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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.
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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-
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“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
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“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
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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
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*♦* 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
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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.
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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