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THE EAGLE

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ENLOE'S SUCCESS

)']j [TH a ·grim chuckle, he drew his scant change //JI/ from his pocket and counted it with a sil en t • I prayer. He retain ed his sense of humor, however, and after a fina l, fruitl ess sear ch, for a stray penny that might have escaped his notice, whistled merri ly , and refl ected th a t he had come to that last stage wh ere a man has onJy hims elf, bis primal strength of mind and body, betw e en life and death . The humor of the situation struck him more forcibly as his thoughts wandered back a few short months to the last days of school. What exultation and joy, what hope and pride had been his when the honored President handed him the "dip . " for which he had striv en so hard. His eyes were flooded with tears as he thought of the parting from his schoolmates and friends, then so sure and confid ent of success, glad to be one, of the citizens of the w orld again, never doubting that h i s training would en a b l e him to secure h im a position. If he could once again drill with the same gray -clad cadet corps, march to me s s three t imes a day and get a square m eal each time, and at night b e sure of a night's rest when he heard "taps" e choing and re-echoing t hrough the hall s!

H e bad resolv ed not to ask for h elp from home and had starte d out self-r eliant and vigorous on his search for a position. He found many other applicants for each positi on. To his astonishment he found that his education was not sufficient for any position for which he applied . Just so a man had a few degrees attached to his name he could obtain a good position. It was not th e training, but the degree . He

determined to start in as a day-laborer since his cash was low aud living expens es l.ligh in the cit,y. He called a newsboy and hurri edly scanned the advertisements for, "Men ·wanted." He made uo te of an address and decided to try there.

Early the next morning, he started for the office. He hau to pass through the imm ense yards where eve1·ything was in orderly activity. He paused a few moments to watch the different men perform, each, his aUotted task . Ile saw several workmen, in confusion, scamper away from a huge crane. The chain and grapple had slipped, the foreman had los t control of the men under him. Enloe, seeing the trouble, instinctively, hurried over to take command. ·with a few, sharp, clea r -cut orders-the men obeying immediatel y, recognizing as they did, one used to command- h e proceeded to tak e c harge. Placing his men at the critical poin t a nd tellin g off men at t he d ifferent l evers, h e gave t h e command. As the massive machinery creaked and sta r ted, he quickly made the desired connection and held on for a moment to give the hook time to catch . 'l'he st.rain on his shoulder was frightful; but to a young man who had gallop ed through the second half of one foot-ball game with a sprained ankle and played in another for ten minutes with a broken collar-bone, it was no new thing to fight grimly against pain. At l ast the grapple hung and the beam rose in tlie right position. 'l'hen with a final word of caution to them, h e dropped back. A burst of applau se now fell on h is ears; lo oking a round , he saw seve ral officia ls cheer ing, who evidently drawn by the conf-usion, bad watched the whol e performance. With a feeling that he had over-reached himself, and despairing of a successfu l int erview he turned to go. From out. of the group of officials stepped a stern-looking man who called to him : "Young man," said he, "a moment please."

Enloe turned and waited.

"Yo u assumed charge of my workmen and commanded like one use d to such work. Are you an exper i enc ed engineer 7"

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Enloe blushed at the compliment, and stammered a negative reply.

''Where then did you get the bearing and ability of command that made my men r ecogn ize a leader?"

Straightening hims e l f, he proudly replied, " I graduated from the Misso uri Military Academy . That school trains young m en to command.''

"Come into my office, we need such men as you."

S eated in the office, Enloe was kept busy making replies to the many ques t ions asked about mi litary schools. 'fben, the man told Enloe that he had received his training in on e o.f the large mi litary co ll eges o.f the country and dicl not doubt in the l east that one with suc h training co uld rise much faster than mo s t men. '' As a rule we only emp loy men who have had years of experience in e ngin ee ring, but I will give you a position. In a short time you will command a much better salary. lVIy libr ary is at yo ur disposal. I know you will make good."

Then Enlo e was pleas ed to find that his training at old M. 1\L A.. was what counted more tha n all else.

