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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1914)
Style, Fit, i Quality, I Price! \ They are the determining factors in your clothes buying. Style is important; Fit is vital; Quality should be considered from but one level—100 per cent; Price rests largely with the size of your income, yet no one, in justice to their best interests, should pay too much for their clothes. $20.00 to $27.50 Does Wonders Brandon & Lawrence o •D- •B- O ■O o o ■B ■B ■B •B ■B •B •B •B •B -B •B •B ■B •B •B •B ■B •B ■B •B •B •B •B •B ■B •B •B •B •B •B •B •B B Copyi.^ ht 1914 The House of Kuppenheim^i •B -B -B -B •B •B •B ■B •B •B ■B ■B ■B ■B •B •B ■B -B •B ■B •B ■B ■B •B •B ■B ■B -B •B •B •B ■B •B •B •B -B ■B •B -B •B ■B B O INTERSCHOLASTIC TRACK MEET (Continued from Page 1) State-wide Interscholastic Track Meet. The management was willing to go the full length in backing this propo sition, even to the extent of losing some money if necessary in doing so. Knowing the limited finances of these schools, the Athletic Association pro posed to pay all the expenses of a limited number of men from each in stitution in order to make it possible for these boys to have the pleasure of coming to the meet. This was the first time that such a proposal was ever made in the Southwest. It show ed the progressiveness of the A. & M. athletic management, and the large number of schools who came to take part in our meets was ample justifi cation for this liberal treatment. In addition to paying the expenses of these men, the Atthletic Association provides a set of gold, silver and bronze medals for the winners in each event, and trophy cups for the winning teams, both in the academy class and in the high school calss. To stage this meet costs from $1,000 to $1,200, and the association has sometimes been a heavy loser as a result of it, but the management has always felt that the good accomplished by the meet amply justified the expense. The students in the secondary schools are necessarily limited in their daily association, because they meet only the boys and girls living in their own community. When the contest ants come to the State meet at the A. & M. College it is entirely differ ent. They meet here the best and brightest boys from the best, most wide awake and progressive schools and communities in the State. The value of this acquaintance and asso ciation with the boys from all over the State is a thing that is hard to overestimate. The young men who are now in the preparatory schools of the State are to soon be the men of affairs of the State. In after years they will meet these same men against whom they competed at the State track meet at the A. & M. College, and these men will always be their friends. It is sometimes said that to travel is to become educated. This is true in a general way, but it is much more strikingly true when it is arranged that we meet, in our travels, those people that it will do us most good to meet. That is just the point with reference to the men who come here for our track meets. They get the trip, they do the travel ing, but better still, they meet the people that it will do them most good to meet and to know. We, at the college, are always glad to have you preparatory school men with us. We enjoy your visit. We enjoy the priviledge of watching your contests. We want all of you to come and to enjoy yourselves while here, and we promise to do all in our power to make you feel at home, and to give you every chance to succeed in the meet. We want you to like the col lege and to come back here to com plete your education, because we feel that this institution can offer advan tages afforded by no other. We also want you for a friend to A. & M., whether or not it shall ever be possi ble for you to become a student with in her walls. STUDENTS’ MILITARY INSTRUCTION CAMPS In view of the great success of the two experimental military camps of instruction for students of colleges held during the summer of 1913 at Gettysburg, Pa., and Monterey, Cal., and the great benefit derived to all concerned therefrom, four such camps will be established during the coming summer, viz.: One at Ashville, N. C., from July 1 to August 7, inclusive; one at Burlington, Vt., same dates; one at Ludington, Mich., same dates; and one at Monterey, Cal., from June 26 to July 31, inclusive. The object of the camps is to give the young men of the country a short course in military training, the better to fit them to discharge their military I duty should their country ever stand in need of their services. Great physi cal benefit is also derived from the open air life and the business efficien cy of the one who attends is sure to be increased. As a military asset these camps are | of great value, since they afford a means of materially increasing the military reserve of the United States by instructing a class of educated men from which in time of National emerg ency would probably be drawn a large proportion of the volunteer commis sioned officers, upon whose judgment and training at such time the safety and even the lives of many of their fellow countrymen will largely depend. The cost of the camp is $17.50 for the entire period, including everything except uniform. The uniform, if one is not already owned, can be obtained for about $5. Troops of the regular army will be present, and ample opportunity is given for the obtaining of a fair knowl edge of the working of the army. The best officers in the army will be de tailed to these camps and the benefit received from association with them is inestimable. A practice march or “hike” will be taken at the conclusion of the camp, and thus an idea can be formed of what a soldier’s life really is. A certificate will be given by the War Department to those that success fully complete the course, and they will become members of the National Reserve Corps. R. R. Allen attended the camp at Gettysburg last summer and considers it one of the most valuable experi ences he has had. So far the following men have made application to attend the camps this summer: Williams, C. W., camp at Burlington, Vt.; and Morgan, H. J„ Rutan, W. L., Stoner C. D„ Harrison, J. P., and Cox, N. C., camp at Ashe ville, N. C. If ten men go from this college the War Department will establish a camp in Texas next year. Further information in regard to these camps may be obtained from Lieutenant Brown or R. R. Allen. WHAT SHALL WE DO FOR AN ASSEMBLY HALL? It has been suggested that the old chapel be repaired and remodeled and once more used for an assembly hall. Our present quarters, the old mess hall, is an absolute disgrace to the college. It is a regular old barn, one cannot be clearly heard in it and facili ties for “pulling off” a lyceum attrac tion or the like are rotten. It seems as if the old chapel could be patched up to do till we get a new one, as it is certainly many times bet ter than the old mess hall.