THE BATTALION
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IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
A certain person on th e campus
feeling the need of a little excite
ment inserted th e following adlet in
the studnt paper of one of the lead
ing colleges of the State: “Wanted
—A good looking girl to take to the
Queen’s ball and R. V. Hop, April 22
and 23. Refei’ences required. Ap
ply Box...., College Station, Tex
as.” Below will be found an exact
reproduction of one of the letters
received in answer to this advertise
ment :
Jan. 30. 1920.
Our dearest and .
Box , College Station, Texas.
“We the original lil’ Sherlock
Holmeses, wish to enter our bids
among the other contestants for the
honor of being invited to honor you
with our presence during R. V. and
Queen’s Ball, et cetra. We’re not,
certainly not, the prettiest girls of
this school but we’ll admit that
we’re the kind who make life inter
esting—and who wants more. (?)
We might add that one of us
(guess which) is a perfect, that is,
more or less, perfect blonde (baby
stare ’an everything) while the
other is a true-to-type, vampish
(kinds) bi'unett. We’re about five
feet three or four inches—but we
won’t go into too many details, for
“mystery lends enchantment.”
Hopefully,
T R
and
chum and bosom friend
J W
BACHELORS GIVE CREDITABLE
DANCE
The Bachelors Club added another
ma) - k to their credit when they staged
the best dance of the seasoinrTThe
Mess Hall Annex last Thursday night.
By far the largest crowd attendant
on the informal dances was present
on this occasion and the gayiety
manifested by this crowd was due
solely to the peppy music, which was
rendered by Holick’s Orchestra.
Quite a number of campus resi
dents were out and judging from ob
servation it seems that they had the
best tim e of all. It is hard to say,
however, wh oreally had the best
time as everyone was in the best of
humor and possessed qust the right
temperament to fully enjoy a dance.
It is to be hoped that the Club
will continue its present practice of
giving dances and there is no doubt
as to their success. It is a certain
ty that the Seniors who do find time,
as well as bids, to attend these
dances will do all in this power to
help insure the proper success.
Lt. Bertscheler says that he put
Kosuesko on the map. Fish Burns
wants to know who took it olf.
WORK ON TENNIS COURT
BEGINS.
Tennis players are much encour
aged to see the beginning of work on
the courts. Two of the courts have
been staked to grade and about twenty
loads of clay have been hauled and
put on them. This is only a begin
ning, however, as quite a lot of ma
terial will be required to resurface the
courts and bring them to the proper
grade. It is expected that within a
short while the four old courts in
front of the Y. M. C. A. will be re
surfaced and well drained and that
at least two of the courts behind the
Shirley Annex, will be replaced and
made available for use by members
of the Tennis Association.
A number of excellent tennis play
ers have been coming out for practice
within the past few days. Several
of these men have been in state tourn
aments. The Tennis Association is
arranging a schedule for elimination
matches to begin about March 1st for
the selection of teams to represent
the College in the spring tournaments.
The teams will be selected from mem
bers of the association and these mem
bers will have exclusive priveleges
of using the courts. The association
wants every tennis player in the col
lege to get in the organization and
help develop teams that will uphold
the high standard that have been set
by other sports of the college.
CASUALS 6 Signal Corps O
In a hard fought game the Cas
uals beat the Signal Corps 6-0. The
first half was decidedly the Signal
Corps’ but in the last half the su
perior weight of the Casual team
and the power of one Wilson con
nected with two twenty-five yard
passes gave the Casuals a touch
down. The Signal Corps threatened
to score several times but could not
put it over.
Murray, Simmons, Walker Legg
and Kimbrough starred for Signal
Corps while Wilson, McMillan and
Sanders were the Casual’s best men.
The Casuals ai'e yet to be defeated.
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Anyone interested in wrestling
matches call S. T. Matthis of B., S.
C. He will take all comers.
* * *
Lee Hugon is grieving over the
loss of his 100 W. light globe. Sgt.
