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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1939)
( seaboard Life Men A.&\M. Herd Sire Make Bet on Week’a <iua ified as Tested Sales— ‘Blues” Lose Sire by Jersey Club D»rinc the last week of July BOY CHBMI8T—> (Contiaued from paf« 1) oa specially constructed electrodes. Wilson explained. ik.-- O-tf*" “"‘O' knd H«T7 ta Mk • . •« racy » f “>• ■« « A. * M.. hM rMmtl, qul- «d cnnot raster (or U» seaboard Lift Insurance Company — - * - - i .1 i t . l - it _ . of Houston put on another of its numerous contorts among ito mem* fNiJLta « KS^'iw' rT, !w to ^nTrTr.^ ^ IT * bar* in aellfnc IKo inourance. (at, l|l,079 Ibo. milk. iC »J«* ^ , •*“ °» ™«tiana» .Kr.o.ltur.l bars in sellinc lif« insurance. Terms of the bet the salesmen for the acency contracted among themselves were as follows: The selling force, first of all, was divided Into two teams, the “Reds" and “Blues”, the teams being Captained by Sid Loveless, fraduate of the class of ’88, and A. H. McCutcheon and 0. B. Dona- bo, respectively The winning team was te feast on fried chicken,. and the losers on chili, ali at the expense of the losers At the end of the week the Reds were ahead by a wide margin. The Blue* paid up. Total sales for the month were $118,000. Members of the Red team were captain Sid Love lass; Paul Mar tin; Ruth Ravell of Groesbeck, Cliff Weise of Cameron, and F. L. Poole of Navaaota. The Blues were co-captains McCutcheon and Don ah©; H. E. Burgess, T. L. Mtse; and C. E. Smith of Hearne. District manager is W. F. Munnerlyn Paul Martin led the entire Sea board agency force, with $40,000 for the month. “IN SMALL DOSES" The patient was recovering from pneumonia. He had repeatedly ask ed for food, and at long last the nurse served him a mere spoonful of rice. A few moments later the patient called the nurse again. “Now 1 want to read a little,” ha said. "Bring me a postage stamp." AIR MAIL AND PASSENGER service has been inaugurated be tween Chenking, China, and Kami, Chinese Turkestan, where H con nects with Soviet Russia’s air ser vice, making it possible to travel between Chenking and Moscow in five days. Smart though todays’ wise-crack ing collegian may be, he’s not as inventive as be thinks he is if you believe the researches of Univer sity of Buffalo librarians. Among the modern wise cracks that are not so modern, according to their discoveries, are the follow ing: •TO tell the world” was first used by Shakebpeare 815 years ago. “Not so hot" is from the same author’s “Winter’s Tale." “Beauty but skin deep” was Phil lip Barnes Bagley’s description of a woman in 1661. Our Mid-Summer CLEARANCE i SALE CONTINUES I SAVE MONEY ON; Summer Suits Sport Shoes Slack Ensembles . Straw Hats Sport Belts Wash Trousers Light Weight Stacks Catalina Swim Trunk? roHdropaft Bryan College Station ified a tested sire by the Amer- cour **' but he is a regular attend Zhz rjz r;rr (“• miik,uMtocim* (*t. «« him (or te kooor. «< to th, ctaM. Vlbon TTT f ,„ th °, Fsrn Oxford, an animal aa one of the top- the Jersey bree.i won pnres con- on Jersey Inland, in the Staten, and other parts of the sjorld. The dam at Roseb. v Deaigi is the grant Grieve [Hall " f ‘ eow, “Roseboy’s Fawn Princaas." She has placed high in every elans show: i dLd is the dam of several outstanding jerseys. A. B M. has g total of 50 daugh ter* from Roseboy’s Design at pres ent Only one son is being de- The remainder have U « n sought by Jersey breodtrs MM, of Bo-M*boy's DesiiKn have | qualified for silver medals. of the second son r t “Volunteer Host-boy De- qualified under the manage of ’Wheeler Bros, Saluda, Carolina. He won the silver at only 5 years, 10 months s "on the records of first-calf tested without selection, of the* Jersey breed have won the medal honor- at arv. | {In Sout of WED PLANS OF CONSOLIDATED HICK ON DISPLAY Pl^nt ^>r a new A. A M. Con- >oli(Mted 1 H%A\'fchool buil.lmc soon to be erected here have been drawn dp by Ernest Langford, head of the Architectare Depart ment, And C. JL Finney of that de partment, who. have been working on t|utt project for some time. TV completed plans are on dis play this afternoon from 2 to 5, and .tonight from 8 to 10^ in Mr. Langford’s office on the fourth flaat ♦# the |Ucadrmk Buiding. AU pchool patrons are invited to comf and inspect them. Md Fox Finally ^aces Fate—Alas, le’s in Museum Now fine red-fox m*-,m. r. h.,- been received by j the College ■urn, and will be hdded to its lly-grawing colkHltioa. R. L. :’’ Peterson, museum taxi- derfnist, is mounting the skin and will soon place it on display/ B«e foot was donated by a game warden, who Succeeded in trapping successful attempts to do so. •fb. fux had U-comc a serious pest. wiA^ 1U eye ulway* on neighboring farlners’ hen-houses. A peculiarity of the animal is th^ absence of three toes on one fodL TV game warden reported that the fox had lost these toes in s tkap some six years ago. A con ag| at eight yean. 1 - - I I* Iff I, • i M.Hl.rns who wonder hew any ancient man shaved himself are enlightened at the New York Fair. | Tbe oldest raior to be shcram * T •■•or ui oe anown is . . TT . . .