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Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXVII BRYAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 31, 1928. No. 7
ANNOUNCE YEARS
SEMINAR PROGRAM
The following program for the
current year has been announced by
the Social Science Seminar for the
benefit and information of all stu
dents interested in attending its
meetings:
November 12—Dr. L. L. Click,
University of Texas—“George Mere
dith, 1828-1928.”
November 26—Captain Lewis A.
Pick, E. C. U. S. Army—“The Flood
Control Plan of the Mississippi.”
December 5—William Allen White,
Editor, Author, Speaker—Subject to
be announced.
January 21—W. S. Campbell, Uni
versity of Oklahoma—“Epic Aspects
of the Old South.”
February 4—Dr. John O. Beaty,
Southern Methodist University—
“Race and Population; Possible So
lutions of a Difficult Problem.”
February 20— Henry Goddard
Leach, Editor of the Forum—“The
Next Fifty Years.”
March 4—Curtis Vinson, Director
of Publicity,—“The Press, Its Trend,
and Something of its Influence on
Affairs.”
March 18—Dr. Jessie Whitacre,
Chief of Rural Home Research—
“Cultural Values in Home Econom
ics.”
April 1—Thomas Mayo, Librarian
—“Tendencies of the Contemporary
New York Stage.”
April 15—I. C. Adams, Depart
ment of Economics—“Appraisal of
World Housing.”
April 29—J. P. Abbott, English
Department—“Notes and Asides,
17th Century Letters.”
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GOBLINS AND SPOOKS TO RUN
RAMPANT IN HALLOWE’EN FROLIC
D. H. TEAM
WINS HONORS
OOOooooooooooo! Witches, ghosts;
Hobgoblins, Spooks, and all other
expressions of scary things! Just'
watch for them next Saturday night
at the Corps Dance. For the first
time in many moons there will be
a real honest to goodness Hallowe’en
Dance on the Campus. Of course it
will be a few days late for the real
date of Hallowe’en but what differ
ence does a day or two make when
it comes to having a good time ?
The Powers have seen fit to let
the Corps drop a portion of its dig
nity and revel in gayety and Spook-
land for a few hours and enjoy the
freedom of costumes and false faces
—although it is doubtful if some
realy need them—and frolic to their
hearts’ content. All those taking part
in the dance will be dressed in some
costume in keeping with the spirit
of Hallowe’en. This will be a good
time for members of the Corps to
break loose and show their taste
and individuality by selecting some
costume that will indicate their
knowledge of the spirits—other than
bottled ones.
Many of the boys are having their
girls down for the week-end to see
“Y” CONTRACTS
FAMOUS OPERA
the game and this will be a good
( time to take advantage of the oc-
‘casion and make a really pleasant
visit for the girl and the boy con
cerned in the matter. Several of the
Teachers will remain over for the
dance so it seems that there will be
an abundance of feminity to make
the dance a success. Some of the
cadets are already getting their
girls on the line and are arranging
to have costumes that will match.
The mess hall will be decorated
with all kinds of streamers and
things suggestive of a real Hallow
e’en atmosphere. There will be sev
eral surprise novelties to add fun
and foolishness to the evening’s
entertainment so that there will be
no dull moments even for those who
do not take part in the dancing. The
Aggieland Orchestra will keep every
one feeling good and spending every
minute of their time dancing.
Efforts are being made by the so
cial Secretary to put over the dances
in the best possible manner and he
is putting forth every effort to cre
ate an interest in the Corps Dances
so that all the boys will make the
dances and have a good time.
RUSSELL HOLDING
SUNDAY FORUM
G. G. “Hoot” Gibson Wins $400
Scholarship at National Dairy
Show.
At the National Dairy Show re
cently held in Memphis, Tenn., the
A. and M. Dairy team won seventh
place in the contest in which twen
ty-six other teams from the United
States and Canada participated. This
"placing breaks all records held by
any previous A. and M. teams at
the National Dairy show. In this
contest the A. and M. team won high
score over all contesting teams,
first over all divisions, and offered
high scoring individual men as well.
The following were high point
men. G. G. “Hoot” Gibson, winner
of high score in judging Jerseys at
both the National and the Southern
Collegiate contests. For this distinc
tion Gibson was presented with a
$400.00 scholarship by the American
Jersey Cattle Club, and a gold med
al by the Tri-State Fair Associa
tion of Tennessee. Seth Wood scored
as high point man in the Guern
sey contest and was presented a
gold medal.
The members of the team who
made the trip were: G. G. Gibson,
Trinity; S. Wood, Hillsboro; R. E.
Duckworth, Seymour; J. D. Stafford,
Tennessee Colony; and A. L. Dar
nell as coach of the team.
To be Shown in Assembly Hall De
cember 6.
One of the oldest and most pop
ular stage plays that has ever been
produced in New York has just re
cently been booked by the Y. M. C.
A. for a showing at the Assembly
Hall on December 6.
This play was written by John Gay
in 1728 and is known as “Beggars
Opera”. All the music and songs are
in English and it includes all the
popular English Ars. This opera will
be presented here by the original
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Owing to the crowded conditions
in Guion Hall only such seniors as
are required to march their respec
tive companies and to keep order will
be expected at the Sunday chapel.
At that time, in the Y. M. C. A.
parlors, Professor Daniel Russell will
lead an informal discussion group for
the seniors. At this time, any topic
or problem of interest will be dis
cussed not only by the leader, but
by the students who will be allowed
to make any observations that they
desire. It will be a bull-pen, except
that the discussion will not be allow-
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2693 STUDENTS REG
ISTERED THIS TERM
Summary of enrollment at A. and
M. for the 1928-29 session, just is
sued from the office of the registrar,
shows total registration to date of
2693, the largest for any one reg
ular session in the history of the
college. Increase in enrollment over
the two preceding years is shown
by comparing this year’s total of
2693 with 2444 for 1927-28 and
2330 for 1926-27, all compilations
being as of October 10.
Of the 2693 students enrolled this
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HALLOWEEN DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT!