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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1922)
THE BATTALION Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOL. XXX. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, MAY 19, 1922. NUMBER 32 TRUST FUND STARTED BY SENIOR CLASS The following self-explanatory let ter arrives as The Battalion is going to press, and we publish it complete, 'feeling sure that it \yill interest every reader, and that the action it records will be imitated by all succeeding Senior Classes: Mr. T. F. Mayo, Campus. Dear Sir: Our contact with the student body is only that of business. It has been uniformly most cordial and satisfac tory. To show you the increasing at titude of supreme loyalty for the fin ished student, I am attaching a copy of the resolution passed by the senior class, which we received today. In my opinion, it is making history for the class and the school: “On May 2th, 1822, the Senior Class of Texas A. and M. College adopted the following resolution: “That we, the Class of ’22, set aside that portion of our trust funds which may remain to our credit at the end of this scholastic year, for the pur pose of establishing a student loan fund at this institution. “It is understood that the principal shall be invested in bonds or other se curities and the income from it be loaned annually to worthy students, those who are seniors being given preference, Signed: V. BENNETT, JR., President Senior Class.” Yours very truly, W. WIPPRECHT, Business Manager. HEARD AT COLLEGE STATION. (Latitude, South, 30 degrees, 30 minutes). Dooty Dooze Instootion Introdooce Nooze Prodooce (Signed) CRITICUS. GREETINGS TO THE STUDENTS. This is a new venture in journalism —new at least to this College and to its teaching staff. But, like most new undertakings, it is interesting because of its uniqueness. The teaching staff of the College is not unmindful that it is rather an ambitious undertaking to set the standards of journalism for this student body. Perhaps, most of us are thinking less of this aspect of the undertaking than of the more in teresting one of presenting your teach ing staff as mere human beings, with sympathies and interests and objects of enjoyment similar to your own. If this point of view is reflected in this publication, most of us will be satis fied with our efforts. This teaching force craves, more than any other that I know, the oppor- tunity to be regarded as human. We want you to think of us as fellow stu dents, striving like you to establish the knowledge of some selected field. We would have you feel that we sym pathize with your academic problems, and that we have a sympathetic ap preciation of the problems of college life. We would like to know you bet ter and have you know us better than yyou do at present. We believe that the more completely we can assimilate the view-point of each other, the more cordial will be our relations and the more generous will be our sympa thies. If this edition of The Battalion should interest you and, in any res pect, entertain you, and if out of it should come a better appreciation of our interest in you, all of those who contribute to it, or share in its publi cation, will be amply repaid for their efforts. Devotedly yours, W. B. BIZZELL, President. CORPS OFFICERS ELECT ED FOR NEXT YEAR At an election held in the rotunda of the Main Building Saturday morning, W. D. Tiner was elected Editor-in- chief of The Battalion; F.*H. Downs, Jr., was elected Business Manager of The Battalion; and, L. E. Short was chosen as Yell Leader for next year. W. D. Tiner is a popular Junior from Uvalde, Texas. He has in a quiet unassuming way, impressed him self upon th emembers of the student body, and he has, at the same time, been demonstrating to Dean Nagle his qap^&bilities in a Civil Engineering way. The recent edition of the Jun ior Battalion was the result of his ef forts, and its success gives assurance that we can look forward to some thing good in the way of a student publication next year. In electing F. H. Downs, Jr., to the position of Business Manager of The Battalion for next year, the student body can be assured that it will be well managed. Downs comes to us from Fal, Louisiana, and he has seen fit to specialize in Dairy Husbandry. He has recently very successfully filled the position of Toastmaster of the Junior Banquet, and it as present engaged in an attempt to finance the Final Ball as chairman of the Finance Committe. As Yell Leader, Short promises to be one of the best that A. and M. has had. He is a product of Bandera, Tex as, and is specializing in Animal Hus bandry. All the natural qualifications of a Yell Leader are his, and he has trained himself to lead yells during the past year while he has been assis tant Yell Leader. He is well-known and well-liked in the student body, and his winning personality together with his fitness for the place insures some super-yelling in Aggieland next year INTIMATE TALKS WITH GREAT PESTS By the Office Radio. I. “Good morning, Professor.” “Good morning, Dudley.” “Well, Professor, it is a good thing that none of the great Broadway Pro ducers have witnessed my participa tion in amateur performances at the College this year. Had they seen me in the bachelor play the College would have lost a splendid off-hand drawing instructor and the satelites of Broadway would have been forced to move over and make room for an other STAR. “What? Oh, yes, I admit my abil ity in a dramatic way but so many of the productions now are unsuited for my temperament. I aspire to heavier and nobler vehicles than those which now are being produced for us. “Stacomb? Oh, yes, I have work ed out a satisfactory method of us ing that preparation. It keeps the hair perfectly combed and yet permits of waves in one’s hair dress also. “Well, Professor, I am late for my appointment at Casey’s and must hur ry on. Good-bye, Professor.” “Good-bye Baker.” II. “Good morning. Is this the Uncan ny Veteran of Football Fame?” “Yes. This is D. X. Bible and I cheerfully accept that title. I also admit that I have earned other equal ly distinctive and distinguishing titles', such as the ‘gridiron wizard,’ ‘unsur passed mentor,’ ‘football idol,” and! others too numerous to mention, all of which I have earned and which I wear with becoming dignity and pride. “Who gave tose titles to me ? That’s easy—the Mineral Well’s Index, Den ison Herald and other papers and my self. Yes, I subscribe for them all. “Yes, I am a member of the Nation al Footboll Rules Committee. Oh, yes, Ipoint with pardonable pride to