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Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIII. BRYAN, TEXAS, DECEMBER 17, 1924. NUMBER 12
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Only Three More Days! and then
—the long-dreamed-of time will be
here. Two thousand homes wil be
brightened by a bit of Aggie spirit
and the parents of about seven hun
dred boys will be anxiously looking
their sons over to see how well they
have survived the hardships of mil
itary and college life. A great many
people firmly believe that going to
college practically ruins a boy’s life.
To test this statement, ask yourself
whether you are better or worse for
your time spent at A. and M. and
your associations here. But don’t
stop there. If you come to the con
clusion that you would have been bet
ter off if you had stayed at home,
try to analyze the situation and find
out whether the fault is with the col
lege or yourself. If you think the
college is at fault in any way, it is
your duty to remedy it as much as
possible. If you take the other side
you should do your best to convince
all people opposed to college that the
school is a helpful rather than a harm
ful influence.
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It must have been a heart break
ing jolt to learn that there wasn’t
any Santa Claus, but from observa
tion it looks like it is a purse break
ing jolt to keep Santa Claus in bus
iness and going strong. Most peo
ple make their gift list of people
whom they believe will return the fa
vor. Often this goes beyond the
bounds of friendship and many such
gifts are nothing but disguised bribes.
If everyone would realize that his
imputation would be just as unstained
if he limited his Christmas gifts to
his pocketbook, much of the Christ
mas worry would be eliminated. That
is easy to say and hard to practice,
but a little serious thought on the
subject would help a great deal.
BRYAN ROTARY CLUB HONORS
SQUAD WITH LUNCHEON
Entire Squad and Coaching Staff
Envited to Weekly Luncheon
Wednesday.
Wednesday noon, the Bryan Rotary
club invited the football squad and
coaches to their regular luncheon and
meeting.
After a bountiful meal, Coach D. X.
Bible made a characteristic talk which
was followed by a few brief and con
cise statement from Faye “Mule” Wil
son, Captain-elect for 1925.
This is just one of the many ways
in which the citizens of Bryan have
in showing that they are behind Ag-
gieland, win or lose, and their spirit
of co-operation is greatly appreciated.
Guess Again.
Sweet Young Thing (driving
through shrub)—“Would you like to
see where I was vaccinated?”
He (with enthusiasm)—“Sure.’
S. Y. T. (pointing toward house
which they had just passed)—“Well,
right in there.”—Lyre.
Do your Christmas Shopping with
our Advertisers.
A. AND M. CLUBS
TO CELEBRATE
WITH DANCES
Christmas Hoildays Over Entire State
to be Scenes of Aggie En
tertainment.
The following named clubs are going
to have either a banquet or a dance
on the date designated and invite all
A. & M. men in the vicinity to be
there. All past, present and pros
pective Aggies are especially invited
to come. Several clubs have made
special preparations for large num
bers of ex-students and their friends.
All ex-students who wish bids for the
dances are requested to communicate
with the club officers soon after their
arrival home for the holidays. Ex
cellent music is assured on all oc
casions, for the Aggiland and the Ag
gie Collegions will play practically all
the dances. The Aggieland will play
North Texas and the Aggie Colleg
ions in South Texas.
Crockett Club, December 26.
Southwest Texas, December 26.
Beaumont, December 30.
Greenville, December 31, Elk Club.
DeWitt County, December 23.
Texarkana, December 30.
Dallas, December 22
San Antonio, December 22.
Galveston, December 29.
Kaufman, December 30.
Grayson County, at Denison, De
cember 23.
Gonzales, December 25 and 26.
Rio Grande Velley, December 29.
Fort Worth, December 23.
Northeast Texas at Tyler, Decem
ber 24.
Waco Club, December 22.
Houston Club, December 26.
Johnson County Club at Cleburne,
December 22.
Falls County Club at Marlin, Decem
ber 27.
Palo Pinto County Club, Mineral
Wells, December 23.
Burnett Llano County Club, at
Llano, December 29.
Capitol City Club, Elks Hall, De
cember 23, Austin.
1925 PICTORIAL CALENDARS ARE
DISTINCTIVE AND ELABORATE
The new calenders for 1925 arrived
yesterday. They are neat and very
attractive. The cover is of genuine
leather witha beautiful and artistic
cover design and a new, distinctive
seal. The calendars contain twelve
pages of campus scenes, pictures of
athletic teams, and views of games.
The paper is of the rough, pebbled
variety, such as was used in the last
year’s Longhorn. The military and
campus views are very impressive. All
the pictures are very clear, and they
represent characteristic scenes about
the campus.
The calendars this year are un
doubtedly the prettiest ever seen here,
and they make an appropriate Christ
mas gift. Extra copies of the calen
dar may be purchased from H. R.
Johnson, at No. 4 Mitchell.
