WILL HAVE AN ATHLETIC FIELD.
A meeting of the corps was held
in the chapel Monday night, the
purpose being to decide upon the
immediate construction of the ath
letic field, for which we gave our
trust funds some months ago. Mr.
Church acted as chairman of the
meeting. Professor Kyle, Dr. Lan-
ham and Professor Potts attended
the meeting, all making interest
ing and encouraging speeches.
Dr. Lanham was the first to speak.
He staled the financial conditions
of the athletic association, what
a little expense it would be to erect
an athletic field and what an ad
vantage the field would be to this
institution.
Prof. Kyle, president of the as
sociation, was next to speak, his
subject being the excellent pros
pects we have for a winning base
ball team the coming season. He
also spoke of prospective trips for
the team during the spring.
Prof. Potts, though small in
stature, made such an encouraging
talk, that had he been out of sight
instead of on the platform, oue
might have supposed him to be a
giant in stature as well as in
spirit. His subject was mostly
about next year’s football season,
he having been chosen by the fac
ulty to succeed Prof. Johnson, who
resigned as manager of that branch
of athletics.
Several of the cadets made
speeches. Capt. Hanna spoke of
the team he expected to lead this
spring. Messrs. Price W. A.,
Street, Born, Reese G. L., and
Burns H. E., made speeches in
which they expressed the general
opinion of the corps. Hackney
was the last of the students to
speak, and after a few additional
words from Dr. Lanham and Prof.
Kyle, the meeting came to a close.
All the corps seems to have the
proper spirit and expect to keep it.
The athletic field will be fin
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THE BOHEE DANCE.
One Saturday night not long ago
several cadets, accompanied by
some five or six instructors, strolled
down the row and out by the apiary
over to the Bohemian hall to watch
and engage in the dance.
A great many of the cadets se
cured partners very easily and
were soon enjoying themselves very
much tripping the fantastic toe with
the fair Bohemian young ladies.
The instructors were not so success
ful. One or two of them tried very
persistently but finally gave it up as
a bad job and at last decided to act
as wall flowers—hoping to have bet
ter success next time.
Everything moved on smoothly
and pleasantly and all seemed to be
enjoying themselves very much.
Time passed swiftly; the bugle had
sounded the last note and all had
gone to test for the night at A. & M.
The cadets, in gray uniforms, gli
ded smoothly o’er the floor—all was
merriment and joy. But hush!
Look yonder! See the officer of the
day with his sword, and the major
with him. Ah. there was hurrying
to the windows and doors, and out
of them. All made their escape
successfully except one lieutenant
who was too busily engaged to get
out in time and ran right into the
arms of the officer of the day. Then
was the time this lieutenant put up
the best pleading that he had ever
done in his life. His words were as
follows: “Please do not report me
this time; just let me go and I will
get to my room as fast as I can. I
know you will ; you do not wish to
report me and have me sent away
from school in disgrace. I would
not care so much for my own sake,
but there is one far away in the
town of Wortham whose heart will
be broken by this night’s work. Her
eyes are as bright as gold dust; her
teeth are as white as snow, and just
so sweet and lovely that I am sure
you would like to know her.” After
pleading in vain along this line with
the officer, he set about upon new
tactics. “I will tell you what you
do,” said the lieutenant; “just dep
utise me and I will catch every
cadet and instructor who has been
here to-night.” There was great
rejoicing in the heart of the lieuten
ant when he finally found out that
the officers, too, had come to enjoy
the dance. Between that time and
day a large crowd of seniors and
under classmen strolled into the
barracks, and the lieutenant lay
down to dream of the girl with
“eyes like gold dust and teeth as
white as snow.” And while he was
not appointed as a deputy on this
occasion, he will be known here
after as “Deputy.”
C. E. THESES.
The senior C. E.’s have got down
to work in earnest on their theses.
From now until June every spare
moment will be put in on thesis
work. Mr. Merriman’s book will be
searched diligently for data. The
following is a list of the civil engi
neers and the thesis of each :
Abney and Oliver: A Line for an
Electric Railway between College
Station and Bryan.
Durst, Ehlers, Leary and Pendle
ton : Designs tor Pratt Trusses of
Railroad Bridges.
Forsgard and Wilson: The De'sign
for aNatatorium BuildingatCollege
Station.
Garza: The Design for a Water
Works System ior Brownsville.
Farmer and Marburger: The De
sign for a Storage Tank for College
Station.
