College Right at Aggieland
¥ CENTENARY’S NEXT!
“College Night” Was Largest, Most
Successful in College’s History
Due to the record number of students housed on the campus,
the “largest crowd in the history of the college” was present last
Thursday night at “College Night,” traditional first yell practice of
the Aggie corps held on the Y. M. C. A. steps as in all past years. The
program was in the manner of former years, and enthusiasm reached
a record pitch.
Head yell-leader P. A. “Bodie” Pierce, senior assistant yell-leader
Bert Burns, and junior yell-leaders-f-
E. R. “Buster” Keeton and C. J.
“Foots” Bland were in charge.
President T. O. Walton, Colonel
Ike Ashburn, Dean E. J. Kyle
(chairman of the Athletic Council),
Coach Homer Norton and sopne of
his assistants, key members of the
Aggie football squad, and others
delivered rousing talks greeted by
wild applause from the closely
packed Aggie corps in front of
the “Y”.
Yell-leaders gave the new “fish”
their first lesson in Aggie yelling,
and the measure of pei’fection
reached indicated that the Maroon
and White rooting section will real
ly be “something.”
Head Coach Norton continued his
football simplification idea when
he spoke and told the “twelfth
man” that the only thing he was
promising them was a team that
reported to him in the best physi
cal condition that he has ever seen
in all his years of coaching.
In other years he has promised
championships, All-Conference and
All-America players and has made
good on those promises with the
exception of the championships.
Last night when introducing the
team he made no 'mention of the
boys’ past record or what honors
he hopes they might win this
year.
“All I can tell you,” he said, “is
that we have the best material we
have ever had at Texas A. & M.
since I have been here; but that
does not mean that we are sure
to win the championship.” He did
promise, however, that his boys
would be fighting their hardest
for A. & M. at all times.
College Night last Thursday was
generally conceded to have been
the largest and most successful
and the school spirit manifested
greater, than any other College
Night in history.
The Battalion
Student Tri-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College
Official Newspaper of the City of CoFege Station
VOL. 39 PHONE 4-5444
COLLEGE STATION TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 26, 1939
Z725 NO. 2
All Enrollment Records Smashed
Hospital Now
Has Two Full SOON WILL HAVE TWO NEW SHOWS
Time Doctors
Aggieland, Better Than
Ever, To Play for Dance
With Tommy Littlejohn leading-^
his Aggieland Orchestra—fourteen
pieces this year—on to new and
greater heights, the first corps
dance and first football dance of
the season will take place on the
A. & M. campus next Saturday
night, in Sbisa Hall, at 9 o’clock.
Tickets are only $1.
Occasion of the dance Saturday
night is the big game with Cente
nary College Saturday evening
Following this sports function, the
dance will offer all Aggies as well
as all visitors to the campus a
chance for social diversion.
Featuring arrangements by Bud
Nelson of Albuquerque, New Mex
ico, recognized as one of the besi
arrangers in the Southwest—the
style of Glenn Miller, the most up-
and-coming popular band of today
—an organization perfected bj
years of experience—more variety,
more novelties—and an enlarged
and expensive amplifying system—
the Aggieland seems to be headed
for what its members enthusiasti
cally declare will be its most suc
cessful season to date.
Arrangements the Aggieland us
es this year are by Count Basie
Glenn Miller, Bud*Nelson, Bennj
Goodman, Art Shaw, Tommy Dor
sey, Chick Webb, and others oi
equally high class. The Glenn Mill
er style will be featured; but a ver
satile style is practiced, and more
novelties and greater variety are
offered Aggie dance fans than ever
before.
Make-up of the ^and this year
is as follows:
Woodard Is Second;
Repairs Made, Other
Changes Announced
Important changes in the organi
zation of the College Hospital
have been made for the coming
year. Two full-time salaried phy
sicians are now employed, with Dr.
J. E. Marsh as chief college physi
cian and Dr. P. A. Woodward as
assistant physician. One of the doc
tors will accompany the football
team on all trips away from the
campus.
Other changes in personnel in
clude Miss L. M. Stevens as tech
nician, who replaces Miss Herring;
Mrs. L. C. Rogler who replaces
Kay DeRoos as general duty nurse;
Miss Catherine Cahill who replaces
Mrs. Wilmore; the addition of Mrs.
