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KINGSTON, R. I., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1926
Aggie· Club Plans llill-and-Dalers Blocked Kick Paves Way For For Big Informal Sart Grinds Over Maine, 7-0 Victory Over Rhody X-Country Course Annual Dance to Be Held Nov. Locals Outplay Invaders but Lack Scoring Punch I
Blocking a kick in Rhode Island's generals hip and the lacking of fast
teritory last Saturday, th e University In pre p arati o n for the cr oss-coun- of Mai n e marc hed to a we ll earned -try season, Coach Tootell's harriers victory here at Kingst on . One of the .•a re beginning to polish up their spik es a nd press th eir running pants gr eatest crowds in t h e histo ry of t h e into shape. '.Ch e first call for h ill- institution w itnessed t he light Rhody and-·dalees w ho will attempt . to : eleven meet with a series of unfortub rea k the gTeat " B ob " Strong 's rec - nate p lays th at presented the Pine ords vvas .<riven last Thursday and a State invaders w ith a surprising vic_ to ry. 'l'he con test was rather d rab , ·large gToup of men reported. owi n g m a in ly to the p oor w eather C oach F.-ed Too tell has worked out prevailing . . a definite traini ng system for h is ·<athletes and in the month that is left The two elevens p layed heady ball ·before t he first m eet the boys s ho u ld during th e fir st half, in which ses~ be in good shape. Cap t. Dring of th e sion neither w as successful in t hreat),(-c ountry team is b u sy scouting ening the other's goal line. The · ball for new varsity rnaterial and . fr om wagged up a n d down t he f ield, fea t he reports he, is h aving good success. t ured with many long punts a nd T here ar e but two le ttet· m e n left aerial a ttacks. Fifteen yai·ds in o ne on the sq uad-Dring and Benny pe nalty a ide d Rhody c ons iderably. .Fin e. These two boys showed their . It was at the outset of the third 1 stuff last season and can be c o unted quarter t hat Ken Bro wn's b oot was on to r e.peat. Both have been tr~in - l b loc k ed and covered by B lack, .I'ne· all sun'm" ~ ' er· a rld are r'tl p.e'. rf. ect I flashy- right · end. ·. The -- pigskin was· c on dition . Beside<'< t\v'O me n 'soon carried the remaining 30 yards . the.se . t h ere are sevoral other ''e , , tei'ails w ho fo r a to uchdo wn by Bu zz e ll. will offer plenty of competitio n. Rhode Island then staged a hard "D une " Smith is round ing up into ·fight to regain this lead, but poo r t rim and most of last year's F res h man team are out for varsity h onors. Pyk osz. ~zulilc Dave 1:-'ine, .Jo hn( Continu e d on page 4 )
Orchestra Dance
fi rst of October.
T his was the Cols p onsored by
the Sta te Co llege Concen Orchestra. The pz·oceeds of this affair will · be u se d towards the purc h a s ing of g o ld . keys, which w ill be awarded to the .members of the orchestt·a at· the ·.close of the year , The d a nce w'as sch eduled to begin ..at 8 o'clock, b u t long before that ho u r th e hall b eg·an to f ill up. Promptly a t 8 the College Jazz Ten broke into t h e strains of the open~ ing fox t r ot . T h is did not dismay the .many pleasure seek e r s, and in a few .n1inutes the f l oor was covered with d ancers. Fro m t h e fir s t num b e r to -the closing w'altz a t 1 0 :3 0 ther e was .a continuous m ob on the flooT. At l east one hundr ed c oup les were p res.ent to spe nd a n en joyable evening, .so that the Benefit Dance was a complete s uccess, financia lly and .socially. The orchestt·a fu rn ishing the m u.sic was a novelty, a s there w ere ( Continued on page 4 )
The Aggie Club. started t he old war-ho rse g·oi ng at their first meeting of the year, last Wednesday eveSmith , newly elected n ing. "Dun'' P resid ent o f th e Club op ened the g et t og ether w ith a few remarks of w e lcome. t o the new Freshmen m e mbers. 1che plan s, pr inc ip les and procedures of th e Club were outlined. The Club discussed the p ossibility of sending a Cat tle .Judg ing T eam at the Nati onal Show held in Chicago next Fall, under t he directio n of Prof. Ladd. Further deta ils will be tak en up at a later date.
