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PAGE 4 THE BATTALION Official Notices All notice* should be sent to The Battalion Office, 122 Administration Build- tor. They should be typed and double spaced. The deadline for them is 4 :00 p. m. the day prior to the date of issue. FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON The Fellowship Luncheon is every Thurs day in Sbisa Hall, from 12:10 to 12:40 noon. EARLY REGISTRATION 1. Those students who desire may com plete their registration for the second semester through the Fiscal Office and the Commandant’s Office, beginning at 8 a. m., February 1, 1940, and continuing each day from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. until the day of registration. 2. Students are advised that they must register for the rooms that they are now occupying. Organization commanders will see that this order is complied with. COL. GEO. F. MOORE, Commandant ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS All junior electrical engineering students and all 305 non-E.E. students must have their leads turned in to the Electrical En gineering Department no later than noon, Thursday, February 1. M. C. HUGHES Head of E. E. Dept. FELT CONCESSION The felt concession (pennants, banners, and arm bands) is now open. Applications will be accepted until 5 p. m. Friday, February 2. ORMOND R. SIMPSON Chairman, Student Labor Committee COURSE CHANGES Students who are expecting to change their course of study beginning with the second semester; should make the offical change now. Change of course cards may be secured in the offices of the deans or the Registrar. REGISTRAR E. J. HOWELL CHANGE IN OFFICIAL SCHEDULE Chemistry 218, Section 500R....ThS 8, M 1-4, T8-11. Civil Engineering 305, Section 287P, MWFS 8 Civil Engineering 346, 253M, 263M, TThS8, Fl-4 Civil Engineering 414, 362R TTh9 Tl-4 Civil Engineering 448 263W MWF 10 Civil Engineering 458, SOON MWF11 REGISTRAR E. J. HOWELL LANGUAGE SCHEDULE ADDITIONS Lang. 222, Technical French Readings (8-0), will be given in the second term, if registration warrants. Open to graduate students who have had French (see head of department) ; open also to undergradut ates who have had Lang. 201 or its equivalent, but not as a substitute for regular course 202, since it is only a two- hour course. In case Lang. 222 is not given, it would be possible to give instead Lang. 224, a corresponding course in Technical German. C. B. CAMPBELL Head of Modern Language Dept. GLEE CLUB CONTEST Notice, students and friends of Aggie- land: Don’t forget the A. & M. Glee Club contest for a new name! Get your sug gestion in now and win the easy $5.00 prize. Send entries in care of “Gib” Mich- alk, box 630, College Station, or room 423, hall 10. The deadline for entries has been extended to February 24, 1940, so that outside friends may also have a chance to send in their suggestions for a name _ for this college organization of ninety voices. Be Contented wear Edgertons! We’re always hap py to recommend Edgertons. We know they’d serve you wei.. . . give you comfort and smart styie. See the new models! rilaldropflff “Two Convenient Stores” College Station Bryan VANITY FAIR PICTURES Pictures for the “Vanity Fair” section of the Longhorn must be in by February l, 1940. All pictures must be turned in to Mick Williams, 98 Law. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS Penalty schedule for payment of taxes after January 31 is as follows: February ......... 1% March 2% April 3% June 6% July 8% Taxes are delinquent on July 1 at which time 6% interest begins. J. C. CARLL Tax Collector A. & M. Consolidated School District CIVIL SERVICE All seniors are urged to read Civil Service Announcement No. 10 for Junior Professional Assistant. There are twenty- eight different options offered from Jun ior Agronomist to Junior Range Examiner, Junior Biologist (Wild Life), and Junior Engineer. The closing date for applications to leave here should be February 1st. Organizations ROSS VOLUNTEERS Those who have not paid their dance fee, pay it at the Student Publication Of fice, 126 Administration Building, immedi ately. VERNON SMITH GLEE CLUB The regular meeting schedule of the A. & M. Glee Club is from 6:30 to 7:30 p. m. every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday night—all in the basement of the old dining hall. Special rehearsal of the tenor sections will be held every Monday: of the bass- baritone sections, every Tuesday. These are from 5:0O to 6:30 p. m. in the