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Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIX.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS MARCH 25, 1921.
NUMBER 25
JAZZ BAND WILL
OFFER SECOND
SHOW TUESDAY
AGGIELAND BAND PRESENTS
SECOND ENTERTAINMENT
TUESDAY NIGHT 7:30 P. M.
New Artists to Appear Before Col
lege Audiences; Old Favorites
Will Entertain With New 1 , Acts;
Popular Program Expected.
From all accounts, the show to be
staged by the Band at Guion Hall
next Tuesday is to be the hit of the
season. If it is anywhere near as
good as the last, it is worth double
the price they are charging, but we
have been assured that it is far bet
ter than the last show, as the band
has had a lot of experience since
then, having shown at different towns
around the state, and know just what
pleases the audience most.
The entertainment on Tuesday
will be the cream of everything they
have in the way of entertainment.
The Aggieland Jazz Band is JAZZ
IER than ever, (if you feel like
dancing, just hold on to your seats).
The Farmer Cornets are a band in
themselves. This is in itself some
thing new, as it is very seldom that
you can hear four cornets play so
that you think a big band is hidden
away somewhere.
The A. and M. Saxophone family
is as harmoniously melodious and
as melodiously harmonious as ever,
and have something new in the way
of tunes. Sol Bartlett, will play a
solo on the Baritone that will make
all embryo musicians want to learn
the Baritone. He uses only three
fingers in this wonderful solo, and
it would be impossible for anybody
else to do it with ten.
There ar men in this college who
have been ith Lee Clayton for four
fill be,able to learn more
^sday than they
For in-
BRAZOS COUNTY
A. AND M. CLUB
IS PERFECTED
a**
^ ->\ C ; an3 figure like
^ when he appears as
the Statue in tire mechanical statue,
-Sk gasp of amazement is expected to
sound thru the house, with feminine
exclamations of “What a superb
figure”! They will not notice that his
calves have kind of wandered round
a little, or that his knees seem to
have quite an affection for each
other, bu t I musn’t tell it all, or it
will spoil the show.
Then again we have Fairleigh and
Clayton in an entirely new musical
act, using new novelties for produc
ing the music, such as oranges grow
ing on trees and ladies parasols, they
challenge even the mocking bird
with their renditions on the ocar-
inos. It will be remembered that
Fairleigh in the last show, demon
strated that there were more ways
of playing a violin than we thought
possible. Well this time Fairleigh
and Clayton will introduce quite a
number of new and novel ways of
playing the banjo. They also in
troduce a lightning change in this
act, changing costume five times in
all, and no change taking longer
than three seconds. “Just think
of this, all those who cannot dress
in time for reveille,” and the last
change, a complete change of cos
tume, is made in full view of the
audience, and they defy anybody in
the audience to tell them how it is
done, where the clothes they were
wearing have gone to, and where the
clothes they are wearing came from,
all this after doing it. After this
show we expect the password will
be, “How do they do it?” Alto
gether it seems as tho’ this show
is going to eclipse anything ever
seen at the college before, and it is
advisable to go to your company
commander, the post office or the
Y. M. C. A. and get your ticket be
fore they are sold out. We are also
asked to announce that these tickets
can be changed at the Y. M. C. A.
for reserved seat tickets, without any
extra charge.
A. and M. Masonic Club
Will Erect New Club House
*
The A. and M. Masonic Club has
accepted the design of the Masonic
Club house which has been drawn up
by LaRoche and June, architects of
the College department of architec
ture.
The structure as planned will cost
$150,000.00, and will be erected at
the college for the use of the Masonic
students and officials of the college.
The proposed plans also include a
dormitory and club ,rooms for the
Eastern Star members and Masons
who may visit the college. It will
be fireproof. The exterior will be
of stucco finish, and is designed along
picturesque lines to present the ap
pearance of a formal club building.
There will be two stories and the
building will be erected in the form
of a “T”. Only the highest class,
permanent material will be used in
the interior and exterior construc
tion.
BELL RINGERS
PROVE POPULAR
ATTRACTION
When Appearing Uniler Auspices
of the American Legion.
FISH! FISH! FISH!
(Tune Three Blind Mice).
