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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1929)
Published Weekly by the Students of the Affri cultural and Mechanical Collegre of Texas VOL.. XXVII BRYAN. TEXAS, APRIL 10, 1927. NO. 27 PRESIDENT APPROVES PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS President Walton Endorses Plan, Proposed by the Senior Court, For Im- proving Student Living Conditions. R. V. PROGRAM IS COMPLETED Three Dances, Banquet, and Drill to Follow Preparations for the Annual Ross Volunteer festivities are fast draw ing to a close. Work on the decora tions is nearing completion, with the date not so very far away. Every thing will be carried out in a mod ernistic idea including both the deco rations and the King’s court. Mr. Tootey »• u-huson has been chosen to Wear the royal crown at the Queen’s Ball to be held on Thursday, April 18th. The R. V. Hop will come on Friday, April 19th., followed by a corps dance on Saturday, the 20th. The banquet will be given on BTi- day afternoon in the mess hall. Alptyonsq Trent’s famous Black Aces will play for the dances and the banquet, Chairman Callahan has announced. Mr. Trent is returning south after a two year’s sojourn in the east where his orchestra was em ployed at various night clubs, hotels ballrooms ! and ' universities. The fact that this orchest is real good was proven in 1927 when they play ed for the R. V.s. All twelve of ’em will be rarin’ to go, Mr. Trent has assured us. The dances are to he given by the Ross Volunteers, but they are not limited to them only. Any student remaining on the campus during the holidays is cordially invited to at tend, and is practically assured of a good time. SPRING BAND CON. CERTS START SUNDAY The first of the Sunday afternoon band concerts for the spring will be given on April 14. These concerts are a special feature of the Aggie Band and usually begin sometime in April and are given each Sunday afternoon throughout the rest of the season. The members of the band have a large repertoire to choose from and (Continued on Page 7) IN MEMORIAM In the expression of a deeper memory for, S. C. Southern a Fresh man of A company. From those who have experienced the loss of a fel low Aggie and friend. Dr. T. O. Walton, president of the college, when asked for his approval of a plan, drafted by the Senior Court of the Cadet Corps, for im proving student living conditions, ex pressed himself as being heartily in favor of the proposed changes. He also told the Court that he would present the plan to the Board of Di rectors of the College at their next meeting, sometime in April, and that he would give it his active support at that time. President Walton seem ed to think that the Board of Di rectors would approve it and that some of the changes could be made during the coming summer. The plan, designed to do away with some of the undesirable features of college life that now exist at A. and M., had its inception some weeks ago when the subject of student liv ing conditions came up for discussion at a meeting of the Senior Court. At that time it was believed that several desirable changes could be made at a relatively low cost. It was ENGINEERS PLAN INSPECTION TRIP Every year the different Engin eering departments allow the Senior and Junior students enrolled in their courses to go out into the industrial world and observe fox' a few days the development that is going on. This year the same thing is being done with the exception of the M. E. dept, which will not make plans for the Juniors to go anywere. The C. E. Dept, has scheduled it’s trip from the 23rd. to the 26th. being arranged so that Senior students will have a chance to attend the A. S. C. E. in Dallas the 24th. and 25th. The Juniors will go with the Seniors to Waco leaving the night of the 22nd. and returning to College the night of the 23rd., while the Seniors will go to Dallas. Plans are being made by some Juniors to obtain furloughs to attend the Dallas meeting. Many places of importance pertaining to the different divisions of Civil Eng ineering will be inspected while on (Continued on Page 10) decided to investigate and prepare a plan if it seemed feasible to do so. After considerable study, estimates were prepared by members of the Court, the plan was drafted in its final form and submitted to the President for final approval and sup port. The plan is divided into three main parts. The first one deals with the dormitories as a whole. It is pro posed to remodel the showers and toilets and to refloor the rooms and hallways. The second part deals with the rooms. It is proposed to refur nish them with a good grade of fur niture and in addition to the present tables, chairs, and beds, install di'essers, rags, shades and curtains, and other articles that will make the rooms more suitable as living quarters. The third part deals with the method of financing these chang es. It is proposed to defray their cost by increasing the maintenance fee approximately twelve dollars and (Continued on Page 5) JUNIORS PICK PROM COMMITTEES It is the custom for the junior class every year to stage the Junior Prom, Junior Banquet and Final Ball. With the end of school draw ing nigh, work has begun on the dances with the idea in mind to make them the best ever put on in the school. The Final Ball will be held on 'Monday might, the day before school is out, and the Junior Prom on the Friday before Monday. Although only Juniors and Seniors are invited to the Junior Prom, everyone may attend the Final Ball.' The latter is always the largest dance of the year since it is the farewell dance. The chairman of the Favors and Programs Committee is Mr. Walton Johnston; of the decoration commit tee, Mr. John Frank Day; of the Music Committee, Mr. Yale B. Grif fis; of the Finance Committee, Mr. Hop Reynolds; of the Banquet Com mittee, Mr. Ralph Howe; of the Ar rangements Committee, Mr. Wayne Anderson. PATTON CHOSEN VALEDICTORIAN Lockhart Man Awarded High Honors By Class Cadet Colonel William P. Patton, Jr., was chosen Tuesday afternoon to represent this year’s Senior Class as valedictorian. He was selected for this, one of the highest honors which the class bestows upon its members, from a group of nine nominees, all of which were of high scholastic rat ing. Patton, besides being widely known for his oratorical ability and general fluent flow of speech, is one of the highest honor students in the school, having been distinguished every year, and having amassed a total of 260 grade points to date. In addition to this, he is Cadet Colonel, Business Manager of the Battalion, President of the “Y” Council, and holds several other positions of im portance on the campus. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Patton, of Lockhart, Texas, and is taking his degree in Agriculture this year. The other nominees for this posi tion were: William J. Fields, Jr., W. T. Coleman, E. G. Cook, C. K. Reese, O. W. Sommers, E. L An drews and James J. Loving. COLLEGE REPRESENTED AT JOURNALISM CONGRESS At a meeting of the Southwest Journalism Conference held at Den ton on April 4 and 5, A. & M. Col lege was well represented both by faculty and students. Mr. j Curtis Vinson, director of college publicity, made a talk to the conference on the work of that department here at school, stating that the purpose of the department was not to boost or sell the school but to inform the tax payers of the state of its activities. Mr. Vinson made it clear that it was absolutely necessary that both favor able and unfavorable news about the college should be published if we are to keep the faith and confidence of the . newspapers of the state. Mr. E. L. Andrews, editor-in-chief of the Battalion, gave an address and report on the National Intercollegi ate Press Association and he was well prepared to give the facts of