The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 17, 1940, Image 1

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, October 17, 1940, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextDIAL 4-5444 STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE The Battalion DIAL 4-5444 OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION VOL. 40 122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 17, 1940 Z725 NUMBER 14 Dance Saturday Will Open Social Season At A&M Gather ’round. Gather ’round. The crisp fall weather ushers in the social season as it gets under way with the first conference game of the year. Once again the campus will flash with color as twenty thousand will invade the campus. An undercurrent of excitement, chrysanthemums, the smell of the wind in the air, Kimbrough’s un nerving plunges, the brilliance of the flag-raising ceremony, the feel ing of kindred spirit, the smell of leather, a sore throat, a happy surge of feeling at the victory— that’s the coming ball game. And then the dance Saturday night with lovely girls in sleek gowns, sweet moody music, the tinkle of laughter, new boots, and hot glittering music. Then the quiet of the night with the band music hushed and subdued with the enveloping shadows, romance— the first corps dance holds some thing that can never be repeated. So, press that outfit and shine those boots, for the blood surges hot during these crisp days and the week-end promises much. Cosmopolitan Club Enrolls 104 Members American students and faculty members as well as citizens in general are welcome to join the Cosmopoliton Club which has in its membership most of the foreign students of A. & M. At present there are 104 stu dents on the rolls of the club. The club meets in the Y. M. C. A. parlor Sunday afternoon at 3. There is a social planed with re freshments and plans for the elec tion of officers at the next meet ing will be brought up. The Cosmopoliton Club is an experiment in International good will and fellowship conceived to promote friendship and agree ment between all of the students at A. & M., and particularly with those students of foreign countries. The cabinet committee on the Cosmopolitan Club consists of Paul Stach, Charles W. Brown, Vincent D. Hagen, Robert E. Nisbet, Al bert D. White, Robert G. Powell, and Clayton Collins. Dairy Team Places Twelfth In Contest The following telegram has been received by the dairy department: “Placed 12th in contest out of twenty-five teams competing. Dar nell.” The dairy judging team which has been in competition at the National Dairy show held at Har risburg, Penn., is composed of B. B. Fowler, J. K. Adams, N. B. Yarling, and C. F. Baird. The team was coached by A. L. Darnell, pro fessor in the dairy department. Hill Will Command RV Platoon as 2nd Lt. In a recent article about the R. V. election and the new officers for the coming year, the name of Tommy Hill was omitted. Hill, who is captain of E battery, Coast Ar tillery, was elected second lieuten ant and will command one of the R. V. platoons. Scenes From Last Year’s Rodeo n 818!! i ^ ^ :' t * % Purcell And McKeller Reign As King And Queen of Annual A & M Rodeo With King Graham B. Purcell4-in the grand entries in Madison^—no professionals being allowed Jr. and Queen Mollie McKeller reigning, this year’s annual Texas Aggie Rodeo, to be held October 18 in the Animal Husbandry Pav ilion, promises to be one of the best and fastest rodeos ever to be staged by A. & M. students. The only one of its kind in the world, the rodeo is sponsored by the Saddle and Sirloin Club, one of the largest clubs on the campus, which has grown from a handful to number now more than 200 ac tive members. The rodeo is held each year to send A. M’s Inter national Livestock Judging team to take part in the annual Chicago livestock show and judging con tests, in which the Aggies gener ally place high. No person pro moting the rodeo profits by it fin ancially; the promoters being a group of boys interested in live stock and majoring in animal hus bandry—and interested, too, in putting on the best performance of a rodeo of which college stu dents ai’e capable. The president of the Saddle and Sirloin club each year is named King of the rodeo and he in turn se lects his queen. This year’s king is Graham B. Purcell, Jr., from Arch er City, and the queen is Miss Mol lie McKeller, from San Antonio., who is considered to be one of the finest equestrians in the south west. Miss McKeller, who was “bom and raised” in Mexico, has ridden Yehudi Works Ice Box Light; Kerns Cleans Water in Natatorium By Mike Speer Fourteen years ago a man pro fessionally versatile, magnetic in character and strictly down-to- earth sort of a fellow came to Tex as A. & M. college for the first time. Assistant electrician, me chanic, maintenance engineer, and general anything-you-want-man, his name is A. H. Kerns. Among the various duties Kerns has to attend to is one that stands out far beyond the others not only in importance but in -the manner in which he performs it. That is keeping the water in the College swimming pool in a fit