U. S. Declares War
APRIL 6, 1917
Central Powers
By The Associated Press
Washington, Nov. 11.—The World War will end this morning at f>
o’clock, Washington time, 11 o’clock Paris time. The armistice was signed
by the German representatives at midnight. This announcement was made
by the State Department at 2:50 this morning.
The announcement was made verbally by an official of the State De
partment in the following form:
“The armistice has been signed. It was signed at 4 a.m. Paris time and
hostilities will cease at 11 o’clock this morning, Paris time.
Training Camp Set
For Aggie Seniors
May ■>. 1917 . . . Recruiting - offi
cers for the officers’ reserve corps
training camp to be held at Leon
Springs beginning May 14 have
been opened at the A&M College.
In addition to ineinbers of the
senior class from the college and
employees of that institution appli
cants from Bryan and neighboring
towns will be received at the Col
lege Station office.
Examinations are being conduct
ed by Dr. Otto Ehlinger, surgeon
at the college hospital.
Sixty-six men have been certi
fied since Sunday. Of that num
ber sixty-two are cadets. C. M.
Torrents, a special student, has en
rolled, Charles B. Hudson, a young
attorney from Bryan, W. L. Driver,
athletic director at the college, and
Ike Ashburn, publicity agent and
secretary to the board, also have
been certified.
Ail of the sixty-two cadets are
seniors and most of them are offi
cers.
Jack Shelton was commander of
the regiment this year. He had
planned to return to his farm which
is now managed by his family and
had refused appointment to the
regular army. Nov/ that war has
been declared, he feels that as a
result of his long training he can
be of more service as an officer.
Shelton left last night for his
hbme at Brownwood for a few days
visit before reporting at Leon
Springs.
Cadets registering thus far are
C. C. Albert, R. C. Black. R. E.
Bosque, H. J. Burkett, E. L. Brown,
A. J. Bennett, J. K. Bivins, F. L.
Bramlette, H. M. Gather, T. B.
Cochran, C. C. Cox, H. J. Conway,
C. D. Dodd, H. I. Earnest, J. L.
Fry, J. C.' Findlater, J. W. Fucks,
M. G. Gibson, J. L. Gibbs, D. L.
Hook, B. E. Irbv, H. A. Jopling,
D. J. Kiber, H. R. Kerbow, W. C.
Lockett, H. M. Lowe, M. Mitchell,
J. K. Mattox, S. L. Metcalfe, G. A.
Powers, S. E. Perrin, H. M. Poet-
ter of Franklin, P. P. Reilly, H. H.
Seale, O. F. Spencer, Jack Shel
ton, G. A. Woody, Reid Wipprecht,
A. A. Walker, O. F. Zedler, J. S.
Allen, C. F. Braunig, F. A. Crow,
R. L. Chappele, N. E. Gardner,
F. W. Halsey, R. E. Hill, E. J.
Hammer, S. D. Hervey, H. Q. Jen
nings, L. L. Kotzebue, I. G. Moore,
J. A. Otto, N. L. Peters, H. P.
Stockton, N.Y. Stormen, W. T.
Swink, C. T. Trickey, C. M. Tor
rents, B. P. Wadley, A. B. Weaver,
N. W. Thomas and C. O. Denning.
The Battalion
WAE SECTION
November 9, 1950
Ag Juniors to
Leon Springs
May 24, 1917
By a recent order of the War
Department juniors of the Agri
cultural and Mechanical College of
Texas have been permitted to sign
up for admittance to the officers
reserve corps training camp at
Leon Springs.
The order as revised permits
them to enter the camp June 10.
They of course will enter upon
the basis that everybody else does,
that is, all are going into training
to fit themselves for officers and
their work will determine the rank
they will attain at the termination
of the training period.
Thus far about twenty-four of
the juniors have signed up.
Incidentally the student body is
being gradually depleted. Most of
the seniors have gone and their
diplomas will be forwarded to them
except that President Bizzell may
visit Leon Springs and deliver them
to the boys at a ceremony. Under
classmen have been going away
for the past week or two for one
reason or another but drilling con
tinues unabated. The class work
of the year is continued, but is not
being - stressed like drilling. Tar
get shooting- is had every day and
the boys are making some good
records. In fact it has fceen dis
covered that there are among them
some natural born marksmen. Boys
who have never before handled a
rifle are able occasionally to quali
fy as expert marksmen on the
first round.
As a result of the gradual retire
ment of the student body sev§ral
professors have been granted leaves
of absence departing* for points to
which they want to go about two
weeks earlier than is customary.
1917 Graduates Enter
Service At School End
June 2, 1917
Without special ceremony the j
1916-17 session of the Texas Agri- j
cultural and Mechanical College of |
Texas was brought to a close this !
morning, the students departing j
on trains shortly after noon for !
their various homes in this and
other states. Some of the teaching
force have already departed for
their summer vacations, a few not
Financial Report
For Football
December 20, 1917
Athletic Drive furnishes the fol
lowing statement.
Football receipts and expendi
tures for 1917 for Texas A&M Col
lege:
Receipts
Incidentals, $8.90.
Box Seats, $62.45.
Season Tickets, $4760.
Gate Receipts, $17504.80.
Refunds, $5.82.
Total Receipts, $22,331.97,
Expenses
Incidentals, $1723.63 .
Office and Salary, $3,430.36.
Hotel and Traveling, $1808.04.
Equipment, $1,186.47.
Officials, $798.80.
Field and Permanent Improve
ment, $754.61.
Guarantees, $6672.61.
Advertising, $260.95.
Total Expenses, $16,635.47.
