TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1940-
Civil Engineers Visit Houston’s
Parker Brothers On Inspection Trip
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Recently the civil engineers of The raw materials are fed by
A. & M. paid a visit to Parker gravity through gates to an enor-
CONSOLIDATED
CONCERT MAY 8
IN GUION HALL
Bros, and Co., Inc., of Houston.
After visiting the various depart
ments, the students and accompany
ing professors were guests of the
company at dinner.
Parker Brothers, producers and
distributors of shell, sand, gravel,
and cement, are acclaimed as be
ing the most modern and efficient
company of this kind in the South.
The plant is situated at the foot
of Engel St. on the Houston Ship
Channel in Houston, Texas, the
site consisting of approximately
200,000 square feet, with a front
age of 1,200 feet on the channel
itself. Some 750 feet of this front
age is accupied by a concrete dock,
where sand and gravel 'from the
San Jacinto River and shell from
Galveston Bay are unloaded by
crane into stock piles paralleling
the dock and extending its full
length.
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mous conveyor of belts and wheels
which extends the entire length
of the stock piles; this system,
though only 30 inches wide, moves
300 tons per hour while operating
at “cruising” capacity. The over
all capacity of the plant is fixed by
the main conveyor, which while
designed for fifteen hundred tons
per day, quite frequently delivers
more than 50,000 tons per month.
AH material prepared for local
use is delivered in hydraulic dump
trucks of four yards’ capacity. In
addition to this equipment, there
are garages for 50 mixer and
dump trucks, as well as a repair
shop, a club room for the em
ployees, a cement warehouse, and
an office building; all of these
departments are connected by a
loudspeaker intercommunicating
system. Also the plant has its own
short-wave radio station used for
the purpose of directing tugboats
and dredges, either en route or at
work.
TAR TO WIN’ IS OUT;
IT TAKES SUB-PAR NOW
Golf professionals are agreed
that par-busting has been greater
this winter on the gold-paved cir
cuit than ever before. Ability to
hit par golf is getting to mean a
lot less than it once did. The big
money is going to sub-par hitters
most of the time now.
Dunn To Direct Little
Symphony Orchestra
Pupils from the first grade
through high school will participate
in an all-school music festival be
ing sponsored by the A. & M. Con
solidated School Wednesday night,
May 8, in Guion Hall. The College
Station Little Symphony Orches
tra, the Rhythm Band, and the
Choral Club will be included in the
program.
The Little Symphony Orchestra,
under the direction of Col. R. J.
Dunn, was the first-place winner
last year in the State Contest at
Huntsville, as well as the first
division soloists in the National
Contest in Abilene. The orchestra,
which now includes thirty-one play
ers from the fourth grade through
high school, has also won four
other awards in music contests.
The present Choral Club was or
ganized by Miss Caroline Mitchell
to foster group singing among high
school girls. The group now has
thirty-two girls.
The Rhythm Band, made up of
fifty first-grade children, was first
organized in 1936. This year it is
under the direction of Mrs. A. E.
Jones and Mrs. R. R. Lyle. The
children are taught melody and
tempo by playing percussion in
struments, following a melody
played on victrola or piano.
Tickets for the concert may be
obtained from any student taking
part in the program or they may
be obtained at the door. Prices are
25 cents for adults and 10 cents
for children.
I.
Rhythm Band
1. National Emblem March
2. Schottische Skip
3. High Stepping Horses
4. Dolly Goes A-Walking
5. Oh Where, Oh Where Has
My Little Dog Gone?
6. Amaryllis
7. Soldiers March
II.
Choral Club
1. Thank God for a Garden—
Teresa Del Riego
2. Trees—Rasbach
3. Come to the Fair—Martin
III
Little Symphony Orchestra
1. Three Brothers Overture
from Opera “The Horatii and Cur-
iatii”—Domenico Cimarosa
2. Passacaglia and Fughetta—
Harold M. Johnson
3. Solo for Violin: Concerto No.
1 in A Minor Played by Mary Le-
land—J. B. Accolay
4. Angel’s Serenade—G. Braga.
Played by Graduating Seniors, Vio
lins: Alice Silvey, Beatrice Ivy;
Violincello: Tom Leland; Clarinets:
Benton Taylor, Douglass Lancast
er; Piano: Peggy Paine.
