The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 09, 1907, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 09, 1907, Image 3

Newspaper Page Text1 N*!?' DRILL SHIRTS ? CAMPAIGN HATS ? R £ G U L AT ION BELTS? WHITE GLOVES ? m -t- ‘ > i • : 3P£ctAL Notice !—Our stock of drill abirts «as to have arrived for tbc opening of the Col* Ikgo, but was delayed in< shipment, and have juat arrived. So wo now hare a full stock of all else# of the best drill shirts offered the »tudei\t* this aeaooo, and would warn all •ludente who have not yet secured their shirts not to Aklay their purchases as each student is required to hare two shirts, and the supply may not last long. HUNTER & CHATHAM MEN’S FURNISHERS H College fjjtanon. Texas. President fd, HL IfarrirKtoii. Colletjir Station, Texas. I Dear Sir: 1 hereby tender my reeig- r at ion as superintendent of the steam Mam. Thanking >oufor past favors. I »*“• V 1R? truly, ^ Oeorge drupe. I T" ^GRICOLTUItAlJ AND MECHANI- , CAL C'OLLEt*E OF TEXAS. College Station^ Tex., Jan. 7, ’07. Mr. George Grups. Collloge^ Texas. Dear Sir: I air{ in receipt of your vor of th^ 3d fast., and in reply ould say thWt thq same is regretful* accepted. Yout services to the In tution hate beep faithful and eflfi- eOt. 1. trust that in the new work t you are to takh up, you will find striroun<lingt' congenial and Ognition on tire part of the au thorities over* you y>f your ability and $d*|ity> mid 1 feel fare that the future Will bring you cor^inued success. Yours truly, Harrington. FKOM PKOF. The City National Bank DEISION A U N1TCO AIM. TEXAS’ OEF»OE»T AF* V OF* TM E ‘TES Caov/E Ft M Ne E tst T With capital, dred thousand over half a mil eral ice* rplus and profits of orre hun- ollars and total resources of Ion dollars, transacts a gen- banking business, and offers Its serv- to the puWflc with assurances of abso- the tacult\ College aollci T a. s. E. H. ALBE \A ED. S. E.W — lute safety, aiguaranteed by the character, experience an*T financial responsibility of the officers an I directors charged with the management W the Bank. The business of U RAILROAD TIME TABLE H. A T. C. SCHEDULE, i NORTH Bor.ND TSa^ffT No. 8* ....] ,..i l:Mp. m. No. 5 J*. * -. -J* :*e a., ml (flog) SOOTH !sorJU» TSAINS*. No. 2 #!;4i p. *». No. «4*.. ,... .’i .. .. ,li57 U. mJ (flag) IJ A O. N. SCHEDULE, i South bound train* Noj l(«.. : .r.; i.'1 a. m. SOUTH BOUND TSAIHS. No. 101: .J .4:66 p. t m. LOCALS Mr. A. J. Neff; ’03, is spending' few days on the Campus. , Mr. John Wicks* spent the holi days with his parents is Bryan. Mt. G. R. Abney, ’06, spent the holidays with bis parents in Frank-j Um t p». Fountain wish«-s to announce that no composition will be receiv ed from seniors after Jan. *5. lir. R. J. Windrow. "06, has re signed his position with the U. S. Government and is flow employed, as an instrument-mau in De Rider, La r Mr. Harry Matthewa, ’03, spent a few days ou the campus recently. He has a prominent position with the Guffey Petroleum Company of Beaumont. 4 p- I i Thursday the 10th instant we will be honoretf with the .presence of “Cyclone” Southers, on our r Lyceum course.. We are all look ing for a rare treat at his hands A. J. Neff, ’oa, who has been ruiining a foundry at Brownwood. Texas, has decided to accept the position of superintendent of steam plant at College. Mr. R. E. Schiller, ’06, spent the holidays working as an instru- mnttnai fora U. S. government surveying party who were locating a site fori a proposed dam in the Brazos fiver about seven miles from Bryan., . j We are sorry to note that Mr. George Grope, ’92, has resigned his position as superintendent of the steriuh plant at College and will enter the employ of the U. S gov- ernmem on the 15 iost.OHe made g grade of 94 oa his for the position he secured.) Patronize Benson’s Barber Shop MR. OEOKQE ORUPETO LEAVE a. asd M. Has Accepted Puslttaa as Chief Esgiseer of << Cul. A. M. Hiller." Resident* of College Station will regret to Isaak of the