THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 1939-
THE BATTALION
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1939-40 Student Welfare Committee Organizes for An Active Year
Faculty-Student Group Met Tuesday Night for First Time
This Term, Planned Many Projects for School’s Betterment
Scholastic Standings,
Telephone Service, New
Area Problems, Traffic
Jams, Were Discussed
What is certainly the most am
bitious Student Welfare Commit
tee in A. & M. history, and bids
fair to be the most active, got well
under way with a long business
and social meeting in the banquet
and reception rooms of Sbisa Hall,
Tuesday night, November 14.
The Student Welfare Committee
was organized a number of years
ago as a faculty-student group be
fore which both faculty members
and students might bring their
problems, so that each might bet
ter understand the other side and
so that work might be started to
ward remedying these problems
and instituting new projects for
the betterment of A. & M. College.
With the years the group has grown
in both size and accomplishments.
This year the membership includes
seventeen members of the college
staff arid twenty-five representa
tives of the student body; and the
most ambitious program of the
organization’s history was inaugu
rated with its initial meeting Tues
day night. Meetings henceforth
throughout the year will be on the
first Thursday of each month.
Following the customary banquet,
the members held a business ses-
siori which was introduced by Dean
and chairman F. C. Bolton’s pre
liminary explanation of the his
tory and purposes of the organi
zation. Thereupon the meeting was
thrown open for a general discus
sion by the entire group of num
erous problems affecting the
school.
The first pr-oblem discussed was
that of scholarship and failure of
students. Methods being applied
by various organizations on the
campus to better the scholastic
standing of their students, and (
measures tried by various depart
ments to the same end, were
brought out. These included such
things as faculty guidance, sen
ior council, and employment of
approved student tutoring. It was
unanimously agreed that all or
ganizations on the campus should
be requested to adopt these meas
ures in order to raise scholastic
standings. Approved student
tutoring lists are on file in the
Registrar’s Office, in accordance
with the approved student tutoring
plan adopted last spring. Seniors
in every organization are asked
to lend underclassmen all the as
sistance possible in their studies,
and to see that freshmen failing
any subjects be allowed to study
undisturbed during the extra time
needed to keep them from “flunk
ing out” of school.
Next several problems arising
from the new dormitories recent-
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were brought up. Most urgent was
the need of sidewalks in the new
area, and Dean Bolton stated in
this regard that according to his
latest information these walks were
to be surfaced with asphalt before
the end of the year. He also stat
ed that as soon as possible, the
windows of shower rooms on the
second, third, and fourth floors of
all the halls would be painted; that
specia locks would be installed on
the wall cases holding the fire
hoses, which have in some cases
been put to wrong use; and that a
means will be found to close up
the space left at the bottom of the
new doors which has resulted in
drafts, dust, and excessive noise
penetrating the rooms.
The question of College Station
traffic was next brought up, and
the opinion of the committee was
unanimously that those boys who
are impending traffic by loitering-
down the streets of the campus,
crossing diagonally, straggling,
and those who are discourteous to
drivers who give them car rides
on the highway, are seriously in
juring the impression created by
the thinking majority with the res
idents of College Station and
vicinity and more especially with
all the visitors to the campus. It
is agreed that the sidewalks
should be more widely and wisely
used, and that the various organ-
iaztions do their part to keep down
the bad practices mentioned above,
and thus help preserve the good
reputation of the school in these
respects.
In regard to a long-standing
need, that of student restrooms in
the Academic Building, Dean Bol
ton declared that one would be
made available to students in the
very near future.
Other questions of importance to
the student body which were dis
cussed at some lengtji included the
need of a first-aid station in the
new area and of more tennis
courts for the student body. These
were unanimously approved, and
Dean Bolton stated that at the
earliest possible moment they would
be provided. A discussion of the
telephone situation on the campus
took place, and general criticism
is expressed of the excessive
slowness of the telephone company
in installing telephones long ago
applied for, and also of the poor
quality of the phone service af
forded all residents of College Sta
tion.
Members of the committee in
clude the following:
Faculty: Dean F. C. Bolton, vice-
president of the college; F. W.
