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Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIX.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS NOVEMBER 5, 1920.
NUMBER 6
OFF
TO WACO IN THE
MORNING!
HALLOWE’EN WAS
MUCH ENJOYED
BY SENIORS
“Y” RECEPTION
FOR FEDERAL
STUDENTS FINE
THANKSGIVING
HOP RAPIDLY
APPROACHING
HALLOWE’EN PAR
TY IN HONOR
SOCIAL SEC’TY.
A. & M. RODEO TO
BE A NOVELTY
LIVESTOCK SHOW
OKLAHOMANS
LOSE TO TEXAS
AGGIES 35-0
Junior “Y” Cabinet Stages Highly
Pleasing Party For Seniors and
Bryan Ladies.
Wives of Students Admitted to New
Organization—McKee Heads
Activities.
Committees All Active—Louisiana
Five Provides Music—Many
Girls Expected.
Most Unusual Social Event of Sea
son’s Calendar—Never To Be
Forgotten.
Proceeds Go Toward Expenses of Ag
gie National Livestock Judging
Team to Chicago.
Game Was Rough Battle.With Many
Penalties—Aggies’ Line In
vincible.
Saturday evening, Oct. 30, marked
one of the most successful parties
ever held in the “Y”.
Under the management of the “Y”
Cabinet Juniors the Seniors and
ladies of Bryan were treated with one
of the most elaborately planned and
effectively carried out social events in
the history of the class. Not a min
ute of wasted time elapsed from the
formation of the plan to give the
party until the last detail was carried
out. The decorations were elaborate,
tasty and strictly in keeping with the
event it represented. The lighting
was particularly noticeable and the
wall decorations and hay effect of the
floor were most impressionable.
Games were ihtroduced with such
rapidity and despatch that after fin
ishing one game you were immedi
ately called into play for anothei'.
The bean race, the apple biting
contest the light extinguishing con
test and fortune telling were among
the featux-es of chance. The Baxm-
yard dance was ably carried out by
the Gold Dust Twins. The games
over, time for unmasking came and
many a one got a surpxflse as he saw
some one unmask that he felt sure
he knew but found to his discomfort
he had been misled. Then came the
costume parade at which Miss Jessie
May Craig was accorded the neatest
costume, while the gold dust twins—
Mr. C. W. Sherill and Miss Lois
Pipkin, were acclaimed to have had
the cutest costumes. Evex-y imag
inable costume was worn and never
.j. ?rnt.11 an Ailao oracti
affaix*. Dutch lassies
clung to the arms of cow-punchers
and French maids escorted by jest-
ters and clowns. Militax-y comman
ders were with Spanish dancers and
Chinese laundrymen were accompain-
ied by Red Cross Nurses, nuns, and
princesses. Porters and Salvation
Army lassies mingled with farmers
and dairy maids. In many casses it
was impossible to recognize sex and
few were those present who recog
nized their friends. From this for
mation the crowd single-filed hand-
in-hand down the dark stii’ways thru
the witches cavern, and dead man’s
valley to the Lake of Fire at each
of which places much hiliarity was
provoked as well as some excitement
caused by the spook effect. Mr.
Brown presided over the Lake of
Fire and introduced the crowd to the
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On the evening of November 2nd,
the married Federal students and their
wives, the single Federal students and
their lady friends were royally en
tertained in the beautifully decorat
ed parlors of the Y. M. C. A. with an
“old time get-together” meeting. Mr.
Lewis and Mr. McKee of the Y. M. C.
A. honored those present with inter
esting talks which started the eve
ning off with life and enthusiasm.
