The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 23, 1940, Image 4

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THE BATTALION
Official Notices
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Jan. 25 and 26—Pre Medical Society
benefit show, Aaaembly Hall, 7:30 p. m.
January 81—Faculty dance. Banquet
room, Sbisa Hall, 8 p. m. to 12 midnight.
FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON
The Fellowship Luncheon is every Thurs
day in Sbisa Hall, from 12:10 to 12:40
noon.
ENGINEERING SENIORS
The Civil Service Commission has an
nounced a junior engineer examination.
Applications must be on file with the
U. S. Civil Service Commission not later
than February 5, 1940. A notice of the
examination giving full details may be
seen on the School of Engineering bulle
tin board in the Academic Building or in
the office of the Dean of Engineering.
wish to
apply
your ni
advised of
for all
CLASSIFICATION CHANGES
Those students who desire to have their
records re-checked and classification
changes made for the second semester
should come by the Registrar’s Office and
leave their names.
H. L. HEATON
Assistant Registrar
CONFLICT EXAMINATIONS
On bulletin boards 11 and 12 -
the
first floor of the Academic Building may
be found the schedule of conflict exami
nations. Any errors on this list should
be reported to the Registrar’s Office.
REGISTRAR E. J. HOWELL
THE BATTALION STAFF
The entire editorial staff of The Bat
talion will meet in room 110, Academic
Building, tonight at 7:15.
>rs, junior editors, and repoi
are asked to be present. Anyone wishi:
ing.
All editors, junior editors, and reporters
present. Anyone
to join the staff is invited to d'
this meeting.
ing
at
xamination in surveying
300S, originally planned
will be postponed until
C. E. 300S SPECIAL EXAMINATION
The special examination in surveyir
practice, C. E.
for this month,
February 24, 1940.
J. J. RICHEY
Professor of Civil Engineering
ORGANIZATION PICTURES FOR THE
LONGHORN
If, after reading the notice, yoi
apply for the examination please leave
interested at
will
meeting prior to February
gineering seniors w
at which time application
furnished and explained.
iors who
>ch time application blanks
It is
hoped that you will make your plans to
apply for this examination.
GIBB GILCHRIST
Dean of Engineering
CIVIL SERVICE
All seniors are urged to read Civil
Service Announcement No. 10 for Junior
Professional Assistant. There are twenty-
eight different options offered from Jun
ior Agronomist to Junior Range Examiner,
Junior Biologist (Wild Life), and Junior
Engineer.
The closing date for applications to
Instructions o:
be obtained
from your department
he
dep
leave here should be February 1st.
ructions on filling out tl
ay
head. Further instructions will be given
by O. E Teague, Civil Service Department,
on Wednesday evening at 7:30 in the
Animal Industry Auditorium.
Organizations
GLEE CLUB
The regular meeting schedule of
A. & M. Glee Club is from 6:30
7:30 p. m. every Monday, Tuesda;
the
to
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basement of
1. The annual pictures of organiza
tions of the Cavalry Regiment will be
taken according to the following schedule
weather permitting.
Tuesday, Jan. 23: 1:10 p. m. Troop A,
1:25 p. m. Troop B. Wednesday, Jan. 24:
1:10 p. m. Hq. Troop, 1:25 p. m. M. G.
Troop; Thursday, Jan. 26: l:' 1 " ~ “
Trrop C, 1:25 p. m. Troop D.
rrop cj, 1 p. m. rroop
2. The picture of Company G and
Company H, Infantry Regiment, will be
retaken at 1:40 p. m. Wednesday.
3. Uniform: No 1 with white shirts.
Place: East steps of the Administration
Building.
will
steps — —
as to arrive at the time specified. Upon
arriving, organization commanders will
report to cadet G. W. Smith, or his re
presentative.
6. Senior instructors concerned will ar
range necessary details incident to having
their organizations report at the place and
time for picture taking.
6. The regular schedule of instruction
at drill will be carried on in so far as is
practicable, consistent with the above
schedule.
COL. GEORGE F. MOORE, Commandant
SCHOLARSHIP HONOR SOCIETY
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— Thursday.
The deadline for club dues is February
15.
All juniors and seniors who have no F’s
and have more than the minimum num
ber of grade-points noted below should
see W. T. Guy at F-10 Walton before
February 1, if they have not been notified
of membership.
