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Champion Aggie 'Thumber’
Keyes Carson, champion highwayer of the A. & M. corps and
probably of the nation, is shown in the above picture with a reflecting
emblem of A. & M. and also one of his destination, means of his
getting about during his summer hitchhiking jaunts.
New York To ’Frisco in Four
Days Was Record of Aggie
Editor’s note: This is the sec--f:
ond in Fuermann’s series of four -
articles relating the adventures <
and experiences of Keyes Carson ]
on his record-breaking cross-coun- <
try hitch-hiking tour this past '
summer. The first in the series i
appeared in The Battalion on Tues- ■>
day, November 21.
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First it was Texas to New York 1
in less than two days via the i
“highwaying” route. But one rec- ]
ord-smashing triumph wasn’t s
enough—next it was to be an at- i
tempt on the trans-continental rec- a
ord, New York to San Francisco. ^
“And I’ll do it in six days,” Keyes
declared, little realizing that he 1
would make the cross-country jaunt a
in even less time than his optimis- <
tic hope. 1
While in New York City, Keyes
►made two radio appearances and
was interviewed by several report
ers of the New York Times. Upon
being told that he intended to
cross the nation in six days, the
Times reporter laughed at the
idea, declaring that he would do
well to make the trip in two weeks.
And so it was that the young
Texan left the nation’s largest city
late Friday afternoon, June 30—
not only determined to reach San
Francisco in six days or less, but-
also to prove to the usually cor
rect New York Times that it was
wrong in believing that such a feat
was impossible.
Much like his trip from Texas
to New York, the many drivers
who offered Keyes rides represent
ed a wide variety of people. His
first ride out of New York City
(Continued on page 4)
Bryan’s New Queen Theater Opened
To Public in Program Tuesday Night
“A new Queen is crowned, long-f-
live the Queen,” and so, the Bryan
Amusement Company’s new Queen
Theater was opened Tuesday night
to the public. Part of the Aggie
Band, and the mayor of Bryan were
on hand to formally open the new
theater, which according to Mrs.
Morris Schulman is the finest pic
ture show between Houston and
Dallas.
The crowd that attended jam
med the theater to capacity and
was turned away at the door. Mu
sic furnished by thirty or more
pieces of the Aggie Band and
played in their own inimitable
style, greeted the customers as
they assembled and settled them
selves.
Mayor Langford and Judge W. C.
Davis spoke to the assembled gath
ering and offered their congratu
lations to Mrs. Morris Schulman
and the Bryan Amusement Com
pany for the confidence express
ed in the people of Brazos County
by investing $50,000 in a theater
in Bryan. Alfred, son of the man
ager, then arose and thanked the
crowd in his mother’s behalf for
the large attendance.
Outstanding feature of the
streamlined appearance of the
modernized Queen is the revolving
crown on the top. Other features
include air-conditioning with re
frigerated air, new machines for
projection, indirect lighting, and a
smoking parlor and lounge room.
AGGIES HOLD YELL SESSION IN
THEATER AS POPULARITY BOOMS
By' Jim Dooley
Every game that the Texas Ag
gies play and win not only pushes
them a little farther toward the
conference flag and the possibil
ity of a post season classic but al
so increases the popularity and
prestige of A. & M. as a whole as
has been shown during the past
weeks.
Aggie gridsters are not the on
ly cadets who are making known
the color and spirit of Aggieland
for the famous twelfth man, the
cadet corps, is also doing its part.
A good example of this was at the
Rice stadium in Houston Saturday
when despite the keen rivalry be
tween the two schools, Houston
fans gave the cadet corps a fine
reception and many of the fans stat
ed that they enjoyed the yells and
actions of the corps as much as
they did the game.
Thousands of the Aggies remain
ed in Houston! '
urday night
taking over t 5
-of the city, took over a large por
tion of the picture shows. A large
number of Aggies, as well as hun
dreds of Houston residents and
visitors, attended the midnight
show at the Majestic Theater and
witnessed the act put on there by
the Aggies.
The show was literally packed
with people waiting for the mid
night feature to start when Buster
Keeton, junior yell-leader, and an
A. & M. senior mounted the stage,
and led the theater crowd in a
yell session equal to that staged at
the game that afternoon.
After leading a number of yells
Buster paid his regards to the
audience and left the stage only
to be called back for an encore by
the crowd. In keeping with an Ag
gie victory Buster finished off the
encore with “Lizzie.”
Numerous comments were receiv
ed by Aggies at the show that night
Houston people who seemed
exception to have enjoyed
induin'*- rmance.
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The Battalion
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, THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 23, 1939
Z725
NO. 27
Fish Start
Bonfire For
Texas Game
Railroads Aiding
In Construction
Of Mammoth Pile
The annual Thanksgiving bon
fire, whose flames symbolize the
famous Aggie spirit, will be one
of the largest, if not the largest,
in the history of the school, Bodie
Pierce, head yell leader, announced
Wednesday.
