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Student Tri-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College
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Graff Ballet Tonight
In the Assembly Hall
VOL. 39 PHONE 4-5444
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 9, 1940
Z725 NO. 37
Plans Made
For Aggie
Stock Show
Saddle & Sirloin
Club Sponsors New
Event In February
Plans were virtually completed
Monday night for the first annual
Little Southwestern Fat Stock
Show as the Saddle and Sirloin
Club which is sponsoring the event,
met to make tentative arrange
ments. The show, which will take
place in the Animal Industry Pa
vilion some time during the latter
part of February, will be the first
of its kind in the South.
Principle purpose of the Little
Southwestern, according to James
Grote, general superintendent, is
to interest boys in the fitting and
showing of all types of livestock,
and at the same time to give them
the benefit of expert instruction in
showmanship.
The show will be conducted along
the same lines as those of the
Southwestern Exposition Fat Stock
Show. All livestock used will be
the property of the Animal Hus
bandry Department, some of which
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Deadline For Senior
Favorites Extended
AH Pictures Must Be
Turned In By Feb. 1
It was announced yesterday that
there will be an extension until
February 1st of the deadline for
turning in Vanity Fair and Senior
Favorite pictures for the Longhorn.
However, it was requested by Mick
Williams, who is in charge of this
section, that the photographs be
turned in to him at 98 Law as
soon as possible.
Those seniors desiring to have
their favorites as candidates for
the Vanity Fair section must turn
in two 8x10 gloss finish pictures,
one of the girl standing full
length in evening attire and the
other a bust picture with no hat.
A payment of $3.50 must accom
pany each set of pictures. There
will be eight pictures chosen for
Vanity Fair, and those that are
not will automatically be placed
in the Senior Favorite group. The
requirements for those pictures in
tended for the latter section only,
must be glossy 5x7 bust shots,
also without hat, accompanied by
$1.50.
A letter, asking him to be the
judge of the Vanity Fair beauties,
has been sent to Kay Kyser, and
an answer is expected in a few
days. Among other prospective
judges considered were Ben Bernie
and Walter Winchell.
New A. & S. Course
Uses New Machines
The Accounting and Statistics
Department of A. & M. has recent
ly added a course in machine ac
counting—Accounting and Statis
tics 311—to the varied and out
standing courses that it offers to
accounting students.
Professor H. A. Dulan is teach
ing the course which is under the
name of machine methods of ac
counting. In the course students
are given the theory of machine
accounting and its application to
general accounting. Practice in
this type of work is carried on in
laboratory periods with the stu
dents actually doing the work.
Machines of this same type have
been installed in most of the large
corporations, either handling all or
part of their account
main attributes of tl
speed, accuracy, un ~
and lower costs. In those instances
where volume is a factor in special
records and on the tedious work
of getting them out. Their use
has especially taken the field in
oil, railroad, insurance, and truck
ing. The handling of accounts re
ceivable and inventories is expedi
ent.
Aggies Take to the Sky
Aggie Exes now flying cadets are shown above. Upper left,
Harry W. Johnston, ’35; upper right, Kenneth Bushnell, ’38; lower
left, Francis M. Potts, ’39, former captain of B Troop Cavalry; lower
right, A. J. Allen, ’39.
Four Ex-Aggies Now Flying Cadets At
Randolph Field; To Graduate In March
Four ex-Aggies are among a
group of more than 200 flying
cadets who have been receiving
instruction at the Air Corps train
ing center at Randolph Field, Tex
as. They are Francis M. Potts,
’39, of Waco; A. J. Allen ’39, of
Wills Point; Kenneth Bushnell ’38,
of Clinton, Missouri; and Harry W.
Johnston Jr. ’35, of Laredo.
Potts was captain of B Cavalry,
second in command of the Ross
Volunteer company, president of
the Horticulture Society, and work
ed on the Scientific Review. Allen
was on the swimming team, and
was in B Field Artillery. Johnston
was on the fencing team, and a
member of the aeronautical society
when in school.
