DIAL 4-5444 STUDENT TRI WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion i LISTEN IN . . . ON FRIDAY’S “AGGIE CLAMBAKE”, BATTALION NEWSCAST, 4:30-5:30 VOL. 39 122 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1940 Z725 NO. 60 Grab Your Ballots; Contest Will Close Friday! Three Bands, Four Dances Feature Weekend Activities Aggieland, Lawrence Welk, Nick Stuart To Play for Hops Dancing again becomes the favorite weekend pastime of Aggie- land as A. & M. athletes and Coast Artillerymen dust off their shoes for Friday night’s hops and the remainder of the corps brush up for dances tonight and Saturday nights. All four dances offer a well- selected variety of music, from Jack Littlejohn’s ever-popular Aggie- land and his “I’d Rather Be A Texas Aggie”, to Lawrence Welk with his “Champagne Music” and beau-- tiful Jayne Wal ton to Nick Stu art and his “Hit Parade of Pop ular Music.” All m a jo r sports letter- men, with the champ ionship cadet football team of 1939 in the lead, togeth- U£RfZY BuRKC* er with minor Featured with sports letter- Lawrence Welk. mellj win gtage the “T” Club’s annual dance to be staged in the annex of Sbisa Hall Friday night. The “T” Club has invited all juniors and seniors at A. & M. to attend the dance. Jo-Jo White, “T” Club prexy, said that bids may be bought for $1.25 by all freshman numeral winners, varsity squad men, and all A. & M. juniors and seniors; however, no person will be admitted with out a date. The Aggieland Or chestra will play for the dance. (Continued on page 4) CITY COUNCIL PASSES TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The City Council of College Sta tion at a recent meeting passed several necessary traffic regula tions governing automobile traf fic within the city limits of Col lege Station and with particular reference to North Gate. These regulations are now in ef fect, as follows: 1. All traffic will come to a complete stop at the North Gate caution light at the intersection of Bell Street and Sulphur Springs Road. 2. Parking on Bell Street is to parallel to the curb. (Bell Street is the street running northwest from the campus at the North Gate.) 3. Parking on Sulphur Springs Road is to be diagonally heading into the curb. (The Sulphur Springs Road is the street connect ing North Gate with Highway 6.) 4. All driving at the North Gate must be on the right side of the street. 5. The reserved space at the North Gate is for Bryan-College taxicabs. 6. No U-turns can be made at the intersection of Bell Street and the Sulphur Springs Road at the North Gate. L/lvSREfl/CJS WBL/C, Hereford Groups Presenting Series Of Lectures Here The American Hereford Asso ciation and the Texas Hereford As sociation are cooperating with the Animal Husbandry Department at A. & M. to bring a series of lec tures on cattle breeding and relat ed work to the student body. D. W. Williams, head of the Animal Husbandry Department, has an nounced that five or six Such lec tures are to be given during this semester at A. & M. by the two associations. James Brook of Brady, Texas, president of the Texas Hereford Association, was the first number of the series and showed movies here recently he took on his trip to England and South America. Joe Birdwell of Wichita Falls, president of the American Asso ciation will be here in the near future to talk on how the pure bred breeder helps serve the com mercial cattle men. The secretary of the American Association, R. J. Kinzer of Kansas City, has just completed a trip to Europe and South America, and he will address the students some time during the semester on the distribution and development of Hereford cattle in the world. Mr. Williams also expects John B. Stribling, holder of several world's records for sales of Here ford cattle, to talk here on popu lar blood lines in the Hereford breed. The last lecture which is now planned concerns the fitting and showing of cattle. “You’d Be Surprised” Says One Who Saw National Flower Show in Houston By Bob Nisbet Expecting to feel as out of place as the proverbial “bull in the china closet” at the National Flow er Show in Houston last weekend, the writer was pleasantly surpris ed to find a great number of njales in attendance and not just a few Aggies. Of course, it was inevi table that one would be bumped and crowded by a bunch of women who get in your hair with their incessant chattering. “Oh, just look at that pretty red—I can’t think of its name; the one over there by that white “whatyoumay- callit.” Mrs. Jones tried to raise some of those last year, but she had trouble with Mrs. Smith’s chickens scratching up the seeds Seriously, though, the show was most beautiful, particularly the •exhibit placed there by the country of Holland. It was a scene show ing an old Dutch windmill by a winding canal and a field literally covered with tulips. Another exhibit of unusual na ture was a typical garden scene from Japan. Two little boys, made of plaster of paris, were sit ting on the bank of a little pool fishing for