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
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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.