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COLLEGE PLANTS FiFTY-TWO LIVE
OAK TREES IN HONOR OF HER SONS
WHO DIED IN THE WORLD WAR
PROGRAM CARRIED OUT YESTERDAY WAS A MOST IMPRESSIVE
ONE DEVOID OF ALL ELABORATENESS AND HENCE THE
DETRACTION OF REHEARSED FORMALITY.
TWO PLANT TREES IN HONOR OF BROTHERS.
Board of Directors Vote to Plant One Tree in Honor of A. B. Davidson,
Former Vice-President of the Board Who Died Recently. Motion
Pictures are Made of the Planting
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The planting of fifty-two live oak
trees as living monuments to the sons
of A. and M. College who died in the
service of their country in their ef
forts to perpetrate the liberty that
had been their heritage was accom
plished yesterday afternoon in the
most impressive manner given to hu
man action. There was no elabor
ateness or other ostentatious perfor
mance of any character to detract the
minds of those present from the senti
ment of humble honor which pervaded
them for the loved sons, who had per
ished, and the memory of whom was
recalled by this occasion.
Several hundred cadets assembled
in front of Guion Hall. President
Bizzell, five members of the Board of
Directors, President L. J. Hart, W.
A. Miller, Jr., John T. Dickson, J. R.
Kubena and H. A. Breihan together
with a number of faculty members
were grouped on the steps of the
building.
Dr. Jno. A. Held, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Bryan invoke^^the
blessings oTthfc-Almighty on the crowd
assembled.
The College Band played the Eng
lish Anthem, “God Save the King.”
President Bizzell then introduced
the speaker of the evening, L. J.
Hart of San Antonio, President of the
Board of Directors.
In a few introductory remarks he
emphasized the importance of tra
ditions and sentiments which he
said built our institutions, and that
the purpose of the afternoon occasion
was to formulate a new sentiment
which we would cherish for years.
The boys will go away from here but
will take pride in these legends. He
expressed his greatest fear at the
possibility of our civilization forget
ting the traditions and sentiments,
that have been cherished so long, and
urged as a part of our fortification
against such that we remember the
things that the boys who died, did in
the way of preserving them.
He introduced Mr. Hart as a man
of great business interests, but who
always responded to help in the pro
motion of interests for the advance
ment and improvement of this Col
lege, who was always ready to turn
aside from his business to serve A.
and M. College.
Mr. Hart’s talk was fine and the
occasion was made more memorable
by its delivery.
“We meet here today to do honor
to the memory of our honored dead,
not in mere words, for words do not
measure the deeds of the men whose
memory we are here to commemor
ate.
“It is peculiarly fitting that this
memorable occasion should so nearly
coincide with the anniversary of that
greatest of all Americans, George
Washington, because it was the spirit
of that immortal man which guided
the boys who went from this College
and from every American town,
hamlet and farm in our country,
when they crossed the seas to offer
their lives in order that human lib
erty might live.
“The deeds of heroism of our boys
who baptised the fields of France
with their blood equalled those of
the bravest who died in any of the
bloody struggles in the twenty cen
turies, from the time of Caesar to
the days when an American army
checked the onslought of the Central
Powers and turned them back. This
marked the turning point in the
Great World War.
“There is a solemnity most inspir
ing in the event which we are here
to bring about today. It will mark
an epoch in the glorious history of
this College and will inspire you
young men in your daily work and
after life t oemulate the patriotic
and supreme sacrifices which were
made by the fifty-two heroic dead
whose names are today to be com
memorated by the planting of trees.
“So long as you will remember the
saci-ifices made by these sons of A.
and M. College you will be equipped
to meet and solve the battles of
peace which are no less than those
of war, and so long as you treasure
such memories and go forth in life
with the highest resolutions that long
will you live up to the traditions of
this College, so long will our repub
lican institutions and our splendid
scheme of government be kept in
safe hands and handed down to pos
terity, that they may live under and
enjoy the blessings of a land where
human freedom is eternally secure.”
At the close of his address Pro
fessor R. F. Smith read the names
of fifty-two men, members of the
Federal and College students, alumni
and faculty who were each placed in
charge of a squad of four cadets to
plant a tree foi* one of the heroes.
As the band played the French Na
tional Anthem, “Marseillaise”, the
squads under their leaders marched
to a tree planting site, and as the
notes of the American Anthem were
played the dirt was placed around
the roots of the trees. When the
work was finished taps was sounded.
And immediately following came the
“Star Spangled Banner,” bringing
the crowd to attention. When the
last note was sounded the meeting
was dismissed.
Following the calling of the role.
President Bizzell announced that at
the meeting of the Board earlier in
the day it had been decided to plant
one tree in honor of A. B. Davidson,
former Vice-President of the Board
who died a few days ago, so immedi
ately following these exercises Pres
ident Bizzell took the five members
of the Board to a place near the
entrance to the College grounds and
there planted one live oak tree in
memory of the man. Motion pic
tures were taken of the planting of
this tree, in which pictures appear
the President of the College and the
Boax’d members who were present.
A. D. Graham of Bryan superin
tended the planting of a tree in hon
or of his brother Cyrus Eaide
Graham who is the only Brazos
county boy among the number of A.
and M.’s honored dead.
E. R. Regenbrecht planted one for
his brother Ferdinand Regenbx-echt
who was among the first to perish.
Some Signal Corps Seniors have
excellent noses—a second stoop
warmer located a toaster on another
floor from his own room one night
last week.
666 has proven it will cure Malaria,
Chills and Fever, Bilious Fever Colds
and LaGrippe. 20
PRESIDENT OF RICE STUDENTS’
ASSOCIATION VISITED HIS
BROTHER AT COLLEGE
Mr. Fx-ank Joungman, president of
the Rice Students’ Association, vis
ited his brother Arthur Joungman,
’20, during the week-end. Mr.
Joungman is taking an academic
course at Rice and like his brother
he will graduate in June.
Evei’ybody who met him was glad
and expressed the wish to him to re
turn soon. His stay was i-ather short
due to the fact that he had to return
and take some examinations before
the close of the second term.
If it wasn’t for lectures and quiz
zes and things, wouldn’t college life
be gi’eat!
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