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NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
VOL. 39 122 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1940
Z725 NO. 86
FULL WEEKEND PROGRAM HERE HONORS PARENTS
Engineers Exhibit
Their Departments
Today at 11th Show
Everything From Chemical Flowers To
Model Steel Bridge Will Be Displayed
For the eleventh successive year A. & M. Engineers will demon
strate machinery, materials and operations in six departments of engi
neering today from 9:00 a. m. to 9 p. m. A large crowd of mothers and
dads, arriving early for the Mothers’ and Dad’s Day program, stu
dents and other visitors are expected to visit the departmental shows.
Wm. P. Smith, Jr., president of the student chapter of the Ameri
can Institute of Electrical Engineers, is in general charge of the pro
gram, which has been arranged in a systematic order so that visitors
may go from one exhibition to another.
Dean F. C. Bolton announces that because of Engineers’
Day activities, junior and senior engineering students will be
excused from all Saturday classes.
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The departments participating in the show and the program they
offer are as follows:
The Architecture Department’s show will be on the fourth floor
of the Academic Building, among the sculptures and architectural
materials. Open house will be held with student guides on hand to show
the visitors through the department. Exhibits will include representar-
tive student work, and work of prominent Texas architects.
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The Chemical Engineers’ exhibit, in the Chemistry Building, will
be under the supervision of A. T. Hingle. The outstanding attraction
of that department will be a liquid air show in the lecture room which
will be given three times—at 2:00 p. m., 4:00 p. m., and 8:00 p. m.
Other individual projects will be
1. Model sulphur plant.
2. Plastic golf tees from furfural.
3. Paper from Southern yellow pine.
4. Cellulose acetate plastics.
5. Soap exhibit.
6. Photography.
7. Chemical Warfare Demonstration—3:00 p. m.
8. What goes into a chemical engineer.
9. Model lead chamber sulfuric acid process.
10. Chromium plating.
11. Model cottrell precipitator.
12. Chemical flowers.
13. Overflowing oil well.
14. Nitrating cellulose.
15. Lie detector.
16. Finger printing (clock reactions).
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Chairman of the exhibit for the Civil Engineering Department for
this year is Jack West. Equipment for all branches of work in this
department will be on display in the Civil Engineering Building. The
following displays are planned:
1. Highway laboratory; all equipment on display.
2. Hydraulics Laboratory.
a. Triangular wier.
b. Pumps.
c. Gages.
d. “Fountain of Youth.”
3. Soils Laboratory.
a. Equipment on display.
b. Experiments run on different types of soils.
4. Strength laboratory.
a. Equipment on display.
b. Testing concrete cylinders.
c. Trick weighing apparatus.
5. Surveying display.
a. Equipment on display.
b. Plane table demonstration.
c. Display of old field notes collected from original surveyors
in Texas.
6. Special problem.
Construction of a steel bridge with a concrete floor and sand-
asphalt pavement approach.
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The largest of the engineering department exhibits belongs to the
Electrical engineers, whose twenty-six exhibits will Show some of the
latest and most interesting developments in the electrical field. The
exhibit will be in the Electrical Engineering Building, and will include:
1. Tesla Coil demonstration.
2. High voltage exhibit using a surge generator.
3. High voltage show using a swinging pendulum to draw spark.
4. Trick appearing to change individual’s head to skull.
5. Fluorescent lamp display.
6. Polarized light exhibits.
7. Stroboscope exhibit.
8. “Magic” control devices using the photo-electric cell.
9. Small train controlled completely and entirely by voice.
10. Short wave radio display.
11. Voice transmission by light.
12. Model illumination display.
13. Signal Corps show.
14. Small motor driven by heat (sunrays or flame of a match).
15. Popcorn popped (no heat; eddy currents in iron core).
16. Strength test (crank or rotor of synchronous motor, field
on or off).
17. Small set of selysen motors to operate dials.
18. “Jumping rings” (electro-magnetic controlled ring pitching
game).
19. “Magnetic Telephone,” ordinary Bell telephone disconnected
but operating satisfactorily).
20. Demonstration using a laboratory built radio frequency unit
like those used in new medical treatment of cancer, fevers,
etc. (Plenty of heat, but can’t be felt).
21. Engineers’ Day sign.
22. Visitor counter (photo-electric cell).
23. Voice frequencies changed to light frequencies thus showing
color of person’s voice.
