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THE BATTALION'.
came off when the Hon. J. W. Blake
arose and delivered the Commence
ment Address. Mr. Blake used power-
O. W. MYERS, B. S. in M. E., of Jo
sephine, Texas, entered college January,
1S97. Graduated as First Lieutenant of
Co. “A.”
ful, persuasive and eloquent language;,
his theme being that the tendency of
the times was to the detriment of the
F. KAMP McGINNIS. B. S. in Hort., of
Terrell, Texas, entered college October,
1898. Assistant manager of “Field Day.”'
Graduated as First Lieutenant and Pri
vate Secretary. Austin Society man.
nation. Mr. Blake is an orator of the
not have been made anywhere in the
Lone Star State. After explaining the
cordial esteem sustained" by the Agri
cultural ajid Mechanical College for
the University of Texas,- and stating'
that he regarded the latter as the cap
stone of education in this State, Pres
ident Foster invited Prof. T. U. Taylor
to address the audience. In the course
of his remarks, Pro.f. Taylor expressed'
the University’s cordial reciprocation
of the sentiments expressed by Presi
dent Foster, and stated that he onlY
regretted that President Prather of the
University could not be present upon
this occasion, but that he had been
C. P. ROGERS, B. S. in Hort, of Kyle,
Texas, entered college September, 1898.
Critic Calliopean Literary Society. Grad
uated as Valedictorian and Second Lieu
tenant, Co. “C.”
called to deliver the Commencement
Address at the University of Pennsyl
vania, and was there now in the dis
charge of that duty, in closing, Mr.
Taylor extended a cordial invitation
to the students of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College to visit the
University at their Commencement ex
ercises next week, and that he “would
personally see that each Cadet was
provided with one of the prettiest girls
at the University to swing on his arm.”
President Foster then introduced
Gov. Sayers as one of the most stead-