GOOD WORK MADE US THE BIG LAUNDRY OF TEXAS
“BUSTED SMILES.”
Curfew Shall Not Blow Tonight.
Slowly the moon was rising
O’er the dark horizon line,
And the much troubled Junior
Knew that it was nearing nine.
He had come to woo his Freshman,
But, alas, too well he knew
In ten minutes he must leave her,
For at that time the curfew blew.
When he thought that he must leave
her.
Then his face turned deathly white,
And with trembling voice he mur
mured,
“Curfew shall not blow tonight!”
To the light plant then he “beat it,”
Staggered throug hte open door,
Threw himself before the fireman,
Knelt before him on the floor.
And there the humble Junior,
How he begged, ah, yes, implored,
“Whistle-man, I love a maiden;
Do not dare to pull that cord.”
But the fireman grabbed the Junior
And shook him with all his might,
Tossed him out of doors and shouted,
“Curfew, sir, shall blow tonight!”
Then the Junior picked himself up,
Saw a ladder standing near.
Dashed up it toward the roof-top.
He would win, why should he fear?
He felt around and found the whistle,
Crawled upon it with delight
And in high glee, then he shouted,
“Curfew shall not blow tonight!”
When the old and faithful fireman
In the boiler room below,
Thinking not of such rash actions,
Pulled the string that made the
whistle blow.
Then the young and silly Junior,
Who sat upon the roof so high,
Gladly left the seat beneath him.
As he vaulted in the sky.
And in the midst of this commotion,
As he made his upward flight,
He could hear a low, faint whistle
As the curfew blew that night.
When he descended to the roof-top,
Burnt and blistered, stiff and sore.
Climbed he down the shaky ladder.
Sneaked he by the fireman’s door;
Dodged he up the darkest alley
From which he had come before;
There with uplifted hands he vowed,
“Curfew shall blow forever more!”
—F. J. H., ’17.
“JIMMY” CLUTTER.
Our track coach, Mr. J. A. Clutter,
is one of the most prominent mem
bers of the Sophomore class. He
came here from Ames, Iowa, where
he took a course in athletics and one
in dairy husbandry. He came here
a year ago last fall to accept a posi
tion in the Dairy Husbandry Depart
ment. For a while it looked as
though his life work would be teach
ing dairy husbandry to the “flower
of the youth of Texas.” His fame,
however, preceded him, and notwith
standing his modest and retiring na
ture, he again responded to the irre
sistible call of the cinder path, not
as a participant this time, but as
coach of the A. and M. track team.
Last year when “Jimmy,” as he is
affectionately called by all the mem
bers of the track squad, took charge
of the team, prospects for a winning
team seemed hopeless. With only
two men who had ever taken part in
an intercollegiate athletic contest be
fore, and about twelve green and
awkward men, most of whom had
never seen a track meet. Clutter built
a track team that captured second
place in both State intercollegiate
meets. Incidentally he developed the
fastest half-miler the South has ever
produced, and a relay team that did
not know how fast they could go.
Last year was the first time in years
that A. and M. has had a winning re
lay team.
It looked for a while like he was
not going to coach again this year on
account of his having too much to do
in the Dairy Husbandry Department,
but after much persuasion he came
out and took hold of the track squad,
which was increased from fifteen to
twenty men.
This year Coach Clutter, although
working under many difficulties and
with a crippled squad, bids fair to put
out a team that will be a strong con
tender for the State and Southwest
ern championships.
A. AND M.’S BASKETBALL COACH.
A few words should be said in ap
preciation of the work that Mr.
Steger has done for the basketball
team. When the present gymnasium
was completed the Athletic Associa
tion discovered that it did not have
enough money to employ a basket
ball coach. Mr. Steger offered his
services free of charge and since then
has been in charge of the squad. The
record made by this year’s team
shows that his ability as a coach is
unexcelled in the State. Everywhere
it has gone the Farmer team has
made an enviable reputation for clean
playing. Steger’s motto has always
been, “Play the ball and not the
man.” He has always tried to elimi
nate unnecessary roughness that
tends to make the game unpopular.
As long as he continues in his pres
ent capacity as coach, A. and M. is
sure to turn out teams that will be
a credit to the college.
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