THE BATTALION
3
C. O. WATKINS.
Very few men at A. and M. are as
well known by the student body as
C. O. “Cap” Watkins. He is an “old-
timer,” as he came here in 1907. Since
that time he has been constantly on
the job supervising the hauling of
student’s baggage and furniture. He
also does the general hauling for all
of the departments and if anyone
wants anything moved it is to “Cap”
that they go. “Cap” said, “When I
came to A. and M. in 1907, I had one
assistant, a team of mules, and a
wagon with which I did all of the
hauling of the student’s trunks and
the general hauling of the depart
ments. This was not very hard for
there were only 403 students here at
that time. Now I have eighteen
assistants and we do all the hauling
with large trucks.”
During the time that “Cap” has
been at A. and M. four men have serv
ed as president of the College, name
ly: Dr. Harrington, Dean Puryear,
Colonel Milner, and Dr. Bizzell. Very
few men have been here to witness
the growth of the College as has
“Cap” Watkins. When he came here
the principal buildings were Pfeuffer.
Austin, Ross, Foster, old Main Build
ing, Chemistry Building, Gathright.
old Chapel, and the old Mess Hall. The
Military Walk from Goodwin to the
old Mess Hall was not paved and
“Cap” smiles when he thinks of those
days when in wet weather it would be
come so muddy that it would almost
bog a horse.
“Cap” says that this is not the first
time that the students have had to
live in tents because of insufficient
dormitory room, for in 1908 they had
to set up 223 tents to take care of the
“overflow” in the student body. It
was not long before the Legislature
made the necessary appropriations for
the construction of Milner and. Leg
gett Halls.
“Cap” remembers well the “walk
out” by the student body in 1909 and
again in 1913, and according to him
“those were mighty critical times.”
This Bible Class is conducted along
very practical lines which gives the
Seniors a chance to come in contact
with some practical religious think
ing, and every Senior who fails to
avail himself of the opportunity will
lose something which is of inestimable
value in the rounding out of the type
of education given at A. and M.
CRASS CHOSEN TO HEAD
THE SOPHOMORE CLASS
A meeting of the Sophomore Class
was held Sunday for the purpose of
sleeting officers for the year. The
lominees were hotly contested over
but after the fervor of some excite
ment abated, J. B. Crass of the Cav
alry and from Electra, was elected I
:o lead the class.
The vice-president, secretary and
treasurer, and historian were given
office only after having a second bal
lot taken in order that one man should
have a majority. N. A. Noble, In
fantryman and from Greeenville, was
made vice-president; M. E. Dealey.
Cavalryman, and from Houston, secre
tary-treasurer; L. Stevenson, Signal
Corps and from Dallas, historian.
SENIOR BIBLE CLASS
IS SHOWING PROGRESS
The Senior Bible Class has now an
enrollment of about eighty- five mem
bers and the work of the term in the
form of the study of the social prin
ciples of Jesus has begun. Due to the
large number of students in the class
Dr. Bizzell has to resort to lectures
almost entirely but his lectures are
of such a nature that they are easily
intelligible to the layman.
ARCHITECTURAL CLUB ELECTS
At a recent meeting of the Archi
tectural Club the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, R. G. Pustejovsky; Vice-
President, T. H. Baker; Secretary and
Treasurer, J. C. Lancaster, Reporter,
J. C. McFarland, Sergeant-at-Arms
L. P. Newman. Informal talks were
made by Prof. E. B. LaRoche, Prof.
H. N. June, and Mr. G. W. Gill.
Plans were formulated for this
year’s work which promises to be bet
ter than ever before in the history
of the Department. Last year Texas
A. and M. won first mention in the
Southern Intercollegiate competition
in design in which were entered Rice
Clemson College, University of Vir
ginia, and Georgia School of Tech
nology.
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