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. STAFF. E. J. POULTER - - - Editor-in Chief ASSISTANTS.—W. M Walden, W.H. Whisenant, Hal Moseley, C. P. Rodg ers, R. B. Boettcher, C. Harrison, E. Dwyer and T. O. Bullard. R. J. POULTER, . - . Business Manager W. I. BRYAN, - - Assistant “ “ M. JACKMAN, Address all communications to the Business Manager. Vol. 6. College Station, Tex., May-June, ’99. No. 8. Among- the pleasing- reminiscences of the month, in deed of the year, must be recorded our trip to Austin, by invitation of the Governor, to attend a reception gdven by him to the State educational institutions. Governor Sav ers is disposed wisely to cherish that part of his field out of which permanent citizenship is to grow, and we honor him for it. Just as we like to have the farmers, the rail road men, the professional and industrial representatives of our State, call in on us during- the year and investigate the meaning and practicability of our college work, so it is well that the youth in training in our schools should now and then be brought into actual contact with the governmental machinery of our Capital.