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Agricultural & Mechanical P^isge of Texas
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Student Tri-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College
Official Newspaper of the City of College Station
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VOL. 39
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COLLEGE STATION TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 5, 1939
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NO. 6
Glee Club
To Broadcast
Over WBAP
E. E. McQuillen
To Talk on Aggie
Placement Bureau
The Glee Club will make it’s
first formal appearance of the
year Saturday morning at 9 a.m
in a radio broadcast through sta
tion WBAP, Ft. Worth. E. E. Mc
Quillen of the Former Students As
sociation will talk on the new place
ment bureau established here. A
similar program is to be put on
each month for the rest of the
year in connection with a regular
series featured by this station.
“The Spirit of Aggieland,” sung
by the glee club will open the pro
gram and other numbers by the
glee club will be “Stout Hearted
Men”, “God Bless America”, and
“When the Drive Goes Down’.
Closed as it began, the glee club
will wind up the program
with “The Spirit of Aggieland”.
Other engagements the glee
club has in mind for the year
will include these monthly broad
casts, an appearance at a downtown
theater in Houston after the A. &
M.-Pice football game, two or pos
sibly three college night broad
casts after football games under
the sponsorship of a national ad
vertiser, an appearance before the
Houston A. & M. Mothers Club in
March, and the usual Christmas
program including the caroling on
the campus.
More members are needed yet,
and a request is made for boys in
the old dormitories to try out.
Nearly all the present club is made
up of boys in the new dormitories.
Colds and Sore Throats Lead List
Of Patients of College Hospital
Dr. Marsh Believes Lack
Of Heat Is Serious Issue
In a recent questioning of a few
members of the college hospital
staff, The Battalion gleaned the
following bit of information: To
date there are twenty patients
confined to wards, and an uncount
ed number of sick-call patients.
The majority of cases in both in
stances are receiving treatment for
colds and sore throats. The num
ber of persons treated is some
what in advance of the number
treated for similar ailments at this
time last year.
That colds and sore throats are
the dominating illnesses instantly
catches every Aggie’s ear and is
thereupon associated with the fact
that hot water is not available for
the dormitories. He begins to shiv
er when he thinks further that
there will be no hot water avail
able until November 5.
In a conference with Dr. Marsh,
college physician, it was learned
that, pending cold weather, the ab
sence of steam and hot water in
the halls could become serious. He
expressed his regrets that con-
viences have not as yet been in
stalled and that he and the hospi
tal staff could only hope for favor
able weather.
According to Dr. Marsh the lack
of steam heat will be of more
danger to the general health of
the student body than the lack of
warm water in the shower rooms.
A student could avoid the cold
showers, but he cannot escape the
cold temperature of the rooms in
which he must sleep and study. In
the performance of the latter,
cold room is a decided impediment
Albion in the Air
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Contest Winner
To Receive Free
Trip to Chicago
Annually Swift and Company of
Chicago sponsors an essay contest
in which all junior and senior stu
dents in the School of Agriculture
are eligible to participate.
There will be one lucky Aggie
selected to represent Texas from
A. & M. in a marketing school
which is held in Chicago as an
award for winning the Swift and
Company essay.
Last year the interest shown was
not symbolic of the Aggies. There
should be more participants as this
is a very educational trip. Also you
become acquainted with one of
the largest meat packing concerns
of the United States and you be
come educated as to how they oper
ate on such a large scale. In ad
dition to all these opportunities,
this school is held during the Great
International Livestock Show.
To the winner of this contest,
Swift and Company mails a check
which more than covers all ex
penses there and back.
Those interested in this contest
are requested to read the A. H.
bulletin board in the Animal Indus
tries Building. It is advisable to
do this immediately because the
essays are to be submitted to the
A. H. Department not later than
October 25. Upon addressing Mr.
F. M. Simpson, Swift and Com
pany, Chicago, Illinois, he will send
you references for Swift and Com
pany Essay Contest.
GALVESTON LOAN
FUNDS AVAILABLE
Loan funds are now available
for the aid of Galveston students
in this institution who are in need
of financial assistance, according
to an announcement made Tues
day by T- D. Brooks, Dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences.
