The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, February 19, 1920, Image 2

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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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