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corps
fOt • food
•* A. A II Jurinj Um last
k*™* °** ottitod# thsy had whM they
at tLlIft! r#WnUy ’ Aff * e * ^ tffort
^ 5* Tif* U * *»“• *0 »h<,vr their school to be one
* ,r#B ‘ ^ rt^Potats of sports maruhip,
«**Kt, sad spirit.
u»t «irls from T. 8. C. W„ and the student of 8. M. U.
hsd all done their part in hatihc » food Ume without
^pmjf on other. 1 rifhts, The Dallw News carried
» feature story in Ha Sunday edition with the heed-
line, “Joe Collefe Paradee Self Ae Gentleman.” I
P»tt of the etory follows
“Peotball and college played a twin tattoo oa
DolUe, heart Saturday which continued far into the
plight 1 r • rr.
“It was frcn, colorful, exciting and despite all
IhU, as onierly a larye crowd as hoil and police
b*^ese*;eneo here.
“Net hi single drunk waa put out of the M us tans-
Aggie football r«n. at Owenby Stadium, police
charted no di.turhancos or wrecks traceeble to the
tafUtretten of college students, hotels Hwr pAfei
but with sobet, polite visiter*.
“Yet, ftoea the Ume the Texas A A M Cadet
Cwpa stepped brtakly up Mein Street Seturdsy
morning unUl the final whistle blew et the S. M. U.
howl, there was s general quickening of pulse in the
“It 4>read from the Jolly crowd of csdets and
Rirl students of the Texas State College for Women
0* Deri tor. downtown, to the home-commr festivities
on the .Southern Methodist campus, hung th«« dur-
.to* to. *^,, Um, c*nc bMk to -tar'tt. brl*,.
lights brighter
“Other footimll crowds have.msde hotel man
ager. wary, bat this one compmed preponderantly
<4 .tudnU, Mt u nunpl. „( pn.pri.lory for .lam.
Student Forum:
UNION BUlLDINOl !
TO THE BATTALION:
U is a/very deplorable fact that a college the
■ise of A. A M. ahould be without a Vnbn Building,
••••d laa though aoau definite progrea.
i kswaij obtaining a Union Building should have been
imade long before now.
| The need of such a building is qgite obvious.
, Each week end, visitor, may be Men sitting in their
I cart, er waiting their turn to sit on one of the
benches oa the campus to visit with on# of the stu
dents. There should b« s place on the campus where
a student could take his parents or friends to sit
aad talk with them. 1
Another use of a union building would be for
the dances given by the college. It *ould ,not be
neceeekry for organisations to have to pay to have
the tables and chairs removed from the mess hall
for the dances, nor should the mess t»U staff be put
to this iaeonvlenience. Instead, there should be a
i dance floor in the union building at, least large
! enough for organisation dances, and fien if necs-
! “* 7 JJ* roe * > h,dl f6r ^ bigger dance*
Wberu the money would come from for such a
building I will admit is a problem, and if the state
coold not appropriate the necessary amount, it may
be possible for the ex.studente association to do a
big part in raising funds—as the ex-studcnU of
Texas University did in giving the university one
of the finest union buildings in tbs Southwest, also,
the various A. A M. mothers dubs th: .t k 'hout Texas
m.vht unite and work for this one project
I am writing this with the hope that it may
cause someone, or some group, directly or indirectly
connected with A. A M. to do something to give thin
collegp a building which is a necessary part of any
col). this sise.
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CHECK UP, ^GGIES
Now is the time to sit? down and check up on
all those resolutions that wets made at the beginning
of the term'concerning thk grade that each etu-
dent hoped to make this y+. School has been going
on for a little over seven weeks. “A H quiasea
practically aQ over and the "B M quisxes I
started.
On Dec. 1, all grades
Registrar's office aad the
And these will be used ae
students in school. In fact,:
•on* student* will remain ib
Football, which surely
greatest American sport 11
time a minimum amount
aU^'oom schedules and
cant be forgotten, still
on the season or the
There is still time
ftadee up. With a lot of
of interest each student
subject he is taking. An
easier state of mind for
not only is he doing the ^ „ v
is living op to the expectetiou* of his family. Buckle
down. Aggies, and let's gdt those studies down
“pet"
be tuned in to the
Doane’ office*,
rigid checkup on all
•will mean whether
or not
the name of “the
in the air. At this
studying is done. But
some of which now
They cannot wait
left to bring these
and a great amount
be able to pass any
this should come an
who knows that
ling for himself but he
t*s put tii
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JOHN DEWEY: F.ip<ri«nc, I. the But Guide.
This generation of outs; John Dewey says, has
been the first to reaHxe thgt there are no fixed and
unchanging principles. It's! A»i|bcd, he goes on (in
'living Philosophise 1 *) try big to shape our lives ac
cording to some ancient sto^dard or ideal. What we
should do, he thinks, is to' rteet experience with an
open mind; learn from i$ what is'desirable aad
what is bad; and then us^ < [>ur brains and our will
power to give to later ex|Mrience such a shape a*
to make life more livable imi satisfying.
