Published Weekly by the Student's Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXII,;
ON COLLEGE NIGI
FRESHMEN LEARN OF COLLEGE
INSTITUTIONS—OLD BOYS RE
MINDED OF PAST.
ENTHUSIASM RUNS HIGH
Last Friday night the students of the
College, one and all, gathered in the
old Chapel to attend the annual Col
lege Night celebration. Enthusiasm
was the order of the night. Cheer lead
er Barraco opened the exercises by
leading in some good old-fashioned col
lege yells, and the freshmen were giv
en their first lesson in A. and M. “pep”
The facts that we were once more in
the old Chapel after its years of dis
use and the contagious enthusiasm of
the occasion reminded one of the time
when the celebrated yell yeader
“Lindy” used to lead “rickety rock’’
in that same building.
The cheer leader was followed by
B. H. Faber, president of the student’s
association, who introduced the speak
ers on the program in order. The
program was of interest and was liber
ally punctuated with band music and
with college yells. After the meeting
the boys worked off their excess of
“pep” by indulging in a shirt tail
parade.
The program for the occasion fol
lows;
House to order, B. H. Faber, Pres.
Student Assiciation.
Discipline, Cadet Colonel E. N. Ho
gue.
Long Horn, J. R. Jarvis, Editor-in-
Chief.
Battalion, J. F. Haden, Business
Manager.
Music, A. & M. College Band.
Faculty, Prof. D. W. Spence, Dean
Schol of Engineering
Student Farmer, W. C. Coleman,
Business Manager.
Y. M. C. A., F. D. Steger, General
Secretary.
Music, A. & M. College Band.
Military, Lieutant Hill, Comman
dant.
Election Announcements, V. C. Den
ton, Chairman.
San Francisco Trip, R. R. Allen,
Chairman.
Music, A. & M. College Band. .
Talk, Coach Moran.
Facts, A. C. Love, General Manager
Athletics.
Short Talks, Football Players.
Health, Dr. Otto Ehlinger, College
Physician.
Shirt Tail Parade.
ELECTION NOTICE.
An election for a complete set of
officers in the Junior Class will be
held on Saturday, October 10. All
nominations must be in by October
3rd.
OWNERS OF TYPEWRITERS.
A remarkable opportunity for you on
page five.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIADY, OCTOBER 2, 1914
NUMBER 2
NEW PRESIDENT
ADDRESSES CORPS
TKREE DELL RETDRNS
E
INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT ESPERANTO
GIVES HUMOROUS REASONS FOR
DISAPPOINTMENT AT LOW
ATTENDENCE.
MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT
Owing to the fact that President
Bizzell was unable to be present on
College night, the corps met in the
Chapel to be introduced to our new
President.
In introducing Dr. Bizzell, Dean Pur-
year spoke of the ideals the Board of
Directors of the College had in mind
in choosing a President for the institu
tion. This ideal was forcefully exprest
in their motto:
“None but the best for the Presi
dency of A. & M. College.” Dean
Puryear said this ideal had resulted
in Dr. Bizzell’s being chosen to fill
that place of honor and responsibility.
Dr. Bizzel’s talk was what he called
a straight from the shoulder, get ac
quainted talk. In his opening remarks
he exprest his disapointment in the at
tendance at A. and M. which, owing
to the fact that his former charges at
C. 1. A. had at least two brothers and
five cousins here, should be as high
as 30,000 cadets.
He spoke of the qualities which go
to brake up his idea of a cadet and a
gentleman.
In conclusion he asked for and said
he thought he could depend upon the
cooperation of every cadet in every
activity which goes to make up a com
plete college, without which his work
here would not be a success.
COMPANY FOOTBALL
SEASON APPROACHES
Companies Elect Captains and Man
agers For the Coming Season.
The captains and managers of the
company football teams have all been
elected and most of the teams have
already started practice. In a few
days every team will be at work and
if the size of the different squads is
any indication of a successful season,
this will certainly be one, for all the
squads are larger than ever.
C-D, last year’s champions, will be
handicapped by the loss of their coach
V. Scott, who is on the squad this
year. . As all the teams have about
the same number of old men back the
race ought to be a close one.
The captains- and managers of the
teams are:
A-B—S. B. Haines. Capt: Walter
Braumiller, Mgr.
C-D—E. M. Peters, f'ap’t.; W. L.
Staugel, Mgr
G-H—L. M. Smith, Capt.; D. H.
Persons, Mgr.
I-K—E. O. Oglesby, t apt ; H. M.
Mayo, Mgr.
