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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1928)
LET ANOTHER MAN PRAISE THEE, AND NOT THINE OWN MOUTH »■ Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas * VOL. XXVI BRYAN, TEXAS, JANUARY 18, 1928 No. 14 BANQUET GIVEN AGGIES BY HOUSTON A. & M. CLUB THREE DANCES WILL FEATURE MID-TERM HOLIDAYS SUMMER SCHOOL TO BEGIN JUNE 11. R. V.’s SET DATE FOR FESTIVI TIES. Just as Marion Church of Dallas concluded his address “Our Star Play ers,” a curtain was drawn and a spot light centered on a maroon jersey. The light threw into prominence the white “8” on the jersey.' It was the jersey which Captain Joel Hunt wore when he led his team to the South western Conference Championship. This was the climax of the banquet given at the Warwick Hotel Saturday night in honor of Coach Bible’s Ag gies and Coach Krichamer’s Bulldogs, Houston high school champs in foot ball for 1927. After Joel Hunt was given his All-American diploma, signed by Knute Rockne, “Pop” War ner and Tad Jones, he was lifted to the top of the speaker’s table. He attributed his success to his team mates and pointed out Figari and Holmes as the interference runners who made possible some of his most dazzling runs. As Sikes did not make the trip, Hunt was commissioned to bring Sikes’ All-American diploma to him. A. C. Sprott was also presented a diploma. Colonel Ike Ashburn was toastmaster and some of the speakers were F. M. Law, chairman A. & M. board of directors, Coach Bible, Ma rion Church, and Dr. T. O. Walton. During President Walton’s address, he became puzzled by the howls of mer- (Continued on Page 5) JUNIORS BEGIN FIRING ON MA CHINE GUN RANGE. Firing on the machine gun, 1000 inch range, below the dairy barns, be gan Monday, under the supervision of Capt. R. L. Ware for the infantry juniors. The regular army qualifica tion course, as fired by the previous classes, will be fired this year. To promote interest, and to award merit, Frank Brothers of San Anto nio, who furnished the uniforms to the Exchange Store, is offering an imported, gold and silver mounted, in- graved presentation saber to the high point man at the end of the season. This is the first time a valuable prize has been given, and it should arouse the efforts of many of the next year’s colonels, and one buttoneers. The fastest gun crew will be picked out of the infantry juniors soon, and they will also be awarded, though probably not so much as the lucky marksman. The few days between terms that are so generously donated to us by the college officials are usually more or less dead, and the time is used to make a trip to Houston or to one of College Station’s thriving suburbs. But this year it would be folly for one to leave the campus at mid-term, for two of the best dances of the year will be held, followed by a Corps Dance on the third night. Girls in abundance are promised, for the shieks of the campus, those one-but- toners, are going to put on the first of their annual shindigs. And when they have wearied themselves on the first night, the girls will still be left for the rest to enjoy at the Barnyard and Corps Dances that follow. The Barnyard is one of the big social affairs of the season, where everyone forgets his dignity and a gay time is had by all. Respectable se niors come disguised(?) as farmers, farm hands, and in other garbs typi cal of rural citizens, and even sopho mores have been known to don a pair of overalls. To miss this dance would be to miss a treat indeed. So dig up those old clothes you came to college in last September, and join the rest (Continued on Page 5) VALUABLE EDITION MADE TO LIBRARY. A very valuable addition was made to the Library recently in the form of the new Oxford Dictionary, pur chased at a cost of approximately $350.00. The new dictionary is com posed of twenty volumes, and is to replace the old incomplete set former ly kept on the shelves. This dictionary, which bears the title of “A New English Dictionary, On Historical Principles,” is based largely on material collected by the Philological Society, of England and is edited by James, A. H. Murray. It is published by Oxford University, at the Clarendon Press. The Outstanding feature of the work lies in the at tention given the history and origin of all words listed. It is at present recognized as one of the best au thorities of the kind available. The new set recently bought is more complete than the one formerly in use here. In addition to this, the vol umes are lighter and more compact, and are much better in appearance. The 1928 summer school of the A. & M. College of Texas, which will open June 11, the Monday following commencement of the regular college year, is now being organized, Dean C. H. Winkler, of the school of Vo cational Teaching and chairman of the summer school committee, has an nounced. The summer session will again continue for twelve weeks, with two terms of six weeks each. En rollment in the college division of the summer school last summer wass the largest in the history of the school and Dea,n Winkler predicts an even larger enrollment for the coming sum mer. In-addition to the regular college division, which includes the graduate school, a number of short courses will be given, such as the summer school of cotton, six weeks; course for vo cational teachers, three weeks; course for public utility men, for graduate veterinarians, cotton breeding course, county superintendents’ conference, and the big Farmers’ Short Course, each of the latter five calling for one week’s duration. Dean Winkler has called attention to the fact, by reason of law enacted by the Fortieth Legislature making provision for the extension of teach ers’ certificates by attendance at sum mer school, any person holding a teacher’s certificate of any kind or grade has the right to have such cer tificate extended for one year by pass ing in four courses or subjects at a recognized summer school. This pro vision, he added, should result in a considerable increase in summer school attendance by teachers. ENGINEERING SENIORS TO TEST PRAIRIE VIEW PLANT Under the able direction of Mr. A. V. Brewer and Mr. M. C. Hughes a representation of Chemical, Electri cal and Mechanical engineers will make a general test of the Prairie View Normal power plant shortly af ter mid-term. The plant is very much smaller than the A. and M. unit but the test will require just as much, if not more, engineering skill than the test made here since nearly all of the Prairie View equipment is out of date. It is a hand fired plant, run ning non-condensing both of which (Continued on Page 3) At a recent meeting of the Ross Volunteers, the official dates for the spring festivities of the organization were set. Tlje decision was to hold the dances and other affairs during the spring recess, April 19th, 20th, and 21st. The exhibition drills will be a fea ture of the festivities, but they will probably be overshadowed by the three dances which will be given by the organization. On Thursday night, April 19th, will come /the Queen’s Ball, a very unusual and spectacular affair. The Queen will be chosen by Frank Mabry, who was recently elect ed King of the 1928 R. V.’s. On Friday night, April 20th, will come the R. V. Hop, another beautiful affair. The dance on Saturday night, April 21st, will be an official corps dance. A visitor on the campus during R. V. week would think that A. and M. had been changed to a co-ed school, for many a sweet young thing from C. I. A. and elsewhere will be stroll ing around the campus, for they all (Continued on Page 3) “ABRAHAM LINCOLN” TO BE SHOWN AT COLLEGE “Abraham Lincoln,” a drama por traying the life and character of one of America’s greatest men, is to be shown at the Assembly Hall, Friday, January 27th. This play was written by John Drinkwater, an English dra matist as one of a series of plays de picting the lives and characters of great Americans of history. “Abra ham Lincoln” won the Pulitzer prize for the best play of the year. The play, as written by Drinkwater, was in six scenes, beginning in Lincoln’s home in Springfield, 111., in 1860, and ending with his death at Ford’s Thea tre in 1865. The play has been faith fully transcribed to the screen with the added advantage of being able to show more action, since the screen is not limited to such a small number of scenes. Every word, expression and action adds its bit toward bringing out the great character that Lincoln was. It is a picture that no one should miss, for it gives us of this later generation a chance to see and appreciate the true greatness of a real, honest-to-goodness American, our Civil War President, Abraham Lincoln.