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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1914)
THE BATTALION Published Weekly by the Student’s Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XXII COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, DECEMBER 16, 1914. NUMBER 13 HEW LETTEI WIEN GIVE A BAIfQUEI OYSTER SUPPER SUBSTITUTED FOR OLD MEANS OF INITIATION. TENDERS RESIGNATION GIFT PRESENTED TO T SECRETADT DR. BIZZELL SURPRISES MR. STEGER WITH GIFT FROM CORPS AND CAMPUS. GARITTY ELECTED CAPTAIN The new “T” and “T-AMC” men entertained the old letter men with an oyster supper last Friday night in the mess hall. The banquet took the place of the old initiation cere monies. When the banquet was pro posed a number of the old “T” men were rather dubious of this innova tion, hut the eat» finally got the best of their good right arm and they voted for the banquet, reserving the right, however, to resort to the old system if the eats were not up to specifications. The feed turned out to be an oyster supper which more than fulfilled the expectations of the old “T” men. Four courses of, oysters were served, ending with fried oysters. Everybody ate oysters by the dozen. When it was all over comments could be heard here and there to the effect that they had never seen so many oysters before and that they had seen and eaten enough of them to last a lifetime. After tbe banquet the football “T" men were called aside by Coach Moran to elect a football captain for the season of 1915. Johnnie Garrity was unanimously elected captain. When the results were announced Johnnie was the happiest Irishman in tbe world. He tried to get up and say something, but he was so happy be couldn’t talk. All he could say that he would furnish all the “T” men another banquet if he got “rieht” during tbe hoi’days. Johnnie will undoubtedly make one oil the best football captains A. & M. has ever had. He is not only a star player, being picked by a number of roaches as all-State end, but he 1 s also one of the greatest “pep” in- stillers that ever came to College. Johnnie is one of the hardest fighters on the team and he has that g ! ft of leadership that will make every man on the team tne When we play Varsity next year the “Wild Irishman” can be counted on not only to put un the game of Irs life, but to lead the whole team on and to keep them fighting all the time. INVITATION TO CHRISTMAS DANCE. Tbe members of the Wacoi Club of the Texas A. and M. College cordially extend an invitation to all cadets, alumn’ and campus people to attend the W°cr> Club dance to be held at K. C. Hall. Waco, Texas, on the night of December 30, 1914. at 8:30 o’clock. C. F. WARREN, President of Waco Club. A new definition for economics: A miser's guide book.—C. H. Gunn. MAN WHO PUT A. & M. IN FOOTBALL HAS RESIGNED—PLAYER WHO KNOWS HIM BEST WRITES APPRECIATION OF HIM. Charlie Moran is to leave us. This was the news that flashed over the campus Friday, casting gloom and re gret among those who had learned to admire and love him, apprehens’on among those who are most interested in our athletic future, but joy among those who fear him most. The dean of Southwestern coaches passes. The alumni, supporters of the college and those of the public in general who are fond of winning athletics, must join with the student body in mourn ing the loss of Mr. Moran as their director of athletics. It is needless to narrate the many benefits the college has derived thru the untiring efforts of Moran. Every student is fully aware of the advan tage he has been to us in things ma terial: the athletic field he has con structed, the gymnasium he gave us, the athletes he has developed and the championships this college has en joyed under his tutorage. But it re mains for those who have been asso ciated with him the more closely— the athletes—to fully realize and ap preciate what such daily association has meant to them individually. As one of these I write this article. I came to the college as a fresh man with Moran. During the six in tervening years I have seen him give championship after championship to a college to whom previously even victories were seldom known. Practi cally unassisted, other than by his own determination, I have seen brm take a smattering of green material, instil into them a fighting snirih coach them into a„ finished football team, place them on a gridiron where they in return would reward him bv being lauded as champions. No foot ball coach could boast of a better record than he. Fac J ng the same lack of material, equipment and sup port, I feel no hesitancy in expressing the belief that no other coach who has ever been South would have been equal to such a task as his. And in the height of the glory accredited an undisputed victor, it was but natural that