A. and M. Fish!
A. and M. Fish!
There are others like you!
There are others like you!
That have fins too, at T.W.C.
But believe me there is
No class that can excell,
Or play the pranks half so well.
That is why we always yell
FISH! FISH! FISH!
Fifteen, Riffety, Riffety Rahs!
For A. and M. Wildcat Fish.
—SALTWATER FISH, T. C.
By BILL COOK.
After having enjoyed a bountiful
repast at Sbisa Hall Tuesday night
more than fifty Alumni and Ex-stu
dents of the A. and M. College who
were in attendance at the banquet
unanimously adopted the constitution
submitted by the committee appointed
at a similar meeting last weeek and
elected officers of the club for the
coming year. The membership of the
club is limited to Alumni and Ex-stu
dents in Brazos county and vicinity.
The honor guests of the club Tues
day night were Col. Clarence Ousley,
Dean J. C. Nagle and the members of
the 1921 basketball squad which won
the Southwestern Championship in the
season that has just closed. “Runt”
Hanson started the pep by leading
“fifteen for the team” in his old char
acteristic style and Capt. Forbes re
sponded to the toast “The Team” and
closed by introducing the newly elect
ed captain, Pat Dwyer, who will lead
the A. and M. basketball squad next
season. Coach D. X. Bible was then
introduced and in his remarks he
showed how an ex-students’ associa
tion can be of help to athletics in A.
and M. College. He stated that ath
letics in a school are about as strong
as the organization of the ex-students
that have gone out from the institu
tion.
Colonel Clarence Ousley was then
introduced as the principal speaker
of the evening. Col. Ousley very
forcibly presented to the meeting the
numerous ways in which an ex-stu
dent’s association may be of benefit to
the College and to the individual mem
bers. As a mark of appreciation, the
Club elected Col. Ousley an honorary
member. Short talks were also made
by Dean J. C. Nagle and Director B.
Youngblood.
The report of the committe on con
stitution and by-laws was read and
■tmtrmrnmrsTy-adopfed. Ri »se™ Draw Good Crowd
the club is to be the A. and M. Col
lege Club of Brazos County and the
membership is limited to Alumni and
Ex-Stude|nts in Brazos county and
vicinity who are eligible to member
ship in the Association for Former
Students of the Texas A. and M. Col
lege. It was stated by the committee
that they had attempted to work out
a constitution and by-laws for this
club that might serve as a model for
similar clubs to be organized in dif
ferent parts of the state.
Officers for the club were elected as
follows: W. L. Stangel, president;
E. E. McAdams, first vice-president
and chairman of finance and member
ship committee; Chas. E. Friley, sec
ond vice-president and chairman of en
tertainment and refreshment commit
tee; W. B. Cook, third vice-president
and chairman of educational and pub
licity committee, and G. A. Long, sec
retary-treasurer. Jno. C. Vick, A. L.
Ward and Dean E. J. Kyle were elect
ed members of the Board of Directors.
Upon taking the chair President
Stangel stated that a long cherished
desire of his had come to pass in the
perfection of the organization of a
live A. and M. College Club on the
Campus of this institution. He called
upon the members of this club to
assist in every possible way in en
couraging the organization of similar
clubs all over the state. The secre
tary of the Former Students’ Asso
ciation was asked to inform other A.
and M. Clubs of the action of the
Brazos County Club in underwriting
the salary of a secretary for the State
Association for Former A. and M.
Students to the amount of 2700 and
urge upon them to take similar action.
Before adjourning, Dr. Bizzell was
asked to make a few remarks. He
pointed out the need of many build
ings and equipment at the College that
we could never hope to get through
state appropriations. Among those
that he mentioned was a stadium and
a students’ activity building in which
would serve as a home for the numer
ous student organizations that are
without club rooms at the present
time. He called attention to the move
ment that is on foot at the present
time to erect a $150,000 Masonic Club
Building on the Campus and stated
that the finance committee of the Ma
sonic Club was having marked suc
cess in securing the funds for the
erection of this building.
