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PAGE 4 Official Notices All notices should be sent in typewritten, double-spaced, neatly and correctly. The deadline for them is 5 p. m. the after noon before the day the paper is issued. • SCHEDULE OF EVENTS November 6 to 11—Public Utility Short Course for Electric Metermen, N. F. Rode. November 6 to ll—Special Meat Train ing Short Course, R. W. Snyder. November 9, 10, & 11—Gas-Lift Con ference, A. B. Stevens. November 10—Rodeo, A. H. Pavilion, 8 p. m. November 11—Football game—A. & M. vs. S. M. U.—Kyle Field November 23—Meats Judging Team be nefit show—Assembly Hall—7 :30 p. m. November 24—Faculty dance—Mess Hall —9 p. m. to 12 midnight November 24—Meats Judging Team be nefit show—Assembly Hall—7 :30 p. m. November 30—Thanksgiving Day foot ball game—A. & M. vs. Texas University —Kyle Field. OBSERVANCE OF ARMISTICE 1. Saturday, November 11, being Armis tice Day, an appropriate ceremony in keeping with the occasion will be held at noon that day. - 2. The following procedure will be ob served by the corps at the noon meal formation: a. Following the sounding of Assem bly the entire corps, by organization, will be brought to the position of “Parade Rest’. b. After a brief pause an appropriate announcemnet will be made over the amplifying system. This announcement will be followed by reading the roster of A. & M. men who lost their lives in the services of their country during the World War. After each name is pro nounced, a short roll will be sounded by drummers detailed for the purpose. c. When the last name has been read “Attention” will be sounded and the corps will be brought to this position by organization. d. As soon as the corps has come to “Attention”, “Silver Taps” will be sound ed over the amplifying system. e. At the first note of Taps, all uni formed cadets in and out of ranks will salute and remain at salute until the last note is sounded. f. Upon conclusion of “Silver Taps” the normal meal formation will be resumed. 3. Campus residents and the general public, who may be out of doors on the campus at the time, are invited to parti cipate in the ceremony by uncovering and remaining silent and motionless during the rendition of “Silver Taps”. All vehicles are requested to halt and the occupants requested to dismount during this part of the ceremony. GEORGE F. MOORE Col., U. S. Army, Commandant ARMY APPLICANTS All unmarried citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 who are physically fit and who desire to enlist in the United States Army, come to room 207, hall 6, at any time. STUDENT GROUND SCHOOL AND PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM The following men please report to the College Physician for preliminary physical examination at hours stated. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER U 8 a. m.—Campbell, Lee; Brown, Sam E. ; Hannah, Raymond C. ; Power, T. L. 9 a. m.—Loggie, William D, ; Tate, J. B.; McCarthy, Leslie J. ; Thomas, Charles Jr. : iii-Tiii; ASSUAM&LY HALL YOU CAN LAUGH AT “PUPPY LOVE” NOW ... but did you at seventeen? 10 a. m.—Stidham, George L. ; Gaff ney, John E. Jr.; McAfee, W. R. Jr. ; Kelley, Dan E. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 8 a. m.—Wilke, Milton E. ; Kingsbery, Henry W. ; Ewing, Ned P.; Payne, V. E. 9 a. m.—Pearce, Rufus B. ; Connally, Clarence Jr. ; Hill, Don K. ; Richey, Lowrie. 10 a. m.—Williams, T. H. ; Florence, Mike E. ; Morse, Robert G. ; Noel, James A. 1 p. m.—Burch, Charles A. ; Greene, Charles R. Jr. ; Chun, Marvin ; Baugh, W. M. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 8 a. m.—Kerr, S. E. ; Schwarzlose, E. W. ; Williamson, Dutton ; Smith, George E. 9 a. m,—Rheman, George A. Jr. ; Davis, Guy A. 'J DeFee, William H. 10 a. m.—Luckenbach, A. A. ; McClus- key, Harry ; Eudaly, E. R. 1 p. m.—Morton, Naylor; Monroe, Will R. ; Jones, Edward L. The periods shown have been given by students as vacant. Gibb Gilchrist Dean of Engineering IN CHARGE OF FUSES The Following men are in charge of fuses in the dormitories. Milner, Legett, Walton, and P. G.—V. W. Laney, 85 Milner. Mitchell, Law, Puryear, and Ross— Price Hubbard, 14 Ross. Hart, Goodwin and Bizzell—Fred John son, 154 Bizzell. Halls 1, 2, 3, and 4—H. R. Lanford, 103 Bizzell. Halls 5, 6, 7, and 8—J. N. Wallace, 327 hall 5. Halls 9, 10, 11, and 12—F. R. Higgin botham, 103 hall 9. Club Presidents Space for club pictures in the 1940 Longhorn may now be reserved. See Watson in room 203, dormitory 12. Dances All requests for organization or club dances must be filed with the student activities committee, room 126, Admini stration building, by November 17th. Organizations AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY The third meeting of the Texas A. & M. section of the American Chemical So ciety and the 47th meeting of the College Station and Bryan members of the Ameri can Chemical Society will be held Mon day at 8 p. m. in the main lecture room of the Chemistry Building. A. I. CH. E. The seniors in chemical engineering will honor Dr. O. R. Sweeney, head of the department of chemical engineering at Iowa State, with a luncheon Monday in the banquet room of the old mess hall. The Student Chapter of the A. I. Ch. E. will attend the meeting of the American Chemical Society Monday night to hear Dr. Sweeney talk on chemurgy. LIBERTY COUNTY CLUB The Liberty County A. & M. Club will meet Monday night immediately after yell practice in room 218, dormitory 4. It is important that all club members be present. HEART O’ TEXAS CLUB There will be a meeting of the Heart O’ Texas and Mountaineers Club Sunday night after supper in room 101, Academic Building. All members please be there. TRANS-PECOS CLUB A Trans-Pecos Club will be organized and officers elected, Monday at 7 p. m. in room 123, Academic Building. It is planned that the membership shall in clude those students living in a radius pf 100 miles from Pecos, Texas. Counties ncluded are Crane, Ector, Winkler, Reeves, Upton, Ward, Brewster, Culberson, Loving and Pecos. All men from those counties should be present to assist in organizing :he club and making plans. Lost and Found LOST: Black-and-Silver-striped Shaef- fer pencil. Can detect initials G. D. A. Jr. , on side. If found please return to room 323, dorm 6, and receive reward. Aggie-S.M.U. Battles- (Continued from page one) This time love really finds Andy Hardy...and his ^ heart adventures ^ are hilarious and touching! Don't miss the fun! EH with LEWIS MICKEY STONE • ROONEY CECILIA FAY PARKER • HOLDEN Screen Play by KAY VAN RIPER Directed byW. S. VAN DYKE II ALSO “Donald’s Lucky Day” SATURDAY, NOV. 11 6:30 — 8:30 . U., Thanks to Joe Pasqua, kicked a last minute field goal last year and started what might be anoth er string of wins with a 10-7 score. This year the Aggie and S. M. U. teams should provide fireworks. Both are headed places and both are equally determined to set the other back on their heels. Advance sales indicate that the game will set an all-time Aggie-S. M. U. at tendance record and might even surpass the new record set by Baylor last week for a non-Thanks- giving Day game. Here is the all-time record: Year Aggies S.M.U. 1916 63 0 1919 16* 0 1920 3 0 1921 13* 0 1922 6 17 1923 0 10* 1924 7 7 1925 7 0 1926 7 9* 1927 39* 13 1928 19 19 1929 7 12 1930 7 13 1931 0 8* 1932 0 0 1933 0 19 1934 0 „ 28 1935 0 24** 1936 22 6 1937 14 0 1938 7 10 *—Denotes Conference Champion Team. **—Denotes Rose Bowl Team. In Drebecen, Hungary, low to bacco leaves and dust are com pressed into briquettes to make a good and cheap form of fuel. Bryan Coca-Cola Bottling Co. GEO. STEPHAN, Pres. THE BATTALION Four Short Courses Are Held On Campus During The Past Week; One Conference Ended Wednesday, Others End Today During the past week four short courses have been sponsored by various departments on the cam pus. The Pecan Growers Show was held Tuesday through Wednesday and the other three courses are scheduled to close today. Information could not be obtain ed yesterday concerning the Meat Packer’s Short Course. However, the Gas-Lift Conference, Electric Metermen’s Short Course, and the Pecan Grower’s Association are all covered below. Texas Pecan Growers The 19th annual meeting of the Texas Pecan Growers Association was held here Tuesday and Wed nesday with an attendance of ap proximately 100 members. At the banquet Tuesday night Mr. Leche, of the advertising firm of Leche & Leche at Dallas, made an interesting and valuable talk on a proposed advertising program for Texas and Southern pecan growers. J. L. Rainey of San Angelo was elected president of the association for next year. The meeting will be held in San Angelo next year. Th show included seven classes of pecans with around 60 entries in the show. In the class 7 for the best all around pecan, the cup a- warded by Vice-president Garner was won by Andrew Winkler of The Grove. Entries in the various classes will be shown at the Horticulture show on December 11 and. 12. Electric Metermen The 14th Annual Public Utility Short Course for Electricity Meter men has broken all attendance records with a group of 115 men attending. Large delegations came from both Oklahoma and Louisiana. The course started Monday, November 6 and the theoretical background covering metering was presented by various members of the Electri cal Engineering Department. On Wednesday and Thursday meter supervisors from the various utilities in the state presented talks on the various aspects of metering practices. Friday’s program was devoted to talks by representatives from the leading meter manufacturers in the country. At the banquet for the group Thursday night H. F. Spreen, pre siding, introduced W. B. Clayton, District Manager of the General Electric Company, and W. W. Lynch, Vice-President of the Tex as Power and Light Company, both of whom praised the good work dojne by the college in promoting the Metermen’s Short Course. Dr. F. C. Bolton, Vice-President of the College, gave the principal talk of the evening on “Human Engineering.” Gas-Lift