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Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXV.
BRYAN, TEXAS, JANUARY 19, 1927.
NUMBER 14
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: WEEK’S NEWS I
: IN REVIEW :
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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