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. Keaney's char ges from rea h zrng t he rr dreams . A few times th e local warriors came . . . . I1 w1thm striking distance of the go a l, bu t eithe r a poor pass or a fr ustrated 'line pl u nge went to naught. Captain Lamo rea u and Dickey were the m ainstays on th e Maine team. B oth C aptain Barber and "Beany" ViTar de playe d thei.- usual fine game, prev enti ng· ma ny of the P ine Tree Staters from gaining at their drives. Draghetti. Rhode I sland's star back fie ld m an . was forced to leav~ the ;;ame toward th e end after having worked hard ·all afternoon. Kelly Towns end received r epeated cheers for his p lucky stand in preventing vario us drives th ro ug h the line. This flash y .Junior prom ises to develop into a star. T he game n ot only m arked the debu . t of_ __t he_ :'Y~ite and B lue _at _ its -home field , but also the display of
The main business of the evening was the Aggie Bawl, and pr eparatio n s have already commenced regarding this affair: The Aggie Club v oted to ho ld the dance on Monday, November 1st; ~h is date will prove popular, (Continued on Page
Juniors-Hold First Class Meeting Of the Year
the new stan ds . These bleac he rs. have met wi th "'ide approval , and Saturday's a ttendance pr·omises to have I( '!lf l(l f l l l l... ll
Yearling Gridders R. 0. T. C. Plans for Rounding Into Form Bigger Army Band
Last Year's Officials Re-appointed; Class Hats Proposed; S. Andahl Chosen Student Council Member
Fundamentals, Passing, Team Unit Allows Senior and Junior Play Chief Objects in Daily "Civies'' to Participate Practice Accor ding to Direc t or E . Ho lland,
Wedn esday evening, and elected its
The Ju n ior
Class reorganiz e d last
leader s for the ensuing year. Gerald 'rhe " Frosh" f ootball squad are h av- leader· of the R. I. State R . 0. T . C . Faunce, C lass President for the past inz th eir daily w or·kouts under the b and, this organizatio n is h is most two y ears'' was· agai n ·chosen a ·s head ~ coaching of Fred Tootell. Instead of vital i nterest in the army unit at the of the class of 1928. Miss Elsa Gram-
:Music Furnished py Our Own Jazz Teartts,· Enthusiastic Coupies Jazz-tim __e_T_r_eats
.lege Orc h estra so cial,
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' Th f ' b. . e •rst 1g d a n c e of t he year was .he ld at L ip pitt Hall last Fr id ay, t)1.e
1st; · Preparations Have Been Put in Order for Big Drive
Townsend Stars
'Twelve Experienced Men Out; Last Year's "Frosh" Form Part of Squad
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number h earsal shows that we have the mak- c hosen as secre tary, while W. Gannon
rap i dly r ou nding u p his g.-een rnatel'ial into shap e for the opening g ame w i th Rogers Hig h, t he 1 6th of Octobe r·. The boys are finding college fo o tb all to be a lit tle s tiff er t han the 1 j high school brand , but they are bearf ipg up ad mirab ly under· the grind . I Two h o urs a d ay w ith "Toot" on deck gives th e "Frosh" someth ing to think 1 about. Line plunging, tackling, and passin g ~r e on ly a s m a ll p a r t of t he daily schedule, and in a fe w days, the b oys will h ave a chance to show the ir s tuff i n s crimmage wi th the Var sity. Coach Too tell is dis covering daily, men who oug ht to make good, and there are at least twenty l etter m en from various high schools in this region w ho are out to make the squad. The coach plan s t o g ive every man a fair chance, as it is not weight he is after but fig hting spirit. A high sc hool r e putation means nothing at (Continued on page 4)
year . T uesday a fternoon , the first cali for band practice was issu ed a n d about fort y men reported at Lippitt H all. Elisha Ho.lland, fo r .. the third successive year , was band ma~ter . I;-Ie was ass isted by Sergeant D. Nevi.ns, dr1Jm majot· fot· the ensuing yeat· .. Sergeant Lind say, of t he a r my s t aff, w a s in charge and iss ued the l n str.um ents. This year m at·ks an innovation in the org·an iza tion , due to th e fact t hat j uniors and se niors. will be i n cluded i n the band roster . Hitherto only t he fi.-st t wo cl asses were regu lar members of th e offic.ial R. 0. · T . C. band, but a new ruling Will permit any etudent to become a m e mber. Credit for the work will b e giv e n, and it is probable that band ·wor k in the advanced course w .ill be optional w ith physical t raining. Many upper c lassmen have already chosen the b a nd o ption. L a s t year the R . o. T, c. ba nd w as (Continued on Page 3)
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'Miss Lillian Bl:-t.nding was unanimously elected as assistant treas urer of t he junior class . . lfenry Barney, chairma,n of t he dance committee, sugested that a Fidance c omm ittee, sugg ested that a Ficlass to bandle all financ ial affairs of the junior c lass activ ities. His moI t i.on was l ost, however, and th~ c lass vo t ed t hat all money matters be left in the hands of the treasurer. This wi ll ins u re g reater efficien cy and bett er results . The question of junior hats was discussed, but owing to the lateness of the hour, no action was done. The class voted to delay definite action until t he next meeting, w hich will be held sh ortly . . A vac ancy on the Student Council app ear e d , as Del C leary, j unior member of the Student Council did not return this year. Samuel Enghdol was e l ected to fill this position on the Council.
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THE BEACON, KINGSTON, R. I. THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 1926 v is ite d Kingsto n to see th e "light but scrappy " team p lay so hard!
THE BEACON off ic la ) pu bli cat ion of
W ith our student body in a few more mass rneetings to practice our . . ll d h ld fa v o rrte ye 8 an songs, , we s ou not be a st o nished to see our results become surprising. If the Army Band can b e pr ese nt at a ll me etings and games, K ingston w i ll be c ome quite Str·r·!{i· ng to\''n. T he tean' r's fighting ·' ., ha rd a gainst all k inds of unfortunate
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vario u s fo rmal and costume·· · t at R h ode I s land St a e are some·· greatest s ocia l features in the ~ They a r e a ttended by hu n- . a motley crowd, indeed-.
fi r st b ig event i s du e to be· t h fi t k f N h ad dur i n g e 1r s wee o ovem- . b er w hen t he "Far mers, " otherwise· .. ref erre d to a s t he Aggies, a r e going:--
of b reaks and a little more spirited forty plays t o th irt y , a s t he periods to h ave their night. c h eerin g from the entire student body are usually s h ort er in th e first game well a tteRded danc e .
w ill m a ke up for these odds. And T e r ms of Subscr ipti on man y of t hese folks can detain their OnE' year m a dvance . . $2.00 . . Si n g le cop ies . . . .05 Prondence tnp for the 5. 00 p. m . Sign ed s tatements ])" mted w h en space train! T h i nk rt over foll{s.- vV. G . M. perm its . Res ponsibility for sa m e not ' a8sumed by t h e paper. --------Sub scnber s w h o do not receive th eir pgper regula rly a r e req.uestecl to notify th e Busin ess Manager .
