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The following is the circular letter
that Prof. E. J. Kyle is sending to the
high schools of the State:
College Station, Tex.,* April 12, 1911.
Dear Sir—I am pleased to announce
that the final arrangements have been
practically completed for the annual
meeting of the A. & M. College State
High School Association, April 21-22.
The indications now are that it will
be the greatest event of its kind ever
held in the Southwest.
Twenty-six high schools have writ
ten expressing a desire to enter the
field games. Five private schools will
be represented. The reports from the
preliminaries indicate that a number
of records will be broken.
I am enclosing blank entry cards
which each school should fill out ac
cording to Sections 7 and 8 of the
rules. These should be sent to Dr.
J. C. Blake, College Station, Texas.
In .case of a preliminary being held
as late as the 15th, every effort
should be made to return the cards
at the earliest possible moment after
said meet. Those individuals scoring
12 or more points in a preliminary
contest and not on a winning team
should follow the above instructions.
Any school failing to win in a pre
liminary still has a perfect right to
attend the college meet, and free en
tertainment will be given after ar
rival. Any school can bring as many
as ten contestants. The committee,
however, pays the way of only six.
Tickets will be wired on the 14th.
If you should fail to, get yours in time,
go to your local bank and draw upon
the A. & M. Athletic Association
through the City National Bank of
Bryan for the amount of your trans
portation.
The association does not pay the
way of the oratorical contestants.
((See contsitution, Article VII.) The
committee suggests that the tickets
be used only by actual contestants,
and that each school pay the way of
the coach.and faculty representatives.
We wish to call special attention
to the Round Table. (See Article VIII
of the constitution.) We hope to make
this of great interest and value to the
representatives of every school.
The preliminaries will beg’n
promptly at 9 o’clock on the 21st.
It will be necessary for every school
to be present at that time.
Train Schedule.
We are enclosing schedule which
will give you time of leaving home
and arrival at College. You can ar
rive in f he afternoon or night of the
20th, to suit your convenience. A
rate of one and one-third fare has
keen offered by all roads, so those
that do not get free transportation
can take advantage of this.
Very truly yours,
E. J. KYDE,
President A. & M. College Athletic
Association.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
Alumni of the University of Vir-
gina resident of Bryan and officers
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas met Thursday nigh'
about a dining table heaped high with
those edibles peculiar to Virginia,
and organized the Brazos County
Chapter of the Alumni Association of
the University of Virginia, and here
after that chapter will have the
awarding of an annual scholarship at
the University of Virginia.
It is the custom of the members of
the Alumni Association of that uni
versity for chapters where two or
three are gathered together to meet
annually on April 13, and observe
Jefferson’s birthday as “Founders’
Day,” and to communicate with the
parent chapter by telegraph. There
being several in this county, Thurs
day evening was selected for the
meeting and the organization was ef
fected at a dinner given at the Shir
ley hotel. The members participating
in the organization are:
Charles Puryear, professor of math
ematics and dean of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College.
Dr. Oscar M. Ball, professor of
biology A. & M. College.
James Newton Michie, assistant pro
fessor of mathematics A. & M. Col-,
lege.
Nicholas C. Hamner, assistant State
chemist A. & M. College.
Horace Edwin Hayden, Jr., instruc
tor in biology A. & M. college.
R. W. Canfield, instructor depart
ment of English A. & M. College.
J. Robert Astin, of Bryan, lawyer
and member of the Texas senate.
Robert Armstrong, of Bryan, attor
ney.
Horace W. South, of Allen Academy,
Bryan.
T. R. Batte, of Bryan, real estate.
Dr. George W. Emory, of Bryan,
physician.
When these former students of the
University of Virginia met at the din
ner Thursday evening to effect their
chapter organization there was much
in a reminiscent way. Some of the
gentlemen could go back farther than
others in telling of happenings at the
university, but each one was thor
oughly impressed with the same tra
ditions. There have been traditions
about the University of Virginia, and
these traditions are handed down from
class to class. Those who met Thurs
day for this organization represented
various periods in the history of the
university, but all of them represent
ed the same customs and traditions.
They are all proud of the institution
which Jefferson founded, and they are
loyal to its sacred precepts.
At the meeting Thursday night
Prof. Charles Puryear was elected
president, and Horace Edwin Hayden,
Jr., was elected secretary.
T. C. U. WINS THE FIRST.
Christians Are Outhit but Win by
Good Fielding.
A. & M. put up a hard fight, but
lost to T. C. U. at Fort Worth Wednes
day by a score of 3 to 2. In the ninth
inning two infield hits and a clean
drive over second by Vesmirovsky
filled the bases with only one man
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Felt’s bat, however, and a quick throw
to third retired the side.
Score: R. H. E.
A. & M. 000 200 000—2 9 1
T. C. U 000 020 001*—3 4 1
Batteries—Moore ancl. Neyland;
Morton and Bettison.
(Details in next week’s Battalion.)
FERTILIZERS AND ROTATION.
Dr. G. S. Fraps, state chemist of
Texas at A. & M. college, says:
“It is not practical to maintain the
nitrogen in the soil by buying the ni
trogen in commercial- fertilizers. The
nitrogen in fertilizers may supplement
that which is already present in the
soil; it therefore increases the drain
upon the soil and really makes it
weaker than before unless it is used
in connection with a rotation. There
are some crops for which it would be
profitable to purchase enough nitrogen
to maintain the soil fertile, but the
plant food is not the only factor in
| the production of crops and the phys
ical condition of the soil as a rule
renders the rotation of crops in which
vegetable matter will be introduced
in the soil as imperative.
“The "question whether acid phos
phate or phosphate rock should be
used is merely one of cost and re :
turns. I have not yet decided whether
or not phosphate rock will give profit
able returns on Texas soils. I am not,
therefore, at present advocating the
use of phosphate rock, and will not
do so until the investigations which
I have under way and others which I
shall study show satisfactory results.
“In many sections of the South corn
is now planted in rows five and six
feet apart, and at the time of laying
by cowpeas are planted in the rows
and grazed off or turned under in the
fall. The land may be planted in cot
ton the next year. It is also practical
to institute a rotation in which oats
or millet or some similar crop will
follow by cowpeas, these by cotton,
this by corn with cowpeas between
the rows and with the oats or millet
again.
“We have not completed our studies
of the acidity of Texas soils and are
not able to make definite statements
concerning them, but the soils of
Texas, as a general rule, are not acid.
We do not, therefore, advise the use
of lime or ground limestone rock ex
cept on alfalfa or peanuts on certain
soils, • or experimentally on a small
scale.”