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THE BATTALION
ARTILLERY TEAM WINS INTRA
MURAL CROSS-COUNTRY
CHAMPIONSHIP.
SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPION
SHIP AWARDED AT RECENT
MEETING OF OFFICIALS
R. V. ELECT OFFICERS
FOR COMING YEAR
At the R. V. Banquet Sunday night
L H. TEAM MAKES GOOD SHOW-
V ING AT CHICAGO
—
The Poultry Husbandry team of the
On last Saturday, December 11, the!
cross-country aspirations of the var
ious battalion teams were settled by
one of the most thrilling inter-battal
ion cross-country races ever staged
at the College. Fish Killian, of the
Artillery team, led his team to vic
tory in the annual event, making a
time of 13 minutes and 45 seconds
over the 2 1-2 mile course.
More interest was manifested in
this form of intramural sports than
ever before. The entry list for this
year’s run contained 65 contestants,
and of these, 51 started the race and
47 finished. The coming years pros
pects for the Varsity squad look
bright, as the first six men to cross
the finish line were freshmen, who,
with intensive training and coaching,
should make good on the Varsity.
Every battalion of the corps enter
ed a team in the race except the sec
ond battalion, which was represented
by both a freshman and an upperclass
man team.
The judges of the race were Coach
Anderson and “Crazy Boy” Parker,
the clerk, “Doc” Killian, and the tim
er, “Possum” Yeary. The first ten
men to finish are given below in the
order that they crossed the tape: Kill
ian, Artillery; White, 2nd. Bat. Fish;
Shoemaker, Artillery; Allen, Signal
Corps; Thompson, 1st. Bat.; Huck-
arbee, 3rd. Bat.; Day, 2nd. Bat.;
Briggs, 3rd. Bat.; Bradley, Artillery;
Todd, 3rd. Bat.
The standing of the various teams
was as follows, in the order named:
Artillery, 46; 3rd. Battalion, 59; 2nd.
Battalion Upperclassmen, 74; 1st. Bat
talion, 115; Cavalry, 125; 2nd. Battal
ion Fish, 125; Signal Corps, 153; Air
Service, 240.
♦ ♦
♦ SAY AGGIE
♦ ♦
This column was originally to have
been left out of this edition but con
sidering the fact that we are to get
a few days extra for Christmas, I
thought I would remind Jake that his
tedious calculations on the length of
neck to be devoured then will have to
be done over. Thirty miles of neck is
a lot, but just think of how much
more we are going to get now. Eight-
sevenths of thirty gives 34.285714285
miles. How about someone reading
Elenor Glynn’s books and finding out
the value of neck per mile ?
We are told that when Jehovah cre
ated the world he saw that it was
good.
We wonder what He would say
now?
The sound body is the product of
a sound mind.
Dallas was the scene of a joint ses-
seion of the three leading Texas scho
lastic athletic conferences last Thurs
day, when officials of the Southwest
Conference, the Texas Intercollegiate
Athletic Assiciation, and the Texas
Conference gathered there at the Dal
las Athletic Club to make annual
championship awards, and for the
coming season to select officials and
discuss rule changes.
Approximately seventy-five athletic
and faculty representatives from
schools that are members of the three
organizations attended the annual
meeting. The three organizations held
separate conferences for the discus
sion of matters purely local to each.
Following these separate sessions all
three organizations gathered at a
joint dinner in the grill room of the
club with Dr. C. C. Selecman, presi
dent of S. M. U., presiding. Matters
of common interest were discussed at
the dinner.
At the business session of the
Southwest Conference, championships
were formally awarded to the winners
in each form of athletic competition
during the last year. The S. M. U.
Mustangs were awarded the 1926
football championship; the cross
country run honors to Rice Institute,
while baseball and basket ball honors
were awarded to Texas University
and Arkansas University respective
ly. Daniel Baker was awarded the
1926 gridiron championship by T. I.
A. A. officials, while Simmons Col
lege received similar honors at the
hands of Texas Conference officials.
This is the first year of the Texas
Conference, the organization meeting
being held last year in conjunction
with the annual meeting of the other
two associations.
Texas A. and M. College was repre
sented at the meeting by Dean Chas.
E. Friley and Coaches Dana X. Bible
and Claude Rothgeb and the business
manager of athletics, James E. Sulli
van.
Crump: “Four hours of sleep a
day is enough for anyone.”