5. In a Persian Market—Albert
Ketelbey
6. Memories of Stephen Foster
—Stephen Foster
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GOLD MEDALS
ARE AWARDED
WINNING JUDGES
Gold medals were awarded to
the three high scoring judges in
Saturday’s poultry judging con
test, the first contest ever held
for those students taking Poultry
Husbandry 201.
The gold medals given to the
winners were donated by the How
ell Lumber Company, G. S. Parker
Lumber Company, and the Wood-
son Lumber Company, all of Bryan.
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THE BATTALION
Steve Steps Out
Steven A. Debnam, ’26
Steven A. Debnam, ’26, for the
past seven years county agricul
tural agent at Midland, resigned
recently to devote full time to his
personal business, operation of the
West Texas Range Improvement
Company, and the manufacture and
sale of a contouring furrowing
plow which he has perfected and
patented. He will continue to make
his home at Midland.
Associated with Debnam in the
West Texas Range Improvement
Company, is R. S. Elliott, ’38. They
have three units operating at
present in counties near Midland.
Debnam has gained nationwide
prominence in soil conservation
work, due to the progress made
on ranches of Midland County in
pastures furrowing under his di
rection. He has perfected a plow
for such work which includes a
dam at intervals, preventing wash
ing of rain water down the fur
rows themselves.
The many friends of Debnam
and Elliott wish them every suc
cess in their new undertaking.
Pt. Arthur’s New
City Manager
Bill N. Taylor, ’19
Bill N. Taylor, ’19, city manager
of Longview since 1928, has re
signed that position to accept the
city managership of Port Arthur.
He moved to the latter city and
assumed his duties there on April
30.
Taylor received his degree from
A. & M. in civil engineering in
1919. Prior to going to Longview
as city manager in 1928, he was
with the Standard Oil Company of
Texas. He has served Longview
as its city manager during the
period of that city’s greatest ex
pansion brought about by the de
velopment of the East Texas oil
fields. He is a member of the
American Society of Civil Engi
neers, has served as president of
the Longview Rotary Club and as
vice-president of the League of
Texas Municipalities. He is mar
ried and has three children.
As a student at A. & M., Taylor
was a member of the Ross Vol
unteers, and a captain in the cadet
corps commanding D Company In
fantry in his senior year. Citi
zens and city officials at Port
Arthur have expressed great sat
isfaction in his acceptance of the
managership of their city.
Edith Thomas Named
TSCW Vice-President
Heated campaigning put Miss
Edith Thomas of College Station in
the position of vice-president of
the senior class at Texas State Col
lege for Women for the coming
school year 1940-41.
Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F. L.
Thomas, Miss Thomas has been
active in extracurricular affairs.
She is majoring in business admin
istration and is now a junior stu
dent.
Going into office in the fall, Miss
Thomas will be an officer in the
campus College Government As
sociation and will work with the
Student Council.
Five Cadets Will
Fence in Coming
Conference Meet
Falling in line with the big
weekend of sports all over the
Southwest Conference this week
will be the fencing meet at Austin
Friday, May 10, and Saturday,
May 11.
Little has been heard of the
Aggie fencing team this year al
though they have gone through
the year with a half-and-half
average.
Five men will compose the team
to represent the cadets in Austin
next weekend and will attempt to
defend the Southwest Conference
Championship which they now hold.
Tom Akarman, team captain, will
be defending the foil champion
ship, Jim Rominger the epee cham
pionship, and Leroy Everett will
be attempting to hold the saber
title.
Baylor will be the threat team
of the meet as they carried off
Fort Worth last month and with
Shaudies at the head will deal
Texas, Southern Methodist, A. &
M., and possibly Rice and Texas
Christian a bit of misery.
The team is practicing in the
freshman gym each evening and a
good freshman turnout has been
shown.
Poultry Club To
Honor D. H. Reid
Professor D. H. Reid, head of the
Poultry Husbandry Department of
Texas A. & M. College since 1924,
will be honored at a special ban
quet at Sbisa Hall, Saturday, May
25, Fred Price, president of the A.
& M. Poultry Science Club, reports.
All poultry husbandry graduates,
Texas hatcherymen, poultry breed
ers, feed manufacturers, and oth
ers in the poultry industry or al
lied industries are being given
special invitations to attend.
