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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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Here This Saturday
VOL. 39 PHONE 4-5444
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 7, 1939
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To Battle With Aggieland Saturday Night
Fahy Godfrey and his 13 piece orchestra will “have it out” with-
Tommy Littlejohn and his Aggieland Orchestra in a battle dance to
be given Saturday night following the S.M.U.-A. & M. game. Ella
Burndrett, songstress, (right) is scheduled to furnish the swing
numbers for the dance.
Third Corps Dance Will Be
"Battle” Featuring Fahy
Godfrey And
Saturday night at 9:00, after the-
Aggies and the Mustangs have
fought it out on Kyle Field, Tom
mie Littlejohn and Fahy Godfrey
will fight it out in Sbisa Hall with
their respective orchestras backing
them. The twelfth man will be
Aggieland
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Thomas Lake,
Freshman, Dies
After Accident
there, too. This, the third Corps
Dance of the year, will be a “bat
tle” dance, and there will be no
intermission. An orchestra will
be at each end of Sbisa Hall. One
band will play for thirty minutes,
and then the other will take over
for the next thirty, and so on
into the night—each trying to
outdo the other.
Fahy Godfrey and his thirteen
piece orchestra are well known in
the Houston and Gulf Coast terri
tory. At the present time lovely
Ella Burndrett, petite brunette, is
being featured as a vocalist and,
according to reports, is making a
big hit with her vocal interpreta
tions of the latest swing tunes.
Godfrey has a reputation as a
maker of radio stars out of his
songstresses. In fact, he has been
billed as a maker of big time vocal
ists, several of his “graduating”
to coast-to-coast network programs
and the movies.
The Aggieland Orchestra will
introduce “I’d Rather Be a Texas
Aggie” by Jack Littlejohn during
the dance. Many Aggies have ex
pressed an interest in hearing this
number played at a Corps Dance.
The time: 9:00 p. m., Saturday,
November 11. The place: Sbisa
Hall. The occasion: The third and
possibly the best Corps Dance pre
sented this year.
DR. SWEENEY
WILL ADDRESS
ASCE MONDAY
One of the best known chemical
engineers in the nation. Dr. Or-
land Russell Sweeney of Iowa,
will visit here Monday and give
a lecture at 8 p. m. in the Chem
istry lecture room before a meet
ing of the American Chemical So
ciety.
His subject will be the latest de
velopments that have been discov
ered by chemists in finding uses
for waste material on the farm
and ranch. In the course of the
talk. Dr. Russell will display some
commercial products that have
been made from agricultural
wastes, and he will also show some
slides.
Students desiring to attend this
lecture may do so without fear that
the subject matter will become too
technical. Dr. Russell’s lecture
will be presented in a manner un
derstandable to all.
Thomas Roy Lake, 21, of Pitts
burg, freshman student living in
Project House 4, was instantly
killed Saturday night about 11:30
by an automobile driven by Henry
Gandy of Wellborn.
Lake was accompanied by two of
his roommates, and was walking
south on old highway 6, about 500
yards south of the Project House
area, on the west side of the road.
The car driven by Gandy, who
was accompanied by his wife, was
also going south. The accident
occurred as another car was ap
proaching from the opposite direc
tion. Immediately after the acci
dent, Lake was brought to the col
lege hospitial where he was pro
nounced dead by the college physi
cian.
Justice of the Peace R. B. Grant
rendered an inquest verdict of ac
cidental death.
Lake is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Lake of Pitts
burg. Funeral services were held
yesterday in Pittsburg.
HORTICULTURE SOCIETY
SELLS ARKANSAS CIDER
The Horticulture Society has re
ceived 140 gallons of Arkansas
sweet apple cider which it will
sell by the drink at the Eighth An
nual Horticulture Show December
11 and 12, and at $1.00 per gal
lon until then, according to an an
nouncement by John C. Mackey,
advertising manager for the Horti
culture Show. The cider is now on
cold storage.
Each year the Society promotes
something to help pay the inspec
tion trip made by about twenty
seniors, graduate students, and in
structors to the Rio Grande Valley
citrus region. The cider can be
obtained by calling at the office
of the Horticulture Department or
at room 218, Dormitory 3.
NYA Checks Will Be Here
In Time For Maintenance
Mr. O. R. Simpson announced
today that about 600 NYA checks
have not arrived; however, the
Austin office has been called, and
it was found that the checks have
been mailed and will probably ar
rive today or tomorrow, in time
for the students to pay their main
tenance. Mr. Simpson stated that
he expects the checks to be paid
by the 25th of each month here
after.
Architecture Dept.
To Show Pictures
Of Summer Tour
During the past summer the De
partment of Architecture sponsor
ed a student tour through many of
the Southern and Eastern states,
going as far as New York.
Following the precedent set last
year when a special showing of
the features resulting from the
student tour to Mexico was held,
the department will give a review
of the work of the tour of this
summer Friday evening from 7 to
10 o’clock, on the fourth floor of
the Academic Building.
