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A. & M. COLLEGE SECURES
SERVICES OF JIM LONGLEY.
M. James Longley, lately unattach
ed but now married, anonunces that
the A. and M. Collegs has been for
tunate enough to secure his services
in the capacity of instructor in Elec
trical Engineering. Mr. Longley is at
present a senior in the College and is
known as “the Moses of the Signal
Corps.” Mr. Longley declined to state
just which of his many personal at
tributes has induced the College to
bid for his services but he did divulge
the ideals that would guide his path
toward professordom.
“Make sure you’re right; then go
ahead,” was the slogan that Mr.
Longley announced that he has adopt
ed. “So many of our professors are
not sure they are right, and don’t go
ahead,” remarked Mr. Longley to an
interested group of friends last Sun
day, as he searched for a softer place
on the bench. “I will be guided by the
example of Mr. Bilgewater, one of my
present instructors. His system of
grading all of the first questions on a
quiz before he looks at any of the
second questions, and all of the sec
onds before any of the thirds, is
unique. Look how much time I can
kill that way. I might even try
counting all of the e’s used in the first
sentence, if I have any of my time
left over. I also want to institute a
number of reforms in the E. E. De
partment. There is little use in giv
ing pupils the theory of an experi
ment and then letting them work it
out in the Lab. How much more in
teresting it would be to let them work
it out, and then try to guess the
theory!”
RESOLUTIONS.
We, the members of the Burleson
County Club, do hereby submit the
following resolutions on the death of
our friend, fellow-member and Club
Secretary, R. A. Struwe:
Whereas, God in His infinite wis
dom has deemed it wise and just to
call unto Him our beloved friend R.
A. Struwe,
Therefore, be it resolved that the
members of the Burleson County
Club extend deepest sympathy and
condolence to his family.
And be it further resolved that
copies of these resolutions be sent to
his brother, J. B. Struwe, President
of the Burleson County Club; to his
family; to the Battalion; to The
Daily Bulletin; and to the Burleson
County Ledger.
C. B. Potts, Vice President.
R. H. Gilley, Treasurer.
HORTICULTURAL STUDENTS
HAVE PROFITABLE TRIP
The classes in pecan culture took a
practice trip to the Brazos bottoms
for the purpose of getting some val
uable experience under field condi
tions. Budding and topworking na
tive trees was the principal work done
but there was time for a little fishing
and hunting.
Saturday morning was taken up
with practice in topworking seedling
trees under the direction of Dean
Kyle, F. R. Brison, county agent of
San Saba county, G. W. Adriance pro
fessor of Horticulture and Mr. Wil
liams of the State Department of Ag
riculture. In the afternoon lectures
on pecan culture were given by Mr.
Brison and Mr. Williams.
Many visitors came out for the day
to get the benefit of the work, and
stayed for the barbecue which was
served for supper. Most of the stu
dents stayed over night for a little
outing. It was a tired and sleepy
crew that came in Sunday morning,
but each one said that he had a good
time, and also learned a good deal
about pecans.
MOTHER’S DAY
The thought of mother can not long leave any man or woman
and no particular Mother’s Day is necessary to keep green in our
memories all that: Mother has meant to us. It’s just the thought of a
graceful tribute, [ that on this one certain day in May the whole
country in unison should pay particular homage to Mother.
A complete line of Mother’s Day cards will be offered for sale
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HENRY CAVENDISH
1731-1810
English chemist and physicist,
of whom Biot said, “He was
the richest of the learned and
the most learned of the rich.
His last great achievement was
his famous experiment to de
termine the density of the earth.
He first made
water from gases
Henry Cavendish, an eccentric millionaire
recluse, who devoted his life to research,
was the discoverer [ of the H and the O in
H 2 0. In fact he first told the Royal Society
of the existence of hydrogen.
He found what water was by making it
himself, and so became one of the first of
the synthetic chemists.
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In this age of electricity
the General Electric
Company has blazed
the trail of electrical pro
gress. You will find its
monogram on the giant
generators used by
lighting companies;
and even on the lamps
and little motors that
mean so much in the
home. It is a symbol
of useful service.
Cavendish concluded that the atmosphere
contained elements then unknown. His
conclusion has been verified by the dis
covery of argon and other gases.
The Research Laboratories of the General
Electric Company have found a use for
argon in developing lamps hundreds of
times brighter than the guttering candles
which lighted Cavendish’s laboratory.
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