Published Weekly by the Students’ of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIII. BRYAN, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 25, 1925. NUMBER 18
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A few days ago a freshmen re
ceived a letter from home. His par
ents had received his term report.
They were proud of his grades but
somehow felt that he had failed to
come up to their expectations. For
he had the disgraceful total of four
teen demerits on his card. Only after
a great deal of explanation and cor
roboration from other boys could they
be convinced that this was an unusual
ly good record. The average parent
does not understand just what is go
ing on within a college. If a boy is
“canned” or flunks several subjects, it
appears as a lifetime disgrace to his
father, while actually, the boy may
be a victim of circumstances more
than anything else. How often have
we seen cadets leaving the college by
request when they have done some
thing that the majority of us would
do when under the same conditions.
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On the other hand, such matters are
considered more lightly by most of
us than is right to do. Just because a
person is allowed one hundred twenty-
five demerits is no reason why he
should get one hundred twenty-four.
Our close contact with such matters
lessens our respect for them, with the
result that it is sometimes considered
good judgement to have ninety per
cent of the limit of demerits at the
end of the term. A pink slip repre
sents the breaking of some college
rule and if they are deliberately ac
cumulated, other rules than those of
the college will be broken without the
realization of the seriousness of the
offense.
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Another peculiar thing that seems
to happen to most cadets is that they
reach the point where they can’t tell
white from a light shade of gray.
Slight disrespects to college author
ities which often go by unnoticed,
grow into a loss of respect for any
thing- which represents law or au
thority. Which sometimes causes em
barrassing situations. Is it true that
just being at A. and M. causes a
one-sided view of right and wrong, or
would such a change have taken place
anyway? If the institution is at
fault, it is the fault of each individual
cadet at the bottom of it. Why not
keep the same code of morals here
as at home ?
BAND WILL AGAIN
BE AT FT. WORTH
FAT STOCK SHOW
Fourth Annual Appearance as the
Official Exposition Band. Will
Start March 6.
Final preparations are being made
and practices are being held at regu
lar intervals by the A. and M. Band
prior to its departure for Ft. Worth,
where it will play during the South
western Exposition and Fat Stock
Show, which will last from March 8
to 15. For the past three years the A.
and M. Band has played there, and
again this year it will be the official
band at the Exposition. About sixty
members will make the trip, leaving
on the night of March 5.
The Aggie Band will arrive in Fort
Worth on the morning of March 6,
and will be met by representatives of
the Star Telegram and officials of
the Fat Stock Show. The Aggie ag
gregation will be conducted to the
Star Telegram Building where a short
concert will be given. After this, it
will have breakfast in the spacious
dining rooms of the Star Telegram.
The commodious clubrooms there,
which will be turned over to the ca
dets, are to be A. and M. headquar
ters during the stay in Fort Worth.
The various members of the Band,
however, will stay in private homes.
Friends of the visiting Aggies will
house then!, thereby offering them
the comforts and conviences of home.
On Friday night, the Band will
practice for the Pageant that will be
held in the Coliseum Saturday, March
7, marking the official opening of the
Southwestern Exposition and Fat
Stock Show.
The first concert of the show will
be given Sunday afternoon in the
Coliseum. Thereafter, there will be
two concerts daily until the close of
the show.
Many people besides those who
throng the Coliseum will hear the
well known A. and M. Band. In addi
tion to playing twice a day at the
Coliseum, the Band will play else
where at various times. Several para
des, in which the A. and M. Band will
feature, will be held. The Band on
one or two of these parades will play
before some of the more prominent
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JUNIOR STOCK
JUDGERS ARE
DESIGNATED
Will Contest Honors With Other Col
lege Teams at Ft. Worth, and
Okla. Stock Shows this Spring.
The junior livestock judging team
of the A. and M. College of Texas
which will represent the College in
Texas and Oklahoma spring show
judging contests has been named by
Professor W. L. Stangel. They are
S. A. Debnam, Lamesa; J. G. Gilles
pie, and J. C. Idol of Coleman; W. M.
Pinson, Forney; D. G. Talbot, Fort
Worth; and Jack Turner of Hillsboro.
The team will leave Saturday for
Oklahoma where they will represent
the College in the Southwest Ameri
can Livestock show contest at Okla
homa City, which will be held on
Monday following. Professor Stangel
has arranged for the men to remain
in Oklahoma City Tuesday and Wed
nesday so as to practice on the exhi
bition stock there. They will return
to College Station for the remainder
of the week and then go to Ft. Worth,
to compete in the Southwestern Ex
hibition and Livestock show.
The annual trip to the Fort Worth
show this year has its usual signifi
cance, in that the College string of
show animals will number seventy-
five head of cattle, horses, hogs and
sheep. There will be 44 head of hogs,
fourteen head of cattle, and 12 head
of horses. In the swine herd are sev
eral barrows of the same breed as the
individuals that won the first place
championships at Fort Worth in 1924.
Last year the College won every first
place and all championships in the
three breeds, Poland China, Duroc
Jersey and Tamworth. In addition the
grand champion barrow and grand
champion pen over all breeds wais
won by the splendid herd of swine
from the College. The College will ex
hibit in four breeds this year in both
singles and pens.
In the steer herd this year are
the eight animals that were selected
by Professor D. W. Williams, head of
the Department of Animal Husband
ry, as being good enough to compete
in the International Exhibition at
Chicago. They could not be taken out
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F. M. LAW, ’95
President Board of Directors.
GOVERNING BOARD
OF COLLEGE IS
NOW ORGANIZED
F. M. Law of Houston, Is Elected
President. Board Now Has Five
Ex-Students.
The meeting of the Board of Direc
tors last P’riday was distinguished by
the presence of the three new mem
bers of the Board, who were recently
appointed by Governor Miriam A.
Ferguson. The importance of the
Board of Directors in shaping the fu
ture of the college is too well-known
and the fact that five of its members,
including the three new ones, are ex
students of A. and M. causes one to
be very sanguine over the prospects
for an era of accomplishment and
prosperity at the college. The old
members of the board have shown re
peatedly their interest in and loyalty
to A. and M. The retiring president
of the Board, L. J. Hart of San An
tonio, has served on the Board for
fourteen years, six of them as presi
dent.
■ The three new members are Judge
W. A. Wurzbach of San Antonio, H.
C. Schumacher of Houston, and W. C.
Boyett of College Station. Judge
Wurzbach is one of San Antonio’s
most promising attorneys. He grad-