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PREPARE YOURSELF YET WHILE YOU MAY.
Published Weekly by the Students of ths Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXVI
BRYAjN, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 8, 1928.
MID-TERM DANCES
CREATE SENSATION
Bowery Dance Proves to be Renegade
Struggle and Barnyard Adds
More Thrills.
The boys who journeyed from Ag-
gieland between terms into the wilds
of our state missed the wildest place
of all right here at home, especially
the night of the Bowery dance. Never
before has old Sbisa sheltered such a
variety of “tough eggs,” “dopey
opium smokers,” “highland renegade
sailors,” “underworld yeggs,” and
“Texas dendidos.” Armed with knives,
six shooters, hip flasks, mingled with
Texas Guinan and Road House Sue
around “BUCK-JOHN'S BAR” where
strong Coca-Cola and root beer were
sold was gathered the most motley
crew of toughs ever seen outside the
limits of the Bowery itself. Needless
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YOU SHOULD TAKE HEED!
Saddle and Sirloin Club Give Show
NO. 17
ARCHITECTS DANCE CAMPUS PLAYERS
PRESENT “ARMS
AND THE MAN”
Spanish Motif to Add Spirit of Gaiety
To Occasion
Dropping their pens and brushes for
a night, architectural and landscape
art students will try their hand at
dancing Friday night to the “toe
tickling” tunes of the Aggieland. The
dance will last from 9 till 2.
The drafting room, where so many
young and aspiring as well as pers
piring students have whiled away the
wee small hours of the night in pur
suit of knowledge, will again be the
scene of action, but this time delight
ful feminine figures will replace the
cold inky features of drawing plates.
The room will be decorated in a Span
ish motif. If all goes well, the boys
will be dressed in smocks, and the fair
damsels garbed in evening dresses.
The dance will be open only to ar
chitectural and landscape art students
and their dates. The club dues of four
dollars will also cover the dance fee.
F. F. Dexter is president of the
Architects Club; L. L. Taylor, vice-
president; and T. A. Krauel, secretary
and treasurer.
John Barrymore is the greatest lov
er of all ages! The loving, hating,
fighting, suffering, joyous, whimsical,
gallant Don Juan! Here the greatest
actor of his generation literally blaz
es through a whirlwind romance
against the magnificent backgrounds
of Rome in the days of the gorgeous
Borgias. The picture shows Barry
more at his superb best!
Mary Astor heads the cast in sup
port of the star. The other players
include Willard Louis, Estelle Taylor,
Helene Costello, Myrna Loy, Jane
Winton, John Roche, June Marlowe,
Philippe de Lacy, Helene D’Algy, John
George, Warner Gland, Montague
Love, Josef Swickard, Lional Brahm,
Phyllis Haver, Nigel de Brulier,
Hedda Hopper, Gustav von Seyffertitz,
Emily Fitzroy, Sheldon Lewis, Gibson
Gowland and Dick Sutherland.
The Saddle and Sirloin Club takes
great pride in being able to offer this
famous actor to the student body in
a picture that has thrilled the world.
Make your own comparison of our
modern romance with the brilliant ro
mance of the past.
JOHN BARRYMORE IN “DON
JUAN”
Assembly Hall—Monday, Feb. 13th,
1928.
GRAIN JUDGING TEAMS ARE
GIVEN MEDALS
Members of the Grain judging team
that won fourth place at the Inter
national Livestock Exposition and
Grain and Hay Show at Chicago last
November were recently presented
with medals in recognition of their
record by President T. O. Walton on
behalf of the agronomy department
faculty members of the college. >■ *
Members of the team included: Jo$e
de la Fuente, Saltillo, Coah., Mexico;
Raleigh C. Mauldin, Milford; W. L.
Crawford, Palestine, and R. M. Zell-
ner, Mart.
Fuente, who graduated at the end
of the first term this month, will re
turn to his home in Mexico to operate
a 9,000 acre ranch.