The major exhibit will consist
of four divisions. First, the stu
dent work, including sketches,
water colors, photographs and
special reports. The second sec
tion will picture the historical cen
ters of interest such as New Or
leans, Natchez, Charleston, Wil
liamsburg, Washington, D. C. and
other cities. The third section will
feature the several industries which
the tour contacted such as steel,
tile, glass, and furniture. The
fourth division will present many
of the projects which are being
sponsored by the Federal Govern
ment. Included in this section will
be housing projects of the F.H.A.,
town planning of the F. S. A., and
the various divisions of the T.V.A.
Another interesting division of
the exhibit will feature New York
City and the World’s Fair. This
was one of the highlights of the
tour and will be well represented
in this display.
In addition to the above exhibits,
on Friday evening will be shown
not only the colored movies taken
en route but the following motion
pictures secured for this special oc
casion: “The River” a sound pic
ture portraying man’s relation to
the Mississippi River. Another
film entitled, “Wasted Waters”
will tell the story of the T.V.A.
Also the “Story of Steel” will
present many interesting steps in
the manufacture of steel products.
All of these movies will be run
several times so that everybody
will be able to see them.
All faculty, friends, and students
of the college are cordially invited
to attend.
For the convenience of visitors
the elevator will be in service from
7 to 10.
Aggies Went
To Arkansas
In Big Way
Large Number Attend
Game In Fayetteville;
Band Shows Up Well
Friday and Saturday of the past
week found various professors lec
turing to vacant seats. “Evident
ly;,” as one instructor remarked,
“something is missing.” Yes, that
missing something was a big per
centage of the student body of Ag
gieland.
In usual Aggie fashion, all who
could possibly find a way to make
the trip to Arkansas made it.
Donations from each organization
furnished the expenses for the
Band, and lotteries in many out
fits paid the expenses of some for
tunate member. In a crusade that
gathered new members as the hours
passed, the “fighting farmers”
moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas,
some 450 in all.
At home in College Station all
available radios were tuned full
blast to the broadcast for the bene
fit of those who could not make
the trip. Even the Saturday after
noon group in charge of the Cav
alry stables were allowed to do the
“touring” between halves, and
radios were set up in order that
the erring ones would not miss a
single play.
Those who made the trip found
the story, “The ugliest girl I ever
saw was the prettiest girl in Ark
ansas” to be without grounds for
support. Following the game, the
Arkansas U. sororities held open
houses and entertainment was
climaxed by a dance in the Field
House, with Lou Breeze and his
orchestra furnishing the music. A
further salute to the victors was
furnished by Lou Breeze as he
turned the bandstand over to sev
eral members of the Aggie band
during intermission, who played the
Aggie War Hymn as only the Ag
gie Band can.
Officially, this game was to be
the homecoming for the Arkansas
alumnae. Actually, the olive drab
of A. M. C. dominated the scene,
led by the Aggie Band, who vir
tually stole the show.
During the half of the game, the
Aggie Band produced another un
expected formation for which they
have become famous. Instead of
the usual spelling out of names,
etc., they formed the outlines of
the states of Arkansas and Texas,
followed by the formation of the
Lone Star of Texas.
All in all, the trip proved to be
a greater success than any of the
Aggie “Arkansas Travelers” had
hoped for. Even the cold was for
gotten by the twelfth man as the
Aggie team did a thorough job of
butchering the Razorbacks.
30 Aggies Attend
B.S.U. Convention
The annual convention of the
Baptist Student Union of Texas
held at Abilene November 3-5, was
attended by thirty A. & M. stu
dents, who were among fifteen
hundred students from 66 colleges
and universities of the state pres
ent.
The principal speaker of the
program was Charles A. Wells,
cartoonist, writer, and traveler,
who gave a series of chalk talks on
“Christ and World Need.” His
already distinguished record of ac
quaintance with world affairs was
supplemented with first-hand
knowledge he gained while in
Europe at the outbreak of the pres
ent conflict.
Student speakers included Jim
Behrman, president of the local
council, and 38 other campus B. S.
U. presidents of the state.
Other features of the program
were a round-up barbecue and a
Christian student march through
the streets of Abilene. Music was
furnished by the Hardin-Simmons
cowboy band, and entertainment
was presented by the Hardin-Sim
mons cowgirls and Johnny Regan,
the champion roper of England.
Aggie Rodeo Royalty
Top above, Elizabeth Hanover of Wheelock, who is to be Queen
of the Aggie Rodeo Friday night. She will be attended by Gladys
Moerner of Nashville, Tennessee, lower left, and Mary Farmer of
Junction, lower right. King of the Rodeo is Frank Corder.
Queen’s Court to Reign
Over Lively Performance
To be Queen of the
this year is Elizabeth Hanover of
Wheelock, who will be escorted by
Frank Corder of Rocksprings, King
of the Rodeo and president of the
Saddle and Sirloin Club. Corder
was general manager of the
Rodeo last year and has been an
active member of the club for
three years.
