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VOL 2 122 ADMINISTRATION BUILOflt
IE STATION, TEXAS, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1040
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Board Acts On Important
Matters At Regular Meet
Pledge Support
To Walton Policies
Aeronaatkal EagiMtriaf
it Aatlurtiid
40’j Summer Press
Club Will Organize
Tomorrow Night
SHOKT
STARTING JUNE 10
S.VJI.A. OPENS FIRST
OF TEN WtTH 140 MEN
t MKTEDTO ATTEND
Orf«niMtion of Um 1MO Sam
■Mr Pr«M Chib wUl bo oltortod
Taoodajr nifbt, Jmo 11 it th*
flrot mooting of tbo chib to bo
iM^dl this summer f ompof d wll
mombon of Tho Hummoi BotUl
ton lUff, tbo orgmniMttun ipoa
•oro oortooo oorwl funrttont ooch
•ummor and lo tbo only club on
tbo tnif—. during tbo Mimmor
Ton Mg abort
mil bo
Tbo rogulor mooting of tbo A.
4 M. Board of Dtrortori vno bold
Thurodny, May M. vttb all board
mombon la attoadaaoo Prooidod
otmr by Board Pnoldoat f. M Lav
of Moaotoa, tbo dtrootan a
apgrooal of tbo badgot for tbo
UmK Hr if wi the Hkimilim 1940
At ^ aMaoaaiVlbLa maa
v I •Ort{| MNWBHm I nil IWCIliflFR »|»
greoal of bodgotod upon too for
tbo mala rollogo divlalon. tbo At tbo Tuooday night mooting
branch aoltogoa, tbo Bttoaalon off Icon for tbo rarront ooooton
lanrloo, tbo Eiporimont lUUon, will bo okrtod. Last oamiaor o
and tbo Tooao Porootry lore Icy offlcora von Gotftgo Puormann,
Tbo Board of Dtrocton alao rot- proaidont; H O. Juhnoon. vtco-
ad onanimoutly to Mppurt with prooidont, Bara Alton (ofor, ooc
oao bund rod por coat cooporatton rotary; and Rom Caa, traaaaror.
all plana and pollcloa of Proaidont All mombon of tbo Bammor Proao
T. 0. Walton [ Hub art eligible to bold off let
Tbo board autbortaod tbo ooUb with 4* oieoption of the editor
liabmcnt of a imv deportment to Tbo mooting vill begin nt 7:80
bo knovn na tbo AeronmiUcal and Will bo bald In Tbo BatUl ion
Knrtnoortng Department and oar- Office,
marked ItS.OOU for the development • ■
of the department in cooperation
vith tbo C. A A.
The installation of a men»
lounge in the Academic Boikiing
vaa authorised and 91,?M vaa ap
propriated to effect tbia move
Pifteoa thousand dolian vaa ap
propriated to re-floor the mam
dining room of Sbiaa Hall and to
improve the acroustical qualities
of the same room by special treat
ment of the ceiling.
The board further appropriated
$2,6416 to build a radutor tower for
station WTAW The old Consoli
dated High School building was
turned over to the Y M. C. A The
“Y" will recondition the building
and make it an entertainment and
meeting center Pool tables, table
tennis table*, and recreational
facilities will be in*tailed on the
first floor, and meeting rooms for
various campus organisations will
be on the second floor
Folio wing this important meet
ing, the members of tile board took
part la the commencement e*er-
risM
starting with the moating of tbo
Btals Veterinary Medical Associa
tion under the Uodcrabip of the
Dr P. P. Jagg! of 'the School
of Veterinary Medicine One hun
dred and sixty men are expected
to attend tbia course which will
be bald June 10 through Juno 11
Second en tin liet la the Oil
Mill Conference lasting from June
17 until June II. It will be
headed by Dr i C. Hedge, bead
of th# Chemistry Department and
should bring about 41 ail mill
sperytort to the campus
Other cou» «•» to be held later
in the summer are the County
Superintendents and Texas Hrhool
Administration Conference, June
94 to IT, which will Bra* 900
men Dean T D Brooks and
Professor W L. Hughes will be in
CAA. Course
Offered Free To
Summer Students
Saturday Night
Will See First of .
"Juke Box Proms"
This Manner, under the direction
of W L Panbartby, a new plan is
being worked eut by which excel
lent entertainment will be avail
able for summer sebaal students,
faculty members, and residents of
Brnsos County This plan calls
fur a series of "Juke Box Proms”
to be given on Saturday sights
throughout the summer in the ban
quet room of Sbiaa Rati.
