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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1926)
“SEWANEE’S RIGHT”— HELP THE AGGIES REPEAT! Ns Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOL. XXV. BRYAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 6, 1926. NUMBER 3 ♦J* ♦♦♦ ■*$» ♦v* ♦♦♦ ^ ^ ^ ^ ■*$* SAY AGGIE * * ❖ ❖ ♦♦♦ *t* ♦** '■** *** ■*•♦•* *■** ♦♦♦ ❖ > «* While the cadets here are wonder ing whether or not the railroad com “D” COMPANY WINS BATTALION EXTRA SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST Infantry Company Sets New High Mark in Percentage and Total Subscriptions. pany will give us a rate of $3.50 to Dallas, the students of Tulane Univer sity are jubilant over the fact that they have obtained a special rate of $18.30 to Atlanta for the game with Georgia Tech. When Tulane meets New York University on October 16th special ritte^s of $56.73 will bo In ef fect, with Pullman accommodations $29.26 extra. Those students who de sire a drawing room may obtain one at $105.00. There is also a combina tion rate of $74.13 offered to those students who desire to go to both the Georgia Tech and New York games, taking off the entire week with stop over privileges in Washington, Balti more or Philadelphia. As one cadet expresses it, if he were in New Orleans, he would have to choose between going to Tulane or making the football trips. $3.50 is a The BATTALION Extra subscrip tion contest came to an end Saturday noon after one of the closest races in the history of the publication. To “D” Company Infantry goes the honor of publishing the special edition of the “Bat” by virtue of its percentage 1 of 135.8, the highest percentage eyer TTbtalhed in the contest. “B” Battery, three times winner of the contest in the past three years, made a valiant effort to retain its laurels, but its percentage of 115, while it tied the previous high mark, was not enough to overcome the flying Infantrymen’s A. & M. CADETS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RHODES SCHOLARSHIP Any Junior or Senior who is inter ested in applying for the Rhodes scholarship will please come see me in the Library any afternoon. As is well lot of money, but if the supporters ] cnownj scholarship gives three of the Green Wave can afford to spend j • ^ j tt • -j. 4.1. 4.- 01 me vxieei* « . „ I years in Oxford University, the sti- $56.73, $18.03, $150.00 and similar j sums to see their team in action, then surely each one of us can follow the Aggies to Dallas. * * * The Senior class is greatly in need of co-operation from the rest of the men in the obedience of college regu lations. When anyone goes non-reg over the campus, he not only breaks rules himself but deliberately causes the Senior officers—friends of his that he passes—to be criticised by the col lege authorities. Just the other day in the assembly hall three Seniors stood quietly by while several under classmen smoked—a direct violation of rules. These same three Seniors were assessed fifty percent of their limit of demerits. Be fair, boys, to your Senior classmates as well as to yourselves. They hate to turn any one in for violation of regulations. You are their friends! Yet, merely from the standpoint of self-preserva tion, would anyone of you sacrifice fifty percent of your demerits to save a much smaller percentage for some one else? If you must break rules, wait until your Senior officers are out of sight. Otherwise don’t gripe when they turn you in. Just be fair! (Continued on Page 5) pend being four hundred pounds a year, o rabout two thousand dollars. Any course of study offered by the University may be followed by a Rhodes scholar. As the various terms cover only six months of the year, plenty of time and money is left for travel on the Continent and all over the British Isles. No examination is required for appoitnment. THOMAS F. MAYO, Librarian. TORN FORCED TO WITHDRAW FROM SCHOOL Due to the illness of his father, it has been necessary for Cadet Major E. R. Torn, commander of the Cav alry squadron, to withdraw from school and return to his home at Taylor, where he will take charge of his father’s business. Torn was a member of the R. V.’s and last year won the best drilled medal in his troop. He was universally liked over the campus. The class of ’27 as well as members of other classes of the College regret very much to see Torn withdraw from school, and hope for the speedy recovery of his father. Torn hopes to reenter school next fall and graduate with the Class of ’28. lead. The Signal Corps threat, “B” Company, was an equally close third and its percentage of 110 would have been enough to win many of the pre vious contests. The other companies were far in the wake of these three leaders. “D” Oompanv. one of .the larg’es* companies on the campus, also com piled another high mark by selling a total of 141 subscriptions; a record that THE BATTALION predicts will stand for many years to come. S. I. Stratton, Jr., is captain of (Continued on Page 3)' SENIORS ELECT COMMITTEES L. W. Webb, major of the First Battalion, was elected by the Senior class Sunday afternoon to serve as chairman of the Election Committeee. E. A. Vance, major of the Artillery, and L. E. Taylor, Air Service captain, will also serve on the committee. O. F. Haslbauer, captain of Battery “B” and Webb Townsend, captain of “I” Company, were chosen to represent the class on the Student Welfare Com mitteee. The question of the Dallas corps trip was discussed and acted favor ably upon by the cadet officers. R. V.’S SELECT YEAR’S OFFICERS Following the Senior meeeting last Sunday the Ross Volunteers held a short meeting for the purpose of se lecting the officers for the present session. Webb Townsend, of Del Rio, was selected as Captain with Allen Menger of San Antonio as first lieu tenant. Second lieutenants are as follows: Dudley Baker, Crowley; and R. A. Baker, Amarillo. L. H. Durst of Crockett was chosen as secretary. New members will be selected in about two weeks. “Shay ossifer, gimme a mirror.” “What do you want with a mirror?” “I wanna shee who I am.”—Ex. SEMI-CENTENNIAL PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED Speakers From Leading Institutions Will Appear On Three Day Program. Preliminary programs have been mailed to more than one hundred rep resentatives of the leading educational institutions of the United States and a number of foreign colleges who will be pr'esept at the Semi-Centennial celebration of the A. and M. College of Texas on October 15, 16, and 17, and the inauguration of Thomas Otto Walton, LL. D., as president of the College. Outstanding men in the ed ucational, engineering, agricultural and scientific fields are included on the speaking program. On Friday morning, October 15 1 , the delegates will register at the Y. M. C. A. building, and will later hear addresses in Guion Hall by Dean Eugene Davenport of the University of Illinois, and Dean Charles E. Fri- ley of the A. and M. College. At noon luncheon for delegates and faculty members will be served in the College Mess Hall. The afternoon will be given over to an address by Dean Mortimer E. Cooley of the University of Michigan, and a review of the A. and M. College cadet corps. “CBATTERY WINS SCHO LASTIC HONORS Cup Presented to Battery “C” by Colonel Ike Ashburn of the Ex- Students’ Association. For the third consecutive term “C” Battery won the Artillery Battalion scholai ship during the second term of 1925-26. Col. Ike Ashburn made the presentation speech before the assembled battalion at Tuesday after noon drill period. Col. Ashburn com mented on the fact that there remain ed a few good people in the world who believe that man’s primary reason for going to college is to get an educa tion and that an award such as the (Continued on Page 3)