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STUDENT TRI WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER OF
TEXAS A. & M. COLLEGE
VOL. 40
122 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 14, 1940
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NO. 26
Missing Freshman Is
Located in California
Carnes, Missing
Since Baylor Game,
Is Found by Father
Webb Carnes Jr., A. & M. Field
Artillery Freshman of San An
tonio, feared kidnapped when he
was last seen entering an automo
bile in Waco after the Baylor-A.
& M. game, has been located by a
letter received by his father, W. W.
Carnes, 1133 West Agarita Avenue,
San Antonio, postmarked Los An
geles, California.
Carnes, in his letter to his fath
er, said that the- reason for his
mysterious disappearance was that
after receiving a ride from Waco
to Austin he was unable to obtain
a ride to San Antonio so went into
a hamburger establishment near
a railroad and while there saw a
freight train leaving for San An
tonio. He boarded a box car of the
train occupied by two foreigners,
Carnes said, who began conversing
with him as the train neared San
Antonio. One of the two grabbed
Carnes and the other slugged him,
he said.
When Carnes recovered from the
shock he said he was lying in a
railroad yard near Peco about 36
hours later. He was taken to a
hospital at Carlsbad, N. M. and
remained there for about ten days.
After his release he went on to
Los Angeles instead of returning
home.
A state wide search was begun
for young Carnes when he failed
to arrive at his home after com
panions had seen him entering
an automobile at Waco.
Carnes’ father, immediately af
ter receiving his son’s air-mail
special delivery letter, notified pa
trolman N. R. McRea, who had
been investigating the disappear
ance of the 18-year-old boy, that
he had gotten a letter from young
Carnes who said he was “safe and
well.”
Preparations were being made
Tuesday to return Carnes to his
parents in San Antonio. Just how
soon he will be returned is not yet
known.
Quarterback Club
Meets Tonight In
Guion Hall at 7:30
The Quarterback Club, a faculty
and student organization, will meet
tonight at 7:30 in Guion Hall. Mov
ing pictures of both the A. & M.-
Arkansas and the A. & M.-S. M. U.
games will be shown at this time.
The purpose of the Quarterback
Club is to review and discuss foot
ball games played by the Aggie
team. Coaches and members of the
faculty will be present to lead the
discussion and answer questions.
The show is free, and all students
and faculty members are invited to
attend.
Levey Will Address
Chem Group Tonight
Harold L. Levey, president of
the American Products Company,
New Orleans, Louisiana, will de
liver an illustrated lecture to the
A. & M. faction of the American
Chemical Society Thursday night
at 8 o’clock in the main lecture
room in the Chemistry building.
The lecture which is entitled “New
Synthetic and Molded Plastics” will
include a large number of lantern
slides and charts to illustrate the
various processes discussed. A full
selection of various plastic mater
ial will also be on display.
The American Chemical Society
is a national society composed of
units in the various colleges in the
United States. The Society at A.
& M. is composed chiefly of mem
bers of the faculty and experiment
station staffs, but also includes
students. The meeting Thursday
night will be open to any person
interested in plastics.
In the near future the society
will present Dr. William Lloyd
Evans, president of the American
Chemical Society and D. B. Keyes,
head of division of Chemical Engi
neering, University of Illinois, on
features programs.
Bolton Addresses Local Chapter Of
Association of University Professors
Dean F. C. Bolton addressed the-
local chapter of the American As
sociation of University Professors
in the Reception Room of Sbisa
Hall, Monday night, November 11.
Dean Bolton spoke on the sub
ject, “A Valuation of Faculty Ser
vices at Texas A. & M. College.”
He pointed out some of the char
acteristics and qualifications of a
good teacher.
Dean Bolton pointed out the ten
dency of colleges and universities
to realize that ability as a research
worker does not necessarily entail
ability as a teacher, and vice versa;
consequently, in a teaching insti
tution the major emphasis would
be placed on ability as a teacher.
Dean Bolton also pointed out the
difficulty of evaluating the relative
worth of practical experience and
advanced study in improving the
professional ability of the individ
ual. In measuring professional ad
vancement, Dean Bolton pointed out
that advanced study can be eval
uated rather critically in terms of
degrees whereas it is difficult to
put a critical value on practical
experience. As a result, in rating
institutions, the degrees held by the
faculty become an important item,
and therefore provide one means
of evaluating faculty services.
