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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1927)
T:': 4 m "ZXxti- m' y.» \ ^ rV^ ‘ . *. ' v ^*',^; % V : v ... KEEPING UP WITH THE AVERAGE IS WHAT KEEPS THE AVERAGE LOW • c ;■ .V* . V. • . -■:f v r!*' . K:V%: >'^sry #Ar •. .. - v*f—> JL Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOL. XXV. BRYAN, TEXAS, JANUARY 19, 1927. NUMBER 14 •j* »j<- -<1, .ij, ^ -ij* : WEEK’S NEWS I : IN REVIEW : ❖ ❖ At a short meeting held last Sun day, immediately after dinner, the Senior Class elected a committee to take charge of the handling of the finances acquired through the plan of bringing various road shows' and Operas to College and giving the Senior Class a commission on door receipts. The men selected for this committee are; R. A. Goodson, chair man; M. A. Poster, and F. C. Mc Clendon. These men will' co-operate with the College and Y. M. C. A. officials to bring the best possible entertainments to College and the benefit funds derived by the Senior Class will be used for financing various student activities. * * * According to Coach Rothngeb, it is very probable that Rip Collins, former Aggie football star, and at present pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, will again come to Aggieland in the near future, as has been his custom in the past several years and assist in the beseball coaching until time for him to report to his own training grounds. “Rip” specializes in coaching the pitchers, but he is (Continued on Page 3) DATE FOR R. V. HOLIDAYS SET Allen Menger Named King. SECOND OPERA FRIDAY NIGHT Popular Comic Opera To Appear Here. RESOLUTIONS UPON DEATH OF MR. F. FRAZIER. Whereas, God in His infinite wis dom has called to his last resting place Mr. F. A. Frazier, father of our fellow student and beloved class mate: Therefore, be it resolved, by the Class of ’30, Texas A. & M., that we extend to the members of his family our sincerest sympathy in their hour of bereavement: Be it further resolved, that a copy of, these resolutions be sent to Mrs. F. A. Frazier and family, a copy to The Battalion, a copy to The Daily Bulletin, and a copy to the Press at Carrizo Springs, the home of the deceased. (Signed) H. E. Menger, President. W. H. Woodlief, Secretary, i At a recent meeting of the Ross Volunteers the dates for the R. V. festivities for this year were selected and the King for the occasion chosen. There will be the usual number of dances, the formal R. V. Hop sched uled for April 14, with the Queens Ball the next night, and a Corps dance on the 16th. Allen R. Menger sports editor of the' Battalion anu Secretary-Treasurer of the Senior Class, will be crowned King of the festivities. At the present time Menger has not yet decided upon the members of his court nor has he announced who her Majesty, the Queen, will be. The Ross Volunteer celebration is always looked forward to with great anticipation by the cadet corps, for those that remain here it means dancing galore and a campus glowing with a vivid color scheme of skirts, for in those days Aggieland ceases to be a monastery. For the boys who do not remain on the campus the holidays mean being in the presence of the “sweet young thing” who was unable to attend the dances here. For the Juniors and Seniors in the engi neering department there will be inspection trips at this time, consist ing of trips to Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Galveston and other places; and for the entire cadet corps the celebration means a relaxation from studies for a three day period, mark ing the first diversion from studies in the second term. The Davies Opera Company will present “The Mascot” which is a comic opera in English giving a lot of good music and laughter. It will be held in the Assembly Hall January 21, at 8 o’clock. Mr. M. C. Turner, the manager of the Southwestern Musical Bureau, states that this company is meeting with more approval than any number in his course. Mr. Mulvaney, the manager of the company, says that it has just completed a very success ful tour of the west, playing in the large cities in the vicinity of Chicago. A popular price of fifty cents will be the admission for the students. Sixty per cent of the profits will go into the general activity fund of the students; Therefore every student who attends will receive full benefit in entertainment as well as make a contribution to the spring activities of the College. REGULATION SWEATER IS AUTHORIZED BALLET EARNS WILD APPROVAL First Number of Student Benefit Program Voted Success. The double bill of opera and ballet by the Manhattan Opera Company and the Palvey-Oukrainsky Ballet was presented in the Assembly Hall last Thursday evening to a large audience with complete success. The ballet was good-not idle words either it was good. The dancing, the (Continued on Page 2) Commandant Designates Regulation Sweater. In response to many requests for a regulation sweater the Command ants office has decided upon one and has given the concession for its sale to H. E. Brauer, a senior mem ber of the band. For many years it has been against the regulation of the institution to wear a sweater of any sort on the campus except those awarded by the Athletic Department. This year this rule was amended and sweaters were allowed to be worn to and from classes and about the campus; leaving the comfort while in forma tion to be supplied by an overcoat or nothing. With the advent of this regulation sweater it will probably only be a short time until it is added (Continued on Page 3) BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AT AGGIELAND A. & M. May Be Hosts to Interschol astic Basketball PlayersL For some time A. & M. represen tatives have been pleading with the State Executive Committee in an effort to persuade that body to give A. & M. a chance to entertain some of the athletes in the Intersckoolastic League. Since the facilities of the college could hardly be taxed suffi ciently to play host to the legion of high school stars who attend the annual track meet, not to mention the debaters, declaimers, tennis players, etc. that convene each year at Austin, most of the efforts have been directed at securing the basket ball tournament. Finally the commit tee agreed to let the tournament be staged here, provided that the college bear the expenses of feeding the participants and of providing them with shelter, in addition to guarante- ing a sum of $1500, to assist in de fraying the railroad expenses of the athletes. The athletic Department has been given a short time to consider the question before accepting or rejecting the proposition. It is believed that a sufficient number of cadets will be interested in seeing the games to finance the undertaking, and each company commander has agreed to canvas his company to ascertain how many men are willing to pledge them- (Continued on Page 10) ♦♦♦ ❖ ❖ ♦♦♦ >J> ❖ +X+ ♦** ♦J* On account of the withdraw al from school of K. L. Lake, there has been a change in the News Staff of THE BATTAL ION. To fill the place of asso ciate news editor, left vacant by Mr. Lake, G'. M. Wrenn has been selected by the editors. Wren is a sophomore in the institution, and was a member of the Varsity Football squad the past season. Wrenn is local talent, as it were, calling Col lege Station his home. •*$»• -*$*• ■*$*• •*£*■ ■»$*■ 1 H