PAGE 2 THE SI M M HR BATTALION FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1939 BATTALION f» s ' Ul«' Bummer-scMion weekly newspaper published each ( By w. STEEN ^ '’ f * *-.r 5*"f**‘. i A, • r>"»rm« ruW column. i» Th. B .n.lion h.*c Publwbod from •" J ““' pooled .lmo.t ,.clu.i«l, to n.tioo.1 .ml ViNkly final Jaaa * >;! j |^{ international problems. At least for today this one Entered as second-class matter at tbe Post Office is ffoiaf to enjoy the novelty of staying aaatrtr borne, •t Collejre Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress The Commission of Control for the Texas Cen- of March S, I87SK teaatlal Celebrations has just published its official Office hi R*m 122. Administration Building. TMe- ^ commiMion had control of thJ expendi- ; phone College 8 ! |f' mor * thlin 18,000,000 used in constructing ; ) museums, restoring missions and forta, and erecting Advertising Bates open recpiest monuments to persons and events of interest in the I„I II,.. -TI mom mvwmm. mmvm^mm** mw . kUiory of Texas. Prior to 1986 Texas was some- National Advertising II j | what backward in paying tribute, at least in so far CmOms* rmMfaStn Oprummumpi i as bronze andsnarble were concerned, to its heroes of aao Maoieow av. new voe» w. v. , the colonial and revolutionary periods. This condi- 1 Hi"* tk>n has been radically changed by the flood of BILL MUKRAY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF monuments which has descended upon cities and DON BURK ADVERTISING MANAGER towns of the state bt the past three years. H lUMging Editor Memorials are to be found in all parts of the -•^■porta Editor state. Most elaborate of all is San Jaciato State Park L....J Circiittion Manager where the towering monument and other improve ~.. f Movie Editor men Is represent an expenditure of about HJOO.OOO. Editorial Assistant The mooumtnt is beyond doubt beautiful and to- pressiVe; yet, it would seem that such memorials • j'{ might have a practical value Is well. For example, Margaret Hollmgshead, Sara Alle* ODfer,iPeggy a 21,700,000 San Jacinton Memorial ( lx*>roora Bufld- Campbell, Ruth Tauh, n'.sas, KargHnt Anh Wil- ing at A. A M. would commemorate the Texas liams, Betty Jane Winder, Ross Eafl Cox, Jimmy victory just as effectively. It could be beautiful. Mamas, Herman Spoede,. Sunny Olfiptetb V. A. end from my jaiint of view would be far xsore im- fylumnist What’s Showing AY TH1 ASSEMBLY BALL Saturday—“Os TriaT, with Mar garet Lindsay and John LHal. Ov bob Ni^bai Monday “Cafe Society”, with Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMur- ••"“Ny ray, and flbfaisf Rosa. George FuermafTn Hub Johnson J. C. Diets Bob Nlsbet Edith Thomas Yentsen, Jimmie Cokinoa. Charles Ballowe Advertising Mansgers Albert W. Gay W, Crain We hive four shows st the An- heart interest of Tracy’s, aa he this weak. Two of teams the orphaned youngster with these art “catch-ups” from past the “feminine feline fascinator” ia postponements, so; that leaves two a new art. The general excitement Tuesday—“Fixer Dagan”, With f or discussion. I ; connected with the hubbub of a MhjBjMiftjYllvfifth Wetdier, and “On Thai" is thi first on the circus make* this show reasonably Peggy Shsrnon. list and will be show* Saturday. aatmtaMhg. Thursday—“Raae of Waakiagtoa W jrou r * c * 11 - this b the show that “Rose of Washington Square", 8qaara”Twith Tyrone Power. Alice !?Y* U * d ott To curi ° 8,t > whKh ^ how, Thur,d *> r ’ “ * noth * r Faye, and A1 Jolson 111 ^ * r#u m °" ^ • tory twhissd musical comedy similar to “Alax- - ' the postponement. Some prowler adder's Ragtime Band" and fea- crawled into the rafters of the .At- .taring the same stars, Tyrone Pow- K\-Ajririe Heads New , * m ^y fiall and reusowed six fasts Ur and Alice Faye Many of the j,. , f T>U* rt It ^ rom t ^® fu ** ^° x The practical popular tunes of years ago which l napier OI l ni 1 Jelta joke couldn’t have been plann. 