Bring ysur Own Chick to the
Barnyard Dance
The Battalion
Come to the Barnyard Dance
and get homesick.
Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIX.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS DECEMBER 10, 1920.
NUMBER 12
Y.M.C.A. GIVES A
BANQUET FOR
FOOTBALL MEN
PROF. TEMPLE
TON RETURNED
FROM CHICAGO
SENIOR STAFF
ENTERTAINED BY
i CAPTAIN TUTTLE
WRESTLERS AND
BOXERS COMING
OUT FOR WORK
LABORATORY IS
BURNED WITH
HEAVY LOSS
STOCK JUDGING
TEAM RETURNS
FROM LONG TRIP
Sqif&d and Their Ladies Entertained
At Sbisa Hall By the Y
Cabinet.
Is Enthusiastic Over the Trip and
Proud of Showing of
A. and M.
All Senior Staff Officers Gather at
Campus Home to Welcome Wife
of Popular Military Officer.
Coach Jones Has Sixty Men Tak
ing Daily Workout in the
Airdome.
The Mechanical Engineering Stu
dents Are Put to Great Incon
venience.
Texas Team Wins One of Two Prizes
Offered—Many Old A. and M.
Men Met.
Last Tuesday evening- the Y. M.
C. A. through Secretary J. L. Lewis
and Student Cabinet President M. G.
Snell was host to the football squad
and their g-uests. First on program
was the Lyceum number by the Old
Fashioned Girls at Guion Hall, af
ter enjoying the numbers presented
there they repaired to Sbisa Hall
where a banquet was awaiting- them.
Dr. Bizzell made the opening
speech of a few words but with
words that burned into the minds of
evex-yone present. His txdbuute to
the football squad was as follows:
“Hei*oic in action, loyal in purpose,
modest in victory, the only team in
the history of Texas football that
by their clean sportsmanship and
teamwork brought mox-e praise in
their single defeat than most teams
merit through victory. To the Ag
gie football team of 1920 every loy
al son of A. and M. gives bountious
px-aise.” This concluded his open
ing remarks. Mx\ Ike Ashbux-n was
toastmaster and after a few words
of px'aise for the team aixd their
splendid work called on Mr. D. X.
Bible, Coach. Mi-. Bible responded
by having all the men stand who had
played their last year and were leav
ing- A. and M. at the close of this
session. He paid tx-ibute in a few
woi'ds and closed with a desire that
they take those pidnciples into bus
iness life that they followed in col
lege life. Mahan was next called
and addx-essed next years team. His
speech was chax-actex-istic of his play
ing- a dxdve to a definite thought, that
of winning and winning clean.
Johnny Piex-ce who leads next yeax-s
team x-esponded and expressed the
desix-e to win all next year’s games
especially T. U.
Dr. W. B. Bizzell was next called
and responded thus: Mr. Toastmaster,
Fellow members of the football
squad, ladies and gentlemen: In ex
plaining' why he referred to the foot
ball men as fellow-members he said
that he had suffered the same agonies
and delight, as they expeidenced,
fx-om his box and that he was so
-‘-s-oxe' and utterly worn out after 7 the
Austin game that it was indeed a
task to. arise the next morning.
Mr. Ashburn next called on Sec.
Lewis who expressed the pleasure of
the “Y” in having the honor of en
tertaining this wondex-ful team, clos
ing his x-emax-ks with the famous old
lines of:
Teams may come,
Teams may go.
But in a vex-y real sense
Our teams will go on forever-.
Mr-. Ashbux-n then explained that
he had px-omised not to call on either
“Knick” or “Hig” but “Knick” being
president of the Public Speaking
Association should have something
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SPECIALISTS HAVE
Machine Gunners and Auto-Rifiemen
Fire 2000 Rounds at First
Range Practice.
The machine-gunners and auto
matic rifle specialists went out last
Saturday afternoon under Captains
tie Rohan and Tuttle for extra in-
sti-uction and px-actice in handling
and firing these two auxillax-y arms
of the infantry. About twelve spec
ialists reported at the araxory and
were taken out to the new rifle x-ange
in an army truck. Rapid firing and
the two-mill tap wex-e practiced on
the machine gun. The single shot
and automatic firing from the prone
and standing positions were gone
through with the automatic idfle.
