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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-20
Below Are Presented
Many Interesting Facts
About A. & M. College

pended on the construction OF the Y.
NJ. c. A. home for cadets. A paid and
experienced secretary directs the af'
fairs Of the Association and general
religious work.
Between $50 and coo cadets are en-.
rolled for Bible study.
The most prominent ministers in
Texas address the cadets at chapel
services on each Snday morning Of
the College year.
A. and N. for four years has held
the rank OF distinguished" military
College. the war department rating the
efficiency OF the military organiza-
tion and training at the College as
about the best in the nation.
There are three battalions and
twelve companies in the A. and NJ. reg
iment.
The war department details a West
Point gradate and soldier OF experience
as commandant OF cadets and professor
OF military science and tactics at the
College. He has four assistants. who
are retired army officers.
Discipline is administered by senior
officers under the guidance OF the com
mandant.
The Bernard Sbisa mess hall. cost
ing Si25.OO0 is the largest eating
house in the South, having a seating
capacity OF 1900 cadets.
To make a meal for the l,O4O cadets
two barrels OF flour, 200 pounds of
meat $500 flap Jacks and twelve
pounds OF coffee are consumed.
Seven cooks. 80 walters and 22 help
ers constitute the army which serves
the cadets.
A. and NJ. has a larger participa'
ton In athletics proportionate to en-
rollment than any other school in the
Southwest
In addition to the College squad OF
seventy.fiye football men, forty base
ball men. twenty-five basketball can
dldates. fifty track men engaged In
tennis. wrestling and boxing. there are
six company squads In all these bran
ches Of athletics.
An athletic director and two coach
es OF national fame are retained by the
College.
The athletic field embraces base
ball field. football gridiron, garter mile
cinder track. go yard straight.away
cinder path and gymnasium for in
door sports. There are twelve tennis
courts for cadets.
The A. and NJ. College livestock
Judging team holds the worlds record,
both for the individual and team con
tests. having won this distinction at
the International contest at Chicago.
A. and NJ. architectural students
won distinction over students from
Northern and Eastern institutions In
he Beaux Arts contest, New York.
The average expense for the year
l9ii15 at the College was s3l3.2s for
eighty students. two.thirds Seniors
and the remainder Junior students.
A fund Of $4,000 for student labor
is expended yearly for student help at
the power plant. on the farm. In Off
ces. etc.
Fees required OF students are: trust
fund to cover breakage. S.; Incidental
fee TO cover registration. etc. s.;
medical fee. granting free medical
service at the hospital S.; laborato
~ fee.S25O; maintenance $3.50, pro
viding meals. room. water. power
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-20

Not everyone has well defined ideas
concerning the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College OF Texas. Many are
ignorant as to its purposes--some even
as to It's location.
Here are some facts: most OF which
are new. even to Bryan citizens.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College is the State agricultural ana
engineering school.
The College is located at College
Station, Brazos County. on the nam
line OF the Houston and Texas Central
railroad and the International and
Great Northern railroad.
A telegraph STATEN. telephone ex'
change. express office and United
States postoffice are located at Col
lege Station.
The campus and College farm In
clude 2.4i6 acres.
Three main lines OF activity are
pursued at the College-lnstruction OF
resident students: research and In
vestigation work along agricultural
and engineering lines, and extension
service. carrying the College to the
people.
The state has. by direct appropria'
ton. invested si.35s.5iS.OO in buildings
and grounds at the College,
There are 10 brick and a frame
buildings. including In that number
dormltories. s for Institutional purpo
ses and IS buildings for residences
for officials. teaching staff and EN-
ployes.
The total valuation OF the physical
property Is s1.7S5,225.s4.
The payroll OF the College is $685.,
1868 per year.
The enrolment this year shows %
per cent gain over last years registra
tion. 1.Oi0 on October 10, and will ca
silly pass the l,iOO mark before the
year passes.
Entrance requirements are fourteen
standard units. the same requirements
adopted by all such institutions in the
United States.
Eleven four year courses leading ia
the degree OF r. s.. in agriculture and
engineering are offered.
Six two-year courses, practice work
largely. are offered for less advanced
students whose time also Is limited.
The degree OF Master Of Science Ii
Offered In agriculture, while the de
gres Of Civil Engineer. Chemical En-
gineer. Electrical Engineer and Me
chanical Engineer are conferred for
postgraduate work in those lines.
Graduates OF the A. and NJ College
with good records as students, always
are IN demand for positions at reason
able salaries.
The 1880 graduates Of the A. and "
College are to be found in every State
Of the Union and In practically every
nation Of the world in high places as
men OF business and citizens
Eighty-three per cent OF those grad
uatlng In agriculture are engaged IN
some line Of that purpuit; 30 per cent
X the engineers are carrying out the
work for which they fitted themsel
YES.
Graduates In agricultural education
are occupying posts as teachers n
many Texas high schools at salarie,
ranging from $500 to 81 200 per veal
,of nine months.
Seventy.five thousand dollars was OK
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Jimmy's Recitation.


