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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1928)
Published Weekly by the Students of the Agri cultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XXVII BRYAN, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 21, 1928. NO. 10 GRAND EXODUS PLANNED FOR TURKEY DAY AND WEEK-END Army to Move Toward Varsity Camp in Search of Beef; Plans Near Completion. A. E TEAM WINS PLACES Bunton Second and Fields Fourth in National. In the National Livestock Forum contests at Wichita Kansas, mem bers of the A. and M. stock judg ing team placed second and fourth in the individual competition against men from seven colleges. The team as a whole placed fourth, in the meet. S. E. Bunton, of Valentine, took the second place for A. and M. and W. J. Fields, of Sonora, placed fourth. The first place in the meet was won by the Kansas U. Team. Going to Kansas City, Missouri, our team entered the contests at the American Royal Live Stock Show, Saturday. The first place here was won by the University of Illinois team; the place won by our team is not known at present. The Aggie team, which is made up of S. E. Bunton of Valentine, T. G. Caudle of Stephenville, W. J. Fields, Jr., of Sonora, T. M. Jackson of Abilene, C. E. Morris, Seymour, A. A. Storey of Lackhart, and H. H. Weatherbee of Hillsboro, will return here Wednesday for a short period of practice, and will leave again within the week for Chicago, to take a part in the contests at the In ternational Livestock Exposition. In this last meet, which is really the most important of all, they will com pete with teams from the larger schools of this country and some from foreign countries. The grand prize of the Exposition contests is a minature bronze bull, which is to go to any team winning the first place three times. Along with a num ber of other' schools, we have two first places to our credit, and the competition this year should defi nitely decide the ownership of the prize. The Kind of Fish Has a Bearing. An entomology Prof, has said that the reason a fish can’t sleep is that there is always a flapper ly ing on either side of him. Our honest opinion is that neither could an upperclassman. Now it comes to pass that once a year there comes upon this land of ours a depression in the great stacks of beef bull neck intended for the consumption of ye honorable cadet corps. Then it is that one Duncan scratches his head in per plexity and finally consults with the teachings of the Bible to see if the football squad cannot turn war rior for a while to rustle beef for our festive board. And once each year the said Mr. Bible and his cohorts, after looking over the available supply of cow’s husbands, find that the choicest cuts can be obtained from that animal known lovingly by his admirers as the Texas University Longhorn, and proceed forthwith to divest this steer of his youthful attire and to apply a meat chopper to his innards. Now even so it happens that this steer is so obliging that he prances right up to our very doorstep to be slaughtered, but then on the other FROSH CLASS ELECTS OFFICERS The initial step, in the activities of the class of ’32, was taken Sat urday afternoon when the class met to elect officers. The election was held in the assembly hall under the supervision of the Senior election committee. The class was very well represented, with much enthusiasm and interest shown through the en tire session. The composite regiment reemed to be well organized and was very successful in nominating and electing a majority of the of ficers. The following men were elected to the respective offices: Fish Kline, T. W., Texarkana, Texas, president; Fish Fiol, P. C., Miami, Florida, vice- president; Fish Abernathy, H. D., Dallas, Texas, secretary and treas urer; and Fish Maxwell, C. D., Bur net, Texas, historian for the class. hand he sometimes balks at the idea of walking many a weary mile just to finally tickle the palates of would be soldier boys. It is then that the sons of the Farmer and brothers of the Aggies have to gird themselves for the fray and go forth in all their might to do battle for their larder. The steer not having responded as well as he might to our two-faced invitations for a visit this year, Pro fessor Bible and his eleven deciples will go a steer hunting on the very day of the 29th of this month, and, even though it be the day of the noble Turkey, the fire in their eyes will blind them to all but the sight of veal and beef. In other words, dear and gentle reader, the entire point of this bed time tale is that there will be a football game in Austin on Thanks giving Day between the Texas Ag gies and the Texas University Long- (Continued on Page 2) CAPT. PICK TO ADDRESS SEMINAR The next meeting of the Social Science Seminar will be on next Monday evening, November 26th, at 7:30 p. m. in the Physics Lecture room. Captain Lewis A. Pick, of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army will give a talk on “The Flood Con trol Plan of the Mississippi.” An interesting circumstance to be noticed is the fact that Captain Pick was a member of the commis sion that worked with Secretary Hoover in formulating the plan for the flood control in the Mississippi. He has, therefore, first hand infor mation and will be able to deliver an interesting and helpful address. Stu dents are cordially invited to at tend for their own good. THANKSGIVING HOPS PLANNED Johnny Johnson’s Orchestra to Fur nish Syncopation. The chairman and assistants in charge of the Thanksgiving dances are busy making things ready for a lively time for those who return to Aggieland after the Austin game. “Buck” Morris, Thanksgiving Hop Chairman, George Beams, in charge of music, W. A. Fischer, head dec orator, and L. A. Hartung, program and arrangement, are all making fin al preparations for the annual hop given by the cadet corps in honor of the football team. The Hop and Corps dances will both be in Sbisa’s Palace, the for mer beginning promptly at nine o’clock Friday evening and contin uing until two. The orchestra will be Johnny John son’s inimitable purveyors of jazz. Johnny has just returned from an extended European tour and should be good. He will play both even ings. Admission to the dances will be $2.50 for the Thanksgiving Hop, and $1.50 for the corps dance. It is believed that most of the football men will return for the dances, but good times are promised to all others who tarry not in Aus tin, but- return here to maintain their social standing. So if you are still undecided as to which Texas City you will honor with your pres ence during the holidays, turn such thoughts aside and think of the pleasures of a return trip to Ag gieland. DEAN KYLE GETS BOOK ACCEPTED BY COMMISSION Dean E. J. Kyle’s textbook, “Fun damentals of Fanning and Farm Life,” has recently been re-adopted by the State Textbook Commission for use in the public schools of Tex as for another four-year period. Dean Kyle’s book is said to be the finest of its kind ever written for public school use and is particular ly adaptable for use in the South. In addition to this book Dean Kyle (Continued on Page 5)