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THE BATTALION.
Make a note of this, and if you intend to be present, write to
Mr. F. E. Giiesecke, at College, by May 20, and enclose postoffice
order for two dollars, the amount of the banquet fee.
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We take pleasure in calling special attention to the excerpt
from an address by Dr. Bittle, printed elsewhere in this maga
zine.
No thoughtful person can read it, without deriving both
pleasure and profit therefrom, while it will prove especially in
teresting to those who care to have a proper conception of the
great work being done at this college in the cause of education.
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Strenuous efforts are being put forth, at no little cost, to ob
tain the correct addresses of all who have at any time attended
the A. & M. college.
Through the courtesy of the college literary societies, this
issue of The Battalion was placed at the disposal of the Alphl
Phi fraternity, and two thousand copies have been published
and distributed in this effort to locate ex-students and to in
form them of our plans. All ex-cadets to whose notice this
may come are invited to fill out blank application for member
ship, published on last page, and send to the fraternity adju
tant, Mr. E. W. Hutchinson of Houston, Texas.
If you are not inclined to join the fraternity, at least ac
knowledge receipt of this copy of The Battalion, and in doing
so, inform us of your correct address.
A complete list of the names of all who have at any time at
tended this college, has been carefully compiled from the col
lege records, and correct addresses will be added as rapidly
as possible.
The man who has no love for his Alma Mater, and who has
no desire to renew the associations of student days, must be
classed as an abnormal creature—unless he was a disreputable
character and left in bad odor.
The day has come when the Alumni and ex-students of this
college, by united effort, may prove powerful factors in pro
moting the increased usefulness and greater prosperity of this
institution. The Alumni association and the Alpha Phi fra
ternity are now thoroughly organized and are rapidly growing