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THE BATTALION
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
L. Y. WITCHER—Contributing Editor
G. J. CORNET, T6 Eng. Editor
M. T. GARRETT, ’16 Agr. Editor
S. P. McFADDEN, ’16...Sport. Editor
G. B. HANSON Y. M. C. A. Editor
Cartoonists
P. T. CROWN, T5, J. M. BURKETT, ’16
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
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be signed and turned in not later than
Monday night.
Entered as second-class matter at
College Station, Texas, February 17,
1905.
WHAT THE 1915 LONGHORN
WILL BE.
The Longhorn of this year bids fair
to be the best annual ever put out by
the cadets of A. and M. College, and it
is certain that no annual issued by the
students of this college in past years
except the Longhorns of ’10 and T2
can bear comparison with it. The
editor of the Battalion knows, for he
has seen something of the making of
this Longhorn and has in his possess
ion a copy of every other annual ever
published here.
The editor of the college annual has
given almost his entire energies for
the past twelve months to getting out
the volume, and it will in after years
be c monument to his name. His motto
in seiecH^g material has been “Noth
ing but the Heat/' ond no half-done
work has been tolerated. It wnl pm
tray the work of the College in a more
complete way than any previous an
nual has ever done, and is so planned
that a stranger who had never heard
of Texas A. and M. (if there be any
such benighted creatures) could get
a clear and correct idea of what the
College is—a thing which cannot be
said for the majority of the volumes
preceding it.
The chief staff artist in 1914 won
first place in the final national com
petition conducted by the Beaux Arts
Society of New York. He is the only
Texan who ever won this honor, and
he won it over competitors from Har
vard, Boston Tech., University of Penn,
and other leading institutions of the
nation where architectural training is
given. Military life will be the cen
tral idea of this year’s annual, and
symbolic military decorations will be
found thruout the volume.
The next piece of concrete sidewalk
that is needed is a four-foot walk run
ning to Mitchell and thence to the “Y”
Building. Such a walk would be used
more than any other spur that could
be built, especially during commence
ment.
For a number of reasons the editor
has seen fit to discontinue the pub
lication of the College History in the
Battalion, but the history complete to
date will appear in bulletin form, well
illustrated, in a short time. Those
interested may secure copies of it
when it appears.
VARSITY TO HONOR A. AND M.
BASEBALL TEAM.
We learn from the Daily Texan that
those in charge of athletice at the Uni
versity, resolving not to be outdone
by the hospitality shown the Univer
sity baseball players and track men
while at A. and M. are preparing to
entertain the A. and M. team with a
banquet.
C. E.S HEAR LECTURE
ON STREET PAVING
At a regular meeting of the C. E.
Society last Thursday night, Mr. L.
W. Kemp of the Texas Company gave
a very interesting and instructive
lecture on street paving in Texas.
During the course of his talk he
gave a very minute description of all
the different materials for street
pavements. He also gave a brief his
tory of the development of street
paving in Texas.
The lecture wps well attended and
bcnericiai to all those present.
ANNUAL CARNIVAL
A GREAT SUCCESS
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many prize-winning animals that be
long to the department.
The carnival proper was equally as
interesting as the parade. Dancing
in the gymnasium continued until
late in the night under the direction
of Mr. E. E. McAdams, floor manager.
Mesdames Morgan, Potts, Bagley and
Ridgway, assisted by Miss Ara Lee
Jones, who presided at the booth, where
the most delicious cakes, candies,
etc., were served. The big vaudeville
attraction was a winner. At a great
expense the management secured
Jack Johnson and Jess Willard as the
leading number, while Mutt and Jeff
brought the house down in screams.
The various exhibits of the engi
neering societies were very interest
ing and amusing. One of the most
appropriate was “Hell,” as exhibited
by the Chem. fiends. The E. E.’s
made you stare in astonishment as
the long sparks would jump from your
nose at their bidding. “Lake Moss,”
as shown by the C. E.’s, was very
beautiful and interesting.
Much praise and credit is due the
management and those who assisted
in making this the greatest carnival
in the history of the A. & M. College.
Ike Aushburn, the president, worked
unceasingly from the start, and his
colleags, Dr. J. O. Morgan, A. T.
Potts and A. L. Darnell, were with
him all the time. F. J. Bechert and
“Redwing” Palmer were managers of
the vaudeville and James Sullivan,
cashier.
When one considers the fact that
the parade did not contain half the
material and exhibits that were
available had there been time to get
them ready, he will appreciate what
can be done another year. Several
of the departments were not repre
sented at all.
SOPHOMORE PICNIC.
Friday afternoon, April 30th, the
Sophomore Bible Class entertained the
young ladies of Bryan and College with
a most delightful moonlight picnic at
Hill Crest.
The fun began at five o’clock when
the cadets met their partners on the
car, and it continued thruout the even
ing.
A lively contest was carried out by
giving to the couple who could collect
the largest variety of wild flowers a
lovely box of candy. Mr. Morrow and
Miss McCullough, of Bryan, were the
lucky ones with 53 different flowers.
After a most delightful supper pre
pared by the young ladies, the crowd
walked to Bryan to see the movies.
The pictures were excedingly good
ones and were enjoyed by all.
From the Dixie the crowd went to
the Queen, where a business meeting
was held. It was decided to make the
ladies honary members of the class.
The officers were: Miss Willie Mc-
Dougald, president. Miss Clara Ma-
whinney, vice-president; Miss Mary
Mclnnis, treasurer; and Miss Louise
Batte, secretary.
There was much regret when the
time camq to break up and each per
son present said that a better time
could not have been planed.
A NEW GAME.
There has never been a new form
of amusement so widely and enthus
iastically taken up in as short time
as has the game of chess at A. & M.
Until the Y. M. C. A. Building was
opened there were possibly not a
dozen men in all college who had ever
seen a game of chess played. In less
than a week’s time the game gained
a strong foothold and is now almost
as popular as baseball.
A few weeks ago Prof. Redlich,
who is an expert player, was engaged
for a series of lectures on the game.
The attendance at these lectures
showed how the interest had spread.
Prof. Redlich devoted the first lecture
to the elementary principles of the
game. In the other two lectures he
went into the intricacies and finer
points and showed different plays by
which an opponent might be caught
napping. After the last lecture it was
suggested that a chess club be or
ganized, but the suggestion was not
carried out since the session is so
nearly ended. It was decided that the
club be organized early next fall and
several tournaments will probably be
held next year if the interest in the
game keeps up.
CHAPEL SERVICES.
Last Sunday chapel was again held
in the gymnasium. The building held
the entire attendance very comfort
ably and was cool and well ventilated.
This fact, together with the extra
ordinarily good sermojn, served to
keep the audience pretty wide awake
during the entire service.
The speaker was Dr. Standifer,
president of Simmons College. Altho
not a preacher, Dr. Stndifer is a bril
liant speaker and the message he
brought was helpful to everyone who
heard it. The subject of the sermon
was “Personal Ascendancy, or Lead
ership,” and the text was “What do
ye more than others?” Dr. Standifer
also addrest the Y. M. C. A. Sunday
night.
J. M. CALDWELL
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