Piloting a 400 horse-powered
basic training airplane through the
intricacies of formation flying at
the “West Point of the Air,” has
been occupying the attention of
the group, all of whom entered the
nine-month course of aviation
training at one of nine civil ele
mentary flying schools last July.
They successfully completed the
elementary phase of flying instruc
tion in September, which consists
of approximately 25 hours dual
flying and 40 hours of solo flying,
and completed the primary phase
of instruction December 19.
During the first portion of their
COLLEGE STATION HAS
LEADING AGENCY OF
SEABOARD INSURANCE
The College Station agency of
the Seaboard Life Insurance Com
pany of Houston finished 1939 as
the leading agency of the company
in both new paid-for business and
gain in insurance in force. This
agency, under the direction of dis
trict manager W. Ford Munnerlyn,
has over $4,000,000 insurance in
force.
The $1,000,000 new paid-for bus
iness of the College Station agency
has been made possible through
the efforts of Herschel Burgess,
organizer and former district man
ager of the agency; Sid Loveless,
second high producer for the en
tire company; O. B. Donaho, who
J an excellent record;
snduiBQ w j 10 j ias won
jadership several
times since he joined the company
last summer.
The Seaboard Life Insurance
Company now has over $3,000,000
in assets, and has never lost
money on investments, has no
pending claims, no bonds in de
fault, and no mortgage loans in ar
rears.
flight training, these future pilots
of Uncle Sam’s air force learned
the rudiments of flying on a
medium-powered biplane, with on
ly the barely necessary instru
ments. Upon graduation to Ran
dolph Field, they also graduated
to a 400 horse-powered low-wing
monoplane, embodying many of the
flying qualities they will later find
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COLLEGE, BRYAN
MEMBERS OFCHEM
SOCIETY TO MEET
The American Chemical Society
will hold its fourth meeting of the
Texas A. & M. section and the
forty-eighth meeting of the Col
lege Station and Bryan members
jointly on Tuesday, January 16,
at 8:00 p. m. in the Chemistry
lecture room.
Dr. J. W. Bouknight will present
the paper, “Theories of Precipita
tion by Hydrogen Sulfide,” and
Dr. W. G. Huey will present “Be
havior of the O-nitrophenyl Esters
of Certain Acids Towards Reduc
ing Agents.”
Election of officers will be held;
E. B. Middleton will give the re
port of the membership commit
tee; F. W. Jensen will present the
report of the program committee;
and a report on the winners of the
two Student Affiliate prizes will
be heard.
DAIRY SHORT
COURSE BEGINS
MONDAY, JAN. 15
Dairy Department Offers
Thirteenth Annual Course
For Dairy Manufacturers
The Department of Dairy Hus
bandry will hold its Thirteenth
Annual Dairy Manufacturing Short
Course from Jan. 15 to 18, accord
ing to Prof. Shepardson, head of
the Dairy Husbandry Department.
The program will begin Monday
at 8:00 in the Creamery Building
when the students register. After
registration, Dean Kyle will give
a speech welcoming everyone to
A. & M.
The faculty taking part in the
program are as follows: E. L.
Fouts, Associate Professor of Dairy
Manufacturing, Oklahoma A. & M.
College, Stillwater, Okla.; T. R.
Freeman, Assistant Professor of
Dairy Husbandry; F. E. Hanson,
Associate in Dairy Manufactures,
Experiment Station; J. S. Hopper,
Assistant Professor, Mechanical
Engineering; E. J. Kyle, Dean,
School of Agriculture; M. E. Mc-
Murray, Manager of the Texas
Dairy Products Association, Ft.
Worth; W. V. Maddox, Dairy
Products Specialist, Extension
Service; P. T. Montfort, Professor
of Agriculture Engineering; A. V.
Moore, Associate Professor of
Dairy Husbandry; C. R. Scharn-
berg, Superintendent, A. & M.
Creamery; C. N. Shepardson, Head
Dairy Husbandry Department.
