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i PAGE 4 THE BATTALION Official Notices All notices should be sent to The Battalion Office, 122 Administration Build> lag. They should be typed and double- spaced. The deadline for them is 4:00 p. m. the day prior to the date of issue. SCHEDULE OP EVENTS Jan. 15 to 18—Annual Dairy Manu facturing Short Course. January 16—Quarterback Club, Guion Hall, 7:30 p. m. January 18—Basketball game between Rice Institute and Texas A. & M., Gymna sium, 7:30 p. m. Jan. 18 and 19—Polo Club benefit show Assembly Hall, 7:00 p. m. January 20—Basketball game, S.M.U. and Texas A. & M.. Gymnasium, 7 :30 p. m. Jan. 25 and 26—Pre Medical Society benefit show. Assembly Hall, 7:30 p. rn. Jan. 267—Sophomore Dance, Sbisa Hall, 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. January 31—Faculty dance. Banquet room, Sbisa Hall, 9 p. m. to 12 midnight. FLYING CLUB ESSAY CONTEST Students who are interested in an essay contest on “The Cultural Value of Flying” are invited to read a notice that has been posted on bulletin board 29 near the English Office. . AGRONOMY SOCIETY There will be an important meeting of the Agronomy Society Tuesday night at 7:30 in room 312, Agriculture Build ing. The election of the King for the Cotton Ball will be held, and committees to assist in the preparation of the style show, pageant, and ball, are to be ap pointed. Cigars will be furnished. ECONOMICS CLUB The Economics Club will meet Wednes day night at 7:30 in the Chemistry lec ture room and all members are urged to attend. The program will consist of a motion picture with sound, and a talk by Mr. Henry Oliver, vice-president of the State National Bank of Houston. The pub lic is invited to attend the program. GLEE CLUB The regular meeting schedule of the A. & M. Glee Club is as follows: Every Monday night in the basement of the old dining hall; every Tuesday night in the radio room of the Y. M. C. A.; and every Thursday night in the basement of the old dining hall. Meetings will start promptly at 6:30 after supper. There are new songs and new engagements—rehear sals are very important. CITY GARBAGE COLLECTION The Civic Council of College Station plans to begin the collection of garbage within the city on February 1, 1940. The collections will be made twice a week at each house and place of business in the city except those on the campus. Notice is hereby given that bids for this work will be opened Thursday evening, January- 18, 1940. The council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. LONGHORN CLUB PICTURES Space reservations for club pictures in the 1940 Longhorn must be in by February 1. See Watson in room 203, hall 12. VANITY FAIR PICTURES Pictures for the “Vanity Fair” section of the Longhorn must be in by February 1, 1940. All pictures must be turned in to Mick Williams, 98 Law. PERSONNEL LEAFLETS All seniors and graduate students who desire the individual personnel leaflets who have not paid for same, are requested to come by room 133, Administration Building, not later than January 20. This is necessary so that the order for cuts on the pictures may be made in due time. LUCIEN M. MORGAN, DIRECTOR Placement Personnel Division Association of Former Students LIGHTING RULE CHANGE Pending the next revision of the Col lege Regulations, the provisions of Para graph 10, (a), Section IV, House Rules, Page 38, are modified to include an addi tional globe not to exceed 50 watts which may be installed in each dormitory room provided there is a built-in socket now installed and available for this purpose. COL. GEO. F. MOORE, Commandant NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS Consolidated school taxes can be paid without penalty up to and including Jan. 31, 1940. Penalty schedule for payment of taxes after January 31 is as follows: February 1% March 2% April 3% May 4% June 5% July 8% Taxes are delinquent on July 1 at which time 6% interest begins. J. C. CARLL Tax Collector A. & M. Consolidated School District Organizations STUDENT WELFARE COMMITTEE The meeting of the Student Welfare Committee for the month of January will be held on the 18th. All members are requested to keep this date open in order to attend. DEAN F. C. BOLTON JANUARY SALE Shirts and Pajamas At this time you can make substantial savings on Manhattan Shirts and