After Dean Bolton’s address,
there was a brief period for ques
tions and discussions which was
continued in the social period fol
lowing the meeting.
The American Association of
University Professors is a profes
sional organization consisting of a
membership of about 14,000, with
chapters on the campuses of ap
proximately 500 colleges and uni
versities of the United States. It
serves the teaching profession in
somewhat the same capacity as the
American Bar Association and the
American Medical Association
serve the legal and medical pro
fessions respectively.
The local chapter holds monthly
■meetings at which studies of local
problems are reported by commit
tees. At times the group is address
ed by local members of the Col
lege faculty or by men from other
institutions.
The officers of tfce local chapter
for this year are Dr. Charle La-
Motte, president; Dr. J. H. Quisen-
berry, vice-president, and Dr. Ralph
Steen, secretary-treasurer.
Volkenberg to Address
Entomology Club Tonight
Dr. H. L. Von Volkenberg, pro
fessor in the Veterinary Parasi
tology department will be the fea
ture speaker on the Entomology
Club program which will be held
tonight at 7:30 in the Science hall.
The text of the lecture will be the
relation of the orthropods in the
transmission of parasitic diseases.
All members have been urged to
attend and all persons interested
are cordially invited.
Baggett Tells
Of Arrangements
For Vanity Fair
All seniors who wish to have
their girl friend’s picture placed in
the Senior Favorite section of the
Longhorn or who wish to have
them placed in the Vanity Fair
Section should contact Joe Paul
Jones in room 101 Dorm 5 immed
iately, Longhorn Editor Ele Bag
gett announced yesterday.
The senior favorite pictures
should be 5 x 7 inches in size and
printed with a glossy finish. Pic
tures of other sizes or finish will
not be accepted.
This year two pictures of the
Vanity Fair candidates will be
required, both being 8x10 inches.
One must be taken in sitting pos
ture in evening clothes and the
other will be in a standing position
in street or sport clothes. Prints of
the poses required may be secured
from Jones.
The cost of having the senior
favorites placed in the Longhorn
is $1.50. The cost of entering a
candidate for Vanity Fair is $3.00,
but the pictures of those who do
win will also be placed in the sen
ior favorite section at no additional
cost.
Warner to Represent
Agronomists as Local
Candidate for Office
Howard C. Warner, junior of Col
lege Station, was elected to repre
sent A. & M. as the candidate for
office in the national student sec
tion of the American Society of
Agronomy at the Agronomy meet
ing Tuesday night. This is the
first attempt by the club to install
a national officer since the suc
cessful election of Jeff Horn as
national president of the student
section in 1936.
A new type of club program sim
ilar to radio questionaire pro
grams was introduced at the meet
ing and proved a success. Tilden
Easley, associate professor in the
Agronomy department, presid
ed as “Prof. Askum” and kept the
members entertained by mixing
questions of agricultural fields
with those of a humorous nature.
Gene Wilmeth, junior of Ebony,
won the grand prize by answering
five successive technical questions
on soil science. The prize for ans
wering a question in the shortest
time was won by W. M. Nakayama,
a graduate student in Agronomy.
Brock to Address
AVMA Friday Night
Dr. W. G. Brock, prominent Tex
as veterinary practicioner, will ad
dress the junior chapter of the Am
erican Veterinary Medical Soc
iety Friday night. His subject will
be “How Organized Veterinary
Medicine Assists the Livestock
Industry.” The A.V.M.A. will meet
to hear this lecture at 7:30 in the
veterinary medicine lecture room.
F. H. Stallheim, president of the
A.V.M.A. will preside at the meet
ing.
Dr. Brock is the father of G. A.
(Sonny) Brock who was drum
major of the Aggie Band in ’38.
Walton Appoints Student-Faculty Committee
To Study Current Campus Traffic Conditions
Complete Social Calender for 1940-41 Session
Announced; All Organization Dances Now Scheduled
Jack Nelson, Social Secretary of-
the Senior Class, has announced the
dates for dances to be held during
the remainder of the term. The
dates have been approved by the
Student Activities Committee from
the applications for the dance
dates which were turned in to the
Student Activities Office.
