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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1929)
THE BATTALION 5 ! UNDER | I PREXY’S ! I MOON ! SPRIGGS Charles Orvine Spriggs, professor of Public Speaking, is a man who is precise and exacting and yet ex tremely tolerant. This last mention ed quality certainly serves him well, for if Spriggs hadn’t this capacity for forbearance he would surely go raving mad listening to ‘speeches’ on “My Home Town.” His home was in the north, (fairly recently too, because the sharp As and Es in his speech still give him away) Indiana to be precise. He went to Valpariso University three years and then graduated from University of Indiana with a B. A. degree in 1924. Then he taught at Iowa State for a few years. In 1927 he came to A. and M., and without trying he soon became a popular figure on the campus. He was active with the dramatic society known last year as the Campus Players. Recently the club reorganized under the name of The College Theatre and elected Mr. Spriggs as director. He is also director of the A. and M. debating team. Administering all these duties, and doing it well, makes a very busy Mr. Spriggs, but he says he enjoys a full day and then his work is nine-tenths play anyway. His hard work, he says, comes during the summer at North-Western U. where he is taking graduate work. We hope he is as well liked and appre ciated up there in the cool north as he is here in Aggieland. “JOHNNY” HAYS Mr. Hays is a new member of the English Department. His personality is of the type that one admires even on short acquaintance, and his per sonal charm is enhanced by a thor ough and deep understanding of lit erature. He comes to us from the University of Missouri, where he ac quired a B. A. degree. This degree was doubly deserved as Mr. Hays worked his way through the four years of college, and he has already begun his M. A. He is an instructor in sophomore English, a subject which requires a thorough knowledge and appreciation of literature; this he has to a marked degree. His opin ion of A. and M. is very definite. He says: “The school spirit of A. and M. is remarkable, and is un doubtedly one of its best assets. The objectionable feature of the school is the suppression of individuality.” May Mr. Hays, or “Johnny,” as his friends call him, be with us long, and continue in his efforts to make this campus a better place for his having been here. SAY BO! DIDJA? And didja use ALL of your influence * * * To have a special number dedicated * * * To said friend over the radio ? * * ❖ And didja leave the show early * * * And rush in to hear the radio * * * Where all the boys were listening in ? * * * And didja sit there with a com- * * * placent look on your face * * * Only to hear this startling announce- * >i= * ment. * * * ‘The next number will be * * ^ SWEET MYSTERY OF LIFE Dedicated especially to Mr. * * * B. W. FARQUHAR!” * ❖ * Say Bo, didja ever? Well, Bannister Wells “Ortho” * * * “Pathe” “Forty-four Yards” ❖ * ❖ Farquhar, the Second in Command ;|s Of A Company Engineers, did. RAZORBACKS NOW LEAD SCORING THREATS Miller, fleet back of the Porker team, has at last replaced the two Baylor scoring aces and now leads them by a 3-point margin. Texas’ scoring machine has been at a stand still for the last couple of games, and are not slated to score so much when they tackle the Frogs this week end. Furthermore Baylor and Arkansas are not going to do so much scoring when they meet S. M. U. and Centenary, but the Aggies are due to do considerable scoring and Tom Mills should be up among the first two or three leaders. The following is the present standing of the game winners: T.D Pts. Tot. Miller, Arkansas 11 0 66 McElreath, Baylor .... 9 9 63 Wilson, Baylor 10 1 61 Green, T. C. U 7 11 53 Leland, T. C. U 10 0 60 Mills, Aggies 6 1 37 Shelley, Texas 5 6 36 Schoonover, Arkansas . . 4 6 30 Mason, S. M. U 4 5 29 Potter, Baylor 4 4 28 All in a day’s work A specimen of construction work in the Bell System is the new catenary span carrying telephone wires across the Gila River, Arizona. The “natural” obstacle is no longer an obstacle while there are tele phone men to find a way through it or over it. This is but one example in a general ex- for telephone men pansion program. Others are such widely varied projects as linking New York to Atlanta by cable, erecting 2.00 telephone buildings in 19 29,developing a $ I 5,000,000 factory at Baltimore. The telephone habit is growing apace, and the Bell System will continue to keep a step ahead of the needs of the nation. BELL SYSTEM tiatioJi-wide system of inter-connecting telephones Say, Bo didja * * * Ever plan and rack your brain * * * To fix up a nice, big, fat float-out * * * For one of your friends. “OUR PIONEERING WORK HAS JUST BEGUN”