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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1915)
Frisco Bound! June 9, 1915 THE BATTALION The Chance of a Lifetime Published Weekly by the Studenfs Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XXII. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 3, 1915 Number 17 LUCID WILL COACH BASEBALL HEAVERS VETERAN LEADER OF HOUSTON BUFFALOES WILL DIRECT A. & M. SQUAD. BUNCH LOOKS GOOD Announcement that Con Lucid, one of the big men of baseball, will coach the A. & M. baseball team during the season of 1915, provides further rea sons for the belief that the Aggies stand more than a fighting chance for the State championship in baseball this year. Lucid has been a member of the pitching staffs of many of the best baseball teams in the world, be ing for many seasons with the Phila delphia Nationals. During his stay with the Nationals Lucid had charge of the pitching staff of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a college man, having broken into big baseball as a result of the name he gained while working with Notre Dame. For the past three years he has guided the destinies of the Houston Buffaloes as coach and the three penants nailed to the masts at West End Park, Houston, speak pretty well for his ability. Lucid already is on the campus and has begun working with the A. & M. men. He has a wealth of material from which to select and the team should be a winner. Last year’s pitch ing staff was the strongest of all of the colleges in Texas. Olsen, the pre mier college twirler of the State, the (Continued on Page 8.) BEDICAIBRY SERVICES IB BE RELB SOON Ei 1 ?' ■O -O- COURSES OF STUDY FOR 1915-16. There are eleven regular courses offered at the A. & M. College, extending thru four years and leading to the degree of bachelor o f science, the course pursued being specified in the diploma; and gradu ate and short courses as indicated below: Regular Courses, agricultlure. mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering. Course in textile engineering. Course in architectural engineering, chemical engineering, general science, general engineering. Course Course Course Course Course Course Course in in in Course in military engineering. Graduate Courses. Graduate course in agriculture, leading to the degree of master of science. Graduate course in engineering, leading to the degrees of chemi cal engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, textile engineer. Short Courses. Prescribed two-year course in agriculture. Elective two-year course in agriculture. Two-year course in engineering. Two-year course for electricians. Two-year course for power plant operators. Two-year course in textile engineering. One-year course in telephony. Summer Courses. School of cotton classing. Short course for farmers. Winter Course. Short course in rural and highway engineering. Information regarding admission and courses of study may be ob tained from the Registrar, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, College Station, Texas. LEADER OF ST LOUIS BROWNS TO ADDESS A. and M. CADETS PLANS COIWLETEDEOR V. AA. C. A. MEETING FULLY 300 DELEGATES EXPECTED TO ATTEND SESSION OF THE STATE ASSOCIATION. SPEAKERS PROMINENT Elaborate plans for the entertain ment of delegates to the annual meet ing of the Texas Young Men’s Chris tian Association, to be held at the A. & M. College February 18-21, are be ing made by Secretary Steger and other Y. M. C. A. leaders. More than 300 delegates will attend, represent ing city, college and railroad organi sations. That the convention of the Young- Men’s Christ-'an Association will be a gathering of great importance and un usual significance, is the statement of L. A. Coulter of Dallas, State secre tary of the Y. M. C. A. That it will leave its impression on the young manhood of the State, is another statement of Mr. Coulter. Speakers prominent in religious work not only in Texas but 'n the Na tion will address the convention of Christian workers. Among them is Dr. George W. Truett of the First Bap tist Church, Dallas, known the coun try over as a pastor preacher. Dr. George J. Fisher, secretary of the in ternational committee for physical work, is another speaker. James A. Whitmore, secretary of the interna, tional committee for the religious work department, and who was leader (Continued on Page 8.) AGGIES HUMBLE BAYLBR BAPTISTS FORMAL OPENING OF Y. M. C. A. HOME WILL BE CELEBRATED SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14. RECEPTION AT NIGHT Dedicatory services for the hand some new Y. M. C. A. home will be held on Sunday, February 14. An elaborate program of addresses and music has been prepared and the day will be featured by the dedicatory ex ercises. Following the program proper in the afternoon the Y. M. C. A. will be thrown open at night, when the Presi dent of the College will receive. In spection of the building and a sacred concert are other features for the night. The Y. M. C. A. building was erect ed at a cost of $75,0(10, and is one of the most handsome in the South. With the exception of the basement the building is completed, and the Y. M. C. A. authorities are hoping to complete that before very long. In (Continued on Page 8.) The cadet corps will have the great privilege of hearing Branch Rickey as a speaker next Sunday. Speaking isn’t Rickey’s vocation, but he makes a great hit with folks when he talks In 1907 the college annual of Ohio Wesleyan University had the follow ing to say of him: “With the adoption of graduate coaches for our various teams, one more force has been brought to bear in favor of athletics at Wesleyan. We now have Coach Rickey in charge of our football, bas ketball and baseball teams, and J. W. Page for athletic director at the gym nasium and also coach of the track team. Seldom has a man enjoyed the popularity which Rickey now enjoys, [ for he is not only the coach but also the secretary of the Y. M. C. A. ‘Rick,’ as he is familiarly called, made a dis tinct ‘hit’ with the student body by his methods of coaching the football team, and after his first appearance on the field confidence in his ability increased by leaps and bounds. No coach in the State made such a good showing last fall with the material at hand and under the new rules. Las: summer Rickey was with the St. Louis baseball team as catcher, but this year goes with the New York Americans in the same position. He is one of the most promising of the younger players in the league and has won d’stinction because of his refusal to play Sunday baseball.” Since the above statement was writ ten, Rickey has become widely known among National baseball men, not only as a splendid coach and manager of baseball, but a staunch champion of clean athletics. Recently he was called to St. Louis from Houston, where the St. Louis Browns will train this spring, to give expert testimony in a suit preferred against the Federal Baseball League. While he is a law yer of no mean ability, he is giving his entire time as vice-president and manager of the St. Louis Browns. On Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock Rickey will speak in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium to the athletic men of the college. An informal reception will be held at 3:30 in the lobby of the Y. M. C. A. At night he will speak in the chapel at 7:30. A. & M. QUINTET DEFEATS WACO- ITES BY SCORE OF 39 TO 11. GAME BECOMING POPULAR. CONTEST EXCITING Following the Aggies’ defeat of the Baylor Baptist five last Saturday night, it is beginning to look like A. <£- M. will enjoy an undefeated season in this sport. Basketball is coming into great popularity with the cadets and the crowd last Saturday night was splendid. A. & M. has played three games thus far and has been victorious in each by a very wide margin. In one of the fastest games of bas ketball of the year at the-A. & M. Col lege the Texas Farmers whipped the Baylor Baptist five last Saturday night by the Score of 39 to 11. In the first half the invaders were able to score but one point, but in the second half they came back stronger and made ten points. The Aggies did not play up to the form they displayed a week ago, when