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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1939)
BAYLOR - A. & M. GAME TIME 2:30 VOL. 39 PHONE 4-5444 The Battalion Student Tri-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College Official Newspaper of the City of College Station COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 28, 1939 FIRST POLO GAME DAY, 2:30 library Campus Z725 NO. 16 TWO CONFERENCE LEADERS MEET HERE TODAY American Legion House To Be Dedicated Today National Legion Commander Speaks At Ceremonies Here Commander Kelly’s Talk To Be Broadcast Over The T/exas Quality Network Dedication of the American Le gion project house located on A. & M.’s campus will take place this morning beginning at 11 o’clock. The house, which accom modates 89 men, will be accepted by President T. O. Walton. High light of the dedication ceremonies will be an address by the Legion’s national commander, Raymond J. Kelly of Detroit. Commander Kelly flew to Aus tin yesterday from Detroit and will be brought to College Sta tion this morning by Austin Le gionnaires. The party will be met at the main entrance of the Col lege by a cavalry escort and will proceed to the office of President T. O. Walton in the Administra tion Building. From this point, escorted also by the A. & M. Band, the party will move to the new project house where formal dedication ceremon ies will get under way. Ernest Goens of Tyler will act as master of ceremonies. Cadet W. C. Goins, A Company Chemical Warfare Service, will make a short address of appreciation on behalf of the Aggies now living in the house, and President Walton will then accept the building for the college. Following Dr. Walton’s brief address. Commander Kelly will deliver his address which will be broadcast over the Texas Qual ity Network. The color guard of the Port Arthur Legion post will be pres ent and will take part in the ceremonies, advancing and retir ing the colors. Commander Kelly and his party, which will include State Com mander L. J. Roberts, will remain over for the Aggie-Baylor tilt this afternoon. Following the game, the party will leave for Huntsville to attend the Seventh district convention. Geophysics Survey Head To Address Petroleum Club Dr. Fredrick W. Lee, head of the Geophysical Section of the U. S. Geological Survey, will deliver a lecture on “Geophysical Prospect ing” to the Petroleum Engineering Club at its meeting Tuesday night, at 7:30 in the Petroleum-Geology lecture room. Dr. Lee was Professor of Elec trical Engineering at Harvard, and later at John Hopkins Univers ity, prior to his becoming first organizer then head of the Geo physical Section of the U. S. G. S, Dr. Lee is the foremost author ity on the application of electri cal methods in geophysical study of geological subsurface explora tion. His lecture will be of great importance and interest to engi neers, geologists, and geophysic ist. Dr. Lee has been active in in vestigations of oil, gas, fresh and salt water problems and ore body surveys in various parts of the United States, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii for the past twenty-five years. His work includes the de sign and development of new in struments, new geophysical meth ods, and field and interpretative technique. The lecture is illustrated and in cludes maps of various types of surveys. Dormitories Get Hot Water Today; One Week Early Saturday, October 28, is destin ed to be a marked day in the campus history of the year 1939- 40. Today for the first time there was pulsating through the long- dry veins of the halls—hot water. After first having announced that hot water could not be avail able until November 5, officials and workmen rushed through with plans which gave to the school this needy convenience more than a week early. The 3-000 gallon boiler was freighted here from Erie, Pennsyl vania, by a huge truck which ar rived last Wednesday. Since that time a crew of six men have been working steadily and tediously to install this boiler with care and precision. At the time this paper went to press the workmen had succeeded in placing the boiler on its foundation, securing all connec tions, and were filling it to test for and correct the minor leaks in the valves. Viewed by members of the Bat talion staff, this new boiler looms immensely among the other mechanisms of the power plant. Conspicuous by its bulk, this boil er is one of the largest of its kind in this section of the coun try. With an output of 20,000 gallons an hour and a reserve of 3,000 gallons, it appears entirely adequate to provide for the needs of the campus. The water leaving it is heated to a temperature of 150 degrees F. by many feet of coiled steam tubing. It is copper lined throughout, and weighs 15,000 pounds, rests on three steel beams set in concrete pillars. Factory cost of the boiler was said to be about $2,100, and total cost of transportation and installation is far above this factory price. Purdue Officials Visit A. & M. President E. C. Elliott of Purdue University, left, and David Ross, third from left, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Purdue, visited the A. & M. campus Wednesday to inspect A. & M.’s nationally famous cooperative houses. They are pictured with President W'alton of A. & M., second from left, and Dean Gibb Gilchrist of the School of Engineering, right. Members Of Student Library Committee For 1939-40 Session Announced; Committee In Its Second Year Third Corps Dance Of Year In Sbisa Tonight Aggies, have you heard what is coming off tonight? You’re right, it’s the third corps dance of the year and as you know the third time is a charm, especially when the fairer element of the Baylor campus will be present. Maestro Tommy Littlejohn and his famous “Hep Cats” will swing up the curtain at 9:00 o’clock sharp in the Sbisa Hall Ballroom. Those who wish to “get in the groove” and forget the A quizzes for a spell will have their chance tonight. The script will be $1 and the wearing apparel, except for the seniors, will