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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
2
Bryan Weekly Eagle information page shows post office entry date April 22 1912 and publishing details. It lists managing editor M A B LEE J ROWNTEE and LY RATES for carrier and mail subscriptions for Brazos County, with per year and six month prices. The paper notes Associated Press membership and republication rights.
A tribute to Dr William Bennett Bizzell on his tenth year as president of A and M College highlighting growth, expansion, and the future potential. The narrative praises his leadership, staff collaboration, and impact on Texas education, noting ongoing building programs and anticipated further achievements.
A Fort Worth discourse mocks traveling lecturers who preach virtue while debt grows behind them. The tale contrasts poets and preachers with a grocer who sees $300 vanish from beans, arguing banks offer safer deposits and credit should go to those who struggle and prevail.
The article highlights the Rotary Club motto Service before self as a guiding principle for members and nonmembers to adopt and practice in daily life.
The Bryan city building permits rose from about 26 000 in 1923 to around 45 000 in 1924 driven by ongoing construction. City Manager J Bryan Miller notes the increases reflect steady expansion rather than a boom and predicts Bryan will become a true city with continued progress into 1925.
The Bryan Woman's Club hosts a charity tea on Wednesday January 14 to raise funds for the Carnegie Library. Citizens are urged to support the library with pride and contribute to the annual drive, described as the sole public request for library funding.
A poetic aside about the Volstead Act and the line Absence makes the heart grow fonder. The remark echoes prohibition era themes through a famed verse and contrasts law with sentiment.
Tuesday's officer election at the Bryan Reading Club named Mrs. G L Crawford as president with a full slate of officers. The meeting included reports, a candy sale plan, and music by Miss Ruth Lawler. The club noted letters from Annie Vanderworth in CIA who earned the club scholarship last year.
Bryan will host Samuel Frances, known as Samuel Frances Johnson, a Bryan native who gained fame as a top tenor. Miss Willie Rogers says Texas artists now lead, and Frances will tour with Mortimer Kaphan on a Southern trip. Local critics praised his early performances and expect a warm Bryan ovation.
Hearne Texas January reports a spur at Valley Junction to move materials to the Brazos river bridge site on the John H. Reagan Highway. The $225000 span will connect Taylor to Palestine with federal aid supporting the project as workers gather in Hearne area to start within the week.
A profile credits W B Bizzell as the guiding leader of the Texas A and M College through a decade of growth. It traces his life from Baylor University training to his early teaching posts, student days in the North, and rise to college administration in 1914. The piece notes his deep impact on campus expansion, extension and research efforts, and his ongoing scholarly work while shaping Texas higher education.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist church met in small groups to organize and elect officers for the coming year. Group 1 at Mrs. E. W. Crenshaw's home elected M. R. Bentley as chairman and noted visitors Rev. H. H. McCain and Mrs. H. N. Cochran. Group 2 at Mrs. W. H. Cole's home elected W. A. Deaton as chairman and planned next meetings.
Miss Elizabeth Curtis Brazos County health nurse presents December figures. Carried cases 26 new 12 total 69 prior. Visits 19 schools 9, total attendance 100. Weighed 354 children with 72 underweight and 4 overweight. Defects listed include vision 17 eyes 48 hearing 1 tonsils 55 nose breathing 1 teeth 115 scalp 1. Classroom talks 7 and conferences 10.
Special to Bryan Daily Eagle reports on Harvey community life with mild Christmas, dry early winter, recent rains benefiting stock water, corn and sweet potato shortages, and local moves. Albert Dyess, Mooney, Ben Graham families relocate near school and Mrs Jones’s home. Grandpa Jones visits Alabama aged eighty four. Dr J C Davidson plows for chicken scratching grounds.
A local report notes a family or group increased egg output from one to six per day, with plans to share further updates with neighbors if the trend continues.
The A M Consolidated School basketball team captured the south county sectional title while Tabor won the north county honors. A three game series between Tabor and A M Consolidated is planned before February 5. A M Consolidated recently beat Navastoa 36 to 16 and will host Allen Military Academy with free admission Saturday.
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