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r * » t r ♦ «r 4 9 o 1 Avoid Registration Waiting by Paying Your Fees Early Student Tri-Weekly Newspaper of Texas A. & M. College Official Newspaper of the City of College Station Friday on WTAW: “Aggie Clambake”—4:30 Battalion Newscast—5:15 VOL. 39 PHONE 4-5444 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 1, 1940 Z725 NO. 47 Students May Now Register at Fiscal, Conunandant’s Office for Second Term Rockefeller Education Board Visits A. & M. A.&M. Invited To Compete in Annual Oratorical Contest Fred R. Jones Appointed As New Department Head Fees Total $140.00. For Next Semester IN DUTCH EAST INDIES Registering Time To Be Shortened by New Method Second semester fees are payable beginning today and must be paid before a student can complete his next term registration. Total fees payable before registration are $55.50 and fees for the entire sec ond semester, which can now be paid if the student so desires, are $140.00 (not including Y card). In order to speed up registra tion and make it possible for all regular undergraduate students to register on Friday, February 9, stu dents may also sign up for their dormitory rooms at the Command ant’s Office, thus completing their registration with that office. How ever, fees must be paid at the Fiscal Office before tfiis. can, hie done. All students must also reg ister at the Commandant’s Office for the room that they are now occupying when signing up in that office. Fees for the second semester in clude: Board $81.75 Medical Fee 5.00 Matriculation Fee 25.00 Room 20.00 Laundry 8.25 Total $140.00 (Voluntary) Y. M. C. A. Card $ 2.50 Total $142.50 All existing enrollment records are expected to be broken when reg istration for the second semester is completed on Monday afternoon, Feb. 12. The enrollment this semester is 6,086; the second semes ter’s registration is expected to raise the total enrollment for the (Continued on page 4) EX-AGGIE YELL LEADER ADDRESSES P. E. CLUB E. O. Buck, graduate of the class of 1926 and former head yell-lead er at A. & M., addressed the Pe troleum Engineering Club Tuesday night on “Recycling of Gas Fields.” Mr. Buck is now a consulting pe troleum engineer located at Hous ton. Included in his talk were the economic factors of recycling, which is the distilling of gasoline from natural gas and the returning of the gas back into the oil sand, governing the value of working a field with this process. Left to right are ex-Aggies C. Charske, ’34; T. C. Browning, ’36; C. W. Burns, ’32; E. A. Rische, ’36; E. G. Jones, ’38; J. I. Walton, ’34; G. H. Wessler, ’38; and R. L. Suggs, ’32. Although the group is now scattered and some have returned to America, the picture above shows A. & M. men gathered for a meet ing last year in the Dutch East Indies. All of the group has been doing exploration work for oil companies and most are located at Palembang, Sumatra, N. E. I. They seem happy about it all and those summer suits look very inviting at this time of the year. Williams To Judge Livestock Shows in Arizona and Texas WESTERN HORSE SHOW AT TUCSON WILL BE BIG FEATURE ON TRIP; I D. W. Williams, head of the Ani-' mal Husbandry Department, will leave College Station Feb. 20 on a two-week trip to Arizona and sev eral parts of Texas where he will do horse and cattle judging at the various livestock shows. His itinerary will include Tucson, Ari zona; San Antonio; Beeville; and Wichita Falls. In San Antonio Mr. Williams will judge horses at the San An tonio Livestock Show which is be ing held Feb. 21 and 22. Then he will journey to Tucson where he will judge the Western Horse Show. On Feb. 27 he will judge cattle in Beeville, and Feb. 29 will see him at Wichita Falls judging horses at the Livestock Show there. The most interesting part of Mr. Williams’ trip should be his judging of the Western Horse Show at Tucson. This is an en tirely new type of show, and prom ises to be of great interest to all breeders of cow horses. It is a different type show in the fact that it is emphasizing useable horses instead of show horses and the winners will be based upon per formance instead of halter and a JUDGE IN TEXAS ALSO ►it is emphasizing usable horses that will be in the show are those that are commonly found in the range country. These will include gaited saddle horses, cow horses, thoroughbreds, Quarterhorses, Palaminos, and Steeldust. This show is being held to encourage the breeding of cow horses and polo ponies, for the biggest outlet for well-bred cow horses is the polo field. “Bat” Magazine Sponsors Contest For Story Writers As an incentive to greater stu dent interest in story writing, The Battalion Magazine is announcing a short-story contest. Acceptable stories will be pub lished in the magazine, and cash prizes of $5, $3, and $2 for the the three best stories. The contest closes March 1, but it is desirable that entries be sub mitted as early as possible. Usual Exemptions Will Apply in New Semester-Despite Bulletin Wording “Only candidates for baccalaur-- eate degrees on May 31 are ex empted from final examinations,” so reads page four of the official schedule of classes for the second semester now available at the Reg istrar’s Office. This statement has been wrongly interpreted