RIP VAN WINKLE. O! Rip Van Winkle was a lucky man, Rip Van Winkle was a gent. He lived twenty years on another man’s land. And didn’t pay him rent. He never went to A. and M., He knew nut what it was To go to math, and go to chem., And hear professors buzz. He was forever in a coke And in a reverie, And now they say he never spoke Of answering reveille. Lucky man! Now aint that fine? More luck? Weil I should say, He’s never rammed for “shoes not shined” By the officers of the day. He didn’t have to eat the stuff That we have here; but when He got hungry on his bluff He’d breathe some ox-y-gen. O! yes he had a gun, all right, But he didn’t go to drills Nor guard mount, with it polished bright, Nor take salts for all his ills. Wasn’t Rip Van Winkle a lucky man? Didn’t Rip have a cinch? As the words in that old proverb goes, “Better born lucky than rich.” Listen! You hear Kelley speak. Listen again! You hear a gurgling sound. That’s C company laughing. “I bet that you don’t know what’s the matter with my heater,” says Gaston as he chucks some wood in. “Why no, I do not believe I do.” “What is the matter with it?” “All stove up,” says Gaston as he turns on the damper. EN= The boys on Fatty Corrigan’s ta ble say that they wish he would fall in love and lose his appetite. Prof.—“Mr. Cruse, how are the leaves situated on a wheat plant?” Cruse—“I think so, but she didn’t say.” Walker—“This chem. says that bismuth is found in the original state. Now, which state is that? I DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL QINEERING. The department of electrical en gineering of the A. and M. College, although it has only been in ex istence two years, has made re markable progress. Prof. Brown has shown that he means business from the start, and has developed a course that, taken together with the fifth year’s work, is considered the equal of the courses offered by the leading institutions of the country. The first two years’ work is al most identical with that of the Mechanical Engineering course, and the student is instructed in the elements of machines and ma chinery. Here, too, he gets con siderable shop work, and learns the use of tools. He is abo “started off right” with such fund amental subjects as English, His tory, Mathematics, Physics, and Drawing. In the Junior year special work in Electrical Engineering is taken up under the subjects of Electrical Measurements and Electricity and Magnetism. Extended laboratory practice is given in connection with the theoretical instruction. Finally, in the Senior year, Elec trical Machinery and Electrical Specifications are taken up. The practice work of the year is in testing electrical machiner}', and electrical design and specifications. The student is required to draw People on the campus were start led by hearing peel after peel pierce the still atmosphere Thursday after noon. Foster Hall was the place of disturbance. What was the matter? Why nothing at all, only the banana . . , • i ^ . man from Bryan had been on thej wmn g diagrams both for interior and exterior wiring. He is also campus. Gugy—( in military science de scribing the position of a soldier) — But, Captain, all men can’t touch their heels together. Captain—What kind of men can’t, Mr. Gugenheim. Gugy —Bow legged men can’t. And when he saw his mistake Gugy. blushed. Potts says he is downcast because he can’t hear from his girl. He is so blue over it that every time he sits down he makes a “blue print.” Founded 1824 by Jacob Reed JACOB REEDS SONS Philadelphia Makers of Uniforms for Officers of the Army, the Navy and Marine Con s, and for Students of Col leges, Academies and Military Schools. Estimates Furnished required to design several pieces of electrical apparatus, such as gal vanometers, voltmeters, ammeters, dynamos or motors, and trans formers. While the department is fairly well equipped with apparatus, a great deal more could be used to advantage. It is to be hoped that this legislature will appropriate money to purchase more apparatus. Probably the greatest need of the department is a new building. The Physics department has occupied Gathright Hall from time immemo rial, and it would seem almost a sacrilege to have it moved; but, nevertheless, it must be apparent to everyone that more room is needed, now that thq E. E. course has been added. If the same rate of increase of students continues that there has been in the last two years, Gathright Hall will soon not be large enough to accommodate them. It may not be out of place here to state that the successful launch ing of this course is due very largely to the efforts of Prof. Brown, the head of this department. Prot. Brown is an electrical engineer of wide practical experience, and has held important positions in the de partments of physics and electri cal engineering in several large col leges of the country. He is to be congratulated on having two such efficient assistants as Prof. Shaw and Mr. Hill. An E. E. Ssil® 1 li'il H iwiuJ s«;r Biiumi m The City National Bank OF BRYAN, TEXA Capital, Surplus and profits - - $ 75,000 0 Average Deposits _ _ _ 300,000 00 WE SOLICIT YOUR BANKING BUSINESS EDWARD HALL. President A. W. WILKER'SON. Cashier G. S. PARKER, Vice-President R. T. BOYLE, Asst. Cashier STOCK JUDGING CONTEST. Thousands are called but few are chosen to become successful live stock judges. To see and judge every point accurately and to pos sess the clear judgment necessary to balance them is a gift. Great judges and breeders are born, not made; but those who possess a “spark of the divine” have it most quickly kindled into flame in the great insti tutions of agricultural