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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1900)
20 THE BATTALION. Now, my dear boys, I hope you all know That this is in fun And not for a show . “Hurrah! for the purple. Hurrah! for the sold. We are the seniors, Both strong and bold. Blank-e-ty-Blank Is our cry, And victory we gain Whenever we try.” At the next meeting of the Intercol legiate Association, a plan will be submitted to send athletes from all the large western colleges to compete in the great world meet which is to be held in Paris next summer. Only thq,se are to be sent who are winners in the coming intercollegiate meet next June. This incentive will create great rivalry in this meet, and will make it exceptionally interesting. The ex penses of the athletes will be paid part ly by the Western Intercollegiate Ath letic Association, and partly by the colleges represented, each college furnishing funds in proportion to the number of athletes it sends. * “I am not much of a mathemati cian,” said the cigarette, “but I can add to a man’s nervous troubles; I can subtract from her physical energy; I can multiply his aches and pains, and I can divide his mental powers; I can take interest from his work and dis count his chance of success.”—Ex. There are two reasons why some people don’t mind their own business. One reason is that they haven’t any mind; the other is, that they haven’t any business.”—Ex. Make the truth thine own, for truth’s sake.—Whittier. Teacher—“What is the difference be tween a quadruped and a biped?” Pupil—^“Two legs.”—Ex. “No, Fred, I cannot marry you, but I will be—” “Don’t say a ‘sister,’ Annie, please. I’m tired of hearing that.” “No. I was going to say I would be an aunt, as I accepted your Uncle Tom last night.”—Ex. Develop a faculty for work, but he sly about trying to work the faculty.— Ex. * At last the Eastern colleges have recognized Wisconsin as a factor in the football world. Propositions have already been sent out by Yale, Co lumbia and Brown Universities for games next season. The games, if played, will be considered as “regular” games and not as “practice” games. * Pat—“If one of us gets there late, and the other isn’t there, how will he know if the other one has been there and gone, or if he didn’t come yet?” Mike—“I will aisly fix that. If I get there first I’ll make a chalk mark on the sidewalk, and if you get there first you rub it out.”—Ex. 4r The originator of the arithmetic was Add’em.—Ex.
