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mAmw THE LIBRARY PAGE R. H. SHUFFLER Editor H. C. GIVENS Asso. Editor J. R. KEITH Asso. Editor G. M. WREN Asso. Editor J. W. RILEY Asso. Editor THE FLIGHT OF THE WHITEWING OR Those wishing to contribute to this page turn work in to any member of staff, or mail to Editor at 94 Stu dents’ Exchange. CONSOLATION—FOR FRESHMEN Since black is white and wi’ong is right, Come leave them to their sorrow; Thank God your heart and not your head Is what they’ll break tomorrow. S. C. GIESEY. WINDS Grey men, searching in the sands Of desert wastes, have learned to tell By driven dune and ripple-mark, The way strong winds have blown. Grey men searching in the sands. Of wasted lives, also can tell How winds have blown. S. C. GIESEY. THE MUSINGS OF A SMALL TOWN STREET-SWEEPER “Yes sir-ree! college does a lot for young men! Take me f’r instance, I never could ’ave gotten a position on the municipal force if it ’adn’t a been for some of the connections I made in school. ’Course, my degree in Sanitary Engineering from the Texas A. & M. helped a lot, but I couldn’t never of got on if it hadn’t been for Charlie, my ex-roommate, bein’ Mayor. Oh, yes sir, there ain’t no limit to what one old Aggie will do for another. Uh-huh, it’s true I saved Charlie’s life oncet, and used to lend him money, and all that, but he’s done lots f’r me since then. Yea, he got me this ’ere job, an’ he’s paid me blamed near all that twenty bucks he owes me. How much ’s he get? Oh, ’bout twenty thou, I reckon. Yea, Charlie’s a fine fellow. He’s a real old brother Aggie. “Now I was talkin’ about my col lege days.... gawd what days. . . how many. Why I started out to be an en gineer, an’ believe me, I stuck to it. None of these high-flung cultural elective courses for me. 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God bless you, sir!” Y CABINET MEETS TO SELECT NEW MEMBERS (Continued from Page 1) ‘ROOMMATES’ My roommate is a necessary evil That I could hardly do without He is a true comrade and brother As most of us have found out. He says he is an Irishman From the heart of ancient Rome But I think he is a Frenchman From far across the foam. We registered together as fish In Sept, of ’25, the latter part And they gave us a runty roommate From the town called Lockhart. Now I started to tell you At the first of this little ditty That the one we called a Frenchman Was from the Bug Tussle City. I hail from dear old Sherman The place where I was horn Where girls there are in plenty And farmers grow barrels of corn. As sophs we lived in the shacks Near all the wood and plunder The wind comes thru the cracks And the rain comes over and under. Then we came to our Junior year So great with all its splendor Which ended by going to camp In a Ford without a fender. Bug Tussel pulled a good one As all the boys soon agreed When he took two gallons of water And drowned out a nasty SWEDE. Hewas running down the steps Pursued by that stingy SWEDE When he fell and broke his ankle As a result of too much speed. As Seniors we may be failures But still we are having our fun And may we continue to do so Till our work here is done. With all our trials and troubles We’ve reached that last go-round Soon Prexy will hand us diplomas And the sun of ’29 will go down. FORTNIGHTLY CLUB HAS ANNUAL PICNIC (Continued from Page 1) hounding and proved how well they can do it. Some of the members at tending were so overcome with en joyment and pleasure that they de cided to stay overnight returning to College Station the following morn ing. Mr. Claude Nelson, state student secretary of the Y. M. C. A., was the guest of the occasion, and he made a very interesting talk on the purposes of Y. M. C. A. work to the members assembled there. The cabinet members chosen for next year are: R. H. Sowell, H. Ses sions, V. T. Kallus, W. G. Mitchell, M. D. Haydari, C. M. Bowden, M. T. Simmons, W. O. Ray, A. E. Cuthrell, P. L. Morgan, P. F. Dwyer and G. E. Franke. A. P. McDonald was elected president of the cabinet and D. W. Sherrill, was elected secretary. The date for the “fish” banquet for all the members of the class of ’32, was decided to be next Monday night. The principal speakers of the affair will be Representative George Purl of Dallas, Col. Ike Ashburn and Dr. T. O. Walton. •I 0 ‘ s i s ^ ‘SD 9 *2® *1® *2® •J* eft ej* *2? cj* *2© •§» o|* •!« I DE MOLAY DANCE | | Bryan Country Club f I MAY 25, 1929 | ❖ o ’-ftxi xa •J* 4» | Music by Aggieland I One Admission $1.50 % -5- *1* | Everyone Invited | * S Free Trial “Sells 55 Mm This Smoke Chicago, Illinois, July 12, 1928 Larus & Bro. Co., Richmond, Va. Gentlemen: Replying to your circular letter of June 29, be informed that your sample packages were received. 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