24. Oscillograph exhibit showing “shape” of voice.
25. Various exhibits using “variable vacuum” lighting tubes con
taining various gases.
26. Other exhibits showing trick and also worthwhile uses of
relays, etc.
There will be at least one demonstrator with each exhibit from
9:00 until the last visitor leaves that night. The exhibits will be built
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They’ll Hold Important Jobs Next Term
Wm. A. (Bill) Becker, junior of p au i Haines, junior of D Cavalry, I ack Nelson, junior of the In-
C Field Artillery, is editor-elect . r a v tw > f an try Band, is social secretary-
of the Longhorn, school annual, 18 manag^-elect of A. & M. s elect for the year 19 4 0 . 41> and
for 1940-41. Town Hall for the coming session, will manage the dance program.
Distribution of Big 1940
Longhorn Begins Wednesday
10,000 Visitors Will
Be Regaled With
Two-Day Festivities
Extensive Program Planned To Make
Parents’ Visit To Campus Enjoyable
By LEE ROGERS
Parents of Aggies from all parts
of the state will gather at Aggie-
land this week-end for the Mothers’
and Dads’ Day review Sunday
morning when the entire cadet
corps will fall out to pay tribute
to their mothers and fathers. The
review will set off the week-end
of festivities which are staged
each year in order that the par
ents may become better acquaint
ed with the work, customs, and
school which their sons are at
tending.
In order to accommodate parents
who wish to spend Saturday night
on the campus, Walton Hall will
be vacated. Occupants will vacate
the hall in time that visitors may
move in by 3 p. m. Saturday. As
an added convenience in the new
dormitory area the lounge in Kiest
Hall will be open from 2 p. m.
Friday until 8 p. m. Sunday.
A program to make the visitors’
■stay on the campus an enjoyable
one has been worked out. From 2
p. m. until 5 p. m. Saturday the
Brazos County A. & M. Mothers
Club will, sponsor a tea which will
be held in the lobby of the Y. M.
C. A.
For those who are interested in
sports there will be a baseball
game between A. & M. and Baylor
University on Kyle Field at 2
o'clock.
President and Mrs. T. O. Wal
ton will hold a reception at their
home for the visiting parents Sat
urday evening at 7:30 and from 9
until 12 Russ Morgan will play for
the Corps dance in Sbisa Hall.
At 8:30 Sunday morning all or
ganizations will fall out for the
traditional flower-pinning cere
mony that is carried out before
the review each year. The flowers
are pinned on the blouse of each
cadet by the organization corn-
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The Longhorn for 1939-40 wilk
be ready for distribution begin
ning Wednesday. Because there is
a review for federal inspection
scheduled at 1:00 p. m., the year
books will be passed out begin
ning at 3:00 p. m. According to
Doug Watson, business manager of
the Longhorn, since time will be
limited, distribution will be made
only to seniors Wednesday after
noon.
This year’s Longhorn is the larg
est, not only in pages, but in total
number distributed, that has ever
been published at the college. An
even 500 pages are in the book, and
4,200 have been printed and bound.
The binding of the Longhorn is
blue and silver, and further color
is added to the book by the natural
color pictures of the campus
buildings. “This will add much to
the appearance of the book, and
will make it lasting and colorful
evidence of the beauty of our cam
pus,” said George Smith, editor of
the 1940 Longhorn. Included in
the book is a special section on
►the Sugar Bowl Corps Trip, made-
up of pictures and descriptions of
the eventful New Year’s football
game when the corps followed their
National Championship Team to
the New Orleans Sugar Bowl.
Other sections on the corps, mili
tary organizations, clubs, athletics,
activities, etc., have received exten
sive treatment in this annual.
Assisting George Smith in edit
ing the 1940 Longhorn have been
managing editor James Shultz and
business manager Doug Watson.
At the recent election, Bill Becker
was selected to be the editor of
next year’s publication.
The plans for the distribution
of the books is as follows:
Seniors—Wednesday, May 15,
3:00 to 5:00.
Juniors—Thursday, May 16, 1:00
to 3:00.
Sophomores—Thursday, May 16,
3:00 to 5:00.
Freshmen—Friday, May 17, 1:00
to 5:00.