(‘ Ruby Lee Anderson as nurse, and
j Mrs. Annie Strodie, who last year
j had charge of the “Orphanage”,
i project house for freshman ath
letes, as housekeeper.
Changes in the hospital were
made in accordance with recom
mendations made by a committee
composed of Dr. C. C. Cade of San
Antonio, Dr. Rex E. Van Duzen
of Dallas, and Robert Jolley, sup
erintendent of Baptist Memorial
Hospital in Houston.
Echoing the sentiments of the
group Dr. Van Duzen said, “I feel
you have a very complete well-
managed health service, which is
rendering a very good service to
your students. I believe that Dr.
Marsh should be congratulated on
his low mortality rate, and es
pecially on the fact that he has
never lost an operative case.” In
this connection it should be brought
to mind that in the 15 years since
Dr. Marsh has been in charge,
over 19,000 patients have been
hospitalized one day or longer, with
only 11 fatalties over that period.
Mrs. Irene “Mom” Claghorne
will continue as assistant super
intendent.
Tommy Littlejohn, of Tulia—
In the band his fifth year, he is
leading it his second. He vocalizes,
and adds the fifth saxophone to
the group; and all five sax men
deouble on the clarinet.
Jack Littlejohn, Tommy’s
brother, also of Tulia—He com
poses, arranges, sings, and plays
the tenor sax. He has just written
a new song (“I’d Rather Be A
Texas Aggie”) which all who have
heard it say it should become a
great hit with the Aggies. He has
composed a number of songs, in
cluding a new theme song for the
orchestra by the name of “The
Moon Is High and So Am I.”
Gene Bond, of Dallas—A banc,
sophomore, he plays the seconc.
tenor sax. He has played with sev
eral big orchestras, and played al.
summer out at the Plantation nigh.
club in Dallas. He is especially gooc.
at “jam” choruses.
Lowell Riggs, of Amarillo—He’:,
also in the Aggie band, and in his
second year with the orchestra,
in which he plays first sax and
clarinet. He has played with sev-
sral big-name bands such as Buddv
Rogers and Lloyd Schneider, and
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SINGING
All interested in singing, includ
ing freshmen, meet at 5:00 p. m.
Wednesday in the Y. M. C. A.
Chapel.
COLLEGE GETS NEW TAXI COMPANY;
Theaters Will Be
Erected at North
Gate and East Gate
A new moving picture theater
in Bryan is approaching comple
tion, and plans for two new thea
ters at College Station are well
under way, it has been announced.
Of primary interest to Aggies
is the news that a theater is soon
to begin construction at the North
Gate, and the long-promised Aggie
Theater is to begin building at the
East Gate.
Alton P. Boyett, College Station
business man, is undertaking the
construction of the new North Gate
show. Details as yet have not been
announced. The show, however, is
to be west of the business firms
at the Gate, on the site formerly
occupied by the old Boyette res
idence which has lately been moved
back. The value of the building is
reported as $60,000 to $65,000; and
a seating capacity of 750 is plan
ned. First-run pictures are to be
shown, it is said.
Mrs. Morris Schulman, manager
of the Bryan Amusement Company,
has announced that building of the
Aggie Theater will be started at
the East Gate about November 1.
Thougdi details are not yet known,
the building will cost between
$60,000 and $65,000 and will seat
approximately 750 people. Mrs.
Schulman has promised first-run
pictures at the Aggie Theater.
The New Queen Theater, costing
$40,000 and seating 500 people, is
now being constructed in Bryan
on the site of the old Queen Thea
ter. Construction should be com
pleted, Mrs. Schulman, manager
of the Queen, Dixie and Palace
Theaters in Bryan, has stated, by
the last part of October or the
first part of November.
New Taxicab
Service Begun
By Ex-Student
Last Friday afternoon at 3‘30
p. m. a new taxicab service be
tween Bryan and College Station
was begun by the Aggie Cab Com
pany headed by Cecil P. James,
whose three 1940 Dodge taxicabs
were licensed by the Bryan City
Commission. The new five-passen
ger limit restriction does not affect
the gray and maroon cabs as they
have been ruled seven-passenger
cars.
