VOL. 39 122 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1940
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Wool Grading, Scouring
Plant Ready For Operation
Plant Equipfo^t
Makes Unit One 01
Best in Nation
Machinery Capable Of
Handling 2,500 Pounds
Of Texas Wool Per Day
The enlarged wool and mohair
grading and scouring plant, locat
ed in the Textile Engineering
Building at Texas A. & M. College,
is ready for operation, according
to an announcement just made by
Director A. B. Conner of the Ex
periment Station. This expansion
was made possible by an ®enact-
ment of the last legislature as a
result of the active interest of the
wool and mohair producers of Tex
as in the work that has been ac
complished by the plant.
This new unit is an excellent
setup, equipped to scour up to
2,500 pounds of wool (grease basis)
per day. It is one of the best and
most completely equipped plants
for research purposes of any Col
lege in the United States.
The principal objective of this
plant, which is operated by the Di
vision of Range Animal Husband
ry, is for the developmeni; of in
formation that will be helpful to
grower, warehouses and buyers in
the determination of the correct
grades and shrinkages of repre
sentative samples of wool and mo
hair.
Under the expanded program,
the maximum daily wool scouring
output is ten times that of the
previous set up. The increased fa
cilities provide a four-bowl scour
ing train which will render possible
the scouring of an increased num
ber of large samples, thereby per
mitting more definite evaluations
or shrinkage ratings as an aid to
patrons who wish to know the
grades and shrinkages of their
clips. The information so gained
will also be of educational value
and may be used to guide the
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Lamp Storage
Facilities To
Be Extended
The Agronomy Society’s lamp
storage concession has been extend
ed this year to include radios,
window shades, and miscellaneous
small room equipment, due to the
many requests of students in past
years.
This concession, granted to the
Agronomy Society in 1935, has been
a help to students as well as serv
ing as a useful means of income
to the society, as proceeds of the
concession are used to send col
legiate crops teams to two national
contests, in Kansas City and in
Chicago.
The basement of Dorm 3 and
Guion Hall will be used as storage'
space by the society this year.
Hours for receiving articles will
be announced in either the Satur
day or Tuesday issue of The Bat
talion.
Storage space for trunks and
large boxes will also be provided
this year as formerly. Concession
for this storage has not yet been
let by the Student Labor Office
but both concession allotment and
facilities for the storage will be
arranged this week in ample time
for students to store all equipment
before the close of school.
R.O.T.C. SENIORS INTRODUCED TO
R.O.A. OFFICERS BY BRAZOS GROUP
The annual Reserve Officers’-f;
Day program was observed Wed
nesday night by the Brazos County
Chapter of the Reserve Officers
Association as the local chapter
was host to more than one hundred
reserve and regular army officers,
as well as graduating seniors who
will soon join the reserve ranks.
The visiting officers were on the
campus Wednesday afternoon
where they witnessed drills put on
by the various military organiza
tions.
At 7:00 the entire group met in
the banquet room of the old mess
hall for an informal smoker, at
which time the graduating seniors
met the commanding officers of the
units to which they are to be as
signed after graduation. Stanley
Foran, advertising executive from
Dallas, delivered his stirring speech
on “Americanism!”
After Mr. Foran’s speech, Cadet
Colonel Woody Varner was pre
sented with a heavy leather map
and brief case for being the out
standing cadet officer in the A.
& M. corps this year. The award
was given by the State Department
of the Reserve Officers Associa
tion. The outstanding Cavalry ca
det officer was also given a horse
manship award by the group. Plac
ards were hung around the room
which signified the various reserve
regiments to which the seniors will
be assigned.
Col. C. L. Drennon of the In
fantry Reserve, president of the
organization, and past presidents
Captain C. M. Floore, Field Artil
lery Reserve, and Major E. J. How
ell, Infantry Reserve, were also
present at the affair. The purpose
of the smoker was to acquaint the
seniors with the officers of their
units and to create an incentive
for the graduating cadet members
of the R. O. A. to show more inter
est in the organization and to take
up regular reserve work after
graduation.
Summer Battalion Plans Announced;
Fuermann To Head 1st Semester Staff
George Fuermann, Battalion
columnist and junior editor dur
ing the current long session, has
been named as acting editor of The
Summer Battalion during the first
semester of the forthcoming sum
mer session in the absence of the
editor-elect Bob Nisbet, who will
attend R.O.T.C. camp.