by a num ber of students as meaning that only graduating seniors will be ex empted. This statement has been added to the schedule of classes to indi cate that only those seniors that are candidates for a degree will be exempted from finals in courses in which they have a passing grade and not all seniors. As in the past, in addition to the graduating seniors, any student may be exempted, whether he is a non-graduating senior or a fresh man, provided he has a term aver age of A or B in the course and is in the upper 25 per cent of that class. As graduation exercises will be held this year before the final ex aminations those seniors who on April 1 lack not more than two subjects of graduating may take special examinations in them in or der to graduate. To quote college regulations on this subject, “A senior who on April 1 lacks not over two subjects, including his current program, and has a mathematical chance to graduate at •the end of the semester, may be allowed a special examination in each of two subjects taken subse quent to his junior year. Such special examinations are to be scheduled on designated Saturday afternoons about May 1.” Classes for candidates for grad uation will close on the second Wednesday before the end of the semester, May 29, and grades will be reported to the Registrar by 5 p. m. of that day. All candidates for graduation with passing grades will be exempt from examinations; but those whose grades are below passing, and those who wish to try to raise their grades, may take semester examinations on the following day (Thursday, May 30) at a time to be set by the head of the depart ment involved. These semester grades, with examinations given a weight of one-third, are to be re ported to the Registrar by 5 p. m. of the same day. Examinations for non-graduat ing students will begin Saturday afternoon, June 1, following the Final Review Saturday morning. Exams will last through Frida" June 7. With permission of t Registrar, a student having u avoidable conflicts in final exam inations will be allowed to take the examination in one of the con flicting courses on Friday, June 7 or Saturday, June 8. Stories should be not more than six pages in length, typewritten and double-spaced. They should be brought to The Battalion Office, 122 Administration Building. Subjects may be any which the writer chooses, but those dealing with campus life are preferred. The competition is open to any undergraduate student of the col lege who is not already a member of The Battalion staff. Contest judges will be Bill Mur ray, Paul Ketelsen, and Charles Montgomery. Snow Scene Picture Contest Closes Today The contest for pictures showing snow scenes on the A. & M. cam pus closes at midnight tonight. All those interested in submitting pictures can dfill do so by turning them in to Staff Photographer PJ^il Golman, at 37^ T^fegett. Judges Bill Murray, Battalion editor; Don Andrews, junior editor; and Phil Golman, report the contest to (be wide open to an-'r cadet as no win ners have been This con test is being sponsored by thf Ag- gieland Studi". , ' * , Entries will be-judged for orig inality and clarity. r The first prize ''T a Junior Brownie ■tfitk'the ’ + ure being published in a*. op und Febniaiy 17, secona ^ ^by Brownie camera, ana . ize will be the book, “Hoy. ake Bet ter Pictures.” All entries sub- Interview Ag Economics Men for Scholarships Three members of the John D. Rockefeller general education board, division of Southern Educa tion, visited A. & M. Monday and Tuesday for the possibilities of awarding fellowships to members of the Agricultural Economics de partment and to further social edu cation in regard to the develop ment of Southern agriculture and industry. Members of the Rockefeller Foundation visiting here were Dr. Jackson Davis, associate director of the Division of Southern Edu cation; Dr. Stacy May, staff mem ber of the General Education board; and Dr. W. W. Stewart, economist of the Institute for Advance Study at Princeton University and a di rector of the Board of General Education. The group arrived Monday aft ernoon and during their stay on the campus interviewed members of the Agricultural Economics de partment of A. & M., the agricul ture economics research depart ment of the Texas Experiment Sta tion, and other men interested in securing fellowships with the foun dation. While at A. & M. they were taken on a tour of inspection of the campus and watched meal formation at the mess halls and other activities of the students. From A. & M. the group went to the University of Texas, follow ing their work there they are to be conducted on a tour arranged by Dean Kyle of points of agri cultural interest in the vicinity of Austin. Included on this trip will be a visit to the Luling Founda tion Farm at Luling, Texas. The general purpose of the visit to A. & M. was <o help develop the social sciences in their rela tionship to agriculture and general industry in the South. Last year the Rockefeller Foun dation granted three fellowships to A. & M. men for work along gen eral agricultural economics lines. Included in this group was a grant to Lester Hines of a fellowship to obtain his doctors degree at Harvard University; a grant to W. E. Morgan of the extension ser vice to