V* DIAL 4-5444 122 Aviation Under Way NEWSPAPER pTt OF STATION Stom BLEG. IT 42 CX)LLEGE STATION, TEXAS, THURK ^ ' Co-spontored by A&M t Southern Flight To Simp ify Aero Wgr Production Problems * College S Alton becomes the capital of Southwest avia lion for a three-day period starting this morning, as Texas Aviation Week conferences g*t under way at various spots on the campuiL Co-spontc red by A&M aid Southern Flight, leading aviation magizine, the conferences bring together aircraft . manufacture! , contractors and twining chiefs of the South- ? .^west and mid-continent for thref days, during which time ' they will thresh out many problems of production and co- Model Contest Brings Planes From Far Points j . i II I 3 I J Gas and Rubber Driven Models Will Vie for Air Supremacy Over Campus Sponsored by the aeronautical engineering department a model airplane contaat 1 will be held here on Friday and Saturday. Model* entered in the rubber powered di vision will can}pete Friday and those entered in the gasoline pow ered division will compete Satur day. The contest will bring to a climax the activities otf Texas Av iation Week whirii is sow In prog- ress. li* More thaf tw > hundred contest ants have come from all parts of Texas. Teams' 4re to come from Houston. Wichita FaHs, Fort Worth, Mauison rille, San Aatonio. Dallas, and “th^ii points in Texas The'contestants vriU stay in the dormitories and eat in the mew hall. According to Charlie Baker, the contest has attracted state wide attention. The (ontest will he at- tanded by H. 1L Culfen, oil man and well kinr rn philanthropist from Houston; j il L» Lewis, execu tive director |of the Academy of Model Aeronhtt ics; and John E. Clemens, president of the South- western Gas h odel Association. Class WorkS RNING. JUNE i 1942 \ — DIAL 4-5444 official newspaper OF THE CITY 'OF COLLEGE STATION 2275 v II Michigan U Stores College T War Sav ng Plan ‘ 5 ^ Ann .Artor, Mk*.—(ACP)— War economies in use of trucks and automobOei are rapidly bear ing 'results at the University of Michigan, aceoiding to Edward C. Pardon, siiperi itendent, of build ings and grbhrds, who says when and by whhin university-owned vehicles are to be used. Six heavy trucks of 15 formerly used by the university storehouse and buildings and grounds de partments have been put in dead storage for the duration and will be used only in emergency. Pardon reports. \ J Si wilar reductions, he said, may be pijdu'ni Other departments as, sooi} as studies erf actual neods are completed. 1 AU university-o4aned passenger cars and eUtios wagons have been pooled and must be requisitioned for aae by staff members. Requisi tions are approved only when com mon carrier facilities cannot pro-J vide the eervi^ss needed, Pardon- - * 'orefination. , I i jl % Mr. Howard W. Barlow, head of A. 4 M.’s aero engineering de partment, and George Had da way, editor of Southern Flight, are co- chairmen of the projeet. which al so | includes meetings of Civilian Pilj>t Training eo-ordinstors and operator", the Civil Air (Patrol and Tegs* Private Flyer* association *ht>© for Vrjse Models In conjunction with the confer- enf<*#, the fourth annual Texas A 4 nautical resuarth. experts will discuss the use of plywood in air craft—a new development in the mdnatry. General Speaks I Maj. Gen. H. R. Harmon, com- •lander of the Gulf Coast Air <|Orpt Training Center with head- <^aAers at Randolph Field, will igieak to the fim of two Civil Air patrol conferences Friday. On the Dsrnc program will be Maj. Jchn f. Morria, director of the CAP. » Speakers at every one of the Conferences—17 in all—ia a recog- ^ised expert in hia field. Many of them, such as Dr. Barlow, J.' T. L. flcNew, R. M. Pinkerton, H. J. H ■ "en, John F. Leahy. J. D. Lind- •F, C. J. Finney and Dean Gibb ^ilchriat, are members orf the Tex- «s A. 4 M. faculty, while the oth- »re represenutives of large manufacturers or government ■P^Maa. f Civilian Pilot Training co-ordi- ftators °f the fourth CAA region gill hold ihelr annual meeting Sat- ; (8m AVIATION, Page 4) t Practical Economist' Addresaei i Marketing And Finance Club Luther Sharp, of Agrleulturai Trade Relations, Inc^ will give am address before the Marketing and' Finance dub a its meeting in thW • Y.M.C.A. chapt I on Thursday eve-; aing, July 1 j |. \M Sharp is vie ^-president and di-j rector of the Texas organisation which engage^ in economic re-f search on ^ro 1 Jems relating par tkulariy to agdcultare. Sharp stadi«d for his Ph.D. Stanford uaiv of the junior class would co til their jobs ef ficiently. i ' on Friday Schedule to Be Followed | for Wickard Declaration Making Holiday Official * Precludes Necessity of Week End Passes li.vause of the ambiguous reference to July 4 in the college calendar for the current semester, the Executive Committee has voted. to Withdraw the announcement that class work would continue regularly through the morning* of July 4-. All class work 4ill be suspended on that day. and offices* need not be kept qpan.! J i On Friday preceding, the *«ol- lege Will be honored by a fish from the Secretary of Agfieultpre It is devirafile that the uch.tlul. for Friday afternoon. Including the supper formation, b« ranted out normally. The coopegatiof of the staff and student* tofthisiend is Teqae*tcd by the eomnnttea. Sine* this is an offichl-. holfciay. no padaes will be rcqulmnl from freshmen and sophomores Iwhn wish t«» leave Saturday rooming. Eco Club Hears Ex-Aggie Discuss Employers, Labor To Ag Conference In Mexico City I U9 KeprcHentation M ill Be Headed by Secretary Of Agriculture Wickard Dean E. J. Kyle, of tile fehool, of Agriculture, has been appointed I