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THE BATTALION
THE B71TTALIOM
Published every V/ dnesday nitcht by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and
Mechanical Collesre of Texas.
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tract of land, these difficulties should be overcome and any number of stu
dents interested in the work should take courses along - these lines.
Gifts like this add much to the wealth of an institution as well as its
prestige and also serve as an aid to many boys working - their way through
college. Now that Mr. Kirby has paved the way, we hope that other mem
bers of our ex-students’ association who have made a success in their line
of business will see the need and answer the call in making Texas A. and M.
College the greatest school of its kind in the country.
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HOLIDAYS
Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of
October 3, 1917, authorized October 18, 1922.
All undergraduates in the College are eligible to try for a place on the Editorila Staff
of this paper. Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors who are interested in journalism for
its own sake, are urged to make themselves known to some member of the Staff.
EDITORIAL STAFF
W. C. MORRIS
R. R. PEEPLES
L. J. FRANKE
P. C. FARRIS ,
W. L. KENNEDY
T. A. PILKEY
G. O. MOUNT
J. M. HOLMES
E. L. ANDREWS
W. T. COLEMAN
J. J. LOVING
R. H. SHUFFLER
H. D. MAPLES
R. O. PEARSON
E. R. LAWRENCE
W. C. JOHNSON
W. C. TIMMERMAN
G. M. WRENN
J. E. HUDSON
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Associate Sports Editor
Assistant Sports Editor
News Editor
Associate News Editor
Assistant News Editor
Assistant News Editor
Assistant News Editor
Exchange Editor
Associate Exchange Editor
Literary Editor
Associate Literary Editor
Associate Literary Editor
Cartoonist
BUSINESS STAFF
L. N. BOURLAND — Business Manager
M. E. DIETERT Assistant Business Manager
J. E. FONTAINE ....Circulation Manager
CONDUCT
Since we have compulsory chapel and all arguments for the revoking of
the regulation have been abandoned there is no use in trying to create such
a confusion as the speaker had to contend with Sunday morning. His speech
might not have been very good or his subject was not particularly to your
liking but that is no reason why he should be subjected to such treatment
and not receive halfway respectable attention from the corps. If you are
not interestd in the speaker enough to sit still and listen get a book or pa
per and go up in the balcony and read during the talk but be careful to hold
your paper low enough so he won’t think you are trying to hide behind it.
Or still better, if you are too restless to listen, go to sleep. It would be
much better to go to sleep and let those few listen who care to and I’m sure
the speaker would appreciate it more than he would trying to talk above the
uproar of a restless corps.
Not only was the speaker annoyed but Dr. Walton was embarrased beyond
expression. He cast many furtive and appealing - glances around the chapel
but no one seemed to heed his plea and sense the very shameful predicament
he was in. These men who are invited here to talk to us represent institu
tions and cities from all over the state and possibly out of the state and it is
by our actions during the brief time they are here that they are going to
judge us and cause others to judge us. Our reputation as a corps is at stake
at such times so if you do not like the speaker just pretend that you do or if
that is impossible read, go to sleep, or leave but above all keep quiet.
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Last Sunday morning at the services in Guion Hall something happened
which was entirely out of order. I heard several people comment on it after
the services were over. Members of the faculty, campus people, and the
seniors were among those who expressed an opinion on the conduct of the
corps as a whole.
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This is a school where everyone is democratic and much emphasis is put
on good-fellowship and good sportsmanship. Every man who comes here
expects a square deal and he gets it. Do you think that the Corps acted as
a sportsman when it deliberately hampered the speaker as it did ? Did the
corps give him the square deal that it puts so much store by?
We have an obligation to ourselves and to our school. First, we must
conduct ourselves so as to throw no reflection on ourselves personally.
Second, we ought not to bring discredit on the school by not acting the part
of gentlemen at all times. Discourtesy will bring us nothing but regret.
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The men who come here to speak to us at the Sunday morning services
are doing us a favor and we ought to appreciate it. They are our guests
while they are on the campus and should receive all the consideration pos
sible. We all know the duties of a host to a guest; ill manners is not one
of them.
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I was in the audience and I found myself embarassed by the predicament
the speaker was in. What must it have been for him ? In the future let us
be more careful of our conduct.
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APPRECIATION OF KIRBY GIFT
It is with great interest and enthusiasm that we note the gift of the six
hundred acres of timber land to the College by John H. Kirby of Houston,
the land to be used as a demonstration and experimental farm for the scien
tific development of forestry in this state. The Department of Forestry of
the College has long been handicapped in the presentation of its courses for
lack of experimental wooded acres for students desiring work in the study
of forestry and the problems of reforestration but with the addition of this
“Well fellows the holidays are over, they are a week gone by, and all should
be back in harness now.” So says the instructor and though he is correct
enough there are on every side a hundred or more who dissent violently
with him; not over the obvious fact that the holidays are over but about
whether they are ready to resume the old grind or not.
