m er w d * “For three cents. I’d bite his ea r off.” G eol w hat a f u f o n ! ®ex a n W hoop-la! W onder w h at the Farmers h a re in store for us in basketball. 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. XIX AUSTIN, TEXAS, M ONDAY, JA N U A R Y 27, 1919 NO. 61 O R E PROFESSORS PRAISE THE WORK O F BRACKENRIDGE CACTUS PICTURES ARE TO BE TAKEN BEFORE SATURDAY HENRY BERCOWICH SPEAKS OF HAPPY TIMESJN LEHER I DR. FELSING TELIS I CHEMICAL CLUB OF K COLLECTING ALL WILL GIVE SPEECH I AT Y AUDITORIUM TEXAS WAR DATA IH1ST0RYPROFESSOR D R .L H .GRIGGS POISONOUS GASES ll D epartm en ts W ill Miss th e Longest Term ed R eg en t of University _ — i . A ll Officers of Classes Must Re­ port to Elliots B efore February First U niversity Student Now W ork­ ing in H awaii on Honolulu Star-Bulletin I J Germans G iven in D escrip tio n By C hem ist A llies , ■ Fund of $12,000 is in G harge of Prof Milton R. Gutsch. W ork Under W ay Noted Lecturer from N ew York \ W ill Lecture H ere W ed nesday / “ It is a p leasu re fo r me to come before a society which m eets fo r th e purpose of stu d y in g such th in g s as I have been connected w ith fo r th e la s t T he B oard of R egents of th e U n i­ v ersity of T exas realizin g th e im por­ tan ce of collecting and p reserv in g a com plete record of th e activ ities of om in th e th a t of the p resid en ts of each class and the an n u a l. The com ing S unday is th e la s t day upon w hich th ese pho­ to g ra p h s can be tak en . All p ictu res m ust be m ade a t th e E lliots. D e p a rt­ the m ental officers should see th e ir d e p a rtm e n ts which classes have not as y et elected officers do so a t once. P ic tu res will be ru n only All class and d e p a rtm e n ta l p re si­ d en ts in th e U n iv ersity m u st have th e ir p ic tu re s tak en fo r th e “ classes” section of th e 1919 C actus by Feb. I, according to Ed A ngly, th e ed ito r of 411 depart nlt>n^s are £ °in 8 to m iss ’ B r a c k e n r i d g e if one m ay ju d g e the many statem ents m ade by faculty professors on the various asion of his recent resig n atio n . A * of the statements follow: j, E. Goodwin, lib rarian , said : -The fact that only a m an who had n staunch and true th ro u g h every of the institution, and w h o had a1 „ continuingly wise in his coun- s could have endeared him self to ch a marked degree to stu d en ts, umni, and faculty, was one of th e things that impressed me when I e to this University.” lib ra ry Being connected with Tiding itself Mr. Goodwin is q u a r ­ to speak as he does of th e p ictu re Colonel Brackenridge. T his pic- e hangs in a conspicuous place here it may be seen by anyone com- g up the stairs into the stu d y room, r. Goodwin commented on th e pic- re: i t hts always seem ed to m e th a t I I location of Colonel B rack en rid g e’s is especially strait in the ppy since it m ay be seen by prac- C actus. A bsolutely no m ore copies in th e in stitu - ally every student Son. From this v a n ta g e point h e will b e p rin ted th a n ordered. H a lf atches over the developm ent of the j of the m a te ria , is alrea(iy in th e h an d s jniversity as tvpifie-i by th e la rg e | taunt Went constituency using th e lib ra ry id by the steadily grow ing collection j r a Pidly finishing books.” ; touches. All sections are of un u su al A. C. Ellis, professor of th e philos- m erit and the g rin d section is going hy of education, made th e follow- to bp sizzlinK w jth hot s[uff Buy Your Cactus; Don’t Put It Off; Feb. 5 Last Day ilk™™ of the p rin te rs and th e rem ain d er 5 to sign up fo r th e 1919 issue of the S tu d en ts will have u n til F e b ru a ry d ep a rtm en t in the U n iv ersity . ------------- o------------- being given library , ., the . ^ is , , tatemenf. . . . , A " la te -comers “The absence of Mr. B rack en rid g e’s delin q u en t stu- Urinating intellect and p erso n ality I (^en ts ai e going to be s-o-r-r-y if they UP for the C/actus before am the meetings of o ur B oard o f j d * no^ In view of the fa c t th a t Fronts will be a trem endous loss to I ^ o b ru a ry ;». the cost of m ateria l h as reached an u n p re c e d e n te d high fig u re , th e m an ­ agem ent has deemed it n ecessary to cu t out all e x tra copies. T his is go- h it those d o ubting eds and co­ eds h ard , who a w a it th e issue of the an n u al before m aking a p u rch ase. Am ong th e fo rm e r stu d en ts who have le ft th e U n iv ersity to tak e posi­ tions outside of th e U nited S ta tes is H en ry Bercowich, now on th e staff of the H onolulu S ta r B ulletin. H is lette r depicts th e odd and ex trem ely p leasurable the H aw aiian Islands. life on It is as follow s: H onolulu S ta r B ulletin, T. H. J a n u a r y 3, 1919. im pressions