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Civil Service Examination
To Be Given Here Saturday
A “student aid” Civil Service-
Examination will be given Satur
day morning at 8:30 o’clock in the
Petroleum Engineering lecture
room according to a report from
Dr. L. G. Jones of the Agronomy
department. Any student, who
has completed three years work at
A. & M., is a Texas citizen, and
is not over thirty years of age
is eligible to take the examination,
provided he sent his application in
by October 15 of last year, stated
Dr. Jones.
The examination this year will
be slightly different and possibly
some easier than last year’s exam
ination in that it will be a general
type test throughout and unrelat
ed to any particular one of the
eight optional subjects. The main
purpose of the examination is to
measure the student’s general
knowledge and ability to adjust
himself to his work. Dr. Jones
stated. Each student who takes
the examinaiton will indicate which
of the following fields he would
like to enter in case he passes the
examination. The fields covered
Cadet Jobs—
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And this is the primary work of
the Student Employment Office,
to help those students who have
some money from outside sources,
but not quite enough to make the
grade without some form of stu
dent employment.
“The Student Employment Of
fice is NOT here to give students
jobs to finance ALL of their ex
penses in college,” Simpson de
clared. “The days when students
could earn all of their college ex
penses are gone. The money must
now be spread over a considerably
larger number of students, and,
consequently, it must be spread
much thinner,” he concluded.
At the end of the 1938-39 ses
sion nearly a quarter of a million
dollars of N. Y. A. funds had been
spent at A. & M. since 1935. Last
year the allotment was $5,760
monthly, which allows about 520
students to be regularly employed
on the N. Y. A. payroll.
Student employment at A. & M.
goes far beyond the N. Y. A. pay
rolls. The college student payroll
is a second important factor—run
ning into five figures each month.
This payroll covers student jani
tors, student graders, and other
student jobs not wholly covered by
the N. Y. A. During last year
there were 985 students regularly
employed under the supervision of
the Student Employment Office,
and now, for the first time, all
student employment is handled
through this one organization.
Although it is true that the
maximum wage that it is possible
for day-students to earn ($12.00
a month) may work a hardship on
a few men who live in expensive
private homes, the rule was made
to apply to the majority who live
in inexpensive project houses. If
students (both dormitory and day
students) were not regulated by a
maximum wage limit, a few ener
getic students would make far
more than $12.00 a month, thus
cutting other students out of much-
needed jobs; because, as pointed
out before, there is only a definite
amount of money that can be spent
each month for student employ
ment.
Mr. Simpson further pointed out
that the best way for a boy to
prepare himself for student em
ployment in college is to take a
business course including typing
and shorthand, because there is a
►are: Ag. Economics, Biology, Engi
neering, Agronomy, Forestry,
Horticulture, Range Management,
Soils.
Any student that passes the ex
amination will be designated as an
appointee and may be given fur
ther training in his field. He al
so stands a good chance to be
given work which may lead to a
junior promotion in the Civil
Service.
The examination will be given
under the supervision of O. E.
Teague, of the Civil Service De
partment, and two of his assist
ants. They will also be assisted
by Dr. Jones and Dr. Trotter of
the Agronomy Department and
Donald Christy of the Agricultural
Engineering Department.
Dr. Jones stated that each stu
dent who intends to take the ex
amination should bring one photo
graph with him to send with his
examination. Every student who
is eligible to take the examination
is urged to do so as it may offer
an opportunity to him for future
employment.
Results of last year’s examina
tion show that of the sixty-one
agronomy students who took the
examination for Soil Scientist,
twenty-eight passed, twenty-three
failed, and ten are unreported. A
total of thirty-eight took the agron
omist examination, nine passed,
twenty failing, with seven unre
ported.
great demand for students with
these abilities. By and large, the
most common requirement is typ
ing ability. As there are so few
students equipped to do work of
this nature, they are usually allow
ed to earn more than the maximum
wage in order to fulfill, the de
mand.
The Student Employment Office
is constantly searching for new
sources of student employment. Al
though the committee is seriously
handicapped because there is no
large city nearby, nevertheless, an
attempt is being made to secure
more student employment in
Bryan.
It is to be expected that there
are some criticisms of the Stu
dent Employment Office. The
most common criticism is that
some students have jobs who do
not need them in order to remain
in college, but this is not the
case if the committee knows any
thing about it. Every student who
has a job has testified on his ap
plication blank that he needed the
job in order to remain in college,
and this was substantiated by the
signature of one of his parents;
one of his signature; therefore,
the Student Labor Committee can
only believe that this information
is true.
