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THE BAND BENEFIT SHOW
IDLE RUMORS
freedom from the sees
Muaic apparently waa not the
prime consideration of the Texas
University r*** elnh’a offerinr* •*
far aa “Pusa” Pennycuick. Bill
Colrlasier, and BiU Flannery were
concerned. Financial straits neces
sitated that this stellar rmP from
the famotm “Bloody B” company
•it in the balcony, and this condi
tion provoked a near not. Havinr
only one seaman’a teleacopo bo-
tween them for viewin* the show,
there was pullenty of diaeenaiow aa
to when ownership right* were to
be relinquished. Ownership was d^
finitely settled, however, when it
waa shown that it waa the same
telescope that waa uaod by ‘Trix
ie’* Gottlieb while sittiar on the
front seat at the Burlesque show
last term.
TOS4?H, TOSCH!
Last nirht, while Mike Eemna.
ruatodian of the maadas for the
south part of the camps* was ra-
placinr foam » Hart hall, ha un-
locked one fnae box and found a
letter there marked for midnight
mail which tame innocent placed
there for mailing. After pocket
ing the enclosed fire *«**. Mike
found oat that the mailer of the
letter waa none other than Charley
Teeeh, editor tf next year’s Coun
tryman and Battalion aapiraat.
This inability to tell locked fuae
boxes from mail boxes i* Juat one
of the indications of that mental
sluggishness known as the editorial
teach.
8. W. TRACKMEN—
(Continoad from Page 1)
urday the Steers and Cadets tied
for first place in a meet between
the three schools with 18 points
each, while Rice trailed only four
points behind. The Owls were with
out the services of Ed Holloway,
In order that they might attend the Thanksgiving Day Gama ** | *•**’ ■'’*-- —
lut fall. It was necessary that the A and M College band who ^ been undefeated in confer-
horrow money to defray part of the expend of thi. trip Thi. money 1 —
however, covered only a small part of .Ah axpanaea, the .ndivulual
members of the band bearing, as usual, the greater part of the expense,
t” h The band has always been oae of the hardest working student
(ggamxations on the campus and has brought much more credit to th.
school than they have been credited with, gad the w l *‘"‘ “
ceived proportionately much less compensation for
Mma and energy than they are due. -
. As little or no dispensation is made by the college or by the ath b) t . n8 • ^ final mile relay
lottc department for the expenses ef the band on football and corps ^ ru n The javelin record of 204
AAi, the expensea of thae* trip# has been borne by the members o f by “Bull’ Flofd of A and
the band. To repay the money borrowed far the Thanksgiving trip, g in bas been surpass^! once
tl* band ie giviag a benefit show in the assembly hall. Friday. To re- ^ Jmt by Smokey Klaemer of
goeat that the student* attend this show is not asking too much of
thsm and it will show the band members that their work has been ap-
fAipAAr j| H l
ence competition this year in the
century and furlong, and Ray Har-
U»ur. crack quarter-mi ler, who
Were on the sidelines with injuries.
Roth, however, are expected to be
have re- in shape Saturday,
sacrifices of At four records are doe to
fall, and more may become “has
LIBERALISM
Columbia, long proclaimed a forward-thinking, efm radical insti
tution, is the latest American university to bfc criticised for liberalism.
Rice who fa expected to set a new
record. The big Dutchman from
Fredericksburg threw the sp*ar
■JiHt feet in the meet with Texas.
Another Rice man. Petty, is almost
certain to dip the present discus
record with his consistent heaves
of over 114 feet. The present re-
The causa is the droning from the faculty of Donald Henderson, in- | set by Leo Baldwin of Texas
structor ia economics. Communist sympsthitdr and ex«cutive s^retary
of the National Student League, a “red” intercollegiate orgamxation.
The iadisoriminate blame heaped upon Columbia as a result of iU
action did not, perhaps, take into account the practical embarrassment*
which the administration of an endowed or Itate-support.-.l in . -
faces In such a situation as that presented by the Heqddrson css*. ^
Toying with gentlemanly liberalism is a paetime permitted almost tfce prm9nt hoUer 0 f the record
any university by th# powers that be. but harboring a “dangerous • j.Lj wi i| be striving to set a new
radical who takes sides openly in the class struggle and preschee the ()|>e himself. A new comer to South-
.^tjjtorship of the proletariat transcends th* ground* of permissible track. Schulix of Rice clipped
academic hobbies. As only the Columbia adiginistratiqo egn know the t D ff the half-mile record
amount of pressure exerted to obtain Hendkrson’s dMmissal. no out- of lM last year by Schiller
in 1929. is a little over 168 feet
Though “Honk" Irwin has failed
so far to break the present shotput
record of over 48 feet when it
would count, he is still a favorite
t* break it this'year. Burke is
sider can estimate fairly the freedom of choice left
There was evidence of reluctance in the manner ip which Header
son’s connection with the university was terminated. He was even
offered, naively enough, s research fellowship in &'**'*; Thw offfr
contrasts strangely with the ungracious apd unconvincing grounds
which were publicly announced to explain his dismissal lack of a doc
torate and inability to teach. _ ' i . ,
Columbia might have gained respect and dignity by retaining H«a-
derson. but perhaps this is too much to expect of Columbia, or any
institution similarly dovetailed into the existing political and eaanomic
system. Criticism must be leveled, not only against timorous admin
istrators. but against all the stand-pat forces which determine the atti
tude* of our universities. . ]j j..
It id time for universities and the country of which they are a
part to realize that social change is a historically inevitable fact, and
that all suggestions, no matter how revolutionary, mMft he faced in
the oper and honestly discussed if the change is to take the most de
sirable form.—Tulane Hullabaloo. j
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LONGHORN NOTICE
^Rtudents who lose the
Longhorn card given to them
in exchange for the receipt
for the payment of activities
fee will be unable to acquire
their Longhorn, as the cards
are not numbered or have
any means of identification
placed on them, according to
B. A Gottlieb, editor of the
annual.
Gottlieb also announced
that it might be well for all,
students to write their names
on their cards in ink so that
they might be recovered If
lost
Minnesota Students
Shown Vote Machine
After Election Riot
of Texas, snether Dutch boy in the
triangular meet, and is expected to
repeat this feat Saturday.
T C U’s main contribution to the
meet will be Charlie Casper of
ggn Antonio, who is the favorite to
take both the hurdle events. Cas
par set some kind of a record in
a dual meet with the Mustang*
when he amassed a total of 17
points for high scoring honors. Th#
cornpetition will be much stronger
1 though in the conference meet.
(Belcher of S M U probably will
be the outstending Mustang eh-
| tnr. Witnesses last year in Hous
ton stated that Belcher outdistanc
ed Holloway of Rice in the 100-
yard ds*h, but received only third
; place. He will be counted on to
place high this year also. Another
'•printer. Goddard of Baylor, will
probably be the eBar’s main eon-
tetpant
Conference Game In
A Row To Frog: Nine
LUCCHESE
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Custom
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Shoe Repairin'.’
New Location.
In Milam Bldg,
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the University of Arkansas will
MINNEAPOLIS, May 10.— At M-versl 'men. but the strength
last science has come to the aid of of the team as a whole is unknown,
the present low state of defnocra- ~
cy... and perhaps to the aid of Farmers Lose Third
campus politics.’’
Thus did.th* Minnesota Daily at
the University of Minnesota re
port the perfection of an electric
voting machine, “guaranteed to be , Ip failing to solve the delivery
acid proof," which was displayed of jCinsy, big Texas Christian pit-
last fortnight at an electrical an- c hek the Texas Aggie nine lost
ginasring 4how sponsored by the thejr third consecutive conference
university. ! ■ 1
Student elections at Minnesota
several moSths ago were marked
by an acid-throwing incident, which
resulted in the suspension of one
student after another had been
burned by the chemical.
gaipe of the season to the T. C.
U. frog* 6-1 Saturday on the Kyle
Field diamond, which definitely el
iminated the Farmers from the
conference race.
Kiniy limited the Farmers to
two hits, fanned five and allowed
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CAIDWEU'S JEWELRY STORE
C onsolidated School
To Give Senior Play
The final rehearsal ef "Who
Wouldn’t Be Oaxy,* which is the
title of the play to be presented by
the A and MConsolidated High
School seniors has been held, Mrs.
H. C. Spencer, director, nanmumad
today. This production will be
staged i at tbd Assembly Hall.
