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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,
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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
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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.
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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.