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March, led by Captain Newton and Miss Bessie Ross, and the
dance began. The gentlemen were all en regal and the cos
tumes of the ladies were exquisite. All the society folks at
College and Bryan were present and a great many visiting
ladies from different parts of the State; among them were seen:
Miss Wootan of New Orleans; Miss Hill of Hempstead; Miss
Derden of Hillsboro, Miss Mann of Galveston, Misses Stella
Howell of Ennis; Maud Howell of Dallas; Miss Culbreath of
Calvert, Mrs. Smith of Dallas; Miss Trent of Smitjaville; Miss
Pfeuffer of San Antonio; Miss Mclnnis of Austin, Misses
Kendrick of California, Mrs. Hicks of Austin, Miss Polk of
San Antonio, Miss Henderson of Dallas.
The Dallas Trip.
Thursday niglu, October 27th, at ten o’clock the corps of
cadets boarded the special train, placed at their disposal
through the kindness of General Manager Quinlan of the H.
& T. C. Railway, and the trip to the Dallas fair Had begun.
As the train pulled out of the station, the band struck up
Dixie, which was immediately drowned in the multitude of
cheers coming from the throats of 300 lusty lunged cadets.
At 7 o’clock in the morning the train arrived at Dallas and
the corps was immediately marched to the fair grounds where
breakfast was awaiting them. At 9 o’clock a detachment of
cadets gave an exhibition guard mount which was witnessed
by a large crowd and at 5 o’clock in the afternoon the corps
formed in front of the grand stand for dress parade. The
boys spent the rest of the day sight seeing and at 12 o’clock
p. m., the train left Dallas for College. Many complimentary
remarks were made on the military appearance ot the boys
and the familiarity and ease with which they executed the
various evolutions. The trip was a success in every way and
was certainly a great advertisement for the College. The
cadets are under many obligations to Manager Quinlin of the
H. & T. C. Railway, and the Texas Farm and Ranch of
Dallas, through whose efforts they were enabled to attend the
fair.