DIAL 4-5444
STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
The Battalion
CIRCULATION 5,500
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY OF
COLLEGE STATION
VOL. 39
122 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1940
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i?. O. Day Program
To Be Wednesday
Reserve Officers
To Witness Drills
Informal Banquet Will Be
Given Wednesday Evening
The Brazos County Chapter of
the Reserve Officers Association
will observe the annual Reserve
Day Program, Wednesday, with the
local chapter acting as host to
more than a hundred Reserve Of
ficers and Regular Army Officers,
who will witness the drills of
various units and attend an in
formal smoker that will be held
in the annex room of Sbisa Hall
that evening.
The program for this year has
been planned so as not to con
flict with any of the spring social
functions, in order that more sen
iors might turn out for the event.
The object of the affair is to
create an incentive for graduating
cadet members of the R.O.A. to
show more interest in the organ
ization and to take up regular
Reserve work after graduation.
The informal smoker will be
held at 7 o’clock and at this time
Stanley Foran, advertising execu
tive of a Dallas firm, will present
the only speech of the evening.
The subject of Foran’s speech will
be his much discussed “American
ism.” Following the speech, an
engraved saber will be presented
to the outstanding cadet officer
for the year by the State Depart
ment of Reserve Officers. A rep
resentative of the 311th Cavalry
Reserve * regiment will present a
horsemanship medal to the out
standing Cavalry cadet officer of
the year.
Placards will be hung in the ban
quet room, signifying each reserve
regiment to which the seniors will
be assigned.
The current president of the Re
serve Officers Association, Lieu
tenant Colonel C. L. Drennon of
the Infantry Reserve, and past-
presidents Captain C. M. Floore of
the Field Artillery Reserve and
Major E. J. Howell of the In
fantry Reserve will be present at
the occasion.
The affair is not confined to the
regular army officers and gradu
ating R.O.A. members, but is open
to any outsider who is interested
in national defense.
SURVEYING AND
MAPPING CONE.
IS HERE TODAY
The first annual conference on
Surveying and Mapping, conducted
by the Civil Engineering Depart
ment of Texas A. & M. College,
opened here' Monday morning.
Seventy-eight surveyors and engi
neers enrolled for the two-day
course, which ends this evening.
This Surveying and Mapping
Conference is one of the yearly act
ivities of the Civil Engineering De
partment and is given in co-opera
tion with the Texas Land Office.
Subjects under discussion Mon
day included “Duties and Responsi
bilities of the General Land Of
fice”, by Bascom Giles, Commis
sioner of General Land Office, Aus
tin; “Need for a State Co-ordinate
System”, by Ralph J. McMahon,
Chief Engineer of the General
Land Office; “Value of a State Co
ordinate System to Oil Companies”,
by W. P. Moore of Phillips Petro
leum Company, Austin; and “Some
Judicial Decisions Affecting Land
Lines”, by W. A. Rounds, Chief
Engineer, Continental Oil Company,
Houston.
The group held their banquet in
Sbisa Hall last night at 6:30. After
the banquet Col. H. A. Finch dis
cussed “The Reproduction of Field
Maps”.
1940 Commencement ‘‘Program
THURSDAY, MAY 30
4:30 p. m.—A. & M. College Band, Final Concert.
10:00 p. m.—Junior Prom.
FRIDAY, MAY 31
10:30 a. m.—Baccalaureate Sermon, Reverend S. W. Williams,
D. D., First Methodist Church, Brownwood, Texas.
1-4 p. m.—All Departments open for inspection.
6:15 p. m.—Commencement Exercises.
Address—Doctor Charles E. Friley, President, Iowa State
College, Ames, Iowa.
Valedictory—Cadet Colonel Durward B. Varner, Cotton
wood, Texas.
Conferring of Degrees, Doctor T. O. Walton, President
of the College. Presentation of Diplomas, Hon. F. Marion
Law, President of the Board of Directors of the College.
8:30 p. m.—President and Mrs. Walton at home informally
to members of the graduating Class and their guests,
former students and their families, and members of the
faculty and their families.
10:00 p. m.—Final Ball.
