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About The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1920)
MA BP al oA mtn at So HS RRR - -~ ea f : 4 : i4 College Station, Texas, Friday, March 26, 1920. THE DAILY BULLETIN REPORT IS MADE ON CONDITION OF SBISA MESS HALL Says Cracks Professor Giesecke in Walls Due to Excessive Moisture Under Foundation F. E. Giesecke, Professor of Arch- itectural Engineering of University of Texas who designed Bernard Sbisa Hall, and who was here last week inspecting certain defects that have developed in the building has submitted a report of his investiga- tion to President Bizzell and W. W. Kraft, Superintendent of Buildings and College Utilities. In this re- port he says. “Mr. Kraft co-operated with me the entire time and Professors Love and Richey during a part of the time. “The walls near the southwest cor- ner are cracked and those near the southeast corner are sound; this con- dition suggests local causes of the | trouble near the southwest corner of | the building. “The cause of the trouble is set- tlement of the foundation which is due largely, but possibly not entire- ly, to water which reached the foundation from the drain pipes which were intended to lead the water from the roof to low ground at some distance from the building. “We uncovered one of the west- wall drain pipes and found that its joints had been so poorly made that one came apart, and when Mr. Kraft filled the upper portion of the pipe by means of a fire hose, so as to pro- duce the condition which exists dur- ing a heavy rain, the water leaked so freely from the open joint that it could have flooded the foundation of the entire west wall in a very short time. “We did not uncover any other of the drain pipes, but the general ap- pearance of the building indicates that a similar condition of poor workmanship exists in the others. “It is quite certain that the clay sub-soil at College Station will sup- port a fair load when it is reasonably dry but very, very little when it is thoroughly water-soaked.” He recommended that the inside leaders be abandoned and outside ones be connected either to open or underground drains, constructed in such a way that the water will be kept at least fifteen feet from the building; that the present under- ground drains which connect the building to the main drain, be taken up and the connections to this main drain plugged so that no water which may enter the main drain from the military walk or elsewhere, can find its way to the foundation of the building; and that the grade line at the building be raised about eigh- teen inches at the building and the ground sloped gradually away and sodded or planted to shrubs, so that | mission CATALOGUES FOR SUMMER SESSION NOW AVAILABLE Containing All Information Relating to the Five Divisions of the Summer School. The Bulletins of the College Sum- mer Session have been received at the office of Dr. J. O. Morgan, Agron- omy Office in the Agricultural Build- ing and are being distributed by him. to the Summer Session which begins June All information relating 7 and ends August 28 is contained in this catalogue. In the biginning is a general statement of the purposes of the session, then; in order a calen- dar of events; executive committee of the faculty; officers of administra- faculty of the Rural Life School; faculty of the College Divis- tion; | ion; faculty of the Summer Normal; organization, under the heads of, ad- requirements, discipline, board and rooms, location, college facilities, public lectures, entertain- ment and expenses; The Rural Life School, teachers and courses of, in- cluding vocational teaching, agricul- tural engineering, agronomy, animal husbandry, dairy husbandry, eco- nomics, entomology and horticulture; schedule of courses for Rural Life School; The Summer Normal, giving second grade subjects, first grade subjects, and subjects included in ex- aminations for permanent certificates only; schedules of recitations, Sum- mer Normal Division; The College courses, vocational teaching, agron- omy, animal husbandry, chemistry, dairy husbandry, drawing, economics, entomology, mathematics, mechani- cal engineering, physics; second six weeks: agricultural engineering, agronomy, animal husbandry and mechanical engineering; schedule of courses in College Division, first six weeks and second six weeks term; The School of Cotton Classing; The Farmers’ Short Course, character of work and entertainments; and on the last page a registration blank. the surface water may be carried away. He thinks that the drying out of the clay under the foundation at the southwest corner, during the ex- tremely hot and dry summer two years ago may have had some bad effects. He made some other recommenda- tion for improvements and repairs to correct and maintain the strength and appearance of the building. In