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Student Tri-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College
Official Newspaper of the City of College Station
VOL. 39 PHONE 4-5444
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 11, 1939
Z725 NO. 22
AGGIES AND MUSTANGS IN GRID CLASSIC TODAY
Gasses Will
Be Suspended
For Rice Til
Cadets To
Observe
t Armistice
Second Official
Corps Trip of Year
Will Be To Houston
That all classes will be suspend
ed next Saturday to permit A. &
M. students to make a corps trip
to Houston, was announced yester
day by Dean Bolton, dean and vice-
president of the college.
The action came as the result
of a petition submitted to the fac
ulty by the senior class and through
the senior class president. Max
McCullar.
Dean Bolton also announced that
on the Monday morning following
the Houston Corps Trip, classes
which were scheduled to meet Sat
urday, will meet at the correspnod-
ing time Monday. The regular
schedule of classes will be resum
ed beginning at noon Monday.
As the corps has already been
put behind one day in its sched
ule, due to the suspension of Sat
urday classes for the Fort Worth
Corps Trip, the faculty took this
action to straighten the schedule
of classes to that form prescribed
by the various departments at the
beginning of this school year.
The entire student body was of
ficially invited to visit Houston re
cently in a letter sent to college
officials by City of Houston offi
cials and members of the Houston
Chamber of Commerce.
Instructions from the comman
dant’s office as to the origin and
destination of the line of march of
the review which is. to be held are
to be announced next week.
With the Rice-A. & M. game
made into an official corps trip,
and Houston being only a short
distance from College Station, it
is expected that a greater number
of students will make the trip than
attended the Fort Worth trip. |
By Proclamation of the President
of the United States and by order
of Colonel Moore, the entire Corps
will participate in ceremonies, at
noon today, honoring those A. &
M. former students who gave their
lives in the World War.
The President states that:
Whereas, twenty-one years ago, on
November 11, 1918, the nations
then engaged in the World War
agreed to an armistice terminat
ing hostilities; and whereas, in the
tragic situation in which the world
finds itself today, with the de
structive forces of war once again
unleashed, it is appropriate for
the people of the United States
to reflect upon that hour of No
vember 11, 1918, when the voices
of war were silenced, and to look
forward even now to a time when
a just and enduring peace shall
be established among all the peo
ples of the earth, Now, There
fore, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSE
VELT, President of the United
States of America, do hereby in
vite the people of the United
States to observe the day with ap
propriate ceremonies.
In keeping with the occasion and
in honor of the fifty-two A. & M.
men who died during the World
War, Cadet Colonel Woody Varn
er, and his Staff will place a
wreath on the memorial at the old
entrance at noon today.
At the noon meal formation,
following the sounding of Assem
bly, the enfire Corps, by organiza
tion, will be brought to “Parade
Rest.” After a brief pause an ap
propriate announcement will be
made over the amplifying system.
This will be followed by the read
ing of the roster of the A. & M.
men who lost their lives in the
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2,000 Aggies Served In Army, Navy,
And Marine Corps During World War
Today, twenty-one years after the end of the World War, A. & M.
is honoring those Aggies who were engaged in it.
Texas A. & M. had a larger percentage of its former students
in the service of their country during the World War than any
educational institution, excepting the Naval and Military academies,
in the United States, according to the New York -Times.
Two thousand Aggies served in"
the Army, Navy, and Marine
Corps during the war. Of these
52 lost their lives either in battle
or as a direct result of battle.
The flag that hangs in the Aca
demic building honors the Aggie
warriors. There are fifty-two gold
stars in the center commemorating
the dead, and 1,948 others honor
ing the men that came back.
In 1921 the drill field near the
old main entrance was encircled
with live oak trees in respect for
A. & M. war dead. Each tree has
a marker bearing the name of a
fallen Aggie.
The United States entered the
war in April, 1917, and the class
of ’17 graduated virtually as a
whole into the officers training
camp at Leon Springs, now Camp
Bullis. That fall the United
States government sent a company
of men in the Signal Corps to A.'
