Base Ball Season Opens Latter
part of this month. Watch
them hold up the
Record.
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Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXVIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, MARCH 5, 1920. NUMBER 17
TEXAS SURRENDERED BASKETBALL
GAMES TO AGGIES AND GIVES US
CLEAN SLATE FOR THE SEASON
First Game Friday Night Was Too Easy From Spectators View
point But Final Game Saturday Furnished Some En
thusiasm.
They are, left to right:
W. L. Driver, Coach; Burkes, W. M., Gouger, G. B., Glezen, H. N.,
Williams, W. H., DeLee, H. E., Pierce, J. A., Hartung, G. H., McQuillen, E.
E. (Capt.), Dwyer, P. A. Forbes, A. L., Ehlert, R. J., Keen, L. S.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
SOCIETY IS NOW
AN ASSURED FACT
Under the Guidance of Prof. Brackett
A. and M. Will Contest for
State Honors.
At the present time a man without
special training in public speaking is
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discussing topics of importance with
men of the day. Those in authority
at the College, have noticed that the
average A. and M. graduate was de
ficient along this line. Each gradu
ate had received a fair amount of
this training, but out in the world it
proved to be of too small an amount
for the individual man’s own good.
Take for example a man that goes in
to demonstration work. He knows
the job, but unless this man is able
to approach the farmers, state what
he knows to be true, and then be
able to convince the farmer that it
is true, he will not be the success he
could have been.
Different ones connected with the
College knew this condition existed,
and all hoped to see it changed, but
here the subject usually died. Not
until Mr. Brackett became a part of
the teaching staff, a few years ago,
was the subject attacked systemati
cally. Mr. Brackett threshed the
matter out, but kept quiet, waiting
for the time to come when the stu
dents would be ready for the change.
He knew it would do no good to
start a reform until the men them
selves were ready for the matter.
In other words, to be. a real success
the movement had to come from the
students.
The present senior class have
thought for some time they were a
bit above the average, but now they
know it. Mr. Brackett, too, saw
great possibilities in the clsas or he
would not have asked its members to
help him work out a plan whereby
A. and M. men could improve them
selves in public speaking and debat
ing.
Several weeks ago this teacher of
English picked a number of the
strong men of the class and asked
their opinion. He had their promise
to see the organization through.
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A. and M. is coming to regard the
Southwestern Conference as its own
little back yard. At any rate, only
the corner in which the ash and garb
age can rest is under the sceptre of
other members of the conference. The
latest one to take to the proverbial
croaker sack and ashes was Texas.
She did it with grace and elegance,
having had a similar experience in the
latter part of November of last year.
The cause of it all was this all-State
basket ball team of ours. Up until
last Friday night the score of the
season was seventeen games won
and—anybody south of the north pole
can tell you how many games lost.
Anyway, the puncity of reverses in
battle on our part was sufficient to
gripe Texas into a state of green
fury wherein they could, as our friend
Shakespeare says, “quaff hot blood
with satisfaction.” Yea, brother,
with one of those games their hearts
would have sang love-songs to the
stars. But the celestial bodies re
mained unwooed and even had a hard
time making their presence seen when
the Aggie five scintillated onto the
court.
Friday nights’ game was almost
too much A. and M. The score of the
first half, especially, seemed to indi
cate that the Aggies might win by a
close margin. Right merrily did
Mac, Tada and Dutch swing the old
ball up into play. And right wickedly
did the leather straps beneath the
rings shimmey as the old ball lightly
touched their cheeks and passing
downward came to rest in the disap
pointed hand of a Texas guard, while
the Farmer “Wildcat” yowled in wild
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SUMMER CAMPS
FOR STUDENTS
OPENS JUNE 17
Various Branches Go to Different
Parts in U. S. A Clean Summer
Trip.
1. The summer camps for stu
dents who are members of the Re
serve Officers’ Training Corps' will r
open on june 17, 1920, and will con
tinue for a period of six weeks.
2. We desire to call your atten
tion to the many advantages which
young men may derive from attend
ing these camps. If you are inter
ested in any one who is attending a
military school or is a member of the
R.O.T.C. we urge you to do all that
lies in your power to see that he
goes to one of these places.
3. All students, who belong to In
fantry Military organizations and
are in colleges of Oklahoma and Tex
as, will be sent to Camp Benning,
Georgia. Students, who are in col
leges of New Mexico and Arizona
who belong to Infantry organiza
tions of the R.O.T.C. will be sent to
the Presidio at San Francisco, Cali
fornia. Students who belong to the
Field Artillery organizations of the
R.O.T.C. and are from colleges in
Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona, will be sent to Camp Knox,
Kentucky. Students who belong to
Cavalry organizations and are from
colleges in New Mexico, and Ari
zona, will be sent to Fort Oglethorpe,
Georgia. Students who belong to
the Cavalry organizations of the R.
O.T.C. in Texas and Oklahoma will
also be sent to Fort Oglethorp, Geor
gia. Students who belong to the
Signal Corps organizations of the R.
O.T.C. in colleges of New Mexico,
Arizona, Oklahoma and Texas will
be sent to Camp Alfred Vail, New
Jersey.
4. These camps are especially se
lected for the purpose and you may
feel certain that any one who at
tends them will be surrounded by
most healthful conditions.
5. While the primary object of
these camps is to provide systematic
military training in order to qualify
' students as members of the Officers’