Further details of the distribu-
►tion provide that the cards and
Longhorns will be issued at the
same time this year instead of
having a time interval between
them as previously. The cards,
when signed by the designated
person, serve as a receipt for the
issuance of one copy of the book.
It is cautioned that anyone send
ing down for his copy must as
sume all responsibility for the
signature on the card.
Cards may be obtained by pre
sentation of a receipt showing
payment of the student activities
fee or payment for a Longhorn.
This receipt must be presented at
the designated time at room 22 in
the basement of the Administra
tion Building. The Longhorns will
then be distributed from room 31,
Administration Building, about 75
feet further south in the base
ment. If for any reason a stu
dent has lost his receipt, a copy
may be obtained only on Monday,
May 20, at the student publica
tions office .
GRADUATE ENGINEERS OF A. & M. WILL WEAR GOLD KEYS
IN ENDEAVOR TO MAKE PUBLIC “ENGINEER CONSCIOUS”
In order to make the people of-
this state and others more con
scious of the number of engineers
attending A. & M., the students
of the School of Engineering have
recently begun a drive for the
adoption of a distinctive key to
be worn by engineering students.
The key which has been pro
posed is a gold image of the state
of Texas, plain, with no letters
or engraving on the front side. On
the back is to be the owner’s
name, the school and the date of
his graduation. It has been sug
gested that this key become the
official insignia for the School of
Engineering, and that it be pur
chased each year by graduating
-engineers through the Registrar’s-
Office. It has also been proposed
that these keys be made available
for all engineers who have graduat
ed from A. & M.
The reason for the drive for
these keys is that most people un
der-estimate the number of engi
neers who are attending school
here because they think the school
is principally agricultural. A
checkup has shown that the peo
ple as a whole were assuming that
not more than ten per cent of the
student body are engineering stu
dents.
The student engineers are high
ly in favor of the proposed emblem,
-and due to their staunch backing
it may become a reality as soon
as it receives the official approval
of the Board of Directors.
It has not been decided as yet
who will make the keys or what
the cost will be, but it is likely
that they will be made by a firm
in Fort Worth.
Gilbert Rhoten, senior in Elec
trical Engineering, has been active
in promoting the idea, and has
made several trips to Fort Worth
for estimates.
The design which will be used
was submitted by Dean Gib Gil
christ to the student committee,
and was favored unanimously by
the committee members.
ARCHITECTURAL DEPARTMENT TO
SPONSOR HOUSING CONFERENCE
Nationally-known representatives”
of all branches of the building in
dustry will take part in a Confer
ence on the Low-Cost House at
Texas A. & M. May 17-18.
They will be headed by Richard
J. Neutra, of Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia, one of the outstanding ar
chitects of the country. Speakers
from outside the state will also
include Ray Crow, engineer of the
Sales Production Division of the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company, Birmingham, Alabama;
J. C. Conway, vice-president of the
Federal Home Loan Bank, Little
Rock, Arkansas; G. C. Harmon,
Land Planning Consultant of th-
Federal Housing Administration,
St. Louis, Missouri; Joseph West
on, Douglas Fir Plywood Associa
tion, Los Angeles, California; and
P. M. Woodworth, housing consult
ant from Portland Cement Asso
ciation, Chicago, Illinois.
Speakers from Texas are head
ed by Maury Maverick, mayor of
San Antonio; E. L. Crain, develop
er of Garden Oaks in Houston; Ray
Morrison, of Holland’s Magazine,
Fort Worth; and Howard Meyer
and O’Neil Ford, architects, of Dal
las. Dr. T. O. Walton, president of
the college, and Dean Gibb Gil
christ of the School of Engineer
ing, as well as members of the Ar
chitectural Department staff, will
also participate in the program.
The Conference is being sponsor
ed by the Department of Architect
ure of the School of Engineering
and the Architectural Club of Tex
as A. & M.
BAPTIST CHURCH
TO HAVE SPECIAL
SERVICES SUNDAY
The First Baptist Church of Col
lege Station will have a special
Mothers’ Day program during its
services Sunday. The program
which will be given at the morn
ing services will include a read
ing by Miss Betty Sue Akins and
a mixed quartet, singing “If I
Could Hear My Mother Pray
Again” by Vaughn. Cadet James
Berhman will bring a tribute to
“Father,” and W. E. Kent, presi
dent of the Baptist Student Union,
will pay a tribute to “Mother.”