Jimmy is one of the most enthusias-
tic members of his Sunday school. He
is usually very quiet, but when, soon
after he joined, a storm prevented
many members Of his class from COM
ing to take their parts in a long planned
entertainment Jimmy could not endure
in silence the distress of his teacher.
Hi can speak a piece" he said bash
fully.
"Oh, can you: What is it about?'
"'Bout the beasts that went with
Noah"
"Well." said the distracted teacher.
II haven't time to hear it now, but I
think It ought to help I'LL up. Thank
you, Jimmy"
When Jimmy's name was called the
small man mounted the platform. put
his hands in his pockets and proudly
and loudly spouted the following:
Tho helix and the helephant hentered the
t1.. bark
When the heiephant hopened the ball.
r' to heat?"
Said the helephant LAY is hail."
The helix and the helephant hate the 'ay:
Said the helix. with a heloQuent sigh.
'ope you are 'appy this 'orrible day.
And the %helephant Unanswered, "Haye."
London Tft-Bits.
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VACANT LAND
Of: STATEb
ING TAKEN UP

Bismarck, N. D., April 1s.-That
the public domain within the jurisdic-
ton of the local United States land
office is rapidly settling up is, shown
in the report of the Office for the year
ending March 81. There were 100
final proofs, 572 new filings and LAOS
patents received.
Land Going Fast
Since the opening Of the Standing
Rock Indian reservation in Sioux
county there has been a steady in
crease of business at the Office and it
is predicted that the large amount
of vacant public land will all be n
tered before the expiration of many
years, as there is m~anifestly a great,
er interest being shown in these lands
now than at any time since the opening
of the reservation. Fourteen of the
80 entries made on these lands were
made at the Bismarck office during
the month of March.
Detailed Report
The report in detail follows: y.
Homestead applications, 572; final
homestead proofs, 700; relinquish-
ments, 100; rights of election, 1856; Pc
titions for designation under the en-
larged homestead act, IA; notices of
leave of absence, 1856; state selections,
80; applications for reduction of re-
quired area of cultivation, 25; public
sales, s; railroad selections, 1; soldiers
additional homestead applications, 1;
col applications, 1; patents received,
LAOS; commissioners letters received,
474; commissioners letters disposed of
by completion, report, etc, 431; new
contests Irrigated, 68; contests carried
to a hearing, z; miscellaneous letters
answered, 1854; receivers receipts
Issued, 949; registered letters mailed,
$50; homestead entries on Standing
Rock Indian reservation, so; area en-
tered on Standing Rock Indian e
walton, 7,539.s9 acres; amount depos-
tied to credit of Standing Rock Ind
ians, $4,059.82.
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LIKE A TINY SOLAR SYSTEM.
Power and Possibilities That Ars
Locked In an Atom.

Power and Possibilities That Ar
Locked In an Atom.
The most generally accepted theory
about the structure of the atom
which is no longer regarded as the
ultimate indivisible particle Of any
element, as this Of course could have
no structures that 1t is a positively
charged nucleus surrounded by a sys-
TEN Of electrons which are kept to-
gether by attractive forces from the
nucleus. Thus it becomes a sort Of in
Anitestimally small solar system.
In an article in the General Electric
Review DR.. Saul Dushmans draws the
following conclusions from a discus
cussion of the laws that govern the
atoms of the several elements:
considering the relationships ex-
hibited by the different radioactive
elements, one realizes that the dream
Of the alchemists may not have been
as fatuous as has appeared until re
Gently. The concept Of an absolutely
stable atom must be discarded once
for all. and its place is taken by this
miniature solar system, as it were,
consisting of a central nucleus and
one or more rings of electrons.
"But the nucleus itself is apparent
" the seat Of immense forces, and in
spite Of its exceedingly infnitesimal
dimensions it contains both alpha par
ticles and electrons. Once in awhile
the nucleus of one of the atoms will
spontaneously d~isintegrate and expel
an alpha or beta particle. A new ele-
ment has been born. What causes
these transformations? Can they be
controlled? These are questions which
only the future can answer. But If
we had it in our power to remove two
alpha particles from the atom Of bis
muth or any of its isotropes. o only
would the dream of the alchemists be
realized, but mar would be in posses
sion of such intensely powerful sources
Of energy that all our coal mines, wa
ter powers and explosives would be-
Dme Insignificant by comparison."
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Do you wish the lakes were silver plates
And the sea q sapphire dish?
What a wonderful, wonderful world It Is
For haven't you got your wish?
-Zona Gale.
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\ World oftco,d.