These loans are being made pos
sible by the Galveston Rotary Club
which is making them available
for the use of Galveston students
in need of financial aid at this
college.
Applications for such loans would
be made to Dr. John W. Spies, of
Texas University, the Student Loan
Committee of the club stated for
the information of interested stu
dents. Dr. Spies is Dean of the
School of Medicine of the faculty
of the University of Texas.
Expert on Gas-Lift
Production Methods
To Address Meeting
A Gas-Lift Conference sponsor
ed by the Petroleum Engineering
Department will be held during the
week of November 6-11. A series of
lectures will be given by S. F.
Shaw, well-known writer of articles
dealing with gas-lift production
methods.
Programs and invitations are be
ing mailed to the principal con
cerns engaged in manufacturing
and the use of gas-lift equipment.
Several of these concerns have in
dicated that they will be represent
ed by exhibits.
Langford Announces
Addition of Two Men
To Architecture Dept.
Earnest Langford, head of the
Architecture Department, has an
nounced the addition of two
members to the staff of his de
partment.
Thomas B. Thompson has been
appointed as assistant professor of
architecture. Thompson graduated
from A. & M. with the class of ’30
and since that time has been in
partnership with Olin Boese in
Austin. While in practice Thomp
son designed a number of impor
tant buildings, among which are
the school buildings at Kyle, Lean-
der, and Marble Falls. Mr. Thomp
son will have work in intermediate
design.
William W. Ceaudill has come as
an instructor of architecture.
Ceaudill received his bachelor of
architecture degree from Okla
homa A. & M. in 1937, and his
master of architecture degree
from M. I. T. in 1939. He has had
about two years of office work
with the supervising architect at
Oklahoma A. & M. Last fall Mr.
Ceaudill won the $1,000 first prize
in the Southwest division of “The
Productive Home Competition.”
He also won the second prize in
the same competition and all of his
contest drawings were published
in national magazines. Mr. Ceau
dill reported to the college Oct
ober 1 and has charge of the work
in second year design and free
hand drawing.
British airmen now carrying the
war to Germany are equipped like
the aviator above, pictured before
takeoff on a flight from London.
Dressed in heavy uniforms, they
can cope with the cold weather of
high altitudes. They carry machine
guns of the latest type, parachutes
and oxygen masks.
Southwest Texas A. & M.
Club Starts Off Year
Students from LaSalle, Dimmit,
Maverick, Zavalla, Frio, Kinney,
Atascosa, Medina, Uvalde, Real,
and Bandera counties met last
Tuesday night, and»reorganized
the Southwest Texas A. & M.
Club.
Roy Martin of Cotulla was elect
ed president of the club. Ted Wey-
dell was elected vice-president, S.
L. White secretary-treasurer, and
Buddy White reporter.
The purposes and the alms of
the club were discussed, and plans
for the year were formulated. A
membership drive was launched,
and all boys from the above-nam
ed counties were extended an in
vitation to join. The next meeting
date was set for Monday the 16th,
and is to be held in H ramp, Hart
Hall.
Air Course
WiM Start
November 1
Course To Be Held
At New College Field
It is expected that flight instruc
tion will begin about November
1 at the new airport to be located
just west of Lake Shinola, accord
ing to information released through
the office of the Dean of Engi
neering Wednesday. Lake Shinola
is about two miles west of the
campus.
The physical examination con
ducted by a flight surgeon desig
nated by Civil Aeronautics Authori
ties will be very rigid. Those re
jected because of physical disabili
ties may be permitted to take
ground courses covering history of
aviation, civil air regulations, na
vigation, meteorology, and para
chutes. Accepted applicants will
receive a minimum of 35 hours
and a maximum of 50 hours flight
instruction in addition to 72 hours’
class work.
Although courses have not been
established and credit hours de
cided upon, it is understood that
ground courses will be instituted
as electives for those who are in
terested. With these basic courses
as a start it is hoped that more
and fuller aeronautical studies will
develop during the second semes
ter.
