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Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOL. XXV.
BRYAN, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 9, 1927.
NUMBER 17
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The “Y” is still keeping up the
good work in that they have succeed
ed in bringing another good Opera
here which pleased the boys. The
“Bohemian Girl” pesented by May
Valentine’s Company on last Tuesday
night, February 1st. was well receiv
ed and the large crowd that attended
expressed its delight in a way that
pleased the Company.
The Operas that are being brought
here from time to time are a source
of pofit to the Senior Class. They got
over $160.00 out of the Opera “I
Paggliacci” and their share of the
proceeds from “The Bohemian Girl”
was over $75.00. This money goes to
help pay off some of the different
expenses incurred by various Senior
Class activities. If the other enter
tainments that are going to be
brough here are as well attended as
the ones in the past have been it will
not be long before the Seniors will
have a fund that will take care of all
their expenses.
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Considerable increase in the enroll
ment has been noticed since the re
port last week concerning registra
tion for the coming term. There are
more than two thousand students re
gistered now and a few more stragg
lers are expected to register within
the next few days. This number does
not show any decrease over the
registration at mid-term of preceding
years. The Registrar’s Office reports
that it had an easier time in getting
registration over with this time than
has been experienced in a good while.
The number of students flunking
out or quitting at mid-term was not
above the average. Every year there
is a certain per cent that drops out
for one reason or other. The number
of new men registering for the first
time is not known but it is some
thing over one hundred. There are
several old men back who were not
here the first term. If you were dis
couraged by the alarming figures
given out in the last report just think
nothing of it and go right ahead be-
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BAYLOR BELTON CHORAL CLUB TO
PRESENT PROGRAM MONDAY NIGHT
Assembly Hall Will Be Scene of Annual Presentation
By College Girls.
The Baylor Belton Choral Club
will make its first trip of the season
when it comes to College Station on
Monday, February 14. The girls
composing the group will arrive in
their special bus at about three
o’clock Monday afternoon, and will
spend the night at the Aggieland
Inn. Tuesday morning they will leave
fon Cameron where another perform
ance will be given.
The Choral Club has always been
the feature attraction of the year.
The monotonous, machine-like regu
larity of the professional presenta
tion is lacking, and is replaced by a
delightful freshness and originality;
the singing, both solo and ensemble,
is always excellent. The program this
year should be even more effective
than before, since several changes of
scenery are employed. Baekdrops and
curtains characterizing the songs will
be used, and all of this scenery has
been designed and painted by stu
dents in the Art Department.
There will be two noticeable
changes in the progam this year, ac
cording to advance reports from
Belton. The fist of these is that more
stress will be plaped upon ensemble
singing than in previous years, al
though solos still make up ah import
ant part of the program. Ensemble
numbers include such songs as “The
Swan,” “Songs My Mother Taught
Me,” and a number of negro spirit
uals. The second change is the substi
tution of a skit entitled “The Lady
Looses Her Hoop” for the usual read
ings.
Among the various choice bits of
the program are included an Indian
lullaby, a solo rendition of “The
Volga Boatman,” and Irish, Japanese
and Hindu songs, all five of these
numbers being presented in costume;
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ARCHITECTS GIVE
ANNUAL BALL
Moorish Scheme of Decoration Very
Effective.
Last Friday evening, the Archi
tects held their fourth annual ball in
their drafting room on the fourth
floor of the Main Building. A very
good crowd was present, everybody
from the Russian dancing girl to
Bohemian bozoes. The costumes
showed much variation in style and
color.
The motive of decoration was
Moorish. The doorway to the hall
carried out the decorator’s idea by
being spanned by a Moorish arch sup
ported by columns, also of oriental
character. The windows, too, were
decorated to carry out Moorish de
signs for openings. The feature of
the decorations consisted of two
fountains, one at either end of the
room, which were illuminated by
colored lights, and were visible to
the dancers through Moorish open
ings.
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Y CABINET CHOSEN
The Y Cabinet, chosen a few weeks
ago, met for the first time this year
at a dinner Sunday evening. The
officers were elected, committees were
appointed, and many plans were dis
cussed. The officers elected were:
F. C. Leslie, president; J. F. Cris
well, vice-president; D. B. Hardin,
secretary; R. S. Dockum, treasurer
The work was portioned out by the
appointing of the committees, the
chairmen of which are: H. L. Tucker,
music; W. D. Neff, publicity; J. J.
Brown, social; C. C. Neighbors, Con
ference; W. C. Timmerman, fresh
men; C. E. Smith and A. E. Carter,
handbook; W. F. Vogel, cosmopolitan,
J. H. Survik, devotional; I. Watson
mission study; J. A. Greer, Bible
study; and W. A. Greer, literature.
The cabinet plans to meet once a
month for a dinner, at which business
will be discussed. The most import
ant plans before the cabinet now are
the publishing of a handbook for the
freshmen and a program to break the
monotony of Sunday evening. The
members are entering enthusiastic
ally into the work and are sure to
accomplish most of their plans for
the benefit of the student body.
MCQUILLEN
SECRETARY OF
EX-STUDENTS
1920 Graduate Takes Over Affairs of
Association.
The election of E. E. McQuillen as
executive secretary of the Associa
tion of Former Students has been
announced by A. P. Rollins, of Hous
ton, president of the association.
McQuillen, who has been with the
association for two years as assistant
secretary, succeeds to the post form
erly held by IkeAshburn who tender
ed his resignation to become vice-
president and general manager of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce
which became effective January
the first. The executive work
of the association has been
carried on by McQuillen since Col. Ike
Ashburn’s departure. The election of
the new secretary was by mail ballot
by members of the board of directors
of the association.
McQuillen is a graduate of A. & M.
College, finishing here with the class
of 1920. Following his graduation he
took his M. S. degree in agriculture
at the University of Wisconsin. He
then taught one year at this institu-
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MASONS HOLD ANNUAL
BANQUET
In honor of the memory of Wash
ington, the mason, the Brazos Union
Lodge No. 129 of Bryan and the A.
& M. College Masonic Club will hold
a banquet with suitable program in
the Mess Hall Friday IBthi. A num
ber of outstanding Masonic Officials
of the state have been invited and
have signified their intention of
attending.
State representative George C.
Purl of Dallas will act as toastmas
ter, a role he has filled at similar
banquets here in the past. The guest
list for the affair includes all Masons
and DeMolays of this vicinity, to
gether with the members of the
Order of the Eastern Star and the
Order of the Rainbow Girls. Invita
tions have been extended to all lodges
and Chapters of district 29.
Between 800 and 1000 are expected
to attend.
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