— ' fashioned in the Stone Age of Ob- ,rom J * nu * r > ^ ^ mr. —lAl La.^ L is I ^ - . A lltiim.Uk. !•.< f/k»- lurk.. ■ k «< rr* ♦tone, a form of volcanic flS*a. Other didplays include Ro- n*An tweesers and"cfhineae -raior of onl F •*fkt4a»th* of 1 per cent, * “ - increasing 56.6 per cent over June T*’ Weal from AustrsiU’s llf.MM.M6 eap lends color to the Do rn nton’s section at the New York Grid’s Fair. Delicate fabrics are diaplayed while aetion exhibits reveal how the crude product ,s prepared for consumption in wci id mark.-i - THE SUMMER BATTALION •rate the highest type of learning Henry fc not working for credit, but for what he can learnt. ten years. Six hundred voca tional agriculture teachers, 180 ^ , ^ ^ W mon bringing their winae, are Questioned about the process of expected to attend the ffor^lay extraction, Henry dim bed upon his laboratory stool and explained that it is dpne by hand and is extremely alow, three bouts’ work yielding only two teblespoonfuls. By way Ot demonstration, he took a com mon kitchen butcher knife, cut the •kin from the outer surface of an apple and squeeaed out a single drop of the latex, saying. “This is the way we have jib do it now, but if our experiment proves the apple hM-hiblK-r in it, somebody will find a better wspr." Pointing out the difference in coler, he «\pl» ed that the material obtained from the surface of the apple is to that inside b<-cause it is whiter Asked about hi* purpose in tak ing the course, Henry replied ser iously, “I want to see what I can get out of the course. It is inter esting to me, and it ought te help me later on. Yos see, I intend to take chesnistry next year" The question •Do you enjoy the lectures?” brought a lighter re sponse. With s twinkle in his eye, he answered, “Well, there’s a lot about it I don't understand, but I enjoy watching Mr Wilson write them on the Board." Being primarily interested in scientific things, it is only natural that Henry should have a home chemistry set with which he spends a great deal of his time. However, he has another bobby, electricity. He builds carbon arcs from carbon salvaged from old dry cells, and tinkers with radio. MEMBERS OF THB MENARD County team that won the Interna tional Livestock 4-H Judging Con test recently plad to enter Texas A. A M. this fsIL They are Billie Kidd, Harold Mogford and John A. Powell. IJ ■lllil / , I REV. MALCOLM BLACK. *76, Sterling City, retired Presbyterian minister, and a member of the Pioneer Class of A. A M., was swarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by Daniel Baker College, Browrrwood, in June. Dr. Black, who has been state clerk of the Brownwooi-Mtebytery for more than 20 years, will be 85 years of age in December. DON O. DAVIS, •11. McKIN- ney, has bees appointed acting postmaster of that dtp. He wad also elected as a member of the it dnly after several years of' un- Bomrd of Directors of the Assoeia- succvssful stU-rantH to do Th.. tion • t *** commencement meeting. He has served as county commissioner of Collins County for several terms. SALES OF AUTOMOBILES IN Texas for the first half of 1939 were sharply, above those for the i .. i - corresponding period a year ago, temativs guess planed the fox’s the University Bureau of Business Research reported lately. For the first six months of the year, passenger car registration* were up 36 per cent, and commer cial cm,MVistratirn* showed a gain mania. King Haakon VH of Nor of 20.6 per cent over the period Automobiles sales for June show ed a decline frT>m those of May least a doien »-ai*ies will be 22 per cent above June of last year at the New York World’s health statisticians estimate, first-aid stations are staff MEMBERS OF THE MENARD dou’t'hJt me again; Ill £/up' mu nr-n aiu station* are atari- _ ... , — «* by doctor* a ltd nurse*. Medical ^ nty ^ “ ?h° TRY OUR SPBCIAL SCALP I. . 