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College Station, Texas, Tuesday, April 1, 1924.
No. 150
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
OF COTTON SEED
Commercial Economist Discusses Eco-
nomic Factors in the Cotton
Seed Oil Industry.
“Soap Making and Edible Oils,” was
discussed in a very interesting and
instructive manner by Dr. W. R.
Whitney, economist for the Proctor
and Gamble Co., last Friday evening.
It was the third of a series of lec-
tures to be presented through the
courtesy of the T-xas Cotton Seed
Crushers’ Association.
Dr. Whitney discussed the subject
both from a technical and a general
business standpoint. The technical
processes of modern soap making as
practiced by the Proctor and Gam-
bl © Cc., vegetable oils, their impor-
tance and distribution both at hcme
and abroad, economic factors in the
fluctuation of vegetable oil prices,
romance of the utilization of the cot-
on seed, and cotton seed from an
economic standpoint, were thc impor-
tant points stressed in the lecture.
“Modern methods of large scale pro-
duction have enabled our company tu
produce a cheaper and at the same
time a high grade scap than tne
old home methods,” he said. A staff
of chemists are continually employed
to maintain our standards of manu-
facture and introduce new and better
methods.
“Vegetable oil is fast becoming one
¢f the world’s most important indus-
tires du> to the perfection of the
processes of de-odorization and hy-
drozenation, but the returns are being
held down due to a harmful tariff
and exchange fluctuations. Export
trade is the basis of our profit and
unless we can revive the foreign
mark-t the South is going to suffer.
“The story of the cotton seed is
one of the most striking of our indus-
trial romances, starting from a small
press in 1826, the South now has 750
mills in operation, and the products,
oil, meal, linters and hulls, have all
important industrial uses.
“In spite of the restriction of ex-
cess mills, short season non-ccntral-
ized markets and unscrupulous spec-
ulaticn, the cotton seed industry is a
fascinating one, and its success in the
future will reflect on the prosperity
of the Urited States, and especially
the South.”
‘Engineering Group
Of Social Club Is
Host to . Membership
Members of the College Women’s
Social club were delightfully enter-
tained Friday afternoon by a group
the membership composing the wives
within the School of Engineering.
Mrs. F. C. Bolton by virtuec of her
ranking positicn acted as chairman of
the program.
The meeting was opened with an
impressive tribute to Mrs. J. C. Nagle,
former leading woman within the Col-
lege School of Engineering. She was
recognized by the presentation of a
corsage of violets from the baby
hands ¢f Billie Mae Marburger and
an expression of honor lisped from
her tiny mouth.
Following were a number of enter-
taining numbers including a piano so-
lo by Mrs. Lynn Harter, vceal solo by
Mrs. M. K. Thornton, readings by Bil-
lie Mae, veceal solo by Mrs. F. H. Fish,
who was accompanied on the piano by
Mrs. Regenbrecht and on the violin
by Mrs. M. M. Montgomery.
In the social hour that followed .re-
freshments of angel food cake, whip-
ped cream and hot tea were served.
AGGIES WIN TWO GAMES
FROM OWL BASEBALL TEAM
The Aggies took their first con-
ference game Friday afternoon by
defeating the Rice Owls. The score
was 11 to 2. There were few errors
in the game. The one sided score
was the result of the batting efficien-
cy of the Aggies, and the inability
of the Owls to master the speed and
curves of “Lefty” Rogers who pitched
the nine innings for the Farmers.
The third inning won the game for
the locals. On six clean hits in that
period they counted six runs.
The second game was won by the
score of 25 to 9. The Aggies regis-
tered 18 tallies in three consecutive
innings. The Owls led 6 to 3 at the
end of the second but the Farmers led
12 to 8 at the end of the fourth.
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LOST—Camera from the new Dairy
Husbandry Building. This camera
belongs to a visitor to the College who
is very anxious to have it returned.
Anyone having knowledge of its lo-
cation please notify J. A. Clutter, Dai-
ry Husbandry Department. 150
DR. WINFIELD §. HALL
T0 SPEAK THURSDAY
Famous Lecturer on Social and Sex
Education Will Talk to Young
Men of College
Dr. Winfield ‘Scott Hall will deliver
one of his famous addresses on the
subject of social hygiene and sex ed-
ucation to the men of tho institution
in the Assembly Hall Thursday even-
ing at 6:30. The topic of his address
will be, “Efficient Manhood.”
Dr. Hall is professeor emeritus of
the medical faculty of Northwestern
University after 22 years of active
teaching. He is the author of stand-
ard works on social hygiene and sex
education. He talks on the essential
problem, racial betterment and social
advancement. He spoaks with the in-
telligence of a trained and experienc-
ed physician, with the thoroughness
and frankness of an expert teacher,
and with the idealistic and ethical
motiv.s of a true gentleman. The
biologic, sociologic, and hygienic facts
essential for a comprehensive discus-
sion of social and health problems are
presented in a scholastic yet thorough-
ly understandable manner.
Last year the famous lecturer gave
952 lectures to an aggregate of more
than 183,000 people, mostly college
men and women.
Speaking f Dr. Hall D. M. Fish
of the Department of Sociology of
Washburn College says; I was es-
pecially happy to be able to speak of
your helpful words to our young mon
in recent letter to Dr. Fisher of the
International Committee. Finer,
stronger, clearer, and cleaner words
than I have ever heard us d on such
an occasion by any other worker in a
similar field. How they could be oth-
er than convincing and dynamic in
the most practical way I cannot see.
I feel a debt of obligation to you for
such a presentation to the man of
Washburn.
METHODIST JUNIOR-SENIOR
| LEAGUE PARTY FRIDAY
| The Methodist Junior-Senior League
party w:ll be held Friday afternoon
jotainaie at 5 o'clock at Crenshaw’s
place on the Bryan-College road.
| Members are urged to make dates and
| check mames of list of girls that is at
| the Y. M. C. A.