire# to teach awhile
AD, however, hop.- to “have a home
rv
Ex-Students o
Pleasure Stay
Decide for Pi
At' their business-and
meeting in Colorado last week,
board of directors of the
Studenti Association of A. A
voted to put into operation in
tember the proposed placement bu
reau they have been planning.
Sleeping under blankets with
temperatures slightly above the
sero mark, fishing for. mountain
trout and visiting miners’ cabin#
deserted shortly after the Colorado
gold rush, were some of the ex*
periencos of the members, who re
turned last Sunday from Lake City,
Colorado, where they attended the
directors’ meeting last week.
Business-
Colorado
J7kT |Jj Llj , j
meat Bureau
. ^presenting Colege Station was'
E. B McQuillen, secretary of the
association her.-.
In Colorado they were guests of
Roy Colston, Tyler oil mam and
former student of A. A M.. who
a membeCof the ex-students’
of (Erectors. \
Leaving hare :on the night of
July 14 for Colorado, the
stopped at Carlsbad Caverns
route to Colorado, arriving at the
Colston summer home Monday,
July 17. They were guests there
(Continued on pa^e 4)
I. Three-way fire hydrants
would have to be installed in the
business district at North Gate and
in the business district of CeAlege
Hills Estates.
1 Water IMppty- from Bryan
would have tx> be connected Col
lege Hills Estates.
S. The water mains would have
to be connected at project houses
on the campus and College Park
water system, and also between
the College Park water system,'
and the Oakwood water system;
thus making a loop to insure
nough water supply and power.
When these three things are done,
which will take time and conaid-
-rable money, the rates will probab
ly come down from $1 to those
rates existing on the Campus.
The city also passed an arson
reward ordinance, and at the same
time created the office of City Fire
Marshall. As a result of the above
two ordinance* the key rate for
fire insurance will be reduced 44
on each $100 property valuation.
However, not until the three stipu
lations decided upon by the Chief
Engineer are carried out will the
complete reduction be brought
about. The lowest rata that will be
poeaible will be 28*.
BRYAN’S CITY MANAGER,
James W. “Jimmie” Aston, who
Monday is leaving for Dallas to
become its new city manager, last
Tuesday night was honored with
an appreciation dinner, given at
The Oaks by the Young Men’s Civic
League as a farewell to him.
Summer Battalion
Goes on Air Monday
N iffht; So Will “Bat”
Next Regular Term
placed fourth in the Midwest Inter
collegiate contest held at Chicago
last November. Junaak was high
in production judging aad third
high, individual ip the entise con-
teat. AH the team members are
students in the School of Agricul
ture and are majoring in poultry
husbandry. Price will bs a junior
Beginning next Monday night, next fall, .Warren and Jurcak
The Summer Batteliop will make a senior*.
weekly invasion of the airways via The World’s Poultry Congress,
•Ution W.T.A.W. The program* which meets every third year, is
will Vast fifteen minutes beginning meeting this year in this country
#t 8:80 p. m. [ for the first tim#. The convention
The program* will be announced «»p«)ed yesterday and will last
by C. W. Wagner, W.T.A.W.’a stu- through August 7. About sixty
dent announcer and they will be members usually participate In the
arranged by George Fuermann.
managing editor of The Summer
Battalion. Each fifteen-minute pro
gram will be divided into three
units: news, sports, and the “Back
wash,” one of the Battalion col
umns.
congress. Every operation hi the
hpMtrjr from gest to table is
shown. Every known breed of fowl
is on display. Scientists from all
parte pfj the world participate.
Over twenty acres under roof fe
utabled te house the exhibits.
Summer’s Second Pasture Prom To Be
Held Next Friday Night In Mess Hall
Rorponsibilties Confronting A fri- i
cultural Leadership"; and “Wash
ington’s Viewpoint” will be pre
sented by C. B. Baldwin, assistant
administrator, and J. O. Walker,
director of the Resettlement Divis
ion. A full program of events has
bofci pAyfekid fer each morning and
afternoon of the week, and various
forms of recreation will be present
ed, in the evenings,' among which
will be a banquet and dance on
Thursday.
In addition to the regular confer
ence program, various panel pro
grams have been planned which •
make this short course of interest ii
to the clerical staff as well as to -
the county and home agents. “The I
School for Clerk Typists” is the
feature for the meeting of the
Texas F. 8. A. personnel. It is be- j
ing given at the same time as the
regular short- course, and it will
consist of a series of lectures plan-
- - d to be of interest to clerks and
!FW those interested in project
management, a project manage- !
ment division program will be held
Monday and Tuesday. There will 1
also be a program for liquidation
clerks on the same days.
The A. A M. Extension Service
always cooperates in arranging for
the programs here, and the plan
ning this year is to be supervised
by Roy Snyder, supervisor of the
'specialist work of the Extension
Service division.
Among the prominent men who
will take part in the Conference,
are C. M. Evans, regional director,
who is planning a similar confer- j
enoe in Oklahoma; V. R. Smitham,
state director; and C. T. Watson,
assistant state director.
Charles Ballowe
Heads Committee
The summer session’s second
Pasture Prom will bold sway over
campus activities a week from to
night as the Summer Press Chib
sponsors another informal dance,
this time in the mess hall.
Encouraged by the success of
the dance which it sponsored dur
ing the first semester on July 7,
the Prase Club will attempt to
sponsor a dance which will be even
better than the last one which was
attended by almost 300 persons.
Once again the keynote of the
prom will be tnfennality. Barn
yard clothes and barnyard manners
will be the order of the day as
coveralls and calico dresses reign
as examples of what the well-
dressed farmer and fermer.-tte will
uyi j Ni li*
Next Friday night’s Summer
Pasture Pror* will be the only
Rummer school function this se
mester which will bring the entire
fPHP pi4r; $#H#6bar. Proteidh
of the prom will go to tha Sum-
matiferaa# Oah.
Hesdc<l by chairman Charles
B. t ;!ow«. !he committee includes
Bara Allen Cofer, Ross Cos, Don
Burk. Jimmy James, and Hub
Johnson.
As The Summer Battalion went
to press no definite orchestra had
been contracted; but the committee
was expected to make an annonnee-
Informality Will
Again Be )Kej
i
ment regarding the
fore Sunday night
is promised.
As usual at A. A M. dances,
aywl; afejlaiatlsdiTc heads and
faculty members will be invited to
attend ms chaperon* Tbia list and
other details of the proas frill be
aramaneed over The Sum
talinn’s radio program n
day night at 8:30. r
Those persons who are
to attend the dance are assured
that H will be cool, as the affair h
being held ia the mess hall, where
there are plenty «f fans.
Three A. & M. Men
Are Soil Conservation
leaders in the State t
A. A M. men will play a Voaiting
part in directing the new state pro
gram of Soil Conservation follow- ;
ing the election of threo former
students at the College aa members
of the fivsi-mau State Soil Conaer- *
vation Board. V. C. Marshall, Tem
ple, Chairman of the Board, took
special work at A. A M. in 1910-11. n
Two other members of the board ]
are Horace K. Fawcett, ’24, ranch
er of Del Rio, and Major Walter
W. Cardwell, ’13, manager of tha
Luling Foundation Fares at Lai ing,
Legislation paased at the recent
session of the legislature will make A
poeaible the formation at ennoerv#*./
tion districts in Texas and an ex-'
tensive program along this line is
expected to follow.