THE BATTALION COLLEGE FALLACIES— — (Continued fr»m p«g« I) /t 4 r knowledge ImU given to tbooMndt #f studenU, art: .„«.,}{. ! Thirty percent of all seniors it s>x roHegeairanked below the aver* age freshrhan in general culture testa. Average college sophomores ! kliua- the meaning of & oat of 100 commonly U'e I uordd! Twoonore < I wnnrier if the word! “tun^r ■ epptaure enabled the aame ^g anytlling in particular students to recognise ten words tg t Average in four high schools was above that of nil college sophomore candi date* fbr ar education decree The group eespeasible far this disillusioning investigation points l/jM grddlt systegi as one ef the Tung Oil Found to Be Important Varnish Manufacture Ingredient; Financial Possibilities Viewed By t. & Storm. - | tpHI UnOA tnyiiinc in particular ta to recognise ten more ^ v you i nU)rMU d in 'f uniora ^ ^ may mean a great daal to you Mine day, perhaps hi a financial way. Tung oil is soonethiog compact lively aew in the United States, is the ffrst oil from American grown reasons for On education of college nuta was produced in 1911 from a tudents. TIM group feels that too tree planted in Florida in 190& In maeh emphasis is placed on grades ^ Utfited tunc oil is used kaowledga, «u H flj ttge *n-, dt <■( of the Division adl&rC" ultui% Hp#l|y inspected south cen- a to ssti- the adaptability of this oil- jCPduciOf tree to Texas aauditions. [■^Um hlentleod wave fear to d varied in twelve Feet SrS mate th These planting! w< fhra yaam in age as height from foer to depending on the care and Mention A full grown tree reaches the height of around twenty-five feet. JThe plantings ranged from a single tree te approximately fifteen acres. It was observed that the tree thriv ed beat an sandy bam of a light acid reaction and that soil of good 4 air and water drainage was neces sary. Air draihage is enquired to prelect the tree against the cold, since a freede will injure the young buds, although it may not kill the entire tree. After his inspection. Dr. Yar ned concluded that as a means of diversification and a new aoorce of income, the tung oil planting has good possibilities; but that a fanner should not be able to re tire in ten years an hit Income after making a planting. Ag. Eng. Recieve New Refrigerator A kerosene-operated, M Air-Coo!- ed” Electrolux refrigerator has been loaned to the agrieuRurml en gineering department by the Bafe- trolux Company of Evansville, In diana ‘The kerosene-operated Electro- lex usee the same freezing princi ple aa the gas spscttsd Electro- lax: a small flame produces the boat necessary te cause a refriger ant to circulate through a system cf sealed pipes, and to draw heat from the cooling chamber. The re frigerant is than cooled by air and is ready to circa late again, no ter being used in the process. Kerosene furnishes the fuel in the new machine m new people living in rural sections where it is im possible to obtain electricity or gas may have the same modem refri geration conveniences as those Uv- m in cities. J J A ’ V r J / ! The refrigerator is being exhibit ed in the Agricultural Engineering Building and it will be used for in- sj^ction purposes in the home convenience laboratory. - Ain’t it funny that over five hundred passes were issued by the Cbmmandant’s ofljcn and wo only had a little over • hundred at the game? You other four hundred sere missed P-L-E-N-T-Y. What score could we have made with 400 more leather-lunged “kaydets’!? mfiN ? There have been certain ribald cemmcnts and some laughter about the turn of brains la tha tagtional government, but it seems to me a pretty good practice. It is a prac tise that will continue.—Franklin D. Roosevelt. School Heads Would [ Dispense Patronage | Detroit, Mich— Rev. Charles f. Coughlin, “fighting priest” of ra dio fame, whose dvbntes with Alex Smith in 1989 raaie history, has coma forth to aid the college grad uate by presenting 4 plan ta Presi dent Rooeewrit which would sub stitute college graduates for politi cal hacks in aew appointments tx> federal jobs. •*We take in 29,000 federal em ployeee every year,” Father Coug lia explained his plan. “Wouldn't it be a good thing if, instead of alio ting those Jobe as soup bone* to politicians, we gave them to do- serving college graduates, to be AaaMI by aniversity president*? I think we could take ears of about a year that **y by giving them secretarial jobt." The priest aaM that the presi dent had shown interest (n this idea, and was also Apparently aiv xioue to enlarge the usefulness J the Civilian ^Conservation (’orp« program by providing somethinjr like it for whiu* collar classes. LAUNDRY OPERATIONS INTERESTING l TO BATTALION FEATURE tFtlTER By J. M. Shepherd The more clocks i andwaftriM there are in a bouse the oftener somebody asks somebody else whajt Ume it is. It is one of the npoet upsetting moments of life whdn one discov ert that same taste, habit er stand ard of judgment which one trusts! for years and supposed to be un#- versal is not really universal aj. all, but Is merely a personal eccenr tricity.—Phillip Curtis. Nature made woman beautiful and, forever she strives to look queer.