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About The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1920)
LY BULLETIN Neavber. HE Da 81 College Station, Texas, Thursday, January 8, 1920. SOCIAL mm ~ SEMINAR HOLDS POLITICS TABOOED AT A. AND M. FOR THE COMING CAMPAIGN. SCHEDULE FOR 1 qe 15 1 1iF E- Head Coach D. X. Bible Announces aI Tn ar Ar RE nT pt E ESR J Sa J VAN PA RR ep a Ir» gid - 4? Football field. COMPANY FOOT- BALL LEAGUE Schedule and Rules for Company Football League D. X. Bible, Head Coach Athletics, announces the schedule given below as final for the Company Football League and urges every one to clip | the same from the Bulletin and keep | it in his possession for information | as to time and place of the games at’ all of which he hopes to have a good | attendance. enthusiasm among students ficials over these games, as purpose of the league is to interest in football and give exercise while at the same time to give in- struction to the men who have not participated in the game during the past season. No “letter” men will play in this league, but a number of them will act as instructors for league members. There will be no admission charg- ed. Officials for the games will be se- lected from the officers of the Col- lege. As is generally known Freshmen who enter next summer or fall will not be permitted to play in 1920 in- tercollegiate games, therefore, the 1920 team will be composed of the men who are now in school or those who enter at the beginning of the next term, February 1. Bible in- tends to develop some men in this league to replace the old men who will leave upon graduation this spring. Two games have been arranged for each week in order to finish the schedule in ample time to avoid in- terference with baseball. The schedule follows: January 11. AB vs. CD—2 p. m., Football field. EF vs. GH—4 p. m., Football field. I and Band vs. Signal Corps—2 Pp. m., Baseball field. Artillery vs. Casuals—4 p. m., Baseball Field. January 15. AB vs. EF—5 p. m. Baseball field. CD vs. GH— 5 p. m. Drill ground I and Band vs. Artillery—5 p. m Field west of Tennis Courts. Signal Corps vs. Casuals—5 p. m., Football field. January 18. AB vs. GH—2 p. m. Baseball field. ~ CD vs. EF—4 p. m., Baseball field. I and Band vs. Casuals—2 p. m., He wishes to build ap and of- the real increase Artillery vs. Signal Corps—4 p. m., Football field. * January 22. SIAR vs. I and Band—5 p.m., Drill field: . CD vs. Signal Corps—5 p. m., field ~ west of Tennis Courts. DE vs. Ariillery—=5 p. m., Football NO PARTISANSHIP PERMITTED FIRST MEETING President Bizzell Defines Relationship of College Employees to! |B. F. Brown Road | Paper on “The Says it is a Very Specific Duty to Vote, but not to Become a Partisan in Politics. Politics. That no man connected with the Agricultural and Mechanical College | or its branches should become a partisan in the political aspirations of men Man of the Old Stone Age” Giving Comparisons W. H. Thomas, Associate Professor of English and Chairman of the Social for public office or contribute to the campaign fund of any candidate Zont Science Seminar reports a most in- j public office was announced today in a communication by President W. i Bizzell to the Deans and Directors of the College and Branch Colleges. Re- auest was made that the communication be transmitted to all instructors in | the main college, branch colleges, to the experiment staff, to the extension service specialists, and county farm demonstration agents. Dr. Bizzell’s communication is as follows: “The year into which we have just entered is certain to be one of un- usual political activity. The fact that national and state officials are to be selected this year creates unusual interest in political questions. The political aspects of the problems of reconstruction and the unusual inter- ests that will grow out of the discussions of them will certainly create the keenest interest on the part of the citizenship of the state and nation. In my humble judgment it is unfortunate that this is an election year. The events of recent years have unsettled the convictions of many men. There is great need for deliberate thinking rather than heated discussion at this time. The aspirations and ambitions of men who aspire to political office will probably cause, in many cases, an over-statement of the perils confronting the state and nation, and under-estimate the forces operating to maintain the stability and the perpetuity of our institutions. For these reasons it seems to be an unfortunate time for intense political activity. But it is inevitable and all of us must face the situation with a determination to do our own thinking deliberately and in the light of all the facts and ob- ligations that good citizenship requires. The situation makes it unusually important for those engaged in public service to assume exactly the right attitude toward