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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1915)
THE BATTiLION Published every Wednesday night by Students of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas Subscription price $1.25 per year. Advertising rates on application. Member of Texas Collegiate Press • Association. A. E. BURGES, '15 Editor-in-Chief J. F. HADEN Business Manager F. A. HOMANN, ’15. .Associate Editor W. L. RUTAN, ’15....Asso. Bus. Mgr. E. McR. CLAYTOR, ’15...Ex. Editor MISS LOUISE PROCTOR..So. Editor G. J. CORNET, T6 Eng. Editor M. T. GARRETT, T6 Agr. Editor S. P. McFADDEN, ’16...Sport. Editor G. C. MOFFET, ’16. .Y. M. C. A. Editor Cartoonists P. T. CROWN, ’15, J. M. BURKETT, T6 Assistant Business Managers S. B. HAYNES, ’16, J. B. ROBERT, ’16, Circulation Manager. H. A. SAWYER, ’16. Reporters D. H. KIBER, J. R. BARNES, J. B. JOYCE, T. W. TEMPLE, F. W. HAL SEY. creditable issues. Both were of good ly length and well illustrated and cov ered a diversity of subjects. The Freshman issue was especially so in view of the inexperience of the editor. The Freshman class seems to possess quite a number of verse makers and their product is of fairly good quality. The front page and the mechanical make-up of the Sophomore Battalion was easily the superior of that of the Freshman issue, and in the quantity and quality of the editorials it like wise surpast the earlier edition. If the Junior edition shows similar merit A. & M. need fear no lack of editors for some years to come. A word of commendation is due the business managers and their assista- ants of both editions. The number of ads which they secured is quite re markable for such a year as this. All material for publiication should be signed and turned in not later than Monday night. Entered as second-class matter at College Station, Texas, February 17, 1905. HOW WE MAY LEAVE MONUMENT. A CLASS Why is it that we do not have at this college the annual planting of class trees, a custom so commonly found in other colleges? It is a pretty custom, and both practical and senti mental reasons can be urged in its favor. Every class desires to leave a monument of some sort on the campus upon going out from college, and no cheaper and scarcely a more satisfactory way could be found than this. We wish to call the attention of the present Senior class to the fact that it is leaving no monument. Here is an opportunity to revive an old cus tom once in use here and be the first to leave a class tree, in which in later years a marble tablet could be im bedded. The avenue of trees might, run from the flag pole to Kyle Field. The Battalion would like to haw* some expressions of opinion on the subject. Last year Milner Hall was set aside for the use of the ladies at commence ment, but this year, because of changed conditions, Mitchell Hall is clearly more suitable. It is isolated from the other dormitories, and has the added advantage of being next door to the “Y” Building, at which place most of the social life during commencement will center. Mitchell affords a better view of the campus in general than any other dormitory, and is just across the road from the concrete sidewalk, to which a good cinder path could be built if neces sary. Mitchell Hall is clearly the proper one. The readiness and the heartiness with which the cadets cheered the visiting athletes during the Triangu lar Track Meet is evidence of their desire to cultivate a spirit of friendli ness toward the University. This spirit was all the more noticeable in view of the fact that the University, our traditional rival, was winning. The account of the meet published in the Daily Texan says that the visitors here were royally entertained and that the “pep” meeting the night be fore was a veritable love feast. “You can’t always tell by the looks of a frog how far he can jump,” Mark Twain has said, and that saying is exemplified in the case of the man whom the Senior class has chosen for its valedictorian. He is a quiet, unassuming sort of fellow, not blest with that striking handsomeness which the. girls are pleased to pro nounce “cute.” Neither is he a “mixer,” for until recently there have been men in his own class of 100 who ,did not know him. When the members of the Senior class began to search for a suitable man for valedictorian, men here and there began to suggest him. “But who is this fellow?” they were asked. But his friends were persistent, and at length his reputation grew and spread so remarkably that other aspirants holding positions of in fluence withdrew themselves one by one from the race, until when the formal nominations were made he had but one opponent. M. IT. James THE CLASS EDITIONS. The Sophomore and the Freshman editions of The Battalion were very This, a regular edition of The Bat talion, appears this week because the management of the Junior Battalion have found themselves unable to get their material in shape in time for publication. -o- -» •H- •U- •0- -a- -a- -a- •» •a- •a- -a- ■a- ■o -a- •a- •a- a -a- -e* -a- THE: REXALL STORE ■» -n- -a- ■& •a- <5- •H- -0- o -a- -a- -a- -o -a- -K- -a- -G- Dixie Theatre A Dandy Good Bill Saturday Afternoon “THE LADY OF THE SNOWS” Saturday Night Only. See It Sure Queen Theatre Wm. Elliott in “When We Were 21” An Extra Good Feature Saturday Wilton Lackey in “THE PIT,” Coming THE RIGHT SPIRIT. The Varsity track team was enter tained royally by the students of A. and M. College while at College Station for the meet last week. May the students of the University reciprocate when the A. and M. baseball team visits Austin. A. and M. is certainly destined to be one of our strongest rivals in the Southwest; it is nonsense to let any foolish feeling of bitterness stand be tween these two schools to the detri ment of athletics of the Southwest and the fair reputations of these two insti tutions, with the people of the the State.—Daily Teras. M. W. SMITH, Valedictorian 1915 Class. Marvin Wadsworth Smith was rear ed in the town of Overton and grad uated from the high school there. Rumor has it that he labored under the name of “Sally” while in high school, but if this be true, he has taken great care to conceal this nick name from his college mates. Ever since he was a “Fish” Smith has stood well in his classes, and he is considered by those who know him to have a bright intellect. He is the first lieutenant in “M” company, and tho this is his first year in that com pany he has won the friendship and respect of all of its members. In view of the fact that Smith holds no position of influence save his mili tary rank, the almost complete unan imity with which he was accorded the high honor of the valedictorian- ship by his classmates can be explain ed by nothing less than his outstand ing fitness and remarkable eloquence. •o- £ o & o o o o o- •o « o o a o o a o & o -a- -a- o o- o- a- o o- o- G <1 x3r$ $ i> xjt <x $ $ $ $ O O $ O O <1 o -a- & -s- o -a- ■o- -a- m {j. g When in Town Make Our Place Your g g Headquarters g -a- | BRYAN POOL HALL | 5 Wade Cox, Prop. £ o * -o- 6 -0- -o- -a- O -D- «■ -U- VICTOR T alking Machines Hasweir Book Store Bryan, Texas We Invite Your Patronage Eastman Kodaks And Athletic Goods The Campus Barber Shop Open 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.; Saturday night 10 p. m. 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