Widght got it.
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Cox signified intentions of going
to Dallas to see his wife. We
thought he said he was not married?
We don’t see how “rams” can
come for light after taps when taps
didn’t blow—as on night of Janu
ary 25.
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You’ve heard of artistic temper-
ment? You come to Room 59
Mitchell (Nascke and Moreland Co.)
and you’ll see it all over the walls.
We wonder.
EF 7-CD 6
The EF squad defeated CD 7 to 6
in a hard fought game Sunday. At
the first of the game it seemed that
CD was to be the winning team as
they completed a forward pass for
a touchdown in the first quarter.
Both sides fought furiously dur
ing the succeeding quarters and the
EF men showed superior playing
during the entire game. CD did not
make a single fii’st down outside of
open field plays. Th e score stood
6-0 for the first three quarters and
then EF recovered a fumble on their
opponent’s twenty-yard line and by a
series of line bucks and end runs
succeeded in carrying the ball over
for a touchdawn. Tom made the
score and kicked goal giving his
team a margin. Only two minutes
remained to play and neither side
was able to do anything.
The impregnable line and fast
working backfield of EF will make
some company team shake a wicked
sandal in order to wrest the company
championship from them. Tom did
excellent playing along with Thom
as, Henderson and Pruitt in the back-
field. Brown, Crawford, Gunter,
Willis and Newman, Cleveland and
Batel, held the line.
Willis substituted for Bruit, Marsh
for Willis, Holt for Batel. The
game between EF and AB was post
poned on account of sickness.
Just To Call
Tour Attention
When in need of a smoke
WE HAVE IT!
Also Candies and Cakes, and other
good thing to eat.
Boyett’s Store
GUY BOYETT, Proprietor
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OPPORTUNITY
Why not have the weekly picture
show on Wednesday night instead of
on Saturday night? Almost every
one goes to Bryan on Saturday and
can get his fill of amusement for
one day. Things are usually dull on
Wednesday and it is then that we
need some kind of amusement to
distract onr thoughts from the daily
grind and make the remaining days
less monotonous. How about it,
bunch?
Sergeant — “Why haven’t you
shaved this morning?”
Private (rubbing his face in great
surprise)—“Ain’t I shaved?”
Sergeant—“No. You are not.
What is your explanation?”
Private—“Well you see, there was
a dozen of us using the same mirror
and I guess I must have shaved
some other man.”
vith the vimmens has
been rushing the wild Wimmin the
last week. He has had a date every
night for the past fortnight.
Sergeants Lewis, T. B., and Potts,
C. Q., were visiting in Navasota last
week. Their friends fed them fried
chicken and everything so they are
going back at the first opportunity.
Sentiments of the Sophomore class
in regard to the location of the R.
O.T.C. camp.
“California and the golden west,”
or
‘Milner Hall and sons of rest.”
The text-book business is enjoying
a revival, especially in the history
division, because of the revisions
made necessary by the war.
By John J. Ingalls.
Master of human destinies am I,
Fame, love and fortune on my foot
steps wait;
Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing
by
Hovel, the mart and palace, soon or
late
I knock unbidden once at every gate.
If sleeping, wake—if feasting, rise
before
I turn away. It is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire, and conquer every
fo e
Save death; but those who doubt or
hesitate,
Condemned to failure, penury and
woe,
Seek me in vain and uselessly im
plore,
I answer not and I return no more.
Time flies. The boy orator of the
Platte will be 60 in March.—Provi
dence Journal.
Brazil seems to be losing its plact
in the front ranks of the rubber-pro
ducing countries.
A New Tree.
Sergeant: (To new Fish) “Fresh
man, do they raise macaroni in you
home locality?”
Fish: “Yes, sir.”
Seargeant: “What kind of tree
does it grow on?”
Fish: “The same as vermicell:
sir!”
How can we make the world saf
for chickens ? See “A Twiligh
Baby” at the Queen Friday and Sat
urday.