THE BATTALION
Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXII. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, MARCH 10, 1915. NUMBER 22
THE A. & M. GLLE CLUB
HAS DELIGHTFUL TOUR
Marti; North Texas Cities and Schools Are Vis
ited By the Club—Show To Large and
Appreciative Audiences
ONE ROUND OF OVATION
SENS ORGANIZE
• A RIFLE CLUB
O. W. GREENE, PRESIDENT; O. F.
WASHAM, SECRETARY; E. C.
RACK, CAPTAIN.
TO CONTEST FOR MEDAL
On last Sunday evening the Senior
Rifle Club of the college was organ
ized, which club is affiliated with the
National Rifle Association of America.
The following officers were elected
for the present scholastic year:
President, O. W. Greene; secretary,
O. P. Washam; treasurer and captain.
E. C. Rack.
During the past few years A. & M.
has always had a team to compete in
the Intercollegiate Outdoor Rifle
Shooting Competition, but has always
fallen along about sixth or eighth
place. With the advent of the 1913
Springfield rifle to take the place of
our old Krags, it is hoped that this
year’s showing will be materially im
proved over that of the past. Six
men are to compose the team, and it
is hoped that all Seniors will take an
interest in their rifle practice and do
their best to make the team. We
have an excellent 600-yard range of
four targets, and it has been learned
from competent authority that we will
soon be equipped with an indoor
range, where excellent practice may
be obtained with the U. S. subcalibre
rifles.
Every man who qualifies as a
marksman, sharpshooter or rifle ex
pert will he given a button designat
ing him as such. A medal is also
given by the National Rifle Associa
tion to each club annually for a mem
bers’ match, and all Seniors may com
pete for this medal. E. C. RACK.
ENGINEERING NOTES.
Mr. Geo. D. Marshall was with the
“Feed Yourself” train, operated under
the direction of the Bexar County
Highway League and San Antonio Real
Estate Exchange over the S. A. U. &.
G. Ry. and the S. A. & A. P. Ry. He
reports having delivered 40 lectures on
“Good Roads, the Foundation of Com
munity Building.” The total, attend
ance was 6,800 or more.
The new motor to drive the cen
trifugal pumps in the hydraulics labo
ratory has been installed, and Prof.
Miller, as well as his Juniors, are
very much interested in their experi
ments.
T. L. Bell has been ordered to re
port to his party on the Mississippi
River.
SMITH ELECTED VALEDICTORIAN.
At the Senior election held Tuesday
afternoon Marvin W. Smith was elect
ed valedictorian by a considerable ma
jority.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The regular Episcopal services will
he held in the Y. M. C. A. Chapel Sun
day at 3 p. m.
There are several towns in Texas
that have been “Glee Clubbed” by the
A. and M. organization during the past
two weeks, and it may be said by way
of parenthesis that these towns are
happier for the “clubbing.” The A.
and M. College Glee Club this season
provided the best program in its his-
just one grand string of successes.
The club began its series of con
certs at Bryan on February 22, and
four days later appeared at College
Station. After the concert at the col
lege auditorium, the club, accompanied
by the Zouaves, Miss Anita Park,
reader; Mrs. Abbie Lambert Marshall,
sopranist, and C. A. Case, baritone and
director; F. D. Steger, business mana
ger, and Ike Ashburn, publicity agent,
set sail in a special tourist car for the
annual road trip. The first stop was
Carroll Chapel, Baylorr University,
where a large audience heard and ap
plauded the concert numbers. The
club met with a very hearty reception
at the hands of the Baylorites, and at
the conclusion of the performance
were guests of the college girls at a
reception in Burleson Hall.
On Monday night the club appeared
at the Hippodrome Theatre, playing
to another large and enthusiastic audi
ence.
Tuesday afternoon the club and the
team of Zouaves gave a free show at
the high school auditorium in Fort
Worth. All numbers were heartily
applauded. That night they appeared
at T. C. U. At Decatur Baptist Col
lege the succeeding night the program
was met with hearty applause, and the
little town established itself forever
MRGICI1IRUSR
PIESSES CORPS
PERFORMS MANY MYSTERIOUS
TRICKS, INCAPABLE OF BEING
DETECTED.