Amount for Season, $5696.50.
to return, and others left with the
students, while some will be going-
daily for the next few weeks. Sev-
eral will remain to serve in the
various meetings that are to be
held at the college and take their
vacations after the close of these.
The reason for the lack of cere
mony this year can be blamed on
Kaiser Wilhelm, who started this
world war and made its effects
felt on the student body. Most of
the seniors have departed for Leon
Springs and other points.
For the first time in the history
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College no graduation exercises
were held at College Station this
year. Seventy-three of the more
than one hundred seniors are stu
dents in the reserve officers’ train
ing camp at Leon Springs, and
Dr. W. B. Bizzell and Charles E.
Friley, registrar, will arrive there
tomorrow morning to make plans
for the exercises which will be held
in the new quarters of the Young-
Men’s Christian Association Sun
day afternoon.
There were but three or four
seniors at the college, ten of the
honor graduates having entered the
regular army of the United States
and twenty more joining the ma
rine corps as officers.
The exercises will be held at 4
o’clock Sunday afternoon; in addi
tion to music by the Third Field
Artillery band, stationed there,
Miss Lucille Huckmann of San An
tonio will render vocal selections
and Col. W. S. Scott, commandant
of the camp and former command
ant at the college will address the
members of the senior class.
A&M Adjusts Quickly For
War Emergency Training
World War I came unexpectedly
to the American people and to the
A&M campus. Anxious eyes had
been cast toward Europe at the
invasion of Belgium by German
Armies anti most Americans sym-
| pathies were with France, England
and Belgium.
Coupled with this kindred feel
ing also was a certain belief of
“It can’t happen here.”
President Woodrow Wilson was
elected on the slogan, “He Kept Us
A&M YMCA
At Leon Springs
May 21, 1917
Charles Firth, chief student ad
visor and coach of the track team
at Texas A&M College, left last
night for Leon Springs, where he
will establish a YMCA center for
rest, recreation and devotional
services for the recent of A&M
graduates, old and recent, who
make up such a considerable part
of the men training there.
The post is to be the gift of the
faculty and students of the col
lege, and of patriotic citizens of
Bryan and is to be supported by
their voluntary subscriptions. There
wil be a tent for rest and reading
and athletics and other games will
be organized.
Regular devotional services will
be held on Sunday if this part of
the plan does not conflict with the
schedule of the camp YMCA with
which Mr. Firth will cooperate
closely.
Out Of War.”
With the announcement of the
German government that they
would resort to unrestricted sub
marine warfare and the sinking of
the Lusitania, President Wilson
asked for a declaration of war.
This declaration was approved by
Congress and the fight was on.
No draft machinery was in op
eration, America had a midget size
standing- army and little in the
way of a trained reserve.
The news of World War I was
received quietly on the A&M cam
pus although there was a general
feeling of, “What can I do to
help?”
Subsequently seniors were asked
Bizzell’s Tennis
Courts into Garden
May 4, 1917
Tennis courts at A&M have fall
en before the plow. President Biz
zell led the pi-ocession of those
putting in all surplus unused
ground in gardens. His tennis
court has been plowed and toma
toes and other vegetables planted
there. All uncultivated and un
sodded ground will bear fruit in
terms of vegetables this season.
About two acres directly in front
of the hospital have been plowed
and coin, peas and other such veg
etables planted. These vegetables
will be open for consumption by
campus residents, charges being-
confined to actual cultivation costs.
All waste places must be cultivated
says Dr. Bizzell.
to volunteer for officer training,
and later juniors were permitted
to volunteer.
In the later part of 1917 a Sig
nal Company of the Army was sent
to the A&M campus for training.
This was merely the vanguard of
many more such units that were-
to receive training on the A&M
campus under the auspices of the
S.A.T.C.
Coupled with the depletion of
the student body, other Agricul-'
tural Agencies were leading the
campaign to grow more food. Gar--
dens sprang up all oyer the cam-;
pus, and in every village and town.
A&M men acquitted themselves
well and A&M furnished more com
missioned officers to the Army’
than did the U. S. Military Acad-,
emy.
The final unofficial count of'
A&M men taking part in World
War I was set at 2200. Of these
55 paid the supreme price.
Juniors Given Command
May 19, 1917
Since the recent departure of.
the majority of the senior class
from the Agricultural and Mechani
cal College of Texas, junior cadets
are acting- as battalion and com
pany commanders. The remaining
seniors are in charge of the corps
staff offices and are assisting the
juniors to master the technique of
commanding company units. The
organization of the corps is undis
turbed by the change and the un
derclassmen are benefitting by the
responsibilities placed heretofore
only upon seniors.
A business has little future
; V : ;
that cannot be proud of its past'
>1876
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Once upon a time—back in 189b—
a young man, name of Waldrop,
began an organization destined
to become this area’s leading men’s
clothiers. Yes, ’'destined” is the
correct word—for every dime,
every hour, every scrap of energy
was invested toward making a
dream come true . . . toward making
A. M. Waldrop Sz Co. the byword
to well-groomed men . . .
. . . and a fount of dependability
We, the descendants, feel the dream
has become a reality and are most
humble in our appreciation to those
patrons w ho permitted this success.
There are times when mankind
should pause and reflect on
its accomplishments.
It is with immeasurable pride
that our entire staff pauses,
reflects and says,
‘Well done, Aggies!
Allister M. Waldrop
GJafclKOp
By November of 1876, the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas w^as
in full swing. Established with the
help of the federal government, A&M
College w^as carefully designed to
meet the specific educational needs
of Texas. This college is the old
est state institution of higher
learning in Texas and from its in
ception has truly belonged to the
people of this state.
A. M. Waldrop & Co. takes an im
mense pleasure in saluting this
age-old friend and companion.
HCNS CLOTHING SINCE IS^S