BRANCH RICKEY
SPEAKS AT COLLEGE
Entertained Athletes in Afternoon and
Y. M. C. A. at Night.
It is seldom that a man high in the
world of sport, and yet a member of
one of our leading professions, finds
time enough to stop and give other
people the benefit of his broad expe
rience. At the Y. M. C. A. meeting
last Sunday night “Branch” Rickey
favored the college people with a dis
cussion of the principles of right liv
ing as gleaned from the practice of
clean sportsmanship. His wide expe
rience in the baseball world enabled
him to speak from personal experi
ence. He brought out quite clearly
the fact that every one is the master
of the averages which make up the
record of his career. Each daily op
portunity counts as a time “at bat,”
each minor success as a “hit,”* and
each important triumph as a score,
while the error column is always too
full. Man controls all the factors
which are active on the score-board of
life, and the prize belongs to him who
can cleanly and honestly win the most
scores. Mr. Rickey innsited that our
preparations for life, or college ca
reer, might be called our minor league
record, and if the box score indicated
any merit there, then we might ex
pect success in the “big show” farther
on.
Branch Rickey also made a very in
teresting talk to the athletes in this
college last Sunday afternoon. He
emphasized two points especially:
that sportsmanship is one of the most
powerful factors in shaping our man
hood, and clean sport is by all means
the best kind of sport.
M. E. NOTES.
The Catalogue Equipment and Sup
ply Company has presented to Prof.
Fermier of the department of mechan
ical engineering a four-section oak
filing cabinet, filled with catalogues
of interest to engineers. These are
manufacturers’ catalogues, rebound
in cloth and numbered for conven
ience in reference. There is also a
printed index for ready reference to
any catalogue or any subject. The
students in mechanical engineering
in particular and all others of the
college people are invited and urged
to make use of this equipment.
The Evinrude Motor Company of
Milwaukee has deposited with the de
partment of mechanical engineering
one of the latest models of detacha
ble boat motors for use in the labora
tory of the department of mechanical
engineering for test purposes. This
equipment is also available to any
teacher or student in the college for
practical use. If you have a row boat
of any kind available you may secure
the motor from Prof. Fermier at any
time, and the manufacturers are glad
to have you do so. The entire outfit
is very easily carried and might be
taken to the fish tank or any other
small lake for a few hours’ ride.
ECONOMICS.
Economics is a collection of knowl
edge which everybody possesses ex-
prest in language which few can un
derstand.
LODGE AND SOCIETY EMBLEMS
WEDDING FLOWERS
FUNERAL DESIGNS
CUT FLOWERS PLANTS
Phone Direct
SCOTT FLORAL CO.,
Navasota, Texas
A LITTLE STORY
OF COLLEGE LIFE
Corporal Haas is the new addition
to Company C. He is a “Fish,” but
he proudly exhibits his stripes. Cor
poral Haas came to Company C last
September, a promising young lad,
and his ability as a second Napoleon
became so noticeable that the Fresh
men of that company induced him to
believe that his efforts to walk in the
straight and narrow way had been
awarded with a corporalship. He had
held down a responsible place on
number four several times and the
beginning of the second term gave
him an inspiration. His commission
was drawn up by his fellow Fresh
men and approved by several senior
officers. Corporal Haas was so de-
lited with the newly acquired favor
that he kept an open house, in his
room on the first floor of Foster Hall,
before the evening parade last Fri
day, that his friends might congratu
late him. He went out to formation
with a broad smile on his face and
was given a place in the front rank,
but when Lieutenant Yeary told him
that his corporalship was not a reali
ty, the aspiring young Freshman put
on a face of despair and gloom and
retreated to his room unassisted and
deposed of the stripes that he had so
vainly displayed. Since that time he
has been laboring vigorously to have
Lieutenant Yeary canned for trying
to rule over the Bull.
Local Notes
I. H. Mowery and W. B. Cook are
away representing the dairy hus
bandry department.
G. H. Russell is in San Antonio for
the week.
C. W. Brown is visiting his home
for a few days.
A. A. Walker is in Dallas on busi
ness.
W. L. Coleman is in Fort Worth in
the interest of the Long Horn.
J. M. Robertson is in Houston for a
visit.
T. B. Cochran Jr. was visiting home
for the past week.
FOR SALE.
Stove wood, $5 per cord, delivered
Good, cut kindling, $5 per cord, de
livered. Phone T. M. Reddell, Feed
ing and Breeding Station, 87-3 rings
R For Your Den R
^Beautiful College Pennants^
YALE and HARVARD
Each 9 in. x 24 In.
PRINCETON, CORNELL
MICHIGAN
Each 7 in. x 21 in.
4—PENNANTS, Size 12x30—4
Any eLading Co leges of
Your Selection.
All our best quality, in their
proper colors, with colored em
blems.
Eithre assortment, for limited
time, sent postpaid for 50 cents
and five stamps to cover ship
ping costs.
Write us for prices before
placing orders for felt nove ties
of all kinds.
The Gem City Novelty Co.
828 Bittner Street
Dayton, Ohio.
If the goods we sell
could talk we would
not have to advertise!
Brandon & Lawrence
Of Bryan, will appreciate the patronage of all Cadets and Campus
people. Guaranteed satisfaction to all. His repairing is best; his
optical department is best; his stock is of the highest class. See his
agents at College; leave them your watch for repair.
H. A. JOPLING J. R. JARVIS
Room 7, Foster—Campus Agents
J. M. CALDWELL
THE JEWELER
Let us supply your materials for Club Feeds.
‘EVERYTHING TO EAT” AT
HARDY NEWTON’S STORE
Bryan, Texas
GROCERIES — Staple and Fancy
Phone us your wants. We handle nothing
but the best. Always on hand—an up-to-
date line of Toilet Articles and Stationery.
W. G. BOYETT
The Campus Grocer
Bridge Club on Thursday evening.
Delicious refreshments were served.
Mrs. Morgan was hostess to the
Five Hundred Club Friday afternoon,
February 5. A dainty luncheon was
served at the close of the game.
WADE COX BECOMES ALARMED.
Wade Cox of Bryqn, while on the
campus Saturday, started for the
Campus Confectionery Shop and
about the time he past the “Bat
Roost,” he met “Red Wing” Palmer,
whom he invited to take a “coke” on
him.
“Red Wing” accepted and, turning
to some of his friends, began to call,
“Hey, ’Red!’ Hey, ‘Shorty!’ Come
on!”
“Say,” said Cox, “Why don’t you
get a bugler and call out the whole
regiment?”
Campus Society
Personals.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ridgway went to
Bryan Saturday.
Miss Mildred Mabee returned to
College from Navasota Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanson of Bryan
were at College Sunday.
Miss Mary Terrell of Navasota is
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Bizzell.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Felker were
in Bryan Saturday.
Mrs. Parmalee will entertain the
Five Hundred Club in her apartments
at the Shirley Hotel Friday.
Lieutenant and Mrs. James Hill
spent Saturday in Bryan.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Felker were
host and hostess to the Campus