LAUGHTER IS CONTINUAL
The college lyceum audience was
once again delighted Monday night by
the tricks of Brush, the magician. He
kept his audience in alternate bursts
of laughter and tense moments of ex
pectation. His tricks, while mostly
the familiar ones so often seen, were
so neatly performed as to defy detec-
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in the hearts of the A. and M. friends
because of the friendliness and cour
tesy of its people.
Denton, the land of dreams, proved
another splendid town for the A. and
M. representatives. Many there were
who enjoyed the evening meal at C.
I. A., and that night the hearts of the
A. and M. boys were made to flutter
by the presentation of a handsome
bouquet of flowers by the C. I. A. Glee
Club. At the conclusion of the con
cert the A. and M. people were the
guests of the Barraca class at a recep
tion.
Friday night, in many respects, was
one of the best of the entire trip. The
young women of the T. W. C. received
the boys from 7 until 8 o’clock, and
the reception was marked by the cour
tesy and friendliness displayed by the
authorities of that institution. The
program was better received than
elsewhere, save possibly Decatur and
Denton, and after the concert the
Glee Club and the artists accompany
ing them formed the center of attrac
tion.
An uneventful trip home on Satur
day completed the tour.
The program was one that merited
wide appreciation and the club and
Zouaves this season certainly put the
college on the map. Miss Park and
Mrs. Marshall and Mr. Case were fea
tures of every concert, and Mrs. Mar
shall and Miss Park won the love of
every cadet on hoard the special.
The trip, from a financial standpoint
—well, the earnings wouldn’t start a
national bank, but it was worth it,
wasn’t it hoys?
EG. L. JYERS GETS
ASSISTANT ENTOMOLOGIST BE
COMES CHIEF NURSERY IN
SPECTOR.
OLD POSITION NOW OPEN
Commissioner of Agriculture Fred
W. Davis has appointed Ed. L. Ayers
as chief inspector of nurseries. Mr.
Ayers was formerly assistant entomol
ogist of the Texas Department of
Agriculture, and in that position made
good. Altho only 22 years of age, Mr.
Ayers is recognized as an expert in
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FESTURES Of THE
NEW CURRICULUM
WORK MORE ADVANCED—14 UNITS
REQUIRED—SEVERAL NEW
COURSES.
GENERAL SCIENCE COURSE
Beginning next year a new course of
study will be installed at the college
and many changes will occur in every
department. New courses have been
established and the present courses
have been greatly improved. Perhaps
the most welcome feature of the new
curriculum is the fact that the sched
ules, as a rule, will be from four to six
hours a week shorter than they are at
present. This, however, will not af
fect the present classes, as they will
finish under the old curriculum.
The most radical changes have been
made in the agricultural department;
much of the academic work has been
discontinued and purely agricultural
work has been established in its place.
Next year’s Freshmen will have three
years of chemistry to conquer before
they can be Seniors; instead of one
term of military science, they will
have three terms. Much of the Soph
omore work of this year will be Fresh
man work next year The agricultural
student will have more opportunity to
specialize, as much of the work in the
Junior and Senior years is elective.
The new general science course,
which is really and agricultural course,
has received much favorable com
ment, and promises to be one of the
most popular courses of the future.
It presents a splendid opportunity to
the man who wants to study agricul
ture from a scientific standpoint.
There is a new two-year course in
agriculture and also one in engineer
ing. These courses will serve as reg
ular courses and also as sub-Freshman
courses. The entrance requirements
for these courses are only eight units;
upon completing the first year of
either of these courses the student re
ceives six more units, making four
teen units which are required for en
trance to the regular four-year
courses.
The most prominent changes made
in the engineering department consist
of the addition of a general engineer
ing course; also a course in military
engineering. The latter includes a
great deal of military science, and re
quires six weeks’ work in a United
States army camp in the summer
both the Sophomore and Junior years.
Many of our militr/'y geniuses will
find an outlet for their martial incli
nations if trey select this course.
OFFICIAL T A. M. C. DESIGN
ADOPTED.
The Athletic Council has adopted
an official T. A. M. C. design which
all wearers of that emblem will be ex
pected to use. The four letters are
interwoven so as to be circular in out
line. The design may be found on
bulletin board No. 4.
IKE ASHBURN.