Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 316 of the 1908 volume:

1699 Ate o ffi m CComplinmttfi of Agrirultural anh p of OJexaH fflolUge Sshrtwn. jSfss 1 . Barrington, Oj. S., J5iis book not for Gfj£:ciar G5 $3X sM THE ,;V-: ’; ' ;’ • LONG HORN t- • - iA VOLUME VI 1908 -A L ; .. ; ' v ' ■ r : r V J UV . - s ; ■ - ■ . H • _____ _ ' 5 V .6 .. ■ _ _________________ ______: ..... r SCENE IN PASTURE t tKfje Xong Horn $ui)ltstf)eb bp t()e Mentor Cla g 1908 tlTo tfje Commahtiant of Catietsf Of The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas,—the man who teaches us to reverence the flag and to pay homage to Uncle Sam; who listens patiently to our grievances and helps us when he can; who is kindly, sympathetic, warm-hearted, genial, the friend of all,— TO k Captain n reto this volume of the Long Horn is respectfully dedicated. CAPTAIN MOSES ' ■ ■ % 1908 THE LONG HORN 7 Captain Andrew Moses, U. S. A. X X IGH honors usually come to a man, either after long service, or through some happy or skillful actions that reveal his power. The greatest compliment the students can pay to any one is to dedicate an issue of The Longhorn to him. Captain Moses had been in the service of the College for only a few months when he was selected for this distinction. He has not earned the place by length of service, or by exceptional actions that have placed him in the limelight of student popu¬ larity. So, the truism with which this article begins isn’t true at all, at least in this instance. Nevertheless, this is Captain Moses’ Longhorn. There are other reasons for his choice, and one or two of them will be set down here. First, however, it would perhaps be of interest to sketch briefly his history. He was born on a farm in Burnet County, Texas, where he lived until his eighteenth year. His ancestors have always lived in the South. His father, Colonel Norton Moses, was born in Georgia, where he lived until he attained his majority. Coming to Texas in January, 1846, he suffered many of the hardships and privations incident to a life spent on the frontier. Colonel Moses has always taken great interest in public affairs and on two separate occasions served Burnet County in the Legislature. He is also promi¬ nent in Masonry, being a Past Grand Master and Past Grand High Priest. He is still living and reasonably vigorous for his eighty-four years. Captain Moses’ mother was born in Washington County, Texas, in 1833, an d spent her whole life in Texas. She was a woman of strong character and left a price¬ less heritage to her children in the characters she moulded by her pure Christian life and excellent teaching. Captain Moses spent his earlier school days in the country schools of Burnet County and in the high school at Burnet. He entered the State University at Austin in the Fall of 1892, where he remained until May 1, 1893, at which time he received 8 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI an appointment to the Military Academy at West Point from Ex-Governor Joseph D. Sayers, then a member of Congress from the ninth district. Captain Moses graduated at West Point in 1897, and was assigned to the Eleventh Infantry, stationed at Whipple Barracks, Prescott, Arizona. Early in 1898 he was assigned to ’the Artillery Corps and was stationed at Fort Slocum, New York, and afterwards at Fort Preble, Maine. During the latter part of the Spanish-American War he was detailed as a recruiting officer with headquarters at Philadelphia. During this time he is said to have recruited the largest number of men of any officer in the service. Later he was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, and in October, 1901, he received his commission as a captain and was ordered to Havana, where he remained for over a year. During most of this time he was on staff duty. His next assignment was Fort Preble, Maine. In 1905 he, with ten other cap¬ tains of artillery, was ordered to Fort Totten, New York, where he took a special course of one year in sub-marine defense of coast artillery. From this post he went to Fort Moultrie, S. C., where he remained until September 1, 1907, when he was ordered to report at the A. and M. College as military instructor. Captain Moses in September, 1897, was married to Miss Jessie Fisher of Austin, Texas. Their little daughter, Kathleen, is a popular member of the Beb Francis Society set of the campus. It is thus seen that Captain Moses has never been on the firing line, save perhaps when he charged on the Mess Hall tables at West Point. He has never written a book. He is only reasonably enthusiastic on the subject of Napoleon. There are other things he likes better than making a speech. He has never said and never will say, “Young gentlemen, this is your College.” He realizes that this is one lesson that the Agricultural and Mechanical College Seniors have learned and learned with startling thoroughness. Captain Moses tries so hard to be fair and square,” said one cadet, “that I get almost embarrassed. I’ll be blamed if I don’t think he is a gentleman.” Ah, there is the secret, all let out in a word,—the gentleman, with a cool, clear head and a heart to which tenderness is not a stranger; in whom the stature of mankind has not brought forgetfulness of how a boy thinks and feels,—who is, in fact, very much of a boy him¬ self. What wonder is it that Captain Moses so quickly fell heir to the favor of the cadets. It is the old, old story, so hard to learn if your good angel did not imbue it igo8 THE LONG HORN 9 into the beings of your parents before you. The hearts of all, man and boy alike, give instant recognition to the kindly nature, the generous spirit, the lofty soul, the sincere single-minded, clear-headed, honest man, and this is what we take Captain Moses to be, so far as cold words can express student opinion. We love him, too, because he is a native-born Texan,—the third Texas West Pointer who has served as our Commandant. He follows in the wake of one of the most distinguished army officers who has ever posted a demerit list in this College. This Long Horn is evidence of his popularity, though he, too, appreciates demerits at their full value. But while he swears at us he smiles, and so we cannot be angry with him. Let the demerits then come as thick as snowflakes; we shall still persevere in recording our esteem and affection for him—an esteem so genuine that the years will only serve to strengthen it, an affection so sincere that the leaves of this book will be dust ere time shall dim it. Soj here ' s to Captain Moses, Let ' s all drink her down, drink her down. £ Dedication .......... 4 Capt. Andrew Moses ...... 7 Contents ...........10 College Calendar ........12 Scene ............14 Greetings .......... 15 A. and M. Publications......16 Publication Drawing.......17 Long Horn Staff ........18 Battalion Staff.........20 A. and M. Publication Society ... 22 President’s Home........24 President Harrington ......25 Other Presidents ........26 History of the Past Year.....27 Agriculture Building ......28 Agriculture Department .....29 Mechanical Engineering Building . . 35 Mechanical Engineering Department . 36 Civil Engineering Department ... 38 Electrical Engineering Department . 43 Textile Engineering Building ... 46 Textile Engineering Department . . 48 Architectural Engineering Department 49 Group Scene..........50 Department of Mathematics .... 52 Department of Language, History and Economics .........54 Military Drawing........57 Military Department ......58 Legions of Honor........82 Other Officers .........83 Board of Directors ....... 86 Post Graduates ........ 88 Poem ............90 Senior Class..........91 Senior Class History ......Ill Junior Class..........113 Junior Banquet ........116 Junior Class History.......117 Junior Class Roll........118 In Memorium .........120 Sophomore Class........121 Sophomore Class History.....124 Sophomore Class Roll......126 The Relation of a Student to His Col¬ lege ............130 Freshman Class ........131 Electives ...........142 Specials and Summary......143 Willie’s First Year at College ... 144 Summary of Graduates by Courses . 148 Alumni ...........149 Athletics ...........157 Athletic Council ........158 Football ...........159 “T” Association ........169 “A” Co. Football Team......173 “B” Co. Football Team......174 “C” Co. Football Team......175 “D” Co. Football Team......176 The Little Mascot .......177 Baseball ...........178 “A” Co. Baseball Team......181 1908 THE LONG HORN 11 “B,” “C” and “D” Co.’s Baseball Team ...........183 Track Athletics ........184 Tennis ............186 Yells ............191 Twenty-five Years Hence.....192 Music ............195 Power of Music ........199 Y. M. C. A...........200 Senior Jingles .........202 Society ............205 Thanksgiving Ball .......206 Ross Volunteer Hop.......208 Final Ball ..........210 Kala Kinasis German Club . . . . 212 Swastika Club .........214 Statistics ...........217 Clubs and Organizations .....221 Austin Literary Society .....222 Stock Judging Team ......224 Corn Judging Team.......225 Scientific Agricultural Association . 226 S. O. L. Club..........228 P. H. S. Club..........229 T S. S. Club..........230 Chess Club..........232 Veterans of a Lost Cause .... 233 T. Y. O. H. Club........234 Wranglers Club ........235 Philo Club ..........236 Monogram Club ......• . . 237 Epicureans ..........238 Dimensions of Freshman Class . . . 239 Sabado Noches Club ......240 Stags ............242 Dallas Club ..........243 Waco Club ..........244 Houston Club .........245 Artists ............246 Where There is a Will There’s a Way ............247 View of Campus ........249 Poem............250 Fun .............251 Ads .............279 12 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Sept. 23— College Year Begins. Sept. 24-25—Entrance Examinations and Registration of new students Sept. 25—Registration of old students. Sept. 26—Recitations began. Sept. 27—College Night. Oct. 6—Football game, A. and M. vs. Fort Worth University. Oct. 11—Football team leaves for Dallas. Oct. 12—Football game, A. and M. vs. U. of T. Oct. 18—Professors gave Hop at Shirley. Oct. 21—Football game, A. and M. vs. L. S. U. Oct. 28—Football game, A. and M. vs. Haskell Indians. Oct. 29—Football game, A. Co. vs. C. Co. Nov. 2—Football game, B. Co. vs. D. Co. Nov. 2—Y. M. C. A. Reception given by Campus ladies. Nov. 5—Football game, B. Co. vs. C. Co. Nov. 6—Lyceum attraction No. 1, Gibeon Garl. Nov. 7—Football game, A. Co. vs. D. Co. Nov. 8—Lyceum attraction No. 2, Edward Elliot. Nov. 9—Swastika Dance. Nov. 12 Football game, A. and M. vs. Oklahoma University. Nov. 12-13—Lecture on India, by Dr. Leflam. Nov. 14—Football game, C. Co. vs. D. Co. Nov. 15—Football team leaves for New Orleans. Nov. 16 Football game, A. and M. vs. Tulane. THE LONG HORN 13 1908 Nov. 22—Powell-Glee Club Recital. Nov. 27—Football team leaves for Austin. Nov. 27—Lyceum No. 3. Nov. 28—Football game, A. and M. vs. U. of T. Nov. 29 —Thanksgiving dinner at the Mess Hall, given by B. Sbisa. Dec. 7—Football game, A. Co. vs. B. Co. Dec. 7—Lyceum No. 4, Frederic Ward. Dec. 13— Fall Term Examinations Began. Dec. 20—School suspended for the Holidays. Jan. 6 —Winter Term Begins. Jan. 11—Board of Directors at College. Jan. 18—Bachelors give dance in Shirley. Jan. 21—Sweaters given out to Football team. Jan. 22—Lyceum entertainment in Chapel. Jan. 25—K. K. Dance. Feb. 1—Lyceum Entertainment No. 5, Chas. R. Taggart. Feb. 11—Lyceum Entertainment No. 6, Stanley Krebs. Feb. 21—Junior Banquet. Feb. 22 — Washington Birthday. Feb. 22—Lyceum Entertainment No. 7, Alton B. Packard. Feb. 29 —Swastika dance. Mar. 2—Texas Independence Day. Mar. 4—Lyceum Entertainment, W. Bruce Amsburg. Mar. 23— Spring Term Begins. April 16—Lyceum No. 8, Morphet-Smith Musical Club. April 21— State Holiday. June 7—Commencement Sermon. June 8—Exhibition of Departments. June 9 —Commencement Day. igo8 THE LONG HORN 15 In presenting this volume of “The Long Horn” to you, we lay the fruits of a year s labor at your feet, and ask that you view with tolerant sympathy its contents. We do not intend to give anything new, witty or wise, but merely to record our year’s career as best we can. We trust that when each reader has reached life’s hill-top, when each one has given up the contest in the struggle for prominence, when you sit around your family circles with naught left but to re¬ flect, if then this volume shall give you pleasure, shall cause you to live over again those college days so dear, shall cause you to walk again grounds made sacred to memory, the ambition of the editors will be fulfilled. THF. RDITORS i6 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI A. and M. Publications HERE are few colleges as fortunate as A. M. in the titles of their publica¬ tions. The name of the annual, The Long Horn., stands for Texas and the representative College of Texas. The long-horned cattle are now no more. Many of the vast ranches on which they ran are cut up into farms and orchards, but the spirit of independence, as symbolized by the long-horned cattle and the ranchman, still abides in Texas. A. M. is known not only as the College for Texans. It is further characterized by its military system, and from “the military” is taken the name of the College weekly, The Battalion. I he Long Horn is the parting gift to the College of the Graduating Class, while The Battalion is brought out by a staff chosen by the Students’ Association, every student being a member of this body. The Battalion is now in its fifteenth volume. Four years ago it was changed from a monthly magazine to a weekly news¬ paper, and has been published in the latter form up to the present time. This volume of The Long Horn is the sixth which has been issued, the first being published in i902-’03. Both of the student publications may now be said to be in a flourishing condition. New writers and cartoonists and business managers are constantly develop¬ ing, though not, indeed, as fast as the editors desire. At the beginning of this scholastic year, the members of the two staffs met and organized the A. M. Publication Society. Mr. T. J. Beesley, editor-in-chief of The Long Horn., was elected the first President, while Mr. C. W. Leggett, editor- in-chief of The Battalion, was chosen to be the first Secretary-Treasurer. At the meetings of the Society, the College literary interests are discussed and means of im¬ proving the student publications are suggested. Social meetings are held about once a term, and on these occasions the members enjoy a little informal banquet prepared by themselves. Membership in the Publication Society is regarded as a very desirable asset, and this fact is expected to encourage students to interest themselves in the publication work. T. E. H. i8 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI The Long Horn Staff T. J. BEESLEY Editor-in-Chief W. E. SAMPSON Associate Editor-in-ChieJ LEM ADAMS Business Manager L. R. JONES Art Editor TOM ADAMS Athletic Editor J. S. DEAN Alumni Editor DAN CULVER Associate Editor G. F. MOORE Associate Business Manager P. D. CASEY Assistant Editor M. C. SPIVEY Assistant Business Manager D. M. SHEARER Assistant Editor W. H. FERNEAUX Assistant Business Manager LONG HORN STAFF 20 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Battalion Staff C. W. LEGGETT Editor-in-chief C. P. BRANNIN R. H. STANDIFER associate Editor-in-chief business manager T. E. HOLLOWAY Editorial writer J. J. CALDWELL assistant business manager D. B. HARRIS Exchange editor C. M. EVANS J. S. DEAN agricultural Editor alumni editor P. D. CASEY LOCAL EDITOR M. H. WEINERT Y. M. c. a. Editor O. L. EVERSBERG athletic Editor T. A. POLANSKY assistant editor W. N. LIPSCOMB assistant editor MISS MAMIE HUTSON Assistant Editor 22 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI A. and M. Publication Society T. J. Bees ley....... C. W. Leggett Adams, Lem Adams, Tom Beesley, T. J. Brannin, C. P. Culver, Dan Casey, P. D. Caldwell, J. J. Dean, J. S. Eversberg, O. L. Evans, C. M. Ferneaux, W. H. President Secretary and Treasurer Harris, D. V. Holloway, T. E. Jones, L. R. Leggett, C. W. Lipscomb, W. N. Moore, G. F. Polansky, T. A. Standifer, R. H. Shearer, D. M. Sampson, W. E. Weinert, M. H. M. C. Spivey A. AND M. PUBLICATION SOCIETY . • , .... .. . ' ' , ' • V;. ..: •• • ' - -f :. V ; W- ' . v . ••■ ' •;; V-.. ' Hi ? „ M ' ? .. r;-,V a i4§ If lU itXt isi wiMsi ii : ' l te ' -v f. O ‘c C m. m: k-f ’i-vV ' ! V •• 111 • ' ,1; ' , u m xr,k- mm 111 ' ; 811 ' . . -Hi... ifi ' V ' : .- ‘. ‘s: ,1 ..• fe - itte ' ■ s i i 1 . ■ W , ' .• , •: ■ •yp� j 1 . V. .w% v ‘v • : t m -V ; • ' V. ' - • «: V ■ .--A ! S ' i ,r m H Z w Q HOME PRESIDENT HARRINGTON 26 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Other Presidents And Chairmen of Faculty T. S. Gath right . . . . J. G. James .... J. R. Cole .... H. H. Dinwiddle Chairman of Faculty 1883-1888 L. L. McInnis Chairman of Faculty 1888-1890 L. S. Ross L. L. Foster ......President 1898-1902 D. F. Houston H. H. Harrington President 1905- THE LONG HORN 27 1908 History of the Past Year A ST HE years roll into the past, they take with them many things that have mJL happened worthy of note, but have passed unheard and unrecorded. So, here in our College career, if one year shows greater development than any other, we should make note of it. We have seen four years go by, hut in none have we seen our “Alma Mater” take such rapid strides of progress as in this one. In September the barrack walls groaned with the press of the incoming Fresh¬ men. Most of these boys are descendants of the pioneers of Texas and still possess that spirit of accomplishing things under great difficulties. The crowded condition of the dormitories was soon relieved by thirty-six neat, comfortable tents, so today one can see seventy-two of Texas’ ambitious sons living in tents while preparing for their life work. This great sacrifice on the part of the students has not passed unnoticed by the law-makers of our Commonwealth. The Thirtieth Legislature appropriated $150,000 to enlarge the College for competent training of the future industrial leaders of Texas. During this year Goodwin Hall, a magnificent and spacious building which will easily accommodate one hundred and fifty students, has been erected. A new natatorium is under construction for the benefit of the student body. The Veterinary Department has grown until a Veterinary Hospital has been built for the special train¬ ing of students in that line of work. Various improvements are being made in every department. Old things are being made new. Plans are being considered for a new Engineering Building with the most modern equipment. This building will cost $75,000, and will be the home of Civil and Electrical Engineering Departments. These departments, though cramped into a small space at present, are very thorough, and well equipped. When these are allowed room for expansion, great things may be expected from them. Our school has outgrown its reputation for being a reformatory, and men who have a fixed purpose in life are knocking loudly at her doors for admission. So when the improvements, begun this year, are completed, A. M. can open wide her arms to the young Texans who are now waiting and say, “come and drink at the fountain of knowledge.” 1 AGRICULTURAL BUILDING 1908 THE LONG HORN H ' U.nw The Agricultural section of the College is divided into three different departments, Agri¬ cultural, Horticultural and Animal Hus¬ bandry. The Agricultural Department gives special instruction in farm crops, farm machinery and dairying. The students are given thorough work in growing crops and judging cereals. A well equipped soil laboratory is used for studying different types of soils. The Depart¬ ment is fortunate in having had a large and valuable collection of machinery given it for exhibition and instruction purposes. A new two-story building, 40x100, designed to accommodate this machinery, is now under course of construction. A great deal of interest is now being taken in dairying. The Agricultural Depart¬ ment is prepared to give a valuable course along this line, which includes all features of farm and commercial dairying. This department has charge of the College dairy herd, nearly two hundred animals, and the milk supply for the mess-hall and campus. Horticultural Department. The Horticultural Department is working along two special lines, namely, fruit and vegetable growing. A great variety of fruits and vegetables are grown on the horticultural grounds, and the students are given thorough work in growing, harvesting and marketing the various crops. A great deal of atten¬ tion is now being paid to grafting and budding, especial attention being given to bud¬ ding the pecan and hickory. 30 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Many letters are received by this department, asking for young men to manage fruit and vegetable farms. A strong ef¬ fort is made to prepare men ca¬ pable of filling these positions. Besides theoretical and practical instruction offered by this de¬ partment during the college year, positions are secured dur¬ ing the summer for those stu¬ dents showing especial interest, with the best fruit growers of ____ the country. As an example of thi s, young men during a single summer have worked in orchards in Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and Michigan, following the fruit crop northward as the season advanced. On account of the great interest that has been manifested in school garden work in this State, particular pains are taken to develop young men who will be thoroughly capable of filling positions opening up along this line. A number of our students are already engaged in this work in different parts of the State. This department, so far, has been unable to meet the demands made upon it for men well trained in horticul¬ ture, and the demand seems to be on the increase. Department of Animal Husbandry. This department is putting forth its strongest efforts in training men in judging, feeding, breeding and management of live stock, including horses, cattle, sheep and swine. Students are taken on annual trips to the fairs in Dallas, San Antonio and the stock shows in Fort Worth and Chicago. At these meetings they study the best types of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, etc., and engage in judging contests. This de¬ partment now has a very fine collection of the different types of live stock, which are used for instructing purposes with dif¬ ferent classes. 1908 THE LONG HORN 3i MARK FRANCIS, D. V. M., Professor of Veterinary Science. Ohio State University; American Veterinary Col¬ lege, New York, D. V. M. EDWIN JACKSON KYLE, B. S., B. S. A., M. S. A. Professor of Horticulture and Horticulturist to the Experiment Stations of Texas. Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, B. S., ’99; Cornell University, B. S. A., ’01, M. S. A., ’02. OSCAR M. BALL, A. M. Ph. D., Professor of Botany. University of Virginia, B. A., ’97; Fellow of Botany, ’97-’98; Professor of Chemistry and Biology, Miller School, Virginia, ’97-’00; University of Bann, Ger¬ many; University of Leipzig, Germany, M. A., Ph. D., ’03; Member German Botanical Society. 32 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI J. c. BLAKE, Ph. D., Professor of Chemistry. B. S., University of Colorado, ’01; Ph. D., Yale, ’03; Research Associate in Physical Chemistry, Massachu¬ setts Institute of Technology, ’05; Assistant Physicist, National Bureau of Standards, ’06; Professor of Chem¬ istry, A. and M. College of Texas, ’06-’08; Member American Chemistry Society; Philosophical Society of Washington. CHARLES H. ALVORD, B. S., Professor of Agriculture. Michigan Agricultural College, ’95; Assistant Agri¬ culturist Michigan Experiment Station, ’96-’97; Super¬ intendent Michigan Agricultural College Farm, ’97-’99; Assistant Professor of Agriculture, Texas Agricultu¬ ral and Mechanical College, ’99-’02. G. S. FRAPS, Ph. D., State Chemist. North Carolina College of Agriculture and Me¬ chanics, B. S., ’96; Johns Hopkins University, Ph. D., ’99; Fellow Johns Hopkins, ’98-’99; Assistant Profes¬ sor of Chemistry, North Carolina College of Agricul¬ ture and Mechanic Arts, and Assistant Chemist, North Carolina Experiment Station, ’99-’03; Member German Chemical Society; Author of Principles of Dyeing, and Numerous Scientific Articles. T1 81A1 va liY 1908 Nu ._. . THE LONG HORN 33 JOHN C. BURNS, B. S., Professor of Animal Husbandry. Agricultural and Mechanical College, B. S., ’04; Assistant in Animal Husbandry, ’04-’06; Deputy Peed Inspector, ’0G-’07; Assistant in Animal Husbandry, ’0G-’07; Professor in Animal Husbandry, ’07 to date. C. E. SANBORN, B. A., M. H. Acting Professor of Entomology. Agricultural and Mechanical College, ’07; Kansas University, B. A., and State Teacher’s Degree, ’03, M. A., ’04; Student Assistant in Zoology and Physiology, ’02; Student Assistant in Entomology, ’03 and ’04; Expert Entomologist, U. S. Bureau of Entomology, ’04. H. NESS, B. S., M. S., Associate Professor of Horticulture. Student Grundy County Normal School, 1884; Student A. and M. College 1887-’89, graduated in 1889; Student Cornell University for four Summers; M. S. Cornell University, 1889; Professor of Horticulture and Botany, A. and M. College 1889-’90; Professor of Botany, A. and M. College 1900-’03; Associate Professor of Horti¬ culture, 1907. 34 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI R. P, MARSTELLER, D. V. M., Instructor in Veterinary Science. Ohio State University, D. V. M., ’05. F. H. McDOUGALL, B. A., M. A., Ph. D. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; B. A., ’02; M. A., ’03; 1851 Exhibition Scholar, ’05-’07; Ph. D., Uni¬ versity of Leipzig, ’07; Instructor of Chemistry, Agri¬ cultural and Mechanical College. Instructor in Dairying. J. L. THOMAS, B. S., ERNEST E. SCHOLL, B. S., Assistant Entomologist. Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, B. S., ’07; State Apiarist, ’07-’08; Deputy Inspector, ’07; Student Assistant Department of Entomology, ’0G-’07. ONI MKHAHICAL- ffliffllr Ev r ERY student graduating from the A. and M. must make the acquaint¬ ance of the “Shops” while he is still a “Fish,” and it is therefore appro¬ priate that we examine these shops and the department with which they are connected. Although the work in the iron-working rooms is not calculated to enhance the beauty of one’s newly pressed trousers or to put one’s hands and face in shape for making calls on the young ladies; yet it gives the embryo engineer a taste of what some of his professional work is to be like. The mere matters of soiled hands, rough clothes, hot work, perspiration, and all that goes with the shop work to make one feel miserable are only the incidentals. The real benefits to be derived are the skill acquired (which may be very slight) and the knowledge of materials as acquired by personal contact and experience. Besides these two benefits, should be mentioned the training in doing things according to specifications. More and more we find the instructors in the shops insisting on the work being made according to exact measure¬ ments. We learn that the drawing or blue-print calls for and the instructor expects to receive not only “a box” or “a chain,” but one of definite dimensions, and shape. Some¬ times this seems rather a hard requirement, but we are satisfied that in the end it works toward the advancement of the standard of work. In the classroom we find the same stiffening up of the work. Old and simple text books are discarded and newer ones of more professional value are introduced. So that when the course is finished the gradu¬ ate may feel that he has the foundation principles and some numerical problems of their application pretty well fixed in his mind, and mastered. The Mechanical Department was the first engineering department to have a building of its own, and we should expect that the building and equipment might rank well up with those of other institutions of a similar character. While these are not all that might be desired, we find that what we have is so well made use of that we are all kept busy in the time allotted us in that department. EMILE JEROME FERMIER, M. E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Indiana Preparatory College of Public Schools, B. S., ’87; Purdue University, M. E., ’95; Assistant En¬ gineering Department University of Michigan; As¬ sistant Engineer with rank of Ensign, U. S. Navy, ’98-’99; Professor of Mechanical Department Purdue University, ’01-’07; Honorary Member of Jan Beta Pi Engineering Society; Member of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education; Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department of the Agricul¬ tural and Mechanical College of Texas. ARON R. NOTTINGHAM, B. S., Instructor in Mechanical Engineering. Kansas University, B. S.; Repair and Construction Department A., T. S. F. Railroad Company, Topeka, Kansas, ’03; First Assistant Mechanical Engineer, Swift Co., Kansas City, ’05; Instructor in Mechani- ccl Engineering, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’07. DUCLEY E. MACKEY, Instructor in Woodwork. Machinist for Illinois Railroad Company, East St. Louis, 111.; Patternmaker with American Steel Fd. Co., St. Louis; with Swift Co., East St. Louis, 111.; Student in Mechanical Engineering four years at University of Arkansas; Student Assistant Instructor in Shops, University of Arkansas; Draftsman, United Iron Works, Pittsburg, Kansas; Instructor in Forging and Foundry, Pennsylvania State College, ’04-’07; In¬ structor in Woodwork, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’07. J. D. WILTFONG, Instructor in Forging. Nine years general blacksmith work; Master Me¬ chanic, Wabash and St. Louis Car Repair Shops, ’82; Chief Tool-maker, Union Pacific Railroad Shops, ’90, Denver, Colo.; Foreman of Chipping and Grinding, National Iron and Brass Works, ’02, Kansas City, Mo.; Chief Steel Worker, Western Implement Co., ’03, Kansas City, Mo.; Assistant in Forging at Kansas University, ’07; Instructor in Forging, Agricultural and Mechanical College, ’07. 38 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Fteftm ' lO ENGINEERING While the degree of civil engineer was con¬ ferred upon two graduates of the College as - early as 1880, the Department of Civil Engi¬ neering was not established until 1887, Physics being then also associated with it. Professor J. H. Kinealy, D. E., of Washington University, was elected Professor of Civil Engineering and Physics, but resigned at the end of two years to return to his alma mater as Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He was succeeded by Professor Charles Puryear, our present Dean, who occupied the position one year, being trans¬ ferred at the end of that time to the chair of mathematics, which he still occupies. Professor J. C. Nagle followed Professor Puryear in 1890, and is still in charge of the department. In June, 1899, the Department of Physics was established, thus relieving the Civil Engineering Department of this work, which was placed in charge of Professor D. W. Spence, who from 1892 to 1899 was Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Physics, and Drawing, but upon the organization of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Physics in 1903, Professor Spence returned to the Civil Engineering Department as associate professor to take up his present work. In 1906 a student assistant was allowed the department and Mr. R. E. Schiller, ’06, occupied the position for the session of 1906-1907, followed for the session of 1907- 1908 by Mr. G. R. Abney, also of the Class of 1906. Both these young men carried on the full fifth year’s course of study in addition to their instruction work. Since 1887 the time allowed the department for instruction has been steadily increased, along with the increase in entrance requirements, until both the quantity 1908 THE LONG HORN 39 and quality of the work done by the students has reached its present standard of effi¬ ciency. Reference to some of the older catalogues will show how much the required work has been advanced as to subjects and time for instruction, but no comparison of courses of study can show the improvement in the work of the students themselves, who are now all actively in earnest in their endeavor to get the most from the subjects studied. Their professional work after graduation clearly shows the effect of this. While the civil engineering degree was conferred upon two graduates in 1880, and again in 1899, upon a prominent practicing engineer who had been a student here in the very early days of the existence of the College, a systematic course of study leading to this degree was not established until 1904. Jerome Cochran, B. S., 1904, was the first to take the degree, in 1905. There were no candidates the following year, but in 1907 Messrs. Ehlinger, L., Potts, R. J., and Schiller, R. E., did the re¬ quired work for the degree. This year Mr. G. R. Abney is the only candidate. These four last named young men were all of the class who took their first degrees in 1906. It is stated in the catalogue that “This course is designed to prepare young men for entrance upon professional practice in such work as the location, construction and maintenance of highways, railroads, streets and pavements, waterworks systems, sewer¬ age systems, irrigation canals and ditches, reservoirs, bridges, masonry structures; the surveying and mapping of areas, draughting.” Note that they are expected only to be prepared for entrance upon work of this character. Throughout the course it is im¬ pressed upon them that if they are really prepared to do as the catalogue suggests their time will have been well spent. If they have really learned to think for themselves they will soon be ready to meet the never-ending original problems which they are sure to encounter in their professional practice, and the more extensive their college training the less willing are they to assume responsible duties immediately upon graduation. By far the larger percentage of graduates from any engineering course in any engineering insti¬ tution have most of the practi¬ cal details yet to learn, and the every-day terms of practical work, as well as detailed meth¬ ods, have, necessarily, yet to be acquired. You have only to ask one who has specialized in rail- 1 road engineering to determine A 40 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI for you the number of the nearest “frog” at the sidetrack where he is waiting with his diploma to take the train for home, or to tell him to bring a “pinch-bar” with which to move a nearby freight car, to find out how little he knows. You might even floor him by asking him to explain in detail a process known as “double centering,” which he has been required to apply many times in the course of his practical work at college. Ask another who has given particular attention to bridge and structural work to tell you the proper size and spacing of wooden floor joists to safely carry a ten-ton road roller over a sixteen-foot opening on an ordinary highway and he may tell you this particular problem was never assigned to him in class. Or, ask one who has devoted his attention particularly to water supply engineering to tell you the standard length of a joint of cast iron watermain, or to bring you a “yarning iron” and a “caulking tool”, and note results. You might think that because he appears to know but little of details which have been drummed into him day after day, along with much more important principles, that he has gotten very little from his course, but if he is made of the proper timber he will soon show you that you would be mistaken. Given a little time in some subordinate position to become accustomed to practical details and j ' ou will find him intelligently applying the principles acquired in the classroom, and he may also show you that the mere attrition with his fellow students at college has given him an insight into human nature which will help him in the management of men as no course of lectures, or sterotyped instruction could possibly do. An examination of the catalogue of graduates will show that since 1887 those who took the civil engineering course number, very approximately, one third of the whole, and that nearly two hundred of them are scattered all over the United States, Mexico, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, holding positions of trust and responsibility in line with the course of instruction pursued at college. For several years past the department has received more requests for men than the output could satisfy; and even when the financial stringency put a stop to most construction work very few of these same graduates could be found waiting “for something to turn up.” Although the quarters of the department are at present cramped, it is hoped that before the next Long Horn appears the new engineering building, provided for by the last Legislature, will have been completed and more space be thereby made avail¬ able for instruction work. Also that the present limited, though excellent, equipment may have been materially added to and be afforded more working space. There are now in use more than a dozen engineer’s transits and levels, besides minor field ap¬ paratus, but these are insufficient for the large classes taking field work. The power- operated testing machines, cement testers and hydraulic apparatus- need additions, and will receive them in time, as will also the appliances needed in the drafting-room of a practicing engineer. There are calculating machines, slide rules, planimeters, etc., now on hand, but more are needed in order that a greater number of earnest young men may be better equipped to go forth from the college and help to develop the dormant resources and industries of our great commonwealth. THE LONG HORN 4 i 1908 J. C. NAGLE, B. S., M. A., C. E., M. C. E., Professor of Civil Engineering. University of Texas, B. S., ’8G, M. A., ’92; Western University of Pennsylvania, C. E., ’92; Cornell Uni¬ versity, M. C. E., ’93; Topographer on the Geological Survey of Texas, ’89-’90; Draftsman in office of the Pittsburg Bridge Co., Summer of ’92; Chief Engineer, Brazos and Burleson Railroad, Summer ’94; Assist¬ ant Chief Engineer, Houston East and West Texas Railroad, July, ’99, to January, ’00; Agent and Ex¬ pert in Irrigation Investigation, United States De¬ partment of Agriculture; Post President, Texas Acad¬ emy of Science; Associate Member of American So¬ ciety of Civil Engineers; Member of Council, S. P. E. E., etc.; Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Physics, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’90-’92; Professor of same, ’92. DAVID W. SPENCE, B. S., C. E., Associate Professor of Civil Engineering. University of Texas, B. S., ’89; Ann Arbor, C. E.; Chief Engineer, South Halstead Street Iron Works, Chicago, 111.; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineer¬ ing and Physics and of Drawing, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’9z-’9S; Professor of Physics, ’99-’03; Associate Professor of Civil Engi¬ neering, ’03. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THE LONG HORN 1908 43 In September, 1903, the Electrical Engineering course was made one of the regular College courses. Prior to this time it had been carried on under the name of the Department of Physics, which was then in charge of Professor D. W. Spence, now Associate Professor of Civil Engineering. The scholastic year 1903-1904, how¬ ever, saw a radical change in this. The Department of Physics and Electrical Engi¬ neering was formed with Prof. N. H. Brown at its head, assisted by four able instruc¬ tors. In June, 1905, this department bore its first fruit—there being two graduates in Electrical Enginneering. In 1906 there were nine graduates, and in 1907 there were thirteen. To demonstrate fully the value of a practical knowledge, such as is obtained in the Electrical Engineering course here, let us cite one example. In order to run the machines in the laboratory at full load it was necessary to have quite a large trans¬ former. A 100-kilow att transformer was designed, constructed, and installed by the department at a cost of about two hundred dollars. This same transformer, bought from an engineering house would have cost approximately one thousand dollars. From this transformer any, or all machines in the laboratory may be supplied with current, and at a voltage of from nearly ten to twenty-three hundred. From this may be seen the value of the practical work included in the Electrical Engineering course. The object of the instruction in this course is to prepare young men for profes¬ sional work in the various branches of applied electricity, such as power transmission, lighting, transportation, telephoning, and telegraphing. These branches demand men who are prepared to design, construct, and operate them successfully, and the studies in this course have been carefully selected with this in view. Of course it is impossible, in such limited time, to turn out men who can des ign, and discuss in technical terms, any kind of an electrical machine. It is equally impossible to turn out men who have every practical feature pertaining to the operation of dynamo-electric machinery con¬ tinually in their minds. But give a graduate in this course a position, and you will soon find that he is amply able to take care of all the work required of him, and, in most cases, to improve upon what is already being done. The absolutely practical man does everything as he has seen it done somewhere before, and forms his estimates from previous experience. The college graduate combines the practical with the theoretical, 44 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI and will prove in the long run to be much more efficient than the uneducated engineer. Although this course is still in its infancy, it has more differ¬ ent apparatus, and more room in which to work than most colleges of twice this size. The instruction of the students is carried on in the eleven large rooms constituting the first floor of Gathright Hall. The Elec¬ trical Department has the most efficient and up-to-date telephone systems and appliances to be found in the South. The tele¬ phone laboratory is equipped with a number of telephones and telephone parts, a manual switchboard for both central energy and magneto operation, a stronger automatic switchboard with complete equipment for operation, storage batteries of different sizes, to the number of one hundred and twenty-five, con¬ densers, etc., for use with the various systems, and the American Automatic Telephone Company, has installed an exchange for the College Telephone Company. All this is available to the students in Electrical Engineering for test and operation. The engineering laboratory proper is fitted up with about twenty-five shunt, series, and compound-wound machines, induction motors, etc., with a full line of measuring instruments, and all other necessary appliances for both direct and alter¬ nating current machines. It also contains a station photometer, transmission dynamo¬ meters, and a mercury arc rectifier, which is a very expensive and delicate instrument. T he Physics laboratory is fitted up with sufficient apparatus to enable the students in general Physics to perform individual experiments in me¬ chanics, pneumatics, heat, light, sound, and electricity. Although the department of Electrical Engineering occupies eleven rooms, it is still crowded. These conditions will be better when the new $75,000 Engi¬ neering Building is completed. One-half of this magnificent building will be given to the Electrical Engineers, who will then have available all the most modern machines, engineering magazines, and texts for use in the study of applied electricity. 1908 THE LONG HORN 45 N. H. BROWN, M. E., M. A., Ph. D., Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering. University of Ohio, M. E., ’93; Carbell University of Ohio, M. A., ’98; Assistant in Ohio University, ’92- ’97-’98-’99; Wesleyan University, 111., Ph. D., ’00; As¬ sociate Professor of Mechanical and Electrical Engi¬ neering in Delaware College, ’00-’02; General Manager of the Rapid Transit Railroad of Chattanooga, Tenn., ’02-’03. L. E. LEAR, B. S., Instructor in Physics and Electrical Engineering. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, ’01; Special Course in Electrical Engineering, Cornell; with General Elec¬ tric Company. J. W. KIDD, B. S., Instructor in Electrical Engineering. TEXTILE BUILDING 1908 THE LONG HORN 47 J. S. WIER, B. S., Professor of Textile Engineering. North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Col¬ lege, B. S.; Taught in Department of Carding and Spinning in Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College. C. S. TATUM, Associate Professor of Textile Engineering. Graduate of Textile Engineering Department, Geor¬ gia School of Technology. Jones i_K The Department of Textile Engineering is now in the fourth year of its existence, having been organized in 1904. The Legislature of 1903, believing in the development of the cotton manufacturing industry within the State and recognizing the need for thor¬ oughly competent superintendents and managers for textile plants, appropriated $50,000.00 to erect a building and provide equipment for instruction in textile engineering at the A. and M. College, The Textile Engineering Department was accordingly organized and now occupies a two-story, red brick building of modern cotton mill construction of the slow-burning type, built according to the plans and specifications of one of the most prominent cotton mill engineers of the South. The building offers excellent oppor¬ tunities for the study of the details of mill construction. The equipment has been carefully selected with a view to having a wide variety of the leading makes of cotton mill machinery represented. This affords the student the opportunity of becoming familiar with such machinery as that with which he is likely to come in contact in the mills of the country. Showing the confidence felt by the manufacturers of cotton mill machinery in the development of the cotton manufacturing industry in the State it is well to mention the fact that the department has received donations of machinery and supplies amounting to approximately $14,000.00. The equipment comprises the machinery necessary for converting the raw stock in the bale into finished yarns and cloths. Valuable additions are being made to the equipment from time to time and it is hoped that after a few years the Department will not be surpassed by any school in the country in this respect. Instruction is confined to the manufacture of cotton goods, and a thorough training is given in the manufacture of many classes of yarns and fabrics. The practical work of the students is arranged to illustrate as far as possible, actual mill conditions at the same time so systematizing the work as to give the student, within the limited time, experience that would usually require years to gain as an em¬ ployee in the mill. The State of Texas is growing rapidly in population and in wealth and as this growth progresses building operations are developing in number, magnitude, and im¬ portance. New and improved methods of construction must be introduced to secure the best results; more careful designing is made necessary by the increasing cost of labor and materials; fire-resisting construction must be employed to check the enormous loss through fire, which amounted to more than five million dollars in Texas during the year 1906. These conditions create a strong demand for well trained builders and architects; this demand should and can be supplied at home; there are many young men in Texas of splendid natural ability who need only instruction and training to prepare them thoroughly for this field of work. To supply this demand a course in Architectural Engineering was established at the College in 1905; it is the youngest one of the engineering courses offered here; so far, three degrees have been conferred and the present number of students indicates that the course will be well attended. The subjects of instruction in theory and practice have been selected and arranged with a view of training young men who expect to engage as contractors, builders, draughtsmen, engineers, or architects in any branch of building construction so that they may be able to design a building of good and pleasing forms and proportions and so that they will be able to design any part of a building so that it will perform its functions prop¬ erly and yet so that there will be no waste of material or un¬ necessary labor. The departments of instruc¬ tion which co-operate in the training of the students in archi¬ tectural engineering are well equipped with all necessary in¬ struments, apparatus, models, books, periodicals, drawings, and engravings to supply the in¬ struction offered. igo8 THE LONG HORN 5i F. E. GEISECHE, M. E... B. S., Professor Archetectural Engineering and Drawing. Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’80; ' M. E., ’90; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B. S., ’04; Student, Cornell University, Summer ’93-’94; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Summer ’98 and Session ’03-’04; Royal School of Engineering at Berlin, Session ’0G-’07; Assistant Professor of Me¬ chanical Engineering, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’8G-’88; Associate Member American Institute of Architects. ALVA MITCHELL, B. S., B. C. E., Instructor in Drawing. Central College, Texas, B. S., ’92; Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, B. C. E., ’94; Teacher in Public Schools, Texas, ’94-’02; Assistant in Drawing, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’02; Instructor in same, ’05. J. S. DEAN, B. S., Instructor of Drawing, ’06 to date, Agricultur al and Mechanical College of Texas; Summer Course in Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ’07. H. R. WEBER, Instructor in Freehand Drawing. Studied under Frank Holme and F. X. Leyendecker at the School of Illustration, Chicago; School of In¬ dustrial Art and Modern Language, Philadelphia; Student of the Royal Academy, Munich, Bavaria, un¬ der Herterich and Halm; in Paris at the Academic Julian and the Academic Delechise, under Laurens, Laurent and Delause. 52 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI CHARLES PURYEAR, M. A., B. S., C. E., Professor of Mathematics. Richmond College, M. A., ’81 University of Virginia, B. S., C. E.; Instructor in Mathematics, University of Michigan; Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Physics, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’89. ROBERT F. SMITH, M. T., Associate Professor of Mathematics. Austin College, Sherman, Texas; State Normal, Huntsville, Texas, M. T„ ’81; Cornell University, Summer ’03; Superintendent of Public Schools, Wil¬ lis, Texas, ’81-’82; Assistant, Adjunct and Associate Professor of Mathematics, Agricultural and Mechani¬ cal College of Texas, ’82-’08. THE LONG HORN 53 1908 T. P. JUNKIN, A. B., Associate Professor of Mathematics. Student Houston Grammar School, ’80; Austin Col¬ lege, Sherman, Texas, A. B., ’93; B. A., M. A., in Mathematics, University of Virginia, ’01; Fellow in Mathematics, University of Virginia, ’00-’01; Gradu¬ ate work, University of Chicago, ’03. ROBERT J. POTTS, A. B., B. S., C. E., Instructor in Mathematics. Strawn College, ’9G; Teacher in Public Schools, ’9G- ’98; Principal Cresson Public School, ’9G-’98; Teacher, San Antonio Academy, ’02-’03; B. S., Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’0C; U. E., ’07. PROFESSOR MITCHELL, Instructor in Mathematics. 54 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Languages, History and Economics CHARLES W. HUTSON, A. B., Professor of History. Carolina College, A. B., _ , , ’60; Professor Greek, Louisiana State University, ’G9-’72; South of Professor of Latin, Carolina Military Institute, ’74- ’75; Professor of Modern Languages, University of Mississippi, ’81-’S9; Professor of History and English, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’93 to date. CHAS. P. FOUNTAIN, A. M., Professor of English. Student Howard College, Alabama, ’74-’7G; Honor¬ ary Degree of A. M., ’96, Keochie Male and Female College; President, ’8G; Chaplain, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’89-’90; Baylor College, Professor of English, ’90-’97; Assistant in English, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, ’00; Associate Professor, ’02. CHAS. B. CAMPBELL, Ph. B., Professor of Modern Languages. Deporna University, Ph. B., ’00; Principal Girard High School, Illinois, ’02; Graduate Student in French and German from June, ’02, to June, ’03, at Chicago University. THE LONG HORN 55 1908 JOHN A. LOMAX, B. A., M. A., Associate Professor of English. Student Granbury College; University of Texas, B. A., ’97; Instructor in English, Weatherford College; Registrar University of Texas; Harvard University, M. A., ’07. NATHAN POWELL, A. B., Adjunct Professor of Languages, and Chaplain. Attended Trinity University, Texas; Vanderbilt, A. B., ’93; Yale, B. D., ’9G; Studied at Royal George August University, Goettingen, Germany. Instructor in English. W. H. THOMAS, B. Lit., 56 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI THOMAS J. WERTENBAKER, B. A., M. A., Assistant Professor of History and Economics. University of Virginia, B. A. and M. A.; Instructor at St. Matthews Military School, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.; Editor Charlottsville Morning News; Editor Non¬ local Matter Baltimore Evening News; Author “Home and School Training in the South During the Colonial Period”; Assistant Professor of History and Eco¬ nomics, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1908. GATES THOMAS, B. Lit., Instructor in English. Bachelor of Literature, University of Texas, ’00; Teacher English and History, Victoria High School, ’00-’05; Teacher of English, Houston High School, ’05-’06; Head of English Department, Ball High School, Galveston, ’0G-’07. WARREN W. REED, A. B., Instructor in English. Harvard, A. B., ’07; Teacher at Cambridge English High School, Cambridge, Mass., ’06-’07. 58 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Military Department r d MTERE is probably no feature of his College career that will be more firmly impressed upon a graduate of the A. M. College than his military training A as a cadet. From the time he entered the College and occupied a prominent position in the awkward squad until graduation day, the daily military routine has been a powerful factor in moulding his character and in permanently fixing the habits of neatness, punctuality, obedience and strict attention to duty. Military instruction at our universities and colleges has for its primary purpose the dissemination of such knowledge of military affairs among the youth of the country as will render them efficient as volunteers if called upon for the national defense. Our nation is traditionally opposed to a large standing army. Therefore, in time of war, our armies must be composed largely of volunteers. The government is trying to provide capable men to organize and lead these volunteers by sending into civil life every year a large number of young men trained in the routine of the soldier’s duties and from whom the nation might reasonably hope to recruit officers for the volunteer army on the approach of war. The main object of the military instruction at the A. M. College is to thoroughly qualify the students to be company officers of infantry volunteers or militia. Aside from the theoretical instruction given in connection with the practical drills in the company and battalion, a few campaigns of some great captain are carefully studied with a view of awakening in the students an interest in military matters and in military history that will remain with them as long as they live. Graduates of this College are now specially invited by the War Department to take the competitive examination for commissions in the regular army; and their services are in demand as officers for the organizations of native troops in the Philippine Islands. It is generally recognized that the system of military instruction here is valuable not only because of its immediate influence upon the conduct and physical condition of the cadets, but because of its helpful effect upon the whole tone and quality of the College course. The advantages of military discipline as a means of governing a student body cannot be questioned by anyone who has given the matter a moment’s thought. We do not mean to convey the impression that the students of any college composed of young men of ambition and high aims in life require a strict military discipline to keep down rowdyism, etc., but that the entire school system is of the highest standard. T o the student who is proved to be loose in his daily schedule, is taught neatness, punctuality and that which is absolutely necessary to the really successful business man,—system; a time for everything. The advantages of military rule in the health of a student body can not be over¬ estimated. A large per cent of sickness in a college results simply from the loose habits of the men. Naturally this is almost totally eliminated when every meal is eaten at its proper time, when the hours for retiring and rising are absolutely fixed and, in short, when regular habits are formed and practised. 1908 THE LONG HORN 59 Battalion Organizations 1907-1908 ANDREW MOSES, Captain U. S. Coast Artillery, Commandant Field and Staff R. H. Standifer, Major. L. N. Huff, First Lieutenant and Adjutant. T. E. Holloway, First Lieutenant and Quartermaster. W. H. Furneaux, Sergeant Major. R. Gross, Quartermaster Sergeant. R. C. Sigel, Color Sergeant. T. A. Van Am burg, Trophy Sergeant. J. D. O’Farrell, Chief Trumpeter. Company “A” Homeyer, C. W. Adams, L. Cornell, A. L. Crockett, J. B. CAPTAINS Company “B” Company “C” Warden, J. A. Bower, W. E. FIRST LIEUTENANTS Bass, A. K. Cutter, J. O. SECOND LIEUTENANTS Whittet, A. B. Buchanan, T. S. Moore, G. F. Miller, E. A. FIRST SERGEANTS Company “D” Adams, T. A. Netherwood, D. B. Jones, L. R. Smith, A. J. Harris, D. B. Gilbert, W. R. SERGEANTS Reagin, O. W- Shearer, D. M. Weinert, M. H. Paxton, J. F. Giesecke, A. C. Lenoir, T. E. Allen, H. B. Day, D. M. Ridenour, C. A. Leggett, C. W. Sorenson, J. W Hutson, M. B. DuBose, E. A. Rife, A. J. Norwood, E. P. Rilev, A. A. Heldenfels, E. W. Horton, C. K. CORPORALS Crane, W. C. Copeland, T. D. Reading, R. S. Ross, J. K. McDonald, W. A Dickerson, A. F. Carlin, w! J. Marlow, G. Elliott, J. E. Stidham, T. B. McConnell, J. P. Adkisson, W. T. Washington, W. C. Arnold, R. F. Jones, P. D. Burgess, E. B. Sherrill, O. W. Mikeska, H. J. Smith, J. H. Humphreville,W.E. Butler, E. C. Feds, J. R. Cozart, R. B. Munson, T. A. Symes, C. Smith, E. W. Butts, J. W. Ward, A. L. Wendt, C. G. Bering, A C. Lockridge, J. L. Camp, W. E. BAND First Lieutenant and Drum Major ...... W. E. Sampson First Lieutenant . . . . • • • • • . H. F. Foy Second Lieutenant ......... H. H. Jobson Sergeant . . . . • • • • • « • C. P. Brannin Corporals . . . R. E. Adams, W. W. Spencer, and A. Mollenberndt CADET OFFICERS 1908 THE LONG HORN 61 The Staff R. H. Standifer ............... Major L. N. Huff .......... First Lieutenant and Adjutant T. E. Holloway ....... First Lieutenant and Quartermaster W. H. Ferneaux ............ Sergeant Major R. Gross ............. Quartermaster Sergeant R. C. Segel .............. Color Sergeant T. A. Van Amburg ........... Trophy Sergeant J. D. O’Farrell ............ Chief Trumpeter 6a THE LONG HORN Vol. VI W. H. Ferneaux R. Groos R. C. Sigel T. A. Van Amburg O. W. Reagin D. B. Harris W. R. Gilbert A. J. Rife Sergeant Major Quartermaster Sergeant . . . Color Sergeant Trophy Sergeant First Sergeant Company A First Sergeant Company B First Sergeant Company C First Sergeant Company D ROSS HALL, THE HOME OF COMPANY “A” 3faMfo‘ 64 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Company “A” Organization Homeyer, C. W. Adams, L..... Cornell, A. L. Crockett, J. B. McElroy, T. E Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant O. W. Reagin..... First Sergeant SECOND SERGEANTS I . M. Shearer M. H. Weinert J. F. Paxton Miss Lucile De Marett, Sponsor CORPORALS W. C. Crane, R. S. Reading, J. K. Ross, W. A. McDonald, A. F. Dickerson, W. J. Carlin, G. Byars, J. W. Davis, O. L. Eversberg, G. Scherrard. COMPANY “A” PARK SCENE THE HOME OF COMPANY 68 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Company “B” Organization Warden, J. A. . . . Bass, A. K. Whittet, A. B. Moore, G. F. Culver, D. Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Miss Emmie Fountain, Sponsor CORPORALS J. E. Elliot, T. B. Stidham, J. P. McConnell, Easter wood, W. T, Adkisson, W. C. Washington, Wyche, E. B. Bengess, Murphy COMPANY CORPS MARCHING ■ 1 vmfmm IS • ■, ;!. •;• .• ' ••v: ;, ; . . T :; j ■ ' ' •■ ' f,� ; ■. 5 p i 2 W «a- I —.-•)! ' Jr ■ .;.• UtR . ; 4 4 ' ' $?£� ' ' 1 E_ 5S«.- r‘- ■ , ’••., , ' ;V ' ly ' i-- ;• ,”• , ... {V -! s??y% | ili. .¥ ' PFEUFFER HALL, THE HOME OF COMPANY 72 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Company “C” Organization W. E. Bower G. E. Skaggs T. A. Buchanan E. A. Miller T. A. Munson Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant W. R. Gilbert ..... First Sergeant Miss Hattye Lou Hudson Sponsor Sherrill, CORPORALS Mikeska, Humphreville, Cozart, Munson, Proctor, Yeary, Jones. Eads, Menke COMPANY 76 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Company “D” Organization Adams, T. A. Netherwood, D. B Jones, L. R. Smith, A. J. Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant A. J. Rife...... First Sergeant Miss Frances Fountain Sponsor CORPORALS C. Syms, E. W. Smith, J. W. Butts, A. L. Werd, C. G. Wendt, A. C. Bering, J. L. Loehndge, W. E. Camps, J. S. J. Daugherty, H. Rothe. 78 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Band Organization B. P. Day, Director—Solo Cornet Sampson, W. E.....First Lieutenant, and Drum Major Foy, H. F., Jr., First Lieutenant.....E-flat Tuba Jobson, H. H., Second Lieutenant.....E-flat Tuba Brannin, C. P., Sergeant.......Euphonium Adams, R. E., Corporal.......Alto Saxophone Spenser, W., Corporal........Baritone Brice, H. A. CoPPEDGE, J. L. Gresham, W. O. Jobson, W. A. Marburger, A. Scope, R. Snearly, R. Miss Irma Harris, Sponsor Miss Irma Harris, Sponsor PRIVATES . B-flat Cornet Burt, F. O. . . B-flat Clarinet B-flat Cornet Gist, B.......Alto B-flat Clarinet Herblin, L. . . . B-flat Cornet . Bass Drum Kahn, S. D. . . . Solo Cornet Trombone Rather, J. B. . . Solo Clarinet Snare Drum Shindler, H.....Piccolo Solo Alto Wilson, W. D. Second Trombone A. AND M. BAND 8o THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Ross Volunteers Organization ADAMS, T. A-, . ... Captain ADAMS, L., First Lieutenant D. CULVER, Second Lieutenant Furneaux SERGEANTS Meerscheidt Gilbert PRIVATES Abney Adams, L. Allen, H. B. Bass Byars Butts Bethel Buchanan Crane Cox Day DeWare Dubose, E. A. Dabney Mintei, Miller, E. A. Reagin Ross Rushmore Rothe Miss Allie Conway, Sponsor Symes Sherrod Sampson Spivey Sherrill Smith, F. W. Sorenson Stidham Smith, A. J. Skaggs Shearer Utay PRIVATES English Eversburg Elliott Gross Harris, D. B. Homeyer Horton Jones, L. R. Lee, K. Moore, G. F. McGinnis Mcllhenny McGhee McCown Van Amburgh Williams, J. S. Washington Warn Warden ROSS VOLUNTEERS LEGIONS OF HONOR 1908 THE LONG HORN 83 Other Officers S. A. Andrews......... J. M. Carson .......... J. W. Carson........ B. Srisa......... W. W. Evans....... Superintendent of Farm Dr. Gilbert....... Physician and Surgeon J. C. Cruse ....... E. C. Carlyle..... Mrs. M. F. Britnelle Miss Davis . . . 84 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI J. T. CRUSii J. W. CARSON E. CARLYLE THE LONG HORN 8.5 1908 A. J. NEFF DR. JOE GILBERT MRS. BRITNELL 86 THELONGHORN Vol. VI BOARD OF DIRECTORS K. K. LEGETT, President ....... Abilene T. D. ROWELL, Vice-President ..... Jefferson A. HAIDUSEK.......... I.aGrange J. M. GREEN,........ . . Yoakum WALTON PETEET......... Dallas R. T. MILNER........ Austin L. L. McINNIS........... Bryan W. P. SEBASTIAN........ Breckenridge S. A. ANDREWS, Secret ary ....... College BOARD OF DIRECTORS 88 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Post Graduates F. S. PUCKETT, B. S., A. and M. College, ’07, Assistant Farm Husbandry; Post Graduate Agriculture, ’08. J. E. HILL, B. S., A. and M. College, ’07; Assistant Electrical Engineering; Post Graduate, ’08. G. A. SMITH, B. S., A. and M. College, ’07; Assistant Electrical Engineering; Post Graduate, ’08. GEORGE RAYMOND ABNEY, B. S., Student Assistant in Civil Engineering Department, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Texas; B. S., ’06; Post Graduate in C. E., ’08. 1908 THE LONG HORN 89 G. A. SMITH J. E. HILL 92 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Class of 1908 Colors: Orange and Black. Class Motto: “Be all that ye seem, and more.” OFFICERS T. J. BEESLEY President LEM ADAMS Vice -President C. W. HOMEYER, JR. Secretary and Treasurer G. F. MOORE Athletic Manager I. DALE Sergeant-at-Arms J. DALE Historian TOM ARMSTRONG ADAMS . . Bryan Textile Engineering “A rolling- stone may not be much as a moss gatherer, but it acquires a beautiful polish.” Captain Company “D”; Captain R. V.’s; First Sergeant Company “D” ’06-’07; First S ergeant R. V.’s, ’06-’07; Chairman Dec¬ oration Committees R. V.’s Hop, ’07, Thanksgiving Hop, ’07; Chairman Floor Committee Final Ball’07; President K. K.’s; President Sabado Noches; Yell Leader, ’07- ’08; Chairman Arrangement Committee R. V. Hop, ’08; Voted Best Officer. “Tom” was very disappointed when he failed to be Major, but is getting over it since he became Captain of the Ross Volunteers, and was voted the “Best Officer.” Tom has- a merry laugh that is both “Original and Genuine,” is always welcomed by the ladies. Tom is the connecting link be¬ tween College and Bryan society—what a pity that a chain is not as strong as its strongest link. LEM ADAMS......Buda Civil Engineering “The noblest spur unto the sons of fame is the thirst for honor.” First Lieut. Company “A”; First Lieut. R. V.’s; Business Manager Long Horn, ’08; President Students’ Council; Vice Presi¬ dent Senior Class; Student Member Ath¬ letic Council; Manager Company “A” Foot¬ ball Team; Chairman Decoration Commit¬ tee Final Ball, ’08; Member Swastika Dancing Club, Publication Club, T. S. S.’s. Behold our first—a man important in A. M. affairs, as Toastmaster Junior Banquet, “Lem” proved that he was quite an orator. He lives peaceably with Spivey. They never study any. How nice it would be if they could make the time between trips to Bryan shorter, and their stays longer. “Lem” has a “Strawberry and Cream” complexion, mostly strawberry. VAN ZANDT BEALL . . Fort Worth Civil Engineering “Please go way and let me sleep.” Company “A” Clerk, ’06-’07; Company “A” Baseball Team, ’05, ’06, ’07; Member Swas¬ tika Dancing Club. “Zandie” registered as a “C. E.”, but has specialized in “Bultics,” receiving his de¬ gree after three years. His thesis was “The proper performance of the duties of a Company Clerk.” His classmates were well pleased with him as a Company “flunk.” “Zannie’s” favorite games are baseball, dominoes, and other things. Plays baseball with “A” Company, domi¬ noes with Spivey and “Maude,” and other things, with “Fish” and other innocent creatures. THOMAS JEFFERSON BEESLEY . Tracy Mechanical Engineering “If little labor, little are our gains, Man’s fortunes are according to his pains.” Editor-in-Chief Long Horn, ’08; President Publication Club; President Senior Class; President Y. M. C. A. ’06; Member Swas¬ tika Club; Member Mechanical Engineer¬ ing Society; Delegate Student’s National Convention at Nashville, ’06. “Tom” believes he was named after t he wri¬ ter of the Declaration of Independence; in fact, so far as he can remember, he was not named until after the Civil War. Tom won First Honors when a “Fish,” and since has been resting on his laurels, the result being that he occasionally “flunks” like the rest of us. He answers to most any name, Dad, Pap, Colonel, etc., but if you want to see him smile, just call him “Lieutenant.” WIELAND ERASTUS BOWER . Stephenville Electrical Engineering “The courses of his youth promised it not.” Captain Company “C”; Member Stags, Sabado Noches; Chief Trumpeter, ’06-’07. “Chief” has thoroughly demonstrated his ability to blow his own horn, having blown it successfully for three years in the bugle corps. The Commandant had a grudge at Company “C,” and to get even he appoint¬ ed Bower as their Captain, in which posi¬ tion he rule s with kind words and a “ram” book. Skaggs is his book-keeper. GEORGE TOWNSEND BRUNDRETT Dal las Electrical Engineering “Is in the very May morn of his youth.” Veterans Lost Cause, Legions of Honor; President First Pfeuffer Club; Secretary- Treasurer Dallas Club; Company “C” Football Team, ’07; Company “C” Base¬ ball Team, ’07; Manager Company “C” Basketball Team, ’08; Swastika Dancing Club; Reception Committee Thanksgiving Hop, ’07. Brundrett is called “Girlie” because of his feminine characteristics, but should be called “Nimrod,” as he is a great hunter, his chief sport being that of capturing “Texas Wild Cats.” He and “Brazos” were great friends. They never “cut” a class intentionally, nor “flunked” if they could help it. CHARLES A. BURMEISTER . . Tilden Agriculture “When you know a thing, tell others that they may also be wise.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor; Member Sabado Noches, Scientific Agricultural Society. “Budweiser” is a cross between a “bughunt- er” and a “hello girl.” Motto: “Life is only a dream.” Ellis, his roommate, wants his name changed because every time he calls him, here comes the “T. S. S.’s” “Bud” is chief steward of the North End Sleeping Club, of which “Rube” Neele and the Dale Bros, are important members. ALBERT L. CORNELL . . . Cooper Civil Engineering “He jests at scars that never felt a wound.” Second Lieutenant Company “A”; President Y. M. C. A., ’07-’08; Football Team, ’04, ’05, ’06; Delegate Ruston Conference, ’06; Secretary Austin Literary Society, ’06; Company “A” Baseball Team, ’05, ’06, ’07; Wranglers; Thalian Club, ’07; All-South¬ western Football Team, ’04, ’07. “Heavy” weighs most too much to play see¬ saw, but on the gridiron he is our “old reliable,” and was called stingy, by the opponents, because no matter how bad a fix they were in they could not induce him to give an inch. It is hardly neces¬ sary to add that ' it was seldom the case when he did not take a portion of the distance toward their goal. PAUL D. CASEY .... Tuscola Textile Engineering “In all labor there is profit.” Veterans Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor; Students’ Council, ’06-’07, ’07-’08; Battalion Editorial Staff, ’06-’07, ’07-’08; Editor-in-Chief Junior Battalion, ’07; Long Horn Staff, ’08; Delegate Senior Class, Southwestern Students’ Conference, ’07- ’08; President Austin Literary Society, ’06; Critic, ’07; Chairman Program Com¬ mittee, ’08; President Monogram Club, ’07- ’08; Publication Society, ’07-’08; Member Press Correspondents Bureau, ’07-’08; Voted Most Industrious Cadet. “K C” thinks he is very smart, but has no one fooled but himself. It has not been definitely determined why Paul D. came to college; he says it was to study T. E.; some say it was to develop literary tastes, neither of which he has accomplished; and will say that the majority think he came to show people what real modern “grafting” is. DAN CULVER Lampasas Mechanical Engineering “Tell him I am sick.” Second Lieutenant Company “B”; Second Lieutenant R. V.’s; Secretary-Treasurer A. H. K. K., ’06-’07; Member Swastika Dancing Club; President Stag Dancing Club; Lox g Horn Staff, 08; Secretary- Treasurer Mechanical Engineering Socie¬ ty; Chairman Reception Comm ittee, R. V. Hop, ’08; Publication Club; resident Sen¬ ior Tennis Club; Secretary-Treasurer Jun¬ ior Tennis Club, ’0G-’07. “Dan” is quite a humorist. Though not so original in his gags, you had better look out for the original way he has of telling old ones. Can only be caught on jokes that he himself has started. Dan is unable to tell why he is not Quartermaster; he has the voice alright. JAMES B. CROCKETT . . . Prosper Civil Engineering “You look wise. Pray correct that error.” Second Lieutenant Company “A” Baseball Team, ’06-’07; “T” Association. “Fox” is taking C. E. by mistake. Should have been a detective. He may easily boast of being the most brilliant theoreti¬ cal man in the C. E. Class. This fact alone makes it excusable for him trying to attach a plumb-bob to a level. Belongs to but one club, and comprises the total membership of that,—the Alpha-Phi- Phoxes. In society he is a bit backward in coming forward. He has beautiful curls and spends what time he is not arranging them in working the “Profs.” JESSE DALE .... Chillicothe Mechanical Engineering “Who scatters around wit and humor at will; Whose daily ‘bon mots’ half a column might fill.” Sergeant Company “D”, ’06-’07; Football Team, ’05, ’06, ’07; Track Team, ’07; Mem¬ ber Students’ Council, ’06-’07; Sabado Noches; T. S. S.’s; Class Historian; Voted College Wit and Happiest Cadet. Jess is the man who keeps his worthy train of followers in a constant hiliarious up¬ roar (we don’t know why they laugh). Although an M. E. he would rather steer an auto than manipulate the brakes of a freight train. Jess and Bob Faust are perhaps the only real auto fiends in the Class. Plays footb all, and his opponents want to know why he is called “Little Dale.” IVAN DALE . Chillicothe Civil Engineering “I’m heap big Chief.