THE BATTALION
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WEEK’S NEWS IN REVIEW
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For many years The Westinghouse
Electric Company has been employ
ing- a number of A. and M. graduates
in Electrical Engineering. This year,
out of thirteen seniors that sent in
their application to The Westing-
house Company, six have secured em
ployment with the company and as
soon as they have finished their work
here, they will go to Pittsburg and
take up their work with Westing-
house.
The men selected were: R. N. Mc-
Collom, Lubbock; R. T. Falkenberg,
Taylor; H. L. Miller, San Antonio;
J. L. Hurff, Bryan; B. J. Carrol,
Bryan, and L. M. Haupt, Kyle.
Mr. M. V. Smith of the class of ’15,
has been with the company since his
graduation and is recognized as one
of their foremost designers. C. . C.
Hudspeth, ’15, was for several years
foreman of Westinghouse’s Trans
former Testing Department, is now
with their General Engineering De
partment. E. M. Clayton is with their
Marine Department. D. M. Davis, ’26,
is also employed by Westinghouse and
is doing good work.
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The executive, educational, and A.
and M. College committees of the Tex
as Cotton Seed Crushers Association
met here last Wednesday as guests
of the college. In an executive session
preceding an inspection of the cam
pus, they selected Galveston as the
city for the 1927 convention. After
this meeting, the rest of the morning
was spent in inspecting the Feeding
and Breeding Station of the Experi
ment Station.
.. ; < The afternoon was largely spent in
■£ v inspection of the electrical, mechani-
cal, textile, and chemical engineering-
departments, and the Experiment Sta
tion. The most interesting phase of
the tour was the visit to the $10,000
cotton seed oil mill unit recently es
tablished here by the Association as
part of its work in cooperation with
the College.
A review of the cadet corps, a con
ference basketball game between A.
and M. and Rice, and a special musi
cal program concluded the entertain
ment. This organization has shown
special interest in A. and M. recently
and we should certainly be grateful
for their cooperation.
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The Sunday afternoon program of
fered by the Y. M. C. A. failed to at
tract as large a crowd as before, but
even with the speedball game going
on at the same time, a very good au
dience was present. The program for
next week will consist of the singing,
a talk by Dean Friley, and four reels
of pictures: “Nazareth,” “Despoilers
of Jungle Gardens,” “With Roose
velt in Turkestan,” “Aesops Fables.”
This will be a program that can be
appreciated by practically any cadet
and it is hoped that you will show
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your appreciation of the great prog
ress the Y is making towards the
improvement of our entertainment by
your presence at the program next
Sunday.
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The Presbyterian banquet, held last
week was one of the best attended
this season. There were something like
150 guests, two thirds of whom were
students. There was also a long list
of notables present: Rev. Henderson,
representative of the committee on
j home missions for the Brazos
Presbytery, Dr. James Hardy of Hous
ton, who looks after the religious life
of Presbyterian students at the var
ious colleges, and Dr. Tenney of Dal
las, the secretary for the board of
education of the synod.
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A large attendance of railroad men
and shippers is expected for the fourth
short course on diseases of fresh
fruits and vegetables in transit which
is to be held at the A. and M. Col
lege of Texas on March 7-8, Dr. J. J.
Taubenhaus, chief of the division of
plant pathology and physiology, Texas
Agricultm-al Experiment Station, has
announced. Producers and members of
the press have also been invited, Dr.
Taubenhaus said.
The program of the short course
provides for lectures on plant diseas
es as well as laboratory demonstra
tions. Refrigeration is also a subject
that will be given attention. A ban
quet will be held on the night of
March 7.
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The recent shortage of water, which
has been the cause of considerable
inconvenience, has been caused by the
sanding up of the big well north of
the campus. This well was the best
that the college owned, and as it can
not be cleaned by ordinary means
oweing to the conditions left by pre
vious repairs, its loss will be very
noticeable. There is enough water
from the other wells the college owns
to adequately supply the demands of
the campus. The real cause of the
recent scarcity of water being that
one of the pumps of an important well
was being repadded at the time the
shortage developed, and consequently
that well was cut off. When it was
finally connected, the situation was re
lieved and (washing began again.)
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The seventh annual convention of
the State Baptist Students Union was
held in Houston, February 18, 19 and
20th. The meeting was more or less a
general assembly of college students
from the Denominational schools and
State Colleges of Texas. The keynote
of the assembly was “Aggressive for
Christ.” The delegates were treated
with the warmest of hospitality dur
ing their stay in Houston. Tours were
made of the city Friday afternoon.
There were about 300 delegates in
attendance at the meeting and 31 of
these were from College Station. Some
of the principal speakers of the con
ference were: Mr. W. R. Owens, Ma
New Materials for Uniforms. Uniforrms, Pants, and
Shirts Made to Measure. Alterations.
NEW LINE OF SPRING SUITS
UNIFORM TAILOR SHOP
ALSO CLEANING AND PRESSING
Mendl & Hornak, Proprietors
Located in New Casey-Sparks Bldg.
con, Ga., Dr. Price of the Seminary
of Fort Worth; and Mrs. J. M. Daw
son, of Waco. There were also student
speakers from the various schools,
one of whom was J. B. Bell of Col
lege Station.