here. “ I am re lu c ta n t to b reak the spell of th e Islands in a tte m p tin g to give I first shall be too optim istic and have re ­ course to su p erlativ es, b u t— well, its ju s t bully. P e rh a p s “ W hereas in T ex as only stra n g e rs and fools talked about the w eath er, ) here we can talk ab out it to o ur h e a r t’s content. T here is only one kina, and th a t is of m ost u n v a ry in g loveliness. We w ear palm beach su its all the tim e. S tra w h a ts a re alw ays fa sh io n ­ able, and th ere is no fe a r th a t a cold in ­ wind will send folks sc u rry in g doors. “ I hav en ’t th e pen o r ty p e w rite r touch to describe th e scenery. W ai­ is like a f a ir y la n d , the kiki beach I h a rb o r is one of sheer beauty, an d th e i hills risin g from th e city of m ajectic j mold. I am living a t one of th e p re t- i tie st Y. M. C. A .’s th a t ex ist any- I w here. A sw im m ing pool of m agnifi- ! cent pro p o rtio n s in a larg e court, and ' gym nasium s galore are ail th a t can be desired. E v e ry th in g ta s te . is . few m onths,” w ere th e opening re ­ m ark s of D r. F elsin g to the Chem ical Club la s t S a tu rd a y nig h t. A v ery a p ­ p reciativ e audience h ea rd th e sp eak er relate his experiences w ith th e Chem ­ ical W a rfa re Service a t Edgewood A rsenal, M ary lan d , w hich is th e la rg ­ est p la n t in the world fo r the purpose of m a n u fa c tu rin g m u stard gas. D r. F elsin g f irs t d ea lt w ith th e m an ­ u fa c tu re , use, and effects of th e v a ­ rious poisonous gases w hich were m ade by the G erm ans. Poison g as first m ade its a p p e ara n ce in A pril, 1915, a t which tim e th e G erm ans began to use chlorine extensively on th e W est­ ern fro n t in te h ir operatio n s ag a in st th e F ren ch and B ritish forces. G reat casu alties resu lted am ong th e allied forces, including 15,000 dead, from th e first d a y ’s use of th is chlorine g as by the G erm ans, and the allied n atio n s im m ediately enlisted all th e ir prom i­ nen t chem ists fo r th e purpose o f a n ­ aly sin g th is poison gas. N um erous ex p erim en ts w ere p erform ed u n til c e r­ ta in kinds of gas m asks were invented which ren d ered th e effects of th e g as h arm less to th e soldiers. These tim e­ ly inventions, although never really perfected, prevented G erm any from in p erfec t w inning th e w a r d u rin g th e e a rly p a r t of the g re a t stru g g le. Since th e G erm ans began the use Honolulu is a m odern city o f some J 90,000. The E a s t and W est m ingle I , d esp ite K ipling, limp. Hawaiians, P h ilip p i- 1 th e r„ rem ained only one th in g fo r the I, ' " , ' " nos, Jap a n ese ■s., Chinese, K oreans. T our- alUe5 t0 do> and th a t w as the necegsity ; icans. and a cosm onolitan ists, A m ericans, and a cosm opolitan population from everyw here a re en d ­ less sources o f in tere st. of giving th e H uns some of th e ir own medicine. As a resu lt, the B ritish and „ th is h o rrib le m eans \V I r f q pu j , ... ^ j . . • University at a tim e when the ] faience of such broad-m inded and r\v lard-looking men is p a rtic u la rly jded in readjusting our educational ovines to meet the \ a rise and p ress- ' demands cf the new civilization on which the world is now en ter- While the many valuable serv- done the University by M r. B rack- hdge in the m atter of g ifts and ns in critical financial em ergencies well known and deeply appreci- by the people of Texas, few know " much larger debt of g ra titu d e yet due him for his invaluable service (bing and maintaining th e highest in ndards of academic th e in app o in t- nts to the faculty. For m ore th a n Kore of years he was the fe arless in the University and standard of m erit freedom Ie (Continued on Page 3 .) osedmeetTn g i f DEBATE TRY-IUTS is HELD BY RUSK “ A t n ig h t from ev ery stre e t corner, H a w aiian s sing and play the U k e le le s in ch arm in g b a rb e r shop chords. The H u la stuff is a th in g of th e p ast. T he te rrito ry is d ry , and th e lines have been tig h ten ed . T housands of soldiers on all of th e islands are u n d er s tric t m ilita ry reg u latio n . “ B ut the q u ain t costum es o f the Ja p a n e se and o rien ta l women and children a re a joy fo rev er. A long th e s tre e ts you h e a r th e p at, p at, p a t of the wooden san d als w orn by th e wom ­ en, an d you gaze in delig h t a t th e tin y babes ca rried in sacks on the backs of m others. The old and th e new com ­ bine to m ake a re alistic touch. “ U p to d ate hotels, business houses, s tre e t ca r service, and th o u san d s of autom obiles m ake Honolulu a th riv in g city. The h a rb o r is th e sh elterin g p o in t for h u n d red s of ships