he, his team and his team’s rec ord should be assailed with unjust and unsportsmanlike slander. But. not an unbecoming reply did he make —he took consolation from the knowl edge that such criticism was not justi fied, that his friends knew so, and that his team had clearly demonstrat ed their superiority. During the very few times it came his way, he took defeat in the same admirable manner —he never made excuses or belittled his opponents’ victory—he cast about in his own team for the fault, and funding it, took immediate steps to ward its elimination. It is such things as these that have endeared him to the heart of A. & M. It is of no wonder that when the class of 1912 found themselves confronted by the problem as to whom their annual should be dedicated, the greatest honor a class can bestow, they felt no hesitancy in selecting their man as follows: “This year we feel that we have found a man who pre-emi nently fulfils every necessary quali fication and a man who richly de serves this, the greatest honor the senior class can bestow upon him— our beloved coach, Charles B. Moran." No other man associated with a college has the opportunity of a coach to become intimate with the students, to receive their confidences, and thus to exert an influence over them. Moran has realized the possibilities of his position—his control has al- w'ays been exerted in a wholesome way; he has urged the men to apply r themselves to their work, to improve their standing in their classes, and during the whole of our association. I have never known him to counsel or advise anyone under his leader ship to conduct themselves in any r tut a clean, gentlemanly and sports manlike manner, either on or off ttm athletic field. We who have known him appreciate his special fitness for the position which he he’d. What Walter Camp has been to Yale, what Stagg means to Chicago, just so Charlie Moran is valued at A. & M. We have admired him as a coach and as a man; and as our valued friend his departure means a sad loss. Wherever Fortune may guide him, we wish him every success, and we trust that he may always profit by the assurance that the good will and friendship of tlrs student body fol lows. For he was the man who made athletics at A. & M. TYREE BEDE. CADETS DISCUSS EVPENSES A well prepared program consisting of a discussion of college expenses was given at the Y. M. C. A. meeting Sunday night before an audience of about 100, who had come out in spite of the cold. The question of the best use to make of one’s funds while in college was discust from many angles by student speakers, principally Seniors. In conclusion, when the secretary was about to dismiss the audience, Dr. Bizzell took charge of affairs and began a talk which he soon turned into graceful eulogy of Mr. Steger and the work he has been doing here for the past five years. At length he stated that he had a Christmas pres ent from the entire corps and teach ing force for Mr. Steger in apprecia tion of his splendid and untiring work of the past. Thereupon he presented the secretary with the gift, a hand some black hand satchel, and stated that, having received more money than he had expected, he still had a sum left which he would present Mr. Steger on the following day in the form ("of a check. WACO WON’T GET TEXAS-A. & M. GAME Offer of San Antonio Far Exceeds the One From Waco. All agitation as to the probability of the game with A. & M. being changed from San Antonio to Waco was finally settled last night in a statement g’ven out by the athletic department of the University. The authorities said that the game had been settled, and that it would be played in San Antonio. The Waco alumni have been very active the past I few days, hoping to secure the game. San Antonio has a larger contin gent to draw from, and the best park in the State at the most reasonable cost, and it was on this account, and the close proximity to Aust’n, that the contention of the two cities was finally settled.—Daily Texan. MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED IN HONOR OF COACH. Material is now being gathered for a single-issue magazine which is to be published in honor of Coach j Moran. R. R. Allen seems to be tbe head knocker of the enterprise. The ; magazine will appear but once. NOTICE! BATTALIONS, ATTENTION! Every human who has a kodak, bring it back with you when you re turn after Christmas. There arc four Long Horns to be given away for kodak pictures and you still have a chance to win. Come back after Christmas and see how many pic tures you can get in the Long Horn. You have until February 28. The saw that was used in fixing the goal posts that were put up on the drill field has been misplaced. Any one knowing anything about its whereabouts will please let same be known to No. 7 Foster immediately.