The pastor will close the service
with a short appropriate message
for the occasion.
The pastor’s subject for the eve
ning service will be “Our Crum-
I bling Foundation,” and Mrs. J. M.
j Miller will sing “My Mother’s
Prayer.”
^Mothers’ and Dads’ Day Drogram
SATURDAY, MAY 11
Engineers’ Show—Open House—All
Engineering Departments 9:00 A. M.- 9:00 P. M.
Tea Honoring All Visiting Parents—
Y. M. C. A. Lobby by Brazos
County A. & M. Mothers’ Club .... 2:00 P. M.- 5:00 P. M.
Baseball Game—Baylor vs. A. & M 2:00 P. M.
Picture Show in Assembly Hall 6:45 & 8:45 P. M.
Reception at President’s Home 7:30 P. M.
Corps Dance in Mess Hall 9:00-12.00 P. M.
SUNDAY, MAY 12
Pinning of Flowers on Cadets 8:30- 9:30 A. M
Review of Cadet Corps for Mothers 10:00 A. M.
Program at Guion Hall Honoring
Mothers and Dads 11:15 A. M.
Lunch .*. 12:15 P.M.
Dormitories, Except Walton Hall,
Open to Visitors 1:30- 3:30 P. M.
Ross Volunteer’s Exhibition Drill 2:30- 3:30 P. M.
Concert by A. & M. Band, in Triangle
Near the President’s Home 3:30- 4:30 P. M.
AGGIE BAND CONCERT
MAY 12, 3:30-4:30
1. March: “Landa Park” Hayward
2. Overture: “II Guarany” Gomez
3. Solo for Trumpet: “Brown’s Autograph Polka” Casey
Performed by Cadet Capt. Merrill Smith, ’40.
4. Valse des Fleurs: from “Nut Cracker Suite”, Tschaikowski
5. Divertissement: “Dizzy Fingers” Confrey
6. Tone Poem: “Finlandia”’ Sibelius
William Bilsing, Harpist.
Richard J. Dunn, Conductor.
In case of inclement weather the concert will be played
at Guion Hall.
Annual Inspection of ROIC Units At
A. & M. To Be Held Tuesday, Wednesday
Beginning Tuesday morning at.,
8 a. m. and extending through
Wednesday, the annual federal in
spection of R.O.T.C. units will be
carried on at A. & M. by a board
of eight army officers represent
ing the Eighth Corps Area.
The board will be headed by
Colonel Edward A. Keyes, Cav.,
Civilian Components Officer, Head
quarters Eighth Corps Area, Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. Other mem
bers of the board include Col.
Theodore K. Spencer, Inf., Head
quarters Eighth Corps Area; Col.
Oscar C. Warner of the Coast Ar
tillery; Lieut.-Col. Edward Mont
gomery of the Chemical Warfare
Service; Major John E. Maher,
Cavalry; Major Howard M. C.
Yost, Corps of Engineers; and Ma
jor William F. Kernan of the Field
Artillery. The officer from the
Signal Corps will be designated at
a later date.
The inspection will determine
I the rating of the college for the
j coming year. Grades of Excellent,
Satisfactory, and Unsatisfactory
| are given by the board, and ac-
I cording to Col. Moore, this college
! has never in its history failed to
I receive its rating of Excellent,
j Colleges receiving this Excellent
.rating are eligible to wear the blue
star on the right sleeve of the dress
uniform.
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Major General Walter C. Baker,
Chief of the Chemical Warfare
Service, will visit the campus May
17 and 18 to present the Baker
Trophy to the best drilled platoon
in the Chemical Warfare Service.
General Baker will arrive at 10
a. m. Friday and will be met by
a Cavalry escort, which will con
duct him to the President’s office.
As soon as he enters the campus
he will be given the cannon sa
lute prescribed for a Major Gen
eral. During the afternoon General
Baker will review the Corps and
during the review will present the
Trophy to the 2nd Platoon, Com
pany C, Chemical Warfare, which
won this trophy for the year 1939-
40 in competition with the other
platoons of the Chemical Warfare
Service.
Cadet 1st Lieutenant B. C. Barn
es is the Platoon Commander of
the winning platoon. The Platoon
Sergeant is Cadet Staff Sergeant
C. H. Colgin, Jr. and the platoon
ammunition sergeant is Cadet Ser
geant R. L. Sweeney.