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the co -eds dre ss a Ia H alloween Night ... the T hese fair maidens w ho h ave l ong -Brown contest la s t year as t o y earned to be dress e d ·in their gra m-.. merits of the syste m. rna~ s chool dresses, kid socks, a nd' nake d .knees, w ill be out with BEL LS:: The following a rticle a ppeared in ON ! The questio n amongs t the sheil{S:c. the Syracus e D a ily Orang e " H ow about t h os e sheik: no w is: At a busine ss m eetin g of t h e c lass b o b s ?" O f course, t he M isses Elsie.. of 193 0, th e preside nt of t he Senior Co leman and "Bi ela" C urtis may dress''· Council at Syracuse U n iv ersity em - as schoo l boys. p hasized two i m po rta nt facts which T h e youths, o n t h e o t her hand, eve n c a re essential to a smooth running g o one better. Th ese bo y s d ress in university . Th e first w a s that there t heir worst · cloth e s -j ust like t heir .... is to be no hazing b y unde rgraduates, f a thers d o. One f e llow will have over--. and second tha t all s tudents a r e ex- aEe: whic h would m ost likely tear if·· p e cted to r e fr ai n fr o m sm o king i n or he attempts the H arv a rd Ho p w ith .. n ear the buil dings. Th ey a r e also re- i his mind on Prexy, and his eyes o n · quest e d no t t o s nw lte on t he campus. I gir ls . Oth er s are a t tired i n T om Mix:· Mr . C ook explained th a t hazing, pan ts, Boob McN u tt, or anyo ne o f ·· 1 which form erly w a s a part of most these Ho o liga n suit s. c ollege rituals , now is b a nn e d by t he T h e " S ophs " m a k e merry about· university authorities . He sai d that ten days before th e visit of Sa nta. .• argument whic h d evelo p e d after
b ut o n e of the most res p eded t r a cli ti o ns at Rhode I slan d Sta t e Co lie[?;G is the friendliness and so ciability of its s tu den ts. vVe are a small group, acqu a int anc es are easily made, and A lb ert L . H iller , ' 27 there ar e no strangers amon g us. Managi~ Edit or W h e neve r you pass or meet a student Walte r T . S m ith , '27 you don't know, act friendly . And t his B usiness M a nager spirit of friendship can b e shown in R usse l A. Eckloff , ' 27 no b e ter way than in responding to N e ws Staff t he call of. " H i " o r " H e llo ." You Will B enjam i n F ine, '28-Camp u s notice that a ll upper classm e n g reet C har l es T . Mille r , '28-'-At h l etics Ber n ice Grieves, '2 7-Interc oll egiate eac h other on the campus, wheth e r or not they have met before. '.rhus, G e o rg e H. Alexander, '27-Feat ure Freshmen, it is up to you to accept Mildred L. Th om pson, ' 27-Co - e d t oo many und esir abl e r e sults occu rred Claus. Des irous t o sh o w good ol d: .. ou r tra d i tions and act likewise. No from the prac tice o f this pro c edure. s t. Nicho las w h at g ood boy s t hey · News Board matte r w ho you are , or what you In regard t o sm o king it was ex- hav e been , thes e wall -:ftowers invest :. Ethe l D . Hay , '27 M a urice H. Conn, ' 28 w e r e in yo ur home town, you are plained that t h e use of " the weed " a bcut f o ur do llm-s f o r a Coll egian, J an M . Wall~er , '28 o nly a F reshman here, and only one could not b e p rohi b i ted on the cam- "Tux" , g et a ticket and then spend•' L illi a n Blanding, '28 a tom in the unit of hundreds. Lets , pus due to th e f a c t th a t visito rs fre - four sl eeple s s n ig hts to decide if Betty-D a vid F ine, '29 g e t into the spirit of this institution, quent the gr; o unds v e ry often . is b ette r t h a n Hel e n or Grace. The , William M o hnay, '29 Mildred Wine, '2 9 gir ls, o n t he oth e r hand , are out. b ecome a part of it. And s ee how Arthur z. Srn ith, '2 9 m u ch m ore you will e n joy college , Coach Robinson of Boston Univer - strong-unless the "imp orted lassies"· life .. The next tjme you pass an upper sity is busy try ing to g e t the "tr ial don't r un h igh . Th e co -ed s have al- c lassman, or unknown Freshman, horse" idea out of the minds of the w a ys kid . th e b oys that t heir gownsc, I around the campus have a pleasant Terriers. T h e ex- B rown ment o r , ac - were bough t in \.he city, but Freshmen,,: I s .a college student measured by "Hello" ready for h im or her . cording to Austen L a ke of the Bos- ev er yo ne has b een h ired for the n i ghU his d ishone sty? ton Transcript, wants to drive the Th e a rmy and its gang celebrates.; College has been barely opened for MAINE 7, R. I. 0 thought home that Dartmouth, West just befo re ou r faculty throws out a.. Point, Yale and Ho ly Cross are just hundre d or so unfortunates at thth· three weeks, wt,en we at·e a m azed (Con tinued from page 1) the stepping stones to a place in mid -year h o use c l eaning. The "Mil-with the multitude of announcements . Kingston become a footba ll center gridiron sun. itary Ball" is th is great affair! Cap-.. of lost artic l es. There is a general un- within the next few years. " Y ou can make up your m inds,'' tain H a mmo nd a nd Carter , their aides.;c rest amongst us students who keep The lineup: Rhodelsland (0) he t old a little group o·f player s t hat and officer s , are t h e stars of the night .... wide aw11.ke great earnest t o h old Maine ( 7) le Donald gathered around him previo u s to T h e hall is decked with flags and coJ-.. on to; our l;Jel.ong.ln g,s, Dozens of fe l - Na11nigan le It Warde o pening practice, "that we are going ors of our n a tio n . It is at this fe ature.,. I~ws h a ve reported the missing of M innutti It lg Barber (C) after each game to win, not merely that so m .e th r ee hundred smacker s ;;. books, watches, slickers, and other Dickey lg c Conroy t o hold the. score d own. You' ll find g o f:o r t })e c l:lst of an orchestra! mls,ce.Ua.neous articles. At that gait, Simon c And, yeah. T h e girls shine somer g Gannon wheu yo-u me:et these teams that they w.ltat little will be possessed by next Dickson rg n igbtr They own what they call the.. rt Meade may be a . little better equipp,ed , bttt J\lne? Lamoreau (C) rt re Priestley inside that equipment their hearts Pan - H ellenic-a n organization for, of-· Wh ile there is some likelih ood that .B.lack re qb Hurwitz beat the same Number (}f pulsations al!ld by t:he girls. Thts spring dance>-· misplacements h ave occurred with 'Hobbs qb per minute as yo u rs and their bones. is like a il o:the.r functio•n:s, held at.. ll;l. Brown careless folks, it remains dulilious Falls.on lh and muscles are no more sturdy than L i ppitt. Each <!lo -e d can choose at .. " " . Buzzell rh rh Draghetti I · that. scores· s.h· ou 1'-' 1os.e .,e 1'ong1ngs _so. yours are . We are not going to be fellow for that night. It is empha-fb Townsend h 1 t h · Sylvester fb <Jili!~ck~.- Recently a fres man os. lS 'trial horses' for anybody." siz.e d that no gir l can stag. Ther&.watcb .. AHe.r: a general alarm h a C! Score b y periods: are palms,, flower s, colo rs and lights ... 0 0 7 0- 7 I The Senior class at Pro-yidence Col- The chaperones are present-).;)ut a... been sent arou nd , a janitor f ound the M a ine 0 0 0 watch beneath a radiator. Last sum- Rhode Island O- O lege now numbers 96, it was an- glarin g electric light faces them a llt mer a student missed his slicker. He Touchdown-Buzzell. Goa.! \;tfter nounced at t he office of the dean this night. (This is the night when thed:~t!ll. ~ortunate1y, meet the innocent touclJ,down (drop kick)--,Sylvester . noon. T he to t al enrollment at the boys know with whom they rcate.) feU0rw> whose exctlSe was: ''] thought Substitutions: Maine- Beaker for college is tl40 . The enrollment in May and ·its Junior Week is t lt.&it was my fraternity brother's, so I Dickey, Dickey for Beaker. R h ode courses at teh pre- medical schools th ing of the college yea'r.' The Jun-wwe it tn the rain." True as the Island---'M,~gQlJ.ll. for Priestley, Stev- was announced as 86, the largest ior Prom is. held along wit h "op.en... statement could have been, such ens . f\J•r.~~~ ·R'irialdcr· :ro·r: Donald, e v er. house." The sheiks who can afford:·. J.il111tctic·e should not be encouraged. Reed for Hur witz, Walker for Gan---fifty bucks on a "gal" , invite t heirIt h as b~en requested by various nO'il, Gratton for Draghetti, Blake for ·T he Geology departrnen.•t of PriRce- friend's. The girls are m ade to be-..
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,Townsend., DeBtw.c i for Walker, Swift for DeBucci, Epstein · for Hurwitz, Knowles for Swift. Referee-Spencer Scott, Michigan. Umpire-A! Ferrier, Dartmouth.
preve nt a stude nt from wearing or Head linesm'a n-Boyson, B rown. · taking his friend's ( ?) possessions Time of periods-10-mmute quart ers. without having a t first asked him. . T he presence of the stands at Satu r d a y ' s football game was gratifying, indeed. Never has such a mob witnessed a n opening game here. in K ingston. ]n fa;et , the cheering was so u n ifi ed that it has appeared tii.at the stu den t body of Rhody was d oubl ed . E ven scores of cars· had
At Assembly Preocy said that all automobiles at the college must be registered-that must include some of the t h i ngs we see running around lately. I Sugegstion to Prexy: We want all bicycles and scooters registered ~!so.
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the natural resouvces. of the States.
lieve t h at they are the " Queen of" Sheba.''' They eat, sleep and drink. (ginger a l e). T h e boys have "lime,.. women an d so n g.' ' T h e Seniors end their school dayso::, wr'th a d·an' ·c e the fi·nal night of the- term 1'n June . The mothers,. who ex- -
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sheepskins, are told that the "funeral"'' Following the example set by Har- co m es o n Mond ay. The aged parent s:;. vard University a few weeks ago, the bel'ieve th a t a c o llege is a place where-.. factulty of' Yale University has an- ~ c h ildren learn of Socrates, Shakenounced that after a certain rank in . speare a n d E arl Carroll. But, ah, they· .. scholarship has been attain e d by. are stunned·. It is nothi ng else t h an,__ member s of the s·e ni or class, they a n institu ti o n for t h e further teach-may attend l ectures a nd· classes at i ngs of the 0 har leston, Collegiate and!:. their own discretion . Tango!
