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The Dail \ R py 8 ulletin Vol. VII College Station, Texas, Tuesday, March 4, 1924. No, 126 FOOTBALL FIELDIS ARTISTS PLANNING ELIGIBLES T0 DAIRY BEING TILE DRAINED STUDIO CELEBRATION Department of Agricultural Engineer- ing Directing Work of Install- | ing New System. An underground tile drainage sys- tem for the football field is the la- | _*est improvement that has been oc- | cupying the constructive genius and employing the progressive mania of James Sullivan, business manager of athletics. With lateral ditches and l'nes of tile crossing the field it is a new form of gridiron. But the tile | will socn be buried and the turf given every artificial incentive to recover | the feld and obliterate the lacera- | tions of the excavators before next | fall. | One main drain pipe traverses the | field at the lowest place and into this ten lateral lines of tile covering the entire area of the playing field drain. There are also two lines ,one on each side of the field and opening to the surface with drainage inlets feeding into the main underground drainage line. These latter lines are to take away the surplus water that is not absorbed on the field and shed te the sides owing to the turtle back con- tour of the playing field. The tile is laid in short sections, placed closely together but not sealed to permit the water to drain into the open cavity of the intericr. The segments are also laid in sand and gravel alnd covered with the same permeable material to facilitate the flow of the water downward. It is claimed that the pipes not only drain the water readily after it reaches their cavity but that it makes the soil above porous and gives it absorbent po- wer for instant relief after a down- pour of rain. The plan of drainage was recom- mended by Professor D. Scoates, head | of the Department of Agricultural! Engineering who had first hand know- | ledge of its beneficial properties | from the success of a similar system which he installed on the field at Mississippi A. & M. Plans were drawn by S. D. Snyder, associate pro- fessor in the same department and | actual work of excavation and laying | the pipe was directed by H. R. An- | derson a senior civil engineering stu- | dent of the College. Plans are Discussed at Meeting of Architectural Club; Date Will Be April Fourth “Happiness is our aim in life.” So reason the architects who are striv- ing, through the organization of the Architectural Club, to show that life is art and art is life and that to ap- preciate art, one must study and work with it. With this object in mind the architects are completing preliminary | arrangements for their annual “Fete | de l’atelier” which is to take place on the 4th of April. This was the main topic of business | discussion at the meeting of the Arch- itectural Club Friday evening, at which over 75 members were present. According to the statements made by Zay Smith, club president, this af- fair will be one of the most unique and artistic affairs in the history of A. & M. College. The general scheme is that of an artist’s party in an ar- tist’s studio and will take the form of a dinner dance with the hall rich- | ly decorated with tapestry and stat- nary, drapings, and works of art. Ad- ditional beauty will be had from the many spots of color furnished by the ! various costumes. The boys will all wear the customary costume of art students which consists of a smock, black windsor tie, tam o’ shanter, and dark loosely hanging trousers. The girls’ costumes will be that of any period style from Cleopatra’s Egyp- tian beads to Martha’s Colonial full skirts. Several artistic surprises are be ng arranged for by the entertain- “ment committe. A most interesting illustrated lec- ture on the life and works of Lanardo Da Vinci was given by F. G. Fer- | rucei, who pointed cut that the suc- cess of this great artist was largely due to self-confidence and persever- ance. The principal speaker of the eve- ning was Thomas Mayo, who spoke on the vulgarity and originality of style, showing that character and individ- uality were the true seats of beauty in art. The smokes and refreshments were on the club. — —— —— The most common fuel 1 is birchwcod. n Sweden TEAM CUT TO SIX Four Members Will be Named After Arrival at Fort Worth; Four Trophies are Awarded Six students of Dairy Husbandry of the A. & M. College of Texas from which will be picked four men to com- pose the team to represent this col- lege in the Southwestern Intercolleg- jate Cattle judging contest at Fort Worth during the Southwestern Ex- position and Livestock Show have ' been selected by A. L. Darnell, asso- ciate professor of Dairy Husbandry ' and coach of the team. They are Guy Powell, Red Oak; W. ' B. Orr, Dallas; David Baxt, San Anto- nio; W. A. Wurzbach, San Antonio; L. S. Moore, Ccmanche and R. W. Wil- son of McKinney. All six of these men will be taken to Ft. Worth and the four team mem- bers and two alternates will not be named until the day before the con- test. The men and coach will leave the College next Friday and will make stops in McClennan and Dallas coun- ties for practice work with dairy herds before reaching Fcrt Worth for the contest on March 10. Four team trophies and one indi- vidual trophy are offered in the con- test. The two principal trophies are awarded to the high team in the judg- ing of all breeds. One of these is an annual awarded by the Exposition. ' The other is a triannual, which must ' be won three times by a team to be- | come its permanent property. It is ~awarded by the Mistletoe Creamery ' Company. | Two prizes are awarded in judging | of breeds. Tennessee Dairies offers | one for high team in judging Jerseys and the Holstein-Freisian associatioz ' a similar one for the judging of Hol- | steins. | All of these troph'es except the one awarded by the Holstein-Freisian club were won by Texas A. & M. last yea. | The other went to the Louisiana team. The individual medal cffered by | Professor George P. Grout, head of | the Dairy Husbandry Department oi | the A. & M. College of Texas was alsc | won by a member of the Louisia iq | team. H — a ————— i — Sulphite process of paper making was invented in 1867.
