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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1920)
6 THE BATTALION ATHLETIC REVIEW OF THE JUN IOR CLASS When the fall term of the scho lastic year of 1917-18 opened, seven hundred Freshmen presented them selves at this institution and regis tered as full fledged Fish. When the call for football material was sound ed many worthy men of the class of ’21 reported for practice and sev eral of them made valuable material for Coach Bible. Owing to condi tions caused by the war, the three year rule had been put aside and Freshmen were eligible for inter-col legiate sports. On the squad that year, the class was represented by Higginbotham, Davis, Martin, Wendt, Vandervoort, Garth, Elam, and several others were on the re serves. Higginbotham and Elam were awarded letters while Garth re ceived a T second. After the close of a successful football season which resulted in the winning of the Southwest Confer ence Championship the old Gym be came the scene of activities and the basketball season opened with the class being represented by Dwyer and DeLee. Dwyer made his T while DeLee was awarded a T second. When baseball season opened there were several Freshmen report ed for practice but many of them were ineligible and some were not capable enough but the class was well represented by Higginbotham, Rothe and Elam, all of whom made letters. Track work started right along with baseball. Among those on the squad were Sheram, who made a letter, Hugon, who was un able to run owing to a bad ankle and several others who did good work. The year ended and our class had on its lists four T men and sev eral T second men. The United States having entered the war, many of our classmates joined the colors during the summer following and when the fall term of the scholastic year 1918-19 .opened, the class of ’21 was greatly depleted in numbers, but we still had several representatives on the football squad. There were Higginbotham, Martin, Pierce, Garth, Elam, Vandervoort and Scudder among those who re ported for practice and out of those, Vandervoort, Garth, Elam, Martin, Pierce and Scudder were awarded letters, Higginbotham having been called to the Air Service. When the basketball season open ed we were represented by Forbes and Pierce on the first squad and sev eral others on the scrubs. Forbes was awarded a T and Pierce a T second. Baseball season opened and Hig ginbotham and Rothe were our only representatives and they both filled their position well. Track men were numerous and Hugon was our lead ing representative, making his letter. Thus ended the second year with our class much smaller in numbers but more letter men on the lists. The fall of 1919-20 opened with a bang. Everyone seemed to have the old pre-war spirit and many old men were back from the service. We were represented on the football squad by Higginbotham, Martin, Pierce, Vandervoort and Scudder, all of whom were awarded letters. Ma han, Knickerbocker and Gouger, al though they did not start out with us, are with us now. They all three made letters. In basketball we were represented by Pierce, Forbes and Gouger. They all made their letters and were val- GOING UP JACK F. MAHAN To Jack F. Mahan of Gainesville, is given the honor of presidency of the Class of 1921. “Harvard Eddie” came to A .and M. as a Freshman in the Fall of ’16, and remained a mem ber of the present Senior Class until he, with several other class-mates, left school in the Fall of ’18 to enter the Coast Artillery Training Camp at Fortress Monroe, Va. After the armistice was signed. Jack became an active unit in the oil industry and did not enter school until the open ing of school last September. Mahan is known throughout the Southwest for his ability as an athy The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas now bids fair to out-strip our other state and land- grant institutions in the elevation of its student body. An elevator has been installed in the Main Building. The unveiling took place on the first day of the month much to the enjoyment of the Descriptive Geom etry and Architectural students. The geometry students did not know enough descriptive to describe their plane delight, and although the Ar chitectural students had not built their hopes on such a wonderful ele vation, if fortunately suited their plans so they drew together and ex pressed their motives. A large crowd was present at the formal opening including sightseers from Bryan and Tom Calhoun. Dr. Bizzell made a short opening address, after which little Master Charlie Cole, from Bryan, christened it the “Up and Down” by breaking a bottle of “Allen’s