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
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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-
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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
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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-
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