above meeting place. d seniors who have no F’s than the minimum num- oints noted below should SCHOLARSHIP HONOR SOCIETY The deadline for club dues is February 16. All juniors and senion and have more ber of grade-points see W. T. Guy at F-10 Walton before February 1, if they have not been notified of membership. School Junior Senior Agriculture 160 204 Arts and Sciences 150 222 Engineering 191 262 Veterinary Medicine 209 274 Lost and Found LOST: Drill medal—lost in vicinity of Law and Puryear halls. Please return to John F. Lyons Jr., 67 Law, for reward. For Sale or Rent ROOM FOR RENT: Room within easy walking distance of the campus. For further information telephone College 244. FOR RENT: An attractive, new, one- bedroom house with new furniture, in- cludng a Servel gas refrigerator, in a good neighborhood near campus. Apply at 209 Fairview or call College 918. £ Field Wins Class A Water Polo Crown E Battery Downs Third Combat Train To Win Class Championship The championship crown for Class A water polo went to E Field Artillery Tuesday night. In the semi-finals E Battery and 3rd Combat Train came to the top and in the fast final game that was full of action and splashes, E Bat tery took the lead and added to it during the game to wrest the top most glory from the Train to the tune of 5-0. The winners used their reserve strength to good advantage, and the bench boys were just as good as the first-stringers. One of the outstanding players for the train was Dwelli, a sophomore “fish’’ from the Canal Zone, who led his team in a game that gave the other side plenty of trouble. Line-ups for the two teams in cluded: For Battery E, Oliver, Pot ter, Donell, Biggs, Cook, Dillon, Taylor, Kirch, Worth, Griffith, and Burny. For the Train, Groulx, Thornton, Wilson, Fraser, Floyd, Dwelli, Edwards, Finley, and Har old. Miami University tests have proven that men have more rhythm than women. FOR Eye Examination And Glasses Consult J. W. PAYNE DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY Masonic Bldg. Bryan, Tex. Next to Palace Theater CLEAR THINKING FOR FINAL EXAMS Can Best Be Accomplished BY HAYING A FRESH SHAMPOO and a HAIRCUT at the Y. M. C. A. BARBER SHOP Interviews With Prominent Students Are Featured Part of The Battalion’s Newscasts Interviewees on the first Battalion newscasts. Read ing from left to right, Conrad Meyer, Tulane na val R.O.T.C. student; the president of the Tulane School of Engineering; Bill Oswalt, lieutenant- colonel of the A. & M. cadet corps; Carolyn Rob- bert, Sophie Newcomb yell-leader; Charles Ham- ner, social secretary jof 'the sejnior class; Bodie Pierce, head yell-leader; C. A. Montgomery, Batta lion associate radio editor and an editorial assistant; George Fuermann, Batta lion radio editor and a jun ior editor. • Editor’s note: This is the first in- a series of features relating to College Station’s active radio sta tion, WTAW. Other features, which will appehr during the coming month, will concern the Aggie Clambake, the Farm and Home Hour, and the station itself and its director, John O. Rosser. • The familiar “Thank you, John Rosser, and good afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Texas Aggie fans” iden tifies the voice of George Fuer mann who, with Charles A. Mont gomery, brings the Aggie news of the week to the corps and people in surrounding communities via the radio. But actual news alone is not the only feautre of The Battalion’s most recent progressive step. At the end of each newscast a few minutes are given to the inter viewing of various cadets who serve the corps in responsible capa- -cities. Students interviewed thus - far include Charles Hamner, social secretary of the senior class; Bus ter Keeton, junior yell-leader; Mick Williams, manager of the Vanity Fair section of the 1940 Longhorn; George Mueller, chairman of the junior class’ publicity committee; Bruce Davis and Keith Dahl, A. & M.’s representatives at the re cent N.S.F.A. convention in Minne apolis; Walter Sullivan, manager of the A. & M. Town Hall; Mike Rodriguez, president of the Cos mopolitan Club; Maynard Curts, president of the Glee Club; Jack Littlejohn, composer, musician, and member of the Aggieland Orches tra; and E. W. Seay, president of the Agronomy Society and King of the 1940 Cotton Pageant and Ball. Occasionally persons other than students are interviewed on the newscasts. Representatives of Tu lane University, on the campus to 'extend a welcome to the corps for the Sugar Bowl game, were inter viewed from