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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1925)
OKLAHOMA AGGIES— OUR REAL TEST Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. BRYAN, TEXAS, JANUARY 21, 1925. NUMBER 15 PLANS FOR THE R. V. FESTIVITIES ARE UNDER WAY SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN FOR ANNUAL STARTED TEXT ON PECAN RY DEAN KYLE TO APPEAR SOON VOL. XXIII. ❖ ♦ * SAY AGGIE * ❖ ♦ One of the most frequent criticisms of the Cadet Corps is that they are a bunch of roughnecks. This is ex pressed in various ways and manners but usually always means the same thing. The argument is always ad vanced that the cadet acts in a per fectly gentlmanly manner while he is at home, so he should do the same thing here at A. and M. Probably the basic reason for his actions is that at home he is held to account personally for anything that he does, and here the whole Cadet Corps is held responsible by public opinion for the action of any of its members. Away from school, no one would blame the whole bunch of boys in a town for what only one or two of them had done. And yet a whole school is given a lower rating by the public for what only a few have done. Or suppose a cadet’s behavior as A. and M. is less creditable than at home. Why should it be ? At home he is known by a large number of people who would be hurt or lose their good opinion of him if they saw him doing anything which they would con sider very poor judgement. At A. and M., he is known by very few peo ple except other students, and he feels that he can do anything without being hurt individually. The Cadet Corps takes the blame. And so there are many very thoughtless acts by students happening every day. It would seem that a possible remedy for this might be for the people of College Station and Bryan to get bet ter acquainted with the students and make them feel that some one was watching their progress here and tak ing an interest in them. For in stance, some cadet took the valve out °f a spare tire at the game last Fri day night. Would this have happen ed if that student had thought that the owner of that car was really his friend and interested in his welfare? here seems to be a tendency in the adet Corps to feel that the College and Bryan people are wholly indif- ment to them if not slightly against (Continued on Page 2) Week After Easter is Selected For The Most Elaborate Dances of the Year. De Luxe Copies, to be an Exquisite Expression of an Elaborate College Annual. Advanced Orders Indicate That Book Will Fill a Great Need of Horticulturists. The Ross Volunteers met last Sun day afternoon on the second floor of the “Y” to discuss plans for the dnaces and drills which are to feature the annual festivities of the company at Eastertime. The committees which are in charge of the plans for the three dances and the banquet were enthusiastic in the discussion of how the festivities this year could be made distinctive and elaborate. Three dances are to be given this year, as is customary. They are R. V. Hop, the Queen’s Ball, and the Corps Dance. At the Queen’s Ball the King and Queen of the three days’ celebration are crowned. At the meeting Sunday, Jack Finks, 2nd Lieutenant of the Ross Volunteers, was selected to be the King of the festivities this spring. No definite plans for the coronation or pageant have been made, but this feature of the Queen’s Ball always adds a touch of regal splendor and color. The committee in charge of securing the music for the dances is considering several well-known orchestras, and the decoration committee will soon be deciding upon a way to veritably transform the mess hall into a fairly- land of color and beauty. The 23rd, 24th, and 25th of April will be designated as the days for the R. V. Festivities. These days are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and are therefore the most logical time for the celebrations. No actually definite dates have been decided upon yet, however. The drills, always full of military dash and precision, and showy because of the unusual manouevers and daz zling white uniforms worn by the Ross Volunteers, will be outstanding this spring. The entire organiza tion will start drilling soon after the new term begins, in preparation for the drills for which the Ross Volun teers are widely-known. Your 1925 Longhorn will be: Larger in Size, More comprehensive in its contents. More artistically illustrated. Increased to a thicker volume con taining 500 pages (nearly 50 pages more than the 1924 Longhorn), And will sell for the same price of $5.00. This week is Subscription Week for for your Annual. Captains for com panies began taking subscriptions last Monday night and will continue to do so the rest of the week. A de posit of two dollars insures the de livery of an extra copy, and the bal ance of three dollars is payable then. Those who appreciate something lux uriously artistic will undoubtedly or der the De Luxe Longhorn, the sub scription pi’ice of which is $7.50. This edition is exactly like the regular Longhorn in contents. It has the fol lowing features, however, which make it unusually beautiful and appropri ate for a gift. The cover is padded and is silk lined inside. Any name the biiyer wishes will be embossed in gold on the outside of the front cov er. The pages of the De Luxe edition are gilt-edged, and an approppriate book-marker lends a finishing touch to a really fine example of the print er’s art. A decided improvement in your 1925 Longhorn will be its larger size. The pages in the 1924 Longhorn are 7 1 /2xl0y 2 inches, and in this year’s Longhorn they will be 9x12 inches. The Longhorn will be issued this year sometime near the 15th of May. Get an extra copy for your mother or sweetheart or both. Evidence of the great need for in formation and guidance in the devel opment of the pecan industry of the South is seen by E. J. Kyle, dean of the School of Agriculture in the in sistent demand for copies of the book on “Pecan Culture” of which he is coauthor. He has received 150 or ders for copies of the book from eight different states which have come from the announcement that the book would be published on Jan uary 20. Most of these purchasers in placing their orders declare that a book covering the entire field of pe can growing has been the greatest need of the industry for several years. In his contribution to the book Dean Kyle worked two years and brought into his work the experience of twenty-two years as professor of horticulture of the A. & M. College. For the past eight years he has taught a complete course in pecan culture, the only college course in the world devoted exclusively to the science of pecan production. Election of this course by students has increas ed from two in the beginning to fifty in recent years. And from this course has come men who are most prominent in the dissemination of pecan cul ture information and demonstrators of the science in Texas and other states today. The best students in this pecan course ai’e given the opportunity of practical experience in connection with their college class and field lab oratory work by being assigned to commercial orchards during their va cation periods for giving advice and demonstrations in planting, topwork ing or budding, cultivation and ferti lization. In late years the students have done an extensive work in toj»- working the native trees with buds of improved varities and coverting them from bearers of small, low DON’T FORGET THAT EXTRA LONGHORN!