THANKSGIVING DINNER — CORPS
IS GIVEN A FINE SPREAD
Owing to the fact that the majority
of the cadets were absent Thanksgiv
ing day on the occasion of their an
nual journey to Austin to be present
at the grand wind-up of the football
season, the magnificent dinner Sbisa
usually gets out was given the next
day.
This dinner was all the more appro
priate not only in commemoration of
the day set apart by our Puritan
fathers, but also in the celebration of
our second great victory over Var
sity on her own grounds, the 5 to 0
one.
Old Sbisa exceeded even his own
expectations and put forth a spread
that would sharpen the appetite of any
epicuiean. In addition to the regular
dinner enough extras were put on the
spacious tables to enable the cadets to
carry away in their paper bags a
luncheon to serve for supper—the
mess hall at that hour undergoing a
transformation in preparation of the
bi^ hop.
The following %a S the menu as got
ten up by the steward:
Thanksgiving Dinner.
Oyster soup, with cjysterette crackers
Scalloped^ttvsters
?bast turkey, cramfc^-ry sauce
Baked chicken, cele^kiressing
;oast beef
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Light bread
Feet corn
^Vasliec Irish
^ Celery
lan bread
0; Butter and
%. Gravy
Desert.
lOnglisl^TOjjum B^nling, cream sauce
Hot mince pie
Assorted cyik^s Assorted raisins
Assorted nuts
Dates •'•?•;£•* Apples Oranges
Coffee noir
The foiknving members of the ’08
class came to Austin on Thanksgiving
day to see their alma mater down
Varsity: Beesley, Burmeiser, Dan
Culver, Heller, Leslie Huff, Sampson,
Warden North, Miller and Washburn.
Leslie Huff, our star baseball pitcher,
had to leave here in the spring of his
senior year on account of bad health.
He came all the way from California
to see the game and some of his
friends, and says he is coming back to
A. & M. next year or year after next
to finish his course.
Dan Culver and his young bride in-
c’dentally stopped of£ at Austin to see
the great game while on their honey
moon.
Sampson came back to college with
the corps to attend the big Thanks
giving hop. His many friends were
g’ad to see him on the campus once
more.
promenade was started at 8 sharp and
was led by R. G. Shenard and Miss
Mae Langen of San Antonio. Many
beautiful figures were formed, as the
light-hearted dancers tripped around
the spacious hall.
The programs were given out by
Mr. J. William Butts and Mr. Buz Har
rison. They were maroon in color,
bearing the emblem of the Swastika
upon the face, and were made in the
shape of card cases, containing be
sides the dances and committees, a
pretty picture of the minuette of years
ago.
After all programs were arranged,
the music, which was furnished by
Herb and Lewis of Houston, started
off with a well-known two-step,
“Looks Like a Big Night Tonight,”
which, in fact, proved to be the case,
ns all will agree.
The first part of the program con'
sisted of eleven well selected pieces,
including the well-known “I Love My
Wife, But Oh, You Kid,” “1 he Merry
Widow,” and “I Wonder Who’s Kiss
ing Her Now.”
Following the intermission was a
cotilMon danced by forty-two couples.
The first twenty-one couples arose
from their seats, marched until a sig
nal was given, then waltzed, then
marched again and received favors of
snowballs and sleds. They then fa
vored the last twenty-one couples, who
arose and waltzed until the signal was
blown; then they formed for a march
which terminated in the Swastika em
blem being formed with the ladies as
two arms and the gentlemen as the
other. Candles were,carried by each,
one and the electric lights were ex
tinguished. Everyone raised his can
dle above his head and the beautiful
figure thereby formed was applauded
by all.
Everyone resumed his former seat;
the last twenty-one couples then arose
and marched and after receiving their
favors of wax Dr. Cooks and sleds, fa
vored the first twenty-one, who arose
and waltzed until a given signal, when
they in turn marched until they
formed two long lines. Then the
lights were extinguished and a tab-
! leau was made at one end, consisting
I of Old Glory planted at the north pole.
; Mr. McQuigy, the smallest cadet on
1 the campus, was dressed in white
! and acted as Dr. Cook, and he proceed-
: ed to pelter everyone with imitation
! snowballs. A real snowball fight now
| ensued which was very realistic in-
i
deed.
The sixteen dances were quite a
i
novelty and entirely new at College.
The music struck up “Dreaming” and
when the dancers were fairly started
the lights were turned off and a big
moon shone down upon them from one
end of the hall; small stars were scat
tered about the ceiling and the whole
arrangement threw one off his guard
until he realized that he was dancing
by the light of the moon.
Appreciation and thanks are ex
tended to .Miss Mae Langen for her
ideas and he’p in executing the co
tillion.
In honor of the guests one extra
was danced, that being in honor of the
Kala Kinasis club.
After numerous dances, including
a barn dance the dance wound up
with a little two-step, “Little One,
Good Bye,’ and all departed into the
silvery moonlight amid the chords of
“Home, Sweet Home.”
The third floor of the Alpha hall, the
girls’ dormitory, at Indiana, was
thrown into a state of excitement one
day last week by the discovery of a
garter snake, at least six inches in
length, in one of the rooms. After va
rious suggestions, including hypno-
had been tried, one heroine
steppea forward, grasped the fearful
monster and thrust him into a chamois
skin purse for safe keeping.
One of the most remarkable stu
dents in any university is registered at
Indiana. Totally blind and 22 years
old, he will in the near future obtain
a bachelor’s and a doctor’s degree.
He has a strong chance for a Rhodes’
scholarship. He intends to become an
author.
SWASTIKA PROMENADE
Held on Saturday Night Last, Most
Unique Affair of the Season.
This affair was a most unique one,
and all in all, the most brilliant ever
held at College Station. The decora
tions were altered some from the
night before and the den was trans
formed into a refreshment parlor,
where white aproned attendants
served out most delicious punch; not,
however, the kind found at church fes
tivals.
Being Saturday night the grand
The Eternal Question—The Senior Ring—Which?
A. J.
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Bluett Shirts
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Sheets and Pillow
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Towels and Laundry
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anything you might need
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Always on the lookout for innova
tions, the University of Chicago has-
established a school of waiters.
The British club at Boston Tech held
a dinner recently. The club has-
eighteen members.
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