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THE BATTALION
ANNUAL FEDERAL
INSPECTION OF
ROTC FINISHED
Review Friday Canceled
As General Baker Unable
To Forego Official Duties
The annual federal inspection of
all units of the Reserve Officers
Training Corps at A. & M. was
completed Wednesday afternoon
after a corps review in which both
mounted and motorized units par
ticipated and reports are expect
ed in the near future as to the
A. & M. College rating for the
year.
The board of inspectors was
headed by Colonel Edward A.
Keyes, Cavalry, Civilian Compo
nents Officer, Headquarters Eighth
Corps Area, Fort Sam Houston,
Texas. The remainder of the board
was composed of Colonel Theodore
K. Spencer, Infantry, Headquarters
Eighth Corps Area; Colonel Oscar
C. Warner, Coast Artillery, First
Military Area, San Antonio, Texas;
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Mont
gomery, Chemical Warfare Ser
vice, Headquarters Eighth Corps
Area; Major John E. Maher, Cav
alry, Central Catholic High School,
San Antonio, Texas; Major Howard
M. Yost, C. E., A. & M. College
of Oklahoma, Stillwater, Okla
homa; and Major William F.
Kernan, Field Artillery, Ball High
School, Galveston, Texas.
The inspection program consist
ed of visits to the classes and
drills of the various military units
and a full-dress review of the
entire cadet corps.
The results of the inspection will
determine the rating of the col
lege for the coming year. The
board gives grades on the basis
of Excellent, Satisfactory, and Un
satisfactory, and it is expected
that, as in all previous years, A.
& M. will maintain its rating of
Excellent. The R. 0. T. C. mem
bers of colleges receiving the
Excellent rating are allowed to
wear a blue star on the right sleeve
of their uniform.
It has been announced by Col
onel Moore that Major General
Walter C. Baker, Chief of the
Chemical Warfare Service, who
was to visit the campus May 17 and
18 to present the Baker award to
the best drilled platoon in the
Chemical Warfare Service and re
view the cadet corps, will not be
able to be here. General Baker
called President Walton from
Washington Tuesday afternoon
and explained that duties there
will prevent his visit. As a result
of General Baker’s being unable to
be here as it had been previously
planned the review scheduled for
Friday afternoon has been can
celed.
Campus Physical Plant, Valued Now
At $15,000,000, Is Well Developed
Cushing Memorial Library Is Big
Aid to Thousands in Student Body
One of the outstanding facili-^ the agricultural collection of books
sfci Fix
SURE WE CAN and
AT MODERATE
PRICES
Call For
STUDENT CO-OP
REPAIR
North Gate
In the fifteen years from 1925 un--
til 1940, the campus physical plant
of A. & M. has increased from 69
to 135 buildings, with the fiscal
value rising from $3,552,778.86 to
approximately $15,000,000. These
buildings cover approximately 225
acres and are so situated as to
give the utmost convenience to stu
dents. Not only are the buildings
well-built and serviceable, but they
are permanent sources of beauty
in their surroundings of well-kept
shrubs and neatly trimmed grass.
The School of Agriculture is
equipped with a physical plant
valued at more than a million and
one quarter dollars. A few of the
more recently constructed build
ings are the Agriculture Building
(1922), which includes administra
tive offices, classrooms, and lab
oratories for the study of all kinds
of farm machinery; the Animal
Husbandry Pavilion (1916), which
contains a large judging arena sur
rounded by concrete seats for 1,600
spectators, besides classrooms and
offices; the Animal Industries
Building (1933), which provides
offices, classrooms, and laborator
ies for the departments of animal
husbandry; the College Creamery
(1923), which contains the dairy
laboratories and creamery, is equip
ped for the manufacture and dis
tribution of ice cream, cheese, and
market milk; and the dairy barns
(1916), which provide facilities for
the handling of various classes of
livestock.
■ The School of Engineering, which-
has a physical plant valued at ap
proximately two million dollars, in
cludes such modern buildings as
the Petroleum-Geology Building
(1932), where the geology, modern
language, and petroleum offices,
classrooms, and laboratories are lo
cated; the Chemistry Building
(1927, second wing 1929), which
contains the classrooms, offices,
and laboratories for the teaching
of all phases of chemistry; the
Physics Building (1920) is equip
ped with all the apparatus neces
sary for a thorough study of the
subject; the Electrical Engineering
Building (1912), housing offices,
classrooms, and laboratories; and
the Civil Engineering Building
(1909), which contains the oldest
engineering department of the col
lege, is thoroughly equipped for
every branch of the civil engineer
ing profession—highways, struct
ural, and hydraulic engineering.