As much enthusiasm for aero
nautical training has been shown,
the Y. M. C. A. and several other
distribution places for training
blanks exhausted their supply of
applications. App'roximafely 106
sheets have been turned in, and
many more are expected. Those in
terested may still obtain forms
at Dean Gibb Gilchrist’s office for
a limited time.
Excavation Work
Completed for New
School Building
Building to be Finished
Before End of This Term
Work on the new College Station
elementary and high school build
ing is well on its way Dr. E. E.
Vezey, President of the College
Station School Board, announced
Wednesday. Dr. Vezey stated that
excavation for the foundation of
the building has already been com
pleted and that classes from the
grade school were expected to be
moved into the new building by
January.
Plans for disposal of the old
school buildings have not been
learned as the buildings are own
ed by the college and are in the
hands of the college officials.
Removal of the buildings will
probably be effected as soon as
possible after their evacuation to
relieve congestion created by the
erection of the new dormitories.
Junior Class To Elect
Officers for New Year
Aggie Spirit Still Alive
According to Houston Post
No one even knew the fellow’s
identity when he came tumbling
off the field.
He hadn’t scored a touchdown.
Frankly, he hadn’t even been no
ticed. But he was listed there in the
program—a third string guard.
Coach Homer Norton hurried on
to the turf of historic Kyle Field,
threw his arms around him. Forty-
five reserves rose off the bench
and engulfed the third stringer,
Coach Norton and all. They tousled
his hair and whacked his back.
“Nice work out there Joe! You
looked great!”
The third stringer wiggled out
of the backslapping and sought out
the bench. Two minutes later lum
bering John Kimbrough, the great
Texas Aggie fullback who had
scored the two winning touch
downs against Centenary, came
limping out of the game.
He got the same reception as the
third stringer—the fellow who had
literally been lost at the bottom of
the scrimmage pileups. Not a man
emerges from the game without
that mass reception.
The old spirit has been revived
at Aggieland—and they’ve got a
football team to back it up.
Over on the other side of the
field 6000 cadets, standing always,
keep up a steady droning. Sounds
like a giant beehive. It breaks into
a solid scream that echoes through
the Brazos river bottoms when the
Aggies start moving.
The buzzing of a year ago that
the old Aggie spirit was sagging
has been drowned.
Old grads started a rumbling for
action along the football front. The
discontent reached its peak when
a University of Texas team that
had dropped eight straight games
whipped the Aggies in the big
Thanksgiving day classic.
Coach Homer Norton, a mild,
kindly fellow, weathered the storm.
He set about molding a new spirit
on his boys. It’s a brotherhood
business now.
Wherever there is a school, a
football team and a coach there
are constant cries of “give us a
winner.”
The Aggies hadn’t been winning
too heavily. The whispers got loud
er. Not loud enough, however, to
dislodge Coach Norton.
He gave them their answer by
moving in closer to his boys, ignit
ing a spark that, true enough, had
been smouldering. The Aggies are
playing for the fun of the game
now.
They may not win the Southwest
conference championship—that’s a
huge order for any team—but they
will come close.
On the technical side, they have
some kickers now. Not one, but
three or four. Since Coach Norton
took over has has been lean on
kickers, an item that cost them
many ball games.
—Houston Post.
215 Senior Rings
Ordered Monday
Heavier Rings Favored By
Majority of the ’40 Class
Over 215 senior rings were in
cluded Monday in the first ring
order to be sent off this semester
according to a report from the
Registrar’s office this week. Sur
prisingly enough the majority of
the rings ordered this year are in
the 16 and 18 pennyweight class
when in previous years the 12 and
14 weight rings were by far the
most popular with the seniors.
Average prices are seventy five
cents cheaper than those of last
year. Rings of 12 pennyweight
which were $19.20' and now $18.50
and rings of 18 pennyweight which
were $24.30 are now $23.60. Other
weight rings average in between
these prices.
Orders are taken at the Regis
trar’s office between 8 a. m. and
5 p. m. during week days and are
sent off on the first and fifteenth
of each month. Jostens of Owa-
toona, Minnesota, makers of the
rings, require about ten days for
the process so that rings can be
delivered two weeks after the order
date.