The dates selected for the reg
imental balls are:
Friday, February 28—Field Ar
tillery Dance.
Friday, March 7—Coast Artillery
Dance.
Friday, March 21—Composite
Regiment Dance.
Friday, March 28—Engineer
Dance.
Friday, April 4—Cavalry Dance.
Friday, April 25—Infantry Dance
The dates for dances other than
the regimental balls which have
■been approved are:
Friday, December 6—A. S. C. E.
Ball.
Friday, February 14—Architec
ture Ball.
Friday, February 21—Sophomore
Ball.
Friday, March 14—“T” Club
Dance.
Saturday, March 29—Hillel Club
Thursday, April 10—Ross Vol
unteer Dance.
Friday, April 11—Ross Volun
teer Dance.
Saturday, April 12—Ross Volun
teer Dance.
Friday, April 18—Barnyard Fro
lic.
Friday, May 2—Cotton Ball.
Friday, May 9—Senior Ring
Dance.
Friday, May 29—Junior Prom.
Saturday, May 30—Final Ball.
Is the Corps Ready?
AN EDITORIAL EXPRESSION
By George Fuermann
•
As the Battalion goes to press for the next to last time before
the impending Aggie-Rice game Saturday, a time-out is in order
to let the Twelfth Man take stock; not in a routine manner, but in
a manner that smacks of something important to sixty-five hun
dred Texas Aggies, twenty-two thousand Aggie-exes and a few
million friends and supporters of the college throughout the world.
A. & M.’s mighty grid machine has won eighteen consecutive
games; last year it was the nation’s number one team and won the
mythical national championship; and this year it may repeat as the
nation’s number one team.
•
It can be done—as far as the football team is concerned it
WILL be done, but those men who make-up the A. & M. football
team can’t do it by themselves. They need the cooperation of the
Twelfth Man.
The football team has always had that cooperation, but many
there are who think since Saturday’s victory over S. M. U. that the
Twelfth Man has become over-confident. Many there are who have
pointed out in the past few days that the Twelfth Man is slipping
where Aggie Spirit is concerned. Even the coaches have noticed
the fact that the Twelfth Man seems to feel that the team is “over
the hump.”
But remember these things: That there are still two games
left on the schedule; that either one—or both—of these teams could
...defeat the Aggies; that either one—or both—of these teams could
tie the Aggies.
•
As far as the Twelfth Man is concerned, the Aggie football
team doesn’t have to be champions of anything to be the nation’s
number one team. Win or lose, Aggie Spirit is staunch behind the
team.
But now, as never before, that Aggie Spirit is being called
upon for double-duty. Now, as never before, that Aggie Spirit must
get behind the team and “talk it up.”
Rice Institute is entirely capable of beating A. & M. next Sat
urday. They have a new coach whose method of football is still un
sampled by A. & M. They’ve got a fast line and, more than any
thing else, they’re fired-up and ready to go against the Aggies—
they’ve got everything to gain and not a thing to lose.
So get behind the team . . . talk it up . . . Whenever you see
a football player, pat him on the back, “bull” him a little, and let
him know that the Twelfth Man is more than ever behind the team.
It can be done ... It WILL be done!
Wanna Work Fer the Guvment?
The United States Civil Servicef
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations to fill
the positions listed below. Applica
tions must be on file with the Com
mission’s Washington office not
later than the closing dates given
in each case. Two closing dates are
given for some of the examinations.
The first governs receipt of appli
cations from persons in States east
of Colorado; the second, from Col
orado and States westward. The
salaries are subject to a retirement
deduction of 3% percent.
Artistic lithographer, $1,800 a
year; also junior $1,440 a year;
assistant, $1,620 a year; senior
$2,000 a year. Negative cutter,
$1,800 a year. Junior copper plate
map engraver, $1,440 a year. Ap-
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Further arrangements for all of
the dances are left to the group
of students concerned who will
have to complete their plans in co
operation with Nelson and the Stu
dent Activities Committee.