from all p a rts of th e world, and the sam p an s (Continued on Page 2.) F orm s a re being set fo r th e finished m ateria l and the staff is h a rd a t w ork b rin g in g the rem ain d er of its job to com pletion. The a r t w ork th is y e a r is p a r ex­ cellence. Too much cred it can not be given th e a rtis ts , who have been u n tirin g to embody th e ir efforts th e ir m any novel and catchy ideas in the new book. in T h a t “g rin d ” section, overflow ing w ith pep, speed, and wild w it, is go­ ing to be a joy forever. The grind staff h as employed a v ery efficient in­ telligence d ep a rtm en t, and has, re ­ g ard le ss of expense and risk of libel, g ath ered to g eth er tho g re a te s t calen­ der of crim e ever assem bled in th e h is­ tory o f the C actus. T he cam pus buz­ zard s and bench w arm ers a re going to come in for a generous sh are of dis­ credit, and, Oh you b ra in le ss beauties, look ou t! the S ta te of T exas in th e la te w a r appointed M ilton R. G utsch, ad ju n c t p ro fesso r of m edieval h isto ry o f th a t in stitu tio n , as d irecto r of collecting and filin g all w a r m a te ria l and S ta te records. In October, 1918, on the recom m en­ d atio n of Mr. G utsch and R. E. V in­ son, p resid en t of the U n iv ersity of T exas, $12,000 w as a p p ro p riated fo r the ca talo g u in g and p reserv atio n of records .of T exans in th e g re a t w a r T h is sum is to be used p rim arily fo r clerical help and fo r filin g cases, w ith th e object of collecting and p erm a­ twelve classes of n en tly p reserv in g m ateria ls. D r. E d w a rd Howard G riggs, au­ thor and lecturer from N ew York, will deliver a lecture a t the U niver­ sity Y. M. C. A. n ex t W ednesday eve­ ning. That the U n iversity o f Texas is accorded a rare p rivilege in hear­ ing Dr. G riggs is attested by extracts from press reports in other states. The Portland (M aine) D aily Press says: Dr. G riggs lecture w as, as had been anticipated, one o f the m ost con­ cise and logical sum m aries o f the w ar situation that has yet been heard from a rostrum in Portland, and Portland­ ers more than once found occasion to congratulate th at the Congress Square Associates had been able to secure Dr. Griggs for a series o f fou r addresses. The P ittsburg D ispatch sa y s: The first two lectures o f Dr. G riggs on “ The War and Reconstruction o f D e­ mocracy” so im pressed m any o f his au d tio rs because o f their cla rifyin g an aly zatio n of the problems o f the causes, actualities, and probable ef­ fects of th e present wrar th at it w as suggested that Liberty Loan speakers be invited to use the balcony as guests. From these and other sources Dr. G riggs comes highly recom m ended. A b rie f resum e of his life and work fo l­ low s: These tw elve classes include a bi­ og rap h ical sketch, a pho to g rap h , and the w a r correspondence of every T ex­ an in th e m ilita ry or nav al service of th e U n ited S ta te s ; the o rig in al rec­ ords of w a r service in T exas, includ­ ing the food ad m in istratio n , fuel a d ­ m in istra tio n . lib erty loan, w a r savings stam ps, w a r in d ustries, council o f de­ fense, d r a f t board, Y oung M en’s C h ristia n A ssociation, Y oung Worn- j e n ’s C h ristia n Association. K n ig h ts of Columbus, and Jew ish w elfare o rg a n ­ izations; d a ta re la tin g to th e effect E d w ard H ow ard G rig g s is a m an of of th e w a r on in d u stry in T ex as; d a ta I re la tiv e to th e effect of th e w a r o n w onderful g ifts of m ind and h e a r t an d a g ric u ltu re in T ex as; d a ta p e r t a i n i n g by m any is pronounced th e g re a te s t ! to the w a r and m ercan tile estab lish - th is ( ED W A R D H O W A R D G R IG G S Lecturer and Author (R e p rin t from E lm ira S ta r-G a z e tte , S eptem ber 2, 1914.) lectu rer and ethical te a c h e r in G r a n t s ; d a ta show ing changes caused country. . renc •______. t i.............. " , d u c a -! His aim u n ifo rm ly h as been to c a r :y * t 'le « a ' ™ T l r r v f -------- r — a, ----- in the th e h ig h est th o u g h t an d c u ltu re o f th e tu na! policy, and cu rriculum it educational system of the S ta te ; r e c - J apes outside of th e colleges into the , ords of com m unity service; com plete j world, and h av in g m astere d th e g re a t e^ a a m anu a c tu re in g n a t fjjeg 0f new spapers, both w h ite and field of o rd in a ry knowledge and m ade colored, published in th e S ta te d u rin g a special study in m any lands of A U , the period of the w a r; a collection of L ite ra tu re , E th ics an d P hilosophy, his A m erican w a r books; a collection of I orig in al genius and seer-like vision h as w a r posters, buttons, and ta g s ; a col- enabled him to g ra sp an d to in te rp re t the tru th s of m aster m inds an d of n a tu re itself and to reveal th em to his fellows. q u an tities chlorine anti arsen ic gas fo r fig h tin g th e G erm ans. D u rin g the en tire w ar. alm ost fifty p er cent of the shell fire on the W estern fro n t consisted of poison g as shells. (C o n tin u ed on page 4.) TEMPERATURE ARE REPORTED NORMAL T hree ty p es of gases w ere used by both sides in th e g re a t w a r: nam ely, lach ry m ato ry , killers, and h a ra ssin g or ev acu atin g gases. The la c h ry m a -1 to ry gas. o r te a r producer, w as used to blind th e soldiers and th u s ren d er them ineffective fo r fu rth e r fig h tin g . Also a ste rn u la to ry or sneeze gas. w as used to a g re a t ex ten t, w hich forced O nly Six Cases of Influenza in men to remove th e ir m asks and th u s ! H o sp ital S a tu rd a y — None leave w ay open for the enem y to fo b low up w ith p h o sg en e th e k iller gas. | tak in g The th ird type of poisonous g as was m u stard g as which was used very of- j am onK U n iv ersity stu d en ts, n early all fectively in fo rcing the enemy troops te m p e ra tu re s have been sub-norm al in to ev acu ate th e ir b a tte rie s and stro n g - j the m ornings, ra n g in g a1 the w ay from holds which w ere located a d istance of 95 to 98 degrees. T his fact stan d s fo u r or five miles from the trenches, o u t very p ro m in e n tly ; fo r, in th e event ' th a t a student is found with a high tem p e ra tu re in the morning, the- vic­ tim of the disease will be detected in time and be prevented from going to ; classes while teh fever lasts. ______ (C o n tin u ed on P age 3.) ------------- o------------- Serious --------- te m p e ra tu re re g a rd to H is life h isto ry p re se n ts a n in te r­ estin g study. H e w as b o rn a t O w a­ to n n a, M innesota in 1868. H e a tte n d ­ ed the public schools c f M adison, Ind., un til 1882, when he fo u n d em ploym ent in a wholehouse house in In d ian a p o lis w here he rem ained fo r five y ears. D u r­ ing th a t period he fo und tim e to m as­ te r the o rd in a ry high school stu d ies and to do m uch g e n e ra l re a d in g in In lite ra tu re , h isto ry and philosophy. (C o n tin u ed on page 4.) BETA’S ANDk7A.’S WIN CLOSEST GAME OF THE 1919 SERIES I n te rf ra t G am es o n S at- u r d a y N ig h t - O — neard ,ln" practie* meeting for !!t)Urday ni" ht the Rusk beld a Many good d f o s and . iV rL f’u bai COLLIER VISITS CAMPUS If you have not signed up fo r one of these classy hooks, d ep ictin g the story of V a rsity in word and pictu re, do so a t once. NufT said. | Wlth an ^ in stru c tiv e j is v isitin g frien d s a t the pu rp o se of j fbe m em bers w ho! !or bbs inter-collegiate cons ,Cr' fc*C ^or ttle ev0n- hG railro a d Ben \y m<>Lon was made t0 a!,ow each speaker Iddwo five ive tW° minutes f°r rebuttal *a!! passedt< S f(>r the m ain speeoh- Sramt fiZthe par,iam cnury drill V i n I for 811 o th er Pro- **1 R in k Y i,Sted WMkly on the bulletin boards. D*- A. w . FLY DEAD t, A, to pi" ~ the Bo*va ty of J of ^ n t s of the Uni- forTnerly a member ’ t n D0lhXaS; and one tim e P ™ "- died at h i. her^ cal "a Ittd b e p ill W8S 63 y«, r * W " T*r , ‘ W**ka’ W hat’s on Today Varsity Band Rehearsal at 6:45 p. rn. Speaker’s Club Tom orrow Y Cabinet at 7:15. Glee Club practice at Y. Ex-Marines Meeting. Winsonians to meet. D elta Kappa Doitchers at Chi Phi House. FROSHDORMITORY Girls Take Notice ^ ANNEX TO B H A L L i S / C Z w F o rm er B a rra c k s is C o n v erted nto Room ing P la ce fo r F resh m en Did somebody say alligator on the in enza since these were caught in the early stages of the disease, they were sent to bed immediately and only had a th e re ’s , I ^ h t case. The balmy w e a th e r which There were only six cases of influ- --------- * the hospital S atu rd ay , and Scores A re V e ry T ig h t in F ast j U niversity Cam pus? Well, “ F reshm an H a ll” g e t t e r s fo rth from above the portals of the newly built j annex to B. Hall, a rallying place for I the enthusiastic and v e rd a n t Frosh. J u s t for fu n , the next time you are winding your way up the main walk. ta k e a few* m inutes of your valuable Ib is hall now q u a r te rs at small cost time ami stop at t h a t well known boil. over forty students. of w ater by the lib rary called Beck’s I n t e r - f r a t e r n i t y we have been h av in g lately has aided basketball gam es of th e season were conditions greatly in relieving th e s it­ played S a tu rd a y nigh t. B eta T h eta uation. However, F e b ru a ry is hero at Pi won over D elta S igm a P h i and Kappa Alpha put it over Sigm a Al­ our door and w-e must not slack up in our vigilenoe. pha Epsilon by a