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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1922)
Published Weekly by the Students’ Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. VOL. XXX. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, JANUARY 13, 1922. NUMBER 14 SOUTHERN CHAMPIONS M. FOUNTAIN ENTERS LAST SLEEP DEC. 25 Honored Mer.,.b^ v Vof Faculty Gave Twenty Years’ Valuable Service j to the College. Dr. C. P. Fountain, for twenty years head of the English department and one of the most scholarly and forceful men ever connected with the institution, was laid to rest, Monday, December 26, at the cemetery in Bryan, Texas, after a funeral service, impressive for its sincerity, conducted by Rev. R. L. Brown and Dr. W. B. Bizzell, President of the Texas A. and M. College. After a lingering illness of several weeks he breathed his last Sunday morning, December 25th, at 9:25 at his home in College Station, Texas, surrounded by his family and rela tives. He is survived by a widow; a son, T. L. Fountain of Dallas, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. R. P. Marsteller of College Station, Texas; and by three brothers, E. J. Fountain and Dr. W. C. Fountain of Bryan, Texas, and Dr. H. L. Fountain of Houston, Texas. Dr. Fountin was born at Carlow- ville, Ala., Nov. 20, 1854. At an early age he manifested a strong liking for studies and the acquirement of know ledge. He was educated at Howard College, Alabama; at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louis ville, Ky., and at Harvard, where he received his M. A. in 1898. His first college teaching was done at Keachi College in Louisiana, of which institution he was president be fore he came to Texas. In 1889 he became the chaplain to the A. and M. College of Texas, and, according to regulations in force at that time, he served the maximum time of two years. He then went to Baylor-Bel- ton, in which institution he was pro- (Continued on Page 8) HUGE SUCCESS REGISTERED BY BAND MINSTREL MEMBERS OF BAND GAVE VERY CREDITABLE MINSTREL SHOW BEFORE HOLIDAYS. BARTLETT SCORED BIG HIT. Ballard and McConnell Display Won derful Talent in Art of Handling Big Feet. Living up to the traditions of past years, the A. and M. band gave a minstrel show in Guion Hall on Dec. 21st, the night before trains were boarded for many points in Texas and elsewhere. It was equally as good as any ever given before except for the fact that everyone missed Mr. Fair- leigh, band director, humorist, and comedian supreme. The greatest mirth producer was Hike McConnell, the corps’ preacher (Continued on Page 8) CONGRATULATIONS SHOWER CAMPUS OVER GAME Many Friends of Campus Proud of Aggie Team by Victory Over Centre at Dallas. The many friends of A. and M. have simply showered Aggieland with their congratulatory messages since the winning of the big game in Dal las. These messages have taken every conceivable form and have come from the utmost limits of the country. Thos. P. Martin, Jr., President of Oklahoma Stockyards National Bank, writes: “The writer is Texas born and attended A. and M. in ’89, and (Continued on Page 8) €0L. WILLIAMS ARRIVES TO IN SPECT R. 0. T. C. Annual Inspection by Corps Command er lakes Place Over this Week-End. Colonel A. S. Williams, commander of R. O. T. C. Units of the Eighth Corps Area, arrived on the Campus WIednesday morning to hold the an nual inspection of the Cadet Corps. Although the Colonel had been on the Campus only a short time when inter viewed, he stated that things were looking good to him. Colonel Morrow was a visitor at this department a short time ago and was unlimited in his praise of the parade given by the corps in Houston on Ar- misitce Day. He received a very fine impression of the entire parade; but was especially proud of the exhibi tion which the Shock Troops gave. He stated that thei Shock Troops was (Continued on Page 8) GOLD FOOTBALLS WILL BE GIVEN BY DALLAS CLUB Special Reward to Team With Inscrip tion “Southern Champions”— Diamond Settings. Tyree Bell of the Dallas A. and M. Club announced at the banquet ten dered the two teams after the game that their club would make a pres ent of gold footballs with diamonds set in them and the inscription “Southern Champions” to the victor ious Aggies. The banquet was attended by all who could procure a seat and the speeches predicted a greater future (Continued on Page 5) AGGIE VICTORY LIVE TOPIC IN SPORT WORLD Wrecking Centre Wonder Team Great est Achievement R. corded in Southwestern Athletics. With odds of four to one staring them in the face, the Aggies did the impossible when on January 2nd they defeated the Praying Colonels, reg istering their defeat in five years. The amazing upset of gridiron history has undoubtedly placed the merits of Ag gieland football on a par with the best that the country has to offer. From the four comers of the United States comes praise of the great vic tory, and it would take volumes to re cord all, but we merely wish to give the readers a line on the representa tive critics and sporting editors in the country. From the New York Times: “The Texans displayed a drive and determi nation that literally swept the Col onels off their feet. They presented a defense that was well nigh impreg nable, while on the offense they un covered a series of tricky and versa tile attacks that had the Centre men completely at sea.” The New York Morning World also adds, “The Praying Colonels number ed among their players such men as Bo McMillan and Red Roberts, named on Walter Camp’s All American Team, while the Texans entered the game without renown yet played the better football and deserved to win.” The New York Evening Sun em blazes their front page with the fol lowing: “The drive and determina tion of the Texas A. and M. football team proved too much for Centre Col lege which was universally considered to be the Champions of the South. All through the game the Texans mystified the Centre eleven by a se ries of trick plays which went off like clockwork. These coupled with batter ing line plunges and an almost im-