Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1912)
The Battalion Published every Friday night by the Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Sophomore Staff: Editor-in-Chief David H. Levy Business Manager R. A. Kern Society Editors..The Misses Giesecke Assistants: Beasley, Tinker, Taliaferro, Hop kins, Braunig, Powell, Simmons, Tan ner, Weatherly. Entered as second-class matter at College Station, Texas, February 17, 1905 Price Per Annum $1.25 College Station, Texas, April 5, 1912. GREETINGS. In placing this Battalion in your hands we have no apologies to make. We have only done that which we set out to do; and that is, to edit a “Sophomore Battalion.” We have done our best, and that is all anyone can do. To edit a paper so as to as sure its success, you are compelled to have an abundance of good material to select from. For, as everyone knows, a publication of this sort is judged by the quality and not the quantity of its articles. Since we have discovered no Jack Londons, Upton Sinclairs, Gouverneur Morrises nor Robert W. Chambers in our class, we have to depend upon the talent already un earthed by the plow of necessity. And also since we have neither discov ered any Gibsons, Fishers, Christys nor Flaggs, we have had to draw upon the work of our unknown geniuses. To further assure its success you are compelled to cater to the tastes of all the classes. Some college periodicals appeal to the student body alone; others to its friends. We have tried to publish a paper that will leave a favorable im- presison on all who peruse these col umns, be he student or otherwise. Before offering adverse criticism bear in mind that no affront is in tended and that we have not resorted to satire nor yellow journalism, but have striven to express the feelings, hopes and ambitions of a Sophomore class so-that an account of them will be of interest o our fellow school mates and friends. We herewith pre sent to you this, our Sophomore Battalion. , Although the Freshman have an nounced in their issue of The Bat talion what the Sophomore class in tended to present to the school, we wish to add a few words about it. The Sophomore class, realizing the great amount of trouble in securing money to build the new Y. M. C. A. building have decided to furnish the corner-stone and part of the founda tion. Only one other class in the his tory of the school has given anything to their alma mater, the present Sen ior class presenting the college with the flag pole. This Sophomore class is wide-awake and can be congratulated on being the second one doing a deed of this kind. We hope the other classes will see the wisdom of this and act accordingly. We are pleased to note that floor-oil has been applied to the floors of sev eral of our section rooms. This keeps down the dust and very effectively improves the appearance of the room as well as the health and comfort of the occupants. It seems as if the flag pole will have been raised by 1925. Why hasn’t work commenced on it? If “we” don’t watch out the new section now lying on the ground will be corroded and oxidized before it has been put into place. The staff were handicapped, in that they supposed their issue of The Bat talion was to be published on April 12 instead of the 5th. Nevertheless, they have done their best, as you can see. We notice that the Junior “Bugs” have studied “Irrigation and Drain age.” Why don’t they try their luck on “Lake Mosquito”? Degrees not striven for by students and others—-those below zero. A friend indeed—one who is not in need. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. At a regular meeting of the class of 1916 of the Agricultural and Me chanical College of Texas, on April 2, the following resolutions were adopt ed: Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God in His all-wise providence to re move from our class by death one of our members, our beloved classmate, Norman S. Hunter; therefore be it Resolved, That while bowing in humble submission to His divine will, we fully appreciate and deeply de plore our loss; and that we sincerely sympathize with the family of our de ceased classmate in this, their sore distress, and commend them to Him who alone can give true comfort to a wounded heart. Resolved, That as a token of re spect to our departed classmate copies of these resolutions be pub lished in The Battalion and the San Angelo Standard, and a copy be sent to the family of our deceased class mate. GET RICH QUICK, EH? The following circular letter has been circulated on the campus: College Station, Tex., April 5, 1912. Dear Sir: Knowing that you are always inter ested in and open for an investment in a good, live business proposition, I take the liberty of presenting to what seems to me a most wonderful busi ness and in which, no doubt, you will take a lively interest, and perhaps write me by return mail the amount of this stock that you want to sub scribe towards the formation of this company. The object of this company is to operate a large cat ranch in or near College Station, where land can be purchased cheap for the purpose. To start with, we will collect about, say, one hundred thousand cats; each cat will average twelve kittens a year. The skins run from 10 cents each for the white ones to 75 cents for the pure black. This will give us 12,000,- 000 skin a year to sell at an average of 30 cents apiece, making our rev enue about $10,000 a day gross. A man can skin fifty cats a day for $2. It will take a hundred men to operate the ranch, and therefore the net profits will be about $9,800 a day. We will feed the cats on rats and will start a rat ranch next door. The rats will multiply four times as fast as the cats. If we start with 1,000,000 rats we will have therefore four rats per day for each cat, which is plenty. Now then we will feed the rats on the carcasses of the cats from which the skins have been taken, giving eaclr rat a fourth of a cat. It will thus be seen that the business will be self-acting and automatic all the way through—the acts will eat the rats and the rats will eat the cats, and we get the skins. Awaiting your prompt reply, and trusting that you appreciate this op portunity to get rich quickly, I remain, Yours very truly, O. J. James. TUCKER’S Livery Stable The Largest Barn in Central Texas Nothing But Neat and Nobby Turnuuts Offered Our Trade The Business of Cadets and Campus People Solicited 6. D. TUCKER, Prop. BOYS Remember the Quality Ice Cream when in Bryan Vick & Dawson MENDLOVITZ We handle PACKARD SHOES, they come in all styles, Patent, Gun Metal and Tan. Every pair is guaranteed. carry a full line of Gent’s Furnishing goods. in Vici, We also MENDLOVITZ BRYAN