score o f 8 to 5. Tile score of the first g am e w as 14 to l l . All the teams played h a r d an d lx>th If you stay long enough - - a n d and tem p e ra tu re taking is proceeding games were won in the la s t few min- P ractically all of the new supply of therm om eters have been called for ! nothing w rong with your ears, even though you may not believe it. Upon the evacuation of the barracks lake. two closest The whw ar<1 supposed to come to the M r. Tom G atlin , m an ag e r, sta te s Today the checking of utes of play. by the S. A. T. C. th e U niv ersity en- ; I advise you to if you are at a1! in- In the f i r s t gam e th e B eta five, tho gaged a num ber of ca rp e n te rs to c o n -1 terested in zoology you are a p t to set v ert several of these buildings situ ated j one of those long, hard-skinned ani I office f o r their tem peratures will be- playing h ard all the tim e, only in- n e a r th e so u th eastern co rn er of th e mala belonging to th e am phibian c’ass, ^ n * There are not more than a dozen creased its score sufficiently to boat tem p eratu res have not the D elta Sigs in th e la st m in u te an d cam pus, into d o rm ito ries for the use | otherw ise designated an alligator. of men stu d en ts. Steam h eat, hot or I As yet. its only in its stag e of this fact, a half of play. The p la y in g on both cold w a te r, ja n ito r service, new furni* fancy, but still the sig h t’s w orth s e e -1 alone* should be an incentive for the I sides wa; rough an d a g r e a t m any tu re , ami low prices have attracted J Jug. And anyw ay, it doesn’t tak e a1- h°ys *° come UP to th e Ir on-16 before men began to letin. We have an up to date plant, leaVe f ° r m ilitary service, tbe 46 wbo entered this term , 40 thoroughly equipped and a paper of i metropolitan character, handicapped i are men* bringing up the total num- of course by distance from the states, ber of men students to 49. Only 9 and by the few (comparatively) white men were enrolled during the first people on the islands. I believe the term , with 73 women. total is about 20,000. I There are 53 freshmen in the course a r k a n l T s U n ^ S , r T ' Z ° f TeX' in Journalism thia y ^ r , of whom 28 “ re A k t J r J ? i " dge a r* WOmen and 25 m en- This is the him from a friend largest num ber of beginners th a t the back in Texas gave me a good open ing and the city editor put me on the Federal Building. We begin work at 7:30 o’clock and at 3:30 in the after­ journalism school has ever had. For best service, patronize Co-Op ■t ’..j,.- v u , j. Barber Shop, 715 Congress. Cleaning, Pressing, Tailoring Suits Made to Order Phone 598 106 West 6th St. CHAS. IL RAVEY W atch and J ew elry Repairing 106 W est 6th St. Aero ss from Griffith’s CLOTHING Made to Measure. See Our Line. A. G. GERJETS 1610 La Ta ca. WAGNER CAFE AND CONFECTIONERY C. G. W AG NER. Prop. . Short Orders, Lunches at A ll Hours, Stationery, Cao-ft 2111 Speedw ay T obaccos, Etc. phone 20 1002 Congress Ave. Phone 519 Established 1847 JOHN BREMOND COMPANY W holesale Grocers and Roasters of H igh G rade Coffee PLANTATION & CONSUMERS’ COFF! GROCERIES High-Grade Coffees, T eas, Spices and Extracts 202 W est Sixth S t Phone 1621 FISCHER Sc BROTHER Joseph Fischer GROCERIES, FEED AND CHARCOAL Phonos 54 and 1955 YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED GOOD EATINGS PARIS CAFE POPULAR PR1& T H E D A I L Y T E X A N ENGINEERS C L A I M ^ H ■THIRTEEN OF SIXTY- 11 SEVEN GOLD STARS POPULARITY ■ ■ german library IS DECREASING SPRING HATS Advanced showing of the New Spring Styles now ready Reduced Prices On Our Entire Line of Winter Suits and Overcoats A great opportunity to make a substantial saving. All of our Fashion Park Suits are included. $25.00 Suits and Overcoats now $27.50 Suits and Overcoats now $30.00 Suits and Overcoats now $35.00 Suits and Overcoats now $40.00 Suits and Overcoats now $45.00 Suits and Overcoats now $50.00 Suits and Overcoats now $18.75 $20.65 $22.50 $26.25 $30.00 $33.75 $37.50 J 616 CoisruG&ss'AmrujL is t- A fte r th e a rm istic e w as signed, a b ran ch of governm ent service which w as absolutely necessary fo r th e win- Dr. F elsin g began to e x p e rim en t w ith m u stard g as an d in a v ery sh o rt tim e n ing of th e w ar. T he m en a t th is p lan t worked in achieved the nam e o f m ak in g th e p u r- sh ifts o f th re e sets consisting of eig h t est m u stard g as t h a t h a s ev er been The “ G rav ey ard , D ay made and w hich w as n in ety -n in e an d h o urs each. and Ow l” sh ifts relieved the men of one-half p er cent p u re. T h is fe a t s u r­ passed th e w ork o f th e ch em ists o f th e stren u o u s w ork which is required the E u ro p ean U n iv ersities an d created in th e m an u fa c tu re of poisonous