& M. to receive technical training.
Some students resigned from col
lege, and joined the army units
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army men was continued. At one
time 3,600 men other than stu
dents were receiving technical
training here, in various branches
of the service including radio and
aeronautical mechanics. There was
even a department of meteorology,
the only one of its type in the na
tion, instituted here under super
vision of government experts.
The army units received from
six weeks to several months of
training, depending on their needs,
and were then dispatched to
France. However, with increasing
demands on the youth of the na
tion, the army high command de
cided to prepare the students for
war. A training plan, The Stu
dents Army Training Corps, was
instituted here in the fall of 1918.
The S. A. T. C. as the plan was
known, consisted of two divisions,
the naval and the army units.
There was a third unit at the col
lege at the same time, the non-
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L. H. MEAD WINS
SWIFT COMPANY
ESSAY CONTEST
The Animal Husbandry Depart
ment announces that L. H. Mead,
junior from College Station, has
been declared the winner of the
Swift and Company, essay contest.
As the winner of the contest,
Mead will be given an all expense
trip to the International Live
stock Exposition at Chicago and
following the International will re
main for an intensive study of the
meat packing business.
Mead is a junior animal husban
dry student and is also one of the
members of the meats judging
team, which will represent the
College at the Chicago Internation
al contest. Before coming to A.
& M. he was employed by the Swift
and Company in their St. Louis
branch office .
The above picture of the Aggieland Orchestra, taken last spring, shows the majority of the men
playing in this year’s band. They will entertain with Fahy Godfrey and his orchestra here tonight.
With Aggieland At One End and Godfrey
At The Other, Orchestras Battle Tonight
College Prepares
For Large Number
Of Guests Today
In preparation for the large num
ber of guests expected at College
Station for the football game be
tween A. & M. and S. M. U., Col
onel Ike Ashburn, executive assist
ant to the president, has announc
ed the following plans for their
convenience:
Visitors and guests will be serv
ed at both dining halls at the reg
ular time at 12:00 o’clock at the
cost of 35c per person. If the
demand is sufficient, special tables
will be at 11:00 o’clock and at
1:00 o’clock in the old dining hall.
In addition to the regular meals
in the dining halls, two or more
student operated lunch stands will
be set up on the campus.
Guion Hall will be designated as
the headquarters for the S. M. U.
visitors. Rest rooms will be avail
able there.
There will be check rooms in the
Y. M. C. A. and in the old dining
hall where articles may be check
ed for 10c each.
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- Tonight, probably the best and-
most unique dance of the football
season will be held in Sbisa Hall.
The music will be furnished by
two orchestras lead by Fahy God
frey of South Texas fame, and
Tommy Littlejohn of Aggieland.
Due to the presence of both orches
tras, one at each end of the hall,
there will be no intermission. The
orchestras will alternate at thirty
minute intervals.
Godfrey’s orchestra ranks among
the topnotchers in South Texas
and is a favorite among Houston
and Gulf Coast dance crowds.
Among his orchestral features are
Ella Burndrett, petite song stylist,
the Harmony Quintet, consisting
of two trumpets, a clarinet, saxo
phone, and a violin. Ex-Aggie
Kenny Rigier, formerly with the
Aggieland Orchestra, is Godfrey’s
novelty singer.
Bonnie Baker, who sings “Oh
Johnny” with Orrin Tucker’s or
chestra is a Godfrey graduate
along with Dorothy Russelle, song
stress with Ran Wilde’s orchestra.
Tommy Littlejohn is slated to
introduce a new song which many
Aggies have been waiting to hear.
The name of the song is “I’d Rath
er Be An Aggie,” and. was written
by Jack Littlejohn.
The dance will begin promptly
at 9:00 o’clock in Sbisa Hall.
Seven Telephones
Are Installed In
Old Dorms To Date
The installation of telephones in
the dormitories which began last
October 19 is now well under way.
