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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1939
New Circulation System and Other
Changes Being Adopted by the “Bat”
Student subscribers to The Bat
talion for the current session were
pleasantly surprised Saturday
morning’, when a new distribution
system was put into effect for the
first time.
In years gone by, the method of
distribution involved having fresh
men of each organization on the
campus bring Battalion subscrip
tion cards down to the mailing
room in the basement of the Ad
ministration Building, receiving the
correct number of copies for their
respective “outfits”, and taking
them back to distribute more or
less haphazardly from room to
room.
But now a new system has been
inaugurated—one which the staff
believes and hopes will prove suc
cessful and much more satisfactory.
After prolonged consideration, E.
L. Angell, manager of student pub
lications, and H. G. Howard, '39-’40
circulation manager, worked out
a new plan by which paid student
helpers take the newspapers and
distribute them in each of the halls
to all who have subscribed.
In the past, the paper was given
out to the freshmen late in the
evening; now it is distributed by
these workers early every morn
ing—before 8 a. m.
The Battalion staff hopes that
this new system will prove satis
factory to subscribers. Other new
features and changes moreover, are
planned to more nearly satisfy the
readers. These include several more
new, legible headline types which
are now being put in use, new
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Check Up On Your
Want List
and come on over and let
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SEE THE NEW FALL
Freeman Oxfords
$3.95 to $12.50
Leather Coats
Jackets
$5.95 to $12.95
Rain Coats, Trench
Coats, Slickers
$3.95 to $12.50
Also The New
FALL SUITS
ARROW SHIRTS
STYLE PARK HATS
BULLOCK & AKIN
The Friendly Store
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columns which should prove of gen
eral interest, the most careful
proofreading possible, and more
complete news coverage of build
ings and offices, campus clubs and
military organizations.
The Battalion newspaper is be
ing published this year three times
a week, for the first time. Last
year it was published twice a week,
and always before that once week
ly. This increase in number of is
sues makes necessary a consider
ably larger staff. The first full
staff meeting will be Tuesday night
(tonight) immediately after yell
practice in The Battalion Office,
room 122 of the Administration
Building. All those interested in
becoming regular workers on the
staff of either The Battalion news
paper or magazine are being in
vited to attend.
New deadlines, being enforced
this year for the first time, require
that all notices—official, church,
personal, club, and otherwise—be
in the office by 5 p. m. and all
copy by 6 p. m., that the paper
start being made up at 8 p. m. and
go to press at 10 p. m., the day
before it is issued, in each case.
Midnight crews print it and pre
pare it for circulation early the
next morning.
It is highly important that the
deadline for notices and for stories
be observed by all those desiring
to get them in any issue. The Bat
talion invites contributions of sto
ries of interest to the subscribers
from all sources.
The staff of The Battalion for
this 64th session of A. & M. is
headed by Bill Murray as editor-
in-chief of the tri-weekly news
paper and the monthly humor mag
azine, with associate editor James
Critz and Ray Treadwell and Char
lie Wilkinson as managing editors
of the three issues of the paper.
Paul Ketelsen is managing editor
of the magazine and George Fuer-
mann its junior editor. E. C. “Jeep”
Oates is sports editor for both pub
lications, and H. O. “Hub” John
son is intramural editor. Phil Gol-
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SENIORS
Be Wise
MOLARIZE
Uniforms Made Of Moth-Proof Material
ORDER YOUR UNIFORM TODAY
6 DAY SERVICE
SOL FRANK CO.
2,636 Boys Fill Twelve
Huge New Dorms to Limit
Two thousand six hundred and-
thirty-six Texas Aggies are now
housed in the twelve new dormi
tories at A. & M. built with the
new mess hall at a cost of
$2,000,000 loaned the college by the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion, according to the latest official
figure released by the Command
ant’s Office.
This number taxes the capacity
of these new halls to the limit. All
rooms in all dormitories old and
new, and all seventeen campus
project houses have been filled, and
students may now live off the
campus in approved quarters, under
the terms of the ruling adopted
August 19 by the Board of Direc
tors of the college in session here.
But no more is it necessary for
campus students to live three deep
in a room. Only two are allowed.
The new dormitories are the
latest word in construction and
convenience. The rooms are design
ed to care for two students each
and afford them ample space.
Good Room Equipment
Each room is equipped with a
clothes closet for each occupant.
In the closet is a shoe and boot
rack, a clothes bar and two large
shelves. They are built in on each
side of the door and furnish a
small hallway entrance. The two-
decker bed will be placed on the
side of the room opposite the
wash basin. Behind the bed and
next to the large window will be
one study table and directly across
the room will be the other. The
large six-drawer black walnut
finished metallic dresser will be
next to the basin. Above the basin
is a lotion and shaving cabinet.