The first Monday night of each
month was decided upon as the reg
ular meeting date for the Club in the
future.
mum:
'HIT
a,
S. G. Bailey, W. T. Austin Chap-
tor, R. A. M., is president of the A.
and M. Club. The following com
pose the building and finance com
mittee :
O. M. Ball, Ivanhoe Commandery,
K. T. Arabia Temple, A. A. O. N. M.
S., chairman; Dr. W. B. Bizzell, Den
ton Commandery, K. T. Arabia Tem
ple, A. A. O. N. M. S., T. O. Wal
ton, Dallas Consistory, A. A. S. R.,
Hella Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.,
Dean Nagle, Austin Consistory, A. A.
S. R., Ben Hur Temple, A. A. O. N.
M. S., Ike Ashburn, Ivanhoe Com-
mandory, K. T. Arabia A. O. N.
M. S., E. B. LaRoche, ^os Union
Lodge, A. F. A. M ^.hitect;
George L. Smart, Ivanhoe Command
ery, K. T. Arabia Temple, A. A. O.
N. M. S., treasurer; George A. Long,
Brazos Union Lodge, A. F. A. M.,
secretary.
Clothes are expensive enough as
it is, and if they go much higher they
will go to waste.
The troupe of Swiss Bell Ringers
obtained by the American Legion for
an entei’tainment at Guion Hall
Thursday night proved very popular
with the college audience. The ver
satility of the performers and the
wide range of instruments used re
sulted in a por’ lar program and the
talented artists met with a hearty re
ception. The troupe has just return
ed from abroad where the performers
were well received. Coming highly
recommended, the Swiss Bell Ring
ers filled all expectations and left a
highly pleased audience.
The proceeds of the entertainment
went to the American Legion, Post
73, of College Station. The ari'ange-
ments were made by Adjutant T.
B. Van Tuyl, Clarence Braden, and
L. F. Crooke. This is the fii-st ac
tivity of the kind in which the Legion
has taken part and it is expected that
the future will see more entertain
ments under its auspices.
DIFFERENT CLASS ISSUE
DATES ARE NOW
SET
CORPS COMES TO
AID OF BATTALION
OPEN AIR BAND
CONCERTS START
EASTER SUNDAY
DIRECTOR FAIRLEIGH ANNOUN
CES SERIES OF CONCERTS
THAT WILL PLEASE.
A. and M. Band Offers Concerts
Each Sunday at Saunders' Park;
Invitations Extended to All; A
Large Repertoire.
The first spring concert by the A.
and M. Band will be at the Saunders’
park area on the campus Easter Sun
day from 4:15 until 5:15. The
concert will continue throughout the
year and each Sunday afternoon will
see great crowds of visitors on the
campus for this hour. The location
was changed to the area around the
Saunders fountain last spring in or
der to accomodate larger audiences.
The triangular lawn provides con
siderable parking space for cars and
abundant shade is provided for ped-
estrains. Programs will be publish
ed in the Bryan Eagle and in the
College Daily Bulletin.
The band has an unusually large
repertoire for the present season and
the wide experience of many of the
members give assurance that the ser
ies of concerts will be unsurpassed.
Many numbers by talented soloists
will frequently be included in the
programs. At the conclusion of the
concerts the Star Spangled Banner
will be played as in the past, the en
tire audience stan'ding and (cadets
saluting.
A. & M. OPENS
SEASON WITH A
10-0 VICTORY
Henderson Allows Visitors But One
Hit while Aggies Pound Pill All
Over the Diamond.
DAUGHTER OF FIRST STAFF
MEMBER COMMENDS “BAT
Shows That the Spirit of A. and M.
Remains in the Family After
30 Years Since 1890.
Students Vote to Support
tion Through Remainder of Year
When Funds Prove Insufficient.
ftl^Miss
Puc ^ daughter
Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshmen
Will Publish Class Editions of the
Battalion in Sequence.
The first class edition of the Bat
talion will appear April 15th. This
will be the Junior number. The
Sophomore number will follow on
April 29th, and the Fx*eshman issue
will appear May 13th. By this-
arrangement the regular issues of the
publication will alternate with the
special numbers and the arrange
ment has been worked out to pro
vide a regular issue for the more
important news events. The class
issues will be unusual in many re
spects this year and many novel and
original features will be introduced.
