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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1939)
Editorial: Hospital Substatiop Increasingly Needed The Battalion Student Tri-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College Official Newspaper of the City of College Station Aggies Go To Tyler For Big Game With Villanova Wildcats VOL. 39 PHONE 4-5444 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 14, 1939 Z752 NO. 10 SENIOR TO TAKE MORE ACTIVE PART IN SCHOOL MANAGEMENT; SENIOR COURT IS BACK Tailor Work! Regulation Is In Effect Measures Adopted Last Year Hold Over, This Year The regulations which were adopted last year by a joint com mittee representing the college authorities and the student body, concerning cleaning and pressing agents in the halls, are still in ef fect this year, according to a statement issued by Col. Moore. Each organization will select two firms who are to solicit clean ing and pressing in the organi zation and the organization com mander will turn the names of the firms selected in at the command ant’s office not later than Octo ber 18. The price for cleaning and press ing on a cash and carry basis shall continue at 25c per garment as already established. Cleaning and pressing through student agents will be 30c each for blouses and breeches, and the same price will be charged on student civilian clothes. No person other than the select ed agents will be permitted to so licit cleaning and pressing in the halls. This ruling will be enforced by the commandant’s office. Each agent will represent on ly one concern and both agents cannot represent the same concern. They are to receive a commission of 20 per cent on all work collect ed, but will not be given free work. Ordinarily, organizations will not be permitted to change the firm that has been selected, but when such a change is justified, permission may be secured through the commandant’s office. The project houses are to con form by the same regulations as the dormitories. S. F. Shaw Begins Series of Lectures Here November 9 S. F. Shaw, consulting engineer, of Oklahoma City, Okla., recently secured as special lecturer for the department of petroleum engi neering at A. & M., will begin his series of talks here by addressing the Gas-Lift Production Conference to be held Nov. 9-11. Mr. Shaw, widely known as an authority in the field of oil pro duction, will speak at all sessions of the conference and will preside over the three round-table discus sions scheduled. He is a graduate of Columbia University and has done considerable study in petrol eum production at the University of Chicago as well as carrying on his studies at other schools by ex tension work. He is a member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallur gical Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Mining and Metallurgical Society of Amer ica and Institute of Petroleum, London, England. His work has carried him to all parts of the world-with long pei-- iods of service in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Columbia, Roumania and Peru. He is the author of approximate ly 150 articles and papers which have appeared in technical publi cations or been given before many professional societies in his field. ort Worth Department Store To Sponsor Aggie-CIA Date Bureau According to the latest news,the the Aggies will not be burdened with the worry of finding dates for the Corps trip next week-end. It seems that the same plan is going to be followed in Fort Worth this year as was used last year in Dallas. Miss Thelma Parse Hendricks, fashion co-ordinator for the Fair department store in Fort Worth, has arranged a “Date Bureau” for the A. & M. and T.S.C.W. Col lege students. Three popular T.C.U. girls, Misses Helen Con nor, Ann Goodman and Elizabeth Hgaer, have, been secured to handle the correspondance and registra tions for the bureau. The girls at T.S.C.W. know about the date bureau and are already turning in their registration slips. A date registration blank is to be found on the sports page of today’s Battalion. A person pre ferring a date should fill it out at once and deposit it in the box placed in the Rotunda of the Academic Building. The blanks will be sent to the Fair Department Store by the president of the sen ior class. As there will be 2,000 or more girls and approximately 3,500 A. & M. men going to Fort Worth, it will be necessary for all registra tion slips to be turned in as soon as possible. The following, is a copy of the letter sent to Max McCullar, pres ident of the senior class. A simi lar one was received by Bodie Pierce, chief yell leader. Both let ters were from Miss Hendricks: October 5, 1939 President, Senior Class, Texas A. & M. College, College Station, Texas. Dear Sir: You will pardon my presumption in writing you but if your