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
8:30 a. m.—Formal Presentation of Reserve Commissions,
Brigadier General Walter B. Pyron, Texas National Guard,
Houston, Texas.
9:30 a. m.—Final Review.
12:00 noon—Joint Luncheon of the Faculty and Former Stu
dents.
2:30 p. m.—Annual Business Meeting of the Association of
Former Students.
Film on Credit To
Be Shown Tomorrow
A sound film entitled “Opera
tion of a Retail Credit Bureau”
will be shown under the auspices
of the Department of Agricultural
Economics in the Animal Indus
tries lecture room Wednesday aft
ernoon at 3:00 o’clock, according
to J. Wheeler Barger, head of the
department.
The film was prepared under
the direction of the National As
sociation of Credit men and is be
ing shown before leading groups
of credit and other business men
throughout the country.
New Dallas A. & M.
Club Is Formed By
Younger Graduates
A letter was received this week
from John E. Hewson of Dallas,
ex-Aggie of ’38, who asked that
The Battalion publish a brief arti
cle in regard to a newly-formed
A. & M. Club in Dallas.
The club has been formed for
the younger men from A. & M.
and meets regularly each month
on the second Thursday and the
last Friday. The Friday meetings
are in conjunction with the other
A. & M. Club. The meetings are
held in the Adolphus Hotel at eight
o’clock. A social is held each
month which greatly adds to the
club interest.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all Aggies who will be in Dallas
regularly or for just the summer.
It is hoped to enlarge the group,
both in size and in fellowship.
The next meeting is to be held
June 13 and the next social will
be a picnic followed by a dance
on June 22 or 23.
Hewson, who is secretary of the
new club, can be reached in Dallas
by calling 3-4336.
Portrait of Dr. Walton To
Be Unveiled Here June 1
Dr. T. O. Walton, president of
A. & M. College since 1925, known
to thousands of students and ex
students as “Prexy,” will be hon
ored for his many years of service
to this institution on Saturday,
June 1, at the luncheon of the
Faculty-Former Students Associa
tion, when a recently finished
portrait of himself, painted by
Seymour Stone of New York, will
be presented as a gift to the col
lege by the Former Students. The
portrait was made possible by a
voluntary group composed of A. &
M. men and other Texas citizens
headed by M. J. Miller ’ll, and
John C. Burns, ’04, of Fort Worth.
Marion S. Church, ’05, of Dallas,
will make the presentation on be
half of the group of donors. F.
M. Law, President of the Board of
Directors, will accept the paint
ing in behalf of the college.
The Faculty-Forufter Students
Luncheon will be dedicated to Dr.
Walton, and is expected to draw
an attendance of nearly one thous
and men and women. It is to
take place in Sbisa Hall, where,
following its unveiling, the por-
-ftrait will be hung, and may be
seen by the public.
Dr. Walton is finishing his fif
teenth year as President of A. &
M., having served in that capacity
longer than any other man. He re
placed W. B. Bizzell in 1925, and
since that time has seen the en
rollment of the college increase
from 2,400 to its present enroll
ment of approximately 6,000.
BAIRD TO HEAD
KREAM AND ROW
Charles Baird of Sarlton was
chosen president of the Kream
and Kow Klub for the 1940-41 term
at the last regular meeting of the
club. Baird will succeed M. R. Mil
lard of Abilene, outgoing president.
Other officers chosen for the
coming term are: N. B. Yarling of
Rosenburg, vice-president; W. S.
Fennell of Gilmer, secretary-treas
urer; Jack Calhoun of Sherman,
social secretary; H. B. Hales of
Amarillo, parlimentarian; and B. B.
Fowler of Rockwood, reporter.
DEAN BOLTON MAKES HOBBY OF KEEPING UP WITH
ACHIEVEMENTS IN LIFE OF FORMER A. & M. STUDENTS
Dr. F. C. Bolton, dean of the col
lege and vice-president, derives
pleasure from keeping up with the
progress of the men that he knew
as college students ten, twenty,
or thirty years ago. He wants to
know their achievements in life
and to watch them rise. One might
call him a second “Mr. Chips” in
that he watches those men he has
taught and remembers them as
they go out to start their careers.
His hobby is looking after students
and former students.
