THE BATTALION
3
PLANTS /
M. H. HOLLOWAY
Dear Public:
For the past five months I have
tried in my own fashion to give you
the type of reading matter that
would meet with your merited ap
proval. It seems however that I have
not succeeded as well as I might
have done. If I say anything worth
while, no one applauds; if I say any
thing to the contrary, it is promptly
called to my attention.
Now, my dear public, as you all
know I’m receiving an enormous sal
ary as an exalted member of the
staff of this paper and my job is to
please you—if possible. Therefore,
I’m asking you to help me out with
this overwhelming problem. Unless
you tell me what you would, like to
see in this column, I have no way of
knowing. So I ask you—brothers, sis
ters, co-eds, mothers, fathers, shieks,
and shebas, to kindly write and let
me know. The box number is 1014.
Student Exchange. A£l suggestions
will be thought over carefully and
given excellent attention.
If you want bear stories, then you
will hear bear stories; if you want
plain news stories, you may have
them; if you want wise cracks, you
can’t have them. I’ve lost my sense
of humor. If you like poems, express
your opinion in the matter. You
may have them, either sad, sarcastic,
or sweet. You see, I’m very obliging.
Seriously now, write and let me have
the low down. I’ll be more than glad
to accomodate you.
Yours sincerely,
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Texas University received the
shock of their lives Saturday night
when the Texas Aggies with rejuven
ated vigor, ran them all over the bas
ketball court and smothered them un
der an avalanche of well placed shots.
It reminded one of the football game
on Kyle Field this past Thanksgiv
ing. In short it reminded us of every
thing that is sweet to look upon. Re
venge is sweet and all things come
to those who wait and wait and never
get tired of doing so.
The Aggies played like iron men
and looked like versatile stars.
They were fighting all of the time
and took advantage of practically
every break. Every child of mother
Aggdeland that missed this game
should be ashamed of himself. It
would have done you more good than |
what you probably did. It was one of
the most pleasant sensations of the
year.
Ferry Gives His
Views on Education
“It is much more necessary to the
future of the nation that the colleges i
of liberal arts produce men of spir- i
itual and cultural riches than mater
ial wealth,” Frederick Ferry, pres
ident of Hamilton College, said in
an address before the convention of
the Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools of the Middle
States and Maryland, held here re
cently.
“The goal of American education,”
he said, “has been characterized as
efficiency, and that of British edu
cation as culture. Unless American
efficiency can have genuine asso
ciated with it, American education
will have failed.”
Also speaking at the conference,
President Harvey N. Davis, of Ste
vens Institute said “there should be
more independence of mind, more
curiosity and more creative power
among students, and less absorbing
power.” He declared that in after
life things memorized in school days
are used rarely and suggested a re
vision of college entrance examina
tions in line with such a theory.
In 1899 only 5.4 gallons of gaso
line were derived from a 42-gallon
barrel of crude oil while today 15.8
gallons of gasoline are derived from
the same amount ?
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A man in South Carolina has not
moved in 49 years and yet has lived
in four different counties ?
The speed of the average fox is
about |26 miles an hour?
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The College Power Plant uses ap
proximately 110 tons of lignite in
cold weather, about 90 tons in warm
weather, and over 75,000 gallons of
water every day ?
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It has been estimated that Ameri
can motorists used over 14,000,000,
000 gallons of gasoline in 1929 ?
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There is at least one lieutenant-
colonel, two majors, four captains,
and twenty-nine lieutenants in the
Officers Reserve Corps on the cam
pus and connected directly with the
College ?
I. A. CLUB" ANNUAL
BANQUET SUCCESS
Fields, Walton, Winkler, Bolton and
Several Others Speak
L. B. Fields, Houston, was the
principal speaker at the annual ban
quet of the A. and M. Industrial Arts
Club in the Mess Hall annex last
Friday night. The banquet was suc
cessful in every respect and was well
attended, E. O. Cox, president of the
club, reported after the gathering.
Preceding Mr. Fields’ address, the
subject of which was “The Teacher’s
Highway,” were talks by Dr. T. O.
Walton, Dean C. H. Winkler, Dean
F. C. Bolton and several others.
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