The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 03, 1915, Image 1

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    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
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BEDICAIBRY SERVICES
IB BE RELB SOON
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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
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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
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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