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Season’s Greetings—The Staff
The Battalion
Student Tri-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College
Official Newspaper of the City of College Station
SUGAR BOWL BOUND!
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 19, 1939
Z725
NO. 35
‘Louisiana, Here We Come, ’ Aggies Cry
Team Ready
For Tulane’s
Christmas Spirit Invades
Aggieland; Vacation Near
Annual Christmas Dinner Served In
Sbisa And Duncan Halls Monday Night
By Earle Shields
Christmas is being ushered in at A. & M. in a big way this
year. The real Xmas spirit is pervading the campus in the way of
club programs, banquets, organization parties, and Christmas carolers
strolling about the campus.
The highlight of the programs thus far was the second annual
Christmas program which was held in Guion Hall Sunday after
noon. It was thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated by the cadet corps.
Featured on the program were-
the Glee Club and the Aggie Con
cert band, although much of the
time was taken up by the sing
ing of carols by the Aggies them
selves. Talks were made by Max
McCullar and Bill Oswalt.
No doubt many Aggies thought
that the best of the pre-season
festivities took place in Sbisa and
Duncan Halls Monday night when
they consumed an excellent turkey
dinner with all the trimmings.
President and Mrs. Walton’s
third annual Christmas banquet
for the members and wives of the
college staff will take place to
night in the banquet room of Sbisa
Hall. The honorees of the banquet
are F. W. Hensel, D. T. Killough,
J. M. Jones, S. D. Pearce, and D.
F. Eaton, all of whom have com
pleted 25 years of service to the
college this year.
One of the most picturesque ac
tivities is the singing of Christmas
carols by freshmen from the dif
ferent organizations every night
just before taps. The freshmen
from each outfit gather in front
of their respective dormitories and
sing “Jingle Bells”, “Silent Night”,
“Adeste Fideles”, and others. The
most inspiring group of all is the
band freshmen. Each night they
form one long group and walk a-
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Texas U. Ex-Students
Extend Congratulations
Dean E. J. Kyle, head of the
School of Agriculture and chair
man of the Athletic Council, has
received a telegram from Alva
Carleton, chairman of the Univer
sity of Texas Ex-Students Athlet
ic Committee, extending congratu
lations to the Aggies for their fine
1939 football season.
“We congratulate A . & M. on
your fine football team this year
and wish you all success on New
Year’s Day at New Orleans.”
Signed:
Texas University Ex-Students
Association
Athletic Committee in meeting,
By Alva Carleton, chairman.
Here Seven Seniors Will Play Their Last
Aggieland Will
Play For Dances
In New Orleans
Orchestra Will Feature
Vocalist And Floor Show
The eyes of football fans all over the nation will be turned toward New Orleans New Year’s Day when the fighting Texas Aggies
and the Tulane Green Wave play in, according to many sports writers, the major bowl game of the nation.
Above is shown the Tulane University stadium as it will look on January 1, 1940, with additions completed by the New Orleans
Mid-Winter Sports Association for the sixth annual Sugar Bowl classic. Capacity of the stadium is 70,000 seats. Herbert A. Benson,
president of the Association, was also architect of the stadium.
Seven Aggie seniors will play their last game in the Sugar Bowl. The seniors are (bottom row, left to right) Bill Duncan, Bill
Audish, Frank Wood, Joe White, and Walemon Price; (inset, left) Herb Smith, and (right) Joe Boyd.
Aggie Clambake Gaining Popularity;
Will Be Held In Y.M.C.A. Hereafter
Out of S 1 /^ hours a week broad
casting time, A. & M.’s own radio
station WTAW, which is a non
commercial, educational station,
gives one hour to the cadet corps.
This hour is in the form of a pro
gram called the “Aggie Clambake,”
which is presented from 4:30 to
5:30 every Friday afternoon. In
explaining the name of the pro
gram, John Rosser, manager of
WTAW, referred to a professional
definition of a clambake as “A re
hearsal that has turned into chaos,
often due to a multiplicity of di
rectors, or any Inept program,”
and then gave his own definition
as “any lousy program involving
two or more persons.”
Although the program is open
to all comers, it is not exactly
an amateur program, because it
it built around a nucleus consisting
of the Aggieland Orchestra, the
Glee Club, and Jack Rudy at the
organ. However, the program be
longs to the corps, and its success
depends upon the interest of the
corps.
Rosser stated that the program
is not getting enough talent, and
that if anyone who could do any
thing that can be used on a radio
program would come to him for
an audition, he would use that
person if possible. He also said,
“I would like to get the whole
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Records From Chicago Prove Texas
To Be Outstanding Livestock State
Registrar Gives
Advice About Rings
Placement Bureau
Has Received 400
VOL. 39 PHONE 4-5444
Two Students Are
Injured In Crash
E. L. Jones, J. Cashen,
Hurt As Airplane Falls
James Cushion of Batson, and E.
