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LETTER PROM RENNER.
The following is an extract from
a letter from W. A. Pcnner E. E.
’06. He is now an apprentice at
the General Electric Company's
works at Lynn. Maas.
"The things I’ve heard of Col
lege since the-opening have turned 1
. my thoughts more than once to the
Brazos bottom These first days
of each school year are always in
teresting!, and I thgik I should
Eke to lounge around the place
while the other fellows do the
work.
‘T confess that it isn’t altogether
a matter of seeing the College peo
ple that make., me went to be in
that' particular place. You see,
this season of the year generally
brings a change in a school boy’s
diet, and my desire for a change
just at this time almost amounts
1 to a ‘hankering.*
I “The boarding houses Vhere we
working folks eat are good enough,
but the rations are handed out too
b | much od the order a la Sbisa. The
j, meat is poor and is almost always
oold storage *tuff. The chickens
run almost altogether to neck and
legs; there are no professors at my
boarding house and it is hard to
^.understand where the good meat
goes. We have biscuits, but they
don’t belong to the same family as
those south Of the Mason ami
Dtxou line. The one good feature
lies in the fact that you never get
enough to founder you on one
order, and you do not like to be
i eternally calling for moi4.
^'Theae Yanks are not such bril
liant people as I once , imagined;
* they just naturally have 1 to hustle
an this sorry country. : This im
mediate locality was created in the
beginning, if the face of It indicates
anything. Our Creator certainly
would not have* been satisfied to do
<. a job like this after he had made
that country at hoad. > j
“The good points in these peo
ple outweigh the bad,, however.
The sjratetn of good roads is some
thing grant, and a person would
; 'travel a long while before he could
find any better. In the last ten
| ytars the State has expended about
\i twenty-seven millions for grade
crossings alone, and they're still
Standing.
The State operates a line of bath
* houses, also, and the crowds at
such places are immense. At the
most ,popular bathing pavilions
- 1 1 there are amusement parks, and
these do a land office business in
the hot season. The places are
' t dosed now, of course, but people
who live near the l>eaehes still take
to the water. Last Sunday was
cold, yet: there were about twenty-
five half naked people scampering
aronnd on the l>eaoh.
“Sine* the theatres opened up,
I’ve bee* busted' the greater part
of the time, but it is worth the
money t> see Jefferson in ’Rip Van
. Winkle,] David Warfield in The
Music Master'—and others.
“Tbi* work is fin«; and I realize
more than ever that a person who
jumps into the electrical field with
out supplementing his theory with
practical work of this] Mature is
seriously handicapped. Of course
I don’t believe I’ll know it all by
any means, hut this w$B help a
great deal.Mjlt seems to me that I
am learning quit^ a lot. h*t I sup-
poae that it is only the realization
of my ignorance. .. ,
“Tabor «s in Boston now, and is
attending Boston Tech, and the
football games. Baines saw Prof.
Lomax, onct. but so fir, I have
not been able to find kim. The
world doesn’t seem half so large
when you know a few of these
good people are around you.” •
We are indebted to J. Neff,
’03, for the following fateresting
letter. He Writes:
“I am running a small foundry
and machine shop in Brownwo<>d.
Came up here the first of April
from Houston, and have had all
that I could do, at all times.
Since the ginning reason opened
I have had to work quite often at
night
“In the foundry I do all kinds
of iron work, such as making col
umns, sills, lintels,,' sash weights,
ventilators and grates, etc., also
all kinds of repairs for machinery.
I can pour anything in cast iron
that does not weigh over 1200 lbs.
I do machine blacksmithing of all
kinds. ,. In the machine shop I
have two laths, one planer, a drill
press, emery wheels, wood lathe,
hand saws and rip saws. 1 am
using a fcix horse-power Weber gas
engine for motive power. •
“I am working five men now
and at one time I had eight men
on my pay roll. I have melted
something like 125,000 pounds of
cast iron since I have been here.
“I am in perfect sympathy with
the College and shall t>e glad to
receive The Battalion every week.
With best wishes to the class of ’07
and all the campus people, I am,
“Yours tnffy.
“A. J. Neff.*’
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alumni notes.
We are surprised to. see how few
members of the class ’06 subscribe
for The Battalion. Surely the men
who voted unanimously tihat their
college days Were the happiest of
their lives, will avail themselves of
the opportunity afforded by The
Battalion to keep in touch with
their classmates and their Alma
Mata.
