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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1914)
i| P. H. Olson The College News dealers Andrew Moses i| We handle all Texas Dailies, all Magazines and Periodicals. Subscribe now. Special :• i; rates to students. We also handle a good line of pennants and fancy stationery. Gall and i| <; see us. 25 Leggett. j: SEVENTEEN ADDITIONAL STU DENTS FAIL IN STUDIES. At the end of the first month of the present session only seven men were required to withdraw from college be cause of failure to pass the prescribed number of hours, and it was hoped that this number would not be in creased, because it showed a marked improvement over previous years. But at the end of the second month the number increased considerably. There werei 1 seventeen men who were required to withdraw on account of unsatisfactory work, and twenty-nine others remained only by a very small margin. All of the men who were required to withdraw had to do so be cause of failure to bring up their work, and not because of any disci plinary troubles. It looks bad to see such a large number have to leave college, but it is only a mark of the steady improve ment that the college is undergoing. The standards and requirements of the college are gradually being raised, and to retain these men would be an injustice to them, to their parents and to the college. They have been requested to withdraw and again take up their preparatory work in order that they may re-enter next year fully prepared to do their work with credit both to themselves and to the institu tion. YELL LEADERS GET MEDALS. At a meeting of all the athletes of the college, last Sunday afternoon, Coach Moran suggested that the yell leaders be given a medal by the ath letes as a token of their appreciation. The men were unanimously in favor of the suggestion and it was decided to give Baraco a diamond locket with O O o & o- £ XMAS PHOTOS Are you going to disappoint her? Send her your picture in uniform made by Garter in the newest styles and designs. We guaran tee to please or no charges. Only three weeks till Xmas. This will be the most ap propriate gift. Special prices to the college people. GARTER S STUDIO O i* •D- -0- & -a- -a- & -a- -a- o o o o -B- •D- «■ O O -a- o -a- o BE PREPARED for the Christmas holidays. Have Charley to make that suit, to suit, from one of his many classy samples. Clen- ing and pressing scientifically handled. CHARLIE NITCH Save that cash register receipt. o o $ £ O O O O O O O $ O >> O O O $ O $ O O $ $ O O O O $ O $ Or<s $ O O X> o o o o $ o o o o o <* o o o o o The First State Bank and Trust Company of Bryan £l£ Solicits the banking business of the cadets and all the other A. & M. folks the inscription, “The Best Yell Leader of All Time,” and to give “Run:” Hanson and “Redwing” Palmer a gold medal. Too much cannot be said about our yell leaders, and no one appreciates them more than the athletes. When a man knows that the whole corps is behind him he can fight harder than ever, and no yell leaders have put more pep into the corps than the ones we have had this year. They have stuck with the team every second of every game, and they have done ev erything thhat they posibly could to help out the team. ARCHITECTURAL CLUB NOTES. On Friday, December 11, the Archi tectural Club held its sixth bi-month ly meeting. An interesting program was carried out in spite of the fact that, Mr. Burton was sick and unable to give his promised talk on Colum bia University. Mr. Geist kindly con sented to go on the program on short notice and made an excellent talk on the life of James M. Whistler, the renowned artist, who flunked out of West Point because, as he said/ “Sel- lenum was not a gas.” Mr. Crisp further added to the hour by giving a concise talk on the bank building from an architect’s stand point. His talk represented study and thought' that gave many valuable points to the seniors, whose next problem will be “A Bank Building.” Mr. Camp, who was to have spoken on the next junior problem, wps forced to renig on account of a “bad cold,” and Phil Crown concluded the program with a most natralistic imi tation of a representation of “nigger” dialect, entitled, “Uncle Job’s Cotton.” After a short business meeting the club adjourned. There were eighteen members present, of which two were fresh men. The meetings are held on the first and third Fridays of every month in room 400 Main Building. Freshmen, put ^ourselves in touch with these meetings. INSTRUCTORS LONG FOR JUNE. We found one of the instructors re citing the following chant while wait ing for his mail, and we had him write it out for us. He decl’ned to sign his name, however, but accused another instructor of being the author. But the second instructor emphatically denies composing the last line: “Six more months of starvation, Then we’ll leave old College Station. No more cornbread, no more hash, No more teaching this lazy trash.” SENIORS, ATTENTION. While you are at home Christmas take a kodak picture of yourself in “cits” for the Long Horn. Just some snappy little picture is what is want ed. Yes, it will be all right for your gwl to be in the picture with you. Get a good snapshot of yourself and help make “The ’15 Album” the best yet. “L” COMPANY HAS A BANQUET. Last Saturday evening the old boys of “L” Company were very agreeably surprised. At the new mess hall the freshmen in the company had pre pared an unusually elaborate com pany banquet. Seven of Sbisa’s tables were arranged in the form of a large “L,” and covered with ferns and eats galore. A three-piece orchestra furnished music thruout the evening’s enter tainment. Each guest received an attractive eight-page program as a souvenir of the feast. After several rousing talks by dif ferent members of the company, the evening’s entertainment closed with a stag dance; and each guest return ed to his room firmly convinced that he had attended the best banquet ever given in “L” Company^ Cut flowers, red, white and pink carnations, $1.50 per doz.; 2 doz. for $2.50. Yellow and white chrysanthe mums, $2.50 per doz.; red, white and pink roses, $1.50 per dofe., 2 doz. for $2 50. Ten per cent off on all orders of $2.50 or more. Phone direct. Scott Floral Company, Navasota, Texas. Holmes Bros. If Its Cold Drinks and Can dies. Ours Is Best. -B- •» & O & o o o o o & o o o o o o o <> o o o o o <1 & o o ■a- The Campus Barber Shop Is first-class in every way; good barbers as you will find’; well honed razors. Keep witch hazel, bay rum and cream, toilet and shaving soaps, for sale cheaper than any shop. Open from 7 a. m to 7 p. m.; Saturday night, 10 o’clock. J. F. 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