Fuerman served as managing
editor of the first Summer Bat
talion edited last summer by Bill
Murray, and also served as presi
dent of the Summer Press Club.
Although not yet prepared to
announce the complete summer
staff, “Backwash” Fuermann
states that Battalion sports edi
tor E. C. Oates, will head the sum
mer sports staff, and that girls
from various American colleges
and universities attending summer
school here will be included in the
staff.
- Plans for the summer paper in
clude columns from each of the
several R.O.T.C. camps to be writ
ten by Aggies in attendance at
the camps. Subscriptions to The
Summer Battalion will go on sale
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LONGHORN PICTURES
“Vanity Fair” and “Senior
Favorite” pictures turned in
for the 1940 Longhorn will
be returned Friday afternoon
from 3 to 5 o’clock in room
31 in the basement of the
Administration Building,
Mick Williams, in charge of
those sections of the annual,
has announced.
This is positively the last
time that these pictures will
be given out, Williams stated.
The T. O. Walton Portrait
The above portrait of President T. O. Walton, painted by artist
Seymour M. Stone, of New York City, will be presented to Texas A.
& M. College at a Faculty-Former Student Luncheon to be held at
Sbisa Hall on the campus of the college at noon, June 1. The luncheon
will be dedicated to Dr. Walton. Marion S. Church, ’05, of Dallas, will
make the presentation on behalf of the large voluntary group of
donors who provided funds for the portrait. F. M. Law, ’95, chairman
of the Board of Directors, will accept the painting for the college.
Dr. Walton is completing his fifteenth year as president of A. & M.
College.
English and Math
Winners Announced
Ellzey, Gulley Win Math Contests;
Pearce, Adkisson Tops in English
At a banquet held Tuesday night-"
for the finalists in the Math and
English contests, winners of watch
es and cash awards were announc
ed and scores revealed. These con
tests are held each year to pro
mote interest in achieving higher
scholastic averages among the
sophomores and freshmen.
In the English contest the fresh
men winners were M. P. Ellzey,
first place, and Kenneth Dresden,
second place. In the sophomore di
vision, Robert Gulley won first
place, and Alton W. Sissom won
second place. Prizes in both divis
ions of the English contest were
$20 for first place winners and
$5 for second place winners. Dona
tion of the freshman prizes was
made by Dr. F. M. Law, and the
contest is known as the Francis
Marion Law English Contest. Wil
liam Morriss donated similar prizes
for the sophomore contest which
bears his name.
Gold watches created a flurry of
pleased smiles when the winners of
the mathematics contest were an
nounced. For first prize a 17-jewel
Hamilton pocket watch, was award
ed and the second prize winners
obtained similar Elgin watches. A
third prize of $10 was also award
ed.
Winners in sophomore Mathe
matics were as follows: Rufus
KALTENBORN TO
REPLACE WTAW
RADIO PROGRAM
Because the present war situation
is of pressing interest and im
portance, stations WFAA and
KPRC will no longer carry the
usual Texas Farm and Home pro
gram as presented from the A.
& M. campus over radio station
WTAW each week day beginning
at 11:25. This announcement was
made Wednesday afternoon by
John Rosser, manager of WTAW,
and the order is to become effec
tive beginning Friday.
Replacing the program will be
a NBC feature on war news in
the form of a commentary by H.
V. Kaltenbom, war news corres
pondent broadcasting the latest
happenings in Europe and offering
his comment on these incidents.
Until the war is over or until
the present tense situation is past,
WTAW will broadcast only a fif
teen-minute program daily over
WOAI, beginning at 11:45.
"Pearce, first place; E. G. Doughty,
second place; Robert H. Doak, third
place. Freshman winners were the
following: W. M. Adkisson, first
place; Spence Roe Bean, second
place; Earl C. Hartman, third
place.
Before the awards were passed
out, master-of-ceremonies, Dr. Por
ter, head of the Mathematics De
partment, introduced Dean Bolton,
who in turn introduced a former
pupil A. F. Dickerson to make the
speech of the evening. Mr. Dicker-
son, now in charge of the lighting
department of General Electric,
imparted the following advice as
the keynote of his talk, “Do what
you are told plus a little bit more,
and the more of that little bit more
that you do, the more salary you
will make.”
Dedication Of
Pasco’s Book
Held Tuesday
“Fish Sergeant”, John Pasco’s
recently completed book about the
life of a “fish” at A. & M. was
formally dedicated to the fresh
man class Tuesday in Guion Hall.