REMINISCENSES

i%&\\OJ?i,HILE helping to edit this edition o.f the Eagle, I spent a few days in haunts dear to a ll of us . \J\J But, boys, it did s ee m strange not to hav e you ~~{5l.l~ there. I mis sed th e .familiar strolle rs on the bull ring-th e path is hardly noticeabl e,- then I didn't wake up at r eveill e and h ear Evans s hout "B" company on lin e." It a ll se emed strange and I wi sh yo u had been with m e, but t h en I expect to see you at 1·ev eill e on the morning of Sept. 12th. Say, we ' r e going to h ave some .football team n ext fall. Onr n ew coach bas some r eco rd and with all the old boys b ack it won ' t b e an easy mark that our oppon entsrunagainst. " Farmer" L e wis is harv esting, trying to ke ep his mu sc les in sbap e-you sho uld see him! H e is as husky as can be and maybe be won ' t b e a star back-fi eld man aga in! 'l'h e new tennis court is finish ed and it is a dandy one, too. T en nis is a qu eer game. It is, first, love 15. That 's too many for me! Th e n the numb ers in cr eas elov e 30 and lov e 40. Th en i t drops ba c k to lov e on e. I suppose in that lov e game when you try t oo m any yo n soon love yourself. But love one is wh er e I shin e. I t may b e on Pl'Omenade-who thinks so ? Th e watet· works u sed to be a favorite haunt ; but sh e wouldn ' t l et m e come ba ck to summer schoo l-said I bad p l enty of time and cou ld s ee h er during the winter when we c ould s it in the glow o.f the fir e ·with the lights turn ed low . Say, boys, I was crazy to stay h ere all summer wh en my H a rdin girl turn ed m e down and I l anded next to the j a il. Sh e is th e sw ee test of all! Didn't I beat one f ellow 's tim e. I r emember wh en Maj. Bloch nearly spoiled my chances. H e was with Jake 's and mine and it started to rain . Jak e and mys e lf had been taking a p ee p at the coll ege girls and we m et them down town . He nearly l et the cat out of th e b ag; but Jake

didn't mind it as much as I. Do you remember the Sunday morning all of us had made arrangements to see the girl s at the Christian Science church-maybe Junius and myself wer e not angry, when we couldn't go there because we got into the wrong squad! Say, I sure did beat Nick Carter's time out west. He isn't in it with me. I believe s h e l oves this boy! The next time I hand in a permit I am n ot going to leave on it wh en l\faj. B l och is 0. C. and none o.f us are going to Hoxsey's when h e is returning from the dances. My feet are still blistered from those tours-and the next time I go to Hardin in "cits" on Sunday afternon, he will not be around . That Maj . Brant sure has some punch ! Remember the time he put his fist through the window glass aiming at my beautiful countenance? It wouldn't take a prize at a beauty show if h e llad connected. You thought I wa s a "mut" didn ' t you, but I p i tched some ball. Next year you don 't have to sit in the bleachers, we have a grand stand, now . Th e churc h l e ague put a dandy covering over the bleach ers and you n eed not b e afraid your best will get sunstroke watching me float th e m over the pan. I might be a "siss y"· but I did go as far as l\Iontgomery and you gave me th e ' 'ha! ha! ' ' didn't you! Well I trai ned that roommate of min e to l ick a ll of you in the competition drill. l ' 11 be on hand again when rev e ille blows on the morning of the 12th of September ready to strew Bill ' s r oom with feathers, r oll the shot down the steps, yell like a coyote after taps, but slick enough to keep the grass in front of the South Barracks so gr ee n that a sign w ill be put u p '' keep off t h e g r ass ."

To M. M. JI .

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I ,,a now l a t e in a utumn a nd fa r b eyo n d t hose high : ·~upting walls the mountain fir e w a s sw ee ping briskly over : 1:t> K ~m ~ee Range. 'l'om lov ed t o lo o k l o ng . e a c h e , ·ening, : t t he wild d ~mon, l aying bar e the mountain-sid e . and at the r ed glare in th e sky against the murky bl a c1."1l e ·s , beyond.

