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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1940)
• ^ ! \ N 1 BY BUB MY IBM to Uto wt»rW «f aaNton at Ttuu UatovraBjr and TH# Btowatli Annual BWort Court* Far CaatoiH and AUitotM aHtoduN •i for Auguat ll-t4 at Collat* SU- Road toetaron and inotrurton far Uto eu rront to bool art Honwr Norton aad Dutrb Meyor Norton, by virtu* *f hia National Cham afonohip team m 1VSV, and Mojror, for bia Number one team in 1931, ore rwofniaed leaden in Utoir prof Melon AMtoUng Norton in coaching the Southern All-Star high arhool team viH be Marty Karov and Virgil iuaM. Tbia team will play Meyer and Company coached Northern AU-fttan to a night game on Aug- aet 10th John Kimbrough was on the campua tbia week and «a* in fine ahape after weeka of politictag la addition to regaining bia loot weight be baa acquired one of thoee life guard eun tana He nam ed Kerrville aa bia next stopping place “Poppa" Weaaon dropped by the old institution last week and now hita the acaiee at 317 Looks }ike hard work agrees with him Naatot familiar in the A d M baseball line-up were in evidence ea both aides when the Houston Urand Pm# Team walloped the Waeo Dona. S 3 Thia win puu the br*m*n in ■Muk-pr* A la* hr** k, Nok are *a lb* Urand Atone to with Naton almost at tb* sxponM of of tb* tb* Dana Chubby mnda a diving entail af hia formor team mate's apparaa t trippl# STAN DINGS Team * WL Pet. Campus Sub Clean. 2 0 1.000 Campus Theater 2 0 1 000 | [; Aggie Cleaners 1 0 1 000 J Campus Cleaners 2 0 663 Lipscomb 1 1 j600 Aggie Pharmacy 0 2 000 Faculty 0 3 000 Compulsory Military Training Will Give ROTC Cadets Edge HOUCK REMODELS BOOT SHOP; ADDS NEW EQUIPMENT Hoiieb ( lean#is and Boot Shop, lor*tod at the North Uate, un <ler going a remodeling uf the building to which they do businees A second floor is being added ami new nutohinery for hoot making is being purchased at a cost of ap- proaimately Ih.WKi According to the pian. the cImh- tng establishment will occupy the ground floor while the boot shop and shoe department is to he on the second floor One of the new machines being installed la s new 40 model stitch er costing approximately 9700 which is used to put stitching in shoe soles and boot tops All the new equipment will enable the firm to produce all kinds of boots and bait wear Tha work la expected to be fin- tahed before the opening of the 1940-41 aoaaton of school -3- . . . Make a date with that girl you are think ing of. . . . Arrive at HRDUC- KA*S aet for a SWELL, time . . . Dance to the latent wording* and eat food that's downright delici ous. ... Listen to her tell you she's had a GRAND time! HRDUCKA’8 CAFE V<| mile aaitth on A. A M. on old highway No. 6 FRANK HIMON. Mgr. When compulsory military train ing becomes a reality to the United States and man between the age* of 31 and 43 are called, tboae who have had the benefit of Reserve Officers Tramtog Carps tramiag will have a distinct advsntag*. military authontias have ssaarad Dr T. 0. Walton, president of the college All present students at A A M as well as those who have attend ed m the past come under this category Ttaaa ASM College always has required students to take a two-yMr bean ROTC. course m military science and Utotua along with the regular cui lege tourae of instruction Bine* the last war in 1911 ap proximately 4.800 graduate* of Taaaa A 8 M ( oiagt have rscetv ed rommiaatons in iha Officers Hr serve Corps and several of them, by keeping up with the work, have risen to tank as high a* colonel Others have nut kept apace wKh changing military coltdttiuns toil Mill Wili be able to master the new technique far more rapufly than their less fortunate fellows who have not studied military science and tactics. Furthermore, the former Aggies W 'H be brushing up on the requirements for offi cers rather than attempting to rise from the ranks Texas A d M graduating class of last June furnished s total of Xkl more reserve officers to the service and many of them already have been accepted for active ser vice. More than SU Texas A d M graduates went to Fort Crockett at Galveston tkis summer for duty with the Coast Artillery | Corps, a branch of the army de ! stined to play a vital part in any | national defense activities through i anti-aircraft service. Theatre, ■ Sub Station, And Ag Geaners Tied RuthdrforB Pltdbwi Fla# Gam* la Boat Uparamb Jimmy Walker's Bub Button and Jimmy Da vis's Campus INoator saeb won two games tost weak to move into first place Bracketed with thorn are Maurice Bryant's Aggie (Teeners who have iron their only start. Tb* Campus Cleaners as a result of another forfeit are to third place with Lipscomb Phar macy right behind them Agronomy has dropped