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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1915)
THE HIGH SCHOOL MEET The third week of April will mean much to the A. and M. cadets. On the 21st we get a holiday. The night of the 21st the Sophomores will give a dance. Two big baseball games with University will be played Thursday and Friday. Thursday night, the 22nd, the annual Ross Volunteer Hop comes off. Friday the big High School and Academy track meet will be held and Friday night the Seniors will have a big dance. Saturday the finals of the track meet are held, and Saturday be ginning at four in the afternoon the big annual carnival starts and lasts until taps. On Friday there will also be held an ortorical contest. A. and M. has sent out most gener ous invitations to all important High Schools and Academies to participate in this big meet. The railroad fare, and all accomodations besides beauti ful medals are offered as inducements. The only requirement for the partici pating teams will be that they are champions of their respective districts Old Kyle field will be alive with young athletes running, jumping, leap ing and engaging in all kinds of ath letic contests. And what is so enter taining and attractive as a race of eager fleet-footed lads, exerting every power and muscle within their bodies to win. Let us all be present at the meet, and let us all show these youngsters some real A. and M. hospitality. We want these representatives of the “prep” schools to come to A. and M. when they leave their present insti tutions. And they will mose likely come if we give them, a good impression, ox a. and M. Fish Starnes who is doing so well m the track ,came here last year to represent Marshall Training School. He was so well impressed that this year he returned not as a representa tive of a “prep” school team, but as a cadet. And he is now making good on our own track squad. Other cadets have come in the same way. This meet will mean that more young athletes shall learn about A. & M. and when the time comes for them to enter college they will turn their foot-steps toward A. and M. A LETTER FROM O. J. JAMES. Hda. El Canada, Mex., Mrch. 19, 1915. Dr. J. O. Morgan, College Station, Texas. My Dear Doctor: No doubt you will be very much sur prised to hear from this old ex-student of yours. Nevertheless, he often thinks of you and of all his college friends. I have been working on this place now going on eight months and getting along beautifully. I am getting a great deal of good out of this hacienda, t learn something new every day, but sorry to say it is not along my line. It is mostly along a military line.. I have had some great experiences and would love to tell you some of them, but will not attempt to take up your time with Mexican affairs. Tho I will say that we had seven common shells to explode within one hundred yards of where we were. So you can see how close I came to being an ex-human on earth instead of your ex-student. Oh! it has been great. Carrransistas and Villaistas have been fighting on and around our place for over a month. G. S. PARKER LUMBER PHONE 46 BRYAN, - - - TEXAS A Business Education TOBY’S BUSINESS COLLEGE Chartered $50,000 Capital Waco, Texas Bookkeeping, Banking, Shorthand, Typewriting, Penmanship and Academic Departments. The High Grade School For High Grade Students Catalog Free—Enter Any Time WE TEACH BY MAIL Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Touch Typewriting, Pen manship, Business Arith metic, Simplified English, Commercial Law and Bus iness Letter writing. And there is no telling when they will let up. Doctor, I would like to know the best method of getting and handling bar ley seed. I have some bulletins on barley, but cannot get any satisfaction out of them. We have some four hun dred acres in barley and I want to know how to go about getting the best seed for next year’s crop. So if you can give me some good advice on this matter it would be very much appre ciated. Yours sincerely, O. J. JAMES. XMAS MY GENERAL ORDERS WERE: To take charge of my girl and all her property, too. To walk with my girl in an affec tionate manner, keeping constantly on the alert, observing when any one comes in sight or hearing. To repeat to my girl every piece of poetry which treats of love. To receive, transmit and obey all orders from, and allow myself to be relieved by her father, her mother, her grandmother, her aunt and her big brother, only. In case of fire or family fight, to take her in my arms and flee. To talk to no one else except in proper discharge of etiquette. In all cases not covered by instruc tions, to call on Dan Cupid. To flirt with other girls when not watched. At night, after receiving the proper hint from her “old man,” to leave at once, but to kiss her good night, re peating my oath of eternal love. PAT PATTERSON Is Ready to Make That Spring Suit—$15.00 and Up. Bryan Texas Helen Ware An exceptional vilinist and inter preter of Hungarian and Slav music, appears at the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium April 9th. Hearne Bartender (to Fish Motley, as he entered the saloon with Alkali Yates)—Say, mister, is that your boy? Fish Motley—Gee! naw. Bartender—You may come in, but you will have to leave that child out side. Fish Motley-—Good-bye, Ike. Alkali Yates—Aw! go to thunder! RIED BROS. Everything Good to Eat Bryan, Texas FISH ~WIF GAL- GYP THE BL OO D “Gyp the Blood” came to us from Reno California. He had herd about the hazing of fish and that rotten stuff, se he brought his colt 45 and a couple of daggers along with him. The “old boys” happened into Gyp’s room to pay him a casual visit soon after his arrival.. Gyp thought something was up, so he put the whole bunch to flight by pulling out his gun. After some little argument, Lieutenants Barraco and Francis succeeded in persuading Gyp to give up his firearms. And since that date Gyp has been loosing his wild and wooly temperament until now he is simply known as “Fish” Wiegal.