With both the Southern Pacific
and Missouri Pacific railroads co
operating with the officials of A.
& M., who are aiding in the work,
the bonfire has already assumed
mammoth proportions. The two
railroads, whose lines run through
College Station, are shipping in
carloads of old scrap lumber, ties,
and other inflammable material for
the freshmen working on the bon
fire to unload off of the cars and
put on the fast-growing heap. In
return for this favor the railroad
officials are requesting that roal-
road property in the vicinity of
A. & M. be unmolested.
In addition to material being ob
tained from the railroads, college
residents are furnishing trash and
scrap wood for the fire. Bill Sparks,
owner of Beverly Hill development,
has contributed the timber
cleared from the development
to the bonfire. B. D. Marburger,
Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds, has furnished trucks, axes
and other equipment so that this
material can be secured.
As Aggies Took Houston and Rice Under
Only Students May
Use Student Seats
AtU.T.-A.&M.Game
Thanksgiving Mob Makes
Rigid Maintenance Of
Sections Doubly Needed
Cadet Colonel D. B. “Woody”
Varner and other leaders of the
senior class and the student body
have announced that, because of
the unprecedented number of vis
itors expected to be at A. & M. to
witness the A. & M.-University of
Texas football game on Thanks
giving Day, the student seating
section of the Kyle Field stadium
will have to be limited strictly.
....The student body can be allowed
only 4,500 seats for this game, be
cause of the unusual crowd, but
these are expected to be sufficient
to accommodate 5,500 students.
The sections for the student body
and for other spectators will be
separated and the divisions marked
by strong wire fences which will
be put up; and tactical officers
will enforce these seating arrange
ments strictly.
In the past the students have sat
with their family or with friends
in the student section. This time,
under the provisions related above,
such will not be possible or per
mitted. A student will be allowed
to bring his date into the student
section; but may not bring any
members of his family, or his non
student or ex-student friends. Ex-
Aggies may sit on the A. & M.
side of the stadium as usual; but
none may sit with the student body.
Also in this regard, Varner stat
ed that divisions between the sen
ior and junior sections of the stu
dent body will be rigidly main
tained, and should be closely ob
served by all students in the fu
ture.
All Tickets Reserved
At Athletic Office Must
Be Picked Up by Nov. 25
Everyone who has tickets re
served at the Athletic Office
for the Thanksgiving game
between Texas A. & M. and the
University of Texas must pick
them up by noon Saturday,
November 25, E. W. Hooker
of that office has announced.
All tickets not picked up by
that time will be placed on
sale.
“Big John” Kimbrough, about to go over late in the first quarter for the Aggies’ first touchdown
of the game against the Rice Owls in Houston Saturday. A. & M. won 19 to 0, to clinch a tie for the
championship of the Southwest Conference, with only the Thanksgiving game with the University of
Texas remaining.
Part of the cadet corps passes the reviewing stand in the Houston parade Saturday morning. The
corps “moved to Houston” about 4,000 strong.
“Genial Joe” Reichman, “the Pagliacci of the piano”, congratulates Aggies star Joe Boyd, who with
Edith Cocke attended the dance at the beautiful Empire Room of the Rice Hotel, for which Reichman
and his orchestra played.
The 210-piece Aggie Band performs for the thousands of people lining the streets of Houston to
witness the spectacular parade. Staff photos by Phil Golman
Dedication of New Dormitories In Honor
Of A. &M. Great To Take Place Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving morning, Thurs--
day, November 30, each of the as
yet undedicated new dormitories of
A. & M. College will be officially
named and dedicated in honor of
the men whose names were select
ed by the Board of Directors some
time ago.
These names were announced at
that time in The Battalion. They
were selected by the Board from
a list of former presidents of the
college, past and present members
of the Board of Directors, and out
standing citizens and faculty mem
bers who have contributed to the
school’s success.
One hall, dormitory No. 2, was
dedicated to Edgar J. Kiest, pres
ent member of the Board, near the
end of last term.
The list of halls with their names
is as follows:
NUMBER NAME
1 Spence
2 Kiest
3 Briggs
4 Fountain
5 Gainer
6 Lacy
7 Schuhmacher
8 Mclnnis
9 _ G. R. White
10 Byrd E. White
11 .Harrington
12 _...Utay
. New dining hall Duncan
■ These halls were named in hon
or of T. W. Spence, Edwin J. Kiest,
R. W. Briggs, Walter Lacy, G. R.
White, Joe Utay, H. C. Schuhmach
er, Byrd E. White, C. S. Gainer, L.
L. Mclnnis, H. H. Harrington, E.
J. Fountain, and W. A. Duncan.
All of these men have been active
in contributing to the school’s
success.