out of the league In a story hook finish the Sub Sutton nosed out the Cammu Cleaners to the tost inning, 7-4 Pitcher Milton Shultx was the ganee’s hero Coming to the plate in the first half of the seventh with hie team trailing one run with two outs, and a man on base, he lofted a long homer that was the winning run Hansel, Hub Station shortstop, hit three for four for the winners Campus Theater whipped Doc Samuel so n» Faculty 10-3 in a game that aaw the Teachers playing with only two men in the uutfiekl The Faculty picked up 2 runs in the first frame to Uke an early lead, but the fifth inning found them trailing 3-3 The Theater clinched the game in the sixth with a five run splurge that provided the tost of the game s scoring Pitcher Rutherford of the Theater kept ten hits well scattered while hla mates were collecting an equal number in bunches to run up their lead Ncheomack. Burklin and Sompson scored two runs apiece for the Tltoater The Campus Cleaners Hub Rto lion swamped the Faculty 10 8 aided by hchuKa' eaeellent (I hit pitching Picking up three tallies in the third inning the Bub Station was never headed, erorlng sis more in the fourth amt on# in the fifth The Cleaners touched pitchers Bau man and Wllliamaon f<* II hita. with Robinson and Wlifters scor ing twice. In a wild and bloody gam*- that SPARKLE IN LEAGUE PLAY THURSDAY, AUGUST 8. 1*40 PAGE S Many Returning Lettermen Bring Hopes Of Good Basketball Club for Next Year It might he too early to ptoymg basketball, but it's aever to mriy to start talking about it And beetdee, it looks like there might he something to talk about thu year; the team might not wva the conference championship, but it does appear to be the best m recent year* Returning teUrrmen, areund whom Coach Hub Mdjuiltoa will build his team thu year, are cap tain Bill Dawaon, Bill Henderaon, Charlie Stevenson. J. T. Lang, and Harold Duncan Dawson, a senior, and Henderaon. a jamor, were two the leading point makers in the conference last season Stevenson will be forever remembered by Ag gie basketball fans as the last- second goal maker who saved the game for A AM whan they play ed Texas her* last season The best prospects among the returning sophomores are R. B Bayer and Raymond Klutx Others on the list are Klton Mayer, Lea Peden, Paul Pennington, Donald Puntch, Raymond Terrell, Jamie Wilson, Gibson, and Hawley Three other squadment who will be beck are Hay Adams, Bill Buck anan, and Jams* Crouch By Mid season Bam Dwyer, letterman and captain-elect for the 19.19 40 Ventilating Fan* Kecommfnded For l T w In Building but who was ineligible, is expected to b* able to play And by the time the season opens Coach McQuillan expacta to have some good junior collage transfers ready to play An additional item that should not b* overlooked to that the Aggue split even with every conference team they played last season ex cept the Rice Owls MOVecational A* Teachers Meet Here At Annual Conference Approxtawtaly 130 Texas teach er* af vftatiooai agriculture are meet lag Bara far foe Annual State, wid* Conference, which bagan Wad* naaday and will tMtlnu* through Friday The w4y the Conference to ha- ing run this year la quite different from previous years inasmuch aa the fanaart will teach the teachers instead of the teachers teaching tha farmers. R. A. Manire, Auatm, director of vocational agriculture. Mid “Our teacher* of vocational agtrulturr need to find out more about farm er thinking" Ten former*, one future farmer and two nan-farm er* will be the speakers. The subjects of discXMion will rang# from “Problems and Poll ne* for Triple A, through De veloping District Programs for Soil and Water Conservation" to Agri cultural Economic* from the Farm er’s Point of View Farmers who wrtl do the teach- . mg include: Walter Hammond, Tye; Dr William Bennett Bixxell, Peter Hsrton. Danevang; Romeo Bizzell Retires From Presidency of Okla. U. Sport* Editor Oatae Announces Msrriaf* To Lula Collier Last Saturday at 4 p. m. Miat Uto Collier of Houston bee saw the brida of K. C. Oatoa, Jr. af CM* b-ge Station The ceremony teak ptoee at Shire, Tata*, And Uto couple toil) make their ham* to Bryaa. Attending the ceremony waft the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrt. IT. J. Collier, and her two aistotf. Miss Mae Colli* and Mr*. 