Webb: The Design for an Athletic
Field, including Bleachers and Nec
essary Buildings.
A meeting of the junior class was
held last Thursday night to formu
late plans for their banquet, to be
held February 21. This is a sure
thing, and it is the intention of the
promoters to make it a good thing.
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THE SUL ROSS SOCIETY.
According to plans an open meet
ing of the Society was held in the
form of a court proceedure Satur
day night. From all appearances
it was a success. The hall was
full some time before the time for
beginning and still they came,
finally taking up all the standing
room. Every one in speaking of
the meeting said they enjoyed it
more than they had anticipated.
It showed that the men who were
behind it were determined that
something would be done.
The president called the house
to order, announced the spirit of
the open meeting, and said he
would now turn the meeting over
to Judge Gleason. The Judge
then came in with his law book
and papers. He was dressed like
a typical county judge. He called
for the accused who was immedi
ately brought in by Sheriff Rol
lins. Uncle Tom appeared as an
old negro, black as tar, with white
hair. This part was well repre
sented.
The attorneys were Forsgard
and Ramsay for state, Reese and
Baines for the defendant. The at
torneys appeared as young law
yers just from the law school with
their broadcloth coats and nose
glasses. Every one of them made
a creditable speech and nothing
but a bright future can be pre
dicted for them. Especially did
the lawyers for the defendant
make good talks and their argu
ment fell not on deaf ears, for
when thejurors went off and re
turned with the verdict they said
“Not guilty.”
The witnesses were all good in
their parts. They showed great
tact on being questioned and
brought out many funny parts of
the trial. They were not made to
contradict themselves. It was a
boon to the new society.
On account of the entertainment
in the chapel next Saturday night
to be given by the Glee Club no
program is to be carried out. One
has been arranged for the follow
ing time for meeting and will be
published in the next issue.
THE TRACK TEAM.
The season for track team work is
now at hand, and a word in regard
to same is not amiss.
If you know an athletic fellow
when you see one, ]ust a glance over
the corps will convince you that a
magnificent team of sprinters, dis
tance men, jumpers, and weight
men can be picked from the present
student body.
We have the necessary material
right here on the campus, but the
most important thing now to be
done is to get this material out on
the track and make them train.
Most of you may object for the
reason that “I can’t do anything on
the track,” but that is not the spirit
that builds a school and wins for it
medals in athletic contests.
There is a very good track around
the football gridiron that can be
used in dry. weather, and a good
gravel walk around the campus for
wet weatf er, on which any cadet
may run, day or night. If you don’t
like to get out before the older men
and “make a fool of yourself,” try
running between tattoo and taps until
you get your “ wind,” and then you
will be able to take part iu the trial
meets at which will be selected the
members of the A. & M. track team.
Unless he has tried himself al
ready, there is not an able-bodied
cadet here who knows his real
ability; and having ability for a
good track man is not worth one cent
if that ability is not trained. By
hard training a man of ordinary
power can do himself honor, not
only at our class field day, but at
Austin in the State meet. This ap
peals to every member of this stu
dent body, but particularly to the
freshmen and sophomores who have
not tried themselves yet.
Let every class have a full repre
sentative body of athletes out on the
field on the opening day. Pick out
your best men and then train them.
One well trained man will do more
than five poorly trained men. If this
advice is taken, then there is no
doubt that A. & M. will give Varsity
a harder race for first honors than
ever before.
Last year’s poor showing on the
Southwestern meet may be accred
ited to several things, such as: A
lack of well trained men ; very poor
training food, lack of interest on the
part of the majority till the last
couple of weeks, and sickness—
hardly a man on the team but was
billious.
The management has profited by
last year’s experience and there will
be a good deal of improvement in
the way the team of this year will
be handled.
When the management starts the
track work up next month do not lay
around in your rooms and criticise
those that do try. Come out and
work, for, as we all know, we are
doing it for “our college” and “our
track team.”
Mr. R. Jennings Roberts of this
city and Miss Julia White of Nava-
sota, were married by Dr. George B.
Butler at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Parks in this city,where Miss White
a niece of Mrs. Parks, was visiting.
Miss White is a daughter of Mr.
Joseph White of Navasota and a
young lady of unusual beauty and
charm of personality. The couple
left at 1:38 for Ft. Worth and Dallas
to visit relatives. The wedding was
a surprise to relatives and friends
alike, the young people having kept
their own counsel until Saturday,
when their plans became known to a
few.—Bryan Eagle.
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