H. F. Matthews '03 ifli at work
in Indian Terijitory surveying the
route for the M. C. Guffy Oil Co.
pipe line from the Indian Ter
ritory to the Gulf. '
Mr. Bennett; Pnryear, who is
Second Lieutenant in the U. S
army, is stationed with the Third
battalion. Second regiment, at
Havana^ Cuba,
J. R. Rainey is employed by the
First National Bank, Longview
Texas. He sqys: ' “Send me The
Battalion. You have no idea how
much I enjoy ib.”
gin^tr on the N. Y. C. & H. R.
railroad in New York. His address
is 4(9 W. 115th street. New York.
A; C. Love ’99 is Resident Eh-
gineter on the Lafayette > Baton
Rouge extension of the M. L. & T.
Ry.ft S. S. Co., Port Alien, La. FIRST-)
Sterns '03 is Resident En
gineer /on the Lafayette-Baton
Rouge extension, Beaux Bridge,
LOo&iana. ■
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The Only Stable on Main Street.
.ASS TURNOUTS. THE ONLY RUBBER
TIRE CARRIAGE IN BRYAN.
>uge extension, ]
tu^iana.
n. Bretsch ueider ’98, Civil
»eer on the T.J&JN. 6. Ry.
Ed > c
is thq father of a fine girl.
Mb. E. L- Martin 99 » resident
engineer on the G. C. & S. F Ry.,
DeRldden. La.
Wjj F. Glover 98 is a planter on
a large scale at Mt. Phersonville,
South Carolina.
Wr P. Cottingham
knowyi dealer in
eng.n,
plies at Houston, Texas.
92 is a well
neers’ sup-
Khlers ’05 is Civil En-
with the Pickering Lumber
eriug. La.
J. R. Tabor ‘06 is attending
wton Technical Institute.
8. Jobeon ’03
fine baby boy.
is the
R. ti- Barham '03 is instrum I
J f B. Sterns.
ent
>ick Johnson is now located
iue Pass, Texas.
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M.iB. Church ’05 arrived at Col-
Beeman is
1, Mexico.
now located at
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Cornell.
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R 1.. BRO<iI>"N
HENRY & BROGDON BROS
WHOI.K8AL.E AND RETAIL
CRAIN DEALERS
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Continued tram Pace t
across
goal.
Puckett went
down. Kicked
28—0.
air went in at quarter,
at left guard, and Dabney
and
fort
Score 3
De\
BeisM.
at Center Danny kicked off. Held
C'>lk-gis for downs on 25 yard line.
Simpahn made good gain around
id. Clordy bucks right
Another try at wide tackle
down on the eight yard
^College took a brace. Two
left guard got Daniel
yards. Kirkpatrick
around right end, when
broke through and made
tiest tackle of the game,
.’a ball on five yard line.
, Hamilton, Utay and Ross
the ball out of the danger
Cornell called round for
n. DeWair round left end
>theY. Visitors get ball near
and Sub Sytnes goes in at
d. A. & M. takes a spurt
has another touch down.
34—0 and time up.
plungfs at
Balter 4 fire
starte^
DeWt
right £nt3
and s<Xm
Scorer ■
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M. H. JAMES
Leading Druggist
BRYAN, TEXAS
J
ery, ^ipes. Tobacco
Toilet Articles of all kinds
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DO YOU NEED A NEW PAIR OF
Trousers or Uniforms
| CHARLIE
The Tailor i
QAN MAgCE TEEM FOR YOU ON A FEW DAYS’ NOTICE.
Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing
1 1' AKU ALSO HIS •PKCIAI.TlaS
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Give your order for
RINQd
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CLASS
PINS
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And all repair work to
J. M. CALDWELL
The Jeweler ;
of Watches and Alarm U.ocka at the lowest pri. es-
II kinds. Hand-Painted China. Cut Glaae, and the An--
)ina in Bryan. . , :* ^ * ; ^
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Drugsl Stationery Cigars Tobacco
1 Spalding’s Athletic Goods
Huyle^’s Candies. Perfumes
Etc.
Phone 196-
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Hockinson
Foote
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T Black
Hi Perry
R. E Roach
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L- H Hulbert
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Kelley Q Kirkpatrik
ROU.I F Clordy
||ul*r7-4- & Allen, Leggett,
DeWafr. Dabney, Beasley, Symes.
Daniel Baker: Baton, right guard.
Officials: Burleson and Andrews.
Titrie-keepers: Jenkins dad Bur-
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Time of halves: 35 and 15.
Touchdown*: Puckett4, Kelly 1.
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