Thursday. May M, at 8 p. m. ,
The plot centers around the em-
hnnumdag situation in which a
young man finds himself when,
through a case of mistaken iden
tity, he is confined in a sanitarium
for mental cases. His enforced stay
b made exciting, bower*, by a
group of society girls, a jewel rob
bery, and a daring kidnaping.
but three walks. He also aided in
his team’s scoring by driving in
two runs. Jake Mooty, sophomore
Aggie hurlar, allowed th* Frogs
to bunch 11 safeties.
The lone Aggie counter came in
the first inning- Ike Lowenstein.
Aggie left fielder was walked. He
was then sacrifioed and cam* home
on at) error.
Mooty held th# visitors scoreless
for the first three frames. Then
with two out ih the fourth, .the
Frogs hit three clean bingles and
scored one rim. The Christians en-
loyed a big inning in the seventh
when they bunched five safe blows
to score three more runs. Again
in the eighth they managed for
another run on three hits.
This game was the fourth con
ference game the Aggies have lokt.
Campus Personalities
MAJOR JOHN P. WHEELER
Historic Maryland b the home
state of Major John P. Wheeler.
Here he attended the public schools
of Baltimore and later graduated
from the City College of Baltimore
MRjer Wheeler’s military career
stertgd in 1912 trhen he entered
the Cwvalry as a Second lieutenant
from civilian Ufa, his first poet
being at Huachuca, Arizona. He
eras later stationed with the Sec
ond Squadron of the Fifth Cavalry
and with thb organization was sent
to the Colorado Coal Strike in
1914, the State of (Colorado at thb
time bring under martial law.
In 1916 he mniried Miss Mary
Newton, and while on hb honey
moon was recalled to hb regiment.
This was the time ef Pancho Villa’s
raids M Columbu^ N. M., and the
Fifth oavalry went on campaign
into lM* xico whkch Mqted ten
months. Major Wheeler’s fhrst pro
motion came during thb campaign,
promotion being tojflrat lieutenant
He q*s then transferred to Camp
Stewart at Fort B)iss, Texas, and
while there was promoted to the
rank of captain, acting as regi
mental adjutant. He later became
poet g4(utant for Camp Stewart.
. June 8, 1918, wag the date upon
which he received a temporary
commission as major and was
tsansfayred to the’ 168th Depot
Brigade at Jackson, South Caro
lina, where he stayed during the
war, serving as asristant in handl
ing drafted men. In the early part
of 1919, he went to France with
replacement troops, and on dbetn-
barkmMt at France was sent on
•n eqtansive tour, of the battle
fronts* after which he was sta
tioned at Paris with th* Motor
Transport Corps. In the latter
part df 1919. he left France, and
arrived in New fork City on
Christhm* day.
Frodi New York, ihe was sent to
Camp Marf*- Texas; and re-assign-
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MORE THAN *0 VOICES
BAY
Proffram of semi-caaiical nui
selections from well knot
Harry Germrd
Personnel Director
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Bikes Replace Autos
of College Students
On Depression Dates
College News Service—“I’LL be
around on my ‘bike’ at 8:80 to
take you to th# dance." <
From Maine to California, the
new—or b it just “renewed”
—bicycle fad b hitting the college
campi like nobody’s business. And
b it popular? Soon the above quo
tation will be as prosaic as “Say,
let’s go for a walk!"
ed to the Fifth Cavalry. Major
Wheeler was sent from there to
the Fort Riley School to attend
the Troop Officers Course in 1921
and finished thb course in 1922. At
Fort Benning, Georgia, he acted'
ns Senior Cavalry Instructor for
the Infantry school there and re
mained there in thb capacity un
til 1926. From Fort Benning he
went to the Commanding General’s
School at Fort Leavenworth, gra
dusting from thb school in 19^.
to be re-stationed at Marfa, Texas,
for duty with the First Cavalry.
For two years he remained at
Marfa until he waa assigned to
duty with the R.O.T.C. at A and
M college. In 1981, Major Wheeler
was made executive officer for the
R.O.T.C1 detachment here, and sen
ior cavalry instructor.
- “When first assigned to R.O.T.C,
work at A and M," Major Wheeler
said, “I was not so enthusiastic
but after six months had passed,
my attitude toward teaching and
R.O.T.C. work had changed entire
ly, and I found my work here more
interesting than any other phase
of my army work."
Jno. D. Quinn
Druggist
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