I'Ve Dedicate This Issue to those Dear
Old Guardians of Aggie Tradition—Mrs.
Grundy and Anthony Comstoc^.
Published Weekly by the Students of the Ajrri cultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXVII BRYAN, TEXAS, JANUARY 30, 1929. NO. 17
17 CANDIDATES
FOR DEGREES
Seeking Degrees at Mid-year.
As announced by the Registrar’s
office, there are seventeen students
who. are candidates for degrees at
the end of the present term. The
number of February graduates is
always small, and this year shows
no change.
Those who are seeking degrees are:
Bachelor of Arts—C. M. Flory, C.
R. Knapp, C. W. Mill-or; Bachelor of
Science in Agricultn-rs^-H. I. Bag
gett, B. A. Moers, G. Ramirez, L.
T. Stone; in Agricultural Engineer
ing—K. S. Garcha; in Civil Engi
neering—W. H. Farmer, T. I. Jones,
W. W. Scott, E. A. Dillon; in E 1 "'
trical Engineering—F. M. Mabry; in
Textile Engineering—W. Danhoff;
Veterinary Medicine—B. Wilmore,
Jr.; Architecture—L. T. Taylor, E.
W. Middlebrook.
DR. BEATY TO ADDRESS SEMI
NAR
Is overpopulation the cause for the
disturbance of the World’s Peace
or is it only difference of races ?
Such a question will be developed
at length by Dr. John D. Beaty of
the department of English, Southern
Methodist University. Dr. Beaty will
speak before the Social Science Sem
inar next Monday night at 8:00 p.
m. in the Physics lecture room on
the subject “Race and Population;
Possible Solutions of a Difficult
Problem.”
Not so long ago, Dr. Beaty pub
lished an article under the title of
“Race and Population; Their Rela -
tions to World Peace.” Under th/s
topic he discussed the vanity of the
white race in thinking itself far
above the other races. This, of course,
will create misunderstanding and will
eventually lead to the thing that
imperils humanity. “War.” He fore
tells that the next war will be one
of destruction of combatants as well
as non-combatants. He concludes by
saying, “That the world contains
difficulties just as conducive to war
as any that have ever existed.
One can notice general interest, in
this subject, circulating among stu
dents and the Science Seminar did
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JUNIOR CLASS
DISCUSS RINGS
A meeting of the Junior class was
held in the “Y” Chapel Saturday,
January 26th, 1929, for the purpose
of discussing a new Senior ring
which it has been proposed the Jun
ior class adopt. The names of the
ring committee were announced: G.
G. Harwell, chairman; F. A. Shep-
ardson, A. E. Cuthrell, and F. An-
derlitch.
The matter as to whether the new
ring, should be accepted was discuss-
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MRS. WALTON IS
HOSTESS TO SENIORS
The seniors who were fortunate
e v gh to be able to take time from
studies Monday evening to attend
the social which Mrs. T. O. Walton
gave for the class at her home, were
afforded a most enjoyable time. Mrs.
Walton is noted for her senior so
cials, and the one for the class of
’29 was jt. i as good as all the rest.
Many members of the class were
prevented from visiting during the
evening by the term examinations.
But those that were there were serv
ed deliciously and Sbisa Hall was
forgotten.
Other than Dr. and Mrs. Walton
and the seniors there were present
Col. and Mrs. C. J. Nelson, Mrs. F.
C. Bolton, Miss Ethyl Walton, Miss
Virginia Rogers, and T. 0., Jr.
BARNYARD DANCE
FRIDAY NIGHT
The Barnyard Dance will be given
Friday, February 1st. The night af
ter the Shave-tail ball. Another rea
son for not going on that week-end
trip!
The dance promises to be a gay
affair. The floor will be decorated
in real old fashioned style. There
will . be plows, hay, and horse, and
a farmers light mid-night snack, or
perhaps dinner. To make the Ag.
Engineers feel at home the Social
Secretary will perhaps drag in a
tractor, but we hope to have a ’orse
and maybe a cow.
The Aggieland Orchestra, newly
organized, will play and good music
is assured. The dance is to be given
in the Mess Hall Annex.
BENEFIT SHOW
MONDAY NIGHT
To be Given by A. I. E. E. to Send
Delegates to Convention.
Karl Dane and George K. Arthur
will be the co-stars in the benefit
picture show which will be given
in the Assembly Hall Monday night,
February 4th. The college chapter of
the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers is sponsoring the show in
order that it might pay the expenses
of four delegates to the convention
which is to be held in Dallas in May.
The show, “DETECTIVES,” is
one of the many vehicles which the
famous comedy pair of the movies
is riding to fame in the movie world.
Dane and Arthur are well remem
bered by their “Rookies,” “Circus
Rookies,” “Brotherly Love,” and
many other comedy pictures. At the
present time, the two are the most
popular comedy actors on the screen.
And in the show “Detectives,” they
do not forget any one of the many
humorous situations into which they
can place themselves.
FOUR MEN TO
SPEAK IN DALLAS
Seniors in Electrical Engineering 1o
Deliver Talks to A. I. E. E.
Convention.
Four outstanding members of the
senior class in electrical engineering
have been selected to represent the
college at the Southern Convention
of the American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers to be held in Dal
las May 3rd to 5th inclusive.
These students representatives are
G. W. Beams, Hereford; E. L. An
drews, Fort Worth; J. J. Loving, Jr.,
San Antonio; and C. R. Redden, De
Leon. Talks will be made by these
students on technical subjects stud
ied during the year. The local branch
of the A. I. E. E. will send the
students to the convention, which
will have outstanding engineers as
representatives from all Southern
and Southwestern states.
SENIOR CLASS
HOLDS MEETING
Several Important Problems Discuss
ed and Announcements Made.
At a meeting of the senior class
held last Sunday afternoon in the
Y. M 1 . C. A. Chapel, several things
of great importance to the seniors
were discussed in detail. Nearly
every member of the class was pres
ent.
The main issue in the arguments
was the question whether' the pres
ent junior class should change the
A. and M. senior ring. As the senior
class really would have no legal say
in the affair, it could do nothing in
a very definite way. But it was de
cided that if the opinion of the class
as a whole were to be arrived at,
the opinion would have at least a
little weight in the matter. And so,
the whole class, acting as a com
mittee, will consider all the details
and try to arrive at some definite
statement.
Announcement was made that the
contract had been let by the invi
tation committee for the invitations,
and that orders would soon be taken
for them by some man in each bat
talion.
The customary selection of the five
most popular seniors was made. The
selection was made by secret ballot,
and no one will know who was elect
ed until the Longhorn comes out in
the Spring. A full page picture of
each of the men will appear in the
Longhorn.
It was also announced that the
woi'k on the Longhorn was progress
ing very rapidly, and that the book
would soon be ready to go to press.
O-EERS WILL FROLIC THURS
DAY.
From nine ’till two the campus
beans gently above their imported
dates over the glassy floor of Sbisa’s
ball room, Thursday evening. The
lowliest knights of the realm will
usurp the golden spurs and strut
like turkey cocks on their one grand
night. From dusk until dawn they’ll
shake and shivver and go through
contortions that would shame the
livliest snake, all the while moving
to the time of the latest tunes play
ed on the wild wazoo.