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Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
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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-
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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,
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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
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“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
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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.
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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”