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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1928)
V m r”r —WATCH OUT- COOL, COOL, DALLAS 'r'fZj'i''' ' U. r . Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XXVII BRYAN, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 7, 1928. NO. 8 R. V.’S ELECT JUNIOR MEMBERS Election Brings Company to Stand ard Size. Last Sunday evening the Ross Vol unteers elected 50 members of the Junior Class to their organization, thereby blunging the roster of the company up to normal size. Doubt less many of these juniors are aware of their nomination due to their very warm congratulations. Each of the old men was allowed to put up (Continued on Page 2) SOPHOMORES ELECT CLASS OFFICERS IN MEMORIAM LOGAN VARLEY Last Saturday afternoon the Soph omore class held their first meeting for the purpose of electing officers for the 1928-’29 session. The meet ing was held in the “Y” chapel with the Senior election committee in charge. The class was very poorly represented, having only about one- fourth of the Sophomores present. The regular system, the ‘Hat Cord’ ballot, was adopted early in the | meeting and continued through the session. The class elected the following men to the various offices for the present school year: R. N. Winders, Houston, an outstanding man on the varsity Cross Country Squad, was (Continued on Page 3) RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF LOGAN VARLEY. The pain-sweetened notes of Silver Taps Sunday night be wailed the loss to our campus-world of a member of our group, a part of the whole that makes up our lives. Not only that, but also the loss of an individual, an unit which can never be dup licated or replaced. And to his father and brother, to his room mate and the men irf his company, even to his mere acquain tances, it spoke of a more poignant grief, of a loss more deeply felt. This sincere grief we join, and these bereaved ones we wish to offer whatever consolation we may. Logan Varley, of Whitesboro, a Junior in H Company, In fantry, enrolled in the school of Agriculture in the department of Agricultural Administration, died in the college hospital at 8:45 Sunday evening, after a brief but severe seige of pneumonia. Plis father, W. H. Varley of Whitesboro, was present at the time of the boy’s death. A firing squad, commanded by Claire Smith, and six pall bearers, Varley’s former classmates, were sent by his company as a guard of honor at the funeral, which took place in Whites boro Tuesday morning. To the father and brother, and to the friends and acquain tances of Varley, we offer all condolence that may be given in their great loss. Time alone can dull the pain it brings—the loss itself is irreparable. ANDREWS TO PRESS MEET AT PURDUE U. Whereas, God in His infinite wis dom, has called to his last resting place, Logan Varley, one of our classmates; Therefore, be it resolved by the junior class that we extend to Mr. C. W. Varley, and other members of the family our sincerest sympa thy in their hour of bereavement. Be it further resolved that a copy of these resolutions be sent to Mr. C. W. Varley and family of the de ceased, a copy to The Battalion, and a copy to the Whitesboro news paper. I ESTER HANKS, President Junior Class. E. L. Andrews, Editor-in-Chief of The Battalion, will leave the College on November 14 to attend the annual convention of the National College Press Association to be held at Pur due University at Lafayette, Indiana. The Battalion will be registered as a member of the Association for the remainder of the year. The aim of the Association is to form a national collegiate news bur eau, and also to form an alliance of all college papers for the purpose of unified action on important ques tions dealing with college papers. Formerly, the Association was open to both college newspapers and col lege annuals, but owing to the large membership the annuals had to be omitted. Buck Morris and Raymond Bradford, editors of The Battalion and The Longhorn last year, at tended the meeting of the Associa tion last year, which was held at Oklahoma University. The entire meeting this year will (Continued on Page 11) THANKSGIVING HOP COMMITTEES NAMED At a meeting of the Senior Class on November 4th, the chairmen of the various committees which will have charge of the Thanksgiving dances were elected. The old custom of having six com mittees work on the dances was sup planted by a motion to have only four committees, these four being the Finance, the Decoration, the Mu sic, and the Arrangements Commit tee. It was also decided to make the chairman of the Finance Committee the general chairman of the dances. Ever since the A. and M. foot ball teams have been playing in the Southwestern Conference, it has been the custom for the student body to give the football players a dance during the Thanksgiving holidays. When the game with Texas U. is played at College Station, the dance is given on Thanksgiving night af ter the game. But when the game is played at Austin, the dance is given on the Fi'iday night following (Continued on Page 11) CORPS WILL GO TO DALLAS GAME 2600 Cadets Will Entrain To Dallas For S. M. U. Game. The entire cadet corps of A. & M. will leave College Station early this Saturday morning on four special trains, which will carry the cadets to Dallas for the A. & M.-S. M. U. football game. The-first train will leave at 5 a. m., and the other three will leave at ten minute in tervals. The first train is scheduled to ar rive in Dallas at 10 a. m., and the parade will start forming as soon as the first section gets to Dallas. The parade should actually start be tween 10:30 and 11 o’clock. The band will lead the parade, which will start at the corner of Main and Market (Continued on Page 3) HELEN NELSON A. & M. DUCHESS AT COTTON PALACE Helen Nelson, escorted by Cadet Colonel W. P. Patton, Jr., will be this years A. and M. Duchess at the Queens Ball, an annual affair held in connection with the Cotton Pal ace at Waco, Texas, November 12 to November 18. Virginia Burns, es corted by B. C. Varner, will be the maid of honor. Miss Nelson accom panied by her retinue will leave for Waco, Monday November 12. In addition to Virginia Burns and B. C. Varner, the court will consist of W. O. Sommers, M. E. Horn, J. W. Keller, W. F. Taylor, Geo. Calla ghan and R. S. Boykin. At Waco the Duchess and her court will take part in the Society Ball, the coronation of the Queen at the Queens Ball, and the Debutante Ball. At the Debutante Ball Miss Nelson will make her formal debut. LONGHORN NOTICE! To Club Secretaries. A typewritten alphabetical list of all your club members should be turned in to me as early as possi ble. Please attend to this at once. A. PAEZ, Club Editor, 61 Goodwin.