In the back of the cabinet is a
slot for discarding razor blades.
The container for the blades is
large enough never to require
emptying.
Above each man’s desk is a
book shelf and next to it is a
bulletin board on which he can
tack papers and pictures without
damaging the walls.
The doors to the room are metal
and close-fitting and have fool
proof locks on them. There is a
six-inch clearance between the bot
tom of the door and the floor
for ventilation and for washing
tfcie rooms out. The lavatories and
the shower rooms are located at
each end of every floor near the
stairs. There are two stairways
in each hall.
Gun, Equipment Rooms
One room in each hall will be
used as a gun and equipment
room. These rooms have been buil
with bars on the windows foi
protection to the expensive equip
ment that they will house.
Three of the dormitories are a
little different in arrangement
while the other nine are identical.
Kiest Hall is equipped with a re
ception room and YMCA lounge.
The band hall at the southeast end
of the addition has a large rehear
sal hall on the fourth floor. The
athletic dormitory is equipped with
heat rooms and rubbing tables so
that treatment to injuries may
be made at home and at night.
The new dining hall at the south
end is the primary unit, although
the old hall is continued. The new
eating place has two large dining
rooms with the kitchen between
them. The basement is used as a
storeroom for supplies.
Park in Center
A large courtlike park is in the
center with the dormitories built
around it. Gravel walkways con
nect all of the halls and also lead
to the class buildings.
The Band, being split into two
parts, the infantry band and the
artillery band, will furnish march
ing music for both dining halls
at meal time formations.
New Hall Assignments
Organizations that have been
assigned to the new halls are
Field Artillery, Infantry, Chemical
Warfare, Signal Corps, and Band.
All of the military organizations
this year are composed almost
completely of military students, a
thing that has not been possible for
years because of the too little
housing facilities.
The American Legion has also
built a large building on the cam
pus where World War veteran’s
sons may stay. This building has
been constructed at a cost of ap
proximately $20,000 and accommo
dates 89 boys.
Visitors may now get a look at
the real Agricultural and Me
chanical College of Texas. The old
student customs and traditions will
again put in their appearance after
many years of hiding because half
of the students were dwellers
away from the campus.
Ag Eco Department
Offers New Course
On South America
South America—its industries,
agriculture, and commerce—is a
new course to be offered the first
term by the Department of Agri
cultural Economics, according to
J. Wheeler Barger, head of the
department.
“The course is being introduced,”
stated Mr. Barger, “to meet the
need of a growing number of ma
jors in marketing and finance and
other curricula who, after grad
uation, find employment in South
America; and to give all who take
the course a general understanding
of the resources, industries, and
commerce of the Latin-American
countries. Officials of the United
States Departments of State and
of Agriculture have advised the of
fering of such courses in colleges
of this area.
“Our trade with South America
is highly important. In 1937, We
obtained 21.7 per cent of our total
imports from these countries, and
in turn sold them 17.2 per cent
of all the goods we exported. We
were the chief seller to 16 and the
chief buyer from 15 of the 20 Lat
in-American republics. Of our 20
reciprocal trade treaties ten are
with Latin-American countries. The
present European war may give
js the opportunity of advancing
naterially our existing decisive
lead in Latin-American trade.
“The cultural and economic ties
between the United States and
Latin-America are rapidly develop
ing,” concluded Mr. Barger. “The
United States Departments of
State and of Agriculture have late
ly been fostering by various
means the advancement of commer
cial and cultural inter-American
relations. Important considerations
in such progress is the education
of ourselves generally about the
Latin-Americas and the prepara
tion of men for business and tech
nical life in their countries.”
KYLE FIELD IS
REMODELED FOR
’39 GRID SEASON
Kyle Field, the home of the
Texas Aggie athletic teams, is in
perfect shape for the new year
and is ready and waiting for the
first home game when the Cadets
entertain the Centenary Gentle
men here September 30. The other
three home games include Baylor,
S.M.U., and Texas.
Early last spring the football
turf was plowed up, fertilized, and
replanted with grass. Since that
time the groundkeeper has been
busy getting the field to resemble
a soft sure-footed grass rug.
Not only has the playing field,
which will be used four times this
fall, been reworked, but also the
two practice fields. This will mark
the first year that the practice
fields have offered a turf and
footing like the playing field in
side the giant concrete bowl.
The “red dog” track where the
conference meet was held last
spring has been worked and rolled
and will be in shape for the cin
der-men next spring, while serving
as a red border for the green field
during football season. The Kyle
Field color scheme is the white
stadium encircling the red track
which borders the green playing
field.
The roof over the gymnasium
has been reworked during the sum
mer and the large crowds coming
to see the inside sports will be
well-protected from the elements.
Raiford A. Roberts, ’26, has re
cently changed his address to 701
Newhouse Building, Salt Lake City,
Utah. His former address was 707
Thorpe Building, Minneapolis, Min
nesota.
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to give you speedy
service on little
things, too, like—
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LEATHER STRAPS
KEY CHAINS
SCHAEFFER PENS
And
WATCH & FOUNTAIN
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FORTY-THREE NEW INSTRUCTORS
ADDED TO TEACHING STAFF
To provide adequate teaching fa
cilities to an enlarged student body
this year, 43 new instructors have
been added to the A. & M. teach
ing staff, according to an an
nouncement made by the office of
Dean of the College, F. C. Bolton.
These instructors are to fill new
offices in the various departments
of the school as well as to fill va
cancies opened after the close of
school last spring.
This does not include the grad
uate assistantships in each depart
ment or the fellowships offered
here.
The following men have been
added to the teaching staff and
are listed with their respective de
partments :
N. D. Durst, Accounting and
Statistics
Price Hobgood, Agricultural En
gineering
Howard Golden, Agricultural Ec
onomics
J. L. Sowell, Agricultural Edu
cation
F. C. Jensen, Agricultural Edu
cation
T. E. McAfee, Agronomy
W. R. Cowley, Agronomy
Roy L. Donahue, Agronomy
Baron R. Dana, Animal Hus
bandry
Prof. T. B. Thompson, Architec
ture
Dr. G. E. Potter, Biology
Wm. G. Huey, Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering
Dr. J. W. Bouknight, Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering
E. L. Harrington, Civil Engineer
ing
E. M. White Jr., Commandant
R. B. Price, English
W. H. Hall, English
Wm. B. Wilburn, English
Carroll Laverty, English
R. E. Patterson, Genetics
C. B. Fortenberry, History
M. F. Nelson, History
G. L. Gross, Mathematics
W. W. Gandy, Mathematics
Prof. E. S. Holdredge, Mechan
ical Engineering
Major A. G. Wing, Military Sci
ence and Tactics
Major O. McIntyre, Military Sci
ence and Tactics
Major E. Burnelt, Military Sci
ence and Tactics
Dr. C. Connell, Municipal and
Sanitary Engineering
Prof. P. Martin, Petroleum En
gineering
S. S. Share, Physics
Dean W. Stebbins, Physics
C. G. White, Physical Education
A. D. Adamson, Physical Edu
cation
Dr. H. P. Shoeman, Veterinary
Anatomy
Dr. Carl Fink, Veterinary Med
icine
David B. Thrift, Y. M. C. A. (As
sistant Secretary)
Monroe U. May, ’37, has been
transferred as assistant county
agent from Ellis County to Lub
bock County, where his head
quarters will be Lubbock, Texas.
Classes in Speech em
phasizing voice training,
impromptu speaking, and
public speaking for col
lege and high school stu
dents are now being or
ganized by Mrs. Wood.
Phone College 305 or call
at the Boyett Apt. No. 4
for appointment.
Frank Richardson, ’35, is a pe
troleum engineer for the Lion Oil
Company at El Dorado, Arkansas.
BACK TO THE GRIN
looking grand!
We’ve timed your arrival on campus
widi everything that’s new in shirts.
Stripes and checks you’ve never seen
before—colors that are quiet—new
collar models—all tailored with the
Arrow touch — all streamlined
Mitoga fit and Sanforized
Shrunk. Auction off your
die-hard Arrows and get a
load of new ones. $2 to $5.
THE EXCHANGE STORE
“An Aggie Institution”
North Gate
Nathan Lipner, Mgr.
man is staff photographer, and
John J. Moseley is staff artist, for
both.
Handling the advertising end
of both publications is Larry
Wehrle as advertising manager,
with Don Burk, J. W. “Moe” Jen-
:ins, and Sam Davenport as his
issistants.
H. G. Howard, circulation man
ager, is being assisted by Ross
Howard and Don McChesney.
Junior assistants on the news
paper include Earle Shields, George
Fuermann, H. G. Talbot, Billy
Clarkson, A. J. Robinson, Cecil
DeVilbiss, Bob Nisbet, Frank Phel
an, and Don K. Hill. Fuermann is
writer of the new magazine and
newspaper column “Backwash”,
and Nisbet is movie editor for both
publications.
News columnists for the news
paper will be Dr. R. W. Steen,
“Count” V. K. Sugareff, and Dr.
A1 B. Nelson of the Department of
History.
LEST YOU FORGET
WE STILL ARE SUPPLIED WITH YOUR EVERY
COLLEGE NEED
• Approved I.E.S. Lamps
• Books
• Slide Rules
%
• Drawing Sets
• Trench Coats
• Stetson Hats
• Shoes
• And Other Supplies
THE EXCHANGE STORE
“SERVING AGGIELAND — IN THE INTEREST OF AGGIELAND”
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