physical condition. Through an intricate sys tem of drainage and filteration, of which Kerns is the originator, he has saved the college an immense water bill as well as greatly im proving its usable condition. At the age of 12 through an un- •ffortunate split in Kerns’ family he was thrown out on his own to fare to the best of his ability. In 1908 Kerns entered Kansas State Teachers College, Fort Hays, Kansas, and graduated from there in 1913. He then taught school for one year; was director of Ashland High School, Ashland, Wisconsin; worked in a bank for two years; worked for five years in Fort Hays. Kansas experiment station. In 1924 he entered Kansas State Univer sity. He attended school both sum mer and fall terms studying elec trical engineering and graduated from there in 1926. During the same year Kerns came to A. & M. and accepted a position of instruct or in the Electrical Engineering Department. While acting as instructor in the Engineering Department Kerns be- (Continued on Page 6) Square Garden and many other rodeos, but has never entered the various contests as a profession al. Miss McKeller rode in the Cov- alry Horse Show last year where she was acclaimed by the student body as an excellent rider. Purcel, who was general manager last year, has participated in sev eral rodeos, having entered the A. & M. Rodeo his sophomore year. Together with Purcell and Miss McKeller will reign the Dukes, R. L. Caperton and M. S. Callihan. Caperton is from Bronte, Texas, and is vice president of the Saddle and Sirloin Club, while Callihan is from Conway, Texas. They have chosen as their Duchesses, Miss Lucille Yeagre, a Baylor Univers ity co-ed from Bryan, Texas, and Mis Margaret Helen Pryon, a T. C. U. sophomore from Panhandle. The royal party will make their grand entry at the beginning of the rodeo. So far entries have totaled about 110 in the various contests. The contests are about the same as last year except for the acts which promise to steal the show. The wild mule scramble and the clown acts featuring Duke Harrison, Greenville, Texas, and Jupe Allen, Beaumont, Texas, assisted by Mil ler Barrier, are the side-splitting highlights of the show. Raymond (Shorty) Fuller is gen eral manager of the rodeo this year with Johnny Hardin handling the advertising. Directing the calf roping is Jake Hess with Trav is Richardson and W. L. Pendle ton handling the bareback bronc riding and steer riding. Bill Huff man is handling the bronc rid ing and Tommy Stewart is tak ing care of the programs. Victor Loeffler is in charge of ticket sales. The rodeo is a truly western affair. The entrants, chiefly boys from Texas ranches, are just as non-professional as the promoters. to participate—but many of them ride and rope better than exper ienced rodeo hands. There will be two performances. A matinee in the afternoon at 2 p.m. for twenty-five cents, and the evening performance starting at 8 p.m with general admission tickets selling for fifty cents and reserved seats for seventy-five cents. Tickets may be purchased at the gate or from any member of the Saddle and Sirloin Club. Yentzen Promoted To Junior Editor On Battalion Staff V. A. Yentzen of Nederland has been promoted from a reporter to a junior editor on the staff of the Battalion. Yentzen is a third year student in the dairy husbandry de partment and was a transfer from L. S. U. last year. His promotion came about as the result of par ticularly outstanding work on The Battalion staff throughout the past year and a half. 200 Sheep And Goat Raisers Here For Quarterly Three-Day Meeting Governor W. Lee O’Daniel will be present for the ceremony and also for the game following. Other guests at the game will be 250 members of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association and their ladies who will conclude a three- day quarterly meeting at the col lege by attending the game in a body. Pennants Honoring Football Team To Flutter Over Scoreboard Saturday Or A pennant reading “Southwestfappropriate flags are raised. Conference Champions 1939” and another reading “Nation’s No. 1 Team 1939”, will be raised above the scoreboard in the south end of Kyle Field when the Texas Aggies- meet the Texas Christian Homed Frogs on Kyle Field here Saturday, October 19, to open their South west Conference season. In an informal dedication cere mony just before the game Gover nor W. Lee O’Daniel will raise the American flag on the new flag pole erected for that purpose. President T. O. Walton will raise the flag, “Nations No. 1 Team”, and Dean Kyle will raise the one reading “Southwest Conference Champions for 1939”. The last two flags will be placed at each end of the scoreboard. The board of directors and the athletic council will also be present to take part in the ceremony. The ceremony will start at 2:15. The kick-off in the Texas Aggie-T.C.U. Horned Frong tussle will be at 2:30. During the raising of the flags the Texas Aggie 210 piece band will play the National Anthem and the “Spirit of Aggieland” as the Entertainment Planned For Wives Sheep and Goat Men Mrs. J. M. Jones has been named chairman of a committee