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Che Daily Bulletin VOL. IY COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCT. 5, 1920 NUMBER 18 CONFERENCE ADVERSE EDITOR ON CAMPUS TO METHODIST GROUP NOW PROJEGT FOR HOUSING TO ELIGIBILITY PLEA CONFER WITH FACULTY PROGRES OKLAHOMA A. & M,, RICE, BAY- LOR, STATE VOTE TO KEEP KNICKERBOCKER OUT. The A. & M. College football team ' will be minus the services of A. B. Knickerbocker, all-southwestern and all-state quarter back of 1919, in the coming season. Knickerbocker was held to be ineligible at a meeting of the Conference in Dallas Saturday. Ike Ashburn, chairman of the facul- ty committee on athletics and D. X. Bible, head coach returned Sunday from Dallas where they attended the conference. As a preparatory student at South- western University in 1915 Knicker- bocker was entered in a game by a coach “not conversant with the rules of .the conference” against the Uni- versity of Texas. He had not filled! out an eligibility card and the South- western authorities were notified by the athletic leaders at the University of Texas that an ineligible man had been played. The athletic council a thoroughgoing investigation of the case, exonerated Knickerbock- er of any blame in the matter and urced that the game be thrown out and not counted an intercollegiate contest. Knickerbocker was not used in anv further games that season or year. He played two years at South- western after he became eligible and then came to A. & M. The first year was here he was ineligible on ac- count of the one year transfer rule. Last season he was an outstanding ficure on the A. & M. team. That made his three years Saturday the conference ruled that the one game in 1915 should count as a year’s par- ticipation making his allotted four vears in inter-collegiate athletics The A. & M. representatives con- tended inasmuch as he was ineligible | in 1915, had not signed an eligibil- ity card and the S. U. authorities as- sumed full responsibility for his | being played erroneously that -the| game in question should not be counted as a year’s = participation. | Conference rules are that if a man plays only a minute in one contest | he has nevertheless participated and | that that participation counts as a vear in inter-collegiate athletics. | Okiahoma A. & M., Rice, Baylor, and | Texas University voted against the | motion of Dr. Wellman of Phillips | University that Knickerbocker be | declared eligible. Dr. J. S. McIntosh, | of S. M. U., chairman of the Confer- | ence announced that should a tie re-| that | made ne sult and he be allowed to vote he would vote for his eligibility. All questions as to eligibility urged | by Baylor, Phillips, and Oklahoma A. | & M., and Southern Methodist Uni- | versity were voted on adversely by the Conference. The policy as deter- mined Saturday was for a strict ad- herence to technicalities and the let- ter of the law rather than to the spirit. A. & M. urged that the funec- tion of the Conference was to rectify or adjust the two angles of protection | to athletics and yet insure justice to ' ricultural paper, while CO-OPERATION iS SOUGHT BE-| MUCH TWEEN FARM JOURNAL AND A. AND M. COLLEGE. The co-operative relations of the Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges and the farm papers is being special- ly emphasized in the visit of G. H. Alford, editor of the Progressive Farmer, Dallas, Texas, who is spend- ing a few days at College Station fcr the sole purpose of discussing the best methods of co-operation with the college in promoting its programs for better agricultural practices. Realizing that the men of this insti- tution have made a special study of the needs of agriculture and that they are in touch with the most im- rrecved methods he appeared before tlie monthly meeting of the Exten- sion Service specialists at the invita- ‘tion of Director T. 0. Walton, yes- terday for the purpose of hearing suggestions and recommendations re- garding the functions of an agricul- tural paper as well as securing each individual’s views regarding any changes in policy which might prove bereficial ot the readers of agricul- tural] papers. Mr. Alford contem- plates spending several days at the college during which time he expects to visit several departments and have conferences with the individuals regarding their ideal type of an ag- at the same time it is his purpose to secure Dr. Rizzells ideas regarding the best ser- vice an agricultural paper can ren- cer the college. [t is Mr. Alford’s purpose to-fur- r.ish the farmers a readable paper which will prove both instructive and interesting and since the growth development of the Progressive aFr- mer in the South has been of such a nature as to make it advisable to print a Texas edition devoted exclu- sively to Texas agricultural interests he feels that the State Agricultural college officials are in a position to be of inestimable service in their co- overative effort toward the growth and development of the paper. BE I eparbypnho,zu PRIVILEGE CARD SALE PROGRESSING RAPIDLY The sale of the privilege cards is progressing rapidly. The committee reports that many men who could not take the cards last week during the drive have purchas- ed them since the campaign closed. Men who have not yet taken a card are urged to do so for thrée reasons: "ist, to help support an important ‘college institution; second, to save money; and third, to insure better moving pictures. Buy yours now! (Hy » ity on.that score. Coach Rix, of S. M. U,, coach at Southwestern at the time of the game in 1915 was present and made a. statement in which he urged that KnickerbdtKer be declared eligible. players. A. & M. was in the minor- | | | and | OFFICERS OF SING RAPIDLY INTEREST SHOWN BY METHODIST GROUP IN BEGIN- NING YEAR’S WORK. The Methodist group has entered! into the year’s work with great en-| thusiasm, and already marked prog- | ress has been made. The attendance | this year has been much better than it was last year. Perhaps one of the | most noticeable observations con-| cerning this increase in attendance has been that the people have come from every class in college, as well | as a large number of campus people. | At the meeting last Sunday night it was decided to move the hour of service to 6:45, closing at 7:45. These services are always limited to one hour and by this change making the services beginning at an earlier hour, the students will have ample time to prepare their lessons for the following day after the close of the meeting. The meeting last Sunday night was one of the best of the year. A short talk was made by L. H. Alsmeyer on “Playing the Game.” This was fol- lowed by an excellent sermon by the | student pastor, King Vivion, on the] subiect, “Jesus Among the Common | [hings.” The idea was aptly pre- | sented that, although Jesus was one | { the very great men of this world, he met all classes of people and asso- ciated with them on a common level. REGORD ATTENDANGE SENIOR BIBLE GLASS THE CLASS ELECT- ED FOR THE ENSUING TERM. The largest senior Bible Class in the history of the A. and M. College niet in the south parlor of the Y.M. | C. A. Sunday morning. The course of study, as briefly outlined by Dr. Eizzell will include the social teach- | ings of Jesus Christ and their appli- | cation to the present social order. D. D. Clinton has been elected president «f the class; S. C. Evans, vice presi- | dent;- F. R. Brison, secretary and | ‘‘reasurer; and W. P. Trice, assistant | teacher. The class. meets. promptly | at 9:30 o’clock each Sunday morning, ! Moise i end every senior is urged to attend.| ———————— GRIEF OF PRESIDENT HART IS SHARED BY COLLEGE | A message received here yesterday | from L. J. Hart, president of the] Board of Directors, told of the death | of his mother at Duluth, Towa. Mr. Ha*t was summoned there last week to attend her bedside. She was 81 vears of age and it was feared that che would not survive a severe I1ll- ness. College officials and students erieve that one who has been such a benefactor of theirs'should be brought to such grief. Mr. Hart is a devoted friend of the college and his sorrows are ours. ON CAMPUS OUTLINED FURTHER ACTION HAS BEEN DELAYED AWAITING CON- SIDERATION BY BOARD. The project for the formation of a realty and construction company at College to build homes for those who desire to own them in the community is now resting pending consideration cf the plan by the board of directors. The board meets this month. This course was decided upon fol- lowing a report of the committee ap- pointed by President Bizzell to work out details of the plan at a confer- ence of college people held in the Y. M. C. A. Saturday night. The committee was very definite in its report at this meeting. Recom- mendations were made regarding fi- nancia] plans and plans for location. In their report the committee ex- plained more than one plan ghder t which the project could be success- i fully promoted. With respect to fi- nances it was brought out that incor- poration could be effected for a rela- tively large sum of money—say $50,- 000.00 and have the company con- struct houses out of its own resoure- es, and making profits from the sale of houses on time to occupants; or incorporation could be for a small amount of money—say = $5,000 -or £10,000, the amount raised through che sale of stock to constitute a fund { to cover initial expenditures of the | corporation and other marginal .ex- penditures. Suggestions were also made both as to locations on and off the cam- pues. Following is the full report made at the conference: 1. Financial plang, 1. Tncorporation for a relatively large sum of money—say $50,000.00, ana have the company construct houses out of its own resources, mak- ing profits from the sale of houses on time to occupants. The advantages of this plan are: . (1) Minimum danger of bankrupt- cv proceedings. (2) Easy control of funds by the directors of the corporation. The disadvantages of this plan are: (1) Difficulty of raising the money. (2) Expenses involved in fees and taxes. SE ; 2. Incorporation for a small amount of money—say $5,000.00 or $10.000.00, the amount raised through the sale of stock to consti- tute a fund to cover initial expendi- ‘ures of the corporation and other marginal expenditures. Under this plan the funds to pay for the con- struction of houses to be raised (1) by initial payments from those who wish to build. The amount of this payment will have to be controlled by the amount of funds which could be secured elsewhere. It woud seem that an initial payment of $1,000.00 on - each house would be fair. (2) By sale of contracts to build to those - whe are. not at this. time ready .to (Continued on Page 2)