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> Xk AA The Daily EL alletin Vol. VII College Station, Texas Friday, February 29, 1924. No. 123 TERPSICHORE WILL WORK OF VOCATIONAL TEAM T0 LEAVE REIGN APRIL 17-19 King Bartlett of Ross Volunteers and Lady Katherine Beard Will Rule with Festive Events. A reign of terpsichore with its ac- companing music, laughter and merry making incidents of gala attire and intcxicating diversion will be in Ag- gieland beginning Thursday evening April 17 and continuing through Sat- urday. King Silas C. Bartlett and Queen Katherine Beard of Mart will govern the realm in that period with rules forming a code of cheer. The chief incidents of their court festi- vities will be the dances. The first of these will furnish the setting for the coronation on Thursday evening. The second and third will follow on succeeding nights. The first is known familiarly as the queen’s ball, the second as the R. V. Hop and the third the R. V. corps dance. For many years the period of festive events has been known simply as R. V., being a contraction of Ross Vol- unteer, the name of the organization ¢f junior and senior students under whose direction the celebration is held. | jective. TRAINING DISCUSSED, Dean C. H. Winkler and Professor J. Horace Kraft Address Agricul- tural Conference. Ideas on the relation of Vocational Agriculture to the whole program of agricultural education brought out at the conference of Southern education men were presented to the Agricultu- ral Conference by Dean C. H. Wink- ler yesterday morning. The lines of research, of training leaders and of | disseminating information through the Extension Service have establish- ed their place in the program accord- ing tc the decision of the conference Dean Winkler said. The function of FOR OKLAHOMA CITY Different Team Will Be Taken to Fort Worth and Oklahoma City This Year. Six junior animal husbandry stu- dents of the College composing a livestock judging team and W. L. Stangel, professor of animal husband- ry as coach will leave for Oklahoma City tomorrow night to enter the college students livestock judging contest which will be held Monday in connection with the Southwest American Livestock show. Students who compose the team are C. B. John- son of Uvalde; V. R. Kennedy of Crockett; P. Meyers of Floresville; educational agricultural teachers in H. F. Tickle of Dallas; C. A. Williams the program is held to be doing the systematic, thorough followup work | wright. necessary to put across the agricul- tural program over the state. Another important subject discus- sed at the Southern conference was the analysis of the curriculum of the agricultural cdleges, both as to ob- jective and as to content of courses which are required to reach the ob- According to Dr. Winkler But the organization does not seek ex- | this analysis must be made by those clusion in these social affairs. On the connected with the college if they are other hand it sponsors the celebration | to profit by it, rather than to have for the entertainment of all. Invi- tations are broadcasted and there is general cocperation between Campus residents and students in supplying hostess privileges that there may be consorts for many of the boys. In past years this liberality has provided over 300 couples on the great mess hall floor for the dances. In recent years there is consid- erable effort being exerted to give military drills and athletics of var- ious kinds a place of balancing im- portance on the program with the dances, and again this year as last the Ross Volunteers will give one of their fancy dress drills and will ar- range other athletic events. A garden scene will be the de- coration motif for the mess hall and the scene of the dances. Nature in her spring florescence of limb and the outside agents step in and do the work. Professor J. H. Kraft, the second speaker, presented data concerning the bcys now in Vocational Agricu- ture classes. 67 per cent of these boys live on farms of over 25 acres, 55 per cent intend to go to college; 32 per cent expect to take an agricul- tural course at college; and 42 per cent are planning to become farmers. This year 165 schools in Texas are offering vocational agriculture as compared with 31 schcols 5 years ago. ——————————————— CAMPUS GROUPS WILL HOLD PRAYER SERVICES TODAY The southern Campus prayer group will meet this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock with Mrs. D. W. Williams, with Mrs. Gecrge P. Grout as leader. The stem will be sought by the artists for | northern group will meet at the same dzcoration. An important incidental function already planned is a tea dance to be given in honcr of the Ross Volun (Continued on Col. 3, Page 4) time with Mrs. A. Mitchell with Mrs. E. P. Humbert as leader. Everyone interested in the success of the com- ing revival is cordially invited to at- | tend, | of Avoca; and J. L. Wright of White- Team prizes offered in the contest are $50, $25, and $15 fcr first, | second and third places and in addi- | tion there are individual prizes of $25, $15, $10, $5 and $5, offered for places in the descending order. A different team will be taken to Fort Worth for the annual contest held in connection with the South- western Exposition and Livestock show. In past years it has been the custom (f the College to send the same team to Oklahoma and Fort Worth but since Oklahoma A. & M. is the chief competitor of Texas A. & M. in both the Forth Worth and Oklahoma City shows and these con- tests are considered as preliminary events in preparation for the Inter- national show at Chicago next fall Coach Stangel has decided to use dif- ferent teams in the two contests this spring in order to give training to the greater number of men. ——————————————— ARCHITECTURAL CLUB SMOKER WILL BE HELD TONIGHT Smokes will be the order of the meeting, to be held in room 400 Main building, immediately after supper to- night. There will be an interesting program, and further plans will be discussed for the “Fete-Charrette’, as the architects’ annual affair is to be called this year. Those who dance and those who don’t, are : cordially invited to begin ‘getting on the line” if they want to get in on this. ZAY SMITH, President.
