Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-22
Ross Volunteers Ball.

Thursday evening the annual hop OF
the Ross Volunteers was given at A.
q M. college attended by visitors
from all paPs of the state.
The Ross Volunteers is a military
and semtsocial organization composed
OF STUDENTS o. the college. The cadet
corDs is organized into a regiment
Win various companies. The Ross
Volunteers is a military organization
within the corps-that is, a student
must be cadet of the college before
he can be invited to join, and military
proficiency leads to an invitation.
When student finishes at the col
lege he passes on the retired list of
the Ross Volunteers. There are two
occasions during the college year
when the Ross Volunteers entertain.
Always at San Jacinto Day they have
their annual hop, and during COM
mencement week they give an eXhibl.
ton drill. The company was named
for the late Hon. L. S. Ross, who was
at the time of his death president OF
the college
B. F. Wright, major in the cadet
corps, Is captain Of the Ross Volun-
teers, and as such was chairman of
the committee of arrangements, and
led the grand march. With him in ex.
ecuting the evolutions of the march
was Miss Ray Conway. of Bryan.
There were about one hundred and
fifty couples in the line of march, and
very attractive maneuvers were ac-
complished Major Wright had one
nri uiDo1 II, h. G
the room, to once end, was flying
Wright aeroplane" If
you will-with its two planes spread
and propeller going, as if it was in
full flight. After the march had pro.
ceeded for some time, the airship
made descent and it was found that
1t carried shipment of balloons-the
red and blue kind which are sold |
along with peanuts and lemonade at
The circus. These balloons were dis !
-ributed to the marchers, the blues TO |
he men and the reds to the ladies', as |
of the occasion.
The decorations of the hail were |
very pretty. R. E. Mccullough. of |
Houston, was chairman of the recep-
ion committee, and his scheme of |
decoration was different from that |
Usually followed here. The general
)lan is for profuse dressing of the
DOM. Mr.. Mccullough followed a
more modest plan, and where snow
White walls looked good he left them.
n the center of the large hall was
canopy of old gold and white. and |
beneath this canopy was the Herb &
lewis orchestra of Houston. Every
window had curtains of the college
olors. red and white, and between
he windows were the rifles of the
of the organization crossed.
he border of the walls was in old
old and placed at intervals and in
eat manner were pennants of various
chools spread so as to show the col
RS and lettering. From each corner
the center Of the room was a wide
iece of bunting stretchde fiat. From
his pennants were suspended, the
'ide end of the pennant being at
ached to the width of the bunting so
hat the triangular flag would hang
ONT down. There was just enough
dior and just enough white to har-
lonize pretty and simple decora-
on. In one end of the has was
ar and crescent design of trans
aren't construction. At a proper time
lring the evening all lights were out
nd the lights behind this transparent
esign were turned on. and with this
feet the orchestra played the music
II The Moonlight" extra.
Young ladies were present from San
ntonio. Houston, Galveston, Dallas,
AGO, Fort Worth, and other cities
Id towns of the state. The toilettes