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A. Colli**
. W. LaLom-rr
fcdrtor .a-Ch.ei
Exchant* Editor
Athletic Editor
Alumni Editor
Y. M C. A Editor
UP TO THE LEGISLATURE.
President H. H. Harrington of
the Agricultural and Mechanical
College has issued the preliminary
report of the board of directors cov
ering the fiscal years 1905-1906, and
LEGISLATORS WELL PLEASED
They
r that the A.
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The House appropriation com
mittee. composed of Repreaenta-
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O Carat R r. RvSolm C. M.
A. A. RtLBY / D R Haaaic
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T. D. Copslaku.
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W. J. MC’BPNV
J. P. Took®*
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F. H. CUHWIHOI
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At last the
sion to put in
hot sir without
believe me, if wej
vantage of the o|
account of any
ply that we have
get used to die
JON—NOT APOL
OGY
Freshmen have pertni*-
Of their unlimited
interrupted, ami
: take full ad-
nity, it is not on
ghs. hut *im-
yee had time to
Neverthe
less. we appreciate the opportunity
and are going to in the freedom
of it through oni'whole issue of The
Battalion. Of coo rate, we understand
that very httlfe is ^kpacted of hah and
know our limu has been put v ery lou
by older men, hi* we are sufficiently
proud of our migtuy. .little effort, and
arte going to hrag af it through 4ll
nme, or ot lea« Until the lid-#ias he*n
put hack on. It is a happy fact that
reading the Hat. is hot compulsory, to
if you voluntarily read and are dis
pleased. don't blame US-, we one
week's monopoly. And are trying to
make something out of it.
Therefore, pies'.* do-not remind Us
too much of our deficiencies, so long
as we do not hear the criticM^SA 4 r *
srill feel proud of our efforts and
think that; we are ~«t” frith a cap
tal “I”. ,
If you lik* the Freshman number
thll everybody; if not, forget it.
The legislators empressed them
selves as well pleased with the lood
they inspected at the ,M*sS Hall
We’d like to know where that p4r*
tieular lot of food went after the
legislators left. 2 I;
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The next issue of The Battalion
will be edited by the Sophomores.
They h«14 a meeting Monday night
and elected the following officers:
Kditor-in-Cbief, Rudolph; Ah-i^t-
aut-Hditor-in Chief, Weinert; Hodal
Editor, Terneauxt Athletic Editor,
Dalmey; Y. M. C. A. Editor, Siigel;
and Exchange Ivditor. Harris. D.
We expect a great deal of the
Sophs., for they are supposed to
have abaorbed some of the dignity
and learning of the upper classes,
and we predict a good paper, from
. theoi.
setting forth the amount neei
for new buildings, improvements
and maintenance for another taro
years. A careful reading of this
report diadoaes two significant
facts to the credit of the adminis
tration nod'er Doctor Harrington—
first, that the appropriations made
by the last legislature have been
expanded with the greatest care and
economy for the best interests of
the jjiastitntion and its students;
secondly, that the amounts asked
of the present legislature are so
reasonable and the urgent need of
every sdm so clearly set forth that
there should be uo hesitancy in ap
propriating all or even more than
is as^ced. The entire showing of
for the past two years
the stamp of fidelity to this
trust and ability and superior
t in its execution. There
shadow of extravagance,
ness or corruption, every chRr-
of improvement for which
money was expended i» clearly Set
forth, the progress, increase in at-
tendjance, widening field of activi
ties. new buildings and new depart
ments needed, are all dealt with in
that clear, concise and convincing
wayi whjch carries ► convict ion that
a Kctiuiae love of the great trust
committed to them actuates the
men in charge of this institutidc.
Sonfe of the amounts asked for may
appear ;at first glance large, but
when considered in connection with
the (fast: increasing demand for the
technical training of yonng men—
much greater than ever before and
far in excess of existing room and
equipment to meet it—they will
look really small, if Texas is'to
keep abreast of progress and have
lives P, H. Clements, W.
Trenckmann. J. C. Ralston, J. T.
Curry, F. Johnston, Ben Gafford,
W. J. Bryan and W.| C. Davis
visited the A. and M. College yes
terday afternoon and returned Jo
Austin last night. They' were
driven over the grounds and con*
ducted through the various depart
ments, accompanied by President
Harrington and Major L. L. Me
in n is, member of the board of
directors. . j
They also saw the dairy and
dairy herd and other live stock,
investigated cotton breeding, the
textile engineering work and the
department of entomology. They
visited the mess hall and inspected
the meats and cooking and were
well pleased with the T food sup
plied to the corps.
They were emphatic in their ex
pressions that the College needs all
and more than the authorities are
asking for, and seemed perfectly
satisfied with the manner in which
the affairs of the institution are be
ing conducted.
The visit to the overcrowded de
partments disclosed the pressing
need for an engineering building,
and the visitors said they needed
ao farther evidence than the tents
On the campus to prove the need of
additional barracks.
The interest, enthusiasm and at
titude of the com mi tree strength
ens the already well grounded be
lief that the present legislature
Will respond jto the demands of the
people of Texas and deal generous
ly with the A. and M. College.
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H. H. MKMKY fj' 'J.~V. anoODOM, ! M. 1— HROOnoN
HENRfiR BR06D0N BROS
WhBIaKSALK and retail
CRAIN DEALERS
B—■
T .T-^y
LIVERY BUSIXEa I EXCLUSIVELY FOR WHITE TRADE
The First National Bank
OF BRYAN, TEXAS.
