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Y, M. C. A. School
t Speaks
To Junior Class
“Boo” Is Mightier
Than The “Hiss” In
G. If. Dent
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Recording of Sound
Members of the faculty and the
junior class held their first ban- Cleveland—(IP)*—For express
que of the year Monday night, disapproval, the “boo" is mightier
Apr|l 24, in the banquet room of than the “hiss’, according to Dr. J.j
the college mess hall, with Dr. W. o. Perrine, associate editor of the
D. Weatherford, president of the Bell System Technical Journal.
Y II C A Graduate Collage of who has compared the two noises
N'asiville. Tennessee, giving the on an oscillograph, a new instm-
principal address. ment for testing the strength of
Pi eroding Dr. Weatherford’s ad- founds.
dres|», class-president H. C. Wend- The strongest sound of the hu-
ler. Boerne, called on Dean C. H. man voice, he said, ia the good old
Windier, who introduced A. B. college "rah” and the weakest
the Sidelines!
a L. WILLIAMS
Scientists Discover
Complexion Color Is
One ftf the many gaod points of
athletic* is that it tefehes sports
manship, and one of the beat ex
amples . possible was brought out
in the Wack meet las^ Monday a-
gainst Abilene Christian College in
the mild run. Foy Cook *nd Dubois
of the Aggie - * led the lone A.C.G.
Coach Ernie Hjertaberg, affl-
cient track and field coach of the
Rice Owls, recently announced that
he. was going to pick an All-Texas
track and field team to take to
the National A.A.U. meet in Chi
cago this summer. It is a recog
nized fact that Texas produces
athletes who rank with the best
that the country produces. In the
Southwestern and smaller confer
ences. a team could be picked that
will v*ry efficiently represent the
Lone Star State in the meet in the
W’indy: City. When and if thfc
team t* picked, it will be a pretty
safe bet that Honk Irwin will be
AEOLOGY II PROJECT
AN TRIUMPHAL ARCH
Peck—Columbia Pniver-
AR 5HAEOLOGY III PROJECT
—A 1 8RSIAN MOSQUE X
H. K PEARSON—Yale Univer-
MY OLD FRATERNITY SIN
Improvements
14 J. Ij,
Yesterday> speech in Guion Hall by Dr. Weatherford provided
more difficulty for assembly sleepers than any preceding talk It is
without a doubt edifying to hear talks such as that one made by Dr. ,
Weatherford, ^’e realize that some of the phases of college life that he
mentioned, aubh as snobbery and corrupt fraternhies, do' not exist on
the A and - M campus, but some of the conditions he!named do exist here.
As Dr. Weatherford intimated, students infe4e#ted in their school
should not hesiUtte to assist or start any more fhr the betterment of Hig$ in the roster of organiza-
U* institution. Ex-students are eager t^Judp, but like th* fraternity, tkin-pijoud men comes eccentric
they , are not in close enough contact With the students and are not “Buck Cunningham, booster for
familiar with the problems of students. Thus the Work of iftprovemer.t “F" Bpttery, Field Artillery. But
his p4*t sins bob up in a fashion
that vyill forever hush any civic-
pride on his part. In the records
of the college it was found that
this pr^>ud “wagon soldier”, during
h's fryshman year, was a meni
sci t
life. Comparing the human race to
a flock of ducks, the speaker stat
ed that the actions of the group
were determined by the one they
lookej to as its leader.
Thi s meeting was the last formal
meet^ig of the class before the
Junk,^ prom and banquet, which j secretion 9' chemicals which acti
will b e held Thursday night, June vate the setting of at least two
I skin pigmenta, red and black.
*•
gin. Though Cook ha* repeatedly
beaten $>ubois in thif event, he
sacrifichil the honor ©f winning
first plhr* to Dubois ift order that
the lattfr might earn his varsity
letter; Cook's "T” was more as
sured than was the others. After
.Controlled By Gland the winker crossed ths tape he
turned afroond and all opt of breath
said, “DbjT, you’re a pal. Cook.’’
New York-r-( IP) The gland That !, for friendship
which control* the complexion has' an d sportsmanship.
I
Tile ■<mailer Texas colleges have
proved
man to*tka tape by a| large maiv especially so in the light
of his heaves of the shot and also
ttedraM. 1 ;
the first «f three se-
ries from the Institute to reach
A and M. another exhibit being
scheduled to arrive about May 4
and another a week later. The na
ture of the drawings should be es
pecially appeaing to A and M stu
dent*. and Mr. Langford urges
those that are interosted to at
tend any time before Saturday.
been discovered at the American
Museum of Natural History.
The gland is the pituary, a small
organ neatf the base of the brain.
small
that weight mdkes a dif-
Ite rom^lVxion c 0n trt.r"is'a'm^uui f * renc T T k *J* footbal1 ' Team8 of
IDLE RUMORS
falls on the shoulders of the student body. And tljerefore it is for th:*
students to make the improvements or instigat^ .thi irsjprovemenis
which will make the campus a better place to live.
The Oxford Movement
V
her of that select fraternity, the
Sigma Kappas, or in other words,
the Signal Corps, and during this
same yt*ar was summarily dismiss
ed fro*i that organisation. And
.his is ine for your old scrap buck.
<• Young men in England and this country are serving notice that
they desire no part in the greed that starts a war and the'stupidity
that tolerates it
, j Since the Oxford Union voted nearly two to ohe for the resolution
C»at, “This House will in no circumstances fight fot King and Coun
try,” a wave of.student sentiment has swept Britjsh campuses and
made itself felt on this side of the Atlantic as well. |Glassg©w Univer
sity followed Oxford. Students at the University pf j Leicester, Wales,
Cambridge, London and Manchester are following tHe example set by
Oxford at Glassgow.
What has become known as the Oxford movement has caught oa
Ul Victoria University in Canada. In this country’. Brown University
Stutients are signing pledges against bearing arnis in an aggressive
V.af. Earl; returns from a ‘*|>eace poll’’ at Columbia revetl 196 stu
dents who assert that “under no circumstances’’ Will they fight for
.thalrWftuntry This same poll shows 271 student* who woukl don uni- ^ who j vWt th * campu ^ ann ually
forms only “in ease of invasion” and hut 35 who spy they *•
to fight and protect citizens or investments abroad,
Students at Northwestern University held a debate* in which the
• Jtfien.'e voted *18 to 17 that they would not “undeii any tirdumstancc*
.lake part in international war to defend the tons ti tilt ion of (he United
Stales.”
No one hopes that this registration of *student’opinion will spon
taneously revolutionize the world's attitude toward wiaf. But Che opinion
f BEWARING OF TflE GREEN
HORN
Latest rumor has it that there
is dissension on the staff of the
college yearbook. According to in
formation handed down, Gottlieb,
publicity-seeking editor of the
Longhorn, is at outs U-ith “Pinky”
Thomasson, editor of the Green
horn—the raxx-section of the an-
ual. The source of the trouble is
that Gottlieb, assuming command Intrarmnid men from, the var
of the Greenhorn as well as the tou* organisations on the campus
rest of the book, will not even let will have aejckance to display their
Thomasson see the material for skill Saturday ami Sunday when
the Greenhorn. Knowing full well j the annual^ meet is held- Unlike
that we are well taken care of in
that section, we gottlieb to say
the Texas Conference and Texas
IntercolldRiate Athletic Associa
tion have, long been inferior to the
Southwedl Conference teams in
f. 't ai b it have often .beaten the
best of Ihe basketball ami track
and field- teams Therq are only
three trafek teams in the South
western <k»nferen« e right now that
are able c heat the Abilene Chris
tian teanq and they are A and M.
Rice, amU Texas. Any dne of the
others wdpdd not stand a chance
against tHF well-balanced array
from We«| Texas. Their mile re-
lay team Aiarked up it^ twenty-
second coribecutive win ip the race
against the Aggie thinly clads
here last jlonday.
Beaux-Arts Drawing*
Exhibited By College
Architect Department
Exhibits of the Besux-Arts In
stitute of Design will be displayed
on the fourth floor of the Main |j
Building until Saturday, Ernest
laingford, head of the department
of architecture, announced today.