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THE BEACON, KINGSTON, R. I., THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 1926
Assembly Notes
Speakerless Many Present at Military Club Doings Mass Meeti.ng E. E.'s First Meeting
P r esid e nt Howard E d wards o pen ed t he fir s t assemb ly of t he yea r with T h e R ho d e I s land State C ollege t he remark that he would t r y to ·t s peak lou d e no ugh , so t hat h is vo ice b ran c h o f the A. I. E'· E' · h e ld 1 s would ca rry over the e ntire hall. firs t m eeting of the year in Prof . Anderso n' s lec ture room , Oct. 1. Geo r ~e After a s h or.c r eli gious ser vic e , h e o s p ok e of students b e ing ex pell ed f ro m E ddy p resided a t t h e meeting , w hich t he co llege o n aec ount of f ailu re in r eally ac t ed as an a g ent to reas t h eh· stu di es. T h ese r e marks sho ul d sembl e t he c lub o f last year. T h is branc h of the A . I. E. E . had b e of es p ec ia l interes t t o th e new m en. never h a d a wri t ten c onstituti on ·and P1·esident Edwa rd s to ld h ow student s a t t he firs t m eeting t he prospe c ts of com e to h im and say that it would one WE)re d iscussed. A suggestion b rea k their parents' h earts if t h ey w e r e exp e lled . The preside n t remind - was made by th e p arent asso ciation r egar di ng this point a nd i mmediat ely ed t.he s t u dent body that it was th ei r a cted upo n by t he l oca l bran ch. To· d u ty to th i nk of th ese things before any such ca lamity befell t hem. He a id t he R hode Island e rs in fr a ming p unctuated t h is p a rt of h is ad dr ess t heir con s tit u tion t h e national organwi th well c h nsen quo:ations from t he izati on se n t do w n a model one a ft er Bible. w h ic h th e locals may fas h ion theirs . T his bra nc h soc iety is foster e d b y He t hen took. the opport u nity o f the Ame 1· 1·ca n Inst ,·tutl·o n o f E' l ect rica l co ngratulating the t eam for t h e ir Engineers , a n organization wholly for
The Officers' Club of the R. 0 . 'I'.
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t h e ir fi r st m eet in g of the The s econd mass m eeti ng of this y ear Tuesday aft ernoon, Sept. 28 , at year h e ld in Lipp itt Hall on Thursda y, Sept. 30 , in prepara tion for the Maine t he Military Rooms . I mp ortant b usigame , was marked by as gr eat e nthu si- ness w as transact ed and it is p ositiv e• a s m as was dis played at t h e firs t meet- that t h e club is heading fo r a ver y ing . s uccessf u l y ear. The show of spir it was a ided by the The Military Ball , which a pp ear s-. b and, whose harm ony, if no t a lways : 0 be one of the grea test s ocia l fea tquite p e rfect, was v ery voluminous. T he band was handicap ped by absence ures of th e schoo l year, was bo o ke ~ of s everal d a y-stu den t membe rs and f or Friday, Feb . 25 . Plans are n O'\!.,. when th ese a re present, i mpro v e d r e - u n derway to mak e th is a ffa ir b y far · su lts will b e obtained .
greater than any other in recen t year s •.
No speeches w ere m a de , the halfhour program co nsisting solely .o f c h ee rs, led b y th e in defatigable H. eaton; and band selecti ons, directed by D e l Nevins, who, in t he abs ence of
The off icers f or t he co mi ng y ear were then elect ed . James Hols t on w a s named pr esident u n anim ou sly. The vice president wa.s Wilhelm .J ohnson. N oel S mi t h was elected s ecretary and Fred Hammett the treasurer . W ith s uch an ab le S(el ection of offic ers , the, Officers' C lub r;r omises t o have g reat activities, especially s pealzers of n a -·· tiona! note .
Don Kinzie , also l ed th e s inging.
s p len d i d work on Sat urday aga inst advan cement of ele ctrical e ngine e ring. Brown . He Ra:ct, hu m orous ly , t h at '.rhe presid e nt o f th e R. I. S . C. divb ecaus e our t eam \Va s lighter t h an isi o n fo r th is year is George Eddy, B r own's we should h ave bee n m or e t he secr e tary, C. F . Easte1·brooks, and g entl e ( ? ) w ith t hem in th e extrem e the councelor, Pr of ess or A nderson. T h e c l u b inten ds to bring the enh ea t and not cause them t o lo se ex::;ine erin g students togeth er in an efcess w eig ht . T h e asserr..bly hour shou.ld lake as f o r t t o cr eate a genui n e inter est in engi n eeri n g . At t he m eeting s all sorts m u ch r eq uirem ent a s a n y oth er class exer cises, for it is the on ly place th a t of ne wly - mad e advances are discussed . t h e preside nt ca n meet t he s t ud e nt 'vVith t h e students interes ted in th e b o d y a s a whcle. President E d w ards f e els certain t hat i f thi s ex e r c is e w ere with d r awn the college wo uld lose a grea t ,d eal of it s un ity a nd s p ir it . Alth ough the coll e ge f unds a r e very lo w t h is y ear and we wiH be unable to get any ou ts ide speaker for the assemb ly ex e r cis es. T h is p eri o d will n ot b e devoid of inte rest b y a n y m eans, f or Presi de nt Edwar d s will speak to t h e stud e nts about matters o f current in t_e r est . . I f_ we d o not listen t o t h e m it will b e o u r o w n fault and n ot that o f the presid e nt . The subj ect f or next week's d isc ussi on is the World Deb t. T h e pr~si d ent v ery ki n d ly informed the n ew m e n that lt will n ot pay t o cut assembly u n less they are lit erary gen uis es a n d lik e to w r it e 2000word themes.