School Junior Senior
Agriculture 150 204
Arts and Sciences 150 222
Engineering 191 262
Veterinary Medicine 209 274
LONGHORN CLUB PICTURES
Space reservations for club pictures in
the 1940 Longhorn must be in by February
1. See Watson in room 203, hall 12.
VANITY FAIR PICTURES
Pictures for the ‘‘Vanity Fair” section
of the Longhorn must be in by February
1, 1940. All pictures must be turned in
to Mick Williams, 98 Law.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
Consolidated school taxes can be paid
without penalty up to and including Jan.
81, 1940.
Penalty schedule for payment of taxes
after January 31 is as follows:
February 1%
March 2%
April 3%
4%
May
June
July
Taxes an
time 6%
5%
8%
re delinquent on July 1 at which
interest begins.
J. C. CARLL
Tax Collector
A. & M. Consolidated School District
COOPER’S
uocKeii
UNDERWARDROBE
p. m. every Monday,
Thursday night—all in the
the old dining hall.
Special rehearsal of the tenor sections
will be held every Monday; of the bass-
baritone sections, every Tuesday. These
begin at 6 p. m. in the above meeting
place.
WATER-POLO
SEMI-FINALS
UNDER WAY
Four of the five contenders for
the class A Intramural water-polo
championship will be thrashing it
out in the two games at the pool
this afternoon at 4:45 and 5:00.
Battery “F” Field Artillery will
enter the quarter-finals trying to
keep their unscored on record out
of reach of the boys from “A'
Chem Warfare. The winner of this
clash will enter the semi-final fray
against “E” F. A.
The second game of the after
noon will be between the 3rd Com
bat Train Field Artillery and “B”
Coast Artillery to decide who is
to represent their end of the brack
et in the final go-round.
With the water polo section of
the intramural schedule coming to
a close, the competition is getting
pretty keen and we should see
some mighty fast action and plen
ty of water swallowing in the ole
swimmin’ hole today.
Columnist, Newscaster, and Junior
Editor—That’s George Fuermann
Editor’s note: This is the fifth
and concluding article in a series
of features relating to Battalion
columnists.
•
“South of the border, down Mex
ico way” almost applies to the
Battalion’s active junior editor,
George Fuermann. Laredo is his
home town, although George origi
nally hailed from San Antonio
where he lived until his parents
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A. S. C. E.
The student chapter of the A. S. C. E.
ill meet tonight in the civil engineering
lecture room at 6:45. A. H. Davidson, Jr.,
assistant to the chief engineer on the Deni
son Dam Project, will speak. Everyone at
tending is requested to be on time.
AGRONOMY SOCIETY
There will be a meeting of the Agro
nomy Society Tuesday night at 7:30 in
the Chemistry lecture room. Mr. Clarence
Henry of the Chicago Board of Trade will
be the guest speaker. Members of the
Marketing and Finance Club and the
Economics
and
Club
are invited as guests.
KREAM and row KLUB
The Kream and Kok Klub will meet in
the Creamery lecture room Tuesday night
at 7 p. m. Mr. Holmgreen of the AAA
will speak.
Judging Contest—
(Continued from page 1)
In order to be eligible for the
contest, which is an annual event
sponsored by the Saddle and Sirloin
Club, the student had to be in the
upper 25 per cent of his class in
freshman animal husbandry.
Each contestant was required to
place two classes each of cattle,
horses, sheep and hogs, and to
give reasons on one class of each
type of livestock. Members of the
Senior Livestock Judging Team
chose the classes, made the plac-
ings, and in addition graded the
reasons given by each contestant.
Frank Corder and Bob Evans, sen
iors of the Saddle and Sirloin Club,
were managers of the contest.
RURAL SOCIOLOGY CLUB
The Kream and Kow Klub will meet in
Thursday night at T o’clock in room 203,
Agricultural Building. Dr. Russell will
speak. All interested students and the pub
lic are invited.
Victory Banquet—
(Continued from page 1)
the Sugar Bowl committee will
present the famous silver sugar
bowl to Dean Kyle, and it will
remain here at A. & M. College un
til time for next year’s Sugar
Bowl classic. When the original
sugar bowl is returned to New
Orleans, it will be replaced by an
exact replica, appropriately en
graved, which will remain as per
manent property of Texas A. & M.
as a result of the 14-13 victory
over Tulane in the 1940 classic.
President Benson will be ac
companied to A. & M. by a com
mittee consisting of Abe Gold
berg, vice-president, who is due
to succeed Mr. Benson as head
of the association; Hap Reilly,
publicity chairman of the commit
tee; Fred Digby, sports editor of
the New Orleans Item-Tribune,
one of the original Sugar Bowlers;
Warren Miller, first Sugar Bowl
president and organizer; Clarence
Straus, secretary of the committee,
and Joseph David, treasurer.
