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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1929)
Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XXVIII BRYAN, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 6, 1929. NO. 8 NEW BASEBALL COACH APPOINTEO COUNCIL SELECTS FORMER ATHLETE AS NEW MENTOR FINAL PLANS FOR RODEO COMPLETED To Take Place Friday Night. Announcement of the selection of Miss Julia Ball of Bryan as queen and L. A. Machemehl of Bellville, as king of the pageant climaxed the happenings of the final week of preparation for the annual rodeo and pageant to be presented by the Sad dle and Sirloin club at A. H. Pa- pilion Friday night. Beautiy and dignity will reign supreme in the pageant in which a galaxy of young women, as maids of the “Court of Seville,” will be accompanied by A. and M. escorts. The pageant cast will include a bevy of dancers and another group of young women as peasants. As the dance feature of the night, a special dance will be given by one of the expert body art dancers. Maids of the “Court of Seville” and their escorts are: Sally Boyett, Bryan; and M." H. Baugh, Dallas; Helen Coulter, Bryan, and W. N. Marshall, Gilmer; Ralphana Searcy, Bryan, and C. B. Northrup, Dallas; Virginia Wiseman, San Antonio, and F. W. Hall, Eden; Marie Elizabeth Webb, Bryan, and K. E. Simank, Ellinger; Wava Martin, Bryan, and G. G. Harwell, Harlingen; Pauline McCulloch, Bryan, and B. L. Mar- hsall, Gilmer; Jane Oliver, Bryan, and R. J. Howe, Seymour; Myrtle (Continued on Page 5) FAMOUS OLD SOLDIER DIES. A famous campus character passed away late Saturday when General Fish Call was attended in his last moments by the of ficers and men of Battery “E” with whom he had resided from time immemorial. At the request of the friends of the deceased, the under taker laid the body in state in the room of one of the dormitory residents where sorrowing hundreds viewed the remains. At 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon the funeral procession started from Foster Hall and slowly wended its way to the burial grounds on the lakeside at beautiful College Park. The cross-bearer led the column, followed by the pall-bearers holding the casket, draped in simple black and bearing the words “Rest in Peace.” A wreath which had hung on the main entrance of Foster Hall was placed upon the casket before the procession started. Immediately behind the casket walked Rabbi McNurney, the high priest, and following the divine came the mourning, sobbing, chanting Fish leer 1 by Brothei Shearer. Halting beside the grave, th~ mourners held obsequies. These included chants in Latin by the high priest and eulogies by mem bers of the Freshman class. The casket was interred with many expressions of grief, and the sad, beautiful not.es of Taps breathed a soft, poetic prayer for the repose of the soul of the illustrious dead. 5000 Exes to Attend Dr Turkey Day Tilt LONGHORN STAFF NOW COMPLETED Fantastic Plans are Promised. The complete staff for the 1930 Longhorn has been finally announc ed by M. T. Halbouty, Editor-in- Chief, and the list comprises not only members from the senior class, but also from the junior class. Members of the staff from the senior class having major ^posi tions and sections are as follows: J. A. Tarver—Senior Assistant Edi tor. L. H. Moon—Class Section. Hank Nanny—Art Editor. (Continued on Page 2) About 5000 ex-students are expect ed to be here Thanksgiving for Home Coming Day and to witness the football classic of the Southwestern Conference. There has been no regu lar program arranged, since in the last few years the meetings have turned out to be only a round-table discussion of past and present foot ball games. The ex-Aggies will have their headquarters in the Y. M. C. A. Approximately eighteen or twenty special trains will bring the enor mous crowds here on that day and a silver belt buckle and belt will be awarded the ex-student who comes the farthrest to see the game. Last year the prize was won by a man who came all the way from San Francisco, California. Plans are being made to give the visitors their noon meal in the Mess Hall, but have not been definitely arranged. Mr. McQuillen, secretary of the Former Students Association, said that there will be several men back this year who were members of the student body ’way back in 1876, the first year of the College’s existence. . Pearce Delivers Splendid Address Bringing upon himself the praise and admiration of a greater part of the audieifce with the wrath of a few, Dr. James E. Pearce, Professor of Anthropology in the University of Texas, addressed the Social Science Seminar in the lecture room of the Physics Building last Monday night. Being a man of profound knowledge, sane judgment, and in possession of unusual ability to speak, Dr. Pearce fully succeeded in developing hi's subject: “Anthropology and some Fundamental Human Problems.” After a short talk on the past and present of anthropology as a science, Dr. Pearce proceeded with the human problems that have a re lation to anthropology. Race control, birth control, control of criminals and the mentally unbalanced, the sex problem and the question of re ligion were the most important phas es of human life upon which the speaker digressed. The audience in attendance was of the highest intellectual type and it was indeed unfortunate that more students were not present. Hopes are (Continued on Page 2) To Succeed Countryman. Announcement has been made by James Sullivan, business manager of athletics at A. and M., of the se lection by the' athletic council of Roswell Higginbotham, coach of freshman sports, to succeed Bob Countryman as coach of the Texas Aggie varsity baseball team. Higginbotham, who is better known to A. and M. men as “Little Hig.” came to A. and M. in the fall of 1927 as coach of freshman sports, renewing his connection with Aggie athletics after an absence of seven years in other fields. Countryman came to A. and M. as head coach of baseball the following spring. Hig is a graduate of A. and M. and while a student here starred on both the gridiron and the diamond, being a brilliant punter, passer and ball-carrier on the football eleven and a crack infielder in baseball. He CORPS DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT