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Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIX.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS JANUARY 21, 1921.
NUMBER 16
FIRST FISH
BANQUET BY “A”
COMPANY, INF.
Captain Reed Presented With Watch
On Graduation By His Or
ganization.
According to a time-honored cus
tom, handed down through the years
the Fish of Company A, Infantry,
surprised the “Fish” of ’21, ’22, and
’23 with an elaborate banquet in the
Agricultural Building, Sunday even
ing, January 16th.
The company fell in in the usual
way for retreat, but many an upper-
classmgy® wondered why there was
such an under-current of impertin
ence running rampant among the
Fish. Imagine their surprise when
they were rudely thrust into the rear
rank as mere privates and saw their
places usurped, Trotsky-like, by Fish
Major Fawcett (who bids fair to be
come the Battalion Itch), and his
right hand men, Fish Captain Glarke
and Fish Lieutenant Reed. These
officers handled everything in a mil
itary manner, Captain Clarke having
held the same rank in the revival of
another odd custom (P.M.) in Fos
ter Hall. After a very close inspec
tion, these officers found only one
man in the company who was able
to pass as being dressed according
to regulations, and that O’Meara,
who is habitually so and cannot help
it. t
Then Captain Clarke, assisted by
his various corporals preceded to the
drill field where he gaVe a very cred
itable repetition of some of the drills
and exercises in which some of them
so delight. This included a short
session of Mexican Calisthenics and
an exhibition drill by Corp. Irwin
and his squad, Ted Wynn.
From the drill field, the company
proceeded on what appeared to he
COMMITTEES
OLDER BOYS’
CONFERENCE
Organized Forces Will Look After
Needs of Visitors and Show
Them Around.
Committees have been selected to
care for the work of registering and
entertaniing the boys and boys’ work
ers who will attend the Texas Older
Boys’ Conference to be held at A. and
M. January 28, 29 and 30.
As President Bizzell announced a
few days ago volunteers will be
sought among the student body to
share their rooms in the dormitories
with the delegates. No trouble is an
ticipated in securing sufficient ac
commodation for all boys who come
here, but there will be some work in
making arrangements for such a plan
and a committee has been appointed
to do this,work.
As the boys throughout the state
register in their respective communi
ties to attend the conference their
names are sent to the state head
quarters of the Y. M. C. A. and early
next week lists of these names will
begin coming to College. Mr. Lewis
will receive them and they will be pub
lished in The Daily Bulletin each day
as received. Students of the College
can then choose from these lists the
boys whom they wish to entertain.
Of all the committees appointjil
to work during the conference the re
ception committee is the largest. It is
headed by C. C. B. Warden and is in
four sections, as follows: Committee
of Freshmen to meet incoming trains
and escort delegates to Y. M. C. A.,
with John Mayo as chairman; guides
committee to show delegates to rooms
in dormitories, headed by Bill King
and Carl Scudder; Campus committee
which will have table in Y. M. C. A.
and furnish information to delegates;
Committee on Y. M. C. A. Building to
$12,677.60 AMOUNT
OF PAYROLL TO
ADVANCED CADETS
260 Juniors and Seniors Have Re
ceived Commutation for Ra
tions.
a sample of one Red Thompson's > direct de] a in uai tbe tuildi
famous “Thousand Mile Walks . Al
though Lieut. Edwards declares they
" cfioYiot go quire a thousand, the way
he was catching his breath, it could
not have been far from it. After
a forced march, the upner-classmen,
accompanied by the Fish, arrived at
the banquet hall, still in doubt as to
what that wild-eyed bunch was going
to do, their feet hot, their breath
short, and (worst of all) with their
dignity suffering.
Stepping into the lighted room
from the dark, the company was daz
zled by the brilliancy and charm of
the banquet-room, with its well ar
ranged pennants, its red and white
shaded lights and its big “A” suspen
ded in red and white from the ceil
ing. The room was one that was
difficult to decorate, but the final re
sult was one of beauty and a credit
to the labors of the Freshmen. The
heavily loaded tables were formed
into a big A, at the apex of which
sat Fish (Caesar) Brown as toast
master, with Capts. Reed and Rey
nolds on either side and Major Ham
ilton at the end.