The Tale of a Mouse
Th e moonlight sifted t hroug h t he p a nes R. 0. T. C. PLANS Th e world w a s millry w h ite, And drea ms wer e flo ati n g to and fro (Continued from Pag e l ) I n the s tillness of t he nig ht. given a sp e cia.l reco mmen d a tion b y th e i n s pecting officers f rom W ashingA g hastly gra veya rd silence ton, D . C. A s w e have th e same b a nd' Now lay upon th e house t h is y ear, and in a d ditio n a re reinwork it is m uch easie r to keep pac e And through t he creaky building f orced by more t h an a, score of f reshwit h th e r a pid a dvanceme nts being There ventur e d f orth a m o u s e . m en, t h e t eam s ho u l d m eet with evenm a d e i n the e l e c tl·ica l world . greate r su cce8'1!. Th e R. 0. T . C. band A ll e ngine ering students are cor- H e wande'r ed h e re and wand e r e d w ill als o s erve a s the offi c ta l college· d iall y inv it e d to a ttend th e bi-weel{]y there ' b ar,d, and will p lay a t a ll th e f ootball·· me eting s w hich wi ll tak e place in I n search of food to e;tt. ga.m es, a s w e ll a s at oth er activities . A Professo r Anders o n' s lecl m·e r oom in At last a senior's trunk he s pied; special open ait concert was rendered L ip pitt Build ing. The day of th e Ins id e he saw a treat. last year, and it is p r obab l e t hat thi!! m e e ti ngs will soon be s e t at some I will be rep eated, a s weU as sliveral in~ , t im e con v e nient to a ll. H e nibbled first , then , getti n g . bold door concer t s. He chewed, as though i n fear On Thurs day e vening t he b artd as Th a t if he didn't eat it all CAMPUS CUTS . ,siS't ed a t m .e _m ass .m eetiirg, _arousing · - --·---·-- I-Iis-·friend·s Trrigl1t soon appear. By W. G . M. interest for the M a ill e footba ll g a me .. s· 1 t 1, t f · n1c e as · wee { s an nou nc em en · 0 · N ext day all Mouse-Town \ V'as a stir , T h e band cer tainly m ad e a h it, a nd d' h t'l1'ea.fter no mass meeting wiH be the los t van ity case, an extraor m ary Fio r Mister Mouse had died . , co mplete with out o n e. Under ])el'l i la>·ge number of girls have attempted , Old D octor Rat examined hbn , to recover their " f ace:" S-ince n o n e Th en shook his head and siglu ·d. i N eiiins, who a cted a s · b a n d master, ca me a n ywher e n ear d esc ribin g thiS l song l eader , and m a st lir of cerem o rtieS>, Fra nk Kresge articl e, i t hasn't been He studied every vein an d- chord ·the l1and h e l'plid t o fill the hall With r eturned yet. m ttsic. Mitn y who have h ear d t l'ie And after quite a pause BrC>wn b a n a play a re of the opinio fi He slowly blinke d and then An Irishman tells us this story: 'that t h e :R. ~ , State group has it a 1t noun ce d , 'l'wo Scotclrmen had a bet to see "Diabet es was the cause ." over the :Brown team. We cerfainfy who could stay beneath the water . are t here i n p ep and s pir it -a nd size. the longest. According to our in·The ba n d helped out the cheering secJm·Inant, nei.lfiber came up. That very day a seni or rose An d swore by th e stars ab ov e 'tion, a nd gave p l enty of punch t o t he :Bowd oin, we are to ld, takes great To kill the mguse tha t ate t he note :singing. T h e band d id m a ke one break;,. p r ide in having such names as Milton He'd written to h is love . however: Nevins a n nounced that there and Sha kespf>are w i th in t heir i ncom~B.. C . K. · wo·u l d be a c ompetition between the ing "frosh" class. However, "Rhody" men a n d t h e eo•eds t & S'ee who could can boast of such literary distinctions mak;e t he most noise---the song was as Sc ot t,. Sha w and Brown. :the ' ' R.I. Cheer Song." The men sang
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P r esident E dward s sp oke of o u r college tradi tio ns and asked the peo ple who have a u tomobil es to registe-r them a t tbe c oll ege office and to drive ver y carefu lly on the Ct)!lege grt~utrds . The president t hen r ead our co n tract with th e co ll ege. He · especially stressed 'the p oi n t on rn.e U.S'e or ltqUors. When t h e cont r act is b roken n o t only i'S" t h e' J'Jr o·h ii!Jiti<li,P la>W broken, but the f undame n t a l o f all law iS' broken, the sanc tity of contract. The· ... ::fil·st, 8;€Compan,i ed by tbe terld:fic v-vl• P rexy •s t ex t a t a ssem b l Y w a"" : ,...,.. llrohibftion law was made by t h e peo• .,.,Hot stuff ," cried the bather a s he .o., 1 n ot w is e in thine own eyes"~iH~ · ume -of a 4'().- p,isee • D!lilld~e:r :IW ell}scalded his hand. :ille and as long a s t he peopl e ·flo not ---F reshman way up b ack t l'iough t eds h ave a s yet ~applied ft~r ll>dmiss-i on with draw ict, th e la w sh&illd be o b eyed. Ou.t• students want to know for "Prexy didn't lik 'l to hav-e t he gi:t'ts t a.s a band - member. H was the eoTo be fair to th e state, students of r·o]l their e·y· es. · eds' tur n n ext, "and' 'the. ·ba.nd swung ,w h at c o11ege D, r . P. o tter h. as carth is college s hould get a s m u ch aS' ried water. He knows well that Persona lly, we don' t m in d - a"S · t ong·: tne girls into the op·ening strain-an d tlossible out 'OI f he course for the saturday's w o'l'k was very imas it's o nly t heir eyes t h a t they roll. , JYUddenly , to a m~tt~opp~d. The ·constate s:pet;~. d s from $1800 to $2 000 on' pressiv-e. Another "Fro s h " who was hard of :fusio,n w a s pitifut lnde~d, but tire v!Lle ach man t hat a ttends this college. hearing thought the text was "])rink 't.tnt daUglrlel's' o:I' Rh ody called' tn e The a sslim b ly exercise was c losed by The :bana na p·eel is not t h e only t o me only with thine eyes." , bluff and fi t!l'Shed Up strong· with()U.t the s-inging of t h e "Alma Mater.'' S'ig :n of a faiL He was sure or it w h en Prexy :: tlHi ::tf<f ot Bt'MS'. 1'1\.e genetal vet dieti Business Advice spoke .about the evils of drinking. hbwever , was th a t between the" me~ When you m a ke a m istak e f orget Dea r Bin: li ~&'.li co~ed&, t h e band captured the lau,it a n d go on · to the next job. Ddfi't While tead.ing: Pt'of. Churchill's Now that Octo b in" is her e we''ll n&w · rei§ tor· the evening. , putter aro und a il d a y ad ding a lot of Fr~~ch History a ssignment, I came h ave to hang u p this sig n each morn- ,. acr oss the nam e of Mlle. Pompadour. ing: "Good-b y Se ptember Mor n !" ' f inishing t o uch es. Qui~ So Ca n you t ell m e If she had anyt hing ' O n e w oul d think t hat th ey were He Knew Her t o do with the invention of stacomb? Famous Last \Vords a lw a ys r ich. Wife-Ah , if we on ly k n ew what A "Frosh." "Le1ls bQw our hea.ds toget!bei'!' Well, th er e 's noth ing one can ge~ the future has in store f o r us. A nswer- Yes, sh e smeared it on t he accustomed t o more q uickly thad H ub- Well , d on't !'worr y, dear. knife when Ro·l9esp fere was gumoCome and Learn the Way luxury. W h atever it is you will get it a t a tined .