Great interest is being taken by the
respective classes and the special is
sues will be innovations. Work is
proceeding rapidly and the students
and subscribers throughout the state
are promised treats when the class
numbers are published..
While no action has been taken
on the matter as yet, it will be pro
posed to have the last issue for the
year a Senior number. This will be
a fitting close to the volume and an
appropriate time for the Class of ’21
to publish a special number—the
time when they bid A. and M. fare
well.
At a meeting of the entire stu
dent body in the airdome Thursday
night the motion to give thirty cents
per man to enable the Battalion to
continue throughout the year was
carried unanimously and the publi
cation will continue until the close
of the college year. Manager King
stated that the blanket tax appor
tionment had been too small and that
due to the fact that advertising comes
principally from Bryan merchants,
the rates could not be raised profit
ably. The funds of the publication
were expended with the issue of last
week and it was only by the volun
tary support of the student body that
the Battalion was enabled to be
published this week. Editor-in-
Chief Bertschler discussed the Bat
talion finances by comparison with
other years, bringing out the facts
that a larger paper was being pub
lished than ever before, that the sub
scription list was greater than any
past year, that publishing costs were
higher than previously, that a sum
total of less money was provided than
during the past year, and that the
college sports and activities deserve
the publicity that only the Battalion
can give them. In conclfision he ask
ed if the students were going to sup
port the publication and the unan
imous agreement rang out with vol
ume sufficient to set the windows
rattling.
MY FARMER JIM.
The modern girl may not know
that she is beautiful but in the ma
jority of cases she suspects it.
Katherine Ferguson, the
of A. M. Ferguson, ’94,
and a former faculty niember of the
college, has sent a most interesting
Iv^tfcr — V'” i^cALiLon fa
relates some experiences with Ag
gies and refers to one particular
“farmer” who rejected her leap year
proposal because of some peculiar
preferences in shades of hair, et
cetera, and in spite of the fact that
she makes most excellent waffles!
In part accounting for her intei’-
est in the Bat she writes as follows:
“The diary was wxutten while my
dad was a Junior in A. and M. C.,
September 19, 1893. ‘Some few
days ago I was elected as one of the
associate editors of the new college
paper, “The Battalion”, and having
been given the exchange depax't-
ment.” So you see—I’m a daughter
of one of the first promoters of the
“Bat”. Maybe you think that’s the
only reason I enjoy reading the Bat
talion but it is not! Maybe you
think that’s the reason I like A. and
M. C. too, but it is not. Many ax'e
the happy days I’ve spent ixx Bryan
and Oh! Those hours spent travel
ing back and forth from the college!
I’m coming back—some time!” And
Miss Katherine insists that she will
not close until she states that, “I
ALWAYS enjoy x’eading the “Bat”
and I wish the gx'eatest success pos
sible for the paper that is typical of
A. and M. and its PEP and intex*-
est.”
In what was a rather a slow game
from the spectator’s viewpoint the
Aggies trounced the Simmons College
nine by the healthy score of 10-0.
However, in between this big score
was mixed .some good playing al
though there was no sensational stxxff
it makes us feel as though we have
at last got that old team we have been
looking for so long.
A. and M. started off in a x - ush and
scored two runs in the very first in
ning, and after the initial tally was
rung up the scores were made with
relative ease.
The crowd was an exceptionally
large one and that may have been
one reason why the Aggies made such
a good showing, just to show their ap
preciation for such a large turnout.
The crowd was of sufficient size to
show that the stands are not large
enough to hold the student body and
more bleachers if nothing else should
be added as many were compelled to
sit out by the side lines.
Coach Bible sprung the surprise of
the opening game when he took up the
mask and chest protectors and called
the plays from behind the"bat in big
league style. He never let the crowd
doubt for one minute as to what the
count stood on the batter and he never
had to hold his fingers up in the air
to tell them either.
Below „is given the detailed acount
of the game play after play and the
box score.
First Inning.
Collins grounded out to Dwyer.
Tabor grounded out to Henderson to
Dwyer. Dodge whiffed the air at
three fast ones and retix’ed to the
side.
Morris fouled out to Vfi on a
hi A 'Uon
singled to right field, and''steals sec
ond on the first ball pitched. Math
ews gets a pass to fix'st. Dinan’s wal
lop comes into play and he scoi’es
Wilson aixd Mathews on a two-bagger
to right field, Dwyer grounded out to
thix’d. Guynes went out to Collins.