The athletic plant has. grown
from the open field of 1903 to the
present-day stadium on Kyle Field
which will seat 35,000 spectators,
Memorial Gymnasium which has a
seating capacity of 3,500, a swim
ming pool which will accommodate
600 spectators, and an auxiliary
gymnasium for use chiefly in in
tramural activities. There are four
teen tennis courts, both clay and
concrete; baseball diamonds, and
fields for football and speedball.
The Y. M. C. A. has a reading
and writing room and a parlor
■where various club meetings are
held, and, in addition, fine rec
reation rooms with four bowling
alleys, billiard tables and ping-
pong tables. Plans are now being
formulated for the construction of
a new $300,000 Y. M. C. A. build
ing near the new dormitories and
for the expenditure of $50,000 for
repairs on the present “Y”. The
new “Y” will contain a 4,000-
square-foot floor for dancing, read
ing and writing rooms, recreation
room and 30 guest rooms.
The history of A. & M. dormitor
ies goes back to the construction
of Gathright Hall in 1876, followed
by Austin Hall in 1886, and Pfeuf-
fer Hall in 1887. Then as time
went on and the student body of
A. & M. became larger and larger,
Ross (1888) and Foster (1899) were
built; from this time on the dor
mitories have necessarily become
greater both in size and number,
until at present 11 older halls are
in use and 12 new ones. Sbisa Hall,
the largest dining hall in the world,
serves the original 11 halls. A new
dining hall of like capacity serves
the 12 new dormitories.
A few other campus buildings
are the Administration Building,
the Museum, the Cushing Memorial
Library, with over seventy
thousand valumes and some 350
periodicals, and the Academic
Building, which contains the mili
tary offices, various classrooms,
and the Architectural, English, Ec
onomics, History, and Mathematics
departments.
Official Notices
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
May 16 & 17—Radio Club benefit show.
Assembly Hall, 7 p. m.
May 16 & 17—A.I.E.B. benefit show.
Assembly Hall, 7 p.
May 17—Junior A.
.V.M.A. Dance, Sbisa
May
Hall, 9 p. m. to 1 a. m.
ice of Surveyin
May 22—Reserve Day Banquet, Sbis
all, 9 p.
May 20
& 21—Conference of Surveying
& 24—Fish & Game Club and
Hall, 7 p.
May 23
Poultry Science Club benefit show. As
sembly Hall, 7 p. m.
May 30—Junior Prom
May 31—-Commencement Services, Guion
Hall, 10:30 a. m.
May 31—Final Ball
CITY TAXES
AH taxpayers of the city of College
Station will render their taxes for the
year 1940 beginning April 15th at the
City Office.
ENGINEERING LECTURE
All senior and junior engineering stu
dents are excused from class at 11 a. m.
Friday, May 17, to hear Mr. A. F. Dick
erson, of the General Electric Company,
speak on “Illumination of the Golden
Gate Exposition”, in the Assembly' Hall.
F. C. BOLTON, Dean
FRESHMAN CROPS CONTEST
The annual Freshman Crops Judging
and Identification Contest will be held
Thursday afternoon. May 16, in two
periods: 1-3 p. m. and 3-5 p. m. The
contest will be held on the third floor
of the Agricultural Engineering Build-
ing. All freshman students in the School
; invited to er
uals will rece
ing bu i-
ness firms: Luke Patranella, Aggie Clean-
studer
of Agriculture are invited to enter. Th
vill receiv
le followin
ella, Aggie
ers, A. M. Waldrop & Company, Ex-
five high individuals will receive
medals contributed by the follow!
The
gold
busi-
_ iy,
change Store, and Casey’s Confection
ery. The high-point man will also have
his name engraved on the Howell Plaque.
TRIP TO OBSERVATORY
Dr. Evarts V. DePew of San Antonio
has extended an invitation to the alumni
of the University of Chicago and their
families to visit the McDonald Observa
tory on June 27. All alumni interested in
making this trip please see me in room
321, Chemistry Building, soon so that
the necessary arangements may be made.
W. M. POTTS
RENT HOUSES LISTED
Those residents of College Station who
wish to rent their house for the summer,
please list it with the Commandant’s
Office.
WILL YOUR CAR
STAND OUR
TEST?
A factory test for good
driving condition is what
we give it. If it doesn’t
pass the test — let us
make it fit to, with com
plete spring servicing.