Two duchesses will share the
spotlight as members of the Queen’s
court: Gladys Moerner of Nash
ville, Tennessee, and Mary Farm
er of Junction. Miss Moerner, a
junior at Vanderbilt University,
will be escorted by James Grote
of Mason, vice-president of the
Saddle and Sirloin Club, member of
the Senior Livestock Judging Team
and ringmaster of last year’s
Rodeo. Miss Farmer’s escort is
Wilson Buster of Junction, also a
member of the Livestock Judging
Team.
The members of the court will
lead the grand entry which will
open the night performance of the
Rodeo, and will then watch from
their box as a group of the best
non-professional performers to be
Aggie Rodeo-f-found anywhere stage
a show which
will be replete with thrills and
spills.
Adding that necessary ingredient,
comedy, to the rodeo dish will be
the duo of clowns, Duke Harrison
and J. H. “Jupe” Allen of the
Band, who include in their act an
exhibition of fancy rope-twirling.
Harrison is also a very accomplish
ed whip-artist, using a heavy bull-
whip with all the finesse of a vet
eran mule-skinner.
The only events in which all the
participants will not be Aggies
are the goat-roping contest, fea
turing the “Bryan Dudes,” and the
greased-pig roping, which will pit
professors against pigs in a con
test which is a cinch to be a favor
ite with students of animal hus
bandry.
A capacity crowd for the Ani
mal Husbandry Pavilion has been
indicated by advance ticket sales,
and interest in the event points to
a probable sell-out. Reserved
seat tickets may be obtained by
coming by either the Animal Hus
bandry offices, or room 120, dormi
tory 3, or room 205, dormitory 9.
C. J. Hesse To Speak
On Work Of Museum
At Meeting Tonight
“Vertebrate Paleontology of Tex
as” will be the subject of a talk
to be given by Curtis J. Hesse of
the Museum when he addresses the
Geology Club Tuesday night in
the Petroleum Engineering build
ing.
Mr. Hesse will talk on work
being carried on in Texas at the
present time in vertebrate paleon
tology, in connection with work
being done by the University of
Texas’ Department of Economic
Geology and the corresponding
work he and members of the
Museum are carrying on at A. &
M. Mr. Hesse, who is assistant
museum curator, has added in im
provements in the Museum since
he has been here, and has added
to tne collections.
All students taking Geology and
any other persons interested are
invited to attend the meeting by
the Geology Club. The meeting
will not last over an hour, offi
cers of the club have announced.
Students Are
Invited To
Visit Houston
Invitation Given
By Chamber Of
Commerce, City
The entire student body of A. &
M. has been officially invited to
visit Houston November 18, when
the Aggies play the Rice Owls,
by the Houston Chamber of Com
merce and city of Houston offi
cials.
The letter requesting the stu
dents to accompany the A. & M.
team to Houston was in the hands
of the Commandant Monday and
no official or unofficial action has
been taken by school officials or
students in assuring the Houston
people that all students would like
ly attend.
Two years ago when the Cadets
played the Owls in Houston an un
official corps trip was scheduled
by the Executive Committee after
petition by members of the sen
ior class. At that time all stu
dents were allowed to make the
corps trip except those failing two
or more courses, who were requir
ed to attend all Saturday classes.
All other students were excused.
Whether or not such action has
been contemplated this year could
not be learned yesterday.
Williams Talks
To Graduate Club
On European Trip
Sidelights on his trip to Europ
ean countries this summer was
the subject for a speech to the
A. & M. Graduate Club last Tues
day night in the Biology lecture
room by D. W. Williams, head of
the Department of Animal Hus
bandry.
Mr. Williams discussed everyday
life in the countries of Ireland,
Wales, England, Norway. Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugo
slavia, France, Belgium and Hol
land. ,
Throughout Europe, Mr. Wil
liams said, there is no criticism
of the German people, but criticism
of Germany leadership is wide
spread, with neutral countries
sharing the opinion of the people
of the United States.
Mr. Williams said there was no
fear in Europe at that time that
Mussolini would actually throw his
support with Hitler if a showdown
came, and that while neutral,
countries and the now allies were
depressed during Russo-German
negotiations, there was little fear
felt that Stalin would actually co
operate with Hitler because of the
different policies of the nations.
That the people of Germany were,
behind Hitler was the impression
Mr. Williams got during a visit
in that country, where, he said,
he was treated very well.
Even German opinion admits
that scientific investigation in that
country has been hurt by Hitler’s
policies of Jewish persecution, in
tense nationalism, and destruction
of freedom of thought, he said.
Other parts of his speech con
cerned the customs and habits of
the peoples of Europe.
Last night the Graduate Club
held its first social function of
the year, a dance at the Bryan
Country Club.
Registration For Gas-
Lift Conference Starts
Registration for the three-day
Gas-Lift Production Conference
sponsored by the Petroleum Engi
neering Department will begin
Thursday at 1:00 p. m.
The address of welcome will be
given by Gibb Gilchrist. Dean of
Engineering immediately after all
members have completed registra
tion.