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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1922)
2 THE B JL T T A L I O N The Coca-Cola Co Atlanta, Ga Togas, and hold shirt tail parades in the Forum. Gradually man evolved a system of dress distinctively different from that worn by the weaker sex and this difference has held sway down to present times until someone con ceived the idea that woman could in crease her strides toward complete This is a period of reformation— an epoch of the back-to-earth—a re vival of the sensible. Philosophers constantly remind us that we are al ways travelling about in acircle, that no matter how far the pendu lum of vogue and fashion swing in one direction it must fraverse an equal distance in the opposition di rection. As one scans the folds of the modern Dailies he comes face to face with the fact that the method of dress is undergoing a stage of evolution. Woman has shown not only her initiative in this transition and as a result her activity has been a revelation to man. The voice of the reformers may be heard above the din. They denounce the fast apparel of today yet they emancipaation by clothing herself in the regalia of man. Man now finds that his place is in the home especially if friend wife has just stepped out to some bridge party in his only pair of clean trous ers. To suit himself to the new mode of society as constituted by woman's entry into the fields of masculine activity, man must needs exert some effort towards retaining a trace of his former authority. It is at this juncture that a few far-sighted Seniors, profiting by their economics course, have enter ed a petition to standardize the uni form for next year, to be worn both fail to recognize the fact that wo- | by the cadet corps and the faculty, man doesn’t dress with the bustle of I This petition has been passed and yesterday. Such reformers as Billy Mayfield and corset manufacturers seek to reform those who need so cial poise. Woman, by surrojanding herself sCtive divish for collar or- Woman, by surrounding herself ^crep< wHh|hiasculine habilin^fents known as 'igna< “knickers,” has thrown off the yoke and battered down customs preval ent since Ancient times when Roman statemen were wont to drape them selves-in nightshirts, known then as duly signed by the authorities of the college, Mr. Chatham and Cap Wat kins. The accepted consists shirts, lavalliers d respe have been substituted naments, scotch tweed kilters have been supplimented for serge breech es, and half hose take the place of the despicable spiral leggins. A 'he ’M Our January Clearance Sale Is Now On ALL HART SCHAFFNER & MARX FINE SUITS AND OVERCOATS AT BIG REDUCTIONS. pillllll!IIU!!ll!lllll!ll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!IIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllll 25% Reduction on Gloves. 25% Reduction on Rain Coats 25% Reduction on Sweaters 25% Reduction on Underwear 25% Reduction on Pajamas 25% Reduction on Trousers m A. M.WALDROP & CO. The Modern Store for Men and Boys highly ornate and variegated hand bag has been substituted for the old style mess kit. With such a truly distinctive^me- thod of dressing the shortcomings of the uniform will be overcome. One can readily visualize the corps out on dress parade—or rather on short dress parade, wifi their gaily colored kilties flowing gently in the summer breeze. Off to one side our beloved i commandant may be seen standing at att'ention with his dimpled knees basking in the shade of his midships. Two Leaders We are offering for the next few days Men’s One-Piece Winter Underwear Men’s Dress Gloves At prices that will save you money. Boyett’s Store Imagine Prof. Aubrey Legg, stand ing before a class of diligent E. E. freshmen, dressed up fit to kill in spick and span kilties made to se cure to his person with a beautiful woolen turban and expounding upon the Hysterisis Curve, his bare name sakes making the course all the more practical. The die has been cast and it is now do or die. Man must exert his divinely inherited preeminence. He^ came before woman in tile garden of Eden and she has been after him ever since. So may it ever be. Bargains in Used Cars WE QUOTE THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONAL BAR GAINS IN USED CARS: Ford Touring Car in Good Condition $135 00 Ford Touring Car, 1918, Four Good Tires, Motor and Rear Axle in Good Condition, New $165 00 Ford Runabout With Starter, 1921, In Good AA Shape Ford Touring Car, 1921, With Starter and Demountable Rims. New Paint, Four New Tires. A (I?O r 7^ AA Real Bargain at «P^«i I Studebaker Four, 1917 Model, New Top, Good Tires. In Good Running Condition $250 00 WILL MAKE REASONABLE TERMS CHAMBERS-WILSON MOTOR GO. BRYAN, TEXAS