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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1934)
Ajrrrs column— (Continued From Pa^e 1) deride this mu* aa hV quite thor- oofhly Ante-dated his trip. And a big, bad. BOO! to wm Willie hering, one of the cracked- creahna-chemists of *S4. who is afraid of the dark! While on guard recently with that supreme mili- ~ tary strategist, la Shone, he wai , alone all by himself in that big, dark, administration building at night. A few minutes in the dark proved too much for his valor, he went home claiming that he had come back to study, but Aunty be lieves that he was just dragging a Hering across the trail. * • • To vindicate the guild of scan- . dal mongers on the campus who have been more or less depreciated the the less virile and hairy-chest ed specimens who minced acre the campus stage this year, dispen sing their bouquets hither, thither, and yon, old Aunty h’istes her skirts and lets fly a kick at the wealth of material that went dis regarded this year. Aunty’s chosen little men of mischief, malice, and muck: ZEKE “THE SENIOR CLASS’ TIPTON Donnie Lusk Willie Wallie Orriaon “Kodak Kate” Burton "Dookie” Stephani Ed Reichardt THE BA TT i Jr l> TALION A and M Season By Thirty Plan To ty Cadets 4[ One hundred an^ fourteen raem- Wrs, composing the-: largest col lege band in'tW Southwest, began the most succesfcful season the Ag gie Band has every known with College Night ceremonies on the “Y” steps Friday night, Septem ber 2i I J The first football games, with Trinity University, initiated the new members into the procedure of the Band durfhg football sea son. and daily afternoon drills soon brought it up td its recognised po sition as the leading marching band in the conference. The Mili tary Department conceived the idea of using Fftmch bugles, from which were suspended maroon ta bards with a wWU ‘T” on either face, in the froht rank. The sug gestion was heartily received, and bugles were obtained in time to be used in Ran Antonio at the A and I game. A flourish by the buglers before but an increase of thirty mea will give a greater choice of drills to U- executed, and will allow a much better presentation of those al ready possible. The Band will make its usual number of trips to conference gam es next year and several organise tions are working to send K to Philadelphia for the game with Temple University. One of the foremost of these ia the ex-Stu- dents Association—they are char tering trains to Chicago, New York, and other points in the East for those who wish to spend their vacations in these places this sum mer. In the fare of each of these passengers will be included a small sum which will be used to pay part of the expenses of sending the Band to Philadelphia. Aa tbis game comes very early in the K*ai*on, there would be very little opportunity to drill the Band into an orgs mist ion that would be appreciated at the game and would be a credit to the school if work is started only at the begin- Lt Carrol With Polo Banquet A banquet was held )n the mess hall annex last Sunday night. May 27, in honor of Lieutenant J. V. Carrol, instructor of ^olo in the Field Artillery for thii past year. Guests were Colonel E mery. Cap tain Richards, Colon# Hopkins, and Lieutenent Marc is of the Cavalry. ' * A combination cigars te case sod lighter was given Lieutenent Car rol by the Polo Club as a token of appreciation for his insrest* and troubles on behalf of 1% .team. He was responsible for U»> acquiring and development of ti e present Field Artillery polo fN Id, as well as the obtaining of eqt iptnent. Colonel Emery talk* Upon the necessity of polo at say army sta tion where mounts ari available. He maintains that experiences in horsmanship that this game pro vides are invaluable. H« al*o gave an interesting account of some of his experiences with polo in the Phillipine Islands. beginning formations oa the* field, n ‘ n * However, by hav- ami several marches which eon- - in « » “ m P- »‘ rail * r * tained parts for a bugle and drum corps created sudh a favorable im- -ssion on the spectators that H has been decided to Continue the Lt Col. Benjamin Franklin Car- use of the bugleh next year, and, : r • L tar "t I Louie “Dotdope" Pietxach Wilkie Adsit Rambo "Pinkie” Schumate “Rosie” Wright “One Round” Roots , “Cannonball” Malina Lucchese Boot Co. Inc. . CUSTOM BOOT MAKERS Boots, Shoes, Sam Browne Belts and Accessories 101 W. Travis. Milam Bldg., in addition, mgke a second rank uaing white tabaddgiwith a maroon “T” on each for a contrast with the front r^nfc. I Besides the j* and 1 game, the Band made tripe with the entire cadet corps to Fort Worth and Houston for the games with T C U and Rice Institute respectively. Drills were put oat between the halves of all football games, both at home and aw*i. Early in May a trip was made to Hrenham for the Annual Maifest; the band led the coronation parade in the morning and played for the exhibition base ball game between Aland M and Texas University lin .the afternoon. Next year it desired to in crease the sixe of the Band to one hundred and thirty members, and arrangement have been made to provide for that liulfber. This will be a great help in' peripitting more colorful and more Complete band drills during the, football season, and by allowing a better balance between the various sections, it wiy aid considerably in marching the corps to meals, assemblies, and in reviews. With si site of only one hundred member*.] the variety and ' ease with which .fpfmations pre sented on the footbtdl field can be read by spectators is very limited. ■ - " -4 'fry 'Tl '■ ' » throughout the country for about ten days before registration next fall during which several hours in both the morning and afternoon will be used for rehearsal and drill, the work of many weeks can be saved. If this plan is carried out as expected, next year's Band should be greatly improved even over the one of this year. 4 the I last meeting of the year. Honor Society was with s speech by C. of public night in the Mr, Spriggs spoke a*4 feed for the in- think for himself if- stead of accepting everything that frr., T ; t . he reads as being correct. Several men known to everyone ffr their thinking were mentioned and K Honor po ' nt * d OBt that ^ ‘* on « a great deal of their thinkiiy while they were young. 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