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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1906)
rY*' H- ■ -A ■M It • n* . X&Jith the I/*/1 xx mni — ABILITY EARLY RECOGNIZED. “Mr. J. M. Btamseyotf the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege, ’06, an engineering apprentice now in the djrmamo test of the Westinghouse Electric Company, has been appointed assistant in structor in electricity and physics. Mr. Ramsey will hare the Post Graduate class in the electrical laboratory work, ou Saturday after- [•jhooua.” fj-; J |. / The above note was taken from a bulletin issued by the Casino Tech nical Night school. Turtle Creek, Va The school was established for purpone of giving an oppor tunity to t|»e men in the Westing- house, and other electrical works, to carry on their studies and work at the same time* Brides a large number of electrical machines. in struments, etc., the school has a well equipped machine shop in which iroof and wood working is taught, f-l.i l ; IiIhT ‘t L A numWr of (he memben of the claw of 'to, vrore (he Ruaett of Prof. J. S. Dean at the box party at the Bryan opera house, Saturday night. The play warn **Tha Mysterioes Mr. gaRtoa." Oaring the ratermiaaioa the gueats repaired to the Exchange hotel, where a bountiful supper sraa served. j Mr. |F. G. EDio*. L. E. . '06. is os ■seer of the card roeen of the Belton t otu>n Mills, He bon, Texas. Mr. Elliott sir tA work with the Belton hailla immediately after commencement and has received rapid promotion and ia now saHafactorily filling the responsible position mentioned Hava.' Ilf ( 1 ^ I 1 i Geo. W. Risifn, ’03, says ‘Farmer Jim' has just married a Yankee girl and now lives in New York City.’* Mr. . Windrow 0r>, is also an strument man ssith th|e U..S. Govarnnv His present ad drew la U. S. Engineer Office, Box 404, Vicksburg, Miss. mmj. m Daria. Jr 'iThreuglt the courtesy of the ht^upeaa fnanagier, [ • W. E. Moore, we are enabled to publish the following interesting letter from J. M. Dajmff.'t Jr., familiarly known us '' Fffniier Jim.’* He played right half on tlte team that won*tbe championship of the South , in rqoa. f I J : | Forney, Texur, Oat. 30, ’06. W. G. Mioore, CdLlege Station. Texas.' Dear Sfir: The football team has started off nicely!, all I want them to do can be put m a few words, “Beat h—1 out at Texas.”' X>on’t| belie vie my head ever swelled as mucb as when we beat them in 190a. j I am going to be in Austin ou Thanksgiving Jay and if A. and M. 1 'puts the blocks under them,* well, “’i^uffsaid 1 ] pi Yout^ j J. M Davis Jr. f Mr. F. Ebarspacher, 'to, is at prs located at Omaga. La. on 'evee construc tion work. He is an instrument man for the U. S. Gorernment. A brother of . Mr. J. W. Ramsay of Hooston is now wVrkiag with hitn in the works of the Westinghouse Manufacturing Co. at Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. Chas. Hauch has been pro- uted to the position of capaain on a drodge boat. The boat ia at preaent engaged in dredging work et Galveaton. • ' Mr. Hofmann Haines was called hnme from Lynn, Mass., Last week on account of the serious illness of hts fathnr. Joe Welboaa. A. 'Oft. came up from Houston to sos thd Haskell game last Monday. Mr. D. E. Peddleton. Urtuid Lake, Ark., ay*t and I have been her but may go back to ffhaa. < A suh-coatn choc seek part seork off the getting on out. The ground muck ditch Within fifteen it will fi|l with feet from the top. hie ditch by ordin three hundred and yards of dirt to get tk wait fdr the water later ia the writing from “Mr! Windrow BKf: a week now, Vicksburg in a few ■«4 ffhtf- aads, bet after is about to draw perfectly flat and a deep t* required, after digging a hole two > unable to dig >ods. We have thirty thousand esibic kers, and may have of the ground I got the con- started, and left tract at Omega. La Bet. Rl mueirffsr ia l*|. ' ■ Asm . I Mr.-'-M. F. THhMm. 01. who is aa instructor at Cora^H Uaieecsity, and a* present trying for al Masters degree at Cornell, says **M H gart&utly a deplora ble condition of afMrsVhen "Our Terns' Cannot take care of the students who de sire te enter the A- sad M. cel ley r. when ou many other states are able to denatrad." We ai^ oertain that this con dition of affairs will not exist after the next legislature megts, for the people of Texas who ate so proud of their greet state will net have it said of her that she is “niggardly'' ia her policy toward her Get a fountain pen. I handle the Parker “Lucky Curve” and the Standard self-filler. I can furnish any size, price or design in either gentlemen’s or lathe’s pen. Foun tain pen ink for sale also. W. W. Washburn, 30 Roes. 10 EXPLAINED BY STOREY. Telle Why Side Trip Tickets Were Re ported on Adversely Austin. Nov. IX.