For a number of years Dean Bol
ton was a major in the Signal Re
serve, United States Army, and
took great interest in the Officers’
Reserve and military affairs.
Dean Bolton was born in Pon
totoc, Mississippi, on March 24,
1883. His parents were Clarence
W. and Mary Bell Bolton. Public
school education was received in
Pontotoc schools and after high
school graduation, he was employed
in the local bank for three years.
In the fall of 1902 Dean Bolton
entered Mississippi State, and he
was graduated from there in 1905.
He had further college training at
Cornell University, University of
Dean F. C. Bolton
-♦■military training of all students,
55 I and in his senior year he held the
! highest cadet rank. It is rather
i natural, therefore, that after he
I was graduated he should be made
J assistant commandant at his alma
mater. He was also instructor in
| the electrical engineering depart
ment at the same time, but when
| teaching duties demanded all his
time he was forced to be relieved
I of discipline duties after two years
| and was made associate professor
of electrical engineering.
In 1909 he was appointed head of
| the Department of Electrical Engi-
; neering at Texas A. & M. College.
| He has been with the institution
i continuously since that time.
Soon after this country entered
the World War, Dean Bolton work-
| ed out with the military authorities
Cosmopolitan
Club Ends Its
Biggest Season
. Closing what has been by far
the greatest year in its history,
A. & M.’s Cosmopolitan Club held
its annual picnic at Cushion Cabin
recently with its members and
their dates in attendance.
Under the presidency of Mike
Rodriguez, the organization has
risen to an important niche in A.
& M. affairs. With over a hundred
members, including several facul
ty members, the organization pre
sented a series of interesting and
entertaining programs throughout
the past long session.
Members of the Cosmopolitan
Club have also presented many pro
grams to other organizations in
surrounding communities. Among
these have been programs for the
Bryan Rotary Club, A. & M. Fed
eral Club, and the Bryan High
School.
“Responsible in the main part,”
president Rodriguez said, “for the
success of the Cosmopolitan Club
has been M. L. Cushion, our spon
sor and general secretary of the
Y.M.C.A. Mrs. Cashion, too, has
been important in the success of
our organization and not enough
credit can be given these two peo
ple,” he concluded.
Other officers include Paul
Stach, vice-president; Albert Yee,
secretary; B. F. Eubank, treasurer;
and V. K. “Count” Sugareff, facul
ty sponsor.
Chicago, University of Wisconsin m this area a P lan for S ivin e the
and Ohio State University. He was ! technical training to enlisted men
awarded the degree of master of i in the Arm y- A lar ^ e detachment
science by Ohio State in 1928, and j ^ rom one the signal companies
the honorary degree of Ll.D. was was sent to the College and the I
conferred upon him by Austin Col- j Elect rical Engineering staff under
lege in 1932. j Dean Bolton’s leadership, under-
During Dean Bolton’s college i took their training in communica-
days, Mississippi A. & M. required j (Continued on page 4)
EARLEY NAMED
AS OUTSTANDING
CAVALRY OFFICER
Cadet Captain Douglas C. Ear-
ley, Brownsville, commanding
Troop A, Cavalry, R.O.T.C., at
Texas A. & M. College, has been
named the outstanding Cavalry
man at the college for the present
school term and has been awarded
the Parker-Astin Hardware Com
pany trophy.
The trophy, a sterling silver
loving cup, suitably engraved, is
given each year to the member of
the Cavalry Regiment at the col
lege who best portrays the time
cavalryman through his record as
a cavalryman, his contributions
to the organization, his scholastic
activities, personality, horseman
ship, leadership, military bearing,
personal appearance and extra
curricular activities.
Degrees Will Be Conferred On
661 Seniors Here On May 31
Pendleton Winner
Of Soph Livestock
Judging Contest
W. L. Pendleton of Stratford
was the high point man in the
Sophomore Livestock Judging Con
test held in the Animal Husbandry
Pavilion Saturday, with a total of
699 points out of a possible 750.
He was followed by A. L. Murry
of Miami with 681.
The Sophomore contest is an an
nual affair sponsored by the Sad
dle and Sirloin Club and the Ani
mal Husbandry Department. Thir
ty-four sophomores entered the
contest, which this year consisted
of eleven classes, on four of which
the contestants were required to
give reasons.