Graduate Club Hunts
Constitution—Starts
Off Well Otherwise
Lost: One constitution, said to
be in good condition. Return to
Graduate Club, Texas A. & M. No
monetary reward offered; but the
Club will consider its return a big
social service.
After electing officers for the
year in the Biology lecture room in
the Science Hall Monday night, A.
& M.’s Graduate Club started a
search for the organization’s con
stitution to solve parliamentary
procedure problems. Without it
the problems remain unsolved, be
cause no one knows the provisions
the constitution makes on that
score.
Miller Clarkson, student in math
ematics, was elected to head the
group at the meeting attended by
some 40 graduate students. Around
60 are expected to be in the club
by the time of its next meeting, Oc
tober 16.
Other officials include Lane
Fletcher, student in dairy husband
ry, vice-president; Johnny Green,
another dairy husbandry student,
secretary-treasurer; and R. L.
Doss, student in economics, report
er.
The club decided to invite Col.
Ike Ashburn, executive assistant to
President T. O. Walton, to be its
first speaker of the year. Plans
for semi-monthly meetings were
discussed.
The October 16 meeting will be
held in the Biology lecture room
at 7 p. m.
FACULTY DANCE
SCHEDULED FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT
The Faculty Club will present
its first dance of the year Satur
day night, October 7, from 9 to
12 p. m. The dance will be held
in the Sbisa Hall annex, as has
been the custom for several years
past. The Aggieland Orchestra,
directed by Tommy Littlejohn, will
furnish the music.
All staff members of the college
(including Graduate Assistants),
the various experiment stations,
and the Extension Service, are
being cordially invited to attend.
It is hoped that all faculty mem
bers, both new and old, that enjoy
the pleasant associations which go
with such an evening will find it
possible to be present.
Admission will be one dollar per
couple; or season tickets—good for
nine dances—may be secured at
six dollars. Season tickets are a-
vailable through representatives
in most departments, or they may
be secured at the floor prior to the
first dance.
Lund of Ag Eco Dept.
Writes Work on Farm
& Ranch Management
A book on principles of farm
and ranch management written by
Dr. J. Thomsen Lund, assistant
professor of agricultural econo
mics at A. & M., has recently been
published by Edwards Brothers
Publishing Company.
The new book is a combined
syllabus for guidance in the study
of principles and a guide for use
in the laboratory and field.
The exercises were developed
especially for use in Texas, and
are based upon conditions and
problems of farm and ranch opera
tions in this area.
The author joined the staff of
Texas A. & M. a year ago after
receiving his doctor of philosophy
degree at Cornell University. Pre
vious to that he was employed by
the Farm Credit Administration
and the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration.
Prizes in Faculty
Tennis Club Contest
Are Announced
Prizes to be donated by local
merchants have been announced for
the winners of the faculty tennis
tournament. According to T. H.
Terrell of the Engineering Draw
ing Department, these prizes are
offered to create more interest in
tennis among members of the
faculty.
Luke’s Grocery offers the first
prize of an order of groceries. Also
in order are a leather belt from
Holick’s, a shaving set from the
Aggieland Pharmacy, a cleaning
and pressing job
steins, a set of tennis balls from
the Exchange Store, a shaving set
from Lipscomb’s Pharmacy, and a
set of tennis balls from Waldrop’s.
Entries may be made as late as
2 p. m. Friday afternoon. Pre
liminary matches will be played
Saturday afternoon, and finals will
come the following week-end. The
bracket will be posted in the Sat
urday Battalion, with the time
slated for each individual match.
Players are warned that these time
schedules must be met or the
match will be forfeited.
To be eligible for the tournament
the entrant must be listed with
the college faculty, must be a mem
ber of the faculty tennis club, and
must have paid his annual dues.
