All Members of the Texan Staff Meet in Room 125, Today at 5 p. m.--lmportant Meeting

THE HAHA' TEXAN

F I R S T C O L L E G E D A I L Y 

I N T H E S O U T H

VOL. X V .

A U ST IN , T E X A S. W E D N E S D A Y , OCTOBER 7, 1911.

NO. 12

BENEDICT HOLDS 

UNIQUE OFFICE 

IN UNIVERSITY

TRIN ITY WILL MEET 

& M.

AUDITOR HAS NEW 

RED CROSS ASKS 

College P r e s s Service,

T r in ity U n iv e rsity , Oct. 5.— N ext 
te a m will 
F r id a y T r i n i t y ’s football 
play A. & M. a t College S ta tio n . The 
team j u s t r e tu rn e d from a h a rd f o u g h t NlV W i n g C abinets Have Been Pur- Letter U k s Students to Contribute to
g a m e w ith th e S ta te U n iv e rsity , and 
chased for Office. Which Will 
But Few Col- as a r e s u it tw o or th re e of th e best
, men received s lig h t 
injuries which 
may prevent them from playing in 
Friday’s game.

1 and to Relieve Europe's Sick 

Sim plify S y ste m .

and Wounded.

in 

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STUDENTS’ AID

VAULT FIXTURES

He Is Dean of Men 

leges in Union Have Such Officer 

in Faculty— Office Only 

Co-Ed Schools as Rule.

TRINITY TO H A V E G L E E C L U B.

College P r e s s Service,

T r in ity U n iv e r s ity , Oct. 6.— T h e 
p re lim in a ry t r y - o u t fo r th e U n iv e r s i ty 
Glee Club closed l a s t week. B esides 

several new s tu d e n ts , w hich show to 

WABASH DIDN’T 
EXPECT TO WIN 

GAME SATURDAY

be p r o m is in g m a t e r i a l, th e r e a r e e i g h t 

Purdue Allowed Only Upper Class­

of last y e a r ’s club back. T he p ro s 

men 

to Play — Best Men Are 

peets for a “ live” Glee Club in T r i n i t y

Freshmen — Butter Skewing 

The A m e ric a n N ation al Red Cross 18 v ery P ro m isin g .

in Future Their Promise.

few' u n iv e r s itie s 

The U n iv e r s ity of T e x a s is one of 
th e 
th e U n ited 
S ta te s to h ave a dean of men, Illinois 
an d Iowa b eing the only o th e r s of any 
prom inence.

in 

is 

th e 

f ir s t 

Dean H. Y. Benedict of th e College 
of A r ts , a n d p o pu la rly 
k now n 
as 
in cu m b e n t of 
“ B e n n y ,” 
th is office, which h a s re c e ntly been 
c re ate d to p e rfo rm tho se fu n c tio n s in 
re lation to th e men of th e U n iv e rsity
which a r e p e rfo rm e d fo r th e women I out 
by the Dean of Women. T h e re is no 
need f o r such a n office in a n y b u t co­
educatio nal 
th e dean of 
in stitu tio n s, 
the college ta k i n g th e place of both 
in non-eoeducational schools.

The new' Dean of Men will a c t as 
th e p r e s id e n t’s p ersonal 
r e p r e s e n t a ­
tive in all in tern a l a f f a i r s r e la tin g to 
the life of the stu d e n t body. H is d u ­
ties will be m ore or less e x tra -o ffic ia l, 
t h a t is, he will deal with tho se m ore 
in tim a te and p ersonal d e ta ils which 
art? beyond th e s p h e re of th e fo rm a l 
c o m m ittee s of th e facu lty.

th e U n iv e rsity 

In connection w ith his new d uties, 
Dean B ened ict is p la n n in g to give in 
the n e a r f u tu r e a series o f f o u r lec­
tu re s to fre sh m e n , d e alin g w ith v a ­
rious p h a s e s o f U n iv ersity life. The 
s u b je c ts of th e se le c tu res follow, a l ­
th o u g h th e o ld e r in which th e y will 
be given has not been decided upon. 
The le c tu re on “ T he U n iv e r s ity : Its 
P a s t a n d P r e s e n t,” will aim to p r e ­
sent, in a m ore or less in tim a te and 
in fo rm a l w ay , a m a ss of in te r e s t in g 
fa c ts c on c e rn in g 
in 
g en e ra l a n d 
t h e object 
its history, 
being to g e t th e fre s h m e n a c q u a in te d 
w ith th e s p i r it and tr a d itio n s of the 
U n iv e rs ity of T exas. The lec tu re on 
“ Red T a p e ” will seek to ex plain and 
th e c a ta lo g u e a n d o th e r 
ra tio n a liz e 
t h a t a r e so/ 
r e g u la tio n s 
r u le s a n d 
puzzling to f i r s t y e a r men. T h a t on 
“ F r e s h m e n ” will tr e a t, in th e w ords 
of “ B e n n y ” him self, of 
th e c h a r a c ­
te r is tic s of th e a n im a l,” and th e f a c ­
to r s which m a k e fo r success o r f a i l ­
lectu re will be on 
ure. T he o th e r 
time r e q u ire d fo r 
“ E d u c a tio n .” The 
these le c tu res will be 
a tte n d a n c e on 
m ade up by e xc using all 
f re s h m e n 
fro m an e q u iv a le n t n u m b e r of E n g ­
lish I classes.

Dean B enedict will also give f o u r 
le c tu re s on th e sam e su b je c ts to th e 
f i r s t - y e a r women, a c tin g a s th e r e p ­
re s e n ta tiv e of 
th e D ean of Women. 
T hese le c tu re s will be e s se n tia lly the 
sa m e in su b sta n c e a s those delivered 
to th e men, b u t vdth c e r ta in a p p r o ­
p r ia te d iffe re n c e s in the p o in t of view.

SIGMA DELTA UHL

T h e re will be a n im p o r ta n t m ee tin g 
in 

of S ig m a Delta Chi a t 3 o ’clock 
room 126. Be th e re .

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new s u b sc rib ers, th e c irc u la ­
tion d e p a r t m e n t r e p o r ts t h a t 
is 
p r a c tic a lly every s tu d e n t 
re a d in g 
th e D aily T exan. 
H owever, it seem s t h a t some 
of th e s tu d e n ts do not th in k 
If you 
of th e cost of ru n n in g . 
a p p r e c ia te th e h a r d w ork t h a t 
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is b e in g done to give you th e 
•J** ex cellent p a p e r t h a t you ge t,
I* you should sa y so w ith y o u r 
If you don’t you should 
$2.50. 
n o t 
n e ig h b o r ’s 
y o u r 
pap e r. He paid his money.
He is too much of a g e n tle m a n ^ 
to ask you to let it alone, b u t 4* 
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If you are short 4 * 
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of cash you can give us your 4 * 
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SALE OF TICKETS

FALLS VERY SHORT library building, w’here th ey will be

The new v a u lt fix tu re s which a re 
to be installed in the fire p ro o f v a u lt 
of the a u d i t o r ’s office arriv e d v ester-
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day a n d w ere b r o u g h t a t once to th e 

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t

 

Society h a s issued an a p p e a l to th e 

18lUcients ol 
in stitu tio n s 

the 
th r o u g h o u t 

,ea(Lng e du c a tion a l GOOD SHOWING IS

this c o u n try 

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to c o n trib u te to a fund b eing raised 
the w ounded on 
to b rin g 
today. T hese f ix tu re s were 
put up 
bought out of the $2000 a p p ro p ria tio n E u r o p e ’s 
ap peal 
which th e B oard o f R e g en ts m ade to comes to th e U n iv e rsity o f T e x a s in 
the a u d ito r ’s office last ye a r. As a 
the n a tu r e of a le tte r, an d it recom- 
p e rm a n e n t record of all the financial mends t h a t a co m m ittee be a p p o in te d 
from the stu d e n t body to in te rv ie w the 
tra n s a c tio n s of the U nive rsity is re- 
. quired o f th e a u d ito r, it w’a s th o u g h t o th e r s tu d e n ts and
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oest 

tile th ese records in such a p o rtu n ity to c ontribute.

relief 
battlefields. T he 

give th e m a n op-

to 

to 

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MI ADP RY SGRIJRS
O V c i i V D O

Hold Varsity 

to Two Touchdowns 

Seccor Is Most Consistent 

(■round Gainer.

