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About The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1920)
THE DAILY BULLETIN, SUNDAY, OCT. 3, 1920 Che Baily Bulletin Publis shed each morning except _ Mon- day, by the Publicity Department of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas Official Publication of the Col- lege. Distributed free to all students, instructrars and C ampus re sidents. Ad- vertising rates furnis shed on application. Office: floor Roont 113, first Academic Building WILLIAM BENNETT BIZZELL President of the College FRANK O. MARTIN Publicity Secretary _ WHERE BRITISH POWER LIES. Since: it has become known that King George has indicated a desire to see Lord Mayor MacSwiney, who has been on a hunger strike in Brix- ton prison, pardoned, many have wondered why the king did not par- don the prisoner himself, and be done with the case. The failure of the king to act has aroused much interest in the subject of the pardoning prerogatives of the British crown, and those who. have looked into the matter have that in .actual practice the king of England has less power than president of a Republic, and less even the "it was impracticable. ship Great Britain and Ireland, . British dominions, and emperor of India, can not release from prison Terence MacSwiney, without the con- sent of Mr. Lloyd George, a Welsh- man whose power continues only so 12 as he holds popular confidence. —Houston Post. PROMINENT BIOLOGIST VISITS THE COLLEGE (Continued From Page 1) Dr. Johnston proposes to secure two ¢ntomologists in this country, one of whom he shall send to South America to study various insects and bacteria of prickly pear in that coun- try. The other man he expects keep in Texas and Mexico to make collections of these various pests, col- onize them in this country and then them to the laboratory in Queensland where they will be col- , cnized and later on liberated. rious in the past to control this cactus with found | sodium arsenate but the experiments have proven to be so expensive that After he has and of the | to Va- | experiments have been made! Fr Cp——— , secured the series of pests from this | than that possessed by the gover-- nors of the various American states. In fact, it has been found that the monarchs of Europe generally have less power in respect to the preroga- tive of granting pardons than have the chief executives of the republics in Europe. As government become more. democratic in name, it would country he expects the men whom he | will employ to move their headquar- || ters to Queensland and propagate the insects there. Dr. Johnston express- e¢ himself as being very favorably impressed with this College and was especially interested in our system of military instruction which is entire- | ly different from that of the Univer- seem that in reality they invest more | sities of Australia. power in their chief officers. For whereas in republics, dents and governors may or remit sentences imposed by courts, in monarchial kings are under such restrictions as | to practically take the matter out of their hands. They can act only with! the consent of their ministers, and] any pardon signed by a monarch must be countersigned by a minister authority to pardon. The record of the case tempt by pardon an anarchist professor wide learning shows that it was met with the threat of his entire cabinet to resign. There are still people in this coun- of an pnd | States of the American union, presi- commute | the ! countries the with | | | | i | | | | \ at- | King Alfonso of Spain to! of | He spent the day with S. W. Bil- sing, professor of Entomology. ——eetlp lp FORD SOON TO OPEN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE Petroit.—Establishment by the \-f'ord Motor Company of an educa- i tional department to be known as the Ford Technical Institute, with university rank, which will grant de- grees in mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering, is announced. Complete courses will be made available to the more than 75,000 employees of the Ford company | without charge. An academic de- partment will be established and try who imagine that King George is | the ruler of Great Britain, and much of the hostility to among certain classes is based on the erroneous idea that royalty controls the English government. This incident should serve to en- lighten Americans as to the relative powers possessed - by the English monarch and the American chief ex- ecutive. 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Welfare Council has progressed to | CCVET every The students, engineering. will not phafe of i% was stated, | distant date is assured. | that point where organization at no Representa- | have at their disposal equipment in-| tives of State and local welfare or- stalled merely for demonstration and | exposition purposes, but millions of | worth of machinery and ap- paratus, which wil] be the last word in scientific development. The institute will be formally opened this fall. aL A PS ganizations agreed in conference at! San Antonio on the need of a State | ganization, to further social w el- | Tar research and maintain a clear- | ing-house of information, but not to | exercise the function of supervision. There no means of estimating! the value of such a federation in ad- | is vance of consummation and a test of | | constant | of general rather than local | concern calling for of his pen make Eugene V. Debs a Use the “Y”—Boost the “Y”—Sup- free man. But George V.; king of | port the “Y.” _— 4 HOSPITALITY Means More Than a Formal Welcome. EVERY MAN ON THE CAMPUS | is cordially welcome at our store, whether 3 he has a dollar to spend or not. 1 WE WANT TO KNOW YOU. Fountain Pens, Ever-Ready Pencils ? Expert Repairing Are Our Specialties POST OFFICE BLOCK ’ BRYAN, TEXAS PARK’S JEWELRY STORE a PNA can | would assure a | interchange of ideas and; comparison of experiences, and would direct attention to - problems | impor- | is a common concerted effort. | Sn — | UNIVERSITY PRESS NOW AN INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT sevice. not be That it will*be great doubted. Tt. tance, whose solution Auvstin.—What has béen heretofore | known as the laboratory of the! school of journalism ofthe Univer- printing office of that institution and is officially designated the Uni- tagement of A. C. Wright, also . structor in the mechanics of printing, | United States | tant. the man- in- versity Press. It is under aepartment of journalism. The shop is well equipped with presses, typesetting machines and other appliances for firstelass typo- graphical work, it is stated by the maragement. Practically all the printing of the university, including | bulletins, will be done by the Uni- versity Press. ————————— i OLD ARMY MULE IS HOLDING UP BETTER THAN COSTLY AUTOS San Antonio.—The army is staging a come-back. Drastic steps are the Southern mule being taken in Department of the Army, headquarters at San Antonio, for the restoration of the old methods of transportation used before the war emergency, ac- cording to Col. A. E. Saxton, adju- Cutting down expenses and in- | ability to get parts for some of the automobiles at the camp are given as the reasons for the revival of the nule. Colonel Saxton is expecting horse and mule drawn the wagons to be sity of Texas is now an“independent | used for routine work while leaving [ the motor drawn vehicles for quick | tr ansportation.
