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THE BATTALION
the student body six xlmes. He
showed the unselfishness of his per
son by attributing to the President
alone the visions that have been ap
proached and which come nearer and
nearer to realization as time passes.
After the presentation, Giles call
ed on Prexy for a short “familv
talk.” It was a moment which every
one present will hold in memory as
touching yet entirely pleasing.
Prexy responded to the speeches
which had preceeded him and accep
ted the gift in behalf of the College
He spoke of the praises which had
been tendered him as the “kindly
words of partial friends.” “Yet”, h e
said, “I am human enough to believe
that you had the feeling in your
heart to do this thing for me.” He
told of his fondness for the term
“Onr Prexy,” raying that it was a
sign of the closeness of the student
body to him and their ever ready
spirit to aid him at anytime he should
call on them.
He told of his trepidation upon en
tering the presidency here and men
tioned his many experiences and anx
ieties through which he has passed
during the eight years he has been
here. That success as had come to
him as president was in the greater
part due to his associates in the fac
ulty and to the student body.
This gift on the part of the Senior
Class was made in attempt to recog
nize the ability of their friend and
also to bring about a better aesthet
ic situation. The work of higher
arts which can be found on the cam
pus are far fewer in number than
they should be and it is hoped that
other classes will take up the work
and carry it on.
Say. don’t you remember that I
told you something in last week’s
Issue about the Barn Dance? Well
you perhaps thought while reading
the first few lines of that article
that my attempt to imitate the
Chroniclings of Billie was a failure
and chances are that you didn’t even
have time to finish it. But listen
now, for what you hear this time is
what happened at said shuffle and
not an enumeration of things that
should have happened.
If you have seen a small crowd of
country boys and girls strolling
around the country fair grounds
with a red baloon in one hand and
a ticket to the next vaudeville show,
which starts in fifteen minutes, in
the other, it should be easy for you
to follow me throughout this des
cription. Yes it was an incident
which has a tendency to recall to
your memory just such familiar
scenes, and the ease,, grace, and that
old “I feel at home” sensation
which the boys demonstrated, is
more argument against that old
story about “I’m from Dallas.”
Truly, it was a dance in so far as
movement was concerned, and from
an observers standpoint, you could
n’t tell whether it was an uptown
dance in the country or a countrv
dance in town. The argument was
highly in fovor of the former when
Henchie Sprague came out with his
steel guitar and proceeded to steal
the hearts of all the fair damsels
by a beautifully illustrated song en
titled “The Sick Cowboy.” Henchie
was accompanied by Ramos, the pet
hereford; feeling that it was a good
time to help up the silence, Ramos
bawled out some baritone notes
which gave the same effect as those
unleashed by Lancaster at the Older
Boys Banquet. This was not the only
argument advanced for the uptown
dance in the country, for last, but
not least, Susie Lawson was seen
loosening: up his famous double
shuffle, a dance which has never
been outside the city limits (of Col
lege Station).
On the other hand, there were
many reasons for correctly terming
the dance a country ball in town.
Due to the Dairy Husbandry, Poul
try, and Hog Departments, the out-
on-the-farm atmosphere was fully
realized. And, too, there was the
presence of some who always go to
make everything greatly resemble
the country where the winters are
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at
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Top
Ford Runabout With Starter, 1921, In Good
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$165.00 I
$225.00 1
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at
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very severe. These arguments
seem to balance up very well and it
still remains unsettled as to the ac
tual nature of the dance.
The one single attraction which
served to make the evening more
full was the lunch which came along
about twelve, just when it was most
needed. This feature was made doub
ly attractive by having water to
drink with it, fresh out of the “old
oaken bucket which hung in the
well.” And it was a typical rural
well, too. Currie is to be congrat
ulated for arranging everything so
well. It was easily the most en
joyable barn dance that has ever
been held here.
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