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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1923)
(Of Co b X •-.V'^ V .. .• feii pm H. y.t 1/ >r.," ; ' : ' •• ; ’ • .§• •'' '•' S. M. U.! REMEMBER—16-7 • -- ' . feHr - Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. 1 YOL. XXII. BRYAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 23, 1923. NUMBER 5. FIVE SELECTED COMPETE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP Dr. Bizzell Selects Five Men to Com pete With Other College Rep resentatives. Last week five men were named by Dr. Bizzell who will compete with the other candidates from the var ious colleges and universities of the state for the scholarship to Oxford University in England. These men are H. A. Murphy of Mexia, H. M. Tatum of Dallas, H. D. Duckett of Houston, R. A. Rawlins of Lancas ter, and J. F. Longley of Westover. In connection with this announce- fment, a word or two in regard to the history and the purpose of the Rhodes Scholarship would not be out of place. Cecil Rhodes, the endower of the scholarship bearing his name, was an Englishman and a graduate of Ox ford. After completing his college course, he went to South Africa as a prospector and after a few years dis covered the famous Kimball diamond mines. From this discovery, he suc ceeded in amassing an immense for tune, and retired or rather turned his efforts toward establishing world peace and creating a closer unity be tween the English speaking nations of the world. It was his theory to have representative students from these nations assembled together in one university, and from their asso- iation with one another, his ambitions nr'ght be realized. In order to accomplish his pur pose, he set aside the greater part of h's fortune to be divided into equal sums and to be given to a stu dent from each state or province of the English speaking nations every year to defray their expenses at Ox ford. The sum given to each student receiving the scholarship amounts to about $1750 each year for a period of three years. The scholarship car ries with it no obligations whatso ever; the student can take up any subject he desires, the only require- (Cintonued on Page 2) GOOD PRODUCT IS VIEW OF ANNUAL STAFF Cooperation of Entire Student Body Is Asked by Editor Who Prom ises Much in Return. With the scholastic year well un der way, it is important that we should begin to think of the records Adiich we will keep of the year’s ac complishments and associations. The Longhorn, our esteemed annual, id die most comprehensive and preser- vable record which can possibly be kept. The Senior Class elected three men to make the Longhorn for 1924. No three men in the college could edit a commendable annual without cooperation on the part of the stu dent body; every man must do his part, however significant or insignif icant it may be. To help in the active part of edit ing the annual, the following staff has been chosen: H. F. Haslbauer, (Cintonued on Page 2) DELEGATES ARE NAMED FOR B.S.U. CONVENTION Rev. and Mrs. Brown Accompanied by 26 Aggies Will Enjoy Hospitality of Western College. At noon Thursday a Baptist Stu dent Delegation from Aggieland will journey on their annual “trip of in spection to the land of western hos pitality—Abilene and Simmons Col lege. This, the fourth annual trip of the Baptists promises to be the great est convention of college men and wo men yet held in the Southwest. Four years ago Texas A. and M. sent seven delegates to Brownwood there to institute the Baptist Student Union of Texas. The following year at Belton twenty-three Aggies went (Continued on Page 8) “BAT” CONTEST FOR SUBS SUCCESSFUL W. H. Wendler, Isi Sgt., Battery “B” Wins Pass to Queen and Dixie Theatres. The first sergeants battled merrily in the extra subscription campaign after Manager Pinson offered a sea son ticket to the Queen and Dixie theatres to the man who sold the lar gest pe^ccnof hie v 'i r i extra sub scriptions to the Battalion. It was a prize well worth working for - , and besides the individual award, Bat tery “B” will have the opportunity to throw itself into literary light by editing one issue of the Battalion next spring. This was the induce ment offered to the winning organi zation. As was announced at the begin ning, the campaign was operated on a percentage basis. The winner is one of the largest organizations in (Cintonued on Page 2) THE MUSTANGS ARE COMING ON FRIDAY S. M. U. Team Will Invade Kyle Field for the First Time. Friday the Mustangs of S. M. U. are coming! They have every inten tion of carrying off that game. They are journying from Dallas to Kyle Field for the first time in the history of the two schools and reports issuing from the Methodist School indicate that they are loaded for bear. They realize that on paper the Texas Ag gies are favorites in the race for the Southwestern Conference champion- sh'p but they say they intend to kick over the dope bucket. They know that to win the championship they must turn back Bibles Aggies. It behooves us to get on the line. Continued on Page 5) AGGIE BAND IS LARGEST AND BEST OF ALL Organization of Only Thirty-Five Musicians of Three Years Ago Has Become Renowned Throughout Texas. Scantly more than three years ago when Mr. Geo. Fairleigh was first employed as director of the A. and M. College Band, there was little, if any,"belief that our band would ever become the element in Aggie life which is now regarded as indispen- sible. Thirty-five musicians compos ed the organization which was then depended upon to gratify the musi cal impulses of College Station. The few members of this 1920-21 band were not neglectful, though, to ward the progress of their unit of the student body; for it was out of the teachings of the old boys of that year that the ambitious freshmen, seniors now, learned to aspire for and work for a bigger and better Ag gie band. And their efforts have not been expended in vain. From the small band of three years ago, the able director and his willing helpers have developed a company of more than four score horns and drums whose fame is not confined by the bounds of Aggieland, rather is widespread among all the ac quaintances of A. and M. This year we boast, as of many other things, of having the biggest and best band in the history of A. and M. To the members, as willing and earnest as they are, we, students of A. and M. and ardent supporters of the Aggie faith, are indebted for the recognition which the band is winning for us. For their efforts, they receive no remuneration except the contentment of knowing that they are making a better Aggieland. They drill with the rest of us and participate in all of our scholastic activities; then when most of the work is done and the others of us are whiling away the time, the band boys begin their real work. They are not disdainful to the duties which HUMBLE THE M S U. MUSTANGS”