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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1925)
Published Weekly by the Students’ of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOL. XXIII. ♦ ♦ * SAY AGGIE + * ♦ The lack of rainfall this year has made the usually beautiful campus look very brown all winter, but again a few spots of green are showing up in spite of unfavorable conditions. You have probably guessed already—• “keep off" the grass.” While the grass was practically dead this rule was not observed much, but now that it is try ing to come through, give it a chance. With the exhibition season of the year almost on us, we want the campus to look its best. ❖ * * There seems to be a growing ten dency of underclassmen to take for themselves the privileges that do not belong to them. Since the privileges accorded the senior class have been reduced in the last few years, any in- fringments upon their rights are very noticeable, not only to the seniors, but also to those who expect to enjoy them when they become seniors, themselves. The Senior Club was organized for only seniors and fourth-year men and underclassmen should have enough respect for the privileges of others to refrain from the use of the club room. Such matters as these should be gov erned by one’s respect for the rights of his fellow men and his personal standards of conduct rather than by someone on police duty. * * * Have you ever stopped to think of how much interest your Dad and Mother take in your enterprises and surroundings ? If you haven’t you should, and if you will you cannot help but realize the magnitude and intensity of fnis interest. After re alizing this you can surely see the pleasure it would afford that Dad and Mother of yours to pay you a visit at College while engaged in your reg ular routine of college work and not rushed by R.. V. or Commencement. Start talking it over with the folks in your weekly letter for Parent’s Day is not far off. BRYAIST, TEXAS, APRIL 1 ( . 1925. WAR DEPARTMENT RATING OFFICERS INSPECT R.O.T.C. FEW CHANGES IN FOOTBALL RULES HAVE BEEN MADE NUMBER 23 PROGRAM FOR R. V. FESTIVITIES HAS BEEN COMPLETED Thorough Inspection is Made of Every Unit for Rating As Honor School. Coach Bible Explains Revisions of Football Code Made at Recent Meeting of Committee. April 16 s . 17, and 18, Are the Days Three Dances, a Baseball Game, and the R. Y. Drill. Lieutenant Colonol Douglas Potts and Major C. H. Lee, who make up the rating board for the War Depart ment for the Eighth Corps Area, in spected the R. O. T. C. unit of the College Monday and Tuesday. This inspection takes place annually and furnishes the basis on which the va rious military colleges and academies are rated. The first ten units in this rating are classified as Honor Schools and A. and M. has held a place among these ten colleges for fourteen con secutive years. Classes were suspended Monday morning and the corps, in full field equipment, was reviewed at eight that morning. One troop of Cavalry and one battery of field artillery were mounted. After the review, the units of the corps were inspected indivually. The various activities of the regular Thursday morning drill were then carried through. The infantry battalion presented a calisthenic drill, after which the in specting officers went from place to place observing the cadets in the dif ferent phases of their work. Some of the seniors were with their companies directing them in the drill maneuvers and other activities, others worked on the machine guns and still another group went on a tactical walk. The infantry juniors who were not with their respective companies went to the rifle range and fired machine guns. The sophomores drilled with their companies and a small group re ceived instruction in bayonet com bat. The Second and Third Battalions of infantry went through the regular drill schedule on the drill field and two companies out of this group gave an exhibition of pitching tents. The First Battalion took up work in Scouting and Patroling. The artillery furnished one battery to fire a combat problem on the mounted drill field. The juniors of (Continued on Paee 2) Several changes were made in the rules of football by the Football Rules Committee in session at New York March 13 and 14 before the meeting was brought to an abrupt end by the untimely death of Walter Camp, na tionally known authority on football, who was secretary of the committee. 'The changes in the playing code, although numerous, are not drastic, but only tend to smooth up some of j the rough spots of the game and to | clarify existing rules. They follow | along the course that Mr. Camp wish- j ed, for he believed that the game has-l reached its highest stage of develop-1 ment as far as conduct is concerned ' and that the only things necessary 1 were alterations that might tend to make clear the existing rules. The alterations to the present code as given by Coach D. X. Bible, the representative from the Southwest Conference on this important body are as follows: The Football Rules Committee in j annual session at New York city i March 13 and 14 enacted several changes in the playing code before the | meeting was brought to an abrupt close by the announcement of the' death of Walter Camp who was secre tary of the committee. The changes although somewhat numerous, were not drastic. They follow along in fact the course Mr. Camp wished, for he believed the game has now reached its highest develop- j ment in so far as its conduct is con- j cerned and that only guch alterations , as might tend to clarify existing laws : were necessary. 1. The kick-off will be made from | the kicker’s 40-yard line. The use of , tees is still prohibited. Tees were abolished last year and it was be lieved that without these aids the , kickers would be handicapped in getting distance on their kick-offs, so that the place of the kickoff was moved up to mid-field. However, the kickers soon proved that they could (Continued on Page 2) The Ross Volunteer festivities have earned quite justly the reputation of being one of the most delightful col legiate affairs in the South. Every spring for many years now the days set aside for the festival have been looked forward to with anticipation of three glorious dances, the impressive drill of the Ross Volunteer Company, and all the incident events that fly by all too swiftly before they become memories. Small wonder it is, then, that R. V. days are so eagerly await ed. The girls who are at College for the dances lend a touch of beauty, color, and gaiety that is lacking at all other times during the year, and their presence for even three days trans forms the campus into a lovlier place indeed. The Queen’s Ball on Thursday evening will formally begin the fes tivities. At this dance the corona tion of the King and Queen of the celebration will be held. The official uniform for this dance will be num ber one, for the R. V.’s as well as other cadets. The R. V. Hop Friday evening is free to the student body. The Ross Volunteers will wear the white full dress uniform. At the Corps Dance on Saturday night the dress for the R. V.’s will be the white uniform without blouse, and for other cadets the dress uniform with white shirt and no blouse, all of them wearing a sash. Many think that the corps dance is the prettiest dance of all, because of the touch of brilliant colors of the sashes, and their con trast with the snowy white of the uni forms. The Ross Volunteer banquet will be held on Friday afternoon at one- thirty. It will be over in time for the R. V.’s to attend the baseball game at four o’clock between A. and M. and Rice. The Ross Volunteer Company will give their exhibition drill on Sat urday afternoon. The company has been drilling steadily in preparation (Continued on Page 8)