THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1941-
Speilman Shows
SMA Progress to
Extension Service
W. H. Speilman of Washington
was in consultation with sev
eral Extension Service staff mem
bers at Texas A. & M. college last
week. Their purpose has been to
consider larger participation by
Texas in the one-variety cotton
areas 1941 program by the Sur
plus Cotton Marketing Adimin-
stration.
Speilman is the representative
of the marketing division of the
SMA for Texas, Louisiana and
Oklahoma and expects to travel
three weeks in the state contacting
extension county agricultural a-
gents and considering possible
change in the procedure of select
ing one-variety cotton areas.
In 1940, approximately 2,000
farmers in the Munday-Seymour,
Paris, Greenville and Floyd-Hale
areas sold 22,729 bales of one-
variety cotton through this pro
gram, Speilman said. Through
April 15, more than 16,000 bales
of this cotton has been shipped to
40 southern and southeastern
mills, 13 in New England and
four in Texas.
“Farmers who sold their cot
ton through the SMA program”,
Speilman explained, “received an
average of more than $2 a bale
above the loan and $3 above the
average Texas farm price report
ed by the Agricultural Marketing
Service for October. Part of the
$2 above the loan received under
the program may be attributed to
the price equalization payment
which the approved shippers re
ceived from the SMA. The price
equalization payment was used to
neutralize the effects of the loan
and to encourage the cotton to
move into the channels of trade.”
THE BATTALION
Their Job on the Battnlwn Is Finished...
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editor Advertising Mgr. Managing Editor Managing Editor
Bob ^isbet
Managing Editor
George Fuermann
Circulation Mgr.
Keith Hubbard
Photographer
Earle Shields
Sports Editor
Bill Clarkson
Asst. Sports Ed.
— Page 3
Role of Legumes
In Agriculture Is
Essay Contest Title
The American Society of Agron
omy has announced that the title
of the essays to be submitted in
the 1941 student section essay con
test will be “The Role of Legumes
in Agriculture.” Authors of the
three best essays will be awarded
free trips to the International
Grain and Hay Show in Chicago,
medals, and one-year subscriptions
to the Journal of the American So
ciety of Agronomy. Other awards
are fourth prize, $20; fifth prize,
$15; sixth prize, $10; and seventh
prize, $5.
Contest winners will be announc
ed at the fall meeting of the Amer
ican Society of Agronomy.
All essays must be in the hands
of H. K. Wilson, chairman of the
contest committee, University
Farm, St. i?aul, Minnesota, by Aug
ust 1, 1941.
A. J. Robinson
Tommy Henderson
Phil Golman
Hub Johnson
Bob Myers
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Hustle and Bustle, Hard Work And
Late Hours-Editing the Batt Is Fun
Seniors Move Out with this Issue
To Make Way for Younger Generation
By Bob Nisbet
“Copy!
“Where the *$^&!@({%! is that copy boy—never around when
you want him. And who the deuce turned in this lousy story? Just
look at that lead—why a high school freshman could do better. Do
it over.
“And you, what became of that story from the dean? He doesn’t
know! Then go back and talk to his secretary; we’ve got to get some
facts on that story.
“Now then the dummy’s gone. Everything happens to me. Ah,
here it is; now where was I?”
It might be any of the three managing editors, George Fuermann,
or Earle Shields, or Bill Clarkson raving as above while sweating out
his issue behind the desk.
And just any Monday, Wednes*
day or Friday afternoon you might
find Sports Editor Hub Johnson
and Advertising Manager Keith
Hubbard engaged in conversation
which would approximate this:
“Just look at this advertising
dummy. More than half of my
page is covered with ads. Why
don’t you put some ads on the
back page or the editorial page?
Look at all the copy that just has
to run this issue.”
“Okay, Johnson, I’ll change it
for you, you sweet thing. We ought
to call you the advertising man
ager.”
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“Oh yeah! Well, you ought to
be called the sports editor. You
put more on the page than I do.”
And so it’s been all year—hustle
and bustle, hard work and late
hours. But it has been fun and
we’ve all enjoyed it, this putting
out some 94 issues of The Batt.
But there are other departments
whose work is perhaps not so ro
mantic as just plain hard work.
For instance there’s magazine
staff with A. J. Robinson as the
magazine editor. He and Art Edi
tor Pete Tumlinson burn the can
dle short plenty of nights during
the month cooking up gags which
the editor of Esquire said would
“curl your hair.”
And don’t forget the circulation
department whose work begins
and ends while most of us are
asleep. Tommy Henderson, the cir
culation manager, and his crew
have distributed 6000 newspapers
three mornings a week just as
regular as clockwork. Without
them the rest of the staff would
work in vain.
Somewhat more in evidence has
been Phil Golman with his cam
eramen, snapping and flashing here
and there at all the events of note
on the campus. If as quoted “a
picture is worth a thousand
words”, then the photography de
partment has turned out lots of
copy.
Just as faithful, just as diligent,
and just as vital to the paper has
been the work of the faculty con
tributors. These include Dr. R. W.
Steen, “Count” V. K. Sugareff and
Dr. A1 B. Nelson who have written
the current events column, “As the
World Turns”, Mrs. R. M. Sher
wood with her “Man, Your Man
ners”, and Dr. T. F. Mayo with
helpful hints from the library in
“Something to Read”.
For a military school a military
staff—that’s been the goal for this
year. Each senior staff member
has had his department and has
had complete charge. If his de
partment failed, it was his fault
and he was to blame; if it was a
success, he got the credit and took
the bows—he was entirely respon
sible for its management.
Thirteen seniors herewith move
out for thirteen more to try their
hand at “Editing The Batt.”
We have enjoyed serv
ing you this school year.
The “Old Faithful”
hopes that you have an
enjoyable summer.
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Seniors, may your future be
bright with success.
We appreciated your patronage
this year.
CALDWELL JEWELRY STORE
BRYAN
THANK YOU!
We wish to thank you for your
patronage during the past year,
and we sincerely hope that we
may be able to serve you again.
Good Luck to you all.
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1 Block West North Gate