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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1919)
will SOT. b**» included wkich tedent •'broad view t.f __ ^ .mMW it ««Mier for .kim to ckoose his epeciol field at the eod of the Sophonfore yoaf. ' In the Jan ier andl Senior years especial atten tiott will be iriVen to Rural Ceonoasics and Rural Sociology, as Racel Omm munity is vital to aaccaos in agr|eu1 tars. The purpose of these courses is to flt^tko student to be a lead< the rural life of his commuaity that reader the largest pc eel his 1 ser- ti to reator opportuaity ■ for elective ' I 1 studies in the Junior and Sensor years has b+en afforded, in order to give the studeit more latitude in arrang- lag hi« course. The dtajor of spec- ialisation ere: 1. Agricultural Chens- ietry; 2. Ajrricultnsal Bducation; S. | Agricultuiral Engineering;4. Agroa- I, easy; 6. Animal Husbandry; d. Bl- elogy; 7. Dairy Husbandry; f. En- tomolofry; P. Horticulture;. 10. Land- seape Art. L The principal changes in the En- 1 gineeriag Courses have been the . lyeetrtr opportunity for elective stod- ^ ies in the Junior end* Senior years, aad the inclusion of a course in Cit- izenship, to be required of all Jun iors. To meet the increasing demand for teachers of agriculture and the trades and industries, the Department df Vocational Teaching had revised and grsatly Strengthened the course in Affricultursl Education, and has ad ded a four-year course in Industrial j! Education. There will also be offer ed a t^o-ydar collegiate coutoe in In- . d us trial Education in order to met . Ithe present great demand for teacb- |ers of this work. The two-year non-collegiate copr- , see aagt session will hh limited {to tore. Agricult ■ ji, J , . ^ GORffADKi IV AKTOICIY EQU1FHENT taut hlfmaatr f? f Beginning with Sept|enber, 1019, 16 uuhn will be reqpired for full ad* mission to the four-year courses and 18 for conditional admission. Ad- mlesion, by certificates is granted only to graduates of ^accredited, high schools who present the required j- number of units. Non-graduates and students from (unalHHated schools are |- required to pass the regular entrance |, opunpithtions. ) ideaU entering an Engineering without . credit for Solid will bd required to tako ' that subject as an extra study dur ing thp Freshman year. Students entering the Agricultur al course without credit for high school Physics will be required to take a course in AgrkjaKursI Phy- j sics ak a part of their Freskmah sche- • dole. . jj ji | Admission to the two-year courses t will be grepted to students at leant eighteen years of age. who have com pleted the equivalent of the ninth ' grmdm.j] ■ Beginning in 1920 'Ipfi Summer Session for College students will be lengthened to twelve, weeks and will include as many of the regular stud- | ins as the demand justifies. By a ‘recent action oY* the Faculty^ j. Physical Training, three hours per week,,will be required of all first- year students^' in addition to thei^ ‘other work. . The imia purpose of: the revision of the Curricula has been to provide fat the. student* of A. and M. the :.u»ewt compeehensive instruction pos sible aim I to turn out men who are fully prepared to take the most ac- tfvu part in the groat period of dew- toBWCUt whidh is just beginning la ;• f I i if ThtJto wA a time wWa Artiller# is quite vulnerable when attached tijs fiunjk by infantry. This is t tie ease bow. The grpat taught the offiewm of Unclq Sam’, army many ‘things, and ona af the protection of the flunks a: mm Art ill iry Battery. Fur this pa m BrUwning Machine gun shi automatic rifle sere used. | The Anhtfratic Rifle, sometimes csdled the Light Browning is an n*t cooled gun Weighing about |16 lbs. This gun it* very light, and can be carried easily on the shoulder. The .Machine Gun, however, is a heavier gun. mounted on a tripod. Which makes’ it mere accurate. The added weight is partialy due to the Water cooling device, which makes it possibleto fife the pliece for longer periods of tjhne without danger of overheating, j ; • | j Now in order that the students in the Field Artillery B. 0. T. CL at A. sad M. College be trained in the min utest details. Uncle Sam has sent four machine guns and. four -auto matic rifiles here. , These effective weapons are to be used eu the tfain- iifg of the future officers of the f'ield Artillery Officer* Reserve Corp^. HH :! m : 1 f. i 3 DEN rrilil T, Vksag 0T ! L - 1 * 5 1 * tod Fleer * 22 *• i T »»«»♦« £ a...- r:n 953 if t i4 :ou Cola. You can or' ink u of Com- 'j • rleerty a •t drink 11 toe lost Tift CC h-COLA CO. AT^MTA. QA. ? 1^ EVER-R )Y SEltlCE ICAR —-rt-'H - * One of thd most shocking events efciey staged pi this section wais held oa Tuesday evening in the Electrical Engineering laboratory when ' Kid Volt met Lightning Ampere. These two vetrans bad been so closely as soc is ted for msny decades and known throughout the electrical world for their hhrmonUus frequency,- that the entire laboratory was electrified when they came to blows. The fight was more of an synoronoua affair, in that it was started by Prof. A.* C. James, Bolton’s E. E- Manual furnished the rules of the contest. A detail of the fight by phase fellows: Stagl* ^kasw^- ''I The circuit was dosed - aad the fight was oa. Kid Veit lad off with several forads to the transformer. Lightning Ampere, fainted and pro duced eddy current losses, but seem ed to regain power and\ cqjramd. There followed a series of magnetic fleldt, in which, the conductor seemed to have the advantage. The phase ended wi£h Ampere leading Volt. Kid Volt 'jfatotoHd.; showing fhigh The circuit ceived a bi minals. Am the winding tance, acyo ended the pi Kid Volt was bled as a sme-eoi out on the ed. 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