Published Weekly by the Students’ of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIII.
BRYAN, TEXAS, FEBRUARY
18,. 1925.
NUMBER 17
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GYM IS DEDICATED
* SAY AGGIE *
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A recent newspaper article was en
titled “Dumb Luck Beats Efficiency.”
The object of it was to show that a
person can enjoy life much better
without any plans for the futmv.
This might possibly be all right but
after being in school for several
years where everything is on an ef
ficiency basis, this viewpoint is hard
to see. Ih such a system one man
would get along fine by dumb luck
but suppose everyone trusted to luck!
The luck would probably run out be
fore the last man got his share. Some
cadets pass courses that way and
seem to get by in general by just
luck, but usually they don’t seem to
be enjoying it. For instance take the
usual Sunday morning breakfast
which works on the dumb luck prin
ciple. If you are the first one, it
seems to be a good plan; if you are
late, it is all wrong. Which shov/s
that it is merely a matter of view
point.
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Over efficiency is the extreme of
luck and is by far the worst of the
two. Possibly again an example
might be taken from the mess hall.
The corps comes in and each man
finds his twenty-four cents worth of
food on the table. This he eats, or
tries to, passes out and waits for the
next meal. The desirability of this
type of efficiency might also be con
sidered just a matter of viewpoint.
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The campus is swept by a serious
epidemic of spring fever. Possibly
Valentine Day started it, but there
are reports that instructors can talk
for a whole hour without a man in
the class getting one-fourth of what
he is talking about. Also, according
to the rumor, this is a very unusual
condition and hasn’t been known to
happen for almost a year, excepting
football season.
Have you ever noticed that con
stant murmur and grumbling during
chapel hour ?
Have you ever noticed Prexy shift
uneasily in his chair while debating
within himself whether to get up and
command silence ? Silence for the
sake of the speaker!
Have you ever noticed the number
of men that leave the building before
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‘T ASSOCIATION
OUTLINES PLAN
OF ACTIVE WORK
Lettermen Give Bible and Rothgeb
Vote of Confidence and
Appreciation
One hundred wearers of the Aggie
“T” assembled at College Station Mon
day for the purpose of rejuvenating
the organization known as the “T ’
Association and making it an acti ve
body in the furtherance of athletics
at A. & M. Realizing the need for
such action, the gathering was held
the same day that the dedication of
the new memorial gymnasium was
scheduled and on the day that the
Aggies tangled with their traditional
athletic enemies, the University
Longhorns.
The organization of these men into
an active body was perfected at n
meeting held after the dinner held in
the mess Tiall annex. The action was
taken in answer to a plea made by
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OPINION OF
STUDENTS IS
GIVEN VOICE
Questions of Food and Athletes Come
Before Committee For Due
Consideration
The second meeting of the Students
Welfare Committee was held last
Wednesday with every member pres
ent when the chairman called the
committee to order. A brief resume
of the findings of the last meeting
were given by Dr. Bizzell so that each
member could keep in mind the pro
gram as outlined at the first meeting.
There was no time lost in getting to
work.
The chairman called upon the stu
dent members in the order of their
seniorority for any reports they might
wish to make or for any suggested
improvement. A class representa
tive brought before the council a sug
gestion that met with the unanimous
approval of all present. As stated
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PRES. BIZZELL CHRISTENS IT
THE “MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM”
IN HONOR A. AND M. HEROES
Simple dignity and impressiveness
marked the formal dedication of the
new Memorial Gymnasium last Mon
day evening preceding the basketball
game with Texas University. The
new gymnasium, probably the finest
in the Southwest, was decorated with
flags and bunting, and the crowd
which gathered for the ceremony and
game filled the gymnasium to ca.-
pacity. The numerous old “T” men
of A. & M. who had come back to A.
& M. to attend the reunion of “T”
men here were present in masse,
adding to the occasion the famous
“Aggie” spirit accumulated through
the past three decades.
The dedicatory exercises were open
ed with “America,” sung by the audi
ence led by Rev. W. H. Matthews.
Rev. S. M. Bird offered a prayer ex
tolling those men of A. & M. who sac
rificed their lives in the World War
and dedicating the “Memorial Gym
nasium” to the furtherence of the
principles for which they fought. In
the main address of the evening, Pres.
W. B. Bizzell praised the “T” men