This scheme follows tbs sys
tem used at Ohio Stole University,
and it baa been indicated that
bars at A A M there ia a defi
nite need for such a plan, one
whereby 1,400-odd students and
• large number of local residents
may be entertained during the
summer when organisation dances
sad corps dances are off the so
cial calendar
According to Penberthy. tbia
aartee of dances, sponsored by tbs
Intramural Department, will be
bold at first every other Satur
day night and afterwards as often
1,400 Students Due As Registration
Begins for 32nd A. & M. Summer School
Thousands Of Aggies Throughout ^ ans foEP^M
Nation Aiding Fitch Band Wagon Goal * , ° r 1940 Summer
Session By Winkler
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charge. A Poultry Short Course »• »• necessary to meet the de
will be held from June 94 to 2V un mend Admission to the dances
der the directian of D H Reid. 9RB be 19c per person or 26r for
head of the Poultry Husbandry **<> *<»•* will be furnished
Department, ami 26 persons are Hther by a nickelodeon or by rec-
r«pec ted to attend The Farmer* «rds played over the public ad
Courae will be attended by some dr**» system
2,000 boy* and girls and 2,5410 The Intramural Department w
adults. Administration chairman not attempting to make a profit
will be D L Weddmgton and the o" the dances, and any money clear,
program chairman wUl be R W cd will be used to obtain an orrhes-
Snyder The epurse still last July tr * fw • big dance to be held at 1
7 to 19. Following the Farmers 1b' "k of the summer
Rx tbauaaud Taaal Aggtos . .
Twenty thousand farm sc Texas
Aggtos . , . Aad thousands af Ag
fie supporters throughout the na
tiea . .. They’re all palling far the
aaaw goal—to have Jack Little
John's Aggie land Orchestra on
IMO’a Pitch Summer Band Wagon
It all started when the Pitch
Company began featuring unknown
bands during the summer months
Several college bands appeared
and the question was asked. ’’Why
not the Aggisland?" Jack Little
John then conferred with Cal. Ike
Ash bum who became interested and
offered to help in any way poaei
Me
A very favorable answer was
received to a recent letter sent
tbe Music Corporation of America,
quoted in part as follows: "Just
advised they are going to do
everything they can to put this
attraction on the Fitch Bandwagon
this summer ” As yet no definite
answer has been received, but /Wf of fay
from all indications it appears a * ^
certainty K that tbe Agfielsnd will To Offer Special
Jack IJf lie John
Courses First Term
Three special courses will be of
A A M has been authorised by
the Civil Aeronautics Authority to
offer its second pilot training pro
gram this summer, according to
word received by Dean Gibb Gil
christ.
Applicants must be at least 19
years of age and not over 28 They
must be citisens of the United
States, and must have had no
previous solo nights experience
The acceptance of the applicants
will depend largely upon their
passing s rigid physical exami-
nation However, those who have
been In school longer and have j
made the best record will be given j
first consideration
In contrast with the course as
offered during the previous semes
(Continued on page 41
(Continued on page 4)
be placed on the Summer Band
wagon.
The Fitch plan is to feature
the band on their 34) minute Sun-
The Intramural Department ia n, fbt program At the end fered by the Department of Agri-
planning these dance* in order to of *** • surprise pack cultural Economics of the Texas
... , ^ ... **** th€ students s place to go In ,K * for,n of * thr ** j A A M College during the Sum
Work Begins On Water •» Jr**
achottisehea, square dances, and l *®* l * r * swarded the orchestra # _ .
the Conga will take their places th *' n ^ * t,, up 10 ^ b*™ 1 h *‘* d of department has an-
among the fox trots and waits*-* 1® rn *^ , ‘ f 0 *"' f* r RssE- jamMaad.
next Saturday night, June 16 when The Summer Battalion will keep “Development of Commerce and
tbe first summer dance will be *** readers posted with the latest Industries" is the title of s course
KegiNtratton DmMMm
I* Jom IS A* ChM
Btfia ToMorrow Momiitf
Equaling tbe recurd-braaktac
enrollment af 1999 summer aaatiM,
tbs currant ataalou wR enroll ap-
proxtmstely 1,400 atudonts far Urn
first semester The total aurall-
ment for both seme stars M oxpoft-
•d to be approximutaiy IJOO, Reg
istrar E i Howell baa announced
A full day Mouday, Juaa 10 from
R a. m to I p. ■« will be davaiad
to registration la Um paat only
a half day waa given to the regia-
t rat km with claaaao start lag la tbs
afttrnoon, thus making It iaaoa-
vanlent for thoea who had after
noon claasaa Thursday, Juaa II
will be tbs dead-line far ragiatra-
tkm in tbe College Division to ob
tain credit for ftret term. Claaaao
officially begin Tuesday morning
at 7:90
Five dormitories wUl be made
| available to summer studenta
Walton Hall arid house married
couples and (ingle women; Hart
still house graduate students; and
Biasell, Law, and Puryear anil ae-
rommodate all others.