Do you wish you had a world of gold.
With a turquoise roof on high,
And a coral east, and a ruby west,
And diamonds in the sky?
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G. N. MAY BUILD +
PARK IN KNOX

Knox, N. D., April 1S.-It has been
reported On good authority that the
Great Northern Railway Co. will
build a park in Knox soon. The park
will be built on the right of way north
of the Security bank. The band boys
are considering the proposition of
building a band stand in the park if
the railway company will permit.
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DISGUISED HIMSELF.

1hen He Ferpet and Found Himself n.
Plight.
Wrisley Brown, one Of the keen mind
ed young attorneys In the department
~ Justice. wentsto 4 small town In the
middle west q while ago to get some
inside facts about the condition Of Q
certain bank there. Az he had been in
the same locality Q short time before.
he feared his name might excite sus-
picion, and sogused an assumed name
that occurred 10 him.
All day long hesbNsied himself about
the town and wentsto his hotel at night
tired and footsore.
Lets see. what's your room num-
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The charges by the Nonpartisan Lead
er used for the purpose of running
Hanna's political chances in the state
and to apparently injure the biggest
bank in North Dakota.
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SUIT AGAINST
Gov HANNA
DISMISSED
JUDGE POLLOCK HOLDS MEDINA
BANK RECEIVER FAILED TO
PRESENT CASE.