Foot-Ease”. Capt. C. H. Muller then appointed Billy Taylor and “Shorty” Sherrill as elevator boys, both having private offices. A few impromptu addresses then followed. Mr. Cheatum announced his devotion to College wellfare by stating his loyalty to these upward moves, even if it would cause his sale of shoes to drop to the foot. He brought out a new technicality by stating that “he was losing money every day.” Mr. Cecil Estill, the Efficiency Ex pert, then presented some very inter esting and elevating statistics. He stated that it was a hazardous time to purchase an elevator as they are going up, but he sumhed up his points by stating that-they may drop at any time. This closely agrees lete on the football field and track. He is a man of strong personality, | with Newton’t law of gravitation. By the way, Mr. Estill is head bookkeeper in the Fiscal Department and is a tireless worker in everything he undertakes. The Junior Class is indeed proud of having such a leader, and every one is looking forward with great expectations of him in the future. uable men on the team, Forbes being our next year’s captain. Baseball and track seasons have just opened and as usual Higgin botham is looking good in baseball and Hugon is one of the mainstays of the track team. Taking it all in all, our class is well represented in all four sports and no one can say that the class of ’21 has not done its share in athletics at A. and M. College. and has quite a job keeping the books off the floor. It had been previously decided that Commandant Ike Ashburn have the honor of accompaning the ele vator on its maiden trip. This was done to test its live-load capacity and maximum bending moment. As Ike crossed the threshold and squeezed into the narrow orifice, he swayed the vast assemblage and the elevator. A mighty shout arose; so did Ike and the elevator. Ike had been decorated for bravery on more than one occasion in France but nevertheless he went straight up in the air. Up! Up! like the price of eggs. The elevator, tugging at its ropes, skirted the second floor. Ike saw the skirts and new hope was instilled but not so with the elevator. Then it came upon the third floor and marked a historical event in McDon ald’s history class. In a flash the elevator and Ike drew up to the fourth floor where all good students draw. Throwing open the ornate door of the elevator Ike stepped out—and, behold! there before him—about four steps below the landing—was a “Fish” architect whom he had been ramming for A. W. O. L. The poor “Fish” had been unfortunate enough to stumble. This was the great awakening. THEY MET ’Twas in the dark and silent watches of a peaceful, moonless night That this touching little story first saw dawn of lignjfc- " ’Tis a romance of their first meeting based upon the cold, cold facts. And it happened near College Sta tion, ’cause we could see the tracks. He was gently puffing as he smoked in his Cole car And he also had his baggage as if a-traveling far. She was terribly backward and her head just grazed the ground. This was her position when he rolled up without a sound. She was rather cowered and made as if to ignore. This made him whistle and try not to be a bore. But oh for the thought that they shall never meet again— For she was a grazing cow and he a moving train. JUNIORS ELECT LONGHORN STAFF At a recent meeting of the Junior Class, the following men were elect ed for the editorial staff of the Long horn for the Class of ’21: B. H. Barnes of Coleman, editor-in-chief; J. E. Bloodworth of Clarksville, bus iness manager and E. M. Schiweez of Cuero, art editor. These men are capable of handling the publication in a satisfactory manner and will have the advantage over previous editorial staffs from the fact that they can begin immediately in gath ering material, such as baseball and track pictures. The Battalion elec tion will be held in the near future. There was a youngster named Mc Millan, Who was always cooing and billing; But Mac tried to flii’t With a robust young skirt And now his eye tooth needs filling. fcopei precipi ”1 # - l . y Jr *-> 1 y— t— & I vizoAUiis: astrrviuf future -for OoK- ehs-fcincjojsHeA ^ aM eA.fcin<}oi Sited g5 That was the status first but at that instant. Oh! Wow!! He was a grazing train and she was a moving cow. NURSERY RHYMES (Retarded Sparks). To market, to market, To buy a cavat; They cost as much As a 1910 hat. To market, to market. To get a clean shave; It was clean as it cleaned me, Of all I could save. To market, to market, A seat in the Queen; The flight of my dough Was the secene that I seen. To market, to market, I decided were larks; So I dropped in at Casey’s And burned money with sparks.. .