gaze
Ti lime Baseball Men Sirut
| Stuf at Extension Picnic
| as the first of a series of special fea-
Probably the most interesting aiid
- amusing’ ‘athletic “event of -the’ year
Wis”! staged one’ Monday afternoon
early“ in“ May, at’ the Royal pasture,
between Bryan and College, when the
“Extension  Serviee Specialists and Dis-
~idtriet Agents played: a three-ining ball
oi games which displayed a multiplicity
9h jdeals of championship form, rang-
ing from town ball, alley ball, school
ball, etc., to thé modern national pas-
Sr girhie” The annual spring outing was
Db hy occasion for the game.
«/The; participants. were. ex-champion
ball tossers, of prehistoric college days
iol ranging from the periods of Pop An-
son “to the €olling and Rickney stan-
Each had play-;
 ed:mahy aiverbal championship to an
interested ;audience in, the Extension
building, growing. eloquent in the re-
"lation of stellar feats in which their
light shone with a brilliancy rivaling
“Vithat - of - Walter =
eMashevson; «Ty: Cobb, Lajoie,
However, there were
doubting Thomases in the Extension
‘dards of ‘the present:
‘Johnson,
Wagner, etc.
Service’ and these disciples of the Ex-
“IStudents’ - Association determined to
put these claims to the acid test of
¢ demoénstration. Whiskey Smith swore
Sh the district, agents lay over the
specialists like a dollar over a thin
“dime, while “Stud” Barnes, the cham-
“pion “of “the “Specialists, laughed to!
#ilsdorn the elainms:
and the district agents.
srs «Che. anual picnic of the Extension
EA Ip:
Ser rice, was finally selected as an ap-
* propriate ‘time to “settle the mooted
quéstion “ii “the presence of wives,
ii iigsveethearts, children; yea, grandchild-
hrirenjsgrandmothers and grandfathers.
..; These: soon caught the spirit of en-
’ _thusiasm and anticipation raged at
“fever ‘heat, os
«The. game ‘was ‘called promptly at 5
p.m m., with that Ancient Patriarch of
the. diamond, S. ‘C." Hoyle, acting as
“arb biter oF play, and the record-smash-
game of the season.was on.
ig gah district ‘agents won the toss
Fe CF 8 £udn yy,
and went to bat. Swallow and Barnes
called -upon«their ancient gods and
with much- yigor and enthusiasm, kept
opt fof | ithe ‘danger. zone and retired
thir opponents without a score.
Christy
Hans
of ‘the whiskeyites'
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‘The specialists ‘then Sadi to bat
with a determination to make so many
runs that the district agents would
become discouraged and give up.
“Chick” Evans led off with a smash
that brought yells of approval from
the specialists and groans of dispair
from the district agents. He started
round the bases like a Nancy Hanks,
but soon found that his old time speed
was a memory and sank to rest at
second blowing like a whale. Orms
and Smith then settled down to work
in earnest, but were unable to keep
down the wild pegs of over zealous
players, and Evans: trotted in for a
score. After this they found their
“luck piece” and -amid steam and
smoke mingled with dazzling speed
(?) and change of pace retired the
side.
In the final alt H. E. Ran-
dolph the score keeper, pronounced
the game a tie, as his records showed
that each side had made thre runs.
This brought on wrangling and friend-
ly confusion, which created much fun
for all concerned. The district agents
gracefully consented to let the spec-
ialists claim a tie so that their dis-
sapointment would not spoil their ap-
petite for the excellent repast which
their families had spread near the
lake. : {
The call to “come get it
the discussion, and the crowd hurried |
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Ito the lake to enjoy the good eats]
and the evening program which had
| been prepared.
Everyone pronounced the occasion a
grand success, and the scorer brought |
District:
Agents— Darow 1b, Egan ss, John-
in the = following lineup:
son, 2b, Smith ¢, Crms p, Crawford
3b, Wood cf, Stanford 1f, Buchanan rf,
McGee rf. ‘Specialists—Evans 2b,
Bentley, 1b, Barnes cc, Swallow p.
Thomas 3b, Persons ss, Ward cf, Mil-
ler If, Laneaster rf.
Runs—Evans,- 2; Johnson, Bentley,
Wood, Crawford, M:Gce. Two base
hits—Johnson, Evans... Home run—
McGee. .. Struck out—Orms 4; Swal-
low 6. Stolen bases—Evans, Smith.
Score by Innings: Specialists 102-3.
District Agents—031-4.
Umpire—Hoyle.
