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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1904)
DON’T BUTT IN! But Step In.. WHEN IN TOW N WE GARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF MEN’S FURNISHING GOODS HATS AND SHOES Including drill shirts, campaign hats,white gloves, sweaters, mackintoshes, umbrellas, suit cases, leather bags, watch fobs, A. & M. baggage check fobs, rubber boots and shoes, neckwear, under wear, hosiery, etc., etc. iHT Agents for STACY ADAMS & COMPANY’S FINE SHOES $5.00 and $6.00— JUST WRIGHT SHOES, The finest $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes on the market—none excepted. Q I ! To show our appreciation of the College Jr V ' /V ' / - LCA '- L * trade we offer during the month of Octo ber and until further notice to every Cadet a special Discount of Ton per cent on all cash purchases. Stop with us when in town. We take pleasure in taking care of your grips and packages.^ *T GIVE. US YOUR "TRADE. HUNTER & CHATHAM Men’s Furnishers. Local JVet&s A nice line of stationery at M. H. James’. 2 Mrs. Lomax came to College last Tuesday. For watch and jewelry work go to Caldwell’s. 4 Mr. Sam Harlan and family have moved back to Austin. Miss May Hopkins has returned to Austin where she is attending the State University. Mr. and Mrs. Drummond have re cently moved from Bryan and are now on the campus. Mrs. A. F. Conradi has returned from a visit to her parents in Dur ham, New Hampshire. Prof. E. J. Kyle and Mr. J. W. Carson left Wednesday night for Tyler to attend the Truck Growers Association. John M. Caldwell for watches, clocks and jewelry. 4 Mrs. Hodges of Houston is visiting Mrs. Neibert this week. Mr. Jerome Harrison, ’02, left a few weeks ago for Boston where he t-akes up studies in the Massachu setts School of Technology. Mr. Tom Batte, ’02, has become a student of Cornell University. When you want sonriething sweet get a box of Lowny’s candy. M. H. James. 2 Miss Helen Bittle is in San Anto nio, where she expects to spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. Todd, and also attend Mrs. Mulholland’s School. Mr. Tom Fountain, ’01, has gone back to Ithaca to finish in Cornell University this year, and Mr. Sam Fountain, ’01, has gone to Illinois to take up advanced work in architec ture. INI The First National Bank OF BRYAN, TEXAS # @ CAPITAL 3100,000 oo SURPLUS 20,000 00 PROFITS, NET - 25,000 00 DEPOSITS - 400,000 oO J. W- HOWELL - President H. O. BOATWRIGHT GUY M. BRYAN JR. j- Vice Presidents L. L. McINNIS Cashier F. M. LAW JR Assistant Cashier We solicit your business. Our Bank Money Orders are the cheapest and safest way to send money through the mail. —— Candidate for admission: “Profes sor, I would like very much to get in without examination.” Miss Virginia Watkins and Mr. William Watkins, Were visiting on the campus a few evenings ago. Mrs. J. C. Nagle entertained the Children’s Club on Friday Septem ber 30th, a most delightful little af fair. A fish wants to know what the captain says “slide out” for when the companies are marching out of the mess hall. Professors W. C. Martin and R. T. Smith attended a reception last Wednesday night given by Miss Jennie Howell. They report a very pleasant time. Chief Hattom: Say, “fish,” which hall are you going to put that rug in? Fish : I am not going to put it in any hall at all, but intend to put it in my room on the floor. Professor of mathematics: “Are you a graduate of any high school?” Candidate: Yes, I have a diplo ma from the Apache High School, but that school is not afflicted with this college.” Prof, and Mrs. Sanderson are to take up their residence in Durham, New Hampshire, this year. Prof. Sanderson is to be at the head of the Entomological department of the New Hampshire Agricultural Col lege. Mrs. E. P. Turner of Dallas, Pres ident of the State Federation of Woman’s Clubs, was a guest this week of the “M. I. C.” of Bryan. On Wednesday Mrs. Howell and Mrs. Henderson brought their guest to College, where they were enter tained by Mrs. Harrison. They af terwards made a brief tour of inspec tion of the College. Postal cards have been received by the friends of Mr. G. H. Pape, ’04, from Berlin, Germany, and other places on the continent. He is to go to South Africa this year and there superintend the planting of cotton for the German government. The Entomological department has temporarily lost another one of its instructors. Louis H. Scholl has gone to spend six months at the Ohio State University will take up special tinue the study of entomology^^ J. A. Lomax, B. A. ’97, sometime Registrar for the University, was married on June the 9th 1904 to Miss Bess B. Brown of class ’07. They live at College Station where Mr. Lomax teaches English at the A. and M.