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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1912)
Published Weefcly by the Students , Associatioai of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOLUME XiX COLLEGE STATION. TEXAS, MARCH 29, 1^12 NUMBER 20 Y. M. C. A. Building to Be Built Soon Building Committee Appointed—Cor ner Stone To Be Laid During Commencement. The A. & M. College Y. M. €._ A. building is to be built soon! The board of directors has appoint ed as a building committee C. P. Foun tain, J. C. Nagle, F. P. Steger, F. E. Giesecke and C. H. McDowell, and has given them instructions to have con struction work begin as soon as possi ble. It is thought that the work will start about April 15, in order that the corner-stone can be laid duriilg com mencement week in June. The present Sophomore class is go ing to furnish the corner-stone and will also pay for a large portion of the foundation. This building of the Y. M. C. A. has been contemplated for some time and the student body has subscribed lib erally toward raising the funds. Enough money has been raised to in sure its completion. The building will be located on the corner, opposite Ross Hall, now occu pied by the Tent Row. It is to be a three-story structure with basement. In the~ basement there will be a swim ming pool with the necessary showers, lockers, toilet facilities, linen room, and sufficient space for minor athlet ics, such as boxing, fencing, swinging clubs and bells, and punching bags. On the first floor there will be reading* and reception rooms, and a well- equipped auditorium with seating ca pacity of four hundred. On the second floor there will be committee anc^ lec ture rooms and assembly rooms for student organizations. The third floor will be equipped as sleeping quarters and living rooms, to be used by par ents and friends of cadets while- here on visits. The roof-garden will be fitted up so that it can be utilized as sleeping quarters during times of com mencement and on other occasions •when the regular quarters happen to be overcrowded. Nothing definite can be given as to details and specifications, as the final plans are now being attended to in Prof. Gieeecke’s office. The Y. M. C. A. building is some thing that has been needed here for years and the announcement that it is to be built soon is welcomed by all members of the association as well as by the entire corps of cadets. Those who have worked hard to raise the funds for the building can not be given too much praise at this hour of suc cess. The Freshman Issue The staff of the Freshman issue of The Battalion wishes to thank those who have assisted in the way of pre paring articles, drawing cartoons^ etc., for this issue of our college weekly. Those who did cartooning were W. C. Bagwell, L. A. Yon Rosenberg, W. P. Martin and James D. Brown. Those who contributed articles and in some way gave their assistance were G. A. Saper/A. E. Burges, IT. G. Cherry, S. ^Continued om Page 3.) L. V. HOUSTON, Pr*«. G. A. 6APER, Historian. F L. ELLSWORTH, Vice Pres. D. W. SPURLOCK, Sec. First Year Men in AtMetics “Fish” Are Playing Important Parts in All Branch©® This Year. Last year's Freshman class probably put out more “T” men than any other Freshman class for years, in that they had five to make their letter in foot ball and two or three others reached the top in other branches of athletics. Nevertheless, this year’s “fish” have made a good showing and they have a hance yet to reach the desired end. Foote was the only Freshman to make his “T,” but others did splendid work on the squad throughout the season, and after all the “fish” have given the “old heads” a race for a position bn the team. Spake had practically made his let ter, but on account of deficiencies in the classroom lost his chance for the time being. Throughout the season he showed to be the best broken field runner, and did excellent work as quarterback. Bowler, a Junior fish, is a hard player. He has a splendid record and wall no doubt be worth a great deal to next year’s eleven. Other first year men who remained on the squad throughout the season were McQueen, Everett, Parker, Col- lings, Nelms, Morrison, Stevenson and Withers. Higginbotham did excellent work in company football with the I-K team, and has been called out for next sea son. Baseball. A large part of the baseball squad, this year is made up of Freshmen. Some are doing active work on the^ team. Higginbotham of I-K football! fame is showing up well in the pitch er’s box. Skeeler from Orange, brother of-F. J. Skeeler, instructor in physics, is also doing fine work in the box. Bruton of Comanche is doing excellent service on third base and at short. Perry of Rockdale and Bennett of Oklahoma are other good infielders. Morrison from Chattanooga is up to the top as a backetot). Gillespie of Houston is holding down second sta- i tion like an old timer. Storey, Cates and Jackson, C. F., are other Fresh men who are holding down places on. the squad. T rack. 1915 men promise to play an impor tant part on the A. & M. track team COItmOEB PAGE 3