this political situation. It seems to me timely, therefore, to restate the policy of this College with reference to the proper attitude of all the employees of this institution and its branches with reference to political activity. Permit me to say in the first place that I am fully aware of the fact that a man does not lose his citizenship by virtue of accepting employment in a state educational institution. I believe that every man, regardless of his official connection with such an institution, owes it to himself to qualify for citizenship by paying his poll tax. He should also give intelligent study and consideration to governmental problems and policies. Every good citi- zen should analyze the social and political problems of his state and nation, and he should come to definite conclusions and possess definite convictions with reference to legislative remedies. He certainly has a right and it is a very specific duty to register his conviction at the polls whenever an elec- tion is held. Everyone conected with this institution and its branches should be urged to cast his vote whenever there is an election. But no man connected with this institution or its branches should be- come a partisan in the political scrambles of aspiring men for public office. Contributions to political campaigns are forbidden. Every man connected with a group of institutions such as this is representing the interest of all the people of Texas, and these institutions are being supported by the taxes of all the people of this state. We should, therefore, refrain from political activity that would make us the political friend of one man or group of men, or the political foe of another man or group of men. I suggest, therefore, that you notify all those conected with your school or college division that they should refrain from political activity of any kind in local, state, or national elections. It should be made plain that this is in accord with the regulations of the Board of Directors, and any violation of this policy will be promptly called to the attention of the Board. ~ B.! PHILANTHROPY A Short Essay on the Spirit of Christmas Giving. (News Item). New York, Dec. 24—John D. Rockefellr Wednesday gave to | mankind a Christmas present | (News Item). New York, Dec. 30—The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announced today an ad- vance of one cent a gallon in the price of gasoline. of $100,000,000 to be used in various educational channels. - teresting meeting of the Seminar the first of the year held in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium Tuesday night. Mr. B. F. Brown, Farm Economist of the Extension Service, read a paper on “The Man of the Old Stone Age”. The following is a precis of the pa- per: The study of pre-historic man is of practical value in that the facts there- by obtained often modify our conclus- ions anent present-day social prob- lems. For instance, is the American faith in the “melting pot” justified ? If it can be proved that racial char- acteristics (especially psychological) have remained unchanged for thous- ands of years, it is not. Again, can formal education uproot undesirable hereditary traits? It was not ob- served during the recent war that men were much less ruthless than they were in the days of pre-eivilization.. Man, as we know him, appeared on the earth about 500,000 years ago. Archeologists have succeeded in ex- tending the historical period back to about 12,000 B. C. The pre-historic man evolved into the modern man about 25,000 years ago. The last pre- historic representative was the Cro- magon man,—a very clever fellow as he wiped the Neanderthal man off the face of the earth with his newly-in- 3 7 vented bow and arrow. The concrete evidence for these conclusions is the human bones, especially skulls, found rather recently, in such places as gravel pits and river terraces. on method of differentiating between the skull of an ape, a pre-historic man, and a man is to measure the differ- ence between the long diameter and the short diameter of the skull. This ratio is known as the cephalic in- dex. In apes the ratio is 70, in the man of the Old Stone Age 73, and in modern man 75. The study of an- cient skulls has nullified a good deal of ancient history as text-books. The old classification of races was based on language, which we now know to have been a falla- cious method. The new classification is based on the conformation of skulls. Accordingly, there are races—the Nordic, or long-heads, the Alpine, or round-heads, and the Med- 3 iterranean America was settled large- ly by long-heads. The long-heads are a masterful, conquering race. The round-heads are ‘“‘pikers”. prepared the house. The long-heads in order to maintain their privi- leges and high standard of ving, re- e- (Coptinaed, on Page 5) 3 recorded in just three They .. 5 move in after the long-heads have