plans develop, we are going to need a great deal of cooperation from you and there’s no way of getting like askin’. As you know, the T.S.C.W. stu dent body is coming to Fort Worth October 21st. We plan to play host in a very elaborate way to girls and included in our scheme is the sponsorship of a “Date Bureau” to bring the girls and the A. & M. boys together. We have already discussed the “Date Bureau” with the Dean of Women and the Director of the School of Journalism who are han dling the trip for the T. S. C. W. student body. They are much in accord with the proposition and we think we are going to get a great many registrations here. Of course you understand how a “Date Bureau” works. Boys of A. & M. and girls of T.S.C.W. who are coming to Fort Worth for the trip should send us their names, ages, coloring, and other general information and tell us what type date they prefer. We will pair them off according to our best judgment and then on October 21st they will meet their dates here in our Sports Shop where a special booth will be set up. Miss Helen Connor, our student representative at T. C. U. and Miss Ann Goodman and Elizabeth Hager of T. C. U. will be in charge of the “Date Bureau” here. All communications can be addressed simply to the “Date Bureau,” The Fair Department Store, Fort Worth. What we want you to do first, if you will, is to advise us the best possible means of publicizing this event at A. & M. Do you have bulletin boards available for pos ters and if so could someone there be responsible for distributing pos ters that we would prepare here? Also, we would like to arrange for some kind of publicity in your weekly paper and in The Bat if it comes out in time to benefit us. You will have further corres pondence from our T.C.U. hos tesses whom I named above, but in the meantime, will you please take time to write me your opinion on the matter and give me any suggestions you think beneficial. Sincerely yours, Thelma Barse Hendricks Fashion Co-Ordinator The Fair, Ft. Worth. A. & M. Mothers’ Club of Dallas Contributes $15 To Reading Fund The Dallas A. & M. Mothers-f last spring, to start the General Club, in keeping with their past policy, are continuing their con tributions to the College Librarys’ General Reading Fund. They have donated, through their Cor responding Secretary Mrs. F. G. Gissler, $15 to be used in the pur chase of fiction and non-fiction books. The money will be spent, with the advice of a committee of stu dents, for good books, a desire for which the students have indicated. Due to the limited funds ap propriated by the State Legisla ture, the Library does not have sufficient funds to purchase this type of literature. This shortage of funds caused The Battalion, Reading Fund with a student dime campaign. This fund has been aided by con tributions from Mothers’ Club and others. Last year’s contributions came to nearly $300, and it is be lieved that this year, with the Mothers’ Clubs undertaking this as one of their chief aims, the total will be considerably more. The Dallas A. & M. Mothers Club is also spending another $15 for magazines for the college hos pital. This $15 is in keeping with their past policy of subscribing for magazines to be used by students in the College Hospital, and is handled through their Director of Literature and Fine Arts. Clark Named Important Chang: Soph Class President Gillis, E. C. Bell, Cathey, Shelton, And J. Bell Fill Offices Willard Clark, C Infantry, was elected president of the sophomore class Thursday evening at a sopho more meeting in Guion Hall. The election of the remaining, officers followed immediately. The victor ious nominees were as follows: Tom Gillis, vice-president; E. C. Bell, secretary-treasurer; Alden Cathey, historian; David Shelton, and Jeff Bell, student welfare rep resentatives. Doug Miller, Infantry Regiment al Commander, presided over the meeting, and aided by seniors from various organizations succeeded in conducting it. Clark was opposed unsuccessful ly by Paul Egner of the Field Artillery. Tom Giles in his campaign for vice-president was opposed by A. C. Sorrel whom he defeated de cisively. After election of vice-president, some minutes wer? taken up in restoring calm so that the rest of the election might go onr E. C. Bell won over G. E. Hokins for secretary-treasurer of the class. Alden Cathey easily defeated Miller, immediately thereafter, for historian. David Shelton and Jeff Bell de feated W. D. Ambrose and W. P. McCreary by large majorities for the two Student Welfare posts. ELECTRICAL METERMEN MEET NOVEMBER 6-11 The annual Public Utility Short Course for Electrical Metermen, better known as the Metermen’s Short Course, will be held at A. & M. Nov. 6-11, according to an nouncement made at A. & M. by Norman F. Rode, director, South west Metermen’s