be as usual the No. 1 uniform or tuxedoes. Freshmen will be allowed to at tend with or without dates. Announcement was made this-f morning of the 1939-40 Student Library Committee. The committee so far includes Tom J. Richards, senior class rep resentative of “D” Battery F. A.; J. P. Ledbetter, junior class rep resentative, of the Field Artil lery Band; Paul O. Egner, sopho more representative, of Second Headquarters Field Artillery; and George Fuermann, Battalion rep- presentative, of “L” Company In fantry. The representative from the freshman class will be an nounced in the near future. The committee members were ap pointed by the various class pres idents and Bill Murray, editor of the Battalion. The Student Library Committee, now in its second year of existence, is under the sponsorship of Dr. Thomas F. Mayo, A. & M. Librar ian. It was through Dr. Mayo’s instigation last year, that the committee was originally set up last spring, following a spirited campaign inaugurated and con ducted by The Battalion to raise funds for the Library so that it might be able to purchase needed copies of the most popular fiction and non-fiction works desired by the students. Insufficient funds for this purpose are furnished by the state legislature. Many generous donations, most ly in the form of cash, have been made to the College Library by many of the A. & M. Mothers’ Clubs of Texas this year and last. Dr. Mayo felt that the students (Continued on page 6) How Desperate Are The Aggies For Hot Water? Here’s How One Man Puts It Just how desperate the Aggies.fshowers were filled are for hot water |ih their rooms and showers, there" has been none since the first of school at all in IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED by Cadet Colonel Woody Varner that a freshman class election will be held in Guion Hall Sunday night after supper. the dormitories in which 5,000 stu dents live, is expressed by the story written by Powers Kirven, “A” Engineer senior, and printed below. Kirven, it was said ,jotted the story down during a trance in the middle of an M. E. class. “It was fourth down, A. & M. was on the Baylor Bruins’ 3 yard line. The Aggies were in a hud dle. The “twelfth man” was silent as usual during the huddles and signals. The Aggies broke out of the huddle, and Tommy Vaughn came out yelling. Signals were be ing called; suddenly the loud speaker spoke, “Special notice, hot water has been turned on for the dormitories”. Just as the last words were spoken the ball was snapped. The Aggies stepped aside and Big John Kimbrough tore a hole through that famous Bay lor line that you could drive a fire-wagon through, and the rest of the Aggies ran through behind him. But wait, they did not stop in the end zone, they ran past the goal posts and on out the gate. There was an uproar in the stands which was not noticed at first, but now the Aggies have poured on the field and are forming a snake dance on the field that is going out of the gate. They tore off their clothes as fast as they could. The column broke up at the dormitories and there was a mad rush for the showers. The so full that the &. R. O. sigri was thrown’ a- way. Everyone was shouting with joy as 150 degree F. water poured down on them. This went on for several hours. »“But the Southwest Conference Championship and the Rose Bowl are a thing of the past. The foot ball team refused to return to the field and the game forfeited. All of which goes to show just how desperate we are for our beloved hot water.” NEW LABORATORY TO BE INSTALLED IN M. E. SHOPS Professor C. W. Crawford, head of the Mechanical Engineering De partment, announced Friday, that the mill room and cabinet shop of the department had been moved to the first floor of the M. E. shops, and that an air-conditioning laboratory would be installed in the space thus vacated. The first floor has been painted and new light fixtures are to be installed. The small dry kiln which was located in this space has been dismantled and a new one is being constructed. The air conditioning laboratory will be partially equipped now, and will be completed as finances are made available. A room will be constructed in which temperature and humidity can be accurately controlled. Purdue Men 20,000 Fans Impressed By Expected To Aggie Co-ops Attend Game President E. C. Elliott of Pur due University and David Ross, president of the Board of Trustees of Purdue were favorably impress ed with the co-operative houses at A. & M., and especially with the type of management that is used, during their visit here to inspect the houses Wednesday. Purdue, the largest engineering school in the world, and also a land-grant school, is planning to build several cooperative houses and operate them on the same basis that is used here. The uni versity can buy some FHA and HOLC houses that have been fore closed on by the government and turn them into project houses, President Elliott said. He stated that several of these houses are desirable of the high cost of room and board at Purdue. The mainten ance is $44 per month. The men were surprised at the military inspections that are used to keep the houses orderly and at the rules that are enforced to. keep the boys in the houses. They ex pressed desire to take some of the house matrons back for the houses which they are planning to operate. Dr. Elliott and Mr. Ross left Wednesday evening for Austin af ter having dinner at the board of directors room with President Wal ton and other school officials. “Y” Programs For All Juniors And Seniors Planned The junior and senior members of the “Y” Cabinet are setting up a series of meetings open to all junior and senior A. & M. students, Y. M. C. A. staff members have announced. It is believed these meetings will prove to be of ut most value to the men of these classes. The object of these meetings will be to clarify their stand on the social and economic problems of the day and especially those social problems which directly effect the men’s lives here at A. & M. “We are sure there