Conference Registration at 2 p. m. Friday in the Gas-Lift Production Confer ence, sponsored by the Petroleum Engineering Department, had reached a total of 85 individuals representing 42 different concerns engaged in various phases of the petroleum industry. Several other concerns were ex pected to be represented before the conference closed at noon today. Th Texas Railroad Commission was represented by J. A. Hall, Jr., and J. A. Lyon of Houston, Texas. Four states, not including, Tex as, were represented. Ike Love- lady of Black, Sivalls and Bryson Inc., represented the state of Okla homa; Frank Richardson and Bill Farley of the Lion Oil Refining Company came from El Dorado, Arkansas; R. M. Sloan, production superintendent for the Arkansas Fuel Oil Company, represented Louisiana; and Charles N. Beyrle production superintendent for the Standard Oil Company of Califor nia, registered from Los Angeles. California. Mr. Beyrle is the father of C. N. Beyrle, Jr., fresh man of A Engineers. Several concerns engaged in the manufacture of gas-lift equipment and devices sponsored displays and working models. 2,000 Aggies— (Continued from page one) military students. These non-mili tary students pursued the courses which they had originally started. The students in this category were exempt from the S. A. T. C. by age or physical disabilities. Students of the S. A. T. C. re ceived technical training for their respective units. Very little of their work was in their college courses. Their military training was largely technical classes, and was discontinued at the end of the first semester. The annual unit was small, and was quartered in Foster Hall which they called “The Good Ship Foster.” The members of this unit were trained for various technical posi tions on naval vessels, but were not used. HILLEL CLUB OFFERS PRIZE FOR BEST ESSAY ON REFUGEE PROBLEM The A. & M. Hillel Club will sponsor an essay contest open to any- member of the student body on the subject of the Jewish refu gee problem and a suggested so lution. , The prize will be $10.00. Material for the essay may be found in the files of the New York Times, the Jewish periodicals, and in books on the Hillel shelf of the Asbury Room. The essay to be between 1,500 and 2,000 words, and turned in by January 15 to Bernard Wizig, Box 970, president of the Hillel Club. Among the amusing incidents of the period was the frantic efforts of the college authorities to con ceal the presence of four negroes who had been mistakenly sent here by the war department. They were kept hidden in a guard house until they were transferred by the war department. Only then did the officials rest easily. The following named A. & M. former students were killed dur ing the World War: W. H. Abney, Elmer Curtis Al lison, Farris Shelton Anderson, C. Barfield, Walter Gustavos Bevill, William Fowler Bourland, Thomas Reed Brailsford, Vories P. Brown, Jr., Richard Platt Bull, Jr., J. H. Burford, John W. Butts, Joseph Daniel Carter, Romeo Willis Cox, Samuel Reid Craig, Norman G. Crocker, Edward Bishop Crook.. Manson Franklin Curtis, Jesse L. Easterwood, James G. Ellis, Jr., James Ronald Findalter, Benjamin H. Gardner, Jr., Eric Albert Gold- beck, Edwin Mobley Gorman, Cyrus Earle Graham, James Fran cis Greer, George Little Harri son, Charles Hausser, A. B. Hoys, Hamlet Park Jones, Walter Sher man Keeling, Luke Witt Loftus. Garham Daniel Luhn, Willford Mc- Fadden, John Clyde McKinney, John Lamar Matthews, Hadyn Potter Mayers, John Hartwell Moore, John Bolanz Murphy, Rob ert Walker Nolte, Herbert N. Pet ers, Harry Lamar Peyton, Wendell Francis Prime, Ferdinand Regen- brecht, Edmund Laretz Riesener, Charles Edward Rust, Frank Wil liam Slaton, L. S. Suber, Charles Lery Teague, William George Thomas, John Percy Thompson, George Francis Wellage, Coney Uncas Woodman, J. M. Woodson, Jr., Richard P. Woolley, Benjamin Fiske Wright, Horace Conrad Yates. To Observe— (Continued from page one) war. After each nam’e is pro nounced a short roll will be sound ed by drummers. When the last name has been read the Corps will be brought to “Atten tion,” and “Silver Taps” will be sounded. At the first note of Taps all uniformed cadets in and out of rank will “Salute” and remain at “Salute” until the last note is sounded. Campus residents and the gener al public, who may be out of doors at the time, are iAited to partici pate in the ceremony by uncover ing and remaining silent and motionless during the rendition of “Silver Taps.” College Prepares— (Continued from page one) A First Aid Station will be es tablished on the front lawn of E. J. Howell’s residence at 252 Clark Street. This street is directly in front of the main entrance to the stadium. An information booth will be set up on the drill field between the Y. M. C. A. and Goodwin Hall for the convenience of the visitors. The booth will be equipped with a student directory, telephone book, and other printed matter which may be helpful to visitors. 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