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Am enclosing copies of some dope
av dive been; getting out for the local
in whit
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{PADErss Qur; club meets on first and
third ‘Mondays at 7:00 p. m., Hotel
s Beaumont, Beaumont’s million dollar
Free-for-all, catch-as-catch-
No, . regular price, each pays for
Sy own. .oxder., If anybody starts in
A good
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. shave just: recently. been appointed
fBperintendent of. City Parks. Assume
duties Mondy,. and, an rushed in order
yr get everything completed and in
order in my present, connection with
iSFTiRg Nurseries. Hence the short
; bsPest regards.
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make the city on those dates.
\ At; seven otdonlt ‘Monday evening
ri JRE ABs. ,ex-students.. of the Aprieal.
+ tural and Mechanical College will hold
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Y negs :at Hotel Beaumont since the re-
_c-eent commencement at the
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+ with the, ‘subsequent. return of many
Beaumont students. who attended the
past session.
FAR “interesting program has been
1h arran ed with several numbers by lo-
is Tog ih adition, to the talks by
ex Stunts ‘and’ under graduates of
the Golege:; + MissyRuby Smith, tal-
ented Beaumont vocalist, has consent-
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doi gods for Individuals as
: well, as for athletic clubs.
JA “for every sport.
ui 24 North Sacramento Avenue
ed to render a few numbers accom-
panied by Miss Hewitt. The presi-
dent. of the ‘club, John Newton, has
| arranged for the Scrap-Iron Quartete
the harmony four of Magnolia Refin-
ing Co., to “entertain with popular
Authors,
Word has been vested from the
Pcrt Arthur Club that many Port
Arthur ex-students will attend and a
number will also drive from Orange,
Silsbee, and surrounding towns. The
San Jacinto Day Festivities sponsor-
ed by the Beaumont club has made
their meetings watched with interest
by surrounding vicinities and visitors
are attending with regularity.
Open . invitations are extended
among clubs over the country for
visiting ex-students to come to mect-
ings and the official newspaper of the
Ex-Students’ . Association carries a
schedule showing the dates and places
of the regular meetings. While only 3
years old the A. and M. Ex-Students’
Association has branches in all prin-
cipal cities of the United States and
in the Canal Zone, Philipines, and
Alaska. A: salaried general secretary
publishes an annual directory giving
location, year of graduation, and em-
ployment of its members. The direc-
tory for the present year is almost
ready for distribution.
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Ben Irby, local architect, and R. C.
Black of the City Engineer’s office,
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«were appointed “Wednesday as a spec-
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dist
ial entertainment committee for the
A. and M. Ex-Students’ Club meeting
at the Hotel Beaumont, next Monday
evening. An exceptionaly lively and
interesting program is ‘contemplated
tures to be held in connection with
the bi-monthly meetings of ‘the club
during the summer. : ;
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Efforts are being - made to ' have
Johnny Garrity of Kirbyville on the
program. Garrity is a former yell
leader of great reputation. in Aggie
circles. Memoirs of the “days that are
gone forever” constitute a part .of his
repertoire. = Numerous’ present-day
students of the College from Jefferson
county will ‘be present .and speeches
will be made velative ! to’ the year just
closing.. !
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Local musicians and vocalists will
be asked to render numbers. Numer-
ous out of town visitors from through-
out the Sabine district will be pres-
ent for the evening so John Newton,
president of the club, announces. The
activities of recent months have given
the Beaumont Club considerable im-
petus and in both numbers and activ-
ity itis rapildy: forging into the upper
division.
ERI or, Wn Py. at
DALLAS A. AND M. CLUB.
By A.Y. SHIELS.
‘All you fellows that were unfor-
tunate enough to miss the meeting of
the Ex-Students’ Association at Col-
lege, surely passed up one of the best
meetings that the Association has
ever had. Tt was one of the most en-
thusiastic meetings that: the writer
has had the privilege of attending.
The fellows who were there repre-
senting the classes of 1876 and 1877,
displayed a’ spirit and show of loyalty
that would make some of us younger
fellows take water. @ Their talks of
the older days of A. and M. College
were not- only interesting but were
fascinating.
The gatherings around the lobby
of the Y. M. C. A. got absolutely be-
yond control. Marion @ Church = had
those’ Waco; Houston, San Antonio,
Galveston, and Ft. Worth fellows bit-
ing at his jokes so fast and consis-
tently that some of them swallowed
line, hook, sinker and all. For the
benefit of some of those who inquired
as to the health of Ewing Mosely
might say that Ewing is doing nicely
at the present time and is expected
to recover entirely. The game leg
that Marion Church was nursing all
day is also in good shape at the pres-
ent time,” but might give way under
him at any time.