Here is an illu*u;t on, I think, of what he
means: A tong time ago il Bras decided by the wise
that a chaperone ought to accompany any boy and
girl who went out togetliey after dark. Our gen
eration, finding that the chaperone was frequently
a joy-killer, has tested out by experience the possi
bility of dispensing with W without harmful re
sults. Exit the chaperone, tg the considerable relief
of the young fry.
In our time down* of jnort important matters
thsn this have likewise beep Rested out by experience,
with the result that many boring and cramping cus
tom* and beliefs, sanctif ol'onty by tradition, have
beea discarded. Life, I belt ive, has accordingly be
come freer and richer in |h s generation. But many
morn ancient “ideals" are fell badly in need of being
teatedsin the same crucible ft experience.
For example: It is sfe|l widely taken for grant
ed in certain parts of the Country that a man who
accumulates a fortune is! automatically benefitting
the nation thereby. High ^tariffs help the men who
are accumulating fertun^. Therefore high tariffs
benefit the country. Surettr thif sort of ancient eco
nomic “ideal” needs a littlfc (testing out
The New Deal, wheuser one approves of its
policies or not has certpihly been a great tester
by experience of traditional political and economic
ideals. This is why so n. ny conservatives yell
bloody murder in the da$$ press.
Science, which ha* jmOufnced ua roore
any other generation, is. jnj>thing but an organized
and systematic testing
a formulation of new oi
experience, known as “e
r lac bed the stage of
scientific experiment in
and medicine. We are g
of ancient beliefs and
rt by means of controlled
ptrinlent. 11 W'e have about
tousling the result* of
physical matters like diet
idually moving toward the
shaping of ideals for hamsn conduct and institu-
tioa^ by the same scientific method of experiments
fairly and coolly conducted and impersonally studied
for their findings.
Of course, as John Dtwe)r points out, we still
have a long way to go bh$ore we learn to hru*t ex
perience sufficiently to Bpow away all the useless
end harmful beliefs anid, ideals we etill respect
simply because they ard hncient But at least we
are on our way. 1 | I f T • •
John Dewey’s viewq have probably influenced
more “modern" people tla^i those of any other liv
ing American. For one Iking, he made his attack
on the public mind twenty years ago. Tens of
thmisaods of young school teachers ^have imbibed
Deweys ideas in Teachdrf 1 Colleges and Education
iH-partment*. Millions ofAudent* who perhaps have
never heard of John Dehrey himself
thdess reviewed his ipjii
through their teachers
If the “modern” man
•den
hilosophy of experience
is more likely than his
ancestors to trust experience and to disregard mere
tradition, he owes this tmit more largely to John
Dewey than to any other American.
{ We can’t tell you juati who started all this busi
ness of naming college* sifter animals, but whoever
and whatever It was, ho should have set Up some
rules for the new pastitie. He had little conshiera-
Ho*» for the sports pajra readers, for twonty-two
teams have the title of “Tiferi.' That’s the most
for any one animal, but a close second is “Bulldogs,’’
which has been adopted by 21 institution* And right
on down the line are JWildcnta, 14; Pattthers, 9;
Ea*lea. 8; Beers. 7; Cardinals. 6; Blue jays, 2;
Duck, 1. Some even go down to the insect family,
for there are nine yeltow-Jacket teams and one
rttibadfe
"If you treat a •h« will respond to that
treat"
That is what Mrs Mabel Cooper believes. And
Mrs Cooper should knopr, for she is celebrating her
eighteenth anniversary as housemother at the Rappn
Alpha Theta chapter nokse at the University of
Pittsburgh.
“American collefe Have changed consider-
aWy in the last eighteen yeati,” Mrs. Cooper says.
Eighteen years ago girls were a little more thought
ful and more delibera o Now they do most things
on impulse, hot they have pretty fair judgment”
Mrs. Cooper conteMI that the behavior of Pitt
girls in the last five yemn shows a marked improve
ment over the -Jaa* a*” group Coeds today taka
coUego work more eerily, she aayt.
the battalion
A. & M. Still His A Guard Room
Hiou«h “T«ii’t Wb«t It Lsd To fie
“Spirit of
History as TV
Aggie Bant
No. the Guard Room Is net what
H used to be. Although H plays an
important role in connection with
the Commandant's office, few Mu-
denta, especially freshmen, have
rm heard of R or know whore it
is located. , i 1 V jjj '
However, prior to 1936 the guard
room was very well known to nil
*rudfnu. At that time it was to
catod in Pfeuffer Hall, the present
Consolidated School budding, and
*tudent| who were habitual offend-
•re of the College Regulation*
were sent there for punbhmcnt.
These students had to live thars
until their time waa up They were
subject to call at all times, and
could leave only for moale and
classes.
The guard room contained a com
plete set of files on the students of
A. A M. Anyone wanting any in
formation about any student could
••cure H by calling there.
However, in 1936 the guard room
underwent a change. Students Were
no longer sent there for punish
ment; the Commandant * office em
ployed several students to live
there
guard
northeast corner room of Austin dicatod on too musical score waa
Hall, sad has been there since.
