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About The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1924)
The Baily Mulletin Vol. VII College Station, Texas, Saturday, March 15, 1924. "No. 136 HOUSING PLAN WILL BE MADE AT MEETING: Everyone Interested in the Plan of | Company to Build Houses is Invited. The first meeting of the stock- helders of the proposed College Sta- tion Housing Corporation will be held in the lecture room of the Phys- ics building at 4 o’clock next Tues- day afternoon and all those inter- ested in the plan of the corporation including even those who have not subscribed for stock are invited to be present. It is hoped to complete the sub- scription list at this time and take the initial steps toward securing a charter, Dr. F. B .Clark said. While having some feature of a building and loan association it will be more profitable than such an asscciation for this community. “With the exception that the new company will be a private corpora- tion, the proposed plan of operation will be very similar to a building and loan association,” he said. Those sponscring the organization feel that the plan will be better adapted to our immediate needs than an outright building and loan association for the following reasons: “l. More speedy construction of houses. At best the building and loan association lends to individuals and constructs only as individuals demand loans. This tends to limit the number of houses to about a dozen a year in small towns—in fact cne each month is rather more than can be expected in small commun- ities. The demand here is far be- yond that, and is not exclusively cf the home-owning nature. It appears, therefore that a plan of multiple con- struction of houses which allows the tenant if he remains a tenant, to participate in the earnings of the company, while allowing at the same time opportunity to buy the place in which he lives, is better suited to cur needs. “2. Smaller capitalization. Ther: is great danger that a building and | loan association will find it fmpos: | sible to retire its stock owing to the fact that the capitalization of the as- sociation may be in excess of the con- | (Continued on Col. 2, page 4) PRESIDENT T0 REACH ROME ON APRIL 2 He and Registrar Will Spend More than Half of Month of April Visiting Italian Cities. From Wednesday, April 2 to Fri- day, April 4, inclusive, President W. B. Bizzell and Registrar Charles E. Friley will be in Rome . One day will be spent in sight-seeing by private carriage, visiting the Vatican, Piacca del Popolo, Church of Santa Maria del Popolo, Prati (modern quarter of Rome), Vatican Sculpture Galleries, Candlestick Galleries Arrazzi Gal- lery Picture Gallery, Sistine Chapel, Stanzas of Raphael, Chapel of Beato Angelicc, Appian Way, Catacomb, Do- mine Quo Vadis, Baths of Caracalla, Circus Maximus, Tomb of Scipios, Arch of Drusus, Porta San Sebasti- ano, Aurelian Walls ,Church of Do- mine Quo Vadis, Catacombs, Circus Maxentius, Tombs ¢f Cec’lia Metel- la, Aqueducts, Alban and Sabine in Naples at 7:10 p.m., where they will depart from Rome on Saturday, April 5, at 2:40 p.m. and will arrive in Naples at 7:10 p.m., where they will have accommodations at the Grand Hotel. Sunday and Monday, April 6 and 7, will be spent in Naples, with sight- ‘seeing tour in town by private car- riage, visiting the principal points of interest. A one-day excursion will be made to Pompeii by train and car- riage. They will depart from Naples Tuesday morning at 8:45 a.m., with luncheon in. the restaurant car, ar- riving in Florence at 7:25 p.m, where they will have accommodations at Hotel Italie. Wednesday, April 9 will be spent in Florence ,with sight-seeing by pri- vate carriage visiting Duomo, Cam- panile, Baptistry, Church of San Michaels, Casa Dante (Dante’s house), Piazza della Signoria, Palaz- zo Vacchio, Leggio dei IL.anzi, and Fountain of Neptune, Uffizi Gallery, Pitti Gallery, Ponte Vecchio, the church of San Lorenzo and | famous Medici Chapels, Bar- gello Palace, Church of Santa Croce, Viale dei Colli ,Panoramic View of Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo and the Church of San Minato. They will depart from Florence at 8:50 a. (Continued on Col. 3, Page 4) (COLLEGE HERDS WIN ~ AT FT. WORTH SHOW | I | | Shorthorn Steers and Hogs are Big- gest Winners in Show | Ring. Precedent was upheld by the ani- mals of the College at the Southwest- ern Exposition and Livestock show at Fort Worth according to informa- tion brought here yesterday by E. M. Regenbrecht, associate professor of animal husbandry. Majority of win- nings were on Shorthorn cattle and on hogs. A total of eight firsts, six seconds and six thirds were won on the steer herd, principally on Short- horns. In hogs the College had grand champion individual, grand champicn pen of three, won three of the four breed championships, three breed pen championships, ten firsts, two seconds, and seven thirds. The amount of money won by the College was not given by Professor Regenbrecht but it is known to be equal to that won in past years. On the Shorthorn breed the Col- lege had in addition to the champion- ship, first senicr yearling steer, first junior yearling steer, first senior calf, first junior calf, first herd of three, first and third senior calf and first junior calf in the special class of the Texas Shorthorn Breeders’ club. : Only one first was won on Here- fords. This was on a junior yearling steer. Other prizes on this breed were second and third senior year- ling steer, second junior yearling steer, third and fifth senior steer calf and second and third on steer herd. In the Angus breed the College had second senior yearling steer, second junior yearling steer, third senior steer calf, third junior steer calf and second steer herd of three. In the Angus division the College had second senior yearling steer, sec- ond junior yearling steer, third sen- ior steer calf, third junior steer calf and second steer herd of three. Complete winnings on hogs in ad- dition to the individual grand cham- pionship, grand championship pen of three, three breed championships and three breed pen championships were as follows: (Continued on Col. 1, Page 4)
