Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIII.
BRYAN, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 5 1924.
NUMBER 7
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Personally, we believe that one
Bear showed good judgment when he
took a certain fliver off the field be
fore the game ended, there are lots
of Aggies who know just exactly how
to make so many parts out of a flivver
that every cadet could have several
and still have enough to make a fair
ly good bicycle. Throwing lemons is
not the A and M. style of fight and
should not be, but anyone who would
drive around the field so close to the
players that they would have to move,
richly deserves anything that he
might have received after the game.
But the boy did have a little sense and
left early.
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There are a few thoughtless cadets
in the corps who forget that their
conduct reflects on the reputation of
the school. For some reason or other,
the people outside the school notice
especially those acts which do not re
flect credit on the character of the
students. Stealing of articles from
trains brought sever criticism on the
College, and it is just criticism, too.
Let us have an end to this practice
which causes the railroad company
to believe that any A. and M. cadet,
even one of them, is a comon sneak
thief. Stealing is stealing, regardless
of who does it.
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It takes a good man to take defeat
like a good sport. It cut everyone
of us like a knife to lose to Baylor
last Saturday, especially when some
of the students of Baylor acted as it
they didn’t know how to take a vic
tory. But after all, the time to do
the fighting is when our team is out
on the field fighting. That’s when we
can help the most, gang.
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We must look ahead all the time.
‘‘Let the dead bury its dead.” Divid
ing our thoughts between past and
future will not help a bit. Let’s all
get set for the game with T. C. U.
this week. Just remember that T. C.
U. very nearly held S. M. U. score
less. No football game is ever won
before it is played. Experience
should teach us that.
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We have too many self-appointed
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“He’s a good loser.”
In the world of sport that remark refers to the one who can
smile in defeat.
There is no such animal as a “good loser.” The fellow who loses
and then can smile about it is simply bunking himself. No one is
happy when they lose. Then is the time for a darn good cry rather
than a smile. There is nothing better than silence after a defeat;
it proves that the sting of defeat has gone home, for silence and de
termination spells trouble in capital letters for the next team they
meet.
Do not misunderstand the object of this article. It is not designed
to destroy the aims and ideals to which the student body has been
working for many years and the reputation which is rightfully
theirs—thill of being a real sportsman, in victory or defeat. May it
never be said of an Aggie team or an Aggie student body that they
did not conduct themselves as sportsmen of the highest order.
What we want at A. and M. are men who fight hard but clean, and
who don’t know the meaning of the word quit. Men who congratu
late the victor with a determined jaw, as much as to say, wait until
we meet again. Men, who after defeat, will come back the next time
more determined than ever, for where there is a will there is a way.
Good sportsmanship is the basis of all athletics here at Aggieland.
There is no room in this school for the man who does not understand
fair play, for sport is based on fair play and honesty. Neither is
there room for the man who alibis or who will crab in the event that
we take the small end of the score. We want the fightr; the man
who never quits; the fellow who in defeat can say, wait until the
next time.
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Banquet and Good Talks Enjoyed by
Several Hundred Aggies and
Ex-Students.
Some 200 members of the Class of
’25, ex-students of A. and M., to
the number of some six hundred and
several hundred oificers, teachers, and
employees of the A. and M. College,
were the guests of the McLennan
County A. and M. Club, of the Asso
ciation of Former Students, at a de
lightful dinner on the occasion of the
corps’ trip to Waco last Saturday. The
food, prepared under the able direc
tion of Col. Abe Gross, one of Waco’s
leading attorneys, who makes a liv
ing at law but who shines in off hours
as caterer par excellence, was all that
even a hungry cadet could desire. The
aforementioned food was served by
attractive ladies, wives, sweethearts,
and sisters of old Aggies. Luke L.
Ballard, water works equipment ex-
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AGGIES AND EXES
Friends and Enemies Impressed by the
Splendid Appearance of the
Cadet Corps.
On Saturday, November 1, all Ag
gieland moved to Waco. Four special
trains left College Station at sched
uled time, carrying the entire Corps
of Cadets, civilian students, faculty
members, campus residents and a
number of Bryan rooters, to witness
the annual A. and M.-Baylor football
game. The day was designated as A.
and M. day and from the time of ar
rival to the time of their departure,
they proceeded to make the most of
their visit.
The day was a great one, and it was
started with the parade of the A. and
M. followers shortly after their ar
rival. The A. and M. Band, followed
by the entire Cadet Corps made its
annual pilgrimage to the Cotton Pal
ace gridiron as they paraded through
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GREATEST RODEO
Cadets and Young Ladies of Bryan Co
operating in Making the Rodeo a
Feature of 1924 Season.
Through the efforts of the men in
charge, everything is set and all plans
are prac trcaTly Corn pie Lc ful «e~o r fcUg- _
ing next Monday night in the A. H.
Pavilion, of the greatest rodeo ever
given at A. and M. It would seem
that the various committees have
overlooked nothing in their efforts to
provide an evening of real entertain
ment.
There are to be twelve big acts,
each one of them totally unlike any of
the others. The pageant with its
gorgeous floats and pretty costumes
will appeal to all the audience. The
feminine part of the audience should
be delighted with the act which fol
lows the pageant. This act is the
“Dance of the Nations,” given by Mrs.
R. L. Ware’s dancing class. In the
pageant proper the following nations
will be represented:
Cadet Colonel Frank Stubbs as
“Uncle Sam” and Miss Myrtle Astin
as “Miss America” are king and
queen of the rodeo. They will rule
over the Army and the Navy, England,
France, Belgium, China, Switzerland,
Sweden, Mexico, Turkey, Germany,
Japan, Russia, Spain, Holland, Italy,
South America, and Norway. Those
of the audience whose tastes tend to
wards thrills and excitement will be
entirely satisfied by the wild steer
riding, the broncho busting, and the
mounted wrestling, which is distinctly
new here. The wild cow milking alone
is going to provide excitement enough
for one evening.
In the five-gaited saddle horse com
petition, some really beautiful horses
will be seen, some of which are na
tionally famous. The entire program
will last two hours and twenty-five
minutes, with no delays between acts.
Each act is under the direct super
vision of a man whose duty it is to
see that his act goes on immediately
after the preceding one is over.
Tickets went on sale yesterday.
Reservations may be made by calling
the A. H. office, number 36. General