Toastmaster Brown warmed up
early and started the ball rolling by
a stirring speech to the Fish, con
cerning the meaning of the occas
ion. Then at the command to take
seats, everyone bent to the task of
relieving the groaning board of its
burden. It is said that tears stream
ed down Sgt. Fisher’s face at the
sight of the food, and Sgt. Allsmey-
er’s voice trembled every time he
spoke. Great stacks of home-made
cake, country-cured ham, fried and
baked chicken, sandwiches of all
kinds, fudge, divinity and other
candies faded rapidly and rested only
when Toastmaster Brown broke in
upon the massacre.
Everyone was in responsive mood
and the talks given by various upper
classmen of the company sank deep
into the hearts of every Fish and
made him glad that he was a member.
Short talks by Mujor Hamilton, Cap
tains Reed, and Reynolds, Lieuten
ants Atterburg, Edwards, Hatley and
Alsmeyer, Sergeants Carruthers,
Wendt, Alsmeyer and Fisher, and
Corporals Cunningham and Lusher
were all straight from the shoulder
and struck home, especially the one
in which Corporal Cunningham ex
plained why he liked to beat the drum.
Only one thing over-shadowed the
gathering and that came with the
presentation of a watch to Captain
Reed. With it went the farewell
talk by Lieutenc at Edwards and the
company’s good-b\e to Major Hamil
ton, Captains Reed and Reynolds,
who leave at the end of this term.
Capt. Reed’s response came straight
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Uncle Sam was paymaster the
past week to the cadets taking the
adanced course of the Reserve Offi
cers’ Training Corps at the Agri
cultural and Mechanical College of
Texas. A total of $12,677.60 was
paid to 260 juniobs and seniors who
elected—military training for their
last two years in college.
Each one of the number received
$48.76 being commutation for ra
tions at the rate of fifty-three cents
a day.
Seniors will continue to receive
commutation for rations at the rate
of fifty-three cents a day until grad
uation. Juniors will receive the same
until they enter an Advanced R. O.
T. C. summer training camp about
the middle of June, when they will
be fed in cantonment by the govern
ment and paid at the rate of $30 a
month. They will also be allowed
transportation to and from summer
camp at the rate of five cents a
mile. A separate camp is maintain
ed for each branch of the service in
different parts of the country. It
is held for six weeks and every stu
dent taking the advanced course must
attend the summer following the
completion of his junior work. From
the time the summer camp breaks
up until the cadet completes- his sen
ior year he receives commutation at
the rate of fifty-three cents a day.
Besides the allowance for rations
each cadet receives commutation for
uniform at the rate of $36 a year.
Freshmen and Sophomores taking
the basic course of the R. O. T. C.
receive the same uniform allowance
but are paid no commutation for ra
tions.
FIRST-SENIOR
JUNIOR DANCE
HELD SATURDAY
Aggie-Land Jazz Sextette Provides
Music—Best Informal Dance of
. the Year.
What has been one of the most en
joyable social activities of the year
tool, place Saturday night when the
high and mighty Seniors along with
the present Juniors—the rulers of
dest c of the next year’s cadet corps
AGGIE FIVE
TAKES ROAD
AFTER SCALPS
First Trip of Season Leads to Hous
ton, Baton Rouge, and New
Orleans For Games.
The Aggie basketball team headed
by Coach D. X. Bible left Thursday
afternoon for their longest and
doubtless the hardest road trip of
the season when they invade Hous
ton for a pair of games with the Rice
ed the well i decorated Sbisa- Owls tonight and tomorrow rjight at
HalUAnnex with the fair damsels of
headed by D. D. Steele and H. S. Kerr.
Student Pastor R. L. Brown will also
serve oh this committee. '
Other committees are:
Program—Edgar Brinkman, chair
man, Ike S. Ashburn, faculty repre
sentative, O. F. Reynaud, J. J. Wyly,
Jr., L. S. Plunkett, W. H. Matthews,
Presbyterian Student Pastor.
Entertainment—F. P. Buie, chair
man, R. D. Brackett, faculty repre
sentative, L. R. Hugon, W. Crippen,
G. J. Kempen, H. L. Sanders, O. L.
Dockum.
Registration—F. M. Leverett, chair
man, Ward Browning, faculty repre
sentative.
Publicity—F. L. Bertschler, chair
man, Frank Martin, faculty represen
tative, C. R. Smith, C. E. Ward, C. W.
Thomas, J. M. Severn.
Exhibits—A. E. Hatley, chairman,
George Dong, faculty representative,
J. Albritton, Ed Taylor.
Recreation:—D. D. Clinton, chair
man, Major W. H. H. Morris, faculty
representative, T. B. Lewis, C. W.
