. I 11 1; PAGE 4 GEOLOGISTS TAKE OFF FOR WYOMINI Dr. C. L. Baker and seven Stu dents of the Gaology Department left last week for the Geolory Do* partmant’s annual summer field trip. The trip this y« ar is to Cora, Wyoming. They will camp ia the Wind River Mountains to study the different formations of rock found there. This tour has been adapted as a regular school coarse and full credit will be given the students making the stddy. On the return trip the grojip will Mop and enjoy the scenic as well as geological beauty of Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Can* >>n. #• r Texas Forestry Men Attend State Meet at tfacogdoches The Texas Forestry Amocia- tion, which had its 26th anpiyer- sary meeting at Nacogdoches on Wednesday, July 24, had for the principal speaker P. A. Sfloox, Chief, U. S. Forestry Service, Washington, D. C. Mr. Silcox dis cussed the importance of forestry in conservation land use planning, and industrial expansion from the national standpoint. - Those attending from the Texas Forestry Service located at A. A M. were Director E. O. Siecke and S. L. Frost who left in the early part of the week to help form plans for the- meeting. Also attending the meet from College Station .ward, Ivan H. Jones, B. Koontx, P. W. Schoen, and W. R. Horsley. ? • *} j;- THE SUMMER BATTALION Smith Is New Head Of A. & M. Cbb Smith, *21, heads new the Dallas A. A M recently. Supporting JoUiff, *21, and Ed L. vice-presidents. W. G. kom, 93, ia the new secretary- treasigref ' Retiring officers include G. M. Hafcli,-f'31, president; Russell SmMi, 11. and J. A- "Hop" Rey nolds. 30, vice-president*; and E. L. St*pp, ’31, secretary-treasurer. Serving as the club’s board of director* are fc. 8. Church, ’06; F. H. Cuhningham, -08; F. K. Buckner, *23; < I. M. Florer, '27; and Dave Snell, IT. Also included on the board are past-presideat Hatch and Smith The Dallas dub continues to meet each Friday noon atths Adol pus Hotel. : , Dr. R. W. Steen, Newest Of Battalion’s News i Columnists, Is A Native Texan And A Popu ar Prof New Water System Almost C ompleted voim DBLASEY FLAKE, 28, WAS roasted to death recently by hot, raw cement as he worked in the bottom of a pit at a cement plant near San Antonio. J Flake was trying to release a stock trapdoor^ An operator of a crane used to transfer hot cement to the pit continued his work, un aware of Flatke’s prs*#nes. • Horrified workers tried to sc oam to the operator but were unable , to make themselves feard over the roar of the shop. Raw cement, in the form of large clinkers heat- ad to 210 degrees, poured down upon Flake. city the two new water reser the pumping station arc the new water system y for use, according to City Manager James W. bout 76 per cent of the already been finished. It ght that work on the sys- 11 be completed by October. ,000-gallon reservoir has on the site of the old Work will be start- on the 500,000-gallon reser- the site of the wells, four wells have been drilled. 1* a flow of more than 600 rdllo^s of water per minute on the fourth well, on which pumping has b ,r .: Water from all wells has been tested by state authorities Md aperted as being very pore. The old lines will be cleaned to remove deposit*. All that will re main ,after completion of the re servoirs will be the hooking of the new system to the old mains. By Margaret HelKagsheed Texas sent daughter* famed tor their beauty to Hollywood—ebc has sent sons famed for their in telligence to Washington—-she has furnished millions of mechanics, soldier*,] fmaers, to all parts of the world -but she has kept within herself those who are most inter ested in her, who see both her beauty and her faults. Certainly in this last class we find Dr. Ralph Steen, popular, energetic, friendly professor of history. Dr. (Steen cornea from the “Wild Weatl, where Easterners think only coyotes, and * few lone cowboys dwell. He was born, and began his education at Clyde, Texas. In 1927 he obtain ed his B. A. from McMutTay Col lege, in Abilene; and frvm the Uni versity of Texas be received his M. A. and Ph.D. the latter in 