Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXII. BRYAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 9, 1923. NUMBER 3.
DALLAS TRIP
CONTEMPLATED
WITH OPTIMISM
A. &M. DIRECTORS
HOLD SESSION
IN AGGIELAND
DRAMATIC CLUB
BEGINS YEAR’
ACTIVITIES
F S. M’GEE IS
CAPTAIN ROSS
VOLUNTEERS
“Whip Sewanee” is Slogan Adopted
by Aggie Supporters. Bible Giv
ing Team Finishing Touches.
Old Officers Re-elected. Substation
of Experiment Station Located
Llano Grande in Magic Valley.
Great Enthusiasm Evident and Many
Good Entertainments Are
Promised.
Drisdale, Bartlett, and Jaggi Are
Other Officers of A. and M.’s
Honorary Organization.
Those saddening preclusions which
have recently been suppressing the
jubilance of all Aggieland are be
coming to be exulted prelibat ; ons of
just what is going to happen in big
old Dallas next Saturday. When
the football schedule for this, year
was first published, but few opined
that they would join the Aggies on
their trip to Dallas and the Fair. Sud
denly this few became several; then
this several, a multitude, semmingly
the majority of the entire student
body.
All told, nearly a thousand student
tickets for the game have been sold,
and by train time Friday, the inertia
o fthe Aggie heart throbs will doubt
lessly be enough to compel more
than a thousand to board the big old
black train on the trail to Dallas.
Many -without railroad fare, some
without tickets to the game, and
others depending upon the previous
ly-devoured abundance of Sbisa hash
for sustenance will take their places
amon gthe remaining moneyed
throngs of northbound Aggies.
With each revolution of the loco
motive wheels accompained by a
thousand impatient heart beats, with
each blast of the whistle being as
surance that miles are being left be
hind, and with each Aggie’s heart
teemingly hankering for the destina
tion to be the next stop, we will fast-
ly approach the metropolis. Realiz
ing the significance of our slogan,
“Down Sewanee”, firstly, and enter-
taing thoughts of other merriment,
second in importance, we will cast
our lot in Dallas. Just what will
happen in the fair city remains to be
seen later and is not to be predicted
at this early date. But if there’s an
Aggie absent from the Sewanee
fracas or if there’s one present who’s
not gleefully imbued with inspiring
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The Board of Directors of the Col
lege met with President W. B. Biz-
zell last week for the re-election of
officers. Our exponent of diplomacy
surprised the board members with i
the report that t’ne total enrollmejnt
of the four schools under his juris
diction had reached 3846, the num
ber representing an increase in all
the schools. While grieved at the
necessity of housing students in tem
porary quarters, the board was pleas
ed to note the steps that were being
taken to provide more comfortable
housing facilities for those who could
not be accomodated in dormitories.
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PREPARATIONS
FOR HOP ON
THANKSGIVING
Committee Chairmen Elected and
Hilarious Anticipations Begin
Floating.
Now that registration is forgotten
and everyone is well-located—in
Austin Hall, or elsewhere, numerous
“Aggies” and as many would-be “Ag-
giettes” are beginning their plans for
the annual Thanksgiving festivities.
Second only to the legendary grid
iron feud between the Aggies and the
Longhorns, among the many holi
day fetes, is the Thanksgiving Hop,
the dance given by the student body
on the night after Thanksgiving in
honor of the most deserving football
team on the globe.
After the fight and work and do
without as they do for three long
months, the football boys deserve a
thousand times more praise and ap-
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Professor Harrington’s invitation to
the members of the Senior Class to
attend the first meeting of the Dra
matic Club last Tuesday evening, was
answered mUiusiastiotilly by about
thirty seniors and two A. and M. co
eds. Of this 'yutnber, not one lacked
the earnestness and zeal tha is cus
tomarily characteristic of a group be
ing taught by Prof. Harrington.
The director laid his contemplation
before the group which he expects to
be the nucleus of a much larger club.
Although the membership must nec
essarily be limited, the plans being
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COL AND MRS. TODD
IN WELCOME TO
NEW OFFICERS
Relationship Established Between
Army Staff and Cadet Officers at
Elegant Hospitality.
Friday evening from eight to elev
en, Col. and Mrs. C. C. Todd enter
tained at their home, the adminis
trative officers, members of the fac
ulty, and the commissioned officers
of the Cadet Corps with a formal re
ception in honor of the new members
of the military staff and their wives.
After the guests passed the receiv
ing line, each one was served with a
plate luncheon. Later in the even
ing punch, cigars, and cigarettes
were served.
Assisting in the receiving line were
Judge White of Lancaster, Mr. P. L.
Downs Jr. of Temple, and Mr. W. D.
Lacy of Waco, members of the board
of drectors, and Dr. and Mrs. W. B.
Bizzell.
At the annual election held Sun
day afternoon, the Ross Volunteers
elected the following officers: F. S.
McGee- of Marshall, Captain, J. V.
Drisdale qf Juno, First Lieutenant,
and S. C. Bartlett of Marlin and iF.
P. Jaggi o| San Antonie,, Set-.-.
Lieutenants/. Each o! these offico^fh
has previously proved his leadershi’p
ability, and all of them, incidentally,
hold the rank of Captain in the cadet
corps.
F. S. (Mugs) MaGee, the R. V.
commander, has frequently before
won recognition among the students,
but this time he has reached the pin
nacle of distinction in A. and M.
The office to which he has been elec
ted and the accompanying social
eminence rank among the most re
nowned positions in the college.
Commander of the group of A. and
M.’s most military and studious ca
dets is an honor which comes to only
one man each year. This time it
falls to the lot of “Mugs” McGee.
J. V. (Gap) Drisdale was chosen
to fill the second most honored office,
that of First Lieutenant, second in
command of the R. V. company.
Among his other achievements have
been being first in judging livestock
in the Freshman Judging Contest in
1921 and first among representatives,
of all southwestern colleges at the
Southwestern Livestock Exposition
in Fort Worth last spring. He is
one of the most formidable aspirants
for the International Team which
goes to Chicago this fall; so “Gap’s”
new office is not his only honor but
is an addition to many other well-
deserved distinctions.
S. C. (Sulla) Bartlett, peerless
trombone artist, this year’s leader of
the “Aggieland Six” orchestra and
commander of the famed Aggie
band, and Second Lieutenant of the
R. V. company, is another of the
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