the stage of Guion Hall December 15. Following WTAW’s popular Ag gie Clambake which begins at 4:30, the newscasts hit the ether each Friday afternoon from 5:15 until 5:30 and are heard by an estimated 15,000 persons. Five newscasts have been presented thus far, the first being from the stage of Guion Hall the afternoon of Dec ember 15, 1930. Since that time, however, they have been moved to the studio of WTAW in the Y.M.C.A. because of Guion Hall’s poor acoustics. Students to be interviewed on the coming newscast will include managers of A. & M. project houses, Roth Parker, house mana ger of the Old Army Barracks, and Monty Mitchell, manager of the American Legion cooperative house; James G. Denton; and C. J. “Foots” Bland, junior yell-leader. rr Innocence Abroad”-A Typical Aggie’s Travel Notes As He Looks at Europe and the East (Editor’s note: This is the first" of a series of stories written by A. C. Basset, a Texas Aggie, relat ing his experiences on a trip from the United States to Europe and the near East. Additional install ments will appear in later issues.) • By A. C. Bassett John Pranglin (A. & M.), M. G. Beavers (Texas U.), G. S. Tinsley (Wash. U.), Robert Beresford (Iowa State), G. P. Wilson (Cal. Tech), Edward Frisius (Cal. Tech), J. R. Leggett (Cal. Tech), and my. self left Houston August 24, 1938, for Egypt to do geophysical work for an oil company. Aug. 26—Arrived in New York and reported to the office, had a session with the head geologist that had just returned from Egypt. Pictures of the desert looked rug ged. Most of his comments on his trip were centered on Marseilles. The company doctor gave us a checking over, and we were free for the remainder of the day. We spent the afternoon shopping and craning our necks looking over the city. We gave the subways and the elevated trains a trial but couldn’t get very excited over them. We started the evening with din ner at Jack Dempsey’s—$20 for seven tough steaks and a look at the great Dempsey. After taking a look at the bright lights on Broadway and Times Square, we called it a short night and turned in. Aug. 27.—Another morning and afternoon was wasted at the office and shipping. With a half-dozen telephone calls and a great amount of luck we located one of my friends that was in town for the weekend from West Point. Beavers and myself joined his party as stags and we journeyed to the German American for a gala evening. The place is an oversized beer joint where all the guys and gals from the different colleges get together to sip suds and sing college songs. We met kids from Harvard, Yale, Princeton and just about any other college or university that you can think of. And if the South pro duces all the pretty gals there certainly are lots of Southern gals going to the Northern and East ern colleges! Anyhow, we had a nice time. Aug. 28—We slept late and killed the rest of the day riding a taxi all over Brooklyn trying to locate a friend of one of the gang. Our West Point friend got us dates for the evening. We had dinner at the Eiffel Tour, a French restaurant, and then went up to the Astor Roof to pass judgment on Hal Kemp and his Southern ac cent. The accent was O.K., the music was good, and little Judy ■had us all crawling around on our knees—looking for her “Little Yel low Basket.” His floor show was also very good, so we voted him second to Kay Kayser. During the run of the evening we met more and more pretty girls and dated up our choices of the group since the West Point boys were leaving town the next day. Aug. 29—We spent the day get ting more pointers at the office, securing visas, and doing last- minute shopping. After dinner 1 called the lovely little lady back home to say goodby, and then we were off for our last night of fun in the “good ole U. S. A.” Since Kay Kayser was out of town for a ten-day engagement we decided to go back up to see our pal Hal. His show was good enough to see the second time and the music and floor couldn’t have been beaten any where, so we stayed with him un til he folded up for the night. Our next stop was the Hickory House where the Lady with the Harp charmed us for a couple of hours. To round out the night we went over to the Kit Kat Klub. As day began to break the girls decided that it might be a good idea to get home and let their families know that they hadn’t sailed for Egypt. Aug. 30—After getting back to the hotel we had a little time to do some packing before going down to the office to get last-min ute instructions. By noon