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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1920)
THE BATTALION 23 PRESIDENT ASKS $180,500 BUDGET FOR THE COLLEGE Tells the Board of Control That tha Cost of Living Has Increased 82 Per Cent Galveston News, May 14— A total of $1,519,169 was asked today by the higher institutions of learning for emergency, deficiency, and increased appropriations to meet the present crisis in educational con ditions in this state. This requisi tion was formally presented to the state board of control today by rep resentatives of various educational institutions for recommendation and transmission to the coming special session of the legislature. Under the new law the board of control is the budget maker and this will be its first functioning under that provision of the act. A summary of the several classes of appropriations requested today is as follows: University of Texas $550,000; College of Industrial Arts $334,894; A. and M. College, $180,- 500; John Tarleton Agricultural Col lege, $46,250; Grubbs Vocational College, $26,200; Prairie View Nor mal, $49,695; experiment stations $30,530; Sam Houston Normal, $49,- 350; North Texas Normal, Denton, $48,510; Southwest Texas Normal, San Marcos, $47,480; West Texas Normal, Canyon, $65,100; East Tex as Normal, Commerce, $56,100; Sul Ross Normal Alpine, $34,180. The entire day was consumed in discussing the various items whicn make up the following totals, the representatives of the institutions having contended that these various amounts are absolutely necessary. The greater proportion is under the head of salary adjustments, which calls for increased teachers’ salaries and for additional faculty members. Estimates Are Considered. The board of control has the esti mates and recommendations under consideration and will prepare its budget of requisitions to the legisla ture at the earliest possible moment.. Today’s figures do not include any relief for the common, graded or high schools, nor for amounts for re imbursements for crop losses under the prospective pink boll worm act, all of which is to be considered by the coming special session. In presenting the estimates for the A. and M. College, Dr. W. B. Biz- zell, its president, gave the following illustration: “According to the report of the national industrial conference board, the cost of living in 1919 was 82 pei' cent above the cost of living in July 1914. This may be expressed other wise in two ways: “One dollar in 1914, had the same purchasing power that $1.82 had in 1919. “One dollar in 1919 had the same purchasing power that 55c had in 1914. “On this basis let us make a com parison of the salaries paid members of the teaching staff of the Agricul tural and Mechanical College for the sessions of 1913-14 and 1919-20. “Consider first full professors only. In 1913-14 the average salary for this rank was $2,358.82. To equal this in purchasing power in 1919-20 would have required a sal ary of $4,395.05. The actual aver age salary for full professors for 1919-20 was $2,866.66. That is, in order to yield the purchasing power which obtained in 1913-14, the sal ary for 1919-20 would have to be increased by $1,426.39. Salary Increases Needed. “Consider now the salaries of all members of the teaching staff of the college proper, including full pro fessors, associate professors, assis tant professors and instructors. “The average salary fo rthese sev eral ranks in 1913-14 was $1,590.94. To equal this in purchasing power in 1919-20 would have required an average salary of $3,245.66. The actual average salai'y for all ranks for 1920-21 was $2,112.30. This is, in order to yield the same purchas ing power as obtained in 1913-14, the average salary for 1919-20 for all ranks would have to be increased by $1,133.36. “To put the matter another way: “In 1913-14 the average salary of full professors was $2,358.82; in 1919-20 the average, when expressed in “prewar” dollars, was $1,576.66, a decrease of $782.16 in “prewar” dollars. “Similarily for teachers of all ranks, the average salary in 1913-14 was $1,590.94; in 1919-20, the aver age, when expressed in “prewar” dollars was $1,161.76, a decrease of $329.18 in “prewar” dollars. “A later report of the national industrial conference boai'd, publish ed about May 1, 1920, puts the in crease in the ocst of living for the present time at 95 per cent above that for July 1914.” ’23 COMPANY A WINS CHAMPION SHIP The Company A Fish upheld their claim to the championship of the campus Sunday by defeating Com pany A Signal Corps 17-10. By this victory and elimination of the last contended the Company aggregation are unquestionably the winners in the fight for the pennant, but are ready to meet any dispute as to their claims. This game was chiefly a slugging match and was anybody’s game until in the fifth Lawhorn blew up and was replaced by Murray who pitched a fairly good ball except in the eighth and ninth. Co. A Inf. scored one in the first inning and the Signal Corps likewise. This was repeated in the second frame and the score remained tied until the fourth when Tate drove one into center for the circuit. This broke the ice and when the inning was over four more had crossel the plate. They scored two more in the fifth and the game looked practically cinched until in the sixth with the bases full Murray knocked a home run. This rattled Company A and three runs were secured by the S. C. tying the count. A Infantry scored one in the seventh, but the S. C. came right back with another. Until now Murray had been going good, but successive home runs by Ash ley and Tate and bunched hits and two walks put the game on ice as the S. C. failed to score in either the eighth or ninth. Easton for the Infantry, made three hits in three times up and Bullock S. C. center fielder, made several sensational catches. Meri- weather. Infantry, pitched a good game but had loose support at times especially in the sixth and seventh. This makes Company A, Infantry six victories out of seven games played making a percentage of 840. AMERICAN LEGION WILL MAKE DRIVE FOR NEW MEMBERS Other Plans Are Laid to Keep up the Interest of Members Through the Summer The American Legion met in busi ness session Wednesday night and after making arrangements for Dec oration Day ceremonies elected the following officers: Ike S. Ashburn, as Post Commander pro tern; T. F. Mayo, as Adjutant pro tern; and L. D. Howell, as Vocational Officer. Plans were made for the member ship campaign ending May 22. A committee was appointed who will arrange and carry out the details of the drive and at the next meeting on Thursday evening it is determin ed that the Post will enroll at least one hundred new members. The Legion is to be made of in terest to members during the sum mer through picnics, barbecues, din ners and a baseball team will be trained to compete with teams from surrounding Posts. Every man who is eligible is urged to consider that it is a privilege to belong to the Le gion. In the near future this organi zation will be in a position to do un told good and every eligible man must consider seriously the possibil ities of the Legion and join during the campaign week starting Satur day. After the meeting the members repaired to the Airdome where the motion p : cture, “Uncle Sam, Insur ance Agent” was shown. A GLORIOUS FEELING WHEN you come in tired some night He * * AND you flatten out between the sheets He H< He AT about eight o’clock H« He He AND you are sleeping peacefully H< H« H« THEN there comes to your ears He He He THE loathsome notes of a bugle * * * AND you get up * * * AND there’s your “old lady” He He He SITTING at the table He He * WITH her nose in a chemistry He H« H« AND you ask her He He H= IF it’s time for reveille H* He He AND she says “No He He He IT’S only totoo” * He He OH! BOY! ain't it a grand He He He AND glorious feeling? H« H« He I’LL say so! ’23 PROBLEMS. (With Apologies). I’m forever working problems. Pretty problems on the board. I think I’ve worked ’em ’Til I put the answer down, Then I find That I’m always wrong. That answer’s always hiding. I’ve worked ’em every way, But still I’m working problems, More problems every day. IN ENTOMOLOGY Q- es^ion-^—Give the life history of a bu^; hunter genus homo, gender masculine. Answer—This specimen has a very complicated life history. The real life cycle begins in September and it usually takes four years for it to reach maturity. This bug hunter, if it lives through its first year, has a good chance to survive. During the first nine months of its existence it is preyed upon by older members of the family. The only color mark ings of the first year bug hunter is an occasional red and blue stripe on the terminal of the spinal column and one white stripe is always worn in order to keep people from mistak ing him for an adult. The larva stage, better known as a “fish,” takes nine months to change into the pupa or resting stags, or sophomore. The bug hunter passes from the pupa or sophomore stage into the sub-pupa or junior stage. After the bug hunter has completed his fourth or senior year of growth, he is ready to descend upon the world as an adult bug hunter. During the period of his growth he must overcome every thing from Agronomy to Zoology. ’23— CASUAL FISH—EX-GOBS. Although we are just twenty-five strong, We’ve many tales to tell; We’ve sung full many a sailor’s song, And we’ve tasted a bit of hell. We’ve pushed her in the fire-room. We’ve drank with the mire in the bar-room. But we’ve never had dirty necks. We’ve sipped our tea in old England, We’ve drank Cognac in gay France; We feel at home in most any land, We’re the boys with the wide-bot tomed pants. We’ve sailed the seas down to zero degrees. With the tropical sun shining down; We’ve drank many healths on the seven seas, And we’ve squandered full many a crown. At last we have dropped the old mud-hook, To A. and M. our allegiance is sworn; Thru trial and strife she’ll not be forsook, And we’ll laugh all other to scorn. We roll a fag and sit and think Of days on the fo’cle we’ve seen; Aw! Wake up Jack, snap out of your hop, It’s only a nicotine dream. ’23 ; REGRET Her lips were so near— And I hadn’t the nerve. ’Twas the chance of a year. (Her lips were so near.) She was angry, I fear, And her scorn I deserve. Her lips were so near— And I hadn’t the nerve. —Tiger. ’23 Student: “Professor, I think I just skinned through that exam.” Prof: “Yes, I know you did, I was watching you.”