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The followiug clipping from thi^
article is likely to interest the stud-;
I cuts here:
I i After tietailing tvhat -^as been
*S6E!“*£ ; accomplished in the.last two years;
- i—-pof| gives in terib-' strong
^ ternu* th<i ‘Needs of the College.’^
It says: " There are mapy things
that
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! will be of inestimable benefit to the
r n "°e wu I 8 ro ’ wt * 1 atK ^ development of the cob
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matter at Colletc St»-
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GOV, LANVAtf AND A A M. ,j
In His messagb Governor Lan-
him refers to A. M. in the foU
lowing words. 1 k T ith the Governor
behind us, as we 1 as thousands of
thinking Texans who hold no
office, fwe believf t we may expect
something more than running ex
penses from tht Legislature this
vear BWNkl
j “THe A^ricnli ural and Mechani
cal College is an institution of
great practical u hity and has been,
steadily advancing in efficiency.
It is 'believed to be one of the best
of its kind, in comparison with
those of like purposes in other
Stalest. Its gra< nates are in great
demand and hs ve no difficulty in
securing employ nent in the various
pursuits for wb ich their training
has tfualified them. Its preseht
facilities are insufficient for its in
creasing necessities. Its conserva
tion, proper equ pmenrt and further
upbuilding should receive the
favorable com ideration of tlw
Legislature.
“The educational system of the
State,! in tone, standard and ot-
ganiz-ttion, as veil as in practical
a^ppli^tation, is o! excellent charac
ter and affords just cause for public
satisfaction.) I: i is sy m n. e t r i cally
oorrelhted. and from the uletneB-
tary stages to-tl e highest . onsum-
matiohs it is-io-operative, helpftil
and uplifting’].
fc
lege, and in many instances th
amount ksked for are below th
syms needed, but we have selected
only the most urgtnt and only fof
such sums as we believe the state
can well afford to supply.. The pro
per support of a state institution
devoting all of its energies to in
dustrial Education is an investment
of the most economic kind on the
part, of the State, jand is in no sense
a donation.’’ For maintenahee, an
increase of 110,000 a year is re
quested^ on account of the large
increase of students requiring addi
tional instructors and the desire to
establish a department, pf metal
lurgy and mining engineering. For
the care of roads and grounds $2000
annually is asked; and an increase
of $2500 is asked for the student
labor fund, in order that greater
prevision may be offered for the
constantly increasing number of
poor young men unable to pay their
way through college without work
ofsome^cind. ; » -
Under the head of ‘^Buildings'
an appropriation of #75,060 is asked
for the erection of an engineering
building, in which three depart
ments will be quartered.! The great
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WEINBferS TALK U> THE STUDY W
THE KiBi i ■
Mag Weipe^t «livered the fol
lowing talk ht the V. SI. C. A.
n. v ting last'Sunday:
“Fellows: I have spent Way a
pleasant Christmas vacation, but
the qne that bas^ast passed sur
passed all its predecessors. As far
as deirp thought a fid pleasure com
bined are concerned, these holidays
excel ed everything I have pre
vious ly experiences!. And it was
due I >!you all giv^sg me the honor
of hi qg one of th* delegates that
•I wei tC, and ^ want to thank you
jail fcfr doing:the b*st thing for me
l has evier dofle.
M. H. MB IKY
H ENRY m
CRAH
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HR«>Ol»»N * B. I.- kl
ROGDON BROS
,« AND RKTaIL
DEALERS
-AND—";—: -r- i
LIVERY BU$IXK8.S »iKX«LCrSIVKLY FOR WHITE' TRADK
Alt ILK llOFIlg’LjpC *
that ^Uiman hand
“I’intend toHaya few words con
cernfng Bible study.’ Whether or
not |’ll succeed infeo
ject |iy left for yRu
Bible study is the
M. C. A. work.
the foundation of 3
Tho Bible Study (t
ciatlon is its main
•ellows, we
are Jg6ing to make
the'most progr
izabons here. In
we initist get busy
W* cannot affor«
colleges of
broad a sub-
all to decide
nuclens of Y.
t may be called
the Y. M C. A
lass of the asso>
working force,
rit to, and we
he Y. M.-C. A.
e of all organ-
brder to do this
on Bible Study.
1 to lag behind
pur size in this
m
A^dr jif. MAN KV THE LEGISlA
[T^pr/?fl. iji-ilr,
Thi Dallas Nfcws- of January is,
publics a jiicture of W- A.
