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Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of t he Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXVIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, JANUARY 15, 1920 NUMBER 10
DES MOINES TRIP
WAS ENJOYED
BY A. & M. MEN
Association With Y.M.C.A. Men From
Many Schools and Countries Im
pressed all Delegates.
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anxious and jubilant nine boarded the
Texas Special which ran as second
section of the Katy Limited No. 4, to
Kansas City thence to Des Moines
over the Chicago and Great Northern
arriving there at 9:00 a. m., Tuesday
morning.
The trip from Dallas to Des Moines
was one of constant happenings. One
of the A. and .At. delegates, perhaps
with the near approach of Sbisa’s
chow, attempted to get a piece of pie
at Greenville, with the result that he,
Fish Seals, had to join us in Parsons
Kansas on the following morning.
But with characteristic A. and M. re
sourcefulness he came thru all o. k.
Arriving ai Kansas City at 1 p. m.,
a twelve hour stop-over was found
necessary and the delegates were giv
en a chance to see that very interest
ing city. Sight-seeing in general was
the order of the afternoon. Little
parties of twos and fours were to be
seen everywhere and a jollier bunch
would be hard tc imagine. Early in
the game seven cf the cadets monop
olized the C. I. A. bunch and J rft the
other two very reticent and rather
timid members of the party to ‘kid
the natives’ and to.become acquainted
with the girls from T. W. C., Howard
Payne, Kidd-Key.
The Texas Special was one of the
first of the eighteen trains to arrive
in Desmoines, December 81st for the
Convention. After registering at the
Court House, a place Improvised for
that work on account of its nearness
to the station, we proceeded to the
place where we were to live during
our stay in the city. Some of the
A. and M. bunch were quartered in
hotels while the more fortunate were
placed in homes, in the homes the
bunch were shown every courtesy,
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TROPHY OF LIVE
STOCK JUDGING
TEAM ARRIVES
Large Bronze Bull Awarded to A.
and M. Boys Will be Placed in
the Main Building.
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Xl'S - px'iCiS i Cl Ui tsi i jA U" cJir
bers of the Champion International
Stock Judging Team has been re
vived and made keen by the arrival
on the Campus of the large bronze
bull the trophy awarded them at the
International Livestock Exposition as
a prize for their merit in stock judg
ing.
To a number of students and of
ficials who were here from 1913 to
1916 this object is familiar from the
fact that it remained here those three
years as an emblem of excellence of
the 1913 Stock Judging Team.
The base, is about thirty-six inches
in length and in height from base to
tip is about twenty-four inches. It
weighs four hundred pounds. As a
piece of sculpture it is a true work
of art, executed in bronze. The
group represents a prize bull in care
of an ancient exhibitor who has been
crowned with a laurel wreath.
The trophy was presented for the
first time to this College. This took
place in the fall of 1913. There was
no international contest in either
1914 or 1915 but in 1916 it went to
Purdue University of Indiana. Ne
braska won it in 1917 and then it
was carried to the Guelp Agricultural
College of Ontario in 1918. It comes
here direct from there.
As soon as clement weather per
mits appropriate ceremonies will be
arranged and the statue will be trans
ported to the Main building in pag
eant fashion placed in a glass pro
tecting case and located in the ro
tunda there to remain.
If the 1920 team is as successful
at the Exposition this coming fall as
the 1913 and 1919 teams, then its
stay will be permanent.
MEMBERS ROSS
VOLUNTEERS IN
BUSY MEETING
Prepare for Active Drilling and Ap
point Committe Chairman for
Annual Hop.
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sembled the Ross Volunteers for the
purpose of deciding upon uniforms
and making arrangements for meas
ure taking at same time of letting
the contract to Brandon and Law
rence for them. This was made nec
essarily early because of the fact that
pictures must soon be made for the
Longhorn—and again the moral of
late purchasing from last year was
remembered. The dance question
was brought up and the chairman of
various committees elected which
were as follows:
Arrangement—Tom Cheeves.
Reception—Alec Harris.
Finance—R. G. Higginbotham.
Floor—Red Thompson.
Decoration—Jack Mahan.
Program—Scott Alexander.
The date for the R. V. Hop was
set at April 23—to be preceded by
the Queen’s Ball on the 22nd and pos
sibly followed on Saturday night by
a carnival and jitney dance. The
plan is to make these dances record
breakers in their classes as no ef
fort toward this end will be left un
exercised. The showing of those
present was fine and it is not only
desirable but demanded that all
members attend all meetings. In
years past the R. V.’s have meant
but little, but in line with everything
else that has been done and is be
ing done, a transformation can be
expected. Plans for drills will be
made in the near future and these
will be conducted with 100 per cent
membership or not at all.
Let a word to wise cadets and sons
of rest be sufficient—make that date
with little angel eyes because the
future holds something for all of us.
FARMERS OPEN
SEASON WITH A
DOUBLE VICTORY
McQuillen, Forbes and Ehlert are
the Outstanding Stars for the
Farmers.
liiTffe first conference gtunesc)^^
the sason the Farmer Five had little
trouble in their double win over the
Baylor Bears. The first game went
to the speedy Aggies at a 52-10 tune
while the second game was annexed
by a score of 36-10.
In the first game the Aggies were
never stopped and for a while it look
ed as if the score might be unlimited.
With the whole second team on the
floor however, the Bears held and
prevented further scoring by the
home team. Forbes was the bright
est star of the night, shooting a to
tal of eleven goals from the field and
also scoring on several foul goals.
Hartung and Williams at guard
showed up well and upheld the A.
and M. reputation for close guard
ing. Porter for Baylor, played a
hard, steady game and guarded ex
ceptionally well.
Saturday night saw a still harder
game, for the Bears came back strong.
The passing of both teams was fast
and at times very good. Ehlert
aroused himself and scored six field
goals in the first half while Covington
did most of the scoring for the Bay
lor quint. The Farmer’s as a whole
look pretty ‘good; they seem to have
speed, passing ability and fight and
these are the three main essentials.
Right now the problem confronting
Coach Driver is in the picking of the
best combination. There is an
abundance of good guard material
while the forwards and center posi
tions seem well taken care of. As
soon as the Farmer’s improve their
shooting eyes a bit and start passing
the ball and not dropping or holding
it they will begin to resemble an A.
and M. Basketball team. The series
with Baylor demonstrated the rough