Designated United States Depositary.!
Capital if . .
Surolus and Profits
*100,000.00
46,000.00
We desire to assure oar patrons or prompt attsn-
tion and painstaking endeavor 4n th» performance
of any and alt services desired at our Honda.
J. W. HOWELL
H. O. BOATWRIGHT
QUY M. BRY^N, |JR.
L. L. MclNNJ
F. M. LAW
President
Vice President
Vice President
Cnshllr
1 Assistant Cashfcr
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Dinner 12
JLTTRJLNT
|S & Haygood
L to 2 p. m. Short orders
at all
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Oysters a specialty
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COLLEGE VERSUS SHOT.
f Ah to college discipline, says Or. F.
W. Taylor of the cnginEarinR depart
ment of the University of Pennsyl
vania, it can not be a good training for
after life for a young man deliberately
to be told by the university authorities
that he can flagrantly neglect his dut
ies sixty times in one term before any
FAT stock snow
From March *a to March 23* will
be held in Ft. Worth; the Annual
Fat Stock Shaw of the National
Feeders' and Breeders’ Association!
Thi* will be undoubtedly the larg
est gathering of fine stock ever
known in the South, as it iadudes
horses, cattle, mules, sheep, goats,
bogs and poultry. A. and M. will
have some good representatives
there who will contest for prises in
stock judging, and weexps
> to run up a high average
school.
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great technological training
school in which the people can take
a jtist pride. The facts and figntes
in Hie preliminary report submitted
by i President Harrington and the
lioakd of directors are explained
mofe in detail in the separate re
ports of the different departments
of the Agricultural and Mechanical : attention will be paid «d it; while, if
College, all of which anil he in the in business, the same young man
hatjds of the Governor and the would be discha^eJ for 'being absent
legislature; and The Oirrent Issue two or three times without penjii^ion
believes will incline the lawmRkRrs,: My belief:in the benefits to be de-
to 4 gederous and willing supi>ort of , rived from doing practical every-day
thi$ vitally important educational work early in the College course ip not
institution, feeling they sre adding the result of a theory. It is founded
not only to the good name’of the'upon close observation and study of
Stajte, but to its substantial and ^F r - y° un K men who have h^d this exper-
reaching benefit and future grovyth ience, and also upon s vivid remem-
in jagricultura] greatness and en- bra nee qf breakfasting each morning
itened progress.—Austin Cnr- fct 5:30. and starting to sk'eepthe floor
renjt issue. T- j- 1 tof a pattern shop as ah apprentice
J . [' } Some 32 years ago, after having spent
; . bqveral yea*4 fn preparing for Harvard
. Harvard vs. Yete. College. The contrast between the
After mondt* . of investigation by two occupations was gieat, but 1 look
the Harvard athletic authorities, it hack upon the first six nsonths of my
has> been finally agreed that no more apprenticeship as a patternmaker as,
ath etic contests will take place be- f>n the whole, the most valuable part
tween the crimson and the blue after, 0 ^ m y education. Not rpat 1 gained
the present year. Yale and Harvard "*«<* ledge during that timfe, nor
wil| meet this spring in hate ball and did 1 ever heconfe a very ^ood pattern-
track, and that will be the end Of in- maker; but the (^wakenihg as to the
ttr-col leg late contests between Amer reality and seriousness of life was com
ical two greatest universities, consid- and, 1 believe, of great value,
ered from an athletic standpoint
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FROM NOW^ UNTIL
1 ..VACATION..
Have the
the A. & M.
your subscript!'
or mail it to the'
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sent to some friend interRSted in
ege. Ht will appreciate it. Give
to avyone on The Battalion staff,
usiness Manager.
L'ojorodc
an
'Silver and
Gold.'’
hem.
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Commercial, manufacturing and
other enterprises in which many men
cooperate, are managed more and more
by delegating all important decisions to
a few men whose judgment has been
trained through long experience, study
and observation in those matters which
they are called upon to decide. Yet
many of our universities are managed
by giving over to the young naan,
under the elective system, the final
'decision as to what studies will best
wr
him to lift himself up his boot
straps.
Of all the habits anld principle*
which make for success) in a young
man, the most useful is thAe determina
tion to do and to do right all of those
things which come his way each day,
whether they are agreeable or die-
agreeable; and the ability, to do this is
A aew dadet at A. Si M.,
While working on an inside
Murmured to himself, apart.
I’m working at an industrial art,*
How^ if a girl could look she’d j
That I am strictly a I*. C.
This may be true, but then,
J haps, j fit him for hh life’s work; although he
Tb)e hem is weaker than Soph, straps has, of necessity, but the vaguest idea
Now boys, be easy sad also bind, of the nature ot the subjects which lie
To this new hem on my— rrouserv before him. It is almost like asking
best acquired through
in doggedly doing al
which is agreeable a
which are tiresome and
and which one does
1 despise the pessi
nothing but the defects
of mankind, and the
pleasure it is to complm
as they are. -- Science.
practice
that
beeco, and now insriteai WMiMnlfil
tion of his regular customers tb his
new leader, ' ’ Drnmtnotxi '’
■ ■Tw4i’3fr,i IrMU fl I,
who te
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all things
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Notice.—“Tough” Cov.nger (W
R.) has dropped “TidMey’s Best*’
from bis special line odTbewing to- FOR
HOLMES & PARKER
CANDIES
AND
FRESH FRUITS
SHOE REPAIRING
. . . SEC . . .
L. ZINAMTI
RST CLASS WORK