Landon: “I think so too, you can
take the rest at night.”
Wild Bill Williams: “Is she really
a nice girl?”
Red Scheuneman: “No, Bill, I
think you’ll like her.”
Farris: “Come out for a ride
with me. We’ll be back before the
intermission is over.”
Miss Dallas: “Promise me that
you’ll not try to kiss me?”
Farris: “Aw, well, all right, I
promise.”
Miss I^allas: “Guess I’ll go with
Frank N&wsom, he would not
promise.”
the officers for this year were elect
ed. The choosing of the 1st. Sergeant
is always the most important event
of the election. Frank Mabry, snappy
little “Top-kick” of the Band from
San Antonio was made 1st. Sergeant.
Tucker Lister and J. A. Deffebach
were elected line sergeants. The men
who were elected as chairmen for the
various committees are: S. Baker, Ar
rangements; L. Skinner, Music; Gor
don Smith, Decorations; L. W. Webb,
Finance; Paul Blevins, Favors and
Programs; J. M. Cashell, Floor; and
J. S. Burgess, Banquet.
The initiation for all the new mem
bers of the Ross Volunteers was held
Sunday afternoon at the A. H. Pavil
ion. At 6:30 the whole company went
to the Mess Hall where the banquet
was given. The banquet was given to
the R. V.’s through the goodness of
Mr. Duncan, who has charge of the
Mess Hall.
The company, headed by Captain H.
W. Townsend, is composed of 122 ac
tive members. The men are elected
from the cadet corps according to
military ability and popularity.
If you injure anyone you had bet
ter not do it by halves.
JUST YOU
A lot of folks are nice to me, I
must confess,
And some I like, and some I love, as
you can guess.
They cheer me up, and keep my heart
from growing sad,
And when they speak kind words to
me, it makes me glad,
But when the day is done; the sky
has turnded to gray from blue,
I sit alone, and then I want—Just
You.
There are some souls with whom I
hold communion sweet.
Whose helpful thoughts and words
to me I oft repeat;
They make the rough places smooth
and lighten the load
That sometimes presses hard upon
life’s road,
But there remains a blank, I tell you
true,
And no one can fill that place but
you—Just You.
Too well, I knew that I would miss
you so
The day you said good-bye—I saw
you go,
And as the distance hid you from my
view
The day grew dark, and very lonely
too.
I have my friends, and some I love
most true,
But in my heart, I’m wanting for
you—Just You.
Texas A. and M. entered their first
contest in Chicago at the Coliseum
show, taking sixth place with a score
of 3096. Iowa won the first place with
the total of 3211 points. In the three
divisions of the contest Texas ranked
second in production, eighth in exhi
bition, and sixth in a written exami
nation.
The team was composed of S. I.
Stratton, high point man of the
team, O. J. Hanszen, and J. B. Kiber,
with Mr. D. F. Irving, of the Poul
try Husbandry accompanying them
as coach. The team left College Wed
nesday, December 8, and entered the
contest Saturday, December 11, re
turning to school Tuesday, December
14. This the first poultry team A. &
M. has put out, but if the flock with
stands future R. V. initiations, the
department intends to have a cham
pionship team next year.
A. AND M. HENS MAKE
EGG LAYING RECORD
A State of numerous national rec
ords, Texas has hung up another blue
ribbon this year over other states of
the Union in the record made in the
Texas national egg laying contest,
conducted by the poultry husbandry
department of the A. and M. College
of Texas.
Scoring a total of 1443 eggs from a
pen of five hens over 365 days, the
Texas contest recorded the highest
average production of eggs from a
pen of five hens in all the twenty of
ficial egg laying contests conducted
throughout the United States during
the contest year ending October 31.
The pen of five single comb White
Leghorn hens making the record is
owned by L. C. Beall, Jr., of Vashon,
Washington. These hens were sent
to the A. and M. College, where the
contest is held, for care and feeding.
The contest began November 1, 1925,
and ended October 31, 1926. The rec
ord is only eight eggs less than the
highest record ever made in the Unit
ed States by a pen of five hens.
MY LADY NICOTINE.
My love, though old, is ever new,
A paradox may seem.
And yet I find it to be true
Though strange as any dream.
She’s moraled like a seraphim.
Her soul’s as white as snow
She caters to my every whim
Is always where I go.
They call my love a smoke or fag,
It does’nt matter which
I only know I want to drag
From the bewitching witch.