Score: Simxxxons 0. A. and M. 2
Second Inning.
Ward flied out to Smith. Colwick
grounded to Dwyer, out at first. Win
ters grounded to Dwyer, out Dwyer
to Henderson.
Crawford grounded to Taylor. Out
at first. Smith fouled out to Dodge.
Henderson grounded thru short. Safe
at first. Morris out to left field. Score:
Simmons 0. A. and M. 2
My sweetheart Jim is off at school,
At that there A. and M.
You know he is a noble boy
A model boy—that’s him.
I hear froixx him most every week,
He is as busy as can be;
But then he always takes the time
To write that he loves me.
He says that every Sophomore
Just thinks so much of him.
I’m glad they took an intex'est in
My little farmer Jim.
He says that he don’t pay no mind
To any girl he’d see.
That he is thinking all the time
Of his home town aixd me.
He sent a picture of himself,
My, but he sure looked cute—
All rared way back and chin up high,
Dressed in that khaki suit.
4*
w
nd I am waiting for the day
hen my own sweetheart Jim,
ijlhall graduate and come back home
ICrom that there A. and M.
AUSTIN HALL DIRECTORY.
2nd Floor.
Room 13—Cafeteria (A-la-Piggly-
Wiggly—Montfort, Dykes and Garity,
Props.
Room 14—Butcher Shop—Miller and
Williams.
Room 15—Theatrical Managers—
Clark and Bimmerman.
Room 16—Monte Carlo—Lawson
and Randoll.
Room 18—Mexican Consulate—
Capa Girault.
Room 17—Commissary—Richards
and Graham.
Room 19—Parlor and Rest Room—
Sullivan and Simpson, successors to
Landry & Co.
Room 20—Peruvian Consulate—
Figari & Co.
Room 22—Conservatory and Art
Studio—^‘Caruso” Calhoun and Atan.
Room 23—Boiler Factory—Baugh
and Hughes.
Room 25—Disorganized Labor
Headquarters—Prickett and Albrisht.
3rd Floor.
Openings and flats to let.
NOTICE.
Our well known Editor-in-Chief has
just returned from his honeymoon.
This accounts for the lack of editorials
in this issue.—Asst. Editor.
Third Inning.
Randel, J., fouled. Randel, F., fan
ned. Taylor grounded to Morris.
Morris to Dwyer. Out at First.
Wilson hit safety to left field.
Mathews sacrificed to Wax-d. Wilson
to second on play. Dinan flied out to
center. Dwyer base on balls. Guynes
flied out to right field. Score: Sim
mons 0. A. and M. 2.
Fourth Inning.
Collins fanned. Tabor hit single to
left field. Dodge hit to Henderson.
Henderson overthrew second trying to
get Tabor. Dodge safe at first. Ward
faxxned. Tabor out while trying to
steal third.
Crawford hit to left field for thx'ee
bases. Smith grounded to Collins.
Crawford scored. Smith safe when
Taylor dropped the ball. Smith put
out at second. Henderson hit to right
field for three bases. Morx*is hit thru
short. Henderson scored. Morris
put out while trying to come home on
Ward’s error. Mathews steals second.
Dinan out to Ward. Score: Simmons
0. A. and M. 4.
Fifth Inning.
Colwick fanned. Winters fanned.
Randel, J., flied out to Henderson.
Hunter now pitching for Ward.
Winters playing first for Taylor.
Dwyer grounded out to Winters.
Guynes went to first on Colwick’s er-
x-or and on to second on Winters’ er
ror. Crawford hit thru third for two
bases and Guynes scored. Smith
grounded out to Tabor and Crawford
went to third. Henderson out to Col
lins. Score: Simmons 0. A. and M.
5.
Sixth Inning.
Randel, F., grounded out to Hendex*-
son. Hunter fanned. Collins base on
balls. Tabor fouled out to Smith.
Morris hit thru the box. Safe at
first. Wilson sacrificed. Morris went
to second. Mathews fouled out to Col
wick. Morris steals third. Dinan hit
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