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WKDNEsiDAT, OCT. 8, 1808.
" LETTERS FROM THE ALUMNI.
Through the courtesy of Dr.
Brown, we are able to print the
following let^Hs from members of
the class of ’06.
The Hlecta-ic Clnb, 4*7 Centre St.
Wilkinsbufg, Pa. !
Prof. N. H. Brown,
College Station Texas
. 1 Dear Prof. Brown: Sometimes I
wish that I; could come back to
College this year, Amt as it is I am
more nearly satisfied than I ever
was before. The Work is not too
* bard; Although I get pretty tired
sometimes, and I like the life here
very well. 1 spent the first ten
> Wdeks on the A. C.-D. C. lecomo-
a lives, about four of these on the
N. Y. N. Hj & H. locomotives,
and po got some*very valuable ex-
iPerienAR* f
*- . The '-New Haven cars are the
most complete machines I ever
ssw. Some time jrben 1 have
more paper I will teU yon all that
1 can of tfafemi and! maybe will be
able to tell yOn of a few things
that yo* do nbt already know of
them. I wadt one of the blue
Iprints, show^tg tnr ’ wiring, so
much that t am almost tempted to
steal one wfceh tta^y are left out.
3 have beeajkn! section £, on trans
former coils i jt a week. One thing
that had me ; “stalled" for some
(time here a is the Series Trans
former. I simply could not under
stand its actioas, transforming cur
rents, so to sp^ak, hastead of volt
ages, till I, &>und' a very good
article on thd subject in a Club
Journal of alxipt a year ago. Then
there is p gi>od! article on them in
one of the lat^ Hlettrical Worlds.
■ Yofirs sincerely,
Pirie. .
Ijii ; tj
LjTin, Mass., Aug. 17, 1906.
Prof. If. H. Bfiowu.
CoIlqgkjBtutiotii Texas.
Dear Prof.: j I cannot put off
writing to yod any longer for I
have wanted to ever since my
* arrival here. 1 hope that you will
pot think
and the A
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I 'have forgotten you
df :M., for snch is all a
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The course here is fide, and I
am certainly glad that I cann. to
Lynn. I have been on the iesi
induction motors ever since 1
started to work—my time is pp on
this test ou the 25th of thta monj:hi
I like the tests, and will he more
than satisfied if aB turn! OtflPdi
well as the induction motdr MjjlhJ
A fall set of tests on the motors
consists of load and eff., starting
barque, excitation, impedanoe, and
We take the cold resistance: and
hot resistance also after a heat’
run. We have had a good deal of
work also on starting boxes. When
we haven’t a box, we balance our
resistance with reactance coils,
which is a long and tiresome job.
We teat onr single phase for start
ing torque with these boxes having
full voltage ou all readings, and
uee only one half voltage for three
phase motors. The load a^d eff.
test is our longest test—from this
test we get the horse power .‘effi
ciency, power factor, and per cent
slip.
On onr test we have had but
one motor over a five horse power,
which was a< fifteen; out of thfcg
motor we got zS h. p. on our load
and eff. Jtests, blit the engineers
wanted 35 h. p. We test but very
fepr two phase motors. The past
week has been more to nyz than
any other—the foreman of the test
being away put me in charge, so t
got more good than before.
Where is your brother now? t
hope he is in good health. I know
he will do wett. With the best of
wishes to all,
Yonr jf^end,
Huffman Baines.
51 Mall St., Wi Lynn. j j
The following are extracts front |
letters of C. G. Bi-own, who is iq (
Cleveland:
‘^1 started t<4 work for the North j
’Klectric last Monday morning. 1 I
have been treated much better
than I expected. ' It is easy to ask j
questions. Lam not kept at each
job as long as I supposed I would
be. • X worked a little one day at
assembling ringers, then I was put
onto assembling transmitters and
learned considerable of the work:
Now- I am on receiver assembling
and] will probably stay cm it till I
knojn- all of it. The work is very |
interesting. I will let you know
more of it a little later." . ; ! ,!
“The North Electric Company
work is going finely. I have
learned most of receiver and trans.
assembling^. Have worked some
on ringers and some on desk sets.
I understand the N. ,E. Co. put
most of their salesmen through
the shop before they put them on
the road. They (the prospective
salesmen) spend most of their
time, while in the shops, in as-
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"he iFirst National Bank
OF BRYAN,
Designated United States Depositary.
Capital
Surplus and Profits
SIOO,000.00
46,000.00
Wf dealra to AMU re oar patron, of prompt atten
tion and patn.tnkiog endeavor in the performance
of any and all aerTicee desired at oar hand*.
J. W. HOWELL
M. O. BOATWRIGHT
GUY M.t BRYAN, JR.
L. L. MdNNlS
F. M. LAW
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Vice President
Vice President
Cashier
Assistant Cashier
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the N
yies i«r Men
This s the
Clothing
advance
Fall afid
everyone
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It will pay you to see these
style xnd the right style, but the quality, fit
garments are thoroughly exclusive charactc
duplicates and our best will be quickly take
selection until later, if you so desire.
great
event of the year~our
shewing |of the new
W nter models. As
kn >ws who is at all posted on
the subject, the new styles are
very largely originated by the
S c h 1 o s s designers and later
copied by others.
The present season is a good
illustration. Now that our Fall
stock is here, we can show you
ne\£ advance models that will
notibe generally offered for at
least two or three months.
imiMl M5BII
i garments. Not only are you certain of the new
\nd incomparable workmanship of these
ristica. Furthermore we have very few
See them no**; we will reserve your
The New “Harvard” sack
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iji Fashions don't come from Loudon and Paris any more—most of them
are brought out at the great universitii ;s lifce Harvard, Yale, Princeton and
otb«r famous institutions.
Here is one of the best ai the new designs for Fall—called the “Harvard'*
because the model came from there—well shown in the illustration. You'll
find it just as correct for business wear in New York or San Francisco as it is
on the Harvard campus. This is o
mm to see them.
one of our ‘‘University ' Mddels—
“ Don't confuse this design with the ordinarf “straight-fronts'* that you may see. The
similarity ends there. Little differences of line and shape and proportion, impossible to
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describe, give this “Harvard” Suit an unnseal cha:
by the fine tailoring.
and smartness specially brought
Our Schloss Suits cost from $12.50 to $25.00
Others $5.00 up
ner
‘A Little Better for ^a Little Less—Always."
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aembling phone
switchboards:’’
and working of
International & Great Northern
Railroad Company.
Engineering I >vpartment.
Palestine, Tex., Sept. 16.
Mr. T K. Holloway,
College Station. Texas.
Dear Friend: I received your
circular letter some time ago but
laid it aufay and in rummaging
around today I found it again. As
li Hi"! TL 'f'.ik-i
I have no postals I will use this
method of informing you that my
original intention of returning to
A. & M. has fallen through, and I
am now working in the engineering
de]>artment of the I. & G. N. AS
Assistant Engineer With bead-
quarters at Palestine. I will at
the same time let yo* miter my
name as a subscriber u the “Bat"
for the coming session. I win pay
you when I come down iq October
v f. i-1 ’ f T-.~ h uS Px< .3 i, JS
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some Sunday.
Well, this is wasting your good!
time, so 1 will close. Give all the
boys my best, and with heat wishes
for your success both as editor and
otherwise, I beg to be, as ever,
Your friend,
L. G. Lenert.
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