goldfish, surrounded by lillies and other pretty flowers. Orchids were everywhere in evi dence. In fact, orchids were plac ed in a separate division altogether for judging. The prettiest exhibit in that section was a white orchid. Then, too, there was an exhibit with two fluffy ostriches covering themselves with glory and orchids. If you still don’t think you would enjoy seeing a “bunch of sissy flowers,” all I can say to you is, “You’d be surprised.” From 'Gas Mask’ to ‘Hairless Joe' They're Human AGGIE VICTIM OF CAR WRECK RECOVERING Reports from the College Hos pital Wednesday afternoon stated that the condition of M. U. Ferrari, Coast Artillery sophomore injur ed when two automobiles collided near Rockdale Sunday, was im proving steadily. Ferrari’s A. & M. student companion, Bill Col vin, was killed in the accident. Hospital authorities stated that Ferrari, who was brought to the College Hospital Sunday, had sus tained serious injuries and had not been moved since arriving here. The full extent of his injuries are not known. However, the report said that he was in complete con trol of his senses. His mother arrived here from her home in Rockdale shortly after Ferrari was brought to the college. Robert Griffon, another occu pant of the car, was rushed to Cameron after the accident. No reports as to his condition or identity have been made, but he is not an A. & M. student, no such person being listed under the name Robert Griffon in the files of the Registrar’s Office. Scientist To Address Plant Seminar Tonight Dr. C. L. Smith, plant physiolo gist of the Bureau of Plant Indus try of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, will be the guest speaker discussing “Effects of Indolebutyric Acid in the Root ing of Transplanted Pecan Trees” before the Plant Science Seminar tonight, Walter S. Flory, horticul- turalist for the Agricultural Ex periment Station, has announced. The meeting will be held in the Experiment Station conference room, at 7:30 p. m. Dr. Smith, a native of Alabama, is a graduate of Alabama Poly technic Institute. He did gradu ate work at the University of Maryland where he received his Ph.D. For several years he has been located at the U. S. Pecan Field Station at Brownwood, where he has done outstanding work. While at Brownwood he has de veloped, among other techniques, a method of applying plant hormones to pecan trees (up to 10 years of age) which allows them to be successfully transplanted when bare-rooted, and which holds promise in connection with the moving of other nursery stock. Details of this work will be brought out in the seminar discussion. SOME PICTORIAL HIGHLIGHTS OF AGGIELAND’S FIRST “UGLY BOY” CONTEST—(Top) Field Artillery Band junior Roy Chappell, who came out third in the primary of The Battalion’s “Ugly Boy” contest, is shown being paraded around the mess hall by enthusiastic “supporters”—Aggie Band ‘fish’. Say the signs: “If you think I’m ugly—You ought to see Chappell!” (Lower left) Jack “Gas Mask” Fugate, senior of Second Headquarters Field and another strong contender in the primary, is seen at a happy moment with campaign manager Jimmie Cokinos, who did some good “barking” in Jack’s behalf. (Right) Jack shakes hands with rival Eddie “Alley Oop” Hall, Company A Infantry senior who came in first in the primary. This was just following a soapbox speech and a hillbilly serenade for Hall. Five Men Listed On 2nd Ballot Contest Winner To Be Announced In Newscast Friday By George Fuermann Today’s the day! Enthusiasm and excitement on Backwash’s Ugly Boy contest reaches an all-time peak as cadets begin balloting in the runoff elec tion to select Aggieland’s King of the Uglies. With two weeks of colorful, spirited, and energetic campaign ing behind them, Eddie Hall, S. D. Martin, Roy Chappell, Maurice Shepherd, and Irvin Thompson have given their all in behalf of their respective candidacies. From here on out it’s up to the corps. Attracting national attention, the unique contest, which is the first of its kind in Aggieland’s history, comes to a close tomor row noon. With “politickin’ ” and “vote-cornering” taking on a pro fessional aspect, candidates are staging last minute rallies, pa- i-ades, and demonstrations in the college’s most exciting election in years. The ballot-box stuffing and high- powered electioneering of the first primary were given three strikes in the runoff election as the commit tee of forty-one cadets in charge of the election set up new rules. First sergeants of each organiza tion and project house managers will collect the ballots and are “honor-bound” to see to it that no one votes more than once. Un signed ballots will not be counted, the committee ruled. Before 1:30 Friday, all first sergeants and managers will turn in their ballots (Continued on page 4) COLLEGE STATION GIRL HONORED AT BARNARD News has been received here of the election of Miss Ruth Tauben- haus, daughter of Mrs. J. J. Tau- benhaus of College Station, as president of the student body at Barnard College in New York City in the spring elections, which are to select student officers for next year. Miss Taubenhaus, who is a jun ior this year, has held a student office each year she has been in school. She attended A. & M. Consoli dated School and then spent her junior and senior years in the Bry an high school. Finns, If Still Here Next Saturday, Will Get Half of Sports Day Proceeds Plans Being Made for Biggest Cotton Pagean* School History by Energetic Student Man?^ There may not be a Finland left by the time Sports Day comes around Saturday, but if there is, the Finns will get half of the proceeds of the gate and the T Club will get the other half. A full afternoon of sports events will be staged in the Kyle Field area with the highlight being the final football tilt of the training season for the championship of the squad and the baseball game between the Aggies and the Grand Prize team from Hon '•>. There will also v : es of 4 4ors $ Harry Forbes, agronomy senior of B Cavalry and the Agronomy Society’s social secretary of the 1940 Cotton Ball, Pageant and Style Show. ■f Work and plans for this year’s^ biggest and best Cotton Ball are well under way and going strong. Fairly humming with motion, the various committees are in the midst of their busiest activity. Two of these busy people are Byron Bing and Harry Forbes. Bing is the business manager for the affair, and he is busy sending and answering requests for the 80 duchesses that will parade in the Pageant. Forbes is working in connection with The Fashion Store of Houston in connection with the program, and is helping with the floor show. Both boys are com peting in the Cotton Study con test to make the annual prize tour. The seniors in the Architect De partment made a trip to Houston Monday to get a preview of the Syle Show that The Fashion will present before the spectators at the Cotton Pageant in the gym. The trip was made for the ex- (Continued on page 4) Byron Bing, agronomy senior of B Infantry and the Agronomy So ciety’s business manager of the annual functions known over the state. ►races between the football players in full uniform. This will give track coach Dough Rollins a chance to pick four men for his track team. At the Fat Stock Show field and track events, there will be a race using four football players who participated in winter prac tice. The race will be run as a relay and the men will wear foot ball uniforms. Instead of passing a baton they will pass a football. In the past the Sports Day has attracted a large gathering and it is hoped that the crowd this year will shatter all records. Some 5,000 are expected to witness the events. Admission will be $0.25 for students and $0.50 for visitors and others. Dallas Mothers Make Second Gift To Reading Fund Receipt of a $60.00 donation by the Dallas A. & M. Mothers’s Club to the students’ general read ing fund was announced this week by Dr. T. F. Mayo, librarian. This is the second donation made by the Dallas club this school year and brings their total gift to the reading fund up to $75.00. Donations for the school year total $365.50. Included among these are donations from the Ft. Worth A. & M. Mother’s Club, the San Antonio A. & M. Mother’s Club, the Temple A. & M. Moth er’s Club, the San Angelo A. & M» Mother’s Club, and the Dallas A. & M. Mother’s Club, and numer ous others. An anonymous gift of $10.50 has also been received by the library as an addition to the fund. Source of the gift could not be determined. A.V.M.A., With 212 Members, Is One Of Campus’ Most Active Organizations By George Fuermann Two hundred and twelve active members, an energetic executive committee, responsible and inter ested faculty sponsors, and an or ganization with a revived spirit— such, in a few words, is the A. & M. student chapter of the Amer ican Veterinary Medical Associa tion. It was in 1920 that the organiza tion was founded by the first grad uating class of the veterinary school. And a small enough be ginning it was. From its original six charter members, the organiza tion has grown until today it is one of the largest on the Aggie campus. For thirteen years it was known as the Veterinary Club, but in 1933 it became affiliated with the sen ior A.V.M.A., an important step in adding prestige to the club. Purposes of the local A.V.M.A. chapter are three-fold. First, it is an organization to bring togeth er in a single unit the veterinary students of the college; second, the organization attempts to build a sense of professional consciousness and fraternalism among its mem bers; and, finally, to bring together socially and educationally the mem bers of the veterinary profession. At A.V.M.A. meetings, which are held bi-monthly In the Veterinary Hospital lecture room, nationally prominent speakers in the veteri nary field are presented, social activities are held, and technical discussions on subjects salient to veterinary students are featured once each month. Officers of the local chapter in clude R. J. Rodgers, president; O. (Continued on page 4)