C. F. (Red) Gray, Mgr.
Walter Eldred, Mechanic
AGGIE SERVICE
STATION
2 Blocks East of North
Gate - Phone C-400
MATHEMATICS CONTESTANTS
The final examinations in the Mathe
matics Contests will be held in the
Chemistry lecture room, Thursday, May
16, beginning at 7:30 p. m.
The students whose names appear below
have qualified for these examinations.
Sophomores
Ashford, Fred, Jr.; Barker, J.; Calvert,
C. E. ;Doak, Robert A.; Doughty, E. G.;
Hardie, B.; Holliday, J. M.; King, Gerald
R.; Lamberson, J. L.; Landua, A. J.;
Miller, M. A.; Pearce, R. B.; Perkins, G.
M.; Puckett, Q. M. ;Rollins, H. M.; Sinex,
J. M. ;Skidmore, R. G.; Swain, W. C.;
Thompson, J. W.; Tomaso, Louie.
Freshmen
Adkisson, W. M.; Allen, T. W.; Baen,
Spencer Roe ;Baird, Jack A.; Blasdel, J.
Organizations
PRESBYTERIAN YOUNG PEOPLE
The Presbyterian Young People in the
day School and League divis
ing
Rev. Anderson’s home at 6:30 this com
ing Friday evening.
Sunday School and League division are
invited to the hay ride leaving from
HEART O’ TEXAS, MOUNTAINEERS
CLUB
All boys in the Heart O’ Texas and
Mountaineers Club, and boys in the area
covered by it that did not join last fall,
are reminded to pay 50 cents to Bob
Langford or Walton Lehmberg if they
plan to attend the club picnic Thursday
afternoon at 5 p. m. May 16.
Classified
FOR SALE—Golf clubs. Set of 5 matched
irons and canvas bags. Very reasonably
priced. P. D. Stein, 16 Legett.
FOR SALE—By Student. 80-cu.-in. Har-
Putz Motorcycle Shop, Bryan.
FOR SALE—Cheap. Size 37 blouse; 14%
by 33 serge shirt; bombay boot breeches,
30 waist; Jr.-Sr. slacks, 30 waist; cam
paign hat, size 7 ; cap, size 7; and pair
of spurs. Possession immediately. C. M.
Hopkins, 214 hall 12.
FOR RENT—Nicely furnished
apartment, just off campus. Av:
after June 7. Apply at 103 Fairview,
College Park.
A. & M. RADIO STATION
PIONEER IN BROADCAST
The Texas A. & M. College radio
broadcast station WTAW is not
the most powerful in Texas, but it
is one of the older stations, since
it began operations in 1912.
This station also enjoys the hon
or of being the first to broadcast
a football game, in 1919, by the
Morse code.
Fish Crops Contest
To Be Held Today
The Annual Freshman Crops
Judging Contest will be held this
afternoon on the third floor of the
Agricultural Engineering Building.
The contest is open to all fresh
man students in the School of Agri
culture and will be held in two
periods in order to accommodate
all students expected to enter. The
first period will be from 1:00 £0
3:00 and the second from 3:00 to
5:00.
The five high individuals in the
contest will receive gold medals
contributed by Bryan and College
Station firms, and the individual
making the highest score in the
contest will have his name en
graved on the Howell Plaque
which hangs in the Agriculture
Building.
Headquarters
For
Leather Goods
NOCONA BOOTS
Make our store your
headquarters when in
Bryan.
E. E. YEAGER
HARDWARE CO.
-THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940
170,141,183,460,231,687,303,715,864,
105,727 is the largest number
that cannot be divided by any other
number.
ties, educational and recreational,
at Texas A. & M. College is Cush
ing Library, in charge of Dr.
Thomas F. Mayo, widely known
for his literary ability and achieve
ments and a close friend of thous
ands of former and present Ag
gies.
The present building, a beauti
ful structure with many unusual
interior features, was erected in
1930 at a cost of $250,000, and is
designed to serve the college for
many years to come.
The library contains more than
70,000 volumes, covering a wide
range. The library is also the de
pository for state and federal doc
uments, and thus much additional
source material is made available
for students and research workers.
On the first floor are the news
paper lounges, the smoking room
and the periodical room. The lat
ter contains the latest number of
more than 600 publications.
On the second floor are the
circulation department, the office
of the librarian and the main read
ing rooms.
On the third floor is the Asbury
Browsing Room, and a music room
containing books on music that are
the gift of the Carnegie Founda
tion.
