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THE BATTALION
THE BATTALION
Student weekly published by the students of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas.
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at College Station,
Texas, under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
Advertising rates on request.
Subscription rate $1.75 per year.
EDITORIAL STAFF
CLAUDE M. EVANS Editor-in-Chief
PHILIP JOHN Managing Editor
M. J. BLOCK Associate Editor
D. B. McNERNEY Associate Editor
W. J. FAULK Sports Editor
H. G. STROMBERGER * Columnist
C. E. BEESON Staff Correspondent
J. L. KEITH Art Editor
RUSTY SMITH Cartoonist
W. 0. SANDERS Cartoonist
Reportorial Staff: R. A. Wright, H. G. Seeligson, R. L. Elkins, E. L.
Williams, G. M. Dent, Lewis Gross, E. C. Roberls, W. H. Mecom.
BUSINESS STAFF
B. G. ZIMMERMAN Advertising Manager
TOM C. MORRIS Assistant Adv. Manager
TRYGNE BOGEVOLD Assistant Adv. Manager
E. M. LIEM Circulation Manager
GEORGE C. BRUNDRETT Assistant Circulation Mgr.
The Ostrich And The Aggie
There was once an ostrich, who, hiding his head in the sand, thought
that he was hid, but the hunters came up on him and plucked his
plumes. Idiotic ostrich.
There are A and M students, who, hiding their identity beneath
an assumed name, think they are safe to do as they wish, but observing
hotel clerks notice their uniform, and the school soon becomes a nest
of petty theives and undesirables in in the eyes of the state hotels.
A uniform has its advantages and its disadvantages. The disad
vantage is that when one uniform goes wrong, all of them are under
suspicion.
If you must raise hell, swipe souvenirs from your hotel rooms,
have guests, or do anything which will make it to your advantage to
register as Francis Hall or Bill Jones, don’t make it hard on your
brother Aggies and the college authorities by brazenly wearing your
uniform.
If this practice continues we’ll have the faith of the people, the
conveniences we are entitled to, and our peace of mind; plucked from us.
The ostrich eventually gets his feathers back, but faith is some
thing that is long gone, when it is lost.
Freshman Discussion
Groups Start Tuesday
Freshman Discussion groups will
start next Tuesday it was announc
ed at the meeting of the Y cabinet,
Monday night in the Y parlor. The
Y cabinet organizes these groups
in all organizations and selects the
speakers for the discussions which
are on subjects pertaining to col
lege men and college life.
Handball Latest On
Intramural Program
Starts Monday Dec. 7
Plenty of speed and action is
expected when the intramural
handball players step into action
Monday, December 7. Leagues and
schedules of games will be posted
in the gymnasium some time dur
ing this week. Because of the
growth in popularity of this game,
one of the longest schedules to date
has been planned for the coming
season.
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THE PAN
By D. B. McNerney
The pigskin and the wishbones—
have reaped their harvests of
sorrow and joy so it now re
mains with us to dust off the
text books, deposit the few, very
few pennies that escaped the on
slaughts of the past football sea
son, and settle down to the busi
ness of paying back “interest”
on our scholastic investment.
Uniform Tailor Shop
TAILOR MADE
SHIRTS, BREECHES
BLOUSES and SLACKS
iMendl & Hornak, Props.
The evenings are going to be
long—
now that yell-practice is no
more, but, invariably, none of us
will take advantage of this ex
tra time by investing in some
worthwhile reading or taking ac
tive interest in some form of
campus life outside the regularly
prescribed courses of study.
The sign down by—
the realroad station reads “a
dollar’s worth for each dollar
invested,” but that doesn’t mean
that we should sit back, and,
without any extra effort, watch
the oportunity to increase our
educational income slip by un
molested.
By M. J. BLOCK
NOTICE SENIORS AND JUNIORS!
Every one wishing a Senior Ring or a miniature ring
by Christmas should place orders this week. If ordered
any later it will be impossible to get it by Christmas.
CALDWELL’S JEWELRY STORE
Bryan, Texas
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Made to order
Boots, Belts &
Shoes.
Write in for or
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215 Broadway,
San Antonio,
Texas.
W. F. Gibbs & Son
LOWER PRICE LEVELS
ON BROKEN SIZES
12.50 Gaberdine Shirts.... 9.50
10.00 Serge Shirts 8.50
9.00 Serge Breeches .... 7.50
8.50 Serge Slacks 4.95
4.50 Wool Shirts 3.50
3.50 Wool Shirts 2.50
2.50 Broadcloth Shirts .. 1.95
2.00 Broadcloth Shirts .... 1.65
3.50 A. & M. Coveralls .... 2.50
Corduroy Jackets 2.95 to 3.95
Suede Jackets .... 7.50 to 12.50
Aviation or Trench
Coats 6.50
Wool Sweaters .... 3.95 to 7.50
Packard, A. & M. Special
Dress Shoes .... 6.50 to 8.00
Our Special Dress Shoe.. 5.00
New Stock Dunlop and Bor-
solino Hats arrived today.
