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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1927)
Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOL. XXV. BRYAN, TEXAS, MAY 11, 1927. NO. 29 : WEEK’S NEWS I : IN REVIEW : ♦ * Announcement has been made that Gov. Dan Moody and members of the Senate Finance Committee will ar rive here on Friday afternoon on the I. & G. N. train for an inspection of the College and its needs. Members of the committee are: A. E. Wood, Chairman; Gus Russek, Ed. West brook, C. R. Floyd, J. H. Hall, H. L. Lewis, Eugene Miller, Julius Real, John H. Bailey, W. H. Bledsoe, R. S. Bowers, I. D. Fairchild, A. J. Wirtz, and Edgar D. Witt. * '\' ❖ R. G. White, recently named by Governor Moody as a member of the Board of Directors of the A. and M. College of Texas, is a graduate of the College, of the class of 1895, be ing a classmate of F. M. Law of Houston, who is president of the Board. Mr. White is a banker and stock- man of Brady. He will take the place on the board to which former Con gressman James L. Young of Kauf man was appointed, but which Mr. Young did not accept. Mr. White will be the second man of that name on the A. and M. Col lege Board. Byrd E. White of Dallas, and Lancaster, a member for some stime, is vice-president of the board now. ❖ * 'A- Ability to handle the rifle appears (Continued on Page 8) RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF MR. DUNLAP. Whereas God in His infinite wis dom has called to his last resting place, Mr. Dunlap, father of our fel low student and classmate; Therefore, be it resolved, by the un dersigned, that we extend to the mem bers of his family our sincere sympa thy in their hour of bereavement; Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to his family, a copy to the Battalion, and a copy to the press at Mexia, home of the deceased. The A. & M. Architectural Club. The Class of ’27, Texas A & M. C. APPROPRIATION BUDGET MADE New Library Included in Budget to be Presented to Solons. The Senate Finance Committee and the House Appropriations Commit tee have been working for the past several weeks upon their budget that will be submitted to the two bodies in the State Legislature at the call session starting May 9th. A. and M. fared acceptably in the building pro gram but is facing a serious problem on the question of salaries for its staff. Two dormitories have already been granted by the regular session as an emergency measure. The Senate Com mittee has recommended $250,000 the first year for a fireproof library build ing and equipment, $3,000 the second year for housing laboratory animals, $20,000 for a turbine and $17,000 for a boiler and stoker, all the first year, and $13,000 each year for the exten sion of tunnels. The College was giv en $20,000 each year for repairs and $80,000 annually for maintenance of its steam plant. For its agricultural experiment stations it was given $236,906 each year for the main station, and $108,- 170 the first year and $102,970 the second year for the substations. The extension service was allowed (Continued on Page 5) AGGIE DEBATERS LOSE TO BOTH S. M. U. AND T. C. U. The A. and M. debating team lost both ends of the triangular debate last Thursday night. King and Irvin lost a 2 to 1 decision to S. M. U. here, and Pipkin and Jones also lost to T. C. U. on a 2 to 1 decision. The ques tion was “Phillippine Independence.” Much favorable comment was heard, both here and in Fort Worth, on the A. and M. style of debate. Mr. Spriggs has his men debate in the new style, that is, calling the oppo sition by name, not calling the judges, Honorable judges and other small ideas have been dropped that seem to be in the old oratorical debate. A. and M. hasn’t won a debate this year, only four being held, but the start has been made and A. and M. should soon have a winning team. LARGE CLASS TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS Class is Largest in History of the Institution. Showing a total of 302 candidates for degrees, the largest class in the history of the institution will grad uate from the A. and M. College of Texas on May 31, Commencement Day at the College this year. Two years ago the graduating class numbered 237. At the close of the College last year .273 graduates were awarded their sheepskins. This year, for the first time in the fifty-year period that covers the life of the Col lege, the candidates for degrees num ber in excess of 300. (Continued on Page 8) ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE PLANS NEW TYPE OF PROGRAM At the beginning of this term it was decided that the senior class should have some method of raising its fi nancial status. After some considera tion, an agreement was made where by all entertainments were to be given under the auspices of the senior class and the Y. M. C. A., and that the senior class should receive 60 per cent of the proceeds. This plan has not worked very well since under it the Y. M. C. A., who had to stand the guarantee on all entertainments, has lost quite a bit of money. The failure of this plan may be attributed to two things—either the type of entertain ment was not that which would at tract college students or else the sen- iio'rs did not encourage attenda’nde enough. In view of this it is being planned to handle the entertainment next year much on the order of a lyceum course. Various entertainments will be char tered, including both the serious and frivolous types, and season tickets will be sold. It is thought that ar rangements can be made whereby these tickets will be available for the ordinary price of one entertainment. In this way it is thought that a great er interest will be taken in the var ious entertainments and it will be pos sible for the senior class to profit thereby. Any discussion on this idea would be welcomed by the committee. PLANS COMPLETE IN DETAIL FOR COMMENCEMENT Program Includes Four Days of Fes tivities. This year’s Commencement looks bigger every day with word from one old Aggie after another that they will be on hand for, the big reunion of 1927, at which classes from ’81 to ’26 will be present. Commencement day is the most colorful yeiiou of the whole year, all the seniors' par ents being here to see their sons get their sheep-skins. The Commencement program com mittee has completed all program plans for the exercises, and it seems that it has done an exceptionally good job. The program starts at 5:30 p. m. Saturday, May 28, with the individual competitive drill by the Ross Volun teers, followed that night at 8:15 by local players in “Lightnin’ ” at the Assembly Hall. Sunday morning at 8:30 there will be a review of the cadet corps in honor of the “T” men and for the presentation of “T” med als. Rev. W. M. Anderson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Dal- (Continued on Page 3) Y. M. C. A. ENTERTAINS SENIOR CLASS WITH SMOKER MONDAY EVENING A “Smoker” was given to the Sen ior Class by the Y. M. C. A. through the social committee of the Y cab inet. A large number of the seniors were present, with several of the fac ulty. President Walton, other mem bers of the faculty, and a few seniors made addresses. The Campus Sere- naders, the Band Quartet, and J. F. Criswell entertained with their music. Smokes were plentiful throughout the evening, which was ended with re freshments of lemonade, ice cream and cakes. J. J. Brown, the social secretary of the Y cabinet, acted as the host of the Y. M. C. A. This was the first smoker given by the Y, but it is hoped that it will be a foundation for an annual affair, where the facf*j-y and the students may become better acquainted.