Sherrill, M. V. Smith, Pat Olsen, King
Vivion.
Inspection tour—S. C. Evans, chair
man, George Long, faculty represen
tative, A. D. Jackson.
Banquet—T. Hall, chairman, C. C.
Braden, faculty representative, R. H.
Maxwell, R. C. Mowery, C. E. Taylor.
DRAMATIC CLUB PLAY
POSTPONED TO JAN. 24
GRADUATE ACCEPTS CAMPUS
POSITION WITH VOCATION
AL TRAINING BOARD.
W. O. Farthing, ’17, has been
greeting many of his old friends on
the campus this week where he has
arrived to accept the position of Co
ordinator for Federal Students in the
Vocational Training Work. E. C.
Nash, also graduate of ’18, who has
been located here in this capacity
during the past two years i$ now
promoted and will be inspector of the
entire Southern U. S. Vocational
Training work.
“Captain Lettarblair” the first^if
a series of plays to be presented by
the A. and M. Dramatic Club, has
been postponed from Jan. 14th to
Jan. 24th. This change was made
in order that students who would at
tend the production might have the
time for completing the work of the
term and preparing for examination.
The club believes that class work
must always come first.
The sale of tickets will continue.
All tickets already purchased will be
good for the same seat on the 24th.
If anyone for any reason cannot be
present on that date he may obtain
refund for tickets already purchas
ed.
nex < ae’s eye found it hard to locate
the , oor for the numerous innova
tions shown in the decorative art.
However, when the music was begun
by that state famous, and rivals of
the Louisiana Five—OUR OWN AG
GIE-LAND SEXTETTE—that foot
just naturally would start moving
across the floor and the “toddling”
contest; was on. The Sextette as well
as the dancers were “right” and in the
estimation of the committees and the
participants this was one of the most
successful dances of its kind held this
season.
The precedence shown by this
dance over the ones held on previous
occasions may be given more weight
by the fact that Dr. and Mrs. Biz
zell, as chaperones, showed themselves
higl. 1 ^ pleased with the occasion. This
is one of the few times that “Prexy’s”
familiar countenance has shown it
self at an informal dance of this na
ture. With twinkling eye and the
ever Jovial nature “Prexy” somehow
seemed to show a restlessness as a
mere observer and although he did not
dance; well, “You’d Be Surprised” at
the {amount of pleasure he did derive
and his was only characteristic of
every individual present.
As; a Junior-Senior dance this oc
casion was an outstanding success and
we believe that there should be a
great many more during the second
term of the year to help the mem
ber^ f the Senior class to enjoy them-
seives. c'uiu iozgef aboUc tile .trottue*
of assisting “Prexy” and “Ike” take
care of the fifteen hundred cadets in
the corps. Bill King and his Sex
tette are. absolutely incomparable and
if they keep on improving at the rate
with which they have progressed
since they organized before Xmas
they will be filling a date for the In-
naugural Ball by March 4th.
Besides having “Shorty’YjSherrill to
look after the affairs of state the
social committee glso has the ass's-
tance of George Martin, Sterling
Evans, John Cape, and C. C. B. War
den. This quintet will have charge of
all of the dances on the Campus, with
the exception of the R. V. Hop and the
Final Ball, during the next semester.
HUNDREDS OF BOYS
ARE COMING HERE
FOR CONFERENCE
Entertainment Well Provided
Give Them Best Impression
of A. and M.
EPISCOPALIAN STUDENTS OFF
FOR CONVENTION IN
HOUSTON.
the cny auditorium: (On Sunday
they journey to Baton Rouge, La.,
for two games with the Louisiana
Tigers, then to New Orleans for a
couple of contests with the Tulane
University five.
The Owls are reputed as having
one of the fastest basketball teams
in the state and Bible is expecting
the hardest battles of the season
Friday and Saturday. It is believ
ed by the close followers of the
game here, that with Hartung back
in the game and Captain Forbes in
condition, the Aggie five will present
a better balanced team and one with
more scoring power. Another shift
has been made in the tqam which
Bible hopes will improve the offen
sive strength. This is shifting Dwy
er back to his regular position of
guard; Captain Forbes to his old po
sition as center and placing Ehlert
and Megarity at forward. Megarity,
while small, has been looping them
in nice shape and it looks as if the
team will have more ^scoring power
with him as a forward. Anyway this
combination will doubtless be put
against Rice in the first game.
The Owls are a bit chesty and by
comparative scores they seem to
bear out their contentions. It will
be recalled they defeated the Sim
mons College Cowboys by a score
of 30 to 17 in one game, while all
the Aggies could do was to take the
long end of a 32 to 20 score in the
first game and 16 to 12 in the sec
ond with this same team, and that
after they had .been or tbp read for
a
Y. M. C. A. FEATURES MOVIES
DURING REGISTRATION IN
TERMISSION BETWEEN
TERMS.
AGGIE ALUMNUS KILLED
AEROPLANE ACCIDENT.
Lieutenant John Victor Anderson,
’14, lost his life on January 4, in an
aeroplane accident at March Field,
Riverside, California. Lieut. An
derson was a distinguished student
at A. and M. during the ’13 and ’14
sessions, graduating in C. E., and
immediately accepted a position in
Korea as Mining Engineer. He re
turned to the States at the outbreak
of the Waf and enlisted in the ser
vice. He had only recently trans
ferred • to the Air Service. His
father is J. W. Anderson of Abi
lene.
A. and M. College is well repre
sented by the number of Episcopa
lian students attending the Students
Diocesan Conference at Houston the
latter part of this week.
Forty some odd members are in
attendance. A good time is assured
to them, as they are guests of the
City of Houston. The colleges all
over the state (including O. I. A. and
Baylor Belton), will be well repre
sented by between forty and fifty
students each. And you know those
“mean old Aggies” just can’t keep
away from anything with C. I. A.
written on it.
Bill King says he is going down
to hear'the speakers, but you know
Bill! He also loves to dance and
when, he was told there would be
dances he said he had mean’t to go
all the time.
Anyway C. I. A. and Baylor Bel
ton will sure root for the Aggies on
Friday and Saturday night.
The object of the conference is
to bring the Episcopalian students
of all the colleges into close com
munion with each other. The last
student, conference was held in Gal
veston, and only about 15 boys from
A. and M. attended. Reverend
Jamison deserves great credit for the
good showing this year.
YOU TELL ’EM.
You tell ’em milk,
You’ve been watered.
You tell ’em fountain pen,
Sbisa don’t feed well.
You tell ’em sky juice,
You’ve been drunk yourself.
You tell ’em potatoes,
You’ve been washed with sand.
You tell ’em silverware,
You are made of brass.
Due to the fact that the days of
registration and suspension of class
es caused a lull in college activities
and left a few moments of spare time
on the hands of*the students, a prob
lem that comes up every year again
faced the college authorities, that of
furnishing some form of amusement
to those who did not visit their home
or the neighboring towns. The Y t
M. C, A. thru the management of the
secretary, Mr. Lewis, has arranged
for pictures to be shown. Wednes
day nights program featured William
Russel in “The Cheater Reformed”,
and a two-reel comedy entitled “The
Porter”. Martha Mansfield in “His
Brother’s Keeper” and a Sunshine
special filled the Thursday night pro
gram. Friday night sees the presen
tation of “Two Kinds of Love”, a
western feature and two-reels of
comedy. Saturdays show will fea
ture Justin Huff in “Blackbird”
Real Art Special and “Hands Up”
comedy.
week. Nothing would * be 'more
gratifying to the Owls than to put
over a couple of wins in Houston
Friday and Saturday nights, since
they still remember the four defeats
in basketball last year and the 7 to
defeat in football last fall.
Little is known of the Louisiana
teams, except they have been turning
in wins on all games played thus far
this season. The Louisiana Tigers
will be on the campus for a douple
of games in February and we j«Xull at
that time be able to get a line on
them but the Tulane five does not
play this year on our court. If the
teams of these schools this year
measure up to the standard of those
of previous years, and they doubt
less will, the Aggies will find pretty
hard sledding in Louisiana and must
go at top speed in all the games in
order to turn in four wins.
The games are so arranged, how
ever, as to permit one days rest be
tween each series of games, so any
slight injuries will not interfere and
the men will have time to recover
from bruises. Coach Bible and the
following men made the trip: Cap
tain Forbes, Ehlert, Megarity, Har
tung, Dwyer, Williams, Jones, and
March.
YOU DON’T SAY!
Don’t you tell ’em clock-works-
you are always behind time.
Don’t you tell
dept.—you have
about you.