J t was one of these evenings that Tom, after taxing his mental capacity to the limit, had :finally arranged every detail of his mode of escape. He felt quite certain that his plan was "a ll to the good, "-so certain that he was akeady thinking of the freedom, be wouJd soon enjoy in the regions beyond those bills. " It 's gotta work and I'll show 'em,n said Tom, as he rolled into his bunk that night. He took into bis confidence two others to whom he explained the plot. So clever was it that they were highly pleased and willingly took an oath to stand by him in carrying it out. Th ey were capable men and one assured Tom that h e knew how to run a locomotive, which covered the l ast thing necessary. The thre e gripp ed one another's hands as a final pl edge for the cause of their liberty. With Tom as l ea d e r and promot e r the three worked in harmony. Each succeeded in stealing a long bread -knife .from the kitch en and in concealing it in the brick-yard. At favorable moments, and they were rare, the knives were t a k en from th eir hiding-plac es and sharp ened on the bricks. Success , not tim e,-matter ed to them, and six weeks were consum ed in changing the fitn ess of the knives from a culinary to a criminal us e. After spending six weeks of secret work in doing what could ordinarily be done in thirty minutes, th e thirst for lib erty grew almost to madness in the three men. So, with everything in readiness, they agreed to make th e d espera te attempt the following day. It m eant either freedom or death to them-if not death, a long siege of hardships .

On th e morning of the day long looked forward to, they went to work in th eir usual manner. It was nearing nine o 'c lock when the train was due and the time for their eve ntful plunge to gain the· outside world. Their nerves wer e strung tense and every muscle twitched for action . The minutes, even the seconds, length ened to a space, never exper i enc ed b efo re in their life time.

A long shrill cry of the big locomotive, rapidly approaching the prison, reached their ears. It was the signal to action and, in an instant, the three had taken their

knives from th eir hiding-places. Close to on e another, they l ay in hiding along t he path by whi ch the warden w a s coming to m ee t the train. Wh en th e , mrden r eache d the spot, lik e a flash h e found himselC covered on every side with a l ong stee l blad e. H e realiz ed that h e h ad to submit or meet a horrible death from Tom 's sharp threat . 'l'om quickly reliev ed him of his weapons and forced him to order th e guard on ihe wall, ju st coming i nto si ght, to drop his gun . Th e ord er was promp t ly ob eyed and one of 'rom's h elpmates soon had possession of t h e rapid-fire instrument

Now, with fit·e-arms for u se, th ey quick ly h eld up every offic er and guard to be found in that part of t h e prison. Th e train had just ente r ed the gates a nd th ey mad e a dash for it wher eby int end ing to escap e before the whole force of prison exec utives would find out what was h appen i ng and cut off th eir plan , a lmos t completed. ·with Tom in th e l ea d, they drov e th e train c r ew in confu s ion from t heir po sts.

As the t hr ee l ea p ed to the cab o E the pow e rful lo co motive , th ey beli eve d thei r escape to b e certa in , fo r in a few minutes they pi ctures themselves speeding ov er free l ands. Th e on e, who had assured T om th at h e kn ew enough in the capac ity of an engine e r to run a l ocomot iv e, sprang to the l evers. H e turned t he th ro ttle w id e ope n a nd in sta n t ly the mighty drivers r es pond ed, setting them off a t g r eat speed.

But, th e un ex p ected thing was happ en i ng . 'I'h e acting engineer had pulled the rev erse l ever, and the big black monst e1· w as ba cking t hrough t he bri ckyard at a terrific r ate. I t w as too late to prevent the di sas ter and the wouldbe free crimina ls ,ver e now forc ed to a c t qu i ck l y for thei r lives. A moment later, trav eling at a six ty-mi le -a n-hour rat e of sp eed, t he huge lo co motiv e s t ru ck t h e prison wall in c1. far corner of t he prison .

Th e l oud c r as h t errifi ed e veryon e within th e prison a nd attracted th em to t he scene of di saste r at onc e. Wi t h ey es wide open and eage r, t h ey stood l ooking upon t he most complete smash-up, eve r witn essed . Everything in the path, of th e run -a-way lo com otiv e had b een compl e t ely crush e d or hurled to some part of the brick-yard, and the l ocomotive

itself after the impact was only fit for a scrap pile of ol d iron. The g ene ral effect was such that it took one hundred and fifty men a month to put this department in good running order once more.

While the accident was taking place, several of the convicts at their work were struck and killed by flying obstacles. Tom, of t b e three who were th e cause of it all, was the only one that escaped death. He attributed it to something on t h e order of a miracle for he was unable to explain afterwards how he evaded the horrible fate his loyal mates had met.