1934. | Dr. R. W. Steen, history p»of and He has taught history at Hills- Summer Batts lien columniat. boro Junior College, Me Murry Col- ■ ■. . lege, and the University of Texas, of the hold he obtains over his He was at the University during pupils is the fact that many of his the 1980-31 long term, and has also Big Lake high school students who taught there for several summer followed him to Aggieland are still terms. From 1932-34 he was a his- frequent visitor* and firm friends tory teacher in the high school at of Dr. and Mrs. Steen. He has also Big Lake, and from there he eamr, taught in summer school to A. A M., where he has been Teachers Colleges in Hus teaching for four yean. Indicative | and San Mareoe. - FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1989 Official Notices la his collage days he waa a member of Tnu Kappa Alpha, na tional debating society, a scholar- thip society; and for two yean was editor of the college annual. At present ha belongs to the Tex as Historical Association, the Southern Historical Association, and the American Association of University Professors. Four of his articles on Texas history have been published in the Southwestern His. torieal Quarterly; two books he has written. s “Political History of Texas fro* liHXMfSO” and “An Elementary /fUatory of Texas” (1937), have been printed, and he ha* just completed a “High School History of T*xa*“, which will be published about August 1st. Dr. and Mbs. Steen and their two-year-.id *son now live in a little home in College Park. He is interdated ia photography as a diversion, but states that his favorite hoht^ is Texas history. Perhaps this is the reaaon he not only knows the subject thoroughly, but also knows how to present it to his students. This fact, together with his never-failing interest in the students and his willingness to help them, has made him on# of A. A M.’s popular teachers. Want te buy light-weight filing cabinet at bargain Address: Box 2666, College Station. ' —I ATTENTION! AGGIES! MAKE BETTER GRADES Bt HANDING IN TYPED REPORTS. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED LOW RATES Your Work appreciated. Marion Wilkinsdn Room 30, Army Barracks ‘ (Naxt to A. A M. Creamery) Driving to Galveston Saturday. T. H. Terrell, Drawing Department or C-6S6 after 6 p.m. , - Legal Notices AN ORDINANCE wfciafc Semi-Annual CLEARANCE SALE sge Negro Dies leart Failure 2 ; J l Richard Boones, age 47, died of heart failure Tuesday at 4 p. nu, wt.i . working on the new addition to tn«i creamery building. The death of the colored laborer waa not dis covered until 4:30. A fellow work man pe ported that Boo mu had com plained of feeling weak and had laid hi the shade of a tree back of th* creamery to rest for a few minutes. Because of the confusion of the laborers following the dis- *o*L4 ! M - the body, the coroner was not summoned immediately. This • caused a delay of several hours before official sanction for the removal of the body could be jaaavHJ ‘ j. ' Richard Boones waa well-known about the campus. He had been em ployed by the R. A M plumbing depaitment for the past twenty year*! Sport Shoes $3.95 Fortunes , . $2.85 $5.00 Edgertons . $3.85 $5.00 Monk San dals $3.85 AD White Shoes ... Two- Tone Sport Shoes and Justin Monk Sandals in cluded at Sale Prices. We offer genuine savings on many other items dar ing our Mid-Summer Sale .... Manhattan Shirts and Pajamas . . . Shirtcraft t Shirts and Pajamas . . . Spring and Summer Saits • • • Dress Trousers « • • Summer Rohes . . . Cata lina Swim Saits. Many other itei|u» not listed at substantial savings. - Bryan- College Station flTaldrop6(8 Bryan College Station Experiment Station Aids in Feeding Tests Rwiultfl of * j 17-month cattle feedixg experiment to determine mineml deficiency ip Texas grat ing land* were revealed at the En- dno nivixion of the King Ranch recently, during a field-day meet ing to which all interfsted ranch men Mere invited. • mi COLLEGE. TO PAY BRYAN FOR USE OF JAIL At the regular meeting of the Brazos County Commmsioner* on Tuesday July 18, an application by the Board of