Pajamas. Make your se lections now. $2.00 Manhattan Shirts $1.65 $2.'50 Manhattan Shirts $1.85 $3.50 Manhattan Shirts $2.65 $2.00 Manh’t’n Pajamas $1.65 $2.50 Manh’t’n Pajamas $1.85 $3.50 Manh’t’n Pajamas $2.65 $5.00 Manh’t’n Pajamas $3.65 SHIRTCRAFT AI RMAN Shirts and Pajamas $1.65 Shirtcraft Shirts $1.29 $1.95 Shirtcraft Shirts $1.55 $1.65 Shirtcr’ft Pajam’s $1.29 $1.95 Shirtcr’ft Pajam’s $1.55 $2.95 Shirtcr’ft Pajam’s $2.35 $3.50 Shirtcr’ft Pajam’s $2.65 fllaldropgfi College Station Bryan Lost and Found LOST: Schaeffer fountain pen, with name Richard Patrick on it, probably left on one of the tables in the Post Office Monday morning. Return to 207 Bizzell for reward. LOST: Small black coin purse lost on the campus Tuesday or Wednesday of last week. Reward for return. Call Col lege 645. LOST: Lob log duplex sliderule num ber 553-553. Finder please return to M. W. McCall, room 306, dorm 11, for reward. LOST: Brown leather jacket with label inside collar. Name, Bob Hanner White. Please return to Bob White, room 22, Ross Hall for reward. Wanted WANTED: Passengers for round trip to Dallas, $2.00, in 1939 Studebaker with heater and radio. Leaving Saturday noon, and returning Sunday night. See Tex Flynn, 77 Milner, or box 2845. Davis And Dahl— (Continued from page 1) topics which came up for discus sion which did not apply to A. & M. but that for the most part, he and Dahl obtained information and ideas which could be applied to the advantage of our school. Among them was a discussion of the honor system. Delegates from Washington and Lee University which has that plan in effect stat ed that the success of the plan depended on the expression on the part of the student body of a positive desire for its installation. Another point brought out at the convention was that the student participation in suggesting curric ulum changes. For the most part, other schools have student com mittees which work either inde pendently, or in cooperation with the faculty. It was learned that the Student Welfare Committee, which has been functioning at A. & M. for some years, is a comparatively recent innovation as far as schools in gen eral are concerned. Concerning student elections, it was noted that most schools re quire all candidates for executive offices, such as class officers, to have a thorough knowledge of par liamentary procedure. In addition, there are scholastic standards which qualify or disqualify a can didate for any student office. Since A. & M. was not a mem ber college of the N. S. F. A., the status of our representatives was that of observers. They were al lowed to participate in all activi ties of the delegates, with the ex ception of election of officers. It is thought that the school could benefit much from membership in the Federation, and it is hoped that by convention time next year, membership will be obtained. \Both Davis and Dahl reported a most enjoyable and educational trip. Poll Shows— (Continued from page 1) Of those approving these specify: It should be voluntary 58 It should be compulsory 13 Did not specify 29 These approve: In schools where it is volun tary 96 In schools where it is com pulsory 92 In schools where it is not taught 82 It should be noted that this poll was taken after war broke out. Surveys figures show that since the start of hostilities abroad there has been a marked increase of ap proval of all matters that have to do with national defense. DUKE UNIVERSITY School of Medicine DURHAM, N. C. Four terms of eleven weeks are given each year. These may be tak en consecutively (graduation in three and one-quarter years) or three terms may be taken each year (graduation in four years). The entrance requirements are in telligence, character ..and ..three years of college work, including the subjects specified for Class A medical schools. Catalogues and ap plication forms may be obtained from the Admission Committee. Football Shoved Into Background, But Memories Of A Glorious Season Remain By Jimmie Cokinos Now that football has been shov ed into the background by the timely appearance of basketball, ana baseball trading, a few mem ories of the past football season flash through our mind. January is the "hot stove” league goes into action about what to expect of baseball this year and above all the settling of the coaching situa tions for the 1940 season. Brightest crack of the season: The genial Bill “Rock” Audish comes up with this, “Here is to the Texas Aggies, untied, unbeaten, and unaccustomed to it all!” His roomy, “Big Dog” Dawson, comes across with this one: As the Ag gies came out on the field in the Sugar Bowl, “Dog” put his hands on his hips and looked at the crowd that was in the stadium and re marked, “Boy, all of the white folks are here today!” A thing of beauty to watch . . . Herb Smith racking that interfer ence as it would come around his end. He was a master at this “neck breaking” affair as he could throw ►his body into the interference, spill-- ing the whole works thus making the ball-carrier an easy mark for the line-backers to hit. Best trick play of the year. . . This honor goes to the Athletic Council at Rice Institute. The play started at the “R” Association banquet where the Council an nounced that they were satisfied with Coach Jimmy Kitts and that he need not worry about his job. The following day the same group that threw bouquets at Ki'ct threw him a brick with a pink-snp. Boy, I bet this play made e^en the great Houdini turn over in his grave. Unluckiest team. . . Those tall, lanky boys from the Ozarks get the nod from here. The Hogs made more first downs than the Aggies in their game and still were not able to outscore them. The T. C. U. Horned Frogs ran a tight first because in the games they lost, they roundly outplayed their op ponent in statistics. Bur. in the long run it is the score that is on the score board that counts and not -what you do on paper. Surprise team. . Homer Nor ton’s mighty Aggies was THE team to beat for the conference championship. Who would have thought in September that at the end of the year the Aggies would be the Conference champs and be invited to a major bowl game and in the end become the undisputed National Champions? Punctured pipe dream. . . All of this to the Houston Fourth Estate honeys and the darlings of the slick sheets, the Rice Owls and her “glamma boy” Ernie Lain. The widely publicized Owl* were boom ed for everything but a piece of Czechoslovakia. Even the Bearcats front Huntsville bea ; ’em. Most pathetic sight. . . The fig ure of Ed Singletary, captain of the Rice Owls, who was hurt at the start of this season’s play, as he would walk to the middle of the football field before every game to call the “tossed coin” and then walk to the sidelines to resume a seat on the bench where he watch ed his mates flounder. "Hereford Herd” Is Informal Group; Club Meetings Feature Bull Sessions Among the more unusual — and most informal—of all home-town clubs on the Aggie campus is the young “Hereford Herd,” organized at the start of the present semes ter. And how is it unusual? Well, for one thing it has just nine members—and nine presidents. The reason for this, the Herd ex plains, is that so no one of them will seem any higher in position than the rest, and so any of them has just as much chance to talk as all the rest. And too, this is one club that has no program whatsoever. And yet the meetings seem to go over with a “bang.” Seldom is a mem ber absent, and they all get great enjoyment from the meetings. To look in on one of them, an innocent spectator might think that the Hereford boys came to college for the “bull sessions.” For that’s just what the meetings consist of —“bull sessions”—and no organ ized ones at that, but certainly in teresting. The topics?—Oh, such things as incidents of interest at home, the latest feminine con quests, and occasionally, club prob lems. When anyone wants to talk he just waits till the others take a bfeath and then he starts; if his voice is strong enough he has the floor until he runs down or has to stop for aid. The Herd had a Christmas dance, just as did all the other home-town clubs; and it was stated by many of the guests that it was the best dance ever given in the budding metropolis of Hereford . . . What, you don’t know where Hereford is? Well, just get a large map— be sure it’s large—and if you look closely you’ll find Hereford some where around Amarillo, Texas— that is, if the last dust storm didn’t bury it! Mid-Term Degrees— (Continued from page 1) 18 degrees being conferred. The lowest groups are the four which are giving one degree each. These are one each in education, physical education, science, and industrial education. Following is the list of men graduating at mid-term: Master of Science— P. L. Chiem, George Clyburn, Bennet Coulson, O. H. Graham, W. S. McGregor, D. B. Mejias, L. A. Miller, A. K. Fatehkhan Mir, Leon L. Smith, F. W. Taber, T. H. Ter rell, M. R. Thadani. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE School of Agriculture— Joe Boyd, U. W. Crow, G. W. Cunningham, T. L. Fike, C. F. Flynn, A. E. Gary, E. C. Hess, J. T. Kantz, Virgil Klump, R. L. Kyle, Elton Lewis, James Lindsey, J. L. Miller, F. E. Seale Jr., R. M. Struwe,T. E. Voss, M. J. Wenmohs, M. E. Williams, H. C. Abbrecht, W. J. Clemans, W. H. Heartsill, J. W. Holcomb Jr., W. W. Howe, R. M. Irvin, R. M. Morehead, L. W. Rhoads, J. P. Davis, L. W. Kelly, G. T. Thompson, J. K. Walker, J. B. Bishop, H. G. Butler, E. G. Chapman, H. L. Clearman, A. K. Coffman, E. H. Cox, L. W. Crouch, E. H. Douglas, B. D. Ewing, J. L. Hensell, L. L. Jacobs, A. L. Lain, J. A. Morris, B. L. Poston, W. R. Ross, R. L. Seamans, I. M. Silbert, Samuel W. Smith, R. P. Wallis, C. G. Ward. SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Bachelor of Arts— iR. W. Burchfield, A. L. Dube, B. O. Timmerman. “Whoopee, No More Mid-Term Exams” Say Beloit Student Body BELOIT, Wis.—To de-empha- size the importance of mid-semes ter grades and to place greater emphasis on scholarship, Beloit College authorities have abolished mid-term examinations. Only those students whose work is not equal to a passing mark will receive any indication of their standing. Those in this group will be given “unsatisfactory” reports. The purpose of the new system is to take the stress off grades and emphasize day to day prepara tion and effort. Mid-semester marks have never been recorded in any permanent record as they are not an indication of final achieve ment. By stressing steady work and abolishing a rating which can be interpreted in terms of grad points, it is hoped that students will view the work in their courses as ma terial to be successfully mastered and not as a means to a number of grade points. It is not to be understood that this arrangement will in any way interfere with the usual exams given by instructors in regard to the class work . “Farm-Owned Cotton Gins Save Dollars,” Grahams Says in Talk “Four hundred farmer-owned and operated cotton gins are to day saving Texas farmers thous ands of dollars annually,” declar ed R. A. Graham, president of the Texas Cooperative Ginners Asso ciation, in a lecture given last week to marketing and finance students of A. & M. “Cooperative marketing and service organizations are doing more than any other one thing to solve the farm problem,” continued Mr. Graham. “The cooperative cotton gin has demonstrated its value, beyond a doubt.” “It was not until the price of cotton became so low that farmers became dissatisfied with the price charged for ginning that the co operative ginning movement gain ed momentum. Now farmers gen- Bachelor of Science— Melvin R. Smith, L. A. Harrison Jr., J. M. Arendale Jr. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Bachelor of Science— S. D. Chesnutt Jr., R. E. Collins, J. W. Potts, C. E. Simpson Jr., R. B. Teissier, R. W. Crook, J. R. Harris, Yoichi Kishi, W. deRouhlac McClellan, J. H. Simmons, J. W. Cherry, A. A. Dean, M. L. Speckels, J. G. Fry, III, J. W. Clark, G. G. Grimmer, S. H. Berlecher, P. M. Carter, L. M. Duhon Jr., H. R. Gowan, H. H. Halsell, J. A. Laird, J. D. Lowrie Jr., W. M. Patterson, G. W. Pullin Jr., E. A. Radack, W. A. Russell, F. L. Wallace. Vogue Magazine Offers Photography Contest To Seniors The editors of Vogue Magazine, a Conde Nast publication, have just announced a Photographic Contest for seniors in American colleges and universities. The contest offers two career prizes—one for men, one for wom en—consisting of a six months’ apprenticeship, with salary, in the Conde Nast Studios in New York— with the possibility of a permanent position on completion of the period of apprenticeship. In addi tion, eight cash prizes and honor able mentions will be awarded. The contest will be composed of a series of eight photographic problems to be presented in the magazine. These will cover a wide range of topics, including outdoor and indoor shots, action, still life, etc. Winners of the contest will join Vogue’s New York staff on