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College Station, Texas, Thursday, January 8, 1920.
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POLITICS TABOOED AT A. AND M.
FOR THE COMING CAMPAIGN.
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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.,
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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.
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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-
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recorded in
just three
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move in after the long-heads have