Twenty-four hour service; a sta
tion at the new dorms; passenger
train service; and speedy, efficient
call service are the main factors
which signal success for the new
company. Seven student drivers are
earning their board and expenses
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205 Senior Rings “A. & M. Town Hall” Presents
Have Been Ordered Many Celebrities in ’3&= 2 40~~
Through Monday
Athletic Ticket
Books Now Available
To Students for $6.50
DEAN KYLE, CHAIRMAN OF
the Athletic Council, announced
Monday that athletic ticket books
would be available for the many
students who did not pay the stu
dent activity fee. The books will
sell for $6.50. They will entitle
their owners to see the following
football games: Centenary, Baylor,
S. M. U., Texas Freshmen, and
Texas freshmen, and Texas Uni
versity. Besides having admittance
to all home football games, the
book owner will have the privilege
jf buying a student ticket to one
jf the out of town football games
rnd will be able to see all home
basketball and baseball games ami
all home tiacke eVents.
AGGIE INJURED
IN AUTOMOBILE
WRECK SUNDAY
J. L. Chandiramani, Aggie from
Bagdad, India, suffered serious in
jury in an automobile collision on
Two hundred and five seniors
had ordered their class rings by
Monday, according to information
received yesterday from the Regis
trar’s office.
The rings this year are being
ordered from Jostens of Owatonna,
Minnesota, the largest class ring
concern in the United States. The
Southern Engraving Company of
Houston is a Texas branch of Jos
tens.
The rings are made with three
different finishes, and in weights
from 12 to 18 pennyweight. The
three finishes are antique green,
dark and light Russian. Orders
are taken every day from eight
a. m. to five p. m. and are sent on
the fifteenth and last of every
month. The rings are delivered two
weeks after the orders are sent in.
A change has been made in the
method of ordering rings. Students
may now go directly to the reg
istrar’s office, instead of having
to go to the Fiscal Department ises to b4 unique and interesting
first as in former years. from the minute they step onto the
stage until their last note is sound
ed.
December 12—On this date the
Houston Symphony Orchestra will
return to Aggieland. Last year they
were received with such enthusiasm
that three encores were necessary
before they were allowed to leave
the stage. Not one number did they
offer that wasn’t fully appreciated
by every member of the audience.
According to Walter “Sully” Sullivan, student manager of the
Texas A. & M. Town Hall, ticket sales for Town Hall over the first
three days have been more than twice those of the Entertainment
Series of last year.
Company, battery, and troop commanders will be issued enough
of the student season tickets to take care of part of the present de
mand and will have charge of sales in their respective organizations!
beginning today. Students are-f
urged to buy now, for the limited
seating capacity of 1,600 will be
reached soon, and the quality of
all programs to be offered is such
that none should be missed.
Town Hall’s schedule is as ver
satile a one as could possibly be
arranged, and its eight offerings
are as follows:
October 30—Phil LaFollette, a
noted lecturer and one of the fore
most members of the Progressive
Party, will speak on public affairs.
November 16—The Don Cossack
Choir (original). This group of
soldier singers led by Serge Jaroff,
will offer entertainment that prom
FORMER CADET
COLONEL WEDS
EL PASO GIRL
Miss Bonnie Beth Reading of El
Paso and David Thrift of College
Station were married Saturday in
the St. Thomas Episcopal church
here, with the Rev. Roscoe Hauser
officiating.
Miss Reading, a graduate of
the University of Texas and a
member of the American Associa
tion of University Women, was
attended by Miss Martha Ann Sim
mons of Dallas.
“Who’s Who” Lists
Twelve fi. & M. Men
In latest Edition
6,000 Mark
Neared by
Registration
All Enrollment
Records Smashed
As Figures Mount
5,930 students were registered
by noon Monday according to re
ports from the Registrar’s office.
This shows that only seventy more
are needed to bring the total to
6,000, and with assignment cards
coming in fast it- is believed that
this mark will be easily reached.
Last day for registration and
also for schedule changes is Oct.
5th. After that date the Registrar’s
office will be able to give complete
data on all students as to how
many are in each of the four class
es and how many are enrolled in
each school. This information will
not be available before that time,
however, due to the many changes
being made by students and the
new registrations coming in.
Dean Bolton reports that approx
imately 4,700 students are living
in the dormitories. The rest of
.th.e.pv tofetl 'between. .tb/^-pirQ^
ject houses and approved homes.
Complete statistics. on this will be
in Thursday’s paper.