which will entertain the Ladies Auxiliary attending the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association here on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Assisting on this committee are Mrs. E. J. Kyle and Mrs. D. W. Williams. Thursday night a banquet will be held in Sbisa Hall and will be followed by an Informal reception. Friday’s program will consist of a tour of College Station and Bryan, followed by the attendance of a cavalry drill and polo exhibitions. During an evening the group will attend the rodeo which is being held by the Saddle and Sirloin club. The program will be concluded grimage to Old Independence and Old Washington on the Brazos. Hostesses that have been named for the occasion are: Mesdames Roy Snyder, A. L. Smith, George Bares, J. H. Jones, J. D. Prewitt, W. I. Glass, B. L. Warwick, J. C. Miller, Fred Hale, N. J. Schuues- sler, R. J. von Roeder, Jr., V. H. Melass, P. B. Parsons, F. I. Dahl- berg, E. C. Martin, J. K. Reggs, T. O. Walton, E. J. Kyle, A. B. Conner, H. H. Williamson, D. W. Williams, J. M. Jones, Stanley Davis, Walker Nisbet, E. C. Mur- phey, C. H. McDowell and Jack Shelton. “Heil Hitler” Sounds As Aggies Register With Their Uncle Sam Yesterday, from seven o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock at night, the Administration build ing resembled a beehive. Approxi mately 1500 students registered under the provisions of the Burke- Wadsworth bill. Forty-two student assistants aided the regular registrar’s force of nine to make possible an order ly registration. Those students, who registered were obviously surprised with the ease and speed with which they were registered. It differed from the usual reg istration period in that there were no long lines and no one had to wait very long to have his name put in the pot for Uncle Sam. Per haps the most frequent saying on this particular occasion was “Heil Hitler”. This was not said in a depreciating way, but rather in a spirit of comraderie and friend ship. For the most part the Aggies didn’t seem to mind the registra tion. Another question that was fre quently voiced is “What is going to be the status of the students who have had the two years of ba sic military training under the Con scription Act?” These, and other questions, will be answered in the near future. Entomology Club To Hold Meeting Tonight The publication of the Texas Ag gie Entomologist is the most im portant question to be brought be fore a meeting of the Entomology club tonight at the Science Hall. Discussion of whether to change the publication into a semi-annual in stead of an annual is to be dis cussed, President Milton Rethke said. The club has been making prog ress in its work toward the United Science Clubs organization and is planning to have J. O. Barton and Edward Batte to present articles on the Entomology club program soon. World Premiere of Aggietone News Generally Pleased Capacity Audience; Poor Sound Rated Most Criticism Potts To Judge Crops In Brazos Valley Fair R. C. Potts, assistant professor in the department of Agronomy, will judge the community and crop exhibits at the Brazos Valley Fair which will be held in Waco on Oct ober 18. Potts handles the instruc tional work in identification and judging of Field Crops and is the coach of the team sent each year to the Kansas City and Chi cago contests. By Tom Gillis -< And to the waiting audience was unreeled the first issue of Aggie tone News. The college officials were there and the house of the Campus theatre was filled with students Tuesday night as the first public showing of the “Aggies Own Story on Celluloid” was run. By 7:15 the house was crowded and standing room only was avail able. Yell leaders E. R. (Buster) Keeton and C. J. (Foots) Bland led a short informal yell practice, at which Dean E. J. Kyle spoke. Then the lights went out and the show began. Opening with a prologue which asked the audience’s indulgence for the first trial at such a huge task, the newsreel then launched into pictures of registration day. Some seconds later, the sound of the com mentator’s voice followed. Through out the remainder of the first showing, the sound and the pic ture were not synchronized. Shots followed concerning fish drill, the annual bath of Sully’s statue, football plays, and college night; however, the sound created humor the voice stated “Pugh picks up 6-fterest and the suggestions offered yards at tackle” while the picture showed Della Parker strutting in front of the Bryan High School Band at the half. The photography of the newsreel was generally good. This trouble with the sound was improved during the second show ing, and after having the sound system examined during the night, Wednesday’s performances came in almost perfectly. The defect was a purely technical one, but it caus ed most of the adverse comment on the newsreel. The remainder of the production was a pleasant surprise to most of the audience, as shown by their reaction writ ten on criticism and suggestion slips which were passed out. These slips showed almost unanimous approval of all points except the sound. The comment on the contin uity was good and the points most enjoyed by all was the sports sec tion and the additions which were included in the film. Taken as a whole, the audience reaction show ed the newsreel to be of interest to Aggies for many reasons. The by either lagging or racing ahead, criticism slips showed without ex- Ripples of laughter rolled back as | ception that the feature was of in will be of help in improving subse quent issues of the Aggietone News. Among those present for the world premiere of the student made newsreel were: Dr. and Mrs. T. O. Walton, Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Bol ton, Dean and Mrs. R. P. Mars- teller, Dean and Mrs.