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fense. Au argument used against her is that it is a Godless
school. Now we who know so wel 1 should stamp this
statement as untrue wherever met. We have prayers every
morning, a Sunday school, and service twice on Sunday.
C. S. Graves, ’82, of Porfirio Diaz, Mexico; S. A. Hare,
\S2, of Sherman; Dr. R. S. Lipscomb, of Grapevine; Dave
Rice, ’82, of Houston; Robert Sawyer, , 82, of Clarendon;
Aaron Talbot, ’82, of Calvert; D. H. Watson, ’82, of Bren-
ham ; R. H. Rogers, ’78, of Galveston; M, L. Chambers, ’71),
of Fort Worth; Dr. H. G. Smythe, ’71), of Bryan; D. Camp
bell, ’71), of Pecos City; J. H. Haden, ’71), of Blooming
Grove; Rev. Malcolm Black, of Sylvania, Ark.
H. J. Miller, ’87, of Belleville, lent the happy charm of
his presence to our meeting, and under protest was unani
mously elected a member of our Executive Committee. He
is a brother of that live real estate agent and hearty sup
porter of the college, ('. S. Miller, of Ballinger.
The staunch and warm friends of the college, Colonel
T. H. Franklin, ’76, and E. B. Cushing, '77, resident engineer
of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, were present
and added much to the pleasure of their friends. Colonel
Franklin is widely known over the State for his courtly
manners and elegant conversation and military renown.
He assisted Mr. Cushing in organizing the Alpha Phi So
ciety of ex-cadets, which is intended to foster the friend
ships of our youth, to advance the interests of our alma
mater, and to give opportunity for forming acquaintance
and friendship among the widely separated classes. Mr.
Cushing responded to a toast at the banquet in which he
covered himself with glory by appealing to the audience
with the eloquence of facts. As all cadets of ’77 know
Cushing both by his name and physical appearance gave
the origin to the word Cush. Cushing, Franklin and R. P.
Bowen of New Orleans, are highly prized by their com
rades, and as a mark of this high esteem theirs were
among the first names to be enrolled as honorary members
of the Alumni Association.
Mr. Cushing has more Alumni working for him than any
man in tin* State.
Among others present were: A. M. Rhodes, Henry
Rhodes, Dr. George Tabor and John Tabor, all of Bryan.
No sooner had the three fat men. John Tabor, Cushing and
Franklin, met than a flow of pleasant joking and a spinning
of college yarns was started.