THE BATTALION.
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Sonin of them will be published in every
issue, which will be quite an interesting
item. We wish him success.
Cadet Corp. Dirr, who fell from a win
dow in Hoss Hall, is in Buffalo, N. Y.,
under medical treatment.
Mr. Marshall, the traveling photograp-
lier, is at the College, doing photographic
work for the next catalogue.
Miss Clark, who has been visiting
Miss Ada Lee Polk, passed through Col
lege on the 17th, on her way home.
The fourth formal meeting of the
Texas Academy of scienee met at the
-College the 16th. The following were
present:
The Calliopean society will hold its
monthly special meeting on Saturday
night January 20, 1894. Everybody
cordially invited.
Dr. Rutherford of Houston and Dr.
Harrington of Abilene were at the Col
lege attending Mrs. Harrington during
her illness.
Misses Mary .'and Fannie McQueen,
accompanied by Messrs Jack Roberts
and Morris, paid the College a short visit
on the Cth.
Misses Shepard, Lessie McConnico and
May Webb were recent visitors of the
College. The cadets are a!way pleased
to see the young ladies and we hope they
will come again soon.
Photographs of the students at work in
the different departments, of the build
ings, and several Battalion formations
will make a valuable addition to our
annual catalogue.
Cadet Sewell, amateur photographer,
room No. —, Ross Hall, has secured the
loan of a “level” and will do sample
work free of charge. See his photograph
of the peddler if you doubt Iris ability
as an artist.
E. E. Dumble, A. M.Mcfarlane, L. B.
Halstead, J. C. Nagle, D. Cerna, R. B.
Halley, C. L. Edwards, Charles Puryear.
H. H. Harrington, W. H. von Streeru-
witz and G. W. Pierce. After successful
ly carrying out the programme the meet
ing adjourned.
M I SOIL I, I, A X Y.
R Comedy of Errors.
Lansing Journal.
A Lansing lady, « ho has relatives in
Detroit, received a rather unique Christ
mas present yesterday. Last Saturday
her sister in Detroit prepared a Christmas
package for her and left it in the hall
way, while she went driving. During
her absence the tailor sent home a new
pair of trousers for her husband, and the
servant deposited the box containing the
garment beside the Christmas box. Up
on returning from the driving the hus
band seized one of the packages, which
he addressed and forwarded to his Lans
ing relative. When lie went home to
tea he discovered that he had sent his
Christmas trousers, while the package of
Christmas things still reemained un
claimed in the hallway. Rushing off to
the express office, he had the ajient wire
the Lansing agent to return a package
sent on a certain train addressed to a
Lansing lady. The only package so ad
dressed was accordingly returned to
Detroit, but it subsequently developed
that the trousers were sent on a later
train, and that the joung man had been
ft