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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1929)
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IVY | SLANTS AT * * THE CROWD l ★ Variety, it has been said, is the spice of life. Assuming this to be true then, la-dees and gentlemen we wish to offer for your approval this week a little melodrama in one act entitled “The Long Trail Home” or “The Boy Who Walked Back.” Pre pare yourselves for a bit of cinna mon, ginger, and cloves—in other words, the spice that composes “our infinite variety.” The time of the play is Thursday afternoon of last week; the charac ters an officer and a kaydet; the scene: Cavalry drill field. The curtain rises upon a large, flat, field, where our hero with many other young men are prancing wild ly to and fro on their fiery steeds. The horses seem to be enjoying it more than the riders (with one possi ble exception.) The cold wind of a fresh Texas norther blows merci lessly upon the riders, while they endeavor to keep warm by “posting” rapidly in their saddles and in des pair at their failure to drive the “bosses” into trot. An officer gazes upon them in their capers and sees one man sitting rather slouchy in his saddle and calls him, where upon the following conversation ensues: Officer: What ho, Paul Revere, hold that wild mare for a moment and canter up to me at an attitude of attention. Cadet: Aye, aye, sir. (Cadet rides up to fficer and listens attentively). Officer: What’s wrong with you? Have you a burr in your saddle that causes you to assume that slouchy position? Is there something wrong with your back or is that your nor mal way of riding ? Speak pronto and explain yourself. Cadet: Well, sir, you see it’s like this— Officer: (Interrups) No alibis— what’s wrong ? Cadet: Sir, my horse is rather inclined to be swayback and the only comfortable way of riding him is the manner in which you just saw me. Off. If that horse is swayback, I’m Napoleon. Cadet: (Starts to say something and then thinks better of it). Officer: For the benefit of this animal’s back and for your own good, I believe it would be best for you to walk back to the campus and give the poor dumb brute a chance to rest. He would have no back at all if you rode him much longer like that. Cadet, But kind sir, I have a bun ion on my left toe of my right foot and corns on both feet. These cause me much pain when I walk. Officer: Bunions and corns be blasted; dismount from that spirited animule. Cadet: Aye, aye sir. As you say. (Dismounts wearily and starts walk ing toward the campus). Curtain. EPILOGUE: (Forty-five minutes later). Cadet has about reached the cam pus. His brow is wet and his shoes are dusty. He is cold and his face is wreathed in a frown. Cadet (Speaks to himself) From this time on, be it resolved; I ride nothing but elephants and only those elephants that have strong, sturdy, and capable backs. He grins as the Curtain Falls. * * * The dazed expression on the faces of so many Aggie brethren for the past week is probably due to the antics of a lonesome moon that has been shining so GLORIOUSLY late ly. Poor moon—it never wasted it’s efforts more than when it decided to shine down on College Station; and it never picked out a less re ceptive place in all of it’s history. About the only good it accomplished was to make the Farmer boys here cast a longing eye toward Thanks giving and cause them to be nervous until that day arrives. To those of you here who were so fortunate as to take advantage of that famous satellite, the writer wishes to extend Ins congratulations; to those of you who did not—he understands fully how you feel. It’s a pitiful feeling. Y Will be Host to Visiting Cabinets More than fifty students from Texas colleges and universities, mem bers of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. cabinets of their schools, will meet at A. and M. during the Thanksgiving holidays for the pur pose of discussing campus problems, M. L. Cushion, secretary of the lo cal “Y” has announced. Besides the 15 A. and M. cabinet members there will be student repre sentatives from the University of Texas, Southwestern University, Rice Institute, Sam Houston State Teach ers’ College, San Marcos State Teach ers’ College, and possibly others, Mr. Cushion said. About twenty co-eds from these schools will be present to represent the Y. W. C. A. units. Members of the faculties from several schools will be on the program, as well as a number of the students themselves. Needed Movement To Be Undertaken Ag. Magazine Considered Advantage. Movement for the publication of an agricultural magazine similar to that published by virtually all other agricultural colleges of the size of A. and M. was begun at a recent meeting of students interested in such a publication. Daniel Russell, head of the department of rural so ciology, presided at the meeting. It was agreed at the meeting that an agricultural magazine should be published at A. and M., and sug gestions for the publication were made for presentation in the form of a recommendation to the faculty. Among the suggestions now before the faculty are recommendations as to its form, estimated cost, means of financing, content and method of choosing students to publish it. INTERCOLLEGIATE SPIRIT Widespread comment has been made concerning the splendid treat ment of S. M. U. by the A. and M. cadets at the game last Saturday. Relations between the students of the two schools have not always been so friendly in the past, and the significance of the present status if of more than casual interest.