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In other places in this issue you will
see that Mr. C. C. Krueger of San
Antonio, was elected to the presidency
of the Association for the year. “Pol-
ly” will no doubt be an able successor
to Church. He has put in a years
work already covering the San An-
tonio district under Church and from
the spirit he shows he will without
doubt get some wonderful results
from his work as president. “But
when this fellow gets on the floor to
talk you want to listen. He hadn’t
been on the floor three seconds in
making his speech of acceptance un-
til he was taking a crack at the ladies
and their “interesting” short skirts.
Confidently “Polly” is a ladies man
and it wouldn’t surprise me at all to
see his wife accompanying him on
his trins over the state. This wouldn’t
be an unwise thing on her part be-
cause “Polly” is absolutely handsome.
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+ The men from Dallas who attended
the meeting were a little bit disap-
pointed. As some of you know the
Dallas Club and the Houston Club put
on an attendance contest for their
weekly meetings just before com-
mencement. The Houston Club simp-
ly ran rings around the Dallas gang
in this contest. It was agreed that
the loser in this contest would have
a flag raising at college on the day
of the Ex-Students’ meeting in hon-
or of the winner. The Dallas gang
went down te the meeting feeling a
little bit humiliated over their loss,
but nevertheless they had their flag
and Joe Utay had prepared a won-
derful address. to make at: the flag
raisding, but the Houston gang wasn’t
there to receive the honor. The cam-
pus was combed looking for them, but
the best we could do was to find Tom
Blake. Here is hoping that the Hous-
ton bunch put in a good year’s work
because the Dallas crown will be at
the meeting next year in force to re-
ceive their flag.
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Bill Orth, from San Antonio, spent
the day in Dallas a-few days ago and |
was just like a whole lot of these
other country town boys: he had a
hard time getting: anywhere on ac-
count of the traffe signals. Bill saw
a street car coming down Main street
and wanted to know where that in-
terurban went to. That’s alright Bill,
come on up-to Dallas and spend a
couple of days and we will let you
‘ride one of our street cars. Don’t
bring your wife with you though, be-
cause she would never go back to San
Antonio, :
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is also: running around the state a
whole lot of late. Tyree has dropped
into Dallas a couple of times within
the last week. Don’t know how Ty-
ree manages it, but he always takes
wife home to her mother in Waco
and goes on his way. Would like to
have some inside stuff on how this is
done; -
Ewing Mosely of Dallas has been
strutting around talking about going
to New York in the next few days,
but from the last information gather-
ed he isn’t half so interested. Mrs.
Ewing Moseley announced that she
was ging to New York also, That’s
hard luck, Ewing. Better luck next
time.
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The Dallas A. and M. Club has not
failed to have a weekly luncheon each
Friday for the past four years at the
Oriental hotel. Dallas, however, has
rassed the stage where the Oriental
can do it any good. The old hotel
will shortly be torn away and an-
other skyscraper (characteristic of
Dallas) will be built on that site. Be-
ginning June 13, and each Friday
noon thereafter the Dallas A. and M.
Club will have . their luncheons at
Joseph’s Cafe. This is just diagonally
across the street from the Oriental.
Will be glad to see any A. and M.er at
these lunches. Some of you fellows
read the first sentence of this para-
graph over again. Shoot at it.
‘The Dallas crowd will pull their an-
nual 4th of July barbecue again this
year. If you don’t think these bar-
becues are the real stuff, ask Dr. Biz-
zell. He doesn’t miss them. Come to
Dallas on the 4th and have a big time
with us. Lake Garland will be the
place. It will be an all-day affair.
SHORT COURSE
A. AND M. COLLEGE
JULY 28-AUG. 2
Valuable Instruction in Many De-
partments - Offered Farm Men
and Women of Texas.
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General’ Hf ormation,
Date—The fifteenth annual !far-
mers’ short course will be held at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College | _
at College Station, Texas, Rly: 28th
to August 2nd, 1924.
Who May Attend.
The short course is open to any
man, woman, boy or girl who desires
to study and learn more about the
solution of their farm and home
problems.
Character of Work.
The short course is planned to
meet the needs of men, women, boys
and girls who desire to make farm
life more profitable, comfortable and
attractive.
Agriculture—Work will be offered
in the following departments: Ani-
mal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry,
Poultry Husbandry, Agronomy, Hor-
ticulture, Entomology, Plant Dis-
eases, Rural Sociology, Agricultural
Economics, and Agricultural Engi-
neering.
There will be an exhibit of the
most improved and most modern
farm machinery. and home equip:
ment on the grounds.