also work at Harvard, and a fellowship; to C. R. Carter to do field work in agricultural eco nomics in Texas in v cooperation with the Extension Service on “Marketing of Texas Turkeys.” This thesis will be used by Mr. Carter for an advance at A. & M. College. Today Last Day To Make Longhorn Reservations All student organizations desir ing to reserve space for club pic tures in the 1939-40 Longhorn are reminded that today is the last day in which reservations may be made. All student clubs, home-town groups, church groups, and other organizations must see Doug Wat son in dormitory 10 today if they desire to reserve Longhorn picture space. Today is also the last day to enter pictures in the “Vanity Fair” section. They should be turned in to Mick Williams at 98 Law Hall. mance and adventure are gone. Laying another line would be a cinch,” said Charley Atwell, ex- Aggie of the class of ’12, construc tion engineer for the Texas Com pany, dismissing one of the most hazardous and difficult engineer ing feats in years—the laying of an oil pipe line across 263 miles cf unexplored jungle, mountains, and rivers of South America. Atwell went with the Texas Company two years after his grad uation with a civil engineering degree in 1912. He was a mem ber of the Ross Volunteers, Cap tain of D Company in the cadet corps, and a football and basket ball star during the days of the old , “C-D” Company’s athletic domination. He is a native of The Battle of Flowers Associa tion in San Antonio has again in vited A. & M. to send representa tives to the Battle of Flowers Ora torical Contest in April. A tryout will be held in room 316 Academic Building after sup per on Wednesday, March 13, at which time five speakers will be chosen for places in a second try out to be held on March 27. Speeches should deal with charac ters or events pertaining to Texas history. A reading list and a list of topics (by way of sugges tion only) will be made up within a few days and posted in the Col lege Library. All who wish to take part in the tryout on March 13 are expected to notify C. O. Spriggs or R. M. Weaver of the English Department, or Prof. George Summey Jr., not later than noon on February 15. “It is to be clearly understood that the invitation from the Battle of Flowers Association to enter the final contest and compete for the valuable cash prizes annually of fered may be withdrawn if our students do not show proper inter est in the contest,” Dr. Sumney stated. Last year A. & M. won both sec ond and fourth places at the contest. A contestant from the University of Texas won first place at the meet but was closely followed by James Shoultz, Infantry band, in second place and Mayo Thompson, G Coast Artillery, in fourth place. Prizes for the contest last year were $100.00 for first place, $50.00 for second place, $35.00 for third place, and $15.00 for fourth place. ARCHITECTS TO STAGE AIR BRUSH DEMONSTRATION The Department of Architecture in collaboration with the Depart ment of Industrial Education will stage a demonstration of air brush art and technique at 11 o’clock Saturday morning in the work shop of the Department on the fourth floor of the Academic Building. The demonstrator will be George W. Kadel of Dallas, well known artist and authority in this field, and author of “Air Brush Art.” Robert Stack of the Paasche Company, manufacturers of air brushes, and Robert Bray of the American Art Crayon Company, who have helped arrange this meet ing, will also j)e here. AIChE JUNIOR AWARD PRESENTED JOE CAIN The American Institute of Che mical Engineers’ award for the junior member of the A. & M. stu dent chapter having the highest average for his first two years was made to Joe Cain at the regu lar meeting of the chapter recently. The presentation, a pin and cer tificate of recognition of the as sociation, was made by Dr. C. C. Hedges, Head of the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Depart ment. er, B. D. Atwell, ’12, makes his home. Since 1914, Charley Atwell has spent most of his time in foreign service for the Texas Comoany. He has built factories and pipe lines in Australia, China, Japan, Mexico, and other countries. Biggest of his jobs, however, was the laying of the line through Columbia, South America, an eigh- teen-million-dollar pipe line and highway from the Barco Oil Con cessions to the Caribbean Sea. “The toughest part of that job,” he said, “was getting supplies to the 3,600 men we flew to an im provised field in the middle of the jungle. We needed 20,000 pounds of food a day, 3,600 pounds of (Continued on page 4) Fred R. Jones, new head of the Agricultural Engineering Depart ment in the School of Agriculture. A. & M. Professor Praises U. S. Army’s Anti-Aircraft Guns Uncle Sam’s anti-aircraft equip ment can be counted on for devas tating work on enemy planes with in its range. Major R. E. Hill, pro fessor of military science and tac tics at A. & M. College, told the Houston Engineers’ Club at its Rice Hotel luncheon Tuesday. Over any area of ground com manded by anti-aircraft equipment, bombing planes would be at serious disadvantage, Major Hill said. They would have to come within 17,000 feet of their target to count on ef fective hits. But each of the fast-shooting 105 millimeter guns would be capable of deadly accuracy up to a height of 36,900 feet. Major Hill was presented by President Joe B. Dannenbaum of the Engineers Club, who presided. Mr. Dannenbaum announced a lim ited number of reservations still can be accepted for the engineers’ St. Valentine’s dinner ball Friday night at River Oaks country club. 500 CONTESTANTS TO COMPETE IN BAYLOR’S HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE WACO.