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AAA AAAAALALALLL LL HLH WAAC AN 4 TV VV VV VV VV i VV VV VVV hd A AANA bh A ~ seereaeseessesesseseeset RAIN DOES NOT DAMPEN SPIRIT OF DALLAS AGGIES JULY FOURTH (By Ike Ashburn) Rain, which began falling at five o’clock on the morning of the glor- ious Fourth and which continued through until late in the afternoon W. E. JAPHET, 04, President SOUTHERN BLUE PRINT & SUPPLY C0. BLUE PRINTS BLUE LINE PRINTS CLOTH PRINTS PHOTO PRINTS T. B. HOFFER, ’04, Vice-President Have position for Aggie who has had at least five years ex- perience in city engineer’s department of some progressive city. The opening is in a jam up town and carries with it a salary of $350 per month. Only those who have had experience as stated above need apply. Quick action. Give ’em your record. * kk ok % talk by the Secretary. Then Marion Church was pressed into service. His usual effective and stimulating speech was a distinct contirbution to the oc- casion. Julian Thomas acted as experience. { : master of ceremonies and introduced Have position for young engineer with paving nn JOS ah a | ~ creases in all of * ok pus Christi which can be bought * *k limited amount. *x x for a number of years. money rent for corn. x ES kk til September 30. tion, handling and marketing of application blanks from United Washington, D. C. * 3% $3.600 per year. AN ANNA ANA AH) AN AN Ao Salary $175 per month in growing city. Quick action. Have been asked to seek purchaser for small dairy near Cor- in the family, necessitating removal from farm. business already built up to good proportions. Opportunity for lease of fifty acres near College at Dellwood, and purchase of good dairy herd and fine flock of chickens for a Have a 1200 acre Brazos river farm near Bellville to be leased Run on share basis for cotton land and Splendid pasture and good pecan orchard. Draftsman in city engineer's office $175 per month. Civil Service Examinations. Agricultural Economist. Associate Agricultural Economist. Applications for above positions will be rated as received un- Entrance salary for Agricultural Economist is $3,800 and for Associate Agricultural Economist is $3,000. Duties are to direct and conduct economic research in phases of produc- Associate Marketing Specialist (Live Stock) Applications rated as received until September 30. salary $3,000, advancement without change in assignment up to Investigation of handling, marketing, distribution of livestock, meats and other animal products. Application blanks and information from United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. * Xk % very cheaply on account of illness Good herd and * XX * kk * * * kk ~~ farm products. Information and States Civil Service Commission, * % k ANA Entrance VV VV ~ YY Vv ~ bh A “COUNTRY GENTLEMAN” COMIENDS (COLLEGE INCREASED ENROLLMENK IN THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULIUS 1) Farm Paper Says Course in Agricultural Administration Accounts for Increase in Institutions Students in Ag School Here While Most Suffer Loss. Commenting favorably on the in- crease in enrollment in agricultural courses at the A. and M. College of Texas in the face of decided de- the other agricul- tural colleges of the United States the Country Gentleman makes some interesting observations editorially with reference to that growth. Be- low is given the editorial which ap- peared in the June 28th issue of that great farm paper. “BUSINESS FARMING” “While most of our agricultural colleges have been losing students, according to Dean E. C. Davenport in last week’s issue of THE COUN- TRY GENTLEMAN, Texas Agricul tural and Mechanical College has been gaining. - “It had 89.3 percent. more agri- cultural students in 1923 than in 1919, the greatest increase of any of the colleges. “There is a reason—a good rea- son. The Texas college has recog- nized the revolution that has occur- red in farming. “Up to the depression of 1920-21 its agricultural courses followed the usual orthodox lines and dealt al- most entirely with production. “Then it realized that ability to produce is now only one of the es- sentials of profitable farming. “So it established a course in ag- ricultural administration. “The aim of this course is to equip students to become agricultural bus- iness men. They are trained not only in the practical details of farm- ing but in its newer commercial phases and requirements. “The principles and practices of cooperation, so far as they have been worked out, are taught with the broad conception that farmers must join together in powerful business organizations for the marketing of their products. “The financial elements that bear upon farming are taught, and the effect of natural and world-forces of supply and demand. “Texas A. and M. College has recognized the fact that farming is no longer just growing things—that knowledge of how to produce is no longer enough. “The economical financing and successful marketing of farm pro- ducts are now equally important. “There is something else in this | new Texas idea—a clear-cut recog- nition of the mutuality of interests between the small town business man and the farmer. “The course in agricultural ad- ministration is intended also to equip the man that expects to engage in a business that is contingent upon farming. “In Texas and other strongly ag- ricultural states there is need of a better understanding of the elements of farming on the part of business men, especially those in the smaller towns’, said Dean E.J. Kyle, of the school of agriculture of the College. ‘Such an understanding would work to the interests of both the farmer and the business man. We hope that much of the misunderstanding and lost motion that now exist will be dispelled when men who have taken this course become distributed as business men and leaders over the state.’ “Business has already begun to realize its dependence upon farm- ing. It is good news that at least one breach in the long standing wall of antagonism that has reared it- self between country and city has been made from the other side. “Business and business farming will go forward hand in hand.” — ——— The Santa Fe engineering offices at Temple house a number of Ag- gies. Lee T. Taylor is chief of the flock. Eugene S. Coghill, Wm. V. Smith, N. B Bodine, George W. Tur- ner, W. W. Massenberg, and BR. O Wilson are some of the Red Hot Ag- gies over there at Temple. am 40/8/1888) EE) ve JI\G/I\E)INB)) I I AR A I 2 I I I I IIA A | Club on the morning of June 21st. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES Summer Tourists Afford Splendid Service to INJEC) NENG, CALIFORNIA AND WwW. C. \W)\W/I\Y)\Y)\Y) Let our Agent serve you. AWAYNYNY)Y ATTRACTIVE FARES General Passenger Agent AIAN AND TRIPS TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST McCORIMICIE HOUSTON, TEXAS WANA BN ANI B\I(A\I/ AANA VV VV VV VV VV VY VN NV NNN VN NN ¢|as the time for the feed drew near >| his absence, Ewing having gone to '| the corner for those of the less dar- failed to dampen the spirits or ardor of the 150 loyal Aggies and Aggie wives, sweethearts, etc., who gath- ered at Lake Garland, sixteen miles out from Dallas, for the annual Fourth of July picnic of the Dallas A. and M. Club. About the middle of the morning las A. and M. Mothers’ Club. Mrs. Stephens declared that the mothers of Dallas A. and M. men were just getting under way well with their plans and that they are out to ren- der some real service to the institu- tion. Mrs. Stephens is thoroughly embued with Aggie spirit. Tyree Bell is her nephew. Marvin Step- hens her son is a Junior next year in College. Mrs. Burgess who has two sons at A. and M. was called upon and supplemented what Mrs. Stephens had said. Julian called at- tention to the establishment of the loan fund by these good women and they were accorded a distinct ova- tion. Supple Sol Gillespie, J. B. Was- kom, “Mc” McAlpine, Kamp McGin- nis, Carl Scudder, Fatty Felt, and a few others of the younger genera- tion gave a great demonstration of “baseball as she is played.” The it looked like not even Aggies would be able to celebrate the Fourth in the manner which they had planned. I was with Parson Church and we decided that we would go out to Gar- land and see if any other ‘brave souls’ were on the job. We got there about 10:30. Found A. Y. Shiels, and S. A. Lipscomb and their families opening up barbecue. A. R. “Red” Hawkins and his Dad and one or two others were fighting it out for the Dallas county champion- ship in horse shoe pitching. My brother, Haygood Ashburn, of Green- ville, who is as loyal an Aggie as if he had taken every course offered at only trouble experienced was from the College, was there, having driven ~" : : through from Greenville. Ewing | Wild throws the ball going into the +o | lake. Mosely’s boss was there to celebrate No record of those present was ' made. But to me it was a wonderful- ly delightful day. Saw Asa Hunt, R. K. Alexander of Shreveport, La., Charlie Whitman, J. W. Martin, Tom Ratcliffe, Lidsley Jolliff, W. E. Han- naford, Doctor Nathan Powell, Don Lee, of Houston, Miller McCraw, C. M. Evans, W. E. Hannaford and a whole raft of others. After an afternoon baseball the picnicers made their way back to Dallas. Bob Shiels wired his regrets from the East over his absence. There were a number of other old timers who were out of the city, too. All in all it was a great day in spite of very adverse weather condi- tions. Plans had been made for the entertainment and feeding of 500. The crowd that was there had es- pecially good appetites, however, and but little food was wasted. THE HOUSTON CLUB IN RHYME (By Bryan Franklin Roberts) | nl ably held his proud position There were men whose cheeks were , and presided there with grace. Sure, he sat beside ye poet, which should make him mighty proud; but alas, he didn’t show it there before that noble crowd. Still, we hope he gets elected, though we’re not di- vulging why—he will lose if it’s de- tected he’s a sort of human guy. There was also our physician with his classic beard and smile, who can put you in condition to tee out a half a mile—there, we missed the best of chances for a rhyme for Doc- tor Kyle, but a story’s worth en- hances if you tell it after while. As an after dinner speaker he’s a tall and handsome gent, and we feign would quaff a beaker to the club’s best president. Fatty Martin’s wild tromboner, and the banjo boy the same, and jazzy saxophoner, and the ones we cannot name, made the turkey and river carries seaward its red load of | the chicken shake and shimmy going sand. down, and if we can do the pickin’, There the pride of engineering, they're the prizes of the town. Don Lee, loudly made known, midst! Oh, to be an A. and M.’er is a joy enthusiastic cheering, Traprock that’s great to feel, but our chance Briggs of San Antone. There was| for that is slimmer than our chance Runt Hanson, lord and master of to be an eel; we must struggle on the San Antonio club, than whom no in sorrow for the honors that we one there was faster when we got to | miss, knowing that on each tomor- stowing grub. Horace Soule, whose |row we must write some stuff like sole ambition is to win “J. Dixie’s” | this—Houston Chronicle. WACO ENJOYS COMANCHE STEW (By Luke Ballard) Did you ever read of, hear of, and be reminded of the goodness of something to eat until the saliva in your mouth flowed so freely that you almost lost control and began looking up the telephone number of your plumber? Well, that was about the condition of the members of the Waco Aggie New York City with the Texas dele- gation of Democrats. It was not long until Nestor Me- Ginnis and Mrs. McGinnis Dodged in. Then came the others and by noon there were close to 200 live ones out for the picnic. Barbecued meat, with Don Lee sauce, (twice hottern’n Tabasco pour- ed out by Don liberally, he thinking it was soup) came out in air tight kegs from the local packers, real city fashion. Then there were potato chips, hot buns, olives, pickles, lem- onade, coffee, home-made cake and ice cream galore. It was a wonder- ful feed and Boss Shiels and his group of willing helpers among the ladies served it in splendid fashion. After the luncheon was over the crowd gathered around the fire and were bored for a few minutes by a of exciting tinted—now we've got to tell the truth—there were men, as we have hinted, tinted—with the flush of youth. Doctors, bankers, wise attor- neys gathered round the festal board; engineers from distant jour- neys, friends long absent were re- stored to their cherished eating places with their brother A. & M.’s Houston’s club of smiling faces and of chronic Sunny Jims. There were men with trailing whiskers, and with fierce mustachios; men retired from plows and diskers, from the corn and cotton rows; there were men whose hair has whitened in the service of mankind; men whose teachings have enlightened all the ways they left behind; men of Tex- as’ hills and prairies from the sil- very Rio Grande up to where Red happy as “Pigs in the Clover”, and the air was filling with the aroma of the stew to the extent that it was necessary to use force to make the investigating committee return to the city and advise all members that the “Stew” would be served as prom- ised rain or shine crowd or no crowd. That every cloud has a silver lin- ing is an old adage and in this in- stance proved the rule. The rain slowed down about six p. m., coming to a full stop at seven and here they came. Aggies, Aggie wives, child- ren, sweethearts, Aggie associate members. The food was ready and judging by the praise and the quan- But the clouds were heavy and dis- appointment began to show around ing type. By noon the clouds over- flowed in great shape and telephones began to ring, the question being on most every members lips; “Are we going to have the ‘Comanche Stew’ as promised by Dr. Rufe Adams?’ The only answer was, that neither Dr. Rufe Adams, Luke Ballard or Secretary Allen could be located in town. However a committee was sent out to the meeting place at the mouth of the Bosque River in Cam- eron Park to investigate and there it was discovered that the “Stew” was boiling in spite of the rain and the gang in charge of the stew were as Slightly over 100 consumed the food prepared for over 200 which rain was a God send and had it not come and had the full attendance shown up there would have indeed been disappointments—thus demon- strating the goodness of the “Com- anche Stew.” reason for such wonderful appetites Mrs. Stephens, president of the Dal- ties consumed there were no regrets. | $ leads the gang to believe that the > It is suspected by some that the ® and full enjoyment by all in atten- ¢ 98 1-2 MAIN ST. Phone Preston 6780 Engineering and Architectural Supplies Write, wire or phone us, and we will be only too glad to do all we can for you. Houston, Texas at their Wise Co. Plants. struction material. the farmer. accounts. VV VV VVVVVVVVVVVIVVVVVVVVVVVVVV VV VV VO © HCC) B) BB) BB) B) BBR BNR BRO) 2 TEXAS STONE PRODUCTS COMPANY GEN’L. OFFICES, DALLAS Quarry, crush and grind 2000 tons of limestone daily Coarse sizes are marketed as Road Building and con- "RAW AGRICULTURAL LIME We sell the fine screenings and dust at low prices to LIME increases crop production and builds up bank Ask your County Agent about LIME. Write us for information. dance was that the attendance was in no wise disturbed as there were no speeches and no program, just a real old time get-together family af- fair, composed of those who dared for the sake of enjoyment to brave the rain, mud, and inconvenience to be present. Now can you fellows reading this understand why in the beginning we said something about an overflow of Well here’s hoping you will be in our vacinity next 21st of July saliva? as we are going to do it over and the rain will have taught us a lesson as there will be “Stew” for all comers. The taste remains long after the eating and that is representative of the ‘McLennan County Aggie Spirit.’ —eee teeter PITTSBURG, PA., A. AND M. CLUB. The Aggie: Just a few lines to let you know we are still alive. The “Smoky City” gang held a ban- quet at the Fort Pitt Hotel in Pitts- burgh on May 17. Some of the boys were unable to attend, but we are sure they will be there next time. L. S. (Husky) Lammers acted as toastmaster and yell leader and Joe Proctor was chief spokesman. Joe had just returned from a business trip to California and a pleasure trip to KJ Texas and of course, College Station. He was full of pep in telling us all the latest news about the old school. It made some of us feel like we were in a “column of squads” again when each man related the main events (including the midnight speeches of “Dutch” Hohn) during his time. We are planning to have another get-together this fall after the new We hope to be able to have it at a less busy time, so that men get here. more of the out-of-town boys can attend. We have found three more boys in this neck of the woods. They are: V. F. Dowden, 722 Hazelwood Ave., Pittsburgh; Bert Johns, 317 Franklin Ave., Wilkinsburg, and John F. Nash, Appalachian Power Co., Bluefield, W. Va. Dowden is a tester and Johns is a student at the E. Pittsburgh plant of the Westinghouse E. & M. Co. Nash is in the power division of the above power company. With best personal regards, Yours truly, C. C. HUDSPETH. EE RM hMNE aE I Over 100 former students of the College will be back here for the Short Course the last week in July. Most of the men are in the employ of the Extension Service. He p is an indication of character. the easiest way “THE HOME “THRIFT” ¢ Men and women who save are gov- erned by the restraint of trained instinct. Putting your savings at work is a further indication of character at work is a further indication plus eommon sense. We pay interest from the date of deposit at the rate of 4.38%. THE SAN ANTONIO LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY (Incorporated without Banking Privileges) SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 215 WEST COMMERCE STREET The spendthrift follows OF THRIFT” We have been outfitting Aggie teams for years. Everything in Knitted goods for Individuals as well as for athletic clubs. 0’SHEA KNITTING MILLS MAKERS OF Athletic Knitted Wear for every sport. 2414-24 North Sacramento Avenue CHICAGO, L 3 AA AZZ ZAZA ZA AA AA AA AA AAA NAAN BN NNG OaOROLOL 0000000 alata al a a aa aa aaa 2a a4 44 2 4 4 4 A Ad ILLINOIS A AA AA AA ALAA ALLL LLLL LHR OOOO VVVVVVVVVV VV VV VV