Much enthusiasm was shown by the
cadets over the x-emax’kable exhibi
tions put up by each ami. This was
the first time on the range with these
guns and the specialists wex-e made
to x-ealize the power and efficiency
of their pets. The accuracy and
speed of these Browning pups wex-e
remarkable. About 2000 x-ounds of
ammunition were fix-ed. The spec
ialists were vex-y much pleased with
this sort of drill and are anxious for
the next trip to the range.
Professor Templeton was among
those present at the International.
He has returned fii*ed with zeal and
enthusiasm over his tidp and the suc
cess met with by the only animal sent
up to the show by the college. This
has been our fix-st attempt and it
created quite a bit of comment on
part of the best stockmen in Amer
ica. Our calf won more money than
five other colleges who had from ten
to fifteen heads of cattle each. It is
not a question of winning money
but an advertisement of the work of
A. and M. College of Texas and the
progress of the state as a whole
along livestock lines. Professor
Templeton said he hoped that send
ing- stock up to the Intex-national
each year would be continued from
now on and ui’ged that when the
px-esent seniors went out on ranches
of their own that they would go to
Chicago if it was at all possible so
as to be in touch with the latest
things in the livestock woxdd. He
paid high txdbute to the herdsmen
who cared for the stock at the show
each year. Much can be learned from
these men whose lives have been de
voted to this business. Things that
have never been found in text books.
Px’ofessor Templeton has just x-etux-n-
ed to us this year, but we can clear
ly see that he has ambitions to fux--
ther our position in the livestock
woxdd and we should aid him at evex-y
possible oppoi’tunity.
NEW i. S. OFFICE
BUILDING SOON
TO BE OCCUPIED
Military Department Will Have Sep
arate Building for Offices and
Class Work.
The new^Wo buildiL? ndmtManager Sullivan,
the Administration Building will prob
ably be occupied by the Department
of Militax-y Science and Tactics dur
ing the Christmas holidays. On the
first floor there are four lairge, well
lighted and ventilated rooms to be
used for class wox-k, each arm of the
service to occupy a separate room.
Two additional class rooms ax-e lo
cated on the southwest side of the
second floor. The various arms of the
respective branches will be displayed
in the classrooms, each arm to be
shown in built up form and in the
torn-dawn parts, each part being
properly labled to facilitate instruc
tion.
The southeast corner x-oom of the
second floor will be used as an office
for the non-commissioned personnel.
The office of the P. S. M. & T. will
be the opposite corner, where each of
ficer on detail here will have his desk.
All modern equipment will be used
throughout and the efficiency of the
department will be facilitated by the
increased space and office" room.
A small room on the south side lias
been designated as the Departmental
Library and will be well supplied with
all government and other litex-ature
relating- to the wide and various sub
jects coming under the supervision
of this depax-tment. The Military Li
brary is a feature that has been long-
needed at the College and will be open
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“WHO SAID A. AND M. DIDN’T WIN HALF THE
THANKSGIVING GAME?”
Monday evening at seven o’clock
the officers of all the various staffs
of the corps assembled at the campus
home of Captain and Mrs. A. L. Tut
tle in x-esponse to an unprecedented
invitation by their host to meet his
wife who has only recently come
from their home in New Yox-k to
reside at College Station. Captain
Tuttle has been stationed at college
as instnictor in Militax-y Science
since the beginning of the ’19-’20
session and has been one of the most
popular faculty members during all
this time. Knowing evex-y officer
and the majority of the underclass
men in the corps as well as many civ
ilian students, the captain rivals Reg
istrar Friley in his personal knowl
edge and infox-mation concei-ning in
dividual students.
Captain and Mrs. Hox-ne who re
cently came to A. and M. where
Captain Hox-ne is also with the De
partment of Military Science and
Tactics were among- the guests and
officers of the R. O. T. C. bx-anches
other than Infantry were given op
portunity to meet this popular young
couple who are vex-y enthusiastic
about the college in all its phases.
