THE BATTALION
Published Weekly by the Student’s Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXII.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, DECEMBER 2, 1914.
NUMBER 11
THE UHSITY
OFFERS UFOLOGY
GAME NEXT YEAR
A. & M. DEFEATS
“OLD MISS" TEAM
TURKEY DAY
ATHLETIC COUNCIL SENDS RE
GRETS CONCERNING KIRK
PATRICK ARTICLE..
REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE
SCHOOLS RENEW ATHLETIC
RELATIONS.
ON MUDDY FIELD IN BEAUMONT
FARMERS WIN BY SCORE
OF 14-7. '
VISITORS GATHER FROM DISTANT
POINTS TO CELEBRATE
OCCASION.
THE LETTER IS OFFICIAL
Dr. Bizzell has handed The Bat
talion the following letter, dated
November 24, which he has received
with permission to give out for publi
cation :
President W. B. Bizzell, College Sta
tion, Texas.
Dear Sir—Recently my attention
was called to an article entitled “How
It Feels to Be a Star,” by A. L.Kirk-
patrick, printed in the November is
sue of the “Magazine,” published by
our students.
Knowing the state of feeling which
existed when the game was played I
am not surprised at the contribution,
yet I am surprised that our student
editors should have permitted its pub
lication without revision. It certainly
does not represent the sentiments of
our student body.
W. T. MATHER.
While a kindly oblivion is undoubt
edly the best treatment, I beg leave,
on behalf of the Athletic Council, to
express our regret at what we believe
is to be regarded merely as an act
of indiscretion and not as an inten
tional discourtesy.
Sincerely yours,
W. T. MATHER,
Chairman of the Athletic Council.
THANKSGIVING SERVICES.
A special Thanksgiving service, the
first to be held on the campus for a
good many years, was held in the
chapel last Thursday at 11 o’clock.
The attendance, which amounted to
about two hundred cadets and campus
people, was very gratifying to those
who had the services in charge.
After appropriate songs had been
sung, Colonel Hogue read the Gover
nor’s Thanksgiving proclamation.
Rev. Glenn Flinn, recently of Bryan,
rendered the address, in which he said
that altho we had a great deal to be
thankful for every year, we have a
great deal more to be thankful for
this year. He recalled the fact that
since we have had the good fortune
to be at peace with the world, have
had bountiful harvests, and are
troubled with no serious sickness, we
should give great thanks to God. The
speaker went on to say that not only
should we be thankful for the present
but for the future also. In showing
the reasons for this, Rev. Flinn re
viewed the rise of America and said
that all events tend to show that
America would be greater and render
greater service to mankind in the
future than in the past.
ROUND’S ORCHESTRA COMING.
The Round’s Ladies’ Orchestra, con
sisting of eight girls and Mr. Rounds,
will be here Saturday night, Decem
ber 5, in Chapel. This is the third ly-
ceum attraction.
WILL PLAY IN SAN TONE
Athletic relations have been re
sumed with the University as a result
of a conference in Austin November
27 between Joe Utay and Hal Mosely,
representing A. & M., and H. Theo
Bellmont and Dr. W. T. Mather, repre
senting the University. The Farmers
and Longhorns will meet on the grid
iron in San Antonio November 19,
1915. This decision is the result of
negotiations which have been in pro
gress for several months.
This renewal of relations is ef
fective at once and it is probable that
the two State schools will meet in
track contests and in baseball next
spring.
The game in San Antonio will be
the first instance in which teams of
the two schools have met in a contest
within the past four years, and no
class in either institution which wit
nessed the last game, which was held
in Houston, will be present at the
San Antonio game. From present ap
pearances, the interest in the next
game will be so great that many
alumni will travel considerable dis
tances to mingle with the vast crowd
which will attend.
The following clipping is taken from
the Daily Texan of November 29:
“Varsity track team is open to an
invitation from the athletic authori
ties of A. & M. College to visit Col
lege Station in April, and track and
baseball as well as football relations
will probably be resumed with A. & M.
College this year.
“If such invitation is received, it is
the desire of the Athletic Council to
provide for a return date at Austin
next year. <
Following is a paragraph of a letter
sent Athletic Director Love of A. & M.
College bearing on this subject:
“ ‘Now that the way is open, I am
wondering if you can invite our track
team to College Station for a dual
meet the 9th or 10th of April, with a
guarantee of expenses, and with the
understanding that you come to Aus
tin for a return meet the succeeding
season. Contracts already signed with
other teams makes impossible any
dates any earlier in the season.’
“The baseball authorities are also
considering this matter, and some def
inite action is likely to follow in the
near future. Coach Disch expressed
himself as being well pleased with the
action recently taken.”
SENIOR RING ANALYZED.
To the Seniors: I have made an
analysis of the Senior ring and found
it to contain 58.67 per cent gold. This
is .34 per cent more gold than the
contract called for. The contract
called for 14-karat or 58.33 per cent
gold. L. J. SKEELER,
Senior Ch. E.
T’S ARE AWARDED
A. & M. defeated Mississippi Uni
versity Thursday by a score of 14-7.
The game was played in Beaumont on
a field that was literally a sea of mud.
In fact, part of the game was played
in the rain. Real football playing was
out of the question. It was all the
players could do to keep from getting
stalled in the mud.
Everett made both of the touch
downs. The whole team played the
best they could under the circum
stances, but it was not possible for the
team to show anything like its real
strength. Mississippi was out-classed,
and on a dry field the Farmers would
have piled up a large score.
T’s Are Awarded.
The Athletic Council awarded T’s
to twenty men and TAM C’s to five.
A new custom, was inaugurated when
the football captain, Tyree Bell, read
out the names of the new T men while
the Thanksgiving Hop was in progress.
It was an appropriate time in one way,
as the Hop is given in their honor.
Those who received the prized let
ters were: Tyree Bell, Everett, Cole
man, Braumiller, Cawthon, Garrity,
Scott, Dickie, Settegast, Brown, Faber,
Collins, Rollins, Spencer, DeLong, But
ler, Brooks, Gilfillan and Smitham.
Those who were awarded TAM C’s
were: Wrenn, Johnson, Minier and
Burns.
Review of 1914 Football Season.
The football season of 1914 has been
a successful one. Out of eight games
played we won 6, tied one, and lost
one. We scored 205 points to our
opponents’ 33. Everett made 74 out
of the 205 points, Bell followed with
47 points and the Garrity with 24.
Coleman made 18 points. Coleman
made 15 goals out of a possible 18,
the best record made in the State this
year. He also kicked two field goals.
He holds the record in this, also. Bell
and Everett head the list of all the
players in the State making long runs.
Each of them has four runs of over 30
yards to his credit.
Everett and Braumiller were picked
by a majority of the coaches as all-
State men, Everett at halfback and I
Braumiller at tackle.
Summary.
A. & M. vs. Austin 32- 0
A. & M. vs. Trinity 0- 0
A. & M. vs. T. C. U 40- 0
A. & M. vs. Haskell 0-10
A. & M. vs. L. S. U 63- 9
A. & M. vs. Rice 32- 7
A. & M. vs. Oklahoma Aggies... .24- 0
A. & M. vs. Mississippi 14- 7
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UNIQUE DECORATIONS
The football events of the season
had a most brilliant and beautiful
finale Friday evening in the ball
given by the cadet corps at the Ber
nard Sbisa Hall.
Quite beautiful and unique were the
decorations. At either end of the hall
large United States flags were grace
fully draped. The main part of the
floor was laid off in lines which gave
the appearance of a football gridiron.
The goal posts at the ends of the held,
decorated in crimson bunting, bore
signs showing the record of this year’s
games, A. & M. having a total score
of 204 points to her opponents’ 33.
An embankment of palms and
ferns formed a center stage on which
the A. & M. orchestra played en
trancing music for the dance.
At 10 o’clock a grand march was
formed, led by Miss Lena Tennison
of Dallas and Tyree Bell, captain of
T2 and ’14 football teams.
The programs for the ladies were
dainty leather card cases, and for the
gentlemen leather cigarette cases,
both bearing the A. & M. seal and
“Thanksgiving Hop, 1914,” in ,gold
and containing twenty-three numbers,
six favors, football, managers, chief
cheer leaders’, president’s’, senior and
coaches’, also one delightful maxixe.
The following committees arranged
for the ball:
President—Tyree L. Bell.
Arrangement—O. W. Greene, chair
man; N. D. Zuber, W. W. Carson, E.
P. Jennings, G. W. Adriance, S. F.
Clark, M. D. Sanders.
Invitations and programs — W. S.
Gillespie, chairman; J. H. Tigner, V.
Smitham, F. W. Cawthon, R. R. Allen,
S. K. Mason, C. J. Davis.
Reception — W. B. Francis, chair
man; P. W. Clarkson, A. E. Beckmann,
W. L. Stangel, D. W. Scott, G. A.
Saper, L. W. Brown.
Decoration — H. J. Morgan, chair
man; G. Hudson, L. A. Pinkston, C.
D. Stoner, H. E. Runge, A. R. Haw
kins, J. L. Foster.
Floor — W. K. Hanson, chairman;
F. L. Bramlette, W. E. Braumiller, R.
H. Wooten, C. Tanner, E. O. Oglesby,
H. M. Braumiller.
Finance—V. Baracco, chairman; M.
S. Beringer, J. D. Brown, L. V.
Witcher, A. D. Johnson, L. C. Denis,
J. V. Meyers, C. M. Easley, E. L.
Riesner, A. C. Bull, W. J. Crocker,
T. F. Keasler, T. K. Morris, G. C.
Merrwether.
The handsome ballroom was throng
ed with beautifully gowned ladies
j from all parts of the State and their
escorts.
The ladies who attended the ball
were: Misses Foscue of Waco, De
Maret of Bryan, Wallace of Maryland,
Hall of Bryan, Grissom of Houston,
Daly of Bryan, Stuart of San Antonio,
Stallings of Terrell, Lawrence of