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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1920)
FRONT BASEMENT ^KKh • t M rrw «i i j 4- i j 11 f 'i v. 4 . ; ^■'y-r h y* •" % - ~ ,r«- Next yceum Number . ‘ to be ^iven { \ * * J • | Monday Kveiling MJi. ■3^ PubH.K.d W«*kly by tb« StudanU' Aa.ociatioa. of t ka A C ric VOL XXVUI ■••» ■■t ■ ifl ilturol and Mocbonical Collacc COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS. JANUARY 29. 1920 NEW COMMITTEE NAMED ON STU- iDENT WELFARE T-CLUB MEN PUT ON ATHLETIC EXHIBITION FARMERS TAME MUSTANGS OF S. M. U. DALLAS : NUMBE R 12 !*! TROOP A CAVALRY ■■ MPW| AT A. AND M. ry M-I ||l * U { . Principal Bwaineoa of Snrh Coabaittce ia to Secure Student* Viewpoint % .. M . on College Life. 4 Some student* have ask ad what j the duties and function* of the Stu dent Welfare Committee! are. Such questions ran beet he answered by quoting College Regulations. Paragraph 66, section 17 of Col lege Regulations reads; “A committee on Student Welfare conmsting of the President, the Dean of the College, the Commandant, two members of the faculty, to be ap pointed by the President, and five Boxing Boats Principal Attraction and Whole Program Greatly En joyed by the Spectators If' In order to furnish some excita- Played Ragged Game But Managed Comj to None Out Ahead of Methodist Brethren. ment between terms members of the T-Association here put on a series of boxing wouts. n wrestling match and some athletic stunts at the Col lege Gymnasium Wednesday night, January 21st. Following in a resume of the events: | j Wupper-man and Cushing of the Artillery fought a fast bout. come . , , , . . . . . . . . .. Frasier and Jones contested on «ud«nta. nommjWd. .ubj«t t« th., tho m>t fot ^ ^ Kr> ^ r ^ ur . of the President, as follows: f r i approv; Two.bV the Senior Class, one each by the Junior, Sophomore and Fresh man classes. “It shall be the duty of this com mittee to consider matters affecting the welfare and interest of the stu dent body, and to make from time to time, such recommendations as it may deem proper.” At tile first meeting ef the com mittee, Dr. Pixzell stated that in the past, the faculty had experienced some difficulty in securing the stu dent’s point of view in matters about the College. His idea is to give the student body a means of expressing itself on matters of interest to them, consequently this committee has been created. The members of the committee are privileged to make any sugges tion or critici-nm which is constructive and helpfel in any way. These sug- gestions age discussed and the ideas of hot I- faculty and student mem bers are voiced. Some of the questions that have already been considered are those of food, watqr, lights, sad walks, and In every instance the College author ities have done frery thing in their powerl to improve conditions. The committee is* yours. Hereto fore the student members have had to rely upon what they could gather In their dally observations, for ideas upon which to bage* their rocommen- * dations. If you think of anything (Continued on Page 8) ing one and Jones one. Wilson and Pullia pulled off a fast bout. around] la a very rough and poorly played ‘ Did game Tuesday night tha A. sad M. surpri quint continued their winning streak i of by conquering the unruly Mustang Five from Dallas. From a basket- th g t ball standpoint the Aggies were a they sore disappointment to their follow-, aroun era. and they won not so much upon tori **’ their own merits as upon S. M. U.’» |^ > ? 1 J rS inability to hit the basket. The whole many, team seemed to lose their heads mid were persisted in playing the man and not the ball. The result was that the A. a passing, which has heretofore been the point Wondt and McDonald, two heavies. •****« main asset, was almost en- aloim. came on and put on one of the sbsent. It is true that the ab- Eve cleverest scraps of the evening. of Ehlert hurt the dub but this s kirm Snell and Ward, two light weights, cannot account for the lack of con- that st hat/led thrill faat rounds. dition shown by sevural of the home unit Mahan land Logan, two middle ta*n»- | i pnnd weights put up a scrappy bout. Aitho the A. and M. quint did not feet a After the regular bouts were fin- play the basketball they are capable of that ished two young “cullud” pugilists they displayed lots of fiirbt and thin that th entered the squared ring and his»ily one factor may have been the decid- out to pounded each ether for about »en ing element of the game. For S. M. but evi minutes. “Anthracite” Brewster ex- U- McKnight was the best performer was celled in long swings but “Battling with three goals to hie credit. Pnob- But Midnight” Jordan put in many ef- ably the heat actor on the Aggies side have a fective short-arm Jolta. • of the show was Burkes mho put up and yoi The crowning event of the evening one of the hardest fights ever seen inaign me in the guise of a basketball on the local floor. Mc-Quillen and branch game between the “Meal-Hound’ | Forbes seemed to be Completely out as team (composed of “Woody” Wilson, of adjustment and their failure to put infant 8. Alexander. R. Higginbotham, the ring around the hall waa respon- Miffrah. Sc udder and Drake) and the sible for the cloaeneas ef the score. Midgets (composed of Ward, Snell, The lino-up: and several others whose names A. and M. Position S. M. U. Were not < b’amablp. McQuillen ' Barnet 1 M •* I 4 Forward 1 R. V.*S MEET. DeLee t- r Kitts j, t- I '* Forward Hie R. V.V met last week for the Forbes ~—^-7--«—»»-— purpose of electing a King, V> serve ( enter at the Carnival and to be present at Williams Ednoundaon the Queen’s Ball which will be pre sented before and after respectively? the R. V. Hop on April 23rd. Pinck ney B. Price Was unanimously selected to fill the position and m It is up to him to select the Queen Guard Hartong —Cooper Guard || Substitutes: A. and for DeLee, Burks for Gouger. : ''Betievee-MlkBpaa. : added rf Signal pep int was int they he| doughbo^ Uncle But nl Capt. M{ of Gaval that he up there gett Hall havn’t meat' yei with i|tfl heads to of Maay leading Students Capture Howell Trophy This June , J •< A. A ■ *. -4., Jdj ever stop to rwaliae how• these men of the classes J years ago are when they to the old school and *ee changes and improvements taken place here since to run /mi around and halls of the older dormi-* Take the ntilitary side of It used to be that the , carried guas^ end walked miles pn long hikes !y thing- to be found in the form of cadet-*, from a military stand- int infantry, u;iu infantry a ad do route step aad all a as fab as a fighting soeeried they had to de- ly upon their two good eir hob-nailed shoes. Not training waa not goPd, or ere liable to have to go >le some night at midnight, ing was infantry—and it H- ; ‘j' 'll/ JKSfj at our schdol now. We West Point of our own ve to look at a fellow’s tell which of the many the service he Is Voost- w-lv the hast. The old still here, but we have tly the Artillery and the They did a lot to put cadet corps; then Work ing and differetit and to show as iMm' the am’t the only man in 1 army. look what has happened, r has organized a troop —and boys, let me say got some bunch ganged n the top stoop of Leg- They’vs just started out, gotten aflbof their equi fr it ttiey're starting out and sn idea in their right on up to the top |n t - FRONT BASEMEN 1 - k