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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.
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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.. .