For his punishm ent, Tom was placed in solitary confinem en t for a long term of six months. In his cell it was cold , damp and dark all the t i me. Besides, th e unhealthful aud g loom y cond ition of the almost air-tight p l ace, there was not a single article in i t .for his much-needed, every-day use. The cold offensive iron walls which surolmded him w e re the only tangible things. He had not ev en as much as a chair or b e d and the only place for rest was the hard floor. Day and ni g ht ·w e r e th e same to Tom, for h e was forced to live in continual darlrness . Very litle food and water were handed him , scarcely eno ugh to k eep him alive. Near the end of the six months he fotmd hims elf reduc ed to a skel e ton in si ze and h e fe lt as if h e could creep through th e k ey-hole of his cell door. His only wish then was that his earthly car ee r bad b een ende d in the smash-up.

"Vl'he n his term of mis e ry was finally served he beli eved that h e could not survive from his w ea k and highly n e rvous co ndition . Jn a f e w days , however, und e r mor e humane treatm ent and aga in blessed with fresh air and light which had so long b een d e nied him, h e b ega n to r egain strength, s lowly . H e was allowed two we eks to re c up e rate and then pronounced fit to go to work.

Som e time l ater, his chance came. .A.s a deliv e ry wagon was passing out the prison gate he found himself for a moment unnotic e d , and acting quickly, swung under the bed oE the box and was driven a way. After they had reached a

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woods , thick with underbrush, Tom forced the driver to exchange cl othes with him , and dashed away through the thick et, once more a cri minal at large.

FAINT THINH.ER

"Teach er wait-I ' II hav e to think, It's a chance, I s eld om take, For, my mind is quite pr ecautio u s, Not to har m th e 'silver plate .'

"It w ill , no doubt, mean disaster, But th en , I 'll trust to fa te, And make my firs t attempt to open, The portal of that 'plate . ' ''

Ou t , th ere came mu c h p ent-up knowl edge, At a fast and furious r ate, 1\lore surpris ed wa s he t han others, It harmed not th e "silv er plate. "

Vlhat a stud ent each on e cou l d be, If w e but leamed to think, 1\l u ch of ou r brains are nev er u sed, '' And lost l ike a ship that sinks . ''

Faint thinker- p l ea s e don 't fail,

To get these words' advic e, If you ' ve n ev er thought before in life, Come! L earn the meager p r ice.

-THE EAGLE-

Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Missouri.

Volume 12.

HARRY D. PITCHFORD

BOARD OF EDITORS.

BYRANT M. PARROTT

HOW ARD C. DONOVAN

JACOB W. ALLEN

MACE. MILES

CLINTON A. WILSON

Asst.

Nurnbor 6.

Editor-in- Cblet

PulJllshed monthly by the cadets of .Missouri Military Academy Advertising Rates on Application.

SUBSCRIPTION One Dollar a Year.

Entered as Second-Class matter Nov. 18, 1911, at the Postoffice at Mexico, Mo.

EDITORIAL

Prospects for the coming year never looked better. Applications are e:oming in daily and the school will soon be full.

Best of all, we are very much pleas e d with the unfailing loyalty of the old boys for lVI. l\I. A. Ther e isn ' t a one of the fe llows but what is doing bis best to make this the best of years for the old school. It is remarkable that ·we have gotten more new boys through t h e fellows than w e have through advertising.

Watch us have a foot-ball team next year! Col. Kohr l anded a s i x-footer over in Illinois t he other day and a fev1-· days befor e that we got a swell ba ck-field man . Maj. Whitmore secured an end from Iowa. These men, with seven of th e old m en as a nucl eus , should make a team hard to b ea t . l\Iost of the n ew cadets a re big fellows so we can see no reason for fear in holding up the proud r ecord of old M. M . A. ln bask et-ball, we will h ave Peck, Jackson, and Hook, t he stars of Mexico High School la s t year. Th en we have a ll of our old team back so there is going to b e "some scrap" for places on that team.

In track, Burris, the winner of shot and discus, will b e back " with b ells on." If he do esn ' t br ea k t he state interscholastic record in the shot next year, we will never put any reliance on dope again. P eck ,von the half mile at lVGssouri University meet l ast year and will repeat. Hook is som e pole vaulter, too, and if: we are lu cky enough to get one or two men in the sprint, or in fact, in any of the events, w e ar e go ing to land the inter sc hol as tic meet at Missouri University this year.

