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Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIX.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS FEBRUARY 25, 1921.
NUMBER 21
GRIDIRON VET
DEFENDS THE OLD
NAME “FARMERS”
“POWDER PUFF”
IS CREATING
WIDE INTEREST
“Sole-Killers” From
State Ma/^e Hit with
Jazz in Aggieland
A. &M. Develops
New Variety “Hound”
for Own Requirements
HOOVER CHOOSES
A. &M. GRADUATE
AS HIS ASSISTANT
INVESTIGATION
COMMITTEE MOVES
TO COLLEGE TODAY
Charlie DeWare, Former Star Captain
of a Farmer Eleven Responds to
Request for Opinions on Recently
Proposed Name of “Wildcats.”
‘FARMERS’ MEAN HE MEN’
Name of “Wildcat” Already Aban
doned But DeWare’s Story Too
Good to Keep From Corps.
Upon my last visit at college i
found there was a movement on foot
to change the name of the teams
representing the College in Athlet-
. ics. The name most favored was
“Wildcat.” While one can see the
sincere purpose of .this seeking to find
a name which would- typify the old
fighting spirit of all A. and M. teams
and its student body, yet one who knew
the College through its lean years
could not be favorably inclined to the
change for several reasons.
1st. A. and M. is a farmer’s
school; it is a “He” man’s school; it
is the most democratic school I be
lieve in existence today. It does
more to inculcate in the young man
who attends it the knowledge that it
is through internal worth and quali
fications and not external that a man
should be appraised and judged, that
a man’s blood should be red and not
blue. (Blue blood being for dogs,
hoi-ses, cattle, etc). The word “Far
mers” more nearly than any other
expresses what the name of our col
lege stands for. “Farmers” is the
name that was taken by the first
bunch of men who went out in “over
alls” without any coach, or any
ball, without any coach, without any
money to emblazon the name of
“Farmers” of the A and M. in the
athletic world, to make it a name lov
ed by all red blooded men in Texas
as well as a name honored and re
spected but feared by Varsity. It
is thev who laid the foundation upon
whicf^^have been formed the many
been handed
Vdo-vn to student bodies at A. and M.
for generations to come; traditions
for “He” men;—by “He” men, tra
ditions of which you are proud, tra
ditions which you love and traditions
of which you will brag from the first
Christmas of your fish year until you
go to give an accounting of your pe’c-
iod of Stewardship here. For years
these boys labored on. Perhaps in
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CO. CINFRANTRY
FRESHMEN GIVE
KEEN BANQUET
“Fish” Strange Toastmaster of Occa
sion; Home Eats Supplied; Two
Hours of Fun and Food.
“C Company, fall out”, thus the
claxdon call rang out and awoke the
slumbering echoes in each far and
musty corner of Goodwin Hall. The
company having aligned itself on its
regular parade was ordered to fall
in by Sergeant Foster, R. F. “Senior
Fish” Cape, Warden, “Navasota”
Potts, “Rabbi” Bertschler, “Shorty”
Sherrill and Joe Reid were ordered
to fall in the “Sandlowers” squad.
“Shorty” Brusenhan was corporal
and handled his squad in an excellent
manner.
Hair inspectors were then ordered
to fall out and inspect the former
upper classmen for “rinctums” and
“pluckems”. Fish Wilson maintains
that Bradley had the best “rinctums”
of all; “Revenge is sweet”, thus saith
the old proverb. After one exer
cise in calisthenics the company was
marched to the “Y”. Fish Casaday
and Fish Sprott handled their pla
toons in a very military manner.
The members of the company as
sembled in the banquet room of the
“Y” where they gathered around the
tables which were arranged in the
form of a “C” and were given “take
seats” by the toastmaster. On look
ing at the eats, from back home, that
were spread on the table a little tear
formed in each one’s eye and an un
utterable longing in his soul to sing
“Home, Sweet Home.”
For a while the silence was only
broken by the weird and unearthly
sounds emitted by several of the
company meal-hounds as they pre
sented a battle front to the table and
made an atack on the right wing of
the enemy (chicken, etc). Hither
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Spicy Contributions Being Received;
Many Cadets Promised Articles
By Girl Friends.
Boy, you’ll be suprised! We ex
pected it to be good, but at present
the “Powder Puff” bids fair to be a
most remarkably interesting number
if the material being received is any
indication. Practically every girl’s
school and the majority of the co-ed
institutions will be represented. Many
students have stated that they have
requested contributions and girls
everywhere are taking much interest
in this femine number of the Bat
talion.
It is urged that students obtain
the widest possible variety of mater
ial and help in every way to make
this feature a permanent one with
the publication. Be sure to invite
your girl or girls to contribute. The
closing date for receipt of articles
for the “Powder Puff” issue is March
9th. All girls, everywhere, are in
vited to contribue to this issue of the
Bat.
