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Aviation
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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
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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
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Michigan U Stores
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War Sav ng Plan
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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-
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* 'orefination.
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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 <M. College model airplane con
tent will be held Friday and Kat-
wtiay. with $600 in cash prises to
hff distributed. Lectures on model
plkne-building are scheduled for
JVisUor*, expected to total close
to 400, will be housed in Dormitory
No. 12 and other quarters. Young-
stbn\ entering the model contest
will be housed in the halls with
ItMm. ]'j i ■
|T»e first contingent of conferees,
having arrived ' TMMsday night,
wlU get their first taste of Aggie
f^re at breakfast in Sbisa Hall
Thursday moaning.
■ Four Types .of Conferences
•Conferences scheduled fall into
fm»r general clamifications -em-
Ppyment in the aircraft industry,
tfaininrf of aircraft
aeronautical research and confer-
eifces of aircraft manufacturers
jTheae four subject* will be dis
cussed separately Thursday and
Mpday morning, and all will be
o nbined for an open forum ses
sion* Friday and Saturday.
; A meeting closed to the public
Mill be held Friday morning, when
vig. Gen. J. Watt Paige, head of
’fexas selective service, and Lieut,
fjomm P. H. Winston, national se
lective service board aide, will ex
ile in to manufacturers official
Aews on occupational deferment.
1 In one of the conferences on
4*n>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-
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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<rsit]K and was foil
some time bea< I of the department
of economic* a Pomona college in,
California. He also served as,ecoi
nomk adviaor or one of the larg^
California fnm ers’ cooperative or*
ganisations. lie ia' .prominently
Identified with a number of agri-.
cultural and < ivic ymovemenU ii^
Texas. j i
Sailors Leave
For Duty After
Completing Course
Presentation Made
To Radiomen by Walton;
Firet Group to Finish
Wednesday morning the first
contingent of sailors to graduate
from A. 4 M. were handed their
certificates by D«-an Gilchrist of
the School of Engineering. The
brief ceremony took place in the
quadrangle formed by dormitories
four, six and eight.
U. Currier introduced President
T. O. Walton who addressed the
class. Walton, in his speech, en
couraged the sailors in their pa
triotic service for their country.
He also said that whenever and
wherever they may go in the serv
ice of their country, the Agpies
and A. 4 M. would ba behind them.
Certificates sailors received by
the sailors were signed by th^
faculty of the School of Engineer
ing. It is not a degree but a cei -
tification that the holder has com-
plcted the required course. Thc-
course taken is the prescribed
Navy course in electrical engineci-
ing. It is conducted by the A. 4
M. faculty under contract to the
United States Navy. The men that
(See SAILORS, Page 4)
Rubber Collection
Needs Small Pieces
Announcing the rubber collec
tion campaign had ranched the 47
peraonnel, ton mark, the director of the cam
paign said that by the time the
campaign officially closes June 30.
it is expected that more than 100.-
000 pounds qf scrap rubber will be
collected. x
The drive is Concentrated on
thov* who consider their contribu
tion to© small to be of any sig
nificance. The director pointed out
that every heel or old rubber sole
will play its part. It is urgent that
every citiren take his contribution,
however small, to the nearest serv
ice station and turn it in. The serv
ice stations are paying a cent a
pound for this rubber'and it is
urged thaj all scrap rubber be
turned in.
Technique in T B
Cases Improved
Greater accuracy in tuberculosis
case finding with photoroqntgeuo
graphy using 4- by 5-incli nega
tives—photography of the chest
image produced on a fluoroscopic
screen by a combination of x-ray
apparatus and a photo-roentgen
unit—is now provided by new ac
cessories permitting stereoscopic
photoroentgenography.
Two 4- by 5-inch photo-roent
genograms can be taken of the
same chest on a single 4- by 10-
inch film. A film shifter auto
matically shifts both film and x-
r *y tube between exposures. The
two 4- by 5-inch photoroentgeno
grams are then viewed with a spe
cial orthostereoscope, the General
Electric X-Ray Corporation device
which brings the chest pattern in
to perspective as a three-dimen
sional image.
Holds Ph
Contest
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Homanceof Old Mexico Brings
Love, Adventure to Town Hall
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From the moment the curtain
up at Town Hall next Mon- .terrey, and a member of one
night on “The Romance
Old Mexico” uatil the final cur
tain. there will be displayed the
dash and color that only the Mex
icans can add to a program.
L This unique attraction is under
e direction of romantic Colonel
Ricardo de Escamilla, formerly one
fit Pancho Villa's famous Dorados.
The plan of the program is sim
ple. The Colonel tells a story of
Jvar and adventure, of exploration
pr love. The Charm orchestral ac-
gompaniment, the gay serapes.
sombreros, gmucho trousers sparkle
from the stage throughout the
■MpnaiLv '
' Star attraction of tho evening
will bo Senorita Greta Rubio. Sen-
jpritn Rubio pom coses an Inca In-
HfflrirH
dian type of beauty; bom in Mon-
of
the oldest families of Mexico. She
has studied extensively under fa
mous American and European mu
sic masters and has toured Eu
rope, receiving the praise of their
critics. On the program, she uses
seven different costumes, one of
them requiring 26 ounces of pure
gold in the making. Others include
the lovely Tehuana Maiden and
the Feather Blanket, made from
thousands of feathers represent
ing every known Mexican bird.
According to critics, Senorita
Rubio brings to the stage one of
moat beautiful voices ever to
come out of.Mexico. Hot artistry
is enhanced by her startling beau
ty of face and figure, and dramatic
ability.