Expenses for the first semester
include 916.00 matriculation fee.
Fountain Presented
A.&M. By Class Of '38
Texas Veterinarians Open Two-Day
Meeting Tomorrow; Exams Given Today
The School of Veterinary Medi ♦pictures will be shown at all sea-
cine at Texas A. A M. College will sions On Wednesday noon the
piny host to the State Veterinary 1 Alums Association will hold a
Medical Association Tuesday aad luncheon in Sbiaa Hall .
Wednesday June 11 and It. when
that organisation holds its semi
annual meeting at the college
The opening session on Tuesday
morning still be devoted to the
usual welcoming address by Dr R
P Marsteller, Asnn of the School
of Veterinary Medicine at the col
lege and response by Dr W F
Hayes, president of the aasocia
ties A business session will take
up tbe remainder of tbe morning
During tbe afternoon tbe veteri-
notions wiU get down to class work
with clinics and asotion pictures
the order of tbe program That
evening tbe usual banquet wiU be
bald in Sbiaa Hail on tbe campus
with Dr. Marsteller serving as
The Wednesday morning sees ion
will be devoted to clinical work
on Inrge animals and during the
afternoon tbe veterinarians will
complete their business meeting
and bold a final dune Motion
While the doctors are busy with
their sessions tbe Ladies Auxiliary
will be making the social rounds
and still be entertained by the
local committee of women headed
by Mrs F. P Jaggi They will
be honored at a luncheon
Oaks on Tuesday at noon
breakfast ia Sue Has we II Psrk
Wednesday morning
While tbe veterinarians aad their
ladies are busy with their pro
gram the State Veterinary Examin
ing Board will be giving examine
Work has been started on s
fountain formulated by a commit
tee of the rlags of ’ttl headed by
John Bone, pi#*ident of the class
of 1939, which they have given
to A A M College. The fountain
is located south of Sbiaa Hall The
; firm of Atkinson and Sanders,
! architects, are designer* of the
fountain and 4 Bonifan and Sons
i sre modelei*
The fountaih is of classic de
sign made of past stone and com
prises of a reflecting pool approx
imately 19 fegt in diameter, In
the middle of the pool is super im
posed a howl and pedestal From
the bowl a spray of water will
flow
The reflect tog pool and bowl
will be IH by submarine flood
lights of varMOs colors
The fountain is expected to be
finished in about two weeks
held in tbe banquet rtM.ni of Sbiaa developments
Hall Member* of tbe faculty as —
well as studenta sre cordially in All persons interested In becom
tiled to attend and launch the new mg members of The Summer Bat
"Juke Box Prom*" on a success talion staff will meet m The Bat
ful season ! taii<>a office Tuesday night at 7:30
Pfaff Heads Former Students As
Bell, Motile, McQuillen Take Office
tiler Session, J Wheeler Barger. 9^04) medical fee, and 9860 room
rent. Meals still he served on the
campus in Sbtsa Dining Hnll, nt
the coffee shop, dining room, or
terrace of the Aggie land Inn, and
at the confectionery in the Y. M.
C. A Building. The rate for meals
. . . . in the dining hall will be 990 00
‘.''"’.""“"' "7 Jr s inf l« nwnla
which will be offered the first
six weeks by Dr. S L Rodnguet,
will be 40c.
New Course In
^ Welding Offered
July 1 Tlirough 31
to President T. 0. W alton
Library, Hospital And
Swimming Pool Hours
For Summer Session
A new course in welding wiM
be offered at Texas A A M Col
lege July 1 and lasting through
tJns for licenses to the'graduate. ** month, aegording to Bob Cook,
in veterinary medicine
The Board of Veterinary Medical
Examiner* will meet Monday.
June 10. Dr. P P Starr of Gaines
vtlle ia prsaident and Dr. Paul
Boreakie is secretary
licenses to practice veterinary
medicine Among thooe to take
tbe examinations will be many
Aggie graduates.
welding instructor in tbe Meehan
K-al Engineer tog Department
The college has tbe latest types
of gas and sleet rtr welding equip
ment and it Will be used in teach
ing the course to the welders.