The library is also the research
library for the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, which contri
butes largely to the formation of
PRECIOUS
MEMORY
•
PRECIOUS
POSSESSION
U DIAMOND
One of the most precious
memories any woman can
have is the day she receives
her Engagement Diamond,
and no possession equals
its treasured value as the
years go by. Make it
worthy of the memory . . .
a Diamond from . . .
See Our Large
Selection of
Diamond Rings
Now At
Special Prices
SANKEY PARK
Jewelers
and pamphlets.
The circulation for the year 1937-
38 was 31,001 checked out and
40,784 volumes checked in. Dr.
Mayo has instituted a new plan by
which everyone coming in to use
the library is checked.
• The all-steel chairs and steel
and leather furniture are the gifts
of the Texas Company and Humble
Oil and Refining Company, while
the maps in glass cases are the
gift of the A. & M. Mothers’ Club
of San Angelo.
The library is open to all, the
only requirement being that of
compliance with library rules.
The library hours are as follows:
During regular sessions—week
days, 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. ;Saturdays,
8 a. m. to 12 noon, and 1 to 5 p. m.;
Sundays, 1 to 5 p. m. and 7 to 10
p. m.
During summer school—week
days, 8 a. m. to 10 p. m.; Satur
days, 8 a. m. to 12 noon; Sundays,
7 to 10 p. m.
FOR
Eye Examination
And Glasses
Consult
J. W. PAYNE
DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY
Masonic Bldg. Bryan, Tex.
Next to Palace Theater
GRADUATES
f I am in a position to
| make you a real deal on
jj a new Ford V-8 automo-
| mobile. Come in and see
I me at the—
BRYAN MOTOR
CO.
Kay Halsell, ’35
High School Seniors - Accept Our
GREETINGS
And
CONGRATULATIONS
May Honest Success Be Yours As You
Embark Upon Life
May You Select a Great College To Prepare for
the Success You Desire.
Our Ambition Is For You To Attend
A. & M. COLLEGE OF TEXAS
A Big School That Makes Big Men
When you come, remember that J. C. Penney
Company at Bryan, only 10 minutes from college, is
the “Aggie Economy Center,” where you can buy
all military supplies and regulation equipment at a
20 % saving — a very worth while saving to the stu
dent of economy.
Remember, Freshmen rate A-l at Penney’s. We
cater to all students, but especially to new students.
Come to us for special courtesies and accommodations.
“ASK ANY UPPERCLASSMAN ... HE KNOWS”
NOW, FINALLY, HERE IS A TIP—
We have something for you. Drop us a card be
fore September 1 and ask us about it.
Yours truly, and we’ll be seem’ you. Several Ag
gies are here on the job to serve and assist you.
J.C PENNEY C©
Bryan, Texas
“Aggie Economy Center”
G. ; Burks, S. V.; Crown, Philip; Dixon,
H. E.; Ellsberry, S. A.; Flowers, Braulio,
T.; Goppert, J. G.; Griffin, Don ; Hartman,
Earl C.; Hengst, L. C.; Holland, W. E.;
Hudson, R. W.; Keeney, F. C.; Lansdon,
D. S.; Marwil, Stanley J.; Matteson,
Albert L.; Mullins, W. H.; Noa, Wm.;
Robertson, L. R.: Sanborn, Frank D.;
Specia, A. J.: Thenn, George R.; Town
send, Robert T.; Treadwell, D. A.; Well
ing, C. G.; Cox, J. T.
Will the student who saw the bread
truck back into the red Pontiac coupe
Friday afternoon. May 3, in front of the
CoUege Courts Coffee Shop, on highway
6, please come by to see me at their
earliest convenience? S. B.
308 Agriculture Building.
Apple Jr.,
EPISCOPAL SERVICE
The Vestry wil be installed at the 10:45
vice in St. Thomas Chapel.
a. m. servn
See Us For
All Kinds of
Flowers
and
Corsages
WYATT’S
Flower Shop
Bryan
CTTY NATIONAL B ANK
BRYAN, TEXAS
OFFICERS:
E. H. ASTIN, President
G. S. PARKER, Jr., Vice-President
JNO. M. LAWRENCE, V. P. and Cashier
F. L. CAVITT, Ass’t. Cashier
J. H. BEARD, Ass’t. Cashier
JOHN H. ASTIN, Ass’t. Cashier
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DIRECTORS:
E. H. ASTIN
JNO. M. LAWRENCE, Jr.
G. S. PARKER, Jr.
M. L. PARKER
JOHN H. ASTIN
GEO. H. CHANCE
JOHNSON COUCH
MEMBER
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP.
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM