The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, June 05, 1919, Image 2

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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
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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^.
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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:
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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
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ceived a bi
minals. Am
the winding
tance, acyo
ended the pi
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bled as a sme-eoi
out on the
ed. Ampere
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was rotating,
ted and the %
pars wse dec!
was carried
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