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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1919)
I Wffdnnday, April 2, 191*. I N A. STEWART DRUGGIST EASTMAN KODAKS AND FILMS. • I W© do tirst class de veloping. Bring us your films. THE BATTALION hMm Colorado. Michigan and other fruit state*. The ipraduates from the Hartieul- tural Department, who have desired positions, have found ready employ ment in the*. State Department of Agriculture, the Extension Service, the Federal Department' of Agricul ture, and as managers of fruit and vegetable farms. E. J. KYLE. Professor of Horticulture. HORTICULTI K \l DEPARTMENT OF THE ACKICULTI R A1 AN!' MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS THE CHRONICL1NGS OK A “MILITARY GENIUS*’ ‘f I * 1 ^ : H { ■ The purpose of the Hotticulturtl Department is to develop, for the profession of Horticulture, leaders, MM . as Specialists in Experiment St*tk)n or Research work, teachers of Horticulture-in high school.-* and colleges, specialists in the Extension > Service, specialists in the Stato and Federal Departments of A||ricalture, ami practical fruit and]vegetable grower*. In order to properly prepare the stpdent so that he may accomplish the greatest possible results in this profession, he is given, during his Freshman and Sophomore Ijjrears, a thorough grounding in Eglish and in the fundamental sciences bf Chem istry, Geology and EntomqloiQr. In hit Junior and Senior ye at*, he de votes most of his time to t^e applied sciences, to Rural Economics and Ritral Sociology, and to technical a ork in Agronomy and Horticulture. The technical work in Hk^ticulture includes course* in Plant Propaga tion. Vegetable Gardening, ^ Fruit Gtowinig, Nut Culture, Plant Breed- mg, VRiculture, Spraying. Pomology, Citrus Fruits, Experimental Horti- culuire. and marketing of' Horticul tural products; besides special work in. Landscape Art and. fMort.-uit ur.- In order to develop the praHioal hide of the student. !he is gived practice work in the Horticultural^ orehar<1s, which contain the standard varieties of peaches, pecans, grapes, persim mons, pears, plums, figs and small fruits, consisting of blackberries ami dewberries. Where the student i« anxious to receive still further prar- tical experience, he is •||—Ifrted in securing summer work ini the fruit growing sections of Texas. Arkansas, A. and M. once an honor school. Famed for military training Noted for extraordinary skill in mastering L D. R. etc., is gone. Guard details which would have competed with any regular organi zation are gone. J Sentinels'and O. D.’S look the same. Privates same as corporals. Companies as platoons, hat Cords re sembling the rainbow, school spirit in thq melting pot fast evaporating into vapor. No more are the days whep military rules supreme. Casuals and non discripts drifting over the campus green. Oh! Romans and fellow countrymeh give ear and listfn to the com- ) mands on the (trill field which break the spring atmosphere as rhrieks from a graveyard. A. and M. once an honor -school, , ■ Famed for military graining,* is no more. 1 '■ Is. ' Artillery, Signal Corps. Infantry, all divided. * Companies drill as pla toons^ companies are no more. Hold tight to the rope; perhaps our Signal Corps and Artillery, will come -back into their own some day. if - Let’s all give three cheer* for the doughboys. I* 1fi; W. j ib'iH't r 4 DIXIE SAT Especially picked features edies for every Saturday to boys, full of pep an< cogn ise the in. N1I.SON BEAITTIFUI. ANNA in a thrilling' Metro wonde play full of pep and daring red bio ded play and beauty S i j • - • THE WAY OF THE STRONG with one of the season's best two^feel comedies Tl^.o A ttt gg'tou.x* §L»±ar‘ A guaranteed Bill. Attend Sati#daya Matinee QUEEN SATURDAY THE 6REATEST FEATURE EVER PRESfRTED IN BRTAN ! VIRTUOUS a master eight reel special] feautring 1 toank you. BEAUTIFUL ANITA STEWART Special Music. Admission T ming Thursday and Friday h£ DON’T CHANGE YOITR •I lo all Sotdicf* and E*rrytlun( Sanitary. METROPOLITAN BARBER SHGP MM A. M WSIBMT S CS Fust Gass Union Work- lariw You to Cal. J. O. TUCKtS. M AN *C K a TRACK AND BASEBALL MEN SUCCESSFULLY WEATHER TERM EXAMS. According to the latest Reports neither the track nor bageball pmuh-L will be seriously damaged 3y the elegibilhy rules. Altlfo narny of the candidates were haadicafi pc<i by returning to school after thir.temi had started they all mafcle go od. a It Is greatly to the credit ft th«se men that they have done a* wel I. The average student seldom appreciate the difficulty t v .e athlete has i 4 keep ing Op with his work. After a long, EAT AT THE New York Cafe marching exercises as far as Prexy’s. Thjey were then double timed bar* on the military walk. At any rate ’.hfy lo t credit for that 7 1-2 *iin- The Best Short Orders in town. 1 , * ASK THE OLD BOYS Pocket Knives H. Razors Sterns Heat for • Cooking. We carry everytbii handled by a first cl mss Electric and Hardware Store ,1. Gasoline Irons PARKER-ASTIN HARDWARE CO. hard afternoon of work requires The no small effort for a mar'to sattle ular down to An evenings study. It is! of Lt. p. hoped and expected that both track/’P* and baseball men will, continue the inesa, or work so well begun. K conlTdent t \ our high ^ Company lost seven and A n **- to ^ all behimi aster Cemedy TSHANDS seven half perfeetly good minutes of ‘'set ting up exercise” Friday morning by dopble timing around the loop and as for back as the hospital where they were given ’quick time and day mor “B” C< sented on lost orta of ita must pdp- rs with the gyadnatioa Hancock. We all wish success out in the bus- lustriaJ. world and feel it he will prove up to expectations. We hate leave ’'Puas” but we’re rou. r will tack The seen all that Sprit GREAT REDUC THIS WEEK KHAKI $6.00 PANTS REDD ON m KHAKI $6.60 QABAKDINB REDUCED TO *3:60 You will pay others double. SAM B. WILS* MY PANTS CLOSE OCT TO $8.76 Pr. lTERIAL Lr. & CO. •r • ' emed -vfery well u-epre- »e “Ram List” for Satur- Inspection. • The beys ctures on their wall. it colors that may be tr the campus are proof as sprung. SPECIAL VALUES In MARSHALL'S and KIRKENDlALL'S OFFICER'S SHOES — $11.00 Values $10.00 1.60. •i i ii $7.60 ARMY SHOES Why Pay More SAM B. WILSON! & CO. ■4 i i* r' ; ■ ■m —f I A 1 d# j it* -Uf 1