knowledge, where they are brought in touch with animals of all types and breeds, and with other enthusiastic animal husbandry students. On Saturday, Nov. 26, 34 men met in the judging rings at the Interna tional Live Stock Exposition build ings. Iowa, Kansas, Texas, Ontario, Michigan and Ohio were represent ed, each by a team of five men. Minnesota had three representatives present, and one farmer’s son, who had no agricultural college traili ng, elected to contest with the college men. These 34 men were to contest for the beautiful bronze trophies ot tered by tne Union Stock Yards and Transit Co., illustrations of which appeared in the Gazette of Oct. 26 last, and for the $500 in cash prizes offered by a commission firm at the Chicago Stock Yards, Victory meant not merely the winning of prizes; it meant that the ability to win them rested with the victors. Perhaps It),000 students in agricultural colleges were interested in the result of this fifth annual con test. Robert Miller, Stouffville, Out., was superintendent; he gave three classes of cattle—Shorthorn bulls; Hereford heifers and Red Polled heifers; three classes of horses— draft. geldings, Clydesdale mares, and Siiire stallions ; three classes of sheep — Cotswnlds, fat sheep and Shropshires; and two classes of fat hogs, to judge and assign reasons for j udgment. Twenty minutes were allowed the students to place a class of five an imals and give written reasons for such placing, and as each class was finished competent judges of na tional repute placed the animals that the students had passed on, and later corrected the papers. John Robbins, Horace, Ind., tied the cattle classes; R. B. Ogilvie of Chicago the horse classes; Robert Miller Himself placed the Cotswold sheep; William Hamner of Ontario the Shropshire sheep, and John Campbell, Woodville, Ont., the fat sheep. A. J. Lovejoy, Roscoe, 111., tied the ribbons in the hog classes. The work progressed rapidly and without delays, which have marred some of tha former contests. Super intendent Miller deserves credit for the businesslike manner in which the contest was carried out; and the judges who gave so freely of their time and energj^ in placing the classes and correcting the papers displayed that broadminded and helpful spirit so characteristic of American stock breeders—the spirit which is encouraging young men to embark in the live stock business. The Ohio team under Prof. S. C. Plumb’s training won the Spoor trophy, offered for the team of five men doing the best work in judging cattle, sheep, and swine. The Iowa team under Prof. W. J. Rutherford’s instruction won the trophy for the five men doing the best work in judging horses. Instructors whose students were in the contest are thus listed: Prof. (J. S. Plumb of the Ohio State Univer sity, Columbus; Profs. John A. Craig and F. R. Marshall of the Texas Ag ricultural and Mechanical College, College Station; Prof. W. J. Ruther ford, Iowa State College, Ames; Pr«>f. M. Gumming, Ontario Agri cultural College, Guelph; Prof. R. S. Suavv, Michigan Agricultural Col lege, Lansing; Prof. R. J. Kinzer, Kansas Agricultural College, Man hattan, and Prof. Andrew Boss, Min nesota School of Agriculture, St. Anthony Park. The ranking of the individual men who landed in the prize list and the name of the college represented are thus listed : Value Pis. in Place. Name. of prize l,0u0 1— W A. Martin. Ohio..$lt)0 520 2— VV. C. McKillican,On- tario 75 618 3—B Griffin, Ohio 60 6' 0 4—H. E Hanna, Texas. 50 4-8 5—L. Daily. Minnesota.. 45 486 6—W. J. Lennox.Ontario 40 468 7—F. L. Allen, Ohio.... 35 468 8—R. K. Bliss, Iowa.... 30 464 9—C. O. Moser, Texas... 25 458 *10—J. Bowditch, Mich... 20 458 11—P. R. Birch, Kansas . 12 450 12—W. C. Moore, Mich .. 8 446 •*Tied. Tne trophy offered to the college whose five men should do the best work in judging cattle, sheep and swine, the judging being done on the basis of 2,500 points for each team, was won by the University of Ohio, with an aggregate standing of 2,186 points. The Texas Agricultural Col lege stood second with 2,150 points; the Iowa Agricultural College third with 2,135 points; the Ontario Agri cultural College fourth with 2,100 points; the Michigan Agricultural College fifth with 2,032 points; the Kansas Agricultural College sixth with 1,900 points; the University of Minnesota (three men) seventh with 1,178 points, and R. McKee (farmer’s son division) eighth with 280 points. The trophy offered to the college whose five men should do the best work in judging horses fell to the Iowa Agricultural College, whose five men had an aggregate standing of 26 points out of 34 (33 points for reasons and 1 point for correctness of placing). Ontario won second with 20 points; Michigan third with 18 points; Texas and Ohio fourth and fifth with 15 points each; Kansas sixth with 14 points, and Minnesota (three men) 6 points. The Union Stock Yards and Tran sit Co., and the commission firms whose names have been connected with these contests, are stimulating interest in live stock judging.—Breed er’s Gazette. ...IN... PATeriT mEDicijsies DHtJGS, SUNDRIES PERFUMES, SOAPS TOILtET ARTICLES, ETC Gunther’s Delicious A N D EMMEL’S PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY BRYAN, RECIPE WORK ft SPECIALTY 1 EX AS W. A. WATKINS. INSURANCE BRYAN, TEXAS. I sell Life, Accident and Health Insurance and Accident Tickets. Office: Howell Building N. JAMETTA Shoemaker. MAIN STREET Near James’ Drug Store. YOU<31 BUSINESS WYLNTE3) n G0ZYCKI & POLK * HIGHCLASS WORK Reasonable Prices! PICTURES Latest Style and Finish. Mouldings of Every ...Design... KODAK FINISHING AND