In assigning jobs to students,
other factors than the applicant’s
need for financial assistance are
considered. His grades and his
ability and training for the partic
ular job at hand are also taken in
to consideration by the Student Em
ployment Office.
The percentage of the A. & M.
student body that is employed is
somewhat smaller than in other
Texas colleges and universities.
This is caused by the fact that A.
& M. is not located near some
large city which is capable of ab
sorbing a great number of stu
dents in work of various kinds.
However, as far as has been deter
mined, the percentage of the stu
dent body that is paid for by col
lege funds is far greater than
any other American college or uni
versity of proportionate size.
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Industrialist Tells
What It Takes For
Success in Business
Today’s college graduate is a
better recruit for business than
was his father, declared George R.
Beach, Jr., personnel manager of
the du Pont Company, in address
ing a meeting of the Association of
Land Grant Colleges and Univer
sities at Washington, D. C., re
cently. Beech asserted that, “in
tellectually and temperamentally,
he surpasses his predecessors.”
The du Pont official named four
specifications most desired by in
dustry in its college recruits: high
academic standing, participation in
extracurricular activities, good ap
pearance, and an adaptable temper
ament.
“The first of these,” said Mr.
Beach, “is academic standing.
There is no begging the fact that
a student attends college primar
ily to obtain an eduction. Wheth
er he has succeeded in this pur
pose is indicated by his marks.
Moreover, experience shows con
clusively that a higher proportion
of successful men will mature from
the top quarter of a class than
from the fourth quarter.
“The rating in extracurricular
activities also is based on the stu
dent’s record. It takes into ac
count activities toward self-sup
port as well as participation in
athletics and other phases of cam
pus life.
“We find a man’s appearance
foreshadows the quality of his
work after graduation. Sloppy
appearance and eccentricities in
dress serve only as barriers in his
relations with fellow employees.
The flopping galoshes and batter
ed felt hat happily are becoming
as obsolete as the industrial fore
man who bosses rather than leads
his men.
“The fourth basic qualification
is suitability for industrial em
ployment. Sometimes this quali
fication is confused with the much
abused word ‘personality.’ All of
us have met individuals whose
personalities appealed to us but
whom we could not imagine fitting
into our own organization. In de
scribing this intangible it seems de
sirable to substitute the phrase,
'suitability for industrial employ
ment.’ To develop information on
which to base a decision on this one
point, the interviewer should con
sider the internal situations of his
0-vyn company. There are any
number of men who are making
a success in life but who are pri
marily individualistic. They are
primarily suited to a small organ
ization, while there are others who
are temperamentally suited to the
large industrial companies.”
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Artie Shaw gives us his inter
pretation of a brace of Jerome
Kern hits from the new musical
production, “Very Warm for May.”
ALL IN FUN and ALL THE
THINGS YOU ARE are both sung
by Helen Forrest and played in
medium swing time by the Shaw
Orchestra. Artie’s clarinet and
George Auld's tenor sax contribute
the instrumental solos.
The titles appearing on this rec
ord, PARADISE and I’LL TAKE
AN OPTION ON YOU, combined
with the fact that Dorothy Lamour
is the singer, should certainly an
swer all questions. Both tunes
are well known as also is Miss
Lamour’s interpretive ability. The
capable orchestra under the direc
tion of Lou Bring is outstanding
in its accompaniment; thus, all
features combine in giving us an
exceptionally delightful double of
great appeal.
Abe Lyman, aided and abetted
by Frank Parrish and Rose Blane,
presents a Harry Owens Hawaiian-
flavored labeled TO YOU SWEET
HEART, ALOHA, and an Irving
Bibo swing tune, SWEET LITTLE
YOU. Parrish sings the Owens
number and Rose Blane the Bibo.
The Lyman Orchestra particularly
emphasizes the violin section in
both of these recordings with un
usual and very attractive results.
THE LITTLE RED FOX.
(“N’ya, N’ya, Ya Can’t Catch Me”)
and “IT’S MY TURN NOW”
should by this time be familiar ma
terial. The selection on the “A”
side, THE LITTLE RED FOX, is
destined for considerable popular
ity because of its novelty appeal.
Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin’s
IT’s MY TURN NOW is al
ready established as the ballad hit
from the Sixth Edition of “The
Cotton Club Parade.”
Two medium sweet-swing songs
both featuring Tommy’s trombone
and the voice of Jack Leonard
comprise the Dorsey double of the
. week. AFTER ALL is a composi-
THE BATTALION
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A. & M. Ex Selected As Hereford
Division Head of Fort Worth Show
FORT WORTH, Texas.^Tack
Turner has ascended from herds
man’s helper to livestock specialist
since he was a youth in knee
breeches a quarter of a century ago
in Hillsboro.
