Published Weekly by the Students’ of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIII.
BRYAJST, TEXAS, MARCH
18, 1925.
NUMBER 21
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♦ SAY AGGIE *
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The time of the year has come
when a little compelled work is al
most vmbearable. Sometimes it’s
called spring fever; at any oth^f
time of year it’s laziness. But the
effects are very easy to see. Wha^
has been merely a grumble becomes a
pronounced gripe. Everything gets
its share, especially the mess hall.
In fact, it has almost become a cus
tom of the school to gripe at the food
served in the mess hall. A large part
of the time this complaint is well
founded, and although improvements
have been repeatedly made, the qual
ity and quantity usually drop back to
its original state. On the other hand,
the way in which the food is eaten is
as bad or worse than the food itself.
A great improvement has been made
along this line this year, but still
about the only rule observed is the
survival of the fittest. Perhaps a little
more attention to the way we eat
would make the meal more satisfying.
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“How come big boy” that your
thoughts are only of today and yoa
leave tomorrow’s problem for tomor
row ? You usurp the privileges of
the class above you, never thinking
that by natural succession you will
be a member of that class soon. Then
it will be your problem to educate
the underclassmen to take only those
things that they are entitled to.
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Strange as it may seem, the no
called Senior Section was supposed c ]
be occupied only by fourth year me:
and letter men and not by all th
“important” men in the student body
It has been that way as long as the
present Senior Class can remember
only formerly, the underclassmer
seemed to understand that seniorit
was taken into consideration even at
baseball games. Be fair to yourself
for you will get everything in the
course of time.
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How many Seniors have started
talking for a Senior Week that w
would all appreciate ? Don’t leave
it to the other fellow; suggest to
your own professors that it takes a
few days to wind up the affairs oi
four years in proper shape. Get to
work and let us see if we can not
be assured of the week before the
last day of school.
IMPERSONATOR
WIDELY KNOWN
TO APPEAR HERE
W. Powell Hale Will Give Versatile
Program in Assembly Hall
Saturday.
Rev. Matthews, of the Y. M. C. A.,
has announced that he has secured the
services of W. Powell Hale, imperson
ator, of Jefferson City, Tennessee,
who will appear at the Assembly Hall
to give his progrhm next Saturday
night. This entertainer was a school
mate of D. X. Bible, and it is at the
latter’s request that Rev. Matthews
is bringing Mr. Hale here.
The lecture supplementing the reg
ular Saturday night program at the
Assembly Hall last week proved so
popular that it has been decided to
make an effort to make a feature of
this sort, a permanent one. In se
curing Mr. Hale to appear here, the
Y. M. C. A. is presenting an artist who
is fully capable of entertaining an
audience of the most critical sort, and
it is really an injustice to Mr. Hale
to ask him to appear before Aggie-
land as anything but a solo performer.
Mr. Hale appeared at Tulsa Univer
sity recently for an entertainment
similar to the one he will give here,
and within two weeks he was asked
back for a second engagement before
practically the same audience, which
is rather a unique thing for an im
personator to be able to boast of in
these days of such numerous and va
ried entertainments. The advance
motives concerning Mr. Hale state in
part, “In matchless mimicry the work
of Mr. W. Powell Hale stands out as
representative of the highest form of
artistry in this particular line of en
tertainment.”
Mr. Hale has a reputation that
places him among the first. There
are few men on the platform who have
at hand a greater variety to choose
from; he has appeared on a number of
college programs in which he appear
ed from seven to ten successive
times, giving in each case a full pro
gram without a single repetition. It
is said that in each portrayal his act
ing and his changes of voice and ex
pression are so remarkable that the
audience forgets that there is such a
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AGGIES SUCCESS
MARKS CLOSE OF
FAT STOCK SHOW
Band, Stock Judging Teams and Col
lege Herds Bring Many Honors
to College
With the close of the Southwestern
Exposition and Fat Stock Show, comes
the news that A. and M. College won
considerable praise and honor there;
that the various judging teams rep
resenting the college were victorious
in the week’s competition; that the
band won a warm place in the hearts
of the many people w T ho thronged the
Coliseum; and that the animals owned
by the institution were triumphant,
carrying honors and prizes.
The judging- teams did exception
ally well, the livestock team winning
first place and a number of individual
prizes. The dairy team carried away
its share of prizes and honors for the
college by wining their contest.
The A. and M. band was a center
of attraction. It played throughout
the week. On last Friday night,
which marked the end of the week's
playing for the band, the members of
that organization were honor guests
at a dance at the Meadowmere
Country Club. A rather novel and
unusual engagement was the band's
appearance on the theatre stage as an
added attraction at a vaudeville show.
The band drew crowded houses at all
performances and derived much pleas
ure from the new experience.
Victor’s Prince, an A. and M. steer,
was proclaimed grand champion of all
breeds in the Southwestern Exposi
tion. The animal was led in the
grand march down the main street of
the city and was placed on exhibition
in the lobby of the Texas Hotel ii^ an
improvised enclosure. There he re
mained all day Friday, bearing on his
horn the purple ribbon of grand
champion. A conspicuous sign stated
that he was bred and exhibited by the
A. and M. College.
The College won a large number of
prizes. In addition to winning the
grand championship of all breeds of
steers, the college carried twelve first
prizes in the fourteen classes entered
with its steers; eight first places out
of fourteen classes entered with its
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INAUGURATION OF
ANNUAL PARENTS’
DAY ON MAY 3-4
Parents of Students Will Have An Op
portunity to Visit Sons and
Inspect College.
A. and M. College will observe on
May 3 and 4, its first annual Parents’
Day. It has been customary to hon
or Mother’s Day at the College for
many years, but a time when the par
ents of the students could come to
College for a friendly gathering has
been lacking May 3 and 4 will be set
aside as the time for instituting an
nual Parents’ Day, which will here
after be observed as one of the big
days in the College year.
The Dallas A. and M. Mothers’
Club has had much to do with insti
tuting the event. In February Mts.
H. L. Peoples, first president of the
club, and Mrs. Kirk Hall, an hon
orary member since the beginning of
the club, were at the College to talk
over plans for the Parents’ Day
with Dr. Bizzell, who was enthusias
tic over the idea. May 3 and 4 were
chosen shortly afterward as the most
favorable days for the event. Com
mittees to work out details will be
appointed shortly.
Instituting a Parents’ Day at the
College has been a goal toward which
the A. and M. Mothers’ Club has
striven since its organization, March
3, 1922. Plans for the further co-op
eration of the Dallas Club with Pres
ident Bizzell and the committees for
the institution of the fete will soon
be announced. The occasion of this
day should be one of the most en
joyable of the whole year. Com
mencement, which is a favorite vis
iting time at the College, is a busy
time when faculty, student body, and
visitors have their hours overcrowd
ed w-ith services, ceremonies, pro
grams, and entertainments incident to
graduation. Parents’ Day will be the
time of the year for a friendly gather
ing of parents to visit their sons and
to become better acquainted with the
faculty and the College.
Student:—“I want the life of
Caesar.”
Librarian:—“I’m sorry, but Brutus
has beaten you to it.”—Ex.