Aldermen of College Station asking that their prisoner* be confined in the Bra to* County jail was accepted. The following conditions were included in the re quest: "The City of College Station pay Brazos County per day or fraction thereof 46 cents for board and 16 cents for guarding of each prison er; Ike City of College Station shall be billed for the charges at end of each month and pay prompt ly such bills; the City of College Station be responsible for tra:i« portation. admission and discharge- of it* prisoners.” A motion was passed by the commission to pay one-half of the N. Y. A. house rent, amounting to $16 monthly. A communication from Dean Gibb Gilchrist asked for permis sion to transmit a report dated Jan. 10, 1939, from its highway committee to the Chamber of Com merce together with a map of pro posal highways to be developed in the Bryan-College area. Dte re quest, was filed for further study. U. S. Civil Service , Exams Announced The United State Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations for the positions listed below in the Agri cultural Marketing Service of the" Department of Agriculture. Appli cations must be oh file in the Com mission’s Office, Washington, D. C., not later than August 21. < J Tobacco inspector, $3,800 a year; associate tobacco inspector, $3,200 a year; and Assistant tobaecor in- LOWER FIRE INSURANCB— (Continued from page 1) men had to spend three hours of actual work in each section and then at the conclusion of the course were required to pass a written examination on the work taken so that the rate reduction can be given their towns. • The annual Firemen’s Training School at Texas A. A M. was start ed back in 1931 when 76 towns sent 196 men to learn bow to com bat fire iocs which had neacbed the startling total of mors than first $17,600,000 that year. The meeting was more of a conference and those present decided that something had to be done to stop the loss. room and mails While at the school for the five-day course. . A check-u# this year revealed that approximately two-thirds of the firemen present were attending their first tkoialat _ flhi same survey also brought out that 26 men present have bean register ed for every one of the ten train ing schools held. Those cities which earned a place on the Honor Roll by sending a delegation to the school this year include: ! ' Abernathy, Abilene, Alamo, Ala mo Heights, Alice, Alpine, Alto, Amarillo, Anna, Archer City, Ar lington, Aapcarmont, Athena, Aus tin, Baird, Ballinger. Bangs. Bay Q ^. .. . City, Baytown, Beaumont, Beeville, w ** do, “ ; ,0 ' •'T B.lUir.. Belton. Hi, Sprin,. Bub the State Legislature met in 1931, - Rr . th. state Firamti’. aaH SS™ u. r op ’ H°wie, Brady. Breck the State Firemen s and JhhMar-nridge, Brenham, Bridgeport, i‘ T‘. ^ W “ rT** ,Ul Bronu, ■Mmfi'M. BrowmviU*. m h.™, U»t bod, ™k, .p- B, Burktiunu-U proprlmtlon of BO.OOO for .W pur- ^ c*. po«. o «.*.«,.h,n, U* «-bool .. ton s ri, r.nh.ir., -yy *“ CWttJcBk Cttr, cXC, '.‘T. ' ,mreh *" 0, I!" Chill,cmh,, <5.oo, CUrb.viU..Ctar fighting .nd other p,n».„„, fir. Hill. Colon*,,, Cl- 2“ logo Station, Colondo Cit,. Co- ond school was held with Bremen 1 of appro addition. from the large Texas cities serv ing as instructors. Right from the start the fire loss in Texas began to drop and by the end of the 1988-39 year the figure eras less than $7,000,000, an annual saving to Texas property owners proximately $11,0?—■—S worn mr Ito kiaOwara >trwto. or •Ikys wtteta i asr aarvtM ear. jtta«r. tax- tetoe ■—nr kri* tot tW to >■■■- as »■■■■*»■ tor W salaes tW» W Waa —Hi —MrIi %»4 asMaa la U lerea aaS effect a Mr—ae duly ■—nf VhUalW. sT U— aaetl— atoll poaiatod to a fine la aay aaaaaat aot H aae kuadrrd dnllara. aad *—rt k vtatoli— e—Uaaaa etoll aa—S* rparate affeaee. , X if I A Me— far tto toe—It— of a ■dtor eekirW akaU to laaoto by tto City Ser- tatory for a a—tad of ear year fr—i tto date ttoreof. wtoa aU of tto foUowtac —. ,U ^r!. U ^ •toto tto a—(laaat: L rtlm« with tto CHy Serrrtary — ily eeeo— to — fa—M p—- for teet^ pr—oer. with —- Xa—e—aad hr * haatr laylej to k e.y