Published Weekly by the Students’ of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXIII.
BRYAN, TEXAS, MAY 6, 1925.
NUMBER 27
♦ SAY AGGIE +
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The question of custom is constant
ly coming before the student body,
and will always be considered in the
problems of the hour. One by one,
many of the old customs have been
cast aside for newer ones, but there
is usually a wide difference of opinion
as to whether the new customs are
better than the old ones. Fish ban
quets happen to be in the limelight
just at present, and naturally nearly
everyone is very anxious to see them
occur, especially some of the first-year
students. It seems that about six
or seven years ago a fish banquet was
a simple affair given in honor of the
upperclassmen. Only in late years
has the fish banquet grown into what
it is at present. Needless to say, the
banquets are looked forward to with
pleasure by all students, and as long
at too much disturbance is not cre
ated, they should not be particularly
objectionable. The interuptions in
work just at the last of school must
be seriously considered as those who
are still “on the line” may get over
the work by a little extra work.
Think it over, do you want fish ban
quets as they were originally, as they
have been the last few years, or not
at all ?
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Another present tendency seems to
be to applaud speakers and musicians
in Guion Hall during chapel services.
Genuine applause is always appreciat
ed, but it is rather out of place to
show appreciation in that manner on
such an occasion. Then, too, some
people might doubt. its genuineness.
Such little things as this are usually
overlooked here, but visitors are us
ually impressed by details as these.
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The renewal of senior week marks
the reinstatement of an old custom
which was discarded because of the
wrong attitude taken by men whom
it benefitted. The granting of this is
an act which is deeply appreciated by
all seniors and it is to be hoped that
this year will not mark the last one.
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Not all of our parents can be here
for Mother and Dad’s Day and we
sincerely regret that they cannot. But
as the hours next -Sunday go by, let
not a one pass without a thought of
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PROGRAM FOR
PARENT’S DAYS
IS COMPLETED
Events of Visiting Days Will Permit
Parents to See Every Side of
The College Life.
The first 2annual Mother and Dad
Day days will be observed at the A.
and M. College next Sunday and Mon
day. Arrangements for the program
of events have already been made, and
it is expected that the parents of
many of the students will be here on
those days. The events of visiting
day have been arranged with the view
of permitting the visitors to see every
side of college life as it goes on from
day to day.
On Sunday morning at 10:30 the
mothers will pin flowers on the breast
of each student before the corps
marches into Guion Hall for the morn
ing service. Parents will attend the
chapel service with their sons, and in
the afternoon mothers and fathers
will attend a reception in the Y. M.
C. A. lobby. At 4 o’clock Sunday af
ternoon there will be a band concert.
In the evening the denominational
groups will have their regular serv
ices. All of Monday will be given
over to visiting of classrooms, and
laboratories, and at 3 o’clock that af
ternoon there will be a short informal
reception for the visiting women
given by the College women of the
Campus Study Club. A dress parade
of the cadet corps will be given in
honor of the visitors at 4:10 Monday
afternoon, and a pep meeting of the
student body to be attended by the
parents of the students will conclude
the events of the day.
The complete program for the two
days as announced by President Biz-
zell is as follows:
Sunday, May 10.
10:30 a. m., distribution of flowers
by mothers at chapel formation.
10:50 a. m., Sunday morning con
vocation.
3:00 p. m., Open house at Y. M. C.
A. for visitors and students and cam
pus people.
4:00 p. m.. Sacred concert by the A.
and M. College Band in Assembly
Hall.
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southwest conference: track
AND FIELD MEET HEBE MAY 8 AND 9
COLLEGE HOTEL
WILL BE OPENED
PARENTS’ DAY
W. A. Duncan Will Be In Charge—
Dining Room and Lunch Room
Will Be Feature.
May 10 will see the first opening of
A. and M.’s new hotel, the Aggieland
Inn. The hotel will be pressed into
service before it is actually complet
ed in order to accommodate the crowd
that is expected to throng the cam
pus as guests of the College on
Mothers and Dads day.
The hotel, when fully completed,
will rival any hotel in the state in
point of service. It will be operated
directly by the College through W. A.
Duncan, supervisor of subsistence,
who has already employed a matron
to take over the actual details of the
administration of the building. Under
the direction of this matron a cap
able staff, including a chef, will be
maintained.
There will be a main dining room
which will serve meals during the
regular hours and in addition a cof
fee room will be open constantly and
will serve lunches and drinks at short
notice. The food for both these
branches of service will be prepared
in the hotel kitchens under the direc
tion of the chef and his assistants.
One feature of the administration of
the hotel that will be especially pleas
ing to the cadets is that the service
offered by both the dining room and
lunch counter will be open to every
one on the same basis.
The furniture of the hotel wil be of
walnut throughout and will be mod
ern in every respect. Each room will
contain ample equipment, including a
bed, chairs, rugs, * writing desk and
grip rack. The desk and the dressers
will be topped with heavy bevel-edged
glass. The floors are of hardwood
throughout with the exception of the
bath rooms, lobby, and the dining and
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125 Track and Field Stars Expected
Here for Premier Track Event
of the Season.
On Friday and Saturday, Aggieland
will be host to the Tenth Annual
Southwest Conference Track and Field
Meet that will be held under the su
pervision of the Department of Phys
ical Education. The leading athletes
of the conference will be present on
those days to compete in what prom
ises to be the greatest event of its
kind that has ever been held since the
athletic confederation of the South
west was formed several years ago.
The privilege of holding this an
nual affair comes to each school that
is a member of the conference once
every eighth year. This year is the
Aggies’ year, the meet having been
held in Austin last spring by the Uni
versity of Texas.
Entries have already been received
from practically all the schools in the
conference and this number has ex
ceeded the one hundred mark insuring
a total that will very probably exceed
one hundred and twenty-five of the
best athletes in the Southwest in
track and field events. Both the Uni
versity and A. and M. have entered
teams of twenty-five men each and
the other schools have teams that are
small in number but include some of
the best in the conference.
Activities will begin Friday morn
ing when all the coaches and mana
gers of the teams will meet in the me
morial gymnasium at 10:00 a. m. That
afternoon at 3:30 the preliminaries in
the 100 and 220 yard dashes and both
the high and low hurdles will be run
off. The finals in all events will take
place Saturday afternoon, beginning
at 3:00 p. m. The affair will formally
terminate Saturday night after the
banquet that will be given at the Mess
Hall annex at 6:00 p. m. in honor of
all participating athletes, coaches and
managers. All trophies and medals
will be awarded the winners in the
different events at this time.
The referee and starter of the meet
will be Guinn Henry of the University
of Missouri. The various judges,
timers, and inspectors have been se
lected from those connected with the