Friday, July 7, 1916.
THE BATTALION
THE BimilON
EDITORIAL STAFF.
J. B. JOYCE Editor-in-Chief
H. A. JOPLING.. Business Manager
Entered as second-class matter at Col-
lege Station, Texas, February 17, 1905.
College Station, July 7, 1916.
This issue of The Battalion is pub
lished in the office of the Publicity
Agent for the purpose of carrying
news of the summer activities and
items of interest concerning the “old
guard” to the students in their homes.
It is also sent to members of the
graduating classes of the Texas High
Schools in order that they may catch
a glimpse of what the A. & M. Col
lege has to offer the student, plan
ning to enter college.
This is to be a year of big im
provements at A. & M. All of the
improvements that are described else
where in this issue will be made.
The money is on hand. It may be
that the work will not be completed
by the opening of school. It will be
pushed steadily forward, however,
and President Bizzell is authority for
the statement that all of the com
pleted improvements will be finished
at least soon after school opens.
Last year there was considerable
delay in the completion of the con
templated improvements but every
thing that was promised has been
provided.
What club will win the President’s
prize, a banquet, by bringing back
the largest number of Freshmen this
fall? Last year the Houston club
won. The banquet was worth while.
Who will win this year?
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There will be another Battalion
issued early in August and again
early in September. If you are plan
ning a change of address notify the
College postmaster.
WRIGHT RESIGNS
NEW MAN NAMED FOR
PHYSICS DIVISION.
W. T. Wright has resigned as head
of the physics department of the
College and has gone to Chicago
where he will take work leading to
the degrees of M. S., and Ph. D.
Dr. Oscar W. Silvey, associate pro
fessor of physics at Purdue Univer
sity has been appointed professor of
physics and head of that department
at A. & M.
Dr. Silvey holds the degrees of A.
B., and M. A., from the University
of Chicago. He is an author of some
note, having written in English and
German concerning important physics
problems.
“JAP” MAYO ACCEPTS
JOB AT COLLEGE.
H. M. Mayo, ’15, better known
as “Jap” Mayo has accepted a posi
tion in the bulletin department of the
Experiment Station. Mayo began
his new duties Monday, July 3. Since
graduation Mayo has been with the
Wells Fargo Express Co.
POSTAL SERVICE IMPROVED.
The College Station postoffice, at
the depot, has been placed on the
basis of a second class office, instead
of a third class, now enjoying the
same rating as that held by the Bryan
office. That means that outgoing
mail will be received until 8 :30 p. m.
and that other improvements in the
service will be made.
A. & M. MEN MAKING
WINNING BALL CLUBS
“T” men in baseball at A. & M.
are delivering the goods on a half
dozen amateur ball clubs of the
State. Nacogdoches probably has
the largest I'epresentation of any
club. Tom Cherry is captain and
playing manager of that club. Tom
was a second baseman before he went
to the first sack at A. & M. and was
one of Moran’s most aependable men.
He is playing a good game at the
middle bag in Nacogdoches, accord
ing to reports from that town. As
sisting Tom are “U,»” Russell, who
is catching every game, Penny Thorn
ton who has been winning his games,
Crabby Powers in the outer garden,
and Joe Ellis another valuable in
fielder.
Munch is working for Crockett and
has been going good. Tom Brails-
ford is playing with the Crocket team.
Mack Graham has been pitching good
ball at Calvert and McMurray has
been catching for Hearne. Sprague
worked with Calvert, also, a few
times. Rigney is playing short at
Leonard.
The A. & M. baseball squad will
be practically the same next year as
this past year. Olson will be missing
and Russell may not be back. The
other men all will be on the job,
however, and the Aggies should put
out another fast team in 1917.
Y. M. C. A. LEADERS ARE
BACK FROM BLUE RIDGE.
The A. & M. delegation to the
Southern Y. M. C. A. College Con
ference at Blue Ridge, North Caro
lina, is back on the campus after
two weeks of delightful pleasure.
Frank D. Steger, Dan Kiber, M. D.
Gibson, E. B. Cartwright, T. W.
Temple, and R. E. Connor, represent
ed the A. & M. College Y. M. C. A.,
at the Southern Conference.
Steger was a very busy man, mak
ing a number of addresses and lead
ing several sections of study groups.
The local delegation was a represen
tative one.
Steger will remain at the College
during the remainder of the summer
and then will go to his new field of
labor at Oklahoma State University.
Norman, Oklahoma.
BOYS ON THE BORDER
REPORT “ALL WELL’.’
