Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-11-28
THANKSGIVING HOP At
4. AND N. COLLEGE
Gorgeous Decorations, Including
Sketches Of Football Game at
Houston and 0ridiron Heroes.


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Thanksgiving hop, given annually b.
the corps OF cadets of A. & M. colleg'
complimentary to the football team
was magnificent social affair thi'
year, larger and grander than any eve
before held at the college.
The hop is always held in the bill
mess hall. It is always on Frida,
night following Thanksgiving Day, ant
It is attended by visitors from all ovel
the state, and by every student in the
college who desires to do SO.
The decorations this year were diff
ferent from anything heretofore at
tempted. The work was under the di
rection Of Charles e. Sanford, lieu
tenant colonel of the cadet corps, as
chairman of the committee on decora
tions. The entire ceiling was a mass
Of psnnants. In hanging these college
pennants every university and college
in the country was represented, and
more than twelve hundred of the many
colored pennants were used. The win
dows were hung with curtains of red
and white bunting, five hundred yards
of bunting being used. There were
pretty festoons Of red and white pa
per, two thousand feet of this paper
being used.
In the exact center of the hall was
magnificent red and white festoon,
hanging from which was large red
bell. Beneath this bell hung the foot
ball that was won from the university
at Houston, Monday, November IA. In
each end of the mess hall was an cleo
trical design showing a large "T" in
white and the figures 1870 in red.
Directly in front Of the entrance, on
the opposite wall, was an electric de-
sign showing the score at Houston in
the game with the university, IA to 8,
the figures IA being in red and white
and the 8 being in yellow, the Varsity
color.
Directly facing the entrance is
large door that goes from the mess
hall dining room into the kitchen. On
each side of this was we'll executed
crayon work in colors, illustrating a
scene of the game at Houston. Just
to the right IT the door is shown the
goal posts with scenes in the grand
stand. The football is just going over
the goal posts. Those in the grand
stand are waving their banners of rel
and white. On the other side of the
door is scene on the gridiron. A. &
NJ. players are forcing back the Var
sity players, and at the 35-yard fine is
Carroll Ward making the drop kick
hat started the scoring at the Hous-
on game.
Panel pictures are betwene the win
lows around the entire hall. These
show all the members of the football
cam, Manager Scott Moore and his
assistant, d. c. Imboden. Above the
door are the pictures of
,harles B. Moran, the coach. and L.
Andrews, assistant coach.
These pictures were done in charac-
eristic poses of each individual, and |
he crayon work was fine. II was
lone by and under the direction of |
iilber Allen Geist. instructor in draw
ng, who was assisted by, the follow.
ng students of the college: C. H. !
'halman, c. B. Hull and B. d. Schroed-
r. The designs were fine and the
york was well executed. Mr.. Geist.
nder whose direction the work was
one and who designed it, was a car
oonist on the newspapers of Phila-
elphia before coming to the college
S a teacher.
The big picture that represented the
Gene at the Houston game attracted
reat attention, and possibly next in
interest was that of ]. NJ. Flinchum,
ne big Indian fullback. Flinchum was
ictured with war paint and feathers
nd at his belt hung the scalp of the
University Of Texas.
The program was very pretty, show
lg a football design on the cover.
he music was by the Harris orches-
"a. The hop was largely attended and
ne dancing continued until late
our. II was a big success and as 1t
Tound up successful football season
here was every reason for the entire
orps to enjoy it. There were many