THE BAT TALION 7 curse: yoi * you h ave THE RfSISTASCE OF A1 ARMY “Marvin Murgatroyd, you fiend, I promised myself the rare pleasure of doing you in with my two bare hands, and yet. . “Choke away, Horace Gillingwater! Any throat protected by the constant use of OLD GOLDS, the smoother and better queen-leaf cigarette, is beyond the power of your feeble strength! There*s not a cough in a carload!** FASTEST GROWING CIGARETTE IN HISTORY.. .NOT A COUGH IN A CARLOAD W. F. GIBBS & SON THE BIGGEST LITTLE STORE IN BRYAN Just Received—Packard and Conelly, Reg. Calf dress shoes —broad toes, of course— S8.50 and $6.50 Our Spring line of Packard and Booth Smart Oxfords for young men— $5.00 to $10.00 Our Spring line of Dunlap and Meret Hats for young men— $5.00 to $10.00 Gang! Here’s “sure ’nuff” bar gains—All-leather Coats up to $15.00 for $7.50 Sheeplined Coats up to— $12,50 for $6.95 Dress Raincoats up to— $7.50 for $3.50 Group, Packard Regulation Cordovan $10.00 Dress JLhaes, slightly narrow toes ....$4.95 We concentrate on WILSON BROS. HABERDASHERY. * * *Our Windows reflect the latest style trend. Interesting Survey Reveals Popularity of Comic Characters Average Number of Papers Read at Reed College is Two. The doings of somic strips charac ters apparently are of more inter est to the average student at Reed College here than the affairs of the nation, state or city, it was revealed here recently in a survey made. Of the 204 students who expressed their opinions on the matter, 56 pre ferred reading comic strips first and 47 others would rather take a glance at the front page and then turn to the comic section. The average number of papers j read by the students daily was two, I although the student read four pages. The average time spent by the stu dents reading nev/spapers was esti mated at 35.5 minutes daily. Hunter College Favors Skirts Short in Length Theme of National Discussion Now. Not bad looking, the knee of the average Hunter College girl. Students at the college admit this. That is why 70 per cent of the Hunter College students favor short skirts. Ruth Gernsheimer and Lillian Friedman, advocates of the short skirt agreed. “The average female leg is too pretty to hide ” Ethel Leventhal, president of the Pan-Hellenic council at Hunter, rep resenting the Sorority girls, said: “I’ve yet to see a short girl who can gracefully wear a long skirt.” Lola Zoller, a student with an eye to utility as well as beauty, remark- (Continued on Page 10)