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The man with hair re sembling that of a porcupine, the man with the broad shoulders who held Moran’s line intact after others had failed, the man who stopt those fierce tackle around tackle plays made by Campbell, the 210-pound tackle of Oklahoma University, the big chief whose fighting face never wore a friendly smile, the man who wore a dejected look for the greater part of last year just because a fair damsel selected a Varsity man in his stead. which interested him; in fact, the only semblance of a Waterloo which he has ever confronted was Chem. la. As a Sophomore, Bennie was the proudest corporal to be found upon the campus. In fact, he became so proficient in military that he has since risen to the rank of sergeant, and from that to first lieutenant of the band, which rank he now holds. Other honors justly bestowed upon him are too numerous to mention, some of the most important of which are president of the Students’ Asso ciation, associate manager of the Long Horn and secretary of the Y. M. C. A. He was with the delegation sent to Kansas City in 1913-14. Here’s hoping that his future has in store for him a just recompense for all his past work. IDE BATTALION Published every Wednesday night by Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas Subscription price $1.25 per year. Advertising rates on application. Member of Texas Collegiate Press Association. A. E. BURGES, '15.... Editor-in-Chief J. F. HADEN Business Manager P. A. HOMANN, ’15. .Associate Editor W. L. RUTAN, ’15....Asso. Bus. Mgr. E. McR. CLAYTOR, ’15...Ex. Editor MISS LOUISE PROCTOR..So. Editor M. T. GARRETT, ’16 Agr. Editor UEL STEPHENS, ’16 Eng. Editor S. P. McPADDEN, ’16...Sport. Editor G. C. MOPPET, ’16. .Y. M. C. A. Editor D. H. KIBER, ’17 ’Frisco Editor Cartoonists P. T. CROWN, ’15, J, M. BURKETT, ’16 Assistant Business Managers S. B. HAYNES, ’16, J. B. ROBERT, ’16, Reporters J. R. BARNES, J. B. JOYCE, T. W. TEMPLE, P. W. HALSEY. All material for publiication should be signed and turned in not later than Monday night. Entered as second-class matter at College Station, Texas, February 17, 1905. College Station, Tex., Feb. 10, 1915. A PLEA AGAINST VANDALISM. The college which we are attend ing has, so far as the buildings are concerned, practically been built with in the last four years. - We now easily have the most extensive and magnifi cent set of buildings of any school in the State, yet so careless have we students been that many of these buildings now show well-marked evi dences of abuse. A stairway in one of our newest dormitories is so black ened and stained that it is scarcely surpassed in this respect by “Bat Roost’ itself. Let us take more pride in these buildings while they are new, the Main Building in particular, and act more like gentlemen and less like “roughnecks.” In a few days the Y. M. C. A. Build ing will be formally opened. It has easily the most costly interior of anj building on the campus, and those in charge intend to spend thousands o’’ dollars more in further beautifying it in order to give us a “social cen ter” whose very magnificence will ex ert an uplifting influence. The main room on the first floor will be fitted up with attractive furniture and sup plied with games at one end and with tables and reading matter at the other. We will then have a place to which we can invite our kinfolk dur ing commencement and other formal occasions and at which we may meet our friends at all times during the year. It is planned to have the young ladies from Bryan come over as often as possible and make this room their headquarters while here. We can then meet them and residents of the campus without any unnecessary for mality, talk as long as we like, and then leave. Yet it is a safe prediction that be fore three months have past some vandal will seriously deface some por tion of the building. Already several thoughtless yet costly acts have been committed by visitors to the building, one ox wmcn we win mention, in tne course ox one of tne receptions dur ing the nolidays some person care lessly threw some chocolate on the tiling or the hearth at the north enu of the room. The tiling was red hot at the time and the result was that a portion of the tiling was cracked and a much larger part was hopeless ly stained. The Y. M. C. A. has no funds to replace such losses, for, in deed, every dollar that it has has been raised from those connected with the college. Now that the “Y” Building is about to be opened, let us resolve before we enter to show ourselves worthy of it. ASHBURN’S MODESTY. Last week being examination week. The Battalion was turned over to Ike Ashburn to get out, as most of the corps knows, but he, in his modest way, made no reference in print to the fact that he was due the credit for the issue. It was a thing to be proud of, too. The front page was attractive, the headings nicely bal anced and the contents of the issue appropriate. The publishing of the panoramic view of the college was an especially happy thought. The Battalion box may now be found in the Main Building on the pillar corresponding to the one to which the mail box is attached. After 4 o’clock on Mondays material for publication should be brought to the editor instead of being placed in the box. QUIZZES. The Senior Class has a grievance— a very grave, insidious and obnoxious grievance—against fate. It is not the Freshmen, for this pest has become less offensive with the process of time; nor yet is it the prevailing financial gloom, for most Seniors are “uncommon” wealthy during the first week of the month. It is reported to be the greatest bane of the Senior’s existence, and is said to be largely re sponsible for the grave, reverend and pedagogical air so characteristic of the 1915 Seniors. In its earlier stages it is known as quizzes and it some times develops into examinations Quizzes are a sort of parasitic insect of the genus students’ goat. Thej breed in the brains of teachers and infest the Normal campus in great quantities. They live chiefly on mid night oil and cold prespiration. Their greatest danger arises from the fact that they frequently give off a ver\ poisonous gas in the form of “P’s’ and “E’s.” Quizzes are divided into many species varying from the practically harmless oral quiz to the dealy fina 1 examination. As yet there has been found no effective method of reducing their numbers, and only one or two Senior young ladies seem to be whol ly immune from their poisonous gases. They have even been known to attack and completely destroy diplomas and certificates, and are especially dangerous in an atmos phere of parties and picture shows. Without quizzes the life of the Senior would be a pleasant and carefree ex istence. The Senior Class of 1915 is willing to offer a reward of all the silver sheckels it possesses to the discoverer of a sure and effective “rough-on-quizzes.”—Houstonian. WANTED—To buy, a pair of “reg” trousers. Apply Mitchell 64. B. H. FABER President Students’ Asssociation This man can be no other than Bennie Faber. Bennie is an ardent and devoted deciple of “Ivory Top.” C. E. work has long been his hobby and it is to be hoped that his fondest hopes will soon be fulfilled, for soon after that long looked for day in June he will be found in the jungles of South America developing her rich mines (trucking coal out on a hand car). Big Chief has been an ardent worker from the sounding of the first gong. As a Freshmen he put in all his spare hours studying and soon had enough credits to enable him to branch out in other lines of work ENGINEERING MEETING. On last Friday night the Mechani-' cal Engineering Society held a joint meeting with the local A. I. E. E. Prof. Bolton gave a very interesting and instructive talk on power costs, explaining thoroughly the reasons for the differences in the prices for the various classes of power or light- ! ng service. Dean Davis presented a very pleas ing and instructive set of slides on the Pacific coast, including some well known water front projects. O. R. Olsen gave an excellent ad dress on Ford cylinder rings, illus trating the efficiency of manufacture and the perfection of the workman ship. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. Quite a number of visitors were present. Everyone enjoyed the ad dresses and went away with a clearer conception of the rates charged by electric plants. If you happen to know anyone who is going to attend the Y. M. C. A. convention, and would like to have them stay with you while here, the same can be arranged for by seeing or writing to Dr. Fountain or Mr. Steger. That line of samples at Charlie’s are winners.