concluding his report he said: “I wish to thank you for the favors extended to me while at College, and to assure you that I have a deep per- sonal interest in the building and will be glad to do anything in my power to assist in its preservation.” ALL ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BIG LEAGUE GAME Unusual Opportunity to See the First Teams of Really Big League Clubs in Action All indications point to the biggest | crowd at College next Monday for an athletic contest since the Thanks- giving football game. The mer- chants at Bryan are giving a half holiday for this game and all of the Bryan trade territory has had cir- culars sent to it in addition to stories in the newspapers of the surround- ing towns. At the present time the ticket sale has been going well, orders being received from Nava- sota, Brenham, Caldwell, Hearne, Calvert, Franklin and Anderson. Cadets and Faculty people, in order to avoid congestion at the gate should get their tickets now. Box seats and grand stand seats will be reserved for this game. No compli- mentary tickets will be issued. This is a guaranteed attraction. The first teams representing the Phil- adelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals will play on that date. The second teams of these two clubs are out touring with the recruits, playing college and university teams, but the exhibition game here is being put on by the first teams. Each club will bring twenty-five men, including their managers. Those who have never seen a big league team in ac- tion will do well to be at Kyle Field next Monday afternoon at 4 p. m. THE WIND DAMAGE I> CONSIDERABLE Wireless Tower and Well Derrick is Wrecked, Roofs Damaged, Win- dow Panes Broken. The high wind Wednesday night wrecked the wireless tower on top of the Electrical Engineering building. The wires extending from this tower to the other on top of Leggett Hall did not give way. This prevented the wrecked tower on the E. E. build- ing from falling to the ground. If it had done so it is very probable that other damages would have resulted. The trap door which covers the en- trance way to the top of the E. E. building was blown off. The door was not fastened, but is of very heavy construction and no wind has ever moved it before. This gives some idea of the comparative velocity of the wind with others that have struck the campus. A number of window panes were broken out of the residences on the campus and shingles were torn from others. A portion of the roof on Professor Silvey’s house was blown loose which admitted the rain to the interior caus- INTERCOLLEGIATE BASEBALL SEANON IS OPENED HERE The Aggies Take the First Game With Austin College of Sherman by the Score of 7 to 1 (By James Sullivan) The Aggies opened their intercol- legiate baseball season by defeating Austin College, Sherman, Wednesday afrternoon by a score of 7 to 1. The game was played in a forty-mile gale that at times seemed to almost sweep the players off their feet, therefore many errors were made by both teams. The Aggies again dem- onstrated their hitting ability, gath- ering eleven bingles while all the Shermanites could get off the offer- ing of Henderson, was five. Hender- son not only pitched excellent ball but his hitting featured, securing two singles in four trips to the plate and one of his hits brought in two runs. Crawford caught a beautiful game for the Aggies and his all around aggressiveness brought applause from the stands. His hit in the eighth brought in two runs. The out- field worked well in spite of the high wind which made the judging of fly balls hazardous. Both clubs worked well in pinches and when it looked as if runs were inevitable, fast double plays cut short a promising rally. In the third A. and M. had the bases full with one down, but a fast double play to the plate and first retired the side without a score. In the fourth the visitors got three men on and none down, but a double play neatly exe- cuted by Higginbotham to Crawford to Dwyer put an end to the budding rally. In this frame only was Hen- derson in real trouble. Guinn of Austin College struck out four and issued free transportation to three, while Henderson, of the Aggies, struck out seven and gave one free pass. — ee eee. F. D. FULLER OFF FOR SEVERAL DAY’S TRIP F. D. Fuller, Chief Feed Control Service, Experiment Station, left on a several day’s trip today. He will go to Mineola, Sherman and Dallas before his return. _ a... H. M. ELIOT TO DALLAS H. M. Eliot, Chief, Farm and Ranch Economics, Experiment Sta- tion, left for Dallas yesterday to at- tend a meeting of the Co-operative Ginners Association. ing damage to walls and house fur- nishings. The derrick over well No. 5 was blown over taking with it all pipe connections and putting that well out of operation until the derrick can be erected and new pipe fitted.