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Minn esota paper: "The Devn h:'is H aving had a.ll t h a t r ain in Kings-~ a ll kinds of agencies pointing the Eyes Front ton last week, we are made to ask road to destruction. '.rhere is only Take care of the to m or rows and t h ose sta u nch anti- prohib itionists if one sure guide t o t h e r oa d. Come t o the yesterda ys will take care of t h is isn't the wettest state in the the Presbyterian Sunda y Sc hol and t fle m !'<P. ] VP!'I.. Unio n . 1 l et us stu d y tog ether."
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Just So 'Twixt 'a sailor a nd a. jewe ler The diffe r e n ce is, says Wells, That one of them sells watches, And the other watches cells.
THE BEACON, KINGSTON, R. I., THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 1926
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Concert Orchestra R$ 0. T. C. to Have Begins Rehearsals ]Jig Unit This Year
THE MORONIC MUSE
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gether. Between the two there was a The Collep-e Concert Or c h estra held regular battle of music, and there th ei r fi r s t reh earsal last Wednesday .ing weat h er which · p revailed, the _R. was no hesitation between numb er s. 0 . •r. G . u nit at Rhode Island Stat"> w s atur d'ay N'Jg ht IJ~ aw k 8 · I-I ~ II · P· r o f essor B r own College t urn ed out at two o'clock fo'r Rus ... inketis' m· g h t at ·L'1PP 1'tt w a s co nductor and t h e team g ot o ff the first d r i ll of the school calendar. did most of the jazzing and t h ey were augm ented by Dell Nevins a nd to a fly ing start. T he o rchestr a Is T his yea r the unit is the largest that his Terrible Three. The roster of m uplanning to h old these rehearsa'l s has ever bee n organiz ed at the co l- sicians included '\Vinketis, Dow, weekly, the pieces to be practi ced Willi' lege, and by the lookS of the husky G luckman a nd Morally, violins; Nev· · f reshmen in khaki, who turned out be t·ende red a t assemblies every Mon - a lo ng w it h the Sophomores and ad - ins, Irons and ' Fine, sax ophones and clarinets; Townse nd and . Tabor, day . vanced course men, it shou ld develop banjos; Foster, t1·ombone; Goldstein The ·f irst rehearsal bro ught out all i nto one of the finest units ever had 'and Keach , piano ; Tennant and Me of last year' s veterans, a n d in addi- h ere . It is most certainly hoped that C loskey , drums . The above certainly t io n , quit e a f ew Freshm en. T h ere it w ill r oun d into a smooth working rep1·es ent the jazz element at Rhod e 11 e b e f 0 r e the annual IqJa and tl1e boys s ho wed it. is s ti.ll Vie nty of r oom f or a ddi tio n al m a c h i ~ 11 d· St>·t·e • ., in spectio n next spring, for it is not The chaperones were Coach Fr ed m u s icians, e s p ecially in t h e vio lin and conc eivable to s lip back after the fine Tootell and Mrs. 'I'ootell. P ;· of. Brown st1·i ng s ec tion. A b out fi fteen p layers record made by last year's unit. It was in charge of the function, with 1 reported , and as many more are ex- will cert a inly mean work if the unit I M F' . . d A . t t M'a . anager 1 1ne an ss1s an npected to s h ow up at the next prac- is t o improve o n that record. ager 'I'albot his a ble helpers. There This y ear there are four compan- ·1 tice session. A college that is t h e have been numerous reques ts to have size of R ho de I sland State should ies inst ead of three, plus the band, this affail· rep eated, a nd plans are which is composed of about thirty- I a lready being mad e for another Orhave an o rchestra of at least forty five n 1e n. There are a large number c h estra Dance. n1usicia ns, and from repo r ts circulat- of advanc ed course men signed up .i ng arou nd the campus t h ere are fo r d r i ll, there being twenty-three YEARLING GRIDDERS Senio rs a lone . T h is means that there t h at ma ny in t h e band its elf. w ill be p le n ty of c ompetition for the So me of t he n u m b ers t h at w ere vari ous assig n ments as officers of the (Con tin ue cl from P>:tge l l reh ears ed l ast week wer e "Appl e B i os- unit, wh ich will i mprove the quality college-it is up to th e boys th emselves to show th e ir wares. som Selections" by Mar ker; " Loh.e n- of the organization.
