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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1906)
IL n 1 ill I ' I! P- f RYAN El AOI_wHk mv HINTING ENGRAVING HI BtTtCK ntCMfttD TtlA’S tvt R HttUItt ALL pRUtN* GIVC* SMCIAL ATTCHTION Rhone 36 r- MNI NOTFES ■r John Ashton, A, *o6, is on a 5t»oo acre ' hacientia. near Linares. Mexico. I'he ranch is well equip ped with -aiodetn machinery, ami has some 'fine stock. Ashton is traveling about a good deal, and is fast learning Spanish. Wilkins ing for way in uated. A. and is ptr,^ the S-.u IC. 'E. ’ t>6u is work- Southern Pacific Rail- tPaso.*! He is a-ell sit- d is under several old xmrsc, i_. x>. 05, is Assistant Resident Engineer for the (jjreat Southern Lumber Co., Bogaluss, Lee s Creek, La. toHBHfL! R-! C. L. betnay, C. E. ’04, is with the Sar work as construction instrument man, between Davis and Stephen, I. T. H. Kubankoeuig Lindeman, both M. .W. H. McDonald, A. ‘oa, edit or of The Athens Review, was marriedj on June 27 to Mfiss Joe Gaunt. . B. Youngblood, A ’oa, is super* intendent of the) Pauls Valley City Schools, Pauls Valley, pty, 1 G. R. Abney, jC. E. ’06, is in charge of a pile driver on the O. G. & N. E. Rt , Melville* Lh. S. E. Gillespie. M. E. ^03, is a draftsman emplo> ed by the Coii- tinental Gin Co. Dallas. We have received a subscription from Ernest Hatier, C. E. ’04. He is at present in Mexico. . nr. ,.j.,4-r |] R. L- Burney, |C. E. ’ofi, is rap idly learning railway construction at Oakdale, La. Gus C. Street, JA. ’05, ia a sales- for the National Harvester 1 r t H 1 ]Tf , i'' 1 i tv let paper in copying this first at tempt. I remember that my name in large capitals adorned the top of the page, and that there was at^ artistic border all around- The only title wag' 'Joke.* At a mo ment when I had sufficient courage, 1 went up and handed this to my u-aeher She read it. laughed, and asked if it was original I answeaatyj blushing briUMptljj, *1 wrote it myself.’ ’'Then the joke seemed to strike her a* still funnier, and she pro mised to put it in the paper. “But it was never printed. She liecame displeased at something the editor had said about her when he came to collect the reports; and after that she withheld ill contri butions from her room. I I did not heir about her anger for some time, am) 1 looked in vain through, s eral issues for my*Tittle jbke.” . “And the joke?*’ cried one of th«j auditors. "What was the joke abdut the Cheerful Idiot ?” Why rcilly.” said the Eminent Author, "to save my life I can’t remfanjber. ’ * FIRST-CI Or. § LIVERY 3 The Only Stable an Main Street. tSS TURNOUTS. THE ONLY RUBBER TIRE CARRIAGE IN BRYAN. M. H. JAMES j | Xiifc - Leading Druggist Statiofery, BRYAN, TEXAS Pipes, Tobacco Toilet .Articles of all kin< man Company. 1 <\ and C- E. E. j * re special apprentices of the G. C. & charge ot S- E., Railway 4t Cleburne. ! Dallas. j : : l John T. Wysn, A. *b^. Is in the Wj-se Oil Company, TT I the wav Under this heading we Intend to ! publish s(ories and jokes contfibu ted by raadprs. ^he idea of pub lishing a column of humorous and other matter submitted by the gen- I ~~ eral reader not onginat with as, ^ J, .1.7.; such a department hax-ing been lor' some years 1^’ feature in two of the magaxines“df national circul* tion ’' These magazines. Ijowevor, lo not rive Ipacli news piat^er miliar departments. nbr mblish arii thing longer ■1 . ■ ^ 1 * 1 . The’ Eminent Author bad just been asked to describe his first experience in writing for publi cation, and the other diners were eagerly awaing his reply.