0. f. Reese, also of Hauston. Mr. and Mr*. E. C. Oates. Sr, and Chartoi Oates, brother of the groom, wore present plao. , Date# has for the past ttoh years been Sports Editor of the Battalion, and is now connected with the Publicity Department at A A M •v 1 >AI IK preaidant of A. A M from 1914 to 1935, has served notice of his re tirement as President of Oklahoma Univarsity. Nearing the age uf 63. Dr Bixxell will become President emeritus and continue as lecturer on sociological problems Dr Bissell war' A A M ’* war time president, thus serving through one of the most colorful periods in this institution's history. Many of the preaent buildings At A A M were erected during his administration, including the dor mitory which naw bears his name The Board of Dlrvctora at Okla- ham* have not yet appointed hta successor. Korth, Ecleto; V C. Marshall, Heidenheimcr; R. C Miller, Orange Grove; Leo Owen, Hinton; V. A. Peterson, / Danevang, George Slaaghter, Wharton; Tom Walton, Grovetofi; and Jess Watson, New castle. The future farmer will be R Q Scrubbs. newly-elected pres ident, Texas Association of the Future Farmers of America The two non-farmers will be Director Manirr and J. B Rutland, Austin, state supervisor, F K-A Manire Mid that these men have been selected because they have become leaders among farmers in their own communities and in the state a* *rU« XNTAklil.Y HALL College Station Team Wing Water Polo Meet College Station'• water polo team i won the state meet Sunday by 4e {feating Galveston, 14 to 4. The gam# wa% played in the Downs' ! Natatorhim and mw sparkling play by former Aggie swimming and water polo stars. Gilbert Nagle, tx-Aggtc. led the winning team to early victory and accounted for seven of the score* while Bob Tayier. tha A A M fish •tar of last spring, made three more points In previous games Galveston downed Beoumonl 11 to 4, and (qlleg# Station took Beaumont 10 to I Thirteen senployaea from a total of 71,000 on WPA project* ftiled to sign the required eworn state- menu that they do not advocate overthrow of the United States Gov erwment. They were ragsoved from the payroll. COTTON SLACKS New regulation with high back, zipper front — priced from $2.75 to $3.75. Have your junior uniforms measured now. Always the highest Quality at lowest prices. ZDBIl i SONS UNIFORM SPECIALISTS wtk GbU even futnmhed a fight to thrill the big crowd of specUtors. Campus Theater trounced Duokw Pugh's Upacomb Pharmansu H-2. Ruth erford pitched a beautiful bait gaaw, yielding only h hits to fch* hard-hitting Pharmacists while the Theater was garnering 17 hiU off Headley, Featuring the gam. was Mike Cokinos who hit two home run* Bob langdal* of the theater nullified a sure home run by fati ng to touch second base Cokinos, Mitchell, and Woodham each sror ed two runs for the Theater while Stump and Thomason provided the only tallies for the loners Due to the inability of the teams to sUrt on time, Director Luke Harrison has ruled that all games II be celled at fiee innings in stead of the customary seven The Ijpacomb Pharmacy Aggie ('lean era game wias postponed Record Peach Crop § On the Move In Texan’ Orchards many commem.1 orchard. ‘T '“ U#d BuU * Un No> M ' •dte of a freight car per T* *T*“**2 *** ot At ’ Texas' record peach crop is on the move Fancy" peaches are being mov ed from at the rate hour, J F. Rosbomugh. horticul turist of the Texas A. A M. Col lege Extension Service, Mid MMseres to handle a large vol ume of peaches in the lower grade* suitable for canning have been un dertaken by the foods committee of the Extension Rervtc* Home demonstration club members jn non peach counties are pooling or ders securing the fruit in truck- lots at a nominal cost Harrison County club women have already used 300 bushels thia plan, according to Margaret Bracher. home demon stration agent at Marshall The system has been used effec tively in many counties in the handling of surplus grapefruit and pineapple Among the counties listed by the committee aa producing an unua- ual poach crop are Anderson. Cherokee, Henderson. Rusk. Morris. Rad River, Smith Van Zandt, Wood, Dallas, Johnson, Parker, Pula Pinto. Hoad. Erath. Eastland. Comanche, Wiao, Wheeler, and Cal- »: | eh. i ? s kf ■* a pr The committee, in addition to Baahorough, consists af Grace 1 Mealy, Jennie Camp aad Mara El The summer sun beating down un the house roof raise* tempera, lures in many attlrs to 130 de grees Fahrenheit or more This makes living and sleet ink quarters extremely uncomfortable At night accumulated heat la dissipated so slowly that it usually is early morning before it is cool enoOgh for comfortable sleeping However, it is possible to prevent heat from accumulating in the attic during the day and to cool the house at night by making use of a venti- j lating fan. ( hanging the air many j time* an hour, this fan will drive out the warm air and bring in the night air which is 15 to 2ti de gree* cooler than the daytime air. The ventilating fan system can serve almost every type of home. A propeller type exhaust fan is located in the attic over an open grille placed in the ceiling of the top floor