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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1914)
SCENE FROM FIRST ACT OF “WITHIN THE LAW ” COLONIAL THEATRE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, APRIL 22ND. EVENING IS PASSED IN FEASTING AND LISTENING TO SPEECHES AND TOASTS. SOPOHOMORES ARE REBUFFED On January 26, 1914, a very import ant meeting of the Junior class took place in the old Mess Hall for the purpose of electing officers for the Annual Junior Banquet. Mr. Smitham made known the object of the meeting, and impressed upon the class the idea that the “toastmaster” must be fully capable of expounding fluently the English language. The election of the “toastmaster” was put off until the latter part of the meeting. Mr. Smitham, the popular Junior class president, was unanimously chosen to speak on “Our Class.” Mr. G. D. Evertt, right end of the “All- Southern” football club of 1912, and “all-company” center of the basketball team, was rightly awarded the honor of speaking upon the subject of “Ath letics.” Several good men were nomi-1 nated to speak upon the subject of “Truth,” but the class made a wise I choice in selecting Mr. G. A. Saper to fill this role, truth being a natural characteristic of his race. Mr. C. J. Davis, who hails from the same town as the popular fish “Cerf,” was accord ed the honor of speaking on “Society.” He proved to his audience that he I was a genuine society man. The Junior class is composed of a great many men of temperate habits, and it was very difficult to choose a man to speak upon the subject of “Temperance.” “Sot” Cawthon, “Kike” Barraco, Beckman, Wallace and Mer- riweather were nominated. Mr. A. E. Beckman, due to his age and experi ence, was finally chosen. He said it was the first banquet that he had ever attended at which he was forced to wash down the “toast” with water, but who knows what preceded the banquet? His quotation from the Bible was very appropriate indeed. Mr. W. B. Francis, the local Junior, for whom all the ladies fall, was selected to speak upon “Our Sweethearts.” Nat urally, he became very personal, and instead of saying “Our Sweethearts,” he would say “my sweethearts.” It was decided by the class that only two honorary guests should be invited, Coach C. B. Moran and Lieutenant Levi G. Brown. “Coach” gave a very good talk in general, giving some good advice, which, if followed by every Junior, will be of great benefit to him some day. Lieutenant Brown did not attend, due to illness. The last, but not least, election was next put before the class, the election of a “toastmaster.” All during the meeting the class had been thinking of good men for the place. As soon as nominations were in order for “toastmaster,” “Red” Allen, true to the “red-haired race,” immediately nominated “Red” Gillespie. Gillespie, in turn, nominated S. K. Mason of “Chile City” fame. In exaggerating tones, he told of Mason's ability as an extemporaneous speaker, of Mason’s varied experiences as “toastmaster” of various “club banquets” in San An tonio, of which Mason is an active member. Mr. Jarvis, one of the quiet est men in the Junior class, who was later made editor-in-chief of the 1915 Long Horn, was also nominated. By a riiajority of about one vote “Red” Gil lespie was elected “toastmaster.” Al though “Red” has been before the public as one of the greatest society men the “age” has ever known, yet he had never before been put in such an embarrassing position. But his in cessant chatter, which is so well known to all who are intimately ac quainted with him, did not forsake him oh the night of March 7. The Sophomores attempted in vain to kidnap the “toastmaster,” as has been the custom the past few years. The Sophomores wanted Smitham also. So “Red” and Smitham became aware of this fact, and decided to leave their dormitories before noon of March 7. So these two military and ambitious Juniors put their heads together to de vise a plan to reach the banquet in safety. They first put a permit in the guard room to go to Bryan, which took many of the underclassmen to Bryan in the hope of locating the two men. They blocked the roads, holding up every person and vehicle which came toward College. While these Sopho mores were so delightfully toiilng, “Red” and Smitham were peacefully enjoying the evening at the home of Mrs. E. J. Kyle. The two Junior mili tary exponents accomplished what they desired, to divide the forces of the enemy and defeat them in detail. At about 8:45 p. m. the Junior class went to the home of Mrs. Kyle and escorted Smitham and Gillespie to the scene of the festivities. Promptly at 9:15 o’clock the ban queters were seated. The good eats were immediately brought forth, much to the delight of the men present. Due credit must be given Mr. O. W. Greene for the artistic and appropriate menus which were provided. These menus were passed around the table and every Junior who attended the banquet put his signature on the auto graph pages. The banquet progressed successful ly, when all of a sudden the lights . "I L, % ■u , f I J-T. -r; b - - - CJ \rne Nl&MSefort SCENES AT JUNIOR BANQUET.