FRESHAAAN
BATTALI ON
Hit.
Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
VOL. XXII.
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, MARCH 31, 1915
NUMBER 25
Freshman Motto: “Each For The Other, All For A. & M.”
THE ROMANTIC FISH.
A Fish there was, a “slime” was he,
And romantic his tendency;
He was the hack to nature kind,
Expecting at A. and M. to find
A place extant, full sway to joy;
Solace to him, Alas! Poor hoy.
Instead of joy. Military
Replaces dreams, so findeth he.
Romanticism exchanged for
Philosophy in tact of war
A Fish can think, altho some say,
That thoughts come not in “slimy” day.
It happened thus, that is, like this:
This nature’s child, in all the bliss
That comes to man of noble mind,
When delves he deep and perchance
find
A thought that’s meat, and so with
him;
His thoughts were meet and fit and
trim.
At least he thought, and why debate—
The thought is thought, and now’s too
late.
So listen while he over-rates
Thoughts born to him which he re
lates:
“As said before in other lore
Concerning meditations,
You may discern an humorous turn
With proper observations.
“Slim Jim” again in witty strain,
Now listen gentle reader,
(Excuse me while in poet’s style
I reconnoiter meter),
He tells there was a lady fair
Proposed to air her knowledge
Before a man, now understand
He was a dean in college.
Flow ers she dote, it gets his goat
To listen to her jargon;
She keeps right on, his patience gone,
In fact, it is too far gone.
Her ignorance gives him a chance
Her learning to expose
And show the rest of gathered guests
Exactly wdiat she knows.
“I want to know if you did grow
A genus Scabiei
That’s taken from a certain one
Scarpoples, large family?
I’m sure about it, and you’ll not dobut
it,
If ask you Bishop Bowers;
I’ve given them every one to him.
He seemed so fond of flowers.”
A Fish there was, a “slime” was he.
And romantic his tendency,
He’s done his best to interest;
Now do not laugh nor scoff,
For you yourselves have done no less,
And probably pulled it off.
—Sherlock T8.
Ye old standpipe, do you remember
That moon-light night, the first of December,
When to your dizzy height I ascended
With paint pail on my arm suspended?
There I painted that glorious old T8
Above that insignificant T7
Betray me not, dear old standpipe
Lest I lose my “cush” every day and night.
US WHY
WEJflE PROUD
Things the “Fish” Have Done and Are
Going to Do for A. & M.
We “Fish” are proud of two things:
Our present important part in the af
fairs of college life and, our future pros
pects for greatness.
Our success and importance can only
be realized when you look at us in the
different phases of college life.
One of the greatest men in the State,
most likely the future Governor of
Texas, and the highest ranking man on
the campus, is President Bizzell, a
“fish.” The next most important
“fish” are Lieutenant Hill and Ser
geant Hyland, commandant and
“Bull sergeant, respectively. We “fish”
are especially proud to claim Presi
dent Bizzell, Lieutenant Hill and Ser
geant Hyland among our number.
There are also several “profs.” who be
long to our noble band.
In athletics our class is well repre
sented. “Fish” Settegast, Brown, But
ler and Brooks won “T’s” in football,
and Rogers, Minier, Burns and John
son each won a “T—A. M. C.” Every
company football team was well sup
ported by “Fish.”
In basketball two “Fish” were on
the regular squad. The company bas
ketball teams were almost entirely
composed of “Fish.”
In baseball it remaans to be seen
really how much we can do. It is well
to be remembered that seven “Fish”
are on the regular team. Only four
games have been played so far, but the
“Fish” have played their part. Un
doubtedly several will win “Ts” in
baseball
On the track we have several shining
stars. It is too early yet to tell just
who will make good on the track, but
it is certain that a number of Fresh
men will make letters.
We have eleven “Fish” who were
disttinguished the first term, though
this is less than one per cent, it is more
than either the Junior or Sophomore
classes had.
We have exceedingly fine fellows
for class officers. “Fish” Brooks has
presided over the Freshman class like
no Freshman class has ever been pre
sided over in years. We fellows all
love him. He is such a clean, friendly,
upright “Fish” that any one who knows
him can’t help but be impressed witU
his excellent qualities. “Fish” eRad
and Kinnard are his able assistants.