—Chairman Storey of the railroad commission addressed a letter to the Randle-Olbson Real 1 tate company of t^oepos ('hilnti platnlag the action of the majority of the commission In ruling against side trip tickets to homeeeekara. Comtnla- a loner Storey says that u£oa I area li gation it was found that the railroad a of the state had been earrytaR two forms of What they termed homeeeek era’ rates One was a straight round trip ttchafeapplying from and to points oe the line To this claaa of tickets the commiaalon has no objection. The oth- r form la what la called b seekers’ aide trip ratpa and Is avail able only to holders Of hoist tickets from la ten tate points Under this plan h- purchaser of this ticket at Corpus Cbristl or other points may hake a aide trip to Brownsville or other points and by exhibiting the ticket get a round trip ticket at a much reduced rate This claaa of ticket. In the optn Ion of the majority of the commission, la discriminatory and jirohlblted by law, says Commissioner Storey, which caused the commission to make such a rullag. Under the ruling of the supreme court In the Love gross receipts tax case against railroads, the Texas and Pari fir win be called ou to pay over to the state, should the case financial ly go against the roads. 9XS.B3S. th« Katy X36.ll* sad the Santa Pa X7.X87 STOCK JLHMHNQ AWARDS. I Saa Aatoeio Prlgds Captured by College Boys. Prof. P. R Marshal and the ea- cfc-ts who sreht to the San Antonio fiir returned fast week. The prizes ift each class t>f stock were $15.00, Rjio .00 and fff.oQ.' Van Zand I came out first in cat- judging, while R. F. Miller, tyrans and North were second, third and fosgth. respectively. In ■fefcwp judging. Champers, fisst; Evan*, secotig; Burns, third; Van indt, fonrttg. In swine judging, E. Jones, first; Chambers, s< tgnd; Van Zaedt, third; A. J. Smith, f|>tmh. In th e judging of horses White, second; C. E. Chambers, fourth. third yaar this contest has lh*a conducted at the San Antonio fair apd has the hearty support ot all I and stockman who have observed the work' T done by the college judging team. The contestant 3 are allowed to exam it animals being officially judged, and to can! showing how, in their nion, the animals should be (reeled- Af- the judging is completed theee records compared with the work of the official Ige to deteridine the percentage to * student Where time p« they are aho graded upon cleaaoi and correctnesa Of reason* they can give aairetaatiate thtar placing. Several local and county fairs are now aending for students to judge the livestock, fiv E. Hanna. 'OA^twarded the premium* the D^pison fair, giving excellent satia tion . Cadpt, Hudgea, '08, is now at the at land fair judging stock. On Tuesday morning the Angers breed- offered ivvb cash prizes for the best in judging Angers cattle. These eon by|*jlV. G. North and Fi B. Bcid. [1 rJJT.) Prof. Marrhadi report* that the stock ex- tore at the Hair are determined to so early date the college,'shall re ceive funds to permit the further develop- tot of the wotk of teaching the judging, and feeding of Mve stock to the mers'jhf 'Texas If the stockmen t*oule throw as much enthusiasm effort B> have the legislature pro- the A. and M. college as *rof. Marshall and his boys do in their «rf- drts at (borouMi work, the live stock lo ts would riyeive a benefit that would ie almost incalculable, we tv-iieve. H FEED g LIVERY STABLE The b*ly Stable on Main Street. FIRST-CLASS tURNOUTS. THE ONLY RUBBER “‘Vi! r, TIREi CARRIAGE IN BRYAN. JAMES r Leading Druggist (BRYANs TGXM' • as Stationery, | Pipes, Tobacco j ^Toilet Articles of all kinds L»‘. r DO YOT NEED A NKW PAIR OF ■ j j‘ « iluj Uniform Trousers or Uniforms iiiiilHHHiili . h © Tailor CAN make TH CM! for YOU ON a FEW DA Yd’ NOTICB. Cleaning Pressing: end Repairing: j 'Al^K ALSO H IH -tPKCjI A I.T I K8. rORGETjtholriaACB—NORTH of G ATH RiaHTlHkcL - J. M.CAuDWELL bryan, nex. The followiug from College at ended the fiir: Prof. F. R. Marsh- ill. A. J. Scjith, C. E. Jones. W. W. White. V. B. MclCie. W. G. North, R. MiUer. C. J. Minter, C. Halcomb, A. L. MiUer, E. P. Norwood* J. C. Maloney. R. W. Paust. John-jM. Chambers. A. C. Burns, E. P. : Vam Zandt. meeting, Thur . accepting the The other large companlee will pay la the neighborhood of theae amounts Governor Lanham has returned from Hooston. where he formally opened the carnival. He said he was given a cor dial reception, and that the attendance THE U.ffOff ARMOUR SCHOLARSHIP. The board cf directors of the Interna- rMaal Live Stock. Exposition in their aa- rsday, October 1*. 19M. *5,000 annual scholar- money jfiem J. G. Arena or. ap pointed as d] committee, M« Ifttraordy W|Mra a n d OgiK ie, to tipeet with! lire deans of the Agricul tural and hffeettanical Collages of America arrange details concerning the distribu tlon of the *. lolarahip awards beginning w,.h I-*)?. g This committee isaeed a call lag November* 2, et a club house at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. Fourti qollege* were represented showing the wide interest In the fund so generously given hy Mr. Armour jl Fourteen deans of uth <x>i leges wrote lattws of regret because they oould not attend, and expressed their opie- jpn on the subject in writing. After discussion the following plan of button twss agreed upon: The larshipa tc be divided among the col- do the me the students' judging All kind** of Watekca and Alarm Clock* at tha Uwaat Jewelry of all kioda. I^aad Painted China, Cat Glaaa, aod >t line of ChinaYin Bryan. Give your order for Tv- IjPjl CLASS RINGS CLASS PINS And all repair work to J. M. CALDWELL ‘ The Jeweler irioea. te fln- In L' 1 : ii L j F 7 iii. !? ' 1 1 » It4 j|l. 1 nice Drug Siore -DEALERS IN- tionery Cigars Tobacco kltng’s Athletic Goods Candies. Perfumes Etc. Phoneidb — rtjistri echol; lege* whose Teem* York in For best work on Judging pidging cattle—Ij judging sheep—1; judg- Mg bogs—1; judging corn—1; judging feed and forage exhibits — J. •4J - EkAOI^E*„ R1NTING ENGRAVING