Oratorical Season Tickets Sell Slow, 

Causing Vigorous Campaign 

to Be Started.

to g e th e r 

It seem s packages, 

O ra to ric a l A ssociation to sible a t all 

times. H e re to fo re 
tied 
labeled and piled on 

The sale of the season tic k e ts p u t way t h a t th e y would easily be acces- 
the
in 
meet th e d e fic it of last y e a r h a s pro- records have been 
(he 
reeded r a t h e r slowly so fa r. 
th a t both th e s tu d e n ts and the busi- vault 
it was possible 
ness men of A u s tin feel t h a t th e y have to ob tain the desired in fo rm atio n un- 
been a sked to pay enough a lr e a d y to der such a sy ste m , it required quite 
the vario u s U n iv e rsity a c tiv itie s, a n d a good deal o f time. The new fix- 
can not a f f o r d to su p p o rt th is propo- 
filing 
dtion now. How ever, it is hoped t h a t system with 
s e p a r a te c o m p a r tm e n ts 
f the m a t t e r can be p re se n te d in th e for checks, vouchers, le tte r files and 
groper lig ht, a m ore liberal resp o n se card index.
will be m ade. m A s y s te m a tic cam - 
A new a d d in g m achine and several 
paign a m o n g th e s tu d e n t body is to o th e r new cab in ets have also been pur- 
be in a u g u r a te d soon. 

chased o ut of this a p p ro p ria tio n .

for a vertical 

lu res provide 

floor. While 

W IN SO N IA N H AS M EETIN G . Miss F a y S a r g e n t of F o r t W o r th 

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J has pledged Tri Delta.

The W in so n ia n D ra m a tic Club held I 

its f ir s t r e g u l a r m e e tin g of th e y e a r TEXANS LEARNING

W ith th e so re n e s s c aused by 

s e le tte r goes en to sa y t h a t (lur- 
the 

the S p a n is h - A m erican W a r 

liberal 

T r in ity g a m e Worked o u t of 

( r o ts Societies w ere muscles by M o n d a y ’s practice, Varsity 
th e i r donations, and went th r o u g h a s tr e n u o u s s c r im m a g e 

m g 
P u io p e a n Red 
in 
Vi-tv 
t h a t now it is the desire of th e A m er- y e ste rd a y a fte r n o o n .
(can Ped < t oss to p ro f f e r som e aid to 
t h em and a ssist 
sick find wounded. 
the 
•mil ibutions 
d o l l a r will buy a s tr e tc h e r ; 15 cents not m a te ria lly h u r t his condition. 
wi l l buy enough iodine to s a v e a m a n ’s 

light sig nal p ra c tic e w'as gone 
th e ir th r o u g h with to s t a r t t h i n g s o ff, D itt- 
In sp e a k in g of th e m a r w i s at c e n t o a n d show ed up well, 
le tte r s a y s : “ One d e m o n s tr a tin g t h a t his long r e s t has 

in c a r in g fo r 

A 

th e
t h e i r

Anyone 

d e sirin g 

to 

c o n trib u te R e g u l a r s a n d sub s 

should send th e ir r e m itta n c e s to Mr. j m ages. V arsity 
c a re of 
Loyal A. F e r r is , 
A m erican E x c h a n g e Bank of Dallas, 
Texas, and he will 
it d ire c t to W a sh in g to n , I). C.

tw e n ty y a r d s 
ing 
tu r n fo rw a rd j No goal was tried.

in 

in 

The scru bs c am e o f f o f t h e i r p a s ­
tu re about 5:30 an d e n g a g e d both th e 
sc rim -
f i r s t scored when
thb L ittlefield w e n t th r o u g h th e line, go- 
to uchdow n. 

in s h a r p 

for a 

P la n s w'ere discussed a s 

y e s te r d a y a fte rn o o n . Quite a n u m b e r 
of the old m en a r e back 
th is y e a r, 
in te r e s tin g session w as 
a nd a very 
held. 
to 
w h at 
th e club should 
take up 
th is y e a r. Besides sev eral 
p laylets, which will be given a t th e 
la r g e r rallies, th e club p la n s to give 
a m ore se rio u s production.

line of w ork 

VARSITY’S WORTH

LAND PROBLEM TO 

BE INVESTIGATED

Students From Many Schools Realize 

applied Economics Club in Its First 

A dvantages Offered by Our 

Institution.

Meeting Decides to Study 

Land Questions.

I he second score cam e one m in u te 
a f t e r the kick-off, on a t w e n t y - y a r d 
fain by Ed m on ds a n d a s e n sa tio n a l 
left end run by B a rre ll, who w e n t 
th ir ty y a r d s 
th r o u g h a broken field 
for the 

touchdown.

tw o 

crubs a n d won by 

The subs then lined up a g a i n s t th e 
tou c hdo w ns 
to nothing, F Cushman Seccor m a k in g 
th e m o st 
both scores. 
•OHS is t e n t g ro u n d g a in e r of th e a f t e r ­
noon. L ittlefield a n d B a rre ll pla y e d 
s t a r g a m e s f o r V a rs ity .

Seccor w as 

I he 

line-up for 

th e r e g u l a r s w as 
as follows: E dm onds, rig h t end; B irg e, 
r ig h t g u a r d ;
J o r d a n , 
rig h t 

tack le; 

P la n s w ere also discussed 

f o r a 
com petition o f th e local p la y w r ig h ts ,
The in c re a sin g fa ith of th e T e x a s 
(he idea b e in g to a ro u s e som e e n t h u ­
is 
siasm a m o n g th e U n iv e rs ity s tu d e n ts a sure f a c t t h a t if the n u m b er of trans.- 
llo n g th is line. Besides a sm all prize
fers fr o m o th e r colleges will be a c ­
being o ffered, th e club w'ill produce 
cepted as proof.
the successful play.

th e ir home 

in s titu tio n s 

people in 

A sy ste m of t ry - o u ts fo r new' m a ­
terial w a s also planned. T h e r e a r e 
a b o u t six v a can cies on the club, and 
i com petition of some kind will be 
held in th e n e a r f u tu r e to fill them .

ARCHITECT YEAR 

BOOK IS NOW OUT

Contains Information Relative to the 

Department of Engineering 

and Architecture.

Men fro m B ay lo r, O klahom a S ta te , 
Sewanee, V an d e rb ilt, T ennessee S ta te 
and o th e r E a s t e r n 
in stitu tio n s have 
tra n s f e r r e d th e ir educational hopes to 
the U niversity.

In m an y cases th e only re a so n for 
le aving the S ta te w as to feel the pulse 
of a new section of the c o un try, and 
th a t new ness h a v in g been w orn off. 
the stu d e n t is re a d y to r e tu r n to his 
home school. O f those s tu d e n ts who 
have sta y e d a y e a r o r two a t T exas, 
the gen e ra l opinion is t h a t th e Uni-
versify in its im m ensity o ffe rs an or- ■
g a n iz a tio n equal to t h a t o f a n y E a s t ­
ern school.

The Applied Economies C lub held 

its f i r s t m e e tin g of the y e a r a t the 

home of Dr. H aney, c h a irm a n o f th e
School of Econom ics, M onday evening ‘ J ‘*t m a G ( ( n,( 1» G oodm an, le g t g u a r d , 

IV 

h« l f : B» r r « " . k'f t
ialf; English, q u a r te r , Walker, fu ll­
back.

a t 7:30. The Katherine: w a , o f th e “ f " y L.I a t U<;kle; T u r " ‘*r - le f l 
n a tu r e of an in form a l a s s e m b la g e f o r 
the p u rp o se of a c q u a in tin g the new 
m em bers o f the club with th e work 
being done by th e o rg a n iz a tio n , out- I 
lining th e course of in v e stig a tio n and 
research for th e y e a r, a nd p e r f e c tin g 
t p e r m a n e n t o rg a n iz a tio n . 
In fo rm a l 
iiscussion of c u r r e n t economic ques*
lions followed the r e g u l a r business of 
rile club, a n d w as itself in tu r n fob 
lowed by 
fro m Mrs. 
H aney.

;<?n' or c lass jo in ed 
? ,ub last week wht?n th e y voted 

to
raise by individual s u b s c rip tio n e n o u g h 
money to p u rc h a se a bale a t 10c. T he 
bale is to be b o u g h t fro m a widow.

T r in ity U n iv e rsity , Out. 5. T h e

TRI M T Y S E N I O R S BUY A B A L E .

College P r e s s S ervice.

th e Buy a -B a le

r e f r e s h m e n ts 

It was decided to m ake a .series of
in v e stig a tio n s and r e se a rc h es on the 
variou s p h a se s o f th e land question in 
Texas. 
S u b je c ts w ere selected an d 
a ssign ed th e m em b e rs, and each will 
p re p a re d u r in g 
the session a p a p e r 
upon his a s s ig n e d topic, to be pub-
sh o w in g lished in th e an n u a l bulletin o f the

The new A r c h ite c tu r a l Y e a r Book

p a rtm e n t 
in p a rtic u la r. A com plete 
c atalog ue of the s tu d e n ts and fa c u lty

ii 

fo r 

is given, 

this session 

indeed, a w-ell 

p ublication. U k e the g r e a t n u m b e r o f views of 

for th is y e a r h a s j u s t come out, a n d for 
is, 
g o tte n up book, 
showing t h a t much care w as ta k e n in 
p r e p a r in g 
cover of th e volum e is of s u b s ta n ti a l | cam pus, sho w in g th e d if f e re n t build- 
paper, a n d th e pa g e s a r e of a v ery 
fine qu a lity of p aper.

in gs and o th e r places of in terest. Be- of economic 
sides these th e r e a r e a g r e a t n u m b e r of the club. 
of views sho w ing some of th e w orks
fo rm atio n a b o u t th e E n g in e e r in g De- ; of the s t u d e n t s and fa c u lty o f t h a t 
p a r t m e n t and 

T he book g ives all the n e c e ssary in-

the A rc h ite c tu ral De- d e p a rtm e n t.

A n o th e r f e a tu r e of 

the repeated 

the volume 

a n d 

d e m a n d s 
from v ario u s u n iv e rsitie s a n d s tu d e n ts 
for th e an n u a l bulletin 

continuous 

Mr. R. IL H o w ard of C a lv e r t v is­

i t e d his d a u g h te r , Mildred, S unday.

th e ir special d e p a r tm e n ts . club. D u rin g th e p a s t t h r e e y e a r s o f , senior 

c l a s s 

is the c lu b ’s e n d e a v o rs th e r e h as been A I o ’clock 

OFFICIAL NOTICES

I here will be a m e e tin g o f 

th e
in room 218 T h u r s d a y
fo r the p urpo se of elect-
All seniors be s u r e

ing a pre sid e n t. 
to be th e re . M E A D E F. G R I F F I N

The Dallas Club will m e e t F rid a y j 

a fte r n o o n a t 5 o ’clock. All Dallas 
s tu d e n ts a r e u r g e d to a tte n d , a s th is 
m e e tin g will be o f much im p o rta n c e 
room 126, a t 
to 
5 p. rn. F’riday.

th em . R em e m b e r, 

T he following s tu d e n ts a r e re q u e s t­
ed to r e p o r t a t the office o f L. Theo. 
B ellm ont a t once co n c e rn in g a m a t t e r 
of im p o rta n c e ;

U. W. Gillete.
Fred Gordon*
S. E. A Hedge.
W. C. E n g lish .
Floyd Coslett.
C. B. Bonner.

A th le tic a u th o r iti e s at Texas are 

in re c e ip t o f a communication from 

W a b a s h College, s ta tin g th a t the poor 

sh o w in g m ade 

in 

the Purdue game 

w as e x p e c te d ail th e w hile, since first 

y e a r m en w ere b a rre d and since only 
six of th e la s t y e a r ’s team were back 
in 
line-up, some of them being 
f a r fro m b e in g in good physical con­
dition.

th e 

W ith all o f these obstacles in the 
w ay o f th e little school, the coaches 
a n d m a n a g e r s seem very optimistic 
ov e r th e outlook for the team. The 
te a m t h a t played Purdue was picked 
fro m th e th r e e up per classes, which 
o nly c o n ta in e d a b o u t 200 
students. 
T h e o th e r g a m e s to follow will have 
f r e s h m e n on th e line up, there being 
a b o u t 200 enrolled in this one class.

is 

F o llo w in g 
W a b a s h l e tte r :
C ra w fo rd sv ille , Ind., Sept. 30, 1914.

the contents of 

the 

I believe n o th in g has been said in 
to offic ia ls for our football 
r e g a r d 
g a m e . 
I know no thing about the o f­
ficials in y o u r section, and nm willing 
to leave th e selection of the ame to 
I arn sure you will 
y o u r ju d g m e n t. 
• se only men of exporiuncc and fa'r- 
less. 
If I rem em b er correctly, the t f - 
fic ia ls used 
last y ear in your game 
with N o tr e Dame were very satisfac­
to r y 
this 
to Mr. H arper. Men of 
class will be sa tisfac to ry to us.

than 

W h a t a r e y o u r prospects t h n year, 
m d w h a t old men do you have back? 
l u r p ro s p e c ts are better 
last 
y e a r, e x c e p t o ur first game, which 
will be w ith Purdue next Saturday.
th in k we will make a good record— 
the 
one which will help advertise 
g a m e w ith you. 
Purdue has one of 
he s t r o n g e s t team s in the West, and 
is th e y will not play us and allow 
is 
to use o u r freshmen, we hardly 
“x p e c t to even make a good showing 
( g a in s t them . We have only fifteen 
or six te e n men in our squad who are 
•ligible for this game.

I shall be glad to furnish you at 
m y tim e a n y th in g you may desire to 
help a d v e rtise the game. Perhaps it 
m ig h t be well for me to advise you 
o n c e rn in g our various games as soon 
is th e y a r e played.

We a r e planning to arrive in Austin 
rn W ednesday morning. 
there 
som ew here you can arrange for us 
to 
signal practice 
a 
W ednesday afternoon?

short 

have 

Is 

H oping to hear from you at your 
•arly convenience, and trusting you 
will have a prosperous season, I am, 
Sincerely yours,

HARRY ELLER.

R E T U R N E D FROM PANAMA.

Misses R a t e and Estelle Feuille are 
in A ustin a f t e r a year’s stay in Pan­
am a, and are with Mrs. Ashby for the 
com ing year.

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< HAPKE NOTICES.

The usual good crowd a t ­
tended and enjoyed the morn­
ing prayer service yesterday. 
The sp irit is fine; everybody 
e n te rs 
into the service with 
zest and it seems a real pleas­
ure to be there.

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Mr. J e s s e Wilson, one of the 
C h ristia n workers 'n the
in 
the re a d in g and in the pra ye r. 

The songs were 
with feeling and force.
The 

inspirational and 

the lead 

rendered

for 

Yesterday the members of the V arsity Hand obtained, through the a i l eof their (aga, the remaining flO 

to make up the necessary $165. T h e y will, therefore, receive the $160 g iv e n by Mr. L u tc h e r Stark.

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T he Sidney la u d e r Society will hold 4. 

its f ir s t r e g u la r m e e tin g on W ednes- 
day, O ctober 7, a t 5 o ’clock, in room 
204. As was an n o u n c e d last s p r in g , 
I “ The M odem D r a m a ” will be th e sub- 
lec t of study for the society th is year. 4. productive of g re a t good.
All old and new m em b e rs a r e req uest- j 4. 
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ed to be pre se nt. 
4* U niversity, took 

to g e th e r i; 

I inns a re being m a d e by the W o r n - I 4 . 

hu h A thletic < o u n a I for a big rally 4 . 77,e burtien o f th e prayer wa
fo r all the g irls, to be held S a tu rd a y . 4 , 
October 17, for the dedication o f th e Up. 
n ew g y m and to arouse more enthu- 
msm am ong the g irlt1 for athletics 

t h a t we m a y h ave s t r e n g th for 4* 
the d a y ’s work, especially to 4*
enable us to live as we should 4* 
the presen ce o f God and 4-
in 

A very 
carried out. F u r th e r a n n o u n c e m e n ts ,^ .

in te re a tin g p ro g ra m will he j 4. man. 

I will be 

m a d e

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C litu s Jones 
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Why is it, we wonder, th at all j5

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Thessalonians P R I C K L Y PEARACiRAPHS

the female students are el‘her 
“ girls” or “co-eds?0 Somehow 
it doesn’t seem right to refer to 
them any more as “women. 
The queerest part of it is th at 
they seem to resent it. At least, 
in speaking of themselves they 
are a l w a y s either “girls” or else 
“co-eds.” To the boys they are 
“ladies,” perhaps, but never 
ladies 
I he word 
“women.” 
has almost lost its meaning, it 
has been so o v e r w o r k e d as a sub­
stitute for “women.” Your male 
student likes nothing better than 
to be recognized as a “m an/ but 
“woman 
is out of fashion. Why 
is it? Are all the women dead?

publishers> s t . Paul's was)

capital advice, indeed. Carefully 
as the Texan force endeavors to 
live up to the apostolic injunc­
tion, mistakes will slip by. E r ­
rors th a t cry out aloud on the 
front patfe in the dawn’s earl' 
light eluded 
the proofreaders 
search by the rays of the electric 
globe on the nitfht before.

Then, too, about the time the 
proof man gets down 
the 
name of "Miss Alice Lou Shrdlu- 
etaoin,” the telephone rings, and 
,rou want to know how Siwash 
football
its 

out in 

last 

to 

came
game. 

L. W.

Half of 

tnese H a v a n a f iller., 

really cemetery fillers.

The Ie-
argument?

logic th ere is to a man’s 
the louder he talks.

j. 

the man who doesn't war 
m0st about burd tunes.

w h o t a l k s t he

place a value on you 

mark ii

down.

lf an d n e v e r

Hows never reach their sec- 
!; they j u s t continue their

Some 
ond child hi 
first.

.

If you w ant to be cheerful, just set 
y o u r 'mind or' it. None of us c a n help 
what traits we started in life w.th but 
we can help what we end up w k ...

THE SPIRIT OF 1911.

We note in the local papers, 
our downtown contemporaries, 
that 
two 18-year-old students 
from Dallas have set up a tent 
the campus and are 
ta t of 
'batching 
the 
breaking of better times. This 
little account was a m atter both 
of regret and of gratification to

pending 

there 

As a result, the office is fa­
vored the next day with a call 
from the irate Miss Alice Lane 
Smatterstane, who, of course, 
w a n t s to know what we mean 
b y it, and other things not so 
complimentary. Not 
th at we 
mind, you understand. We are 
used to it by now.

IN THE LIGHT

By C. R. HOLLAND

Making Conversation.

She — Have you seen 

the Castle

H<* No; I’m a prohibitionist.

We hereby revise 

th us: 

“ D ropping 

don’t make much.”

the old maxim 
in a bucket shop

Distance may lend enchantm ent, but 

, neve, gives it a w a y ou tright.

“T h a t old maid B a tts was carried 
aw ay with a f a in tin g spell the o th e r 
day when she stepped into the w rong 
b athroom by m istake. 

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“ Sort of a ‘seasickness,’ h u h ? ”

Who says t h a t engaged people are 
alw ays 
so blissfully h a p p y ? How 
about the poor boob t h a t has an en 
gagem ent with the d e n tist?

A T an k Line.
Loop- S hoo te r says he’s never been

dru nk in his life.

Delupe- T h a t’s w h a t you 

call 

a

“ta n k tieing,” eh?

On the Midnight Chu ( hu.

F ir s t Ardent Sw ain— Miss W round 
is p re tty fa r aw ay from me

('here 

$econd A. S<— Bah Jove! 

it 
possible? You know she never was 

Is 

d ista n t with me.

Levy- Vot was der m a tte r 

mit

('obeli and his po tato f a r m ?

|,i*vi He had to go into p ank ru ptcy . 
Levy—Vy w as do t?
Levi 

neighbors 
wouldn’t let him plant his Irish p o ta ­

- H i s H ibernian 

toes.

Little Joh n was receiving his fir s t 
instructions in the gentle a r t of table 
manners, anil t h a t he should alw ays 
ald 
John 
was very hu ng ry and was proving a

the words “thank you. 

dull pupil.

“ Joh n,” said his mother, “will you 

have some more m e a t ? ”

“ No,” growled John, very busy with 

the portion th a t he had.

“ Now, John, w hat have I been t e a c h ­

ing you? No w h a t ? ” 

,

“ No m e a t,” came the prom pt reply.

R etu rn in g from Boston t h a t night,
I came slowly up the Castle Walk, 
where I H esitated upon seeing my 
little d a u g h te r there. Hastily ta k in g 
Two Steps to her, I asked the trouble.
“Oh, daddy, I w a n t to go to T exas 
T om m y’s and mamma says I T ang o.”
“M axixe!” says I, “the old Grizzly 

Bear!”

"Yes,” she sobbed, “she says I m ust 
not take One Step without she says 
so.”

D espairingly 

stum bled over a 
Lame Duck a n d w ent out and washed 
her t e a r s aw ay in the Kitchen Sink.

I 

FIRING LINE

CITY CLUBS,

The recent fo rm atio n of a Dallas 
club and its objects su g g e sts the dual 
benefits th a t may be derived from the 
bonding to g e th e r of those here from 
other large T exas cities. 
In the f ir s t 
place, in the social functions given by 
the club in its home town concerted 
action can be b r o u g h t 
to b e a r on 
prospective freshm en in showing them 
the educational and cultural benefits 
to be derived from a college ed uca­
tion, and 
institu tion of 
lea rn in g for T exans, T exas U n iv e rsity 
can not be surpassed.

t h a t as an 

In the second place, for exam ple,

When some h.tfs go to college they | 
lie so about the size of th e ir d a d s ; 
fa r m th a t the* can hardly recognize 

it when they go hone.

the 140 student- present here from 
th e N orth Texas city would never,! 
become acquainted without -ach an or

ganization.

However, the first mentioned bene­
fit seems most im portant, as it is to 
our individual benefit that Texas Uni­
versity should become b e tte r known 
and appreciated th ro u g h o u t the coun­
try. Many of the stu d e n ts th a t leave 
; he State each year for another school 
would be satisfied to a t t e n d the State j 
U niversity were they b et te r acquainted . 
vith it. Many of then* come back to] 
js la te r on as tra n s fe rs .
the 

influence of 
those who have atten ded a school th a t 
makes it g re a t, so would this intlu- 
nce be stre n g th e n e d by tho co op e ra ­
those same students 
tive action of 
the 
in diffusin g 
University. 

inform ation about 

is p a rtly 

\ . A. E.

As 

it 

In T u e sd a y ’s Texan 

th e re was a 
s ta te m e n t to the effect th a t the Uni­
versity of Texas was 
to have Lei 
‘lo y a lty ” song w ritte n by a profess­
ional song w riter. Has the vulgar 
p i n t of commercialism vanquished all 
traces of college honor and spirit in 
the U niv ersity ? 
I t is positively an 
insult to the dignity of the University j 
veil to propose such a thing.

its 

th a t 

ideals. 

I t has 

The alm a m ate r of a college is the 
traditions, 
very em bodim ent of 
sen tim e n ts and 
the 
sam e place in the h e a rts of the stu- 
the national anthem has 
lents 
in 
th e citizens. We 
m ig h t 
ju s t as well hire a Russian 
musician to compose a second “ S ta r 
Spangled B a n n e r ” as to e n tru st the 
omposition of o u r a lm a m a te r to a 
man who w rites it for pay.

the h e a rts of 

W here a r e all the sniveling .scribes 
who w rite for The M agazine? C an’t 
my of them be serious long enough 
to absorb some of the great 
things 
t h a t are a p a r t of the I niversity and 
i r ran ge these th o u g h ts in verse ?

The alm a m a te r of th e University 
m u st be composed by the students or 
alumni of the University. They love i 
her and could w rite a suitable song it 
they only understood the need of it, 
b u t the course of 
is 
indifference. Nobody cares a han g 
is done, j u s t so somebody else 
what 

the University 

Ices it.

The University should have had a 
ong of her own y e a rs ago. But no­
body took any in te r e s t in it. Now we 
realize how badly it is needed, and 
it is up to the stu d e n t body to rise 
to the occasion 
th ey wish to be 
if 
praised ra th e r th a n cursed by the suc­
ceeding g enerations. 

T. E. X.

To The T exan:

As you have been kind enough to 
•ompliment the m e m be rs of the L e g ­
islature with y o u r paper, which has 
been read with g r e a t interest. I tr u s t 
you will perm it me, as a friend of both 
A. & M. and the U niv ersity th ro u g h 
many y e a rs of legislative service and 
much of t h a t tim e on the committee 
if education, 
to add a few friendly 
comments on m a tte r s a ffe c tin g the 
institutions. 
>tudent bodies of both 
The m ost im p o rta n t, I think, is t h a t 
athletic relation s should be resumed 
between the two schools. W hen you 
had your last u n fo rtu n a te d isa g re e ­
m ent it w as so long ago t h a t prob ­
ably very few of th e students now 
rem ain 
t h a t w ere 
parties to it, and it o u g h t to be f o r ­
gotten. b ru sh ed aside, forgiven and 
full 
two 
schools resum ed. A. & M. and the 
U n iv e rsity a r e the g r e a t schools of 
the South, and all T exas is proud of 
them. T heir s tu d e n ts go out and help 
every section of the State. They are 
leaders in the g r e a t work of direct­
ing 
th o u g h t and action of th e 
g r e a te s t S ta te on e arth . E very well 
informed p a trio tic m an who comes to 
the L eg islatu re of T e x a s w a n ts to see 
both schools build up and a b u nd an tly 
prosper. 
I t will please the L egislatu re 
beyond m e a s u re to see the closest re-

in e ith e r school 

fellowship 

between 

the 

the 

(Continued on Fourth Page.)

Q uitcherk ick in! 

Hit the co

lar.

 

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W hy wouldn’t it be a pretty I ^ 
good s tu n t to buy a bah 0 W (’ v,‘ n( 
got some elegant c a m p u s 
to put th em in.

l ltn 

We understand 

th(it ,nme of 

In the first place, we regret 
that the reporters ot the Inca
. dailies should have scooped us.

^ j ( ^ t() th(J |)ri(ie 0f
t.,. man to have a story

W alk ?

taken right from under his nose 
In th** next place we regret to
that tho .umping of these

the English faculty hove been b o y s is im jp .im W a r n play
editin g Elizabethan works of one boy. I, lark. 
I he hun! truth o
ki nd and another. A fter inspec- lie m atter is thai it was their
os to wonder ne chance, and they had to take
tion it occurs to 
why 
use tin* blue it.
they didn’t 
pencil more.

Those European 
to

insurance
be happy 
companies ought 
now t h a t the w ar is thinning out 
th e ir doubtful risks by the hun­
dred thousand, w ith the govern­
ment pension bureaus as I hi los­
ing underwriters.

No, we are not carrying the 
cable service from the European 
w a r zone. We’d 
rath er stay 
w ithin our own province, the
th a t com- 
and cover 
campus,
pletely.

. 
Dlxmude, Krasnik, 

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Vitry-le - Francois, Aeriehatt, 
N y a s.sa la n d , Nish, Kisu-< hall 
just a fe w n a m e s culled from 
the war dispatches. And yet 
fo lk s wonder what m ak es line 
type operators nervous.

fellers” 

The “Howdy” habit is not too 
provincial for a school ut 2500. 
The cheerful “ ’lo, 
to 
whomsoever you meet means 
much, though neither of you 
ever saw the other of you before. 
Try it, and the mortality rate 
by the home sickness route will 
decrease amazingly.

in 

But mom than all the rest, we 
these 
the spunk of 
glory 
\\ e only hope that 
youngsters. 
it will stay with them. They 
ire the stuff th a t Texas needs—
ii good times or bad. 
is a 
real inspiration to read of the 
I nit that will not say quit, the 
-pint of 1914.

It 

W A N T E D : A LO AN F U N D .

W e are not inclined to agree 
with the authorities that what
.vt need most of all just now is
nan fund. What we need most 
>f all is places where students
— —

iv* pittvvo 

I ii a n 

*xpense money.

We realize the difficulties in 
he way of this project. There 
ire some things which can not 
.ery well be carried on by stu- 
le n t labor, for the reason that 
; ho latter is more or less spas- 
nodic, owing to the classroom 
ai irk required. But there ought 
i o be s o m e form ut employment 
pi the piecework or hour pay 
; n e a t plan where a student can 
I carn 
in odd times enough to 
S atisfy his hunger and keep a 
| roof over his head.

fravniki, j ,all 

borrow but earn their no^*

Not all students would be 
.volthy of such jobs. But con­
Sometimes we think that the 
fider this point: The student 
exclamation point ought to he 
,\ho is holiest enough aud indus-
abolished, and italics and under­
scoring banished along with it. nous enough to be trusted to
< turn the loan is also honest 
Why folks can not he as em­
•hough and industrious enough 
phatic as 
they wish without 
it) give his employer value re­
screaming about it is mole than 
vived from day to do.
we can see. English was made 
Debt partakes, in the case of
for speaking purpose. Yet some 
people never use it below’ a bel- he capitations man, too much ct 
low\ The fact that th eir talk is the nature of a charitable accom- 
in writing makes no difference.j laudation on the one hand or of 
i business enslavement on the 
All em phasis is the weakest of all 
to be desirable where 
forms of 
 ought to realize this; but t here is any other alternative, 
Debt is not inevitable to the eol-

speech. University »ther, 

they don’t. 

e o p

l e

p

— — ------------ loge man, even though he come

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teams, 

tfcora will ho deeds of us who have 

STARTING UP LARIA. 
e r 
We 
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here penniless. There are hilli­
in years
init.r'l'Ks gone bv demonstrated this for

but we believe th a t 
'-"Od be tor the care rf women
ir*'! ‘ 

, m ‘ ' e’
A . *»\cr f o a m c ll hp We Would IH)t put Up so much
is a straw bv way ol discour-
n 
nrenarati rn aging tho establishment of a loan

hope th a t th ere win ne
early provision for the interclass
football series. Surely some of 
I 
the second strin g team can be 
o .amir rn- Hip 
^ na red for th e coaching OI me 
‘ J 
Th 
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th e preprint 
class 
ought to be sta rte d rig ht away !um1- 
for two reasons. The first one 
optional cases among the 
is th a t real preparation will make 
the games interesting as sport. "f> - And as for the rest of us, 
Heretofore 
been a i we ought to want is a chance 
farces. The other reason is th a t ,0 W01K ,or honest wages. 
by this method material will be 
developed for the squad. Equip­
ment will, of course, be lacking 
until after the Varsity season, 
but preliminary 
training and 
signal practice will not absolute­
ly necessitate padded breeches1 
and shoulder pads.

“There’s m any a slip 
Of the type on its trip 
To the stick in the p r in te r ’s h a n d .” 
— O ffset Sam.

the 
Scriptures St. Paul advised the

SUSCEPTIBLE TO PROOF.

Somewhere or other 

have 

they 

in 

DON’T

b u y ANV TY EW HIT ER UNTIL YOU ARE CONVINCED 

YOU AKE GETTING T H E BEST.

After you have ex a m in e d the Royal M aster Model No. IO, 

a n d do not believe it is the best, our advice is not to buy it.

Typewriter Sales Co.

1 1 5 WEST SIXTH (U pstairs.)

THE SPECIALTY STORE

SNAMAN’S

/

Extends to the U niversity students a cordial i n , Ration at any and all 

times, whether they need anything or not, to m ake th is Store their 

headquarters. 

If it is a Suit, Dress, Coat, W aist, Skirt or Hat, we 

have it. Style and price alw ays guaranteed to be cheap and better.

SNAMAN’S

506-508 C ONGRESS AVE.

YOUR CLOTHES MADE TO MEASURE 
Our Specialty, Representing 

ROYAL TAILORS, M. BOlfN & CO., and 
MARK G. HARRIS & CO., OF CHICAGO.