departure of Mr. (ieoege drupe, who has been in charge of the steam plant for a num ber of years. Mr. drupe is an alum nus otf the college ‘ He has accepted a position as chief engineer of the Dredge “Col. A. M. Miller," now at Harrisburg. The following letter*' concerning his appointment have been handed to us for puMicataon: I • , t ' I NOTICE OF K AltlNCk V .r tf United States Civil Service Commission. Board of Civil Service Examiners. Engineer Dept. Service.Galveston, Texas. I [ ’ Jannuarf 3, 1907. Mr. Geo. drupe, College Station, Texas. You are informed tfau in your Chief Engineer examination of De cember 24, 1906, yoiir average percentage is 94 per cent. The names of competitors who ob tain an average percentage of 70 or more (or, if preferred soldiers or sailors, an average percentage of 65 or more) are entered upon the register of eligi- bles with the rating obtained; but those whose average percentage is below 70 : (or 65. if preferred soldiers or sa ilodl) are not eligible for appointment The pfaiod of eligibility for those who ob tain an eligible average percentage is one year. Only those persons have right to a claim of preference who have been honorably discharged from the military or naval segeifu by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sicknas* incurred in the line of duty. Very respectfully, S. M. Wilcox, Secretary, Local Board. LETTER AND LOMAX The following yeraes have been received from Prtlf.John A. Lomax of the English Department. We are pleased to p^ibliah them. THE OLD MAOf See »tr««i-h.ng yonder. Whi<h part» the fait 4°*’" * a Sends down a runlet t| Through Double N length of stream,; The western side spred Which sinks away iisgtea’ jj At last into the rashii See, faintly showing t| The deej>-C ut psthwn ing crest. Sage-matted now and^ rimmed The Am reminders oft the olden times. Of life, of stir, of blopd. of Indian raid. The hkint of buffalo sad antelope. The tamp, the wagfa train, the sea of riftsca. The cowboy's lonely vigil through the The stampede and thk wild United States Engineer Department Dredge “Col. A. M. Millar.” Galveston, Texas, Jan. 2, 1907. Mr. Goo. drupe. College Station, Texas. Sir: You will please report for duty as Chief Engineer of Dredge “Col. A. M. Miller." at Harrisbuig, Texas, not later than January 15th. Answer im media rely.. ' i Very truly. VV. A. 'Hinkle, Sup’t. • 1 l I’.iiT -t 11 r r T ' i i LCMSIE TRAIL. o'er that low divide ng rain—ehe esstern ' T? • S| > the southern sea lountsan's niftilhlg ds out into a plsia. rr tawny, rolling Rio tirnnde,— that distant ridge, through the shelv- rith chn- thk storm. The call of Cnliforniart golden flood. The iiapulae of the Saxon’s “Westward ‘tL ■ ' J j Which act our fatHBa’ faces from the «asE. , . | pi To spread resist las o er the barren wsstes. To people all the regions 'nenth the sun— Those Wtkings of the pld Mackenzie trail. It winili—this old fork>tten cattle trail— Through valleys Still tind silent even now. Save when the vellotO-breasted desert lark Cells shrill and' lonely from a deed mes- In viuivaring notes set |n a minor key, Bardened with vacant. dead monotony. The enjlir-s round of fanny days, of starry l j The blknk tine hanging of the wholly free. The estate's howl is hard at dark from Lew lyXig hill; compafaoeed by the loafer woM • They y*ip in concert pc the far off stars. Or gnaw the bleached bona in savage rage That lie unburied by the gras*-grown paths. The prairie dogs play sentinel by day, Ahd backward slips the badger to hie den. The whir, the fatal strike of rattle make, A ^taring burzard Hosting in the blue, Aiid, efav and then.) the curlew's eerie iMFf Lost, slwsys lost, and:seeking mernioro— All eUajis mute and dormant, vacantly days run idly oa, hlch eddying ride through Tier sun looks down, the days The breezes whirl the t^ast, w h Stafaberlng the recorJL of tl the westward trade witi students of the A. and fl. " 'j' •/ i.l • . 