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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1929)
• ^ - Published Weekly by the Students of the Agid cultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XXVII BRYAN. TEXAS, MAY 22, 1929. NO. 31 D. H. CONTEST AND BANQUET LARGE SWIMMING POOL FOR COLLEGE BEING CONSIDERED BY OFFICIALS CHEM. CONTEST WINNERS KNOWN Seventy by Two-Hundred Feet is Tentative Size; Filtration Plant to be Modern. G. W. Brown Wins High Point Medal In Freshman Contest The Freshman dairy judging con test given under the auspices of the Dairy Department was held Friday afternoon. There were fitry-five men entered in the contest. From this number the following were announc ed as winners: G. W. Brown, D Troop Cav., was high point man in the contest, scoring 449 points out of a possible 500; and winners of the individual breeds were: J. R. Roeder Jr., H. Co., Inf., Jerseys; R. L. Pool, A Troop Cav., Holsteins; W. C. Heise, A Troop Cav., Guernseys; C. A. Taylor, G Co., Inf., Ayrshires. Saturday evening the Kream and Kow Club gave their annual banquet having the winners as guests. Sam Davis, a promising 1st. lieutenant in the Cavalry and having ambitions along oratorical lines, acted as toastmaster. The principal speaker of the evening was Jack Shelton, president of the Texas Jersey Cat tle Club. After the address the above mentioned winners were presented with medals by Sam Eberstadt of Bryan. Following the presentation of the medals and a few short talks the new president of the club, O. W. Thompson ws formally announced. The meeting ended with a warm re ception for a number of Sophomores who intend to specialize in dairy husbandry work. FORTNIGHTLY CLUB HAS ANNUAL PICNIC Last Saturday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Siddall of Anderson, Texas, honored the Fortnightly Literary Club with a splendid barbecue given at the Yarboro Fishing Club. The guests drove down in cars and were received with the utmost hospitali- lity by the host and hostess, their daughter Miss Elizabeth Siddall and her friend Miss Beverly Fuddington. Swimming, rowing and dancing were the main sports engaged in while there, although some of the boys attending engaged in pushing cars out of the mud before arriving. The cadets were given a test in meal (Continued on Page 2) Does this institution need a swim ming pool of vast greater size ? Un questionably so. It has been agitated for several years with a small de gree of success, but now the matter has been seriously considered by both the college authorities and the board of directors. It is needless to expound upon the advantages of an out-of-door pool, especially in a college of this size. Estimates indi cate that ninety percent of the stu dents have learned the art of swim ming, and since in this climate there are practically only three months of the entire year in which the weather will not permit the sport, it seems that if the project is car ried through it will Lie a great ac complishment for the institution. The idea is still in embryo form, but tentative plans are now under JUNIOR STAFF TO PRINT BATTALION NEXT WEEK Following a long standing custom, the Junior staff will put out the last issue of The Battalion next week. L. W. Johnston, editor-in-chief for next year will have full charge of the editorial part and Lester Hank will handle the business part of the issue. Both of these men have been work ing with this year’s staff quite a bit, and should be capable of taking over the management of the paper after the exodus of the present staff. No members of the staff for next year have been appointed yet, but Johnston will be helped by the pres ent under-classmen members of the staff. All others who wish to contri bute anything to the last issue of The Battalion for this year are in vited to do so. Bryan and College DeMolays and all others who wish to attend are in vited to the Bryan Country Club Saturday night May 25th., for the annual DeMolay dance. Music will be by Aggieland from 9 till 12. Ad mission will be $1.50. consideration. It seems likely that the size will be seventy by two hun dred feet, making the basin capable of accommodating six thousand peo ple at one time. A filtration plant will be built, which will absolutely purify and clarify the water. The cost as estimated will probably be around fifteen thousand dollars, but it is hoped by the authorities that this sum can be reduced by one- third by getting student opinion back of the project, and by enlist ing their cooperation through some plan not yet figured out. Several ex-students have offered to make contributions in cash, ma terial, or services. Many Mothers’ Clubs over the state have expressed their desire to help in any way to put the plan across. Various depart- (Continued on Page 9) SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB HAS BRABECUE The annual barbecue given by the Saddle and Sirloin Club was held Friday afternoon. The Club has as their guests about two hundred stu dents and instructors of the college. The feature number on the program was the in-door baseball game be tween the Senior team and the pro fessors of the A. H. Department. The game which is usually a hotly con tested game was reduced to more or less a practice game for the Seniors, the final score being 7-13 at the close of the fifth inning. After the game the usual mealhound rush, so frequently displayed by the Sbisa vol unteers, was made for the barbecue pit. The hog guessers and sheep punchers were lined up and passed in review by a long table at which they were served barbecued meat, lemon ade and ice cream. The Saddle and Sirloin Club is one of the most act ive on the campus and should be commended on the stimulative in terest aroused through its efforts. Seventh Annual Contest and Ban quet Held. The results of the Seventh An nual Chemistry Contest were an nounced at the banquet Sunday night held for the winners of the prelim inaries in the various sections. C. C. Nash had the distinction of being first in the contest. He was pre sented with twenty-five dollars by Mr. Zacharean of Summit, New Jer sey. Other high point men were Fishes J. E. Hurley, winner of sec ond place; N. O. Carman, third piace; A. J. Miller, fourth place; and I. Schepps, fifth place. The first chemistry contest of this kind was instigated in 1923. Since then it has been the policy of the department to hold one every year, exclusively for the freshmen stu dents. Twenty-nine men were selected for the finals, each being a winner in his particular section. The ban quet was given in honor of the high point men of each section, each being introduced by Mr. Bray- ton. Dr. Hedges, head of the de partment acted in the capacity of toastmaster. This contest is always the source of the stimulant of a great deal of interest among the students, and is always carried off with success. The prize offered affords an oppor tunity for material gain to the students, causing them to extend a little more effort on the subject of chemistry. Since the majority of freshmen are required to take the subject, the contest is unquestion ably a great help to both the stu dents and to the department. Y CABINET MEETS TO SELECT NEW MEMBERS This last week end the Y. M. C. A. made a retreat to the Fin Feather country club, the purpose of which was to elect the cabinet members, to decide upon the program that the Y will follow for the next year, and to set the date for the first banquet to be given for the fish in the history of the school. (Continued on Page 2)