“VETERANS OF THE
LOST CAUSE”
“Vets” Have More Ludicrous Costumes
and Greater Burlesque Than Ever.
Last Sunday evening that noble or
ganization, The Veterans of the Lost
Cause, appeared before the public in
their regulation uniforms. It seemed,
from all appearances, that the Vets
were anxious to make their annual
parade more impressive this year than
ever before. About 2 o’clock the Vets
appeared on the campus attired in
their uniforms of all colors. The ob
server could at once see that the Vets
organization was composed only of the
highest type of men. The entire mem
bership of the Veterans was in the
pink of condition. For months they
had been training for this most im
portant occasion. The chests of
these men all appeared to be well de
veloped; their muscles resembled
those of Hercules, and the dimensions
of their bodies suggested to the ob
server that they had resorted to physi
cal training. Many of the older “Vets”
wore their medals and badges of
honor for the occassion.
Fall in was sounded at 2:30 p. m.,
and the Vets, tho old, scrambled
eagerly for their places in the line.
As the sun was somewhat hot, the
first sergeant was protected from the
burning rays by an umbrella, held by
one of the younger Vets. As the first
sergeant was calling the roll he pro
nounced the names clearly and dis
tinctly, and each Veteran, in turn, re
ported his presence in a somewhat
haphazard way.
After the roll had been called, and
after the captain had looked over his
stalwart and splendid body of men, the
entire organization marched to the
“Bull’s” home. The “Bull,” it seemed,
had expected a call from the Vete
rans, for he appeared upon the porch
in evening dress, and responded readi-
ly to the requests for a speech. In
fact, the “Bull” kept on talking until
Prof. Von Schlitzweiser said he would
shoot himself if the picture was not
taken soon.
Finally, everything was in readiness
to have the picture taken. The Vete
rans were indeed fortunate in having
among their membership a Miss Hed-
denfels. “She” seemed to have made
a decided hit with the “Bull,” for it
was noticed that he persisted in
stanndinng by her side while the pic
ture was being taken. This he did,
after having been repeatedly warned
not to do so by Prof. Von Schlitt-
weizer, a recruiter from the German
army, and also a member of the Vete
rans.
After the picture was taken every
one proceeded toward “Prexy’s” house.
Upon the arrival there, “Prexy” ad-
drest the Veterans. His address indi
cated that he was in hearty sympathy
with the Veterans of the Lost Cause.
After “Prexy’s” address, several mem
bers of the Veterans made impressive
short talks. Then, moving pictures
were taken of the Veterans in line,
with ’’Prexy,” captain and Miss Hed
denfels inspecting them. It appeared
that much material had been created
for the moving picture field, and no
doubt many of the Vets membership
will act before the movies after the
appearance of this reel.
Every Vet claims he had a good
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time, and the hundreds of onlookers
seemed amused thruout the parade.
Indeed, the Vets this year put on a
better display than ever before.
LETTER FROM GEORGE N. HOPE.
We have received the following let
ter from Dean Kyle:
“Editor Battalion:
“I am enclosing you a letter from
Mr. George N. Hope, which I believe
will be of interest to readers of The
Battalion.
“Hope was one of the tackles on
our football team for two or three
years. He was one of the greatest
tackles that ever played on our team:
“ ‘Dear Professor Kyle—I trust that
you will not be overcome with sur
prise when you receive this letter.
The truth of the matter is, I very
often think of dear old A. & M. even
though I am almost as far away from
my alma mater as it is possible to
get in these United States. As I said
before, I very often think of A. & M.
and the many pleasant days I spent
there, and even if I missed graduat
ing by about three and one-half terms.
I wouldn’t give up the short time I
was there, with its memories and as
sociations, for anything in the world.
I, of course, swear by A. & M.
“I happened to get hold of a Gal
veston News a month or so ago and
was very much pleased to learn that
A. & M. and Varsity had resumed
athletic relations; I certainly hope
that nothing will ever happen in the
future to make us enemies.
“ T am in charge of statistics in the
office of the Union Pacific System,
shown this letterhead, and have a
very fine position.
“ T would like very much to hear
from you and trust that you will
write me at your convenience. I will
write a longer letter after hearing
from you.
“ ‘With very best wishes for yom
good health and the athletic suprem
acy of A. & M. over Varsity, I remain,
“ ‘Yours sincerely,
“‘GEORGE N. HOPE.’”
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