1; RKER. President TIN, Vice-President W. WILKERSON, Cashier RDEN, Asst. Cashier ENSHAW. Asst. Cashier ■ w ■ . - - — 1 4. El. tJ. THE IRUG TWA.IN ; n * need of Peif Dentifrice, or oilet Artie Headquarters forjiA. dnd M. College Stationery j crossed teeless La Salle, the gentle this course. And went to death and (or sg Comwacha and Apoches fron Came iweepiag -outhward, the sun, And charged in mitnic com bet j The scions of Montezuma's race Perhaps have seen that knotty. Or sucked tke cartes apples gr AH these have passed, and migrants. Who bore the westward fever in The Norseman tsng for rovm vein*; Who loved the plaisi a sailors Braved danger, death, and found place While traveling on the old Mach Brave old Mackenzie long bia To rat beside the trail that heart A granite mountaia mskea hit no The northers, moaaing o'er the loWfavide, Go gei)t ly past hit long deserted ep re. No more his rangees guard the wilS ont No more be leads them in the borf t fight; No more is scon the winding st am of horns "Ttcrc.i' nr. 'To t bo To Kansas bouad; the du '«■*» : I. F And cries, the pistol's sharp Wild days ip Texas by the Rio And some men ay when dusky ni down. Dark, cloudy night without a ki One soa dim horce 1 et ski rami tftgl ; j ft 4 Hard by Mackenzie', grave; and Have head from deep within thetl hills ' r* i The tramp of ghostly hoofs, t Uzwt^ The rumble of a naming wdgon 4i Sometimes fa echoes of a frontiet Then sounds grow fainter, shad' ■-•r. >1 jm On westward, westward, a they i Went ranging o’er the old Mack rboy tie Aesoss the Colorado, Brazos, through Coach o't broad, fair v4Hey, sweeping on By Abilhne H cliribe upon the plain, Tke Llano Estacado (beyond lie rvastat O* alkali and hunger gaunt and daath)— And bar* is lost ia shifting rifts of sand. Anna it lingers by a hidden spring That bubbles fey into the wilderness; Its pathway trenched that distant mountain >! oMU r Nop gmssn to ghlcbsS through torrential Miai'. • f L ! :i ‘ Ds Vacs gathered ptnofa by the why. I tesg ere the furrow, grew on yonder kill, Cutbv the creek ing prairie-schooner wbeek; 1 —Tbe Gold Bam* at a vary nerved in the den. It Is vlniet colored aUver and was printed, the methods which have grant Ivev Or and Silver < fry peculiar book pat! la library I with mean] two oewae boom enawuwffS — Bow vn.r (M Bn. 11 i 1 1 vigilance,” shouted tbe ora tbe price of libertyr Tbe women electors glances. “That Is tbe year.” they ret tbeir a boulders. There ware no bargains to be bad, and they lost Intexest tr> tba proceed price aa last and shrugged eotavsa of Xovai “Courts of love” were eetsbHsbed tbe middle ages, when chivalry waa at Its height and love tbe serious occupa tion of Ufa among tbe higher class of society. Tbe Bret “court of lover wan established fas the aontb of Prance In tbe twelfth century sod waa composed ot knight* poets and ladles, and tbeir dactaions ou subtle qaeatlons connected wttb affairs of tbe heart war* given with great formality. Mrs. Meyer—What's the trouble, Mrs. Behais? You are In bad humor this morning. Mrs. s. hulx You set. my husband stayed at the club every night laat week until after midnight Last night I aat up. determined t« give him a curtain lecture when he got In late; azzd what do you think? Tbe fool came begae at 9 o’clock!—Kij.-g.nde Blatter, y 1 r In tbe Kt**<•-«-1 1 a Cemtnst. Women needed to (>e admonished re garding certain details of good man ners In tbe eighteenth century quite an moirh as today. At tbe Handel faettval at W*estmlnstqr abbey In 1T1*0 g notice was posted fending. "No Indies wlU bn admitted with beta, and they ape par ttaralarty requested to come wttboet feathers and very email hoops, tf •u>-" n t* 1 1 *3 M yi The Old Reliable JOHN WITTMANN Tailor Shop Can always he depended upon for Quality. Style, At at * Fit and Promptness 1 GIVE US YOUR ORDER EXCHANlSE SHAVING PARLOR 4, X. GRICE, Proprleu,^ HOT AND COLD BATHS mxxt noon to bxcha^ob HBYAN. TEX A#. HoTXL. J. Allen Myers t 8 a f O t tc. mnYA*. Si Li IF-

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