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’0G-’07; Company “D” Clerk, ’06-’07; Football Team, ’05-’0G, ’0G- ’07; Legions of Honor; Sergeant-at-Arms, Class ’06-’07, ’07-’08; Sergeant at Arms T. S. S.; Official in Company Football As¬ sociation, ’07; “T” Association; Sabado Noches; Member K. K. Professor of Math.,—resigned. Answers to such names as Big Dale, Hamburger, Miss Ivey, and Hap. The first applies to his corporal frame, as compared to that of his “Little” two-hundred-pound brother; the second, to his particular dish at the Mess Hall. OSCAR LEE ELLIS .... Abilene Electrical Engineering “I have successfully battled against a king.” Veterans’ Lost Cause; Legions of Honor; President Austin Literary Society, ’07; Critic, ’08; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet. “O. L.” studies electricity, and is Dr. Brown’s Supplement. Together they make 3G0 pounds flesh and one good electrician. Has a girl’s voice, and while acting “hello girl” he has much fun fooling “K. C.” Ellis does not live in Ellis County, but thinks he has a home at Midlothian. Sedatest of the sedate; quitest of the quiet. CLAUDE MAXY EVANS . . . Talpa Agriculture “Behold the future Commissioner of Agricul¬ ture.” Member T. Y. O. H.; Austin Literary Socie¬ ty; Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’07; Legions of Honor; Y. M. C. A. Delegate to Ruston; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet; Agricultural Editor Battalion; Publication Society; President Scientific Agricultural Association; State Stock Judging Teams, ’04, ’05, ’06; Inter¬ national Stock Judging Team, ’06; Com¬ mittee American Breeders’ Association; Student Assistant Instructor Animal Hus¬ bandry, 07-’08. “Si” is the “Big gun” of the bug-hunters He has associated so much with the pro¬ fessors that he does not know whether he is a Prof, or a cadet. Neither do we, but he is there with the goods when it comes to “vet” or “bugs.” Believes that in union there is strength, and is truly a triple alliance of science, religion, and graft. CHARLES HENRY FLEMING . . Cisco Textile Engineering “Tell me once more what rank thou dost bear.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; K. K.’s; Leg¬ ions fo Honor. Charlie is a military genius, fully cognizant of the grave responsibilities of a Lieuten¬ ant. He is the one that wanted a Senior masquerade ball in order that every one might have an equal chance—with him. Though not from Flanders, he knows how to weave cloth. Is in a hurry to get back to Cisco. “Absence makes the heart grow fonder,” he says,—fonder for the other fellow. HENRY FREDERICK FOY, JR. .. Baird Electrical Engineering “His music caused iron tears to flow down Pluto’s cheeks.” First Lieutenant Band; Business Manager Glee Club, ’06-’07; President Spiked Quar¬ tet, ’06-’07; K. K.’s; President Glee Club, ’07-’08. “Fritz” is very sweet and winsome. All the ladies are fond of him. Going to Bryan is his long suit. When school is out, Fritz says he is going to hunt up Fritz Hensel and make him change his name, but we think he wants to know if Hensel has completed his brewery. Foy and Adams R. E. at band practice often have some very heated contests trying to see which can manufacture the greatest num¬ ber of “bum” notes. When the contest is a tie, Jobson announces the fact by striking the bass drum. ROBERT WILLIAM FAUST . . Comfort Agriculture “Judge his jests only after you are done laughing.” International Stock Judging Team, ’07; President T. S. S.’s; Member Scientific Agricultural Society; Veterans Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor. “Bob” is a light-haired bov of Teutonic de¬ scent; wears boots, and once fed a bunch of steers for Burns. Now Bob, you must not forget your promise to entertain the boys of ’08 on your model “Dutch farm,” which you described at the Junior Ban¬ quet, 1907. The only thing that bothers Bob very much, is his automobile, which is always out of fix. LESLIE NEWTON HUFF . . . Luling Agriculture “A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” First Lieutenant and Adjutant; President Class, ’05-06, ’06-’07; Baseball team, ’05- ’06, ’06-’07; Manager Football Team, ’07; President Thalian Dancing Club, ’06-’07; Vice-President Sabado Noches; Vice-Presi-. dent Scientific Agricultural Society; Chair¬ man Arrangement Committee Thanksgiv¬ ing Hop, ’07; Member Students’ Council, ’06-’08; Student Member Athletic Council, ’06-’07, ’07-’08; Swastika Dancing Club; “T” Association; T. S. S.’s. If your back is turned when Leslie calls the battalion to attention, you might think that it was a rooster crowing, but you would be sadly mistaken. When he leaves College he will locate on his farm, a por¬ tion of which is already flourishing with pre-digested corn chops; on the other part he will plant wheat, bran and cotton seed meal. His side product will be expected to pay expenses. They are flour, corn meal, and cottolene. THOMAS EDMUNDS HOLLOWAY . Dallas Agriculture “They would none of my advice, they disre¬ garded all my reproof.” First Lieutenant and Quartermaster; Class Historian, ’06-’07; Editor-in-Chief of The Battalion, ’06-’07; Acting Editor-in-Chief of The Battalion, Fall, ’07; Assistant Editor- in-Chief of The Loxu Horn, ’06-’07; Secre¬ tary-Treasurer Raquet Tennis Club, ' 06- ’07; President Raquet Tennis Club, ’07- ’08; Editorial Writer of The Battalion, ’07- u8; Vice-President Students’ Association, ’07-’08; Member Publication Society, Scien¬ tific Agricultural Society, Chess Club. From the above you will see that Tom is quite a literary man. W. L. HELLER......Buda Agriculture “I am not handsome, but I declare I have a distinguished look.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor; Member T. Y. O. H.’s; Member Scientific Agricultural Society. Bill, or “Civilized” as we affectionately call him, is a Merry-go-Round, because he goes around pretty often, and is always merry. Is one of the prominent grafters. It took several reminders (rams) to induce Bill to wear a cap in place of his black opera hat. CHARLES W. HOMEYER, JR. . . Burton Civil Engineering “Bow to him who hows not to the flatterer.” Captain Company “A”; Secretary-Treasurer Senior Class; Member R. Y.’s; Swastika Club; Raquet Tennis Club; Manager Com¬ pany “A” Football Team, ’07; President Final Ball, ’08. Charlie is young, handsome, and debonair. By the color of his hair you would take him to be either a little boy or an old man. In addition to light hair, Charlie has a light complexion, which turns red when he is before ladies or the battalion. He learned to dance in November, and was elected President Final Ball in January. He stands high (six feet-three) in Bryan Society. LUTHER R. JONES . . Walnut Springs Civil Engineering “A man is the architect of his fortune. and has already draughted the plans for his air castles.” Second Lieutenant Company “D”; Art Edi¬ tor Long Horn, ’08; Publication Society; Company “D” Baseball Team, ’0G-’07; Member Sabado Noches, K. K.’s, R. V.’s. Luther is the great caricaturist, and confec¬ tionery friend. Says he had much rather room with a lieutenant than an invalid. Supposed to be studying Civil Engineering under Professor Nagle, but is often caught studying Gibson’s models, and we know he had rather draw the latter’s “graceful” curves than the former’s “transitional” curves. CLEMENT EDGAR JONES . . Harvey Agriculture “He who tills the field shall never want for bread.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor; International Stock Judging Team, ’07-’08; State Stock Judging Team, ’0G-’07, ’07-’08; Scientific Agricultural Society; Sabado Noches; Agricultural Society, ’04- ’05. Easy-going, good- natured Jones, C. E. The raiser of fine porkers. He had trouble with the Commandant about head-gear, finally agreeing to wear a cap if the Captain would give him a commission. But as Cap Ser¬ geant was going to leave he failed to keep faith with Jones. “Niley” Smith and Jones once fed a bunch of hogs. “Niley” says he will never feed another bunch without help. JOHN ROSS LAUDERDALE . . Naruna Agriculture “First in the field before the morning ' sun, Last in the shadows when the day is done.’’ Veterans’ Lost Cause, 0G-’07; Legions of Honor; Captain Company “A” Football Team; Member Scientific Agricultural Society; Member T. Y. O. H. “Laury” does not say much, but does lots. He drinks al} the milk Sbisa gives him and then some. He knows all about milk, having discovered the famous Baccillius Smooticus Quantiticus, which Sbisa claims would cause great havoc among the stu¬ dents if they should ever get as much as a full glass at one meal. H20 has been found to destroy the germ completely, but only experimental tests have been made at present. HICKS, H. JOBSON .... Mesquite Agriculture “Fearless of fortune, resigned to fate.” Second Lieutenant Band; President T. H. B.’s, ’05-’0G; Vice-President Thalian Club, ’05-’0G; Secretary-Treasurer Sabado Noches; Conglomerate Club, ’05-’0G; Hay¬ seed Band, ’OG; Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’05- ’0G; Member Scientific Agricultural Socie¬ ty, T. S. S.’s, Dallas County Club. Jobson can talk very fast, and toots a big horn but it is not his own,—it belongs to the A. M. College Band. “Job” has made a specialty of chemistry, having done re¬ search work with “Rube” Neale. They found no trouble in passing from H20 to C2H50H and other kindred members of this series. KNOX LEE.....Comanche Electrical Engineering “A man who can size himself up, and forget to tell you the result.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor; Vice-President First Pfeuffer Club; Company “C” Football Team, ’0G-’07; Mem¬ ber Y. M. C. A., T. S. S.’s, R. V.’s, Sabado Noches, S. O. L.’s, Thalian Club, ’0G-’07. Lee’s name was Knox when he came here and it is still Knox, as he has fully lived up to it in at least three distinct cases, viz: his knocks on the professors, on the gridiron of “C” Company; he knocks around at night, especially if that happens to be his birthday. For three years Knox contended that his birthday was on the 29th of February, but he saw it was of no use this year, and owned up to the truth and conducted himself as if he was “23.” MICHAEL LINDNER Comfort Mechanical Engineering “Industry has annexed to him the fairest fruits and richest blessings.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor; Member Mechanical Engineering Society. “Mick” doesn’t talk much, hut when it comes to bringing up all that Fermier asks for, he always says “here’s mine.” There is an absolute and mutual neutrality between Linder and the ladies. Whether or not the statistics show it, Linder is very stud¬ ious, and very few have ever been able to catch him out of his room contrary to his schedule. THOMAS EPHRIAM McELROY San Marcos Agriculture “Ripe for great exploits and mighty under¬ takings.” Second Lieutenant Company “A”; Captain Company “A” Baseball team, ’07-’08; Treasurer Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Member Scientific Agricultural Society, Wranglers. “Bug Fiend,” “Chem Fiend,” and no telling what all else. Always going to flunk but never does. “Mick” changes his mind so often that it works automatically. For his faithfulness in military he got a sec¬ ond “addish” which he was going to resign the next day, but he didn’t. However he did draw the line in military affairs when placed in charge of the “Legion of Honor.” SEBASTIAN LOMANITZ Florianopolis, Brazil Agriculture “Whence is thy mining? Has thy toil. O’er books consumed the midnight oil?” President Chess Club; Veterans’ Lost Cause; Legions of Honor; T. Y. O. H.; Member Scientific Agricultural Society. “Doc” has seen much of the world and can cuss in seven languages; if he would, but how do we know but what he does. He uses a lot of big words that we do not know the meaning of, and are inclined to think he prevaricates when he says they are all in Webster’s dictionary. This is his favorite book, and he claims there is a good love story in it if one would but put the words together right. “Doc” learned to speak English, and c ompleted the agricultural course in three years. NESTOR MASSEY McGINNIS . . Terrell Agriculture “As well we know your tenderness of heart.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor; Conglomerate Club, ’05-’06; Com¬ pany “C” Football Team, ’06-’07; Thalian Club, 06-’07; T. S. S.’s; R. V.’s; Sabado Noches; Chess Club; Y. M. C. A., ’OG-’OS; Scientific Agricultural Society. Nester is a hard-working member of the Happy Hammer’s Club, and it was with much difficulty that he finally induced Ivey Dale to join. His favorite pets are birds, but he has been very unsuccessful in taming any here as far as we ■can learn. Nestor is very humorous, and really does not know how funny he is. EUGENE ADAM MILLER . Postoak Point Agriculture “Thinks he is in love, casts his tender eyes above, Murmurs with a gentle sigh, oh if she were only nigh.” Second Lieutenant Company “C”; Manager Company “C” Football Team, ’07; Member R. V.’s, T. S. S., K. K., Stag Dancing Club, Sabado Noches, Scientific Agricultural Society, Thalian Club, ’07. Miller is the only genuine “Hell Raiser’’ A. M. has ever produced Lx modern times; all others have been merely adopt¬ ed. He has a very innocent look, and a soft voice, both of which belies his nature. JOHN HAYNE McLEOD . . . Terrell Agriculture “Strives upward.” Member Y. M. C. A., Veterans’ Lost Cause, Legions of Honor. John Hayne, or “Lengthy” really hails from Terrell, and no doubt he will be fully qualified to return in June, that is he will get his diploma. Has a habit of saying “piggy” when awakened in the section- room. Neither the “Profs” nor the boys knew to whom he had reference, therefore he is no longer disturbed by either. John has made an unsatisfactory experiment with “Si’s” Intellectual Absorption Method. He says he can’t learn anything by sleep¬ ing with books under his head. ADRIANCE MUNSON Angleton Electrical Engineering “A g ' ood name is more to be desired than great riches.” Second Lieutenant Company “O”; Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’0G-’07; Member Austin Lit¬ erary Society, Epicurean Club, ’06-’07, Sabado Noches. “He-Haw” and his name is “Maud.” Was not so named on account of his kicking qualities, but on account of his peculiar, but merry laugh. Maud has military views diagonally opposite to those of Fleming. Because of circumstantial evidence we be¬ lieve he has a girl in Bryan, for if other¬ wise, why did he have a ’phone put in his room. GEORGE FLEMING MOORE . Fort Worth Civil Engineering “ ‘Civilization begins and ends with the plow’ —but I never begun it and I have no intentions of ending it. ’ Second Lieutenant Company “B”; Long Horn Staff; President Company Football Association; Athletic Manager Senior Class; Chairman Arrangement Committee Thanksgiving Hop, ’07; Chairman Invita¬ tion Committee Final Ball, ’08; Manager Company “A” Baseball Team, ’07; Foot¬ ball Team, ’07-’08; Member Swastika, R. V.’s, “T” Association, Publication Society. “Maude” plays football and finds no trouble in winning his “T’s”, but has some diffi¬ culty in keeping them. He goes to classes some times, but was never known to stay during the whole period. ROBERT BURKE NEALE . . Leonard Agriculture ‘‘After the manly struggle of so many years, shall I conclude in effeminate peace?” Veterans’ Lost Cause; Legions of Honor; Company “D” Football Team, ’06; Member T. S. S., Scientific Agricultural Society. “Rube” Neale is the famous research worker at the A. M. His laboratory work in botany and chemistry might be expected to attract the attention of the scientific world. Rube agrees with Dr. Fountain about there being things better, and more desirable than mere dollars, but he modi¬ fies the assertion by saying it takes money to get them. WILLIAM GLASS NORTH . . Cuero Agriculture “Just as you value yourself justly, just so much are you valuable.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor; International Stock Judging Team, ’07-’08; Prize Winner on Both Horses and Cattle, State Stock Judging Team, ’07-’0S; First Prize Winner on Cattle; Swastika Dancing Club; Scientific Agricultural Society; T. S. S.’s. “Smiley,” like Suny Jim, has that smile that will not come off, but he does not eat breakfast food, as he is conducting a series of experiments demonstrating that a Senior private can subsist on two meals per day. The only thing necessary to be North’s friend, is to know him. DOUGLASS BLAKESHAW NETHERWOOD Lohn Mechanical Engineering “Never was such a sudden scholar made. First Lieutenant Company “D”; Member Sabado Noches. Kind reader, in turning the pages of a book one often sees a face that causes a second look,—this should cause three. He is a fine example of an A. M.-made man. The diamond is no longer in the rough. “Pike” is an M. E., and does not object to being called “Eccentric,” for without an eccentric he says the modern recipro¬ cating engine would be a failure. He will not continue the agency for Montgom¬ ery Ward Co.’s hair-cuts, unless he can make arrangements to furnish with them free, Benson and Battle “scrapes.” FRANK EDGAR RHODE . Karnes City Mechanical Engineering “A man who never tells you his troubles.” Veterans’ Lost Cause; Legions of Honor; Mechanical Engineering Society. Rhode came to College on the I. G. N., and all he had to say was, they did not exceed the speed limit; but since then he has quit talking altogether. This may be accounted for by the fact that he as¬ sociates with Doc Lomanitz, and no one could be expected to hold his own with “Doc.” ESKER ROSCOE ROBINSON T renton Agriculture “Wisdom is the principal thing:, therefore get wise.” Veterans’ Lost Cause; Legions of Honor; Scientific Agricultural Society. If silence is golden, Robbie’s fortune is made. He is diligent, studious, and believes in taking life easy. Is especially interested in Chem. practice and plant Physiology. He is usually taken for a “fish,” but has not been strapped as such since his Junior year. His like will not follow, nor has he gone before. WILLIAM EMMETT SAMPSON . Saint Jo Civil Engineering “A wise son maketh a glad father.” First Lieutenant Band; First Sergeant and Drum-major, ’06-’07; Vice-President Austin Literary Society, ’06-’07; Associate Editor- in-Chief Long Horn’ 08; Member Big Ten, ’07, Publication Society, Swastika Club, Chess Club, Thalian Club, ’06-’07, R. V.’s. Sampson, unlike his Biblical ancestor, has never allowed his hair to grow more than three inches. See what he has already accomplished and think of tne mighty possibilities for him! As “Samp” entered here as a Sophomore “Fish,” he was not much heard of until the grades came out at Commencement. He is genteel, and studious as well as industrious, but was never accused of liking military. ROBERT E. SCHAEFER . Schulenburg Mechanical Engineering “If the ladder of fame is ever turned topsy¬ turvy, I will occupy the top round.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor; Austin Literary Society; Sabado Noches; Stag Dancing Club; Students’ Council, ’07-’08. “Flaxy” hails from Schulenburg, aind is proud of that place, but Schulenburg is not so very proud of “Flaxy.” He pos¬ sesses all the qualifications of an officer, except a commission. Flaxy has signed a contract to furnish all the wool the Senior T. E.’s use during his lifetime. But laying all jokes aside, Schaeffer is very congenial, and has as many friends as anyone else in the Senior Class. MADDIN SPIVEY.....Burke Civil Engineering “Postmaster General was he.” Postmaster General; Capt. Track Team, ’07; Long Horn Staff, ’08; Publication Club; Secretary-Treasurer T. S. S.; Member “T” Association, Swastika Dancing Club, Raquet Tennis Club, R. V.’s. No one has ever accused “Jenkins” of being industrious, but he is always on the jump, and at the Track Meet last Spring he made some new records for the South¬ west. RICHARD HUNTER STANDIFER Greenville Civil Engineering “One honor won is surety for more.” Major Battalion; Manager College Baseball Team; Business Manager Battalion; Swas¬ tika Dancing Club; Raquet Tennis Club; Senior Tennis Club; Publication Club; Member Stags. Dick is evidently the best looking Senior, but we sure hate to say so, not because he does not deserve the honor accorded him for two successive years, but because The fact is so hard on the class. After dismissing all prejudices, will say that Dick is intellectual, possesses much exec¬ utive ability, and looks after his health first, pleasure next, and lastly his lessons. We might add that he looks after his looks too, as he had about fourteen proofs made before he finally choose the first one for Long Horn picture. WILL HULL TELFAIR . . . Ennis Electrical Engineering “Take him to develop, if you can? Fi rst hew the block off, and get out the man.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor, Sabado Noches Dancing Club. “Widow” is generally known as a great fight¬ er—for his share of the Mess-Hall - fare. He takes great pride in letting the pro¬ fessors know his opinion on all subjects brought up in the section-room. Could not pass an examination if limited to a change of seats for every question. When quite young “Widow” was run through a stove¬ pipe and has never gotten over it. GEORGE ERNEST SKAGGS . Georgetown Electrical Engineering “Man wants but little here below, but he wants that little long.” First Lieutenant Company “C”; Chairman Arrangement Committee Final Ball, ’08; Secretary-Treasurer Stags; Treasurer Sen¬ ior Tennis Club; Member S. O. L.’s, R. V.’s, Swastika Dancing Club; Secretary- Treasurer College Glee Club. “I came, I saw,—and was defeated.” This was repeated several times in the math- examination room; finally he failed to hand in his book, and accused the profes¬ sor of losing it, and demanded a pass; he got it. What he does not know about electricity may be found out by merely asking Dr. Brown. He still retains his initials, but. savs they stand for “General Electric.” His ambition is to excel Casey and Evans in “grafting.” Has been here so long that he could write a history of the institution. ADONIRAM JUDSON SMITH Branchville Agriculture “Be thou the first true merit to befriend, His praise is lost who waits till all commend.” Second Lieutenant Company “D”; Cap tain Company “D” Baseball Team, ’07; Inter¬ national Stock Judging Team, ’07; Mem¬ ber K. K.’s, R. V.’s, Scientific Agricultural Society, Sabado Noches. “Niley” was once asked to dine with the “Legions of Honor,” and he says he will never forget their realistic reproduction of some of their great victories. Ever since this event, he has been knocking on them, and says he is certain that these same veterans who claim to have been where the bullets were thickest, were hiding under the ammunition wagon. HUBERT SCHMIDT . . . Comfort Agriculture “I know him to be valiant.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor; Football Team, ’0G-’07; Member “T” Association, Scientific Agricultural Society; Awarded Caldwell Football Medal, ’07. “Dutch” was here over a year before we really knew what he came for. Then he proved it was to develop into the best “Center” that ever passed a football to an A. M. quarterback. Seldom speaks to a “fish” more than once, as they do not give him a second chance. JAY WRAY Centre Point Electrical Engineering “Sorry am I, our numbers arc so few.” Veterans’ Lost Cause; Legions of Honor. Wray tried every course here except “bug¬ hunting,” and likes Electrical Engineering- best of all, because, he says, one has the benefit of “royal” training. Jay lives on third stoop Ross Hall and believes “Fish” are imported for the special purpose of bringing up his wood and water. ARTHUR B. WHITTET . . Anchorage Mechanical Engineering “How can you do me justice?” First Lieutenant Company “B”; Member Stags; Society Mechanical Engineers. “Fox” is Sbisa’s first lieutenant, and always sees that this gentleman feeds us with more than we can eat. By knowledge learned from calculus he says that this can be done by allowing the quantity to remain a constant, and to vary the quality inversely as the cube root of the demand. Whittet is about to be reconciled to the opinion that he will not live long enough to succeed to the position of his worthy master, and will help Jess Dale run a blacksmith shop. He will do the work, while Dale is to procure and entertain patrons with “Days spent at A. M.” THEODORE A. POLANSKY . Smithville Civil Engineering “A man is never astonished at or ashamed of what another knows that he does not know, But is surprised at the gross ignorance of an¬ other not knowing what he knows.” Veterans’ Lost Cause, ’06-’07; Legions of Honor; Treasurer Austin Literary Society, ’0G-’07; Critic, T8; Battalion Editorial Staff, Publication Society. “Polly” is one of the company that has successfully played the new “farce,” “Blakechem,” which took so well that there were no less than three “encores” for each performance, and this is their third season. Other leading members of the company are Warden, Standifer, Home- yer, and Maude Moore. Polansky is C. E., and says he would like to C. E. (see) Mammoth Cave, and thinks he can survey it, at least with his eyes. WALTER W. WASHBURN . Houston Civil Engineering “Of such a race it matters not whom is king ' .’’ Legions of Honor. When a Sophomore “Slim” talked the Com¬ mandant out of putting him on probation for riding freights, by contending that he needed recreation. He now spends his spare time trying to teach “Fox” Crockett that which has been torn out of the books. Judging from the number of times, and the important places, that Washburn’s name is on the Distinguished List, he is either very studious or very intellectual. JOHN ASHLEY WARDEN . McKinney Civil Engineering “Let none presume to wear an undeserved dignity.” Captain Company “B”; President Junior Tennis Club, ’06-’07; Senior Tennis Club, ’07-’08; Company “B” Football Team, ’05, ’06, ’07; Manager Company “B” Football Team, ’07; Secretary Company Football Association, ’07; Member Stags, Swastika Dancing Club, R. V.’s. Johnnie is not slow, but no one will contend that he is not deliberate, especially when it takes him “23” seconds to give the com¬ mand, “March.” John is the only Cap¬ tain that has ever had the honor of carry¬ ing the trophy flag after winning it. CHARLES P. WILSON . . Groesbeck Civil Engineering “I have no taste of the noisy praise, of giddy crowds as changeable as the winds.” Veterans’ Lost Cause; Legions of Honor; Wranglers. Nearly everyone thinks Wilson is naturally quiet, reserved, and adverse to society, but those who saw him at the “B” Company reception when a “fish” knows better than that. He was a sport in the first degree until he found out his whim and pocket- book couldn’t agree. His usual greeting is, “Do you know ‘Pewee’ for tomorrow?” Spends more time on his lessons than any other Senior. 1908 THE LONG HORN 111 Senior Class History A S WE, the members of the Class of ’08, are struggling towards graduation, the iJL goal which for years our ambitions have driven us, we fined by a retrospective glance into the past that we are but a remnant of the once large Class that gathered from the fields and cities of Texas and began life within the walls of the A. M. College in the fall of ’04. Prior to that time, life had been an aimless drifting to and fro. Many of us had been raised pets, and all shrank from a contact with the world in general and a college life in particular, and consequently the first few days spent on the campus were the most memorable of our lives. We can never forget the first visit of the Sophomores to our rooms, nor the souvenirs that they left among us. It was not long, however, until we were onto all the ropes, and Uncle Pike had learned to turn off the lights instead of tying his sox around them. It was with a thrill of pride that we put on our first uniform, and in our ignorance wondered why a cadet could be so foolish as to wear citizen’s clothes to Bryan, for we were in the stone age of college existence, where the complex problems of the Freshmen are solved by the Sophomores. In some forgotten way we managed to exist, while time with leaden feet ushered in the vacation, and then another school year; and we gathered again amid familiar scenes, fewer in numbers, but richer in experience, minus some of our verdancy, and filled with a feeling of our growing importance. Our greatest ambition was to even up an old score on the Freshmen, and in carry¬ ing out our policy we instituted a reign of terror that made the upper classmen sit up and take notice; but the downtrodden “Fish” found a worthy champion in the Com¬ mandant, and our jubilees soon became as tame as a Sunday School picnic. Our abilities were directed along many different lines, and our Sophomore year can be said to be our most successful. Our feeling of importance was gradually replaced by college spirit, and we began to look on the more serious side of life, and to think of other things besides raising hell and writing home for money. The Class supplied men for all the athletic teams of the year and developed a few sports on the side. It also produced many men of artistic and literary ability, whose work have gone far towards making the College publications what they are today. In I 12 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI the meantime the school year had come to a close, and we spent a blissful summer at home making up deficiencies and posing as College men. The Junior year was marked by no clarion calls heralding great deeds, but was rather a year of silent activities with everyone imbued with the same spirit and fired by the same ambition. We labored faithfully and well, overcoming many difficulties and winning fresh laurels, and were mercifully spared the tortures of final examinations by the closing of school on account of an epidemic of sickness. We are now finishing our Senior year, and our record of the past speaks for itself, and shows that we have never been found wanting in brains or brawn. During our stay here, members of our Class have been found on every athletic team that has gone forth from the College; our writings and drawings heve decorated every school publica¬ tion ; our voices have blended in song with Prof. Junkin and the Glee Club ; and our feet have tripped the light fantastic with many of the fair daughters of the Lone Star State. We have learned many lessons well, and chief among them are those of ex¬ perience. We have been taught to take a broader outlook upon life, and a more tolerant view of the weakness of our fellow-men; and the misfortunes and trials that have been ours have only strengthened us for the greater struggles of the future. While our days at College will soon be over, the influences that have been brought to bear on oui chai acters will last, and the tie that binds us into a fraternity will become stronger as the years go by. And, after all, this is the most beautiful phase of college life, and tends to make us all more firm believers in the universal brotherhood of man. THE LONG HORN Vol. VI 114 Junior Class Officers Class Colors: Black and Lavender C. W. LEGGETT President W. H. FURNEAUX Vice-President D. B. HARRIS Secretary and Treasurer JOHN DABNEY Athletic Manager M. G. ENGLISH Sergeant-at-Arms M. H. WEINERT Historian THE LONG HORN Vol. VI 116 Junior Banquet FEBRUARY 21, 1908 MENU Oysters on the Half Shell Sweet Pickles, Celery, Salted Almonds, Olives Thick Turtle a L’Anglaise, Stuffed Crabs a la Creole, New Potatoes Pessillade Croustades of Sweet Bread a la Reine Asparagus Tips a la Cream Souffle of Baranao au Maraschino Stuffed Turkey, Oyster Dressing Roman Punch a’ la A. and M. Waldorf Salad Currant Jelly Vanilla Ice Cream Assorted Cakes, Fruit, and Nuts Cafe Noir Cigars TOASTS Toast Master: Woodie R. Gilbert “The Class......... Willie Leggett “Our Sweethearts”...... Tom Van Amburgh “Athletics”........... Joe Utay “Comradeship of Class”...... Max Weinert “Class Future”...... John Sharpe Williams THE LONG HORN 1908 117 Junior History T - EARLY three years has it been since a crowd of Freshmen, one hundred and I fifty-five strong, entered the College domain here—most of them with the purpose of spending four years of useful work, and perhaps a few with not so set a purpose. After these three years, the latter and some of the former by some misfortune or other have not been able to accompany the rest of the Class in their steady and determined progress in preparing for their life work, so that now the Class of ’09 is a husky set of Juniors nearly ready to enter the ship as Seniors. Itt number has dwindled down to sixty-one. Now, as we look back to the time when we were Freshmen, we remember those days as days which afforded us much pleasure, despite the fact that we were considered underlings. How few of us, though, did at that time consider them as days of pleas¬ ure! Yes, if an individual but knows how to adopt himself to all situations he can find amusement and pleasure even in the ridiculous and despised position of a “Fish.” Then came that year of all-importance, the Sophomore year, with its corporal stripes, and other dignities. At no other part of ones college career does one feel him¬ self as important as one does in the Sophomore year,—and how little cause for doing so! We smile now as we think of those days of supposed exaltedness when we lorded it over the “Fish.” • As the years go by, our characters are rounded out more and more and we take on a sterner view of life. As Juniors we have, nearly all of us, buckled down to our studies with the set purpose of getting out of them all that is to be gotten. In athletics our Class can not boast of anything out of the ordinary, although we have a few among our number who have fought hard on the gridiron, others on the baseball diamond and at other sports. However, the Class has always been at the front in backing up the teams, in cheering the boys on to greater efforts and victory. If we can not put men on the team, we can do our part in other ways. The Class banquet, held on the night of February 21, will never be forgotten by those who participated. It excelled all of its predecessors in every way. It was a means of drawing the Class, as a whole, closer together. It is the only social function during the year at which the whole Class is brought together, and the several hours thus spent do much towards binding them closer to one another. One more year lies before us, and the thought that we have come this close to the goal spurs us onward to a still stronger effort. Let us hope that by the end of next year we will all be prepared to go out into the world and hustle for ourselves, and perhaps for the fair record of our College. 