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About The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1920)
Eu Published Seach morning, To sdent Monday »y the Publicis Department of the Agri. . mph: on SR rr WILLIAM BENNETT BIZZELL 2 President of the College FRANK ©. MARTIN Secretary of Publicity “5 pected of them when they sent out that challenge that A. and M. had former students in her size than any ut the students here have offered o give up their beds in the dormi- tories and sleep on the ground under ~ shelter tents to allow their banker and farmer friends to sleep on a bed under a roof.” Speaking further Mr. Law said ~ that he believed if any banker of Texas was not keeping in touch with : the agricultural and livestock indus- tries, he was blind to his own selfish interest. The object in coming here he said, is to come together and see if there is any better way, any more profitable way any more economical ~ way that things could be done, and then to go home and do them that way. He emphasized his statement that the farmers ought to be better bus- ~ iness men, saying that if they would keep a set of books and keep in ~~ mind their finances and liabilities ~ they would get much further with | ~ the bankers. -He spoke very optmis- ~ tically of the prospects for the fu- ture. “My hat is off to the country banker,” he said. “He is here. The city banker ought to be here, and - after he hears of this meeting h=2 will be sorry that he was not here, ~ and next year will be on the front - row.” Nj : “| tioned by Joseph Hirsch Speaks. Ma. Law introduced Joseph | Hirsch, Chairman of the Agricul- | z tural Commission of the American | Banker’s Association 2s the man who had stood up both in and out of sea- son and advocated the suport of the agricultural and livestock industries. | “Our business here at this Agri-| cultural College is to have pointed out to us those things that make for the development of Texas’ agricul- | ture,”” he said. “It is -a business | proposition for the Texas Bankers | Association. You will go back and put into work things learned at ‘the College and will expect the proper | «courtesies from your banker.” | Mr, Hirsch then read a paper in | ‘which he outlined a campaign to be known as a Farm Ownership Drive which is soon to be undertaken hy the American Bankers’ Association. | “The plan embodies the bringing to- | gether of land owners and worthy | tenant farmers, with the view of sell- ing farms to the latter upon such | terms as will permit the purchasers | to pay for the land over an extended period of years, using the facilities | of the similar taking vendor. | members, Federal Farm Land Banks or| agencies, and embodying the | of second lieh notes, by the | »* He distributed ‘some pam+*| and said that the Texas 3 i : ¥ A OS H "1 p25 X EAR Ak 3 2.0 he A A 4 4 BR CA P, \ ad b= i) V2 » te ENROLLMENT AT A. AND M. + COLLEGE UP TO NOON & ; YESTERDAY 5 oH oe 3 1804 ¥ A x fifteen year basis, and at six per cent, seven per cent and eight per rent interest, which he said he hoped vendors would employ so that the pur- chaser would make his annual pay- ments, both first and second lien, on an amortization or fixed annual pay- ment plan. In the discussion that followed the applicableness of his plan was ques- one banker, but was strongly supported by the discussions of many others. In closing he °~ commended the great work that officers of this Col- lege are doing and deplored the fact that professors of Departments are paid only $3,000 per year and deans only $3,600 per year, and asked the question of the bankers if they thought they were more important than Dr. Bizzell, resident of the College, or than T. O. Walton Di- rector -of Extension. Yet, he said, many of you are getting more than twice as much money as they. He also criticised the fact that John C. Burns, Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry, was forced to leave the College to obtain a salary worthy of his capabilities. Committee on Permanent Organi- zation. At the conclusion of Mr. Hirseh's address Mr. Law told the meeting that he thought it was time for them to decide whether this conference was to be a temporary, spasmodic affair or was it to be made a per- manent thing, at the instance of which statement a motion was made by one of the bankers present that a committee on permanent organiza- tion be appointed at once and make its report before the conference ad- journed. The motion carried and Mr. Law after deciding that the com- mittee should be composed of nine three College officials, three hankers. and three farmers ap- pointed as representative of the Col- lege, Dr. Bizzell; as representatives of the