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Annual Elephant Walk To Be Held Thursday Morning The Battalion Student Tri-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College Official Newspaper of the City of College Station Bonfire and Dance Scheduled For Wednesday Night VOL. 39 PHONE 4-5444 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 25, 1939 Z725 NO. 28 Exes To Mee In T Lobby h' Turkey Day f Appointment Of Flight Operator olds Up Training Plans for Handling Visitors During Day Arranged by School A. & M. ex-student headquarters for Thanksgiving day will be lo cated in the Y. M. C. A., the Former Student’s Association has announced. An information desk will be located there for the bene fit of A. & M. men. Due to the difficulty of moving from one place to the other on the campus, the Association office in the Ad ministration building will be closed. Headquarters for Texas Univer sity for the day will be at Guion Hall. Rest rooms for women will be open in the first three ramps of Law and Puryear, the Y. M. C. A., Guion Hall, the lounge on the bot tom floor of Kiest Hall, the Gym nasium and at the Athletic field. Check rooms will be located at the Y. M. C. A. There will be a charge of 10c per article checked. In case of rain, the Department of Landscape Art and the Dairy Farm will furnish trucks and trac tors for the purpose of pulling visitor’s car out of the mud in the parking areas. In case of dry weather addition al parking space will be available south of the new dining hall. Meals will be served at both dining halls to visitors and guests of students. Charge will be 35c per person .Students and their guests will be served at eleven o’clock. All other visitors will be served beginning at eleven-thirty. 93 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS MAKE INSPECTION TRIP A group of 93 Mechanical Engi neering seniors and five instruc tors recently completed a tour of inspection of the Texas Electric Steel Casting Company in Hous ton. The party left college last Wed nesday morning and spent the greater part of the afternoon in the foundry of the casting company. Later they visited the Gable Street Plant of the Houston Power and Light Company where they were shown the new high-speed turbo generators. The party arrived back in college at 9 o’clcok that night. The instructors accompanying the party were A. V. Brewer, W. E. Long, C. M. Simmang, L. G. Barryman, and K. M. Loughmiller. The Texas Electric Steel Cast ing Company has announced the awarding of cash prizes for the three best papers presented in com petitive writing on what the in dividual student learned on this tour through the foundry. The awards are for 50, 35, and 15 dol lars respectively. Only 19 Students Pass Preliminary Exams For Flight Training Course According to word received from Dean Gibb Gilchrist’s office yes terday, the appointment of a flight operator by the Civil Aeronautics Authority is the outstanding ob stacle for the beginning of air training here. It is understood that this appointment is to be made in the near future. So far only 19 students who have passed the preliminary phy sical examination have been re commended to the C. A. A. by the Department of Engineering. How ever, there are more than enough applicants who have passed this first exam to fulfill the allotment to almost 100. The field has not been worked on in any way. It is expected to re quire about four days to clear the field of obstacles and to pro vide a north-south runway. Actual flying should begin a short time after the Thanksgiving holidays. Houston Symphony Church Speaker To Appear on Town Hall December 12 Committee Passes On Dance Schedule For Spring Term The dance schedule for the year and the allotment of the remaining benefit shows were taken up at a meeting Monday afternoon of the Student Activity Committee. The formal notification of clubs given the benefit show will be done this week, E. L. Angell, student activ ity advisor on the committee nounced today. The committee, hea-’ Williams, also set t T .oion price for the next pe ..nance of Town Hall which is to be the Hous ton Symphonic Orchestra on De cember 12. The single admission price for cadets and high school students will be 50 cents while the admission price for adults will be $1.50. However, anyone holding a reserve seat season ticket may purchase a single admission for adults for $1.00. DECEMBER 1ST GRADES WILL BE SENT TO PARENTS The parents of A. & M. students will soon be sent a report on how well their son is progressing in school work. The instructors are giving the “B quizzes” this week in prepara tion for turning in the grades to the Registrar’s office by Decem ber 1st. The week following December 1st the Registrar’s office will send a report of the student’s grades through December 1 to his parents. This year, for the first time, there will also be a report of all un excused absences incurred by the student during this semester sent in to parents. A duplicate copy of the report will be sent to the dean of the school in which the student is en rolled. These Deans will take what ever action they think best regard ing those students whose reports are unsatisfactory. Wife of Department Head Seriously 111 Mrs. J. B. Bagley, formerly Miss Helen Bittle who was reared on the A. & M. campus, is seriously ill at the Plaza Hotel in Houston. Mrs. Bagley is the wife of