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THE BATTALION.
turn their favors. They will appreciate
your patronage. You will find that they
are the leaders in their lines. Go to
them for what you want.
“Minner” Olds knows all about the
throat and diseases thereof. He has
studied physical geography, so he says.
Our College barber does his work well
and does it as cheap as the cheapest.
Get him to cut your hah'; he does it
right, and is in his shop at all hours.
Egg is a diligent filecloser. He puts
corporals, sergeants and lieutenants in
rear rank, and at guard mount he as
sists the adjutant in giving commands.
“Bob” Reardon has become a cat
fancier. He has a very fine, well man
nered specimen in his room, which in the
course of time may be as fat as its
owner.
Martin, R. H., says he doesn’t like
plain uniforms, and wants to know what
stripes cost and where to get them. Ben
jamin says he would like to have a pair
of stripes, too.
Boys, did you know that Neff's laun
dry does the best work? Well, it does,
and Neff will appreciate your patronage.
He’s agent for the “Model,” of Houston.
Give him a try.
Elrod, Shaw, Rust and Dross have
formed a water “trust.” They stay in
bed and trust to providence that some
one will bring a bucket of water, so they
can bathe their faces when they get up.
Mr. Garbade wanted to know why it
was that beer made some people fat and
had no effect on others. Professor said
that, judging from Mr. G.’s question, he
must have been trying to get fat. We
wish we had been with “Dutch” when
•he tried the experiment.
Fish sentinel (knocking on door of
stove closet in Foster hall) : “If the oc
cupants of this room do not open this
door I’ll keep them awake and worry
them until they do open up and report.”
Professor: “Mr. Rhone, the words
‘and’ and ‘but’ are used very often in the
Bible, are they not?” Mr. Rhone: T
haven’t the faintest idea, sir.”
OUR FOOTBALL TEAM.
The football season opened this year
with a great deal of enthusiasm among
the corps and candidates. The extremely
hot weather has interfered with our
practice very much, though the team
bids fair to be equal to the record of
last year.
Among the old men we are glad to
have with us are Mosley, Schultz, Wein-
art, Thrower, Brown, McGinnis and
Boettcher.
The incoming class brought a number
of good men, who are trying for a place
on the team.
We all bid Coach Murray a hearty
welcome, and hope that he will be as
successful as he was last season.
With the opening of the College the
attention of the students is again cen
tered upon the football field, and the
question most frequently debated is what
kind of a team are we going to 1 have?
At this stage A. and M.’s prospects are
beyond a hazard. Of one thing we are
assured, and that is that the prospects
for a great team are not the most bril
liant that have ever been encountered.
We start practice with but a small nu
cleus for an eleven. Many of last year’s
team failed to return, and, what is again