Examinations will'be given for blacksmiths,
sheet metal workers, steam fit
ters, mechanics and others who en
roll for the tostrwrtion. In addi
tion to the practice welding of
■lx hours each day, there will be
lectures, moving picture* and dem
onstrations «r types of welding
jobs, equipment and technical in
formation
Cost of tha four week courae
will he 991 60 which will include
♦arranged to he presented during room, board, enrollment fee and
Sartos wUl feature atone of tbe tbe mornings at which time all coat of material* used Any per-
nattoa’x finest entertainers. IV glasses would be suspended so that *on who to pm ployed in a craft
world famous Imperial Sextet wtIK all student* could attend where welding to used to eligible
open the summer ear to* by sing- A too the first series had an to take the dourse. and he should
lag • program af rtoeato and admission charge, tort a provision make application at ear* to the
1940 Summer Entertainment Series
To Feature Outstanding Numbers
The 1940
light opera. TW Imperial lagers
are wall known an tha American
4b re »f tbe
feature^ pa radio station* out of graam
< Teveland. New Y*rk. Chicago, and
Ohkbotoa CNf
Began la 1991, tbe fcimmer
Kertoe has grown with suck wide
spread popularity that it la now
possible to fit the hast af enter
toinment The first prsgraaw
ware held at night, hut tolar wart
through tbe sam- Department of mdwatml Edm
get which takes tton at A. 4 E
aaea of these pro* This courae wiU he taught hy
iking them free Mr. Cask w|s la • gradaato af
Tha 1940 Bumawr Entertain the Lincoln Electric Company
ment Series la aa follows: Linde Air Pasdurto Company, aad
Wash of July I—A sartoa af various other company and night
evening 9es(friuhs to he presented schools.
for tha Fanucr’x Short Course If the students of the school da
Thee# programs will take pines ; not ear# to stay ia demutortea i
at the Assembly Hall. ant hi the cal leg* dining hall <
• (Continued aa page 4) east of tha epuras wffl be f00.
A G. “Bert" Pfaff. ’26, Tyler,'fyear's attendance at A
wa* elected president of tbe Asso
ciation of Formet Students climax
ing the orgamxation's Annual
Membership Meeting held at Com
mencement. June I. Tyree L Bell.
TS, Dallas, wa* named vice-presi
dent T W Mohls. 19, Houston,
was elected for a two-year term a*
athletic council representative;
and E E McQuillen was re-elect
ed secretary-treasurer
These elections wwre made by the
new board of directors in a brief
meeting Postponed to the sum
mer meeting of the board wa*
the election of an Executive Com
mittee. Student Loan Fund True
toes, and th* transaction of other
more detail business affairs The
hoard will hold its »uminer meet
mg on July 8-9 10 aboard the Tsx-
as (ompany's Hoaseboat at Port
Arthur and as guests of the Texas
OMupeay,
New President Pfaff to secre
tary-treasurer of tbe Federal Tank
Ounpany with headquarters at
Tyler He received his degree ia
elartricaJ engineering in 1926 He
has previously served as ex-student
representative on the Athletic
Council and was vk* president of
tbe Association last year
Retiring President C. P Dod
’ll, of Docatar presided over
tbe meeting held in the Y M C.
A Chapel, and wa* attended by ap
pfoxiamtely 200 men
The meeting heard reports of
tbe president and tbe secretary and
approved recommendations af the
Auditing. Resolutions, and Norn)
nbting Committees
TV# **tabliRlim#i!t of tft Qppor
taaity Awards inaugurating a new
phase af Student Loan activities.
authorised by tbe me
These awards are ope* only to owt-
dtag high school, or Junior
Cbltoge, graduates TWy are ef
fared by tbe association to co
operation af the A AM. Collage
and with A- A M. clubs and A. A
M man, whore no club# are 4
A M
(lass reunions proved s big fea
ture of the Annual Meeting with
clasee* of 1990. 1196, 1900, 1906.
1910, 1916, 1926, and 1990 all en
joying excellent attendance
The Annual Joint Faculty Form
*r Student Luncheon at noon Sat
urday, Saw 660 guests tax the twenty two other Texas colleges
the Ualversity of Puerto Rico
The course will include the indus
trial and rentmetrial developments
hi the West Indies and the L«tin-
American countries, and the sigmf-,
fence of such development* with . ^
respect to trade and cultural rela-1
tions in those areas with the
United State* In addition to hit 1
teaching experience. Dr. Rodnguet
ha* had commercial experience. I
serving for some time as an offi
cial eith a firm of commttaion i
merchants
“Conservation of Natural Re 1
sources' ia the title of another
courae to be offered also the first
summer term in cooperation with i
Under the direction of Dr. C. H.
