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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.
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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.
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