THE DAILY BULLETIN
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Vol. 11 i College Station, Texas, Saturday, February 3, 1917 No. 104
Owl Feathers Still Flying.
An account of the capture of
the Rice Owl appeared in the city
edition of Thursday’s Houston
Post. Here is the Rice account
of the incident: :
“After an absence of two
nights and a day the Rice con-
tingent which journeyed to Col-.
lege Station after the owl, return-
ed to the institute Thursday
morning. Altho they were un-
able to bring back the mascot,
the fact that it was recovered
from enemy hands and destroyed
is regarded as a signal victory
for the local collegians.
The owl was taken the night of
the last Rice A.and M basketball
, game. and brought in triumph to
. the waiting cadets. By the Ag-
gies the owl was regarded as the
spoils of war and an emblem of
victory, since they were able to
defeat Rice for the first time in
in two vears, at Houston, the
night it was brought ont Plans
‘were made to put the bird in a
prominent. place during the two:
games which the owls are sched-
uled to play in College Station
There was general rejoicing at
the Institute when the news was
received that the owl was no long-
er in hands of the Aggies, The
men who accomplished the feat
of entering the armory at A. and
M. and recovering the owl. while
over a thousand students slept
within sound of the bugle receiv-
ed a big ovation when thev enter:
Lecture on Jamaica.
Dr Farr, of the Department of
Biology, will give a stereoptican
lecture on Jamaica, with special
reference to the vegetation of the
island, on Monday night, Febru:
ary 5th, 1917, at 7:40 in the big
lecture room in the E. E. Build-
ing. This lecture is under the
auspices of the Science Seminar
and is open to residents of the
campus, and to seniors and jun-
iors.
Picture Show Tonight.
At the picture show tonight in
the Chapel, the “Army of Swe
den’’ will be shown in one of the
reels.
Sweden has a larger standing
army than the United States.
Chapel Speaker Tomorrow
Rev H.W. Knickerbocker, pas-
tor of the First Methodist
Church of Austin. will be the
chapel speaker Sunday.
Father Gleissner wil say mass.
tomorrow morning: at the usual
hour in Room 400 Main Building,
for cadets and campus residents.
ed the dining hall Thursday. It
was felt that they had vindicated
the honor of the Institute. ‘