Talks were made at the Agronomy
Society meeting at which the medals
were awarded by President Walton,
Dr. J. O. Morgan, Dr. E. P. Humbert,
Director O. B. Martin of the Exten
sion Service, and Ralph T. Stewart,
who was coach of the crops judging
team.
“Say, gimme a pound of dog meat
an’ make it good. The last I got here-
made my old man sick.”
New Idea To Be Followed Promises
Big Surprise
A special edition of the Battalion
somewhat different from any of the
publications of the kind published in
years past is to be out some time in
March, according to members of its
staff. This issue, the Company edition
of the year, is being put out by B
Company, Signal Corps, and is under
the editorship of R. O. Hopkins.
Editorials are to be featured this
year, according to present plans, with
a variety of other material in addi
tion. The comic feature, which has
largely made up the company Battali
ons of the past, will be included, but
with probably less space than has
been formerly allotted it.
Members of the staff are: R. O.
Hopkins, Editor-in-Chief; Ray
Hughes, Literary Editor; O. N. Yeary,
Athletic Editor; and C. E. Price,
Business Manager.
FIRST ANNUAL
AUTO PAGEANT
FRIDAY NIGHT
Stephenson to Be Featured as Hero—
Drawing Card for Cadets
Cars Driven by Pretty Girls Will Be
Main Attraction of the Evening
“Arms and the Man,” a three-act
comedy, written by Bernard Shaw,
will be given in the Assembly Hall
Thursday evening, February 9th, at
eight o’clock. Tickets are now on sale
at the Aggieland Pharmacy.
The play is being given by the
Campus Players, an organization of
faculty members and campus resi
dents. The Campus Players will be
remembered for their excellent pre
sentation of “Lightnin” last Com
mencement.
The feature of the play will be the
acting of Mr. Richard Stevenson of
the English department, who will play
the part of Sergins, the Bulgarian
gentleman soldier. ‘Mr. J. J. Wool-
ket, of the Language department, will
take the part of a professional sol
dier, the chocolate cream soldier; but,
nevertheless, even Sergins has to ad
mit that he is every inch a soldier.
Miss Bess Alexander will play the
part of Mrs. Petkoff, the Bulgarian
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SPECIAL COMPANY BAT TO AP
PEAR IN MARCH
With new equipment arriving every
day the Automobile and Machinery
Show promises to be one of the best
shows ever staged at the College.
Several lines of trucks are coming up
from Houston including the Wichittv,
Reo and International trucks and a
number of pleasure cars. The Ford
Motor Co. is sending a complete parts
exhibit of the new model “A” car as
well as several cars.
An Oldsmobile chassis costing $8,-
000 in the making has been perma
nently secured by the department.
This car is chrome plated and is cut
away and glassed in so that every
moving part is visible. It is propelled
by 4 six volt storage batteries con
nected in paralell. It is one of the
most beautiful pieces of automobile
machinery ever assembled and the
College is indeed fortunate in secur
ing it for exhibition and demonstra
tion purposes.
Besides the great number of autos
to be shown there will also be a varied
display of tractors and farm machin
ery. This is all the newest machinery
and has been loaned to the college for
use in the pageant or is regarded as
permanent loans for class work and
study.
The cars are to be driven by Col
lege and Bryan girls and will be dem
onstrated by local dealers. R. V.’s are
to escort the young ladies from the
cars in the arena. Music will be furn
ished throughout the evening by the
Aggie Band.
RETIRING SPORTS EDITOR
SUCCEEDED BY GLYNN MOUNT
Due to the departure from the col
lege of Thomas A. Pilkey, and his
subsequent resignation of his position
of Sports Editor of the Battalion, a
change has been made necessary in
the staff of this paper. Pilkey is to
be succeeded by Glynn O. Mount, for
mer Associate Sports Editor.
The Sports department of the Bat
talion has had quite a loss in the de
parture of Pilkey. Tommy has served
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