Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXVIII
BRYAN, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 20, 1929.
NO. 10
MOODY TO ATTEND DEDICATION
MITCHELL HALL SELECTED AS
DORMITORY TO BE VACATED
FOR THANKSGIVING VISITORS
PHI BETTA KAPPA
HONORS PURYEAR
Becomes Member of Honorary Fra
ternity.
DR. CHARLES PURYEAR
In order to accommodate the large
number of visitors wishing to stay
over for the dances during the
Thanksgiving holidays, Mitchell Hall
will be vacated by the cadets in
favor of the lady visitors to Aggie-
land, J. E. Mitchell, assistant com
mandant has announced.
The rooms, which will be occupied
by the ladies Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights, will be furnished
with three beds each and a normal
fee of twenty-five cents per night
will be charged for each bed. Mr.
Mitchell said. This is done in order
to cover the cost of matron, clerk,
maids and incidentals.
Reservations for rooms by the
present occupants will continue thru
Thursday, and beginning Friday,
reservations will be open to all stu
dents.
Students who make reservations
will be responsible for all articles
taken by the ladies as souvenirs or
by mistake, and they are also re
minded that they must make arrange
ments with the present occupants
for the use of sheets, towels and
other necessities.
According to the present plans,
young ladies will have to be in not
later than twenty minutes after the
last dance is over on Thursday and
not later than twenty minutes past
the hour of midnight on the other
two nights.
Students are advised to make res
ervations early so that if necessary
other plans can be made to take care
of visitors.
Recognition of the educational ac
complishments of Dr. Charles Pur-
year, dean of the College and of the
Graduate School and head of the De
partment of Mathematics, was given
when honors of Phi Beta Kappa,
national educational honory frater
nity, were conferred upon him at a
meeting of the Beta chapter of Texas
at Rice Institute held for that pur
pose in Houston last week.
Dean Puryear, who has long been
connected with A. and M. in var
ious capacities, having once been
acting president of the college, re
ceived his master of arts degree
from Richmond college in 1881, a
degree in civil engineering from
Virginia in 1885 and a doctor of
literature degree from Daniel Baker
in 1914.
He was elected to membership
in Phi Beta Kappa by the Epsilon
chapter of Virginia at the Univer
sity of Richmond but since his du
ties at A. and M. would not permit
his going to Virginia, the Richmond
chapter requested the Rice chapter
to confer the honors.
A supper was given in honor of
Dr. Puryear at the Cohen house Sun
day night and he was entertained
as the guest of the Rice Institute
faculty. Members of the Rice chapter
attended the services for conferring
the honors upon Dr. Puryear.
Temporary Armory
Now Being Built
Students Have Chance for Profitable
Employment.
Through the courtesy of the build
ing and grounds department of the
college, a temporary armory is be
ing erected north-east of Sbisa’s
Hall to accommodate the nitrogen
liberating machinery and supplies,
now stored at the delapidated old
college assembly hall, until the leg
islature so enacts a bill providing
for improvements totaling the cost
of a new building.
Work on the floor of the new
structure was started November 18th
and though the date of completion
was not announced, it is thought
that it will be about November 23rd,
for at this date work on tearing down
the old armory will start.
The new building will be of struc
tural steel with a concrete floor
56x80 feet and will be equipped
with roof ventilators. A floor space
of 21x80 feet has been reserved for
the construction of the indoor rifle
range which will be completed at an
approximate cost of $1,350.
Student labor, so far as is obtain
able, will tear down the old armory.
The labor for this work will be at
the rate of fifty cents an hour, more
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Publication Staff
Banquet Enjoyed
Sparing' Speeches and Sumptuous
Spread Feature Feed.
You have heard of the song with
out words; well, this was a banquet
without speeches.
In addition to the distinction of
receiving more buckets of water per
individual per term, there is the
other reason for desiring a position
on the Bat staff: that is one re
ceives absolute palate satisfaction
at least once a year devoid of per
sonal expenditure.
The eats were first and served in
courses (not coarse) in the banquet
room: the wind jamming was next
and last and was held in the re
ception room, both rooms being in
the mess hall; no business was dis
cussed—what more could be desired
for a short evening’s stag entertain
ment?
The mentioning of delegates would
be superfluous, for all were there,
so reference is made to the editorial
page as is done to ascertain the
water distribution, which usually
succeeds some “interesting” news
item of the Bat.
GOVERNOR TO BE
COLLEGE GUEST
THANKSGIVING
Other Notables Will Attend Sta
dium Opening According
to Program.
Governor Dan Moody is scheduled
as one of the speakers for the dedi
cation ceremonies that will mark the
opening of the new $350,000 concrete
football stadium at Kyle Field on
-Thanksgiving Day.
A brief speaking program togeth
er with other fitting ceremonies will
begin at 1 o’clock sharp. This pro
gram is expected to be finished by
1:30 or 1:45 o’clock. The game which
will write the dedication record in
the Aggies athletic annals will be
gin at 2:30 o’clock.
President T. O. Walton of A. and
M. will preside at the formal pro
gram of talks and F. M. Law, Hous
ton, president of the board of direc
tors of A. and M., and President H.
Y. Benedict of the University of
Texas will speak briefly.
Voice amplifiers will be used so
the words of the speakers will carry
clearly to the fans seated throughout
the huge structure and the A. &
M. College of Texas band of 110
pieces will play. The ceremonies are
expected to be marked by much col
or.
The first unit of the A. and M.
stadium, on the west side, was put
in use in 1927, at a cost of nearly
8100,000. The great U-shaped struc
ture was completed this year at ad
ditional cost of $265,000. Seating ca
pacity is close to 33,000.