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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
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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-