THE BATTALION
IS ❖
THE FIRST MOTHERS’ DAY.
May 9, 1914.
Whereas, by the said joint resolution, it is made the duty of the
President to request the observance of the second Sunday in May, as
provided for in the said joint resolution:
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United
States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the said joint reso
lution, do hereby direct all government officials to display the United
States flag on all government buildings and to invite the people of the
United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable
places on the second Sunday in May as a public expression of our
love and reverence for the Mothers of our Country.
In witness whereof, I have set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this ninth day of May in the year
of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fourteen, and of the
Independence of the United States One Hundred and Thirty-eight.
WOODROW WILSON.
CIVIL ENGINEERS MET
AT A. AND M. FOR GENERAL
TECHNICAL DISCUSSION
A Two-Day Visit Was Made By Prom
inent C. E.’s.
Considerable work was done and
numerous important questions and
phases of engineering were discussed
at the two-day convention of the Tex
as Section of the American Society
of Civil Engineers. Technical Engi
neering discussions were made by
visiting professional engineers and
instructors of the A. and M. College.
Economics of dams, highway and rail
road buildings, and the state recla
mation work were studied by the civil
engineers attending the various ses
sions.
Plans for the two-day stay were
arranged by Professor J. C. Richey,
head of the Department of Civil En
gineering. Upon arrival of the guests
they were conducted to the Y. M. C.
A. for registration. Then, shortly
after, at 9:30 a. m., the first session
was hefc^in the lecture room of the
Physics Touilding. President Bizzell
made the welcoming address to the
convention and John A. Norris, pres
ident of the society and chairman of
the State Board of Engineers made
the response. Three papers were
then read. Professor D. B. Marburg-
er read one on the subject, “Newer
Methods in Pre-determining Railway
Operating Costs,” T. A. Munson, on
“Effect of Grade and Road Surface
on Operating Costs for Motor Ve-
hicals”, and O. N. Field, field engineer
for the Garza dam works at Dallas,
gave an illustrated talk on various
types of dams.
In the afternoon, an inspection of
laboratories and building was made,
and then the second meeting of the
day started at 2 o’clock for a discus
sion of the points brought out in the
papers read that morning.
The morning session of the second
day began promptly at 9 o’clock. E.
L. Myers, professional engineer of
Dallas, reported on the Cooperative
Engineering School now being estab
lished at the Southern Methodist Uni
versity. B. F. Williams, state recla
mation engineer made a report on
the work of his department. John
A. Norris reported on the work of hi^>
department, and Terrell Bartlett, San
Antonio engineer, discussed the code
of ethics recently adopted by the Tex
as section of the society. It was de
cided to send copies of the code of
ethics of the society to the deans of
all engineering schools and to furnish
copies to the graduates.
The afternoon session was entirely
a business session starting at 2:30,
and sine die adjournment followed
the close of the session.
The Bryan Country Club invited
the visitors to use the golf course.
Wives of the members attending the
convention were received in the Y.
M. C. A. lobby by Campus women,
and they were guests at a luncheon
and bridge party at the home of Mrs.
J. J. Richey.
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Orders for the Class ’26 senior
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Charles H. Elliot Company of Phil
adelphia, Pa., spent several days here
taking measurements for rings for
the various members of the present
Junior Class.
The Company with whom the con
tract for the rings was made has
done considerable satisfactory work
for several college organizations. Its
workmanship is good, dependable, and
reliable. The contract calls for a
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best die-cutters of the United States.
The details of the designs will be al
tered very slightly. However, the
true Texas wreath and star will be
one of the features of the new die.
The cannon and sabre will be brought
out more clearly. The rings will
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they can be had of twelve or fourteen
carat gold. A personal guarantee
will accompany each ring, thus insur
ing a satisfactory ring. The price
of the ring includes the engraving
of the purchaser’s initials and last
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