J. L. Rice Leads
Livestock Team To
4th Place Honors
Texas A. & M. won fourth place
in livestock judging at Kansas City
last week. There were 20 teams in
the contest; these teams were from
the southern and central parts of
the United States. The first five
teams were, Iowa, Nebraska, Okla
homa A. & M., Texas A. & M., and
Texas Tech in that order.
J. L. Rice was second high man
in the contest with a score of 955,
only two points behind the winner,
Kenneth Dyer of Iowa with a score
of 957.
Texas ,A. & M. won first in hors
es, fourth in cattle, 12th in hogs,
and 17th in sheep. J. L. Rice tied
for second in the cattle judging.
M. R. Calliham won third in horse
judging, L. E. Brendes and J. L.
Rice tied for seventh place, and L.
J. Gentry was tenth in the horse
judging. J. L. Rice also won fifth
place in the sheep judging.
The members of the judging team
are J. L. Rice, L. J. Gentry, M. R.
Calliham, R. T. Foster, L. E. Bren
des, M. B. Inman, and H. E. Sha-
han. Shahan and Inman are alter
nates. The team is coached by R.
J. Von Roeder. They will leave
late this month for the internation
al exposition at Chicago.
19 Texas 4-H Club
Members Will Attend
Chicago Exposition
The International Livestock Ex
position and Horse Show will cel
ebrate its 41st anniversary this
fall from November 30 to Decem
ber 7 in the ampitheatre at the
Chicago Stock Yards. The Santa Fe
railroad, Houston Rotary Club, and
Dallas, Ellis, Sterling and Lamar
counties have made it possible for
Texas 4-H clubs to be well repre
sented in Chicago for this show.
Nineteen leading 4-H Club stu
dents have been elected by the Ex
tension Service here to represent
each of nineteen counties in Texas
which are served by the Santa Fe
railroad. The railroad pays all of
the necessary expenses for the
trip.
Sterling County will send the top
ranking 4-H livestock judging
team; Ellis County, the top poultry
team; Lamar County the state’s
number 1 crops judging team; and
Dallas County will be represented
by the top ranking 4-H club meat
identification team. The Houston
Rotary Club will send the three
leading 4-H club boys from Harris
County.
This group, a total of 34 boys,
will travel as a body with their
sponsors by rail.
Board Announced to Supervise Conscription
^e appointment of college offic-- 1
ials to assist draft registrants in
filling out their questionaires has
been announced by J. Wheeler
Barger, head of the Agricultur
al Economics Department and mem
ber of the Brazos county Advisory
Committee. District Judge W. S.
Barron is chairman of the District
Advisory Committee.
Those members of the college
faculty who have been appointed to
assist the registrants are:
Lt. Col. F. V. M. Dyer, Infan
try.
Capt. W. J. Faulk, Field Artillery
Reserve.
Lt. Preston Utterback, Caval
ry Reserve
Lt. E. B. Sale, Field Artillery
Reserve
Lt. P. C. Schoenfeld, Engine erf-
Reserve
Lt. H. K. Jackson, C. W. S. Re
serve.
B. D. Marburger, Superintendent
of Buildings and College Utilities.
J. C. Hotard, Supervisor of Sub-
sistance.
M. L. Cashion, Secretary of the
Y.M.C.A.
E. L. Angell, Manager of Stu
dent Publications.
Joe E. Davis, Assistant Comman
dant.
Harold Vance, Head of Petroleum
Engineering Department.
S. R. Gammon, Head of History
and Government
R. W. Steen, Associate Professor
of History and Government
A. B. Nelson, Instructor of His-' <
tory and Government
M. F. Nelson, Instructor of His
tory and Government
W. L. Penberthy, Professor of
Physical Education.
Wendell Horsley, Assistant Pro
fessor of Landscape Art
Preston W. Kimball, Instructor
in Agricultural Economics
Frank G. Anderson, Professor
of Physical Education.
T. A. Munson, Professor of Civ
il Engineering.
G. B. Wilcox, Professor of Edu
cation.
J. T. L. McNew, Head of Civil
Engineering Department.
F. B. Clark, Head of Economics
Department
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ematics H
G. B. Cofer, Professor of English
C. O. Spriggs, Professor of Pub
lic Speaking.
M. C. Hughes, Head of Elec
trical Engineering Department.