The main object of this four day
course is to help lay a good foun
dation for all dairy manufacturing-
plant employees. Although much
of the time will be devoted to the
elements of dairy manufacturing,
the Dairy Department has also
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Annual Freshman
Ball Saturday Night
T.S.C.W., Hardin-Baylor
Classes Asked To Attend
The fourth annual Freshman
Ball will be held in Sbisa Hall Sat
urday night from 9 till 12 with
Tommie Littlejohn’s Aggieland
Orchestra furnishing the music.
The freshman classes of T. S. C.
W. and Mary Hardin-Baylor Col
lege have been invited to attend,
but definite acceptance has not, as
yet, been received. It is, however,
expected that at least one of the
classes will be able to attend, judg
ing from past years’ dances.
As is customary, the A. & M.
senior class has been invited, and
the scrip is $1.00 per couple or
stag.
GRADUATE SCHOOL TO
HEAR TALK BY WALTON
Dr. T. O. Walton will speak to
the members of the Graduate
School Wednesday night at 7
o’clock. The president’s subject
will be, “Folk Schools of Denmark
and their relative merits.”
The meeting will be held in the
parlor of the old mess hall. Re
freshments will be served.
Graff Ballet Appears Here
Tonight In the Assembly Hall
Shown above in a characteristic pose are Grace and Kurt Graff,
leaders of the ballet company appearing at the Assembly Hall tonight.
Col. Ashburn Made Head Of
Planning Board By O’Daniel
Colonel Ike S. Ashburn, execu- | of the Board is to assimilate in-
tive assistant to the president and
director of public information of
A. & M. College, has recently been
appointed by Governor Lee O’Dan
iel as coordinator between the
State of Texas and the A. & M.
Planning Board.
This Planning Board, of which
Colonel Ashburn is chairman, is a
result of the Governor’s policy to
industrialize Texas. The purpose
First Club Prom
To Be Held Friday
Each Member May Ask
One Guest To Attend
The Marketing and Finance Club
will inaugurate the 1940 social sea
son at A. & M. when the Aggie
land Orchestra swings out this
Friday night in the Banquet Room
of the mess hall for the 1940
Marketing and Finance Ball.
Unlike other years, the dance
this year will be for club members
only, however, each member may
invite one friend, provided the
guest’s name is turned in at the
club meeting Wednesday night.
This dance promises to be a gala
affair and Tommy has promised
his “sweetest swing”—The dance
will last from nine till twelve and
“pillows” will be furnished in all
Marketing and Finance class rooms
Saturday morning.
Texas State Network To Feature Glee
Club, Orchestra And Battalion Newscast
George Fuermann
WTAW manager John Rosser
has announced that beginning Wed
nesday night, January 17th, from
7:30 to 8:00, The Battalion will
share in a weekly program to be
broadcast from A. & M. to the
entire state via the Texas State
Network. It is believed that The
Battalion will thus become the
first college or university publica
tion in the state to have a regular
program on a state network. The
Aggieland Orchestra, The Glee
Club, and various musical features
will also appear on the weekly thir
ty-minute program. The Battal
ion’s share of the broadcast will
consist of a news feature special
ly prepared for each program and
narrated by George Fuermann.
Rosser said that more details con
cerning this program would be an
nounced in the near future.
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Charles Montgomery
formation pertaining to the indus
trial possibilities of Texas through
the processing of agricultural
products. Any inquiries made to
the state are referred to Colonel
Ashburn who acts as a contact man
between the state and the Plan
ning Board. The Board consists
of E. O. Siecke, director of the
Forestry Service; A. B. Conner, di
rector of the Agricultural Experi
ment Station; F. E. Giesecke, di
rector of the Engineering Experi
ment Station; H. H. Williamson,
director of the Agricultural Exten
sion Service; Dr. W- P. Taylor,
professor of wild game; and all
the deans of the college.
The University of Texas has a
similar board which is aiding in
the work.
