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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1919)
THE BAtTA LION Thi» is a tale of a bright jroaag lad. Who wrote a long letter to his foolish !r i4m> | j ?' 11 1 y 1 ' * His Was a backward old father you aae, ; . j /i And he, a bob as arise as a freshman oan be. * .1 »! i i W r j /' . i j: I i can’t bat aronder how in thunde- The Lord could ccmaiit suck an sw- ( dal blunder, . j As to harden this ap-topiate “slime” With a father so frightfully behind Mow let me see. It was about niaety- i i tw *’ Whaa Billy’s old * man Anally got || He’d talked it oeer year by year, But aerer had mentioned a social rr- H So our young hero began in a whirl And set off to Bryan in quest of a * , 'I • r The minute he landed he made an impression And promptly decided he Imd Vm all He brushed right in to th« town’s •lit*,; And Aguaratively speaking—took the ▼•ry front seat. The lack of finances became a great •? ' And that was the reason he wrote to his father. “Now Father Dear, you must hear Of a pearl of a girl. I’ve met dawn lliy ^ It’s all so strange, and I’m so changed My lifes fate, of late, has all been rearranged.” The rest of the letter yoa’U hare to tmum. Her name, Mias Blank, is the only No : move of interest, with possible exception. Of a plea for a check thst’d pass In spection. The letter came. The check was in it And fatherly advice to go the limit. “Yea, my son, daddy understands. And thanks the Lord you are in such g<»o 1 hands.” |r 1 trust you to her loving cabs She “raised” me, son, whapti I was there • t . t ? Co A has more pep than any other company on the campus in several wnyW . " ;8©c»aJly—we are mighty stlwpf. ' Co A’s Sunday school class gave a social not l^ng ago, and had about fifty of the prettiest girls in Bryan out. For intertainment we had songs by our well known quartet and alsi solos by several Bryan laides. Next came t%e Mock Track meet, some of the events being the standing broad grin, potato race, relay race on ono foot, apple biting contest. Ice cream and cake was served. In athletics—A Co is setting any other company a lively pace. She has at present four men on the base ball squad, and three out of the four are expected to make letters. 1 Oar jazz band ia also something to beast of. It is composed of, ta-n “ukelele’i”? a violin, a sigar box and some tin cans. At our nightly stag dances we have from twenty to thir- , cadets present. Sergt. H. C. Atchison’s frequent and mysterious visits to Bryan, arr causing general concern in this <£«. X In days gone by the Band m bera were never given officers ip regular military organisations « side of the Band, but that e was dropped with the appoiatmen 1 Captain Murrah and 1st Lt. W land as ofleers of the Signal C Unit. There are always some men in the Band and we do not ieve that they should be confi -to the Band alone as regular officers. ' j 'i,' • thv osl UP-. en< of <fP» ■ |M cad When the umpire yell* play 1 |ai you can prepare to pull off hats and loosen up your lupga, be cause you ean count on the Band stepping out in full force and show ing you what wildcat sounds like. Frits Murrah aught to get a job in a flour mill, he seems to be pretty good at dusting flour tacks. . • ,* Now that the band master and the captain know who’s wikt; and when and where, the band is ia bet-1 ter spirit*. Two bosses over the* same thing do notvwork and we don’t blame our captain for wanting to’ resign. One M. V. Collines, better known aa “Big Boy”, left us last ytarj to join the Navy and was sta tioned at San Diego, California, and Boston, Mass. Once more the,walls] of our hall echo with the sonorus vi brations of that beloved gob stirk. and it is evident he is the tame oldj Big Boy it once more with us. The Band hatched out a few new corporals and sergeants the other day if all have been givta their stripes in the usual manner. General Order No. 606. Published for the information and guidance of all concerned. Cadet C. R. Warndof, for being on the campus Sunday without per mit, and absent all formations in Bryan, is hereby given credit for 10 demerits, and is confined to Bryan for thirty days. “Sofa”' mysterious two-light sys tem was a success, until the Sergeant closed the door from the inside. "Me.**, the man who has never had a flea on his person!! < Between Tatoo and Taps-:) ” “Is there anything to eat in here?” Red Lakey. It is rumored that “Hugh” Cariker ia going to get a new uniform!!!! Is it POSSIBLE??? “Dick” Graham peacefully sleep* ia “Bull-Ticks”, While “Doc” Frame paases the course for him. Poor “Kike”!I He made a nohl# fight, but Oh! those irresistib*; vamps. It has at last dawned upon the Fish of Cp. D, that buying the Frst Sergt. cigars, does not excuse them from Reveille.- April 2. Iff*. ■ i ! 1: I Ifei :i SHIRL CAFE Call and have something tv We are planning* and tryii please all our customers. Aj addition to our business is a to-date Service car at all hoi the day and night. CALL AROUND and SEfif US. THE SHIRLBY A. C. BAILEY, Lessei T r Try “One of ’em Things” Ittc. YOUR FRIERD CASEY’S NEf DRINK Cooling and Refreshing. 8 S Y. CONFE 9 9 4 TYLER HASWELL EASTMAN KODAKS AND SUPPLIES ’ * | / S' Official Distributors Stall & Dean’s AtbJfetic Goods and Victor Talking Machines and Records. 1 isfi iriTr *3X1 Up-to-Date Work done at the CAMPUS | SHOE SHOP PRICES ALWiYS tlSNT TOSS FRIENDS Holick A Son. . —1 . »! M. H. JAMES The Rx h 11 TOILET DRUGS Store. LTICLR8 FD PER Cadets ajpd Campus residents invdted to oajl on ua when ftx the city. * I y, 11 - i.