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THE BATTALION
BOARD DIRECTORS
To Be Located Near Wichita Falls.
Exceeding Large Territory Will
Be Served.
The Board of-Directors of the A.
and M. College at a recent meeting in
Austin, authorized President Bizzell
to accept in the name of the State 161
acres of land donated for an experi
ment station near Iowa Park and
Wichita Falls. It will be recalled that
the last legislature included a small
amount in the appropriation for the
Experiment Sta. Sys. to care for the
maintenance of this station, the peo
ple of Wichita Falls having offered
the State a free site to be selected
by the Station authorities, free water
and other facilities for the establish
ment and operation of a station in the
Wichita Valley. The people of Wich
ita county following the enactment of
the appropriation, raised the neces
sary funds for the purchase of the
land and invited the Director of the
Experiment Station to select a site.
Accordingly, the Director with the aid
of his soil surveyors, agronomists,
and other specialists, made a thorough
study of the section to be irrigated
from the reservoir on the Wichita
River and found an ideal tract on the
river within a mile and a half of Iowa
Park. It is a level tract consisting
mainly of soil of the Miller series,
which is well represented in every
river valley arising in the edge of the
Plains, and which means all of the
important rivers of northern and
western Texas. The station will there
fore be one whose results are of very
wide application and will probably
serve all future irrigation projects
which may be developed along the
Wichita, the Red, the Brazos and the
Colorado rivers and their tributaries.
Thus it will become a State Station in
the fullest sense of the term and one
of far reaching usefulness in connec
tion with irrigation and reclamation
projects.
Commenting on the financial sup
port and exceptional cooperation of
the people of Wichita and adjacent
counties, President Bizzell had this
to say: “I heartily join the Board of
Directors upon the one hand and the
administrative staff of our Experi
ment Station on the other in their ex
pressions of appreciation to the cit
izens of Iowa Park, Wichita Falls and
As a football player
he’s a good poet
TET’S admit that all men are not born for
I J gridiron honors, just as all men are not
born poets.
You can admire a man’s grit for plugging
away at the thing that comes hardest to him.
He does derive benefit in developing himself
where he is weakest. But to achieve real success
it is only common wisdom to pick out the line
for which you have a natural aptitude—and go
to it.
Particularly if you are a freshman it may be
useful to remind you of this principle, because
it can help you start off on the right foot in both
your campus activities and your college courses.
If your fingers love the feel of a pencil, why
not obey that impulse and come out for the
publications? You can serve Alma Mater and
yourself better as a first-class editor than a third-
class halfback.
Similarly, when it comes to electing your col
lege courses, you will be happier and more effi
cient if you choose in accordance with your
natural aptitude.
The world needs many types of men. Find
your line, and your college course will be a prep
aration for a greater success.
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Wichita and adjoining counties for
their manifestation of interest in sci
entific studies as well as for their ma
terial financial contribution to the
fund for the development and opera
tion to the Wichita Valley Experi
ment Station, pending financial sup
port from the State Legislature. The
tract of land is ideal in every respect
for the purpose, and it could not have
a better location. It is only a mile
and a half from Iowa Park and a les
ser distance from the magnificent con
crete turn-pike, which runs north
westward through the towns of Wich
ita falls and Iowa Park. We are
grateful indeed to the Wichita Water
District for the donation of free
water for the Experiment Station and
to the county for a paved highway
from the turn-pike to the Experiment
Station.”
Dr. B. Youngblood, Director of the
Experiment Station System, has just
received notification from President
Bizzell of the action of the Board of
Directors accepting the donation of
the land and water and road, and
authorizing the Director to proceed
with the development of the tract as
an experiment station. The Attorney
General has the abstract and deed to
this property and no doubt wil issue
a ruling on the validity of thetitle
shortly. As soon as this is done and
the governor approves the deed, Di
rector Youngblood wil proceed vigor-
usly with this development. In the
meantime he has selected Mr. Earl
J. Wilson, an outstanding authority
on irrigation farming, to be superin
tendent of the station. Mr. Wilson
is 33 years old, a graduate of the New
Mexico College of Agriculture, and
has had a life long experience with
different aspects of reclamation work
as well as with irrigation farming. In
looking for a man for this position,
Director Youngblood states that he
was determined to secure an authority
of maturity and experience and thus
avoid the problem of developing a
younger man for the work. With the
appointment of Mr. Wilson, therefore-
the people of the Wichita Valley
through his cooperation with the
county agent and other progressive
agencies will have the best services
of a superintendent at their command.
WEST TEXAS CLUB
ORGANIZED SUNDAY
A. A. McKinney, President.
Prsident A. A. McKinney called the
first meeting of the year of the West
Texas Club to order Sunday at 1:00
p. m. C. C. Williams is vice-presi
dent; J. G. Ross, secretary-treasurer;
R. A. Wilson, publicity secretary; B.
B. M^cCutcheon, social secretary, and
Fish Alworthy, sergeant-at-arms.
A large number of Aggies from
the “Land of Hospitality” were pres
ent, and all were full of life and pepf.
There is no doubt but what this will
be a great year for the club. All
students from West Texas are cordi
ally invited to attend the next meet
ing on October 12.
“Ever ’ave your picture took, Wil
lie?”
“Only once, and dat was in a
group.”
“Who was de other fellers?”
“De cops wot was holdin’ me.”—
The Huhorist.
Evolution of the Majority in Love.
At Twenty—“She is the only wom
an in the world.”
At Thirty—“She is more beautiful
than any other.”
At Forty—“I love her still.”
At Fifty—“What have I been drink
ing?”