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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1929)
THE BATTALION 5 lilF I PREXY’S DER MOON J. B. BAGLEY John Brewer Bagley is head of the Textile Engineering Department ancl;.lias been for twenty-two years. When he stepped off the train twen partment. Last year he was “Jim my” Trail, lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Battalion, president of the A. S. M. E., a member of the R. V.’s, and a graduate of the class of ’29. And he is so well liked this year that it won’t be long till the “James A” will be “Jimmy” again. He teach es “fish” engineering problems and is the type that goes over big with the students; quiet and dignified, al ways ready to laugh with you, but never at you. Trail will be back next year and intends to take a graduate course along with his instruc tor work; he will make a success of it too. And say, this is not quite a deep dark secret, but did you know that he is to be married on Thanksgiving Day? “Congratulations, Jimmy.” THE JOY OF BEING THE EDITOR Getting out this paper is no picnic. If we wrint jokes, people say we are silly; If we don’t they say we are too serious. If we clip things from other papers We are too lazy to write them our selves. If we don’t, we are stuck on our own stuff, If we stick close to the job all day, We ought to be out hunting up news. If we go out and try to hustle, We ought to be on the job in the office. If we don’t print contributions, We don’t appreciate genuis; And if we do print them, the paper is filled with bunk. If we make a change in the other fellow’s writeup, we are too criti cal. If we don’t we are asleep. Now like as not some guy will say We swiped this from some maga zine. We did. —Exchange. HONOR SOCIETY HOLDS BI-MONTHLY MEETING The Scholarship Honor Society met last Thursday night in the “Y” Par lor with fifty-eight members pres ent. At this meeting M. T. Hal- bouty gave quite an interesting talk on “Theories Concerning the Sinking of the Sour Lake Oil Field”. W. E. Morgan, Fort Worth, is president of the society while Frank Anderlitch, San Antonio, and W. O. (Stinky) Ray, Hereford, are vice-president and secretary-treasurer respectively. This society was organized last May by a group of students on the campus and has as its charter mem bers forty-two of the present Sen ior Class. The purpose of the organ ization is to promote the college community through improved schol astic work. To become a member, one must have maintained at least a “B” average during one’s Fresh man and Sophomore years and not have failed in any subject. Disci pline records are also considered. Meetings are to be held bi-month ly and plans are being made to bring out-of-town speakers from time to time to talk on subjects of interest to the society. The 1931-32 football schedule of A. and M. Calls for a game with Centenary in Shreveport, Louisiana. The news comes to us that the Exes of that city and surrounding territory are already attempting to make this a corps trip. ty-five years ago for his first view at our campus it was far from being the dear old Aggieland that we know. Only six buildings limited his view; Gathright, Austin, Pfeuffer, Ross, the old Main Building, and the Armory. The sight must have pleased him because he bought a home and moved in with his family; he helped install the machinery in the T. E. building and began his life work of instruction in the art of spinning and weaving of cotton. And then he settled down to watch and help in the growth of A. and M. He saw the old mess hall go up on the plot between Prexy’s house and the Hospital and he saw it razed by fire. He watcbed the construction of dormitories, class buildings, the New Main Building and the new megs hall. In 1910, as faculty direc tor of athletics, he worked with Charlie Moran, who was then head coach, in the erection of a wooden gymnasium, the first structure built on Kyle Field, and he saw this torn down to make way for our new Memorial gym. He witnessed the in auguration of the R. O. T. C. He saw the corps rise as a mob in the Har rington Strike in 1908, and saw it quelled, with the school bonded stronger because of the break. He watched athletics grow from “sand- lot” to conference. He watched the student body grow and strengthen in the discharge of its responsibili ties. He saw A. and M. rise from a common place school to a para mount college of world recognition. Mr. Bagley attended Wake For rest at N. Carolina and received his B. A. in 1900. He transferred to North Carolina State for his grad uate work, and acquired his techni cal training as apprentice in several Eastern Textile Machinery Factor ies. He says “I like A. & M. fine, I couldn’t imagine better or more in teresting place to live—in fact I wouldn’t be contented anywhere else.” If you wish to spend a pleas ant hour or so some day, just call on Mr. Bagley and ask him to tell you about your school. “JIMMY” TRAIL This year he is James A. Trail, assistant professor in the M. E. De f OOT BA LL w///? a// the t r/m //? / n g s. / PMpHERE’S no getting around the fact that football is a pretty fair game any way you take it . . . hut after all, it wouldn’t be nearly so keen, if it didn’t call for somewhat of a Roman Holiday. Following the hand is no mean sport, and the very peak of aesthetic joy is reached on that rare occasion when a pillow can be deftly tossed from the hotel -window .... There are countless other ways of getting the most from a football contest, among which, the trip on the Greyhound Safety Coaches is surely not to be overlooked, or relegated to a place of minor importance. The Grevhounds run on convenient sched ules, or better still, a special coach can be chartered for the trip at an extremely low rate. Your local ticket agent will he glad to furnish information concerning this spe cial service. And in the meantime regular Greyhounds will he run ning day in and day out through out the year. Wherever you're going there's a Greyhound Safety Coach leav ing at a convenient hour to get you there and back . ... at a saving of time and money. SoiitliliiiMi finylioiiiMl TELPHONE 345 ' ' R I D i THE GREYHOUNDS''