No one seems to be willing to relinquish their Xmas holiday dreams and
memories long enough to study and some not even long enough to attend
classes •
The girl for of course there is a girl, has probably long ago forgotten
that the poor cadet ever existed. If you don’t know that to be a fact you are
a sublime egotist, and an egotist is a self deceived fool and love is sublime
so you can readily see that....
Caesar was ambitious, but Caesar was self-supporting, and even then you
know that Cleopatra would have none of him. So forget your little Helen
of wherever for her kisses can never make you immortal and your grades
will at least repay your attentions, something she’s not likely^jto^dm
RADIO BULLETINS READY FOR
DISTRIBUTION
Interesting and Instructive Lectures
Being Broadcast Over WTAW
In accordance with its new policy,
the A. and M. radio station, WTAW,
has published a bulletin describing its
activities for this year and giving the
programs for each period of broad
casting. The bulletins are in the
office of Mr. W. H. Darrow, Program
Director and Chief Announcer, and
anyone desiring the programs may
have a bulletin by calling at Mr. Dar-
row’s office in the Extension Service
Building. In the bulletins is a brief
history of radio at A. and M. with the
names and pictures of the present of
ficials.
The station is licensed to operate on
483.6 meters, 620 kilocycles, and this
year letters are being received from
sections never before reached. Many
letters have been received from those
who tuned in on the football games
broadcasted and the basketball and
baseball games to be played here will
also be put in the air.
Seventeen lecture courses are being
given at the night programs, two lec
tures of fifteen minutes each being
given on both Wednesday and Friday
nights. Most of these are of agricul
tural interest, but a few are being
offered of a cultural nature. The fol
lowing faculty members are conduct
ing the courses:
Cotton Marketing—Dr. V. P. Lee,
Prof, of Marketing and Finance.
Forestry—C. B. Webster and W. E.
Bond, of the Texas Forestry Service.
Poultry Keeping—Prof. D. H. Reid,
Head of the Poultry Husbandry De
partment.
Soil Management—Dr. J. O. ^or
gan, Head of the Agronomy Dept.
Livestock Raising—Prof. D. W.
Williams, Head of the Animal Hus
bandry Dept.
Keeping the Car Fit—F. R. De-
Forest, of the Ag. Eng. Dept.
Gardening—Prof. F. S. Jamison.
Beekeeping-—Dr. S. W. Bilsing.
Dairying—Prof. J. A. Clutter.
Contemporary Problems in Soci
ology—'Prof. D. Russell, Head of the
Dept, of Sociology.
Books—Prof. W. H. Thomas.
The Schools of Tomorrow—Dr. C.
H. Winkler, Dean of the School of Vo
cational Teaching.
Contemporary Problems in History
—Dr. S. R. Gammon and Prof. V. K.
Sugareff.
Science in Everyday Life—Prof.
Veazey, Dr. O. M. Ball, Dr. J.H.Hance,
and Prof. M. K. Thornton.
Food Selection for Healthful Liv
ing—Miss Lola Blair, Extension Ser
vice.
Agricultural Practice—Prof. F. E.
Geisecke, College Architect.
Radio Engineering — Prof. C. C-
Yates.
There will be from four to seven
lectures in each course before they
are completed sometime in March.
Following the half hour lecture
period, musical programs are given
for the remaining hour. Quoting
Pres. Walton, “The ideals of WTAW
are somewhat unique. Not to adver
tise, not to mold public opinion, but
to further extend the useful function
of the A. and M. College is the ob
ject of these broadcasts.”
The parents of a number of stu
dents have written asking about the
periods of broadcasting; the new
bulletins give all information about
the time of broadcast and the matter
to be broadcast. All the students are
cordially invited to get one of the
bulletins and send it home so the par
ents may get the benefit of college
through the air while the students are
receiving instruction here.
DEBATING TEAM MAKES
PRE-SEASON TOUR
Soon to Debate University of South
ern California on Campus
The A. & M. Debating team began
its pre-season tour on the 12th of
December, ending up with a non-de
cision debate with the Trinity Univer
sity at Waxahachie, Texas. The men
who composed the team were: Ivan
Irwin, Dallas; W. S. Morrison, Big
Spring; R. N. Talbott, Miles. The de
bates, for the most part, were held
with West Texas Colleges. Howard
Payne, Simmons, Abilene Christian,
and Trinity were included in the
itinerary. In every instance, the
team was accorded a hearty welcome
by the various institutions with which
debates were held.
It is indeed surprising that so much
interest should be displayed as was
shown by these colleges. Even the
Girls Pep Squad of the Abilene Chris
tian College was out to greet the
team and welcome the initial relation
in forensic activities with the A. &
M. College. Only once previous to
this year has there been a team to
represent this College in debating.
This year there are four distinct
teams who will take part in debates
with other colleges. Debates have
been scheduled with a great many
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