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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1928)
Conscience — That Still Small Voice That Says Someone is Looking. Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XXVII BRYAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 24, 1928. NO. 6 R. V. SENIOR ELECTION HELD Ross Volunteers Elect Thirty More Seniors. The Ross Volunteers held a meet ing last Sunday for the election of thirty more seniors, in order to bring the roster of seniors in the company up to the standard size. Each old man was allowed to put up two sen iors as candidates for election, but only sixty men were put up by the forty-nine old members. Each of the old members was then allowed thirty votes and after the voting was over the highest thirty of the candidates were declared members. The com pany will assume its standard size with the election of fifty juniors on Sunday, November 4th. The seniors who were elected are as follows: Vergne Adams, Brinkoe- ter, Brummett, Carter, Crecelius, Dodge, Dauterive, Dansby, Dockum, Engel, Fuller, Farquahar, Fishback, Gunn, Humphries, Jerome Harris, Hein, Kilpatrick, Gale Oliver, Bos well Porter, Pochyla, Rice, Schultze, Stevens, Skains, M. A. Smith, Bill Taylor, Trail, Grimes, Woodruff. RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF MISS HELEN SEGERS. Whereas, God in His infinite wis dom, has called to her last resting place, Miss Helen Segers, sister of our classmate; Therefore, be it resolved by the senior class that we extend to J. W. Segers, and other members of the family our sincerest sympathy in their hour of bereavement. Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to Mrs. J. E. Segers and family of the de ceased, a copy to The Battalion, and a copy to the Texarkana newspaper. W. D. ARMSTRONG, President. Help. It is rumored that a man student at Northwestern University is threatening to leave school because he fears he will be denied free speech, during the coming year. His school, he says, has a registration of 150 women and only 16 men. “A RAW DEAL FOR THE PUBLIC AT A. & M.” A REPLY Under this sarcastic title there was published on the front page of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram last Monday a cowardly, unsportsmanlike edi torial directed against Mr. James Sullivan, Business Manager of Athletics at A. and M. College, accusing him of having “without explanation, issued an order against the broadcasting of the T. C. U.-A. & M. game by the Fort Worth newspaper’s radio station last Saturday. PLANS FOR A. H. ANNUAL RODEO BEING MADE Juniors of A. H. Department to Give Benefit Performance For Sen ior Judging Team. In attempting to vindicate itself before the public for what the Star- Telegram terms as a failure in their “pursuance of a policy of public ser vice,” it very cleverly presents to its readers only that side of the situation which does justice to itself, without any regard to the other side of the situation, which no doubt would place the newspaper in an embarrassing position. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has misrepresented the facts to its readers as well as to its radio listeners to whom it only announced the ONE side of the situation that appeared on the aforementioned editorial. Since the Star-Telegram wants to bring out before the public this deplorable incident, and since it was not honest and daring enough to tell to the “many thousands of Texans intensely interested in the football game at College Station” the truth about both sides of the situation, it is for us to inform that public of the actual truth of the matter, and we challenge the Fort Worth Star Telegram to deny anyone or all of the con tentions we make. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram announced to its readers a week ahead of time that they were to broadcast the game through their own radio station. The newspaper was not foresighted enough, nor did it have the common decency to ask the A. and M. radio authorities if they would be allowed to do it in their own way. They took for granted that due to the larger size of their station, they could push the A. and M. radio station out of their way and thus place themselves in the role of sole benefactors of the public. They absolutely disregarded the policy which the A. and M. radio station has observed for the past two years, and which other radio stations just as large as WBAP have duly observed in past football games. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the day before the game, made a proposal to the A. and M. authorities to broadcast the game through their own station, WBAP, and have charge of the whole affair. The A. and M. au thorities replied with an offer to allow the Fort Worth newspaper to si multaneously broadcast the game with station WTAW, the college radio station. In this way the Star-Telegram’s station could have hooked up with the A. and M. station, and thus the return of the game would have been broadcasted without any failure of the Star-Telegram in its “pursuance of a policy of public service.” The Fort Worth Star-Telegram refused this offer; it refused the consideration given to it by the right which “any agency engaged in serving the public” should have, it was absolutely un willing to cooperate with the A. and M. authorities; it selfishly wanted t receive all the credit for that service or none at all; it failed to compromise and also failed to take advantage of a fair and efficient way to perform the public service of which they boast so sarcastically. To make matters worse, the Fort Worth newspaper tried to “wash its hands” of the mistake they had made, by having radio station WBAP announce to their listeners that they had “without explanation” been refused by “the arbitrary decis ion of a single person” permission to broadcast the game. The people of Fort Worth and readers of the Fort Worth Star-Tele gram know A. and M., its authorities and its students, only too well to believe the ridiculous and unsportsmanlike statements made by the Fort Worth newspaper. We> are not offering apologies where none are due, but we certainly expect apologies for that hypocritical editorial from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, we believe they are due to us on the grounds of honor, sportsmanship, and truthfulness. Whoopee! Ride ’em cowboys, and how! Wild bronchoes and steers; wild pallooting goats, cows, and pigs; yells galore; cowboys and real ones —no foolin’—peanuts, popcorn, and pop; pretty girls and —well now, let’s not go into details—but all in all it is going to be WILD. Have you guessed what it is ? Why we knew that you would say ‘circus’ but you are all wet. Shhhhh, now we will tell you, boys: the great and magnif icent, the one and only, the wild and wooly, the reckless and robust, the pride and joy of westerners is again about to arrive on the scene of our lives; again will make our hair stand on our heads and, fellers, it is nothing more than the Annual (Continued on Page 5) T. C. U.-A. AND M. CORPS DANCE WELL ATTENDED In an attempt to return the hos pitality shown by the T. C. U. stu dents last year, the Aggie stu dent body played host for an even ing to the T. C. U. visitors. Music was furnished by the Aggieland which proved very efficient for the occasion. Although it was only the second Corps Dance of the season, it proved to be a huge success. The majority of the T. C. U. girls had to return on the special which left around 7 o’clock and did not get a chance to attend the dance. However, there were quite a few who had per mission to remain until the 12 o’clock train. The fact that this was appre ciated could be seen by the number of Aggies who went to the dance. The way “Buck” Morris, our so cial secretary, put this entertainment over assures us that the dance pro gram for the year will be a success. We wish to thank the T. C. U. stu dents for helping us enjoy the oc casion.