THE UNIVERSITY SHOP

IBIO LAVACA ST.

A. G. GERI ES.

J. R. Reed Music Company

Pianos, Player Pianos, Victor Victrolas and Sheet Music. 

Come in. boys, and see our new store.

805-807 CONGRESS AVE.

MATTHEWS DRUG STORE
We Deliver A nyw here

1612 LAVACA STREET 
_____________________________ 

PHONE 645
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The Austin National Bank
of Austin, T exas 
Resources $5,000,000
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY 
KNOWS THE STUDENTS’ WANTS AND WANTS THE 
STUDENTS’ BUSINESS.

E. P. W ILM OT, P resident. 
WM. H F O L T S, V ice-President. 

M O R R IS H I R S H F E L D , Cashier.
C. M. B A R T H O L O M E W , A s st. Cashier

O F F I C E R S :

Ladies!

AT LAST WE HAVE IT ! ! !

W hat?

A Ladies’ Shining Parlor at the Cozy Pressing and Shining
Parlor.

2402 Guadalupe St. 

Old Phone 902

L. P. WHITE, Manager.

 rn cut —□ n c i

T^\ON’T be down 
on the Fresh-
men. 
Seniors are 
j u s t
F re s h m e n
“ m e l l o w e d by
asem 9 9 9

0
D
0
r V E L V E T , T h e Sm oothest S m oking Tobacco, we are ••lad 

t o say, is K entucky s B u r le y de Luxe w ith an aired-in-the- 
wood m ellow ness. 

Z JZS}
w r v h

1 0c tins an d 5e m etal-lined b a - s .

.Q &

leu c

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Special to Students

Tuesday, October 6 Only

OLK $6.00 PER DOZEN V E N E T IA N PHOTOS AT 
$2.00 PER DOZEN.

Phone in for 

pointme its.

engagem ent, as we can only make 20 ap-

MARKS STUDIO

OLI) PHONE NO 367.

You D o n ’t H ave to G o to the 

Postoffice

Come to our store, where we have a substation and 

transact all postal business.

JACKSON’S

Twentieth Century Drug Store.

I N A D E Q U A T E LOAN F U N D S FOR 

HIGHER EDUCATION.

. D is tin c tly tr u e is it t h a t the U ni­

v e rs ity h a s escaped all s h a r e in the 

g e n e ral a d v e r s ity t h a t it w as expected 

to s u ffe r. T h e re th e e n r o llm e n t was, 

a le w d a y s ago, n o t less b u t slightly 

in a d v a n c e of the e n ro llm e n t on the 

c o rre sp o n d in g d ay la s t y e a r. W h a t is 

t h a t 

more, 
it is s ta te d by a u th o r itie s of 
th e U n iv e rsity t h a t easily two or th re e 
h un dred m ore boys and g ir ls would be 
e nrolled if th ey could h ave been a id ­
ed in m a in ta in in g them selves. They 
a r e boys and g irls who h ave e ith e r to 
w ork th e ir way th r o u g h th e U n iv e rsity 
by fin d in g p r iv a te e m p lo y m e n t in A u s ­
tin or who have to receive financial 
a s s is ta n c e from sc h o la rs h ip s a n d the 
I t is no t u n­
U n i v e r s ity ’s loan fund. 
likely 
t o r p riv a te 
tht; chances 
e m p lo y m e n t a r e r a t h e r less th a n n o r ­
mal j u s t now, and it is e qually likely 
t h a t th e dem an d fo r such em p lo y m e n t 
has been g r e a t e r t h a n usua l, with the 
r e s u lt t h a t th e loan fun d is now even 
m ore 
the 
de m a n ds m ade on it. T h is is a t once 
a h a p p y and an u n h a p p y circum stance. 
As a n evidence t h a t p o v e rty is com ing 
to be less and less a d e t e r r e n t to in ­
tellectual a s p ira tio n , it is en c o u rag in g . 
It is a public m is fo r tu n e a n d a g r ie v ­
ous one, when a boy o r girl who evi­

in ad e q u a te 

t h a n e v e r 

to 

dences u nu su a l n a tu r a l a b ility a n d a p ­
titude, is denied a chance to be e d u ­
cated; a n d in m o st in stan c e s t h a t is 
w h a t is evidenced by re a d in e s s o f th e 
boys an d g irls to face th e e m b a r r a s s ­
m e n ts a n d d isc o m fo rts of w o rk in g 
th e ir w ay th r o u g h college.

it 

th e m , so 

it steadily. 

rem e m b e red, 
is only 

It has been o ften su g g e s te d in th e 
N ew s t h a t here is p re se n te d a s p le n ­
did o p p o r tu n ity f o r the p h ila n th ro p ic , 
this, of c o n tr ib u tin g to th e small loan 
th e U n iv e rsity now has 
fund which 
a t its disposal. This fu nd , it is 
to 
is never s p e n t; a l ­
be 
w ays 
invested, a nd a t a 
r a te of in te r e s t which, th o u g h small, 
F o r with b u t 
in creases 
to whom 
very few excep tion s th ose 
th e se loans have been m ade have r e ­
t h a t th e fu n d would 
paid 
g ro w even w ith o u t c o n trib u tio n s 
to 
it, b u t of course n pt by t h a t process 
alone f a s t e nough to keep pace with 
the g ro w th of the d em and m ade on it.
It is an o p p o rtu n ity , too, t h a t is no t 
r e s tr ic te d to th e w e a lth y, a lth o u g h it 
m u s t a p p e a l to th em with th e added 
force o f m oral obligation. I t is an in ­
v e s tm e n t c o n trib u tin g to th e p r e s e n t 
and f u t u r e w e lfa re of th e S ta t e t h a t 
is a s open to th e m an of small m e a n s 
as 
I t 
to th e m an of la rg e m eans. 
has been su g g e s te d t h a t th e S ta te , by 
a p p ro p ria tio n fro m its tr e a s u r y , o u g h t 
loan 
to c o n trib u te so m e th in g to th e 
fund of e v e ry one of its h ig h e r in ­
s titu tio n s o f learning , and th e N ew s

F or th e B est C o ffe e in T ow n

GO TO 2109 SPEEDW AY.

U. of T. CAFE

Swann Furniture and Carpet Co.

THE BIG STORE.

We Furnish Fraternity Houses on Credit.

Edison Mazda Lamps

Shades, Extension Cords, Sockets, Student Lamps and a full 

line of Plumbing and Electrical Goods,
Eveready Flashlights and Batteries.

A. E. Hancock Co.

908 CONGRESS AYTE. 

Phones 193.

(Three Doors Above Graham’s.)

T H E D A I L Y T E X A N .

WESTERNERS HAVE 
BRIGHT OUTLOOK

ROLLINS WRITES 

OF NOTED AUTHOR

Prospects o f Western Football Ixjoni 

I p I nexpectedly Promising 

for This Year.

Former English Instructor of Uni- 

versity Writes o f O. Henry’s 

Early Texas Days.

Thi> looks like a n o th e r g r e a t y e a r 
for W e ste rn football. W ith one or 
two exceptions, the pow erful elevens 
th a t a t t r a c t e d national a tte n ti o n last 
y e a r will be a lm o st in ta ct. Any v a ­
cant sp o ts will be plugged w ith some 
[of the m o st prom isin g m a te ria l W est- 
j el n g rid iro n s have seen in y e a rs.

O utside 

th e W e stern Conference, 
N o tre Dame, on p ap e r, a p p e a r s 
to 
top t,ny eleven in the W e s t th is year, 
and the W est expects to see the C a th ­
olics score a decisive v ic to ry over 
Vale. The m aterial a t M ichigan this 
fail 
looks woefully weak w hen com ­
pared with the squad Y ost had last 
y e a r, a n d a victory o ver H a r v a r d in 
the o th e r g r a e a t interse c tion a l clash 
of the y e a r is scarcely to be expected.
N o tre Dame has lost b u t two men 
from th e g r e a t eleven of la s t y e a r — 
Rock ne and Dorais. D o ra is’ place will 
be filled from a trio of good re se rve 
men, b u t th e problem of fin d in g an 
end to replace Rockne will be a s e ri­
ous one.

