Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-19

dent body to be the first to subscribe
to the fund was granted after re-
quest came from the students. II had
not been the purpose of Col. E. B.
Cushing, chairman OF the committee
Of nine, or James Cravens, president
of the Alumni association, to call upon
the boys now In school to do anything
toward this work in the matter of
subscriptions, but recently Lieutenant
Colonel Ward OF The cadet corps, stat
ed to the committee that the members
Of the senior class of the college in
sisted that they be given the right to
first subscribe, and Mr.. Ward said
that other students wanted to go on
the list Yielding to this request
which the committee considered was
In the nature of demand that must
be recognized, the committee fixed
Sunday night for the meeting with
the cadet corps, and yesterday after
noon Col. Cushing and Mr.. Cravens
arrived from Houston, and Hatton W.
Summers arrived from Dallas. A
meeting was held in the assembly hall
directly after supper, which was at
tended by about 400 students. Presi-
dent Miner made a short address re-
garding the movement and then pre-
sented Col. Cushing. Mr.. Cushing said
that 1t was pleasure to the members
Of the commit to know that the
boys wanted to head the list, and it
was a purpose that deserved every
commentator. He said that when the
proposition was first made to him he
could not understand how boys yet
in college could give to such a move
ment, but that when it was explained
to him that the boys would promise to
be solicitors for the fund and would
raise among friends by small sub
scriptions the amounts they pledged.
he realized that the enthusiasm and
the energy of stalwart young Texans
cannot be equalled anywhere in the
world.
James Cravens made the boys a
fine talk commencing them for their
desire to be the first to do something
for such a movement. and he said
that the members of the Alumni asso-
citation appreciated the interest that
~ btihS tdhtb-
Hatton W. Summers made a fine
talk 10 the students commencing them
for their interest in the movement.
T. J. Beazley. of Rockdale, manager
Of the cotton oil mill there, was pres
ent and made an address. He was
president of the graduating class in
1908, and he said il gave him pleas
ure TO be with the boys on such an
occasion. He said he would give as
much as anybody else toward such a
building, in proportion to his means,
and he said the students deserved the
highest praise for being the first.
The members of the Alumni associa-
tion then retired from the meeting and
Iieut.-Col Ward and President Will
liam Leggett of the senior class took
charge. Pledge cards were distribut-
ed by class presidents among all the
students present, and when the total
was figured up. it showed that the
students of the college, or as many of
them as we're at the meeting, had
given the following amount for the
fund:
The senior class, s1,275; the junior
class. s2,1sO; The sophomore class,
s2,240; the freshmen class, s3,230; the
sub-freshmen class, 1855. Total, So
$50.
Now it is understood that these boys
at college have not agreed to give out
of their own pockets this big amount,
but they will give what ahey can and
will see their friends at home aud get
help on their pledges. They are
obligated to raise one-half the amount
by January 1, 1911, and the other half
by January /, 1912. They can pay
il i'm al any time they find II conyen-