gfases The Edgewood A rsenal w as never j quite a sen tim en t of jealo u sly betw een these and o u r own u n iv ersities. T he closed, b u t th e men worked tw enty- fo u r h o urs a day and seven days in test fo r the g a s w as m ade a t Jo h n s the week. H cnkins U n iv ersity and proved v ery successful. I v' * , ‘ v ‘ * v' no fa v o r of d iffe re n t fo rm s * put out in g re a t quantities and good ^ te a rs when th ey inhale I m uch q u ality by the government arsenal. &a s- M illions of hand grenades, an ex am ple of w hich w as exhibited by Dr. A fte r the lectu re, sev eral sam ples Felsing, w ere m ade and sen t out from I °T poisonous gases w ere ex h ib ited to Edgewood. Also, c e rtain kinds of g as th e audience an d , a s a re su lt, several m eans available, Colonel B rack en rid g e j d iers who gave th e ir lives in th e w ar. I bombs and m u stard gas shells w ere I people w ere soon sneezing o r shedding alw ays cam e to th e rescue. He h as | M any a re in f th e rendered longer and m ore fa ith fu l ser- j of scu lp tu re vice to the cause of education in th is th e idea of s ta te th a n an y o th er business m a n .1" Rom ans. B u t it seems tc be th a t i n - j w ith the m u sta rd g as p lan t a t Edge- T he S ta te of T ex as owes to th is wise stead of slavishly copying th e ir w ork p h ilan th ro p o ist an d successful m an of we should follow only th e ir p rinciple affairs a debt of e te rn a l g ra titu d e .” o f leav in g fo r a m em orial som ething W. T. M ath er, head of th e School of which we excel and which sen tativ e of the people. F o r instance, i a building, an im proved h ig h w ay or I stre e t would be a f a r m ore fittin g me- j m orial th a n an a tte m p t a t scu lp tu re or fine a r t in which we are not so p ro ­ ficie n t.” wood. H e held the rank of cap tain w ith m u s ta rd g as a re in th is b ranch of the service a n d . 1 in bulletin form by while serv in g in th is capacity, won for ; U niversity and will th e an cien t G reeks and j D r. F elsing w as connected m a in ly 1 A full description and illu s tra tio n of t' elsing being n Tinted lins H opkins I be re ad y fo r r e p r e - 1 him self renow n and fame as a chem- circulation, the experim ents m ade by D r as m em orials, follow ing o f Physics, said : J. H O U , V e r a u n l i t ** * i m l i v i d U I s in S c V C I a l is t a u i I v ‘ c s v i t , IH I TURKISH CIGARETTE Of the sixty-seven gold s ta rs a p ­ p ea rin g on the la rg e service flag of th e U n iv ersity of T exas, th irte e n a re claim ed by th e E n g in ee rin g D e p a rt­ m ent. The la te s t nam e to be added to the list is th a t of C ap tain A lbert Sneed M acD onald, ’12, who died of wounds received in actio n a t S t N a- zaire, F ran c e, on D ecem ber 22. John Louis Jo rd a n , E . E., ’15, fam ous cap ­ ta in of th e 1915 fo o tball team , w as A lthough it is n o t g en erally know n, th e G erm an lib ra ry still stan d s re ad y fo r use in th e Kiel C anal— a t th e low- | e r end of th e E n g lish C hannel. I t is J located betw een th e G erm an classroom and th e offices of th e professo rs o f th a t d ep a rtm en t, so as to be conve­ n ien t as possible. The lib ra ry is v ery com plete, and th e doors a re open to all who ca re to use it from 8 a. rn. to 5 p. rn. each day, and M rs. Die?., lib ra ria n , is th e re each aftern o o n to give an y needed help. The re g u la ­ tions fo r use of books a re m uch th e sam e as fo r th e m ain lib ra ry . M rs. Diez also offers to tu to r those who need outside assistance. the f ir s t ex -stu d en t of th e U n iv ersity to fall in action on F ren ch soil. The com plete roll of honor o f th e E n g i­ n eerin g D e p artm en t follow s: Irv in g M urdock M cC racken, ’09, S an A nto­ n io; W illiam D eans Thom son, TO, E a ­ gle P a s s; Louis Jo h n J o rd a n , ’15, F red e rick sb u rg ; E m il Zuhlke, J r ., ’18, San A ntonio; Ja m e s Pow ell M u rra y , ’18, A u stin ; Ja m e s J . Goodfellow, ’17, S an Angelo, who fell on O ctober 14, 1918, while singlehanded b a ttlin g ag a in st 18 G erm an p lan es; A lexander T he G erm an d ep a rtm en t h a s been F . McF’arla n e, ’14, London, O n tario ; r a th e r u n p o p u lar d u rin g th e la s t tw o P ercy Raym ond W inch, ’18, L ared o ; y ears. Those who reg istered in th is C harles Joel Moore, ’14, L am p a sa s; d e p a rtm e n t tw o y ea rs ago num bered Jo h n P au l Jones, 22, Del R io; Jam es i 700, w hile th e n um ber la s t y e a r F ra n k G reer, ’17, W aco; R obert E. j dropped to 365, and th is y e a r th e re a re P e rry , ’12, San A ngelo; A lb ert Sneed only 150 enrolled in the G erm an de­ M acDonnell, ’12, A u stin . p artm e n t. H e r h u sband, D r. M