In a business meeting which fol
lowed the talks, several important
subjects concei’nixxg the Fedex’al stu
dents were discussed by different stu
dents. A motion passed, that the Fed
eral students reorganize and form a
club consisting of Federal students
and their wives. Of coui’se this did
riot mean that a Federal student
should have a wife, or even get one,
in order that he may become a mem
ber of the club, but it means that if he
was fortunate enough to be blessed
with a “better-half” she would be ex
pected to attend the meetings with hex-
husband. This is one time when the
ladies will be “let in” on all the
secrets. In ox-der to make the nec-
essax-y arrongements for this club a
coinmittee of sevexx students was ap
pointed. This committee will make
a report at a future time, t]xe day will
be announced through the Daily Bul-
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leun. 0
After the business meeting, the so
cial feature of the evening began un
der the direction of Mr. McKee. All
who are acquainted with Mr. McKee
know that he is a handy man, with a
good line of entertainment. Several
new games and coixtests were intro
duced, in which everyone participated
with much jocularity. Last but not
least, and in the minds of some the
greatest feature of the evening was
the delicious refreshments supplied by
the Y. M. C. A.
The Y. M. C. A. officials offex-ed the
parlors of the “Y” to the Federal stu
dents, for their meetings and their en
tertainments, which offer the Federals
will gladly accept.
The Federal students appreciate the
interest the “Y” has taken in them,
and will do all they can to assist the
“Y” in its undertakings at A. and M.
College.
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EVERYBODY KNOWS CASEY
He is the genial, whole-souled, jolly
Life Preserver of the Campus. His
place is in the “Y” and it is not only a
“Fountain” of inspiration, but also of
good cheer—just “cheer,” nothing more.
Casey’s smile is catching and his cor-
* dial greeting will keep you in good
spirits for a week.
Casey’s Cold Drinks,
Ice Cream, Confections
and Lunches
Are famous and supply all the needs
of the inner man. When hungry,
thirsty or low spirited call on Casey—
he’ll do the rest.
CASEY’S
CONFECTIONERY
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Time, the modest little modiste,
that measures all events, large, small
and middling, is now foreclosing on
one of the most successful seasons of
College football in the history of the
A. and M. College of Texas.
Time, besides doing the measuring,
is money; and in conjunction with tide,
opportunity and class-call waits for
no maxx.
Using oxxr knowledge of chexxxistry
we have deduced from the Law of
Guy-Lussac (French for “Guy held
the sack), that the stxxdent who saves
time in writing to his sole mate for
the Thanksgiving fete will be well
suited (measux-ed by a good time),
will save money, axxd lastly will not
be left holding the sack.
For the benefit and guidance of
those not on speaking terms with the
Thanksgiving Hop, we shall attempt
to expatiate upon the reasons for its
standing among the foremost affairs
on our social calendar.
The Thanksgiving Hop is an amxual
affair given in honor of the greatest
football team in the south and confi
dentially—this xxxeans south of the
North Pole.
This has always been an affair^ of
the most momentous significance.
Does it xxot mark the first official ap
pearance of the Apollo-like memqers
of the Freshman Class in the social
swim ? \
After this initial coming-out, many
a sweet fexxxinine heart palpitates
with the ups and downs ”
Fish of the Grecian God^
y ^.L vv’c’i e, sptiidxa pi.bne’.lAi. e ^o
her that there is to be a corps i
and that he would like to have Ithe
exquisite pleasure of accompanying
her solar system across the latituqes.
This is the time for all upper-ch
men to come out in their pristine gliry
and dress suits ere they awake] at
some latter-day corps daxxce to ^nd
that some debonair member of Ahe
finny tribe has their sweet evening
breeze in liquidation.
In the last notice as regards the
music there was a slight deviation
from reality which we desire to cor
rect. It was stated that A1 Nunez
played the laughing trombone. We
can’t blame the trombone for laugh
ing because A1 plays the clarinet. He
is the world’s greatest clarinetist.
It is true, however, that the original
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One of the most daintily appointed
parties on our social almanac took
place last Friday evening whexx
Hallowe’en party was given in honor
of oxxr much and big feted social scion,
Charles Willie Sherrill.
The host of this brilliant and elab
orate affair has requested that his
name remain strange ixx order to keep
the honoree guessing. Fox-tunately
there were others guessed and other
guests. All were masked and cos
turned thus giving atmosphere to the
mystic hours when ghostlins, gobs,
and spooks walk hand in hand and
bats of Irish confetti fly hither and
thither.