118 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Junior Class Roll Aldwell, Roy Edward ............Electrical Engineering.... Ai.len, Henry B., Jr ...............Electrical Engineering.... Bass, Ralph Oswold ..............Electrical Engineering.... Bentley, Maurice ................Electrical Engineering.... Brannin, Carl Philip .............Textile Engineering....... Clements, W. D..................Electrical Engineering.... Cole, Albert Thornburn ..........Electrical Engineering.... Cross, Claud .....................Mechanical Engineering.. . Dabney, John ....................Textile Engineering....... Dahlman, Ludwig W.............Agricultural............. Day, DeMotte, Jr .................Civil Engineering......... Dibrell, Zack Hinckley .........Electrical Engineering.... DuBose, Edwin Anthony, Jr ......Textile Engineering....... Eddins, Rufus Roye ..............Electrical Engineering.... English, Malcolm G...............Civil Engineering......... Foscue, Garland Benjamin, Jr....C ivil Engineering......... Furneaux, William Howleye ......Agricultural............. Gaillard, John Gourdin ...........Electrical Engineering.... Giesecke, Albert C................Civil Engineering......... Gilbert, Woodie Roy ..............Agricultural............. Gillespie, Robert Williamson .....Electrical Engineering.... Grady, Mordant Lawrence ........Civil Engineering......... Groos, Rudolph ..................Textile Engineering....... Harris, David Bullock ............Civil Engineering......... Heldenfels, Frederick William. ..Architectural Engineering. Horton, Charles K ................Civil Engineering......... Huckabee, Raymond Edward ......Electrical Engineering.... Hutson, Miles Brewton ..........Electrical Engineering.... Jahn, Rudolph S .................Civil Engineering......... Jennings, Joseph W...............Mechanical Engineering.. Lee, Henry Frank ................Electrical Engineering.... Leggett, Charles William ........Mechanical Engineering... Looney, Lawrence Pender .........Agricultural............. McDaniel, Adolphus Alfred .......Agricultural............. McMillan, S. A...................Agricultural............. Maurin, F., Jr ....................Mechanical Engineering. .. Miller, A. L .......................Agricultural............. . Sonora, Texas . Hubbard City, Texas .Clifton, Texas . Wichita Falls, Texas .Dallas, Texas .Goklthwaite, Texas . Beaumont, Texas .Greenville, Texas . Winnsboro, Texas . Cuero, Texas . Luling, Texas .Coleman, Texas . Waxahachie, Texas .Marlin, Texas .Austin, Texas . Waco, Texas . Dallas, Texas El Paso, Texas .Marble Falls, Texas . Austin, Texas .Alleyton, Texas . Indian Creek, Texas . San Antonio, Texas . Houston, Texas .Beeville, Texas .Edna, Texas .Temple, Texas .College Station, Texas .New Braunfels, Texas . Kosse, Texas .Dawson, Texas .Joplin, Missouri . Greenville, Texas . Mineola, Texas . Anchor, Texas .Maurin, Texas . Weimar, Texas THE LONG HORN 1908 119 Miller, Robert Frederick .........Agricultural................New Ulm, Texas Minter, Claude Joe ...............Agricultural................Fort Worth, Texas Mitchell, Allen Fowler ..........Civil Engineering............Wooster, Texas Munson, Henry William, Jr .......Electrical Engineering.......Angleton, Texas Paxton, James Frank .............Textile Engineering..........Cherokee, Texas Phillips, Joseph M................Civil Engineering............Brandon, Texas Phillips, Lyle T..................Electrical Engineering.......Eagle Lake, Texas Reagin, Orville Waters ...........Agricultural................Forney, Texas Reese, George Laurens ............Civil Engineering............Galveston, Texas Ridenour, Claude Albern .........Civil Engineering............Cimarron, Oklahoma Rife, Arthur Jackson ............Civil Engineering............Mendoza, Texas Riley, Ashley Autrey ............Civil Engineering............Dallas, Texas Robertson, Robert Lamar .........Agricultural................Waelder, Texas Roseborough, William Daniel. .. .Civil Engineering............Bryan, Texas Rosenfield, William .............Civil Engineering............Jefferson, Texas Schroeter, Alex .................Civil Engineering............Double Horn, Texas Shearer, David McDougald ........Civil Engineering............Lufkin, Texas Sigel, Roy Charles ...............Mechanical Engineering......Houston, Texas Sorenson, Jerome Wallace ........Electrical Engineering.......Rockport, Texas Van Amburgh, Thomas H.........Civil Engineering............Greenville, Texas Voelcker, Herbert Rudolph .......Electrical Engineering.......New Braunfels, Texas Wallis, J. M. Willis ..............Electrical Engineering.......Cuero, Texas Warn, Fred Reginald .............Electrical Engineering.......Cuero, Texas Weinert, Max Herman ............Electrical Engineering.......Seguin, Texas Wignall, Charles Leroy ..........Architectural Engineering____Port Arthur, Texas Williams, John Sharp, Jr ........Agricultural................Yazoo City, Mississippi Wise, Whitley Foster, Jr .........Civil Engineering............Luling, Texas Whittett, Harold Edgar ..........Electrical Engineering.......Anchorage, Texas 120 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI IN MEMORIUM J. S. DAUGHERTY, Jr. BORN FEBRUARY 17, 1889 DIED JANUARY 17, 1908 122 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Class of 1910 Colors: Sky Blue and White. C. SYMES President OFFICERS J. K. ROSS M. Vice-President C. A. DEWARE Athletic Manager W. CARROLL, Jr. Secretary and Treasurer R. E. ADAMS Historian SOPHOMORE ENGINEERS : ■ „ .■ % - • , £’f ' ■ � v s. 124 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Sophomore History r ■ HE HAPPIEST day of our lives at College Station was the day we returned X to take up our studies in the Sophomore Class. That very embarrassing term of “Fish” had become a thing of the past, and we were delighted to think that now we were “old boys.” No more were the night of peaceful slumber marred by the wild thoughts of “all-night sentinel duty at the flag-pole, the belt brigade, or the ‘fish’ en¬ tertainment after taps.” That coat of ink or shoe-polish was no longer applied to our faces, and we could rest assured that we would be able to awake in the morning to go to formations and not be made the laughing stock of the battalion on account of our appearances. We had learned that there was not such a thing as a natatorium ticket and that the guard detail was not going to a funeral on account of having to wear white gloves. All those thoughts of “being wise” about the military life and other jokes for the “fresh fish” made us happy. In September, 1906, we landed as a “school of fish,” and there were two hundred and fifty-seven ready to bite any hook, no matter what might have been the bait. As Sophomores, we hold the record up to date, there being one hundred and sixty-nine enrolled this year. What would have been our first great achievement was the “cane-rush” with the Class of 09 had it not been stopped by College authorities. The cane was certainly going our way, and we had the grit to keep it going. Yet there are other chapters in our history which we consider more important than “cane-rushes.” On the athletic field, the Sophomore Class is well represented. On the football squad, we had eleven men, while those star ends, “Biggy” Symes and “Charlie” Dew T are, a half-back, “Old Ham” Hamilton, and two tackles, “Big Jim” Ross and Hooker, were the “T” and are members of our Class. In company football, the Sophomore Class had plenty of men and they all did effective work. We are sure that we will be represented this spring in basketball and baseball. There are many good track men in our Class and quite a number show a liking for tennis. We have many active members in the College Young Men’s Christian Association, and some of our classmen are on the Association staff. Another important measure the Sophomore Class has taken was to help the President and Commandant in their efforts to abolish hazing, and we have done better in this respect than any previous class. And now, as it is only a few months until we will part for another season of recreation, let us remember our College and all strive to return in due time to take up the work as Juniors, and put forth our very best efforts for the advancement of old A. and M. and the Class of 1910. SOPHOMORE 126 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Sophomore Class NAMB Abney, J. C....... Adams, R. E...... Adickes, C. F.. .., Adkisson, W. T... Anderson, J. S..... Arneson, E. P..... Baker, L. A....... Barnes, G. W...... Baroncini, T. J.. .. Barron, A. C...... Barwis, I. G....... Bentley, a!. N..... Bering, A. C., Jr.. . Berry, C. G........ Bethel, M. S...... Bing, B. L......... Bordages, J. D..... Boyle, E. T........ Burgess, B....... Brauning, V. H... Brice, A. H........ Buchanan, A. F..,. Burt, F. O........ Byars, G. E....... Camp, W. E....... Carlin, W. J....... Carroll, M. W., Jr. Christian, B. H... Coghill, E. S...... Coleman, M. M.... Coleman, N. P.... Cook, E. E........ Coppedge, J. L..... Cox, S. H......... Cozart, R. B....... Crane, W. C....... Crockett, C. M____ COURSE RESIDENCE Electrical Engineering.......Lampasas, Texas Civil Engineering............Comanche, Texas Civil Engineering............Huntsville, Texas Civil Engineering............Jerett, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Abilene, Texas .Civil Engineering............Fort Worth, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Bay City, Texas Architectural Engineering.. . . Corpus Christi, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Cuero, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Nacogdoches, Texas Architectural Engineering.... Childress, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Plano, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Houston, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Dawson, Texas Civil Engineering............Bryan, Texas Agricultural.................Waller, Texas Civil Engineering............Beaumont, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Honey Grove, Texas Textile Engineering..........Amarillo, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Settleville, Texas Civil Engineering............Pittsburg, Texas Civil Engineering............Bryan, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Gatesville, Texas Civil Engineering............Waco, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Haskell, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Houston, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Beaumont, Texas Civil Engineering............Houston, Texas Civil Engineering............Rockport, Texas Agricultural ................ Lubbock, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Athens, Texas Civil Engineering............Reese, Texas Civil Engineering............Pittsburg, Texas Agricultural .................Tyler, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Timpson, Texas Civil Engineering............Chicago, 111. Civil Engineering............Prosper, Texas THE LONG HORN 127 1908 NAME Crosby, E. H............ Crouch, J. H............ Cunningham, F. H...... Daglman, L. W.......... Daugherty, J. S., Jr..... Davidson, E. H.......... Davis, J. W............. DeLisle, L. C........... Dickerson, A. F......... Dillard, F. W........... Dorsey, R. T............. Du Bose, J. F............ Dyess, E. E.............. Edgar, W. T............. Easterwood, J., L ........ Eeds, J. R............... Ehlers, W. J............ Elliott, J. E............ Ellis, H. E.............. Ellis, J. G.............. Espy, B................. Eversberg, O. L.......... Fordtran, B. F.......... Gist, B................. Goodman, R. W.......... Gray, O................ Hagan, R. W............ Hamilton, L. A.......... Heurmann, W. G........ Holloway, B. L......... Holmes, J. P............ Hooker, R. M............ Humphreville, W. E., Jr. Hynds, H. G..... Ingram, H. L.... Jarvis, W. B...... Jobson, W. A.... John, J. R....... Johnson, C. X... Johnson, L. S... Jones, L. W..... King, B. D...... Kirschner, I. ... Kleuser, M. C... Krauskopf, L. H course Civil Engineering..... Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Agricultural......... residence Sulphur Springs, Texas Alvin, Texas St. Jo, Texas .... Cuero, Texas Civil Engineering............Houston, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Houston, Texas Civil Engineering............Wrolde, Texas Civil Engineering............Marshall, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Cuero, Texas Civil Engineering............Sherman, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Fort Worth, Texas Civil Engineering............Alice, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Holland, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Hamilton, Texas Agricultural .................Wills Point, Texas Architectural Engineering... . Prairie Lea, Texas Architectural Engineering... . La Grange, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Greenville, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Oklahoma City, Okla. Electrical Engineering.......Denison, Texas Civil Engineering............Timpson, Texas Agricultural.......... ......Brenham, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Industry, Texas Agricultural................Memphis, Texas Civil Engineering............Galveston, Texas Electrical Engineering.......San Antonio, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Clefton, Arizona Electrical Engineering.......Bryan, Texas Agricultural.................Yoakum, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Saraboga, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Houston, Texas Agricultural .................San Antonio, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Houston, Texas Electrical Engineering.......McKinney, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Carrollton, Texas Civil Engineering...........Leakey, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Mesquite, Texas Civil Engineering............Coltharp, Texas Civil Engineering............Fort Worth, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Richmond, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Rule, Texas Civil Engineering............Wharton, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Waco, Texas Architectural Engineering... . Gainesville, Texas Civil Engineering............Fredericksburg, Texas 128 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI NAME Lawler, H. A..... LeRoy, T. F...... Lewis, E. L ...... Lillard, S. A..... Lochridge, J. L... Long, C. B....... Lowery, G. A .... McClendon, W. .. McConnell, B. R. McConnell, J. P.. McDonald, W. A.. McGhee, P. W. Jr. McIlhenny, J. L.. McKay, C........ McKay, G....... McLavy, A. G . . .. Martin, R. E..... Meador, J. E..... Medford, U. G.. . . Menke, C. H..... Mikeska, H. J.. .. Miller, H. C..... Milton, J. H..... Moncure, Ben ... Moore, W. S...... Morton, O. L ..... Munson, T. A..... Murphy, R. O.... Murphy, W. J.... Murray, J. L..... Newell, G....... North, T. M...... O’Connor, T..... O’Farrell, J. D.. . Parrish, B. E.... Pearce, H. L..... Polk, G. L....... Proctor, J. H..... Reading, R. S .. .. Reed, T......... Rick, L. Z........ Robinson, G. W. . Robinson, J. H.. Rothe, H........ Ross, J. K........ COURSE RESIDENCE Civil Engineering............Garrison, Texas Mechanical Engineering......San Antonio, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Calvert, Texas Civil Engineering............Decatur, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Iowa Park, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Haskell, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Navasota, Texas Civil Engineering............Tyler, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Jacksboro, Texas Civil Engineering............San Saba, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Cuero, Texas Architectural Engineering.... El Paso, Texas Civil Engineering............San Antonio, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Longview, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Longview, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Bastrop, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Mason, Texas Textile Engineering..........Buda, Texas Civil Engineering............Lufkin, Texas Agricultural .................Hempstead, Texas Civil Engineering............Wesley, Texas Civil Engineering............Brenham, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Midlothian, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Bastrop, Texas Civil Engineering............Brady, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Palestine, Texas Civil Engineering............Angleton, Texas Textile Engineering..........Paris, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Dallas, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Houston, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Eliasville, Texas Agricultural................ Concrete, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Laredo, Texas Textile Engineering..........Richmond, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Honey Grove, Texas Civil Engineering............Wills Point, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Wills Point, Texas Civil Engineering.. .........Houston, Texas Civil Engineering............Richmond, Texas Architectural Engineering... . Fort Worth, Texas Mechanical Engineering......Dallas, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Bryan, Texas Agricultural.................Justin, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Hondo, Texas Civil Engineering............Madill, Oklahoma THE LONG HORN 129 1908 NAME Rushmore, N. R..... Rutledge, M........ Sherrard, R. G...... Sherrill, O. W ...... Shields, R. T........ Singletary, J. N..... Skeeler, P......... Sloan, C........... Smith, E. W........ Smith, J. W ......... S nearly, C. R....... Stevens, R. R....... Stidham, T. B....... Stimson, O. E....... Stubbs, H. D........ Svasta, F. S........ Symes, C........... Taber, R. G......... Taylor, H. R........ Thalman, C. H...... Tharp, P........... Thompson, T. E..... Tibbetts, F. J....... Tomlinson, H. E.... Todd, D. H. B....... Taylor, L. T ........ Timmons, R........ Venn, J. H.......... Wade, L............ Wadligton, J. E..... Ward, A. L.......... Watson, B.......... Washington, W. C.. . Wendt, C. G........ Westmoreland, C. R Wiedekind, C. A. W. Williams, R. S...... Williams, I. W...... Williford, C. L...... Winters, O. L...... Wyche ............ Yeary, W. R........ COURSE RESIDENCE .Electrical Engineering.......Houston, Texas • Electrical Engineering.......Denison, Texas . Electrical Engineering.......Burnet, Texas . Agricultural.................Kerens, Texas . Electrical Engineering.......Leonard, Texas . Agricultural................Kirbyville, Texas ..Electrical Engineering.......Orange, Texas ..Civil Engineering............Whitesboro, Texas . Civil Engineering............Denison, Texas . Mechanical Engineering......Bastrop, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Henrietta, Texas ..Civil Engineering............Clarendon, Texas . Electrical Engineering.......Jones Prairie, Texas 1 Civil Engineering............Houston, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Tehuacana, Texas . .Electrical Engineering.......Flatonia, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Waco, Texas . Civil Engineering............Houston, Texas . Mechanical Engineering......Harleton, Texas . Mechanical Engineering......Bandera, Texas . Civil Engineering...........Houston, Texas ..Civil Engineering............Pearsall, Texas ..Electrical Engineering.......Rincon, New Mexico . Architectural Engineering... . Bellville, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Plainview, Texas ..Civil Engineering............San Augustine, Texas ..Mechanical Engineering......Graham, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Galveston, Texas . Agricultural................San Antonio, Texas .Mechanical Engineering......El Paso, Texas . Agricultural ................Houston, Texas . Agricultural ................Buda, Texas , .Electrical Engineering.......Austin, Texas ..Civil Engineering............Sweet Home, Texas . . Architectui al Engineering.. . . Eagle Lake, Texas . . Architectural Engineering.. . . Houston, Texas . .Electrical Engineering.......Espuela, Texas .. Architectural Engineering.. . . Bluffdale, Texas . .Mechanical Engineering......Waco, Texas . . Civil Engineering............Fort Worth, Texas ..Electrical Engineering.......Hereford, vexas ..Agricultural................Farmersville, Texas 130 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI The Relation of Student to His College 1 VERY college-bred man incurs a standing moral debt to his Alma Mater. The -I— ' institution that gave him the training which should enable him to become a useful member of society,—that develops his physical, mental and moral qualities,— that broadens his view of life and of the world, and increased manifoldly his capacity for enjoying life,—that institution has a legitimate claim to the gratitude and loyalty of the student, that should last as long as the beneficial effects of the education he has received—as long as lasts life. There is no question whatever that such feelings are shared by every college man. Sentiments like these give rise to a variety of manifestations of “College Spirit,” which are nothing more than efforts, on the student’s part, to confess openly his debt and to show his willingness to make partial payments on it. “College Spirit” very often finds expression in college athletics, alumni associations, college clubs, occassional hilarious demonstrations and in other forms of collective action. All these are various forms of acknowledgement of the great debt and have their value in promoting a spirit of loyalty to the College. But I want now to suggest a way by which College spirit—in the truest sense of the word—may find its proper expression; a way less noisy and ostenta¬ tious than usual, but its effects are great and lasting; and it also has the great ad¬ vantage of being within the reach of every individual student. It is a manifestation of College spirit, meritorious and substantial within itself, and independent of concerted group action. Each individual student can show best his appreciation of the work of his Alma Mater by conscientiously availing himself of the educational opportunities offered him at the College, and in so applying himself, that when he steps out into the practical world he will be able to do his work in such a manner and with such a degree of perfection as to reflect credit upon the institution that trains him. He will thus show the people among whom he lives, be it in Texas, in another state, or in another country, that his time at the College was well spent; that he learned something by means of which he can contribute to the welfare of the community. If to this kind of action is added a personal behavior that testifies of true man¬ hood, there is, in my opinion, manifested a college spirit that is solid, substantial and lasting; a college spirit which is most beneficial to the man himself, to the community in which he lives, and to his College. S. L., ’08. 132 THELONGHORN Vol. VI 1911 Class Officers F. Wright............ President J. M. Flinchum........ Vice-President W. H. Thomas....... Secretary-Treasurer D. F. Rugel....... Athletic Manager L. L. Shropshire Jr...... H. G. Wicks...... 134 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Freshman History jj HE LARGEST “school of Fish” that ever swam the troubled waters of old A. and M., gathered together on the 23rd of September, 1907. In this school ' ■- swam fish of every size and degree; from the minnow to the whale; from the sucker to the shark. In the matter of numbers we compared with the fish of last year as two hundred and sixty-two is to two hundred and fifty-seven; in the matter of intelligence, physique, freshness, etc., the comparison is too great to be recorded. Our superiority in freshness, however, we will admit is due to the kindness of the Sophomores. At our first Class meeting we elected officers and selected colors. Although this was the first time we had ever been together, we went at it in a businesslike manner and at once became a unit. The following were elected: F. Wright, of Waco, President; J. M. Flinchum, of Madill, Vice-President; H. W. Thomas, of Dallas, Secretary and Treasurer; L. L. Shropshire, of San Antonio, Sergeant-at-arms; D. F. Rugel, of Mesquite, Athletic Manager; H. G. Wickes, of Bryan, Historian. In athletics we have so far made a brilliant record which we intend to add to in the spring. I he company football teams were composed largely of “Fish ;” we were well represented on the squad ; two fish won their “T’s,” and one found a “home” on the All-Southwestern football team. I he military side of A. and M. life struck us a little hard at first. For instance: over in “Bat-roost” a crowd of wild-eyed fish stood in the hall and for the first time watched the relief march by. They saw no uniforms, no guns, but they saw that everybody wore white gloves. After the relief had passed, the wildest of these wild¬ eyed “fish” said solemnly, “Fellows, someone must be dead.” Now, however, as we march faultlessly ( ?) through drill and dress parade, we look back with scorn upon our days of ignorance. Shakespeare has said that the world is a stage where every man must play a part. How appropriate is this to the life at A. and M. Since the opening of school the comedy, “Wooing the Stove-Pipe,” the opera, “Songs of Home,” and the tragedy, “Running the Gauntlet,” have all been played by the fish with great success. In these plays the fish throw their audience (which is com¬ posed of old boys) into fits of laughter. But all of this is fun, and as we look again from a more serious standpoint we find the fish taking a leading part in his studies. Therefore, we feel sure that when the year 1911 rolls around we will make the largest annex to the Alumni Association in the history of the school. THE LONG HORN 135 1908 FRESHMAN AGRICULTURISTS Freshman Class Roll name course residence Abney, J. C......................Electrical Engineering.......Buda, Texas Adams, H. Moore ..................Civil Engineering............Lampasas, Texas Agnew, Allen Austin ............Textile Engineering..........Ravenna, Texas Allen, William Eugene ...........Electrical Engineering...... Kosse, Texas Avriett, James ...................Mechanical Engineering......Athens, Texas Baade, John, Jr ..................Civil Engineering............Waco, Texas Baker, Adolphus .................Electrical Engineering...... Homer, Louisiana Barnes, George Wallace .......... Corpus Christi, Texas Barnett, Lusk ...................Civil Engineering............Ravenna, Texas 136 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI NAME COURSE RESIDENCE Barthelow, E. J..................Civil Engineering............Laredo, Texas Bassett, Clem, Jr .................Agricu ltural................Richmond, Texas Beasley, Wyatte Gristie ..........Agricultural................Cleburne, Texas Bechert, Fred J..................Mechanical Engineering......Corpus Christi, Texas ' Berry, Earnest E.................Mechanical Engineering......Pearsall, Texas Biershawale, Walter F...........Agricultural. ...............Fredericksburg, Texas Birmingham, Franklin O.........Mechanical Engineering......Houston, Texas Boyett, Horace ...................Civil Engineering............Bryan, Texas Bayne, Harvey ...................Architectural Engineering. .. .Crockett, Texas Bozeman, Jeff Ray ...............Electrical Engineering.......Dayton, Texas Brandt, O. T......................Mechanical Engineering......San Diego, Texas Bray, George William ............Civil Engineering.............Houston, Texas Briscoe, Will P..................Electrical Engineering.......Fulshear, Texas Brown, Claude ..................Electrical Engineering.......Corpus Christi, Texas Brown, Henry P..................Agricultural................Cuero, Texas Brown, Joe J......................Electrical Engineering.......Cherokee, Texas Brown, John S....................Civil Engineering............Hye, Texas Bryant, William Thorean .........Civil Engineering............Hillsboro, Texas Buchanan, John Discon ...........Electrical Engineering.......Bryan, Texas Buchanan, Wilson ...............Electrical Engineering.......Bryan, Texas Cape, Edward Mathew ............Electrical Engineering.......San Marcos, Texas Carey, Richard, Jr ................Electrical Engineering.......Sabine Pass, Texas Carroll, Richard Patrick... ......Civil Engineering............Tilden, Texas Cawthon, Clyde ..................Civil Engineering............Houston, Texas Chancellor, K. W.................Agricultural................Wortham, Texas Chernosky, William Amos. .......Electrical Engineering.......Rosebud, Texas Christian, James Russell ........Civil Engineering............Houston, Texas Clark, Edward A.. . ............Civil Engineering............Thorndale, Texas Clark, John Vincent .............Civil Engineering............ Rockdale, Texas Cochran, Walker ...............Electrical Engineering.......Houston, Texas Cock, Calvin Earnest. ...........Civil Engineering............San Marcos, Texas Colwell, Thomas Lff. ..............Civil Engineering............Tennessee Colony, Texas Connally, W. A...................Textile Engineering..........McGregor, Texas Conway, Henry H.. ............Electrical Engineering.......Paris, Texas Courtney, George D...............Mechanical Engineering......Pettus, Texas Covington, Chas. McAlester .....Civil Engineering............Granger, Texas Cox, Henry T.....................Electrical Engineering.......Hereford, Texas Crittendon, Otis Smith ...........Civil Engineering............Palestine, Texas Crosby, Baylis M..................Civil Engineering............Sulphur Springs, Texas Curtis, Martin D................Civil Engineering............Pearsall, Texas Dallmeyer, Charles Dietrich .....Textile Engineering..........Burton, Texas Dannelly, Alva Oratio ..........Civil Engineering............Carrizo Springs, Texas Darbyshire, Russell Oliver ..... ..Mechanical Engineering......El Paso, Texas Darroch, Harvey Johnson .........Civil Engineering....... . .....El Paso, Texas Darst, Thomas B..................Agricultural.................Richmond, Texas THE LONG HORN 137 1908 NAME Davidson, Howard Calhoun . Dickerson, Walter Edward. . Dinter, Henry Anton........ Dorsey, Sam Estill.......... Dorsey, Willie Lawrence.... Dotson, C. G................. Dreiss, Franz .............. Dunbar, Abel Lincoln....... Dwyer, Tom Joe............. Ehlinger, George Elo........ Elliott, Ross ............... Emmrich, Hans............ Eppner, Frank Cherry..... Eubank, Arthur L......... Eudaly, Ernest Rogers...... Farnsworth, Ralph Edward. Farrington, Amze Bradshaw. Filgo, Elmer Ollie.......... Fisclier, Herbert ........... Fitzhugh, L. H.............. Flinchum, James M.......... Florence, H. R.............. Ford, Fred Darrell ......... Forsgard, C. H.............. Foster, Jesse Green......... Fowlkes, Maxey H.......... Frazier, B................... Fries, John.................. Garwood, George Calvin...... Gibson, O. E................. Giesecke, Bertram .......... Gilbert, Clarence L.......... Gilder, A. G................. Gillespie, Grady M........... Gilson, Maury B............. Glass, Sherman J............ Gohlman, Harry Davis, r ... Grant, Fred.................. Graves, John Warren........ Gregg, Wallace.............. Green, T.................... Green, Willard Holt......... Grote, Henry Fritz.......... Hagan, James Eugene........ Haile, Charles R ............ course residence .Civil Engineering............Wharton, Texas .Civil Engineering............Cnero, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Cuero, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Nacogdoches, Texas .Electrical Engineering...:.. .Nacogdoches, Texas .Civil Engineering.......... Franklin, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......San Antonio, Texas .Architectural Engineering. . . .Campbell, Texas .Mechanical Engineering......El Paso, Texas .Architectural Engineering. . . .La Grange, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Breckenridge, Texas Electrical Engineering.......Carmine, Texas .Civil Engineering............Palestine, Texas .Mechanical Engineering......Winters, Texas . Agricultural................Hico, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Denison, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Huntsville, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Wichita Falls, Texas .Civil Engineering............New Braunfels, Texas .Civil Engineering............Dallas, Texas .Mechanical Engineering......Guthrie, I. T. .Mechanical Engineering.....Leesburg, Texas .Civil Engineering............Bryan, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Waco, Texas .Mechanical Engineering......Haskell, Texas .Mechanical Engineering......Schulenburg, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Dallas, Texas .Mechanical Engineering......Houston, Texas .Agricultural................New Braunfels, Texas .Mechanical Engineering......Atlanta, Texas .Architectural Engineering... .College Station, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Smithville, Texas . Electrical Engineering.......Crockett, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Stamford, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Calvert, Texas .Agricultural................Yoakum, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Houston, Texas .Civil Engineering............Dallas, Texas .Civil Engineering............Meridian, Texas .Architectural Engineering... .Decatur, Texas . Agricultural................Bay City, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Cuero, Texas . Agricultural................Mason, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......San Saba, Texas .Civil Engineering...........San Antonio, Texas 138 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI NAME COURSE RESIDENCE Hanna, Parker D.................Agricultural................Galveston, Texas Hannay, Allen B.................Agricultural................Hempstead, Texas Hannay, R. E., Jr .................Agricultural................Hempstead, Texas Harden, Charles H............... Civil Engineering............Richardson, Texas Hardman, Grover C...............Civil Engineering............Leonard, Texas Harrison, Carter Harrell .........Mechanical Engineering......Waco, Texas Hart, Otho Southwell ............Civil Engineering............Jasper, Texas Heidelberg, Frank Thomas ........Civil Engineering............Houston, Texas Helm, Fielding ...................Agricultural................Clifton, Texas Hemphill, Harbert ..............Electrical Engineering.......Coleman, Texas Herblin, Louie ....................Electrical Engineering.......Austin, Texas Hill, John Rutledge ..............Civil Engineering............Willis Point, Texas Hoefle, Karl Frederick ...........Civil Engineering............Velasco, Texas Holcomb, O. C.....................Electrical Engineering.......Cisco, Texas House, Edward ....................Electrical Engineering.......Corsicana, Texas Howeth, J. D.....................Civil Engineering.......... Gainesville, Texas Hubbard, Frank Vincent ..........Electrical Engineering.......Kaufman, Texas Hudson, Taylor ...................Civil Engineering............Belton, Texas Huffhines, Claude L.............Civil Engineering............Dallas, Texas Huffhines, William Ewing .......Civil Engineering............Richardson, Texas Ice, Noel C.......................Mechanical Engineering......Louise, Texas Itz, Felix .........................Civil Engineering............Fredericksburg, Texas Jackson, Jesse Wilburn ...........Textile Engineering..........Kosse, Texas Jennings, Joseph William .........Agricultural................Martindale, Texas Jenson, Willie Marion ............Agricultural................Coolidge, Texas Jones, J. C........................Electrical Engineering.......Knox City, Texas Johnston, Thomas J...............Electrical Engineering.......Waco, Texas Kahn, Sylvan D.................Mechanical Engineering......Halletsville, Texas Kappe, F. J.......................Mechanical Engineering......Columbia, Texas Kavanaugh, Claud ................Electrical Engineering.......Houston, Texas Keeling, E. B.....................Electrical Engineering.......Dallas, Texas Kenner, W. B.....................Electrical Engineering.......Hearne, Texas Kiley, Allen J....................Electrical Engineering.......Timpson, Texas Knowles, Elzy R.................Mechanical Enginee ring......Gilmer, Texas Koons, Joseph Voris ..............Mechanical Engineering......Nada, Texas Krauskopf, Edward Max ..........Civil Engineering............Fredericksburg, Texas Kuykendall, Alfred Patterson. .. .Civil Engineering............Leonard, Texas Langdon, Will Fanar .............Civil Engineering............Dallas, Texas Lauderdale, Joe Cye ..............Civil Engineering............Somerville, Texas Lee, Don ..........................Civil Engineering............San Angelo, Texas LeMay, Sonley Robert ............Civil Engineering........... Belott, Texas Lillard, Samuel Terrel ...........Architectural Engineering. .. .Decatur, Texas Lindly, Thos. Lee Pendleton ......Agricultural................Wortham, Texas Lipscomb, James Livingston .......Civil Engineering............Crockett, Texas Lipscomb, Will Nunn .............Electrical Engineering.......Crockett, Texas THE LONG HORN 139 1908 NAME Louwien, Henry, Jr............ McAdams, Ed................... McCraw, Miller............... McCulloch, Gordon............ McKamy, Thomas F............ McLane, John Francis........ McMahan, Lewis............... McMichael, Leo A............. Marks, Sylvan H.............. Martin, Albert Charles........ Mathews, John Lamar......... Maury, Charles F............. Merrill, Grover Cleveland. .... Millender, Joseph Ermond, Jr. Montemayor, R. R............. Morris, Charner.............. Moser, Ernest Frederick....... Moser, Carter Norton.......... Murrie, Charles Moores....... Myers, Ike Charles........... Mytinger, James Christian... Neal, Colin B................ Neff, Horatio David.......... Neighbors, A. H.............. Netherwood, Joseph Stanley.. Nugent, Clyde Wellington, Jr., Ott, Paul Earnest............ Palmer, Henry Brewer........ Parks, William Walter...... Peace, Harley Moore......... Pearce, Rufus Burleson....... Peebles, John Olymphus...... Pendleton, George C., Jr...... Perrin, Harvey............... Peter, Louis Sim.. ........... Peterson, Edwin Nathan..... Peyton, Samuel Lewis........ Pickett, Guy................. Pool, Herbert Marshall........ Potthast, Adolph H.......... Prentice, George Dryden, Jr. .. Probandt, Felix Brockman---- Puckett, David Mills......... Ratliff, Frank Allen......... Ray, Sam Y. L................ course residence .Electrical Engineering.......Bellville, Texas .Civil Engineering...........Bedias, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Dallas, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Clarksville, Texas .Civil Engineering............Richardson, Texas .Mechanical Engineering......Cameron, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Whitney, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......DeKalb, Texas .Textile Engineering..........Groesbeck, Texas . Agricultural................ Mason, Texas . Agricultural................Wills Point, Texas .Architectural Engineering... .Palestine, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Lubbock, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Houston, Texas . Agricultural................Tamaulipas, Mexico . Agricultural................Henderson, Texas .Civil Engineering............Dallas, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Burnet, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Clarksville, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Palestine, Texas .Agricultural.............. Sulphur Springs, Texas . Agricultural............... Helena, Texas . Agricultural............... Lone Oak, Texas .Architectural Engineering... .Shiner, Texas .Mechanical Engineeiing......Galveston, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Conroe, Texas Mechanical Engineeiing......Dallas, Texas .Civil Engineering............Dunn, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Ballinger, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Wills Point, Texas .Civil Engineering............Thornton, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Cuero, Texas .Mechanical Enginee mg......Stratford, Texas .Architectural Engineering... .San Antonio, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......San Antonio, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Louise, Texas .Mechanical Enginee ing......Marlin, Texas .Mechanical Enginee ing......Karnes City, Texas .Electrical Engineering.......Clifton, Texas .Mechanical Enginee ing......Weimar, Texas .Civil Engineering............Huntsville, Texas .Civil Engineering............San Angelo, Texas Civil Engineering............Buda, Texas .Mechanical Enginee. ing......Ganado, Texas . Agricultural................Falfurrias, Texas 140 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI NAME COURSE RESIDENCE Reavis, George L..................Civil Engineering............Florence, Texas Rorbins, Asa John ................Mechanical Engineering......Beaumont, Texas Roberts, William C...............Civil Engineering............Houston, Texas Rowbarts, Claude Edward ........Civil Engineering............Gallatin, Texas Rudolff, Ernest William .........Electrical Engineering.......New Ulm, Texas Rugel, Daniel F..................Electrical Engineering.......Mesquite, Texas Russell, Clinton Warden .........Electrical Engineering.......Duffau, Texas Sanders, Benjamin Toombs ........Civil Engineering............Nacogdoches, Texas Sanford, Charles Edwin ..........Civil Engineering............Shiner, Texas Sanford, Frank T.................Electrical Engineering.......Sherman, Texas Scherer, Philip H................Mechanical Engineering......Anahuac, Texas Schroeder, Edwin A...............Electrical Engineering.......Bracken, Texas Schwab, Leon C...................Mechanical Engineering......Cuero, Texas Schaw, James B.................Electrical Engineering.......San Diego, Texas Shindler, Herbert ................Electrical Engineering.......Nacogdoches, Texas Shirey, Guy O....................Electrical Engineering.......Foreman, Arkansas Shropshire, Livingston Lindsay. .. Agricultural................San Antonio, Texas Shropshire, Otis .................Electrical Engineering.......Plainview, Texas Sims, Alvin Vernon ...............Textile Engineering..........Beeville, Texas Smith, Richard ..................Civil Engineering............Nacogdoches, Texas Smoot, Joseph Henry ..............Electrical Engineering.......Colorado, Texas SmylIe, Willie Robert. ...........Electrical Engineering.......Hale Center, Texas Smyth, Alva B...................Civil Engineering............Mart, Texas Soape, Ralph .....................Electrical Engineering.......Henderson, Texas Sonnen, John Herman ............Electrical Engineering.......Houston, Texas Speed, Charlie Coulson ...........Agricultural................Kerens, Texas Spence, Eugene Vierling ..........Civil Engineering............San Diego, Texas Stalmaker, A. B...................Mechanical Engineering......Amarillo, Texas Starr, Lewis E...................Electrical Engineering.......Weatherford, Texas Stenger, Arthur D................Architectural Engineering. .. .Dallas, Texas Stewart, Thomas, Jr ..............Electrical Engineering.......Fort Worth, Texas Straus, Marshall Morris .........Electrical Engineering.......Cedar Hill, Texas Summers, E.......................Civil Engineering............San Angelo, Texas Taylor, Arthur Winston ..........Electrical Engineering.......San Antonio, Texas Taylor, Mount ................,... .Electrical Engineering.......Mount Vernon, Texas Terrell, Johnnie Jackson .........Civil Engineering............Quinlan, Texas Thanheiser, Leo Otto .............Electrical Engineering.......Sealy, Texas Thomas, Hugh W.................Electrical Engineering...... Dallas, Texas Thummel, Chester Arthur ........Civil Engineering........... Corsicana, Texas Townsend, Richard Hayden .......Mechanical Engineering......Mart, Texas Tucker, John P...................Electrical Engineering.......Fort Worth, Texas Vieweger, Paul Theodor ..........Civil Engineering........... Beaumont, Texas Vosburg, J. C.....................Agricultural ................Houston, Texas Wadlington, Frank Young ........Agricultural ................El Paso, Texas Walker, Emmett ..................Civil Engineering........... Dumas, Texas THE LONG HORN 1908 141 NAME Walker, Herbert Wilson. .. Walker, Rex Robert....... Waugh, Townsend Huriach Weaver, John Thomas..... Welborn, George........... Whipkey, Walter W....... White, John Parham...... White, Theodore Freierson . Wickes, Henry G........... Williams, Redford......... Williams, Ralph B......... Williams, Thomas......... Williamson, Howard H.... Willingham, Alva......... Wilson, Boon Sloss........ Wilson, Claude............ Wilson, C. C.............. Wilson, D. W.............. Wilson, Victor............. Witt, Orren................ Wolters, Edgar............ Wolters, Elo John......... Wood, Henry Anderson..... Woodyard, Murray.......... Wright, Fisk.............. COURSE Civil Engineering...... Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering ,Mechanical Engineering .Electrical Engineering . Agricultural .Electrical Engineering .Electrical Engineering .Civil Engineering .Mechanical Engineering .Civil Engineering . Electrical Engineering . Agricultural .Electrical Engineering .Civil Engineering .Electrical Engineering .Electrical Engineering .Civil Engineering .Civil Engineering .Mechanical Engineering .Mechanical Engineering .Textile Engineering---- .Mechanical Engineering RESIDENCE Galveston, Texas Trinity, Texas Galveston, Texas Magnolia, Arkansas Palestine, Texas Colorado, Texas Lott, Texas Lott, Texas Bryan, Texas Bluffdale, Texas Leesville, Texas Cuero, Texas Bedias, Texas Hearne, Texas Kyle, Texas Florence, Texas Gatesville, Texas Groesbeck, Texas Duncanville, Texas Moody, Texas ✓ Shiner, Texas Shiner, Texas Brenham, Texas Greenville, Texas Waco, Texas 142 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Electives Beauregard, Richard Toutant, Berg, Ed....... Caldwell, Joe Jefferson Cely, Homer Mills .... Chaney, Earl Lakin .... Gresham, Wilbur O..... Hannay, Robert E., Jr..... Holmes, James Patrick .... John, Joe R........ Kelley, Victor Murat .... Krauskopf, Lawrence Henry McCown, James W....... McMillan, Samuel A....... Maness, Mark Caldwell .... Martin, Chas. A........ Meerscheidt, Leo Paul..... North, Thomas M., Jr...... Polansky, Theodore..... Rhode, Frank Edgar..... Schley, Chas. Cecil .... Smith, T. W........ Sterling, William Warren Trigg, Kleber M..... Utay, Joseph...... Walker, S. T...... Winston, R. M., Jr. . . . San Antonio Fredericksberg . Brownwood Brushy Creek . . Beaumont Smithville Hempstead Seguin . . . Cowltharp Durant, Okla. . . Fredericksburg . . . . Whitney ..... Anchor ..... Noble Beaumont San Antonio ..... Cuero . . . Smithville . . Karnes City . . . Devine Cash Houston Bastrop Dallas Trinity San Marcos 1908 THE LONG HORN H 3 Two Year Men Abbey, W. E. Nesbit, S. H. Beemxn, G. R. Nolan, C. L. Bellvor, A. S. Nored, R. V. Blackman, G. H. Orijuski, R. J. Erwin, L. E. Robson, R. C. Horne, T. R. Smith, G. S. Hornsby, E. A. Stockwell, E. S. Jarrett, J. D. Stubbs, G. D. Kennedy, J. P. Thurman, A. E. Lanford, L. L. Wallace, J. S. Marburger, A. Williams, B. V. Morse, E. D. Martin, S. SPECIALS DeWare, C. Donnelly, V. J. Worthington, H. F. Muller, F. W. SUMMARY Post Graduates............4 Seniors “ .............57 Juniors..............65 Sophomores.............170 Freshman..............258 Electives..............26 Two-year Agricultural......... 27 Specials..............3 Total . 610 144 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Willie’s First Year at College ' ' 7 ' T ILLIE was a genius. This his doting parents knew because he had shown himself to be adept in tearing up clocks, building bird traps and sundry other things. It was decided that he must be given a technical education. After mature deliberation his parents concluded that the Agricultural and Mechanical College was the best school that could be found. It was also very cheap; only $155 per year for actual expenses. A whole month was spent in getting Willie ready for the college. He was constantly told of things which he must and must not do. His clothes were all gone over and not a button was missing. A bright red sweater and a wool cap that pulled down over his ears was also gotten. These he could wear on cold days. It was not thought necessary to buy him any gloves, for Willie had always kept his hands in his pockets if it was cold. A check was sent to pay his tuition and buy his first uniform. Papa bought him a ticket and gave him two five-dollar bills. This amount of money would do him for several months—all expenses had been paid and there would be but little to buy at a college which was five miles from town. This was his first trip away from home for so long a stay, and as he stepped on the train he felt as if everyone must wonder whom that young man could be. Willie was very talkative and the passengers soon knew that he was bound for college. Another quiet boy happened to be in the same coach with Willie. After a few general remarks,Willie seated himself beside this boy, and started to tell of the things which he expected to do after reaching school. The boy asked Willie but one question; that was whether or not the President would be at the train to meet him. After find¬ ing out that he probably would, the quiet boy said nothing more, but turned aside and began reading a magazine. Now passed about five minutes more of conversation in which Willie did all the talking. Seeing that his friend did not listen, Willie passed him, concluding that he must be some green country boy and that he was afraid of such a smart looking city sport. The train had soon passed away from familiar places, and now it was for the first time that Willie began to wonder if after all he was so important. A junction point THE LONG HORN H 5 1908 was reached and several boys came aboard. It was then that the quiet boy seemed to wake up. “Hello! Jim.” “How are you, Tom.” “Have a good time this summer, Jack?” These and many other salutations passed and they all sat down together, be¬ ginning to talk of “Harry,” “The Bull,” “Fish,” “King Lear,” “Cush,” “Flunks,” “Quizzes,” “Pud,” “Little Jimmie,” “Pewee” and many other things which set the wheels to buzzing in Willie’s wondering brain. His former talkativeness was all gone. He sat there wide-mouthed and listened. He finally sat back into his seat and attempted to unravel some of the talk he had heard. He had decided that “Pud” must be some kind of dessert and that “The Bull” must be a fine blooded animal used by the agricultural students in stock judging prac¬ tice. “King Lear” was puzzling his brain when the conductor called out, “College.” It was about six o’clock in the afternoon, for it had been Willie’s first misfortune to be routed over that line. As Willie stepped from the train a member of the re¬ ception committee stuck a circular into his hand. He failed to see a person whom he thought was President, nor did he see anyone who might be looking for a young man from Cross Plains. The crowd around the small depot began leaving, so Willie picked up his grip and followed them toward a group of buildings. He finally wandered into a large building and there stood wishing that someone would come and get him. Everyone seemed so busy rushing in and out, laughing and talking. He made several half-hearted attempts to stop boys as they passed by him, but failed to get any to listen to him. This was very humiliating—all that he could do was to watch the rest. He saw that they were getting small, green tickets from a man seated at a table in the hall; he decided that he must have one coming, and stepped up to receive his. He told his name, and received a card which read, “Admit, Willie Layborn to Mess Hall.” Soon a bugle blew and a large crowd of boys got together in front of a large build¬ ing in which Willie had been standing. Again the bugle blew—they now walked off and Willie followed. They led him to a large brick building into which he was allowed to enter after showing his green card. He sat down near the head of the table and started to help himself. Soon he was grabbed by the shoulder; someone saying, “Move, Fish; what are you doing here?” He finally found himself seated in the middle of the table with nothing in front of him but molasses pitchers, sugar bowls, and permanent table fixtures. 146 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Willie was beginning to realize that he was one of those creatures of the briny deep, also that there was no “Cush” for them. After several attempts, Willie succeeded in getting a piece of bread, some syrup and water, not to mention a potato that landed on his ear. He cared for little more, for it was with difficulty that he held back the rising up in his throat which destroyed his appetite. His first meal was now done, and again he wandered aimlessly with the crowd, but this time they began to separate, going to different buildings. He knew but one building; this was the Main Building, so back into it he went. Now he found himself with time enough to read the directions handed to him earlier in the evening. He saw that he must apply at the Commandant’s office for assignment to company. Into this Worthy’s office he walked and saw sitting there a man in uniform. He stepped up to the desk, leaned easily against it, starting to tell his name. Before he had time to proceed the gentleman informed him that it was a weak desk and that he was in danger of breaking it. Willie then straightened up, blushing furiously. He was now assigned to Company “D.” Someone conducted him to Foster Hall, graciously showing him a room in which there were already three boys. After a short time he became acquainted with them and found that they, like himself, were making their first start at College. He was the liveliest of the four, so when someone called from above: “Hey, Fish, stick your head out of the window.” Out went Willie’s curly locks. They soon returned, thoroughly dampened, for someone had spilled a bucket of water. Willie was learning. Next time he would be slower in accommodating. Now a heavy tramping was heard in the hall; he stepped out to see what the trouble could be. Quite a warm reception was given him, and when allowed to re¬ turn to his room, he decided to stay there. Visitors also came in about every three minutes, looking for entertainment with songs and dances, whistling and other performances which made Willie feel small in¬ deed. Mixed with these were agents, each of which sold something every cadet needed. By bed-time Willie had about three dollars worth of necessary articles and six dollars worth of experience. He lay down, on a plain mattress without covering or pillow, but not to sleep. He was nervous. Every loud noise caused him to wish for the home he had so happily left in the morning. From now on his troubles came in bunches. The military routine was hard on one that had been accustomed to get up when he pleased, and in general to do every¬ thing else when it suited. He learned to salute all sentinels, place his shined shoes on igo8 THE LONG HORN 147 the table for Sunday morning inspection, also to keep step with the man in front with¬ out riding on his heels. Willie was game to the core, and not one of these troubles, or the many others which he passed through in the next two months, did he write to a soul. His letters home were cheerful. His parents were glad that Willie was making such good progress. They were troubled only on one score—it was a fear that Willie was developing into a spendthrift. Almost every letter called for money from home. They did not know of the many girls who wanted pins and pennants. Neither had they run the gauntlet of agents, collectors and many other college pests. - At last Christmas came, bringing with it a good time. Willie could now appre¬ ciate three good meals a day, such as can be gotten only at home. Holidays passed too quickly, and as he stepped on the train to return to College his feelings were entirely different from those he experienced on his first departure. He knew that there was some six hundred other boys who went to College, not to mention the other schools in the State. Another valuable thing he had also learned: it was that a Freshman stands highest who talks least. - - Skating was now the rage. So during the Winter term Willie attempted to carry twelve hours society besides twenty-eight of College work. T he result was, he passed in society but failed in six hours of scholastic work. Society was taken off his schedule during the Spring term, for he had been put on probation on account of his poor showing last term. By June college life was no longer a mystery. Its customs had been well grounded into him. When he next returned to College it would be as a Sophomore. He packed his turnk, bought himself a red and white hat-band and boarded the train for home. Books might be written on the remaining days of Willie’s college career, but the things that have most impressed the Willies who have gone before, and even those who will come in the future, are the ones which happen while they are yet “Fish.” C. H. F. 148 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Summary of Graduates by Courses YEAR GERMAN LATIN GREEK FRENCH SPANISH | SCIENCE LIT. MATH. 1878 I I 3 O O 3 O O 1879 19 8 5 3 5 6 7 3 l880 O 3 1 O 5 4 From the opening of College ir 1876 to its reorganization in 1880, the Students were electives. YEAR | I—AGR. | II—M. E. in —C. E. IV — E. E. | v— r. e. VI—A- E. 1881 I O O O O 1882 O 12 O O 1883 O 8 O O O 1884 3 I I O O O 1885 3 8 O O O 1886 3 8 O O O 1887 1 9 O • O 1888 7 5 5 O O 1889 5 3 11 O O 1890 7 3 4 O O 1891 6 6 6 O O 1892 7 7 12 O O 1893 8 1 6 O O 1894 10 6 16 O O 1895 8 8 11 O O 1896 7 6 9 O O 1897 6 7 14 O O 1898 11 7 5 O O 1899 9 9 4 O O 1900 7 8 9 O O 1901 6 6 7 O O 1902 6 7 13 O O 1903 1 17 19 O O 1904 4 IO 22 O O 1905 19 8 10 2 O 1906 9 7 16 8 3 3 1907 10 2 20 12 3 12 . 7 % 27.37% 43 . 93 % 4 . 36 % . 98 % . 60 % THE LONG HORN 1908 149 r | HE Alumni Association has about six hundred members. This number is increasing at present at the rate of about fifty annually. It has been just thirty years since the first graduates were sent out from the institution, and now many of these early-day men have sons at the College. At the business meeting held in June, 1906, a resolution was adopted favoring the organization of A. and M. clubs over the State. It was decided that all ex-students of the College, whether graduates or not, should be eligible for membership. Accordingly strong, enthusiastic A. and M. clubs have been organized at Bryan, Dallas, Houston, Beaumont, San Antonio, Waco, Palestine and Austin. The President of the Association has accepted invitations to make official visits on nearly all of these and reports that other clubs will be organized during this year. It is planned to have a rally of all the boys at College next June during commence¬ ment. The Alumni Association is one of the strongest and most dependable assets which the College has to aid her upbuilding. F. M. Law, President. igoS THE LONG HORN 151 Alumni Association Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas OFFICERS OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION F. M. Law, Bryan.............. President D. Rice, Houston . . . First Vice-President M. S. Church, College Station....... Second Vice-President E. W. Hutchinson, Houston....... Third Vice-President Kamp McGinnis, Terrell . . . . .... Fourth Vice-President A. Mitchell, College Station........ Secretary-Treasurer F. M. Law, Bryan A. Mitchell, College Station B. C. Pittuck, Dallas Executive Committee co i—i 152 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Beaumont A. and M. Club C. L. Scherer Albert Doucette T. Brogdon J. Kopke President . Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer C haplain Brazos County A. and M. Club Dr. Joe Gilbert.............. President J. T. Cruse............... Secretary MEMBERS G. R. Abney, ’o6 Lee Andrews J. C. Burns, ’04 S. Boatright Pat Buchanan J. T. Cruse, ' 05 William Coppe J. P. Crum E. Carlyle, ’06 Frank Clark C. P. Foster W. C. Fountain F. E. Giesecke, ’86 Dr. Joe Gilbert, ’94 R. W. Howell, ’96 F. M. Law, ’95 A. Mitchell, ’94 J. B. Mike A. J. Neff, ’03 H. Ness, ’89 S. A. Rateestson J. H. Suber Eugene Suber Geo. Smith W. O. Saunders, ’96 Ralph Buchanan Fred Cavitt Howard Cavitt J. M. Carson, ' 86 J. W. Carson, ’86 Thurston Cole J. S. Dean, ’06 Horace Dansby Ralph Chatham J. S. DeMaret J. W. Howell, ’94 M. J. Hill, ’07 R. H. Harrison Horace Jones E. J. Kyle, ’99 F. S. Puckett, ’07 A. J. Potts, ’07 R. J. Potts, ’06 J. B. Rather, ’07 H. T. Rhodes E. Scholl, ’07 G. A. Smith, ’07 M. W. Sims, Jr. W. A. Watkins, ’92 W. Wipprecht, ’84. Powell Winter A. Williams 1908 THE LONG HORN 153 Austin A. and M. Club OFFICERS. Frederick C. Von Rosenberg.......... President J. H. Freeman............ Secretary-Treasurer MEMBERS. Fred C. Von Rosenberg J. H. Freeman John McDonald Chas. Ledbetter Fred Simonds Guy Collett John Gracy J. W. Hawkins Dallas A. and M. Club B. C. Pittuck.............. President Adams, S. A., Wilson Building. Carter, J. W., City Hall. Day, E., Crowdus Drug Co. Elrod, H. E., Mosher Co. Gray, Frank, Griffiths Co. Beilharz, W. E., 861 Bryan. Curry, A. W., Box 941. Duncan, E. D., 190 Ewing. Field, Herbert, Court House. Gillespie, S. E., Con. Gin. Co. Griffiths, T. W., Jr., Griffiths Co. Harry, J M., 831 Wilson Building. Heidleberg, H. A., lola Cement. Hull, Bert, Box 941. Manning, J. C., Box 142. Moseley, Hal, Dallas Electric Co. Pittuck, B. C., Box 115. Reiger, G. G. Rogers, W. F„ Scruggs Co. Yinther, F., 876 Main. Hoffer, T. B., Box 941. Billiard, W. W., Ball Carden. McGee, L. E., Sanger Bros. Nichols, W. L., City. Randall, W. G. Robertson, D. K. Storey, Boude, Am. Ex. Nat. Bank. Wyse, J. T., Woodall Wyse. Woodall, H., Woodall Wyse. Palestine A. and M. Club H. ' L. Wright.............. President V. H. Foy ................ Secretary E. C. Erhard, T. L. Horn, C. A. Johnson, C. A. Streiber, G. R. Howard, H. S. Davenport, C. B. Soles, O. W. Myers, J. R. Sheridan (Crockett), Dan McLain (Crockett). 154 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Harris County A. and M. Club James Cravens,........... President Dr. J. Allen Kyle, ) M. L. KLEINSMITH, ........ Vice-Presidents F. A. Reichardt, ) W. J Walden ........ Secretary and Treasurer Amsler, L. D. Adams. Dr. Frank.....’94 Adams, A. J.......’00 BuMer, W. A.......’00 Brettschneider, W. .... ’98 Burney, C. L.......’04 Cade, Alf H.......’04 Chinn, Hal W.......’04 Clement. T. H.......’00 Cottingham, G. R.......’90 Cottingham, J. A....... Cottingham, W. P...... Cox, Dr. R. L.......’97 Cravens, Jas........’82 Cuny, Clifford D......’07 Dixon, Sam H. Jr......’06 Darter, T. D........’06 Dudley, A......... Eubank, Abner.......’82 Eckhardt, Dr. R. AY...... Eiehblatt, Otto......’04 Eberspacher, Geo......’96 Eberspacher, R. E......’01 Elrod, Harry E.......’01 Farmer, Henry B......’04 Fosgard, Lee.......’05 Fountain, Sam J......’01 Franklin, Thos. H......’77 Foster, P. H.......’88 Gardner, C. E.......’99 Gieseke, W. F.......’97 Gilmore, H. A........ Guyler, R. W........’79 Guyler, W. L.......’06 Harvin, H. M. H......’08 Hawkins, Meek......’02 Harrison, Dr. R. H....... Harrison, Little....... Heldberg, Will......’01 Hill, W. B......... Houchins, Warren A. . . . . ’04 Hutchinson, E. W....... Hutson, H. L.......’96 Highsmith, C. C........ Japhet, W. E.......’04 Japhet, Gus.......’94 Jonas, H.......... Kennedy, J. Milton.....’00 Kerr, Robt........’02 Kleinsmith. M. L......’01 Knowdes, W. C....... ’97 Kroschel, F. M.......’01 Kyle, Dr. J. Allen . . . . . ’90 Hempstead, Texas Care H. E. W. T. R. R. Stratford, Fort Bend County Stratford, Fort Bend County 1817 C rawford Street 1919 San Jacinto Street McKee Street 2016 Crockett Street 1314 Rusk Avenue 1406 Pease Avenue Engineer M. of W., H. T. C. Ry. Care Houston B. P. Co. Mason Building 210 Main Street 809 Pease Avenue 1703 Milam S. P. Ry. Gen. Office 19th Avenue, Houston Heights Houston Post Care Signal Department, T. N. O. Ry. 2005 Providence 2005 Providence P. O. Box 274 Res. Eng.’s Office, T. N. O. Ry. Holman Avenue Care Steel R. Fountain, First Nat. Bank 619 Travis P. O. Box 155, Station A, City Care Gieseke Bros. Care Gieseke Bros. Care Barden Electric Co. Wallis, Austin County, Texas Wallis, Austin County, Texas J. M. Guffey Pet. Co. Columbus, Texas Care Capitol Pharmacy Gulf Refining Company 911 Capitol Avenue 1503 Franklin Avenue Care Hutchinson Grocery Co. Room 507 Houston Land and Trust Co. Hawthorne Avenue Cornell University, Ithica, N. Y. Japhet Co. Southern Pacific Railway 2614 San Jacinto 2417 Travis Rio Bravo Oil Company 207 Main Street 1503 Franklin Avenue Binz Building 1908 THE LONG HORN 155 Leary, E. M. . ’05 Lee, Gabriel Lenz, L..... . ’07 . ’07 Mair, Stanley . ’07 Martin, Carlisle B. . ’97 Marlburger, B. D. . ’05 Meek, R. W. . ’04 Milby, J. T. . ’00 Malone, W. . ’7S Moursund, E. M. . ’97 McCormick, Geo. . ’91 McConnico, Sam McGregor, Flint . ’03 McCormick, Steve . ’99 Oliver, G..... . ’05 Odom, Joe . ’03 Ohlin, Harry . ’96 Orr, Wilkens . ’04 Peden, D. D. Jr. . ’94 Peden, L. T. . ’04 Peeler, A. J. . ’79 Peeler, Lee . ’81 Perrenot, E. E. . ’91 Powars, Will Pirie, J. E. Quarrels, C. B. . ’9S Radford, Jno. S. . ’90 Reeves, Dr. M. . ’97 Reichardt, Capt. F. A. . ’79 Reichardt, W. A. . ’90 Reynaud, O. E. . ’78 Reese, G. L. . ’06 Riley, G. M. Rice, David . ’82 Rollins, H. M. . . . . ’97 Rollins, A. P. . ’06 Ross, N. P. -v Ross, Dr. F. R. Roeder, B. G. . . ’00 Rogers, Dr. W. L. . ’78 Robinson, M. . . . . ’98 Seward. J. R. . . . . ’96 Sattler, A. G. . ’04 Street, Gus C. Jr. . ’05 Street, Leroy . Staples, Chas. M. . ’96 Short, Dr. J. L. . ’93 Stewart. John Smith, T. M. . . . . ’00 Sterns, J. B. . ’03 Tarver, Tom . ’04 Thanheiser, C. A. . ’01 Tilson, P. S. . ’88 Trefry, W. A. . . . . ’06 Tabor, J. Q. Underwood, Jno. C. . ’78 Uckert, H. H. . ’97 Underwood. A. . . . . ’07 Watkins, R. C. . ’95 Walden, C. W. . ’05 Walden, W. J. . ’00 Wicks, John ’05 Williams, Ira . ’03 Woodhead, E. Sykes . ’98 Worthing, E. E. . ' 03 Wilkins, Horace . ’04 Wilson. Erve . ' 05 Wilson, Ashley . ’05 White, A. H. ”01 Weboam, T. S. . . . Wicks, Maxey ’06 Wicks, John • J. S. Daugherty Box 464 1719 San Jacinto Street 416 Pierce Avenue 512 Lamar Care Signal Department T. N. O. Ry. P. M. Bank 1502 Chenevert Street 1405 Rusk 1502 Leland Avenue Gulf Refining ' Co. 2316 Austin Street SIS McKee Care W. A. Houchins, 1503 Franklin 1406 Webster Avenue Kirby Lumber Co. Peden Iron Steel Co. 1010 Rusk Ave. 506 1-2 Main Street 506 1-2 Main Street 2310 Austin Street Houston Abstract Co. H. T. C. Ry. 714 Fargo Oriental Textile Works 305 1-2 Main Street Planters Mechanic’s Bank 1620 Lamar 2815 San Jacinto Street 610 Hamilton Street Odin Avenue 1107 Lamar Avenue S. P. Ry. Creosote Works Res. Eng. Office T. N. O. Ry. Kirby Lumber Co. City M. of W. Dept., T. N. O. Ry. City Missouri City 1709 Clay Avenue 2026 Everett Street City City M. of W. Dept., H. T. C. Ry. City Leesville, La. City Eng.’s Office Res. Eng. T. N. O. Ry. 215 1-2 Main Street 1617 McGowan Avenue Waters-Pierce Oil Co. 511 Calhoun Avenue 406 Crawford Street 53 Theatre Building R. of W. Agent, T. N. O. Ry. 710 Crawford Street Chemist, T. N. O. Ry. Planters Mechanic’s Bank Signal Department, T. N. O. Ry. 206 1-2 Main Street Signal Foreman, T. N. O. Ry. South Texas National Bank Care Mrs. Ella Love, Rusk Avenue Care Mrs. Ella Love, Rusk Avenue Thompson-Tucker Lumber Co. Union Bank Trust Co. 156 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI San Antonio A. and M. Club S. A. Min ear Hon. W. A. Wurzbach Fred C. Groos E. O. Guenther S. A. Minear Hon. W. A. Wurzbach Fred C. Groos E. O. Guenther President Vice-President . Secretary Treasurer Executive Committee Altgelt, E. A. Belden, Sam Bringhurst, W. L. Cobbs, Jr., T. D., ’04 Dr. Dinwiddie, R. L. Eppright, F. G., 02 Flint, H. C., ’90 Foutrel, G. F. ’98 Green, N. O. Groos, Fred. C. Guenther, E. O. FIensel, Jr., F., ’07. Hammond, H. H. Harrison, J. L. Josey, N. L., ’88 Kloss, E., ’02 Whisenant, Lipscomb, E. M. Mackensen, B. C., ’84 Minear, S. A., ’05 Dr. Moore, T. E., ’92 Peters, R. F., ’94 Pfankuche, H. C. Pfeuffer, Geo. H., ’85 Puckett, W. W., ’04 Reese, S. E. Rennert, F., ’88 Rose, W. F., ’94 Rotzler, J. F. Judge Arthur Seeligson Sorenson, J. W. Todd, C. C., ’97 Wurzbach, W. A. ’88 W. H., ’99 7 it Ih ii O THE LONG HORN Vol. VI 158 V’ Athletic Council E. J. Kyle Dr. Joe Gilbert C. B. Campbell F. S. Puckett Chas. Puryear Mr. Larsen Joe Utay L. N. Huff V. M. Kelley R. H. Standifer M. C. Spivey Lem Adams C. W. Leggett President Secretary and Treasurer Faculty Member Alumni Member Faculty Manager Football Physical Director Captain of Football Team Manager Football Team Captain Baseball Team Manager Baseball Team Captain Track Team Student Representative Student Representative ■ vfcv IQOS THE LONG HORN 159 Review of Football Season No student at the A. and M. College can think of the past football season with¬ out feeling a thrill of pride, notwithstanding our final defeat by the University of Texas. Coach Larson, upon his arrival, began the season by tearing the men loose from the clumsy, old-style play to open, speedy work. To begin with, we had men as good as ever wore a suit, only needing a good coach, and they got him. Big Jim, Dutch Schmidt, Maud, DeWare, Red Symes, Choc, Joe, Ham, and Dale all appeared on the scene at the first call, and were welcomed by the corps. They were kept working by a strong bunch of scrubs. Coach Larson used a different method of handling the men. from his predecessors. His entirely new tactics put an end to the gruff, abusive way heretofore used. In the beginning his influence over the entire squad was much more marked than seen here for some time. We opened with Fort Worth University on the firing line. No one expected any more than a practice game and that was all they gave us. After a week of hard work we went to Dallas, corps, team and all, after ’Varsity’s scalp. “Choc” Kelley waltzed them up and down the field with every other one of the eleven fighting like demons. We played ’Varsity, referee, umpire and all. We could not score, but held them O to O. This bursted a bomb in football enthusiasm and gave the season a great send-off. We came back home more determined than ever to lick them Thanksgiving. L. i6o THE LONG HORN Vol. VI S. U. next showed up here with a good bunch, who fought hard. They managed to score, only after Cornell went out; 11 to 5 in our favor found them ready to quit. The Indians were not much and we beat them easily, though it was only a small score of 5 to o. Oklahoma University brought a team down that made us doubtful. They had some men as good as ever played here but their old style coaching and our new was what beat them. “Choc” starred the whole time with Rugel next. Score 19 to o. In our game with Tulane at New Orleans a more confident bunch we never saw before. They had the game chalked up to them before it started, but after “Ham” strew their three big stars along his trail in one of those 10-flat sprints, their feet began to get cold. To cap the climax, when they saw their defeat they began to cry—actually crying. Now for last but not least, our tie-up with ’Varsity on Thanksgiving. All that is necessary to be said along this line is that we had the team, the plays, and the back¬ ing, but through a series of difficulties we lost to a score of 11 to 6. THE LONG HORN 161 1908 Schedule and Record of Football • Larson, Coach Huff, Manager Utay, Captain Fort Worth University vs. A. and M., College, October 5, ’07 . . . . 