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THE BATTALION
around playing ability of Beasley
and McMillan were the prime factors
that made those men the pick for
the all-company eleven.
Those who should receive partic
ular mention for their work are:
Ogle, Ballard, Patillo, Bailey, Buck
ner, Niebar, Murray and Stansfield.
One of the most important out
comes of the game was that many
excellent prospective players for the
1920 squad were brought into the
limelight and football stock for next
year took an appreciable upward
jump.
Every man on Captain Mahan’s
and Captain Wilson’s teams will fur
nish football material next autumn
which any great college may well be
proud of.
Looks like material for another
Southwestern Championship team.
WORK IN TENNIS CONTINUES
TO PROGRESS
The Athletic Council has author
ized the announcement that Prof. W.
H. Thomas will be tennis coach this
year. Prof. Thomas is well known as
a player of much experience and
ability. He has been on the courts
a number of times during the past
few days and expressed a firm be
lief that number of good players will
be developed from the great amount
of material at hand.
Five courts have been improved
until they are in playing condition.
These will be constantly improved
upon, and very soon it will be pos
sible to develop a fast game of ten
nis on these five courts. Two other
courts are being put in shape but
considerable time will be necessai’y
for the carrying out of this work. The
five courts that can now be used,
however, will enable a large number
of players to practice each after
noon. most of Lht: ot^pi- schools
in the state new tennis players have
a disadvantage that is not experi
enced here, in that they know in ad-
bance 'who will win out in the end.
Here every man has an equal chance
and the satisfaction of knowing it,
as there are no “sharks” to contend
with. Any man with average ability
has a chance. Much practice is ab
solutely necessary and as the time is
not long until conference meet, it
is highly important that men come
out as soon and as often as possible.
Prof. Thomas suggests that every
man ought to play three sets each
afternoon. Good tennis requires a
high degree of accuracy, which is
obtained only from constant practice.
It is therefore necessary that every
man play as often as possible.
The Association plans to have a
preliminary contest, or round robin,
not later than the middle of March
which, will be open to all players and
from which a number of the best in
dividuals will be selected. This num
ber will consist of somewhat less
than 20 men who show up best in
the contest, and it is to these that
Prof. Thomas will give his mite. The
coach desires that every man come
out in the mean time so that he may
get a line on each man’s individual
points.
No announcement can be made
now as to what will be the reward of
those who represent the school, other
than just the sport of it and the
honor, but assurance is given that
there will be something given as an
incentive or inducement to better
tennis playing and more interest in
that sport.
The Couference tournament will
be held in Houston in May at the
same time that the track meet is
held. In this tournament the four
or six men who represent A. and M.
will have opportunity to meet teams
from S.M.U., Baylor, Rice Oklahoma
U., and Texas. There are those at
the University, we are told, who have
been brought up with rackets in thou
hands—but even a long road some
times turns. If you play tennis
come out to practice every time you
have a chance.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AT
WILSON SCHOOL OF DANC
ING AND EXPRESSION
On Tuesday evening, the senior
class of the Wilson School of Dancing
and Expression at Bryan, Texas,
staged their final recital which was
very elegantly rendered.
The recital was given in the audi
torium of the school, which was very
elaborately decorated with violets
set in crystal vases. The walls were
very artistically adorned with num
erous portraits of the members of the
faculty. Worthy of special mention
among these, was a beautifully col
ored large portrait of Mademoiselle
Lola Wilson, the Directress of the
school.
The graduating class was one of
exceptional ability as it was com
posed of one member of the instruc
tion staff from each of the follow
ing departments of A. and M. Col
lege of Texas, namely: Electrical
Engineering, Physics, Physiology and
Pharmacology, Mathematics and Ath
letics.
The commencement exercises were
open by a short but excellently given
speech by the Directress, Mademoi
selle Wilson, in which she expressed
the importance of the realization bv
the graduates, that upon their fu
ture acts and accomplishments rests
the reputation of the school. She
concluded by extending an everlast
ing welcome to the members of the
class, and very emTilT < ^Kj | g ( ^pjj_ assured
theni Viov ■'viiiirc^rjocc j cooperate
with them in the future.
Following the very interesting ad
dress, the valediction was very dra
matically delivered by a member of
the class who was unanimously
chosen to perform this duty due to
his very great achievements in the
various courses in expression.
The dances which followed were
of a varied nature and were Pro
nounced in their originality. Such
very difficult interpretations as “De
Cote Ensemble en Avant,” “The
Drop”, the “Fantastic Trip”, the
“Grecian Whirl” and the “Syncopa
tion Doublet” were very exception
ally staged. Following these
neoteric modifications were given of
some of the more obsolescent dances.
The outstanding feature of the danc
ing program was the interpretation
of “La Cinq Danse” which was a
repetition of the same dance given
previously at College. This was ex
cellently staged by Mademoiselle
Lola Wilson and the valedictorian of
the class. The entire programme
was very interesting and served to
justify the general high esteem of
Mademoiselle Wilson’s didatic abil
ities.
Although the addresses of the
early part of the programme were of
a lugubrious nature, jocularity soon
reigned supreme, and the youthful
merriment was very boisteriously ex
pressed during the entire evening.
Prof. McPheeters, demonstrating
the sublimation of iodine: “See the
vapor rising.” And then shaking the
tube: “Hear it rattle” He must
have discovered a new kind of va
por.
See Norma Talmadge in “She
Loves and Lies” at the Lyric theater
today or tomorrow.
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