The past football—
season has been a most success
ful one. Not only because we
beat Texas, as some of the State
U students might believe, and
scored more actual than moral
victories, for these number
among our lesser accomplish
ments, but the fact that we made
favorable impressions upon the
populace of the cities we visited
has done as much as to make
the past a successful season as
any victorious gridiron cam
paign.
War and depression—
seem to be the chief topics of
conversation these days, outside
the “bull-rings,” of course. Al
though they may seem of a con
tradictory nature, after all it’s
only logical to think that the
unemployment problem could be
solved by the anhilation of its
millions of causes in a great big
war, which, if modern inventions
prove practical, should last only
a few painful days. Then too,
all the “big money” men could
reap golden harvests at the ex
pense of poor Uncle Sam’s pock
et-book, which is at present suf
fering from a terrible attack of
prohibitionitis.
Speaking of Prohibition—
(it’s being done these days, you
know) maybe the next war will
find women in the men’s places
at the front, then we men can
turn the tables, so to speak, by
“legislaturing” the swinging
doors, sawdust, and brass rails
back to the modern speakeasies
which place they held ere those
frightful days of 1918 A. J. B.
(After John Barleycorn).
Let’s all of us attend—
• the Turkish debate Saturday
night, December 12. That would
be a step toward the extra in
vestment we were just “harping”
on.
When we are considered college
men, we are also given the assump
tion that we are gentlemen. By
gentlemen, it is meant that we are
to know the difference between
courteous and discourteous things;
niceties and glaring errors of eti
quette. One is supposed to have
left behind him all mannerisms
that would tend to ostracize him
self from society. Yet—
There are still a few who will
continue to remain obnoxious to
us by behaving similiar to three-
year-olds. By this I mean the con
duct at corps dances, especially the
one held last Thursday night.
The act of “breaking” a couple
may be considered a fine art or
it can be used as one of the most
vulgar mannerisms attainable
while attending a dance. The law
excuses drunk people for some mis
demeanors; so shall we excuse this
class of inebriates. But—
There is no pardon held out for
the man who deliberately tears a-
side the partner of the young
lady; there is no excuse given to
the fellow who consistently shoves
the “other man” aside; and there is
no forgiveness given for the man
who “cuts in” in an impolite man
ner. It is certainly a good way to
keep from growing old for there
may be a hot-tempered man to deal
with if this practice is used upon
him. There is no set way laid
down in writing that a man may
break another couple, but it surely
shows lack of breeding if the part
ner is thrust aside in a vicious
manner. In prehistoric ages, we are
told, man used to fight for their
women. That was in prehistoric
ages. But, if called upon, a man
may have to fight for his honor in
present days is this rude condition
continues to exist.
LETTERS—
(Continued from page one)
Freshmen football players to
whom numeral awards were made
are: J. G. Cooper, Schulenberg;
Robert Connolley, Fort Worth;
Odel Conoley, Amarillo; John
Crow, Milford; E. O. Fowler, Fort
Worth; W. Griggs, Decatur; J. T.
Gregory, Tyler; W. E. Hurst, Fort
Worth; W. T. Jordan, Fort Worth;
J. R. Knotts, Kemp; W. R. Kim
brough, Haskell; S. I. Maxwell,
Leonard; H. M. Moehlman, Bryan;
J. B. Roach, Decatur; R. W. Russi,
Houston; Wilbert Randow, Hal-
letsville; Jack Stringfellow, Ter
rell; B. F. Spain, Decatur; V. T.
Tracy, Corpus Christi; Jack West,
Harlingen; W. O. Watson, Glade-
BEFORE YOU GO HOME XMAS—
HAVE THOSE SHOES PUT INTO SHAPE—
Prices to meet your pocketbook.
YOURS,
THE CAMPUS SHOE SHOP
Over Exchange Store
SHOW TALK
By Philip John
Thursday, Friday, Saturday —
Palace—“Get Rich Quick Walling
ford.”
Friday—Assembly Hall—“Com
mon Law.”
Saturday — Assembly Hall —
“Monkey Business.”
Preview Saturday, Tuesday,
Wednesday — Palace — “The Road
to Singapore.”
Sunday, Monday — Palace —
“Suicide Fleet.”
The new adventures of Get-Rich-
Quick Wallingford is one of Wil
liam Haine’s best pictures. It is
the story of the trio of J. Rufus
Wallingford, Blackie Daw, and
“Schnozzle,” the lovable rascals.
