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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1920)
2 THE BATTALION Dwyer and Hartung aiding materi ally. With only four games remain ing the Aggies have a chance to go through the season undefeated, pro vided, of course, their heads remain normal size. HORSE ASSOCIATION OF AM ERICA FULLY ORGANIZED The Horse Association of Amer ica, a non-profit corporation organ ized under the laws of Illinois, is now an accomplished fact. The organi zation is backed by horse breeders representing all breeds of horses, by the saddlery and harness interests, by the horseshoe manufacturers and master horseshoers, by the hay, grain and feed interests, and by the car riage and wagon builders of Ameri ca. The purpose of the Association as set forth in its charter are to aid, and encourage, the breeding, rear ing, and use of horses. The pri mary aim of the organization will be to bring prominently before the public and all transportation user's the great part which the horse plays in agriculture, commerce and trans portation, to emphasize the impor tant part the horse occupies in pleasure, and to work ceaselessly for the improvement and upbuilding to higher standards of our existing types of horses. Of the twenty-one million horses now on farms and ranches in the United States, it is safe to say that less than five million are of distinct types well calculated to do their particular job in life. The Horse Association of America, through every conceivable avenue of effort, will work for the improve ment of our hoi'ses to the end that the majority of them may be highly efficient in the particular line for which they are intended. IT must be" understood that the Horse Association of America is not fighting mechanical motive power as such, for in its proper place it is of value, but the use of mechanical motive power unites in lines of work where horses will do the work more cheaply and more efficiently is a dis tinct loss to everyone concerned and increases materially the cost ot business operation and thereby the cost of living for every family in America. In addition, the manufacture of such mechanical motive power al ready has caused an enormous drain upon our available labor resources so that every time a farmer or bus iness man buys a mechanical motive power unit which he does not abso lutely need, he is simply bidding the labor market up against himself, for it requires highly specialized, highly paid labor to build these mechanical motive power units, and economists already recognize that this consti tutes one of the gravest sources of drain upon our available labor sup ply. This is worthy of special thought, and commerce particularly ■should use horses in every line of ag ricultural work where they can pos sibly be used, as this will slow up the manufacture of mechanical motive power units intended for use on the farm and set free more labor which can be used in other lines where it is more urgently needed. Parties desiring to become mem bers of the Horse Association of Am erica and to become identified in the support of its work should make ap plication to Wayne Dinsmore, Sec retary of the Horse Association of America, Union Stock Yards, Chi cago, Illinois. A Freshman from Company A wants to know how “Top-kick” Bill Reed and Lt. “Red” Reynolds like Navasota. WACO CLUB MEETS By “Red” Taylor The Waco Club has evidently not lost any of its old pep. At a regular meeting of the Club the old-time pre-Christmas pep was very much in evidence. It looked as if everyone had some suggestion or other which would further the spirit and enthusiasm of the Waco Club. It was decided that the Club would not carry any dead members on its list; so a committee is to be appoint ed to see the erring ones—to see if they want to “step on ’em tail”, and keep up a live organization, or drop by the wayside. Contrary to the old custom, the Waco Club is continuing to be a live factor on the College campus, and it doesn’t want any dead-heads on the roll. As a rule, after the Christmas holiday festivities are over a Club falls into discard, and in many cases ceases to have meetings. This is, of course, not the proper spirit and if a club does it the real purpose is lost. For what is a club but a social center for the fellows from the homo town, and if the sociability of a club dies after Christmas, there was no excuse for its having been organized. A club doesn’t exist merely to give some fellow the honor of being pres ident of it, or to have its picture in the Longhorn. If that were the case the president’s job would be without honor and the picture would be a mockery, R. V. UNIFORMS ARRIVE The uniforms recently ordered by the Ross Volunteers through Bran don & Lawrence have arrived and are awaiting fitting before being turned over to their owners. Here tofore they have been solid white but a slight change has been adopted in that the shoulder flap is white with a gold braid stripe through the center and is detachable. The offi cers have gold braid along the seams of the trousers and rank is distin guished by black stripes on the shoulder flap. Pictures for the Longhorn will be taken as soon as possible and it is probable that an inspection will be made in the near future. As a reminder to all the date set for the R. V. Hop is April 23. ELECTRICAL SHOW AND RE CEPTION On Friday afternoon and night April second, the students of the Electrical Engineering department, under the supervision of the in structors and Seniors, will entertain the entire student body and the resi dents of College Station and Bryan with an electrical show and recep tion. Plans are under way by which those attending this affair will be shown the latest stunts and freaks made possible by the application of electricity. The E. E.’s are behind this event with their whole hearted support and are going to put it over in grand style. Watch the “Bat” for future detailed announcements. CHEMICAL CLUB MEETS Remember—The Chem Club meets Thursday night and everyone is ex pected to be there. R. M. LANDON, President. “Fish” from Company A, says he heard Captain Hamilton in his room singing 1-2-3-4, slide, to gether, forward, swing your partner, first to right, then to left, 1-2-3-4, etc. ♦§* *§* *$* *%* ^ *%* ^ *v* '*♦* *** *** *1* *1* *1"* *+* *♦* ****** ****’** ± V V 1 I ± I I T ± V T t t i i (©> (§) © (§) (©) <©) <0)(©)®®(§) (©)(§)©(©) (g)@©(©)(©)(®)©(©)©(§)(g) New shipments of Walk-Over and Nettleton shoes make our stock most complete. These shoes were bought at last seasons prices which means quite a saving to you over what you will pay the coming spring. $ i ? X Y f. t I I 1 Ask to see the “Brighton,” a smart looking English last, like the above illustration, in dark mahogony calf—all sizes and widths $10.00 ALL SIZES IN HERMAN ARMY SHOES. A. M. WALDROP & CO. The Store for Value in Mens Wear ■ ♦£* *%* ^ *%* *■*-* ^ *%* ♦£» *%* ^ **+ +2* % * *+* *** *•* repaid TRY US AND B£ CONVINCED We welcome you back to A. & M. COLLEGE And extend you an invitation to visit our store when in Bryan. We appreciate your past liberal support, and hope to merit a continuance of same during 1920. We will try to serve you with the very best service possible. YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. I J.M. CALDWELL 1 ( THE JEWELER | j BRYAN - TEXAS I lllllMlllMMliyilMlinmOTUIIlMIllllUMIM lllllllHll1111111iHn11111111m111n11111m.11.ml