Of the many applications for tele
phones received, seven have been
filled to date and the rest will
be installed as soon as possible.
The cost of the telephone is $1.50
for installation plus $2.50 a month
flat rate.
The following telephones have
already been installed:
Cavalry Troop B, 2nd Ramp Law
Hall, College 491.
Coast Artillery Battery A, Hart
Hall, College 494.
Coast Artillery Battery B, Ramp
D Hart Hall, College 493.
Coast Artillery Battery H, 4th
Floor Mitchell, College 480 .
Legett Hall, 1st Floor, College
486.
Legett Hall, 3rd Floor, College
481.
Legett Hall, 4th Floor, College
476.
DR. 0. R. SWEENEY, NATIONALLY KNOWN CHEMICAL
ENGINEER. TO SPEAK HERE ON ECONOMIC SITUATION
“Utilization of Agricultural-*
Wastes and Its Relation to the
Segregation of Population” will
be the subject of a talk by Dr.
O. R. Sweeney, nationally known
chemical engineer, before the A. &
M. section of the American Chemi
cal Society Monday night at 8 p.
m. in the Chemistry lecture room.
Slides will be shown along with
the lecture and in addition a dis
play of the numerous commercial
products which can be made from
agricultural waste materials will be
presented.
Dr. Sweeney will open his talk
with a discussion of the economic
situation confronting the nations
of the world today and will briefly
review the rise and fall of the great
nations of the past. The strange
phenomenon of the parallelism of
the segregation of population to
the fall of these nations will be
pointed out.
The major part of the talk will
have to do with the creation of a
factory system which will work
out more satisfactorily, it is be
lieved, than the present one. The
-lecture will be illustrated with a-
large number of materials; name-
O. R. SWEENEY
ly, agricultural waste materials,
and illustrations will be given as
to how the decentralization of pop
ulation can be carried out and why
this is important.
► Dr. Sweeney was born in Martins
Ferry, Ohio, in 1883 and attended
S. and M. S. degree from the Ohio
public school there, later attending
the Grand Prairie Seminary in
Illinois. He received both his B.
State University and obtained his
Ph. D. degree from the University
of Pennsylvania. His degree of
Chemical Engineer came from
the Ohio State University. At the
present he is head of the Chemi
cal Engineering Department at the
Iowa State College.
He is a consulting engineer of
considerable experience, having
worked in the field of zeolitic
water softening, in which field he
now holds a number of commer
cially exploited patents. His con
sulting practice covers a wide range
of engineering endeavors which
have to do with invention and de
sign and is particularly interested
in the utilization of farm wastes.
In addition, Dr. Sweeney is the
inventor of a electrolytic anti
septic cell which is now widely
used in hospitals, and is chairman
of the Greater Iowa Commission.
Conference Championship
Probable Prize Of Winner
Bill Stern Will Broadcast Game Over Blue
Network of National Broadcasting System
By EL C. “Jeep” Oates
Battalion Sports Editor
This afternoon at 2:30 the grid classic of the week will get under
way when the victorious Aggies meet the Southern Methodist Mus
tangs (defeated only once this season— by Notre Dame) on Kyle Field
in a game that promises to pack the stadium to capacity and pro
duce a winner that will according to the experts, win the conference
championship.
Four special trains will arrive at College Station today bringing
spectators from Houston and Dallas. There is a ball game in Houston,
but the classic here is drawing enough fans to warrant two special
trains from the Bayou City. The other two trains will come from
Dallas, the home of the Mustangs.
Bill Stern, ace sports commentator for the National Broadcasting
Company will broadcast the game over the network that will reach
from coast to coast and border to border. Stern, after watching the
Aggies practice this week, stated that the Cadets look like one of
the big powers of the country. He says the Aggies are packed with
power and deception from end to end. The people in the North
think that Aggies are as strong a team as there is in the nation.