Monday evoking the Economic* | pf * * e '* ht **"&*** dub will hold a meeting to hear' 10 lh * ! ‘ , ‘ :, 1 ferenc* of Agriculture td bef held | in Mafejco City July 6-16, and will Gus C. Street pf Dallas, who is the regional director of the Wage and Hour Division in Texas and the surrounding »tptos. Street will talk on the “Adfljtinistration of Fair Labor Standards Apt” and “The Obligations of Employer* and the Rights of Engiloyeea." After hi? informal talk. Street will throw the meeting open to questions and a general group discusaion. , Street was. graduated from A. A M. in IWif. at which time he was the captqin of “A" Infantry. He was also 4 T-Mar on the foot ball team during his four year* here and then became a member ef the Athletic Council. Selective Service k Registration to Be Conducted Tuesday Cardwell Works Out Plan To Handle Registrants , - In Kalb of Ad Bu.Wiru; All atudenta who have to regis ter for the draft this month!will be able to do ao in th4 halla of ihe Admit istralion budding ! be tween 7 a m. and O'p.m^ Tueiday, • June 30, Registrar H. L. Heaton said yesterday. Cadet Colonel Wal ter Cardwell i* appointing the ca det officers that are to handle the registering of the boy* at that tim*. “All male citizens that were beo City Secretory Wickar^ will families epll be the subject of a address a mass meeting' of j agri- two-day conference July V-4, it cultural lender* of Texas 4'the was announced today by ^te col- eveniUg of July 3 in the Aggie l**ge extension service, football stadium, and will defiicatc Dr. W. P. Taylor of the A. 4 the new Agricultural Adjustment M Fish sad Game Department and Aga^r building Saturday, July 4. Dr. George E. Potter of the De- DeUn Kyiv was selected because partment of Biology, will co-opnr- of his experience in Latin Amer- nte with R. E. Calleadar. game ica. and because of the prominert management specialist of the Ex position of the Texas Agricultural tension Service and with repra- and Mechanical College ip tpe ed- i sentotives of the Texas Game, Fish ucatiOn of Latin Amerlcaq stu dents, according to-L. A W|eeler. director of the U.S.D.A. Office of Foreign Agricultural Relstugie. Tho theme of the Mexico City confarence is “The Impact #f the Emergency Situation on |he-Pres ent and Future Agricultural 'Econ omy of tha Western Hemisphere." Ross Volunteers Enter Activities For Fifty-fifth Consecutive Year Vities according to captain of* the or- the coming year, mpany will meet at E. building to make Aggieland'x track drill company, the Ross Volunteers, win soon be gin their Austin Na ganization f Tonight the 7:15 in the plans. Officers for this year besides Nance are Horace Jennings, sec ond in comtxjtnd; Gene Caperton and Henry King, lieutenants; and Bill Black, sarretory-troaaaiwr. The military organisation known ns the Ross Volunteers is the old est student fetivity at A. 4 M. The first co rut any, which was or ganized in lfe87, was called the Scott Volunteers in honor of Col. T. M. Scott, who was at that time business malinger of the college. The purpose of this organisation was to band together the most mil itary men in* school into a crack drill company. In 1891 when ex-Govemor Law rence Sullivai Ross became presi dent of the college, the name of the company Pas changed to Rom Volunteers. Following the death of President Ross in 1896, the name of the organization was changed to Poster Gorfrds in honor of L. L Foster, who. succeeded Ross ns president. During President Hous ton's administration the name se lected was Houston Rifles. In 1905 H. H. Harrington, son-in-law ef Governor Roes became president, and a movement was started to name the company after Harring ton, but at his request the com pany »gai» assumed the nnhie of R as Volunteers. f , At the time of organization the membership wss restricted to forty cadets chosen from the janifr and senior classes. New nu mbers are elected at the beginning of each scholastic year. Military obflity is the basis of acceptance, the present time membership In the company is limited to ISP. i The first uniform for !th« com pany sms of white duck with gold ornament. The headgear pm# a tin helmet which has been' by the lighter white mil Most of the time the been white duck except; ii 1907 when gray breeches, bljie] shirts and stetson hats were w■ I- —— and Oyster Commission in leading j the conference. Representatives from the Agri cultural Adjustment Agency, Soil Conservation Service. Farm Se curity, Southern Methodist Uni versity, North Texas .'>te Teach er* College, State and Federal De partments of Vocational Educa- | Texas State Conservation Board have been invited to attend. In addition, the public is cordial ly invited to attend the meetings, Dr. Taylor said. Meetings will be held at 2 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday, both in the Animal In dustrie* building here. "Farm ponds, believe it or not, produce- more pounds of mast per acre tha a do dry pastures,'* Dr. Taylor said. “But ponds must be planned correctly, and care moat be token that, natural food for fish is provided. “We know tfiat fresh flab pro vides an enjoyable variety hi the farmer's diet, and we hope to im prove Texas farm ponds until ev ery farmer will be able to have fish in season." LONGHORN SCHEDULE June 25 to 59. Engineer gen- * iors. June 50 to July «, Osvhlry Seniors. July V to 15, Field Arti|ery Seniors. July 14 to 20, Const- Artil- Juljr 51 to i R«r«ne 27, Compos t«* ■* s -“«4; r Americans Still , Are Best Soldiers Iowa City, lows—(ACP)—The average American draftee is a pretty healthy fallow, stouter and stronger than his contemporary in G* English army. Prof. C. H. Me- Loy