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THE BATTALION.
years of experience, they render
ed the following:
March—“Pilot” Geo. Sherman
Overture— ‘ ‘ Esmeralda ” Herman
Medley— 1 ‘Around the Metropolis” Beyers
This ended the contest for the
morning and a recess was taken
until 1:30 o’clock. At this hour
Carl Beck’s band played a selec
tion, after which the concert was
resumed.
The Fireman’s band of New
Braunfels, C. Waldschmidt direc
tor, was the first on the stand and,
judging from the applause,
pleased the audience with the fol
lowing:
March— 11 Peace Flower ’ ’ Lacalle
Overture—“Manoa” Weissenborn
Selection—“The Desert Flower”
Paul De Ville
The Musical Union band, of
Floresville, was the next. This
band deserves special mention, as
it has among its members several
beautiful girls, whose ages range
from 5 to 15 years, three playing
cornets and one playing bass drum.
The splendid rendition of their
programme promises a great fu
ture for this organization. The
following was their programme,
under the direction of their able
leader, J. W. Dearours:
March—“Smoky Mokes” Holzman
Overture— 11 Encore ” Keefer
Medley—“Everybody’s Favorite”
Qiesman
The last band appearing on the
stage was the Gonzales Military
band, W. A. Schwart director.
They played the following:
March—“Chicago Post’ 1 Brooks
Over ture— 11 Enchantress ” Dabley
Dance— 11 Flirtation ” Dilley
The good work done by the con
testants made it a difficult matter
for the judges to arrive at a decis
ion, but finally they decided on
the following:
First Prize—Eberhardt’s Mili
tary band of Seguin, 82 points.
Second Prize—Lone Star band
of Moulton, 761 points.
Third Prize—A. & M. College
band, 54 points.
Fourth Prize—Fireman’s band
of New Braunfels, 531 points.
Fifth Prize—Gonzales Military
band, 444 points.
Sixth Prize—Floresville Musi
cal Union band, 27 points.
Before this announcement was
made all the bands were drawn up
in front of the stage, and, as
each winner was called out, there
was a flourish by the combined
bands and much applause on the
part of the audience.
At the end of the announce
ment Prof. Beck took a position
on the stage and, under his direc
tion, all bands, including Carl
Beck’s band, played “At a Geor
gia Camp Meeting” and “Whist
ling Rufus.”
THE VISIT TO SAN ANTONIO.
Through the kindness of Presi
dent Foster, whods always glad of
an opportunity to give the stu
dents pleasure and opportunity to
gain valuable knowledge in addi
tion to that afforded by text
books, the entire student body
and most of the faculty were af
forded the pleasure of a visit to
the historic city of San Antonio,
during the San Antonio and In
ternational Fair.
A special train of eight coaches
was ready and waiting for the
jolly passengers. All aboard, and
we were off for a most delightful
excursion, which extended over