THE BATTALION Entered at the College .Station Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter. Published Monthly by the Austin and Galliopean Literary Societies of the A. & M College. SUBSCRIPTION—$1.00 IN ADVANCE. SINGLE COPY 15c. o i A. M. SLOSS, ’99 - - - Editor-in-Chief. ASSISTANTS.—W. H. WMsenant, A C. Bland, J. S. Spiller, W. Saunders, -E. Martin, W. F. Dwyer. W. B PHILPOT - ■ - - Alumni Editor. R. J. POULTER, ... Business Manager. W. J. BRYAN, - - Assistant “ “ M. JACKMAN, Address all cornmnnicatioins to the Bnsine-s Manager. Voe. 6. Coeeege Station, Tex., Dec., 1898. No. 3. SHAKESPEARE’S CONCEPTION OF OCTAVIUS C/ESAR AS PORTRAYED IN HIS “ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.” R. J. P. When we examine the characters in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, the character of Octavius Caisar presents itself at once as that of a man deserving- attention