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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1925)
STUDY NOW AND AVOID THAT “D” EXAM. Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOL. XXIII. BRYAN, TEXAS, JANUARY 6, 1925. -«!* -•$» -*!♦ ❖ « SAY AGGIE * •f. ❖ After two weeks of pleasure, we are again back in Aggieland and are faced with the problem of having to go back to work. Naturally, every body won’t realize this for a week or so, but eventually most of us will drop slowly back to earth and wonder how we ever got so far behind. A favorite holiday motto was to enjoy every thing as much as possible and recup erate after returning to school. That is probably all right, as a college is usually regarded as a place of leisure, but the trouble is that nearly every one is in a state of convalesence most of the time. An important criticism of most modern colleges is that they make the student lazy. This is noticeable in any school, but it is not the duty of the college to make its members work; it is up to the indi vidual student, he has his own life to live and is usually compelled to work hard after finishing school, and nearly everyone would be much bet ter prepared if he accomplished all that he could in college. It is getting near the end of the term now and a large number of cadets are failing in subjects now that could be passed by a little work before the end of the term. How about it, gang, at least get the most out of that course by determining to pass it before it is too late. * * * The new gym has been finished and duly initiated. It is a structure that we can be justly proud of. However, there seemed to be a tendency on the part of the student body on last Fri day and Saturday nights, to forget that they were not in the old building in which all of the games were played last season. Evidently all of them forgot to bring their cuspidors with them and as a result, the stain of to bacco juice remains on the floor in the stands. This was a very thought less act as nothing will mar the ap pearance of the building as quickly as a floor stained with tobacco juice. It is to be hoped that it will not be nec essary to call attention to this prac tice again. If you have to chew, swallow the juice; don’t deposit it on the floor. * ❖ * Perhaps the most attention should (Continued on Page 8) COMMITTEES FOR R.V. FESTIVITIES AT EASTER CHOSEN Military Organization of Company Completed With Election of Non- Commissioned Officers. The Ross Volunteers recently elect ed a chairman for each of the com mittees which will be in charge of some feature of the preparations for the celebrated R. V. festivities at Easter. These chairmen were select ed at a meeting - of the entire company which was held on Wednesday night, December 17, before the Christmas holidays. Each chairman will choose several men to help in the planning of the elaborate dances and other af fairs during the festivities. The men chosen to have charge of the events are such that the annual Ross Volun teer dances, renowned for their color and military splendor, give promise of surpassing this year the dances of preceding years. Chairmen of committees are: Arrangement Committee, H. D. Duckett. Banquet Committee, S. A. Noble. Decoration Committee, D. H. Cox. Finance Committee, C. L. Edwards. Floor Committee, L. G. Parke. Music Committee, P. C. Lipscomb. It is customary for the company to elect a 1st sergeant and also two line sergeants from among the juniors in the company. J. F. Broad was select ed for 1st sergeant and W. F. Mun- nerlyn and R. H. Berry were elected line sergeants. The organization of officers of the company is therefore now complete. The chairmen of the committees have not had time to pick their helpers and start plans for the dances, but now that the holidays are over, they will soon begin to work earnestly to make the Ross Volunteer Festivities this spring long-remembered after the dances themselves have become history. Along with the dances and other festivities will be held the exhibition drill of the compay. This should be superior to those of previous years due to the fact that much training was obtained in preparation for the exhibition drill held at the Dallas State Fair last fall. INTRAMURAL FOOT BALL SEASON TO START THIS WEEK Revival of All-Company Game to Add Further Interest to This Branch of Sport. On Saturday afternoon the annual Inter-Battalion Football League will open its season with two games scheduled on that day. From all in dications, the series this year promises to be the g-reatest in the history of this league, judging from the numb er w - ho have answered the call and who have been issued uniforms, together with the large amount of interest that has been aroused in the student body. The football managers from the different teams, together with Coach House, have worked out the details by which the games will be played with the least amount of delay and will enable both teams to show to the best advantage. All games will be gin promptly at the scheduled time. Failure of teams to show up at this time will draw a penality of a for feited game. The first games on the scheduled days will start at 1:30 and those that follow the first gamds will begin at 3:30. The substitution rule has been waiv ed in all of the games and this will enable the coaches to substitute a man as many times as he sees fit. In case of a protested game, it will be referred to the varsity coaches for decision. All of these revisions will tend to make the league faster and considerably more interesting from the spectators point of view. There is some talk of revising the famous all-company game that was discarded year before last. The all company selections will be picked as they were last year. All of this will give some idea of how the league will work this year and that it will be better than ever. » Varsity men in the making. That is what the league is conducted for each year. From its ranks each year there comes some material for the next season’s team. Squad men, men who did not letter during the regular sea son gain more knowledge and expe rience during their participation in the interbattalion games. NUMBER 13 1925 ANNUAL PROMISES TO BE Longhorn This Year May Over- Shadow All Previous Pub lications. Now that most of you have had your beauty struck and paid out those hard-earned pennies for the Longhorn you are beginning to wonder just what it will be and whether or not it will be a good representation of Old Aggieland and yourselves. It is the ambition of every staff to have the best book that has ever been publish ed for the school, and so it is our ambition to make this book the very best that money and our talents can acquire. Most of the material has been gotten together and the book is slowly being shaped. Our aim is to make it one of the leading annuals in the college classes for 1925. The book will be composed of sev en sections. The first section will contain campus views, administration, and and illustrated history of A. and M. from the very first. The second section will have the classes. The third will be the military section which we have tried to feature all the way through. The fourth, the activities section. This one has many parts and covers nearly all of the activities of the year. We have added a photogravuer division showing by pictures the representative happen ings and hangouts of the campus. It is being developed into one of the feature sections. The organizations book will have all of our numerous clubs and societies. It has been com pletely changed and we think a large improvement for the Longhorn. Next we have the one that we are all very interested in and the one we all take great pride in showing. This is the athletic book. This section will be very complete and cover every phase of athletics at A. and M. It will have a collection of the very best action pictures that have been taken of our teams and individuals. The last but real life of the book is our college life. Gentlemen, if you know E. O. Buck and Pat Lipscomb combined with Barney Dodd and Percy Zimmerman, the tale is told. We feel that this section will not be surpassed by any