At this time last year there were
only 5,436 students registered. Of
these 1,973 werq j freshmen. The
freshman class this year has not
quite reached ; that mark yet which
indicates that it is returning up
perclassmen who< are swelling en
rollment to a new high.
Students are no^v being allowed
to live off the campus in approved
quaters because all dormitories are
filled. No students, unless they
were residents of Brazos County,
were permitted to register as day
students until the dormitories were
filled. When an order to that ef
fect was issued last summer it was
thought that many students would
not be able to attend A. & M. be
cause they would not have enough
money to live in the dorms, and a
decrease in enrollment was ex-
j pected. However, it seems that this
idea was wrong as shown by the
The twentieth edition of “Who’s
Who in America” lists again the
men of national fame on the facul
ty of A. & M. College. This volume
includes 12 members of the staff
of the College. The 1936-37 volume
listed 11, and the 1934-35 volume
only 10.
Those from A. & M. College are ,
Dr. John Ashton, writer; Dr. Os- record enrollment so far this year,
car M. Ball, biologist; Dr. Frank
C. Bolton, engineer; Dr. T. D.
Brooks, school administrator; Dr.
Walter N. Ezekiel, plant patholo
gist; Dr. Mark Francis, veterina
rian, deceased, 1936; Dr. George
S. Fraps, chemist; Dean Edwin J.
Kyle, horticulturist; Dr. Charles
Puryear, educator; Dr. Jacob J.
Taubenhaus, plant pathologist, de
ceased, 1937; Dr. Walter P. Tay
lor, biologist; and Dr. Thomas O.
Walton, college president.
Of the group mentioned. Dr.
John Ashton was included vith the
Their entertaining ability lies not, A. & M. College staff in Who’s
only in their masterful presenta-1 Who for v. the first time in the
tions, but in that they select their j present volume, and Dr. Walter P.
numbers so as to appeal to the en- I Taylor in the preceding volume,
tire audience regardless of its I The others made up the group in
(Continued from page 1) | the 1934-35 edition.
President T. O. Walton issued the
I order which allowed students to
live off the campus. It is not
known yet whether project houses
will be permitted in Bryan or other
places outside the campus as was
done last year, but it is known
that no student will be able to live
off the campus in any residence
not checked and approved by the
college authorities.
College recently.
Chandiramani, who was riding
with several other Aggies, suffer
ed a fractured vertebra and is be
ing treated at the College hospital.
Airport May Be Established Here Soon
The Board of Directors has re- I able. Colonel Ashburn also stated i equipment is worth approximately
centely approved a plan to estab- that the Board of Directors has $40,000.
lish an airport on a location to be vo t ec j to dedicate land for airport j Dean Gibb Gilchrist, who has
supplied by A. & M., to be used • ^ T t j i j •*1.^1 1 a uu
jointly by the College and Bryan,! Purposes. Officers in the United. worked with Colonel Ashburn m
States Army * Air Corps are in- | making plans for the field, stated
terested in the establishment of an that the location in question in
adequate field in this locality, as eluded about 500 acres, that the soil
it would be on a direct line between was suitable and a type that could
Barksdale and Randolph Fields. | be stabilized cheaply if this were
,In the event that the field is es- desirable. It is located in the im-
according to a recent statement
issued by Colonel Ike Ashburn. The
City of Bryan will cooperate fi
nancially in the establishment of
highway six between Bryan and I airport, which is to be named
Coulter Field.
It is the plan of the College to
establish a course in aeronautical
engineering, and it is expected that
training in practical aviation will
tablished, there is a strong prob
ability that the equipment on the
field at Navasota will be used, sub
ject ohly to the cost of moving. The
mediate vicinity of the Old Fish
Pond, about one and one-eighth
miles from the old Administration
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Gibb Gilchrist
Offers Prize To
Active Engineers
Gibb Gilchrist, Dean of Engineer
ing, said Monday in an announce
ment to The Battalion, that he
will offer a prize of $25 or its
equivalent to the student engineer
ing chapter that is most active dur
ing the current * school year. Dean
Gilchrist’s announcement follows:
“In np way can a student of en
gineering make a better start than
by affiliating himself with the stu
dent* chapter of the particular
branch of engineering which he is
taking. Many opportunities will be
provided during the year to hear
distinguished engineers who will
appear from time to time before
the groups.
“Next May 1 the Dean of En
gineering expects to give a prize
of twenty-five dollars ($25) or
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