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leave
the time. In 1987 the “‘"•Hti the Aggie Corps,
was changed to the | “Aa first pushed, the time In-
Allegro Marcia (fast march time)
Today the guard room is the only aml for years the piece was
place that information about stn- in ^t mode. In fact, the
M I. k - L I r-A-* » a T -
d.nts rsn be secured after 6 p. m.
«»w.w.ee*w^* u . 111. * * 1 ^ isoii
So moo ne is always in the room ex- m * n >' many times to the strains
cept daring meal time, foothill of 7116 S i* rit ot Aggieland".
games at Kyle Field, and corps
trips. ( j "
The telephone number is College
S, and anyone desiring information ” Pl*y*<i somewhat slower so we
• bout any student can get it there. rewrot * ^ in “four-four”
or common time and marked the
tempo “Maestoso" (majestic), and
it seemed to mett with the ap
proval of all concerned. About this
time we invented and submitted the
"Yell" on the second chorus which
wa* also accepted.
“It ha* been the constant effort
of the A. A M. Band to “GIVE THE
CADET CORPS WHAT THEY
WANTT. If the Corps wants it*
*°ng played faster, the Band will
comply with such instructions from
“THE CHIEF YELL LEADER”,
but if they desire it played slowly,
it will be so playod, “OUTSIDERS
NOTWITHSTANDING 1 *.
“In conclusion, we invite any
members of the student body to
submit words for new songs, or
original melodies and we assure
you that we will devote time to
“dressing them up” for suitable
use. The University of Illinois has
about twelve school songs; bow-
ever, it still retains its old Alma
Mater *
Richard J. Dunn,
Liet. Col, GSST.,
| Banjpiaitof.
Dr. Trotter
Takes Leave To
Do AAA Work
Dr. Ide P. Trotter, head of the
agronomy department at Texas A.
and M. College, has been granted
a 30-day leave of absence from his
departmental duties st the college
to assume the post of head field
officer. Southwestern Division, Ag
ricultural Adjustment Administra
tion, at W’aahington, D. C.
Dr. Trotter left for his tempo
rary deties Nov. 1 and will return
to his regular post Dec. 1.
While in Washington he will act
in an advisory capacity on the
AAA program insofar as it re
lates to the field of ageonomy. Part
of his work will be to criticise pro
posed program and assist in co
ordinating the plans fer the entire
wmtrk.
New Chairs Added
In Mess Hall Annex
Seventeen hundred new chairs
have been purchased and located
in the basement and annex of the
mesa hall, according U an an
nouncement made by J. C. Hotar 1,
dietitian of the mesa hall. These
chairs are of a new type, which is
more comfortable than the old
chairs. Fourteen hundred more
chairs are needed to complete the
replacement of the old chain.
When In Doub^
About Your Eyes Or
Your Classes
Consult
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OPTOMETRIST
Masonic Builtag i
Bryan, Texas
Next to Palace Theater
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Through the Ages. Men
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Are
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“Our attention has haw invited
to recent journalritic comment up
on the school song, “The Spirit of
Aggieland", aad I respectively sub
mit too following for the inform*-
tion of the Cadet Corps in general.
“The word* of the song were writ
ten by Mr. Marvin H. Mm:ms.
Clans of *26, during the sumnmr of
1925, and the music was composed
for voice and piano aad arranged
for band by the writer of this let
ter. The song was submitted to the
Corps and played the first time on
College Night, 1925, and was at
once acclaimed and adopted aa one
of our college songs. It must be
recalled that in 1927 the *7* M.
football team won the Southwest
Conference Championship, and we
felt that the song did not retard
them in any way, bat to the con
trary, contributed some inspiration
to the leam and to the famous
ia a number
Thursday
to he st
the team
tort
of dal
by the
Professor R,
Depart-
Cadet Corps marched the mess hall
Durbig the year 1932, the Yell
Staff and the Corps decided that
the song would be more impressive
Resutifut Personal Chriataias
Cards, 56 Assorted Designs with
envelope* $1.50; Fittest Grade, a
work of art, assorted $3.00. Name
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The
Thursday
Ft. Worth to
of debating
Wgbt they are
T. C U. Friday
Will debate Bt
and Friday night
B. M. U. MJ
j Only four men
These four kill I
in the finals of a
that has betg
iKactlak
M Weaver, of the
ment, will accompany the team on
the trip.
AT 7:36 TRl R8DAT*’ NIGHT
the Aschitectigial Department will
again show (he nation pictures
of Mexican Scenes that were made
on the Department^ trip le Mex
ico this past sumnjpr. These pic
tures were shown - last Tuesday
night at the open f> *e sponsored
by. the Deportment in conjunction
with the exhibit of'paintings and
sketches of Mexican Life that is
no* being held. Maay people‘were
unable to see them Tu.-sday night,
however, and ia jcompliance w.th
their requst, another showing wfll
beheld. T
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smoothe . eaedes. eape-
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Button oi'TRJon opening.
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Bush Coata
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We put on invisi
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make your shoes
look like they are
fuU soled. Ue use
the finest material.
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guaranteed er your
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