Bensel, head of the Landscape Art
Department;' M. L. Cashion, gen
eral secretary of the College Y. M.
C. A.; Ernest Langford, head of
the Architecture Department; E. E.
McQuillen, secretary of the Former
Student Association; Col. Ike Ash-
Complete Longhorn
Staff Is Announced
George W. Smith, Band senior
and editor-in-chief of the 1940
Longhorn, recently announced the
complete and permanent staff of
this session’s annual, as follows:
Douglas H. Watson, of A Field
Artillery, is advertising manager.
James C. Shoultz, of the Infan
try Band, is managing editor and
sports editor.
James F. Fouts, of G Coast Artil
lery, is associate editor.
H. D. (Doug) Miller, of C In
fantry, is in charge of the military
section.
James M. “Dan” Sharp, of the
Infantry Band, is in charge of the
sections of clubs and activities.
Thomas F. McCord, of C Infan
try, is in charge of features.
Mick G. Williams, of C Cavalry
is in charge of the “Vanity Fair”
and “Senior Favorites” sections.
Junior assistants are W. A. (Bill)
Becker, of C Field Artillery; Phil
W. Levine, of B Infantry; Jack B
Bailey, of F Field Artillery; and
Alton M. Citzler, of C Engineers.
Of these a junior editor for the year
will be named in the spring.
Announcement of the “Green
horn” editor will not be made until
the book is published.
The Wallace Engraving Com
pany of Austin is doing the en
graving, and the Gulf Publishing
Company of Hosuton the printing
“The work on the book is progress
ing as well as could be desired,
Smith stated.
Temple University gridders have
names for their plays, instead of
using numbers.
burn, executive assistant to Pres
ident Walton; C. W. Crawford,
head of the Mechanical Engineering
Department; Daniel Russell, head
of the Rural Sociology Depart
ment; Dr. C. C. Doak, head of the
Biology Department; E. J. Howell,
Registrar of the college; Harold
Vance, head of the Petroleum En
gineering Department; O. W. Sil-
vey, head of the Physics Depart
ment; Major R. E. Hill, professor
of the Military Science Depart
ment; J. T. L. McNew, professor of
the Civil Engineering Department ,
and a member of the College Sta
tion City Council; P. W. Burns,
head of the Veterinary Physiology
Department; J. C. Hotard, man
ager of subsistence; and D. W. Wil
liams, head of the Animal Hus
bandry Department.
Students: Durward B. “Woody”
Varner, cadet colonel; F. M. “Max”
McCuller, senior class president;
Bill Murray, editor-in-chief of The
Battalion; Rudolph E. Michalka,
representative of the Aggie Band;
F. M. Pool, Jack Lippard, Jack
Bibbs, J. E. Copeland, Jr., J. Q.
Mayhew, Lawrence Edens, Fred
Sandlin, W. H. Dyer, R. D. Evans,
E. C. Parker, J. B. White, D. L.
Colbath, E. F. Fullwood, and J.
C. Brown, senior class representa
tives; W. L. Mayfield, J. P. “Pat”
Ledbetter, and A. V. Hamilton,
junior representatives; D. S. Shel
ton and J. E. Ball, sophomore rep
resentatives; and R. L. Rix, repre
sentatives of the freshman class.
The senior class representatives
are chosen one from each battal
ion; and the junior class always
names three representatives, the
sophomore class two, and the fresh
man class one.
HERE ARE MEN WHO LEAD ARMIES
These are the men, all over 50
years of age and with the World
War sharp in their memories, who
command Europe’s warring ar
mies.
GERMANY — Wilheim Keitel,
chief of the high command, at 57 a
soldier of 40 years. He’s tall, blond,
courtly in the Prussian manner.
Talks little. Likes music and ma
chines—war machines.
GREAT BRITAIN — Viscount
Gort, chief of staff, 53-year-old
brisk veteran who won A. V. C.
directing a world war attack from
a stretcher. Wealthy, he likes
yachting, plane piloting. In 33
years of soldiering the nickname
“Tiger” has stuck.