rar—r fai tkle cKy U, tto rffrrt that to toe tooted tto vehicle aad ftode M Safe for -e la tto troneportatloo of W- *-a—re. h. Aa eado—eaernt by tto CMy Attorney to tto effect that he toe approved — aait- — taaa—aee poH— tor that vphtete dlaa public liability raw race fur aay acehMt ia tto aa—t of flf.SSS fJ Airy er death of aay out peca— aad SCS.OM for hijary or death of two ar aaore pemone. and property da-ace la thy amount ot SUSS*. *. I'ayiny a fae of fifteen l|lt) del Ian trhlrh ia to te ueed to cover the nan of carry ir>y out this ordinance , Tto Ha—ii aaued under the rri hi—i Pf thia ordinance etoll to dkplapad at all naaa when the vehicle It la opr—ti—. by p—tlay ever tto wiadakied ia fro— ef tto A . Mo vehtele tor which a Msaaea tea been iMued shall to ope—ted by aayoae exeept tee Me—eee thereof, ar aa employ— of UMt IkmuMNk jgrtlnR ft. No Urea— etoll to t—aefe—Ue to say ateer peraoa. ftm. — eerpo—ten. nor tea* such liceaee to a—d for tto operation *>t aay eteW' vehicle except tto eehieW fee white —id liceaee la laaaad. ■ertioa A ^Ko pan— ehatl operate a Me—aad —- hide unices to Kae on ha pan— while Oatoy — a rtoeffear'e Hoe—e toned by the State pf Texan. OasOea. 1. MS vetoole breneed punuant to thh ar- dtoah— atoll traa—art at aay oae tiaee 6 s«i»r of pa—sort to — by oae df the pa—aaavr rapacity of —id —Mole. Mte totoar tot counted. — ttotod by tee manufacturer BateI— A • t Mo lie—aad vehicle atoll to operated ftehao tt h la suitable ■srheat—I t—q. ten Car tee aafe trmneportatioa op pae- totoon o—r tto hiyhways aad street. W . thia ei—. *! Oeetion *. -rviplattotojf aertione A A A A T, aad S * of thia ordln—c* shall each constitute a toaarato offtode aad etoll each he punish ed by a fine M Say amount not to —seed <>*>« hued—d (ISS) dollars; and every day each violation of —y one ed the-afore—id •actions rontiaucs .toll tiaetl—to a oop- aratv offeree Section 1*. ■very —Melt Hrwne.d —tor the proeto- toa• of this ordin—re etoll to tested aad J ineperted every three aa—tto by a mar baa te * S—ployed ia a yayupe ia thia city Ike licensee etoll file with the CMy Sec—tory a stoned etata—t by euch mechanic that Taflun t* file rate etat at etoll was the result of • cooperative must have had certain experience! instructing the members in the move ■ tni whidl (he King Ranch, the i a aorting, inspecting, buying, sell- 1 * t ®* t methods of fire-fighting and Bur<-au of Animal Industries of the in^ f or blending tobacco according prevention U. Si Department of Agriculture, and t$e Texas AgriculturRl Experi ment ;Station aCftl A M. joined to bring! about tho teste. feeding test, in which the for cattle varying was in Paul E. How- of the Wash- the Bureau of met with ranch men who att«vj the New York World’s Fair. Rider and mount left home last July 28. They are averaging ten mile^a day. AGGIELAND SERVICE STATION ONE-STOP SERVICE Call College 123 G—1 Repelis aad Metw OverhenHiig i 'iiJ' J ;] • ■ . ' ‘ 1 a J • * V * 1 i : ii. — ■ I ir MM Pineland, Arthur,: Port Lavaca, Quanah, Ranger, Raymondville, R.fugio, Richardson, Richmond, Robstown, Rock Spi ngs, Rosebud, Rotan, Rule, San Angelo, Son Augustine, Son Antonio, Son Benito, San Juan, San Marcos, San Saba. Santa Anna, Sehulenbutg, Seguin, Shamrock, Sherman, Sinton, Slaton, Smith- ville, Soutft j Houston, Southside. Sugarland, Sulphur Springs, Som erville, Sweetwater, St. Jo, Taylor, Teague, Terrell. Texarkana, Texas Stamford, Stephen ville, Strawn, CMy, Tom Boll, Turkey, Tyler. University Pork (Dallas), Ver- Vfctoria, Waco, Waxahachie, Weimar, Wellington, Wart University Place Whitesboro, Wharton, Winters, Wills Point, | Wood ville, and Yoakum. •e— • Aggie Head- - quarters Jones Barber Shop HRDUCKA’S PLACE Dine — Dance The Food Is Fine Enjoy a Cool Evening 1 ..-Mile South of A. & M. on Highway € FRANK SIMON, Mgr. — :— SPEND PENNIES SAVE DOLLARS • Grab a boa or taxi and hustle over here now "her* A genuine saving await* you on the finest there ii available in regulation— Uf^tforms and Ice Cream Breeches “Better To Hurry Now Than Bock the September Rush” MtaMi TAILORS 209 Male Street — Bryan