we were all packed and ready to set sail. One of the gang had to be tagged with a baggage tag in his button hole to assure his making the right boat! The boat was late putting out and it was nearing dusk as we went out past the Statue of Lib erty. The hazy but famous sky line of New York was our last view of the U. S. except for the lighted beaches as we passed out of the harbor. The ship was very nice but small, about 130 yards long and 40 yards wide, three decks and car rying 130 first-class passengers only. The staterooms were excel lent, the food very good—^ten- course dinners and four-o’clock teas. Tournaments in bridge, ping- pong, shuffleboard, chess, and dominoes were held to take up time in the afternoon, and shows, danc ing, or bingo took care of the evenings. The seventh day out we passed the Azores, our first sight of land since New York. The eighth day we found the Rock of Gibraltar huge and still solid and the tenth day we landed at Marseilles. A direct connection between in telligence and electrical conditions in the brain has been discovered by Cornell University scientists. Registration— (Continued from page 1) year to more than 6,300, although estimated enrollment for the second semester is expected to be only about 5,500. Friday, Feb. 9 is the official registration day, with all under graduate students now enrolled at A. & M. and not included on the Dec. 1 deficiency list due to enroll. Monday, Feb. 12 is regis tration day for all graduate stu dents, new students, and students who were on the deficiency list and have obtained the permission of their deans to re-register for the second semester. Fees may be paid any time from Thursday, Feb. 1 until time of registration. If old students wait until after Feb. 12 to pay their fees, a penalty of $2.00 will be as sessed them. Fees due on regis tration day are $56.50 for dormi tory students and $30.50 for day students. This does not include the Y. M. C. A. card. Total fees for the second semester for dorm students total $141.00. Second-semester classes start Tuesday morning, Feb. 13. Any student that registers late will be charged with all class absences that have been incurred by the delay. Monday, Feb. 26 is the deadline for students who wish to add or drop courses and receive proper credit for thesm at the Registrar’s Office. SEE OUR VALENTINE SELECTION Your Choice 5^ to 250 CAMPUS VARIETY STORE Shaky Knees Are An Asset To Speaking Says Baylor Teacher WACO.—If your knees shake a little the next time you speak, don’t let it worry you. You’ll probably make a better speech be cause of it. Dr. Iva Cox Gardner, head of the Baylor University psychology department, held so when she told a down-town speech class that an emotional drive—even though it be fear—makes for a better, more convincing talk. “If you are frightened a bit you’ll be on your toes resolved to make a better speech,” she coun selled. “But don’t allow your emo tions to get control of your intel lect,” she warned. Ex-Aggie— (Continued from page 1) supplies—such as tractors, trucks, and pipe daily, and an average of 3,600 pounds of clothing daily. “Once soft ground, that field, built so we could work from the center toward both ends, now is the busiest airport south of Wash ington. “Indians, untamed and seldom seen, were quite a handicap. “They killed eight men with their long arrows. I tried one of the bows, and shot through an inch- thick board at 100 feet. “They could really shoot. I saw one arrow pass completely through one of our men. We made special instruments to remove the barbed tips. “Only one Indian was captured while the line was being laid—a small boy who had been hurt. “I think the only thing that saved us much trouble,” Atwell said, “was that they were as much afraid of us as we were of them.” The pipe line, which now car ries 25,000 barrels of oil to the coast daily, was laid on an eight per cent grade—from a point 250 feet above sea level, across a 5,- 400-foot-high ridge and rivers. Atwell admits he made one mis take in the project. He bet an as- L Save Money On VALENTINE CANDY Read— Aggieland Pharmacy’s Ad. Saturday —THURSDAY, FEB. 1,1940 sistant a suit of clothes that some where along the 12-inch welded line a leak would show up. It didn’t. Mr. Atwell’s permanent address is the Texas Company, 135 East 42nd Street, New York City, N. Y. Mrs. Atwell accompanies him on most of his trips to foreign coun tries. iil-TUL u AXXEAVHLY HALL Traffic Jam! 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