Home Demonstration Work—Sev-
eral courses in Home Demonstration
work especially adapted to the needs
of girls and women from rural com-
munities will be given. The work
will consist of lectures and demon-
strations in health work, in meal
planning and table service, clothing,
home improvement, and poultry. .
Contests.
Boys—A special feature of the
course will be a poultry judging con-
test, a grain judging contest for the
Cameron Lumber Company Loving
Cup, and a live stock judging contest
for- the Progressive Farmer Loving
Cup.
Women and Girls—All state con-
tests for Home Demonstration Club
girls and women will be held at this
time.
Entertainment. :
The evening programs will be de-
voted almost entirely to instructive
lectures and entertainment. In ad-
dition some time during the day will
be devoted to special forms of en-
tertainment. Insofar as possible the
entertainment will be of educational
value.
Conferences.
A large number of the state ag-
ricultural societies will hold their
annual meetings at College during
the Short Course.
Board and Lodging.
All persons attending the Short
Course will be charged only the ac-
tual cost of meals and lodging. Lodg-
ing 25 cents per day; 3 meals $1.25
by purchase of tickets.
Railroad Rates.
The railroads have agreed to make
a special rate of one and one-fifth
fare for the round trip. ;
Tyree Bell from the Valley country
SIXTE
ARCHITECT RECEIVED DEGREE
AND IMPORTANT POST IN JUNE
IN YEARS OUT OF COLLEGE
KE
S. J. Blocker, venerable architec-
tural student of the College who re-
ceived his degree in June, feels that
his choice of returning to College to
take his degree after many years
spent in practice of his profession was
justified when he was notified of his
election by the Dallas Board of Edu-
cation as maintenance superintendent
and architectural adviser for the Dal-
las city schools. He received his de-
gree and took up the work in his
new position on June 1st.
Mr. Blocker atended the Chicago
School of Architecture as a young
man, and because of noticeable ability,
influential friends and what appeared
at the time to be an exceptional op-
portunity for practice of his art he
withdrew from the school in his junior
year to accept a contract for draw-
ing ‘specifications for a large building
project. Pressing circumstances of
active business averted his intention
of returning to school, and finishing
the course for a bachelor’s degree,
but through 16 years the desire for
that final year of basic preparation
reasserted itself periodically and was
never completely extinct in his mind.
Six years in the thriving city of Dal-
las as a successful architect revived
the long persisting intention to c¢om-
plete his college work and he sur-
rendered his business and left his
home and his family and came to
A. and M. last fall.
His practice had kept alive his
knowledge of fundamental principles
learned in his earlier schooling and
he was able to take up the work where
he had left off 16 years before and
continue his studies with vigor.
When he returned to his Dallas
home with his sheepskin there will
be a reversal of the regular order
of congratulation. Instead of the
young son with fanciful ambitions
of world subjugation meeting the dis-
couraging warnings of a business
dulled father, it was a case of the
father returning home to assure son
of the value of higher education.
Automobile Parties.
Camp Grounds—Those who con-
template attending the Short Course
are urged to begin now to organize
automobile parties. Everything pos-
sible will be done for the conven-
ience of those coming in cars and
wagons. They will be given the
privilege of securing lodging in the
dormitories and board at the Mess
Hall on the same terms as all others.
A special location between the Cam-
pus and College Park has been set
aside for those desiring to camp. Ar-
rangements have been made whereby
gorceries, vegetables, ice and the
like, will be delivered at the camp.
On account of the extremely low
rates for lodging, persons who come
overland may find it more satisfac-
tory to secure rooms in the dormi-
tories.
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1S NOT THROVCH
WILL HELP “D OILY”
“Parson” Says He Will
Guarantee $25,000 the Year for
the Association.
Personally
Although he has expended much
time and a great deal of money in
furthering the work of the Associa-
tion, Judge Marion S. Church of Dal-
las, retiring president, says he will
put in as much time this coming year
helping “Polly” Krueger as he did last
year.
“lI was poy to do the Work for
the Association and the College and
the fact that I have ceased to be
president in no way means that I shall
quit my work for the institution,”
said Marion in discussing “Polly’s”
election. “We must stand to a man
behind President Krueger. I know
what it means to want and to receive
help from my friends. I guarantee
now to raise $25,000 this coming year
for the Association and I promise
“Polly” to answer every call he makes
on me.”
It seems that every sort of hard
luck in the shape of sickness and ope-
rations that could come to a man
came to Marion during his adminis-
tration as president. Through it all,
however, he always is cheerful and
happy.
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