Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXVIII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS,APRIL 15, 1920. NUMBER 23
AGGIES FIRST
DUAL TRACK
MEET A VICTORY
Eighteen Men Attend Dallas Affair
and Were Easy Victors Over
Opponents.
On Friday, April 9, the Aggies’
cinderpath men left eighteen strong
for Dallas to take the Methodists on
__inr-ar-ckra4—track meet. This was A.
and M.’s first meet and they had
many new men, but easily carried
off a majority of the points, 83 1-2
to S. M. U.’s 33 1-2. The Aggies
proved to have a well balanced
squad. Outside of the big weight-
heaver “Tinny” Keen, who scored 13
points, Mahan’s 11 and Weir who
tallied 10, the points were evenly
distributed. Thirteen out of the
eighteen captured some tallies for
their team. The victory was an easy
one but you can by no means judge
the strength of the victorious team
by this victory. Many faults and
fnistakes were brought out in this
meet, which Coach James Clutter
will try to over come by the next
meet which is with the University in
Austin April 24. Captain Hugon
was out of this meet on account of
a sprained ankle, but is expected to
be in shape for the other meets
which will add strength to the mid
distances and relay.
The Aggies squad showed super
iority in everything except the
hurdles and jumps, which was web
taken care of by Lemon, S. M. U.’s
only consolation.
A. and M. made a clean sweep of
1st and 2nd places in six events—
two other first places and nine sec
onds.
The weather was ideal, but the
track was slow from recent rains
and no exceptional marks were
made. Weir made good his claim
as one of the best sprinters in the
state by winning the 100 yd. dash in
10 1-5 and the 220 yd dash in 23 on
such a heavy track.
The following is a summary of the
meet.
One hundred and twenty-yard high
hurdles—Lemon (S. M. U.), first;
Frazier (A. & M.), second. Time—
16 3-5.
One hundred-yd. dash—Weir (A. &
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E. E. STUDENTS
HOSTS TO MANY
OF THEIR FRIENDS
Wireless Messages From an Airplane
and Other Wonderful Electrical
Phenomena.
In an excellent way the Electrical
Engineers gave the other students,
campus and Bryan residents a chance
to see what they can do in their
lyome^ Abe Electrical Engineering
Building on April 9. We must admit
as well as everybody else that it was
not quite such a simple problem to
solve for them, and that they deve
loped their program in a wonderful
manner. At seven thirty the offi
cial guests began to arrive, passing
before a crowd of about five hundred
students who were assembled in front
of the building, making their arrival
somewhat difficult. The first thing
which we were able to admire was a
light effect of various colors reflect
ing their rays upon the columns of
the second and third floor. The crowd
out side was getting impatient but
finally the order was given that
everything was ready for inspection.
The entrance was not wide enough
for the whole gang to enter at once
but slowly one could reach the goal,
keeping alert not to get squeezed too
hard. It was the aim of the execu
tive committee to give each student
in the department a chance to show
their guests something, and we found
that the advanced students of the
Senior and Junior classes presented
the things which required skill, the
underclassmen doing smaller ones,
though equally appreciated. One of
the features which we have to give
a lot of credit, for the beatutiful ef
fect it presented, was the Automatic
tlectrical light, placed at the North
east corned of Mitchell Hallfi repre
senting a sky rocket, and at the end
curving down was a bomb bearing
the name SIGNAL CORPS. One
walking on the Military Walk could
not help but think that he was on
Broadway. At the same time there
was a search light placed on top of
their hall sending the light towards
the flag, which was up at night for
this pretty affair. - In the Engineer
ing Building there were so many
things that it is impossible for us
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NEXT WEEK BIG
TIMES TO ALL
AT OLD A. & M.
Preparations Extensive for Three
Days of Festivities and “Foot
Shakes” of Cadets.
The times are waxing warm as the
approach of the R. V. festivities are
sounded stepping up the days of
April. The preparations and results
: cvf many long - hours of attempts are,
to be demonstrated next week when
we break loose on our spring “foot
shakes.” Everything is in readiness
for the grand opening on Thursday
night and of course this si. only a
preliminary to the R. V. Hop on
Friday night. Reports from all com
mittees indicate that there is a treat
in store for all those in attendance.
An attempt is being made to provide
accommodations for everyone’s dates
and the reception committee will be
glad to do anything within their
range and power. A large crowd is
expected including many out of
school men as well as girls. Noth
ing has been spared by the Ross Vol
unteers in attempting to make these
dances absolutely the best the school
has ever witnessed and they earnest
ly solicit the help and coopei’ation
of everyone in order that these at
tempts may meet with the desired
results. Music has been secured
which though is highly recommended
is not well known by anyone in these
parts but accept the guarantee that
jazz and pep will predominate and
as the crowd so the music. The Mess
Hall is to be used for all three
dances and though this may interfere
with chow formations a bit still
how many are there who hadn’t
rather dance than eat? Programs
and invitations have been ordered
and these are a feature within
themselves. The Queen’s Ball is an
affair which originated with the
spring carnival which was once pre
sented along with the festivities but
which has since been dropped on ac
count of the lack of energy and push
on somebody’s part. However, since
it is the Queen’s Ball there must be
a Queen and her selection this year
was turned over to Mr. Pickney B.
Price who was elected not many
weeks back. Under his direction
and leadership the ice will be broken
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FARMERS MEET
FIRST DEFEAT
IN BASE BALL
Baylor Took Last Game and Long
horns Slipped Away With Two
Victories.
The Farmers met their first defeat
in baseball within the last week. Bay
lor took the second game of the Bay
lor series, and Texas grabbed both of
hers. The Baylor defeat was dis
heartening—disheartening because we
knew the team could play better than
they were playing. Everyone seem
ed to have an off day and six costly
errors were chalked against the Ag
gie infield. Baylor took advantage
of every error and played a tight de
fense on her part. Time and again,
the Farmers came back with fight
but the Bears steadied and held their
lead. Bible used Sprague, Olsen,
Farrell, and finally Henderson, but
timely hits coupled with Farmer mis-
plays made them unavailing. The
score finally stood: Baylor 6, A. and
M. 3.
A. and M. started against Texas
with a slightly changed line-up.
Rothe covered first, while Smith took
short, as Higginbotham was deliver
ing them over the plate. The • first
inning was thoroughly satisfactory.
Lackey walked, Lewis sacrificed,
Matthews and Hig beat out infield
hits, filling the bases. Glezen de
livered as in the days of old with a
triple to right, scoring three. A. and
M. scored again in the third when
Hig doubled to center and came in on
Rothe’s single to right. In the fifth
Glezen walked and scored on Smith’s
single thru short. Higginbotham held
Texas well until the fourth. The de
luge that came then was terrible.
Faulk started it with a home run over
the right field fence. Four hits fol
lowed and Matthews relieved Higgin
botham with the bases full. Texas
went on and when the forth finally
ended, seven hits had been registered
and nine scores run in. In the fifth
Hart poled a circuit drive with the
bases empty. A walk,, an error and
two singles added another in the
eighth. In the ninth Hart tripled
and scored on Barry’s sacrifice. That
ended it—Texas 14, A. and M. 5.
Faulk was undoubtedly the star of