Bill Huffman and F. J. Hess tied
for third and fourth places in the
contest, with 679 points. Tommy
Stuart was fifth with 674. All five
of the top men will receive medals.
High point men in the different
classes of livestock were: in sheep,
Tommy Stuart, W. L. Pendleton
and A. L. Murry; in cattle, W. L.
Pendleton, N. Y. Craig and Vic
Loeffler; in horses, F. J. Hess, C.
B. Stradly and Ed Mosely; and in
swine, M. L. Burks, J. K. Herring,
W. L. Pendleton and N. Y. Craig.
Regimental Colors
Will Be Presented
Battery “D” F. A.
All Field Artillery batteries of
the second battalion will assemble
on the Field Artillery drill field
Wednesday at 1 p. m. for the pre
sentation of the regimental colors
which are presented annually to
the honor battery. The colors
which are known as the Waldrop
Trophy, are presented by A. M.
Waldrop Jr., and will replace the
original trophy which was pre
sented to the college in 1921 by A.
M. Waldrop Sr.
The trophy was first awarded
B Battery, which was commanded
by W. N. Roper. It is awarded
annually to the battery most pi’o-
ficient in all phases of Field Ar
tillery training. Competition is
based upon conditions published
by the senior Field Artillery in
struction and is jpdged by Field
Artillery officers on duty with
the unit.
D Battery has been chosen to
receive the distinction, of honor
battery this year, and as a re
sult will be the color guard at all
ceremonies next year. First Head
quarters battery has been honor
battery this year.
The ceremony will be a repeti
tion of the one performed when
Mrs. A. M. Waldrop Sr. presented
the original colors for the first
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John Pasco
Will Dedicate
Book to "Fish”
There will b© a meeting of the
Freshman class Tuesday night im
mediately after supper in Guion
Hall, when John O. Pasco dedicates
his recently-completed “Fish Ser
geant,” to the freshman class. The
rest of the student body is cor
dially invited to attend.
Mr. Pasco, an instructor in the
M. E. Department, wrote the book
which deals with the life of a
freshman at A. & M. from the time
he enters school in the fall till
the completion of his “fish” year
in the spring.
At the meeting Tuesday night,
Mr. Pasco will make the formal
dedication of his book to the fresh
man class and will have ten or
fifteen copies of the book on hand
Tuesday night to show the audi
ence after the meeting.
The books are to be placed on
sale within the next few days and
will be available at one dollar
each.
Texas Farm Land
Association Holds
Short Course Here
The second annual short course
of the Texas Farm Land Associa
tion was held here Friday and Sat
urday, May 17 and 18. The’ De
partment of Agronomy sponsored
this short course for fifty repre
sentatives of major farm mortgage
companies, insurance companies and
banks who have representatives in
Texas loaning money on farm
mortgages and supervising the op
eration of farms in which they are
interested.
The program was directed by H.
E. Hampton of the Department of
Agronomy, and numerous divis
ions and departments of the col
lege cooperated in the presentation
of recent agricultural information
applicable to the business of these
organizations and their representa
tives.
W. M. Pinson of Dallas, secre
tary of the Texas Farm Land As
sociation, supervised the planning
of the program. The address of
welcome was giveh by Dean E. J.
Kyle of the School of Agriculture
followed by a demonstration lec
ture by Dr. R. L. Donahue of the
Department of Agronomy on “The
Value and Use of Quick Tests for
Determining Nutrient Needs of
Soils”. Following this, Dr. L. G.
Jones, also of the Department of
Agronomy, discussed “Describing
and Mapping Farm Soils”.
The Friday afternoon session
opened with an address by Mr. E.
R. Alexander of the Department of
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Program Slated To
Cover Three Days
Kyle Field Stadium To
Be Scene of Exercises
A total of 661 seniors, the larg
est graduating class in the history
of A. & M., will receive their col
lege degrees on the night of Fri
day, May 31. In addition, 47 ad
vanced degrees will be granted, in
cluding the first non-honorary de
gree of Doctor of Philosophy ever
conferred here.