Professor Reid has been active
in poultry improvement in Texas
since he came to A. & M. College
from Wisconsin University 16
years ago. His school work was
done at Wisconsin under Professor
Jimmie Halpin. Professor Reid has
been chairman of the poultry im
provement committee of the Texas
Baby Chick Association since its
appointment. He has supervised
the training of all flock selecting
and testing agents qualified by the
Hatcherymen’s Association. The
poultry farm at the College has
been built into a modern two thou
sand hen capacity plant, and ev
ery phase of the poultry enterprise
is being taught under his direction.
The banquet plans are under the
direction of Alex G. Warren, Pres
ident of The National Collegiate
Poultry Science Club, and member
of the local club.
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M ECORD
1 ELEASES
A perfect example of the famous
Hal Kemp style which so indelibly
stamps this orchestra as one of
the smartest of the sweet-swing
bands is found on the new Victor
disc in BELIEVING and THEY
OUGHT TO WRITE A BOOK
ABOUT YOU. The first is a me
dium slow tempo ballad while the
other is played by Kemp and the
boys in a swingier fashion. Bob
Allen’s delightful baritone pur
veys the lyrics of both.
Artie Shaw’s second Victor rec
ord, 26563, comprises an excellent
new song written by Quenzer and
Shaw, and the famous continental
ballad of a few season ago,
GLOOMY SUNDAY. DON’T FALL
ASLEEP is the title of Shaw’s
new tune, and Pauline Byrne ap
pears as vocalist on both sides of
this record, sharing with Artie’s
clarinet the featured solo spots.
Truly, this Shaw double is a mag
nificent example of dance music
in the most modern idiom.
CECILIA is an oldie, but the
steady increase of interest in this
selection gives promise of a re
birth of popularity. DAY DREAMS
COME TRUE AT NIGHT was
composed by Dick Jurgens and is
a medium tempo sweet song in
contrast to CECILIA’S more rhy
thmic style. This Bluebird record
ing by Shep Fields features Hal
Derwin on the vocals for both se
lections.
THE RHUMBA JUMPS! was
written by Johnny Mercer and
Hoagy Carmichael and is here j
swung by Glenn Miller. In this I
selection from “Three After Three” I
Glen outdoes himself in providing j
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INTRAMURALS
By Jack Hollimon
The final for the volleyball
championship was played Wednes
day and F Battery Field Artillery
came through to win by a score
of 2 to 1 over the scrappy ‘A’
C.W.S. team. The final was a fit
ting climax with the game see-saw
ing back and forth until the final
whistle found the Field club on
top. Merriman, Sedberry, Morgan,
and DePasqual turned in stellar
performances for the winners,
while Brown was the star for the
losing A C.W.S. team.
Softball diamonds saw several
tight games take place with C
F. A. being defeated by E Infan
try 7-6, B Coast being taken by
3rd Hq. Field Artillery 3-1, and
1st Hq. Field Artillery nosing out
G Infantry 9-8. After “Farmer”
Black was shelled off the mound
in an early inning. Leo Weber
went in to quell the noisy bats of
E Coast Artillery, but the Hq.
Cavalry went down to defeat 11-5,
despite his fast one.
In the horseshoe pitching, A
Engineers galloped over the A
Battery Coast Artillery by a score
of 3-0. In the B class competition,
the Infantry Band was victorious
in the quarter finals by dropping E
Engineers 2-1.
a solid record of tremendous appeal.
Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke
join for the vocal work on THE
RHUMBA JUMPS! while Ray
Eberle sings the medium tempo
ballad, I’LL NEVER SMILE
AGAIN. This popular record is
numbered B-10673.
STATE CONFERENCE FOR
VOCATIONAL TEACHERS
TO BE HELD IN AUGUST
The annual state conference for
teachers of vocational agriculture
will be held at Texas A. & M. Col
lege, August 7-10, according to an
announcement made here by Prof-
E. R. Alexander, head of the de
partment of agricultural education
at the college.
R. A. Manire, state director of
agricultural education, State Board
of Education, Austin, will serve as
chairman during the four-day meet
ing. Approximately 700 teachers,
supervisors and superintendents
are expected to attend.
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