VOL. XXVII
BRYAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 17, 1928.
NO. 5
MW CHEMISTRY
BUILDING SOON
T C. U. FROGS AND FORT WORTH
PEOPLE TO INVADE AGGIELAND
COMPANY “F”
WINS CONTEST
To Be Built in Wings Like Nevr
Dormitories.
Before many more years roll by
Aggieland will be the proud possess
or of a brand new Chemistry Build
ing. We are going to try our best
and maybe the legislature will ap
propriate a sum large enough to
complete a building which will ac
commodate about twelve hundred
students. The location will probably
be back of the Varsity tennis courts.
Before long a wing of the proposed
building will be started. If we are
able to complete one wing without
the help of the state, the chances
are that the legislature will help
to complete the building.
Rice has a Chemistry building that
cost one million dollars, and the one
at Texas University cost about eight
hundred thousand dollars. It is es
timated that a building which will
accommodate the large enrollment
expected in the Chemistry depart
ment in the future will cost about
five hundred thousand dollars.
One thousand five hundred and
seven students have enrolled in the
Chemistry department this term.
There are eleven hundred and ten
freshmen, one hundred and forty-
nine sophomores, eighty-seven jun
iors, seventy-two seniors, and eighty-
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Special Entertainment Features to be Provided for Visitors.
Old Army, we will have a recess
in heaven this coming week-end. Two
special trains, running over with the
prettiest damsels in the State, will
invade this athletic and military
campus for some dozen hours. As in
days of old, when oilgrimages wr~°
the public’s sole entertainments, so
will this be to this group of beauties
from the Texas Christian Universi
ty. With these pretty maidens will
be none other than Matty Bell’s T.
C. U. gridiron warriors who have
been a “jinx” over ole Aggieland
for the past four years.
Fort Worth is sending one of the
largest special trains to this “city
of speed” that has ever been known
in the. history of Texas. The two
special trains will carry no less than
two thousand “rooters,” many of
these being A. and M.’s twelfth
man of many years past.
Not less than a dozen months ago
our Army departed for Fort Worth.
We had heard and read of many
royal entertainments throughout the
country that the Prince of Wales
had received from his most intimate
associates, but we had no idea that
we C^vould break into such high so
cial environment. Lest you forget
Old Army, it was none other than
T. C. U. who entertained us with
such hospitality. They fed us, gave
us dances and fellows, words can’t
express it. The “Fish” are unaware
of this great entertainment, but ye
uppers will never forget that day. It
will always be the day among days
in the memories of we upper-class-
men.
With this in mind the Fort Worth
Club at this Institution has plan
ned an entertainment which we hope
will live in memories of the Pur-
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OFFICERS OF ROSS
VOLUNTEERS ELECTED
Bennie Varner Elected as Captain.
The Ross Volunteers held their
first meeting of the year in the Y.
M. C. A. chapel last Wednesday
night for the election of officers
for the year.
B. C. Varner was elected as cap
tain of the company, C. E. Richter
as first lieutenant, and N. A. Web
ster and O. W. Sommers as sec
ond lieutenants. Raymond Bradford
was also elected as secretary-treas
urer of the organization. The first
sergeant will not be elected until
the juniors are taken in later on in
the year.
There are forty-five old men in
the organization at present. On the
twenty-first of October thirty addi
tional seniors will be taken in, and
on the fourth of November fifty
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CORPS DANCES FOR
FIRST TERM ANNOUNCED
Plans Being Made to Increase Pop
ularity of the Corps Dances.
Because of the failure to announce
the dates for Corps Dances far
enough ahead of the date hereto
fore very little interest has been
taken by many of the boys and as
a result they do not try to have
their girls down for any of the
dances. Plans at present as explain
ed by the Social Secretary are to
announce the dates of the dances
far enough in advance that any of
the cadets desiring to have their
girls down for the week-end can
arrange to have them here for some
special occasion and remain over
for the dance.
Not enough of the cadets are
taking any interest in the dances.
'They are for the entertainment of
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A. W. Bryant Works Hard to Get
a Company Percentage of 142.
The honor of putting out the spe
cial company edition of The Bat
talion in the spring goes to Com
pany “F” Infantry, due to the ex
tra efforts of Alton Bryant, first
sergeant of the company. Bryant
has been 1 wofkxng hard ever since
the contest and campaign started,
and besides getting every one in the
company to buy extra subscriptions,
he went outside of the company to
get more, in order to bring his per
centage up.
Every member of the company co
operated with the top-kick in order
to help him win. The percentage
that was made, stands as the highest
that has ever been obtained since
The Battalion started having the
contests.
The winning company has a very
peculiar personnel, and they ought
to be able to put out a very good
special edition.
The following gives the percent
ages of the various organizations:
Infantry—Co. A 14, Co. B 5, Co. C
11, Co. D 22, Co. E 5.7, Co. F 142,
Co. G 46, Co. H 30. Cavalry—Tr. A
2.6, Tr. B 12, Tr. C 2.3, Tr. D 3.3.
Artillery—Bat. A 3, Bat. B 20, Bat.
C 4.5, Bat. D 15. Engineers—Co. A
14, Co. B 4.5. Signal Corps—Co. A
15, Co. B 36.7. Band—5.6.
JUNIOR CLASS ELECTS
HANKS AS PRESIDENT
New System of Election Put into
Effect.
With the election of Lester Hanks,
San Augustine, Sunday to the presi
dency of the Junior Class the Jun
iors made their first step toward
class activities for the year. The
custom of having a candidate for
Junior president indorsed by twenty-
five members of the class was brok
en and the election was held im-
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CORPS DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT