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-
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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.|
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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
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