THE BATTALION.
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Sergeant Tanner, ’01, is getting out
a “Battalion” of his own, issued week
ly. Ask him who is his subscriber. We
have succeeeded in establishng the fact
that the personage lives in Columbus,
Tex.
We are sorry to state that Cadet
Weinert has gone home on account of
sickness. He is not likely to return
to College this session, and his many
friends are sorry to see him leave.
The “Foster Guards” are putting up
a fine drill. They’ll soon be the
“cracks.” That bayonet exercise under
Capt. Japhet is O. K. Just like clock
work. Stick to it, boys.
We are glad to learn that Cadet Boe
der, who has recently resigned from
College, has secured a splendid position
with a Houston land and railroad com
pany. He is now doing drafting work.
Prof, (on examination): “What is
the atmosphere?”
Fourth Classman: “The atmosphere
is a mass of air and looks blue but it
is) not.”
We would like to know what is the
trouble with Sergeant Elrod. He blind
folds himself every night before he goes
to bed.
Here is au experiment from Tilson’s
“Popular Lessons in Chemistry” that
has been attracting considerable at
tention in the Laboratory. It has
been found that potassium iodide and
sulphur, under slight pressure, com
bine in a very interesting manner:
KI X 2S=KISS
The experiment is rather a danger
ous one, as the “re”-action is some
times quite violent. Hence it should
be attempted in the absence of light,
and where only a very few persons
(usually two) are present.—Ex.
There is a strong movement on foot
to organize a “Glee Club.” We hope it
will be successful. Particulars later.
Kophal says any two angles having
their exterior sides in the same
straight line are supernumerary.
Doyle (referring to football sweat
ers ): The boys sure wear loud shirts
down here.
Bushong (having come back safely
from Bryan) says:“I saw a negro in
Bryan.”
Scherer says he is teaching all these
young ladies around here how to flirt.
It’s about time for Shaw to go home
to see “Julie,” don’t you think?
Ask Shaw if No. 24 Ross isn’t a “jo-
nah,” and whose turn is next?
Maxie Kahn says a cow has eight
front teeth in the upper jaw.
Ask Walden what attraction there
is at the train for him.
Ask Garlade, ’01, what “B. A.” after
a man’s name signifies.
How did Dr. Francis find out that
Walden was in love?
Who is Napoleon III with his Rough
Riding hat?
The Merchant of Venice. Two Gen
tlemen of Verona and Romeo and
Juliet went to see the Merry Wives of
Windsor at the court of KingJohn on
Twelfth Night. After making Much
Ado About Nothing they received
Measure for Measure in A Winter’s
Tale of the Taming of the Shrew, told
As You Like It, by Julius Caesar. Per
icles declared that in a Midsummer’s
Night Dream he saw Macbeth, King
Le ir and Anthony and Cleopatra and
all Love’s Labor Lost upon Othello.
But All’s Well That Ends Well and
Cymbeline restored Hamlet to reason
in a Tempest of words with Timon of
Athens and Titus Andronicus.—Ex.