Louvered openings or Windows are provided in the at tic which when provided with suf ficient outlet area permit an easy egress for the air up from the rooms below Cool air is pulled through open windows and doors Horn# cooling by a Use ven tilation is not a substitute for com plete air conditioning, but it is a practical and relatively inexpen sive means of securing relief from summer heat The Texas Engineering Experi ment Station of the A. A M Col- Hill Murrey To T*ko Job Aa Taarher at I* Marque Bill Murray, Editor-In-Chief of The Battalion last year, announces that he Will accept a job in the La Marque high arhool beginning with (ha opening of that school in September While in A. A M , Murray ma jored la English, end he will in- struct English and History in the school Bill visited in College Station thie past weekend <»n hie way home EC ENT EC0RD ELEASE8 t° 8NA0 ° .ovf TROPIC lOVl v£d Ml Hfcrwiife. * with Dorothy lomour Roborf Proiton • Lynrio Ovormon • J. Cwroi Noish 0w*«t*4 by lOUH UNO MON. • TUKH., AUG. II • U 7:SO f. M. ALICE BLUE GOWN and WON- DERFCL ONE are two of the grandeet of the more modern waits. m. Her* they appMr on this Glenn Miller record in dattling orchestral presentation Tha gradual return in to Eagtr Pas* after having been; some section* of tha country to a more subdued type of dancing is met by Glenn Miller with thia evi dence of his orchestra in a milder mood. to La Marque in connection with his work there for Thooo Jhroo ... And Thwlr Dr orriotic Story ... YOUITHMUIO HUIT Will IONS IIMEM- BCt Answer To “Brain Twister” The solution to this problem de pends upon simultaneous equations with the additional condition that the numbers Mtisfymg those equa tions must be positive integers FLYING HOME and SAVE IT PRETTY MAMMA wee# recorded by Lionel Hampton and Orchestra a few weeks ago in Chicago. FLY ING HOME is a medium swing af fair written by Lionel Hampton and Benny Goodman. The other This is obvious when we consider number is a Don Redman ditty from tic Fans", by W H. Badgett, re search associate It is for uas of architects, builders, attic fan dual ers, and horns owners interested in attic fun installation for summer comfort Copies of this bulletin may b* to- cured by writing the Texas A A M Engineering Experiment Sta- j tion, Collage Hutton. Texas Independent men and women at the University uf Denver stag* a “penny carnival" to finance their activitiee. University *f Michigan's CAA ground school enrol tees include 40 men and a girl that the number of each kind of stamp must be s positive whole j number Thus let x represent the SiVdn^; num !* r y *• number of two-cent stamps, and i the number of three-cent stamps From the conditions of the prob lem * + y + 19. x + 2y + 3* = 60 Multiply the first equation by three and subtract the second, obtain mg 2x + y = 7. When we solve this for y in terms of x, and apply the condition that y must be a positive integer, w* find that x takes on the values 1, 2, or 3. Tab ulating the corresponding values of y from the third equation, and of > from the first equation, ere obtain i I 2 3 y 6 3 1 s 13 14 13 The seta of numbers in each col umn Mtiafy both the first and sec- equations, but in only the third column is x, the number of one-cent stamps, greater than 3, th* number of two-cent stenipc Therefor* the little hoy received three ones, on* two, and fifteen three-cent stampa 'way back. The band plays thia tune at a slow swing with out standing solos on the alto aaxas and vibrsharp -a item Y0UB9 1 idnGILIERT Tbe nation's collegiate job-hunt ers can take hgart—there are at leaat 261,000 jobs “going begging” in the nation Three hundred students at Nor mal Collage, Yulaati, Mich., took part in a college circus Of every 1,310 relteg* graduates who marry ealy 19 wiD he divorced, aa compared with the general aver age of 1A4 divorce* for ttory 1,000 marriagoa. Tost* conducted by the Oklahoma A A M poultry deportment show that hens will eat threte times aa much greed feed if they X,!* fed three time* a day than if thef are fed just once a day W A of Th# favorite hiding place# cockroach** is th* kitchen pantry, whore they often pollute more food than they actually CHA1LI3 COBUIN LKI BOWMAN 1XGINALD OWIN lUCU WATSON I KINA 1AIONOVA w~ru>BUjr (r Win ScvJtfl OR FINE SHIRTS 98‘ law priced bet packed with *otp* 1 Mytaof<d ouotevt Stack wa now i 1 NeCret* WPlpreel CM art ‘'ifolfotc gfop mKmgp# wM Mfol ( y-r~~ SOWIH L MAtIN WINRfLO IMI 8AT n AUG. 10 7:30 P. M. More than six Bullion farmers, operating S3 per eeat af the crop land of the United States, are par ticipating in tho AAA farm pre- r#.* ••••' EDISON THE MAN .. PITS inHNsfiq^Mfo, LINNt OVt CMIHIS conus* Worn ci m 2S£F HISSl ' K » « I *<> mi s*isss» r WED.