Professor John B. Bagley, for many years head of the Textile Department here, and is the mother of Tom B. Bagley, ’31, Houston. Her father, the late Dr. Bittle, was for many years chaplain of A. & M. According to word received from Mr. Bagley, Mrs. Bagley will be brought back to her home here at A. & M. about the 1st of December or as soon thereafter as possible. Orchestra Made Big Hit With Aggie Audience In Performance Last Year The Houston Symphony Orches tra will appear under the auspices of Town Hall at College Station on December 12, with the program starting at 7:30 p. m. The brilliant performance given by this masterful group of musi cians last year was said to be ac cepted as the outstanding program of the year; three encores were necessary before the the program could be brought to a close. Most striking is the versatility of the programs this orchestra of fers, and equally appreciated is the beauty and feeling the musicians are able to transmit from their instruments, many of which are special or foreign made. Ernest Hoffman, conductor, is due a vast amount of credit in re gard to the success of the Houston Symphony, for his efforts are painstakingly applied, and no de tail does he omit. Soon after his graduation from Harvard, Mr. Hoffman went abroad where he played in and conducted some of the finest symphony orchestras in Hurope. At present he has original orchestrations in the Houston Symphony’s repertoire, only a few of which exist. The members of the Houston Symphony are strictly profession al, and they are masters of their respective instruments, which ac counts for the unusually keen abil ity with which they play. Season tickets for Town Hall are still available and may be purchas ed at the original price. COOPERATIVE LEADER TO MAKE TALK MONDAY An address on the “Cooperative Marketing of Dairy Products” will be given Monday morning, at 8 o’clock and at 10 o’clock in Room 312 of the Agriculture Building by A. B. Tarwater of Plainvieiw, ac cording to J. Wheeler Barger, head of the Agricultural Economic De partment. The address has been arranged by the Department of Agricultural Economics, primarily for students in the course in Cooperative Mar keting, but is open to the general public. Mr. Tarwater has served several terms in the Texas Legislature, and has been prominent in matters re lating to agriculture, conservation, and reclamation. He lives on and manages his own farm and has been a prominent leader in the cooperative move ment in Texas. For some time he has been president of The Plains Cooperative, Inc., which operates several creameries and other co operative ventures in West Texas. Kraft Co. Gives Reason For Not Broadcasting War Hymn In a November issue of the Bat talion it was stated that the “Ag gie War Hymn” would be played over the Kraft Music Hall pro gram that night. Burt Burns had received a letter from Bing Cros by saying that he would use our song. Much to everyone’s disap pointment our “War Hymn” was not played. Following is a letter received a few days ago explain ing why our song was not played: Nov. 21, 1939 Bill Mi- Editor, T^ >n, - M. College, Station, Texas. _>ear Mr. Murray: Your letter on November 7th, to the president of the Kraft Cheese Corporation, has been referred to me. Here is the story. On October 16th, W. W. Sullivan Jr., student manager of your Town Hall, and B. H. Burns, a senior yell-leader, wrote Bing a letter giving him some excellent mater ial on Texas A. & M. Bing’s reply was to thank them and agree that he would use it to give the Aggies -a little publicity, “unless the pro ducer rules otherwise.” Bing’s re ply was dated October 25th, which would mean that the Kraft Music Hall show of November 2nd would be the next one. Unfortunately, on October 28th, (Continued on page 4) Dr. DeWitt C. Baldwin, national secretary of student work for the Methodist Church, who spoke at the A. & M. Methodist Church to various congregational and stu dent groups, this past Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Dr. Bald win is a world traveler and is not ed as a fine speaker. JUNIOR MILITARY CONTRACTS TO BE SIGNED MONDAY The actual signing of all junior contracts will begin at 1 p. m. Monday. In an announcement made by the Military Science Depart ment it was learned that after the above stated time all juniors re ceiving contracts for advanced training are expected to report at their first vacant period to sign their contracts. The actual sign ing will require only the brief time necessary to afix three signa tures. These contracts are dated for September 31, 1939, and extend to the end of the course not exceed ing two years. This indicates that students here for three years after completing their basic training are lot eligible for more than two years of advanced training. The first payroll, amounting to twenty-five cents per day from September 21, to December 31, will be paid sometime in January. 12 NATIONS ARE REPRESENTED ON A. & M. CAMPUS Students from practically all urrounding nations are represented at A. & M. this school year, ac cording to reports made by the Cosmopolitan Club, a student or ganization. There are 97 foreign students en rolled in A. & M., representing 12 different nations as follows: Cen tral America 3, Canal Zone 6, Cuba 1, Hawaii 4, India 3, Ireland 1, Mexico 37, Palestine 1, Persia 1, Puerto Rico 23, South America 14, and North West Indies 3. The Cosmopolitan Club, which is an International organization on the A. & M. campus, has a mem bership comprised of these stu dents, American students, and school faculty. The latter group is supposed to constitute at least 50 per cent of the total club en rollment. Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock the second meeting of the Cosmo politan Club will be held in the parlor of the Y. M. C. A. Refresh ments will be served. Greatest Crowd in History of A. & M. Will Swamp Aggie Campus Thanksgiving COMMITTEE ON ZONING OF CITY HEARS REPORTS A report on proposed city ordin ances for College Station was given by the Zoning Committee at a meeting of the City Council this week. The report consisted of the suggested regulations of land use by setting aside areas for busi ness and dwelling districts. A motion at the council meet ing was passed permission to the Student Welfare Committee to ap point one student to represent the student body at council meetings. A public hearing of the proposed zoning ordinances was set for De cember 8th at 7 p. m. in the Physics lecture room. The only point in the proposed ordinances arousing controversy was the location of business areas. The committee on zoning desired to prevent over zoning of business districts (caused by pressure of land owners) to prevent unsightly idleness of land. It was said in the report that by zoning as busi ness areas only those blocks where businesses are already established, sufficient business frontage for a population of 20,000 would be es tablished. The report showed that opinion of residents is opposed to a busi ness area on the cross road near the new school. Residents also oppose a business district in the new unde veloped area opposite the project houses although a petition for q (Continued Cn page 4) Glee Club Appears At Houston Theater Last Saturday at 12:20 noon, immediately after the corps parade in Houston, the A. & M. Glee Club made a stage appearance at the Loew State Theater there. The club had the pleasure of singing four numbers to a large crowd at that hour. The program was open ed with “The Aggie War Hymn,” which was followed by the songs: “I Love A Parade,” “Drive Goes Down,” “God Bless America,” and “Stout Hearted Men.” As a court esy of the theater management, some forty-five members of the club plus the dates of several, were treated to the feature showing on the stage at that time. The Glee Club is scheduled to sing on December 9, from Guion Hall, over station WBAP, Fort Worth. This program is in keep ing with a regular monthly radio schedule now arranged for the rest of the school year. The re mainder of this series are for Jan uary 27, February 24, March 23, April 20, and May 18. Aggie Profs Trying To Revive Spirit In Annual Play About A.&M. Campus Life Dr. T. F. Mayo, Head Librar ian, and Mr. R. L. Elkins of the Economics Department are endeav oring to revive the annual Aggie play. The men expressed a de sire to cooperate with anyone who wishes to write a play. A prize will be given to the author of the play chosen. The deadline is the first of January. C. O. Spriggs of the English De partment and J. J. Woolket of the Modern Language department will coach the play. The annual play was started in 1934 by Dr. Mayo who wrote and produced the first one. The orig inal idea of the play was to show the drama of A. & M. life and also act as a vehicle for any talents found in the students. During the period from 1934 to 1938 two of the plays were written and produced by the students. In 1935 Tom Brown of Houston wrote “The Aggies of ’35,” which was about the “Aggies Abroad.” Again in 1937 Brown wrote the play which was entitled “Love From a Bridge.” This play was direct ed by J. D. Metcalfe of Pearsall and the music written by Miss McNeely of Byran, who was at that time a summer school stu dent here. In the spring of 1938 the first play, which was written by Dr. Mayo, was again produced with Roy Young playing the part of the country boy that had been played by “Honk” Irwin in 1934. TRAFFIC RULES MADE TO EASE THANKSGIVING TRAFFIC JAM The office of the Commandant has announced the following pro gram regarding College Station traffic on Thanksgiving Day: To relieve a large part of the con- town visitors the Commandant is requesting that all students and College Station residents owning automobiles refrain from using their vehicles during the late morn ing and the afternoon of Novem ber 30 except in cases of emergen cies. Approximately seventy A. & M. students have been appointed tem porary military police to direct the heavy traffic at strategic points on the campus, to prevent parking on both sides of the streets, and to direct the visitors to the free parking areas. These areas are the drill field and that area west of Law Hall, the area between Kyle Field and the project houses, and the area immediately south of the new mess hall. Friday Afternoon All of 38,336 Seats Had Been Sold Shorthorn-Fish Battle Wednesday Afternoon To Start Holiday Program The greatest influx of visitors in the history of A. & M. will des cend on the campus Thanksgiving with an anticipated attendance of some 40,000 people. The game is dedicated to Jesse Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration, who was instrumental in securing the new dormitories. E. W. Hooker, secretary of the Athletic Department, announced at 3 p. m. Friday that