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“D” Company, Infantry, having ob
tained the greatest percentage of ex
tra subscriptions during the contest
in the fall between the various organ
izations, will publish a special edi
tion of the Battalion. First Sergeant
M. E. Dietert established the excel
lent record of selling subscriptions
amounting to 135.8 per cept. This is
the highest record ever obtained and
he deserves the moving picture pass
offered by the Fairman and Schulman
interests as prize.
This is the first time in three years
that any other organization other than
“B” Battery Artillery has won this
distinction. As a result of Mr. Diet-
ert’s work “D” Company has the priv
ilege of publishing a special issue
of the Battalion, devoted to their
own interests, containing short “write
ups” of their personnel, with articles,
jokes, and cartoons contributed by
men of that unit.
The “D” Company Battalion will
probably follow this issue, with R.
O. Pearson as editor, and M. E. Diet
ert as business manager.
RESOLUTIONS UPON THE
DEATH OF MR. A. C. HEARNE
Wheras, God in His infinite wis
dom has called to his last resting
place Mr. A. C. Hearne, father of our
fellow student and beloved classmate:
Therefore, be it resolved, by The
A. and M. Cherokee County Club,
that we extend to the members of his
family our sincerest sympathy in their
hour of bereavement:
Be it further resolved, that a copy
of these resolutions be sent to Mrs.
A. C. Hearne and family, a copy to
The Battalion, and a copy to The
Daily Progress at Jacksonville, the
home of the deceased.
(Signed) W. B. COX, President.
A. and M. was well represented at
the meeting of the superintendents
and principals section of the National
Education Association which convened
in Dallas on February 26 and lasted
through March 2, by Dean Chas. E.
Friley, of the School of Arts and
Sciences and Registrar of the College,
Dean C. H. Winkler of the school of
Vocational Teaching, Dr. D. C. Mc
Intosh, Prof, and Mrs. J. P. Buck,
Prof. W. L. Hughes, Prof. G. B. Wil
cox, Prof. E. L. Williams, and Dr.
F. B. Clark. Dean Friley presented a
paper on the question of preventing
duplication in college courses
The general themes of this nation
al meeting, which was held at Wash
ington, D. C. last year and has come
to Texas for the first time, included
ideal character and citizenship and
national unity. Music and its educa
tion value were also given emphasis.
Among the noted speakers that ap
peared on the program were: Govern
or Dan Moody, Frank W. Ballan, Su
perintendent of the Schools of Wash
ington, D. C., Randall J. Condon, Su
perintendent of the Schools of Cin
cinnati, Ohio, and president of the
Department of Superintendents of this
meeting.
First Section Hand: “Hear the S. P. I
just bought a couple of new freight
engines.”
Second C. E.: “Baldwin’s?”
First: “Sure, who ever heard of a
locomotive with hair on it.”
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Say Bo, didja’ ever
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Go thru “Ye Athletic and Military
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College for four years
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And aspire to be a great athlete
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Your ideal, Didja’ become a great
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Billard drinker and didja’ even think
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How the hearts of the fairer sex in
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Bryan would flutter when they watch-
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ed you perform.
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And then suddenly in your last year
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Didja’ realize your dream
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And become that master athlete,
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A GOLF HOUND,
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And have your brilliant services
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Rewarded by one meal a day
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On the training table.
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G. “Johnnie” James did.
JUNIOR A. H. TEAM TO STOCK
SHOW.
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Fifteen junior animal husbandry
students have been practicing every
afternoon since Christmas under the
supervision of Mr. A. H. Groth, and
it was no easy matter for him to se
lect the six for the team. Those who
were finally chosen were: W. S.
Amend, Ideal; J. M. Bird, Dublin; T.
G. Greenwade, Whitney; H. E. How
ard, Devine; R. R. Peeples, Tehua-
cana; and N. E. Ryalle, Jasper.
The team will leave the college Sat
urday morning, stopping over in Waco
Saturday and Sunday at F. E. Good
man’s Shropshire sheep ranch, where
a final preparation will be made. In
Fort Woi’th the members of the team
will meet many widely known live
stock experts, and this alone will make
the trip a success. The junior team
of this year will more than likely be
the team which will represent A. and
M. in the national contests next year,
and the Fort Worth contest will af
ford some valuable experience to the
team.
A new $10,000 cottonseed oil mill
unit has just been installed in the In
dustrial chemistry laboratory, and is
now ready for operation. This equip
ment makes A. and M. one of the
two schools in the south and south
west to have such facilities for the
use of the students. It is complete in
every detail from the cleaning of
the seed to the refining units for the
manufacture of refined oil, cake, and
soap. This valuable addition to the
chemistry department was furnished
through the generosity of the Texas
Cotton Seed Crushers Association,
which has cooperated in many ways
with the chemistry department.
Fish: “Er—captain, what kind of a
track man is Felix?”
Parker: “Felix who?”
Fish: “Felix Austed.”