1 TREATMENT Y. M. C. A. BARBER SH i type of projection machine which utilises living models instead of turn or sfidea, is used at the ly what happens and how, when man uses * modern slectric rnsor. Normal whisker* appear to be the site of siaairisgs. Campus Will Be Thronged With All Of State’s Vocational Ag Teachers For Four-Day Meet Starting Wednesday A.j» M. will again be host forfjecto are constantly uader supar- viakm. The program in the state is arrangnd at present so that sach boy may have three years of Mp iMso,! vocational agriculture before completing high school. Tbs second divi»,on of the state pro gram is interested in boys t* twuen the agee at sixteen sme twenty-five who are out of school The part-time student is also in cluded in this group. The purpose of this second division is te help farm U>ys to become established on their own farms and to prac tice modern methods of farming Adult* who are farmers form the third division of the state pi - gram. Under this division the vo~ rational afrieuHurt teacher helps to improve the farmers’ property and te help them establish good farming practices. The fourth division of the pro gram is closely allied with the first division. The Future Farmers of America comprise this fourth group. They are mostly of Ugh school age. Each teacher organises s chapter in his school. These chapters have become quite pop ular in Texas. To date 553 F. F. A. chapters have been organised with s membership of 23,000 students. A. A M. has been the host for the last two conferences of the vocational agriculture teachers. All such teachers in the state must attend the meet That these short courses are gaining in popularity is affirmed by the increased en rollment expected for this confer ence over that of last year. Prof. course ending next Saturday. The purpose of the short Course is to work out a program which will aid the vocational agrieultural teachers in teaching farmers and farm boys improved practices in fanning. Although general pro- grama will form the chief attrac tion of the abort course, special mphasi* will be placed on district meetings which will discerns the problems prevalent in each section. Outstanding vocational teachers will lead the discussion in such meetings and will give most of the short talks. The short course will officially - ’gin Wednesday morning at 7:30 with a general program featuring D. M. Clement*, regional agent of the Southern region, who will lead and assist in the presentation of the short course. A ve<y compact program will be praaefttai* each morning from^7:80 te 9.30. Dis trict meetings will be hold each afternoon. The evenings will b* devoted to committee meetings and various forms of entertainment and recreation. During the short course special attention will be paid to the four division* of the state program of division at the state programs is devoted to teaching farm boys in high school. Their fanning pro- vocational agriculture. The first Henry Ross feels assured at the success of the short course be- chu.*i- of the battery of outstanding speakers to be here. Hoard of Directors Will Meet August 19 a The Board of Directors of A. A M. Col legs will meet August 19, to conakler a number of matters. One of the main reasons for the meeting is the approval and dis position of the budget for A. A M. for the new school year. Another is te decide on the location of a new East Texas sub-station of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Other matters the Board will take up are to be announced aft. a later date, i The indis iPual,buildings and ex- hibite of more than three score foreign nations are concentrated in such a comparatively small area in the New York World's fair that visitors will be able to rnribe a tour of the habitable globe in 80 min utes. That beats even Howard Hughes! School Apportionment Set at $22 Per Capita An overwhelming vote of 8 to 1 by the State Board of Education last week set the 1939-40 per capita apportionment at $22 for the third consecutive year. \ Board members voted 6 to 3 against increasing the opportion- ment te $22.50, the maximum per mitted uader a new statute. After determinlag the apportionment, the board decided to spend $2,000.- 000 far additional free textbooks, and considered addition of a num ber of volumes to the list on which bids will be called for early in October. Reproduction of a giant Eakimo igloo, 70 fact high, with, “snow” encrusted walls sparkling under sunlight or night illumination, is one of the exhibit buildings at the World’s Fair. From its ceil ing, the Aurora Borealis, or Nor thern Lights flashes as it does over the fro sen wastes of the Far North. TWO EUROPEAN KINGS AND one crown prince have spoken te the United States on “*lnl|ile'lii Na tions” broadcasts conducted as free tings to the New York World’s Fair. They are King Carol of Ru- way, and Crown Prince Prederik of Denmark. “AS USUAL” increasing oo.o per ceiu over June, "Th* deafening thunder rolled and 1988. Commercial car registrations *Whtning flashed almost