Of th e W e s te rn Conference elevens 
* hit ag o, W isconsin and Illinois look 
hest a t th is s ta g e of the g am e. The 
Maroon eleven, conference c ham pion s 
la s t y e a r, a n d undoubtedly one of 
the g r e a t e s t machines the W e st has 
produced, will be a trifle w e a k e r a t 
the o pen in g of the season. C a p ta in 
N o rg re n , a n all-A m erican selection in 
191!, an d Fullback Pierce a r e lost to 
j ( ouch S ta g g . T h e re is no d e a r th of 
m a te ria l a t Chicago U n iv ersity, how ­
ever, a n d th e Maroon eleven should be 
in the r u n n in g fo r a n o th e r cham pion- 
I ship fro m th e s ta r t.

la s t Jun e . 

W isconsin counts upon some of the 
best m a te ria l 
in the W est fro m th e 
1913-14 fr e s h m a n class to replace v e t­
Illinois 
e ra n s g r a d u a te d 
line-up fro m 1913 is p ra c tic a lly in ta c t. 
Coach Zupke m a d e a b r illia n t sh o w in g 
a t th e d o w n -s ta te school in his f i r s t 
tr y la st y e a r , and is expected to p r o ­
duce a c o n te n d e r f o r th e c h a m p io n ­
ship.

B e a r sto rie s a r e e m a n a t in g from 
M innesota, w h ere it is said t h a t sev 
eral of th e s t a r s of th e 1913 eleven 
will no t r e tu r n to school. P u rd u e lost 
m o st of h e r b est men la s t J u n e , and 
N o r t h w e s t e r n ’s m a te ria l 
is n o t be­
lieved to be o f c h am pionship tim b er.
Of th e o th e r conference schools, Ohio 
S ta te is said to look b e tte r th a n la s t 
y e a r; 
I n d ia n a ’s p ro sp e c ts a r e som e­
w h a t im proved, b u t Iowa is n o t c o u n t­
ed upon to be th e fa c to r she w as in 
1913.

COLLEGE NOTES.

In the October n u m b e r of th e Book­

man a p p e a r s a n a rtic le by H y d e r E. 

Bol I ins on "O. H enry ’s T e x a s D a y s.” 

Mr. Rollins was 

fo r se v e ra l y e a rs 

connected with 

the U n iv e r s ity of 

Texas, both a s s tu d e n t a n d t u to r , and 

left only la s t y e a r to c o n tin u e in his

t h a t a r e of 

a c q u a in ta n c e w ith 

profession a t a N o r th e r n un iv e rsity . 
His residence in A u stin g a v e him an 
thos 
in tim a te 
th in g s 
in te r e s t because 
O. H e n r y w as connected w ith them . 
He illu s tr a te s his a rtic le w ith scenes 
th a t a r e f a m ilia r to e v e ry T e x a s s t u ­
dent, a m o n g 
th e T exas 
G eneral Land Office a n d a view of 
C on gress Avenue.

them being 

Mr. R ollins’ knowledge o f th e s u r ­
rou nding s of which he sp e a k s, a s well 
as his v e ry readable style, places this 
article a m o n g th e fo r e m o s t of those 
w ritte n on th e life of th is g r e a t s h o r t 
s to r y w r ite r .

th e 

The influence of Mr. R ic h a rd Hall 
m d his fa m ily upon 
life o f O. 
Henry is b ro u g h t out clearly in th is 
article. 
is th e f a th e r 
of Miss R u th Hall, now a s tu d e n t in 
the University.

This Mr. Hall 

‘‘This 

f a m ily ,” sa y s Mr. Rollins, 
‘had a g r e a t e r s h a re th a n a n y o th e r 
persons 
(). H e n r y ’s 
m ind.”

in developing 

MAKES REPORT ON 

GEOLOGICAL WORK

I niversity Bureau I nder Management 

of Dr. Phillips, Conducts Many 

Investigations.

Dr. W illiam B. Phillips, d ire c to r of 
the U n iv e r s ity of T ex a s B u re a u of 
Economic Geology and T e c hnology, 
has given ou t t h e follow ing b r ie f r e s ­
ume of th e work of th e b u r e a u d u r in g 
the la s t tw o y e a r s :

“ D u rin g th e tw o y e a r s e n d in g S e p ­
te m b e r I, 1914, th is b u re a u h a s con­
ducted e x te n siv e in v e stig a tio n s o f th e 
fuels used 
in T exas, an d h a s issued 
m d d is trib u te d a special bulletin on 
T h e e x p e r i­
the sub ject, No. 307. 
m ental g a s p l a n t w as 
in c o n sta n t 
op eratio n d u r in g this 
tim e, b u t ha.' 
now been d ism a n tle d to m a k e room 
for th e new l a b o r a to r y f o r t e s t i n g all 
kinds of m a te r ia l used in road build ­
ing such a s rock, g ravel, san d, clay, 
concrete, brick, a s p h a lt, oil, etc. P r a c ­
tically e v e ry v a rie ty of coal a n d lig ­
nite produced in the S ta te h a s been 
exam ined in g r e a t detail, in c lu d in g the 
yield an d q u a lity o f g as, etc.

W isconsin U n iv e rsity has a 
m ent and a h a lf of stu d e n t cadets.

regi 

V a n d e rb ilt 

in a u g u r a te s 
th is yd ar 
an an n u a l v a r s ity ball under th e nam e 
of th e V a n d e rb ilt cotillion.

A few d a y s a g o th e e n tire s tu de n t 
body of th e U n iv e rsity qf Ohio, con­
s is tin g of 
.OOO stu d e n ts, w as p h o to ­
g ra p h e d in a group,

T he a v e r a g e scholarships o f th e co­
eds in th e V a n d e rb ilt U n iv e rsity last 
y e a r was 81.72; t h a t of th e boys was 
71.47. The g e n e ra l a v e ra g e fo r all 
the s tu d e n ts w as 76.59.

In a ‘‘pep sh o w ” pulled off by the 
>tudents of th e K a n sa s A g ric u ltu ra l 
in the 
College, 2000 stu d e n ts joined 
p a ra d e t h a t filed th r o u g h the s tr e e ts , 
g irls a s well as boys ta k in g p a r t.

W isconsin h as a g a in decided to pull 
off th e class rush this year, a n d city 
officials have prom ised not to i n t e r ­
fere unless 
th e a f f a i r goes beyond 
bounds.

“ T he la b o r a to r y work h as included 
the a n a ly s is o f a b o u t 1500 sa m p le s 
r e p r e s e n tin g 
th e r a w a n d m an u fa o 
tu re d m ineral p ro d u c ts of th e S tate. 
S p ecifications fo r th e p u rc h a se of fuel 
by th e S t a t e P u r c h a s in g A g e n t and by 
the U n iv e rsity have been pre p a re d . 
md m a n y a n a ly s e s of such m a te r ia ls 
have been m ade. D u rin g th e l a s t tw o 
y e a rs the field w ork of th e b u re a u has 
Included e x a m in a tio n s o f m a n y oil 
m d g a s d is tric ts . A special f e a t u r e 
has been a n e x h a u stiv e s tu d y of the 
f o rm a tio n s p e n e tr a te d in th e d e e p est 
in T e xa s, a t S p ur, 
well e v e r bored 
re a c h e d 
Dickens County. T his well 
depth o f 4489 fe e t a n d th e stu d y
to 
of th e s t r a t a has given 
he geology of a la r g e p o rtio n of th e 
djoining t e r r ito r y .
“ Field w ork now 

in p r o g r e s s 

in 
ludes in v e stig a tio n s of th e f o r m a tio n 
west of the Pecos River, a n d a stu d y 
of the w a te r re so u rc e s of H ale C ounty. 
A complete la b o r a to r y for t h e te s t i n g 
o f road m a te r ia l, a lre a d y r e f e r r e d to, 
is now being installed, a nd a special 
field m an has been em ployed fo r col 
lecting sam ples.

th e key 

a t le a s t can 
su gg e stio n .

readily concur 

in 

t h a t 

Such a co n trib u tio n from th e S ta te 
would be an in v e stm e n t in th e t r u e s t 
sense, an d an in v e stm e n t of a s su re d 
pro fit.