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grin O p era" by Mendelsson ; "Surprise Symp h ony" by Haydn, anP, marches by So usa , Hall and Gluckman. -Popular selectio ns, as well as light c lassica! nu mbers were also practiced and Prof. Brown was well satisfied with the r esu lts . 'I'he fo llowing is the i nstrum e n tatio n prese nt at the first rehearsal: P r of . Brown leader and p ian ist; Tal bot, G l uc kman , Morally, Catudal, Mokray and Daw, violins; D. F ine, ,Morgan , clarinets ; B. F ine, flut e a nd piccolo; Swift,_ Beans, Russell; cornets; Davis, trombone; Wir ketis, base viol. The foll owing instruments .should als o be incl ud ed in the orchest1·a and anyone w ho is capab le of playing these sh ould rep ort to M a n ager Fine: Bassoo n, ab oe , English horn , French h orn , cello, Vio la , d r u m s, t ympan i and, merim bap hone. \ V'it h 't h ese instru ments, in ad diti o n to those already :l·egis t erecl, w e should be abl e to develop a symphony orchest r a at Rhode Island Stat e . Watch the bulletin b oards for rehearsal anno uncernents--{)ne every' week- a surprise in store f or those wb.o atten d reheat·sals·. Collected a Fee
Permanent officers have not been selected yet, and it is not expected t h at t he permanent assignments will be made within three weeks. The temporary officers of the opening dri ll were as fo llows: Major, George .E. _Eddy ; A djutant, VVhitaker; Captai ns, Leigh, Van Valhenburg, Brightman, H olt ; Lieutenan ts, Christopher, Smith H amill, H iller, Martin Ech!off, Or r and P riestly. - - - - - - - --
We Have With Us
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1Consider the co - ed Cornelia, Conservative and sedate. Came to us in Se pte mber .
Stud ie d e arly an d late. When mid -semesters' were over Her scholastic ho n ors were c learConsult the C o lege Register, You 'll find that she's still h ere. Now consider the co-ed Coral, A n 1amma who loved to love .Gave a wonderful course in petting With any old moo n above! But missemester s'-damn 'em Gave no honors f o r kissin g. Consult t h e College Reg iste r Coral 's a m ong the missin g! Now the only moral I know of To th is sad tale I've s lung, Is-trust not the second :~emester, YouthStep-while the College year's young!
HILL-AND-DALERS RUN (Cont!r. u ed fnom p age 1) ston and Willard of last year's crew are stepping around th e five - m ile stretc h every day. Ot h ers who will give the b oys plenty of fight are Winketis , Tommy Miner, Anderson and Kinney. The loss of Bob Miner, star two - m iler of last year's Freshman tea m , will be felt. He will be out the entire season, . due t o 'an accident in which he hurt h is leg. On the who le, the o utlook is fair ly promising, a n d Coach Tootell is quit e optim istic. A call f or F reshmen cand idates for t h e 193 0 squad wi ll s oo n be issue d a nd it is hoped t h at a great n umber will report.
- -- After a wo years' absence Geology is with us once m ore. It is now being taught by Prof. H. Emery, and is AGGIE CLUB PLANS g iven as a two credit course, one of the elective. Professor Emery has Confessibn (C ontinued from Page 1 ) taught this subject at the University At a dinner in Washington a dipas the following day is a college holi- of New Hampshire, and his opening l omat said t o the season's belle, "Yott day.
• the course at Rhode Island has Ag·g·ie Bawl will be informal proved very interesting among the year, as usual , with special scientificially inclined stu dents. p rizes to be given for rube costumes. The h all will be decorated to repre Don't . you think it would be a ·good sent a f a r m yard scene, and w ill, be idea to have my face lifted? made realistic t hr ough the kind coClean of[. my de ar, if you cou ld operati on of t h e dairy barn. Dough get another. nuts and cider will be so ld as in __, __ _ fo rmer years, a nd everything is be - I never loved a d ear gazelle, ing prepared to make this Bawl one A parrot, pup or aught like that; of the best functio n s of the year . The reason won't t ake long to tell, The ticket price will be two dollars They won' t a llow 'em in o u r nat. and fifty cents per co u ple, which of c ourse will meet wi~h popular ap proval. The committees i n charge of this
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Burglar--Ta l k a b ou t h ard luck. I b r o tce into a lawye r 's ho use last' d a n c e a r e-: D eco r a tion-Ian Walker, night an ' he got the drop on me an' H . Knowles a n d A . Wo r dell. MusicChar les H eaton. a dvised me to get out. Finance and ·programes-~. HarPal-Hu h' Yer got off dead. easy. rington, B. Brightman. Burglar E a sy nothing! He Refreshments - D. F in e a nd B. charged me $10 for advice . : Fine. Patrons and Scotch Patronesses- G. I see y ou keep an owl. Faunce. Yes , it 's a Scotch owl; it says: F loor -0. Eric k son. ~mon " a-fter- ever y hoot. L igh t s A. H opkins. 4
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ravish all hearts . You make a f r esh co nquest every week." " Y es," she · rep lied, then added with, a sigh, "and I'd give a ll my slaves fo r one master ."
Our Bored Juveniles Governess (finishing story)-Arid so they were marr ied and lived happily ever after. 'i'h e t·e·! Isn't that lovely·? Modern· Child-Oh, yes, •very nice; but I'd ra ther· h ave the thrill of a divorce .
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