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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1927)
T H E B A T T A L I O N Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Peelin' ? By BRIGGS va/hen vou've Bought ^ new" CAR THAT TME SALESMAN) SAVS va/(CL DO yo MILES an hour And you TAKE THE RI<S OUT TO SEC OUST NAVHAT she wuu, pa. AND WHEN VbU'RE tSA'LlNJEr ALONCl AT 55 you SEE A CoP TAILING you. and you Pull up to the side op the road with fear and TREMBLINEt. And vuhaT he asks you is something- puire different FROM VUHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOIN<£r TO BE. Xs'/sKr OH-H-H-H BOV! AIN'T IT A <SR-R-R-RANO AND &LQR-R-RIOUS feei-iT I'UE COUG-HFD rny HEAD Orr CATlN" E>(. HAUST , SMOKE, AN 7 FVE <SOT A Big- ye-n For an olpcxOLD Old Gold "The Smoother and Better Cigarette not a cough in a carload <&) iy2Y, f. Lorillard Go., Est. i<CU PHYSICAL TRAINING. An elective program in physical training which will permit the stu dent to select some sport in which he is interested from a group of ten or more, is being introduced for the first time in the A. & M. College of Texas this year. A four-fold purpose has been kept in mind in planning this elective pro gram, according to W. L. Penberthy, associate professor of physical edu cation and director of intramural sports, who will direct the work. The primary purpose is to allow the stu dent to get the proper exercise in some sport in which he is interested. In addition it is intended to create an interest in sports among students, to teach them sports which they can play in the intramural contests dur ing their college period, and to in terest them in recreative activities which they will carry over into later life. Dana X. Bible, head coach; Charles F. Bassett, football line coach and basketball coach; Frank R. Anderson, track coach; R. G. Higginbotham, freshman coach, and C. T. Sprague, instructor in physical education, to gether with Mr. Penberthy, will in struct in the various sport classes. The program, a comparatively new thing in physical training depart ments of schools of this state, will permit a student to take part in some game or athletic event for a period of about three months, at the end of which he will be given a chance to select the same or another sport for the second period. During the nine months of the school year the stu dent will have the opportunity to be come fairly proficient‘in three sports, although he may spend all nine months on the same sport if he so desires. Sports which are offered for the term just opening are tennis, volley ball, handball, speedball, boxing, wrestling, basketball, cross country, tumbling and swimming. Basketball is offered in the fall term to those who expect to try for the varsity or freshman teams. Tumbling and swimming are open only to those stu dents who are candidates for tumb ling and swimming clubs. During the second period, which will extend from January 1 to March 15, basketball, speedball, track, vol leyball, tumbling, swimming, boxing and wrestling, with the possible ad dition of one or two other sports, will be open to all students, and in the third term, from March 15 to June 1, boxing, playground ball, volleyball, tennis, track, and swimming will be given. In addition to classes in -these sports there are classes open for the training of athletes who are inter ested in becoming teachers of physi cal education and for students who need corrective exercise because of some physical disability which pre vents their taking part in the more strenuous games and exercises. In the program outlined indoor sports are recommended for the win ter and outdoor sports for the fall and spring. The physical training program includes all sports which are in the intramural sports program. “Son, what are you doing home from school ” “We had a big fire down at school.” “You did?” “Yeah ; me and a couple of other guys were fired out.” SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR HOLDS FIRST MEETING Three Prominent Men to Be Brought Here During Year. V. K. Sugareff Elected President At the opening banquet of the So cial Science Seminar, given in the Mess Hall Annex Tuesday evening, October 11, the announcement was madq that three well known writers and speakers, Will Durant, Lewis Browne, and Dr. Tsanott of Rice In stitute, will be invited to appear this year on the campus, and lecture be fore the Science Seminar. These speakers will form a part of an ex tended program to be carried out by that organization this year, in an ef fort to bring to bear on the student body and their own group the best of intellectual influences obtainable. After the banquet dinner had been