tickets for only 40 bleacher seats remained. Mr. Hooker also stated that students would be allowed to sit with their dates in the student section but that coupons would not be good for the student’s dates. Bonded fiscal department employees will assist seniors at the gates. Total avail able seating capacity for the game will be 38,336, counting the special bleacher seats and the box seats that are being constructed around the field. The first event on the Thanks giving Program will be the clash between the Longhorn and Aggie Freshman teams on Kyle Field Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday night after supper yell practice will be held on the drill field around the largest bon fire in the history of the school. There will be a Bon-Fire Dance at 9 p. m. Unexpected Guest Addresses Marketing And Finance Club The Marketing and Finance Club-A-Power had brought a rather dis- was to have had an important bus- ness meeting last Wednesday night. Some of the more important bus iness was discussed, and then Char lie Hamner, who was presiding in the absence of club president, Woody Varner, noticed that Tom While in California Champion Hitch-Hiker, Keyes Carson, Had Many Unusual Rides, And Time for Radio Broadcast By George Fuermann Editor’s note: This is the third in Fuermann’s series of four arti cles relating the adventures and happenings of Keyes Carson on his record - breaking cross - country hitch-hiking trip this past summer. The first two articles in the series appeared in The Battalion of No vember 21 and 23. • Many colleges and universities have their All-American football players—Aggieland included—but only Texas A. & M. has an All- ■f-American hitch-hiker. He’s Keyes-f His first ride out of San Fran- Carson who journeyed from Texas to New York in less than two days and then from New York to San Francisco in four days—via the thumb! While in San Francisco, Keyes spent most of his time viewing the Golden Gate World’s Fair Expo sition, but he also found time to appear on a major radio program. On Thursday afternoon, July 6 : Keyes bid the Pacific coast city farewell and headed back to his home state—Texas. cisco was with a male dancer. This ride took him as far as Modesto, California, where once again his usually good luck deserted him. Tired and travel-worn, Keyes fail ed to notice his surroundings as he entered the city, and his next ride took him out of Modesto on the same road which he had come in on. Back in Modesto once again, Keyes’ next ride was with an at torney who drove him as far as Fresno. From Fresno into Los (Continued on page 4) tinguished-looking visitor with him to the meeting. Upon asking Tom to introduce his visitor, it was learned that he was Tom’s uncle. Louie Drookenheimer, from New Braunfiels. After welcoming Mr. Drookenheimer to the meeting, the club business was continued. At the cessation of the business a discussion arose concerning the present European war and a rath er hot discussion was inaugurated concerning Hitler and his policies. All was well until Paul Haines gave the cue by stating that he thought Hitler should be shot and Ger many put under the control of the Allies. At that statement, there was a sudden outburst of stutter ing, stammering English mixed in with a little German and a decided German accent. This came from Mr. Drookenheimer, who was on his feet expressing his astonish ment at the narrow attitude taken by supposedly intelligent college students. With much stuttering; (Continued on page 4) SENIORS TO HOLD ELEPHANT WALK THURSDAY MORN Next Thursday morning at nine o’clock will again be the time for the traditional Elephant Walk by the seniors. To the participants it is an act of great significance that has an ancient history. Be cause of many conflicts the walk is being held at the announced time. The Elephant Walk is held each year just before the Thanksgiving Day game with Texas University. The graduating seniors gather for the last ritual of the football year; they lay aside their dignity and pull their shirt tails out to march to the low mournful beat of the piccolo and the brass horn. The line of march is meandering and twisting, like the movements of a snake, and extends from the “Y’* to the old mess hall and back. This age old tradition dates back many years. It portrays the last journey of an old or wounded ele phant that realizes he is of no further use to the remainder of the herd. He goes off to die alone so that the rest of the herd will not see him in his suffering. The graduating seniors are in the same humor about this time of the year. They realize that this is their last Thanksgiving game; they feel old and of no further benefit to the up and coming underclassmen that are still young and will see more games with the University. Tne seniors gather and are led on their way by two senior members of the band playing a sad and mournful dirge on the piccolo and the bass horn. 39 TELEPHONES ARE INSTALLED Word was received today from M. C. Atkins, District Manager of the Southwest Telephone Com pany, that 39 telephones have been installed in the dormitories to date. In addition to the telephones in stalled in the dormitories, 4 pay stations are to be installed as fol lows: 1 in the new mess hall, 1 in Kiest Hall, and 2 more scattered over the new dormitory area. A directory of the dormitory phones for this year may be found on the back page.