1 tx which are still ihmHiar to the ears Kappa Frat at Denton causa only a few people knew of the are sung; and the song “I Never % existence of suCh a bog, but some- Knew Heaven Could Speak” is in- Robert VlgUt, an ax-Aggie w ho one just poking into filings prob- troduced. The life of FariUp Brice was art tditor of The Battalion ably discovered the box. Perhaps was used as the story, and If you magazine in 1984-38. was elected the jokester had a conscience be- have noticed the papers lately she president of the chapter of Phi cause he left the fuses there serowi is now suing Twentieth CcnttXry- IMta Kappa, national professional ed into empty circuits. At any rate Fox studios for defamation of her fraternity in education for men, it was the next day before Mr. characterBriefly the plot follows recently cm ganisad on the campus Gay could find the trouble. a romance between Rose Sargent of Denton Teachers College. In ord4r to show “Chfe Society" and Bart Clinton. Rose ia a singer Sixty-one charter members were now instead of trying to bring it and is trying to get a job in the received into the chapter,- Beta back alt a later date, it will be Follies. Bart ia a small-time rro.k , i #» BeU * ■* l h< second campus shown Monday night. who finds himself getting deeper Fttl«h IWIXTI Mtt (>f „ 9T Tuesday’s show is Fixer Du- end deeper into the ^rays of evU Dr. R. P. Lad turn. Battalion cal ■ ■mist and history prof. Ag Eco Boys Leave On Extended Tour preseive than the towering pile of rock and con crete at San Jacinto. Station lust week, on a 42-day ^ be esUfclished on the campus ef g*n”. Lsi Tracy and Virginia Weld- with seemingly no chance ef get Much closer to College Station is old Washing- study tour of the eastern, nor- a state-supported teachers’ college mr are starred m this fairly inter- ting out. Rose gets her Follies job, top^on-the-Brazos ^here the Texas Declaration of In- thern, southern, and middle- and also the second to be placed toting story of the circus. Tracy but Bart's bad deeds catch up with Orchids to the “Y 99 dependence was written and sigaed. Once an im- western sections of tb. United in • Te ** 8 or university, »l*y» the part of the circus boxer, him. He geU the courage to take ports ni town, it ia now a straggling Tillage marked " .the other being at the University A touchmg sentiment is developed his medicine, in the knowledge that ^ J chwfly by the park with ita collection of monuments Suu * s H " 1 southeastern ( anada f Texas ^y Virginia Weidler whi^e mother. Rose still loved him and that She Battalion and other memorials. A viait to fiiis calm park ia This field course, conducted by the ~1 . j - ; i an aerial performer, dips. The Mon will wait for Mm. AI Jolson comes to “pass well worth while. It is worth something to know that Agricultural Economics Depart- tamer With the circus is a lady— through with several of the songs chance to the men who gathered there in March, 1886, faced menti ig in Af Eoo Way To Prevent Thus far this summer The has not taken space on ita editorial any orchids.” Now, however, it hag pay a well-deserved compliment. [i i prsbitops as serlaeu tk thoas facing aa^ msthm loiay. 1 ' 77 Qe*iiVv4r Ta Fczasncl We wish to compliment the College Y. M. C. A. That they solved them successfully was their good h ’ f “PPcr-class or grad- BCprYV 1$ MWMB for iU fine program in presenting ts the summer fortune, and is ours too. It is wtHfc something to CT * d,t ,or those who complete I)o ^ blMd 4^, your session student body picture shows at a most visit Washington snd call to mind the time when the course including the final sum- gums soft and spongy, teeth loose, reasonable rate throughout the summer months. Austin, Houston. Travis, Crockett. Bowie, and other mary, and was open to students sating painful? If so you are suf- - Contrmry to poputor 1MW. tlkJ-Y” do- .ot Tmm horoe, toodjto durt, «m.to. who hxj .t I-., two ye.r, of '•*•« ' • adekhey of Vito- make mon«y on these shows. On the contrary, (the San Jacinto and Washington are only two of T~ . min C. Farther, red spoti of blood Y often operates at some loss during the summer J the many places marked by the Commission of COe * e work an “ who are mU>r ' p^f i n the legs or other Regardless of this, the Y has continued to present Control in memory of the past, and in confidence toted in agricultural production p arts 0 f tht . body. Scurvy recently Peggy Shannon. By chance Mias he made popular years ago. This is Shannon happens to be the latest a fairly gopd show. BACKWASH - George fuermenn moving pictures during non-profit Months forj two for the history that is yet to be written in Texas main reasons. The first is to provide sumseeF school students with standard entertainment at a low price. Secondly, because of an unfavorable and mo nopolistic coptrect, the Y. M. C. A. is onsble to secure pictures until 45 days after they have been shown in Bryan. However, if the Assembly Hall fails to run productions for a month or longer it . • T V . ... - . . . .. , ning the affairs of that city soon gets so far behind m schedule that the long- a . , . . —ton .Ud.nto durin, llto f,m p.rt of th, r^ul.r . “^rton-kno.n - J mm, to man, of . . 4 ^Tj »a ^ m o v »d »long Tray in just a few school year must see shows several months old. It Good Luck, Jimmie! James W. Aston will officially conclude his term as city manager of Bryan Monday, July 21. He will go to Dallaa, to take over the task of run- mnrw snd marketing. The total cost of this trip ia 8187.60. This amount coven trans- 1 ** -4 portation, meals, lodging, registra tion, admission to the New York World’s Fair and other incidentals. L. S. Paine of the Ag Eco Depart ment is in charge of the tour. Ag Eco 400-8 ia a travel course of VRaMtoi C, the antiscorbutic scnuui jr®»r must iwr snows seversi momas imu. n . ,1 , n ‘JP p ' n oifri^oltural problems ar# vitamin, according to findings of ^ ^ ...i i_' fn nr „ v __ t h _ tK , *• known to the people of Bryan and College studied in the field. Numerous ag- Dr W W Flovd Sam Houston m M *** AggUmnd . . . v , * Station. Graduating from A. A M. six years ago, ricultural regions will be studied state m—,w r m , r g * n 2 marine stolen frw.. —— — — — .... ... v .. m . klnt . „-,f,- of h , h „ n „„ ,„ m . junior d , rk lo o( . cit)r SZS. Z—nUU„ form— n ' U ” ”* ^ ' L .-o-toiotov ; ^„ wm h. toZrzr.. ^.tor. ^ ^ ^ ^ “• *— long session that the Y is profit this summer. -a«fZui/niir-rzt zi A ^ ^ ut ^ o. . J.. Aston, is made up cd mpe successful business men. 'loca] md national influences con- None of them ever held public office before his ^ujered; marketing organisations Ineidstitals . . .Contrary to ni- Gregory Montoya, a prospective more. Aggie dances during the carwjr officer in the American For- H-r-ox wxe oooy. ocurvy recenuy ' el Relation. Service, is leaving has been reported from Maine and com,n K lon 6 MaaK>n W,U “ ot ** for Washington about September SoutR held in the new mess hall. Shis* J ^ Scurvy may ba due to improper still reigns . . . A Y. M- C. A. of- ^rvice exams, method-- of cooking potatoes or oth- points out that lately there , Another Aggie with big arabi- er Vitamin C is ^ound been'so many girl, who have tions is A. J. Gillespie who will ^ fn,H. -- r- iXrd 8 ^., 1 