L-M—W. A. Collins, Capt.; Brown,
Mgr.
Take your notes in shorthand—write
them up on a typewriter. See page
five.
JIM CROW, JIM KENDRICKS, AND
OTHER OLD MEN ON PRESENT
SQUAD.
HISTORY OF TYREE BELL
Several days ago, at a meeting of
the football T men, Tyree Bell was
elected captain of the football team for
this year. This will be the second time
Tyree has led the A. and M. football
team. The first time was in 1912
when A. and M. won the Texas South-
Avestern, and Southern championship.
Tyree entered A. and M. in 1909.
He made the team in ’09 TO T1 and
T2 and he was captain in 1912. Bell
was an all Texas and all Southwestern
half-back in 1912. He was one of
the best line plungers that A. & M.
ever saw. Tyree is not only a val
uable asset to the team as a player
and captain, but also as a coach. He
is helping Charley Moran break in the
new men, because due to the great
amount of experience he has had, he
is well able to do the work.
Jim Crow, another member of the
famous team of 1912 lias returned to
A. and M. and is out on the squad.
Crow played guard on the team in 1912
and was one of Moises selections for
the all Texas and all Southwestern
teams. He will be able only to play
in the Haskell Indian game this year
on account of the one-year rule, but he
can be counted on to do wonders in
that game.
Jim Kendricks, who is another old
A. and M. football star is back again.
He was a member of the team of 1911.
He played tackle and was a star at
that position. He is playing better
football than ever before, and can be
counted on to star in the Haskell In
dian game. Besides that, he and
Crow both look good for next year’s
team.
The rest of the squad is also rapidly
getting into shape and playing better
every day. Coach Moran can make a
team out of nothing and with the
material that coach has this year a
championship team can be expected.
All the old men are doing better than
ever and the new men are giving the
old men a fight for every position.
Coach has four teams practicing every
afternon and it is pretty hard to tell
which is the best team. Coach gives
them scrimages every day, and all the
men are getting hardened up.
The season opens Friday, when we
play Austin College on Kyle Field.
Every man on the team is ready and
anxious for the game, although, Austin
College has a good team this year, A.
and M. can count on victory.
O. P. Mac FADDEN.
OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE.
This is your opportunity to save
money on a stenographic course—learn
shorthand—learn typewriting—have a
typewriter in your room. See page
five.
HISTORY, ORIGIN AND STRUC
TURE OF THE INTERNATION
AL LANGUAGE.
NOW WIDELY SPREAD
Esperanto, the international lan
guage, is now so widely spread and of
so much importance that every well
informed person, college students in
particular, should be acquainted with
it. The International Encyclopedia
says of it, that it is “the most popular
among the proposed auxiliary interna
tional lanuguages. It has been intro
duced into many schools as a free
elective and the Chamber of Com
merce in London has put it in its list
of examinations for candidates wish
ing to apply for positions.” The En
cyclopedia Britannica remarks , “in
summing up the merits and defects of
Esperanto we must begin by admitting
that it is the most reasonable and
practical language thPt has yet ap
peared.
Esperanto was originated by Dr.
Ludovic Zamenhof, a Polish physi
cian, who was born in a village where
four different languages were spoken.
Though taught at home that all men
were brethren, Zamenhof found every
where around him outside the denial
of this teaching and even as a child,
came to the conclusion that the races
hated, because they could not under
stand each other. He, therefore, set
about to construct a neutral language
which all nations could learn without
sacrifice of pride on the part of any.
The finished language was given to
the world in 1887 by the publication
of his first book under the title of
“An International Language, by Dr
Esperanto.”
Esperanto is wonderfully simple in
construction and marvelously easy to
lear. Each letter in the alpha
bet has only one sound and all words
are pronounced exactly as spelt, every
letter being sounded. The accent al
ways falls on the next to last sylable.
All nouns end in o, all adjectives end
in a, all adverbs end in e and all plu
rals end in j. Every tense of the verb
is indicated by a different fixed end
ing. There is only one case ending,
the accusative, which is indicated by
the suffix n. The vocabulary is built
up by adding different prefixes and
suffixes to stem words, of which there
are only something over 2,000. These
stem words are, whenever possible,
international words selected after
careful study from European languag
es. The pronunciation is simple.
There is no exception to any rule.
Any preson who will study the lang
uage seriously for three months
should be able to speak it with ease
at the end of that time.
The periodicals publisbc-i wholly or
partly in Esperanto numbor among
the hundreds and the books among
the thousands. Magazines are pub
lished in the most widespread places,
for instance in Peru, Siberia, Persia,