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THE BATTALION
Friday, July 7, 1916.
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GET THIS MOVIE FOR YOUR HOME TOWN.
A. & M. was in holiday attire when the moving picture, “Closing Days of 1916 at the Agricultural
and Mechanical College of Texas” was made. Commencement. The picture, of which there are nearly 2,500
feet, is splendid in photography and subject matter and makes an interesting feature for any moving picture
program.
The Southwestern Track Meet with Captain Merlin Mitchell winning the 100-yard dash, the football
game between A. & M. and Oklahoma University when A. & M. won the Southwestern championship, are
featured in the athletic division.
The picture has a distinct educational value but is not so “educational as to be heavy and uninterest
ing.” There is not an inch of the 2,500 feet that drags.
The picture has been placed in the hands of the Exclusive Feature Film Service, 1917 Main St. Dallas,
for distribution and is to be had at exceptionally low rates.
See that the two reels are shown and advertised in your community.
ated a demand for Texas A. & M..
men that is not to be satisfied even
with the entire class.
The pay may be low at the be
ginning but the men who work find
rapid promotion.
ARMY EXAMINATIONS
ARE ANNOUNCED.
For the information of cadets or
graduates desiring to enter the reg
ular army Jas. R. Hill, First Lieut. U.
S. Cavalry, commandant, makes the
following statement:
“Word has been received that on
August 21st, there will be held a
competitive examination of candi
dates from civil life for appointment
to Army as Second Lieutenants. As
there are more than 1500 vacancies
in the grade of second lieutenant any
person who can pass the required ex
amination has a good chance to be
appointed. Graduates from A. & M.
are exempt from examination in cer
tain subects. Full information may
be obtained by addressing, The Ad
jutant General, U. S. Army, Washing
ton, D. C.
A. & M. MEN EMPLOYED AT
EXPERIMENT STATION.
Six A. & M. men are working on
the Experiment Station farms at the
College. In addition there are a
number of men employed on these
farms at various sub-stations located
in different sections of the State. P.
R. Perkins, ’16, J. S. Mogford, ’15,
are graduates recently employed by
the local experiment station officials
while “Smiles” Jennings, F. W.
Clarkson, Oscar Gray, and V. E.
Hafner are undergraduates who are
spending the summer on the main
station.
The men are leading a bachelor
life at the farm.
BOARD ELECTS
ECONOMICS HEAD.
Every cadet in the corps is in this picture.
President Goes to Washington,
Is Interested in Army Bill
President Bizzell left Saturday for Washington where he will confer
with the war department officials concerning the army bill, recently passed
and approved, and which has an important bearing on the land grant
colleges. President Bizzell hopes to see the provisions of that bill in effect
by the opening of school, September 26th.
One of the most important provisions of the bill is the furnishing of
free uniforms to all cadets enrolled in the land grant colleges. That would
mean the saving of a large amount to each student and would assist hun
dreds of worthy boys who are struggling to make their way through
school.
Other provisions are for the issue of tentage, wagons, hospital and engin
eering equipment, etc., to these institutions.
Full announcement of the results of his visit will be made in the
next issue of The Battalion.
TRUST FUND CHECKS.
Trust fund checks will be mailed
out as soon as all charges from de
partments are filed in this office. This
probably will be during the latter
part of July.
We will give you a list of the char
ges and a carbon copy of each charge
itemized. In case you do not under
stand any charge that is made, you
should write direct to the department
making it. If you write to this office
we can only refer your letter to the
head of the department concerned,
and time will be saved by your writ- j
ing direct.
TWO NEW SILOS.
Two new silos of 200 ton capacity
each a,re being erected at the new
$10,000 dairy barn which has been
completed. Prospects for an un
usually heavy yield of silage are
bright. In fact crop prospects for
cotton and corn were never better
than now. The dairy barn has un
excelled equipment. This building
will be in use by August 1.
R. E. (Heavy) Connor, guardian
of the Daily Bulletin is here for a
few days visit. He will leave soon
for his home at Lexington.
A. & M. GRADUATES
ALWAYS IN DEMAND.
Graduates of the College in all
branches, of the class of 1916, found
no dearth of positions awaiting them.
Every man who made good in his
work has had at least one opportunity
to fill positions of promise and some
of them have had as many as three
or four vacancies open to them.
The presence of many A. & M.
graduates in all lines of engineering
work and in agricultural pursuits,
men who are making good, has cre-
Dr. B. F. Clark, professor of eco
nomics at the State College of Penn
sylvania has accepted the position of
professor of economics at the A. & M.
College. Dr. Clarke will arrive here
early in September to prepare for the
opening of school.
He holds an A. B., and an M. A.,
degree from Richmond College, Vir
ginia and was given the degree of
Ph., D., at John Hopkins. He suc
ceeds Dr. T. L. Kibler who resigned
to accept an appointment with the
department of Justice at Washing
ton. Dr. Clark has written a number
of books along the line of econom
ics.
CHEMISTRY BUILDING
Veterinary Classes Will Be Held There for the Present.
W. WIPPRECHT.