A sweeping vindication from the
charges hurled at Governor L B. Han
/. ma, E ]. Weiser and the First Nation
al Bank of Fargo through the Non
Partisan Leader was made yesterday
morning when Judge Charles A Pol
lock Of the district court handed down
q decision sustaining the demurrer of
the defendants in the case of Michael
Murphy of jamestown, N D., receiver
Of the Medina State bank. The de-
cision is the outcome of a suit started
in Burleigh county to recover $4,000
from the defendants for breach of a
contract by which it was claimed the
defendants agreed to finance and sup
port the Medina State bank, which
was on the verge of insolvency.
No Cause for Action
The court holds that, on his W
pleadings, the receiver has no cause OF
action, whatever, against the defend
ants. The grounds given by Judge
Pollock for sustaining the demurrer
were: First, that the contract relied
upon was ultra wires beyond the pow
er of the bank to make) and wholly
void; and second, that the contract in
the complaint sued upon was void and
of no effect because it was wholly I'M
certain and indefinite in its terms.
The effect of the decision is that the
receiver of the Medina State bank has
no claim whatever and the action is
thereby dismissed
Political Charges Negatived
Charges made by the Nonpal*isan
Leader that E. J. Weiser of the First
National bank, and L. B. Hanna, chair
man of the state banking board, loot
ed the Medina bank are negatived by
the decision, which holds that the deal
ings of the defendants with the bank
were legal and proper and that the
receiver under his w statement in
his complaint has no cause of action
against them. Attorneys in the case
were o. ]. Seller and John Carr of
jamestown, with the firm of Purcell,
Divet & Perkins of Wahpeton, for the
receiver; Watson, Young & COMFY
for the defendants.
Further Charges By the Leader.
Further charges made by the Non
partisan Leader seemingly solely for
political purposes were that the Med
ina bank had long been known by the
state bank examiner to be in an un-
sound condition and that the failure
was directly due to the failure a few
days before of Wheelock & Wheel
ock, a Fargo real estate firm, which
owned the banks stock. The Leader
further contended that the big banks
got the money; that the First Nation
al bank Of Fargo, of which L. B. Han
ma was then a director, failed to keep
the promise which its cashier, Gordon
a. Nesbit, had made under oath, and
that the First National bank a moctk
before the failure had carried on its
books an entry designed to make it
appear that the surplus of the Medina
hank was up to- legal requirements
when it was not, also that Governor
Hanna in, his private capacity az a
banker knew the condition of the bank
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herr" asked the proprietor when Wris-
ley went to the desk for his key.
II forget" said Wrisley.
whats your name. then? I'll look
it up"
II forget-er-that is began the
usually self. possessed Wrisley.
"What. you don't know your manner"
shrieked the hotel proprietor. And he
looked half scared to death. Nor
would any amount of explanation go
down.
I'D be afraid to have such a fellow
In the house." said he. s1
And as there was no other hotel in
town Wrisley Brown was obliged to
tramp the streets all night like an out
cast.-Fred c. Kelly in Philadelphia
Record.
Pity and Mercy.
The man who loves humanity. ac-
cosding to the will of heaven. will, reap
his blessing. The most effective pray
or Is to show pity and mcrcy.-Ekken.
He RebeIled.
AL this talk Of %hyphenated citizen
ship has evidently had it's effect upon
a'San Francisco %youhgstcr. American
born, who recently rebelled tiercely
when his Italian father whipped him
for some, misdemeanor. But. Tomas
%, your father has a right to whip you
when, you arc, bad" some. one. Of the
family said. Tomasso's eyes flashed,
II am a citizen Of the United States:
hs declared. DO voiufFrhink | AIM coins,
naut.
Couldn't Fool Him. !,
She hailed from /, remote country
village in England and had travelled by
ran on u visit to friends who resided iii
q distant town. While entering the
railway station. for-the retnrhG journey
she found to her dismay that? she. had
lest her handbag, which contained her
| return ticket and cash. 80.
I A1eof Q. fruitless inquiry and search
gheym whom she lid spoken Of hel
lsissvstiy Hiinndlyj;6i61asafaSsd ~ Suggestion
1stlae the old dansss1DlNi wiB Is lie,
hashand at her ex1s11axdaikshfnste
telegraph a moneyaordsrs; aboatsfkna
him the circumstances IN which she
wa placed. She assented to this, and
The telegram was,selt and duly deliv;
ssFed .to the old dimes n shusban'd ~. He
tore. IL im1isstvS' oqpSsin'Ia1d re1d It
Aiy ihsJwerT ssf9dfE TmiheSSa1ieen1er
mi I, iieledl1Ser ssIsssSSiHsfh 81
ft1s; me
tat bain't Mays wrifinl'. II co1sd tel
I'm from huhdred4s -
i, *rhs. Wssshse.laan.
The ,xeather ma IlSy.,ayips; II val
saly q matter Of aHfs&tS1n.' tho doc
ftSfS said. aae.tssf5 $50 saf}s"
P 1fSt,onihiy t6 hlsisoBbt1ss friends. h,
s1tastssd until they h1dskrowdsd arsant
hsbedtte ltstsnttebhihisfasI words. ~
He cave careful, AiEeet3cnS3 for tn
4iAspppsiion Ct his = elepgtlpass' and out
liaed the generel5features Of his fu
t91al,, then he m,lutiiamilfdirneed:
Ard I want :yysS5u q put up MIC
teobstone for me, wit6atheses Word,
carved. on It: s'PfSbAbly'' CooIer'."-
judge. af
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Ffeil.Ll ~
The Differences.

Inc ODn9f0nc0s "a
G. d. Langhorne of Richmond, Va,
to whom recent events have given 4
1sar relationship. to the peerlge,swas
6 breakfast In . London hotel gsyear'
q more ago and was attended ~ q
iue1dSspecmehh fotf To S5tt6tad1;; obssiss4tuieusl
1tattsh W6itiesasAco6i1K Fang
1Dea6.' the ttoll1wing acolloduyisstosk
eeo:s...4 .Nut,:l. >gla si..@.istj,as
!, nf;7vEaitee. can I have semo 1sh this
tRNqpsning7'' ss ~.
Fish, sir: yes. SIR
What Kind, 81, fish have you?'
Ffis4xl' kinds or fish, sir" :
Fci+EEaFe' you any 1herrfng?" =
.tttss Firing. sill? No. sir: NO ''efr1hgys
afssHallSswhatkina of2ssh h y havsr';.
.nP1oatef. SIR
WHAT Il. a bloater22'
:xl'srriing, 1; KIN ny York Post.
= ,,t.. .>.Just Like .'Thssn. ~ !.
A New York crFttic. said At q banquet
at,thle Player! club 4 Creamery! park:
Yl.sThes aavVsfakisef cid. " poetry ri remind:
ne oof'thes y1dhHEy sgexlpllooarst32S WHO iisten1ie,l
F1sr<4kss,htst time " L6a6tfellowsBsssDa,
1Deasdasipscitedaty at!ytouhg woman
Ed - sxplho1ers padd e WITH great ap-
FebiSsden when To yonls woman y
sS31satb. na,shtt5asahasub !. ni III via, music.
sstA1s9 The cs1ssrwhitlE'tnfast tbs.day
8hsll fold their tents like thu Arabs
And q silently steal away
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.nhar't..a

