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Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
'/OL. XXV.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, APRIL 24, 1918
NUMBER 30
Welcome High School Visitors
Prexy Inaugurates Voluntary
Chapel Attendance With
Phenomenal Success
n A. & M. 1^3, Texas 0-5
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Higginbotham Pitches
No-Hit No-Run Game
SUCH AN EXTREMELY RADICAL
AND UNEXPECTED MOVE
UNPRECEDENTED IN
INSTITUTION.
The faculty, campus residents, and
the entire student body were astoun
ded beyond utterance Sunday morn
ing: when President Bizzell announ
ced throug;h The Bulletin that com-
pusory Sunday Chapel attendance
was forever abolished in A. and M.
The news spread over the campus
like wildfire, and in an amazingly
short time, the entire college com
munity was in a furor. The an
nouncement came like a bolt of light
ning out of a clear sky. Cadets with
strong powerful physiques were stun
ned and stupefied while reading it;
others were rendered speechless while
some fainted outright. It has been
known for some time that Prexy has
been devoting himself almost ex
clusively to the study of the honor
system in prisons and penitentiaries
in the South, and it is supposed that
the above change is the outcome of
his investigations. Such an extremely
radical and altogether unexpected
move is unprecedented in the history
of the institution.
The announcement came out just
before the chapel hour and was not
without its effect. At first, the cere
bral processes of every cadet were
jammed. But, as soon as those suf
fering from the shock had' sufficiently
recovered, a full realization of the
event dawned upon them. They were
intoxicated with joy. They ran hither
LARGEST FRESHMAN CLASS
CHRONICLES OF THE COL
LEGE—HAS IMPRESSIVE
CLASS HISTORY.
IN THE COLLEGE BUREAU ISSUES
ILLUSTRATIVE BOOKLET
DESCRIBING THE CON
DITIONS HERE.
Last September over seven hund
red Freshmen entered A. and M. for
the session 1917-18. This is the
largest Freshman class in the history
of the college. ■ Such a record
speaks well not only for the repu
tation which our school already en
joys throughout the Southwest, but
also for the wisdom of the members
of the ’21 class in casting their for
tunes with us. It has long been
contended by supporters of the
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We wish to call attention to the
recent compilation entitled “Sixty
Facts About A. and M.” a beauti
fully symbolical and illustrated book
let just issued by the College Bur
eau of Information, for the benefit
of alumni and A. and M. students.
This booklet is a very interesting
compilation of the essential facts
of the college collected by the author
ities after months of careful inves
tigation and shoi Id not be passed
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porals ordered
IN SECOND GAME FALK INVIN
CIBLE IN PINCHES—AGGIES
LOSE FIRST GAME OF
THE SEASON.
Well the series is over and each
team has a victory. In the 1st game
it was too much Higginbotham. Fri
day it was too much Falk. “Higgie”
pitched phenomenal ball against the
team that had a- team batting aver
age of .341. Greer was the only bat
ter to hit safely. His hit did not
count for Persohn scooped in the old
ball and flipped it to Rothe before
Greer reached 1st. After that, Tex
as batters never had a chance to
touch “Hig”. It was a great game.
Each Aggie player was on his toes
and fielded everything every time.
The second game Falk south-paw
ed the Aggies to the tune of 5-3. .It
was not Falk’s effectiveness that won
the old ball game. Far from it. It
was his wildness. He walked 9 and
hit Gle^en twice. With this wild
ness Falk had the necessary stuff to
get the ball over in pinches. It seem
ed that he was invincible in a pinch.
The Aggies fought an uphill struggle.
It was not due to their lack of the
necessary fight that caused their 1st
defeat of the year. The fielding of
the Maroon and White was not up to
the standard in this contest. We
were surprised that Falk, one of the
CHAPEL SPEAKER FOR
SUNDAY
and thither madly about the campus.^ - ^
they embraced each other frantic?’-’ 11 il ’ ward. Slowly, ai. ^
they forgot all discipline in theh^ don tread they entered v
light. To think that the school Everyone felt as if Sil
thorities could place such unh- !- by bein S sounded. Severn,
—Off Falk t’-.e guard burst into
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tears.
Dr. C. S. Wright, Pastor, First
Methodist Church, Austin, Tex.
Y. M. C. A. SPEAKER.
Dr. Wright.