All of this work on the indus
trial possibilities and industrializa
tion of the state of Texas are a
direct result of O’Daniel’s plan
ning. One of his campaign pledges
was to do something about this
and these Planning Boards play a
very important part in the setup.
BAYLOR U. SOON TO
STAGE FORENSIC MEET
Waco, Jan. 6.—Baylor Univer
sity’s annual forensic tournament,
one of the largest speech contests
in the Southwest, will be held Jan.
12 and 13, Prof. Glenn R. Capp,
director, has announced.
Some 40 colleges and universi
ties from six of the Southwestern
states usually are represented at
the annual affair. Contests will
be staged in five divisions of de
bate and in oratory, extemporan
eous speaking, poetry reading,
after-dinner speaking, and radio.
Trophy cups will be presented
winning debate teams and medals
will be given individual first and
second place winners in all con
tests.
WEAVER TO ADDRESS
PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
Paul Weaver, geophysicist for
the Gulf Oil Company, will ad
dress the A. & M. Petroleum Engi
neering Club at its regular meet
ing Thursday night, January 11.
The subject of Mr. Weaver’s ad
dress is “Peculiarities of Water
Associated with Petroleum De
posits.”
All petroleum engineering stu
dents are invited to attend, and
club members are urged to be
present.
Brilliant American
Group Has Fresh,
Original Program
Company Called One Of
Best In The World Today
One of the outstanding perform
ances of the year will take place
tonight at 7:30 in the Assembly
Hall when Town Hall presents the
Graff Ballet.
This company, which is a brilliant
new American group of young
men and women dancers directed
by Grace and Kurt Graff of inter
national fame, has perfected a pro
gram of real entertainment value.
They have just completed a tour
of the East where they were hail
ed for the freshness and original
ity of their ballets. They have
been acclaimed as one of the three
great ballets in the world today.
Grace and Kurt Graff have added
to the forcefullness of the moderns
a compelling sense of the theater
and brilliancy of movement familiar
to the more conventional ballet
style. As the Graffs say, “the
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CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS
ARE SCHEDULED
A consolidated Civil Service ex
amination for junior professional
positions in the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, given a trial for
the first time last year, has work
ed so successfully that the Civil
Service Commission is expected to
make the examinations, offering
nearly 30 options, an annual af
fair.
Under the plan graduating sen
iors from A. & M. who pass the
examination will be eligible for
appointment about July 1, accord
ing to Dean Kyle.
The junior professional positions
pay a starting salary of $2,000 a
year and offer good opportunity
for advancement for capable work
ers.
Examinations will be given dur
ing the latter part of February or
first of March in the following
junior grades: administrative tech
nician, agricultural economist,
agronomist, animal breeder, biolo
gist, chemist, engineer, entomolo
gist, forester, information assist
ant, librarian, meteorologist, oleri-
culturist, plant breeder, poultry
husbandman, range examiner, rural
sociologist, social psychologist,
soil scientist, statistician, textile
technologist, and veterinarian.
Last year the register of eligi
ble applicants was almost exhaust
ed for veterinarians, engineers, and
administrative technicians. Demand
for junior professional workers is
expected to continue in 1940.
Crowd Expected
At C. of C. Dinner
More than 300 guests are ex
pected from Bryan, College Sta
tion, and neighboring towns, for
the annual membership dinner of
the Bryan and Brazos County
Chamber of Commerce to be held
at Sbisa Hall Thursday night, Jan
uary 11, at 6:45.
Wright Morrow, president of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce,
will be the guest speaker, and will
be introduced by Colonel Ike Ash
burn. Fred Hale, chairman of the
entertainment committee, will be
toastmaster.
Incidental music will be furnish
ed by the Allen Academy Orches
tra and the A. & M. Club.
All who have the community in
terest at heart, particularly ladies,
are invited. Tickets may be pur
chased at fifty cents each from
any of the following members:
Ford Munnerlyn, Luke Patranella,
Dale Weddington, E. J. Howell, H.
C. Dillingham, M. P. Holleman, and
Jesse Casey.