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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1927)
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Membership in the Ex-stu dents association carries with it a subscription to the Texas Aggie, and is also a means whereby tickets to the various athletic contests may be ob tained. Out of last years senior class 86 per cent pledged themselves to membership in the alumnae organiza tion. ❖ ❖ ❖ Many of the students will probably be interested in the announcemjent made Monday that Mr. Marshall Bul lock had purchased stock in the T. K. Lawrence store in Bryan, and would be with the Lawrence store now. Mr. Bullock has been with Wil son Bradley for several years, and has made many friends among the college boys. He hopes to see his friends in his new location. ❖ ❖ * The Summer Session Bulletin has been completed and is being sent out to those interested. There will be two terms of six weeks each as usual. The first term is from June 8 to July 16 and the second term is from July 18 to August 27; both men and women may attend the summer sessions. In addition to the regular courses there will be the Cotton Classing and Auto Mechanic courses, together with the short courses for Teachers of Voca tional Agriculture, Public Utility men, Graduate Veterinarians, Cotton Breed ers, and the regular Farmers Short Course. The dates for the latter be ing July 25-30. THE MOVIES IN THE COLLEGE. Cambridge, Mass.—Not to be out done by Columbia University, where a film school is contemplated, Har vard is going on with her series of lectures in the business school on the Motion Picture Industry. On March 15 Will Hays ex-politi- cian, now president of the Motion Pic ture Products and Distributors of America—in the headlines, “film czar”—discussed problems and poli cies of the film industry at Harvard’s Business School. The topic of censorship was, of course, touched upon by the Lecturer, Mr. Hays. “There has become pre valent a certain type of book and play that deals in theme and situa tion with certain topics which in pre vious years were discussed only in whispers,” he said. “We are determined that this pre valent type of book and play should not become the prevalent type of mo tion pictures, and to prevent this set up ‘the formula’ ” The “formula,” it was disclosed, was this: Whenever a questionable book is offered a company it is referred to Mr. Hays’ organization, which repre sents 85 per cent of the producing ele ment. If the subject matter is de creed “inadvisable” all member com panies are notified, in order that-they may have an, opportunity to “avoid” picturization of the play. When harder quizzes are given, Pro. Faires will give them. Ask the man who bones one. He didn’t hear the bell; The engine went to Halifax,— Oh, I know where you thought Wil lie went, but he didn’t. Because he was on the other track. “Oh Muse! I know it’s useless to be sure To call on you to aid me lure The flights of pretty fancy to my pen Or some instructive thought for men. But if you will so condescend And my trite lines your powers lend I’ll write and write and write and write From morn to night, in candle light. Of what? Don’t ask! ’Tis you should know The subject and the thought, so blow The seeds of truth and verse my way. And I’ll proceed to paw and bray. Two thousand men both strong and bold Marched down to fight: for what? not gold A principal of honor, or so ’twas call ed Forsooth they sure were riled and galled. In neat array they marched to death On into line, squads right and left With shining faces neatly shaven On which the sternest purpose gra ven To win or die. Each hero knew That win he must or ever rue Defeat beneath a flowered grave. The battle starts and to the brave The largest share. For they were first Now teeth are gnashed and weapons cursed For sturdy blades are bent or broke The battle thickens, heroes choke The noise is deafening. Sloppy sounds Of strangling. Don’t give ground The leaders shout. A moments doubt Then all is over. They’ve put to route Old Sbisa’s hash. The battles won And meal-hounds do what’s left un done Stay in and chew and cut and stab And reach and clutch and cuss and grab For if you’re strong the end will be That doubtful thing called victory. ^ ^ ^ -♦« 4> STUDENT OPINION * ❖ *> «f» *t» »$* ♦t* ■*?* ♦I- *!♦ '•i* •i- Last Sunday in chapel (I had not been to chapel for some time) I no ticed an odd condition. All the boys on the lower floor of Guion Hall kept their uniforms fastened and at least faced the front while the speaker was talking. Not so in all of the balconies, both rear and sides. Up there, the majority of the boys shed their blous es entirely or flapped them open, showing those conspicuous white shirts. Surely there is a cooler breeze in the balconies than on the ground floor. That is not all. They sat in scat tered twos and groups all over the seating space. They slouched indolent ly in their seats, reading a newspaper openly on the front row or else took as comfortable a position as possible and composed themselves for a quiet nap. In simple respect, for common de cency, for modest politeness, that is no way to regard the speaker. It would be a good plan if the organizations occupying the balconies were seated in definite groups along several front rows along both the sides and back of the balconies. Then the boys should simply have the self consciousness to keep their clothes on the same as those on the lower floor now do. “Some feat” remarked the skipper as “Suitcase” Tibbals leaped on the Toonerville.