DREAMS

RA.lV[P ! Tra mp ! Tramp! On t hy cinder path, old lVL M.A.!

How I wish that my tongue could utter the t hough t s that arise in me.

0 ! Well for the angel c hild who snores in his bunk, making hay.

0 ! Well for the athletic chap who shouts, "72-4-36-Play."

Th e pretty boy sneaks off to bis g irl , be lov es so dear

But Oh! 'l'he ord er of that commandant and the E . D. which be '11 get, I fear .

Tramp ! Tramp! Tramp! On thy cin der path, old l\'L M. A.!

And Oh! How I lon g for those happi er days when I 'll be wiser in many ways.

ABOUT ••THE BOYS ,.

Howard C. Donovan-Ilowal'd had a terrible time breaking away from old Mexico and did enjoy the honor of being the last one away, even though Pitchford did give him a run for the money . Just at present Ho·ward is engaged in :figuring up the number of seconds b efore h e will again be in Mexico-when he is not writing l etters. Needless to say, he will be back .

Emol'y N orman-We enjoy a n occa s ional lette r from Emory, who is busily engaged in fishing , hunting, and :fighting mosquito es, at the old stand in ''swamp-east'' l\Ii ss ouri. Emory says h e will not r et urn on acco1mt of his h ealth , but along about the 1 s t of S eptember h e will get a vague longing to eng a g e in another one of his cel ebrate d feather fights on t h e upp er stoup and will com e rolling in. The s ec ond floor would not seem lik e ho me wit hout Emory.

J . Donald Cruise-We presum e Donald bas escaped t he horrors of t h e l\Iexican r evolu t ion , as we und e rstand a certain young lady from St. Louis will be a t Hardin this year, ~md that is ce rtainly good ev id en ce that Donald is in the land of living and will be holding down a room on the "sacr ed second" with the C r ee k. " T e ddy" had quite a t im e on hi s l\Iont gomery trip.

Clin t on A. Wilson-We h ea r from "Doc" occasionally, first in S a llisaw and then in Tahl e quah. Just what the att ra ction is in T a h l equah is hard to figure out, but all the boys have he a rd of Sal lisaw. " Doc " says he w i ll be back if h e do esn ' t get married . We woul d advise h i m to postpone the latter event for a while at l e ast. T he Hardin girl s woul d be lost without Clinton to furnish them amusement.

Godfrey B. l\Iiles-Occasionally, when he is not driving an automobile Godfrey will take time and write us a letter. From what we can gather, h e seems to be having a good time. Godfrey says he will be with us without fail when we lin e up for the first roll-call . He has been at 1\1. 1\1. A. so long that he doesn't fee l at hom e any place else-unless it might be at 13th & California Sts. in Denver, Col.

l\Iac E. Miles-Mac has b ee n keepi ng sort of quiet this summer, but he is just r ecrn.i ting hi s strength after his exertions in gathering in the company cup. ]\'fac will be back this fall , and his long expe ri ence will a id materially in getting the battalion into shape. Mac says Arkansas is a lright in the summer, but Missouri is best from September to June.

Fred Herdrich-We received a card from Fred a few days ago and be says that the weather is somewhat warm in good old Chicago. He is another old standby we can always bank on. Fred certainly helped hammer down the cinders in the old "bull-ring," but h e was materially assisted by Messrs. Crowder, Lan e, Mulholland, Cracraft and L ew is et al. Just at present he i s engaged in trying to figure out how the Cubs are going to win the pennant. We hope h e finds the solution.

Harry Cracraft-Just what Mike is doing is a misery, but we presume he is "strolling through the railroad yards at Jackson at twilight taking the car numbers," as "Bully" Lan e would say. We hop e to have l\Iike with us this fall, as we couldn't get along without his golden smile and h.is shaving mug.

Clifford V. Evans-We presume Clifford is on the job as tbeVillage-cut-up in dear old Mineral. He will be back t.his fall a nd will again draw admiring comments from the Hardin girls on the way he handles his sword . C lifford was d esirous of anoth er years English under Maj. Kinman, but he was doomed to disappointm ent.

