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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1900)
6 THE BATTALION. det, L. E. McGee, who has a very re sponsible position with the Spokane Brick and Lime Co., being General Manager thereof. It is indeed grati fying to his many friends to learn that he is doing so well. Let us hear from you once in a while, Lawrence. One of the Xmas fish asked if the College cows were milked by steam. Judge Weinert, of Seguin, Tex., was a recent visitor at the College. The Judge is very favorably impressed with the A. and M., and freely says so. Mr. Weinert is always welcomed at the College, especially by the football team. We are very glad to have Mr. E. M. Reardon, of Dallas, with us once more. “Bob” left us last spring to at tend the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn., and has been there until the holidays. He says: “There is no place like the dear old A. and M. College, and I am glad to be back.” Miss Ruby Melgard, who has been attending Kid Key College, at Sher man, Tex., spent several days at Col lege on her way home. Her many friends were indeed glad to see her, and only hope she will return again at an early date. Second Lieutenant Sherer had quite a difficult task recently trying to find the diagonal of a rectangle having the sides given, and also of finding the quotient of 1000.-10. He has undoubt edly great mathematical abilities, and will surprise us some day. Lineberger (at Chem practice): Professor, how do you boil hydro chloric acid? Prof, (in answer): Mr. Lineberger, how do you boil water? Leonard Fitzgerald is the moral phi losopher of the A. M. C, Prof.: “Mr. Boettcher, name the prin cipal rooffing materials?” Boettcher: “Shingles, boards, cow hides, ’possum hides, hay, straw, old wagon covers, sorghum cane, corn s'alks, potato vines and sometimes old tin cans.” Since Walden and Winkler have been attending the plowman’s meeting they can probably catch Prof. Harring- toids bird again by plowing his gar den, as he said it needed plowing. When Fish Preston got his new' uniform he made a break for the photographer’s, saying: “Julia just has to have one.” Kophal (studying Electricity and Magnetism): I wish I had a maggot here; I would try some of these ex periments. McKain wore an overcoat home so that his girl would think he had on Corporal stripes, like Harris and Thompson. One of the Professors said the rea son Short resigned his rank was be cause his girl went back on him. Mr. J. S. Monroe, of last year’s class, has returned to College to complete his course in Civil Engineering. Prof.: Mr. Burch, what kind of steaks do we get from a beef’s loins? Burch: Beefsteaks. “Fatty” adds one more member to the graduating class, and we are all glad to have him with us. Why does Capt. Walden go over and talk to Sergt. Cavit in the Mess Hall every day? Some one remarked that if he had Moore G. and a hog together in a pen he would take the hog out. What African damsel has charmed both Darlington and Stapp?