DOCTOR TRUETT
TO BE AT A. & M.
Is Reported Very Enthusiastic Over
Probable Meeting to be Held on
the Campus in April.
Edgar Brinkman, student repre
sentative on the committee with Rev
erends Brown and Vivion who went
to Dallas last week for an appointment
with Dr. George W. Truett, announ
ces that Dr. Truett is very enthusi
astic over the meeting which is being
planned for the last of April or first
of May. Dr. Truett is widely known
as one of the strongest ministers in
the entire South and A. and M. has
long tried to obtain him for such a
meeting as now seem;; possible, the
first of its nature ever held at A. and
M., an idea introduced by Dr. Biz-
zell. Dr. Ti-uett is an exceedingly
busy man and the time approximated
above will be his only opportunity to
appear at A. and M. this year. The
students will be fortunate to have
the opportunity of hearing this series
of sermons. Dr. Truett plans to visit
A. and M. for a week or ten days at
least.
CH. E. STUDENTS
MAKE TRIP OF
INSPECTION
Route is Changed to North Texas
Points This Year; Many Chemists
in the Party.
Dr. C. C. Hedges announces that
plans and arrangements are now
fully completed for the inspection
trip of Junior and Senior Chemical
Engineers. In the past, this trip has
been made to include only the indus
tries of South Texas. However, Dr.
Hedges has evolved the scheme of
visiting South Texas one year and
North Texas the next. In this way
a student will have had the oppor
tunity of seeing the industries of
both sections of the State before he
graduates. This plan has the addi
tional advantage of bringing to the
attention of North Texas industries
the work of the Chemical Engineei - -
ing Department of A. and M. and
the character of engineers it turns
out. South Texas has already come
to look to this college for recruits,
largely because of these annual in
spection trips. This year’s tour will
take in Corsicana, Dallas, and Fort
Worth; much good should result both
for the students and the College.
The party will leave College at
midnight Sunday, February 27th. De
barkation will take place about rev
eille Monday morning at Corsicana,
and the day will be spent looking-
over the plants of The American
Well and Prospecting Co., Magnolia
Petroleum Co., and The Southland
Cotton Oil Co. Dallas will be made
Monday night after supper via the
interurban. The inspection of the
Texas Co., and the Texas Portland
Cement Co. will take up all of Tues
day. Wednesday will complete the
stay in Dallas with visits to the Sew
ell Paint and Glass Co., and the
Washington Cotton Oil Co. The
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A surprise awaited the cadet corps
Sunday night at Sbisa Hall when the
Original “Sole-Killers” rendered se
lections from their repertoire of
“dance music so different” during
the evening meal. En route to north
ern points for engagements, the or
chestra stopped off at Aggieland for
a brief visit and made quite a hit
with the corps thru their modus
operand!. Adept in the art of rid
ing astride on the piano, displaying
their pep thru their shoulders, and
in other Avays combining the stunts
of contortionists with the strains of
hypnotic jazz, the “Sole-Killers”
found the key to popularity at A.
and M. Encore after encore was in
sisted upon and the musicians obliged
for an hour the cadet corps and cas
uals. The entire student body sur
rounded the orchestra and met each
offering with hearty applause. The
“Sole-Killers” consist of Jimmje
Burnette, Allan Montgomery, Roy
James, Dick Hamel, Elgin Teal, Jim
mie Maloney, and Jack Brown. It
will be recalled that Maloney was a
member of the A. and M. orchestra
and Military Band during 1919-20.
RICE PLAYERS
FORFEIT CHESS
MEET TO A.&M.
Failure of Two Players to ArrWe for
Meet Gives Aggies Victory By
Score of 10-5.
The Chess tournament between A.
and M. and Rice that promised to be a
very interesting affair turned out
rather disappointingly, due to the
failure of two of the Rice players to
make their appearance. Each team
was supposed to have five players,
ranked according to their merits. As
it was, the tAvo men that failed to
No candidates for “tea-hounds”
being announced since the Waco Cot
ton Palace, and the student body
tiring of the more than common
meal-hounds, society-hounds, hounds
for work, hounds for dance, news-
hounds, joke-hounds, and all the
other canine similes, the moi’e recent
termination of “Mail-hounds” is com
ing vogue. The new variety of the
species has many followers. The
characteristics by which they are
known are quite pronounced. This
is the species which can be seen
in vicinity of the Faculty Eychange,
hovering near a mail box, during
the entire period of mail dis
tribution and fifteen minutes
margin at each extreme included.
Arriving on the scene of action be
fore the Postmaster, the Mail-hound
remains until every letter, postcard,
paper and package hag been distrbu-
ted. Occasionaly he may be obser
ved to open a box——usually return
ing the mail piece by piece as the
length of his face increases with each
disappointing address. Frequently
he uses the mail box as a speaking
tube thru which to shout at the Post
master, asking him if the mail is all
put up; if so, why? If not, when?