Mr. Pasco first was introduced
to the class by their president,
Don Young. Pasco, who is an
Aggie only by adoption, told why
he came to A. & M. and his rea
son for writing the book. While
working at the Worlds’ Fair last
summer he met several beautiful
young ladies from Texas who sold
him on the school. The next day
he mailed his application for a
position here in the M. E. De
partment. He said that his main
reason for his writing the book
was his liking for the school.
After reading several choice
paragraphs from the book and
making a number of wise cracks
Mr. Pasco formally dedicated the
book to the freshman class at A.
& M. and T.S.C.W. by reading the
dedication found in the front of
the book.
Representatives from the fresh
man class at T.S.C.W. were invit
ed to attend the dedication but
were forced to decline because of
final examinations.
Several copies of the book were
sold and autographed by the
author immediately following the
program. The books will be on
sale at both news stands within a
very few days at $1.00 a copy.
Long-Postponed Class of ’41 Election
Will Be Held in Guion Hall Tonight
Ah Aggie Needs Help!
What would you do if
1) Your back was broken during your college career?
2) You were working your way through college and didn’t
have a dime to pay the tremendous expenses arising from your
injury?
3) Your mother was dead and you hadn’t seen your father
for several years and didn’t know where he could be located?
4) You were faced with a long period in a hospital and the
possibility of being crippled for life?
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AN AGGIE NEEDS HELP!
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Two weeks ago an SOS call from the College Hospital asked
for volunteer blood donors—no compensation involved. 450 Aggies
answered the call in a hurry ... an example of the world-famous
Aggie Spirit.
Two months ago the corps decided to stay away from nearby
Bryan’s picture shows in an endeavor to gain a desired end for
the college. Today, 98% of Aggieland’s 6,000 are still staying away
from Bryan theaters . . . just another example of the world-famous
Aggie Spirit.
“Twelfth man” traditions—and a hundred others—couldn’t
happen anywhere else . . . They’re just examples of the world-famous
Aggie Spirit.
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And now, once again, that same Aggie Spirit is being called
upon because ...
. J . An Aggie needs help.
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George Stidham, Company A Signal Corps sophomore, received
such an injury—his backbone was split, in an accident just a few
days ago.
George’s circumstances are exactly the same as those stated
in the question. More than that—to use an Aggie expression—
George is “a good old boy”.
George had a tough time getting enough money to come to
college. He was valedictorian of the Uvalde High School a couple
of years ago and, as a result, won a scholarship to A. & M. But
he still didn’t have money enough to come here and, had it not
been for a friend interested in his welfare, he wouldn’t have made
it.
The past two years have been nip-and-tuck all the way for
George. He didn’t make any corps trips; not because he wasn’t a
real Aggie—he just didn’t have any money. The theater movement
didn’t even bother him—he couldn’t spend money for picture shows
anyway. Last summer he worked on the construction of the new
dormitories—hard work, and many times he worked double shifts
to earn more money.
George is an Aggie—and he needs help!
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Immediately after George’s back was broken he was taken to
the College Hospital where the best of care was given him. His
back was X-rayed and it was found that he would need specialized
care that was not available at a place as small as College Station.
Dr. J. E. Marsh called Houston’s famous bone specialist, Dr. Joe B.
Foster, and it was arranged for George to be ambulanced to the
Memorial Hospital in Houston.
That’s where he is now. He’ll be there at least three months, in
a cast for at least five months, and maybe the rest of his life
in a steel brace.
Social Functions,
Fish Parties Cause
Delay of Election
Officers To Be Named
As Means of Continuing
Policies of Class of ’40
The members of the junior class
will make another attempt to get
together to elect next year’s sen
ior class officers tonight at 7:00
p. m. in Guion Hall. Several at
tempts have been made in the past
few weeks to hold this election,
but each time some unforeseen dif
ficulty arose to necessitate its
postponement. The last attempt,
called for Thursday night, May
16, was cancelled because many of
the juniors were on fish parties.
Not the first time ever to be
done, it is a move started to “fore
arm” future class officers for the
precarious task that they will have
in outlining the policies of next
year’s class toward the movie co
operation agreement. Also to be
brought up at the meeting will be
the usual class decision as to un
classified men wearing boots.
Ele Baggett, present junior class
president, will preside at the meet
ing until another president is
chosen. Other officers are Tom
Richey, vice-president; I. B. Stitt,
secretary-treasurer; and Jeff
Clarke, historian.