L. Jones of Buffalo, both sopho
more petroleum engineering stu
dents, were injured seriously in an
airplane crash Saturday afternoon
about four o’clock. The plane
cracked up 200 yards south of the
Basso airport on the Madisonville
road, in an attempted turn short
ly after the takeoff.
Cashen’s injuries consisted of a
fractured collar bone, crushed
vertebra, a dislocated leg at the
ankle, and abdominal injuries.
Jones had a compound fracture
of the ankle, abdominal injuries,
and probable kidney injuries.
Both had severe cuts about the
head, and were suffering from
shock.
Cashen, who had approximately
30 hours solo flying time was the
pilot.
The boys were taken to the
Bryan Clinic, where emergency
treatment was rendered, and then
brought to the College Hospital,
where they were x-rayed and the
full extent of their injuries deter
mined.
70 STUDENTS
TO GRADUATE
AT MID-TERM
The number of mid-term gradu
ates this year will be approximate
ly 50 per cent greater than that of
last year, according to figures re
ceived recently from the office of
the Registrar. 70 applications had
been turned in to Mr. Howell by
Friday afternoon at five o’clock,
which was the deadline for the
submitting of petitions for mid
term graduation. This will be by
far the largest mid-semester grad
uation class in the history of A.
& M.
The official A. & M.-Tulane
football dance will be held in the
American Legion Club in New Or
leans on the night of January 3,
following the Sugar Bowl Game.
Featured at the dance will be an
elaborate floor show and the sing
ing of Miss Lenora Hood of Gal
veston with the Aggieland Or
chestra. It is also likely that the
orchestra will play for a dance De
cember 31 in New Orleans.
The dance, which will be given
in honor of the A. & M. and Tu
lane football teams, will be held
in the famous Crystal Ballroom of
the club. The American Legion
Club is located in the picturesque
old French Quarter of New Or
leans just two and a half blocks
from Canal Street and is easily
accessible from the main part of
the city.
The Crystal Ballroom is equip
ped with a steel cushion dance
floor, multicolored lighting sys
tem, and a forced air ventilation
system to make it one of the best-
equipped and up-to-date dance
floors in a city known the world
over for its dances.
The dance is scheduled to begin
at 9:00 and admission will be $1.65
per couple.
A. & M. Men To Speak
Before Geological
Society Convention
Three members of the Geology
Department staff are slated to de
liver addresses before the Geologi
cal Society of America, convening
at Minneapolis, Minnesota, over
the Christmas holidays.
Dr. S. S. Goldich, Dr. F. E. Turn
er, and Dr. J. Fred Smith will
speak on “Rarer Metallic Consti
tuents of Some American Igneous
Rocks,” “Physiography and Struc
ture of the Moreno Valley, New
Mexico,” and other subjects.
Other A. & M. representatives
will be Curtis J. Hesse, assistant
curator of the College Museum, and
E. E. Tisdale, graduate assistant
in the Geology Department.
College Station, Dec. 18.—D. W.
Williams, head of the Animal Hus
bandry Department at Texas A. &
M., recently turned in a report to
Dean E. J. Kyle listing some ac
complishments of Texans in the
animal industry field this year.
Many readers have seen the in
dividual items in the newspapers
but collected in one report they
make Texas the standout state in
the nation.
Here is Mr. Williams’ letter to
Dean Kyle:
Dear Dean Kyle:
Several things happened during
the recent International Live
stock Exposition at Chicago that I
think would interest you. I thought
I would call your attention to some
of these items as it is possible that
you might have overlooked them
in the newspaper accounts.
The grand champion steer of the
show was a Hereford shown by
Mayfield Kothmann of Mason, Tex
as. The reserve grand champion
was also a Hereford, shown by
Jack Baker of Bluffdale, Texas.
This is the first time that Texas
ever won both the grand champion
and reserve grand championships.
The reserve grand champion bull
and grand champion Hereford cow
both were shown by Silver Creek
farm of Fort Worth. This farm
is managed by Jack Turner, a
graduate of the college and a
former member of our livestock
judging team.
The 4-H Club livestock judging
team won first place for the sec
ond consecutive year. The team
this year was coached by Henry
Kothmann, who was also formerly
a member of one of our livestock
judging teams and is graduate of
the college. The team last year
was coached by H. A. Fitzhugh,
himself also a judging team mem
ber and graduate of the college.
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The Registrar’s Office has just
issued the following information
with regard to the care of senior
rings:
Your ring is a fine piece of
jewelry and should be treated as
such.
These suggestions should enable
you to keep your ring in first class
condition:
1. Remove it before taking part
in any athletic contest.
2. Remove it before doing heavy
manual labor.