Now at the age of 36, he is a
veteran and yet one of the young
er men in the livestock industry.
He will carry that experience to
the Southwestern Exposition and
Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth,
March 8 -17, when he assumes the
duties of superintendent of the
Hereford Department.
A son of John O. Turner, for
many years a farm implement deal
er in Hillsboro, Turner graduated
from the Hillsboro high school and
took his B. S. degree at Texas A.
& M. College.
Turner became interested in 4-H
Club work in high school and was
a member of the 4-H Club livestock
judging team that represented
Texas at a national contest in At
lanta, Ga. in 1920. From Atlanta
the team of three boys went on a
three-month trip to the English
Royal Livestock Exposition in
Derby, England.
His interest in livestock judg
ing contests had only started when
Turner entered Texas A. & M. Col
lege. He was a member there of
the freshman, junior and senior
teams. In 1925 his junior team
won at the Fort Worth stock
show and at the Oklahoma City
show. Again that fall the team
won at the American Royal Live
stock Show in Kansas City.
Turner became a feeder for
Harrisdale Farm, Fort Worth, in
1926. The following spring he ex
hibited the grand champion steer at
teh Fort Worth show. Later he
became livestock specialist for the
Missouri Pacific Railway and in
1929 returned to Harrisdale Farm
as manager. Since 1933 he has
been manager of Ellison Estate’s
Silver Creek Farm at Fort Worth.
He was secretary of the Texas
Hereford Association from 1934 to
1939.
No Coats for Future Generations;
World Climate Shows Warmer Trend
NEW YORK—World-wide evi
dence that climate is getting warm
er was recently presented to the
American Institute of Physics tem
perature symposium.
The change may be the start of
one of the major changes in clim
ate which the earth has not known
since geological times, long before
any recorded history.
“Climatologists,” said J. B.
Kincer, U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington, “have considered his
toric climate as a rather stable
thing, with short period variations
of considerable magnitude, but
without especially significant
trends to higher temperatures,
world-wide in scope, as to suggest
that the orthodox conception of
stability of climate needs some
revision at least.”
He cited weather records. In
Portland, Oregon, in the last two
decades 17 of the 20 years have
been warmer than normal. The
warmest was 1921. Every year
since 1922 has been above average.
Omaha, in a similar period, has
had 15 years warmer than normal,
with the peak in 1931. In Wash-
tion of Bud Green and Guy Wood
while the team of Mercer and Van
Heusen is responsible for BLUE
RAIN. Both of these selections
possess unusually interesting mel
odies as well as decidedly first
class lyrics. BLUE RAIN has al
ready garnered considerable praise
from its few preliminary airings
and should prove a most accept
able item.
Bob Zurke swings a Walter
Donaldson melody, FIT TO BE
TIED, and a new blues tune,
PEACH TREE STREET. The
former features Claire Martin as
vocalist and the latter, trumpeter
Sterling Bose, both in the role of
blues singer and instrumental solo
ist. Bob Zurke’s piano and Fud
Livingstone’s arrangements add the
finishing touch to these attractive
recordings.
ington, D. C., 17 years have been
warmer than normal and every
year since 1926 has brought above
normal heat in that city. Washing
ton’s warmest year was 1921.
Capetown, South Africa, re
corded 19 years warmer than nor
mal, with the hottest in 1927.
World-wide monthly records for
32 years, show all but four con
siderably warmer than normal.
Two of these years were at nor
mal, and two were colder than the
average. These records have been
completed only up to 1932.
Although not a part of the cli
mate change evidence, the world’s
coldest and hottest figures may be
involved in the change. The cold
est on record was 90.4 below zero
in Siberia. This happened in Feb
ruary, 1892.
The hottest recorded, however,
came in September, 1922, with
186.4 degrees, in Tripolitania, a
North African possession of Italy.
Texas’ Own Mardi Gras Festival To
Be Military, In Tune With The Times
“Jitterbug Dying”
Says Michigan Prof
EAST LANSING, Mich.—The
jitterbug is dying a slow death.
Within six months or a year the
cave-man acrobatics and heavy,
rhythmic thump of the species
will be history, and civilized man
will have triumphed again, if the
prophecy of William Kimmel, in
structor of music at Michigan
State College, is fulfilled.
According to Mr. Kimmel, popu
lar music has always traveled in
constant cycles, changing from
“hot” to “smooth and sweet,” per
iodically. The jitterbug style is, or
“was,” merely a novelty.