If you haven’t anything else to do
sit down and write to some of your
old A. & M. friends who are defend
ing Uncle Sam’s territory against the
invasion of Mexicans. Jim Kendrick,
with Co. “G”, 2nd Texas Infantry at
Mission, first lieutenant, reports all
of the A. & M. men there with him
as being well and “pretty well con
tented.” Life is quiet and rather
monotonous, being broken only by
calls for help from alarmed natives.
“Shrimp” Hayden, “Reveille”
Brown, and the rest of the A. & M.
men have been accounted for, also.
If you know their company, but
do not know their address write
another care Fort Sam Houston, San
Antonio, and the letter will be for
warded to them.
DR. MARSTELLAR BETTER.
Dr. R. P. Marstellar, who was oper
ated on for appendicitis soon after
commencement is rapidly recovering.
He was taken ill on Commencement
Sunday and was operated on the fol
lowing Wednesday. L. P. Thomas,
of the creamery department, has been
ill with fever for the past two weeks.
He is improving gradualy.
HOMER FRY VISITS
MANY TEXAS TOWNS
AS LANDSCAPE EXPERT.
Homer Fry has been a busy man
during the summer. He has visited
a half dozen Texas towns and pre
pared plans for the beautification of
lawns, parks, and grounds in front of
public buildings. This is a distinct
service to the towns visited. Just
now Fry is working out plans for the
beautification of school grounds at
Rusk.
F. W. Hensel, head of the land
scape gardening division, has visit
ed Waco and other Texas towns, serv
ing as judge in “Beautiful lawn con
tests.”
Fry will graduate in 1917.
SEEN ON THE CAMPUS.
W. B. (Bebb) Francis, ’15, who has
been spending the year, studying
veterinary medicine at Cornell, Ithca,
N. Y., is spending the summer on the
campus with his father and mother
Dr. and Mrs. M. Francis.
R. B. (Tubby) Ehlinger, ’13, a
medical student at Tulane University,
New Orleans, is at home for a brief
visit with his father and mother Dr.
and Mrs. Otto Ehlinger. He will
leave the latter part of August for
a few weeks visit at Mule Shoe on a
ranch.
Horace Sawyer is working with the
department of buildings and grounds
at the College, and is charged with
overseeing the summer improve
ments. He has been offered a good
job on road construction at San
Saba, however, and may accept that.
HERE’S A STORY FOR YOU.
There is a story concerning a negro
who was arrested in New Orleans on
a charge of vagrancy. The negro
protested his innocence and insisted
that he was a hard working “nigger”.
“What do you do,” asked the Judge.
“If you are such a hard working
negro tell the Court what your occu
pation is.”
“Yes Sah, I’se a hard-wuking nig
ger, I is, “said the Senegambian.”
“I’se got a job boring worm holes in
antique furniture.”
Joe Rogers is engaged in much the
same work. Joe has been puncturing
Old Mother Earth for the past few
days making test holes for a new
pipe line, being in the employ of the
Building and Grounds department.
“Rail Head” says it is fine training
and that he expects to be in ideal
condition for the football season.
Look for yourself in the A. & M.
“movies.” The pictures are so clear
and so bright that the men in the
Bernard Sbisa Mess Hall and else
where may easily be recognized. This
picture is in the hands of the Ex
clusive Feature Film Service of 1917,
Main St., Dallas, Texas, and may be
rented at unusualy low figures. Have
your “movie” men correspond with
that service for rates, etc. There are
2,000 feet of the picture.
SEEN ON THE CAMPUS.
W. J. Crocker, of Dallas, spent
several days visiting friends in Bryan
and College last week returning from
Houston.
H. E. Runge, of Galveston, spent
Saturday and Sunday in Bryan and
College, the guest of friends.
C. D. Stoner, Lakeland, Fla., is
at College preparing to take civil
service examinations early this
month. He will probably accept a
position in Humble or with the Waco
Light & Pov/er Co.
A letter from W. H. Waterhouse,
Pittsburg, Pa., reports the presence
of a large number of A. & M. men in
that city.
Mack Graham, of McGregor, who
is pitching for the Calvert team, has
been on the campus a number of
times lately.
J. D. McMurray, of Cuero, enrolled
in the summer school goes to Hearne
nearly every day to catch for that
team.
CAPTAIN “DOUGH” ROLLINS
Dependable Ground Gainer.
THE DISSECTING LABORATORY
THE REGIMENT ASSEMBLED FRONT OF MAIN BUILDING.