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HELP THE AGGIES REPEAT!
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Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXV.
BRYAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 6, 1926.
NUMBER 3
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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.
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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!
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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
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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
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