s THE BATTALION to the 123 senior officers of the ca det corps, after the cadets had been presented by Colonel C. C. Todd, pro fessor of military science and tactics. Following his complimentary re marks upon the military organization of the A. and M. College General Lewis spoke upon the subject of na tional defense. Washington urged a strong policy of national defense, he said, but notwithstanding that we call him the father of our country and respect him as such we have consistently failed to follow his ad vice. Every war since his day has found us unprepared for the emer gency. He said the national defense program formed by congress in 1920 and providing for the three lines of defense, the regular army, national guard and organized reserves would have been adequate had not the or iginal program of strength been re duced. As a result of the reduction of the regular army, he said the des tiny of the country depended strong er than ever upon the trained citi zenship and for that reason the re serve officers training corps units of which Texas A. and M. is the strong est in the United States with its pol icy of preparing a nucleus of officers who in time of emergency can be de pended upon 'to train the mass of the citizenship are the most potential forces in our defense program. The entire cadet corps of over 1400 men took part in the ceremony of de parture for General Lewis at noon yesterday. Dismounted the cadets lined the drive from the home of Col onel Todd, where the general stopped, to the station, and a troop of mounted cadet cavalry escorted him through the ranks to the train, while the A. and M. band played martial music and a batery of three •►inch guns fired the salute of thirteen guns. Many Students Distinguished For First Term Students who have made the grade of B or better in all their studies as specified under Paragraph 39, College Regulations, are known as distin guished students. Those attaining this honor of distinction for the cur rent term were seventy-three in num ber. This is a considerable improve ment over the number of distinguished students, forty-nine in number, at the corresponding date last session. The records of the Registrar give the names of the following students as be ing distinguished: Freshman Class. B. Bernardoni, E. D. Brewster, E. Capers, J. M. Crawford, J. W. Dorsey, THE 1 M. H. JAMES 1 DRUG CO. JAS. W. JAMES, Manager 45—PHONES—93 THE LEADING DRUGGISTS The Rexall Store Bryan - - - - Texas <8><8><8*S>«><8>^ A. C. Hopkins, E. W. Lipscomb, W. L. Phillips, C. H. Quereau. Sophomore Class. D. Albowich, G. P. Adair, L. Bailey, D. G. Bell, E. Blevins, M. W. Carlton, D. Creveling, Jr., J. F. Estill, H. F. Goodenough, J. J. Ledbetter, M. Smotherman, and H. F. Tickle. Junior Class. E. Chapa, J. T. Clarke, F. J. Fer- rucci, R. L. Hunt, J. F. Longley, C. A. Medberry, J. H. Paterson, A. H. Pres ton, W. T. Short, H. N. Smith, A. W. Stubbeman, and H. M. Tatum. Senior Class. H. C. Adams, H. C. Atchinson, N. I. Bass, E. C. Cushing, G. A. Hollowell, W r H. Ingram, J. T. Long, J. H. Mc Donald, J. C. McFarland, C. C. Mason, C. W. Noster, R. F. Orth, J. A. Paton, O. A. Proehl, R .G. Putijovsky, R. F. Reid, H. Ross, M. L. Santerre, A. B. Weaver, L. L. Weaver, C. Weber, W. C. Weir, and G .B. Wjilcox. Two-Year Courses. W. Bozek, C. G. Chapman, W. M. Hargrove, A. O. Hebei, F. C. Pierce, and N. E. Selsted. Special Students. S. T. Allen, Miss Mary Beers, F. G. Bernard, Miss Elaine Bizzell, M. C. Brown, C. C. Cain, Miss Elsie Duncan Miss Kathryn Hyland, Mrs. I. C. Sanders, P. Smith, and Mrs. A. B. W eaver. AIMS OF EXTEN SION SERVICE BRIEFLY TOLD T. O. W^alton, Director of Extension Service, Tells the Saddle and Sirloin Club a few Purposes the Service has in view. The Saddle and Sirloin Club held its regular meeting last Tuesday eve ning in the Animal Husbandry Pavil ion. Several business matters were discussed by the club; the committee charged with the selection of a suit able and representative pin to be adopted by the club, made a report on the work done toward this mat ter. Medals were awarded to the six members of the International Live stock Judging Team. Mr. T. O. Wal ton, Director of the Extension Ser-^ vice addressed the club on subjects pertaining to the Texas Extension Service and its work in Texas. Mr. Walton outlined the develop ment of the Extension Service work in Texas from its initial appearance as a direct result of the Smith-Lever Act of Congress in 1911 up to the prominent place this statewide or ganization now holds, and whose in fluence is felt in every part of the great State of Texas. The Director stated that the prime motive of the Extension Division is to teach men, women, boys and girls of the rural districts the improved and more efficient practices in ag riculture and home economics. The Extension workers show the farmer and his wife how to secure greater returns for the mental and physical efforts which they' put into the farm work. The farmer can thus learn in a limited way the practical and more scientific methods practiced in ag riculture that the student obtains by spending several years in study at college. An Extension worker is a real teacher and his classroom is the open field where he holds demonstra tions; the home economics worker has the farm home as the field for instructional purposes. Methods of instruction are carried out by means NEW SPRING CAPS JUST OPENED—THE BEST LOOKING LOT OF NEW SPRING CAPS FOR YOUNG MEN, WE HAVE EVER SHOWN. NEW SHAPES, NEW FABRICS, NEW PAT TERNS—BEAUTIFULLY TAILORED, MODERATELY PRICED. A. M.WALDROF & GO. The Store for Men and Boys. Caldwell’s Jewelry Store CALL AND LET US SHOW YOU OUR NEWi A. & M. C. PINS. WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THIS LINE YOU MIGHT CALL FOR. Caldwell’s Jewelry Store TEACHERS WANTED Now for 1923-24 elections.. Surely one of our thousand clients wants you. Write us. SOUTHWESTERN TEACHERS AGENCY West Building Houston, Texas of lectures printed matter, and by practical demonstrations. The work ers are confronted with numerous difficult problems, and such activity necessarily requires men and women with wide practical and scientif'c knowledge. The scope of the work now within the state is so wide that over 300 Extension men and women are scattered over 165 counties. To be of greater service to the people, Extension agents must work in correlation with each other which I they can only satisfactorily do bV j being under the control of one col lege. The placing of the Home Eco nomics branch under the direction of another college would tend to weak en its influence and after some time would defeat its purpose entirely. The last proposal the Air Service Senior got was from a woman who ran a side show and wanted to get a high-flier as an added attraction. * * * The sun received a rude shock Saturday. In glancing around it saw College Station again for about the first time in three weeks. You should not mis£ a single bill at the Palace this week.—Adv.