ax Diez, re ­ tu rn e d th is fa ll fro m Cam p T ra v is, an d fin d in g he w as n o t needed in th e U n iv ersity ag ain , accepted a position as S panish teac h er in th e J u n io r H igh School o f A u stin. I t will be rem em ­ bered he w as fo rm ally a d ju n c t p ro ­ fesso r of G erm anic languages. ---------o--------- BUREAU COLLECTS DATA benefit w hich th is a ttitu d e on his p a r t the b ro u g h t to th e U n iv ersity , b u t g en eral effect w as m ost wholesome, p a rtic u la rly d u rin g its e a rlie r h is­ to ry .” T hom as F letch er, h ead of th e divi­ sion of extension teach in g , said : T he B u rea u of M unicipal R esearch an d R eference of th e U n iv ersity of T ex as is a t p re sen t engaged in col­ lectin g m a te ria l on th e subject of gov­ ern m en t recon stru ctio n . T he fu rn is h ­ ing o f em ploym ent fo r re tu rn in g sol­ diers, and ad eq u ate m em orials fo r those who lost th e ir lives in b a ttle th e o u tsta n d in g questions w ith a re “ The U n iv ersity of T ex as h as, in ­ deed, been fo rtu n a te to have had, th ro u g h its checkered ca ree r, so loyal and devoted a frien d as Colonel Geo. W. B rackenridge. As an e x - s tu d e n t! w kich th e B u reau ha3 to deal who atten d ed th e U n iv e rsity back in th e ‘lean ’ y ears, I h av e cause to re ­ m em ber w ith g ra titu d e th e g en erosity of th is public sp irited m an. W hen a j h all fo r men o r b u ild in g fo r women 1 w as a p re ssin g n ecessity w ith In connection w ith th e question of m em orials fo r o u r dead heroes, A. A. Long, S e c re ta ry of the B ureau of M u­ nicipal R esearch and R eference, sa id : “ We receive in q u iries from num er- ou rs sources on m em orials fo r th e sol- ---------o--------- DR. FELSING TELLS “ The resig n atio n of Colonel George W. B rack en rid g e aro u ses feelin g s of I can real sorrow and in ten se pride. not b u t feel m ore th a n re g re t th a t he who h as served u s so long and who we hoped would rem ain w ith us th ro u g h o u t his life should believe it best to sever th e connection w hich h as honored both him an d us. On the o th er han d , I am in ten sely proud of his record as a reg en t, of his lo y alty to academ ic sta n d a rd s, of his f a r sig h t- ed statesm an sh ip , and his splendid I Upon the e n tr a n r ,T of thp Unitp(i trcneros.ty. W ould m ore T ex an s who, Uke him , eould find satisfac tio n in s e rv in - th e S ta te and in th is poun. th e N a tio n by opening the doors o f o p - 1 t r y C p rtajp oompanips w ere K;vpn p o rtu n ity to young men and wom en.” jn st G e rm a n y .1 j th e m an u fa o tu re o f p o i s o n , Ka8es 1 llpcame a Krpat fa c ta r t h a t th e re were , sta tp a into thp w „ CHEMICAL CLUB OF POISONOUS GASES (C ontinued from page I.) You will find it m ost ien t to bo ard a t conven- th e CACTUS TEA ROOM A q u a in t and d elig h tfu lly d if­ fe re n t s o rt o f place Service 7 :30 a. rn. to 8 p. rn. V ery M o d erate P rices unlim ited pow er to m ake th e th re e types of gases th a t h av e alread y been m entioned. E specially w as m u stard i g as called fo r in g re a t q u an titie s, by jo u r allies. T he U. S. A rsenal a t Edg*- j wood. M aryland, soo.i developed into th e g re a te st m u stard gas p la n t in the w orld. Several su b sid iary p lan ts lo­ cated elsew here in th e U nited S ta tes combined w ith teh Edgewood A rsenal to produce one h u n d r * a n d f i ft y ton* of poison gas p er day, an am ount which m ore th a n doubled th e e n tire o u tp u t of the G erm an facto ries. T he m ost m odern and u p-to-date chlorine p lan t in the world w as located a t Edgewood A rsenal. No o th er p lan t w as so well m anned, fo r e x p e rts from all over o u r n atio n v ere th ere. These men worked p atien tly and carefu lly fo r two m onths w ith o u t receiving a single pass to leave the grounds. No i men ever worked more v alian tly or m ore heroically th a n the men of the Chem ical W a rfa re Service. The work consisted of real d ru d g ery , y et it was Tobin's Book Store 801-803 C ongress A venue N ew line o f S ta tio n e ry an d C o rresp o n d en ce C ard s E m bossed to s u it cu sto m er C alling C ard s en g rav ed a t sh o rt n o tice K odaks an d K odak A lbum s D esk S ets, M an icu re S ets an d F o u n ta in P en s IRE PROFESSORS PRAISE THE WORK OF BRACKENRIDGE (C ontinued from page I .) compromising leader of his col­ lie on the board in re sistin g every ort at intereference by the political th is other interests th a t d u rin g L seriously injured o th er sta te ed- ational institutions. >* Again, Mr. B rackenridge h a s been leader on the board in su p p o rtin g progressive m easures of educa­ t e reform, by which