The new pack increases rapidly.
thus preventing A. and M. from show
ing its best. The fact that those
games Avere forfeited to our team was
little satisfaction, as the members
would rather have played and taken
their chances on winning. The of
ficial score was 10 to 5 in favor of A,
and M.
The team is to go to Houston for
a return engagement with Rice in the
near future.
“T” CLUB STUNT NIGHT.
Come to the Gym to see the ‘Fats’
and ‘Leans’ tie up in a cage contest.
Also the B Troop gloom dispellers
along with boxing and wrestling will
be on hand. Admission 25c. Gym
Saturday night.
Dean Nagle Announces A. and M. En
gineering Graduates’ Standing
With Employing Firms.
A letter to the editor from Dean
J. C. Nagle of the School of Engineer
ing gives some interesting facts con
cerning A. and M. graduates in their
respective fields. The letter follows:
Some of your readers would brob-
ably be interested in an item which
appears on page two of the Houston
Chronicle in its issue dated February
20, which article bears the headlines:
“Hoover Picks Austin Man as His
Chief Engineer Aid.”
The man referred to as having been
selected by Herbert Hoover, president
of the American Engineering Council
of the Federated American Engineer
ing Societies, as executive secretary
of the Council is Lawrence Wilkerson
Wallace, president of the Society of
Industrial Engineers. Wallace is a
past president of the Indiana Engi
neering Society, a member of the In
ternational Railway Fuel Association,
Westeim Railway Club, Master Car
Builders’ Association, Academy of Po
litical and Social Science, and num
erous other organizations. He is also
a past grand lecturer of the Grand
Lodge of Indiana.-
“Gopher” Wallace graduated from
the Mechanical Engineering course of
the A. and M. College of Texas in June
1903. He registered at the College
from Garfield, Texas, but was bom
in Austin, Texas, August 5, 1881. For
some years after graduation he was
in the service of the Santa Fe rail
way. About 1907 he was appointed
instructor in car and locomotive de
sign in Purdue University, Lafayette,
Indiana, and served in that capacity
for some years during which time he
also took a degree at Purdue. Mr.
Wallace was promoted to the rank of
professor of railway engineering and
industrial management in Purdue Uni
versity and was regarded as one of
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STOCK JUDGING
TEAM RECEIVES
TROPHY CUP
Loving Cup Presented at Internation
al Show by Perchex-on Society
of America Received.
Secretary Ellis McFarland of Per-
cheron Society consents to _ write
special articles for Battalion to ap
pear in early issue.
The International Stock Judging
Team has received the trophy cup
won by them at the Chicago show.
This handsome loving cup was offet'-
ed by the Percheron Society of
America to the winning team in the
intercollegiate contests in judging
Percheron horses. The trophy will
be placed on exhibit in the A. H.
building in the room devoted to this
pui’pose.
Secretary Ellis McFarland, of the
Percheron Society of America has
consented to write an article espec
ially for the Battalion to be of par
ticular interest to Animal Husbandry
students. The article will be of
keen interest to the large senior class
in this course, who graduate in a fexv
months and either enter stock rais
ing or some other phase of the live
stock industry.
SUNDAY IS DATE SET FOR
UNIVERSAL PRAYER
A. and M. Will Conform With Inter
national Plan for Observance of
Worthy Occasion.
At 7:00 a. m. Sunday morning in
the Y Chapel, the cadets of the col
lege will offer a Sunrise Prayer, State
Secretary Echard acting as leader
for this accasion. This is a service
new to A. and M. and on this day of
Universal Prayer it is hoped that
many students will be present.
Sunday evening at 7:00 p. m. as
previously announced, at a special
bugle call, everyone on the campus
is requested to stop whatever may
be the task at hand and for five min
utes join in the concerted prayer that
will be sent up at this hour thruout
the world. In denominational ser
vices, pastors, will halt in their ser
mons for these prayers. In their
rooms or on the campus, students are
asked to observe this moment with
a prayer.
Hazing Investigation Will Be Com
pleted On Home Territory—Many
Students Will Be Examined.
TEXAS PRESS LAUGHS
Senators Baugh, Bledsoe and Parr
With Judge Cullen F. Thomas,
Judge Rogan and Col. T. N. Jones
Will Proceed With Hearing.
The Legislative Committee of Sen
ators Parr, Bledsoe and Chairman
Baugh arrived today and resumed the
hearing of the hazing investigation at
A. and M. Judge Cullen F. Thomas,
representing the Alumni Association,
Judge Rogan, representing the Col
lege, and Col. T. N. Jones, represent
ing the Board of Directors, are pres
ent for the concluding scenes.
