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PAGE 4 Official Notices SCHEDULE OF EVENTS April 4 & 5—Economics Club benefit show. Assembly Hall, 6:45 p. m. April 4 & 5—Geophysical Conference for geologists, petroleum engineering oil production men and others. April 6—Infantry Ball, Sbisa Hall, 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. April 6—Hillel Club dance. Mess hall banquet room, 9 p. m. to 12 midnight. April 6—Corps dance, Sbisa hall. April 9, 10, and ll—Annual Highway Short Course. April 11 & 12—Petroleum Engineering Club Benefit Show, Assembly hall, 7 p. m. April 12 & 13—Wildlife Short Course. April 12—Cavalry Ball, Sbisa Hall, 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. April 12 & 13—Water Carnival, 7:30 p. m. April 13—Corps dance, Sbisa Hall. SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS Under College Regulations, a senior who, on April 1, lacks only one subject for graduation may petition for a special ex amination in that subject, provided: (a) The subject was taken in the sum mer of 1939 or in the first semester of this session. (b) The student passing all work of his current schedule on the April 1 re port with grades which will give him a mathematical chance to graduate at the end of the semester. Petitions from those affected by the above regulation should be submitted im mediately, and in no case later than April 6. Those special examinations which are authorized will be set for the after noon of April 13. F. C. BOLTON, Dean MOUNTED REVIEW HONORING POSTMASTER-GENERAL FARLEY 1. The Honorable James A. Farley, Postmaster-General of the United States, will review the R.O.T.C. April 4, 1940. 2. Uniform a. Dismounted and motorized units: Number 1 with white shirts. (Cadet offi cers may wear breeches and boots.) b. Mounted units: Number 1 with white shirts, breeches and boots. c. Cadets not in proper uniform will not be permitted to participate in the review and will be reported as absent. 3. First call, 4 p. m. ; Assembly, 4:05 p. m.; Adjutant’s Call, 4:15 p. m. 4. Troop D., Cavalry Regiment, will attend mounted and will constitute the escort. 5. Battery D., Field Artillery Regiment, will attend motorized and will fire pre scribed salute. 6. Battery F, Field Artillery Regiment, will attend mounted. 7: Formation: Line of regiments in line of battalions in column of masses. Infant: ment Order of units in line: a. North side of review field: Band, '—try Regiment, Field Artillery Regi- (less Batteries D and F), Composite Regiment, Cavalry Regiment (less Troop D), Engineer Regiment, Coast Artillery Regiment. b. East end of review field: Battery D, F. A., and Battery F, F.A., Troop D., Cavalry. M-TIIL ASSKaVVKLY HALL moLunzeu anu mounvea units win ue at the review field in time to take post on the stake designating the right of their respective units at Adjutant’s Call. 9. Battalion adjutants and a cadet officer designated to guide each of the motorized and mounted units will be at th ’— — ti respective 10. All R.O.T.C. students except mem bers of Troop D Cavalry, and Batteries D and F, Field Artillery Regiments, will be dismissed from classes at 3:30 p. m., April 4, 1940, to permit their partici pation in this review. Classes for members of Troop D, Cavalry, and Batteries D and F, Field Artillery, wil be suspended at 3 p. m., April 4, 1940. COL. GEO. F. MOORE, Commandant OFFICIAL lew in honor or the Postmaster Gen eral, all classes will be suspended at 3 :30 To permit the corps of cadets to give a review in honor of the F be suspe; p. m. on Thursday, April 4, and classes for members of Troop D Cavalry and Batteries D and F, Field Artillery which are to be mounted, are to be excused from classes at 3 p. m. F. C. BOLTON, Dean COTTON SHIRTS Effective Tuesday, April 2, 1940, all students attending practical instruction from 1 to 3 p. m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays will wear the uniform cot ton shirt, except when coveralls are pre scribed by the senior instructor concern ed. COL. GEO. F. MOORE, Commandant O. D.’S INSPECT HALLS General Order No. 1, current series, is amended to include the following ad ditional instructions for Cadet Officers of the Day: “Between 1 and 4 p. m. he will in spect the hallways of each dormitory in the area to which he is assigned and will report to the Commandant’s Office the designation of any organization in which the hallways are not