3. Remove it before doing any
laboratory work with chemicals.
4. Remove it before washing
your hands. This will prevent soap
from “clogging” the deep recessed
portions of the fine die work.
5. Do not damage the fine de
tail and coloring of your ring by
“exploring” it with a nail file or
pencil or sharp instrument.
6. Your ring can be easily clean
ed by boiling it about 2 to 3 min
utes in solution composed of 20
parts-soapy water and 1 part am
monia. (This may be necessary
about once every four or five
months.)
Geology Club Will
Review Convention
Addresses Tonight
A review of papers to be pre
sented December 27 and 28 before
the American Geological Society
meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
by A. & M. Department of Geology
members will be the program of
the last meeting of the Geology
Club this year, tonight at 8:30.
Besides these two papers, which
will be presented by Dr. F. E.
Turner and Dr. S. S. Goldich, a
paper will be presented by Dr.
Lyman Toulman on recent work
carried on in Mississippi and Ala
bama.
Records Of Seniors
To date, 400 of approximately
800 classified seniors have executed
their records for the Placement
and Personnel Division of the For
mer Students’ Association, accord
ing to Lucian M. Morgan, director.
These records were requested by
individual letters to each senior
and through the department heads,
and entail no expense to the star
dent. However, individual printed
leaflets are available at cost.
These include the student’s picture,
full name, degree expected, ad
dress, personal data, high school
and college information, business
and industrial experience and ref
erences. The latter records are
distributed to the head of the de
partments and bound into loose
leaf form for mailing to prospec
tive employers in every industrial
field, in addition to those given
the student.
The Placement and Personnel
Division is planning a wide-spread
publicity program to acquaint
prospective employers with A. &
M. graduates. Two methods used
will be through the use of an
nouncement cards and the individ
ual leaflets. It is expected that
these leaflets will attract the em
ployer’s attention and will be used
by them if and when they have a
position to be filled. Another im
portant phase of promoting the
work of the bureau is the estab
lishment of active placement com
mittees as a part of the program
of every A. & M. club.
All candidates for degrees in
February or June of 1940 who have
not already turned in their records
are urged to do so immediately.
Green Wave
Band Will Go To New
Orleans December 30
“Louisiana here we come,” is
the chant of Coach Homer Nor
ton’s championship football team
as they rip up and down the prac
tice field getting ready for their
engagement with Coach “Red”
Dawson’s Tulane Green Wave on
New Year’s Day.
The boys are showing more spir
it and pep now than ever before
this season, if that is possible. The
team will work on its home field
until about next Wednesday when
they will go to Biloxi, Mississippi
and taper off before going to New
Orleans on the dhy of the game.
A. & M.’s famed Band will jour
ney over before the game, leaving
College Station at (7:15 p. m. on
Saturday, December 30, and ar
riving in New Orleans Sunday
morning at 7:25. They will be
housed in the Municipal Auditorium
there, the day before and through
the day after the game.
New Orleans people have re
quested that the entire cadet corps
make the trip, but Dr. T. O. Walton
has pointed out that inasmuch as
the game is during the holidays
any cadets who make the trip
will be doing ^o with the consent
of their parents rather than on
college authority.
E. W. Hooker, ticket manager,
has announced that only about 900
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PROGRAM FOR
WALTON’S XMAS
DINNER PLANNED
E. J. Howell, chairman of the
Christmas Dinner Committee, yes
terday announced the program for
the Christmas dinner sponsored by
President and Mrs. Walton, honor
ing all employees of the college
who have completed twenty-five
years of service.
Following the invocation, J. J.
Woolket, accompanied by Mrs.
Ford Munnerlyn, will lead the as
sembly in singing Christmas songs.
Colonel Ike Ashburn, former Sec
retary of the Former Students As
sociation, will confer the citations
on the five men who have this
year passed the twenty-five year
mark of service. These men are:
F. W. Hensel, D. T. Killough, J.
M. Jones, S. D. Pearce, and D. F.
Eaton. Christmas greetings will
be given by F. M. Law, and Pres
ident Walton will present the
Christmas message.
All of those who wish to remain
after the regular program may
join in singing favorite Christmas
carols and folk songs.
An attendance of approximately
900 college employees is expected.
NEW PHOTOSTAT
EQUIPMENT IN
FOR REGISTRAR
New photostat equipment cost
ing approximately $9000 has been
purchased lately by the Registrar’s
Office for the purpose of repro
ducing student transcripts and
other departmental work. This
equipment replaces an older ma
chine that had become worthless
through some twenty years of
service.
The new photostat machine car
ries the brand name Rectigraph,
and by means of a new Pako dry
ing machine, enables the operator
to produce a finished and dried
photostat within five minutes.
These machines are being used
in Room 14 of the Administration
Building and are available for stu
dent photostat work.