Also invited to attend the meet
ing, cadet colonel Woody Varner
will be present to answer ques
tions regarding the management
of this year’s affairs, and to of
fer advice for next year.
Outstanding
Professors On
A&M Campus
Two distinguished visiting pro
fessors are on the campus this
week talking to students in the
Department of Architecture and
the Department of Electrical En
gineering about recent develop
ments within their fields and the
problems that these will have to
face.
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He hasn’t got a dime; and that’s where the Aggies come in.
Buster Keeton, head yell-leader next term, has announced that
a special yell practice will be called tomorrow night for the purpose
of explaining just how the corps can help.
CLASSES OF ’95, ’00, ’05, TO,
’25, AND ’30 TO HOLD REUNIONS
Mingling with the seniors in their'fthe President Walton portrait, bus-
week-end of graduation will be
many old time Aggies who have
gone through the ceremonies be
fore, for the week-end is to bring
to the campus the class reunions
of eight former classes. The annual
meeting of the Former Student As
sociation will bring ex-Aggies of
all classes as well to participate in
the commencement ceremonies and
transact their business. Record
breaking attendance at the meeting
is expected. Temporary headquart
ers will be in the Y. M. C. A. lobby.
Outstanding features of the
weekend will be the class reunions,
the presentation to the college of
D. W. Williams Host
To A. H. Graduates
The graduating seniors in the
Department of Animal Husbandry
were entertained with an outdoor
steak-fry Tuesday evening by Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Williams at their
Flying W Ranch 15 miles north
east of Bryan.
The steaks were prepared by
the professors of the Animal Hus
bandry Department for more than
50 graduating seniors who attended
the feast.
Highlights of the steak fry were
Mr. William’s informal review of
his trip through England, Den
mark, Sweden, Germany, Italy, and
other European countries last sum
mer, and his telling of approaching
signs of war that were already
visible during this trip. Many of
the spots that he visited last sum
mer have figured in the present
European conflict.
iness meetings, and a chance for
the exes to witness and thrill at
the largest final review ever pre
sented at A. & M.
The portrait of President T. O.
Walton, painted by artist Seymour
M. Stone of New York City, will
be presented to the college at the
annual Joint Faculty-Former Stu
dent Luncheon to be held in Sbisa
Hall at noon June 1. The entire
luncheon will be dedicated to Dr.
Walton. Marion S. Church, ’05, of
Dallas will make the presentation
on behalf of the largest number of
donors who voluntarily provided
funds for the portrait. Board Chair
man F. M. Law, ’95, will accept the
painting for the college. This year
marks the completion of the fif
teenth year that Dr. Walton has
been president of the college.
The membership meeting and
annual business session of the As
sociation of Former Students has
been planned for Saturday after
noon, June 1, in the Y. M. C. A.
chapel. The purpose of this meet
ing will be the election of officers,
receiving reports of committees,
and a general discussion of the
program and work of the Associa
tion.
Of the eight classes which have
already made plans for their class
reunions, the class of ’90 will be
celebrating its Golden Anniversary
and the class of ’15 will be celebrat
ing its Silver Anniversary. Seven
teen of the eighteen living members
of the class of ’95 have signified
intentions of attending their els'
reunion. Other classes holding
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R. J. Neutra, internationally
known architect from Los Angeles,
California, has been on the cam
pus since May 16 talking to classes
about the problems of architects
in general and discussing the as
pects of architectural education.
He is particularly interested in
psychological effects of architec
ture, and has projected into the
future an estimate of the future
architecture and housing of the
United States. Mr. Neutra is a
leader in modem architecture and
development. At an open session
Tuesday night Mr. Neutra spoke
on “Rural and Urban Architec
ture”. He was presented at this
appearance by Gibb Gilchrist, Dean
of the School of Engineering.
A. F. Dickerson, Manager of
the Lighting Division of General
Electric, has been talking to en
gineering classes for the past few
days. Mr. Dickerson, an ex-Aggie
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DR. LEFKOWITZ
TO CLOSE YEAR
FOR HILLEL CLUF
Dr. David Lefkowitz of T
Emenu-El, Dallas, well kr
College Station and Bryan
by his Sunday morning radio
dresses over station .WFAAf
be the guest speakec cf the’.j
Club at its closing meeting/,
year, Sunday evening, 1 v
7:45 p. m. in the loL,.,-
Sbisa Hall. The 1 -**' 01 ^
mark the dedie
erected by the ..
honoring offer you . . .
Dr. J. J,
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