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VOL. XXIII.
Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
BRYAN, TEXAS, JANUARY 14, 1925.
NUMBER 14
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The time is here when the members
of the Senior class are wondering
what they will be doing a year from
now. There is an intense interest
shown in any kind of a position open
to college graduates and a few are
wondering why they ever took the
course that they are now about to
complete. A few men know definite
ly what they will do, but the majority
is still undecided. This indecision is
very puzzling to some people who
seem to think that a future should be
planned in high school and followed
out during life. Other people have ex
pressed sympathy for anyone who
tries such a plan, because he will usu
ally either fail or change his plans.
This is one of the best arguments
of a more general course in the first
few years of college, because such a
course gives the student a better
chance to really see what he wants.
Perhaps the intelligence tests will be
developed so as to determine the
course which a student should take.
Rain, mud, and cold—excellent sub
jects to gripe about, and the time of
the year was never better for grip
ing than the present. . As one cadet
expressed it, there are so many things
to gripe about, there is not much use
griping at all. In fact, we wonder if
we are not just in the habit of com
plaining and cannot stop. There al
ways is, and always will be something
displeasing in life and because it oc
cupies our attention a large part of
the time, we are inclined to be con
tinually talking about our troubles.
But the harm comes from just talk
ing about it instead of really trying
tc improve the situation. A “polly-
arma” spirit is not especially desir
able, because to improve thything, we
must first be dissatisfied with it. The
so-called constructive criticism is what
we want.
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Among the essentials to a well
rounded college life is the habit of
visiting the library. The library is
not a place of oramentation—if such
were the case ours would be a com
plete failure. A college man is ex-
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NORTON PLAYERS
WILL PRESENT
COMEDY HERE
Three Act Play, Putting It Over,
To Be Given in Assembly Hall
January 14.
On this Wednesday evening in the
Assembly Hall, cadets and campus
people will have the opportunity of
seeing a sparkling three-act comedy,
“Putting It Over,” which is to be pre
sented by the famous Norton’s Com
edians. This play is the latest and
best comedy of the company of actors,
which includes fifteen real comedians
and carries its own complete orches
tra. The play which will be given
here is now on its twenty-second
straight weeks in Los Angeles. Both
campus and students will be really
amused and highly entertained by the
play, which is characterized by de
lightfully humorous situations entire
ly inoffensive.
Through the courtesy of the Y. M.
C. A. the regular picture night has
been given over to the play for the
benefit of the 1925 Longhorn. Ad
vance reports have it that the Norton
Comedians are the best that have
ever been to the college. Their per
formance here is something to look
forward to with plesent anticipa-'
tions of an evening of unusual en
tertainment. Those who miss the
play will miss one of the outstanding
events of the year. Campus people
are reminded that the play with its
clean humor will appeal to them also,
and last two hours. Those who miss
it will regret not having seen a play
A corps meeting was held Tuesday
afternoon at which Colonel Frank
Stubbs and Assistant yell leader, E.
O. Buck, explained the plan of the
Longhorn staff in giving the show.
“As has always been the case, the
Longhorns staff has striven to put
out the best annual ever published.
And, as is seldom the case, they have
contracted for such a combination of
quantity and quality that additional
funds will be required,” so states Mr.
Buck, the staff representative.
The performance will start at 7:30
AGGIES WILL PAY
GREAT HOMAGE
TO OLD “T” MEN
Former Letter Men to be Guests of
Honor at Dedication Day
Ceremonies.
In co-operation with the Athletic
Department and the “T” Club, the
A. and M. College student body will
give a dance in honor of all inactive
“T” men of the college on the evening
of February 14, 1925, in the magnifi-
cient new gymnasium that graces the
north end of Kyle field.
The day has been designated as
homecoming day for all inactive Ag
gie “T” men. On that day the pres
ent Aggies will in every way possible
try to show all the old men that Ag-
gieland is still the same old place in
a new environment. The day will be
theirs, and plans are being made to
make the day one that will be long
remembered. One of the outstanding
events in the program will be a meet
ing of the “T” club in the afternoon,
at which the new club rooms for “T”
men will be officially opened. The
meeting is proposed to last until all
present have had an opportunity to
“air” their views on important ques
tions of the present and past. Sever
al ex-Aggies who did not letter in
Athletics, but gave four years of their
effort toward making Aggie teams
better, will be here to represent the
often forgotten, but necessary part
of all successful athletic teams.
The outstanding event in the day’s
program will be the dedication ex
ercises in the new Aggie gymnasium
in the early evening, which will be
followed by a basket ball game with
Texas University and an elaborate
dance. The gymnasium will be ap
propriately decorated and every effort
is being lent so as to make the af
fair a fitting one for the occasion it
symbolizes. The splendid Aggie band
will furnish music for the affair, and
the combined artists of our dance
orchestras, the Aggieland and Aggie
Collegians, will furnish music for the
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COIMITTE ON
STUDENT WELFARE
NOW FUNCTIONING
Each Class is Represented on Board
to Serve as Medium Between
Faculty and Students.
The origination of the Student Wel
fare Board was completed immediate
ly preceding the holidays; so Dr. Biz-
zell lost no time in calling a meeting
of the board upon the return of the
members to school. All of the stu
dent and faculty representatives res
ponded to Proxy’s call on January
the ninth, each class, with the ex
ception of the Freshman, being repre
sented. The men gathered in the
council room were Dr. Bizzell, chair
man of the board, Dean Puryear, Col
onel Todd, D. X. Bible, Dick Quayle,
and Bob Colglazier, senior represen
tatives; R. A. Roberts, junior repre
sentative, and H. H. Blair, sophomore
representative.
Everyone listened with interest to
a round-table discussion of the pur
pose of the Student Welfare Board
and what it should accomplish. The
general concensus of opinion was that
any question pertaining to the welfare
of the student body was to be dis
cussed and if possible, investigated.
Many of the members expressed the
opinion that the board should breach
the gulf between the faculty and the
student body, thus making it possible
for the two to work together in closer
sympathy.
The council decided not to bring up
any personal wrongs or grievances,
but to limit their work to those things
that affect a large group of students.
It would be impossible to accomplish
anything if time were wasted in set
tling some student’s affairs that the
individual concerned could settle him
self very easily by talking with the
commandant.
Before the student members can
function properly, it will be necessary
for them to become acquainted with
the conditions that cause dissatisfac
tion in the corps. The only way to
do this is for the dissatisfied ones to
SEE THE SHOW—HELP YOUR ANNUAL