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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1927)
2 THE BATTALION ■-I YOU can take the long, circuitous route and come to P. A. by de grees, as you eventually will, or you can cut corners and start right with The National Joy Smoke. Open a tidy red tin of Prince Albert, drink in that rich, rare aroma, and you will decide on the quick route. Your first taste of P.A. in a pipe will clinch the decision. What a smoke, honestly! Cool as a con ference in the Dean’s office. Sweet as getting back on unlimited cuts. Mild as tea, but with that tobacco- body that satisfies your most deep-rooted smoke-hankering. No matter how fast you feed it, P. A. never bites your tongue or parches your throat. Just cool contentment and solid satisfaction with this long-burning favor ite of experienced jimmy-pipers. Ream out the old pipe and give it a brand-new deal with good old P. A.—today. P. A. is sold every where in tidy red tins, pound and half-pound tin humidor s, and pound crystal - glass humidors with sponge- moistener top. And always with every bit of bite and parch re moved by the Prince Albert process. ALBERT —the national joy smoke! © 1927, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C- DEBATING TEAM TRYOUTS TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY Expect a Large Number to Pick From Much interest has been shown in the possibilities of the debating team this year, and a large number of men are expected to try for a place on the team when the tryouts are held Wed nesday night-. This will eliminate the impossibilities and also give the coach a chance to pick a team for pre-sea son debates. It is thought that quite a few freshmen will be heard Wed nesday, as a freshman team will be organized to meet Allen Academy in debate. The regular team will meet in some fifteen or twenty intercollegiate de bates, including - those with four state schools which have practically closed two year debating contracts v/ith our teams. The members of the team will change from time to time giving quite a number of men a chance to represent A. Sz M. With more sup port from the corps and some pre season practice the men we have this year should put A. & M. in the de bating world. THANKSGIVING HOP DECORA TIONS WELL UNDER WAY Decoration Committee Busy Working Every Night to Transform Sbisa’s Into a Dreamy Dance Hall A metamorphosis such as has sel dom taken place in the history of Sbisa’s Hashery is predicted to occur shortly before Turkey Day by Carlos Ordonez and H.H.Pendleton, in charge of the decorations for the Thanksgiv ing Hop of 1927. Work on the decor ations is already well under way and it will continue every night until com pletion of the job. The general scheme of decoration will follow the same style that was used for the 1925 Hop. A few chang es will be made, however, to improve conditions a little. The band-stand will be erected at the west end of the mess-hall. It will be behind the goal posts and will tower about eight or ten feet above the floor, so as to secure the best acoustical effects. High above the stand will be fasten ed a maroon curtain to form a sort of a tent for the band to be under and directly over this curtain will be placed a sign depicting the end of that thousand mile walk: “South western Conference Champions.” It is the fond hope of the committee to hang up that championship sign, but should Fate not desire it, then the score of the Turkey day game will take its place. Palms and flowers will be placed around the stand to give it added charm. Around the walls and between the windows will be placed silhouettes of football players about four feet high, cut out of black cardboard. These silhouettes will give added football atmosphere to the decorations. The space behind the goal posts on the east end of the hall will be turned into a romantically arranged rest par lor lighted by soft lights from artis tic lamps. It will be made so ap pealing that it is feared the dance floor will be deserted for it by many an enchanted couple. The banquet-room in the mess hall annex is going to be used to serve refreshments and sandwiches for the attendants; it will be connected to the dance hall by the mess hall annex, which will at the same time pro vide an exit to the outside. There are going to be three De- Luxe dances given at the mess-hall during the Thanksgiving festivities. Thursday night November 24, the Thanksgiving Hop will take place; Friday night there will be a formal dance, and Saturday night there will be a corps dance. All three promise to be without precedent in every re spect. SAY BO DIDJA? 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