THE BATTALION
Published every Wednesday night by
Students of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas
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A. E. BURGES, '15 Editor-in-Chief
J. F. HADEN Business Manager
F. A. HOMANN, T5. .Associate Editor
W. L. RUTAN, ’15 Asso. Bus. Mgr.
E. McR. CLAYTOR, T5...Ex. Editor
MISS LOUISE PROCTOR.. So. Editor
M. T. GARRETT, '16 Agr. Editor
UEL STEPHENS, ’16 Eng. Editor
S. P. McFADDEN, '16...Sport. Editor
G. C. MOFFET, '16. .Y. M. C. A. Editor
D. H. KIBER, ’17 ’Frisco Editor
Cartoonists
P. T. CROWN, T5 (Chief), J. M. BUR-
KET, '16. L. A. Von ROSENBERG, Tb.
Assistant Business Managers
S. B. HAYNES, ’16, J. B. ROBERT, ’16,
Reporters
J. R. BARNES, J. B. JOYCE, T. W.
TEMPLE, F. W. HALSEY.
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Monday night.
Entered as second-class matter at
College Station, Texas, February 17,
1905.
College Station, Tex., Nov. 25, 191^
Those who have been placed on the
list of “Who’s Who” up to date were
notified of that fact several weeks ago
and requested to hand in their pic
tures at once, but only a few of them
have done so. We wish to announce
to these men that no pictures will be
accepted for this department after De
cember 23. Those now on the list who
neglect to hand in their pictures be
fore the corps leaves for the Christ
mas holidays will thus eliminate
themselves from the list.
NEW BOILER FOR A. & M.
A new 300-horse power boiler is be
ing installed at the steam plant. This
will allow the plant to carry with
ease the heavy load on cold days when
it supplies heat in 420 rooms in the
barracks, to three administration build
ings and also the regular load of wa
ter, lights and power.
When asked if the Battalion were
a weekly, we replied: “That is what
it is intended to be, but there are
those who say that it is a tri-weekly,
that is, it comes out one week and tries
to come out the next.”
Let none of our readers hesitate to
turn in news matter because they,
themselves, are concerned. If every
one followed that policy we would get
precious little news.
There is no music like the laughter
of a little child. It is sweeter than
the gathered harmonies of angelic
hosts and garnered tones of earthly
orchestration. It is the mingling of
the notes of mating birds, the silvery
cadence of rippling waters, the whis
pered ecstacies of spooning lovers, the
deliicious delights of balmy breezes
stealing softly through the boughs of
bending trees where moon beams
peep as shadows gently fall and
quiver on the banks of budding vio
lets that grow beside the limpid
stream. I love to hear the music in
my home. God bless the little tod
dling tot, and may he grow to be a
man whose heart is as full of hope
and happiness as his baby laughter is
now full of solace to my soul.—J. R.
Ransome, Jr., in Cleburne Enterprise.
RAGTIME MUSE.
Moving Scene.
Squirming like a monkey,
Thrashing like a whale,
Bucking like a donkey,
Creeping like a snail,
Sweating like a waffle.
Screeching like a train—-
Hang it, this is awful,
Moving in the rain!
Father’s on a ladder
Packing kitchen pans;
Mother’s getting madder
At the tardy vans;
Brother Bob’s disabled,
Falling down the stair
With a hamper, labeled,
“Handle this with care!”
Mover’s ducking fixtures.
Falling over jugs,
With a crate of pictures,
And a bale of rugs.
Helper, slipping, sliding,
On the muddy grass,
Quit and gone in hiding—
Broke a looking glass!
Brother Jimmy’s whacking
Mother’s steamer trunk;
Sister Nellie’s packing
Father’s smoking junk;
Sister Sadie’s whanging
With a hank of rope
Dad’s pajama’s hanging
On the bust of “Hope.”
Squirming like a monkey,
Spouting like a whale,
Kicking like a donkey,
Crawling like a snail,
Working like a beaver,
Groaning like a van—
Hang the moving fever
And the weather man!
IN THE COLLEGE. WORLD.
The seniors at the University of
Texas decided at a recent meeting
that the caps and gowns would he
worn this winter as a class emblem
The vote to wear them was by no
means unanimous.
Prof. S. E. Mezes, recent president
of the University of Texas, will re
ceive a salary of $12,000 per year a?
president of the University of New
York City.
Harvard—There were 72,832 appli
cations for the 69,000 seats in the new
bowl for the Harvard-Yale game last
week. Harvard applied for 25,000
tickets, Yale graduates 27,332. and
the university 11,200.
Alabama—The students of Alabama
have inaugurated a loan fund for the
aid of students who need financial
help in completing their college edu
cation.
The University of Texas will play
Notre Dame in Austin on Thanksgiv
ing\ 1915.
Uncle Bob was burning grass on
the campus recently. A (wise) fresh
man asked him: “Uncle Boh, that
burnt spot is about as black as you
are, isn’t it?” “Yes, sir; but it will
come out next year as green as you
are.”—Mississippian.
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NUMBER THREE
Who is that man with the broad
shoulders, the waving pompadour and
the shining white teeth, who stands
out so prominently on the football
field? We see his face smiling at us,
almost every day, from the sporting
pages of all the leading newspaers.
When he hits a man on the gridiron
the result is the same as if the man
had been hit by a steam roller. The
men worship him and swear by him.
When he smiles, showing that mouth
full of perfect ivory teeth, and says:
“Come on, boys,” those Farmer giants
always open a wide path for a toucli-
Tyree Bell, Twice Captain Football
T earn.
down.. The man who bears (bares)
these shining teeth is Tyree L. Bell.
He hails from Dallas and he is one
of the best men that city ever sent
to A. & M.
When Tyree came to A. & M. in 1909
he was treated like all the rest of the
“slimy creatures” at that time, and
there is no comparison between the
way they were treated then and the
way they are treated now. That is
what made Tyree the man he is today.
He was given a corporalship when
he was a Sophomore and he perform
ed the duties of his rank in such a
military manner that Major Moses
gave him the rank of ordnance ser
geant in the Junior year. Then in his
Senior year he was made a major,
and he held that rank down to per
fection.
However, military is only a side
issue with Tyree, as he is one of the
best football players that has ever-
played on an A. & M. team. He play
ed guard on one of the best prep,
school teams that Dalas ever turned
out. Tyree made the squad in his
“fish” year, but was unable to make
the team. But thru his persistent
work and training he has developed
into one of the best half-backs in the
State. ^ He made the team in ’10, ’ll
and ’12, and because of his work and
his fighting spirt he was elected cap
tain of the T2 team. That year his
team was the undisputed champion of
the Southwest, and even Vanderbilt,
altho they never lost a Southern As
sociation game, admitted that we were
Southern champions. During this
year Tyree was given the honor of
all-State and all-Southwestern half
back and captain of both teams.
Tyree laid out one year to get some
practical experience as an engineer.
On his return to College this fall he
was elected captain of this year’s
team. Much credit is due him for
the record A. & M. has made in foot
ball this year. They say a man never
comes back in the world of sport, but
Tyree came back with a vengeance,
and he brought back the old A. & M.
football record when he came. He
is not only one of the best ground
gainers we have, and a star on the de
fensive, but he is also one of the
greatest football generals the State
has ever seen.
The thought of losing Tyree brings
sorrow to the heart of every A. & M.
cadet. They all realize that they are
not only losing one of the greatest
football players in the State, but that
they are also losing a man of clean
principles and high morals. No other
man could be pointed out from the en
tire corps of cadets who has more true
loyal friends than Tyree T. Bell.
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