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.