are a num ber of boys who are Vitally inter ested in programs of this kind, and we urge you to come to our first meeting in the Y Parlor, Tuesday, October 31, after Yell Practice,” David Thrift, member of the staff, said. The first meeting will be a good old-time get together. Peanuts will be served, and a good time will be had by all. The foregoing also applies to the sophomores who will have a meet ing at the same time in the “Y” Chapel. Their meetings will be based around planning one’s life. Aggies and Bears Have Tied Twice In Last Three Years By “Jeep” Oates Two special trains will take the siding here this morning and after the fans spend a few minutes go ing through the trouble of eating they will walk and crowd into Kyle Field and wait until 2:30 for the kick-off that will send the Texas Aggies and the Baylor Bears into another 60 minute fight to see which can score the most points. The team that does will be favor ite to go on and win the confer ence flag. Approximately 14,000 fans are expected to witness the fray and when the students of both schools are added along with the many sports experts the concrete “Shoe” will have something like 20,000 in it. During the past few days the two teams have been practicing in the rain, expecting it to be rain ing or at least wet here this after noon. Rain will help neither team, but it is expected it would hurt the Bears more than it would the Cadets. During the past three years the teams have played in the rain twice and both times the score ended in a tie. In ’36 ft was 0 to 0 in a sea of mud in Wao- and in ’38 is was 6 to 6 also in Waco. Baylor has been reporting that several of their star players would be out of the picture this week with injuries, but this is just so- much “bull.” The truth of the matter is that the Bears are in the best shape they have been in this year. Baylor always likes to be- the underdogs and they go out of' the way to be. It is a safe bet: that the worst hurt man they have- had this year suffered no more- than a bruise. When the Aggie® got through with them last year they had more than a bruise, they had two centers and a couple of tackles moaning that they wanted no more of Kimbrough and. the. (Continued on page 6); Phil La Toilette, Authority On Present Day American Public Affairs. To Discuss American Problems In First Town Hall Meet Monday Night Monday brings with it the first performance to be offered by Town Hall for the current year. Phil La Follette, who is accepted as be ing one of the country’s foremost authorities on public affairs, will speak to the members of Town Hall in Guion Hall at 8:00 p. m. Monday night. In a remarkable speech made by Mr. La Follette to the Economics Club of New York shortly after his recent return from Europe, he told its members what may be summed up as follows: The poli cies of the present governments of Britain and France are not the product of stupidity. They have ■been the result of a narrow, short sighted, but extremely shrewd pur pose to give preference to its class interests ahead of national wel fare. The above words, while they are not taken from a direct quotation, do speak Mr. La Follette’s attitude toward 'the present allies in our new world war. Incidentally, his attitude is said to parallel that of many other Americans. Ac cording to him, American public opinion should make it plain to the peoples of England and France that if they desire American sup port they must get rid of Cham berlain, Halifax, Hoare, Simon, Phil La Follette Deladier, Bonnet, and the pro-Nazi cliques whose instruments they are. -It is only too true, La Follette said,-f-on that the practical results of recent American foreign policy and the activity of American representa tives abroad “may have been strengthening the forces within Britain and France who are least interested in democracy and who have never demonstrated the slightest concern in the welfare of the United States”. It is Mr. La Follette’s contention that the people of the United States should know by what sort of men England and France are being ruled, for the question is, can they be trusted? Phil La Fol lette says no, and according to a number of outstanding authorities the subject, he is right. In his speech Monday night Mb La Follette will probably enlighten the members of Town Hall on such questions as “why did the British government turn down the Russian proposal of conference between England, France, Russia, Poland, Rumania, and Turkey and thereby indirectly put Russia on the side opposite the side of the allies?”. All are reminded to have their questions ready for there definitely will be an open forum immediately after his speech. Student tickets and reserved seat tickets will be available at the entrance to Guion Hall from 7:00 to 7:30 Monday night. Electrification Short Course In Full Swing The Rural Electrification Short Course sponsored by the Agricul tural Engineering Department has been in full swing since Thursday morning. Approximately 100 stu dents/ were registered during the course of affairs. , The class has taken up all prob lems relating to the use of elec tricity on the farm. The students have studied electrical cooking, water systems, poultry and dairy equipment, feed processing, and soil heating and sterilizing. Detail work included experiments in the problems embracing the various types of milk cooling devices, the different types of pumps, the growth of tomatoes by electrical means, and the operation of many kinds of electrical machinery. The purpose of the course is to train instructors who teach the farmers the uses of electricity on the farm. Those attending the class are composed of Rural Service repre sentatives of the utility companies, R. E. A. Project Supertendents, County Agents, County Home Demonstration Agents, and voca tional teachers. The administration is attempt ing to promote the use of electric ity on the farm by the construc tion of power lines across the country. The aim of this course is to prepare the rural residents for these benefits.