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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1927)
iPPiU. rmi -GRADUATION- THE LAST OF SCHOOL FOR WHICH THE FIRST IS MADE V: '-t/V: •> v v>^W*r.r-rj'r^.: y ^m h.’iit m. •Hfciij Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOL. XXV. BRYAN, TEXAS, MAY 25, 1927. No. 31 ELECTRICAL SHOW TO BE STAGED MONDAY MORNING Coulomb Chasers Put on Annual Show. As Commencement approaches, all the .departments of the college are getting ready for their exhibitions. The exhibition which will probably entertain the commencement visitors the most will be the exhibition of elec trical phenomena, put on by the sen iors and juniors of the E. E. Depart ment. The show of last year proved to be a decided success; it had the vis itors guessing as to what could cause the freak things they saw. Electric ity is a very interesting field of our modern sciences, and with the appar atus that is afforded, many seemingly impossible feats can be accomplished. Prof. N. F. Rode has been working on the program for some time; he has not yet announced a complete pro gram, but he indicates that the show will be complete in every detail. Among the interesting details of the show will be a talking skull, a bottle that can’t be emptied, some diving ducks, pail welding under water, a tin can motor, a reversing motor, car starting by radio, an illumination dis play, artificial lighting, ajn oscillo graph, and the death ray. The entire E. E. Building will be given over to the exhibitions. 14TH ANNUAL STOCK JUDGING CONTEST HELD Fish Boethel High Point Man With 551 Points. The fourteenth annual Freshman Livestock Judging Contest, held in the Animal Husbandry Pavilion last Saturday, resulted in one of the clos est contests ever held. Only fourteen points separated the first six men as the high point man had 551 to his credit and the sixth score was 537. This contest is held annually for (Continued on Page S) COMPLETE PLANS FOR FIFTY- FIRST COMMENCEMENT ANNOUNCED Exhibitions and Inspections of Various Departments of College to be Big Features of Program. 5:30 8:15 8:30 a. m. 9:30 a. m. 10:30 a. m. 4:15 p. m. 8:00 p. m. 8:30 9:30 11:00 The complete program for commencement has been announced by Dr. F. B. Clark, chairman of the Graduation Committee. The program, begin ning Saturday afternoon at 5:30 and lasting through the Final Review Tuesday, promises many interesting features that will occupy the time of all visitors during their stay here. A brief outline of the exercises reads as follows: Saturday, May 28 Individual Competitive Drill by the Ross Volunteers. Local Players in “Lightnin’ ” by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon—Assembly Hall. Sunday, May 29 Presentation of the “T” Medals. Review of the Cadet Corps honoring the “T” men. Inspection of quarters. Commencement Sermon—Reverend W. M. Anderson, D. D., Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas. Sacred Concert, by the A. and M. College Band—Assembly Hall. President and Mrs. Walton at home informally to members of the Senior Class and their guests, and members of the fac ulty and their families. Monday, May 30 Exhibition Drill by the Artillery. Live Stock Show—Animal Husbandry Building. Inspection of the Departments of the College: (1) Geology Exhibits. (2) Military Science Exhibits. (3) Horticultural Department will exhibit work done by stu dents of landscape art. (4) Textile Mill will be in operation. (5) Experiment Station offices and laboratories. (6) Exhibit of Electrical Machinery and interesting electri cal phenomena. (7) Architectural Exhibits. (8) Genetics and Poultry Husbandry joint exhibit of chick ens and pigeons. (9) Agronomy Exhibit, m. Inspection of Departments: (1) Classes in dyeing, manufacturing of cottonseed oil, re fining of petroleum. (2) Agricultural Engineering laboratories. (3) Civil Engineering Laboratories open for inspection. (4) Mechanical Engineering shops in operation (molten iron will be poured at 2:00 p. m.) (5) Fossil Botany Museum. (6) Entomology Exhibit. (7) Drawing Department open for inspection. (8) Dairy Husbandry Building open for inspection. Annual Business Meeting of the Association of Former Stu dents. Exhibition Drill by Ross Volunteers. Formal Presentation of Reserve Commissions—Guion Hall. Barbecue for Former Students. Final Ball. (Continued on Page 8) 1:00-4:00 p. 2:00 p. m. 4:00 p. m. 5:00 p. m. 6:00 p. m. 8:30 p. m. NEW DORMITORY PLANS COMPLETE ‘Sections’ to be Unique Feature of New Halls. Since the college has received the $300,000.00 appropriation for the two new dormitories the Seniors of the Architectural department have been working on the plans and will have them completed at an early date. When the plans are completed bids will be received and the contracts let. The dormitories are to be of a dif ferent type from any that we have on the campus or any we have seen in the state. They are to be built in sections and can be added to at any time that the money is available for their construction. They will be three stories high. There will be a flight of stairs lead ing to each suite of four rooms, and to any other floor you will have to go to the bottom floor. There is a door (Continued on Pare &) CATTLE RAISERS’ ASS0. MEETS AT AGGIELAND Many Subjects of Interest to School Discussed at Meeting. Amarillo to be Scene of Next Meeting. The executive committee of the Tex as and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association met for the second time at the College, last Thursday and Fri day. The object of the meeting was the consideration of agricultural and livestock problems and their remedies, definite steps being taken Friday at the meeting of the Committee looking toward the organization of a state agricultural congress or federated committee. The functions of the fed erated committee will be to discuss matters of common interest to agricul tural and livestock interests and to work in behalf of such interest. About twenty members of the Com mittee were present at the two-day session including some of the largest producers of livestock in Texas and (Continued on Page 3)