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About The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1925)
4 The Daily Bulletin VOL. VIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1925. 115 REVEREND BROWN T0 REMAIN AT COLLEGE Declines Last Inducement to Take the Plainview Church, Third Invitation Sent Him Recently. In declining the pastorate of the Plainview First Baptist Church and giving the pulpit committee his de- cision the past week after a careful consideration of his opportunities there and his responsibilities ard op- portunities here Reverend R. L. Brown resisted the third forceful at- tempt made in the past few weeks to have him change the field of his work and definitely decided to remain with the A. & M. College for an in- definite time. At almost the same time {he invitation came from Plain- view for his service to the Baptists of that community Reverend Brown was solicited as director of the Baptist Student work in Texas as successor of Joseph P. Boone, and was proffered the same position in the state of Lou- i liana. ‘the strergth of the influence b o ght by the Plainview people in subport of their invitation was typical of the western enterprise and their oifers were seriously considered by Reverend Brown. Numerous tele- grams and letters of earnest plead- ing and rich inducement were sent, fifteen telegrams being received in one day. The h-arly irvitation was exemplary of the claims made to the strergth and earnestness of the de- nomination in that city, claiming a membership of twelve or fourteen hundred, with an average Sunday school attendance last year of 550 ard with an ambition and consecration - that has induced them to start con- struction of a new $100,000 edifice for their place of worship. In making his decision on purely serviceable considerations Reverend Brown had to ignore a salary raise of $1,000 a year and an assistant pastor, and the distinction of positions of importance in state affairs includ- ing membership on the State Baptist Executive Board and chairman of the board of trustees of Weyland Col- (Continued on page 2) “The Lost Battalion” Will Be Shown Tonight Edward A. MacManus’ picturiza- tion of “The Lost Battalion,” will be shown in the Assembly Hall this evening, the first show beginning at 6:45 and the second at 8:15. Mrs. Ralph L. Ware’s dancing class of young girls will give a special number between shows. This great show is being put on here under the auspices of the Amer- ican Legion, and the proceeds will go toward establishing an American Le- gion Student Loan Fund. The admis- sion price will be 25¢. A SIDE-SPLITTING COMEDY WEDNESDAY NIGHT Reginald Denny in “Oh Doctor,” will be shown in the Assembly Hall Wednesday night. This picture was shown recently at the Queen and was very popular. Price 15 cents. — so AGGIES WIN GAMES FROM FORT WORTH CAGE TEAM The Aggie Fish basketball team has returred from Fort Worth where on Saturday night it administered one +f the few defeats of the season suf- fered by the Telephone Company cag- ors of that city. According to press eports it was a fast and furious yame. The score was 23 to 18. sy aS YOUNG WOMEN’S DANCING CLASS NOW ORGANIZED — The young women’s dancing class will meet regularly on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 5:00 fo 6:00 o'clock in the rest room oI the Agricultural building. There are eight members now composing the class. Others interested are invited to ask for full information. RE — IVANHOE COMMANDERY Special Conclave of Ivan- SM hoe Commandery No. 8 at _ 1 7:30 p. m. tonight for the purpose of conferring the orders. All Sir Knights urged to be present. E. W. PRICE, Commander. W. E SAUNDERS, Recorder. MACHINE GUN RECORD [S MADE BY JUNIOR Betters Record Made at Summer Camp by One Point; A. & M. Only School Firing the Course. P. H. Blackburn of Dallas, a junior at A. & M., recently broke a long es- tablished machine gun record of the College with a score of one hundred and seventy-five out of a possible two hundred at the one thousand inch range. The entire junior infantry class is firing a prescribed machine gun course for qualification. This course is the same as prescribed by the War Department for regular ar- my troops. It was while Blackburn was firing his score for record that he broke the A. & M. record—and, it is reported, approached closely a regular army record. His target was unique in its near perfectior, all shots being fired equally into the twenty-five two-inch scoring spaces. The record was formerly held by I. M. Bethel of Hext, a member of the class of ’25, who made a mark of one hundred and seventy-four at summer camp last year. It is also reported and of reat interest to note that A. & M. College is the only R. O. T. C. school yet allowed by the government to fire this course. The cost of ammuni- tion alone is over $11,000.00. The interest that the government is show- ing in this test is manifested by the fact that beween terms an ordnance officer was sent to A. & M. to go over all the guns to see that they were in good condition. The class here has an average of one hundred and forty and five-tenths out of a possible two hundrd and Captain R. L. Ware, the instructor in charge of the infantry juniors be- lieves that every man will qualify as at least a marksman. The govern- ment gives a badge to each man who makes a score of above two hundred and twelve out of a possible five hundred. The remaining ranges will be fired in the near future, and un- doubtedly Aggieland will soon blos- som forth with a hevy of qualifica- tion badges. :