farmers, D. E. Lyday, and Jim Gorham; and as representatives of bankers, Joseph Hirsch, Colonel P. L. Downs, and Jim Shaw. Dr. Biz- zell was asked to appoint the other two members from the College and he named T. O. Walton and E. J. Kyle. As the third member of the farmer | representatives Walton Peteet nomi- nated J. T. Orr who was elected. And on motion of Colonel Downs, F. M. Law was made exofficio member. The appointment of the nine members was confirmed by vote of the con- | ference and they were instructed to meet and report before the adjourn- ment of the conference. Colonel Downs Speaks. Colonel Downs was then introduced by Mr. Law and he spoke on “Farm Tenantry”. The basis of our prosperity, con- | tent and happiness is agriculture, he said, and we must have the producer and the man who finances him to- gether in order to make it a success. He sanctioned the Farm Owner- shin ydnivey outlined ;by Mr. Hirsch Bankers’ pis JC ; phlets on which were printed a set | Association would do their part Hn of amortization tablés on a ‘ten and ‘putting on the ¢ampaign. Everv- clothes, at oto A ; ® : an Your Spring Suit is waiting for you among a great collection of up-to-the-minute styles in young men’s A. M. Waldrop & Co. where there are tenants who would buy and owners who would sell if there was only some means of bring- ing them together and suggesting terms suitable to both. He said that sixteen per cent of the applications for loans made to the Federal Farm Loan Bank last year were from persons owning no land. More were made by persons in East Texas than by farmers of the black land belt, and though there were more applications from both South and West Texas the num- ber would not equal those coming from East Texas. He thanked Mr. Hoyle and Mr. Walton for their co-operation in pro- moting the Conference, and express- ed his appreciation of the work be- ing done by the College, saying that he always enjoyed coming here in connection with his work as Presi- dent of the Board of Directors of the Experiment Station, and that he rarely ever missed a commencement exercise. T. O. Walton Speaks Mr. Walton was scheduled for an address on “What the Extension Service is Doing for Agriculture in Texas’ but because of the small length of time allowed him he was unable to treat his subject very fully. He said that in having this repre- sentative group of forward looking citizens here it was a red letter day for A. and M. College and he hoped that it would be a red letter day fer the bankers and farmers. Mr. Walton said that the Exten- sion Service was generally called the legs of the College from the fact] that it carried the scientific fact un- covered by the Experiment Station to the farmers. He dwelt on the regrettable waste of soil fertility in Texas and said the Extension Service was doing all in its power to stop this waste. The meeting was then thrown open for discussion and several bankers and farmers spoke. At 1:30 in the afternoon the Con- ference begah fits work along the more practical. lines of livestock judging. Afternoon. At 1:30 in the afternoon the con- (Continued on. Page 3) ON THE SICK LIST The following students were con- fined to the hospital yesterday: A. W. Adkisson, J. M. Beck, J. F. Currie, W. F. Furneaux, F. J. Gravis, J. C. Lancaster, F. P. Meyers, H. Sehwartze. ————— hin. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK Wednesday, April 21. Banker-Farmer Conference, bank- ers and farmers at College day and night. Thursday, April 22. R. V. festivities begin; dancing in evening Bernard Sbisa Mess Hall. Friday, April 23. ; Holiday, second day R. V.. eve- ning, Queen’s Ball, Bernard Shisa Mess Hall. Saturday, April 24. Holiday, third day R. V. Dancing in evening, Bernard Sbisa Mess Hall. Sunday, April 25. ° Bible School, 9:15, Guion Hall. Morning Services, 10:50, Guion Hall. Y. M. C. A. Chapel Service 6:30. Y. M. C. A. Chapel. Baptist Services, Guion Hall, 2:30. Methodist Services, Y Chapel, 2:30 Presbyterian Services, E. E. Bldg. 2:30. Christian Services, Airdome, 2:30. Episcopal Services, Room 10, C. E. Bldg., 9 o’clock. Mass for Campus Catholics, Room 19, C. E. Bldg., 9:30. —— eee — One bulletin “Bitumin- »” Return to LOST ous Coal Mine Strike. 101 Milner. ——————e ee eee. Everyone is availing themselves of FINN’S FILM SERVICE, because it means speedier and superior work. Run by students, work done by one of 15 years experience in the photo- graph business. a a a a a a a a a A SE I When in Bryan EAT + At the New York Restaurant dodo ot i Boyden for Men Wichert for Women Not only the best for the price, but the best shoes at any price. Shirts, Hosiery, Underwear, Etc. 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