or about June 15th. For further information write Conde Nast News Service, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York City. erally are learning that with suf ficient volume, large savings will r accrue to the farmer through oper ation of their own gins.” According to Mr. Graham, the Greenville Cooperative Gin Asso ciation on which he is manager ginned for a net cost of 12c per hundred last year compared to a charge of 40c per hundred which the farmers were required to pay before the organization of their co operative. The lecture was the eighth of a series of lectures arranged by the Department of Agricultural Eco nomics for the benefit of students in the department studying co operative marketing. More than, one-fourth of the University of Arkansas student body are relatives of graduates or former students of that institu tion. It costs $56.50 to outfit a football player with first-class equipment. “Your Friendly Magnolia Dealer” JOHN BRAVENEC’S AGGIELAND SERVICE STATION Main Gate Highway No. 6 Phone C. 123 EPS HATTERS AMERICAN-S TEAM IAUNDRY SEND IT TO THE LAJJNDRY DRY - - CLEANERS PHONE 585 BRYAN Patronize Your Agent in Your Organization TUESDAY, JAN. 16, 1940 Grade Points Are Worth Dollar Per Month To Graduates, Prof Discovers By Bob Nisbet Recently C. W. Wilkinson of the English Department was re quested to speak before a meeting of the Freshman Discussion Group on the subject of “Just Getting By.” Immediately after receiv ing the request, he went into a huddle with the files in the li brary, and during the following C. W. Wilkinson week read four books, 23 magazine articles, and two pamphlets. Some of the facts he found are truly eye opening. His general conclusion drawn from the study was that within five or ten years after grad uation a man’s grade-points will earn him a dollar a month. In other words, a man graduating with 250 grade-points will be drawing a salary of $250 or more. First he pointed out that he was by no means measuring success by the amount of money a man makes. He said, “Whatever suc cess may be—whether one thinks of it as financial reward, assured social position, satisfaction in able work accomplished and recog nized, or as a combination of all— many factors contribute, some tangible and some intangible; but records in school correlate so high ly with success in life that clearly good school records lead to suc cess, or both are the results of the same characteristics in individ uals.” He goes on to say that there are some men with poor col lege records who have made good, but their number is small and are the exceptions to the rule, the more widely exploited because they are exceptions. Those who rely, he said, on “suck” or “pull” will find them selves on the short end unless it be the kind that results from a greater interest in the work. He quotes politics as being an excep tion to the rule. With reserva tions, “men get what they earn and earn what they get.” Baylorites Again To Have “Reverse Weekend” Social reversal, wherein the co eds make the dates and pay the bills, is okay for a single weekend but must not exceed that time, so Baylor University students voted in a campus poll. Though 80 percent favored the reversal, only 45 percent wanted it to continue for longer than three days. Campus gossip has it that the coeds stuffed the boxes on the latter vote. The weekend, to be observed sometime in February, was begun last year, and question was raised as to continuing the reverse pro cedure over a complete week this time. The Bradley College library has a collection of 1,040 books and 6,266 pamphlets dealing with in dustrial education. CLEANING and BLOCKING Guaranteed To Fit STANDARD HAT FYID you realize that much of the technique of -L' radio broadcasting is an outgrowth of Bell System research? Through the years. Bell Telephone Labora tories and Western Electric (manufacturing unit of the System) have produced many advanced types of equip ment for better broadcasting. One of the most recent is the Western Electric Cardioid Microphone. Built on revolutionary princi ples, it is now helping many stations to put your favorite programs on the air at their best. Just one more Bell System contribution to your daily life. Why not telephone home often? Rotes to most points ore lowest any night after 7 P. M. and all day Sunday.