TMa collection, which is the travel- j
ing exhibition of one of the six'
circuits sponsored by the Institute
and distributed throughout the
United States, consists of the fol
lowing eight drawings:
EMERSON PRIZE A MONU
MENTAL CLOCK
L. W. Smith,—Princeton Univer-
sity. |
H. A. Gnerre—New York City.
CLASS “A” PROJECT—A FINE
CITY RESIDENCE
L. W. Smith—Princeton Univer
sity i
W, N. Mills—Columbia Univer*
sity -J
ARCHAEOLOGY I PROJECT—
A SPANISH GRILLE
J. H. Berger—New York Uni
versity.
J. P. Gibson, Jr.—University of I,
IN MA-LOAN FUN
Wearing regulation uniform has
its advantages as Tim Malone con-
ludcd this past week after work
ing on the decorations for the R.
7. danor. At this time the campus
was flooded with its annual plagu,
if Future Farmers, the little lads
>r from tty* wider open Spaciousness
'■ es. who visit the campus annuail)
ould care ^ or # s h or t course. Tim was on his
vay tolthe mess hall to work
on the depuration* and was wear
ing Sonic old civilian clothes. There
muni’have been tufts of hay stick
ing out; of his clothes, for to his
chagrinj he was stopped by the
tactical Officer who informed him
what we like about those amateur
journalists.
We lapse lyrically:-*-
We hear there's dissension
So we gladly make mention
Of war on the Longhorn front.
So we hand out a razz
To the amateur class
And Gottlieb bears 'thr brunt.
the other i|tramural sports, all
the aspiratils will have a chance
t# pit thett skill and endurance
against ea*) other at -(he same
time.
FRESHMAN NINE TO
OPEN COMPETITON
of bodies of organized voters does influence the pblfcy of democratic subper for Future Farmers
nations. In contemporary Germany, Japan, or luljj. public sentiment woU j d i ot ^ serV ed until later,
may mearr little or nothing; but it is otherwise in thl English speaking yallrigty, Tim. chagrin for you is
; *'.11 * ,fr * ri r° r u> *-
President Walter Dill Scott of Northwestern university went *0 ; I
far as to belittle the pacifistic declaration of his students. He is justi- \Ml SFMKNT TUX
rw in takinif thi. .Uitud, th.t rlW*. f*—.Mn-.r*. J. Martin Hend-r-<m .ml
not proTont inbernatkinsI .onfl.rt.. Hut h. utnoro. the n—Wit, fur « c AltiM-r Toult-r h.v. 1-
peace psychology before nations can successfully, proceed to outlaw T. ..
I r . , ■ T | nouveau rssnic
war m practice as well *s in principle J .. riding. Aceordi
The genergtion of President Scott and others whip would |>ooh-pooh
»t peace activity is of the war ami pre-war period. They are still
the influence of the pro|>agaiida with which nations
hatred in the recent wartime frenzy.
none for cotton ‘truck
.Iccording to these dictators
* * K>0 .. «>f style and fashion, the proper
costume for midnight rides on the
ipped up 0 f cotton trucks is the
nd M gets
one issue sailed in the legislature
and before they adjust themselves
spew, another comes up. The legis
lators in tllrir attempt |o reduce
the budget • Without cutting down
their owi salary, hav^ now hit
he whole student body qf A and
VI. They thpaght that t|ej were
’'A ting professional athletics in a
big way wh4n they refused to ap
propriate $‘J700» for Coach Matty
Bell, who brides being head fooi-
Coach “Klepto" Holmes fresh- ,al1 l00ch ’ h « d °t th #
man baseball nine will open their ' n * nt of physical e«lucatidn. Some
current season Friday and Satur- ' £ n o r a n t farmer legislators
day when they meet the (biddings 'bought that the state tag payOr*
Lions. j 1 [ i Wt *' e paying tor the footbqU coach.
According to Coach Holmes, the «»<* that they should not! have to
infield looks very promising. The '** ^ ertainly they should not
firstbaaemen Include William hav ‘’ to do and th ^ ■ r f not In
“Flop” Colson. Colleg© Station; thoir min ds tbe big husky lad was
Percy Reid. Corpus Christ i. Mike the on, y on * twiving any benefit
Langley. Fentroxs. Second base- athletic*, when in rpality it
men are Bob Garutherk Moody; wa * ‘he weakling that needed it. •
John Blalock, Troupe. Shortstops They haven’t bothered the foot-
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BtYAM ASD'CDIXMS
TSra Ca
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. - . . ^^B ^^B W . . . tuxedo. Last week during the Ross
B4t todays Students are of the post-conflict Jerk. They ty.pe they Vo|unU X fe . tivitieil , these two
represent the Iwglnning of a civilized epoch in which, war an.) concern-^, 1|on . . ttendH , the dtncen |n
.tent barbarity, butchery, and id.oc.ty w.ll become L remoje as the tux4do J. cromp . nyin|r two younjr Wal * ton ’ Galveaton.
are Nat Patton, Jr.. Crockett; and
Herbert Cartwright, Galveston.