Haines is the wonderful man who
never gave a sucker an even break,
but fell easy victim to a pretty
face. You’ll like Jimmy Durante,
the Broadway idol. Laurel and
Hardy offer additional comedy in
a new two-reel feature.
Constance Bennett’s “Common
Law,” is brought to the Assembly
Hall by the Kream and Kow Klub.
Constance as Valerie West is in
an unconventional story of an un
conventional artist’s model in
Paris. The feature roles are played
by an excellent cast, with Lew
Cody, Joel McCrea, Robert Wil
liams, and Hedda Hopper. Don’t
miss it.
The four Marks brothers come
back in “Monkey Business,” a typi
cally senseless and plotless comedy,
but it is very good comedy, and
you’ll have to strain your brain
and ear to get all of the wise
cracks. You have to do that any
way with the corps furnishing their
off-stage noises and support. The
brothers are stowaways on a
Europe-bound liner. The story is
too detailed to tell, but it is the
true Marxian type.
Bill Powell is the villian who
pursues Doris Kenyon with an ar
dor that is more than temperate.
Doris is the wife of a doctor who
is not a very good husband. Never
theless, Powell entices the wife to
his island home, where he insists
that she be sure of his love before
they elope. “The Road to Singa
pore,” you will agree, is a very
good movie, and with William Pow
ell’s polish, a very entertaining
one too.
“Suicide Fleet,” the navy’s big
parade, is supposed to be the in
side story of how we sank the sub-
maries. To say the least, the pic
ture should be a very exciting one.
Bill Boyd, Robert Armstrong, and
Jimmy Gleason are the feature
cast. At last a picture that prom
ises to be different from the usual
run.
water; Nicholas Willis, San Anto
nio; William Young, San Antonio;
Walter Zunkei’, San Marcos.
Harvard Chinese
Students Pledge
Death In New War
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Chinese
students at Harvard University
this week pledged themselve to
support General Ma Chan-shan “to
the death” in his campaign against
the Japanese.
P. C. Kuo, president of the Har
vard Chinese Students’ Club, ra
dioed the general that his organi
zation had gone on record emphat
ically “supporting your continuous
resistance against invaders.”
ASSEMBLY HALL
RiSteSS
Q Qaramoimt picture Hill
SATURDAY 12:30 P. M.
Coupon for Nov. 28 Good
ADMISSION 25*?
SATURDAY 6:30 & 8 P. M.
ADMISSION 35*?
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9
6:30 P. M.
ADMISSION 25*?
Sixty Men Answer
Fish Basket Ball
Summons Tuesday
Sixty men answered the call for
freshman basket ball players on
Tuesday afternoon, and the list
will probably swell to seventy-five
or eighty by the end of the week.
Of this bevy of players, twenty-
seven were at least six feet in
height and one man was six feet
seven inches. From this assortment
of former high school talent Coach
Klepto Holmes hopes to build a
formidable quintet.
As yet nothing is known of the
ability of any individual player,
but among those out for the first
afternoon were J. T. Moody, Fort
Worth; J. F. Wamble, Bryan; J.
B. Roach, Decatur; H. S. Norris,
San Antonio; Clifford Gregory,
Tyler; and Bob Connelly, Fort
Worth.
The squad will be cut down to
about twenty men in two weeks
and a schedule of games will be
arranged.
The smoke
you like ... is
the smoke she
likes for you!
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Dentist
Office over First State Bank
Phone: 275 or 635
Bryan
J.C. PENNEY CO.
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Elephant Hide Black
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“I like to see a man smoke a pipe!”
You’ve heard your own girl say it,
perhaps. You’re sure to hear it wherever
girls get together.
They puff away
at our cigarettes.
But they like to see
us have a go at the
‘ ‘strong, silent man’s
smoke”—a com
panionable, time-
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r~!/ ' There is some-
She likes you to smoke thing satisfying
a pipe
about a pipe. It’s a
slow, reflective, hard-thinking smoke
—or a calm, relaxing, restful smoke.
The hunter’s smoke, the fisherman’s
smoke, the engineer’s smoke—a man’s
smoke, through and through.
And pipe smokers who know their
fine tobaccos tell you there’s no blend
quite like the fine
selected hurleys of
Edgeworth — the
favorite tobacco in
42 out of 50 leading
colleges.
Do try Edge-
worth. Per
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like it as well as
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A pipe is satisfying
to. Edgeworth is at your dealer’s. Or
send for free sample if you wish. Ad
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pound humidor tin.
Aggieland Barber Shop
(Next to Ag-gieland Pharmacy)
Let us do your work with a smile.
—Our Slogan—
“Service With A Smile!”
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Pennants — Stationery — Vanities —
Fountain Pens and All Kinds
of A. & M. Jewelry.
THE EXCHANGE
STORE
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