8mek a simple thing as putting a to crowd the male. . . . York Ci - GUlMpic alrewiy „ ac . cover on the vessel in which vega- 'The Stephens College girls, who complisbed pianist, will continue * ^boiled may prevent loas made such a hit here last May, him studies in the hope of one day will visii Texas U. next year—thus becoming a concert pianist. A calculat- * from the Ce- Add to A. A M. traditions—the Cabin early this week. making life at suminm school more enjoysblt- ■ Why Not Be Optimistic? Herman Spoede’s grandfather. R. Signs of progress . . tW p—ont tom,. They .er, electod by toe people of ^ritoltor.1 —rketo ^11 be S.P.&E. Electa ! *' G y r /, k , *"• of , PtHy rifb. Dallas as a protest to the spoils-system party that visited and analysed FmnhiiL rri • »» . e-. - ** Te oldest living grads. Mr. Guy- painted on the curbs at North Gate. * r ^ -V - V y~~ Tt TLTZZJZSS Faires Member Of u, ^0.,,,. b, to. u- .f w. . . con..™.,.., of . dn* ^ The store anneared on the fmaneial nsee ^ mwnbers of the Dali., council ate not obli- reUtkMki - ( OUIlCll at Meeting . ' *t the East Gate .. . The opening ■ ^ IfT appe *" d on the *bMnMl psge of ^ pay off agy po |itj ca ] debts. The officiaU _ u ^ l \ J»«k Hudy is stUI writing songs, of another ice cream store at North the Chicago Evening American not so long ago. It they Mlect ^ Mmt then in mansging the city are The " tudenta market- V. M.:Faires. professor of me- The lato»t is “I Do. I Will, I TVy" Gate. The same, incidentally, ia runs something like this: | chosen on merit alone. The fact that Mr. Aston iB< [ in St " Cbieago, Fhiladel- chsnldsl 1 engineering at Texas and the lyrics were written by J. managed by an ex of the class of There was a man who lived by the side of waa ^i^ted by the Dallas council to take over the p * lia ’ New York C,ty ’ and 8 P rin *' A. AML College, was electod a Jjt Woobey. Jack has already had 1910—August C. Bering . . . 77m the road and sold hot dogs. eity ia in highest political honor that f'*** 1, M****^ 118 ^ 1 *- In Chicago member of the council of the So- more than one song published and Summer Battalion taking to the He was hard of hearing, so he had no radio. He could be paid to his merit and personality. tk"; •" New York they ita annual meeting held at Penn- liever in advertising, so he put up Mfiatiidlong the i„ the short tune he has worked there. His latest wai * tudy tbe handling of Texas sylvaxia State College, State Col- highway advertising the merits of his hot dogs, and work was preparing the city badget for the new * nd vegetables on the auc- he stood by the side of the road and Cried: “Buy a fiscal year. i ' T , tion market; in Philadelphia they hot dog, Mister.” [ j I 1 The oUi stotement that “you can’t keep a good "‘N observe the marketing of local- Several af the A. A M. College And people bought. j man down” is still true. “Jimmie” is on his way ly-produced fruits and vegetables; school-of engineering staff attend- He increased his meat and bun orders. He to larger fields offering greater opportunity for his * n Springfield they will soe the ed the meeting and reported a bought a bigger stove to take care of hi# trade, unusual talents in city management. The best wishes marketing of dairy and poultry very constructive session. Those at- Finally business became so good that la- Fought of everyone will go with him when he leaves next products, and in St. Louis the mar- tending the meeting included Prof. ", his son home from the city to hdg him, week for Dallas. Speaking for all the Aggies, we keting of htencs and mules. Fairos, 8. R. Mertz and R. M. Win- Theft something happened. His {dd •kidj say “Good luck, Jimmie”. j,’ , The trip will cover 42 days, gren, of the Mechanical