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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1930)
«» THE BATTALION 3 Did You Know Ball playing started about 4,000 years ago ? ❖ ❖ : i : There is a star in the universe which if put in place of the sun would raise the temperature to 7,000 degrees Centigrade; another would lower the temperature of the earth enough to liquify the air ? :Jj :|c :Jc There are only about 3,000 mem bers of the Ex-Students Association 7 ❖ ❖ ❖ About 750 students were granted passes the last week-end we had no inspection ? There is one valve in the Colelge plant which weighs 3,200 pounds ? * * -k A new circulation pump in the College awter plant system pumped 1,650 gallons of water per minute? X X * The total tractive power of all the steam locomotives in Class 1 rail ways last year was 1,289,898 tons? X ❖ X A railroad train 5,740 miles long could be made of the equipment re turned from service by Class 1 rail roads of the United States in the last seven years ? FLASHES FROM EVERYWHERE A straw vote on the Eighteenth Amendment held by the Targum, un dergraduate weekly at Rutgers Uni versity, revealed that the majority of the students at the university, while they are themselves abstainers, are against the Amendment. 'X X X The annual Shakespeare birthday festival at Stratford-on-Avon will commence April 21, and continue for five weeks. The regular summer fes tival of Stratford-on-Avon will be gin July 7, and • continue until Sep tember 13. X X X The results of a vote among New York State students at Vassar Col lege (for women) on the Albany Bill to abolish capital punishment, result ed in a vote of 160 in favor of the bill, 130 opposed and 55 undecided. XXX HARTFORD, Conn.—At least two “college degree mills” are at present operating in this state with full au thority of the law, according to Al bert B. Meredith, State Commission er of Education, who has made an investigation, pending an effort to have the state legislature take an interest in the matter. *-*+ •1+ $ The Poet’s Comer | V •?* 4- \> 4’ I"!*v*;* •!"!—!-4* 4-4*4*4-4-4- 4-* ALL KIND OF BOYS There’s the ugle boy, And the witty boy, And the jellybeans who dance and pet, The boy that’s a flirt And the boy that “does you dirt,” And the boy who’s hard to get. There’s the “dumb” boy. And the “rum” boy, And the boys who imitate the Shiek, There’s the boy who offers a smoke, And the boy who is always broke; And the boy that’s “seemingly” so meek! There’s the blase boy And the passe boy, (The kind who comes up to the door for you) There’s the candy boy, And the handy boy, And the boy to whom “we say” we’re true! There’s the “cave type” boy, And the “rave type” boy, And the boy who’s just a pal, There’s the boy who’s athletic And the boy who’s a “stick” And the boy who’s “looking - for a gal.” There are many “Misters,” Oh girls and sisters! Than are named in this hymn, But the best of all, And the ones for whom we fall, Are the boys of Texas A. and M.! A. & M. SENDS MEN TO A. i. E. E. MEET Five Representatives Attend Inter esting Convention of Seventh District of A. I. E. E. At the annual meeting of repre sentatives of all the schools of the seventh district of the A. I. E. E. last Friday and Saturday at the Univer sity of Missouri in Columbia some of the latest developments in tech nical electricity was learned. Those attending the meeting from Texas A. and M. were H. C. Dillingham, as sociate professor of electrical enign- eering; P. M. Honnell, Sam Mosely, T. M. Sowell and T. G. Banks, Jr. The convention opened at nine o’clock Friday morning with coun selors meeting; and continued during the afternoon with the presentation and discussion of seven of the four teen technical electrical papers pre pared for the convention. Among the subjects of the papers may be mentioned “Corona Losses in High Power Transmission Lines,” “Prac tical Problems of Sound Reproduc tion in the Theatre,” and “Telephoto Experiments,” the second named sub ject winning the trophy for the best paper of the convention and being written by Eldon Peek of the Okla homa A. and M. College. The remaining seven papers were presented and discussed Saturday morning, the convention being con tinued on into the afternoon and ad journing after the meeting of all stu dent branch officers - and after the decision that the convention would be held in Kansas City had been made. A very colorful event new to the representatives from A. and M. was the St. Patrick Knighting Ceremony Friday evening wherein old St. Pat rick knighted the candidates for en gineering degrees, and after the last candidate had passed, the Saint pass ed from sight amid a camouflage of dense smoke and was not to appear until the St. Patrick’s Ball Saturday evening. It is hoped that those attending the convention will remember the en gineering displays well enough to give impetus to our coming Engin eering Day with a reproduction of some of them. Your good deed for today 'Vfe - - LISTEN IN Grantland Rice Famous Sports Champions Coca-Cola Orchestra -’■'Wednesday 10:30 to 11 p. in. E. S. T. Coast to Coast NBC Network —— Pause that refreshes No matter how busy you are—how hard you work or play—don’t forget you owe your self that refreshing pause with Coca-Cola. You can always find a minute, here and there, and you don’t have to look far or wait long for Coca-Cola. A pure drink of natural flavors—always ready for you — ice-cold — around the corner from any where. Along with millions of people every day, you’ll find in Coca-Cola’s wholesome refreshment a delightful way to well-being. The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Ga. 9 Million A Day~it had to be good to get where CW-6 IT IS