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Bryant M. Parrott-"Polly" is taking an extended trip through the east this summer. When last h eard from he was in Rhode Island, and reported an exce llent time. We hope to have "Polly" with us again, as you could always count on him for dope on any subject, particularly cold water on a cold morning , and Plane Trigonometry.

James P. Little-Th e old St. Charles fellows will be glad to learn that Jim w ill be with us this year. Order anoth e r car -load of cind ers for the " bull-ring." He has been working for a hardware company in Texarkana the past year.

Ce cil Bock-Cecil is well known to the St. Charles fellows, all of whom will be pleased to hear of his coming to M. M. A. this year. He has been working for his father at Girard, Ill., during the l ast year. '\,V" el come, Cece, old boy.

Willard Fite-We presume "Didi" is burning up the diamonds a round Tahlequah this summer. He will be with us again this fa ll, and his drop-kicking a bility will be a welcome addition to the foot-ball squad .

R. S. Crowder-"Doc" has been keeping quiet this summer, recuperating his strength for another strenuous season at Jl.'L lVL A. There was always "something doing" in "Yum-Yum Land" when "Doc" was on the job on the second floor, particularly between tattoo and taps. He is devoting most of his attention to the fair sex this summer.

Brumagin is l earning the li ghting system of La Salle so he can install a similar one in lVL M. A. ne'Xt fall. Says the reason h e didn ' t win the scholarship medal was because he didn't get to study after taps.

Jim Ray says he will report at the commandant's office on the 12th trying to go on the sick list. At present he is harvesting wheat in Kansas . .

Pcrkills wi l l rctul'II t l1is ra il with a. new lease on life. He sure d id h ate to g ot a p orn1 it, !'o r town nearly every clay.

"Aunt, l 1'a1rny " is mak i ng lov e lo all the l\lfcxican senoritas Lbis summ e r. lfc w ill be on hand a few days early in order to find a good hiding place. He says l get tired yelling, "\Vho's got, my soap-a? "

Junius is speudiug t lic summer in Los Angeles . He i s coming back with t he ambition to graduate. He will , too, if Lov e St . don't g et a ho l d on hi m.

Cobb is changing his fol to muscle on t h e ranch . He w i ll be in the pink of c ondi t ion wh en the whi s tle blows or the first game. He is mak ing lov e in his spar e moments.

K ey s will not g et 25 tolll's Lh c fir st w ee k that h e returns. Ile has decided that h e knows an easi er way to kill time.

Ch an ey is making wond erful progress this summer. He knows now bow not to b e c ha se d wh en b e goes calling.

D i xon is making hay while the sun shines. H e is rather reti cent but will brin g his bro t h e r with him.

Wells is th e candy kid in Parsons. Il e will b e h er e with bell s on . H e is work ing hard fo r the school and d eserv es a lot of cr edi t .

Sam Hubbard is ready to try for the first t eam but in case he can 't make it, he will b e on h an d at every practice. He is the most faithful of all.

Van Dusen will guard the co l ors as usual this fall. At present h e is mak in g butter in the Stuttgart creamery.

"Pud" Keller i s exce eding the spe_ed limit in Edwards •

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ville-he bas been hauled up several times. We would like to s ee Pud playing end again this fall.

Lohman is touring the country with " Conrad old kiddo . " W e ar e glad to know both ar e ready to h ear the first reveille.

Tommy B rough t on is a sp eci a l agen t of the St. Louis R epublic this summ er. H e will b e on the sta ff next fall.

'' Bugs '' Carlisl e b as mad e a ll a rr a ng ements to run the No rth b a rrac ks this fall. H e s ay s, " I ' ll be on t ime for once -with clean bands, too. "

H a rn e r , h as st opp ed ro oting fo r Carl :Morris t his summ e r . H e ha s a n ew whi te hop e, " Th e Puxi c o Slugg er. "

We hop e to s ee t h e " B ean " pu shing the ball up the field. H e is our mainst a y and will come in a we e k late as usual.

Jak e All en ha s grad u ated from the S ena te a nd is now filing pape rs in th e S upr eme Cour t . J a k e will b e th e idol of all th e girls as u s u a l, bu t th ey w a nt him to i m prov e his dancing by th e tim e h e r eturns .