C. C. Hedges, Head of Chem
istry Department.
Stoney Stubbs, Assistant Profes
sor of Accounting.
These appointments have been
recommended by Judge Barron
to the Governor to be deputies in
Brazos county to assist any regis
trant in filling out his question
aire and in assisting him in any
way as to the interpretation or ap
plication of the Conscription Act.
They will receive forms and cer
tificates of appointment at a later
date but will begin to function im-
Committee’s Study
Will Be Used as A
Basis for Changes
By V. A. Yentzen
A student-faculty committee that
will consider the pedestrian and
automotive traffic control on the
campus has been appointed by Pres
ident T. O. Walton, Colonel Ike
Ashburn announced today. E. R.
Keeton, head yell leader; George
Fuermann, battalion associate ed
itor; Tom B. Richey, president of
the senior class; J. H. Focke Jr.,
band senior and W. S. Montgom
ery, lieutenant colonel commanding
the Infantry are the students ap
pointed. The faculty members are
Chairman J. T. L. McNew, profes
sor in the highway engineering
department; Lieutenant Joe E.
Davis, assistant commandant; Dr.
L. P. Gabbard, farm and ranch
-ijtadxg; jo uoisiAip soiuiouooa
ment Station, Dr. P. L. Gettys,
professor of business law and Tom
Rattan, executive assistant of the
local AAA.
Congestion on sidewalks between
classes and during the noon hour
has driven students to use the roads
with the resultant slowing of auto
motive traffic. The disputation of
the right-of-way between the pe
destrians and automobiles has be
come so serious that a group of
students have presented what they
consider to be a serious problem to
President Walton. By his direction
the student-faculty Traffic Study
Committee was appointed to de
velop a cooperative attitude in this
matter which will forestall the
possibility of serious accidents as
well as expedite the flow of traffic
through the campus.
Thurmund Leaves For
Yea^s Absence; Will
Be State Supervisor
M. F. Thurmond, associate pro
fessor of agricultural engineering,
left Tuesday on a year’s leave-of-
absence from the college to take
the position of state supervisor of
the national defense program with
the Texas department of vocational
agriculture.
The purpose of this program is
to train rural boys between the
ages of 17 and 24 in the depart
ment of agriculture. Ten million
dollars has been set aside by the
federal government for this pro
gram.
Replacing Thurmond is R. N.
Craig, a graduate of A. & M. in
1937. Craig has been a resident of
Pampa, where he has been employ
ed as manager of the McConneS
Implement Company.
mediately. Registrants under the
act have already received their
questionaires.
Travis Bryan of Bryan, Texas,
is chairman of the local Advisory
Committee.
In filling out their questionaires
advanced students should be cer
tain to state uijder requests for
exemption that they are students
in a military school and state the
time when they will graduate. Mem
bers of the advanced course R.O.T.
C. should so state the fact and that
they will graduate with a reserve
commission in their branch of the
army. This information will be
important to their local boards in
selecting candidates for immediate
service or placing them in some de-
| ferred classification.
November Magazine
To Be Issued Nov, 20
Battalion magazine editor A.
J. Robinson announced today that
the November issue of the maga
zine will be distributed Wednes
day, November 20. This issue will
feature an unusually large number
of cartoons.
“War” is the theme of this
month’s Battalion, with stories by
Walter Blume, D. C. Thurmon and
L. B. Tennison. Hlustrations have
been drawn, by Philip Crown, Frank
Knowlan, George Bentinek, Bob
Miller, and Jerry Rolnick.
Another high light of this issue
will be the football panorama by
Phil Golman. This will include
pictures of the games and unusual
sights seen on corps trips with
suitable descriptions.
The “War” theme will be car
ried out on the cover, also.
Heart of Texas Club
Elects Officers for Year
In a meeting held last week, 70
members of the Heart O’ Texas
and Mountaineers’ Club elected
Bob Langford of Brady president,
Seth Martin of Mason vice-Pres-
ident, and Jack Wolfe of Brady
secretary and treasurer for the
year 1940-1941.
Plans were discussed for the an
nual Christmas dance usually held
at Menard and the barbecue held
each spring for club members.
Meetings are to be held twice a
month on Sunday night.