At the same time, the Electrical
Engineering building will be named
Bolton Hall in honor of Dean F.
C. Bolton, who is at present vice-
president of A. & M., and the
Civil Engineering building will be
named Nagle Hall for James C.
Nagle, a former dean of engineer
ing.
40,000 Fans
Will Witness
Texas Game
Record Crowd To
Pack Kyle Field
Stadium Thursday
Forty thousand people will con
verge on Aggieland Thanksgiving
Day to witness the traditional
football tilt between the Texas Ag
gies and the University of Texas
Longhorns. A sell-out crowd will
be on hand for the first time in
the history of the present Kyle
Field stadium when the two teams
meet on Kyle Field for the forty-
sixth renewal of the oldest college
rivalry in the Southwest.
E. W. Hooker, secretary of the
Athletic Department, has announc
ed that at noon Wednesday 250
bleacher seats were all the seats
that remained available at College
Station, and that there were a few
regular seats left on sale in Aus
tin Wednesday morning. Reports
from Texas University stated that
students remained in line all Sun
day night so that they could se
cure student tickets when they
went on sale Monday morning.
Total available seating capacity
for the game will be 38,336, count
ing the special bleacher seats and
box seats that are being construct
ed around the field.
In addition to the game’s be
ing one of the most colorful in
the nation, it is of prime import
ance to both schools. To the Tex
as Longhorns it will mean the
chance to become the upset team
of the year and to break the old
est and strongest jinx in the South
west Conference. On the other
hand, a victory for the Texas Ag
gies will assure them of one of the
most successful seasons, if not the
most successful, in the history of
the school, and the possibility of
their being given a Rose or Sugar
Bowl bid.
The Thanksgiving tilt at Aggie
land will furnish as much enter
tainment as a five-ring circus.
The Aggie Band and the University
Band will furnish color for the con
test. In addition to the major
classic, the freshman teams of the
two schools will meet in a game
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EXPERIMENT STATION
CHEMIST WILL SPEAK
AT PLANT SEMINAR
“The Carotenoid Pigments in
Plants and their Relation to Vita
min A” is the subject to be dis
cussed by Dr. A. R. Kemmerer at
the Plant Science Seminar, Thurs
day evening. The open meeting
will be held as usual in the Con
ference Room, Research Adminis
tration Building, at 7:30 p. m. Dr.
Kemmerer, who is a chemist in the
Division of Chemistry of the Agri
cultural Experiment Station, will
outline the distribution of the
carotenoid pigments in plants and
discuss theijr importance to both
plants and animals. The preval-
1 ence of vitamin A-definiency dis
eases in livestock makes such
] studies of unusual interest. Mod
ern methods for separation, iden
tification, and quantitative determ
ination of these pigments also will
be described.
“Thank You, It Has Been a Pleasure To Ride With You,”
Say Aggie Hitch-Hiking Cards Issued by “Y” Cabinet
“Thank You,” It has been a.
pleasure riding with you and I
appreciate it. Should you ever
pass through A. & M. or near my
home, I should be glad to have
you stop by and see me.”
This is what is said on the front
of Aggie “hitch-hiking cards”
which will be given to every Aggie
this week by the “Y” Cabinet.
The idea was taken from Clemson
College in South Carolina. The
Clemson cadets say that it has help
ed them tremendously in “high
waying” and believe that the cards
have done much to build up good
will throughout the state. -<
On the back of the card the “Ag
gie Philosophy” is stated. “Realiz
ing that the person who favors me
by giving me a ‘lift’ is doing so at
his own risk and that his consider
ation in helping a student is the
mark of a true sportsman, it is
my pleasure to show him every
courtesy and render any service
possible. It is an opportunity for
me to uphold the true Aggie Spir
it.”
The “Y” Cabinet is sponsoring
this program and is paying for the
cards which will be given to eacfi
Aggie free. Twenty - thousand
have been printed and if they
prove successful, more will be
printed as needed.
It must not be thought for a
minute that the card is to take the
place of the courtesy and respect
that is due the occupants of the
car who pick one up. It is not
meant that an Aggie should hand
the driver of the car the card and
then remain silent and expect the
card to take the place of a conver
sation. But rather the card should
not be given to the driver until
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Students Wishing To
Join “Bat” Staff May
Do So at Friday Meeting
All old, new and prospective
members of the entire staff of The
Battalion tri-weekly newspaper and
monthly magazine are requested
to attend an important business
meeting of the staff in The Battal
ion Office, room 122, Administra
tion Building, Friday night im
mediately after yell practice.
Student Publications Manager E.
L. Angell and others will speak
briefly. All students wishing to
become regular members of the
staff are invited to do so at this
meeting. Any student of A. & M.
is welcome for membership.
Plans for the special Thanks
giving issue of the newspaper and
for the December issue of the
magazine will be discussed at this
time, and other business of the
staff taken up.