o ur course of hdv has been broadened an d m ore »Hy related to the lives and needs [the people. His com m anding in tel- L was broad enough to see w h a t w as [rth while in both the older philo- Dhic and literary courses, and th e r n types of education given and hice rendered by t h j several science oratories, the d epartm ent of educa- N E W a v e n u e HOTEL Jim Osborne, M gr. EUROPEAN PLAN Rates $1.00 to $1.50 a Day 8th and Gong. Ave Austin, T exas First Class Rooms Strictly up to D ate tion, th e school o f home economics, and th e extension d ep a rtm en t, all of w hich he w as larg ely in stru m e n ta l in developing ra p id ly in th e U n iversity. Because of his open-m indedness and fa r-see in g vision he would be especial­ ly valu ab le upon th e board a t th is period of change and inevitable recon­ stru ctio n . “ T he U n iv ersity and th e people of T ex as owe a g re a t deal of g ra titu d e to a num ber o f splendid m en who h av e given th e ir tim e and en erg y w ith o u t p rice to service on th e B oard of Re­ g en ts of th e U n iv ersity , b u t I believe th a t these m en them selves would be th e first to join me in say in g th a t Mr. rendered g re a te r B rack en rid g e h a s service th a n an y o th er m an to his sta te in th is m ost im p o rta n t position. T h a t Colonel George W. B rack en ­ rid g e stood fo r th e a tta in m e n t o f high ideals and realized th a t these could be a tta in e d only by g e ttin g a compe­ te n t fa c u lty and le ttin g them w ork w ith o u t in terfe ren c e o r h in d ran ce in th e u pbuilding of th e in stitu tio n , w as th e m an n er in w hich E . P. Schoch, p ro ­ fe sso r o f ph y sical ch em istry and head of th e division of ch em istry of the B u rea u of Econom ic Geology and Technology, expressed him self re g a rd ­ in g th e services Colonel B rackenridge h as ren d ered th e U n iv ersity both as a m em ber of th e B oard of R egents and as its long tim e frie n d . “ H e would broach of no outside in ­ terfere n ce in U n iv ersity a ffa irs,” M r. Schoch continued. “ H e ev er stood as a stro n g b u lw ark of defense fo r its in ­ te re sts. Inclined to p ro tec t the fa cu lty and p re sid e n t fro m too m uch in te rfe r­ ence in th e c a rry in g o u t of th e ir p lan s he assum ed th a t th ey knew m ost about how th e in stitu tio n should be ru n . “ It is difficult to point one’s fin g e r,” he added, “ ex actly to an y p a rtic u la r Joseph’s Pharmacy CORNER 7TH AND CONGRESS SUNDAES: Chocolates, Marshmallow, Nut, Cherry, FULL LINE OF Butterscotch HOT DRINKS: Coffee, Chocolate, Phosphate SANDWICHES: Pimiento-Cheese, Deviled-ham, Tuna- MINERAL WATER Fish PHONES 328, 335 The Walter Tips Company Jobbers AUTO ACCESSORIES AND HARDWARE A complete line of accessories for the auto earned at D all times, urd High Compression Rings. A t water-Kent Ignition Systems WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. A- W. Griffith O. G. Eckhart GRIFFITH DRUG CO. 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EDW ARD HOW ARD GRIGGS WILL SPEAK AT Y AUDITORIUM (Continued from page I.) HANCOCK Opera House FRIDAY, JAN. 31 t*tt c o m s t o c k * i l l i o t t c o THE S M A R T E S T mo BRIGHTEST OF ALL M U SIC A L C O M E D IE S J. E. ANGRY, J r A very busy student these days is Ed Angly of Palestine, editor of the 1919 Cactus, the U n iv ersity’s student is not only a good annual. Angly jo u rn a lis t but he has taken a very active p a r t in all lines of student do­ ings d u rin g his four years in the U ni­ versity. He belongs to Delta Tau Delta, Sig­ m a Delta Chi. Sigm a Upsilon, and F r i a r fra tern ities. He served as p re s­ ident of last y e a r ’s Ju n io r academic class and is s e rg ean t-a t-arm s of this y e a r’s senior class. Angly served three years on The Texan. His sporting w riteups a ttra cted much attention, and won for him the S porting Editor- I ship on the 1917 and 1918 Cactuses. the “ Prickly Peara- He also edited g r a p h ” column on The Texan. Angly has held several offices and has taken an active p a r t in the New­ man Club. He served as assistant m anag e r of baseball in 1917, and he has been U niversity correspondent for the Dallas News and other papers. Angly specializes in journalism , and intends the newspaper into game. He is a Senior this year, but as he expresses it: “ No C actus editor has ever edited the book and taken a degree in the same year, and I don’t w ant to break the precedent,” so he m ay be back next year to take his B. A. and jouraalism degrees. to go LOST— Diamond somewhere on the campus. F inder re tu rn to K. A. T. house. "ing f t V S T l S r a j Agency Mark Cross Gloves Knox Hats H oleproof Hosiery Earl & Wilson Collars H *4L " THEATRE