THE BATTALION
WINNER OF CHEMISTRY ' w. R. Sparkman, W." M. Jackson, J.
CONTEST IS ANNOUNCED Neff, T. M. Alexander, H. E. Horn, P.
| H. Frank, I. F. Whitehurst, E. D.
Banquet Given to the Twenty-Five
Contestants Who Competed for
Prize. H. P. Wylie of Dallas
Is Winner.
Scudday, L. B. Gonzales, T. A. Ser-
vello, J. H. Clark, and R. F. Wick.
PLANS FOR ANNUAL
GYMKANA ARE MADE
The winner of the annual chemistry
contest of the Freshman class was an- rru i /-■ i • ^ •
, , ^ , . , | The annual Gymkana is now being
nounced last Thursday evening at the i ^ o + j no -a a
U . . . TT ,, 4 . planned. Saturday, May 23, will find
banquet m Sbisa Hall Annex. This
chemistry contest was started three
years ago by the Department of
those who are interested in horses
and riding gathered on the drill field
to view the exhibition of horseman-
Chomistry and Chemical Engineering given by those who are consider-
for the purpose of stimulating inter
est among the Freshmen by adding a
spirit of competition to the work. H.
P. Wylie of Dallas, Freshman chemi
cal engineering student, won the con
test this year.
The representatives of each Fresh-
| ed very proficient in the art.
The Gymkana is a series of mount
ed races and contests promoted by the
senior cadet officers of the Cavalry
unit. Committees have been appoint
ed and much interest is being shown
, . , , . ! by the “Troopers.” The chairmen of
man chemistry section who were in the various committees are: Exec _
the final contest were at the banquet uti A _ L Richardson . En t ri es and
Thursday night and their own teach- Ey M E Deal prizes> Zu
ers the head of the department, and p Arrangement, Louis Dodson;
the deans of the College were present, j p am and p ub i icity) Harry Duck-
After the dinner the winner was made ett
known, and Dr. C. C. Hedges, head of ( The 0 w iH be practically the
the Department of Chemistry and same ag that of last year with a few
Chemical Engineering, presented him changes . At t rac ti ve prizes will be
a valuable handbook Pr^e^sor M. given in each event , so that every race
K. Thornton, who conducted the final win be worth entering . It is expected
examination of the contest, announc- tha) . many entrieg wiu be made by
ed the winner, after making his de- 3 of the riding classes for gir i s
cision just before the banquet started
Short talks were made to the stu
dents by Professor H. R. Brayton, who
supervised the competition, and by
Deans Charles Puryear, Charles E.
and campus ladies and appropriate
events will be arranged for them.
A complete list of events will be
published next week. Those who de-
, „ , , tt ttt- , , sire to participate in this third an-
h riley, E. J. y e, an . . in er. nuad Gymkana are requested to see
The contest is held every spring and A> p Richards0Ib room 4 Milne r.
is compulsory for all freshman chem- F j,
THE LAST TWO BATTALIONS.
istry students. The test which de
termines the winner covers the work
of the entire school year. It includes j
chemical names, formulas, equations, ! Next week’s issue of The Battalion
and problems. The preliminary test : will be published by the undergrad-
is given to each section, and the win- uate members of this year s staff and
ner in the section then competes in will contain articles written by those
the final contest. The section repre- students who are interested in writing
sentatives were: W. G. Boyd, B. T. for The Battalion next year. The
Bowlin, R. R. Davenport, F. J. Ger- Freshman Class Battalion, one of the
des, W. C. Pool, A. L. Sonntag, W. C. ■ special editions, will be out on Fri-
Tinus, R. B. Owens, T. H. Small, H. I cay, May 29. It will be the last Bat-
L. Sisson, A. L. Van Nest, S. C.Frost, | talion published this school year.
CADETS!
VACATION WILL SOON
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RESOLUTIONS OF THE
JUNIOR CLASS
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We, the members of the Junior
Class, do hereby submit the follow
ing resolutions on the death of Mr.
Matt Karnes, father of our fellow
classmate, W. H. Karnes.
Whereas, God in His infinite wis
dom, has deemed it wise and just to
call unto Him, the father of our fel
low classmate.
Therefore, be it resolved, that the
members of the Junior Class of Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
extend deepest sympathy and condo
lence to his family.
And be it further resolved, that
copies of these resolutions be sent to
his family, to The Battalion, to the
Daily Bulletin, and to The Devil’s
River News.
W. M. PINSON, Pres.
ARTHUR BAYLESS, Sec.
War does not of choice destroy
bad men, but good ever.—Sophocles.
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