Fewer and fewer of the “ani
mals” have been noticed on ball
room floors this fall, and requests
for “swing” and “jitterbug” tunes
of last year have definitely fallen
off. “Sweet” tunes characterized
by slow tempo, decided lift and
substantial rhythm, have super-
Texas’ own Mardi has gone gla
mourous !
A Mardi Gras of parades, of
glamour, and of greater variety
than ever before since its’ incep
tion here back in 1867 is schedul
ed for Texas’ own Mardi Gras, to
be held in Galveston on February
1-6.
In tune with the times, it’s to
be a Military Mardi Gras, too!
Adding another day to the cus
tomary tenure of celebration, this
year’s affair has likewise incor
porated more events to appeal to
the masses as well as the classes
and to attract the younger genera
tion as well as the old.
With the world now in a throes
of woes, this year’s Mardi Gras,
sponsored by the Galveston Cham
ber of Commerce, is truly making
a bid for everyone to forget his
problems by tossing aside his
worldly cares and plunging into
a series of fun, frolic and frivolity
is typical characteristic of Mardi
Gras in the old as well as the new
world.
Coronation ceremonies and par
ades of such brilliance as to sur
pass any of the past years’ cele
brations have already been an
nounced by Windrop Younger, gen
eral chairman; Gus Amundsen Jr.,
director; and Silas B. Ragsdale,
publicity chairman.
Not only are the citizens of the
island displaying a keener inter
est in this year’s affair, but thou
sands throughout the State as well
as all parts of the country are
being awakened to the fact that
Treasure Isle is offering a celebra
tion unique and novel.
Another highlight of this event
is the fact that the country’s
youngest quadruplets—the Badgett
babies—who were born in Galves
ton, will celebrate their first birth
day anniversary on February 1, the
opening day of Mardi Gras.
The babies were appointed as
Mardi Gras Mascots. These win
some girls will probably lead the
Junior Mardi Gras Parade, there
fore making their first official
public appearance.
Adding another feature to the
Mardi Gras will be the 100-piece
University of Texas Longhorn
Band, which will take an active
part in the Mardi Gras Royalty
Parade. It will also play a leading
role in the band festivities sche
duled for Monday night in which
more than twenty bands from all
parts of the State will participate.
Already indications point to one
of the largest attendances on re
cord, easily an influx of a hundred
thousand who will arrive by plane,
train, bus as well as by private
automobiles. The new stream-lined
four-lane passage, $2,500,000 cause
way, linking the Island to the
mainland, which has recently been
ceded more bizarre tunes, accord
ing to the leader of a campus
swing band. He says that these
demanded tunes are those popu
larized by Glen Miller and Jack
Teagarten, reputed to have the
most modern swing bands in the
country.
“Classic tunes, too, are undergo
ing a period of change,” states
Mr. Kimmel. “New styles, new
devices, and new modes of compos
ing are as numerous as the com
posers themselves.
“This experimentation cannot
but help to develop a definite style
and will eventually leave a few
composers whose names will rate
in history with those of Bach,
Beethoven and Wagner,” he said,
in prophesying the future of mod
ern music.
completed, will also aid, naturally,
in making access to the Island
pleasures. The old two and one-
half causeway, providing for two-
way passage, was completed in
1909 at a similar cost, and which
parallels the new, also continues
in operation. Probably no other
city in the country offers such
media for travel.
Through the increase of the local
naval base, this year’s event will
particularly feature a military
caste. Five destroyers have already
been assigned to patrol the Gulf
of Mexico, including the Davis,
Jouett, Lang, Benham and Ellet.
Indications already point that this
additional personnel as well as
members of their families will at
tend the fete in large numbers.
Brooks To Speak
At Dedication
Announcement has been made
this week that Dr. T. D. Brooks,
dean of the A. & M. graduate
school, has been selected as one
of the principal speakers on the
dedication program of the new Pat
Neff hall on the campus of Baylor
University, February 1.
Alumni and former students of
the university have charge of the
Founder’s Day program which will
include dedication of the new
$250,000 hall and the $15,000
Cullen F. Thomas carillon in the
hall’s 150-foot tower.
Plans for the ceremonies, cele
brating Baylor’s ninety-fifth birth
day, were announced Saturday by
G. H. Eenland, Dallas attorney
and president of the Baylor Ex-
Student Association. Mr. Penland
will act as chairman of the Foun
der’s Day program.
In addition to the talk by Dr.
Brooks, others included on the
program for 15-minute addresses
are Dr. Thomas H. Cheavens, Dal
las physician, and Dr. George W.
Truett, former president of the
Baptist World Alliance, all alumni
of the university.
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