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THE BATTALION.
the Mechanical Drawing exhibit, which showed that the A.
& M. student is second to no one in that line. Next door was
the Free Hand Drawing room, decorated under the artistic
hand of Prof. Gideon. The Physics Laboratory was open to
visitors where they could see the wonderful X-Ray machine,
and the other various experiments. The Blacksmith, Car
penter and Turning Lathe Shops are always one of the at
tractions. There the cadets were at work, hammering out
the heated iron and turning out innumerable articles from
their turning lathes. The New Chemical building was next
to be inpsected. This exhibit was perhaps the most inter
esting of all, for the different curiosities of the Veterinary de
partment is a collection rarely seen. We must not forget
the Agricultural and Horticultural display. When the visit
ors had gone through this building, they were convinced
that there was a good deal in scientific farming, after all.
The celebration of the Austin Literary Society was
held in the Assembly Hall at eleven o’clock. After Mr. B.
L. Burst’s welcome address, the Hon. Pat M. Neff, Speaker
of the House of Representatives in Texas, delivered an im
pressive address on the “Trials and Triumphs of Life”. He
said that the key to success was choosing the right profes
sion in life.
The afternoon exeiises were opened with a lecture on
the Russian-Japanese war. This speech needs no praise
from me, for all those who have heard our commandant,
Captain H. H. Sargent speak, know that it was at the highest