Captain and Mrs. Tuttle wex-e de
lightful hosts with the ability of mak
ing the students perfectly at home.
Punch and cakes wex-e seiwed fol
lowed by smokes. A most enjoy
able evening was spent and it was
only when the Cadet Colonel, Bax-n-
es, x-eminded his staff of the morrow's
classes that their departure was
made. The appreciation of the ca
dets cannot be expressed and Mrs.
Tuttle enjoys a heax-ty welcome by
those who have been fortujiate
enough to meet her.
With the social instincts so i en
couraged,. the officers then proceed
ed to Major Ashburn’s home whUre
they ai*e always assured a warm wel
come by the popular and respected
commandant, at what is yet kmown
Wrestling and boxing practice is
on at great stiddes. More than sixty
men are reporting daily for work
outs and calenthenics conducted by
Masuda, W. C. King, captain of the
squad and the other vetx-ans of last
year including Snell, Maxwell, Gard-
nex-, Purdue, Roland Buckner and
Ramsey who ax-e helping coach Jones
put the new men into shape. The
mode of instx-uction consists of prac
tice in holds fx-om 4 to 5 and from
5 to 6 with Masuda taking the en
tire class through a series of arm,
shoulder and body exercises fitted to
put a grappler into shape. When
the squad emei*ges from the workout
every man is di'ipping wet, and there
is evex-y x-eason to believe that no
one will fail to benefit from the phy
sical improvement of the next two
months’ training.
The squad is fox-tunate in having
two mats in place of only one as was
the case last year. Both are placed
on the Aix-dome stage.
The following schedule has been
announced by coach Jones: Exhibi
tion bouts at College Station, De
cember 24th.
Novice meet for local champion
ship at College, Januai-y 15th.
Texas Univex-sity at Austin last of
February.
Oklahoma A. and M. about the
middle of February 7 .
Rice, S. M. U. and Baylor meecs
are being sought for the first pax-t of
Februax-y.
Batchelor’s. Hea'vtV’ . the irf)..
rmrife of MaJffrtlte^Uoach x 1 Vblt
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SENIORS ELECT
FAVORITES FOR
1921 LONGHORN
as "HajcJielor's. i-ieayi'i,", tne 'J—
e,
and
Coach Andex-son. Finding Major
Ashbux-n out, the cadets made them
selves at home with the Athletic! De
partment and “salvaged” a box of
most excellent cigars for which tuxey
hereby tender thanks. After Caach
D. X. cautioned hs colleagues to keep
D.X. cautioned his colleagues to kjeep
egation departed to “Px-exy’s” hcRne
where again they received a wa?rm
welcome by Dr. and Mi's. Bizzell, 4 :he
mother of the President, Miss Elaine,
and Colonel Clax-ence Ousley, a dis
tinguished visitor. In the offing the
pox-tly figure of the commandant was
obsex-ved and informed of the “x-aid”
on his domicile. Mi*s. Bizzell furn
ished the surpxdse of the evening by
hinting at a “dax’k seex-et” which Maj.
Ashburn put out of consideration by
some well-aimed remarks that cinch
ed his reputation for diplomacy!
Dr. Bizzell infox-med the officers that
he was glad indeed to have such a
visit, x-equesting its x-epetition, and
stated that such a number had never
before called on him without some
request to make. This was a time;
however, when the cadets wanted
nothing, wex-e fxdly satisfied, and
merely wished to let him know of iL
Plans were later formulated fox-
such visits to occur in the future with
more regulaifity than in the past and
even the college friends in Bryan
will soon be honoi'ed by visits fx-om
the officers of the cox*ps.
Special University Co-Ed Rooting Section at End of First Half-
3-0 Favor A- and M.
-Score
Interest Keen To Know Winners-
Printed Book Is To Show
I the Secret, , .
, y -. i '
At a meeting Satux-day in the \L
M. C. A. chapel the senioi's elected
the favorites for the Longhox-n. The
results of the election will not be
known until the annual appeal's next
spring. The following were voted
upon at this election:
Best Giid Dancer.
Best Man Dancex*.
