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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1925)
« THEJ battalion “City With a Soul” Had A Real Jlggie r £)ay On the twenty-second of December, a day that will not soon be forgotten by Aggies, young and old, the mem bers of the Waco A. and M. Club at tended the monthly luncheon of the McLennan County Former Students’ Association at the Elite Cafe. Were there any regrets? Just let me tell you about it and then judge for your self. The eats were the best in the world for they were well spiced with speeches by both students and former students. Many peppy yells were giv en and those former students must have been living over past days for they opened up their “gills” and sounded off big. This meeting turn ed into one of the most beneficial and enthusiastic “bull-pens” on record. About seventy-five students and for mer students broke bread together along with the silence quite prevalent in the “City With a Soul.” “Jinx” Tucker was among the celeb- ricies present, and congratulated the “Old Gang” on its pep. Since the fire works were assuming larger propor tions with each outbreak of pande monium it was deemed necessary to close the meeting before a riot call was turned in. Just a minute—ARE THOSE FORMER STUDENTS BE HIND US? Just listen to this and you will begin to look for that factor of safety to apply to your “loyalty- mobile” to keep them from passing us. At the suggestion of a former student the following resolution was passed: Resolution on Coach D. X. Bible of the Texas A. and M. College. The world is unstinted in its praise for victory, but ’tis fickle, ever changing and quick to trans fer its favors to the new victor, never hesitating to analyze. Realizing this, and appreciat ing the conditions that are essen tial to produce winning teams, in athletics; Further appreciating the heights of achievement reached in the defeat of Centre College, the victor over Harvard Univer sity by the football team of our A. and M. College, under the ef- fificient coaching and leadership of Coach D. X. Bible. By Resolution: The McLennan County Former Students’ Association, Waco Club, in joint session with the Waco A. and M. Club of College Station, do hereby proclaim, without qual ification D. X. Bible the great est coach of the Southland. What will you remember from your college training? Alton Brick Company Alton, 111. Binghamton Brick Company Binghamton, N. Y. Central Clay Products Co. i'ng Brick’ Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Cleveland Brick & Clay Company Cleveland, .Ohio Clydesdale Brick & Stone Co. Pittsburgh, Pa. Coffey ville Vitrified Brick&Tile Co. Coffeyville, Kans. Collinwood Shale Brick Company Cleveland, Ohi Clevelani ncis ni Georgia Vitrified Brick & Clay Co. Augusta, Ga. “rancis Vitric Brick Company Boynton, Okla. >rgia Vitri Augusta, Globe Brick Company East Liverpool. Ohio Hisylvania Coal Co. Columbus, Ohio Hocking Valley Brick Company Columbus, Ohio Independence Paving Brick Co. Independence, Kans. Metropolis Paving Brick Co. Pittsburg, Kansas Metropolitan Paving Brick Co. Canton, Ohio Mineral Wells Paving Brick Co. Mineral Wells. Texas Moberly Paving Brick Company Moberly, Mo. Murphysboro Paving Brick Co. Murphysboro, 111. Nelsonville Brick Co. Nelsonville, Ohio Peebles Paving Brick Company Portsmouth, Ohio Purington Paving Brick Company Galesburg, 111. Southern Clay Mfg. Company Chattanooga, Tenn. Springfield Paving Brick Company Springfield, 111. Sterling Brick Company Olean, N. Y. Streator Clay Mfg. Company Streator, 111. Thornton Fire Brick Co. Clarksburg, W. Va. Thurber Brick Company Ft. Worth, Texas Toronto Fire Clay Company Toronto, Ohio Trinidad Brick & Tile Company Trinidad, Colo. Veedersburg Paver Company Veedersburg, Ind. r estern Shale Products Company Fort Scott, Kans. estport Paving Brick Company Baltimore, Md. AS THE YEARS go XjL by you will forget much of the material you are collecting now — BUT— be sure you don’t forget the FUNDAMENTALS! Ground yourself so thoroughly in them that they are second nature to you. Never lose your grip on the basic prin ciples ! The ABC of Good Pav ing, proved by long years of traffic service, is condensed for you into the panel at the right. PAVE M ENTS The % !g» of Qood Paving J^SPHALT for Filler be- • » cause it makes the traffic- bearing surface a water-proof, flexible armor not subject to the cracks which follow rigid slab construction, and because repair costs are insignificant where each brick is an easily removable unit. WhRICK for Surface because M9 it furnishes the best sur face for traffic; hard, but not brittle — tough, but not rough — dense, and non-absorbent — smooth, but not “slick”; because its fire-hardened toughness resists wear and tear so sturdily that upkeep expense is squeezed to a min imum and because any margin of higher first-cost is speedily offset by low maintenance, long life and uninterrupted service. CONCRETE, CRUSHED W ROCK, CRUSHED SLAG OR GRAVEL for Base because some one of these bases meets any conceivable sub-soil condition, and with a bedding course of sand or screenings makes the best sub-structure yet developed for modern street or highway traffic. Send for free handbook, “'THE CONS TR U C- TION OF BRICK PAVEMENTS." OUTLAST THE BONDS $8$ NATIONAL PAVING B Further— We desire to expres to you, Coach Bible, our hearty apprecia tions and commend you in your untiring- efforts to produce win ning teams for the Texas A. and M. College. Further— We resolve to exert our very best efforts to influence our pro rata share of first class students with football ability to enter as students of the A. and M. College in the future thereby making it possible for you to provide the A. and M. College with the lion’s share of victories. Signed, Resolutions Committee, McLen nan County Former Students’ Asso., Waco Club, and A. and M. Club of College Station. Adopted unanimously by rising and cheering vote. With the passing of the above res olution and a couple of spasms of gang dispersed and not too soon. As we were leaving we _ saw “Black Maria,” the riot wagon, coming. What has been related is merely an introduction to what followed. “Good-Bye to Texas University” the lows, that was great—those Specialty Dances by Pupils of the Hoffman- nettes. The costumes were appro priate, the pupils clever, and the se lections artistic, furnishing an abun- About 9:00 p. m., those cadets began to gather at the Raleigh ball room, and they were not by themselves, j They were accompanied by the fair est representatives of many a wig wam. These embryonic squaws were led into a palace decorated most uniquely with Spanish moss and streamers. Nothing was lacking— even the lights were dimmed to the optimum—under their dreamy glare dance of joy to all and the undying gratitude of all in attendance. Like all enjoyable things the dance ended all too soon. At 2:00 a. m. the strains of “Home Sweet Home” pierced the most congenial atmosphere imaginable. Modesty prevents our telling you just how many compli ments were paid us for pulling the best dance since the middle ages. We almost forgot to relate that this and “Axe” hacked no harder than a | hop was also enjoyed by some three siren. When that Aggieland opened j hundred radio fans as indicated by re- up, those traditional murmuring pines l plies to the broadcasting of the music, and hemlocks, had they been present, yells, and songs. A few points from would have hushed to listen. The pro-: Quebec, Canada; Avalon, Catalina Is- grams were “knockouts.” Say, fel-l lands; Vedada, Cuba. Failures By Edgar A. Guest. ’Tis better to have tried in vain Sincerely striving for a goal, Than to have lived upon the plain An idle and timid soul. ’Tis better to have fought and spent Your courage, missing all applause, Than to have lived in smug content And never ventured for a cause. For he who tires and fails may be The founder of a better day; Though never his the victory, From him shall other learn the way. The Technique. A West Dallas widow says the rea son she broke her last engagement was because her fiance was a public auditor, and every time he came to see her he wanted to check up her gro cery bills and rummage in her purse.