The honoree was draped ixx a B. V.
D. creation of diphraneous complexion
with butter-fiy wings attached. With
his little bow between his pedal. ap
pendages and his arrows slung over
his shoulder he looked vex-y cute and
was a fac-simile prototype of Dan
Cupid himself.
After all the invited and otherwise
had arrived and stopped to shake the
hand of the little artificer, wreathed
in smiles and the rest of his costume
a fuel pack (non military term) was
produced by Red Thompson, who was
disguised by not wearing his boots,
and soon the game was in progress.
There was only one guest who was
not correctly guest and this was A.
B. Kixickerbockei - , our x-edoubtable
waffffle of the gridiron. “Nick” wore
a false face and a wrist watch.
The reasoxx he proved such a de-
as sceptioh was that he set his watch up
'iu^rtjl'ui fiHpL'J'-Suii' by the time the "party
was ixx 'progress he was sound asleep
in his room. I fox-got to mention that
“Nick” wore other apparel to offset
the watch. Fortunately this game did
not come under Conference jurisdic
tion and “Nick” was allowed to play.
Happenixxg to have a dollar “Nick”
played both halves. After the party
had broken up he found that he was
only a quarter back in the game after
all.
There seemed to be some incon
sistency that did not suit Bill King,
therefore, he took a hand in the game.
Bill, who is an amiable member of
the younger Cavalry set, demonstrat
ed his popularity by drawing a full
house.
Probably this was because he did
not intend to attend until the last
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THOMPSON ASKS
RICE INSTITUTE
FOR YELL MATCH
“Skinny” Yandervoort Represents
“Red” Thompson in Presenting
Challenge—Not Accepted.
The sporting editor of the Houston
Post offered a loving cup for the school
who did the best cheering at the Rice-
Texas U. game last Saturday. As we
are to play Rice on the fifteenth, Yell
Leader Thompson sent a representa
tive to Houston to try to secure the
same offer for the A. and M.—Rice
game. The challenge was not ac
cepted, and our representative made
the offer that only A. and M. Fresh
men would compete against the en
tire Houston delegation. With such
odds in their favor, Rice and Houston
Post representatives could riot be in
duced to accept the challenge. By
their refusal to accept the challenge,
A. and M. should feel complimented
by the implied acknowledgment of our
superior yelling.
CASUALS PLAN
PEP DISPLAY ON
WACO TRIP
Red and White Fez Style Headgear
Adopted—Many Stunts Up
Sleeves.
The Casual Company will be well
represexxted in Waco. The boys are
coming out one hundx-ed per cent
strong, to uphold their reputation
as one of the livest oganizations on
the Campus. They will be pulling off
many stunts and hair raising deeds.
The official costume in the form of
head gear will be something new and
nifty. This live-wire organization
started the pep as an advance guard
in Waco last year with the derby and
cane combination. The boys are
strong for having something new and
different on every occasion so that
Casual fez will be seen bedecking the
noble domes of the gold-brickers.
Predictions are that the fez will be
the dress hat at Baylor, C. I. A. and
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WHERE THEY PLAY NEXT WEEK.
Date
Place
Teams
November 13. .
. . Axxstin
November 13. .
. . Waco
November 13. .
. . Stillwater, Okla.. .
. . Okla. A. and M. vs. Okla. U.
November 13. .
. . Enid, Okla
November 15. .
. .College Station. . .