Association, and professor of electrical engineering at the college. Part of each day’s session will be given over to round table dis cussions where the metermen can thresh out any problems they may have. Aggie-Frog Game Tickets Go On Sale Monday Morning Tickets for the T.C.U. game at Ft. Worth will be avail able at the Athletic Office Monday, the Athletic Office announced today. The price of the tickets with the coupon book will be $1.10. Without coupons the price will be $2.50. There will be 3,421 tickets on sale, and they will not be avail able after 5 p. m. Thursday. Shepardson Honored by Colorado State College, His Alma Mater, As High Honor Alumnus of College For 1939 Charles N. Shepardson, head of-f Prof. Shepardson graduated mained in that position until he es Planned by Senior Class, Commandant Matters Discussed by Class Committee Include Return of Senior Court, “Bull Ring” Changes, “Taps” Reports, Etc. By George Fuermann THE RETURN OF THE SENIOR COURT AND OTHER IMPORT ANT CHANGES VITALLY AFFFECTING THE CADET CORPS OF TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE WERE DISCUSSED AND PLANNED THURSDAY NIGHT BY COLONEL GEORGE F. MOORE, COM MANDANT, AND A COMMITTEE OF SIXTEEN SENIORS HEAD ED BY CADET COLONEL D. B. (WOODY) VARNER. UNDER THE TERMS OF THESE PLANS, THE SENIOR CLASS WILL IN THE future be given a much more active part in the administration of dis cipline among the student body. The senior committee, composed of one representative from each battalion and the corps commander, met Wednesday night to discuss the many problems facing the corps this year and to work toward a solution of these problems. The committee met again Thursday night with the Commandant, at which time a final solution was reached, which will be announced in detail in orders as soon as properly ap proved by the college authorities. The purpose of the Senior Court will be to act on certain types of offenses committed by underclassmen—freshmen, sophomore, and juniors—which in the judgment of all concerned can best be handled in this manner. The Court will consist of six organization commanders chosen from a roster kept by the corps commander, together with the corps commander who will preside. Proceedings of the court will be formal, to include the wearing of the number one uniform by all members, offenders, and such witnesses as may be brought before the Court to insure a fair and impartial hearing. The proceedings of the Court will be reviewed by the Command ant, who will announce such approved punishment as is to be adminis tered. Normal punishment expected to be administered under this system will include tour duty and restriction to the campus. In extreme cases the Court may include a recommendation that the case be taken be fore the Discipline Committee of the college. Some of the offenses which will be handled by the Court include the following: being in non-regulation attire in Bryan; being absent without leave (A. W. O. L.); being “non-reg” at corps dances; sitting in the senior section at picture shows and athletic contests; throwing water (drowning out); defacing college property; and acts which either on or off the campus reflect discredit upon the character of A. & M. College. More "Teeth” To Be Put In "Bull Ring,” Says Colonel Among other important matters which were discussed and to which solutions are soon to be announced are these: (1) putting more “teeth” in tour duty (the “bull ring”), and setting a prescribed method of walking the area; (2) changes in Sunday breakfast formation; (3) the method of handling disturbances in the quarters at night; and several other items. By orders just issued, previous orders have been changed to read that “a cadet officer in charge of quarters for each organization will be detailed daily by each company, troop, and battery commander from the seniors living in his dormitory. The tour of duty will extend from reveille to reveille. He will turn in to the organization commander upon completion of his tour a report of any violations of regulations that may have occurred while he was on duty.” A second order just released provides that a former order direct ing that all radios be turned off at 11 p. m. does not apply to seniors. Further orders soon to be issued will give details of these and other changes which were planned. Besides Varner, the members of the committee who with Colonel Moore planned these important changes were Wesley Seay, Rob Adams, and Henry Herder, Field Artillery representative; John Hanby, Cy Newman, and C. R. Kyle, Infantry representatives; Joe Doran, Roy Davidson, and Jack Lyon representing the Cavalry Regiment; Phil Harrell and Ed Copeland from the Engineer Regiment; H. A. (Buddy) Bornefeld and J. N. Biron from the Coast Artillery; Jimmy Wall re presenting the Chemical Warfare Service, and Mack