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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1926)
Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOL. XXV. BRYAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 20, 1926. NUMBER 5 * ❖ * SAY AGGIE ♦ * Some of the members of the Jun ior, Sophomore and Freshman classes seem to have taken upon themselves certain Senior privileges during the past week. Perhaps the “Y” manage ment is at fault for not bringing more attractive shows to the College, but had these men (you who are guilty know who you are) been caught the "Y" certainly would not have been punished. Wait until your time comes to assume privileges due you. A hint to the wise is usually sufficient. * * Men, from now until Saturday we should think of that game with S. M. U. Everyone that can should make the trip. The “twelfth man” will mean a lot to the team. As has been the case in past instances some of you are “broke” and will try to cover the two hundred miles from here to Dallas via the “side-door Pullman” route. You old men know from expe rience that at best it is a poor means of travel and some of you can recall that two A. and M. students met their death while riding on freights. Taking into consideration the facts that you will be risking injury, pos sibly death, the uncertainty of freight- train schedules, the nervous strain you will be under, and the wear and tear on your clothing don’t you think it would be just as cheap to beg a tick et, especially with such low rates as are in effect. If you are “broke” try to borrow the money to ride the spec ial train. Its safer. * * * The student body of A. and M. can not help but applaud the fighting 1927 LONGHORN STAFF COMPLETED Editors Urge Students to Have Pic tures Made. With the selection of W. C. Haley of Dallas, as College Life editor, the Longhorn staff for this year has been completed and the work in all de partments has been started. As has * been the Ciise bj the pilot few years the Hugh Stephens Press is again making its offer of reduced rates to the Longhorn managers pro vided that the material for the classes and clubs sections is turned over to them at an earlier date than usual. The reason that the printing company is anxious to get the work started early is that it keeps their work more uniform instead of having it reach a peak in the spring. Puryear and Lee, the editor and manager of the Long horn, are putting forth a great ef fort to obtain these cut rates, which, if obtained, will mean that a bigger and better College Life Section can be put into the book with the extra mon ey. To obtain these rates it is es- 1 sential that all club members and all Juniors and Seniors have their pic tures made before the 13th of Novem- i ber. The Senior Favorite Section is also included in this group and Sen iors are reminded to get “that girl’s” , picture and entry fee of fifty cents in to Puryear at 67 Leggett before November 1st. CORPS WILL FOLLOW AGGIES TO DALLAS Four Special Trains Will Carry Ca dets to S. M. U. Game. The Cadet Corps for the first time in several years will make a trip to Dallas on October 23rd when the Far- Tt'cra play b. JVi.: U. at the Fair Pant Stadium. The Fix-Students of Dallas have been trying hard to get the corps up to Dallas for several years but it has always taken the offer of the Waco Ex-Students. It seemed for awhile that the corps would not get to go because it could not get the rates it was holding out for. Four special trains of cadets will I leave out of College Station on Sat urday morning October 23rd. The first train will leave at 6:00 a. m. and one will leave out each ten min utes thereafter. The first train will arrive in Dallas at 11:00 a. m. The cadet corps will parade immediately upon arrival. Arms will not be car- (Continued on Page 12) ROSS VOLUNTEERS ELECT SENIOR MEMBERS Thirty-One Seniors Taken Into R. V.’S POLO TEAM LEAVES FOR GAMES WITH DALLAS CLUB A. and M. Polo Team left today for Dallas where they will engage the spirit of the New Mexico University Dallas p olo Club in a series of games _ football players. Hopelessly out- ^ rj- be fj rsb g ame win take place Friday, classed, with a wet field preventing due to the football game hetwe en them from resorting to what was evi dently their chief method of attack— a passing game—and worst of all, S. M. U. and A. and M. The second game will be played on Sunday. The Aggies have an experienced team playing in a climate foreign to the dry ! witb only a few men missing from air to which they were accustomed, | lagt year , s squad; and are expected to they nevertheless continued fighting j give a good account of themselves, until the last whistle blew. It is not often that one sees a team being in- Those men on whom the Aggies de pend on to bring back the victories gloriously defeated, with half of its from the .« Cool city „ are . j. H Floyd) J. D. Amend, Fritz Lukenbach, Jim Davis, John Broad and Bob Oaks. regulars forced to the sidelines with injuries, without that team either; “quitting” or resorting to “dirty” , tactics. Yet our visitors of last week | A drug store cowboy’s motto: fought hard and played clean through- “Twenty years a cowboy and never (Continued on Page 2) i missed a calf.” Last Sunday afternoon the Ross Volunteers held the first of their two annual meetings for the selection of new members to take the place of those who graduated in the preceding spring. At the meeting each of the fifty-one old members put up one man as a prospective member, and thirty- one men were chosen from this group as eligible to become members. The Seniors who were elected last Sunday are as follows: R. E. O. Sloan, E. A. Vance, R. A. Goodson, R. C. Wake field, S. I. Stratton, J. C. Appleman, H. E. Braeuer, O. N. Yeary, Ed Holt, L. E. Hobbs, E. J. E. Zapp, L. E. Taylor, J. H. Crump, S. R. Gohmert, O. D. Morriss, O. P. Puryear, O. F. rfaslbauer, J. H. Floyd, F. N. New som, S. W. Floca, G. M. Smith, A. L. Castleman, E. H. Bruss, C. W. Mc- ! Donald, R. I. Schumacher, C. T. Green- j wood, W. T. Clark, M. R. Cooper, G. L. | Hart, L. J. Franke, M. L. Dalton. The second meeting for this purpose will be held in three weeks at which time Juniors will be selected. SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION GREAT SUCCESS Rain Fails to Stop Occasion From Being Greatest Affair in History of the College. The Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Texas Agricultural and Mechan ical College, commemorating the com pletion of fifty years of service, was held here last week-end, October the 15, 16 and 17, with a host of leading educators, scientists and representa tives from sister institutions and learned societies in attendance. The delegates numbered 125 from over the United States and six foreign coun tries. One of the distinguished visitors, Eugene Davenport, former dean of (Continued on Page 12) *$* ♦J*- +$► -*£♦ +$«■ -»$»■ ■+$+ +$♦ •*$*■ ❖ - *•> ❖ LONGHORN * ❖ ANNOUNCEMENTS ❖ ❖ ❖ -*£♦ -*■$* ■*$*• ■*$*■ ■*$* All Seniors must have their pictures made by November 6th. All Juniors must have their pic tures made by November 13th. All men that intend to have their pictures in any club section must have their pictures made by November 13th. All Senior favorites must be turned in to O. P. Puryear at 67 Leggett by October 31st. Men who desire to use previous pic tures must report to the studio, not later than dates above. All fourth year men who will class ify at the end of the first term may have their picture put in the Senior section. Non-military Seniors must have their pictures made in a dress suit. Extra copies of the 1927 LONG HORN may be purchased from any member of the LONGHORN staff with a $1.50 deposit. If De Luxe copies are desired see any member of the staff. The money for the club sections must be turned in to me at 17 Mitchell, not later than November 30. JERRY LEE, Business Manager LONGHORN.