TjrMUKman.j wish the. following
facts •■about his life.* This is the
tether of Kobe rt Trencjkxnan, now
at College:
W. A- Trenckman of Bellville,
Austin County Representative of
the Fbrty-NintL District, was born
at Millheitaj lek.. in 1S5I9. and
^vas’ educated it, the Texa*. Agrt-
caltural amf tlechanical Col leg* 1 ,
iSyb-j-y. | Hie lias been publisher
and’editor o4 tie BelUnllt Wochen-
fct ft
hiatt for fifteen
years
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necessity of this, bnilding is folly , , .
demonstrated and could the legis- Wl ^,
lature but see the crowded, inade- V" ’ .
quate quarters which tlie depart-- . y 1 *.
ments of civil engineering, electri- ! 8
cal engineering and drawing there ;
would he no hesitatfonJ
The ‘fsteam Heating Plant’’ re-' . , 1C *1^*®,’
tested)is simply an economic nec- 18 ^ J e tU H B , (1. |B
Jo.). lh ’
C allege, asi Stu
apirl will nqt mis.-
tot Bible Study.
t. In the American institu
tions there are about 54,000 stu
dents engaged in 6ible Study. In
Clfmson College, lit. Carolina they
h^ve an attendandbof 550 students,
at^d out of tSiese t^ere are 280 en-
g«*ted in Bible !$tudy, or over 50
pc r Cent. They w*ve thirty-nine
Bfbte classes. That institution has
oiily! seventyifive" more students
than we, and look$*t the work they
ate doing. 'They*imve a splendid
secretary if* ther person of Mr.
I
iThe A. Ai M.College ©f North
Carolina ha^ an afltendaned of 400
rolled in Y. M .
i a budget of
ly to show you
in other insti-
other examples
V r ! '
comes up. What
The First National Bank
:$F iRYAN.^TEXAS.
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designated {United States Depositary.
Capital
Surplus and Profits
:
W4i d««lr* t©|
lion amt palnatal
of any and all aei
s100,000.00
46,000.00:
tsirvd at
h#
r» t*ur patron* of prompt attaa-
n { endeavor in iHf perfa*nian«e
!■ I* d-aairvd at our hnnds. L. iOl
essity, qs it is belated it >^ill
for itself ia_less than five years.
The. teport quotes Df. Houston,
now-president of tile State univer
sity; in!his biennial pepbri of the
Agricultural and j Mechanical col-.
lege in 11901-1902
Mechanical col- * kUe * C
years; -for twelve floor otitiie oddest dormitory build-
rs previously he was a teacher.
Mr.' Trencluna in was elected |o
tnc - llegislafiart as the nominee t>f
the Dtmocra^io party, which part\
hadinpt made a >minations for the
Leg-.^iatare dr or local offices dur-
ing the thittji three years preyed
ing 1 ?o'>.
11901-1902, who jsays;' *■ ’
seems vicar that it is a matter of
State policy to furnish at the Agri
cultural and Mechanical college in
dustrial, or technological training of
every kind whatsoever Jo the young
men of the State. It seems clear
that the college was mfemfed to be.
in the largest sense, the technologi
cal institution of Texas,’ ’ [• And yet
at Austin the State university -has
a magnificent -civil engineering
building, while h*re that depart
ment te crowded into a few rooms
of the main bnilding, the Electrical
engineering department;' has one
ing and the department of architec
tural ejtgineerifig one-half 'the
fourth.floor ot the main building.
The great need <>f a new dormit
ory and naiatoriura isfeo evident to
any one wno knows anything at all
_ . Ldt us hope that
Bible Study is
$ugh , wejl ’■ ji
Fifty year:
Counted:
pjcity.; t ■■
fijom now it Will
mental c4pacit
S^id, ’The pi We
is a literature in
the rarest of a
thought and ima
man npon
fbllegc car} hon
gcbicated if the h
teost retnarltable
jial knowledge,
the principles u
gress of ifiattk
time, for after wn
ed the profess*
u-orldj we do
never think
the fij
about the college that the lengthy Furpos<r of ; „ ib , t ^ tudy is to etlIi!>t
ABVL'T THE BATTALION.
Tht Leader i ► iuedebted to the
Lampasas boy^ in A. & M for a
number of copiss of the “Battal
k>u’’ h weekly ] >aj>er published by
the students qf that institution. ,
defense of the'request ju the report
Wiatus . superfluous. “Come add
ae©’’ would be the most effective
argument. ; ■ r'
It is to be hoped that this telling
report will have the desired effect
upon the legislature now in session
that they may have their eyes
It is well edit© 1 and very neatly opened to the great needs here to
gottea up. Ti e standard set by the adequate maintenance of ap-
it is very high and it is free frqm pearances, not to speak of the ex-
the petty spirit atjd nauseating j pected growth and development of
frivolities. whi:h too o f t e n ; this institution of the people, edm
Characterize a publication of that mensnrate with the growth and de
nature.—Lampasas Leader. velopruent of this great State.
of every man in
nts must not
this opportunity
It is either now
liege, or never,
t is not die latter,
ntial to a thor-
ded education,
ago if was brawn that
it fib the mental *a-;
fijre to fifty years
spiritual .and
Mr. Fronde
oroughly known
sell; the richest,
departments of
y which exists.’
radnating from
tly call himself
is upgleeted Jthat
library of essen-
he repository of
lerlying the pro-
Now is oiut
have once enterf
ial of busin*a$
find time .and
t it. So much
nt. The second
—b-.
here.
clear to us.
grasp it" as tl
each of his
boys crowc
their app
said.