continu- • . ~ ..... rasamlas ^ .a a*oo. v uiiiiurrvi4i rwiO»w•uons - ~ lagged 6.5 per cent behind May, but 0o * ly - Pr *^ 1,tl T * boh struck Mr. * - , Allen mad knocked him completely out of bed. He yawned, nibbed his eye, and said, “A1 right, dear. - ,WGHT INTERNATIONALLY JpdfinK Contest, famous individuals art listed on this the 1989-46 Drama-Lecture-Musk '* course of Baylor University, being plan te rater Texas A. A M fall Th# boys are Billie Kidd, Har ^ ^ old Mogford, aadi John A. Powell, inaugurated next fall to replace ttto other rivic entertainment THB “MAGNASCOPB.” A NEW f™ 1 ** in JT hk:h ^ univ * r * it y bad interest. The course program was anrpunced recently by a faculty committee headed by Dr. A. J. World’. Fair te demonrirate exact- * la “Demacracity." the Meal dty of the future, contained within the Peris ph era of the New York World’s Fair, no one Uvea in town. The model was planned on a scale to eon tain a working popu lation of 250.000. Residents are housed ia a rim of garden apart ments suburban development* and nearby to* ns. Listed are Boake Carter, radio news commentator; Herbert Agar, Pulitaer prise winner in journalism and editor of the Louisville, Ken tucky, Courier Journal; Frank W. Asper, organist at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City; Helen Jepeon, popular singe*; Edward Weeks, editor of the Atlantic Monthly; Evs LeGallierme, actress, in the play "L’Aiglon"; RoUo Wal- APPROX IM ATEL Y' 40 PER cesit of all state revenues were de rived |rom motor fuel taxes and n-jr|-t ration fees in 1937, the last year for which complete data are available, according to the Federa tion of Texas State administra tors. Motor fuel taxes represented » per Cent, and registration fees 9.5 per cent of all revenues from state taxation daring the year. Other special motor vahkle.tax es which increase the motor ve hicle ..ps rator’s burden include op erators’ licenses, ton-mile taxes, special taxes, and weight or ca pacity taxes When these are added nearly half of all state tax collec tion* ia taken from the pockets of highway users. I Automotive taxes are in addi tion to the regular taxes, such as property taxes, business taxes, pay roll taxes, income taxes, and sales taxes, paid by motor vehkle own ers hi their role as plain citisens. THE TWENTY-FIFTH AN- nual meeting of the American As- -K .inor, Of Petrolento Geologists Wili be held at the Stevens Hotel, Chicago, Ill., April lO-lil 1940, under the sponsorship of the Illi nois Geological Society. The officers of the association are Henry A. Ley, Southern Cross Oil (o., Sen Antonio, Texas, pres ident; L. Murray Neumann, Car ter Oil Co, Tulsa, Oklahoma, vice president; E. W. Owen, L. H. Mentx, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, secretory-treasurer; W. A. Vhn PWNftJ University of Wkhite, Wuhits, Kansas, editor; Donald • Barton, Humble Oil and Refin ing < o, Houston, Texas, past pres ident ONI THOUSAND YEARS httWstjLshsuluiisto in Arizona will unseal a granite monolith and in form the world of 2939 how Ameri- Ln,women preserved their beauty in early times. A collection of per fumes and cosmetics, sealed in the — coraeratone of the Cosmetics Build- tor Brown, author and lecturer; and In* ot the New York World'* Fair, Mias Frances Perkins, Secretary of will be moved to the “Shrine of Labor in President Roosevelt’s cab- Aimrisan Beauty” which is not to he opttted until April 80, Ml [Sj ' • i j ! i I : j IhVj i , : H TEXAS ACCOM- I (Continued from page'lj ed the age of twenty and who have not reached their tmnMiMfc birthday. As applicant must pra- esnt a certified document from the office ef the registrar of a recognised college or university ■bowing dlLt he has completed satisfactorily at least one-half of the necessary credits leading to n degree which normally requires four years’ work, or must pass n written examination in lieu there- 0<. Applicants must be of excellent character and present evidence of that fact. They must be of sound physique and in excellent health. Prospective condidates who ful fill the requirements for appoint ment as flying cadets may obtain application forma from the com manding general of the corps area in whkh they reside, or from the Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C. This dty i*.in the Eighth Corps Area and communications from prospective flying csdetg should be addressed to Commanding Of ficer, Eighth Corps Area, Ft. Sam Houston, TVxas. . Civilians who are accepted for cadet flight training in the Air Corps are enlisted as “flying ca dets". They wear distinctive uni forms which differ from those worm by officers of enlisted men of the Army. The flying cadets of the Air