—More than 500 contest ants from Texas high schools are expected' to compete for Baylor University scholarships to be giv en first-place debate winners in the annual Baylor Invitation Schol arship Debate and Speech Tourna ment, February 2 and 3, Prof. Glenn R. Capp, director of fore- ensics at Baylor, has announced. Eyes: bleary! Brains: weary! Outlook: dreary! Visibility is zero and the future is anything but cheery as that time is almost here again. The girl back home is temporarily forgot ten; so is a national championship football title and A. & M.’s too- distant sister school — T.S.C.W. Ere long, Aggieland’s six thous and-odd cadets will be called twice daily at the hours of 8 and 1 o’clock to that semi-annual period of reckoning—final examinations! “Next time it’ll be different” is the by-word of hundreds of cadets as the dither and daze of last- inute preparations cause most Aggies to wish that they had the sast two or three months to live over again. There’s the “grade-point” men, though; they aren’t worried. Most of them are exempt from all of their finals, and at the outside they don’t have more than one or two to take. But the so-called grade- point men aren’t the cause for the tremendous increase in the local consumption of coffee; neither are they the cause of the great exodus of textbooks from neigh boring “hock shops;” nor are the grade-point men responsible for the large increase in kilowatt-hour consumption or the fact that the Heads Department Of Ag. Engineering Fills Position Vacated By Death of Dan Senates Appointment of Fred R. Jones, member of the teaching staff of Texas A. & M. College since 1921, as head of the Department of Agri cultural Engineering, has been an nounced by Dean E. J. Kyle, of the School of Agriculture. Mr. Jones was named to succeed the late Daniels Scoates who died re cently. Mr. Jones was born and reared in Wisconsin and received a bache lor of science degree in agricul ture from the University of Wis consin in 1915. He remained there as instructor in the agricultural engineering department until 1917 when he became extension special ist in agricultural engineering at Mississippi A. & M. College. He left this post to join the flying service of the United States Ma rine corps in 1918, and after the World War joined the John Deere Plow Company sales force in 1919. He taught at Texas A. & M. from 1921 until the present time, obtaining his master of science de gree from Iowa State College in 1931. A fellow of the American So ciety of Agricultural Engineers since 1917, Mr. Jones has served on several committees and is a past member of the council of that organization. He is author of a textbook on farm gas engines and tractors which is used by agricul tural engineering departments of all of the leading agricultural col leges of the United States. He also has written numerous bulle tins and articles on farm power and equipment. Mr. Jones has been acting as head of the department since the death of Dan Scoates, department head, in November of last year. The Agricultural Engineering department is one of the 14 depart ments in the School of Agriculture and the curriculum in agricultural engineering is planned to give the student an engineering training with an agricultural viewpoint. President T. O. Walton and E. E. McQuillen, secretary of the For mer Students Association, attend ed the funeral of P. L. Downs Sr., father of P. L. Downs Jr., ex-Ag gie and former member of the A. & M. Board of Directors and the man for whom the A. & M. Natatorium was named, yesterday. Mr. Downs was buried in Temple. off. B. D. Marburger, superintendent of the Buildings and College Util ities Department, has pointed out that the kilowatt-hour consump tion for the past week was con siderably larger than the average for the year. And J. C. Hotard, manager of the college dining halls, declared that there is a definite periodic trend of students’ eating habits. “At this time of the year,” he said, “the Aggies eat about half as much as they do when every thing is going all right.” Waterloo, Gettysburg, Bunker Hill, and Armageddon—tough bat tles all. Calculus, physics, chemis try, and English—^they’re tough too; and especially if you’re one of the masses—they who put off their studying until the twelfth hour! Next semester, though, it’ll be different!! And every cloud has a silver lin ing. First Newspaper Printed On Southern Pine Newsprint LUFKIN.—The first newspaper ever pritned on commercially man ufactured Southern pine newsprint rolled off the presses of the Daily News here lately. The paper came from the South land Paper Mills’ first commer cial run. Ex-Aggie Is Construction Genius In South America’s Unexplored Regions “It is built now. All the ro •Hutchins, Texas, where his broth Students Man Mannerheim Line For Stout Defense Against Final Exams By George Fuermann