Engineer ‘Father, haven’t you been listening to the radio? Haven't you been reading the newspapers? ^ AROUND THE CAMPUS P*> i ‘ ‘ ^ , 1 ,r lr ! I r- '."t WITH EDITH THOMAS • > The membees of the Foreign Cot- F. A. Gibson of the class of ’40 ton Study Tour who have been in “ spending a few days kreond Col- Europe for the past few weeks arc Sution following six weeks now back in the United Stakes. employment on Cotton Insect Sur vey Work in the Division of Ento- 6,000 miles, 20 states and two coun ing Department; J. J. Richey and Th* group stopped for a few days mology, Experiment Station, tries. The travelers will meet and Dr. A- A. Jakkula, of the Civil Bn- at the Wot Id’s Fair and will arrive There is a big depression on. The European situation COLLEGIATE REVIEW vUit with <«rmere and agricultur- gineering Department; Dr. J. D. in College Stotion Wednesday is terrible. The domestic situation is worse. Every- j al leaders in 35 agricultural regions Lindsey, of the Chemical Engineer- Tv nrm/ Wv 1 ia terrible. The domestic situation is worse Every thing is going to pot.” Whereupon the father thought i “Well, my son has been to college. He has lived in the city with big business men. He reads the al leaders in 38 agricultural regions Lindaey, of the Chemical Engineer- Thursday, and subregions. They will visit the ing Department; H. C. Spsncsr, of . M Engineering “THE OUTSTANDING DEFECT OF THE A 4W _ , _ ^ torriculum ot Uto *«to, do, Amorlton colloko i, L En * , ~ mn * D ~ ,n "' D ” mrt - tt* lock of opiritool drito. It does not bind Ufothor “d too U. S. D»[«rt- tbc tmebom ond otildtota Olid krodontoo od a colloc* ? Agricu tur« m WoiUnf. poptoi and lutona to too radio Ht oofht to km,*.” tau> , communit, doromatod by to, to, ’• wl ” r * ° { ^ «rwu- -l- 8 " '■| A f r "* 'r™ ~ *“ *“* “ d bu " o motional attitude of a .inkle entorprt*- Educator “ ordan, curtailed bta advertumk and no longar AleMWI , r Mcikl.jobn Dartmouth Cull.*, on- ' ,U " , ^ U " '"• p4r1 *r botoatud tu aund by to. h,»hwa, and call out ( ,, rgr ^ u . t ,, hu ^ ly>u of dilemmo -■«>« emplmai. on proo«»-da» pro!, his wares. His sales fell off almost over night He fating u. 8 educators ! eBaa Mvieultural economics, said to bis bog: j ,j “There is nothing sacrosanct about methods and •You were right son, we certainly are middle of a great depression.” revalue them, and the courage to discard and add ~ _ . , Dr. Me P. Trotter left Wednes- C Hukhm. of A., to tQ a Texna, for parl ' a cotton conference held there with the Harrison County Cotton School. Tbe county agricultural agent R R. Morrisoa*- wil be chairmag of this conference. ment; and Electrical ment The 3.PkE.E. held ita 1988 con vention on the campus of Texas A. A M. when for the first time in its U> years of existence the Mrs. Cameron Siddall is substi tuting for Mrs. Turner in the office of A. B. Connor, Director of the Experiment* Station. • • •. • H. A. Dulan, instructor in tbe Department of Accounting and Sta tistics, Will be married the 12th of August to Mias Dorothy Browne of Dallaa. - The tourists will visit North organization met in the Southwest, in the organisations; these are but devices good only sc C* rolina - st * u ‘ < ollt *Kc, Fm . look oi toey ore ^i. w, n-d WILLIAMS NOW Cornell, the University of Ontario, TOURING EUROPE An the moral of all this ia: Why be a peasi- and modify - in tke liyht ^ «* r immense public -- . .. mist? Why not talk g-d busineM? Why not toTp- ^".ibiUty the needs of n * ** sil things of the spirit, is im- ^o 01 wl ^ **plxin land use TaTaf a. „ . x a ^ • 1 1 i i mortal, hut the tongues in which it speaks to men ^ ^t •‘egion anil ksd a study of bandry Department, ia must change with the changing yeans.” University •gri^lturai economies problems a oomprehensive tour of « J Ihr. CL B. Campbell and family Dr. and Mrs. D- W. Thorne are are leaving for Mexico August L visiting in Galveston for a few for a vsesuon trip of three weeks, days. l ; i j During this time Dr, Campbell in- • ’ • • tends to study conditions in Mex- A. J. Chapman, who is in char^ >«o. I> W. William*, head of the pf pink bollworm investigation for • • • • A M. Animal Hue- xhe Bureau of Entomology and Dvspite the bent of the past few «***»« Plant Quarantine at Presidio. Tef- weeks Dorothy Babcock has been Europe u , wg* here Tuesday to confer working quite diligently on the LOOK TO YOUR LAURELS. YOU YOUNG of California’. President Robert Gordon Sproul urge. All the school, have planned num- ^ raa|mar Btu tries. per.mertt Station, with reference though the murals are well under In the .hope of the university^ college of engi- People to have an intolhg--t unil.mtanding of the The tourists will go through tax- Ag a the American to plaas for'investigational week to way, Mias Babcock does not think nearing, these potential “mud" engineers can whip functions of your government, for our democracy tile factories in North Carolina, the Society of Animal Production, he be carried out in the lower Rio they will be completed until early up ia « Jiffy a mud pie—neat and round hu gooey ten be maintained only with each citizen fighting American Tobacco Company at ^ atUml ^ international Coa- Grande Valley where this insect winter, as you want tt, and any color under the. sun. The • ad making sacrifices for it." W. M. Jardine, pres- Durham, N. C., the Ford factories g^aa of Animal Breeders which ha* become firmly . -tabli-hed • • • • results of their pie making is of vital concern te >■> > ^ MTicultural production. Belgium. Sweeden. Germany, Rua- J* A * M ^*' T the summer. • Tb *', Mor. to., 1,000,000 toUdm. Us -rid. .round JL,", T t*5*r ho * IOV ^* Wor * niT'-ito’*,* ^Uni „ . * * * * . . determine whether it wfll eohrn the dhUinTprobler^ York* World TlL 'Istt Cw the Smoky MounU.n, l comple^Thto work there ° n d ^^ K < FUtehe h0m * ^ ^ ^d^tterio^oin^^ ar^. , ! ! 1 • : -f been named tb. Chddr.n. World Waihingtoa. D. C., the Smithson put pose of studying the sheep in- • • e the A. S. A. E. meeting in 8t Pbul, • • • (• | |j| »An Institute, Niagara Falls, Mt. dustriee near RambouiUet. Ha will Rev. and Mjr* Hauser, the Kpis- Minnesota, he spent the remainer . i i H T i | 1 ' t Vernon, Gettysburg Park, the alao visit the Channel Islands and copal minister and his wife, have of his vacation in Wisconsin, fit the “Masterpieces of Art” Museum at the Admiral Richar d Byrd, faaaed explorer of Arctic Ozark Mountains, the House of other livestock producing centers as their house guests the first part • • • • . New lork Fair, the order of the rooms follows the wastelands, has established one of the world’s larg- David, the Statue of liberty, the of Old Wor d of this *< « k Mrs. Hauser’s mother, , C. E. Peach has returned from historical sequence of art development from the est penguin colonies at the New York Fair. Admiral Libarty Bell, and an interview with He will retain to New York or Mrs. Callen, and her two daughters, his vacation and is at present track Middle Ages through the R. nai m»tu. and Baroque Byrd has brought 80 of the froek-eoafted fowl from the Vice-President of the United Montreal from Liverpool, England, Barbara and Margnret, all of San ing during the second mssfcln of periods to the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Antarctica. j States, John Nance Garner. j about September 1. Antonio the summer school. j ‘ |. * ivS t •rr*.| i ‘ i.iJIi ii , \ i. •* \ : 1 ’ . , * IJk* : * 1 l . . 1 I H l\ * 1 .*1 , ^., ;i