- "Well,” said he, "the-very first time I ever wrote;for the press was when I was aboul eleven,years old. (Exclamations of astonishment.) It was during my first yVar at the ■riaijlU 'city. Some enterprising gradnates of tlje High School were running that year, a weekly neW^aaper for all the city public schopls, and in this was printed Ttix>rts sent in by student reporters!in each room of the various schools. I liad not the pretend t in their s do they punusni ani tning longer than, the r ctinvemaKal newspapei honor of heiag a reporter, but you anecdote;! w^iie pf jjhbpe tx> publish , may be sure |that jmy name was on inil matter, gnd also to the subscription list. much ori: print a oue-cjolumti story oocasioai- *»y- i if The re; defs of The Battalion are invited t » send freely to this de partment such things as they be lieve we 1 rant. We especially -in vite the Alumni to send as old College si orifcs. MS FIRST ATTEMPT. It was at a large dinner party. . !*‘One evening when I had little else to do, I thought out a jol0e for the paper. It was one of those con versatfonal jokes, in which some body makes an olpervation and re ceives a witty reply from the cheerful idiot, aj character oi*ce ver> popular With the domic weeklies. "I used half a page of large tab- 4- V. SHOOOOX * • 11 K, L,. BROOOOS HENRY & BROGOON BROS WHOI.KSALE AND RETAIL I CRAIN DEALERS f AND- — 1~ LIVELY' .m SIN K.Si. KXCLV'SIVELY FOR WHITE TRADB DO YOU NEED A NeW PAIR OK UN THE CHOICE OP THE FRESHMEN Tbis story is hy told a 'Varsity graduate of the first meeting of the last year’s Freshman Class of the State University. A guileful Settlor, after disguising himself: as Freshman, attended the meeting and nominated a certain Mr, Blank for president. He spoke eloquent-j ly of Mr. Blank’s many virtues, and convinced all that this was the onlji man fbr the plane. The Frebhthcn congratulated themselves on sec tiring such a good man, but in the morning the story was going the rounds that the President of the Freshman Class was the negro janitor of the men's dormitory. GET IN LINE. The Skiff, a weekly which we have just received from T. C. U., gets enthusiastic about football. Thtcfollowkig, with the exception Of the reference to the '“co-eds, ” applies pretty well here. Now is tbe time. To get in line; Thq football season is open. Shin guards don. Put yoifr nose-guard on. Keep trainin' and fightin’ and hop- ifi'J ’ ! > We’re going to win. Though we lose onr skin, In bdftle for our alma mater J ' WTiat does it boot If you lose yonr snoot. 1 While making the enemy scatter f j Now js the time, 'Po get in 1 line, You "qo-eds” who stand at the! jif 1 #; Yot^ can victories treble. If you root like the debil. And tender that coin of the realm. prQiJt ’ ! } rNOT AT THAT ONE. Teacher: ) I know of a female school where the pupils are re quired to memorize the Constitu tion of the United States. Pupil; Why, don’t the boys have -to memorize it ? Teacher: No, there are no boya at that female college.—Dallas High School Journal. j! I ^ VERY PROPABLY. A second year Ixiy, in reading a Latin eatrreise, came to the word “peeffnifi,” and did not know what it mean|. His teacher put his hand intib his pocket, and rattling his trioney said, "what if that? Sedonq Year Boy: "Buttons and keyp.”—Dallas High School Jountel.r ^ORM TROUSERS? * CHARLIE CAN MAI Clei DON'T Ft The Tall YOU THEM FOR o r A FEW DAYS’ NOTICE! ling. Pressing and Repairing ark aiao Hta s*►*<•!At.Tia*. toHT tb* place—North of oathrioht had J. MJCALDWELL BRYAN, Give your order for • CLASS RINGS CLASS PINS And all repafr work to J. m CALDWELL The Jeweler I k All ki Jewelry of qat linr of a of Watch»a and Alarm docks at the lowest 1 kinds. Hand-Painted China. Cut Glase, and tbo iina in Bryan. Drugs Huyle Ollice Drug Store -DKALERB 1N- Stationqry Cigars Tobacxo Spalding’s Athletic Goods H Candies. * Perfumes Etc. Phon * All Cadets have a special itrrifca tion to make my store bead quar ters while in Bryan. 4 J. M. Caldwell. tit 'mii 1