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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1927)
Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XXVI BRYAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 19, 1927. NO. 5 BAT SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST AT END B Company Signal Corps Wins Honor Of Putting Out Special Bat. MISS WALTON CHOSEN DUCHESS COTTON PALACE DEBATING CLUB IS ORGANIZED FOR COMING YE AR RUSSIAN COSSACK CHORUS WILL GIVE CONCERT HERE Due largely to the untiring efforts of Bob Boykin, first sergeant of Com pany B, Signal Corps, that organiza tion finished the campaign for extra subscriptions leading all other organ izations. Led by Boykin, B Company t/ar'ned in enoug-h ^subscriptions! to bring their standing up to 125 per cent. In other words, R Company av eraged more than one extra subscrip tion per man. Organizations that have won the coveted honor of publishing the spe cial edition have put out some excel lent magazines, but B Company has announced its intention of having the best issue of all. Boykin had splendid teamwork and cooperation from his company, but their final success was due' also to the drive carried on by the first sergeants. As the result of this team work and leadership there will be a Company B, Signal Corps, special this year. LONGHORN NOTICES The Aggieland Studio, north of campus, Chas. J. Gorzycki, proprietor, has been designated as the only “Of ficial Photographer” for the year 1927-28. All pictures to appear in the 1928 Longhorn will be made by the Aggieland Studio. Pictures from any studio other than the Aggieland Stu dio will absolutely not be accepted. RAYMOND BRADFORD, Editor Longhorn. All Seniors must have their pictures made at the Aggieland Studio north of the campus, by October 29th. All Juniors must have their pictures made at the Aggieland Studio north of campus, by November 5th. All men that intend to have their pictures in any club section, must have their pictures made by Novem ber 5th at Aggieland Studio, north of campus. All senior favorites must be turned in to Raymond Bradford at 46 Goodwin by October 29th. Non-military seniors must have their pictures made in a dress suit. Extra copies of the 1928 Longhorn may be purchased from any member (Continued on Page 7) Duchess and Party Go to Waco Nov. 1st—Col. Bourland Personal Escort Miss Ethyl Walton has been cho sen as the A. & M. Duch 1927 Cotton Palace at Waco, Mary Bolton has been sriecte^as hcni maid. Lacy Bourland will be Miss Walton’s personal escort, and T.ester Potter will be Miss Bolton’s. J. F. Blount, J. H. Warren, F. L. Gerdes, F. M. Mabry, T. A. Kincaid Jr., W. E. Eckles, and Dick Bernhard will compose the military escort of the Duchess’s party. The party will leave College Station Monday morning, Nov. 1st, to be on hand for the dance which is to be giv en for the visiting royalty on the roof of the Raleigh Hotel Monday night. On Tuesday night the corona tion of the Queen of the 1927 Cotton Palace will take place. The Society Ball, at which the 1927 debutants will be presented, will be given in the Coli seum Wednesday night. The Queen will honor her court Thursday eve ning with a tea at the Spring Lake Country Club, which will be followed by a formal reception of the court by the King and Queen. The A. & M. party will return to College Station Friday morning. The members of the Duchess’s party will also take part in the coming pageant and rodeo. With Many ^Enthusiastic New Mem bers to Work Against, Old Men Have no Security of Place On Team SENIOR MEMORIAL NEARS COMPLETION Most of Work on Ticket Booth Being Done by Seniors. The memorial ticket booth to be presented to the athletic department by this year’s Senior Class, is now under construction, and is to be com pleted by next Saturday, according to present plans. The work of design ing- and construction is being done by members of the class under the super- (Continued on Page 4) The Debaters of A. and M. College h hdutheir first meeting of this school ! I year Wednesday night October 12th. I Somrjtwenty men interested in debate I wereU resen t- A council composed of the ollowing members was elected: I Chairman, Ivan Irwin of Dallas; Vice President, J. D. King of Ennis; Sec retary-Treasurer, F. S. Buford of Dallas; and Publicity Agent, C. O. Schmidt of Mason. Debates have been scheduled with Southern Methodist University and (Continued on Page Four) CANDIDATES FOR RHODES SCHOLAR SHIP ANNOUNCED One Junior and Four Seniors to Com pete for Prize. The five candidates who will repre sent A. and M. in the Rhodes Schol arship competition have been announc ed by President Walton and Dean Puryear. The five candidates are: T. M. Alexander, E. L. Andrews, F. F. Dexter, G. C. McBride and J. Neff. The Rhodes Scholarship is awarded to one junior or senior student in an approved college or university of the State tv/o years out of three. The scholarship is awarded on the merits of scholarship, class leadership, char acter, and interest in athletics. A man must be an exceptional one to win the scholarship. The winner is entitled to three years of study at Oxford University in England, the an nual stipend being about 350 pounds a year. A committee of state educa tional leaders sele-ts the winners from the candidates of the various schools of the state. The winner willl be announced some time in Decem ber. To Be Biggest Attraction in Assem bly Hall This Year. A new company making) its first tour in the United States is the Rus sian Cossack Chorus, under the direc tion of Sergei Socoloff. a^d being- sponsored by the Southwestern Mus ical Bureau at Dallas. It is composed of fourteen Russian Cossacks, and is dated to appear in the Assembly Hall on November 14th. The Cossacks were originally a famous cavalry organiza tion, and all the members of the chor us will wear the uniform of that or ganization. The program of the concert is di vided into four parts, and a few se lections are, “The Sentinel’s Song,” “Cossack’s Prayer Before the Battle,” “Songs of Russia,” and “The Peas ant’s Chorus.” These will be render ed in Russian and English. Perhaps the biggest attraction is the “Volga Boatman Song,” which represents the singing of the Volga Boatman as they walk on the banks of the famous riv er pulling their barges by heavy ropes. The Cossacks will play the part of the boatmen besides singing the chorus. The downstairs seats for the con cert will be resrved and prices will be from $1.50 down, but students may have places in the balcony for as low as thirty-five cents. R. V. SENIOR ELECTION TOTALS 29 NEW MEMBERS With the election of twenty-nine seniors, Sunday, the Ross Volunteers completed their Senior roster for the ensuing year. The election of Juniors will take place next Sunday, and in a short while the organization will be making preparations for the exhi bition drill which is given every year. The following is the list of newly elected members, given out by R. E. “Tony” Torn, the new secretary- (Continued on Page 3)