Following the ceremony, some
1,500 persons are expected to at
tend a banquet in Sbisa Hall which
will be open to the public. Here
tributes to the individual players
will be made, with Col. Ike Ash-
burn presiding as toastmaster.
The principal, and only, address
will be made by President F. M
Law of the Board of Directors
Coach Homer Norton will announce
the winners of the famous Aggie
“T,” and Dean Kyle will award the
various medals and bars. Sur
prise awards are rumored, and it
is probable that many of the mem
bers of the team will need assist
ance in carrying off their offer
ings from an appreciative “twelfth
man,” alumni, and friends.
Joe Utay, chairman of the Board
of Directors athletic committee
will award the “All-American”
plaques. Bert Pfaff will award
his gift to the team’s best blocker.
The team captain will get a special
memento of the occasion, and the
most valuable player trophy will
be presented.
The Aggieland Orchestra and
Glee Club will furnish the music.
The members of the team have
been given the privilege of invit
ing parents and sweethearts to at
tend. Cliff Hotard is planning to
feed choice banquet fare, and, in
truth, a good time is expected to
be had by all.
The film of the Sugar Bowl
game will be shown, after all pres
entations have been made, to all
who have not as yet had the op
portunity to see it.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements is composed of Col. Ike
Ashburn, executive assistant to the
president, E. J. Howell, registrar,
Coach Dough Rollins, and Byron
Winstead, director of publicity.
Reservations should be made not
later than January 25 through Col.
J. M. Jones-
(Continued from page 1)
a post as animal husbandryman
at the New Hampshire Experiment
Station in 1912. Two years later
he came to Texas A. & M. and was
made chief of the division in 1919.
His training has ranged from
abstract theory to concrete prac
tice. He spent 1908-09 ranching
in Wyoming. He has served as
judge at leading livestock shows
and has worked constantly for the
improvement of range animals in
the Southwest.
Among his accomplishments are
these: he assisted in establishing
a ranch experiment station near
Sonora and a wool-scouring plant
at A. & M. in 1919; and he has
established breeding investigations
for sheep, goats, and cattle, also
lamb and cattle feeding and fatten
ing investigations at ranch experi
ment stations.
In 1937 he undertook a range
cattle mineral feeding test near
Falfurrias with the cooperation of
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, the King Ranch, and A. &
M. College. The investigation has
created wide interest among cattle
men of the state.
Jones’ other activities include:
assistant chief clerk, Wyoming
state senate in 1909; Lewis Pen-
well’s Texas representative, wool
division of the War Industries
Board, 1918; member board of di
rectors, Southwest Texas Farm
Bureau, Wool and Mohair Market
ing Association, 1921-24; member
advisory committee, American Cor-
riedale Registry Association for
several years; member Chevon and
Angora Goat Committee, Texas
Sheep and Goat Raisers Associa
tion, 1939; director American
Angora Goat Breeders Associa
tion, 1939; member American Asso
ciation for Advancement of Science;
member American Society for
Animal Production; and member
Moslah Shrine Temple, Fort Worth.
Jones believes that one of the
outstanding contributions of the
Southwestern Exposition has been
the encouragement and opportun
ity given to youth of the state
in feeding and showing livestock.
He feels that 4-H and F.F.A. Club
members should be encouraged be
cause they will be adult showmen
of tomorrow.
Ashburn’s office, or tickets may
be secured at Canady’s Pharmacy
in Bryan and at both the Aggie
land and Lipscomb’s pharmacies on
the campus. The cost is $1.00, and
all students are urged to attend.
George Fuermann 1
moved to the border city two
years ago. One of the newspaper’s
several junior editors, George also
serves as junior editor of The Bat
talion Magazine.
One of the oldest members, in
point of service, on The Battalion
staff—he began late in his fresh
man year—George had newspaper
experience before coming to A. &
M., having formerly been employed
by the San Antonio Express and
Evening News. During his fresh
man and sophomore years George
served as a Battalion reporter and
during the summer of 1939 he was
managing editor of The Summer
Battalion.
George’s newest activity is his
service, beginning a month ago,
as Battalion radio editor. His Fri
day afternoon newscasts, with as
sociate radio editor C. A. Montgom
ery, represent The Battalion’s most
recent progressive step and are
heard by 15,000 persons weekly.
