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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1924)
THE BATTALION 5 STUDENTS NOTICE ADVANCEMENT IN Many and Varied Types of Construc tion Have Appeared Within Last Two eYars. We do not have to stop, think, and figure to determine that A. and M. College has been growing during the past four years. Buildings and homes are continually being erected. Beautifying the campus continues day in and day out. The seniors of today can remem ber that during their fish year the Mechanical Engineering Shops and the Agricultural Building were erec ted. In the Mechanical Engineering Shops the student has an opportunity to find out whether he is talented in carpentry, pattern making, machin ery, foundry or forging. The Agri cultural Building contains offices, class rooms, and laboratories for var ious agricultural departments. The seniors will also remember that the picturesque little home of Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Clark, which is just south of the campus, served as the nucleus for the now thriving community. Juniors, sophomores and freshmen have also witnessed many changes. There are many juniors who spent their first year at A. and M. College in a tent, but the tents are gone, and we now have the “shacks” in their place. The old Airdome has been re placed by the new Assembly Hall. The last building to be completed was the Extension Service Building. The constructions which are under head way at the present time are the Gym nasium and the Hotel. There should be two dormitories going up some where on the campus. Where there are four men to a room, how are they to study with the great est efficiency ? Some time the boys who are living under these conditions have the beds stacked four high, and some time wonder if the boy on top says his prayers before going to bed at night or just trust to luck. *$«• *$»• +$+ •*$»■■*$*• ■*$♦• -*$♦ * *> * SOCIETY * ❖ ■*£«■ ♦£«■ -*£♦- -*£-«- ♦J*. -•£? 4$+ Our social secretary wishes to an nounce that the unusual is going to happen and requests that everyone be prepared. Everyone knows that we have a game on Kyle Field on November 7, and also on Novembeer 14. And due to interfenences in the past and those in the future, it has been impossible to have our allotted number of corps dances. So here is what our secretary wishes to say: “There will be a dance on Novem ber 8 and also on November 15. Both dances will be held in the Annex and the music will be furnished by Aggie- land. It is rumored also that there will be dances in Bryan on the seventh and fourteenth of next month. With two dances at both week-end it seems that either date would be an oppor tune time to have that girl down and good chance to get in practice for Thanksgiving. The young husband could eat no more of his wife’^ dinner. “That’s a pity,” she said, “for if you don’t I shall have to give it to the dog!” “Yes, it is a pity—it’s such a nice dog!” BUILDING PROGR AM CRANETILT THREE-VALVE. LIFTING-TYPE STEAM TRAP WHAT IS A STEAM TRAP? A successful steam trap should be a pas sageway for water and a barrier to steam. It prevents the loss of any steam while it dis poses ofthe accumulated condensation from pipe-lines and headers. Or drains receiv ers, drip pockets or steam using appliances. It is automatic, performing its important function without attention. Steam traps of the right type, properly ar ranged, will returnhot condensation directly to the boilers as pure feed water. Conserv ing the “heat of the liquid” of this conden sate, they effect large fuel economies. They are the most economical devices on the market for boiler feeding. Steam traps can also be used to draw condensation from low pressures or vacuums, discharging directly into a higher pressure, and meter ing the discharge if desired. Cranetilt traps perform these and similar functions in many important power plants, in chemical plants, paper mills and oil re fineries. Their operation is fully described in a Crane publication entitled “Condensa tion.” We will be glad to send a copy to any engineering student who writes for it. CRAN E GENERAL OFFICES: CRANE BUILDING, 836 S. MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO CRANE LIMITED: CRANE BUILDING, 386 BEAVER HALL SQUARE, MONTREAL B’anchei and Sales Offices in One Hundred and Forty-foe Cities National Exhib.t Rooms: Chicago, New York, Atlantic City, San Francisco and Montreal Works: Chicago, Bridgeport, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Trenton and Montreal CRANE EXPORT CORPORATION: NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO CRANE-BENNETT, Ltd.. LONDON CIS CRANE: PARIS, NANTES, BRUSSELS