Most Popular Man.
Most Popular Gixd.
Most Military Man.
Sweetest Girl.
Wittiest Man.
Cutest Giid.
Each of these will have a full page
in the annual and this poi'tion of the
book is one of the most novel and at-
tx-active features.
HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS TO HOLD
MEETING HERE
550 Delegates From Throughout the
State Will Convene at A. and M.
Through Courtesy of “Y”.
The Annual Older Boys’ Confer
ence is to be held at College Station
Jan. 28, 29, and 30, pux-suant to the
acceptance of an invitation sent out by
the local “Y” through Dr. W. B. Biz
zell to the state secretary of the State
Boys’ Work, Mr. Edworth. This was
handled through state “Y” secretary
Mr. L. A. Coulter. All ax-rangements
for their stay here are in the hands of
the local “Y” and due to the fact that
there will be about 550 here, 100 more
than last year, many details will
have to be worked out for their en
tertainment. The program will in
clude addi-esses by strong religious
leaders of the nation. Time will be
allowed each day for an inspection
of the vaxdous departments of the in
stitution, also a time for i-ecreation
and pastime. The work of caring for
these boys will rest upon the “Y” and
much good is expected as a result of
these attending this eonfei'ence. The
“Y” welcomes this chance to sexrve
the school as well as the older boys
of the state who in a vei*y short time
will be taking the place vacated by the
men finishing this and similar insti
tutions.
The wox-k of students in the De
partment of Mechanical Engineer
ing is not being seriously interferred
with at pi'esent although they are
suffering fx-om considex-able incon
veniences as the result of the fix-e
that destx-oyed the Mechanical En
gineering labox-atox-y and machinery,
tools and equipment to the total val
ue of $75,000.00 last Sunday morn
ing.
However the arx-angements that
have been made are only temporary
and a vex-y serious handicap will be
suffered at a later date unless per
manent adjustments of the situation
are made.
The building destroyed was a very
old, unsightly and cheaply constx-uct-
ed one but was large and provided
accomodations for px-actically all the
shops of the Mechanical Engineex-ing
Depax-tment. Its loss has been plac
ed at only $25,000.00 but the re
placement cost will be sevei-al times
that amount. By far the greater
loss fx-om the fire was from the dam
age done to the labox-atox-y equip
ment which has been an accumulation
of a number of yeax-s, much of that
lost being vex-y expensive and diffi
cult to obtain.
A thorough investigation of the
origin of the fire is being made by the
college authorities but so far no sat
isfactory explanation of the cause
has been found.
President Bizzell stated yesterday
that from all infox-mation bx-ought
out in the investigation the fire
could not be charged to cax'lessness
or negligence of anyone and said the
most px-obable explanation was that
it ox-iginated from a defective wire
or faulty insulation.
He has asked the state fire mar
shall to coopex-ate with him in detex*-
mining the cause of the fix-e and i-ep-
resentatives of the department are
now at college for the purpose of
making an investigation,
i , The new building that has been
planned by E. J. Fermier, px-ofessor
of Mechanical Engineering will cost
$100,000 and one that is adequate
to house the labox-atox-y equipment
necessary for the best instruction
could not be constructed for less
money. However no money is avail
able at present and no appropriation
has been asked for that pux-pose.
The destx-uction of this building en
tailed the loss of cai-penter shop
benches and hand tools, value $5,-
000; pattern shop benches and hand
tools, value $2,500; power wood
working machinery, including also
motors, grinders, $4,500; small tools
for cax-penter shop and pattern mak
ing shop, $750; sheet metal equip
ment, $500; machine shop small tools
including various taps, dies, micro
meters, guages, vises, $4,500; metal
wox-king machines x-eplacement and
repairs, $32,500; lumber and other
wood room and finishing supplies,
$3,000; machine shop supplies, $300;
air meter, $500, making the total re
placement and repairs estimate $54,-
200. The steam laboratory, a small
brick building adjoining the main
labox-atory on the east and which
contained most of the machinex-y and
supplies used in the insti’uuction of
seniors was saved. The fire alarm
was sounded by the power plant at
4:45 but Px-esident Bizzell and a few
other students were awakened and
on the ground a few seconds befoi-e
that time. The alax-m was turned in
by Ben Garx-ity, a student rooming
in Austin Hall, in a corner room
nearest the burning building. After
the fire he humorously stated that he
had been sleeping with one eye open
watching the water tower to detect
any State University sympathizer
who might attempt to paint the score
of 7 to 3 on it. He also won the
place of yell leader for next year by
his vocal demonsti'ations in spread
ing the news of the fire.