Coyn e Whee lo c k has been quite ill this summer but is r ecovering a nd will soon b e g et ting in a supply of ov e rcoats for the win t ry br eeze s .

Clar ence "\Vh eel ock has finish e d plowing a nd will b e back a lit t l e earl y s in ce h e star te d a w eek b efor e tim e.

Golding L y n c h will b e on band and will show all of y ou how to take ano t h er m ed a l for " B est cl rill ed cadet. " He don't s a y mu ch , but he is right th er e wi t h th e goods .

Shelton has b een l ea ding the Wy c kliff e stars to victory this summer. He is anoth e r surpris e a nd n ex t year will

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spring a few more . Depend on "Mut" to stick till the last.

"Hebe" Morris is delive ring household goods in the sunshine. Ile says it is coo ler to be ri ding than pushing.

Farmer L ewis is ha rv esting this summer. Ile is trying to reduce bis weight and be more agile . Ile doesn't want to be caug h t clim bi ng out the class-room window any more.

Brown is getting $3 a day and board for pitching hay. He l ays off once a week aud plays shortstop in the church league.

"B ully" Lane has been fir ed from the church l eague several times for playing Sunday ball , but g e ts r ein stated. He will be on band when the rest come rolling in.

Rod en is taking a much needed vacation r ec up erating from his hard work during th e l ast year. Th e m ental strain was too great.

Grover Coil will be on hand to dish out Sundaes but will clos e shop if anyone breaks in .

Elm er Bohm as well as Bill ar e pushing the plow this summer. Bill finds time to read the dope she e t occasionally.

Se ip is rooting for the White Sox still, but h as almost given up hope . He will make someone go this fall for half back.

Williams is se11ing tickets in Ab erd ee n this summer.

Smith b as been trnining ,vith Jim Flynn, bu t now h e hop es to be the champion of l\1. M . A. Sunday evenin gs fo r his bouts.

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Pitchford is studying l aw this summer so that he may be better filled to plead the cases of cadets before Col. Mould. ·we expect to see him arrive early in the fall and someone else hopes so too.

Alden we hope, will be here and during his l eisure moments find a l\Iodern Priscilla. 'fhe yo ung gh-l s like h is sorrel-top.

MEDITATION

T is plainly to be seen, you picked that girl for she has a team, But I don't send sweet~, to the g irl the other fellow meets.

No doubt your drives all prove a dr eam, but me for the girl without t h e team.

Oh! Yo u t h ink your g irl can sing, but just the same,, she is wearing someone el se's ring.

Old pal you have the best of me but I can go to jail a n other on e to see .

"I' is said in numbers the r e is safety but if I were yo u , I'd not be quite so hasty.

You spend your t im e wr iting bill et-do ux: when yo u should be gathering "Eagl e" n ews .

On Wednesday afternoons you should be co ll ect in g bills instead of passing Hardin and causing many thrills.

'Tis well e nough for us ho t h to lov e as lov e we do, But Olli' love for l\L l\L A. is the only l ove that's true.

Overheard at Hardin During th e Parode

Ob! Is that Wilson? Isn't be a dear? They say he is just crazy about--. vYho is that little :fellow with all the l ace on his a rm ? Tsu 't be good looking ? Where's Cosa? I'd just l ove to meet him.

Oh! There goes the horn. Sec, t hat little fellow is march i ng out there by him self. 'l'herc goes the rest of them. What do they a ll step at t he same time for? Ob, they're supposed. to. Why, they are all in a lin e .facing this way. ls that Teddy Crui se behind the flag ? Jsn ' t he swe e t! I wonder why t h at m an in the blue uniform t a lks so cross to them. There's that good looking li ttle fe llow again. What does h e say ? Don't thos e boys look nice with t hos e red ties aro und their wa ist? Oh! Look! 'l'hey are all closing in together. vVhat are th ey going to do now ? Why, they ' r e marching this way . Now t h ey've stopp e d . Yes, you goose, that's Wilson. Th e re 's that Donov a n boy-th ey say he is madly in lov e with- th ey ' r e going back now. Oh, look, they ' r e marching. Isn ' t that pr etty. Evans, Oh , yes, that li ttl e fe llow with t h e white hair. Cute, don ' t you think1 Where ' s Cr owder? Ummmm th ey ' re running now. Now they ' re leaving. I wish I was a cadet. I iold yon Wilson wasn't engaged . I wish they wou l d come over every day.