rse1ats d. rainass once cal,ea a,
1lRs4wyaer md f06unsdf Two " NJ u.
1asht1esrs there on JxSai'bustneSs Of q
pe9tatoinafure. tiii4sW ,.pIhst 10 :; st;5
"Ah, Doctor called tie lawyer In
Gxeeting, good morning! Here AZ
Two Of youf,toct. NJ IN MFthput
hpertineacs tf y~oasressTd tAanl aas
black sheepssor NhitsF IA,
II don't k1nov asyeL" - replied III
;Nelp Axyly, "kAStAefssthsy're black q
i &C rm.aiffeiAn hat II thsy ~
'5<a nsecea."
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- The -----.
Scrap Book I !,
D.traysd ~ Smile.

Betrayed Bye Smile.
Here's q good one that Ex-Governor
Walsh Of Massachusetts, told on him
self at . dinner given to some Of his
friends In Warrington recently.
Some months ago. WINE ne was gov.
eEnor, j. sWalshswas ssguest at q re-
ception given BY Mrs.. Mabel Hunt
Slater In Boston. s''S7 4 $f
The governor arrived late and was
not introduced to M q the guests be
cause Of their large4numbers. 6ome
,timesin thessearly sheursl u. the morning
Archie Roosevelt approached him and
said:
.John. viii you please get me q map
kinr''
certainly" Governor walsh laid.
keeping Il grave faces Tin . minute.
ar" /,
The governor promptly found the
napkin for young Roosevelt and asmil-
ingly5 handed It to him. Something in
the governors smile made Roosevelt
suspicious. A rwenFtrained butler does
not smile.
"Aren't you the butlerT' he asked
doubtfully.
mo, my name il walsh; l am gov
ernor Of Massachusetts was the reply.
Roosevelt apologizedt profusely.
"Oh. that's oil right" Walsht said.
II, can understand your mistake. I fire.
quently have noticed that the butler is
the best looking. ma In the room at q
Back Bay party."-Roston Post.
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Agreed With Both.

Horace Greeley was the author Of a,
style IN editorial writing which had
been often initiated. but probably nev.
e. equaled. During his editorship two
newspapers. neither Of . which was
friendly to Greeley, became: engaged in
violent alteration. The argument
grew warmer, until each paper openly
called the other a liar. Il. was. the op-
p~ortunity Greeley had been waiting
Tor. He. announced in his paper that
he had. the honor to agree with both
Of his distinguished contemporaries"
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Appreciation.

w Et APpC0Cu0IlOUs l
A good story comes from London
about a lawyer, who engaged q new
boy. As he had suffered to some extent
from the dishonesty Of his former lad,
he determined to try the new boys
honesty at once. So he placed a five
pound note under a weight on his desk
and walked out without a word. Upon
his return, half an hour later, the note
was gone and half q crown in silver
had taken its place. 'Boy, when 1 went
out 1 left n five pound note under this
weight"
Yes, sir, but you see you hadn't gone
five minutes when a man came in with
a bill against you for "a It's. Cd. I be-
lieve the change is correct" "Yous paid
a billl' Eyes. sir;;s there II. is. all re
ceipted. The man said it had slipped
your mind $pr the past four years. and
So
The lawyer showed his appreciation
by %discharging the boy at once.
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Do you wish there were little doors Of air
S That a child might open wide.
Where were emerald chairs and q tourma.
line rug
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16

THERE is something indescribably
touching in the attitude Of the
French critics toward the exhibi.
ton Of the Tiennale. the reviews Of which
are now arriving in this country. When
read in the mass. the one after the other.
the background Of the wa 10 only too
visible. Andre Michel actually begins his
article in Debois thus:
zone must not blame those who paint
and model while the battle RACES. since
Il 10 their profession and their destiny
to paint and model. and IL we in the
rear, the old and useless. stop before these
works Of art and dare to discuss them with
our readers. whose hearts and thoughts
are like ours. where the eannons thunder.
II 10 not. you must believe. because Of in
durable d~iiettanteism or vain curiosity"
Some such justification a. this 10 uttered