It is expected that many students
will be called for examination by the
committee and the sessions will prob
ably be open to none other than the
College officials with the exception of
those called for examination. Stu
dents seem to be displaying little in
terest in the investigation now other
than to read with eagerness the dis
cussion in the daily press of the
state. Many larger papers have taken
the stand that the investigation is not
worth while and that even though
hazing in some forms should be exis
tent, it is only to be expected, A. and
M. being no different from other
schools throughout the country.
Freshmen continue the old custom
of secretly planning elaborate ban
quets and organizations are giving
them for the upper classmen who are
being investigated for “cruel and bru
tal treatment” of these same Fish.
Such action seems to indicate the com
plete satisfaction of the large Fresh
man class with existing conditions.
Many ex-students and alumni write
their friends in College that in their
opinion the investigation will prove
fruitless and that they are still A. and
M. men, stronger than ever before;]
BANKER-FARMER
CONGRESS MEETS
HERE NEXT WEEK
ONE THOUSAND BANKERS AND
FARMERS TO BE COLLEGE
GUESTS.
BIG QUESTIONS ARE ASKED
Second Annual Conference Called to
Discuss Cotton Acreage and Other
Urgent Questions; Many Noted Men
To Be Speakers; Date March 3rd
and 4th.
The Texas Bankers’ Association and
farmers of the state meet at College
Station March 3rd and 4th for their
second annual conference. Last year
this convention assembled for the first
time, choosing the A. and M. Col
lege as its place of meeting due to
the number of specialists located here
and the general interest of the asso
ciation in the institution. More than
800 farmers and bankers were reg
istered at the meeting last year and
the number is expected to exceed 1000
at the present convention.
The purpose of this association is
to promote agricultural pursuits in
the state, place farmers and bankers
on a better plane of understanding,
and permit each profession to profit
by the knowledge of affairs possessed
by the other. Many speakers of rep
utation in their lines will be on the
program being arranged by President
Bizzell, Dean E. J. Kyle and Com
mandant Ike S. Ashburn. The reduc
tion of cotton acreage will be a prom
inent question before the association.
The metirigs are open to students who
are urged to attend certain sessions
at which topics of particular interest
will be brought up.
The visitors will be guests of the
College and it is probable that some
of the military organizations will pitch
pup-tents and camp during the aso-
ciation’s meeting. This was the plan
followed last year, the students ask
ing that they be given this privilege
of turning over their barracks to those
attending the conference. Many
fathers whose sons are attending A.
and M. will be present and students
are asked to invite their fathers and
friends to this conference. Wide
publicity is being given the Second
Annual Meeting due to the urgency of
question to be considered.
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EX-AGGIE FRESHMEN ON HAZING.
BY S. E. OGLE.
Lafayette, La., Feb. 19th, 1921.
Senator A. Parr,
State Capitol Building,
Austin, Texas.
Dear Sir:—
Your letter of February 12th, concerning hazing at A. and M.
College at hand, for which I thank you. I am glad of this opportunity
to tell you of my experiences along these lines while at A. and M.
In direct answer to your question, I will state that I have never been
hazed or even threatened with hazing while at A. and M. My resig
nation from College has no bearing upon the hazing question at all,
and as a matter of information will state that I intend to return to A.
and M. next fall and complete my wor’. v
Of course I do not say that A. and M. is free from the usual
college pranks and jokes. Even our model State University, at which
I was a student for one year, is subjected to that in a mild form. I
have, myself, had practical jokes played upon me and of course in
turn retaliated—but this was all done in the spirit of fun. During my
entire stay at A. and M. College, 1 have as yet to meet a student or
ear of one, who has been subjected to harassment, abasement or
degredation in the eyes of his fellow students. The stunts that the stu
dents play upon each other tends to bind them together, and suppres
sion of this natural outlet of youthful enthusiasm will make A. and
M. a school more on the order of an old maid’s home. The boys at A.
and M. have very little outside amusement and quite a bit of spare
time, so they are forced to manufacture their own amusement, with
out injury to either person or property, and also quite in line with their
taste. In closing, I wish to take advantage of this opportunity and say
that any man who resigned from school because he could not enter
into the spirit of college life is a quitter, through and through, and the
poorest kind of a sport.
I would be very glad to appear before your committee in per
son and will do so if you wish. I may be reached as follows: S. E.
Ogle, 404 Times-Herald Bldg., Waco, Texas.
Very respectfully yours,
S. E. OGLE.
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Mr. A. Parr,
Senator 23rd District,
Austin, Texas.
Dear Sir:—
In answer to your letter of February 12th, I will simply say
that I was not hazed at A. and M; College.
But I would like to make the remark that, if the Senate would
pay less attention to the attacks that are made upon A. and M. and
would give their attention to the needs of the school, much more good
would be accomplished for the money spent and better feeling all
around would be the result.
Very truly yours,
C. H. SCHWANER.
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