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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1915)
THE BATTALION Published Weekly by the Student's Association of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas VOL. XXII. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, JANUARY 13, 1915. NUMBER 14 ULL-COMPIY GAME RESULTED IN TIE TIME DRAWS NEAR FOR 'FRISCO VOTE TO VISIT A. Si M. AG. DEPARTMENTS GAME HOTLY CONTESTED, BUT NO SCORE—EVERETT CHOSEN BEST COACH. DECISION TO BE MADE ABOUT FEB. 1—CADETS REQUEST ED TO WRITE HOME. CANNIN CLUB AGENTS TO HOLD WEEK SESSION HERE JANUARY 14. AGRICULTURAL E N G I N E E RING DEPT. SECURES WHOLE IMPLEMENT BUILDING. ALL-COMPANY TEAM CHOSEN Saturday, Jan. 9, a game of football was played by two elevens chosen from the different company teams. Ev erett and Kendricks coached one team and Scott and Cawthon coached the other team. As the time for practice was very limited, both sides lacked team work, but the game was featured by individual playing. Every man on both teams starred at some time or other during the game. Neither side was able to score, and the ball see-sawed up and down the field thruout the game. When the game was over the judges picked the all-company team. This was a difficult task, as every man in the game played'stellar football. Everett was chosen as the best coach, as six of his men won places on the all-company team, while Scott placed five of his men on the team. The members of the all-company team were awarded silver footbaals. Line-Up. Everett’s Team. Scott’s Team. Harris R. E. “Bull” Moses Fleming-Smith R. T. Japhet Reynolds R. G. Slay Landers McCollum (Capt.) C. Duncan. L. G. Ehlert White L. T. Clarkson Brailsford-Gilliams Smith, L M. L. E. Turner R. H. Price Olsen Turnage-M cFarland L. H. “Bullet” Moses F. B. Clarke-Oglesby Runge (Capt) Q. B. Stangel The all-company team selected was: R. E. Harris, R. T. Japhet, R. G. Slay, C. McCollum, L. G. Duncan, L. T. White, L. E. Smith, F. B. Runge, Q. B. Stangel (Capt.), R. H. Olsen, L. H. Tur ner. FRESHMAN CLASS ELECTION. In the freshman class election held before Christmas the following of ficers were elected: .President, H. Brooks: vice-president, C. H. Read; secretary-treasurer, H. J. Kennard; historian, R. B. Miller; members of the Students’ Council, H. C. Knicer- boeker, K. C. Motley, D. B. Burns, A. R. McLean. THE CHANGE OF A LIFETIME That the time has about arrived when those in charge of the proposed trip to San Francisco , to attend the Panama-Pacific International Exposi tion, should get their hands on the pulse of the cadet corps, is the state ment of Major R. R. Allen, originator of the “On tjo San Frisco’’ move ment. “Just as soon as the cadets have paid their second maintenance fees and met the other expenses incident to the remainder of the year, we will have a mass meeting, see how they are fixed financially and then determine finally whether the trip will be made,” said Major Allen. “It seems that all hope of raising money from outside sources is a thing of the past, and the only hope we entertain of taking the corps to San Francisco is that the boys, a sufficient number to make a good showing to insure for us the priv ileges we need, will be able to meet their own expenses. If 350 or more of our number can attend, defraying their own expenses, there is no reason why this trip should not be made. “Just now there is not much that we can do. The idea is not dead and we have not abandoned all hope of making the thrip thru Colorado and out to San Francisco and return. In the event the boys feel that they can meet their own expenses and pledge themselves to that end, Ike Ashburn will complete the Plans now in mind and make final arrangements for the trip, acting, of course, with the com mitteemen from from the various classes. “It is now up to us boys to write home and find out whether funds will be forthcoming for this trip, to the end that when the mass meeting is held early in February we may act in telligently.” SENIOR WRITE-UPS. Jarvis wishes the following things to be observed in the Senior write ups: First, give the town, State and course of the one being written up, and follow this by the age, weight and height. Next give the “pedigree,” and follow this by the write-up proper. The pedigrees and write-ups, together, should be from 170 to 190 words long. In the pedigrees give the most im portant positions or rank of the Senior year first and go from that to the least imporant. Do he same for the Junior year, and so on down. These write-ups should be in within the next few days. OTHER IMPORTANT SPEAKERS Hon. Bradford Knapp, special agent in charge of farm demonstration work. United States Department of Agricul ture, Washington, D. C., and Mr. Louis B. Flohr, scientific expert, department of farm markets, will lecture in Chapel Friday night, Janaury 15th. The speakers will be introduced by Hon. Clarence Ousley, director of extension. Dr. Knapp will speak on “Rural Bet terment Thru Community Effort,” and Mr. Flohr will spsaek on “Parcel Post Marketing.” It is seldom that the students have an opportunity to hear such distin guished men, and men who stand so high in the field of agriculture. Dr. Knapp’s work is without doubt more far-reaching in its benefits and comes closer in touch with the farmer than that of any other division of the United States Department of Agricul ture. With the money made available thru the new Smith-Lever act, the work of extension will grow by leaps and bounds, and Dr. Knapp will out line some of the may ways of reach ing the farmer in this way. Marketing is also demanding much attention at this time, and students of economics, farm management, farm marketing and in fact all students of agriculture should hear Mr. BTohr’s ad dress on “Parcel Post Marketing.” The two above lectures are part of a week’s course in home economics and demonstration work that will be given to all the county agents in Texas doing home demonstration work. The course will begin Thursday, January 14th, and continue for one week. There will be some thirty lady agents in attendance. All students are especially urged to hear the lectures of Dr. Knapp and Mr. Flohr next Friday night, and as many of the other lectures as possi ble. Hon. Clarence Ousley will give an informal talk. Mrs. George D. Marshall of Bryan will favor the audience with a solo. MORE OF CUPID’S WORK. The following interesting clipping is taken from the San Angelo Stand ard : “Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Carson, who were married in San Angelo last Fri day, left yesterday for Sherwood, their future home. Mr. Carson is well known in his home town, and Mrs. Carson, who was Miss Erie Thomas, has a host of friends in San Angelo, where she formerly resided.” OTHER AGRICULTURAL NOTES The office of the department of agricultural engineering has been moved from the agricultural building to the implement building. Prof. E. C. Gee, head of the department, is very comfortably situated .n his new quar ters. The entire implement building is now occupied by the agricultural engineering office and laboratories. The farm crops laboratory, which was formerly upstairs, has been moved to the academic building. Prof. Gee has increased the equip ment and apparatus in his laboratory so rapidly that the implement building will no longer hold it all. A long shed has been constructed just back of the building for sheltering the large number of traction engines, ditching machines, etc. For some time the laboratory has contained all the latest types of gas, gasoline, kerosene and low grade dis tillate tractors, but recently a new steam tractor has been added to the equipment. This makes the labora tory a fair representation of all the modern types of traction engines. The stationary gas engine section of the laboratory is even more com plete. In contains, in addition to all of the various types and models of gasoline and kerosene engines, two crude oil engines. These engines are operated without any ignition system whatever—no batteries, spark plugs, mangetoes, hot tubes, etc. Reference to these engines was made in The Battalion some time ago. The building is now fitted with elec tric lights and the most delicate laboratory work can be carried on during the dark, cloudy days without any delay. The demand for agricultural engi neering students is far in excess of the supply. The work is new, but fills a long-felt want. Large implement and machinery firms are constantly asking for competent men as sales men, demonstrators, “expert trouble men,” etc. The owners of large farms and ranches are no longer con tent with managers who do not have a thorp working knowledge of modern implements and machinery. The system by which bells situated in the main and E. E. buildings are made to ring on the hour and five minutes before, the bells being con trolled electrically by a clock in the E. E. building, has been extended to the agricultural building. This is quite a convenience and tends to pre vent lateness of classes. Prof. Burke of the animal hus-