—Arthur Brisbane. * Drop (n at the college laundry rome time. Introduce yourself to Mr. G. t. Ayers, manager of that branch of the Department of Build ings and! College Utilities, and ac quaint yourself by bis willing ex planations and some intelligent ob servations with his side of the laundry question—that of launder ing and handling some thirty-five hundred bundles weekly ia the most efficient manner possible un der the limited facilities he has at his disposal. • Mr. Ayers will gladly let you look ifi 9n tha one hundred and ten employees and see for yourself just what makes a double shift necessary in cleaning the approx- iimtely ten thousand pieces that are handlsd* daily. Furthermore, he wiH take you through the plant, explain the various operations, and listen sincerely ^tO your objec tions and criticiama, for he avers a desire to serve the student body in the best manner possible. If you'd care to trace poor bun dle through the plant, the first step of the many k goes through ia the colWt Kin. After the pack ages are uiked up, they are check ed in at the laundry and counted ia lota qf eighty-five, which are kept separate during the complete laundering procsss. The bundles of one lot are then opened and the pieces checked against the laundry ' 4 I slip, marked indelibly, and thra sent to the wash room after btunr assorted according to color and tex* ture ef the materials. The slips ere similarly marked and sent t* the bookkeeper for entry. The method of washing depends on the material, regular pieces be* ing cleaned in a large rotary mo tion American Washing machine with a non-acid, chemically tested soap, and the lighter materials be ing done by hand. Thorough rins ing is dene in both but and cold water, and the pieces are bleach*-1 by dipping in a'solution of one- half of one percent of a chlorine compound. Drying is dene by a centrifugal extractor, after which the laundry is again #4>arlted. Flat pieces pre sent through the fiat work roller irons and the shirts are sent through a series of operations that are done in the following seqirtoce: starching, preliminary folding, pressing of cuffs and collars, body and sleeves ironed, shoulders yok ed, hand finishing, final folding, and racking. In addition to the regularly plan ned entertainment many parlor games and indoor sports and con tents were held throughout Waco Saturday night and Sunday morn ing ••Teaeippcrs” were atill going strong Sunday though the number of students remaining hod decreas ed appreciably by dusk Sunday. D. L. TISINGBR I’INSURANCE ROOM 18 MITCHELL !(l>lA*nrn> Tailor made tlniforma, Slacks, and Shirts at Low Price*—GUARANTEED TO FIT 'Id * >| ntiu i I i MKMU. A HORN A K % r OUR STOCKS ARE OMPLETE Christmas is only a short tftne off—a small deposit will hold any gift you may choose -n. 1 ' •. | .*1 ; * ■ • . . CALDWEU JEWELRY STORE 8 DRI-SHEEN . . . Aa Am-lmg Naw Cl—ing Proc—I Here's something ocw under the mo— aa odorless dry cieaniag process wh:. * makes silks look like aew... imparts lus trous sheen and soft ftel that wmi instant ad m I ration... and rescoraa life mad fresh ness to gamaacst It’s called DKl .SHthN and it ia not only effective for silks,bat for myoossndcelanete materials es well! We are licensed to use this sensational new odorless method of dry daaaiag. Tkapnrtiw D PROCESS N AMERICAN STEAM LACNDRY **i Authoriz'd Vttrt of tho Dn.Shttn Ptactf J/- \/iv u* 1/. K-DET RATERS— (Continued from page 1) Meet Aggie Profs FIFTH YEAR PRIVATE OF TROOP D CAVALRY, ia at last crashing the gates of the social circles of Bryan after four yean of Mlitude—it took him a long time to get started but he is STEP PING THROUGH THE TALI. COTTON now and making up for lost time. FISH “WAR BOSS” JOSEPH should find a leas con spicuous place for his courting than behind the AGGIELAND INN. It A looks like MISS STANFORD and TAYLOR WILKINS, A INFAN TRY, are playing “DR. JEKYL AND MR. HYDE" with the RU- RAL SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT —TAYLOR goes to class and MISS STANFORD does *h« homework. We notice that the “Hedgerow 1 Players* wiU be in Waco shortly preaenting the same play that the student body will be able to sae at CoOago Station and you can't get a ticket hare for 16 cents. G. B. Wilcox, profaaasr of rural education; Dr. D. Blooks, dean of the school of arts and sciences; W. L. Hughes, prof.-*sor of rural education and CX H. Winkler, daan of the school of vocational teach ing, represented A and M college on the program at the District Meeting of Teachers held in Madi- sonville at 9:00 A M. Saturday under the leadership of C. M. El- well, deputy state superintendent of public instruction. Dr. Lb A. Woods, state Superintendent of public instruction, addressed the meeting. < I A and M’a part on the program r consisted of talks by the ref aartatiraa.. Prafaasor Wilcox spoke oa “Curriculum Study and the Class Room"; Dr. Brooks on “Problems in Administration of Classroom Supervision”; Professor Hughes on ‘‘Problems in Correlatioa and Co operation aa Between Rural and Urban Schools”; fcnd Dean Winkler on “ResponaihiHty of Vocational Teachers hi a Program of Curri culum Revision.” =F CIVILIAN SUITS MADE TO MEASURE $19.75 to $49.50 REGULATION SHIRTS UGHT COLORS $1.35‘i SAM KAPLAJi THE HOME OF THE BETTER TAILORED UNIFORM , a-TTr Bryan Tcxaa fp: i The world’s finest tobaccos are used in Luckies—the “Cream of the Crop”— only the clean center leaves—for the clean center leaves are the mildest leaves —they cost more —they taste better. i.j \ - ✓r-r “It’s toasted” f 1 * V