—The Texan. Yes,“Varsity,”we have Mr. Lomax and don’t you dare to look like you want him back. If you do you will have the whole A. and M. crowd on you at once. ALUMNI PERSONALS. Mrs. J. A. Baker and family have moved to San Antonio. The College has 500 graduates. Of that number 470 are living. Miss Emma Fountain has re sumed her studies at the College. R. B. Boettcher, ’00, has returned to College to take graduate work. Prof. P. B. Bittle, ’96, of Hender son, spent the summer at College. R. M. Brown, ’01, has returned to College to pursue a graduate course. W. J. Walden, ’00, is chemist for the T. & N. O. Railway at Houston. S. J. Fountain, ’01, is attending the University of Illinois architectural course. G. L. Sneed, ’98, has gone to New York City to attend a theological college. Prof.-W. A. Bittle, ’94, of Wash ington, La., visited his parents dur ing the summer at College. Connor and J. C. Burns, both of 1904, have accepted work with the experiment station at this place. C. A. Thanheiser, ’01, was recently made division engineer of the South ern Pacific Railway at Houston. T. L. Fountain, ’01, has returned /to Cornell University, where he graduates in civil engineering this June. Dr. W. E. Crow, ’98, is a lecturer in the medical department of Baylor University. This department is lo cated at Dallas. C. R. Rice, ’02, for some time an electrician at Pocatello, Idaho, has entered the school of mines of the University of Michigan. Jerome Harrison, ’02, has entered the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology of Boston, and is taking a course in architecture. T-^. ^2 3 'THE. IaEJYDING DRUGGIST, We carry a nice line of Stationery and Toilet Articles. Pipea and smokers’ articles. Agent for R Q W NY’© O A. INDY. CALL AND SEE OUR STOCK. M. H. JAMES Lieut. C. C. Todd is professor of mathematics and military science at Peacock’s School, San Antonio. J. W. Benjamin is here taking a post graduate course in civil engi neering. T. R. Batte, ’02, formerly with the Gold & Platinum Mines Co. of Suf- ai, Ariz., has entered the civil engi neering department of Cornell Uni versity. C. O. Moser, ’04, is in St. Louis with a drove of T. W. Harding’s fine stock. Mr. Harding is one of the greatest importers and breeders of short-horn cattle. Thos. W. Blake has a good posi tion in the Huntsville penitentiary. J. W. Carter is working as drafts man for a company in Indian Terri tory. T. P. Clonts is working at Kirby- ville, Jasper county. Thos. D. Cobbs is studying law at the University. Mr. F. R. Holzman, ’02, has sent messages to his college friends from Germany, Italy and Egypt. He is to study the cotton plant and its cul tivation in Benisuef, I. A. Cottingham, ’86, formerly di vision engineer of the Southern Pa cific Railway at El Paso, has been made engineer of maintenance of way of the H. & T. C. Railway, Houston. Prof. F. E. Giesecke, ’86, has re turned to College, after a year’s leave of absence granted him last fall to attend the Massachusetts In stitute of Technology, Boston. Prof. Giesecke took his degree in structur al architecture. Jerome Cochran is taking a post graduate course in civil engineer ing. The last account of A. F. Dahme was that he had gone off with the World’s Fair. R. H. Glass is working for Cun ningham at Sugar Land in the sugar refining business. R. S. Davenport is working on a stock ranch near Palestine. John E. Hill is again in the A. & M. taking a course in electrical en gineering. B. E. Hull is working as draughts man in New Orleans for the South ern Pacific. J. C. Burns of the class ’04 and H. E. Hanna of ’05 spent the summer at Wayne, 111. They were in the employment of Dunham, Fletcher & Coleman, who are importers and breeders of Belgian and French coach horses. E. B. Cushing, ’80, formerly chief engineer of the Southern Pacific Railway, has been promoted to the position of general