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VOL. XXVIII
Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical Coll ege of Texas
BRYANT ^aSSTJANUARY 15, 1930.
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R.O.T.C. UNIT TO BE
INSPECTED THUR.
Lieutenant General J. F. Barnes Will
be on Campus.
Inspecting Officer, Lieutenant Gen
eral J. F. Barnes of the Inspecting
Generals Department, will be on the
campus on Thursday and Friday of
this week for the purpose of con
ducting an economic survey of the
operation of the R. O. T. C. unit
at A. and M.
Colonel W. A. Castle, an Eighth
Corps Area Officer, will pass through
College on the 21st of this month
enroute to Prairie View, where he
will inspect, and some time after
March 1 he will return to the Col
lege where he will make the annual
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college.
Loudspeaker in Mess Hall Serves Purpose
in Obtaining Unobtainable Result
Elimination of a Condition Much Disliked and Long Existing in Sbisa Hall
About to be Accomplished.
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FLOWER PLANTS
PUT ON CAMPUS
Plan of Beautification to be Carried
Out Further.
After many years of battling with
the “hard-boiled he-man” whose be
lief is that “a thing of beauty is a
joy forever” should be tagged with
a sign, “For Women Only,” beatuy
has at last shown signs of conquer
ing by slowly but surely taking the
A. and M. campus in hand.
During the term now in progress
more than 10,000 flower plants have
been distributed on all parts of the
campus, in keeping with the plan
for beautification which is being car
After long years of futile at
tempt and mental laboring the im
possible is happening. Learned men
fought for it; women died for it and
the children of the neighborhood
cried for it; males, females, college
professors and college students were
much idem in their desire to over
come it or eliminate it without phys
ical resistance.
For what ? For the elimination of
a condition much disliked and long
existing in our own Sbisa Hall.
Now came the time somewhat later
than 7200 B. C. that the woman’s
tongue could be heard disturbing
some peaceful, deep thinking, hard
modern, dishpan as its contents a^e
handle!—^this was one of God’s gifts
to man. But more than once has man
coped with God and he was not to be
removed from the picture by a sex
much dumber than he, so the art of
loud cavity filling proceedures at
once was originated and spread
throughout the land among the most
educated lot of homo to help over
come this static, the transverse
broadcast wave being unknown in
those days. The other men, realizing
the importance of the project, quick
ly fell in to the vogue and the com
bined forces won a “moral victory”
when the competition was demon
strated at the table This is one
feasible explanation of the origin
of endurance contests among men
during meal times.
Once such a habit is formed by
man it is impossible to overcome
overnight and when a masculine as
sembly, such as the one here at A.
and M. takes place the noisy eating
continues and is very annoying to
cocupants of the Aggieland Inn and
the College Hospital: Oft times the
noise vibrations from the eaters have
disturbed the smoke in the mess hall
kitchen to give it the “permanent
wave” effect as it rises calmly to
the ventilators above.
But the machinery age has done
more than produce an Edison: it has
produced the loud speaker. So to
drown out the soup eating music
and thus substitute for the usual
device /was installed electrical
hall recently. Boys’ It is a tremen
dous success for it not only gives
us music during our meals but it has
also done the impossible: it has les
sened the noise output of the stu
dent body during meal time.
Mr. Ripley, here is one worthy of
your note.
The installation was by T. L. Hin-
er of the Signal Corps. Before the
past, holidays it was understood that
Hiner would stay here for the two
weeks to improve the quality of
speakers before turning it over to the
mess hall management. It was also
understood that arrangement would
be made with the Aggieland Music
Shop in Foster Hall to furnish re
corded music during meals as it had
done without contract or agreement
during the early tryouts of the loud
speaking apparatus.
MAX EASTMAN TO
TALK HERE SOON
Will be Brought under the Auspices
of the Two Seminars.
Announcement has been made by
Social Science and Science Seminars
that Max Eastman, internationally
known traveler, philosopher and poet,
will speak at the Assembly Hall
February 14 at 8:00 p. m. Mr. East-
man’s address will be the contribu
tion of the two seminars to the stu
dents and community residents, car
rying out the policy of bringing in
ternationally known educators for
the benefit of the college folk.
The subject of the address will be
“The Two Russian Revolutions,” in
cluding much of interest on Russia,
her revolutions and her communists.
Mr. Eastman is personally acquainted
nnerms auuress is u*.- ^ ~..v.
of the most colorful and stimulating
talks of the year.
ried out, and plans for the setting
out of many more during the sec
ond term have been formulated.
Among the spots of beauty being
cultivated on the campus at present
are: the esplanade from the Main
Building to the Main Gate, the star
near the Y. M. C. A., Dr. Walton’s
residence, the Main Building, Guion
Hall, the sunken garden, and the
Main Gate.
Flowers being planted in this
work include hollyhocks, pansies,
phlox, and calendula.
Flowers in the land of “hairy he-
men?” Well, why not—they grew
in Flanders Field.
a sign, “For Women Only,” beauty
A. and M. cannot be compared to
Flanders Field because the risk of
life is not as great. But we shall
have the flowers and very soon, ac
cording to plans being made.
Junior Stockjudgers Debaters Train for
Report for Try-Outs Contests in Spring
First Contest to be Held the First
of March in Oklahoma City.
All hail to the stockjudgers of
1931! This week marks the beginning
of the training of juniors in stock-
judging in preparation for the con
tests this spring and those of next
fall. Twenty-five juniors reported for
the first try-outs, and keen interest
in the project prevailed, according to
officials of the A. H. Department.
The first contest will be held
about March 1 in Oklahoma City,
and the following week the team
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Complete Schedule of Debates Will
be Announced Very Soon.
Hard work and plenty of competi
tion is characteristic of the training
which the A. and M. debaters are
going through previous to the intei’-
collegiate contests in the spring. The
work before the holidays was not
very extensive, according to Profes
sor C. O. Spriggs, coach of the team,
but by the middle of March the con
testants will have received thorough
i training on the subjects for discus-
■ sion, he declared.
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HONOR SOCIETY
HOLDS MEETING
Prominent Lecturer to be Brought
Here in February.
The Scholarship Honor Society met
last Thursday night in the “Y” Par
lor with an unusually large number
of the members present.
Due to an unavoidable circum
stance, the speaker, who was sched
uled for the evening, was unable to
be present, but plans were made to
bring a prominent lecturer to the
campus in the latter part of Febru
ary or the first of March. It is plan
ned that this meeting will be opened
to the entire student body and the
people in Bryan.
NOTICE ROSS VOLUNTEERS
On account of the bad wea
ther of last week, the final
date for the Ross Volunteer
pictures for The Longhorn has
been extended to Saturday,
January 18th. All members are
requested to cooperate with
The Longhorn Staff by having
their pictures made on or be
fore that date, for the repre
senting section will be closed
Sunday, January 19th.
M. T. HALBOUTY.
CORPS DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT $1.00