E ith e r 

th r o u g h 

th e S ta te or p r i­
v a te benevolence, o r r a t h e r in both 
w ays, a loan fu n d of considerable size 
I o u g h t to be provided f o r ev e ry one 
of o u r h ig h e r in s titu tio n s of learn in g.

$1 PENNANTS 50c.

Moore & M orrison have placed th e ir 

w onderful stock of p e n n a n ts on sale 

“ A m a p o f th e a r e a n o r t h w e s t o f 
!• o r t W o rth h a s been p r e p a r e d and is 
now rea d y to be e n g ra v ed . 
I t shows 
th e location o f all oil a n d g a s d is ­
tric ts, d epo sits o f coal, lim estone, cop­
etc., now being 
p e r ore, g y p s u m , 
worked.

“ T here is now on hand a n d n e a rly 
re a d y fo r th e p r i n t e r a special bu l­
letin to be used as a m ineral re fe re n c e 
book fo r T e xa s. 
I t will c ontain s t a ­
tistics of m in eral production since th e 
e a r lie s t tim e s ; th e m ineral r e so u rc e s 
of each county, with the a r e a , popu- 
r a ilro a d 
i lation, p r o p e r ty va luation, 
cities, 

mileage, etc.; elevation s o f 
tow ns, villages, m o u n ta in s a n d moun

Wool tex W eek Is 
Almost Over

W om en who hav e n o t y e t seen th e W ooltex e x ­
to come now w i t h o u t delay, 
hibition a r e u r g e d 
bec a u se t h e r e is not a well d r e ss e d wom an in o u r 

city who would be w illin g to miss s e e in g th is e x ­

hibition if she re a lise d w h a t a s u p e r b collection of 
g a r m e n t s is here to be seen.

B E A U T IFU L SU ITS, $25.00 UP.

THE NEW WOOLTEX COATS, $15.00 UP 
R E D F E R N SUITS, $19.50 UP.
R E D F E R N COATS, $10.00 UP.

VS a y n e Silk Hose, all colors, g u a r a n t e e d to w ea r,

$1.00 a n d 75c.

Dorothy Dodd Shoes, $4.00 and $5.00.

N E W L I N E DRESSES J U S T IN.

S U C C E S S O R S 
I L L I A M S , F I N K C O

TO

5th&Coagness Ave.

tain r a n g e s ; t h e te x t o f th e new m in ­
ing la w ; th e latitu d e a n d lo n g itu d e of 
im p o r t a n t places; ta b le s of m a g n e tic 
declination, etc. M any a d d itio n s h a v e v„ v 
!>een m ade to th e m use u m a n d it now ber>
th e b e st collection o f e c o ­
eo n ta in s 
nomic m a te r ia l e v e r b i'ou gh t to g e t h e r
in the S t a t e . ”

first n u m b * 
n i g h t o f O c to b e r I flu 
of th e Lyceum Course, which consists 
of e i g h t a t tr a c t io n s , was given by 
th e C h ic a g o G lee Club. All the num-
s a r e to be given in the University 
is com­

a u d ito r iu m , a n d every one 

posed o f th e v ery best talent to be 

o b ta in e d . T he Chicago Glee Club drew 

TRINITY H E A R S CONCERT.

a l a r g e crowd, a n d every one seemed 

C ollege P re s s Service.

T r in ity U n iv e rsity , Oct. 6.

-On th e

to be h ig h ly pleased with 

the pro­

g r a m . T h e c o urse lasts through the 
fall a n d w in te r 

t e r m .

Frank Brothers’ 
Fifth Avenue Boot Shop

224 FIFT H A V E N U S 

NKW YORK CITY.

Will Exhibit N ew S ty les a t th e H otel Driskill

On October 5-6-7

BIGGS & COMPANY

DRY C L E A N E R S ANI) TAILORS

A Trial Will M ake a Customer 
of You

1007 Congress Ave.

Phone 1601

th in v o u will l i t « r a ? *S

w*1,' n you e n te r our store to make 
T U OF TH E UNIVER8ITY OF TEXAS, 

W e wTih 

t i Z aJ, 

?u a!1 Pu r c h a «<‘« m ade in our store. 

B U C K E Y E M A 7 D * U M ? ) 0 

^a t , 

can fu rn ish you with any size of 

You Win 

lamDs e x t e n s i o n r Yr! 

C all H i bv 

r 

f 1, Wh,ch ,H the very M 5 the market
. °4T ,^.t°J'e stocked with a good line of student 
8 o f w ire t h a t y ° u may need.

i 

p u rc h a se to a n y p a rT o f t h ^ ’city * 1" 1® y ° Ur WanU’ “ ',l1 

W‘" d' liv*r t m t

Austin Electric Supply & Plumbing Co.

Old Phone I.

913 ( ON G R E SS AVE.

New Phone 41.

FOR RENT

25 high-grade upright Pianos for rent. 

Special rates given

to I Diversity students by the term.

ISAAC BLEDSOE

N i n t h l y , O c to b e r*ress Ave. 

jetting room 
De- 
•ork

IT*eg

Fdk --ilLs

W E P U T T H E 

‘TICK 

IN

Homes and Location* in U n i v e r s i t y Vicinity. 

T I C K E R S .

G E N E R A L I N S U R A N C E . 

L O W R A T E S . 

P R CA r P T 

a t 50c each. T h e ir sale includes not

only T e x a s p e n n a n ts, b ut all the lead- /COSTLEY & MAUD

in g u n iv e rsitie s a n d colleges in this 

S ta te and 

th ro u g h o u t 

the country.

Needless 
values have ever been o ffe re d here.

to say, no 

such pennant 

W atch m ak ers, J e w e le r s a nd 
O p tician s.

816 C O N G R E S S AV E.

S E R V I C E . 

I M M E D I A T E S E T T L E M E N T

S. R. FULMORE

( R e d O v a l S i g n . ) 

1 0 8 W . S E V E N T H S T .

P H O N E 9 0 7

 FIRING l i n e

retinued From Page

(Proof o

T E X T B O O K S

TOM and RALPH

r Robinson Famous

Clothes made to your

isure. 
’ « 
> IO, 1915

PHONE 1269

Bear in mino uh 

costs no more to buy th, 
pendable Suits than the or 
kind. Just. see that the I

SOCIETY BRAND 
is in the coat.

See north window lot 

fashionable Neckwear.

Over Gan 
Old Phone 695.

Book Store.

911 Congress

f o r g o t

a t tooth b r u s h yo

1'v e r s i t y d r u g s t o r e

Wood, 1934 San Antonio, on* 
rom campus, room and board 
r all modern conveniences.

and 3c kodak 'prints are the 
Films developed. Marks Studio.

OOKS at 
Congress,

t y i -f a v r u ^
For Sale or Rent 

( divers,
Remington^,

R o y a l s ,
I , Derwood, 
j 
('. Smith, 
Sm ith Prem ier 
H a m m o n d .

cial terms and I 
t0 u n iv e r s ity stud* 
I KW RIT FR

Texas,

reopens 

n 

22, a t 4 o ’clock, 
newest dancer 
[ding Half ant 
md others. Poi

ely f ur ni s h e d 
everythin* 

eniences; 

Phone 2108

the money

dentist, suite 
Old phone 3150.

he auditorium th 
dark green sweat 
Ie, with military 
n to desk in girl 
eive reward.

In auditorium a1 
e, a fountain pen

HARRISON, den­
tin 416-415. Phone

F.NT—-Three furnished rooms 
■keeping on second floor with 
ming porch, for ladies. Miss 
ar hart. TOO W. 22% St.

JUNI'- -A fountain pen 
Main Building, Saturday 
Owner, by 
identityinn 
ne for ad, can get. it

row els and Soap in Hands 01 
Monthly Profit Expec 

From the Sales.

Wm. F. Grimes. 
Manager.

L. W. Puckett, R. C. Robertson 
Solicitors.

tierces. u 
Speedway

DANCING SCHOOL

JOE GILBERT, M. D

STUDENTS!
Phone 1086 and Have
BATES & LEA

THE STUDENT TAILORS.

n and press your Clothes. Mending and altering n< 
Hats clean ed and blocked. See us before you order

At Moore & Morrison’s

1810 LAVACA.