- Gibb Gil christ, Dean and Mrs. E. J. Kyle, E. L. Angell, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Winstead, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. McElroy, Lt. and Mrs. J. E. Dav is, and Harry Boyer. Congratulatory telegrams to the staff were received from numerous movie stars and key men in the movie industry. "Congratulations on newsreel production” read one signed Deana Durbin, Marlene Die trich and W. C. Fields. Cleverest among the lot was a telegram from the R. E. Griffin Theatres which read “Congratulations and success for your new baby—Ag. gietone News.” The Columbia Pic tures Co. wired “Congratulations to you, your staff on first showing of Aggietone News. Understand this is first time any college ever presented a newsreel and positive (Continued on Page 6) Delegates Will Visit Campus and Witness TCU Game Today marks the beginning of the quarterly meeting of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Associa tion which will be held here during the next three days. This meeting is the first to be held here at A. & M. for the association and was ins tituted primarily to visit points of interest on the campus and sur rounding territory. President of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association is E. S. Mayer of San Angelo. Mayer has been prominent in civic matters and for a number of years has been one of the directors of the National Wool Growers’ Associa tion. A. K. Mackey, formerly of the animal husbandry department, is the new secretary and will be here to talk to the group. Two hundred directors, their wives, and friends will arrive dur ing the day and will register dur ing the afternoon in the animal husbandry library. The meeting will officially begin with a banquet at 7:30 in Sbisa Hall. Colonel Ike Ashburn will be toastmaster for the evening and will introduce Dr. T. O. Walton, who will be the prin cipal speaker. A business session will be held Friday morning in the Animal In dustries Building and will fea ture short talks by E. J. Kyle, Dean of Agriculture; R. P. Mars- teller, Dean of Veterinary Medi cine, D. W. Williams, professor in the animal husbandry depart ment, and A. B. Conner, director of the Agricultural Experiment Sta tion. Following the meeting all visitors will be escorted individually by students and will eat with the student body in the mess halls. Points of interest such as the wool scouring plant, wool labora tory, nutrition laboratory, experi mental grass plots, meats labora tories, herds and flocks, museum and the F. & B. station will be visit ed. Of considerable interest will be the exhibits which will be held in the scouring plant located in the old Textile building. Here U. S. Government grades of wool and mohair will be on exhibition. On display will be samples of mo hair grades made in several of the warehouses of southwest Texas. This display is the result of the effort of mohair people to sell mo hair on its merits. Formerly, it has been the custom to dispose of mo hair in two grades of adult and kid. This spring has seen the in troduction of the new classifi cation. There will be samples of the new mohair upholstery fabrics which have become popular during recent years. The wool exhibits will consist of an attractive exhibit prepared by the Arlington Mills of Lawrence, Mass. Samples of raw wool taken from the various operations in the manufacture of worsted and wool en goods will be on display. Of con- continued on Page 6) Valley Products To Be Featured At Horticulture Show Committees have been appoint ed and plans are under way for the ninth annual Horticulture Show which is to be held on November 25 and 26. Arangements for se curing the various exhibits and ex tra features of the show are being made. A larger and more educational exhibit is being planned for this year, including a date exhibit from Arizona, and other out-of-state exhibits of fruit and vegetables. As a special attraction, the com mittees are arranging for a ship ment of appl'e cider from Arkansas. The show has been an annual af fair for a number of years, but it has been only in the last few years that people have realized the educational aspects of such shows. With their records of in crease in interest and attendance, the Horticulture Society is striv ing to maintain and raise the stand ard of their shows in regard to hu man interest and educational value.

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