Perhaps most of all, however,
George is known as the writer of
The Battalion’s popular column,
“Backwash.” “Since I’ve been writ,
ing Backwash and doing radio
work,” George smilingly said.
“I've been nicknamed everything
from the column’s name to ‘wash-
back/ ‘washout,’ ‘scoop,’ ‘Jimmy
Fidler,’ ‘Walter Winchell,’ and a
hundred other things.” Incident
ally, his activities as a columnist
are not limited to a tri-weekly ef
fort for The Battalion. George al
so writes a weekly column for the
T. S. C. W. Lass-O, the San An
tonio Express, and occasional fea
ture articles for various other
Texas metropolitan dalies.
Nor can it be said that George’s
activities haye been limited to Bat
talion work alone. During his
sophomore year he served as pres
ident of the A. & M. Pre-Law Club,
and last summer he was elected
president of the Summer Press
Club. At the present time he is
serving a two-year term as one of
the corps’ five members on the
Student Library Committee, of
which he is secretary.
Twenty-one years of age since
last August, George earns his col
lege expenses through employment
on the college janitor force and
by summer work. Quizzed on what
he would like to do after gradu
ation in ’41, he said, “Newspaper
work is my hopec£for goal, but
failing that, I hope to enter the
American Foreign Service.” A lib
eral arts student, George is in
L Company Infantry.
Gladys Swarthout—
(Continued from page 1)
dule calls for solo appearances with
such leading symphonic organiza
tions as the Duluth Civic Sym
phony, Minneapolis Symphony, St.
Louis Symphony, Kansas City Phil-
hamonic. She will also give recitals
in Louisville, Kentucky; Worcester,
Massachusetts; Quebec, Canada,
Springfield, Ohio; Evansville, Indi
ana; Appleton, Wisconsin; Ft.
Wayne, Indiana; Topeka, Kansas;
Tucson, Arizona; Lubbock, Texas;
Mansfield, Ohio; and Utica, N. Y.
In addition to her New York
Metropolitan Opera appearances,
Miss Swarthout will also appear in
recital on Town Hall in February.
Radio engagements include four
appearances as soloist on the Ford
Sunday Evening Hour.
A musical highlight on Miss
Swarthout’s concert programs for
the coming season will be the first
performance anywhere of a group
of songs of Auvergne expressly ar
ranged for her by Cantsloupe. These
have never been heard before in
this country and had their pre
miere in the lovely diva’s first con
cert of the season in Peoria, Illinois.
Miss Swarthout was in constant
communication with the music pub
lishers in Paris for due to the war
conditions existing abroad, the or-
.hestrations were held up. Arrange
ments were made to send the scores
via clipper ship, since ship sail
ings were still somewhat uncer
tain. This was probably the first
time that old French songs have
been delivered by trasatlantic clip
per.
In a bull-session argument La
fayette College’s Jack Hamilton
bet he could walk 60 miles in 24
hours. He did—and collected nine
bucks.
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Civil Service —
(Continued from page 1)
lurgist, junior meteorologist, junior
olericulturist, junior plant breed
er, junior poultry husbandman, jun
ior public welfare assistant, junior
range examiner, junior rural so
ciologist, junior anthropologist,
junior soil scientist, junior statis
tician, junior textile technologist,
and junior veterinarian.
In filling out the applications,
it is important that the first line
should be listed “Junior Profession
al Assistant.” The second line
should name one of the twenty-
eight options desired. The top of
page four should read “Brazos
County” as legal residence. For
advice on the part concerning sal
ary, students should consult the
instructor in their major field. It
is recommended for various rea
sons that $1,620 be listed. These
questions and question 18D will be
discussed by Teague on the 24th.
Applicants should leave their
names at the office of the Dean
of Agriculture in order that ar
rangements may be made for a
room in which to hold the exam
ination.
It will be necessary for appli
cants to find out the exact date
of the examination, which will be
held the afternoon of the 24th or
the morning of the 25th.
—TUESDAY, JAN. 23, 1940
DR. WALTON AT LAND
GRANT COLLEGE MEET
Dr. T. 0. Walton left Tuesday
for Washington, D. C., to attend
the meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Association of Land
Grant Colleges and Universities,
of which he is serving his third
consecutive term as chairman.
We don’t go in for exam boners
very often, but this one from a
Hillsdale College quiz contains
more truth than boner: “A moron
is a person with several husbands
or wives, an insane sort of an in
dividual.”
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