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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1920)
63 - 0 for a Starter Where do we go from here?’ • : A: IK -JL Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOL. XXIX. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS SEPTEMBER 30, 1920. NUMBER 2 COLLEGE “Y” OFF TO A GOOD START FOR THE YEAR Open House Prevails From Base ment to Roof—New Policies Govern Activities. A representative of The Battalion was conducted over the Y. M. C. A. building from basement to the roof with every feature of the building and svernm-g same-carefully ex- piau^^to him by Mr. J. E. Lewis, a “regular fellow”, who is the new Gen eral Secretary. The pool hall is equipped through out with new cues and balls and the six tables have been recovered. The Y Privilege Card entitles the bearer to full benefits of this particular form of entertainment and due to the new state laws, the only means by which the students may enjoy the hall is through membership. The swimming pool is being placed in better condition than at any time since the opening four years ago. This is another activity open to Privilege Card owners at all times. Others may enjoy the pool at nominal fees.. Plans are being discussed whereby a glass partition may be substituted for the concrete wall separating the pool from the billiard hall, allowing divers a longer run-way and permitting stu dents to witness the sports without actually entering the pool room. All the showers are being placed in the best condition and the dressing rooms are ready to accommodate the larg est swimming parties. Many Periodicals Available. The greatest care has been used in making a selection of papers and mag azines for the reading rooms. The prevailing idea has been to provide publications which experience has shown to be preferred by college stu dents. Fiction and scientific maga zines are present in by far the larg est numbers while about twenty-five per cent of the list consists of deeper reading matter with the smallest rep resentation of religious matter. By this selection the Y has made an ef fort to overcome the “church at mosphere” which, strange to say, has frightened away many students in the past. The chess, checkers, and domino (Continued on Page 8) A. & M. EXHIBIT FOR FAIR HAS NOVEL FEATURE Director of Exhibits, George Long, T7 Shows Originality in Preparation of Dallas Exhibit. George Long, T7, of the Presi dent’s office, has created some orig inal and novel plans for the A. and M. exhibits at the fairs this season. \ number of miniature college build ings have been constructed and the di rector of exhibits plans to have a very realistic A. and M. Campus, perfect in every detail, to display. In the rotunda of the Administra tion building, a masterpiece of repro duction is now displayed. Mr. Hugo E. Jahn of Bryan, noted for his novel and detail-perfect miniature displays has duplicated the Main building in every respect, even to the copper dome. The glass windows give a very realistic effect when the lights are turned on. “Proxy’s moon” is the only detail missing and this was omitted due to impractibility. The walks and Campus landscape immediately sur rounding the building are faithfully reproduced. Mr. Long states that the remainder of the exhibit has been, or will be, prepared by A. and M. men. He will request Mi\ Geist of the Drawing De partment and an artist of note, to produce a miniature “Governor Ross” to accompany the position in the dis play which the statue has on the Campus. SPECIAL NEWS LETTER. Houston, Texas, Sept. 30.—Much interest was manifested by the twenty-five members of the Rice Radio Club over the “Exchange by Wireless’ idea. It was decided that an extensive campaign be carried out to get the Wireless Clubs of other colleges interested in weekly exchange of news items. Antha Ellis, president of the club, has the cooperation of the Engineering Department in developing the scheme. It is planned to enlarge the plant so that messages may be received from all over the country. SENIOR CLASS ELECTS LEADERS FOR 1920-1921 J. E. Bloodworth Was Elected Presi dent of Senior Class With C. C. Warden, Vice-President. At the Senior election held Satur day morning in the rotunda of the Main building, J. E. Bloodworth, bus iness manager of the Longhorn and one of the strongest leaders in the College was elected president of the Senior Class of ’21. Mahan, Barnes and Evans were the other names on the ticket. It is probable that such a quartet of excellent men was never before on a ticket in the history of the College. Cadet Major C. C. War den was chosen as vice-president over the popular T. L. (“Slim”) Farrell. T. P. Potts, Battalion Adjutant, was selected as the secretary-treasurer by a close vote. Major Aubry Legg was his opponent. W. T. (“Tanlac”) Strange, writer and artist for both student publications, was unanimously elected Historian of the Class. Bill King, business manager of The Bat talion, and H. C. Knickerbocker, quarter on the ’Varsity eleven, were chosen to represent the Class in the Student Council from a ticket bearing the names of Barnes, Warden, Mow- ery, Evans, McMillan. Last night at a called meeting the social secretary was elected and the various chairmen for Thanksgiving Hop committees were appointed. Capt. C. W. (“Shorty”) Sherrill, was elected for the first position and the follow ing men were chosen for the com mittee chairmen: Arrangement, W. T. Strange; finance, Sterling Evans; floor, “Red” Thompson; and decora tion, “Hike” McConnell. Activities will soon begin and with the capable men in charge, the larg est Senior Class in A. and M. history is scheduled for a great year. FOOTBALL RESULTS. At Dallas. Southern Methodist University 70 Daniel Baker 0 * * At Austin. University of Texas 63 Simons College 0 AGGIES OPEN SEASON IN CLASH WITH STRONG FISH ’Varsity Defeated Freshmen With a Score of 63 to 0—Old Men Show Up Well. Football at A. and M. College was ushered in with a whirlwind game last Friday at Kyle Field before three thousand fans eager for the fray, when the varsity ran rings around the husky Freshmen to a tune of 61 to 0. Coach Anderson’s warriors showed materially the lack of prac tice, having been out but three days, however the Fish looked good and ere many weeks will doubtless be scor ing on the varsity with clock-like regularity. This year more men are out trying for the “old team” and now there are 134 meh in uniform and at least twenty or thirty more on the waiting list. All available lockers are in use, therefore additional men cannot be equipped until the coaches begin using the good prunning knife freely which will be within a few days when the squad will be cut materially. But back to the game. It was not unlike other early season contests, much fumbling and some ragged football which characterizes all early games, but the spectators were often thrilled by a bit of brilliant work here and there. It was the same as any other for mal affair, just a thing to wrinkle the brow in study and fret the mind with conjecture and as sweets of the meet there was the powerful Eddie Mahan in two moves that provoked grand stand favor, thus singling him out as the fullback that will baffle Rice, run over the Bears, beat the Mustangs and finally be the contributing force that will humble the greatly adver tised aggregation from the hilled city.. Already the athletic hero with un paralleled honor of having repre sented A. and M. of Texas In the greatest athletic event in the world Captain Mahan proved Friday that his distinguished name will be an in centive to more and better work for the school which enabled him to make such a record for himself. Exclamations of satisfaction passed through the huge grandstands on either side of the field when Knicker-