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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1928)
THE B AT TALION » buyer working for a group of mills was sent to New York to watch the cotton market and after a few days’ deliberations wired his firm to this effect: ‘Some think it will go up, some think it will go down. I do, too. Whatever you do will be wrong. Act at once.’ “Cotton is planted in the spring, mortgaged in the summer and left in the field in winter.” OLDER BOYS’ CONFERENCE (Continued from Page Eight) general meetings and the group dis cussions. Each general session op ened with a song service under the leadership of R. S. Tate, General Sec retary of the San Antonio Y. M. C. A. Secretaries of the “Y’s” of different cities of the state led the discussion groups, in which the boys could bring up any subject that interested them. After the banquet Saturday night, at which Dean Charles E. Friley pre sided, the boys were given a free show in the Assembly Hall. Included in the entertainment during the conference were stunts by groups, songs, yells, and a visit over the campus, through the various departments of the col lege. And, while it was not on the official program, there was plenty of entertainment with pillow and water fights. All of the boys had a good time and a helpful time. The discussion groups furnished instruction and inspiration. Many of the boys were heard express ing a desire to come back sometime. ANNUAL SHORT COURSE. (Continued from Page 8) 1927, when between 3000 and 3500 people were present, is expected for the 1928 gathering. Two new dor mitories now being erected at the col lege will be finished soon and as these will add 216 dormitory rooms to ac comodations on the campus, the col lege will be better equipped for hand ling short course visitors. Swating Song Mary Mullins, lovely lass, Had a fall and hurt herself. Now she wears a skirt of brass— Clever, scheming little elf! Wasn’t it a horrid shame ? Isn’t it a bit unkind ? That this charming little dame Had to land on never mind. * :!« i’fi Fair One: What do you mean, you were a four-letter man in the corps ? Cadet: A. W. O. L. :!: * * English Prof: Who was Homer? Fish: Homer ain’t a who. It’s what made Babe Ruth famous. An Example o£ Efficiency Established 1842 Farm Tractors 3 sizes Skid Engines Steel Threshers 5 sizes Combines Prairie Hillside Silo Fillers 4 sizes Baling Presses 2 sizes Steam Engines Road Machinery Grand Detour Plows Harrows Cultivators ANY man who raises threshable crops jL3l. can increase his earning capacity by threshing his own and some of his neigh bor’s crops with a Case steel machine. Tie is assured of the highest possible grade for his grain, which means a higher price, because he can thresh every year when his grain is plump, sound and of good color. The Case steel machine threshes fast, cleans the grain and reduces dockage. Being simple, light running and of large capacity, it effects a great saving in power and labor cost. This makes it economical to operate. The cost per year of service is low because Case steel construction, developed by years of experience, makes the machine extremely durable. This is Case efficiency, built into every Case machine. This is why the earning capacity of Case threshers is highest under all conditions. J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company Incorporated Established 1842 Dept. B-75 Racine Wisconsin VALENTINE CANDIES WHITMAN’S CASEY’S IN THE “Y PALACE THURSDAY—FRIDAY—SATURDAY Special Matinee Thursday and Friday at 1:30 p. m. LON CHANEY In “THE BIG CITY” See “The Man of a Thousand Faces” in his latest picture. QUEEN FRIDAY—SATURDAY “The Latest From Paris” With NORMA SHEARER “Everything’s Fair in Love and Business.” An Irresistible Star in an Irresistible Comedy! For the friends far away, for the folks hack home— Your Photograph! -A., cfc IVT. <Z50XL.EC3-DEl3 STXTXDXO Exchange Bldg.