0-34 Texas vs. A. and M., Dallas, October 12, ’07.........0-0 L. S. U. vs. A. and M., College, October 21, ’07.........5 - 11 Haskell Indians vs. A. and M., College, October 28, ’07......0-5 T. C. U. vs. A. and M., College, November 9, ’07........5 - 32 Tulane University vs. A. and M., New Orleans, November 23, ’07 . . . 6-18 Oklahoma vs. A. and M., College, November 16, ’07.......0-19 Texas vs. A. and M., Austin, November 28, ’07.........11 - 6 SUBS Roberts and Martin, Sub Ends; Heidleberg, Center; Burgess, Quarter-back: Jarrett and Barnes, Guards; Maness, Stinson, Avriett, Tackles; Wadlington, Full-back; Taylor, Allen, Half-backs; Frazier, End; Lillard, Guard. 162 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Winners of the “T” RUGEL, ' 11......Sub-Half Rugel came to us last Fall a big, husky “fish” with lots of grit and determination. Coach Larson swung him right into line, and has cause to be proud of him. He kept Ham¬ ilton on the jump, and filled Ham’s place in one or two games. Interefernce was Rugel’s great hobby and it took some few to jar him from his pal. He could always be depended on for anything required of a good half. He’s got the speed, the nerve, and strength. Wnen he enters next year’s season as an old-timer, great things are looked for. There is one thing about him that impresses everyone most, and that is. he saws wood and says noth¬ ing, whic ' h is enough said. Rugel is a good representative of a large and promising class —all of which they are proud. JOE UTAY, ’09 ... . Left Half-back Joe hails from Dallas, and first showed his fighting spirit while yet a Freshman, it taking some six or eight men to hold him when he wanted to play billy goat with the wall. Joe has delivered the goods for three years. As Captain he made good and led his team through the best season it has had in many years. When it came to standing up for a point in a game Joe always showed his judgment and level-headedness, and his keen eye never over¬ looked a thing that might add to success for the team. Some say we will get him back next year; if that is so, the whole corps re¬ joices, realizing what it means to the footbaa strength of A. and M. igoS THE LONG HORN 163 VICTOR KELLEY, ' 08 . . . Quarter-back The name is hardly familiar, Choc’ sound¬ ing the better. He also comes from the new state. Has been here four years and played quarter for three of them. His picture and record have appeared so much before the pub¬ lic as a result of his miraculous stunts that we can hardly add to it. He is second to none on foot work and has a head that car¬ ries the proper dope. Is quite a ladies’ man; did the grand march Thanksgiving. Choc has the rare distinction of being both Captain of ’08 football team and Captain of ’08 baseball team. His greatest troubles are remembering the color of his books when exam, time comes, and scarcity of “specials” to Bryan. SIG FLINCHUM, ' 11 ... . Full-back Sig is one of the trio of Indians that dec¬ orate the team, not ornamentally, but usefully. Hails from the new state. Dances the corn dance and also can give the war whoops. That he is bad can be proven by the cripples who have tried to stop his fierce line bucks. He won his place on All-Southwestern in a walk, and during the entire season he was never heard from except by his works, and they were a plenty. Besides being an all-round full-back, Sig is a baseball fiend and will make somebody sweat for a place next Spring. If he plays baseball as he does football, he is already signed up for a place. 164 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI C. W. LEGGETT, ’09 . Sub-End and Quarter Much can he said of Leggett, from his works, good fellowship and perseverance. He began his football career as a sticker, and of all the men who have stuck, Leggett takes the lead. He followed the scrubs as their quarter day after day, never faltering; always encouraging t he men and playnig his best. He being only about five feet high held his aspirations to quarter-back with “Choc” to work against. Down at Tulane Leggett got in the game and did things up in a most glorious manner. Next year will see him in line with the big guns, and if we are not mistaken there will be something stirring. Besides his football ability, Leggett has too many other good qualities to mention,—all familiar to any A. and M. boy. JIM ROSS, ' 10 Right Tackle Big Jim is quite a small name for so large a man. He will probably go on the police force after leaving here. Is he an Indian? well, I should say. Got tangled up with anoth¬ er big Haskell chief one day to the amusement of the grandstand. Jim likes the ladies, being especially fond of dancing. He not only does these things, but can put a shot with the next one. Is an earnest fighter at tackle, always in the game, and can be depended on at all times for a good big hole in the opposing line. Most of the season he played with a bad knee, but ’Varsity does not believe he was hurt at all. He and Maud made others sit up and take notice, first, last and all the time. THE LONG HORN 1908 165 J. DALE, ' 08.....Left Tackle Jess has finished his third and last year on the team. Came from the Panhandle where footballs are not known, but took to the game at once. He is the College wit, but does not claim society as one of his accomplishments. Will graduate this year; has for his thesis a test of a hot-air machine, which he will do before a mirror. Jess is quite a track man, especially at shot putting. He is probably the best sticker during the practice season we have ever had. Only miss¬ ed one practice in four years. His loss will be felt on next year’s trips, not only by his absence from the field, but as a fun-maker and a good fellow. His place will be hard to fill. CHAS. A. DeWARE, ' 10 . . . Right End “Charley” came from the piney woods to Allen Academy, and while at that place de¬ veloped no little football ability. The Coach last year did not appreciate Chas.’ ability but the past season showed him to be one of the nerviest, and quoting from Coach Larson, the best End in the South. He is speedy, keen¬ eyed and steely, being at all times master of the game. Though he came near kicking the bucket last year, his work was marvelous. No oppos¬ ing End during the season was in any way a match for him, and his place on the South¬ western was never in danger. He is quite a student—of magazines—and carries one of the largest schedules available—one hour daily. He is no slouch on the first sack in baseball and may become a double man. THE LONG HORN Vol. VI 166 G. F. MOORE, ’08 . . . Aland is another of the ’08 men on the team. He worked faithfully to gain his place and kept it up after getting it. He stayed by the side of Dutch Schmidt persistently and is a good student of the game. He is quiet and mild-mannered but a steady fighter; no won¬ der,—remember what encouragement he had from the fair sex on the sidelines. Nell’s effecient coaching was quite a help to Moore, and though he was lighter than Schmidt ana his companions he was on to the ropes and made head-work count. He came from the Panther City and will probably locate there soon after he gets his sheepskin. The corps votes him a ladies’ man, but in the Oklahoma game he was voted a football man. Maud is another loss to the next year’s team. C. SYMES, ’10.....Left End At Left End the red-headed boy from Waco has been in the limelight for two years. He is quite an enthusiast on basketball and Y. M. C. A. matters. He is quite a popular fel¬ low, President of his Class and high muckie in Y. M. C. A. He is always in training and has no bad habits. Don’t know of a more moral fellow in the school, but does not like to be called “Red.” He rooms with DeWare, our other nervy End, and the two make the welkin ring with their melodious voices. Symes has a girl who takes up a good deal of his time. He blushes freely when asked about it. In the game his clean-cut work is always noticeable and shows he is up to his job. He is one of next season’s standby’s. igoS THE LONG HORN 167 A. L. CORNELL, ' 08 . . . Left Guard During the L. S. U. game, Cornell’s ankle was broken, the only time during his four years on the team was he ever taken out of a game. The blow to the team and the corps was not recovered from for some time. Though we had able Subs, the crippling of an old- timer, and a constant star, affected the team no little. Think of his grit and love for the game when he entered for his last and part¬ ing shot at ’Varsity, Thanksgiving Day. From the day Cornell appeared on the field to the last game he was always there with the goods. He is a conscientious work er and a tip-topper in his classes. Is much interested in Y. M. C. A. work. HOOKER, ‘10.....Sub Guard Booker is one of those big fellows who keeps digging; that’s what he did last fall. When Cornell was hurt, Hooker was ready and able to fill up the line, and discount the loss. He not only made good in football, but did good work on the track. He is another one of the good ones who will be ready to start things rolling next season. Ability, he has in plenty, and with the coaching next year his prospects are good. A kink or two taken out of his action will make him a good mover and a reliable line¬ man. He held his own with the more ex¬ perienced in all the games he participated in. Everyone will be quite surprised to know he is the youngest of our squad and has lots of time to grow. THE LONG HORN Vol. VI 168 LOUIE HAMILTON, ’10 . Right Half-back “Hiamp” came from Allen Academy. In athletics there he was out of his class, and so far led the prep bunch it came near ruining him. His first year on the team w r as not a howling success, the change to his equals be¬ ing too sudden. As for ability, he has enough for a dozen good men, and this statement will be verified by L. S. U.’s stars. Hamp is a double T man and has the distinction of being the best all-round athlete in Texas. His leg work during last season was far above his op¬ ponent’s, and from the present outlook he will open the eyes of the athletics of the South next season. He bids fair to catch for A. and M. in baseball during the spring. Hamp held his place on the Southwest’s imaginary team. SCHMIDT, ‘08.....Center “Dutch” Schmidt, the big Center, has a record to be proud of. All during the season while the other men were talking football, etc., during their spare time, he was pouring over his bug-hunting problems, and has never carried a deficiency. Though the big Dutchman knew neither the English language nor a football, when he land¬ ed here a green “fish,” he is a past-grand master at the latter, and can make his wants known in English. He never failed to show up for work, and was a consistent trainer the whole time. Not un¬ like Dale, he has few social ambitions, but gets a dry grin when you speak of that girl of his at home. THE LONG HORN 1908 169 “T” Association r HE “T” Association is an organization of students, ex-students, and alumni, who have, in the present, and in former years, represented the College in various forms of athletics. Any one, who has been fortunate enough to win a letter during his college career, is eligible to membership. The ostensible purpose of the association is to promote athletics, and strengthen the bonds of sympathy between the ex-students and the present student body. In this manner they hope to bring systematic and concerted effort to bear upon any athletic issue. In short, the association will be to the athletes what the alumni are to the College. On November 30, 1907, the Association held its first banquet at College Station. The present officers were elected, the constitution and by-laws were adopted, and the organization otherwise made complete. Annual meetings of the Association will be held at College each year. On these occasions its members will attend a grand banquet in their honor. Here officers for the ensuing year will be elected, and’ athletic matters and business of import, will be discussed. MEMBERS J. NEFF, President J M. DAVIS, Vice-President JOE UTAY, Secretary FOOTBALL POSITION COURSE RESIDENCE Half-back.....Agricultural, ’09 ............Dallas, Texas .Quarter-back.. Agricultural, ’09 ...... 4 .....Durant, I. T. . Left Tackle____Agricultural, TO............Maddill, I. T. Left Guard____Mechanical Engineering, ’08.. Chilliocothe, Texas . .Left Guard.... Civil Engineering, ’08.......Chilliocothe, Texas ..Left End......Civil Engineering, TO.......Waco, Texas ..Half-back.....Electrical Engineering TO... Bryan, Texas . Right Tackle.. Civil Engineering, ' 08.......Italy, Texas ..Full-back..... Civil Engineering, ’ll.......Calvin, I. T. . Quarter-back.. Mechanical Engineering, ’09.. Joplin, Mo. . Half-back.....Civil Engineering, T1.......Mesquite, Texas NAME Utay, Joe (Capt.) Kelley, V. M. .., Ross, J.......... Dale, J......... Dale, I.......... Symes, C........ Hamilton, L. S. . Cornell, A. L.... Flinchum, S. ... Leggett, C. W.... Rugle, D. F...... i yo THE LONG HORN Vol. VI NAME Hooker, R. M......... Deware, C. A......... Moore, G. F........... Puckett, F. S. (Capt.) Schmidt, H.......... Neece, C. M........... Gilbert, W. A......... Kendrick, R.......... Loving, J. W.......... Williams, J.......... Riciienstien, C. A..... Haltom, G. (Capt.)... Blake, R. E........... Boyce, W............ Dean, J. S............ Foster, F. J........... Morley, Hal. (Capt.). Gray, Frank, (Capt.). Perkins, “Si,” (Capt.) Blake, T. W.......... Baetcher, R. B....... Beilharz, W.......... Hull, Burt .......... Street, G............ Hope, G.............. Benjamin, J. W....... Puckett, J. W........ Carruthers, B. V...... Walker, W. F......... Ellis, O............. Pirie, J. E............ McFarland, J. A...... Hanick, C. F.......... Worthing, E......... Neff, J............... Simpson, J. V......... Carpenter, M......... Deware, R. R......... Davis, J............. Ridenhour, R........ Woodman, C. N........ Mauck, A............ Brown, R............ Sterns, J. B........... Spivey, M............ Williams, Ira........ POSITION COURSE RESIDENCE .Right Tackle.. Agricultural, TO ............San Antonio, Texas Right End..... Electrical Engineering, ’09... Jefferson, Texas Right Tackle.. Civil Engineering, ’08.......Fort Worth, Texas Left End......Agricultural, ’07.............College Station, Tex Center........Agricultural, ’08 ............Comfort, Texas Right Guard... Civil Engineering, To........Chilliocothe, Texas Manager......Agricultural, ’07.............Dallas, Texas Right Tackle.. Agricultural, ’06 ............ Waco, Texas • Left Tackle. ... Agricultural, ’06 ............Jacksboro, Texas Left End......Special ....................Wychville, Va. Half-hack.....Agricultural, ’08 ............San Saba, Texas .Full-back......Electrical Engineering, ’06... San Antonio, Texas Left Guard.... Agricultural, ’09 ............Dallas, Texas . Right Tackle.. Civil Engineering, ’07........San Luis,Potosi,Mex Manager......Architectural Engineering, ’06 Belton, Texas Quarter-back. . Architectural Engineering, ’06 Laredo, Texas Full-back......Mechanical Engineering, ’08.. Dallas, Texas Full-back..... Civil Engineering, ’99........Dallas, Texas Full-back,’07. . Civil Engineering, ’97........Dallas, Texas Quarter-back.. Agricultural, ’04 ............Dal las, Texas Left Tackle... Agricultural, ’04 ............ Track.........Mechanical Engineering, ’03. Dallas, Texas Track.........Civil Engineering ..........Houston, Texas . Right End.....Agricultural, ’05 ............Houston, Texas Right Tackle. . Agricultural, ’07............. .Left Guard.... Civil Engineering, ’04........Cuero, Texas Right Guard... Civil Engineering, ’04........Buda, Texas Center........Civil Engineering, 07........ Half-back.....Textile Engineering, ’06.....San Saba, Texas .Half-back.....Textile Engineering, ’06.....Uvalde, Texas Full-back......Civil Engineering, ’04........Parita, Texas Right End.....Mechanical Engineering, ’04. Rockwood, Texas Agricultural, ’07.............Deniyer, Texas Center........Mechanical Engineering, ’03. Tipton, Mo. Left Guard. ... Mechanical Engineering, ’03. College Station, Tex Left Tackle.. .. Mechanical Engineering, ’02. Left End...... Full-back......Civil Engineering, ’02........Jefferson, Texas .Half-back.....Civil Engineering, ’03.......Forney, Texas Right Guard... Civil Engineering, ’02........ Left End......Civil Engineering, ’07....... Center........Civil Engineering, ’07........Franklin, Texas .Half-back.....Civil Engineering, ’00....... Right End.....Civil Engineering, ’02.......Houston, Texas .Track.........Civil Engineering, ’08.......Burke, Texas Catcher.......Mechanical Engineering, ’03. Houston, Texas igoS THE LONG HORN 171 NAME Sammons, T. .. Hornsby ...... WlCKES, M. . . . Love, O........ Beeman, D. .. . Dunn, . R ...... McGreyson, F. . Acker, E...... Bishop, M. J. .. Bernay, C. L... Bivins, M..... Brown, J...... McFarland, A. Carmichael, J. Reece, G. L.... Simons, F..... Boath, E. L... Berrings, M. .. Wessendorf, J. Smith, G. A.... Penner, W. ... Black, R. S.... Williams, P. .. Welboan, J. L. Beverly, H. ... Hackney, G. H, Crockett, J. B. Milligan, W. .. Moore, W. G... Crooks, N. G... Adams, T..... Church, M. S. . Hanna, H. E... Lipscomb, C. .. Noble ........ Huwieler..... Lane, I. W..... Guenther..... b;aseball position course residence First Base.....Agricultural ................Alvin, Texas ShortStop.....agricultural, ’10............Austin, Texas Right Field.... Mechanical Engineering, ’05. Bryan, Texas Second Base... Substitute.....Civil Engineering, ’03.......Comanche, Texas Substitute.....Agricultural, ’04 ............ Substitute.... Civil Engineering, ’03.......Houston, Texas Substitute.....Agricultural, ’05 ............Lampasas, Texas Left Field..... Second Base. .. Civil Engineering, ’05.......Brownwood, Texas Pitcher....... Mechanical Engineering, ’07. Kildare, Texas Manager......Civil Engineering, ’03........Corsicana, Texas Left Field.....Mechanical Engineering, ’05. Rockwood, Texas Catcher.......Mechanical Engineering, ’05. Bandera, Texas Third Base.... Civil Engineering, ’05........A.ustin, Texas Civil Engineering, ’04.......Austin, Texas Track......... Pitcher........Civil Engineering, ’07........ Catcher.......Textile Engineering, ’07.....Fort Wortn, Texas Pitcher........Electrical Engineering, ’07... Kyle, Texas First Base.....Electrical Engineering, ’07... Georgetown, Texas Second Base... Civil Engineering, ’07........Jewitt, Texas Short Stop____ Architectural Engineering, ’09. Fort Worth, Texas Manager......Agricultural, ’06 ............Alvin, Texas Left Field____ Mechanical Engineering, ’06. McKinney, Texas Center Field... Mechanical Engineering, ’06. Burleson, Texas Right Field____Civil Engineering, ’08.......Prosper, Texas Substitute.....Agricultural, ’09 ............Corsicana, Texas Manager, R. F.. Electrical Engineering, ’07... Paris, Texas Pitcher....... Electrical Engineering, ’06... Second Base... Textile Engineering, ’08.......Dallas, Texas Third Base____Agricultural, ’05 ............McKinney, Texas ShortStop____ Agricultural, ’05 ............Denison, Texas Right Field____Agricultural, ’06 ............Hubbard City, Tex. Substitute.....Engineering, ’06 ............Port Lavaca, Texas ShortStop____ Civil Engineering, TO.......Houston, Texas Catcher.......Civil Engineering ..........Manor, Texas Second Base... Civil Engineering, ’05.........San Antonio, Texas 172 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Jfatijer’S UerSion of a Jfootball (game i Yes, sir, Mandy, when I got thare, John he met me at the train And ’lowed as how thet I ought ter Go and see a football game. Said he play’d as a Right Tackle,— No, don’t ax me what thet be; Jest you lis’en Mandy Shakle And I’ll tel yer how’t struck me. II Well, first I bel’eve I’ll tel yer ’bout How thankful and how proud I got When John come slowly trot’in’ out Ter fight agin thet vis’ting lot. Now I bet you’d a hed a fit Fer fear he’d got his roof caved in, But yer needn’t worry nary bit Fer he had pads from nose to shin! Ill Purty soon the whis’le blew; The fellers crouched with blazin’ eyes; The Center kick’d, the ball it flew Strai’t out to John,—Ah, he wus wise Fur quick ’e rounds the whole blamed lot But one, who pulls ’em down ca-whack. And Gee! how bloomin’ mad I got When the whole bunch jump’d on his back. IV I seed him smile when ’e got to light, (Jest like he use’ to do when ’e And Willie Jones would fight and fight Tell ne’ther one could hardly see), Fer he ’ad the ball and ’e ’ad it close, And ef they all did jump on ’em He wouldn’t sorter turn it loose, But held on tight and with a vim. V Well, this time they all stay’d together Until I seed the man behind I urn ’round and ’round tell I didn’t know whe’ther He wus all right er out his mind. Then the next thing thet I knowed John ’ad the ball and plowing thue Them men jest like he’s in a road,— Gee Mandy, but ’e knocked a few! VI So thet’s the way they play’d the game And when they pushed and stamped each other What did I ker, jest so’s they’d gain And push theyr fows a little fu’ther? What ef they break a bone er two; Er get a nose set over some! Et teaches men thet what they do Mus’ be faught fer, ef ’tis well dun. THE LONG HORN 1908 173 Company n A n Football Team McDonald . . . Right End Crane .... Right Tackle Thompson . . . Right Guard Clemments .... Center Lauderdale (Captain) . Left Guard Sigel .... Left Tackle Lem Adams Carlin ..... Left End Stalmaker . . Right Half-back Terrell . . . ) Wadligton, F. Y. f • hull-backs Beasley . . . Left Half-back Sloan .... Quarter-back . . Manager 174 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Company B Football Team Easterwood (Captain) Mathews Crosby . Crosby, E. H. Filgo . . . ) Washington Le Roy . . . . . Left End Left Tackle Left Guard Right End Right Tackle Wyche Wade Hagan Warden (Mgr.) McColloch Darbyshire Elliott Right Guard Center Quarter-back Full-back Left Half-back Right Half-back THE LONG HORN 1908 175 Company ’’C 11 Football Team Warren, F. (Captain) . Full-back Lee, N. . . . Right Half-back Farnsworth . . Left Half-back Bordoges . . . Quarter-back Smith, J. ' W ..... Center Lanford, L. L. . . Right Guard Brundrette McGinnis, N. M. . Right Tackle DeLisle .... Right F.nd Connelly . . . Left Guard Dahlman . . . Left Tackle Dwyer ...... Sub. Robinson ...... Sub. . . . Sub. 176 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI 4 Company “D ” Football Team L. P. Meerscheidt..... ' ......... Manager A. A. McDaniel............... Captain Arneson, E. P. . Left Half-back Rushmore, N. R. . Right Half-back Daugherty, J. S. . . Quarter-back Adams, R. E. . . . Full-back McDaniel, A. A. . . Left End Ehlers Hudson, T. . . . Right End Winters, O. L. . . Right Tackle Butts, J. W. . . Left Tackle Weidekind, C. A. W. . Right Guard Kennedy .... Left Guard . . Center SUBSTITUTES Erwin Aldwell Bering Maurin Ellis Shields Townsend Dillard THE LONG HORN 177 1908 THE LITTLE MASCOT i7B THE LONG HORN Vol. VI 1 907 Baseball Team Wert Spencer Smith, G. A. . . Captain, Pitcher Huff, L. M..... Pitcher Bivins, M..... Pitcher Dabney, J ..... Pitcher Wessendorf, Joe . . . Catcher Ellinger, N. . . . First Base Black, R. S. . . . Second Base . . . Coach Kelley, V. M. . . Third Base Huwieler .... Short Stop Moore, AV. G. . Right Field, Manager Milligan, W . . Center Field Hornsby . . . Sub. Short Stop Crocket . . . Sub. Left Field BASEBALL SCHEDULE AND RECORD A. M. vs. Cincinnati Reds............ A. M. vs. Austin College................ A. M. vs. Austin College............... A. M. vs. S. W. U............................. A. M. vs. S. W. U.... ....... A. M. vs. Mississippi A. M..... A. M. vs. Mississippi A. M..... A. M. vs. University Mississippi. 3-3 A. M. vs. University Texas............... 1-2 1-1 A. M. vs. University Texas............... 8-1 9-3 A. M. vs. Baylor ..........................................rain 11_ o A. M. vs. Baylor ...................................14-5 I- 3 A. M. vs. Houston League ............... 2-3 1-0 A. M. vs. Houston League ............... 3-5 3- 0 A. M. vs. T. C. U................................... 9-0 4- 0 A. M. vs. T. C. U..........i..........................rain BASEBALL TEAM i8o THE LONG HORN Vol. VI rt i The Baseball Season of ’07 Spencer took charge of our bunch early in the Spring, and soon had the holes filled that were left by ’06 men who did not return. The men went into practice with spirit and were eager for blood when Baylor came into our midst. The Baylor boys put up a good article, but we finally won out on doubles by Crockett and Kelley, when the bases were ten¬ anted. One game was called on account of rain and the next one was played on sloppy ground, which made it exceedingly hard to handle the ball, causing costly errors on both sides. Southwestern followed and beat us one game out of the two, played on the campus, on account of our poor and untimely hitting. We broke even with ’Varsity, each taking a game, on their trip here. The boys put on their hitting clothes in the second game and made them hard to catch. “Choc” got a hit each time up. The Cincinnati Reds stopped over long enough to show us the real article. Though we were not in their class, they were not ashamed of our bunch. Spencer THE LONG HORN 1908 181 kept them busy handling his endless variety of dope. The Houston team, of Texas League, came next, winning one game and tieing us in the second, 3 to 3. With Austin College we battled for eleven innings, but neither side was able to cross the rubber but one time in the first game. The second one we took in a walk. Two games were scheduled with T. C. U., but only one of them was played an account of bad weather. The other one we added to our list by a score of 11 to o. One feature of our last baseball season was the trip which the team got. They left College on the 23rd of April for New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Starkville and Ox¬ ford, Miss. At New Orleans only one game was played on account of a downpour which began when our team arrived—that is downpour of rain. In a hard-fought game of fourteen innings at Baton Rouge we lost on account of near-sightedness of the umpire in convenient moments. At Mississippi A. and M., our team received the best treatment while on the trip. We each got a game there. At Oxford we defeated the University of Mississippi boys in an exciting game of 1 to o, and started the next game in a driving rain at their suggestion. In four innings the score stood 3 to O in our favor; they decided the ground was too damp, so the game was called on account of cold feet. The team returned to College via Memphis, arriving May 2, this being the longest trip ever given the team, and the first trip of a A. and M. baseball team out of the State. The season closed with two games at Austin with ’Varsity, in which they won them both. Although the team was not the champions, the record it made was a creditable one, and the season’s statistics show a record of eight college games won out of four¬ teen played. Kelley was elected Captain of the ’08 team, and he assures us a winner. THE LONG HORN Vol. VI 182 Company “A” Baseball Team Hamilton . . . Center Field Cornell ..... Catcher McElroy ..... Pitcher Beal, V. Z. . . . First Base Eversburg . . . Second Base Moore Martin, C. A. . . Third Base Clements . . . . Short Stop Carlin .... Left Field Sherrard .... Right Field Spivey .... Second Base Manager 1908 THE LONG HORN 183 Company “ B” Baseball Team Maxwell, O. (Captain) . Second Base Dibrell, Z. H. . . . Catcher Abney ...... Pitcher Day ..... First Base Jennings, Jack . . Short Stop McCown Easterwood, J. L. . Harris, D. B. McConnell, J. P. Murphy, R. O. Company C Baseball Team Whitney (Captain) Catcher Strong Cox, S. H. . . Pitcher Stripling Bittle Third Base Lempert Robinson . . Short Stop Haney English Second Base Stimpson . • ) Van Zant . • • First Base Tabor • • ) Wortham, B. . . . Manager Company “D” Baseball Team Smith, A. J. (Captain) . Center Field COBALINA, A, J. Blake, H. H. Smith . . . I Meerchiedt . ( ' Rutledge Jones, L. R. First Base Catcher Pitchers Second Base Third Base Butts . . . . McDaniell, A. A. Deware, C. Cason . . . . Cunningham, P. E. Adams . . ) Lineburg . . j Left Field Center Field Right Field . Subs. Left Field Center Field Right Field Sub. Subs. Short Stop Right Field Left Field Sub. Manager . Subs 184 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Review of the Track Season of 1907 - | - HE past track season could hardly be counted as a success, but in a way it was, as far as the track men were concerned. The work was a breaking-in to them, and being an awakening out of several years of utter neglect and lack of interest of the corps. The season would not have earned a place except for the excellent material in the few men on the team. In the beginning quite a num¬ ber showed up for practice, but from lack of backing by the students, and absence of a good coach, the latter part of the season found only a few left who really had the work at heart. Early in the season Ross showed that it was only a matter of training to make him a leader among the shot-putters, and won the hammer throw at Waco on three days’ practice. What would Murphy have done? Spivey was no doubt the best in ability and experience, but was loose in his training. Hamilton made very little effort at any of his specialties and did not come up to his Prep, school standard. The meet at Waco was not at all satisfactory. Only three or four colleges sent representatives, and very little arrangement was made or interest shown in the meet. Bad tracks, poor equipments, and few entries hampered our three men, who under the conditions did themselve credit. The new coach, Mr. Larson, will no doubt open up the season of ’08 in full blast and records will be broken, for A. and M. was never better fixed in the material line; workers are what it now needs most. In former years, as statistics will show, we ranked among the best, in Track Athletics; and but for the limited amount of money our name would be first among the Southwestern colleges, as it is in football and baseball. These results of the Waco meet are not for show, but only a reminder of what three men can do. Out of six events entered, we failed to secure a place in but one, the running high jump. One-hundred-yard dash: Ramsdell, University of Texas; Hendrickson, Univer¬ sity of Texas; Hamilton, A. and M. College. Time, 0:10 flat. Sixteen-pound shot put: Ross, A. and M. College; Spivey, A. and M. College; distance, 37 feet, 1 inch. Discus throw: Spivey, A. and M. College; Krahl, University of Texas; Ross, A. and M. College; distance, 106 feet, 454 inches. Sixteen-pound hammer throw: Ross, A. and M. College; Krahl, Universitv of Texas; Fisk, University of Texas! distance, 114 feet. Pole vault: Bone, University of Texas, and Kendall, University of Texas, tie; Hamilton, A. and M. College; height, 9 feet, 7 inches. Running broad jump: Kendall, University of Texas; Hamilton, A. and M. Col¬ lege; distance, 28 feet, 8 4 inches; 26 feet, 6 4 inches. University of I exas, 78 points; A. and M. College, 25 points; Baylor University, 18 points; Texas Christian University, 2 points. 186 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI The Raquet Tennis Club T. E. Holloway............... President R. C. SlGEL............. Secretary-Treasurer MEMBERS R. H. Standifer T. E. Holloway Lem Adams C. W. Homeyer R. C. Sigel M. C. Spivey M. H. Weinert O. L. Eversburg THE LONG HORN 1908 187 Senior Tennis Club Dan Culver............... President Geo. E. Skaggs........... Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS Dan Culver Geo. E. Skaggs R. H. Standifer Jon. A. Warden 188 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Junior Tennis Club MEMBERS SigeLj R. C. Gresham, W. O. Furneaux, W. H. Harris, D. B. Groos, R. Weinert, M. H. Gaillard, J. G. Brannin, C. P. 1908 THE LONG HORN 189 Sophomore Tennis Club Adams, R. ................. President McIlhenny, J. L............. Vice-President Carroll, M. W., Jr .......... Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS Ellis, J. G. Byars, G. E. Dorsey, R. T. Adicks, C. F. Ehlers, W. J. Murphy Thompson, T. E. Symes, C. Shields, R. THE LONG HORN 190 Vol. VI H. T homas ............... President C. Forsgard ............. . Vice-President X. Hudson............ Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS Brisco Keeling, E. Thomas, H. Brown Langdom, W. Rugel Fitzhugh, F. Sanford, F. Cock, C. Forsgard, C. Seward, C. Hudson, F. 1908 THE LONG HORN 191 Chick - gar - roo - gar - rem! Chick - gar - roo - gar - rem! Rough! Tough! Real! Stuff! Texas A. and M.! (A very long whistle) BOOM ! ! ! TEAM ! ! ! (Very slow) Rah! Jaw! Jay! Haw! A. M. C.! Rah! Jaw! Jay! Haw! A. M. C.! (Then repeat same very fast) Hullabaloo! Caneck! Caneck! Hullabaloo! Caneck! Caneck! War-hee! War-hee! Look at the man! Look at the man! Look at the A. and M. man! (Player’s name.) Boom-o-racker! Boom-o-racker: Sis! Boom! Bee! Texas College! Hip! Huree! A. and M.! A. and M.! A. and M. C.! Bing-i-ty, bing-i-ty binger bar! Jing-i-ty, jing-i-ty, jinger jar! Rollicky! Rollicky! Who are we! We are! We are! A. M. C.! Comanche, Ranche. Ree! Rah! Rah! Apache, Rache! Big Choctaw. Big Chief, Papoose, Indian Squaw, Texas A. and M. Rah! Rah! Rah! Razzle, dazzle, sizzle, dozzle! Sis! Boom! Bah! A. and M.! A. and M.! Rah! Rah! Rah! BOOLA SONG For the red and white we’ll always fight, Sing-a-boola, boola-boola-boo, If you don’t get right, we’ll put you right, Sing-a-boola-boola-boola-boola-boo. We’ll make the chills run up your backs, We’ll rough house you today, For it is A. M. C. Whoo! Rah! Ree! Sing-a-boola-boola-boola-boola-boo Boola, boola, boola, boola, boola, boola, boola, boola. And we’ll land on old--until she says she has got enough. Rah! Ree! Texas A. and M., Texas A. and M., Texas A. and M., Texas A. and M., And we’ll pounce on old-until she hollers A-boola-boo. Rah! Rah! Chick-gar-roo-gar-rem! Chick-gar-roo-gar-rem! Rough! Tough! Real! Stuff! Texas A. and M.! 192 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Twenty-Five Years Hence W T WAS late one evening, as I came from my work, tired and worried, that I 1 stopped at the postoffice to get my mail. I opened the mail, and to my great surprise I saw a familiar handwriting, but one I had not seen for years. I hastily glanced over the letter and read the following: Dear Classmate: My wife and I are fixing to celebrate our Silver Wedding, and it is my desire to have as many of my old classmates present as possible. Yours of 1908, Ivan D-. T his came as a shock to me. I knew Ivan was Professor of Physics in a prominent university, but did not know he had been fortunate enough to have been enwrapt in the holy bonds of matrimony that long. I immediately began to make arrangement for the trip from Cimeron, Okla., my home, to Peoria, 111., the place of the occasion. This was a trip of about one thousand miles, and I expected quite a number of the boys to join me on the way. There were several of the boys living near enough to Cimeron for me to ’phone them the news. I ’phoned George Skaggs first, he being Professor of Trigonometry in a nearby college. Jay Wray happened to be in town in the interest of the Telephone Girls Union, so I broke the news to him. Jay immediately sent word to Ellis, who was President of the rural telephone system in an adjoining county, with headquarters anywhere he happened to be. As Ellis had only a few hours in which to reach town, he came by Burmeister’s farm for experimentation on food consumption, steamed up the mule coach, and reached town in time for the train. When the train rolled out it contained five of the boys going to see their old comrade. We reached St. Louis early the next morning. Here we were expecting quite a number to join us. Casey was the first one we met. He was running a news¬ stand and cigar joint on the street. Casey said he was going if he could get a com¬ petent man to attend to his business while he was on the trip. Having a few hours to spend in the city, we went to the library, and while there our attention was attracted to a book with a very peculiar title, “A Little of Everything yOC, i,. I I908 THE LONG HORN 193 that is of no use to an Engineer with Quotations from a Mad House.” On looking up the author, I learned that the book was written by J. Dale, B. S., M. E., author of “Two Nights in a Hay-loft and What He Saw There,” and “Around the World in an Automobile.” I also saw a book written by Douglas Blakeshaw Netherwood, entitled, “With Groupe on the High Seas, or Dredge-boating as a Passtime.” That evening as we were preparing to leave for Peoria, we were joined by quite a number of the boys of 1908. Among these were about half of our old C. E.’s, who had been nearly a year trying to locate the true North and South line from which to reckon their way back to civilization. A little way from St. Louis, near a small town, the track had received some injury which came near upsetting the whole train. The town had a population of about three hundred and twenty-three. On learning that Dan Culner was mayor, we de¬ cided to go down and see him. As we were walking down the street, our eyes caught this sign, “Schmidt and Faust, Crack Veterinarians, Specialists on Colic and Bots.” On returning to see how things were progressing at the railroad, I saw several of the boys shaking hands with a fellow before he could crawl out from under the engine, and to my great surprise it was “Pike,” expert engineer, who had been under the boiler seeing if it was in good condition. Everything was gotten in readiness and we started on our journey. That evening we ran into a prosperous little town in a good farming district. The train had to stay there one hour, and on seeing quite a crowd in the streets, we decided to go up in town to find out what the attraction was. Before we reached the center of the town our attention was attracted by a dray, drawn by a small mule, and bearing this sign, “Hon. T. E. McElroy, State Organizer for the Farmers Union, will speak in thirty minutes on Main Square, on ‘The Possibilities of a Young Man with an Agricultural Educa- We decided to stay over till that afternoon in order to hear Mac’s speech. At the appointed hour a gentleman, with a long beard, stepped on the stage with a dignified air. We hardly knew him behind so much beard and dignity, but through it all, we could soon see traces of resemblance. We learned from Mac that several of his classmates were living near town, and had made quite a success in agricultural lines. As we were talking, I saw a little dried-up man, with a large wife and a wagon-load of children, drive into main square. Mac informed us that this was “H-raiser” Miller. We at once hurried over to shake his hand. We asked him if he was going up with us, and he informed us that he was. So we had about twelve more added to our party. In talking with Miller, we learned that “Si” Evans had recently been elected Commissioner of Agriculture of his tion.’ ” 194 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI State and could not go with us on the account of a rush in business. We also learned that Crockett had recently discovered a brick kiln with exceedingly rich ore, and this was keeping him so busy that he could not leave. However, he was sending Dale a sample of his brick, which he declared to be the richest ever discovered. The party arrived safely at Peoria about 4:30 p. m. Ivan and his wife were at the depot to meet us. Dale looked older than I expected, his thirty years having made several wrinkles in his brow and gray locks on his head. His wife, however, looked very much younger than he. Dale told us that he had lost the roof of his mouth, and the serious illness which followed caused him to break fast. When we arrived at the house, everything seemed comfortable and home-like. In the drawing-room, we met his two sons, tall, handsome young men. The oldest was Ivan, Jr., and the next one was named Chas. Dale. The two young men had come home from college just to be at the reunion of their father’s old schoolmates. Dinner was served at the usual hour. It was a great feast. We went through the meal in the most informal manner, talking of the things that had occurred in the past thirty years. Many times during the meal someone would refer to the menu of Hotel de Sbisa, or recall to our minds the phraseology used at the hotel. After the meal we retired to the library, and after we were all seated, Ivan opened up a bunch of telegrams from several of the fellows who could not attend. Some were in South America, Mexico, Hawaiian Islands, Philippines, Africa, and various other places. They alt washed him much success and a long life. It was with great regret that we made arrangements to leave on the following day. After many hand-shakes and wishes of success, we returned to our various homes. THE LONG HORN Vol. VI 196 H. F. Foy .... G. E. Skaggs R. E. Adams .... T. P. Junkin FIRST TENORS A. C. Barron C. W. Buchanan W. E. Dickerson L. L. Shropshire M. M. Simmons G. A. Smith President Secretary-Treasurer Business Manager SECOND BASES J. C. Abney E. T. Boyle Director D. Culver G. McKay T. P. Junkin R. Smith FIRST BASES M. S. Bethel A. F. Buchanan L. E. Erwin H. F. Foy H. Shindler QUARTETTE R. E. Adams H. F. Foy SECOND TENORS R. E. Adams iW. Gregg H. C. Miller G. E. Skaggs M. Taylor G. A. Smith T. P. Junkin 198 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI The Imperial Brass Quartette Foy, H. F....... Marburger, A. Kahn, S. D. Adams, R. E, Baritone Trombone Cornet Alto Saxophone 1908 THE LONG HORN 199 The Power of Music X F WE would make more use of music there would be fewer cases of blues! When things go wrong, don’t make yourself miserable, and those about you, too, by moping about with a long face and downcast eyes. Sing! “Can’t sing,” you say—then whistle! Everybody can attempt one or the other, and, for happiness’ sake, do one or both. I know one boy, in particular, who could not carry a tune if he had it in a sack, never attempts to sing a note, yet to hear his cheery whistle and to see his bright face makes you forget for the moment your own troubles. The discords are pardonable, because the happiness of the heart is irresistible. Work and study go easier, lightened by the language of harmonious sounds. Now, as I spent a few days of my vacation with my Uncle and Aunt at their country home, I naturally noted some of their quaint ways. Aunt believed that babies should go to bed and to sleep “like folks, without the fol-de-rol of rocking and singing.” The baby, though, disagreeing with the maternal ideas, usually expressed her dis¬ approval in a series of ear-splitting yells. Uncle would stand it as long as he could, then thrusting his good-natured face in at the door, he would inquire anxiously: “Ba-a-be goin’ to sleep M-a-a?” Receiving no discouragement, he would venture boldly in, gently take the baby from “Ma’s” lap, and disappear. Gently snuggling the screaming mite in his strong arms, he would tilt back and forth in a chair without rockers and would—pardon me,—I nearly said—sing! Opening his capacious mouth—Oh, Mars and Jupiter!—what a succession of sound would issue therefrom. Beginning on a high note, he would keep time with the thump of the chair-legs on the floor; and, believe me, in less than ten minutes that infant would be fast asleep. Such is the power of music ( ?) Music is everywhere about us, waiting for expression. All Nature speaks in the rhythm of melody. The fields of waving grass, the leaves on the trees, the singing of the wind, all make known to the ear that can hear, their part in the glorious symphony of sound. So let us be more musical. If you can’t sing, then whistle. And when you meet your comrades they will note with pleasure the bright expression of your face, and when they leave you, they themselves will be in better spirits for having met you. 200 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI iimmmmim Y.M.C.A. ■feoRKi 10. The Y. M. C. A. of the A. and M. College was organized in the early part of 1906. A Y. M. C. A. secretary came to college and persuaded the corps of cadets to send a delegation to the “Students National Convention” at Nashville, Tenn. As a result of this, six delegates went to the convention. These delegates took down the principal points concerning the organization of a Y. M. C. A., and Bible c asses. On the return of the delegates, they set to w ork and organized the association on a nrm basis, with a membership of 165. Bible classes w ere soon organized in the dormitories, led oy some one of its members. This work was prospering nicely when the school year closed. At the opening of the next session, the w ork was taken up wTere it stopped the year before. T he membership increased rapidly, shownng a great interest manifested in the Y. M. C. A. movement. During the Christmas holidays, of this year, three dele¬ gates w ere sent to the Ruston Conference, at Ruston, La. They came back wfith the determination to make the Y. M. C. A. better than it had ever been before. To aid in this onward movement, the association elected Dr. Powell as student secretary. It also pledged itself to pay $25.00 per year to the general association in order that they might have some of the traveling secretaries come to College. The work run on smoothly till the close of the school year. When the school year 1907-8 opened, the wwk was taken up again. The Bible classes started with larger attendance than ever before. A room in Gathright Hall was set apart for Y. M. C. A. headquarters. This room was fitted up with good furniture, books and daily papers for the accommodation of the students. T he Campus ladies organized a Ladies Auxiliary,” which co-operated wdth the Y YY ts . onwar fi m arch of progress. These ladies gave an entertainment at le 1 l ess Hall, which the cadets declare has never been equaled in the history of the College. The association has gotten up a fund to be paid out in sending delegates to the annual convention held at Ruston. Each delegate is to pay back to the association his expenses, six months after he leaves college. Thus in a few r years the association will have a permanent fund to send delegates to the conference with. Thus is the association carried on year after year, growing stronger rooted among the corps of cadets and doing a great w ork for the sons of Texas. p p p p THE LONG HORN 1908 201 Y. M. C. A. Cabinet A. L. Cornell M. H. Weinert C. Symes L. Ward W. Leggett M. Evans . E. Bower, Jr. L. Ellis P. Brannin J. J. Caldwell President- Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer Bible Study ' -. . . . Membership Finance Reception Devotional Devotional Decoration 202 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Senior Jingles 4 STANDS for Adams,—there are two, by the way, xY But Lem claims no relation with Adams, T. A. T OWER is a captain, and eats with Company “C,” J3 While Beesley, Beall and Burmeister “march down” with Company “E.” CORNELL, “Paul D.” and Culver, are sure a learned three, But “Fox” claims a plumb-bob should on a level be. rx IS FOR Dale. But hold! There’s another, •LJ Though known as Miss Ivy, he’s really Dale’s brother. ' TALLIS in his infancy did to literature incline, -L ' While “Si,” from morn till evening, spent his time in judging swine. ■pLEMING is from Cisco! and Faust I’m sure you know. 1 Fritz Foy, thought not windy, is sometimes known to blow. IS NOT used, and I fear will get moldy, VJ So I think of no better, than to give it to “Goldy.” T T STANDS for Huff, who’s a very good fellow, Xa But gee, look at Homeyer, Holloway and Heller! jN THE whole Senior Class, not a one will “I” fit, 1 When really there are many who think they are “It.” JOIN Jobson, Hicks Horotio, with the two Jonses, C. and L., Now quote Sherman’s famous saying, (slightly altered), “They are Hell.” OMANITZ came from everywhere but here and the North Pole, While “Knoxie” Lee and Lindner have a much shorter roll. Me IS A character not in the alphabet, So “John Haney,” “Mick” and “Nestor” are together in this set. THE LONG HORN 203 1908 jy lUNSON said to the Miller, “What Moore do you see?” IVl Said the Miller to A. Munson, “The one of the libraree.” IV T EALE and North catch little bugs, from sky and soil and tree, 1 1 While Uncle “Pike,” from morn till night, pours o’er that d— M. E. P STANDS for “Polly,”—O my, he’s a bird, l To try to outwit him is simply absurd ! 13OBINSON will never speak, and Rhode but once per day, And when they do you never know exactly what they say. O STANDS for Schaefer, and half a dozen more, O Take away Smith and Spivey and we have only four. OAMPSON and Standifer and happy “Dutch” Schmidt, With Skaggs for full measure,—we promise to quit! ' ' ■pELFAIR is a person whom all ought to see. 1 We kindly refer you two thirty-three. VY ' ARDEN and Washburn and “Knocking” Jay Wray, W With Wilson and Whittet,— O take them away! W. E. S. i 1 206 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Thanksgiving Hop V. M. Kelley ........ President G. F. Moore . . Chairman Arrangement Committee Joe Utay , . . Chairman Invitation Committee L. N. Huff . . Chairman Reception Committee Tom Adams . . Chairman Decoration Committee C. A. Deware . . . Chairman Floor Committee D. B. Harris . . Chairman Finance Committee THANKSGIVING BALL COMMITTEE 208 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Ross Volunteers Hop Tom Adams . . Chairman Arrangement Committee... Lem Adams ...... Chairman Invitation Committee Dan Culver ......... Chairman Reception Committee L. P. Meerscheidt ........ Chairman Finance Committee W. H. Furneaux .... Chairman Decoration Committee W. R. Gilbert . . Chairman Floor Committee ROSS VOLUNTEERS HOP COMMITTEE 210 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Final Ball C. W. Homeyer .............. President G. E. Skaggs ......... Chairman Arrangement Committee G. I. Moore ......... Chairman Invitation Committee R. H. Standifer ........ Chairman Reception Committee Lem Adams ......... Chairman Decoration Committee W. H. Furneaux ........ Chairman Finance Committee E• W. Muller .......... Chairman Floor Committee FINAL BALL COMMITTEE 212 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Kala Kmasis German Club T. A. Adams........ V. M. Kelley....... Jones, L. R. Meerscheidt, L. P. Muller, F. W. Symes, C. Smith, A. J. Rife, A. J. Dale, I. Dale, J, Cox, S. H. McDaniel, A. A. Fleming, C. H. DuBose, E. A. Kelley, V. ....... President ..... Secretary-Treasurer Stidham, DeWare, C. A. Bethel, M. S. Foy, H. F. Smith, E. W. Horton, C. A. Adams, R. E. Rothe, H, H. Rushmore, N. R. Minter, E. A. Miller, E. A. Adams, T. A. M. Dr. Masteller HONORARY MEMBERS E. Carlyle Jno. Cru.se KALA KINASIS DANCING CLUB 214 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Swastika Club Joe Utay ............... R. Groos ............ Secretary MEMBERS Lem Adams H. B. Allen V. Z. Beall T. J. Beesley G. Brundrett Dan Culver C. Deware W. H. Furneaux W. R. Gilbert R. Groos L. A. Hamilton D. B. Harris C. W. Homeyer, Jr. L. N. Huff V. M. Kelley G. F. Moore W. G. North J. K. Ross W. E. Sampson G. E. Skaggs % M. C. Spivey R. H. Standifer Joe Utay J. A. Warden J. S. Williams HONORARY MEMBERS Cap ' , A. Moses, Felix Puckett, J. S. Dean, L. President and Treasurer Larson. SWASTIKA DANCING CLUB rrcR THE LONG HORN 217 1908 Statistics 1907-1908 r n HE statistic blanks handed around in the Fall Term, generally speaking, were filled out in a very creditable manner by the members of the corps, and the results obtained therefrom are given below. Of course a few would-be wits whose self-respect and college spirit were blighted in the making, or else had never been, felt themselves constrained to make ill-timed display of their moral weakness or mental decrepitude. Such answers,—few in number we are glad to say,—were not considered, and it is to be hoped that their authors in future will not again offend the corps with their indecent and ungentle- manly witticisms. About ninety and eight-tenths per cent, of the entire corps desire copies of The Longhorn, while some intend to take two and even three. This number, however, might have been larger, considering the percentages heretofore when the corps has shown up better. The average age was found to be nineteen years and four months,—just one month greater than the ’06 average. Ages run from sixteen to thirty. The average weight, one hundred and fifty and one-tenth pounds, is just a trifle greater than heretofore. In height, however, the corps seems to have missed the last year’s record-breaker considerably,—five feet eight and nine-tenths inches being the average, whereas the ’ob-’oy giants tipped the notch for five feet ten and eight-tenths inches. Various reasons were assigned for coming to the A. and M. Many are here of their own free will, with their mental betterment solely in view. Others argue that paternal influence is responsible for their college career. At any rate the thirst for useful and practical training seems to have attracted the greater portion by far. Nearly eighty-six per cent, have a definite aim in life, leaving fourteen per cent, with unsettled futures so far as their personal efforts are concerned. Only seventy-nine per cent, are satisfied with their present course of instruction. Of the rest, nearly eight per cent, object to Physics. Others assign no definite objec¬ tions, or else those quoted are too varied to render further results practical. Seventy per cent, intend following their professions after leaving College, while five of the remaining twenty-six per cent, are undecided in the matter. Practically everyone works during the Summer, more or less, yet a few still cry out “not guilty.” Attending athletic contests, the Y. M. C. A. reception, trips to Dallas and Austin, “cutting” revielle, drill, etc., have been the most pleasant experiences of many cadets, while others claim their college life has been devoid of all pleasure whatsoever. 2 l8 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI The most harrowing experiences of the greater portion of the corps, were winter baths in the “Nat,” trying to eat steak a la Sbisa, physics and chem. quizes, revielle, chapel, etc., and for the “fish,” getting strapped. Dick Standifer took first place in the race for college beauty. “Maud” Moore, Furneaux, “Nosey” Jones and Tom Adams followed in order named. Bering and Carroll, however, think they are with Mat Bithel and Westmoreland tardy sprinters. According to statistics we have only six fresh “fish” worthy of mention, namely, Dillard, Shropshire, Hannay, Jones, J. C., Vienweger and Conway, with fish Dillard well to the front. Naturally enough, “Windy” Van Amburgh, the hot-air genius, won a signal triumph in the “wind-jammers handicap.” Even Hubbard, Bithel and Bearing, other venders of note, scarcely made it interesting for “Windy.” In the contest for the wittiest cadet “Little” Dale took first place over Van Amburgh, Davidson, Faust and Shropshire; while Bethel, McElroy, and “Tubby” Allen in order named, think they are the wittiest. W. E. Sampson was voted the most intellectual cadet. Holloway, T. E., and Beasley, T. J., are second and third respectively of local intellects. Major Dick Standifer is also the most dignified, followed by J. A. Warden, C. W. Homeyer, T. E. Holloway and Furneaux. Dale, I., narrowly won in the race for the laziest cadet, against Sam Cox, Maness, Joe John and “Murphy” Dabney. Paul D. Casey heads the industrious laddies, with “Si” Evans, “Civilized” Heller, Sbisa Whittet and “Pike” Netherwood in order, close behind. Warden, J. A., came full to the front in the conceited section. Carrol, Bethel, and Berring, occupied second, third and fourth respectively. Red Easterwood is the happiest cadet by a good majority. Shropshire, Dale J. and Bethel in order also ran well. Pike Netherwood is easily the most eccentric, although Warden barely won second place over “Chesty” Shroeter. If statistics speak truth, J. Wray can out-kick a chorus girl, or shame a “mountain canary” at his proudest moments. “Widow” Telfair, McElroy and “fish” Nugent are but poor seconds indeed. 1 h e greatest bore came from the Freshman Class in the person of “Nosey” Jones. Nutty Garland and Catooch Anderson, however, were well represented. Zanty Beal, carried away first honors as the biggest loafer, although “Nosey” Jones and “Bully” Maness were promising candidates. Hungry Ciouch, Grote, Maness and Hamilton are Sbisa’s champions with “Hungry” well in the lead. “Windy” Van Amburgh is barely the best natural liar over Joe John and“Little” Dale. Charley Deware came in for fourth place. A dual contest between Kelly and Hamilton proved the former to be best all- around athlete. 1908 THE LONG HORN 219 Camp is the hardest student; Pike Netherwood and “Doc.” Lomantiz stood second and third respectively. “Fish” Weber of the drawing department is clearly the hardest professor. King Lear came in next for this honor, with professors Blake and Brown scarcely in the swim. The greatest ladies man fell to “Choc” Kelly, with Brundrette second, “Maud” Moore third, and Lem Adams fourth. Bethel, however, thinks he is, followed by Brundrette, Carol and Bering, who think likewise of themselves. Lieutenant Amos K. Bass is the greatest ladies’ hater. J. Wray, Dale J., and “Widow” Telfair, in the order named, are also prospective bachelors, although “Widow” declares, unblushingly, the ladies are all in love with him. The best officer is Captain Tom Adams. Lem Adams took second place, and Homeyer and Whittet third and fourth, respectively. Standifer is the most military cadet, followed in order by Crane and Furneaux. The most unmilitary cadet, however, was elected from a wider field. Bully Maness stood first with the largest number of votes, “Nosey” Jones came in for second place, with Bower, Holmes and McElroy following as named. Fatty Holmes delights most in pleasing professors. “Uncle Pike” Netherwood aspires to this honor, but “Fatty,’’clearly has nature on his side. Sherrill and Klenser are promising beginners along this line. A. Mitchell is again the most popular professor, Lomax is second, Bob Smith third and Dean fourth. “Choc” Kelly is the most popular cadet, Huff second, and Adams T. A. third. About seventy and six-tenths per cent, of the Corps like military, while nearly seventy three per cent admit that they have been benefited by it in one way or another. Strapping “fish,” eating “cush,” sleeping, “cutting” chapel, drill, etc., are some of the favorite amusements enjoyed by the cadets. A few also amuse themselves by taking Dr. Powel’s sure cure for insomnia—weekly treatment. Fifty-four and three-tenths per cent, of the corps frequent the library,—their tastes divided principally between fiction, history and current literature. A few however, declare “Nick Carter”, “Tip Top” etc. their favorites. The expenses of the cadets for the scholastic year, vary from $155.00 to $2155.00, according to the statistics, with an average of $285.00 per man. These extremes however, we are inclined to believe are incorrect. Thirty-six per cent, of the corps smoke, with an average cost of $13.50 per man. Seventy-eight and three-tenths per cent, will return to A. and M. next year, ten per cent, are undecided, eight per cent, will not return, and the rest will or will not as the faculty directs. Who frequents the library most? “Maud” Moore, of course. Leggett received two votes, the Librarian one. 222 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI ft President . ... . Vice-President .... Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Chairman Program Committee Critic ...... Treasurer ..... Librarian ..... Sergeant-at-Arms Weinert Ellis Berg Tibbetts Ca.sey PoLANSKY Blackman Skeeler Haney MEMBERS Anderson, Bayne, Berg, Blackman, Bryce, Burgess, Chaney, Clark, Coleman, Crosby, Curtis, Dillard, Eddings, Eeds, Ellis, Fisher, Hale, Holmes, Huffhines. Jarvis, Kleuser, LeRoy, Lipscomb, J. L. ; Lipscomb, W. N., Louwien, McMillan, Munson, A., Munson, T. A., Nesbitt, Polansky, Ray, Singletary, Sherrill, Thalman, Woodyard, Wyche. HONORARY MEMBERS Beesley, Prof. Mitchell, Mytinger, Mr. Neff, Mrs. Neff, Schley, Wray, McAneely, AUSTIN LITERARY SOCIETY 224 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Stock Judging Team Smith, A. J....... Branchville, Texas Faust, R. W...... Comfort, Texas Jones, C. E....... Harvey, Texas McGowan, J. W..... Whitney, Texas North, W. G...... Concrete, Texas THE LONG HORN 1908 225 Corn Judging Team W. L. HELLER J. J. CALDWELL W. R. GILBERT W. H. FURNEAUX -GREGG 226 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Scientific Agricultural Association Evans, CM................ President Huff, L. N............... Vice-President Reagin, O. W.............. Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS Burmeister, C. A. Caldwell, J. J. DeWare, C. A. Dahlman, T. W. Faust, R. W. Furneaux, W. H. Gilbert, W. R. Heller, W. L. Holloway, T. E. Jobsok, H. H. Jones, C. E. Kelley, V. MV Lauderdale, J. R. Lomanitz, S. Looney, L. P. McElroy, T. E. McGinnis, N. M. McDaniel, A. E. McLeod, F. H. McCown, J. W. McMillan, S. A. Miller, E. A. Miller, A. L. Miller, R. F. M inter, C. J. Muller, F. W. Neale, R. B. North, W. G. Robinson, E. R. Robertson, R. L, Smith, A. J. Schmidt, H. Utay, J. Williams, J. S., Jr. SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 228 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI E. A. DuBose .... W. R. Gilbert .... T. S. Buchanan J. W. Sorenson M. G. English L. Dahlman R. Taber . . . . . . President . . . Secretary and Treasurer C. J. Minter E. A. Miller G. E. Skaggs J. R. John K. Lee 1908 THE LONG HORN 229 P. H. S. Club Warn, F. ................ President Legget, C. W.............. Vice-President Voelcker, H. R........... Secretary and Treasurer Cole, A. T. John, J. R. DuBose, E. A. Jahn, R. S. English, M. G. Krauskopf, L. H. Foscue, G. B. Eegget, C. W. Gilbert, W. R. Miller, R. F. Minter, C. J. Rosenfeld, W. Sorenson, J. W. Voelcker, H. R. Warn, F. R. 230 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI T. S. S. Club R. W. Faust M. C. Spivey I. Dale ... • wV 5 ; - - - Lem Adams M. C. Spivey MEMBERS N. M. McGinnis L. N. Huff J. Dale H. H. Jobson I. Dale E. A. Miller Knox Lee R. B. Neale R. W. Faust W. G. North T. S. S. CLUB 232 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI The Chess Club S. Lomanitz MEMBERS President S. Lomanitz E. J. M. Berg N. M. McGinnis F, Maurin W. E. Sampson R. S. Jahn C. L. WlGNALL T. E. Holloway T. O’Connor, Jr. THE LONG HORN 1908 233 Veterans of the Lost Cause Captain ..... First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant First Sergeant . . . . Second Sergeant Second Sergeant BASS, R. O. BEAUREGARD, R. T. BENTLEY, M. R. BERG, E. J. M. CALDWELL, J. J. CELT, H. M. CROSS, C. EDDINS, R. R. FOSCUE, G. B. GAILLIARD, GILLESPIE, R. W. GRADY, M. L. HUCKABEE, R. E. JENNINGS, J. W. JAHN, R. S. JOHN, J. R. LEE, H. F. LOONEY, L. P. MAURIN, F. MITCHELL, McDaniel, a. a. mcmillan, s. a. MILLER, A. L. MILLER, R. F. Dabney, J. Williams, J. S. English, M. G. Robertson, L. Minter, C. J. Clements, W. D MUNSON, H. W. ROSEBOROUGH, W. D ROSENFELD, WM. SCHLEY, C. C. VOELCKER, H. R. WALLIS, J. W. WIGNALL, C. L. WINSTON WHITTETT, H. E. WISE 234 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI T. Y. O. H. Club J. R. Lauderdale S. A. McMillan C. A. McDonald C. A. Ridenour W. L. Heller C. M. Evans T. J. Brown S. Lomanitz J. J. Caldwell C. H. Dibrell 1908 THE LONG HORN 235 Members of the “Wranglers Club” J. J. Caldwell .............. President H. M. Cely ........... Secretary and Treasurer A. L. CORNELL t. e. Mcelroy W. L. HELLER C. P. WILSON J. R. LAUDERDALE J. J. CALDWELL H. M. CELY A. GIESECKE J. F. PAXTON J. M. PHILLIPS R. L. ROBERTSON A. F. MITCHELL A. SCHROETER R. C. SIGEL M. H. WEINERT W. F. WISE C. B. BERRY W. J. CARLIN W. C. CRANE C. M. CROCKETT H. E. TOMLINSON T. J. W. DAVIS A. F. DICKERSON W. A. MCDONALD C. M. EVANS R. M. HOOKER R. E. MARTIN J. E. MEADOR T. O’CONOR R. S. READING C. H. THALMANN E. THOMPSON 236 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Carroll, M. W., Jr.............. President DuBose, E. A.............. Vice-President Gilbert, W. R............ Secretary and Treasurer MoIlhenny, J. L............. Floor Manager Byars, G. E. Bethel, M. T. Crane, W. C. Cox. Sam Foscue, G. B. Muller, F. W. Minter, C. J. Murphy, R. O. Rushmore, N. R. Reagin, O. W. Smith, E. W. Stidham, T. B. THE LONG HORN 237 1908 I- President ...............Paul D. Casey Vice-President ..............I- Kirschner Secretary ................ R. T. Dorsey Adicks Gilbert, C. L. Robinson, G. W. Blackmon Graves Schley Caldwell, J. J. Kirschner Smiley Casey, P. D. Krauskopf Sterling Coleman, M. M. North, T. M. Todd Dorsey Reed Wignall 238 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI G. B. Foscue ............... President P. W. McGhee ............. Vice-President T. A. Munson ........... Secretary and Treasurer) MEMBERS Adicks Butts Cole DeLisle Fitzhugh Foscue Grant Hutson Keeling Looney McLendon McGhee Moser • Munson, A. Munson, H.W. Munson, T. W. Murray Proctor Stimson Taber Tharp Voelcker Westmoreland 1908 THE LONG HORN 239 Dimensions of Freshman Class Maximum Length Groute Minimum Length WlCKES Thickness Kahn 240 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Sabado Noches Dancing Club Adams, T. A. Huff, L. N. McGinnis, N. M Jorson, H. H. President Vice-President Floor Manager Secretary and Treasurer Adams, T. A. Bethel, M. S. Bower, W. E. Buchanan, T. S. Burmeister, C. A. Cox, L. H. Cole, A. T. Dale, I. Dale, J. DuBose, E. A. McDaniel, A. A. Miller, E. A. Miller, A. L. Munson, A. Meerscheidt, L. P. Neale, R. B. Netherwood, D. B. Muller Phillips, L. T. Fleming, C. H. Foy, H. F. Gilbert, W. R. Heldenfels, F. W. Huff, L. N. Jones, C. E. Jones, L. R. Jobson, H. H, Lee, K. McGinnis, N. M. Rife, A. J. Riley, A. A. Rushmore, N. R. Rothe, H. H. Schaefer, R. E. Smith, A. J. Smith, E. W. Taber, R. G. Telfair, W. H. Robinson, E. R. SABADO NOCHES DANCING CLUB The Stags Dan Culver ................ President Geo. E. Skaggs ........... Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS Abney Allen, H. B. Bass, A. K. Bass, R. O. Buchanan, T. S. Bower Cox, S. H. Cross Culver Day DeLisle Dibrell Dubose Easterwood Furneaux Gilbert, W.R. Harris, D. B. Hagen Lee, K. Looney McCown McGhee Miller, E. A. Miller, R. F. Minter Schaefer Sorenson Stimson Standifer Stidham Skaggs Van Amburg Warren Whitett, A. B. Watson Wade Warden THE LONG HORN 243 1908 Harris, D. B. Utay, Joe Brundett, G. T. . President Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer MEMBERS Ferneaux, W. H. Thomas, H. W. Murphy, W. J. Ott, - McCraw Moser, E. F. Rick,- Grant, F. Taber, R. G. Langdon, - Keeling, E. B. McKamy, T. F. Fitzhugh, L. H. Stenger, A. D. Jobson, H. H. Jobson, W. A. Rugel, Dan 244 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Foscue, G. B., Jr.............. President Byars, G. E............. Vice-President Kirschner, I............. Secretary-Treasurer MEMBERS Baade, J. Williford, C. Johnson, T. Wright, B. F. Symes, C. Harrison, C. H. Forsgard, C. THE LONG HORN 1908 245 The Houston Club Thorp Christian Ben Christian, J. R. Humphreville Millender Chocran Proctor MEMBERS Davidson Gohlman Stimpson Cavanal Murray President- Secretary and Treasurer Rushmore Vasberg Sounon Bering Bray E nin KV srjiT i | ! e.:p M Tnt l� risi s 1908 THE LONG HORN 247 Where There’s a Will There’s a Way W WAS riding over the country during the month of December, buying cattle to be gathered up the next spring. My business brought me to old Squire Walker’s home one evening about dar k. Having met the old gentleman several times before, he invited me to spend the night with him. As the ground was already covered with snow, and all indications pointed to things worse, I accepted. T. he old magistrate was a well-to-do agriculturist, who, in his own phrase, “farmed for a living and squired for glory.” The proof that neither living nor glory was lack¬ ing was made manifest in the old Squire’s fruitful acres, and in his repeatedly triumph¬ ant election as magistrate in a democratic district, despite his unconcealed republicanism. In the intervals of squiring and farming, the versatile magistrate pulled the teeth of all who applied to him. His methods may not have been the most scientific, but he always got the tooth! It may have been retributive justice that had sent Squire Walker to bed with a jumping toothache of his own that cold December night. Just after the member had been soothed into partial quietude by inward applications of laudnum and outward applications of hop-poultices, the sufferer was aroused by thunderous pounding at his door. As it was my lot to sleep in the same room, of course I was also aroused. But as I had lost a good portion of my night’s rest, administering to the lame jaw, I concluded to lie still, and as Mrs. Walker was spending the night with her mother, and the cook had gone home, he had either to answer or ignore the summons. At first he decided to do the latter, but the reverberations were so loud and continuous, that the Squire thought some one wanted him to indite a “last will and testament,” and would brook no delay. The first gust of cold air in the hall aroused the magistrate’s lately vanquished foe, and, in proportion, his righteous indignation. “Who’s that? Stop that infernal pounding!”—he demanded through the keyhole. “It’s Sam Jenkins. I want to be married” “The mischief you do! Why didn’t you wait until morning?” 