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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?