Corps constitute a body of young men who are noted for their splendid character and excellent discipline. The pay of a flying cadet is $76 per month. In addition there ia a ration allowance of $1 per day, which ia sufficient to maintain a first-class -mess. A further allow- ance baa been made to cover ren tal ex peases while (undergoing training aft civilian flying centera Upon aatisfactory completion of the nine-raontha course of instroc- tion at the Air Corps training cen tera at the Ryan School of Aero nautics, and at Randolph and Kelr ly Fields, a flying cadet is appoint, ed a second lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserve, receives his “wings” end the rating of airplane pilot. To the extent permitted by con- greaaional appropriation*, flying cadet graduates-will be called to extended active duty with tactical unite ef the Regular Army Air Corpa In the grade of second lieu tenant. Air Corps Reserve, for ai period of 3- years, with the same pay and allowances as an officer of similar grade in the tyl9jpi Army. The Ah- Corps Reserve officer, during the period of training with tactical units of the Air Corps, has the opportunity to observe all the various phasqs of aviation and, it) addition to build up his flying ex perience toward the objective of every Air Corps Reserve officer— a total of 1,200 houra' flying time. This accomplished, he will be eli gible aa a total flying time te secure a Scheduled Air Transport Rating from the Civil Aeronau tics Authority. »A former commanding officer of Randolph Field in discussing ca reers in the Air Cerps recently lail: ■ % If J . u I. “Every young Amerkan college undergraduate, in planning his fu ture, should think of Randolph Field just aa he thinks of any oth er post-graduate professional school -provided, of course, that he has the necessary physical quali fication* aqd the desire to fly. “Naturally it ia the most diffi cult to enter of all post-graduate schools. But if pou win your wings, you can take a just pride in hav ing accomplished something worth while, and yon*will have had at least 25© hours of flying before you are graduated as a second lieutenant." - FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1939 Williams Is Teaching At Colorado State & 4 Williams, head of the In- duMrial Education Department of A. A M, Is teaching at Colorado State Collage, Fort Collins, Col orado, during the last part of sum- mar school. That school has three three-week terms each summer; mid Mr. Williams is teaching there Airing thcar third term. This is the third summer he has assisted in their summer school. Colorado State Collage draws students from all parte of the country. Last summer the students in his classes cam# from twenty states and Canada. Mr. WllMams and his family left Thursday, July 87, and on the way attended the rodeo to Cheyenne; Wyoming, last Saturday. Classes at Fort Co Bins started Monday of this week. j N. Y. A. FUND— (Continued from page 1) enrollment during this period has tain' considerably greater thaa that ef meet other major educa tional institutions. . Simpaoa also announced that the college’s departmental stadeot labor funds will be Increased te pay 65 additional waiters ia th* new mesa hall. The following is a list of A. A M.’s previous N. Y. A. allotment#: 1983-1684 $ 9,100 : (F. E. R. A. allotment) . | 1934-35 | — 31,000 1 19S6-M j . , 46,000 1936-37 59,000 . . 1937-38 ; 47,000 1938-39 ... 52,000 Including the allotment for the coming school year, A. A M. ha* received $812,273 to N. Y. A funds from the federal gavernment. During the past long session almost 1,300 students were em ployed through both N. Y. A and college funds. Of this number, 672 were on the N. Y. A payroll. Mr. Simpson is now engaged in the consideration and study of ap plications for jobs during the 1930- 40 session. The 1,100 available jobs will be awarded te part of the 2J)06 or more applicants be tween August 16 and September 1. August 1 was the deadline for applications to be Considered for jobs this September. However, ap- plications are still being accepted although they will apt be consid ered until a few weeks after school starts. , No directions or regulations have aa yet been received by the Stu dent Labor Office concerning ex penditures and rules of eligibility for N. t. A. jobs. However, Simp son added that he believes the rules new to effect will remain approximately the same. You’ll Like It Better s U HRDLICKA’S PLACE Dine -i- Dance The Food Is Fine Enjoy a Cool Evening: South of A. & M. on Highway % FRANK SIMON, Mgr. J WASHING AND GREASING I * \ Called for and Delivered COLLEGE VIEW SERVICE STATION J\ • * CLYDE DARK, M(r. \ Phon, 4M