Secret Ballot To Be
Used in Runoff
Election Tonight
Offices of President,
Vice-President, Secretary,
And Historian To Be Filled
The contest between Joe Slicker
of the Coast Artillery, and Eli
Baggett, Infantryman, for junior
class president will be decided to
night in the final election in Guion
Hall. Slicker had nearly twice as
many votes as Baggett in the pri
mary in which the other candi
dates, Jack Nelson, Paul Haines,
Jack Bailey, Bill Becker, W. B.
Simms, Joe Cain, and Frank
Thompson were eliminated.
In the vice-presidential election
Jeff Montgomery, Infantry, oppos
es Tom Richey, Cavalry. Practi
cally tied in the primary, they eli
minated “Pete” Wehner, George
Trotter, Preston Bolton, Tom Sto-
vell, “Rudy” Rutherford and D.
A. Dashey.
I. B. Stitt, Coast Artillery will
run against Thomas Duce, Signal
Corps, for secretary-treasurer. Roy
Roberts, Tom Power, Boyd Ed
mondson, Jimmy Riley, and Bill
Potts were left in the primary
election.
The three members of the Stu
dent Welfare Committee elected
in the primary election were “Pat”
Ledbetter, Field Artillery Band,
Lloyd Mayfield, Field Artillery,
and A. V. Hamilton, Chemical War
fare Service. Jeff Clark and H.
W. Shea eliminated Ben Rol
Herbert Stucke and “Slick”
thews in the primaries for histor
ian.
Because both Guion Hall and
the Assembly Hall were in use,
the meeting which was scheduled
for Wednesday night was post
poned until tonight.
TEXAS FEED MEN
TO HOLD FALL
MEETING HERE
The fall meeting of the Texas
Feed Manufacturers Association
will convene here Thursday and
Friday with approximately 40
from Lauter- members expected to attend. W.
R. Archer, South Texas Feed Com
pany, Houston, president of the
association, will be in charge.
As in the past, session will be
held in the Research Administra
tion Building and will be conduct
ed by Dr. F. D. Fuller, Chief, Divi
sion of Feed Control. Among others-'
the speakers will include: Dr. G..
S. Fraps, Division of Chemistry,.
Agricultural Experiment Station,,
who will speak regarding “Feed>
Topics”; Dr. P. B. Pearson, Pro
fessor of Animal Husbandry, whose
topic is “The Importance of Vita
min B Complex in Livestock Nu
trition.
There will be an informal din
ner at Sbisa Hall, Thursday at 7:0Q
p. m.
Williams Speaks
For Agronomy Society
The Student Agronomy Society
at its first meeting in the Chem
istry Lecture Room at 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday evening had A. C. Wil
liams, President of the Federal
Land Bank of Houston to show and
explain the 1939 Foreign Cotton
Study Tour moving pictures. Mr.
Williams is an amateur moving pic
ture photographer of quite a bit of
experience and traveled with the
Cotton Study Tour group in order
to note their study and gather gen
eral agricultural information for
the Federal Land Bank.
The pictures are in color and
show the various activities of the
student group and many scenes of
foreign agriculture.
Dairy Husbandry Department To
Sponsor Two Teams at Frisco Show
For the first time in the historyf-Davis, Don Boyce, W. B. Wilson,
of the Dairy Husbandry Depart
ment it will sponsor two judging
teams, dairy products and cattle,
in the national contest to be held
in San Francisco October 20-25.
Heretofore, only the cattle team
has been sent to the national con
test but due to a most successful
year by the Kream and Kow Klub,
financial sponsors of the team,
both a products and a cattle team
are being sent to the contest this
year.
Both teams have been training
since last February at which time
they were entered as junior teams
in the tri-state contest held in Ft.
Worth. At this contest the pro
ducts team was composed of Ben
and Melvin Millard. In addition to
these men, Jim Riddlehuber will
make the trip with the products
team. The group will have pre
scheduled stops along the route to
visit large organizations and score
their various dairy products, there
by familiarizing themselves with
flavor changes as related to the
geographic conditions prevailing
and doing a service for the said
company.
The cattle team will also judge
several shows enroute to San Fran
cisco, including El Paso and Phoe
nix. They recently have been judg
ing shows over various parts of
the state including the show at
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