A. & M. and S. M. U., With Several Players
Injured, Will Not Be At Full Strength
Neither A. & M. nor S. M. U. will be at full strength as several
of their players have suffered more or less serious injuries. Many
of the injured players will start the game, but their ails will slow
them down and on many of them it will be only a question of time
before they will have to be removed.
The Aggies have had to shift Henry Hauser from center to
tackle this week to bolster the tackle reserves due to the injuries
of Chip Routt and Euel Wesson. Joe Boyd, first-string tackle, is on
the ailing list with a hurt shoulder, but will be in at the starting
post. •
S. M. U. has tied one game with Oklahoma and lost one to
Notre Dame by a 19 to 20 margin. The Mustangs have won the rest
of them with ease, and that leaves them with an impressive record.
They have one of the best defensive teams in the nation.
Their coach, Matty Bell, has a high reputation for his defensive
aggregations.
In 1927 the Ponies were favored the championship, but the
Aggies turned the tide on them and won the flag themselves. Now
the picture is reversed, but not so strongly.
Coach Matty Bell was head mentor at Aggieland until going
to the Mustangs in 1934 where he served as assistant to Ray Morri
son for one year before becoming head coach the next year and taking
his 1935 team to the Rose Bowl. He would rather beat an A. & M.
team than to win all the other games on the schedule and he will
have his team set today. The Ponies will be playing an inspired
game and it will take a great Aggie team to turn them back.
The team that wins this fray will be favored to cop the title
and take the glory that goes with it. The team that loses will be just
another team that could not weather the storm and will be only
driftwood in the football sea.
Aggie Beginning Lineup For Game To Be
Same As Usual For Day With One Exception
The A. & M. starters will be the original starting lineup except
at quarterback. Either Marion Pugh or Marland Jeffrey will take
this spot in place of the injured Walemon “Cotton” Price.
For the Aggies it will be Herb Smith and J. R. Sterling at
ends, Joe Boyd and Ernie Pannel at tackles, Marshall Robnett and
Charles Henke at guards, Tommie Vaughn at the pivot, Marion
Pugh at quarter, Derace Moser and Jim Thomason at halves, and
“Jarrin’ John” Kimbrough at fullback.
The S. M. U. lineup is not available but it is certain that Will
Mullenweg will start at the blocking back, Preston Johnston at the
running half and George Sanders at one of the tackles. These are
the key Pony men.
The A. & M. players have stated that they are ready to do
battle with anything from a buzz-saw to a lily. The team that
wins will no doubt think it was a buzz-saw that they were fighting.
Both teams will be battered and bruised when the hectic fray is
over and they may be so crippled that it will take weeks to recover
to full strength. It promises to be a fight to the finish.
Anyway it goes, it is the grid classic of the day.
Armistice Day Marks Twentieth
Renewal of Aggie--S.M.U. Battles
Whereas Armistice Day marked the cessation of hostilities 21
years ago, this year it marks the twentieth renewal of the battles
between the Texas Aggies and the Southern Methodist University
Mustangs with this year’s battle being fought on historic Kyle Field
today.
another Saturday and another “jinx” team for the Aggies.
defeated S. M. U. the Aggies
It is
Since the 1927 conference champions
have had a hard row to hoe and-f
the Ponies caught up and passed
the Cadets in the number of games
won to leave the all-time game
record at 10 wins for S. M. U.
against 8 for A. & M. with three
others ending in ties.
Starting in 1929, after a 19-19
tie in 1928, the Ponies held A. &
M. winless until 1936 and over
those seven years allowed the Ag
gies a scant 14 points, shutting
them out five years in a row.
The Aggies snapped the string
in 1936 and repeated with another
victory in 1937. However, S. M.
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Senior ROTC Checks
Requested Before
Houston Corps Trip
The office of the P. M. S. & T.
stated yesterday that they have
requested that the advanced R. O.
T. C. payroll for seniors be ready
by next Thursday. This date is
not definite but it is hoped that
the checks will be ready in time for
the. corps trip to Houston.
The checks will amount to $19.25
for duty from the end of camp
until November 1.