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All plans have been thox-oughly
discxxssed by the vax-ious committees
in chax-ge of the show and from ail
indications it appears that it will be
a x-eal, honest-to-goodness old time
Rodeo, the kind that impresses one
so, memories remain forever. Un-
derstaxxd men, this is not going to be
a “one man affair” or a “small town
jigger”. It is absolutely going to be
a “Regular” live stock show and will
coxxxpare (if xxot sux-pass) with the
smallest to the lax-gest professional
shows of its kind. The only possible
diffex-ence being in the px-ice, the pro
fessional shows costing fully again
as much as you will have the privi
lege of seeing this one fox-. Thex-e
are committees in chax-ge of evex-y
event, consisting of the most com
petent men in the Juxxior Animal
Husbandry class, and thex-e is xxot a
chance for even a detail to be over
looked. Plans for this great event
have been in progress for the last
three weeks and with the coming
week before us yet—men you know
they are “bound” to have something
live and with lots of “kick” in it
stored away for that day. It is a
fact, that evex-ything, evex-ywhere, is
closed up, so to speak, but you know
there are other things with “kick”,
besides that old bar fx-ont and brass
rail, and speaking of “eye openex-s”,
well this is going to be one of those
real old time cocktail “eye openers”
with a good chaser to follow. There
will be positively no bad tastes the
morning after the night px-evious,
either. Rut the old craving for
mox-e will prevail, so if thex-e may be
any that would like to live one of
these px-e-historic days or nights
again jxxst buy that ticket for the A.
and M. Rodeo. The same thrills will
be produced and we guaraxxtee them
to be produced at a smaller cost,
than the former prevailing price.
The pax-ade will begin promptly at
8:00 o’clock and not a minute be
fore or a minute after. When the
fix-st sound of the clock is heax-d, the
Duchess' will appear in the f ore-
gx-ound. She will be accompained
by sixteen (16) of her most royal
attendants. The Duchess and her
attexxdants have been selected by a
committee and will consist of the
most popular and most beautifxxl de
butantes of College Station axxd Bry
an. Yoxx have often read books of
the Royal coui-ts of England and
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Stillwater, Okla., Oct. 30.—A won
derful driving attack led by Captain
Mahan and backed by Higginbotham,
Weir and Morris was too formidable
for the Oklahoma Aggies, who fight
ing desperately during every minute
of the long drawn out struggle were
forced to yield five touchdowns and as
many kicked goals to the Texas Ag
gies here Saturday in the annual
Home Coming Day game for the Ok
lahoma Alumni Oklahoma A. and M.
College was unable to break the Tex
as A. and M. College record of no op
position scoring in two seasoxxs. The
count was Texas 35, Oklahoma 0. In
the first minute of play on their
foux-th attempted advaxxce the Texas
Aggies scored a touchdown when Ma
han wriggled across the line after
Weir had carried the ball to striking
distance. Five minutes later Texas
scored again when Ault, Oklahoma
Aggie quaxrter, fumbled a punt on
his goal line and Gouger, Texas right
end, fell on the ball as it rolled acros
the goal line.
During the second period the Okla-
hoxxxans braced and held Texas score
less. In the third round Texas ham
mered down the field and Mahan
darted across the line. In the fourth
quarter Mahan, starting on the Okla-
hoxxxans’ fox-ty-yard line, raced
through the entire opposing eleven for
his third touchdown. Near the end of
the final period, Higginbotham intex--
cepted a pass fronx Ray, Oklahoma,
half back, and, ran thirty-eight yard:'
uninterrupted for another Texas
touch- down. Higginbotham kicked
all five goals from touchdawns. On the
defensive most of the time, axxd, x-e-
sorting to frequent punting the Okla
homa Aggies failed to make a single
first dowxx. The Texans xxxade nine
teen. The only worthwhile gain made
by the Oklahoma eleven was a thirty-
six- yax-d return of a punt by Blat-
tler, quarter back, who played a short
time. Ray, Oklahoma half, outpunt-
ed Higginbotham, Texas half, time
after time kicking the ball out of
danger. Ray punted twenty times, av
eraging forty-seven yards, while Hig
ginbotham averaged but twenty-sev
en yards in fourteen kicks. Neither
team completed a forward pass the
Oklahomans trying nine and Texas
three. Two Oklahoma passes were
intercepted, Higginbotham and Mor-
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Friday and Saturday
NOV. 12 & 13
ARE THE DATES FOR
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