M s 1940 summer
session get* under way today with
prospects of being the greatest
summer school in tbe college's his
tory. Plan* for tbe two-semester
summer session wore announced
by Winkler and many faculty
changes and additions vert alao
diacloaad.
Winkler pointed out that on# ef
th# primary purposes of the
twelve-week session to to provide
a means for regular coll age stu
dents to carry on their work
banquet hall factlitto- to do honor t*, work will consist of lecture# R*""**^ tbs calendar yuftr; thus
to be given by prominent state
and national leaders engaged in
the conservation of natural and
firing, If a student ao desires, aa
opportunity to complete college
work in considerably toss time than
eral, state, college and private
agencies Among the topics to be
considered are the conservation of
fish and game, soil and water, tun
her, oil and gat, minerals, and
The Library will be open dur health and other human resources
mg tbe summer from Is mto 10 "Field Studies" is a travel
p m Monday through Friday, courau to be offered tbe second
Ham to 12 noon Saturday, 1 to term of the summer session. A
6 p m and 7 to 19 p nt Sunday 7,000 mils trip through the Middle
The College Hospital hour* will West, Rocky Mountsfn, Pacific
be 10 a. m to twa p m Monday Northwest and Coast, and tbe
through Saturday; 9 to 10 a m Southwest areas will be taken un-
Sunday. 12 to two p m on holi- der the direction of Professor L.
days 8. Paine of the department. Coa-
Th# swimming pool will be open ference# will be held and obeerva-
to 4 m the afternoon and 7 to tions made of tbe agricuHural and
at night daily except Sunday business conditions and problems in
Tbe pool will be cloeod Sundays regions visited
human resources, representing fed-1 ra^trad
To this end, courses art offer-
ed in nearly rvery departmeat of tbe
college during tbe sutnmer sees ion
Tbe catalog for tha current sum
mer session, together with tbe rw-
cent courae additions, lists a total
af 328 esumas covering nearly
aa wide a range of courses aa of
fered during tbo long aaaatona.
a stu
partic
Dr. Winkler pointed out that
the quality af summer achsoi in
struction to entirely on par with
that of tbo long session* He fur
ther stated that the faculties af
both sessions to practically tha
same, plus tbe fact that there
are a number of nstttog profoa-
soro associated with the summer
(Continued oa page 4)
Stidham Fund Reaches $1001.43 As Drive
(loses Short Of Expected $2,000 Goal
With 91.001 49 deposited mi tbeTly go with a college life.
Fsieal Office, tbe drive to raise
money for tbe George Stidham
Fund concluded Saturday mwa
However, reports on donations from
Houston had not been received at
press time and committeemen ex
pressed tbe hope that from two
to foer hundred dollars more would
be added to tbe funA ebon these
Georgs Stidham to tbo Aggie
whose back was broken—split—In
an accident three weeks ago. Hla
mother la da*Mi, and be baaaY seen
kto father for several year* aad
<jo*rvi i inow wn#rv u> incRu* mm
way throagh college; be to
tons aad baaat bad money fur any
of the aa toltod toxuri
t',
He l*fW. PanneJl, Graham Purcell, Allan
Ellerbee, faculty representative V.
K. Sugareff, aad Mum aaaw 8. E.
Upacowtb.
Tbo drive to rato* fundi tor the
injured Aggie baa attracted state
wide attention and artistes torn
appeared ia many af tbe metropoli
tan dal tea to respect to tha world-
famous Aggie Spirit behind tbe
drive. Bceutes th* A A M cadet
faced with a tong period in tbe
hospital and tbe possibility of be
ing crippled for life He is in
tbe Houston Memorial Hospital,
being treated by Dr J. B Foster,
one af the finest bone specialist*
ia the South. Hell be there at
toast three amntbs. ia « cast at
toast ftv# months, aad maybe the
rest of bto life to • steel brace.
He hasn’t tbe money to pay for
any of R, bet his life depend*
on teetering ibis treatment Coltegt frttito ‘mtn iiiwjlmn
• Stidham Fuad committee chair- mainessmeu, and many friends ef
men Buster Keeton and George ** folteg* throughout the stole
Furrmann piiated out that dona- ^* Vf hrdped make toe drive a sue-
Mit.w — i.tt.rw.i * Zt mjLt
Off toe Other mombon ef tbe studenta bavTX
committee Include BIU Murray, E. assisted to tbs drive.
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