FRANCE—Maurice Gamelin, su
preme commander of sea and air
forces, short, baldish and 67, his
hobby is poring over maneuver
maps.
POLAND — Edward Smigly-
Rydz, a 53-year-old blunt spoken
military expert who built his coun
try’s arm. Poland’s iron man, who
quit art studies to help his country
find freedom. His last name means
“swift mushroom.”
RUSSIA’S Defense Commissar
Klementi “Klim” Boroshlioff, at
58, is second to Stalin. Couldn’t
read until he was 12. Has been min
er, factory worker, servant, strike
agitator, convict and exile. Start
ed military career by organizing
troops in
invaders.
1918 to fight German
University of Dayton
Prepares a “Salad Bowl”
Here’s something new in bowl
games: University of Dayton stu
dents are planning a “pansy bowl.”
The game’ll be between the “Daz
zling Day Dogs” and the “Battling
Border Rats.”
Which doesn’t sound a bit pansy
like to us!
LEADING BALL CARRIERS
Player-School
Times
....Carried
Yards
Gained
Yards
Lost
Times
Stopped
Aver.
Gain
Crain, Texas
76
583
63
6
6.84
Moser, A. & M
63
321
23
3
4.73
Conatser, A. & M. ..
40
181
20
4
4.25
Bearden, S. M. U
44
181
2
3
4.06
Johnston, S. M. U
67
261
19
7
3.61
*Cordill, Rice
31
129
18
1
3.58
Mallouf, S. M. U
33
137
20
0
3.55
Lyon, Arkansas
46
172
12
3
3.48
Atwood, Arkansas
49
188
20
6
3.43
Witt, Baylor
64
283
65
7
3.41
Layden, Texas
31
113
8
2
3.38
John Kimbrough, A. & M. 106
369
13
9
3.36
Wilson, Baylor
79
297
44
15
3.20
Pugh, A. & M
40
138
10
3
3.20
Hamberg, Arkansas .:
35
127
19
3
3.09
Southwest Conference Football Statistics
(Through Games of Nov. 11)
(Compiled by H. B. McElroy, Texas A. & M., from official statistical
summaries submitted by team representatives.)
A.&M.- Opp Ark-Opp Bay-Opp Rice-Opp SMU-Opp TCU-Opp Tex-Opp
Games
8
8
7
7
6
7
7
First Downs
91
49
113
60
62
47
82
89
62
39
76
57
54
84
Net Gains Rushing
1187
374
968
783
844
502
784
1112
877
589
611
759
1020
1068
Net Gains Fwd. Pass
656
327
944
714
479
519
749
772
379
273
968
436
280
569
Net Gains R. & P
1843
701
1912
1497
1323
1021
1533
1884
1256
862
1579
1195
1300
1637
Fwd. Passes Attempted
133
144
198
129
81
120
160
158
99
64
183
97
91
103
Fwd. Passes Completed
54
40
76
46
30
45
67
71
30
25
94
39
39
43
Per Cent Completed
406
.278
.384
357
.370
.375
.419
.449
.303
.379
.514
.402
.429
..417
Own F. P. Intercepted..
14
23
20
9
11
14
14
12
14
8
9
11
10
14
Average Punt
37
36
37
37
35
34
40
34
35
36
36
36
34
36
Yds. Lost on Penalties ..
491
254
283
386
185
190
169
311
133
259
200
356
232
232
Paine Presents Paper
At Meeting- of Texas
Academy of Science
L. S. Paine, associate professor
of agricultural economics at A. &
M., presented a paper at the
meeting of the Texas Academy
of Science in Austin on Friday.
Appearing before the Geography
and Geology Section of the Aca
demy, Professor Paine discussed
movements of farm populations
with particular reference to sub
marginal land areas. He empha
sized the increasing public seri
ousness of the low standards of
living in areas with inadequate
economic resources to support the
size of farm population found in
such areas.
Professor Paine’s discussion was
based upon the studies he conducted
in Texas for two years while on
leave of absences from the College
as research director for the Nat
ional Resources Board and as land
planning specialist for the Re
settlement Administration.
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