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Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
VOLUME XV
COLLEGE, STATION, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 26, 1908
NUMBER 19
Vv'HAT OTHERS THINK OF A. AND
M. BOYS.
Impression made on a practical Hor
ticulturist by the Horticultural Seniors
at the recent meeting at Abilene.
Mr. Halbert, a pecan expert, and
budder says, “My mind runs back to
cur pleasant meeting at Abilene and
dwells on the incidents that took
place. I often think of the, thorough
painstaking manner your students did
things. I do not know what I would
have done on that preliminary con
test is arranging the pecans if I had
not had the help of those thorough
ycung men; young men having thj
training to become so thorough at
whatever they undertake are sure to
st cceed in life.
During the. last two weeks Prof.
Kyle has received nearly- a' hundred
letters asking for definite information
on working improved varieties of pe
cans on our native hickory and pecan
stock. A number of these men realize
the value of training in this line and
are anxious to secure students to do
this work for them during the summer
A number of men are taking work in
preparation for this.”
Cadets Allen and Beckert, who have
been sick in the hospital, are home on
furlough.
Mr. Crisler of the Feed Control, af
ter a severe attack of grip, is able to
be up again.
j. W. Carson has just returned from
a trip to Wichita Falls and along the
Denver, where he has been speakin*.
on Farmers’ Institutes.
“Big Jim” Ross is . back and the rec
ord shot putters and hammer throwers
1 t d better look to their laurels.
Prof. Neff attended a Horticultural
meeting at Tyler recently.
Mr. G. A. Smith spent a few days at
his home in Kyle last week.
Messrs. Crum and Simmons were in
Waco last week to see that masterpiece
<y Dew Wallace, “Ben Hur.”
Paul D. Casey has just returne 1
from one of his “pulse feeling” expe-
oitions and seems much encouraged
over the outlook.
Dr. Marstellar has been in the hos
pital for the past week but is again
able to be out awhile each day.
There will be a meeting of the
Scientific Agricultural Society on Fri
day night. Aside from the regular
program there will be a general dis-
cussion of interesting subjects for
thesis work. The following men are
cn the regular program: Jobson,
North, Robinson and Evans.
The new veterinary hospital is near
ing completion and will be ready for
use in the spring term, much to c-ie
gratification of the veterinary depart
ment, and the students of animal hus-
bc hdry.
Most of the Seniors have selected
their thesis subjects and some of them
have their research work almost com
pleted and are ready to begin writing
up the manuscripts as son as the sub
jects are approved. Following are
some of the subjects selected by stu
dents of agriculture:
J. M. McBeod—The Swine Industry
i i Texas.
W. G. North and R. W. Faust—Com
parison of the Fattening Value of In
dian Corn. Kaffir Corn, Milo Maize,
and Black Strap Molasses for Steer
Feeding.
C. E. Jones and A. J. Smith—Com
parison of Indian Corn, Skim Milk,
Black Strap Molasses for Fattening
Hogs.
C. M. Evans—Stock Farming in the
South.
J. R. Dauderdale—The Dairy Indus
try in Texas.
H. Schmidt—The Anatomy of the
Horse’s Foot.
CAMPUS NOTES.
Mr. and ’Mrs. J. C. Nagle were called
to Manor, Texas, last Sunday to the
bedside of Mr. Nagle’s mother. They
returned Tuesday night.
Dr. Ball and Mr, Sanburn went down
to Prof. Smither’s plantation Saturday
night.
Mrs. T. P. Jifinkin visited her sister
in Mexia, last week, returning to Col
lege Monday.
Mrs. J. M. Brown has been on the
campus for some days visiting her
daughter, Mrs. J. A. Lomax.
Mr. T. P. Junkin made a flying trip
to Houston the last of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Junkin expect a visit
fioni Mr. Junkin’s mother and sister
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvord and their guest,
Miss Oaks of Chicago, went dver to
San Antonio and to Laredo for a
sight-seeing trip. They report having
had a delightful trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Childs, who have
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^chanan^Moore Co^
Comforts
Pillows
Mirrors
Rugs
Book Cases
Cabinets
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Bryan’s Big Furniture and Buggy
House
A. McKINZIE
Watch Maker and Jeweler
All kinds of watch repairing done on short notice. Work
guaranteed. A full and complete line of Watches, Dia
monds and Jewelry always on hand. We solicit the cam
pus business. .....
spent a month or more with Mr.and
Mrs. Alvord, leave inis week for their
home in Michigan.
Miss Virginia Spence gave a most
delightful Valentine party. The table
was decorated in ribbons and
hearts, and long ribbons strung with
hearts hung from the chandelier to
the four corners of the table. All the
young people on thep'campus were in
vited and everyone enjoyed the even
ing a great deal.
Mr. and Mrs. Wier had Mrs. Ball
and Master Eben Junkin to take din
ner with them Sunday.
Miss Ethel Hutson returned from
Austin Friday. She has been to
Houston and Beaumont also since
leaving College a month ago.
Mr. H. T. Mathews, ’03, was here for
a day or so this week to see his
friends and classmates.
Messrs. Flint McGregor, ’03, and T.
B. Warden, ’03, were here between
trains Sunday.
Mrs. C. W. Hutson left last week to
spend a month in Houston with- her
daughter, Mrs. H. M. Rollins.
Every one is delighted at seeing Dr.
Francis at home and looking so well
again.
Mrs. Fermier entertained with Fort
Euchre last Saturday in honor of her
mother, Mrs. Barnhart. The tables
had dimunitive flagstaffs on them
and each side that won a game was
given a flag to be put on this staff.
The table winning the most flags was
awarded prizes and the ladies at this
table were Mesdaines Spence, Blake,
Giesecke,Gilbert and Misses Waite and
Mary Hutson. The table winning the
smallest number of flags was also
awarded prizes of another sort and
the’ladies at this tc ye .were Mesda mes
Wier, Barnhart, Brown Welborn Moses
Fraps, Mackey, Lear, Lomax, Sbisa,
and Miss Hutson. The other guests
were Mesdames Childs, Ball, Sanburn,
Fraps, Mackey, Lear, Lmax, Sbisa,
Larson, Mitchell. The--three Misses
Giesecke, dressed, in the costumes of
Washington’s times, served the delic-
i.uis refreshments. Little Miss Minnie
Giesecke in her purple coat, black
breeches and powdered wig looked a
perfect “young George” at his sixth
birthday instead of his hundred and
seventy-sixth.
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EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER TO
M. L. HUTSON FROM N. LOCK-
EljT, JR., ’03.
get nearly every day looks much like
sleet or snow. Some mornings we
two, or three, inches oiD t the
La Paz Bolivia, South America, j ground.
1 wish you would send me some Eng-j T° the east about sixty to one hun-
Y. M. C. A. NOTES.
The holidays are over so let’s return
to our Y. M. C. A. work. We have
had a good long rest and should face
bur duties with zeal and pride. Our
reading room looks like a haunted
place, surely it is not, step in and
make yourself at home. If you have
a book or magazine that you would
like to give to your fellow cadets leave
it in the room.
We are to have with us the seventh
prox. a man whom a great many of
vs love, Dr. W. D. Weatherford, a
Texas boy of whom we are all proud.
He is a college man and talks to col
lege men from that point of view. Dr.
Weatherford is not a “goody, goody,'
long faced preacher, but a whole-souled
wholehearted man. He is one of the
strongest men in /the South. Don’t
miss the opportunity of hearing him.
The time is drawing near to elect
new officers. Have your men picked
out for the diffetent positions.
Let us organize our Bible classes
again. Fifteen or twenty minutes
spent each day in reading the Bible is
time well used. Remember the re
port our delegates made at the Rus-
ton conference. We must all work to
gether to keep up that good record.
Lesson for next Sunday: seventh and
eighth chapters of II Corinthians.
Knock the dust off your Testament
and prepare the lesson.
Prof. Alvord will give us a talk Sun
c ay evening at 7:15 p. m. Come and
bring some one with you.
lish news, magazines, etc. I haven’t
gotten a one since I have been here.
I have not heard whether A. and M
beat ’Varsity or not, and I have had
plenty of time lo hear.
How many boys have you there now,
and what are most of them taking?
I hope they do not get overrun in C.
E.’s. Have they ever put in a C. F.
building or done anything to fix up
things a little better r
What is all that crowd doing, i.e.
the ’03 part of it?
1 ran upon R. M. Brown ’01 here.
He was store keeper when I first came,
but is now in charge of track. A-
most of the track is on my residency,
I see a great deal of nim. I am going
to move some time soon to another
residency, as this one is nearly com
pleted. I have only a few ditches and
five or six small spans. There are
sixty openings, but on one stretch of
twelve kilometers there is only one
bridge; this leaves fifty-nine or forty-
eight kilometers.
The residency is very high work,
considering the country. The sum
mit is 12989 feet, which is pretty high,
but not so high as the Peruvian
Southern—14666 and the Orago—15600
nevertheless it gets your breath to
stir around very fast.
The rainy season is now on, also the
summer season. But the fine hail we
tired miles, there is a snow capjied
range two peaks of which are Socata
( 7815 meters) and Illimani (about 6900
meters). Illimani is a very pretty
peak and shows up a very glistening
white from Viacha to about kilometei
150. The snowline of Illimani is
about one day’s ride from camp.
The Bolivia Railway is trying to
build down to Tapiga near the Argen
tine Border From Buenos Ayres they
have a line to within 150 or 200 kil.
of Tapiga. From Viacha to Tapiga is
About 850 kilometers. They have 100
kilometers of track laid now and
about 100 kils. graded ready for track,
except two small bad stretches. They
expect rails in Oruro in July. Oruro
v.ill be the headquarters and they have
a very nice reservation planned there
for shop buildings, stations, hotel, of
fices and cottages for the employees.
After they get to Oruro they may get
along faster as they may be able to
get the Antafogasta—Oruro line to
haul some of the material. Heretofore
they would not haul anything, as they
are trying to delay construction.
From Antafogasta to Oruro it is a
30” guage 950 kilometers long. Their
ratps are very high and they pay bet
ter dividens than any road in the world
The Bolivia railway will form a bis;
g£ p in the Pan-American, but there
vill still be a larger gap farther north.
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A. McKINZIE 4*
AGENT FOR VICTORS
AND VICTOR’S RECORDS
J. J. Caldwell has just returned from
a wisit to homefolks at Brownwood.
R. F. Miller and Sam McMillan have
just returnd from a visit to the “Com
mercial Colony.”
W. c. BO YETT
Cadet Headquarters for |
Cigars, Tobacco, Stationary and Candy
Gents’ Furnisher
Thanking the A. and M. College Cadets for their liberal pat
ronage in the past, am again soliciting a share for the com-
ng term. Yours to please,
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The Campus Merchant