Students answered the alax-m
promptly, but as the fire stax-ted in
the cax-penter shop where there was
much dx-y lumber its progress was so
fast that the supply of water that
could be poured from the hose lines
was inadequate to check it. Much
commendation is due them, however,
as well as other college officials
whose hei-oie wox-k saved other cost
ly buildings that surrounded the
scene of the fire. The Main Build
ing, Electrical Engineering Building,
Mechanical Engineering, (main)
Building and the Textile Engineering
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The stock judging team has finally
returned to college after being away
for neax-ly three weeks. However,
they did not all come back at once
for those whose homes were near the
x-oute of travel had to go home and
start propaganda rolling until the
22nd of this month. Lewis went to
C. I. A. to dx-own his troubles and it
took him thi-ee days to succeed.
Well back to our wanderex-s. On
leaving here the team went to Miss
ouri Univex-sity and worked over- the
stock there. According to Coach
Stangel, the A. H. staff went out of
their way to make things pleasent
fox- the team dui’ing their bx-ief stay.
The students entertained them at the
agx-icultural fx-aternity home “The
Fai*m House.” It was hei-e that they
met Tom Moore, a'former student
of A. and M. in ’16 and ’17. He is
doing well up there and is well
thought of.
From here the team went to Ames
and repeated the wox-k there. Ames
has one of the best equipped Animal
Husbxxndry Departments in the U. S.
and the boys spoke well of this place
but it made them think still more of
old A. and M. Leaving Ames a tx-ip
was made to the fax-ms of Mi\ Ex--
vine, famous Pei'cheon hox’se bi'eed-
er. It was here that the team saw
Alfred de Breight, one of the most
famous stallions in the woxdd. Mr.
Ex-vine showed the team around and
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SENIOR CLASS OF
FICERS ENTERTAIN
ED BY STRANGE
W. T. Strange Was the Genial Host
and His Efforts Touched
The Spot.
The officers of the Senior Class were
entertained at the home of Mx*. W. T.
Strange, Class Historian, Sunday,
Dec. 6, 1920.
After listening to an able address
by the Rt. Rev. P. T. Ramsey of the
Methodist church, the men re
paired to the home of Mr. W. T.
Strange, where a tasty and bounti
ful dinner was spread. The occasion
was made all the jollier by the pres
ence of Mr. Strange, the father of
Tanlac, and it is easily seen that a
goodly portion of our ?????? man
is heriditary.
A dinner such as is the hope and aim
of evex-y A. and M. student who sits
long before the dishes pi*epared in
Sbisa Hall, was placed before us and
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FOOTBALL IS
NOW ENGAGES
THE BATTALION
Coaches Chosen and Practice Begins
in Earnest—Much Goo dMaterial
On Hand.
Dux-ing this week the several Bat
talion football teams have been get
ting into shape for the games that ax-e
to be played for the championship of
the cox-ps. Company meetings were
held over the campus Sunday and
coaches were assigned to the various
organizations. The Athletic Council
has worked out a schedule whereby
each team is to meet every other team
in a regular game before the close of
the season on Jan. 23x'd. Then the all
Battalion teams will be chosen, one
team to be coached by Mahan and the
other team by Pierce. The Battalion
team system pei*mits better- teams and
coaching than the former company
system when the cox-ps was smaller-.
This form of sub-teams on the campus
permits every individual to have an
opportunity in football, thereby giv
ing the Athletic Council and coaches
occasion to obseiwe a large number of
the students in action. Many excel
lent football men for the varsity have
been discovered and developed in the
company teams of the past. An in
teresting season is promised this
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