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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.