Dollar Prizes
Awarded We|ek|y
For Best Phojo j
Rules for s snapshot contest
which opens Monday, Ji u m, were
announced today by Jofep Bj Long-
ley, editor of the Longhorn, k prize
will be given for the bes$ snapshot
turned in during any on*#w 4k The
pictures are for the camhuslsection
of next January's Longhorn. En
tries may be turned in afthe old or
new YMCA or the Battojioa office.
Prizes of $1 will be^ given for
best picture each week. |n Addition
the picture will appear; mi one of
the issues of the Battal^nlfor the
following week.
At the present time fheve is no
limit as to the numbeU of Weeks
the contest will run, ageogding to
Longley. Howard Berry gf jhe pho
tographic laboratory at dtelExpen-
ment Station will judg^ tm* snap
shots, longley announced, j
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With the exception o| stlaff and
commercial photographers,|he con
test is open to all stigleAta. The
contestant should turn ip a glossy-
finish print only. Negptikes will
not be accepted. All piotuAes must
be in by Saturday no4 In order
that they may be coniidped for
that week's contest. F* **
msy enter as many pi
wishes. All pictures su
come the property of
and the decision
be final. In case
prises will be awarded
According to Longley^ bhxe* will
be placed in the new andjold “Y”
for the. convenience of the kIndents.
Entries should be plaee^ m an en
velope with the name address
of the entrant on the 444dc.
Snapshots may be of knir subject
and will be considered firjthe cam
pus section of the Loh^iom re
gardless of position in m4 contest.
There is no limit to the» number of
shots that may-be enteipj,
New Development
Raises Ceiling :l{or
Strato Aircraft •
Turbosuperchargers am being
produced in large numbdri by Gen
eral Electric to raise 4hg ceiling
to which airplanes can'apend ef
ficiently. With a turbosi.p. M-harg-
er, a 1000-hp engine Mil produce
the full 1000 horseppWdk at an
elevation of 26,000 fe^ 1 The de
vice fends extra oxyg4 i into the
engine’s carburetor,
sea-levri atmospheric ^rgasure at
althuderef five mile
Sid Smith Wins
Over Carrington
For Presidency
Andrew, lyey, 1
Cartwright, Womak
Abo Hold jOfflea* v
At an ordewy meeting of the
junior class Tuesday night in the
aaaembly hall. Sidney Smith was
elected presided by a large ma
jority over Vance Carrington. Bill
Andrew was Alerted unanimously
to fill the vicemresidanry, while in
a close run-ofl Harold Ivey nosed
out V ance ('agrington for seer* •
tary of the junior class.
Stewart (aftw right won over
Haskel Lindled for treasurer, and
Edwin Womuqk wa« elected his
torian in a ru|-off with Joe Cool-
idge. The thr4 juniors who were
elected as welfare representative
are Bob Williams, George Tasser
and Rodney Rfachley.
According tip Walter Cardwell
cadet colonel,' there was a fan
turnout for meeting. Cardwell
al**i said that jp? believed the new
ly elected offlfcri > of the junior
class would co til their jobs ef
ficiently. i '
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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.!
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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 * ! ‘ , ‘ <ond I,,t * r • A^r,< ‘ r ^• ,, ^ C4>:, 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
b<wn on or after January 1, 1922,
a?»d on or before June 30. 1924,”
stated a proclamation issued tha
2*4id by Governor Cole Stevenson,
"are urged to conform to this reg
istration program."
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Meeting of A & M
Summer Swim Team
To Be Held at 5(10
The A. 4 M. *umma| I wimming
team will meet this aft moon at
5:10 on the stepa at tMJ *ek door
of the P. L. Downs, Jr. Hktatorium
to formulate plans for nuking the
trip to the Southwe^n AAU
meet held at Dallas 13-19,
according to an ndoneement
made by Coach Art Adam ion. Elec
tion of captain will *li o be at
tended to.
Ail proapective swifqiers who
desire to participate is intercol
legiate swimming competition are
especially invited to
Frosh at LSU ihm
Greater Intelligence
Univemity. La.—< AGPb*—Fresh
man intelligence is J
“upward trend" at Loi
university, according
released after a
freshman division
aid Sisson, assistant
Psychology, and
graduate stodent. \ ^
^nnrf the nine-yeai] eriod 15,-
nt the university ‘
f
ASME Ejects'New-
Off icers Tonight
The Amerifan Society of Me
chanical Engineers will hold its
first meeting wince the election of
new officers tonight at 7 p.m. in
the lecture room of the Electrical
Fagiimwlnt baildinrf. A moving
P*etur» entitted “The World’s
Lnffsttt Electrical Workshop" will
be shown.
“Desirable Extension of the tiST. Operation of Farm
rj. r r ! Ponds Comes Under
—ill h. S^r-t—ry of t ^ Discussion Here
culture Claude R. Wickard, who
will pay an official viift |o A. Planning and operation of farm
4 M. July 3-4 on his way Max- ponds a* a source of food for farm
>eo 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<jmi .
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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«*
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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 <rf the University of Iowa
P"y»*c»l yMmtiig department ns-
■erts.
Professor McLoy, now'doing re
search work for the army air corps,
declared “English yoetlMI aren’t
neari, as well developed ns Am-
lyytt °f the same age." 1 - *
“Our boy- show better reflexes
•nd quick reactions and are much
heavier through the chest and
shoulders." i
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