Duncan the Signal Corps. Many Aggies Expected To Attend Game Big Turn-Out For Rose Festival And Game Is Expected By Bill Clarkson Another year, another football game, and the Aggies are on their way to Tyler again. The fresh men and sophomores will not be permitted to go as has been the case in past years, but their time will come later on. Over 150 tickets on the special train have ben sold to date. Ten fold that number ai'e expected to arrive in Tyler by other means familiar to Aggies. Our senior class well remem bers the occasion last year. Not only was there a whale of a foot ball game, but the town was over run with the cream of the fairer sex, due to the Rose Festival be ing held there at the time. If the signs are not deceiving us, today’s game and the Rose Festival promise to be better than ever. There is expected a much larger turn-out this year, than before, due to the wonderf tri- weather. The No. 1 uniform will be the only one tolerated, according to bulletins issued from the Command ants Office. There are rumors that there will be quite a turn-out among the military department’s officers at the parade and game today. Those in “civies” who ought to be in uniforms, beware. the Department of Dairy Husban- iry at Texas A. & M., is being signally honored by Colorado State College at Fort Collins, Colorado, his alma mater, by being designat ed as the High Honor Alumnus for 1939 in recognition for his out standing work in his chosen field. The announcement was made at the annual Homecoming, Oct. 14, when the Colorado Aggies played the Kansas University Jayhawk- ers on the gridiron. from Colorado State with the Class of 1917 and immediately went into the army, serving 15 months in France and leaving the service with the rank of captain. He was State Dairy Inspector for the State of Colorado for one year and then was with the Extension Service of that State for another year as animal hudsbandman. He was appointed associate pro fessor of animal husbandry at Colorado State in 1920 and re- came to Texas A. & M. in 1928 to assume his present position. He received his Master of Science de gree from Iowa State College in 1924. He is vice president of the Texas Jersey Cattle Club and past presi dent of the Southern Dairy Science Association. He is a Mason and Knight Templar, and member of the Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternities. Seniors Will Not Get “Bull Text” Checks Before Ft. Worth Trip The office of the Professor of Military Science and Tactics stat ed today that seniors would not receive thier military science checks before the Ft. Worth corps trip. Denhardt Speaks At Abilene on Problems Of Raising Palaminos Robert M. Denhardt, assistant professor of agricultural economics at A. & M., was the principal speaker at the banquet of the Tex as Palomino Horse Show at Abi lene las’- Thursday evening. The t: le of Mr. Denhardt’s ad- Aggie Professors Will Hold First Meeting Thursday The Texas A. & M. Chapter of the American Association of Uni versity Professors will hold its first meeting of the school year in the form of an open house to which all interested faculty mem bers are invited at the reception room of Sbisa Hall at 7:30 p. m. Thursdaly. Not only members of the AAUP but also all of the faculty are especially invited to attend. Those who have joined the staff this year for the first time are partic ularly urged to come and get ac quainted with their associates at this meeting. After the meeting light refreshments will be served and everyone will be given an op portunity to discuss the work of the College and the chapter. The AAUP is a national profes sional organization of college and university teachers. The local chap ter, though young, has made a splendid start in offering to the teachers a chance to study and discuss both local and national problems of professional interest. It is proposed to continue this type of study and program for 1939-40. At the close of the local chap ter’s second year of operation last spring it had nearly 100 members and had become a rather large and effective organization on the campus. In the past the checks were j dress was “The Palomino—A Gol- given out before the corps trip but | den Enigma.” He pointed out some due to the early date of the trip of the difficulties facing raisers this year it will be impossible j of this breed and some of the prob- to carry out the work necessary lems involving in showing the before issuing the checks. I horses. MAX McCULLAR, PRESIDENT of the senior class, received a let ter from Bill Chappell, president of the T.C. U. student body, yes terday, stating that they were sending a representative to inform ally invite the Aggies to attend the T.C.U.-A. & M. game and to visit in Ft. Worth. The T.C.U. representative will speak at yell practice Thursday night.