THE BATTALION.
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â– word and deed. This College sends
you out with a mission to the people
of Texas, not to be delivered in words,
but enacted by honest toil and
wrought in chivalrous deeds that shall
stand a living monument to the char
acter of the instruction you have here
received. And may that monument
forever stand, a mighty lighthouse at
sea against whose base the fierce tem
pests of time shall flash in vain. You
go forth from this institution with my
heartfelt sympathy, with my best
wishes and with my prayers.
“If I have committed any act, in
words or deeds, that was not worthy
of your emulation, I trust that you will
pardon it, and I hope that in the fu
ture you will remember the Faculty
and myself only as those who have
striven to perform such service as
would best subserve your interests.”
Col. Foster then made a few remarks
concerning the Summer School and
Summer Normal, which will open here
next Monday, June 3 8. and stated that
those students who wished to remain
to take advantage of these schools
would be provided with the usual ac
commodation in the dormitories.
The Hon. Marion Sansom, of Alva
rado, President of the Board of Direc
tors, then conferred degrees upon the
Graduating Class. The name and sub
ject of thesis are:
Agricultural Course.
J. Lewis, McKinney; J. D. Thrower,
Mayhew, Miss.; “The Study of the
Posterior Aorta.”
A. K. Short, Decatur; Wm. Walden,
Dickinson; “The Relative Feeding
Values of Some Common Grains for
Calves.”
A Winkler, The Grove; “Feeding
Values of Some Texas Hays for Work
Stock.”
Civil Engineering Course.
S. R. Bierring, Hitchcock; “The De
sign of a Six Panel Through R. R.
Bridge.”
T. C. Bittle, Jr., College Station, B,
P. Melgaard, Brazoria; “Plans for Im
proving the Campus Roads and
Walks.”
J. D. Carter, Kingston; S. H. Simp
son, Hallettsville; “The Relative
Strength of Concretes Made with
Broken Stone and Rounded Pebbles.”
T. H. Clement, Jr., Port Lavaca;
Cary Hutson, College Station; “Effect
of Fineness of Sand Grains upon the
Strength of Cement Mortars.”
C. W. Luhrsen, Stratton; J. S. Mon
roe, Rio Grande City: “A Spur Track
to Connect the A. & M. College with
the H. & T. C. R’y.”
O. M. Simpson, Jacksboro; “The
Preservation of Building Materials.”
Horticultural Course.
M. S. Kahn, Hallettsville; C. P. Rog
ers, Kyle; “The Sugar Cane Industry.”
F. K. McGinnis, Terrell; “Poleniza-
tion of the Peach.”
Mechanical Engineering Course.”
J. E. Abrahams, New Braunfels; H.
Faust, New Braunfels; “The Westing-
house Air Brake.”
W. I. Bryan, Chambersville; “The
Indicator.”
W. A. Buhler, Victoria; “Lubri
cants.”
R. B. Boettcher, Weimar; 0. W. My
ers, Josephine, “The Design of a Gym
nasium and Natatorium for the A. &
M. College.”
Leonard Fitzgerald, Houston; “The
Manufacture and Distribution of Illu
minating Gas.”
T. W. Griffiths, Jr., Dallas; “Evolu
tion of the Modern Planer and Sizer.”
Hal Moseley, Dallas; “Economy in
the Use of the Gas Engine.”
B. G. Scherer, Anahuac; “The Man
ufacturer of Iron and Steel from the
Ore.”