6
THE BATTALION.
John Cadell says he has signed
the “mustard” roll, and wants to
know when he will be paid off.
Winkler (trying on his othcer’s
coat):—“What will Edna say this
time?”
Col. Edmonds (inspecting at S.
M. I.): “How long has this dirt
been here?”
Fish: “I don’t know, sir; I
wasn’t here last year.”
Cadet Prather, the clever foot
ball end, was up to see the Ka-
liph’s parade; and someone else
also.
Comdt.—“What are you, an
officer?”
Luckett: “No, sir.”
Comdt: “What are you then.”
Luckett: “A fish.”
Simpson J. asked Col. Foster if
he couldn’t hang the ceiling to a
pulley.
Fish—(speaking to another):—
“Has your captain given five in
line yet?”
Officer:—“Fall out and give this
old man that place.”
New Boy:—“I am as old as he
is.”
Moseley, (speaking to Fitzger
ald): “Fitz, what kind of work
are you going to do?”
Fitz: “I am going to do office
work.”
Moseley: “Yes, with a broom.”
Winkler (bunting for milk
wells): “Professor, where are
the ink wells?”
Bryan W. P. says he will vote
for Clegg to be adjutant next
year.
Abbott wants to know if the
ladies of Bryan made the uni
forms for the cadets.
Clegg says when he entered col
lege he signed the pledge that he
had no deadly firearm in his pos
session.
Branch wants to know what a
boy has got to do before he is put
in that jail back of the Gathright
Hall.
Scherer, (at a dance, rushing
up to a young lady)—“You must
remember, Miss , we have
‘Home, Sweet Home” together.”
Cadet Brazelton has been very
ill for the past week, but we are
all glad to note he is now recov
ering. Dr. Sneed, of Waco, has
been attending him.
Lieut. McGinnis, Sergt. Elrod,
Corp. Oxhen and Cadets David
son and Sneed spent Educational
day at the Dallas fair.
Col. Copeland, one of the prom
inent lawyers of NewYork, deliv
ered a very instructive and inter
esting lecture to the cadets Tues
day, 3.