RHODES SCHOLAR
SELECTED HERE
BY COMMITTEE
Texas University Man Chosen to go to
Oxford Next October to
Begin Studies.
The Texas committee on selection
for the Rhodes scholarship, met here
last Saturday for the purpose of in
terviewing the fourteen men who were
invited to appear before the commit
tee. The committee was in session
from early in the morning until late
in the afternoon, meeting the appli
cants. Dr. W. B. Bizzell is chairman
of the Texas committee, and the other
members are: Prof. H. Trantham,
Baylor University, secretary; Prof.
C. F. Zeek, Southern Methodist Uni
versity; C. S. Gentry, attorney, Hous
ton; E. P. Woodruff, attorney, Brown-
wood.
After each of the fourteen men had
been interviewed, six of them were
again called before the committee Sat
urday night, and from these six W.
Terrell Sledge of the University of
Texas was selected as the Rhodes
scholar from Texas for 1925.
He will go into residence at Ox
ford next October. Many different col
leges were represented by the men
who appeared before the committee.
Texas University had three candi
dates, Baylor one, Yale University
one, Southwestern University had two
candidates as did S. M. U. Two of
the men were from Rice, one from
University of the South (Sewanee),
and one was from Virginia Military
Institute. A. and M. men who appear
ed before the committee are W. R.
Frederick, Jr., J. A. Mowlan, and Ed
ward H. Capers.
All the applicants were guests of
the college while here. Most of them
spent their leisure moments looking
the college over and visiting friends
who are students here.
C. B. MAUFRIAS CHOSEN FOR
PRESIDENT OF FISH CLASS
The Freshman class met in the Y
Chapel after dinner on Monday, De
cember 8, for the purpose of electing
officers for the year. The election
was full of enthusiasm and friendly
rivalry.
Officers chosen were: C. B. Mau-
frias of Austin, president; W. H. Car
penter of Sudan, vice-president; H. S.
Woodland of Cordele, secretary-treas
urer; and A .H. Peoples of Dallas,
historian. The student welfare com
mittee representative of the class is
O. J. Hunt of Teague.
A Modern Dairy.
Assistant: “Here are a couple of
divorces in the most exclusive circles.
How shall I head the story?”
Editor: “Say ‘Cream of Society
Goes Through Separator.’ ”
Riff: “How did you puncture that
tire ?”
Raff: “Couldn’t you see it?”
Raff: “Naw, the little runt had it
under his coat.”
FARMER BANKER
CONFERENCE IS
GREAT SUCCESS
Two Full Days Utilized to Mutual
Benefit to Both Parties In
Attendance.
The Farmer-Banker Conference
met at A. and M. College on Monday
and Tuesday, December 15-16, with
over a hundred delegates from all
parts of Texas present. The con
vention was staged under the aus
pices of the Texas State Bankers
Association and the college was host
to the members of the conference,
placing at the disposal of the bank
ers and farmers its entire plant, con
sisting of buildings, equipment, and
lecture force.
At seven forty-five on Monday
morning, registeration took place in
the Y. M. C. A. building. At eight
o’clock, R. L. Thornton, president of
the Bankers. Association, formally
opened the conference by calling on
President Bizzell for the introductory
remarks. The subject for discussion
until ten o’clock was “Means of In
creasing Farm Products.” From ten
until eleven thirty, “Ranch Econo
mice” was the subject.
The conference met again at one
thirty for the purpose of inspecting
the College. The exhibit of live
stock at the Animal Husbandry Pavil
ion was the main feature, although
the Dairy Barn and the Creamery,
the M. E. Shops and the Textile Mill
also aroused much interest. The in
spection continued until four o’clock,
when a number of lectures were de
livered at the Assemply Hall.
Monday evening at the Mess Hall,
President Bizzell was in charge of the
lectures and discussion on “Farm Fi
nancing and the Banker.”
Tuesday morning the delegates met
in “Round Table Discussion” in which
everyone joined in giving and asking
advice. Later, the conference was
called to order in the Assembly Hall
for its final meeting.
The delegates seemed to be uni
versal in their opinion that the con
ference had been a success. All were
profuse in their praise of the col
lege’s entertainment and many pro
fessed themselves to be surprised
with the magnitude of the service the
college is giving. The primary pur
pose of the conference was to estab
lish a better understanding between
the farmers and bankers, and in ad
dition to accomplishing this, the dele
gates seemed pleased at the oppor
tunity of gaining an inner view of
the college.
Credit to the success of the con
ference is due to R. L. Thornton, F.
C. Pondrom, and Wm. A. Philpott,
respectively, president, treasurer, and
secretary of the Bankers Associa
tion; to the Agricultural Committee,
O. L. Slaton, chairman; to the
Committee on Program, Dean E. J.
Kyle, chairman; to the Publicity Com
mittee, Frank O. Martin, chairman,
and to the Committee on Entertain
ment, Colonel Ike Ashburn, chair
man.