superintendent of the Morgan lines in Louisiana. His headquarters are New Orleans. Mr. | Cushing has given positions to many A. & M. boys. Ralph Dunn spent the summer in Waukegan, 111. While there he was in the employment of the North Shore Goss Company. Mr. Dunn did not find his superintendent con genial, so lie returned -to the “Old- College” and took a job in the steam plant. It will be learned with pleasure by the friends of Mr. J. J. Hooper that the show herd of Jersey cattle, that he prepared and took to the St. Louis fair recently, made a most excellent showing there, winning eleven prizes including the reserve grand champi onship) of the show. Mr. Hooper is a graduate of our old A. & M., and is now a post graduate of the Iowa Agricultural College, but has spent the summer preparing the very fine Jersey show herd of Mr. George W. Vanderbilt, who owns the renowned Biltmore Farms of Biltmore, N. C. Comments and Clippings. All of our old exchanges are anxiously looked for by us and we hope that this year many new ones may be added to our list. The excellence of theliterai’y work and the neatness in appearance of the magazine show that the staff of the Baylor Literary was not ap pointed at random. Kansas State Agricultural College is well represented on our table by the Jay Hawker and the Student Herald. HOW TO KILT-i A SCHOOL PAPER. 1. Do not subscribe. Borrow your classmate’s paper—just be a sponge. 2. Look up the advertisers and trade with the other fellow—be a chump. 3. Never hand in a news item and criticise everything in the paper—be a coxcomb. 4. If you are a member of the staff, play tennis or society when you ought to be attending to busi ness—be a shirk. 5. Tell your neighbor that you can get Frank Merriwell’s for less money—be a squeeze. 6. If you can’t hustle and make the paper a success—be a corpse.' —Exchange. Get the idea? —The Baylor Literary. Last Year’s Seniors. E. S. Altgeld is in the senior class at the Uuiversity. A. N. Aguayo is in Mexico work ing for a civil engineering party. C. L. Bernay is working with an engineering party at Temple. \V. E. Japhet has been spending the summer with relatives in New York. W. W. Lillard is working in Beaumont. J. W. Maxwell is taking a post graduate course here. C. E. Maedgen is working on a stock ranch up north. Robt. W. Meek, we understand, is at work in Mexico. G. H. Pape is working in South Africa. J. E. Price is working in the audi tor’s office of the Southern Pacific in Houston. W. E. Stapp is working in Hous ton. T. C. Tarver is working for an en- gTueeniig party al TUifbyvine. From the above list it can be seen that the graduates from the A. & M. College are in demand. System of Offenses with Their Demerits. In order that the Cadets may have an understanding of the degree of criminality attached to certain of fenses, the following classification from the commandant’s office is hereby printed. This list includes some of the principal offenses, for which demerits are given: Two Demerit Offenses—Failing to salute President, Commandant, Pro fessor or Assistant Professor, as re quired by regulations. Inattention or trifling in ranks. Gazing about in ranks. Shoes not properly blacked at in spection or guard mounting. Not reporting return from fur lough . Answering name improperly or counting improperly in ranks. Allowing Cadet to report to him as sentinel.unnecessarily loud. Remaining out of room during call to quarters. Room dirty or disorderly at in spection. Playing a musical instrument dur ing study hours. Shouting, yelling or creating noise during study hours. Sleeping in chapel. Shoving in ranks. Not removing wash from laundry. Loitering in halls of main building during call to quarters. Failing to return books to library. No gloves at inspection, guard mounting or drill. Orderly name not posted. No hours of recitation posted at inspection. Sentinel not standing at attention when President, Commandant or Of ficer of the Day comes in his post. FOUR DEMERIT OFFEXSES. Absent any recitation or any for mation. Throwing in mess hall (second of fense 6 demerits). Sentinel sitting down on post. Over staying period when excused. Talking to Cadet, who reported him, about report. Visiting during study hours or af ter taps. In each edition a number of of fenses with their penalties will be published.