Final plans for the Commence
ment program have been made. The
details were arranged by a com
mittee consisting of Dr. E. P. Hum
bert, chairman; Dr. R. S. Gammon
and Colonel George F. Moore. Be
ginning with the final concert by
the Aggie Band at 4:30 Thursday
afternoon, the program will cover
a period of three days, culminating
with Final Review on Saturday
morning. Due to the fact that grad
uation exercises have been moved
up a week earlier than has been
customary, underclassmen will re
main another week to finish final
exams.
The Baccalaureate Sermon will
be given Friday morning at 10:30
in Guion Hall by the Reverend S.
W. Williams, D.D., pastor of the
First Methodist Church at Brown-
wood. From one o’clock until four
Friday afternoon all departments
of the college will be open for in
spection by the visitors.
At 6:00 p. m. Friday evening, the
Commencement processional will
begin, to be followed immediately
by the Commencement exercises,
which will be held in the Kyle Field
Stadium.
Dr. C. E. Friley, president of
Iowa State College, will deliver the
Commencement address. Dr. Friley
was formerly Dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences and Registrar
at A. & M.
Cadet Colonel Durward Varner
of Cottonwood will deliver the val
edictory address, which will be fol
lowed by the conferring of degrees
by Dr. T. O. Walton, president of
the college, and the presentation of
diplomas by Dr. Marion F. Law,
president of the Board of Directors
of the college.
At 8:30 p. m., Dr. and Mrs. Wal
ton will be at home informally to
members of the graduating class
and their guests, former students
and their families, and members of
the faculty and their families. At
10:00 o’clock the Final Ball will be
gin, with the last Silver Taps to
be played from the dome of the
Academic Building at intermission.
On Saturday morning at 8:30,
Brigadier General Walter B. Pyron,
Texas National Guard, Houston,
will present the Reserve Commis
sions to members of the advanced
R. O. T. C. course, who have satis
fied all other requirements for
graduation. Following the pre
sentation, Final Review will.be held
on the old Drill Field.
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“PREXY” WALTON IS EXAMPLE OF FARM ROY WHO ROSE
TO HIGH POSITION AS HEAD OF GREAT A. & M. COUEGE
From farm boy to president of
one of Texas’ leading colleges—that
has been the life of President T. O.
Walton of A. & M. College.
The span from farm days to those
as college president were ’ filled
with interesting and praiseworthy
accomplishments. It was in that
span that a man grew and learned
and prepared himself for a task
which he is today doing as best it
could be done—that task of build
ing up and making known Texas A.
& M. College.
Back in March 8, 1884, a son was
born to James Austin and Emma
: Jane Walton, who lived in Gary
; Panola County, Texas. They named
j him Thomas Otto Walton. His boy-
j hood days were spent on the farm,
( which days gave him the founda-
| tion for the time when he was to
jbe president of the largest agri
cultural and mechanical college in
the world.
The boy Thomas Otto Walton
went to the public schools in Car
thage. He went off to North Texas
Teachers College, from which he
received his degree. Later, in 1926,
he had the honorary degree of LI.
D. conferred upon him by Baylor
University.
After his graduation from college
he spent six years teaching public
school in Panola County. It was in
1904 that he was married to Miss
Clara Ethel Turner. From school
teaching Dr. Walton went into ex-
"ftension work by taking over the
duties of county agent of Polk
County in 1908. From 1911 to 1916
he was district agent and from
1916-18 he was state agent of the
Extension Service. His work was so
I satisfactory and his abilities were
so recognized that in 1918 he was
made director ol the Service. That
position he held until 1925, when on
Sept. 3 of that year he was elected
president of A. & M. College. Since
he assumed that position A. & M.
has progressed more than ever be
fore. It has grown and expanded
so that it is now among the leading
colleges of the country.
Dr. Walton was vice-president of
the Association of Land Grant Col
leges and Universities in 1933, and
president of that association in
1934. In 1935-36 he was a member
of the executive committee of the
association and at present he is
chairman of the committee.
Prexy—that’s the nickname he
inherited when he became president
of A. & M. College—is loved by all
the students. He mixes with them
well and entertains them during
the year at his home. He takes
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