THE BATTALION.
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Sewanee; left guard, Newman, of Ten
nessee; right tackle, Bennett, of North
Carolina; left tackle, Hamilton, of
Georgia; right end, Osborne, of North
Carolina; right half-back, Sebles, of
Sewanee; left half-back, Koehler, of
North Carolina; quarter-back, McIn
tosh, of Georgia. The centre and one
end have not yet been chosen.—Ex.
AN OFFER.
EDAL offered by A. M. Hilde-
brandt to the students of the
graduating class in the Agri-cultural
and Horticultural Courses and their al
lied branches at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas, under the
following conditions.
1st. The subject to be competed in
to be the greatest originality in thesis.
2d. The student may select his own
subject for his thesis.
3d. The theses should first be sub
mitted to the proper authority for ac
ceptation.
4th. The theses entered for competi
tion, shall, when accepted by the Col
lege authorities, be submitted to Dr. A.
C. True, Director Experiment Stations,
Washington, D. C., who will select
three judges who shall decide upon the
successful competitor.
The judges shall also have the right
to declare the competiton void, if, in
their judgment, none of the theses pos
sess the elements worthy of special rec
ognition.
(Signed) A. M. HILDEBRANDT,
San Antonio, Texas.
Mr. A. M. Hildebrandt graduated in
1896 as one of the honor men of his
class, First Lieutenant, staff; in 1898
he received his M. S. degree, having
made Horticulture his major study.
Since leavng College he has been con
nected with The Farmer and Stock-
man, of San Antonio, as the Horticul
tural Editor. Mr. Hildebrandt has al
ways shown a marked interest in af
fairs at the College, which is now man
ifested in this liberal offer.
)^e Six Sei,t Novell, of ihe ijeap.
The six best novels of the year 1899,
according to competent judges, are:
1. The Greater Inclination, by Edith
Whorton.
2. David Harum, by Edward N.
Westcott.
3. The Maternity of Harriet Wick-
<en, by Mrs. Dudenry.
. 4. Richard Carvel, by Winston
Churchill.
5. The Market Place, by Harold
Frederick.
6. When Knighthood Was in Flow
er, by Charles Major (Edwin Casko-
den).