248 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI “Couldn’t do it—had to come off tonight. Can’t you come out a minute? You “No, I can’t come out. I’m not coming out. I’m crazy with the toothache.” can cut it as short as you please, just so you put it strong.” “Can’t we come in then?” “I’ll be hanged if you do. I’m not dressed to meet ladies. Wait till morning.” “No, it’s got to come off tonight.” “Let me see your license; poke it under the door.” The light of the candle showed the Squire that the document was satisfactory. “All right—join hands.” Sam had, all along, been holding Kate’s left hand—he now exchanged for the right. “Sam, do you take Kate?” “Yep.” Strong, earnest came the answer. “Kate, do you take Sam?” “I do,”—unfalteringly. “I pronounce you man and wife! Kiss her, Sam.” Silence without, but lips thrilled in the darkness. Indignation from within: “Sam, kiss her, I say!” “I—I have!” stammered the happy bridegroom. “I didn’t hear it. Can’t take your word for it. Try again.” Nothing loth, Sam “tried again”—this time resoundingly. “That’s satisfactory. May you live long and prosper, and—your teeth be sound. Poke a dollar under the door and git!” They got. I OF CAMPUS 250 THE LONG HORN . Vol. VI On the following few pages A re not words left us by Sages, jdnd perhaps not of the type that same might wish, ‘B ut our intentions, please remember, ylrejust simply to render A few jokes on those We love,—from “Prof.” to “Fish.” 252 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Agricultural and Mechanical College Directory f HE Agricultural and Mechanical College was accidently discovered by I a Salle while being chased by the unfriendly red men in the year that it was discovered. It is said to be the only foreign country in the United States. It is bounded on the North by H. H. Harrington, on the South by the Panama Canal, on the East by the County line, on the West by the H. T. C. Rail¬ road, and overhead by mosquitoes. A. and M. is also afflicted by the I. G. N. Railroad, which is one of the few roads in the world which is not confined to its tracks to run on. Still ' the road-bed between College and Bryan is fairly good and one can walk the distance in two hours without fear of being overtaken by a lightening express. In places, College Station rises to a depth of ten feet above sea level. The climate varies between hot in the Summer and cold in the Winter. The College sleeps four miles back from the banks of the Brazos river, and is only awakened at intervals by the loud and prolonged snoring of Prof. Hutson’s Economics class, and semi-frequent erruptions of the Glee Club. College Station is peopled by people, and Professors who prey upon them. As soon as a man arrives he is stripped of his nationality and becomes at once an inhabitant of the Nat. When starting to College take along for Fall anc} Winter Terms a pair of well- padded trouser seats, one keg of mentholatum, and boundless courage. For Spring, a half crate of mosquito-bar and a diving suit. Main ‘Building Chemistry Building -7— - An accident right in the middle of the A. and M. College, where “Those who enter leave all hope behind.” It happened in the fifteenth century and is supposed to have been Washing¬ ton’s headquarters sometime after he.cut the cherry tree. This is where some of the finest specimen of our Professors are kept. T hey are fierce, one especially fierce specimen having been known to devour in three hours as many as three-fourths of a C. E. class given to him by his keeper. THE LONG HORN 253 1908 One is not to suppose that this is a building for bugs, on the contrary it is the base of operation of a terribly cruel war against bugs in general. Especially lady-bugs. This is also the place where they make the butter that is “not” used in the Mess Hall. This was donated to the College by Mrs. Eddy who recom¬ mends its use to those who desire to take the faith cure. Several people have been known to survive its treatment, among them Perry, who fell, or was pushed in, while trying to discover the north pole near by. This is the only place where you have a chance to get your trust fund back. Those desiring a treatment should form in line at the door, those who do not should hasten to the back woods. If you are not satisfied with the merchandise allotted to you, then apply for a diagnosis and be operated on. Two or three definitions from Noah are here given for the benefit of those interested. Diagnosis: “A method of preparing patients for death, which is sanctioned by law.” Operation: “A process in which the patients stand for every¬ thing. He pays for the surgeon’s mistakes either with his life or spot cash, as the case may be.” A place used to store away machinery donated to the College. North boundary of the College. It is sometimes mistaken for a butcher shop, although it contains Not’-a-ham. It is situ¬ ated on a branch of the I. G. N. Railroad. A delusion fast taking form, also when completed will likely be held together by wires and Dr. Brown’s strong personality. Run in connection with the Hotel de Sbisa. You are hereby warned against stopping here. The beds are uncomfortable and guests are apt to be awakened by loud and prolonged outbursts from the choir. During the early settlement of America this claim was staked by a gentleman with a goatee and a foreign accent, who tried to hold it with only four hands armed with Reg. and Chili. It was finally ceded to him on condition that he take for treatment, cadets afflicted with long life or reasonably good health. The owner pays no poll-tax. Bug Building Natatorium Infirmary Textile Engineering Bldg. Mechanical Engineering Bldg. The Engineering Bldg. Chapel Mess Hall 254 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Library Gatbright Hall Pfeuffer Hall Austin Hall Ross Hall Foster Hall O. M. ' Ball M. A., Ph. D. This is the only library in the United States not bearing Andrew Carnegie’s name on the door-mat. When Mr. Carnegie heard about it he was very restless and made two trips to Col¬ lege to try and get it, but was unable to come to terms; there being $4.98 difference between the price the College put on it and what Andy thought it was worth. This building is situated due South of Joe’s shoe shop. It is inhabited by bats, bugs and Brown. There are also kept the mummies of a noted captain of Pirates and of an old King, who was blind. A double-decked baby-incubator heated by fire. At the end of four years the inmates are guaranteed to be able to walk. This is a large case made for Geo. Skaggs and the Howell Flag. Quite a city within itself, having all kind of business enter¬ prises usually found in a wide awake western town. During the great money panic, dense clouds of vapor could be seen hovering over the place, due to failures of dealers in hot air. This building is divided into three wards, containing two distinct sects of inmates. It is the strongest building in the catalogue, having been subjected for several years to an enor¬ mous pressure from within,—the “South End Jungles” or “Home of the A. and M. Band.” This genial gentleman was born all unsuspected by the trust¬ ing public some forty years ago. At the early age of three he was sent to Germany to receive his education. Poor Oscar’s tongue became so twisted that when he decided to return to America he was unable to convince the authorities of his nationality and had to take out naturalization papers before he could take up his duties at College. He is not at all proud or stuck-up, and likes very much to play with his toys. He enjoys scaring other little boys who come to see him, by getting down on his hands and knees and going like a dog. His favorite occupations are: Drawing a salary, smoking “Old Virginias” and lecturing to his section-room. Principal Works: “Lands I have left,” “Every boy his own toy maker,” etc., etc. THE LONG HORN 255 1908 With the possible exception of Edison there was no man ever born who contains so much electricity as this one. Although his assistants are continually drawing on him, he possibly has enough left to keep the Sunday school running for at least a year longer. Newton is a real good boy. He often goes to chapel and at¬ tracts attenton by the seemingly incredible feat of staying awake during the whole operation. But he doesn’t live in a glass house, so does not care what they say. Still he is really con¬ sistent, for he makes up for his lost sleep in the section-room. When only a baby he surprised his parents by singing “Ohm sweet Ohm.” At present he is working on an electric machine to separate the E. E. exam, papers from other courses, thereby saving time marking “F” on so many. His latest works are: “Who Electrocuted the Family Cat?” “The Stolen Ampere,” and many others too unfortunate to mention. His favorite song, “Lead Electric Light.” It is not known who is responsible for this gentleman’s ap¬ pearance here, nor no one knows from whence he came. It i ' . thought he was at one time a citizen of the United States en¬ gaged in a series of tests as to the derivative of hexachlorortho- quinonethylmonohemiacetalphrocatechin ether. History states that when he announced his intention of enter¬ ing the Chemical arena all eyes were turned upon him. Lavoisier gave up all hopes of further recognition. Henri Mossan, ad¬ mitting his inferiority, withdrew gracefully as the best thing to do. Fresenius sighed, “There is no hope for me, the light is too bright.” And Currie, retreating with his radium, exclaimed, “I feel like thirty cents.” Although very wise, Dr. Blake can not see at night as well as an owl. One night a big dog caused him to hurt his shoulder because it was too dark to see some very stable obsta¬ cles in his path of flight. His favorite amusements are : Flunking Juniors. Souvenir post card agent, photographer, athlete and all-round sport. At a very early age this boy, armed only with a keen curiosity and eighteen cents in stamps, tore himself away from a N. H. Brown M. A., Ph. D. J. C. Blake, Ph. D. C. B. Campbell Ph. B. 256 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI C. P. Fountain A. M. father’s protection to become a teacher of men. Plunging west¬ ward into the very heart of Illinois he walked into Girard early one morning; registered at the Y. M. C. A., and to the amazement of the startled people announced his intention of becoming a public servant. He did. $7.70 and eighteen days. He here learned from his assorted bunch of associates the several modern languages, French, German, Spanish, etc. He also speaks several other tongues, including English. But, really, he is not half bad, and would make a model hus¬ band. Anyone interested, do not waste time in writing, but come at once. He is one of the few little boys who was not spoiled by having riches thrust upon him by some gouty old relative. He has lovely manners and a good understanding for one so young. Favorite occupation: Doing today the thing that ought to have been done yesterday. Principal works: “Love in a Foreign Land, with Personal Experiences,” “Ten Days in a Guard Room,” etc., etc. This distinguished gentleman began life as a baby, and when he learned that his birth was not mentioned under the head of “recent discoveries,” he howled steadily for a week. His erect carriage and graceful stride renders him an object of admiration. He was a great disappointment to his parents by not becoming a preacher. With this in mind he several times has been permitted to practice on the corps of cadets, but each time he has concluded that he knew more about Shakespeare than the Bible. In fact, he considers the study of English a very important work, and is often heard to say that it is not a trifling matter. His plantation is situated on the I. G. N. Railroad right north of College Station. Anyone desiring to see him will al¬ ways find him there or immediately behind his trusty cob pipe. I take pleasure in announcing the appearance in the near future of a reference book by Mr. Fountain, which no house¬ hold should be without. This is a carefully compiled index to Webster’s Dictionary. Favorite occupation: “Reading aloud from his own works.” Principal works: “How to Successfully Cultivate a Goatee,” “Nobility Whom I Know,” etc., etc. 1908 THE LONG HORN 257 Joe Gilbert, M. 7 ). F. E. Giesecke, M. E. Mark Francis D. V. M. A rising young doctor who lives by his own and other people’s mistakes. His success as a surgeon is not surprising when you under¬ stand that from youth he has shown a great aptitude in this line. When quite young he often peeled and sliced potatoes for his mother. Joe is very fond of his toys and takes great delight in arrang¬ ing his soldier men in battle array. He himself looks real cute when he wears his little blue uniform and sword. Dr. doesn’t mind to give a “military” on real bad days, but woe to the audacious fish who tries to get drill when the temperature is not above 90 degrees in the shade. Dr. Gilbert once lived in Austin, but we hasten to assure our readers that he was never associated with any of the State institutions there. Favorite song: “Blessed Be the Tie That Binds.” Latest writings: “The Evolution of a Brownie,” “Why Was the Sea Built So Close to the Shore,” etc., etc. Imported from the wilds of Germany at an early age. He is responsible for the Dutch dialect, at College Station, which is in turn responsible for many exclamations neither Dutch nor English. He doesn’t seem to be wanted anywhere, and has been shipped back and forth between College Station and Europe so many times that all the hotel men at both places know him—to their sorrow. He owes them all. He has learned the English language real fast, and is very polite, always saying “Fleece” when he asks a favor of anyone. He can make real nice little houses out of his A. B. C. blocks. When other little boys come to see him he amuses them by drawing pictures and singing funny little songs. It was once rumored that he was ambitious, but upon investi¬ gation we find that the report is utterly without foundation. The songs that he sings: “My Own, My Native Land.” Among his recent works we observe, “Beer in Architecture, and How to Draw It.” Here is a man possessing that insatiable intellectual greed which distinguishes the professional from the ordinary horse doctor. 258 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI E. J. Fermier M- E. With his High School diploma and a jug of wine in the one hand, and a carpetbag full of horse teeth in the other, this versatile youth blew over the Texas border in a hailstorm. His reputation spread like wildfire and in such large chunks that he has very little left now. “Some men are born with back bones, some acquire them, and some have theirs forced upon them.” Mark is a three-in-one combination. At present he is living in the Chemistry Building. Take him all in all, he is a very good boy, although Harry has to keep an eye on him to keep him from “appropriating all the appropriations” for his new vet. play-house. His song, “The Old Gray Mare Came Tearing Out of the Wilderness.” This rubicund bit of humanity dropped from eight degrees below zero to this climate only two years ago. He landed on his feet, however, but the jar was so great that the contraction in stature exceeded the elastic limit, and he took a final set at about five feet three. H. H. Harrington LL. D. He used to ride his father’s cows to pasture, which caused him to be bow-legged. Among his other deformities he possesses an abnormally developed brain—when it comes to figuring out stresses, etc. Early in life he took laughing-gas to have a tooth pulled and has never gotten over it, which accounts for his sunny disposi¬ tion. But taking him altogether—he weighs about 175. Principal work: “A Comparison of Gear Teeth and Saw Teeth,” “Thinking as a Recreation,” etc. In dealing with this polished servant of Texas it behooves us to use the facility of utterance and that discriminating sense of justice that he possesses in such a delightful degree himself. If he seems possessed of more troubles than anjxme else it is only because of the estates of which he is at present a trustee. Besides the A. and M. College, Mr. Harrington owns con¬ siderable other property, including the I. G. N. Railroad. It comes in handy when the corps wants to take a trip at any time. He also has an option on some property in Austin. 1908 THE LONG HORN 259 E. J. Kyle, M. S. A. J. A. Lomax A. B., M. A. He is an energetic man, often getting to his office as early as ten o’clock, and the rapidity with which he dispatches business would amaze the natives. Principal works: “Grafting in a Bomb-Shell,” “A Mid¬ summer’s Nightmare,” etc., etc. This bottle-fed youngster originated in the metropolis of Kyle, Texas, and after serving a three-years sentence at the Cornell Peniversity, came to College Station on the “Jinny.” This first mistake would have been overlooked by the corps had the boy conducted himself properly afterwards. But his asso¬ ciation with the little Carson twins, Mark Francis, and other rude boys soon caused his complete social downfall. He is a boy who was not burdened with wealth early in life, but since his arrival at College he has acquired considerable property, including a nice two-story brick building and an eighty-acre farm. Although living in a fairly enlightened district, Mr. Kyle is a schoolmaster of “Ye Olden Type.” He always keeps in the section-room a bunch of peach tree sprouts, and when this is not sufficient to keep order, he passes fruit among the class, only asking them to name the different fruits they get. Of his most interesting works is “Grafters with Whom I Have Grafted.” This boy has had no easy time in life; he has been attacked successively by whooping-cough, mumps, measles, and lastly by acute Harvarditis. Harvarditis is usually fatal, but our hero came out with an M. A. and his life, though the doctors say he will never have his right mind again. For this reason he is tolerated and looked upon with kindly sympathy by the corps of the College. He leads a quite frugal life, surrounded by his friends and family and hair-restorer men. Since we have seemed to insinuate, we add that to make up for the lack of hair on the top of his head he has a double set of eye-teeth. After all he is about as good a boy as you will meet in any jail anywhere. He has the original smile that is fastened on, and a welcome hand for everybody-’s magazine. 260 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Captain Andrew Moses, Commandant D. fV. Spencer B. S., C. E. Johnny is a great lover of books, and has a very nice lot to show to other little boys who come to see him. Favorite occupation: Entertaining Freshmen and listening to Wild West Songs from a. Phonograph. This dashing young chap started out with a military inclina¬ tion and finally wound up with cold feet and a thankless job at College Station. He started in his chosen profession as a second lieutenant in a volunteer salvation army. The agility with which he dodged half-ripe eggs caused a passing U. S. army officer to suspect that he would also have some success in dodging sounder ma¬ terial if given a chance. So in this way he was given a job with Uncle Sam at $20.00 per, and board. He has only been at College a short time and has already aroused the most bitter feeling of some very influential men by requiring them to march to meals and do other unnecessary stunts. At his next birthday he will be—older than he is now. Favorite song: “Onward —-?- Soldiers,” “Oh, Where Are My Wandering Boys Tonight.” Principal works: “The Open Gate,” “The Autobiography of a Fake,” “When I Was a Lieutenant,” etc. HUGH Huh! Huh??? .................................... 7777 3333333333333333 eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Huh shrdluetaoin,.:; (|‘ )(|‘ ; 24 fl S- S- don’t, eh? S)))))))))) S= igoB THE LONG HORN 261 Queries What is the favorite amusement of a King? of a Captain? If Battle’s Herpicide is worth $1.00 per bott le, and the membership fee to the Amalgmated Society of Bone-Heads is 25 cents, how long was Samson’s hair? How much Mg. S0 4 , and how many militaries must a fellow have before he gets the worth of his medical fee? If books in the book store are sold below cost, what is the cost? If Sbisa gives us oysters and ice cream for dinner on Sunday, what are the chances of us getting hash through the week If “Pike” can have Grand Guard Mount without a band how old was Washing¬ ton when he cut the cherry tree? Why did Dr. McDougal (?) impose so much extra work on Jones? Mystery of the Legion of Honor: What became of Heller’s black opera hat? How much is a life-sized portrait of Wallace worth? Does the continual use of “reg” sweeten the temper of a cadet? Why is iron rust not smaltite, when Jones’ analysis shows that they have the same characteristics ? One Long Horn given to the man who can figure out this formation ULTI Vl rr TCHSU-L 5TR£fVGT 1 Adjusting Line, op Collitnoliori- C om r sslon OML C. L 7Zrm5 {crmfzion 1908 THE LONG HORN 263 “REVEILLE” ( With apologies to John Milton) “Henoe loat.hfid Reveille. Of howling wind and blackest mid¬ night born. In hungry early dawn Mongs’t horrid sounds and shrieks unholy Find out some uncouth cell And get thee gone to h——! The sentinel gets busy and marches erect When S. G. or O. D. comes round to inspect. But when they move forward and leave him awhile He often does duty very much in this style. Prof. Huston:—“Mr. Buchanan, under whom did this Captain serve?” Buchanan:—“Under Richard I.” Prof.:—“No, no; Richard I had been dead 200 years.” First Period:—Prof. Nagle:—“Is Mr. Moores’ name on the board?” Amazing steam, how sweet the sound That turns the laundry wheels around. Our cuffs and shirts to these are bound And all get chewed up by the pound. SeiiTiriEL Durr 264 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI “To your post; the lights are out!”— Clear and loud the Captains’ shout, “Sit there boldly; act like men,— Bruises will grow up again!” Certain Kidd. —fiowhz looks t ' o SofAs Booted and spured; in battle array; Boldly he advances in to the fray. And like the Giants of ancient lore— Just so he appears to the Sophomore. A “C” COMPANY MAN 1908 THE LONG HORN 265 ffoWDate Got h a Gtieefrok n Ivey reaped a little lamb And put it in a pen; He killed the little lamb one day To get it’s little skin. Ask Big Dale to relate story of his mistaking a Postman for a Cadet, at Austin. Second Period:—Prof. Hutson:—“Is Mr. Moore sick today?” All aspirants for ranks would do well to see Mr. Heidelberg for form of application. CLASS SPIRIT ' Wldow ' Tellfair Four Years aqo. Four years ago came this young strap- pling Looking like a post-oak sappling. But now the drills and barrack life Have developed his chest like a pocket knife. 266 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI “College Hife” “College life is a game of chance We all must learn to play. The cards are stacked, your money goes From September to May. You gamble on your present worth, A future deal or two, What’s in the dope, what’s in the hash, What’s in the Irish stew.” “You gamble on the rainy days That rarely ever come Upon the days you have to drill To bugle and to drum. You gamble on your slimest chance To ever see again That ‘five’ you let your room-mate have— A fond hope all in vain.” “You gamble on the dirty shirt That to the laundry went, And returns a ‘holy’ rag, Tempest-tossed and rent. You gamble on the zeroes round Which fall to mortal lot, That make you fluke and loop the loop, And all that sort of rot.” “You gamble on your ‘niger’ luck A sheepskin to obtain, That calls for worry, fight and flurry, Troubled brawn and brain. You gamble on Commencement week, Upon the Final Ball, You gamble on the Devil’s chance To get you after all.” Then ' s Ho P oce tt Hom tvery Saturday Hi ht We have “Rs Pr-epor § for Physics ( u ' l-x ' Qre Wpy io rrake ir di5P S e p-iph darico ThmKin of Saturday rii§ht ldidr ' + ao ' the r e wee a qi W v, n Cp eS£ The. deadly Gaur t et cp They Sore do navc- birth-days o-fte-n at 15 pice? 268 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI These Roasts were gotten from the Mess Hall Kitchen Strawberries may come and go, But primes are with us always. If Professor Junkin sings in the key of Z-flat, how much brass would it take to make a fog horn? •STUlflG • BEAMVABTETTE- Fourth Period:—Prof. Dooley: — “Mr. Moore on furlough?’’ Did you ever see the Crocket- dile and Cornelephant on exhibi¬ tion at the Tel Fair? Little “Pike” Horner climbed up the corner Of some books on Militaree; As a soldier of renown, he calmly sat down And said, “How well up I be.” I ■ f i , PtKe is welt ob on Mi Maty Sc e 7Ce. 1908 THE LONG HORN 269 For latest picture of St. Peter, see page 188. Something the Corps is never without Prof. Hutson:—“Mr. Crockett, what did the early settlers of Massachusetts discover?” Crockett:—’“Brick kilns.” Prof. H.:—“Oh, no! brick kilns are not dis¬ covered.” The Editors hereby give notice that they will not be responsible for injuries caused by laughing at these jokes. When Leggett is S. G., you can readily see, How hard it would be to adjust His sword in a way that people could say That he looked like an Officer of Trust. 270 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI T 6 l« 5 � ‘ 5A fNooo n eCt f ' Hia-s h £2l|23 nc«a( f g 3 h ISga - f q.-.h Oor „ L P v;,M. J. -,..-v - —sy Now from this menu come let us partake. In addition to hash we have hamburger and steak— Puffed rice, drip coffee, and sole leather cakes. For just a moment, let us class together The wily goat and the M. E. Fellow. With like success they “but” and fight One Dy-nam-ics, one Dy-na-mite. Third Period:—Prof. Spence:—THuh! huh!! Where’s Moore?” Warden at drill:—“Squads right, Mia-r-r-r-ch. Dale J.:—“Warden sings tenor don’t he?” Prof. Blake:—“Mr. John, what is the opposite to a reducer?” Joe John:—“A producer I think.” Prof.:—“No, you’re wrong; it’s an oxadizer.” Every Day Except Monday, Wednesday and Friday. THE LONG HORN 271 1908 “The College Fool” WHAT THE AUTHORS SAW AN OPERETTE IN TWO ACTS Dramatis Personae. The College Fool. Cupid—(not so scantily attired as per classics). Maude—the love lorn lad. Ivy—a studious cadet. Widow—another studious cadet. Bowser—some more studious cadet. Jenkins—a tin horn gambler. Dutch—of the original “Dutch Companee.” Pike—officer of the day. Fancy—the librarian. Act I. Place—Library and adjuncts. Time—11:00 a. m. Up to date. (Curtain rises, discovering Maude asleep in Librarian’s chair. Enter Cupid, singing and Fool accom¬ panying him). Cupid (sings) : “Suns grow cold and Planets sever Thru the endless cycle of time, But love endureth and changeth never In making life a rhyme. The sighing breath, the dreamy eyes Indisposition too, And no appetite betray the lies The old tale all a-new.” Fool: “I say, Stupid, cut it! You’ll pull that guy out of his pipe dream.” Cupid: “Ah there he is, the love lorn lad (places an arrow in his bow)watch me plunk him.” Fool: “Flunk him?” Cupid : “I shall fire.” 272 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI Fool: “Oh no, Stupid, don’t fire him. Petition the faculty.” Cupid: “Don’t call me Stupid. My name is Cupid.” Fool: “All right, Stupid.” - Cupid: “This affair is a serious case.” Fool: “Say, I’d like to be a lawyer for a brewery.” Cupid: “Why?” Fool: “So that I could get a case once in a while.” Cupid: “That has no bearing on this case. I am going to shoot.” (He draws and lets go; but the arrow flies wide and shatters a bay window nearby, making terrific noise.) Fool: “Now you done it. Good bye trust fund.” (Maude awakes. Cupid vanishes. The fool climbs up a step ladder in a corner and hides.) Maude: (Rubbing his eyes) “Ah I dreamed I h£ard her singing. It was superb and to be brought to this reality is dreadful. I have suffered much at her hands but I will endure it. I feel rocky and awry.” Fool: “I wish I felt Rock and Rye.” Maude: “My throat is parched and dry.” Fool: “So am I.” Maude: “Hark! She comes. I feel better.” Fancy: (entering) “Good morning, sir. What are you reading so intently?” Maude: “I am preparing my thesis on the subject ‘Computation of velocity of love when the brakes are not applied.’ There is much I have to say now that— Ivy: (entering) “Good morning. I would like to find something on the ‘Veloc¬ ity of alcohol when the brakes are not applied.’ ” Fool: (aside) “What a coincidence! That’s my subject too.” Fancy: “You will find the necessary information in the next room. Please close the door.” (Exit Ivy.) Maude: “Ever since I first saw you I—” Widow: (entering) Can you tell me where I can find anything on the velocity of wind when the door is left open ?” Fool: (aside) “Buttin number two.” Fancy: “You will find all you wish in the next room. (Exit Widow.) Now tell me again— .(Enter Bowser.) Bowser. I would like to find something on the velocity of a cracked voice in giving commands.” Fancy: Such subjects are found in the next room.” (Exit Bowser.) Fool: (aside) “Skiddoo. Close the door.” 1908 THE LONG HORN 273 Fancy: “You were saying-” (Enter Jenkins). Fool: “Goat number four.” Jenkins: “I am writing on the subject of the ‘Velocity of a pile of chips when the other guy draws flushes.’ Can you-” Fancy: “Yes! Yes! I can—right in the next room.” Maude: “Long nights I have lain awake thinking of you and trying to get up enough courage to ask you if you won’t-” (Enter Dutch). Fool: (Aside) “Limburger number five.” Dutch: “Was ist? Can you tell me all ready ver I can fine somedings about the velocity of beer und pretzels ven-” Fancy: “You will find all necessary information in the next room. (Exit Dutch). Mr. Maude, I am so happy to-” Pike (entering): “Company, attention! Attention to orders: Effective this date Cadet Lt. Maude is excluded from Library and precincts between hours of 8 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. By order Captain Andrew Moses, Comdt. Fall out. Rest!” (Fool falls out, making great racket and flees into “next room.” Exit Pike. Cur¬ tain falls on sorrowful lovers.) Act II. Scene 1, the same. Time, 5:30 p. m. (Explanation of interim: When the Fool escaped into the “next room,” he un¬ earthed with the help of the other five philosophers, six jugs of whiskey, hidden among old records. They tested each and were soon on the way of chemical research. The scene opens in the Library, no one within. Convivial sextette enter singing) : CHORUS. “You can count up your swell drinks, A high-ball or two, Medeira or champaigne, And cocktails a few, But they’re not in the game And way out o’ date, When it come to the pleasure Of a good whiskey straight.” CHORUS (Hold jugs up and let her go). “Here’s to the white foam, Here’s to the dregs, So drink her down, hearties, Old Nick take yer legs.” 274 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI (Enter Pike) : What’s all this Cain raising? I’ll ram the whole bunch of you. Fool: “Naw, ye won’t, Pike. We’se all chorus girls. We’se the Floradora sextette. I like you, Pike, and I’m goin to sing you a song. (Sings) : “A hoosier came here named Pike, He arrived from a dusty hike, He smelled like a fish, Had a face like a dish In short was a terrible sight.” “Next to passing exam He’d an awful desire to ram. If you’re ever caught throwing Or orders not knowing Your chances are not worth a d——dime.” “But the devil took Pike with the Yaps And Pike in the fire he claps But Pike ran amuck And the devil got stuck For burning a light after taps.” Pike: “That’s 80 demerits for disrespect. You’re a fool.” Fool: “Yesh, but I ain’t in love. You see wese a sextette; see there’s one, two, three, four, five,—five—fi—there ought to be six. (Counts them over but omits him¬ self each time). He mush be missin’. Say, you’ll find the necessary information in the next room.” Dutch (wabbling up) : “Esh sling him a song each von by himself already yet.” Fool: “All right, I’m primer donner. First race.” (Dutch sings) : “I love her liebe Vaterland, “Der Keiser aber nein, Limberger and Pretzels too, And vat ist in mein mind. If river water was like Bier I’d drink der German Rhein. (All drink). CHORUS, ETC. Here’s to the white foam, etc. Fool: “Now, Second Spasm.” (Widow sings) : “If all beer ‘stummicks’ here on earth Were all put up for sale I’d certainly buy the entire lot And rent ’em out to Dale. (All drink again). THE LONG HORN 275 1908 CHORUS, ETC. Fool: “Now third convulsion.” (Ivy sings) : “Liquor moves too slowly As it flows into my mug. I only wish it was so’s I could crawl into the jug. (All drink twice). CHORUS Pike: “This has gone too far. I arrest you all. (Herds the bunch up and drives them to the guard-room. The Fool brings up the rear singing) : “I’m a fool when I’m passing I’m a fool when I flunk, I’m a fool when I’m sober I’m a fool when I’m drunk.” (Exit blowing Retreat thru his empty jug). No Curtain. 276 THE LONG HORN Vol. VI gtoiett of tfje Class; of 1908 .1 We’ve spent the last four years—short years—with you, A. and M., And now the time has come to say “Adieu,” A. and M., We rather hate to leave you, now the hour has come to go, But sometime we’ll stop to greet you, coming back to let you know That you are not forgotten. Yes, while dwelling here below, We’ll come back to tell you “Howdy,” A. and M. II Tho’ we’re sent to unknown places far away, A. and M., And surrounded by strange faces ev’ry day, A. and M., Yet our thought will turn to College, to the customs there we knew, And meeting other College men we’ll send ’em back to you. We’ll this last vow remember,—“cross my heart and tell you true”— We’ll come back to tell you “Howdy,” A. and M. III We hope to see you in future years, A. and M., (For we know you have but opened your career, A. and Ml.) 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THE LEADING SPORTING GOODS DEALERS IN THE STATE OUR LINE OF BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, TENNIS AND ATHLETIC GOODS WILL BE FOUND COMPLETE AT ALL TIMES. j]WE PAY ESPECIAL ATTENTION TO ATHLETIC GOODS, q WRITE US FOR OUR COM¬ PLETE CATALOGUE AND NET PRICES....... 264 ELM STREET DALLAS, TEXAS Carry Everything That is Usually Found in a First-Class Drug Store M. H. JAMES The Leading Druggist BRYAN - - - . TEXAS You will always find my stock complete with fresh and up-to-date goods. Fine Stationery, Toilet Articles, Pipes and Smokers’ Articles; will appreciate your trade The First National Bank OF BRYAN, TEXAS U. S. Government Depositary :: :: :: Depositary for the State of Texas Capital - - - - $100,000.00 Surplus and Profits 75,000.00 WE SOLICIT ACCOUNTS UPON THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS J. W. HOWELL, President H. O. BOATWRIGHT, Vice-President L. L. McINNIS, Cashier F. M. LAW, Asst. Cahshier GUY M. BRYAN, JR., Vice-President The City National Bank OF BRYAN, TEXAS UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DEPOSITARY Capital Stock - - - $50,000.00 Surplus and Profits, (net) 90,000.00 The first thing to consider in depositing money in a hank is SECURITY. The capital and surplus are the depositors ' protection fund. Our stockholders and directors are responsible, substantial business men. IVe offer our services and facilities to STUDENTS and FACULTY of A. and M. College G. S. PARKER, President E. H. ASTIN, Vice-President ALBERT W. WILKERSON, Cashier E. W. CRENSHAW, Asst. Cashier Dietzgen Instruments Both for field and drafting room, are pop¬ ular, because genuine, hard-earned merit has made them so. Ask your treasurer for Dietzgen Precision Instruments for A. and College students No. 795 or 796 THEY ARE SOLD WITH OUR UNQUALIFIED GUARANTEE ADDRESS NEW ORLEANS HOUSE CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED EUGENE DIETZGEN CO. NEW YORK,CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO, NEW ORLEANS, U.S.A. Also TORONTO, CANADA A Business Education TOBY’S Practical Business Colleges WACO, TEXAS NEW YORK CITY Incorporated Capital $50,000.00 School of Corr., 156 Filth Are Bookkeeping, Banking, Shorthand, Typewriting Penmanship and Academic Departments Kree THE HIGH GRADE SCHOOLS Etlte r Catalogue fOR HIGH GRADE STUDENTS Any ' Tlme SHORTHAND BY MAIL a Specialty (hO r n You Can Write an Intelligible Three Trial Lessons and A. 1 !.nil Letter In Shorthand After 3rd Cimplete Set of Books Lesson—INVESTIGATE BOOKKEEPING BY MAIL DON’T HESITATE BUT USE THE H. T. C. R. R. When Traveling on Business or for Pleasure Makes quick time and convenient connections. Up-to-date equipment. The College Boys’ Choice PULLMAN SLEEPER SERVICE Between Houston, Galveston, Dallas, Denison, Austin, Waco and Fort Worth For rates and information relative to schedule and connections, see ticket agent, or address C. K. DUNLAP, Traffic Manager M. L. ROBBINS Houston, Texas Gen. Pass. Agent BOYETT Campus Merchant HAS A COMPLETE LINE OF SHOES, SHIRTS, UNDERWEAR, GLOVES, STATIONERY, NOTE BOOKS, TOBACCO, CIGARS, GROCERIES AND CONFECTIONERIES When needing a good smo e, or anything in the above line, call on him CADETS’ TRADE GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION Proprietor College Shoe Shop m m m m THE PLACE WHERE CADETS GET THEIR OLD SOLES MENDED m m. m m I PROMISE TO GIVE FIRST-CLASS MATERIAL, GOOD WORMANSHIP AND PROMPT ATTENTION LATEST STYLES ENGRAVED INVITATIONS AND CARDS DANCE PROGRAMS tCtjc Cargill Company FINE ART STATIONERS Houston :: :: texas BUFFALO. N. Y. There’s Room at the Top If In the lexicon of the ambitious there is no such word as “fail.” To the man who aims high success comes easier than to him who still jogs along in the same rut. There is no middle ground in the race for supremacy in one’s individual vocation; we must go forward or be left behind by our competitors. T 1 Modern methods make for success, and modern equipment and skill¬ ful workmanship enable us to produce such works of art as is this “Long Horn.” If We have for four years been turning out College Annuals, and each year we en¬ deavor to (and do) surpass each previous year’s work. As to whether we have sur¬ passed last year’s Long Horn, we leave it to you- IjWe will print $15,000 worth of College work during 1909. We want your business. Do you want to put out a creditable book for 1909 ? If so, write us. J. S. HILL COMPANY Texas’ Only Art Printers 114-116-118 North Fifth St. WACO, TEXAS .. •• •n . ' ;■ ■ y ■ ;• ' ' . • :• - : ■. ' ' „ ' - J. ' ■ ■ . ' ■ •• • ■ --s; . ' v • ■ i - - -m. .. f .. - - ' •• ‘ ' -• • ' :■■■■ ■ ..... . ' ,v • • , . ■ . V . I i|te ' . ' V v- i .ft ■ .. ‘ - ' ’. ..- ’ •. ..mM . . ... •• - : •. • • - ' .V-. 1 - • ■ . . ' .. ft : ■ . ■ , ' i ' ; : . ■: ' • : ' ' ' ' v ’r.; ft-