“Now the ’ third pur
Bible Study is to lead a 1
form the hgbit iof
study which will remain
throughout life. There is
that aids us matr^* x We
of our tasks with greater
nation ,aud a lifj
we are in thfi ha
objection of
Martin Cutlfer.
jiart of his life
busy now that
hours each me
cation with Gt
he set aside k>ne hour for tl
pose. Do ypu all know
West Point cadet has
minutes a day' to him*
they have hard work at tl
before Christnps, they
twenty plebgs anil many
i to keep from tteing expell*
withstanding tliis fact,
hive of busy workers qpnt
two hundred nten actively]
in Bible wotksj Their orp
. * President
Vice President
Vice President
Cashier
Assistant Cashier
thought that by introducing th*
Y. M. C. A. into the tmiveslty it
might be saved. Larson himself j'
was a tough and did not believe in
the spiritual side of life, so you i
can about imagine the time thpse
fellows had in getting Jim to t^at
conference. Even after they had
succeeded in getting him there
he would not attend * single one of
the meetings, but like the mighty
Achilles, ‘sulked in his tent.’
The delegation knew that the only
one who could do anything was
Jimmy Larson. He must' be won
over. His bosom friend wielded
great influence over Jiite and be
undertook the task of prying to
solve the problem. ^In order to do
this he must himself become a
muni- ^Christian. At night he went
titeea
l*ir-
the
and train
in the
Jesus Op]
Christ is
getting them
.classes. The si
for me to ^peek
wish that.Boa al
opportunity of
C. A. Cj
‘there ohtat
tions of j
u< Chi
to ; have
New Y<
ji.
H
ill
I w
Christian students
k of Y winning men to
!st. Winning men
partly^ accomplished by
■ * attend our Bible
ject is too deep
1, but I earnestly
might have the
tending a Y. M.
A delegate
small concRp-
gations to. qwr
I’d give aay-
fiat grand man,
of the city of
■a the cadets
:sj *
is well recognuse<l everyw
“We have now only a
that are taTinjg Bible
told the head of the Bi
department at the Con
Rustou that wo would in
number to one hundred
I tell you fallows, we
up to that promise
going to dt> it. | W’e k
we made tba* promise
cadets of die ]A. & Mr
were the to do it.
no other thing that wi
our college! any Ijette*.
the ones to dfc> it. Y
Jimmy Larson's of tht
Larson was a student i
versaty of Idaho, where
and spiritn*! studying
to low an order that the di
cognized the fact that nr
thing be done, the institu
go down hi min. L
leader of students, of ath > ics and
various organizations 11
He was recognized as th
w-ho could save the
When the M. C. A.
was held at Pacific G
the University sent
there, I^arson being
of the members. The
Mr. Cooper, who had charge of
the' meeting, and toM him just how
things stood. Theyf stayed to4
gether and prayed for a white and
then the visitor left © hntot op
Larson. The next morning Mr.
Cooper noticed his Jiight visitor
walk up to him with «fet- stefle ol
a happy Christian. He- had found
Larson in bed the night before.)
He woke him up and took him oat.
They spent, the whole night
walking along the bench. He told
Larson that he was the only one
who could save the University,
.that it was his duty to’tbe Univer
sity and to Qpd to do so. He toM
him how he himself had become a
Christian. Larson decided to do it.
He saved the institution.’ It’s up
to i*s.fellows. What is our delegate
to Kuston to report on Bible study
next year? This question is for
you to answer.’?
iU« L-J Hi *
’ - ORDER MOOiFIEO.
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f
college,
fily one
l Ration,
ference
to Exclusion From
Civil Servlos Stricken Out. i' "
Wantolnzton. Jim. 18.—Br dtrvcflon
of the president Serretsry Taft issued
s special order modifying the specie]
order dUmisstns the n*Rro brfrtallon
the Twenty-fifth infiintry hy BtrHdog
out the clause relating to the exclu
sion of the discharged soldiers from
employment la the civil service. >
The secretary, now that the invest!-
Ratios has closed, will undertake to
pass separately epos the applications
for rs-enhstasent ,of the discharged
meet wherever they are supported Ly
evidence of their non oompltclty in th#
nffrity. s “*5
; Death Due to CsrbuncKle
St. Louis. Jan. 15.—Captain Samuel
C. Boyd died Monday from a car-
bunckle on his nack that reanMad from
having scratched a small pimple He
a connected with the police
rty-eight yes