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

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The Long Horn The Long Horn has now ceased to be an infant industry. It has now lived through seven years of success and it is to be hoped that this edition, the eighth, will follow well in the footsteps of its prosperous predecessors. The annual has taken its stride toward a high standard as an institution of Texas should, thus in keeping with the general advancement of the Lone Star State. In giving this publication a name it was the intention of the founders to erect a lasting monument to the memory of the animal that once roamed Texas’ plains, and hence they named the annual The Long Horn. In designing this edition it has been the desire of the staff to get out a pleasing and handsome volume. Yet the ornamental alone was not striven for. Texas has an institution in A. M. to be proud of, yet hardly knows it. It is then our further intention to set forth to the public, that chances to turn over these pages, the condition, purposes, customs, and advantages of the A. M. College of Texas. The Long Horn Staff Edwin P. Arneson Editor-in-Chief Victor H. Braunig Associate Editor-in-Chief Rufe E. Adams Associate Editor Henry L. Ingram Art Editor Joe H. Procter Associate Editor Will P. Briscoe Assistant Editor William A. McDonald Athletic Editor Owen W. Sherrill Business Manager E. R. Eudaly Associate Business Manager Fiske Wright Assistant Business Manager 14

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The Battalion The first student publication of the student body was The Journal, which appeared just once during the year 1893. This attempt to establish a college periodical was a complete failure. Next year, however, the long cherished dream of the founders of the first enterprise was realized, and the session 1894-95 witnessed the successful founding of The Battalion. It more resembled a magazine than a college newspaper, since it was pub¬ lished under the combined direction of the Austin and Calliopean Societies. The prestige of these societies began to decline in 1903, and the success of The Battalion went from bad to worse until it was taken out of the hands of these organizations and placed under the control of The Students’ Association. The weekly form of publication began in 1905, under the control of an editor and business manager, elected by the corps. The “Bat” is of course the official organ of the corps of cadets. It records all local events and those of current interest. There is also the usual amount of space devoted to jokes, etc., illustrating the more congenial side of college life among the fellows. The editorial column is open to all and has for its purpose the setting forth of suggestions and ideas that work for the good of the school. The Battalion ranks high among school papers, and naturally has a large number of readers both in and out of college. The Battalion Staff F. J. Skeeler Editor-in-Chief A. L. Ward Business Manager Assistant Business Manager Henry Louwien Assistant Editors R. F. Rudolph C. E. Maris P. S. Devine C. Hohn D. T. Stevens W. A. Jobson P. W. Walker L. S. Peter W. J. Ehlers Bayne Reporters H. G. Wickes B. Gist Exchange Editor Don Lee Staff Artists L. Herblin J. V. Koons Society Reporters Miss Esther Davis Miss Francis Davis 16