The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 14, 1915, Image 2

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    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.
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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.
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