Wi lson: ( A fte r making C. to Q. inspection the 5t h time ) " Ar e you all here ?"

Donovan: "Suppose so. We w er e when we got in b ed."

Par r ott: (Kicking because h e failed to get his usual l etter from the fair one in Iowa ) "I don't see what's the matter wi t h the postal system? "

Perkins: (B ri ght youth) " Did you e ver try putt ing a stamp on your letters?"

WINNERS OF MEDALS

Ther e was co nsid e rabl e rivalry shown among the cadets during the past yea r for hi ghest st and in different d e partments. 'I'br ee cadets we1·c c lassed among the high es t in t hr ee departments and three others in t wo dep a rtments. Th e m edal .for mo st meritorious cadet-the highest priz e d of a ll-w as won by Cadet Elmer Bohm, Edwardsville, 111., average 97 per cent.

2nd. Bryant Parrott, Keosauqua, la., averag e 96 per cent.

3rd. l\Jac Mi les, ElDora<lo, A1·k, ave rag e 95 p e r cent.

Don a ld C ruis e, M a r fa, Tex., average 95 p er cent.

4th. George Coc h rane, 'f::tl eq uah, Okla., av e rage 93 p er cent.

Highest Scholarship-

1st. Howard Donavan-;- Windsor , Ill., average 92.3 per cent.

2nd. Donald Cruis e, l\I arfa , Tex. , av e rage 91.2 p e r cent. 'fh eodor e Lohman , St. Lo ui s, l\[o., aver age 91.2 per cent.

Courtesy, In dustry and Integri ty-

J st. Don a ld Crui se, Marfa , 'l' e :s:. , aYerage 96 per cent .

2nd. Bryant Parrott, Keosauqua , Ia., ave rag e 95 per c ent.

Mil es M: ., El Dorado, A1·k., average 95 per cent.

Best Offi ce r of the Day-

1st . l\Iac l\Iiles, Eldorado, Ark., average , 96 per cent .

2nd. Elmer Dohrn, Edwardsvi lle, 111., average 95 per cent.

Donald Crnise, l\farfa, Tex., average 9G per cent.

3rd . Howard Donavan, "Windsor, ]ll., average 94 per cent.

Neatest Room-

1st. Bryant Parrott, Keo s auqua, Ia. , av erage 96 per cent.

2nd. Geo r ge Cocht·an, Talequah, Okla., average 94 per cent.

3rd. Clifford Evans, Mineral , Kas ., av e rage 92 p er cent. Theodore Lohman, St. Louis, Mo., average 92 per cent.

Best Drilled-

1st. Golding Lynch , Tulsa, Okla., average 95 per cent.

2nd. G. Diaz Infante, Leon , Mexico, average 92 per cent.

3rd. Harry Pitchford, Talequah, Okla. , average 91 per cent.

4th. Schuyler Williams, Aberde en, Wash., average 90 per cent.

Sc holarship Lower School -

1st. Stewart Alden, St. Louis, l\fo., av e rage 92 per cent.

2nd. Conrad Brandt, Muscatine, Ia., average 91 per cent.

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3rd. Vance Mattice, Colorado City, Col., average 90 per cent.

Best Athlete-

Virgil Buris, Puxico, l\Io ., n verag e 4 "i\I " .

'l'urn er Lewis, Mexico, Mo ., average 3 '' M '' .

Godfr ey M.il es, El Dorado, Ark., average :3 "M ".

Crowder: "l dicln 't know that Fonville ' s k ept a mule. "

Sh elton: "Sh-h-h. That w as onl y EVfm s hrnghing. "

Maj . Bloch is busily engag ed iu t1·ying to figure ou t jn!';t what th e "En g le" stnff did th e la s t m onth of school.

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A.PENNANTS

AND OTHERS

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H er Brothers Clothes. A charmiog picture i n colon, size 17xt3 inches.

To each studettt of the Academy, we shall give this picture free If he will ask for It.

This is the Young Matt's Clothing Store of Mexico aud you are always welcome here.

'\Vhen you have time come in and see the clothes her brother wears.

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