Thirdbasemen candidate© are Bill
•°* Couser, Breckearidgo; ©nd Clint
of the ape man.
sklent Scott would have spoken with greater foresight if he
hfcd Commend**-! his students for attempting a rational, stlnd, said point-
rd out that organized pacifism can be only one step toward an end of
v-ara, but that after the peoples of the nations of the .World become
an»c*i!ate and impress on their government* their desire f4r peace,
they will have to adopt non-military weapons for .settling their differ
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IGEii’S SPEECH
THIRD PUCE
AT FLOWERS MEET
%
First Two Places Are Award
ed To Speakers From Tni-
versity of Texas.
fif.
!>. L. Tisinger, Garland, a mem
ber of Battery “E”, Field Artillery,
winner of the third prize of
dollars ia the annual Bat
tle of Flower* Oratorical Contest
he 1 n the auditorium of the San
Vocational High School
| of Thursday, April 20.
Coleman, Alpine, the other
wwentative from A and M Col
egi\ competed with Tisinger
against Warren Wood* and Frank
< ntpp, both of San Antonio, who
»-(.presented the Univeraity of Tex-
aa. Woods won the first prize of
fifty dollars and Knapp was
rw^Mad the second prise of thirty-
Practical Idealisnt." Knapp spoxc
on “Our Texas Faat,” Tisinger’*
subject was “Recognition of Henry-
Smith,” and Coleman talked on
"The Life of Sam Houston.”
“B” and “F” Battery
Teams Will Meet To
Decide Tennis Title
ladies frpm Navasota and when
they returned them to their home,
they high way ed back, catching
their rity* on a cotton truck. An
we tux that away among our sou
venirs.
ball player. What they have injur
ed j* the very boy who needed all
the exercise, jntramurals will suf
fer. and as Dpan Kyle announced,
A and M will be the only first
Homer Martinez. Hbbronville. ‘’I*** college In the country with-
former Allen Academy . hUrler is oo* intramural program. The
'•a
f -d Hollars.
Woods’ »f
Speech was "A Plea for
Teams representing Battery ''B”
Field Artillery agd Battery “F”
Field Artillery have reached the
finals in intramurikl tennis and a
play-off tournament will bf held to
decide the school championship in
this sport sotne time during the
following week.
Members of the teams are as fol
lows: Battery “B” f J. M. Mitchell,
H. C. Stefani, C- ll Long, and 0.
S York; Battery “F” W. D. Sor
rells. L. A. Shone. A I. White, and
C t G. White.
. After the team championship has
been determined, the doubles and
singles tournament* will b< con
tinued.
WHY NOT ROOSEVELT?
Paging Governor Ferguson! Rich
ard Clayton Stevenson, Battery
“A”, Piejd Artillery, is on the war Fnnis
path again. Some vandal taking
advantage of “Little Steve’s” ab
sence la^t Wednesday broke into
his room, emulated the results of
a tornad# by doing what ia com
monly kr|own as “ratting” a room.
“Little S|eve” when he came back
and found his clothes on the floor
ranted, ipged, and yelled for the
guard. Ity told Lieutenant Carroll,
tactical Officer, that if he did not
receive Dee tailor work as com
pensation for the damage done, the
Goveryr of
of it.
leading the pitching staff- Bill
Hickman. Brazoria; Jai.es Hen
derson, Avinger; Frances Allen.
McKinney; and Maxwell Proctor
complete the staff.
Candidates for the outfield are
James Severs, Hull; Lartyn Eakin.
Moody; Joe Foster. Calvert. Henry
Hanks, Wichita Falls; and Miro
•am
legislators seem to think tliat this
institution is. (he only state sup-
poitcd school in the state.*
the state would hear
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