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Patronize ITi f 7HS 44 t * They Make Our This Adver- 11 li r WMt 1IFI if fill Paper tisers vlll vvl M11 Possible Published Weekly by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical Coll ege of Texas VOL. XXVIII BRYAN, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 19, 1930. NO. 22 ARCHITECTURAL CONTEST ENDS Winner of Medal Offered by Witchell Yet Unannounced. | ^ % I >) 7 7 if.. * // 71* Vvv/' -Ld „ A ) V k 7 ,rfl A <7 ..; A^rvv & *- The contest for a gold and a silver medal awarded annually by Mr. Frank O. Witchell of the Firm of Lang and Witchell, architects, Dal las, to architectural students doing the best work on a specified problem in the advanced courses in design, closed Saturday of last week. Ernest Langford of the Architec tural Department announced that Mr. Witchell had agreed that for this year the medals would be awarded for the best design presented in the Solution of the Third Problem of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design—’“An Office Building.” The department urged students doing the third project to make an effort to present solutions worthy of the award, since one Of the Regula tions governing the awards is that the problems must be of unusual merit and discretion, and in case the problems submitted are unworthy, or are lacking in general character, pre sentation, etc., Mr. Witchell reserves the right not to award either medal. Students in. advanced courses in design began work this week on the solution of a problem submitted by The River Oaks Corporation of Hous ton, who ai'e offering a prize of $50. to the student who on or before May 1930, submits the design of a resi- ice limited to the Colonial, the French, the English, and the Span- •L 1 . ■ f 0 li \ Ilf X You have heard about it, £ *£ thought about it and have talk- *♦* * ed about it. The staff has ❖ *!* thought it over, talked it over, & “cussed” over it, and now, have £ % just about worked it over. The £ copy work for the 1930 Long- *!- horn will all be in the printers .j. hands within a very short time. ^ We must turn in our order soon for the exact number of copies we want printed. If you want an extra copy or a De Luxe copy, be sure to COLLEGE POWER PLANT CARELESSLY ENTERED BY INTREPID RAILROAD CAR Last Wednesday afternoon about 5:50 o’clock, all was quiet in the boiler room of the College Power Plant. Suddenly, over the hum of the boilers, over the whir-r-r-r of the generators, came a terrific crash. The men in the boiler room looked around just in time to see the end of a car loaded with coal come crashing through the 18-inch brick wall, bringing with the shower of “Irish Confetti,” a large “I” beam, completely removed from its base. There were several men in the boiler room at the time, including several negroes. One of the latter, it is said, Sixth Oratorical Contest Now Sure of Wide Entrance Many Prizes Will be Offered to Win ners of Contest This Year. modifications Jof each as may be practicable. The program of this competition (Continued on Page 5) I—I*'!**!**!**!' “THAT LONGHORN” Although March 25 is the closing- date for entries in the Sixth National Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest on the Constitution, already 81 colleges and universities from 29 states have written to P. Caspar Harvey, nation al director, Liberty, Mo. Northwest ern University, Evanston, 111., na tional winner in 1925, was the first school to enter the 1930 contest. Although April 15 is the closing date for each school to select its rep resentative, the distinction of being the first orator to win nis local con test goes to F. B. Farr, A. and M. College of South Carolina, Clemson. The competition for the greatest forensic honor open to college . stu dents in America foreshadows bring ing together this year - the largest (Continued on Page 5) saw the beam falling and before it hit the floor was out of the room, up to a twelve-foot platform, with out the aid of a ladder, and into the Engineer’s office. Everyone 'was badly frightened but no one actually hurt. It has not been determined exact ly how the car happened to get loose, but it is thouglit that it got away from a switchman. It complete ly removed two windows and a col umn. The damage to the building was estimated to be about $1800.00, according to Chief Engineer Hines, of the Power Plant. Eastman Delivers Lecture on Russia to Students Fri. Speaker proves to be as Interesting As Was Advertised. And then we find that after we have paid our admission fee and are about to seat ourselves for an enjoy able educational lecture, that our speaker has not been properly pre sented in announcements of his ap pearance—he is a Doctor—-and the one which we have especially for your- note is the Dr. Max Eastman who spoke last Friday night at the assembly hall on “The Present Situ ation in Russia.” His subject was changed because he could not obtain enough slides to properly represent his intended lecture on “Two Russian Revolutions.” Dr. Eastman spoke very clearly and the influence of his ideal speak er, Lenin, on him was evident as he continued in his unemotional, though (Continued on Page 6) ? *♦* We must turn in our order soon £ More than one hundred and four- for the exact number of copies £ teen dollars were spent for tele- *> we want printed. If you want graphic Valentine greetings originat- a an extra copy or a De Luxe -; n g. i n Aggieland, and over five hun- X copy, be sure to see Norman £ jred and fifty boxes of candy, in at 4 Milner, sometime this the high-powered boxes w-ere mailed, week. Only a small down pay- ; Somebody is in love, or should we £ ment is required. £ j say, home-sick? Well, it’s a safe bet not much of the poetic senti ment went to respective home folk. There were two hundred and nine ty-six messages telegraphed during Valentine Day, to say nothing of the special delivery letters and telephone calls. Beware, freshmen, that you are not accused of failure to observe staunch hard-hearted conventions set (Continued on Page 5) GIESECKE MAKES STUDY IN EUROPE College Architect Returns After In teresting Study Made. Dr. F. E. Giesecke, director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Sta tion and College architect, has re cently returned from a trip to Europe which he undertook to study the or ganization and operation of engin eering research stations and also the management of prisons with especial reference to the classification and segregation of prisoners insofar as these features should be used as the basis for the design of prison build ings. In pursuance of his plans he visit ed engineering research stations, or engineering schools, or related engin eering establishments in Charlotten- Dean Charles Freily. Prague, Vienna, Munich. Zurich. S^iffiGgart, Reutlingen, Karlsruhe, Rheydt, Essen, Rocholt, Cologne, Paris and London. In addition, he vis ited twelve prisons in various Euro pean countries. His impressions of European pris on management are being recorded in reports which are sent to the mem bers of the Texas Prison Commission and also to those newspaper repre sentatives who accompanied the Tex as Prison Commission on its tour of inspection last summer. Reports re lating to engineering’ research in Europe will be made to the faculty of the School of Engineering. Professor Giesecke reports that his trip was a pleasant one, that he met with a very friendly reception at the hands of European engineers and received donations of many technical books, magazines, manuscripts and ohctographs of value in his studies. ♦L* *■*+ ♦£* *£♦ +** NOTICE TO SENIORS *:• ❖ ❖ The Invitation Committee will *** Y start taking orders for the Sen- £ ior invitations on Friday of -> this week. You can place your order with any of the following £ men: E. J. Bradley, 33 Foster; £ H. U. Bible, 7 Hollywood; Cur ! tis Everts, 60 Law; Ed. Mit chell, 62 Puryear; E. J. Urban- ousky, 60 Milner. A deposit of 1-3 the total cost is required on each order of invitations or personal cards, and all orders must be turned in by April 7th in order to place them in your hands by May 1st. Chairman of Invitation Com. CORPS DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT