The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 17, 1909, Image 2

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CHRISTY & FISHER BOOK
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Tilt BATTALION
Publ .shed Weekly by the Students’ Association cf
the Agricultural and Mechanical
College cf Texas »
C. P. Brannin Editor in Chief!
R. E. Adams..Asso. Editor in Chief!
J. J. Caldwell Business Manager,
A. L. Ward Asso. Bus. Mgr. j
B. Gist Local Editor
H. Louwien Athletic Editor
R. C. Sigel. .. . . .Y. M. C. A. Editor
R. F. Miller Agricultural Editor
R. J. Potts Alumni Editor
Assistant Editors: H. G. Wickes, Mrs.
Lomax, L. H. Fitzhugh.
Entered as second-class matter at College Station,
Texas. February 17, 1905.
PRICE PER ANNUM
$1.25
COLLEGE STATION, TEX., FEB, 17.
FROM THE BLUE BOX
The recent enforcement of article 3,
paragraph 367, in the blue book with
regard to the baseball players has
caused quite a good deal of attention
to be directed to that passage. The
rules here state that no student will
be allowed to take paft in athletic
sports unless he has passed in at least
fifteen term hours work during the
last session. As a result of the en
forcement of this act our baseball
squad has dwindled considerably,
many of the best players being thrown
out of the game. Indeed it looks as if
there will be Ao baseball team here
this year unless something Is doneC'
It is right enough for the man who
plays baseball, football or track work
to be expected to keep his class work
up to a certain standard but there
should be a limit to the height of this
standard. Every up-to-date institution
of learning recognizes the value of ath
letics, both as an advertisment for the
school and as a means of raising the
tone of the student body. Every con
cession possible is always granted the
different teams and their work encour
aged in every way possible. No one
expects an athlete to do quite as well
in his studies as the student who has
nothing but his books to consume his
time and the standard to which the
athlete must attain is rarely ever
made higher than he can reach with
a moderate amount of work.
Up to the present time the policy of
this school has been to encourage ath
letics in every way possible and yet
have the students engaged in these
sports do the proper kind of work.
However, with the enforcement of the
new rules a decided check has been
! given to sports. It is not an easy
j matter for a man with nothing else
! but his books to pass his fifteen term
hours of work and it’s much harder
for one to do so when he must put in
time each week in practice in some
kind of athletics.
Athletics are as necessary to a
school as almost any 'other one thing
and it is a bad day for A. and M. that
sees any material check given their
development. Surely some change can
be made which will impose fewer re
strictions upon the athlete in his class
work.
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It’s our new and immensely popular
plan of selling Oliver typewriters on
little easy payments. The abandon
ment of long and in favor of clean,
legible, beautiful typewriting is the
next step in human progress.
Already—in all lines of business and
in all professions—the use of pen-and-
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watchful of the trend of public senti- j
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young people in the use of Oliver
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The prompt and generous response
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Hon. Pat Neff of Waco will speak
at the Grand opera house in Bryan
on the evening of February 23rd. Mr.
Neff is one of the most gifted orators
in Texas, and his engagement to speak
in Bryan comes through the Texas
Womans’ College. The lecture is free
and all are cordially invited.
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When you need a Raincoat
you need it bad.
No matter how many over
coats you may have there’s
nothing to take the place of
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will take the place of an over
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you can be suited in Raincoats
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coats at prices to suit your
purse.
Underwear
of winter weight will be a
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know it, in fact is now a ne
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values to be found this sea
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50C 75C
and
$1.00
HUNTER &
CHATHAM
Men’s Furnishers