’em architectural
a designing way
Don’t you tell ’em exchange store
—r-we know you do a bootlegging bus
iness for cadet officers and sell “pri
vate stock(s)” to freshmen.
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Don’t you tell ’em Ike—when you
go driving you usually have two
webb feet in your car.
One of the most important meet
ings in the point of value and inter
est to this College will be the Texas
Older Boys’ Conference to be held
here January 28 to 30 inclusive, at
which time 500 boys of and above
the age of fifteen years and numer
ous leaffers of uoy>. work organiza
tions will attend.
The conference is to be held at this
college as the result of direct e^
by President W. B. Bizzell to nave
these boys here from all points in
Texas and impress them with the in
terest of student life at A. and M.
and the opportunities open to boys
who want the best education and
training for a useful and remuner
ative occupation. It is intended
that the students as well as faculty
and employees shall put forward
every effort and facility at their com
mand to make their stay here useful
and happy.
In order to arouse the greatest en
thusiasm in the boys attending the
conference it has been decided not
to set aside any particular dormi
tory space for accmodating them but
to allow them the privilege of room
ing with the cadets who voluntarily
offer to share their rooms.
General sessions of the conference
will be held, at which time special
feature programs will be rendered
and the students of the college will
be urged to attend. Thus the stu
dents of the college will share in the
enjoyment of the entertainment pro
vided the boys in conference here and
the boys will share in the routine
student life of the college, effecting
a relationship which it is hoped will
become a- championship and make
each one of the boys ambitious to at
tend school at A. and M. and in such
instances where the boys cannot hope
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MASONIC CLUB HOUSE TO BE
BUILT AT TEXAS A. AND
M. COLLEGE.
Subscription to a fund for the
purpose of erecting an A. and M.
Masonic Club House to be erected
near the campus was started by the
suggestion of the Worshipful Master
of the Brazos Union Lodge at a called
meeting of the A. and M. Masonic
Club on the evening of January 17,
and before the close of the meeting
the sum had reached such a stage
that preparations were made for the
purpose of obtaining a suitable site.
There are. approximately 300 Mas
ter Masons on the Campus and such
a building would be very beneficial
to the Masons here as visiting breth-
ern. The purpose of 'the club is to
erect a building with money donated
by the members as well as other ma
sons throughout the state that would
be interested in seeing the club house
erected, which would afford an addi
tional place for their sons to spend
the evenings, there to receive good
and wholesome instructions.
Mary was a thrifty girl,
Her debts made her very sore,
She married Douglas Fairbanks
To keep from Owen Moore.
stance or condition make of them
friends of A. and M. and supporters
of the school’s interests in their re
spective communities.
This initiation of the boys and
boys workers into the Open Order
of the A. and M. College spirit is
one phase of the conference pro
gram and the other is to bring them
together in sectional meetings and
teach them as well as the workers in
terested in their welfare the value
of organization, emphasizing partic
ularly the Boy Scouts, Y. M. C. A.,
agricultural and livestock clubs.
These sectional meetings will be
held with boys grouped in the fol
lowing classifications: employed boys
mostly boys from the cities who be
cause of their duties have not had
time to engage in the Y. M. C. A.,
Boy Scout and agricultural and live
stock club activities; city high school
boys, boys from the ten biggiest cities
of Texas, who are a part of the real
city life; organized county high
school boys, from those smaller high
schools where they have through the
agency of Y. M. C. A. secretaries,
county agents and other workers
been organized and exerted organ
ized effort in some lines; and then
those boys representing the smallest
public schools who are not acquainted
with organization work.
These four groups will meet sep
arately with the workers who ac
company them here, their teachers.,
county agents and others interested
in their individual welfare and hear
college officials and other experi
enced workers discuss the work of
organized groups, how groups may
be oi’ganized, how they may work
and what they can expect to accom
plish.
Sectional meetings will be held
Saturday mormiig, and afternoon,
Sunday morning, afternoon > .and
night.
The conference will convene in
official session Friday night Januai'y
28, at 7 o’clock. This will be a gen
eral session with everyone invited
and Dr. Bizzell will make a welcom
ing address. The general session
will adjourn at 8:15 and those reg
istered for the conference will at
tend the lyceum concert by Miss
Josephine Martino, soprano, Podo-
Iski, violinist and Brockman accom
panist in Guion Hall, complimentary
to them.
After breakfast on Saturday morn
ing the whole delegation will review
with President Bizzell the entire ca-
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