The Battalion
Published every Friday night by the
Students of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas.
Editor-in-Chief:
A. G. WILSON.
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
A. B. COLLINS.
Business Manager:
T. G. HUTH.
Assistant Business Managers:
D. T. STEVENS, C. J. REES,
E. H. MILLS.
Assistant Editors:
J. F. BROWN,
F. P. HAYS,
G. R. ALEXANDER,
J. C. SIMMONS,
A. W. MURPHY.
pompany Athletics:
E. LANGFORD.
pxchange Editor:
M. D. MORLEY.
Cartoonist:
PERRY BARLOW.
Society Reporter:
B. E. GIESECKE, ’ll.
Alumni Editor:
F. J. SKEELER, ’10.
C. A. McEACHERN.
Agricultural Editor:
Entered as second-class matter at
College Station, Texas, February 17,
1905
Price Per Annum $1.25
NEW $75,000 MESS HALL.
Governor Colquitt Will Approve Defi
ciency for That Amount.
Formal application is to be made
to Governor Colquitt by the Board of
Directors of A. & M. College for the
approval of a deficiency warrant for
$75,000 for the reconstruction of the
Mess Hall at the college.
It is the purpose of the college au
thorities to take active steps to com
mence the work of construction soon.
The new Mess Hall will have a seat
ing capacity of 2500 students and will
be entirely fireproof.
Governor Colquitt has expressed
himself as being in thorough accord
with the plan.
ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT.
Among the new improvements on
tie campus, and an improvement that
has for its purpose accommodation for
the cadets of the college, is a two-
story frame business house which is
being erected between the Shirley
Hotel and the residence of the Presi-
j dent.
' At a recent meeting of the Board of
j Directors of the college permission
j was granted to W. A. Leigh, Jr., and
i O. E. Saunders to establish a refresh-
' ment parlor on the campus, where re-
j freshments of all kinds will be sold.
I Mr. Leigh has been chief clerk in the
' office of the professor of agriculture
| for a couple of years and Mr. Saun-
j ders lives in Bryan, and is one of the
! strongest supporters of the ath’etics
.) of the college. They are both friends
! to the college from every standpoint,
■ and The Battalion takes pleasure in
[welcoming them as business men ca-
; tering to the wants and desires of the
| members of the corps. The building
! they are erecting will be an attractive
j place, and they will carry oysters,
j candies, cigars, tobaccos, fruits, ice
Gollege Station, Texas, Nov. 17, 1911. drinks, ice cream in season, cakes and
V '' ; : 1 : '; '' ' ’ ' nick-nacks. It is expected that the
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building will be reqdy for occupancy
by December 15. Mr. Leigh wall be in
not be made the success that it ought direct charge of the busines3 .
The Battalion is your paper. It car
to be unless it has everybody’s assist
ance. No one man can alone edit
This new business on the campus
will be a great convenience and ac-
presentable sheet. Whenever anyone commodation to t he cadets and to the
makes a witty remark in the barracks campus p< , op]e as well .
or in the Mess Hall jot it down and
drop it in The Battalion box, first ' "
floor Main building, near the bulletin
board. We request that you sign each
contribution, but your name will not
be published unless you so
SENIOR DANCE.
The second Senior dance of the col-
desire | lege year was given at the Shirley
Any criticisms or suggestions will re- j Club house Saturday evening, Novem-
peive due consideration by Wilson, j her 11, and those who attended voted
the editor, in Room 93, Legett.
THE GIRL IN RED AND WHITE.
In this world of toil and trouble
There are some things always
bright,
Which in direful circumstances
Are delicious to the sight.
But where in all creation
Is a vision of delight,
A superb combination,
Like the Girl in Red and White?
Look upon the field of conflict!
Look behind the footlights’ glare!
In that same becoming costume,
Those same ribbons in her hair.
That same glorious decoration
Any place that it will w'ear.
One fleet glance is confirmation.
She, in Red and White, is there!
Other colors shine forth brililant
At the noon of Victory’s sun;
But what about the evening
When the other fellows’ won?
She is there! For us forever!
Win or lose, it matters not,
The Girl in White and Crimson
Will be “Johnny-on-the-Spot!”
it to be an unusually enjoyable one.
I The new rule of the Seniors was
strictly enforced and the dance was’
i distinctively Senior. The success of
the dance was due to the proficiency
of Jack Figh, its president. Excep
tionally good music was furnished and .
the floor was in fine condition. Purple 1
and pearl-gray pennants were used in j
the wall decorations.
Mr. Figh and Miss Frances Davis j
led the grand march. The followins- ,
young ladies were present: Misses j
Frances Chance, Rowena Rhodes, '
Nanene Hall, Anita Park, STella
Spence. Esther and Frances Davis,
Nell Cole, Lucile Williamson, Helen
Demaret, Winchter, Caldwell. The ,
Seniors who danced were: Messrs. |
E. F. Moser. J. D. Miller, R. R. Rosa
H. C. Von Rosenberg. T. J. Dwyer, j
C. H. Harrison, T. S. King, J. H. Hel- |
ler. W. H. Curtin. J. Fries, C. B. Rom- ,
berg, A. J. Francis, P. S. Devine, J. R. j
Figh. J. L. Young, G. C. Fairbairn, R. j
P>. Barnitz, B. J. Mansfield, M. C.
Giesecke, Gordon Broyles, Y. A. Mil
ner. J. R. Caldwell and Horace Boyett
Chaperones: Mesdames C. L. Fen
ton. J. C. Nagle, Harrison, C. B. Moran
and Dean.
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Ordeis taken on Campus by C. Hohn, our agent
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A pleasuie resort for gentlemen. Good music and perfect order.
Accommodation check room. Building being repaired with new skv
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