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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1920)
THE BATTALION 19 self. He also won a place on the re serve football squad last fall as tack le. Torbett, O. C., is our only “fish” boxer and he can deal misery with the mit. Perry, E. J., is a member of the tennis squad. He is showing up well. Hanna, F. W., has been playing a good game of tennis. He is making himself hard to beat. Shifflett, L. B., has shown himself to be good when it comes to the ten nis game. He is developing into a good man. Wilson, J. R., is one of our best ten nis men. He is expected to make a good showing in the meet next Sat urday. ’23 SUMMER SCHOOL AT A. AND M. COLLEGE The Summer Session of the Col lege affords a great opportunity for students in the regular session as well as for those who can attend only during the summer. This is true es pecially for the students of agricul ture, agricultural education, indus trial education, and mechanical en gineering. Provision will be made for stu dents in other subjects as the de mand increases. The Summer Session of the Col lege is composed of two terms of six weeks each. The recitations per week in the regular College courses are increased so as to enable a stu dent to complete a semester’s work in a subject in six weeks. In this way, a student may be able to carry two or three, subjects each term, working in a very intensive way. The advantage of the Summer Ses sion to the student,' who for any reason is irregular or deficient, is ap parent. Some students will able to save a year by attending two or more summer sessions. Many stu dents in the agricultural courses are disappointed that they cannot get all the work they would like to study. So many lines of interesting work look up in the Junior and Senior years and make an appeal for the time of the student. A summer term will enable a student to increase his time for taking work he really wants. To those interested in teaching, the Summer School makes still another appeal. Much better salaries are usually available for a teacher with successful teaching experience, than to the inexperienced teacher. A summer of twelve weeks will enable a student to take off a half year dur ing the Senior year to gain experi ence in a good high school on pay and make six hours of credit toward graduation. This experience in teaching under the supervision of the Department of V ocational Teach ing will add to the initial salary af ter graduation. The Ume has passed when an elab orate and expensibe plant like the A. and M. College will be idle for three months in the summer. The activities of the College during the summer are becoming more and more varied and important. The enumeration of the following events will indicate something of the im portance of the summer activities: Summer Session of the College, Rural Life School, School of Cotton Classing, Engineering Summer Prac tice, Summer Normal, Rural Life Conference, Farmers’ Short Course, Farmers’ Congress, Agricultural Contests of Vocational Schools, Con- Terence of County Agents, Confer ence of Teachers of Vocational Ag riculture, and meeting of Central Texas Teachers’ Institute (six coun- i .M....- . ties.) There is no more need for the students of the College to take three months of vacation than for the members of the teaching staff to “lay off.” The .next great step for the College is to adopt a session of forty-eight weeks and enable the normal student to complete the course in three years. The advanced ideas of conservation will insist that the State and Nation be not denied one year of expert service from each student by the present plan of using thirty-six weeks a year instead of forty-eight. ’23 RESOLUTIONS OF COMPANY ‘B’ UPON THE DEATH OF MRS. S. F. BARCLAY. We, the members of Company B Infantry, submit the following reso lutions on the death of the mother of our beloved fellow member, John F. Barclay. Whereas, in His infinite wisdom it has pleased the good God to call unto Him the mother of our beloved friend, John F. Barclay, Therefore, be it resolved by the of ficers and men of Company B. In fantry, that our deepest sympathies and condolence be offered to John F. Barclay and his family. Resolved that a copy of this reso lution be sent to his family, Mr. S. F. Barclay and children, and that a copy be furnished the Battalion and the Marlin Democrat for publication. (Signed) R. A. Harris i W. M. Burkes H. D. Pitts R. G. Heartfield. ’23 FISH WISDOM The Fish stood close against the wall And watched the Sophs go by. He almost feared to draw his breath, Because they passed so nigh. They boasted of the punishment In store for every “Slime”; So the Fish he went the other way, And he went at “double time.” He knew not what had happened, But he stopped not to inquire. Because he knew, from “ ‘ Sper- ience,” That with the Sophs went “fire.” Another rambling Fish he stopped, When both were safe outside, To find out why again the Sophs Had made the Freshmen hide. The answer, it was quick and true, And left no room for doubt, ’Cause when the Soph’mores’ beds are dumped. It means the Fish “air out.” ’23 My hair leaps up when I behold A sophomore in the hall. So did it when the term began; So does it now it nears the end: And all between, The Fish is servant to the Soph, And I could wish those Sophs to be Bound hand and foot by Freshman sovereignty. linillllUHIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIMIIM Jas. W. 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