properly po liced.” COL. GEO. F. MOORE, Commandant PUBLICATIONS STAFF PICTURES The Longhorn pictures of The Batta lion, the Longhorn, and the Scientific Review staffs and the A. & M. Press Club will be taken today at 5 p. m. on the east steps of the Administration Building. No. 2 uniforms will be worn. It is im portant that all members be present and on time. APPLICATION-SIZE PHOTOGRAPHS Alexander, J. Y.; Anderson, H. M. ; Armstrong, G. B.; Ball, W. A. ; Beachum, J. H. ; Bolin, S. H. ; Borders, W. E. ; Bownds, W. A.; Boyd, H. F.; Brands, J. T. ; Braswell, D. E. Bridges, P.; Brooks, H. W.; Brown, W. W.; Buster, W. B.; Buttrill, H. B. ; Carter, J. H. ; Cassin, William; Cawthon, W. A. ; Chamberlain, C. H. ; Clary, S. R., ; Clepp, J. H. ; Cokinos, J. P.; Conley, J. S.; Conly, P. T. ; Connor, J. M. Crawford, J. H. ; Cullers, E. W. ; Curlei ; Cullers, E. W.; H. L. ; Daniel, P. .; Curlee, J.; Dal- C. J. : Cullers, E. W. ; Curlee, C. J. ; ton, H. L.; Daniel, P. R. ; Davis, G. R. ; Dean, H. A. ; DeBerry, S. G.; Dexter, J. F.; Dillon, P. C. ; Dinsmore, J. H. ; Dismukes, I. B. Dominy, C. B. ; Doran, J. K. ; Downer, W. W. ; Draper, J. C. ; Drew, D. L. ; Duke, F. R. ; Edwards, W. T.; Eiland, J. D. ; El- S. ; per ; Edwards, W. T. ; Eiland, J. D. ; der, G. P.; Erck, A. W. ; Ezell, B. P. ; Foster, E. L. ; Fouts, J. F.; Friedline, Fugate, J. L. Fullwood, E. F.; Furry, H.; Gallant, J. A.; Gandy, D. C.; Garrett, E. G. ; Gar rison, C. E. ; Garrison, R. W. ; Gattis, J. . : Uarrison, R. W. ; Ge O. F. ; Gibbons, S., Given, NON-STOP >£££>) MU, ' s HARD!' FLYIN' FUN-ATICS in ^Jean PARKER . Reginald \ GARDINER A BORIS MORROS Production RKO RADIO Picture. Directed by A. EDWARD SUTHERLAND. Orisinal Story and Screen Play by Ralph Spence, Alfred Schiller, Charlea Roaers, Harry Langdon. TUESDAY, APRIL 2 3:30 - 6:45 L. ; Gent, S. B. Gleason. B. A. ; Gourley, J.; Graham, O. B. ; Gregory, P. R. ; Griesenbeck, C. A. ; Grote, J. F. ; Hall, H. L. ; Hamblin, J. F. ; Hamlett, E. H. ; Hammonds, J. M.; Hanby, J. L. ; Hanover, J. G.; Hanway, J. P.; Hart, J. R. Hart, W. M. ; Hass, R. R. ; Harvill, V. A. Hay, H. N. ; Hearn, R. L.; Hendricks, W. W. ; Hendrix, E. E. ; Herren, C. H. ; Her- zing, D. J. ; Holland, J. W. ; Holt, B. B. ; Hussey, C. P. ; Jacoby, P. W. ; Jones, H. A. Jordan, R. F. ; Kirk, P. A. ; Knight, J. C. ; Kreager, K. G. ; Kroll, C. A. ; Kuehne, W. A.: Kyle, C. R. ; Leckey, J. P.; Law- l. ; Kyle, C. It. ; W. H. ; Ledbett. ng( J. A. der, E. ; Lehmberg, W. Lilly, Bob; Lingold, « L. ; Lyons, J. ; Sledge, W. L.; Tu UCIAN M. MOR Lippard, W. T. .; J er, W. R. ; Lee, R. ; Lemm, P. J. C. L.; Turner, MORGAN, Moore, F. PERSONNEL LEAFLETS The personnel leaflets are ready for the seniors listed below. Please call for these at room 133, Administration Building, IMMEDIATELY. AT POPULAR PRICES _ J GREATEST OF AIL CAPRA PICTURES! FRANK CAPRA S Ulr. Smith (Boes U'o Washington co-starring " JeanARTHUR*JamesSTEWART With CLAUDE RAINS - EDWARD ARNOLD • GUY KIBBEE • THOMAS MITCHELL • BEULAH BONDI Directed by FRANK CAPRA • Screen play by SIDNEY BUCHMAN • A COLUMBIA PICTURE 1 ♦Creator of "It Happened One Night" A "Mr Deeds Goes To Town", "lost r\ HoriionV'You Can't Take It With You" r\ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 3:30 - 6:45 A\][]f|MA\M GUARANTEED NOT TO SHRINK OUT OF FIT! ....Here is the Airman Quality Secret: Rich new fabrics, fine tailoring, collars that set perfectly on the neck and smooth fitting shirt fronts. A host of new patterns and fabrics. $1.65 f llaldrop ti (5 Two Convenient Stores College Station - Bryan General .Election— (Continued from page 1) in the election, provided he pre sents in person at the ballot box his yellow slip—his receipts for payment of fees for the second semester. • Following is a sample ballot, the names arranged according to the results of drawings for places held Monday afternoon in The Battalion Office: SAMPLE BALLOT General Election For Editor of The Battalion: Bob Nisbet A. J. Robinson For Chief Yell-Leader: E. R. “Buster” Keeton C. J. “Foots” Bland For Junior Representative on the Student Publications Board: Tom Gillis Roland Bing. • The Student Election Committee with D. B. Varner as chairman, E. L. Angell, Max McCullar, Tom Gillis, Bill Guy and E. J. Howell, met Monday afternoon to discuss the elections which are to be held this spring. It was decided the polls for the election of The Battalion editor, chief yell-leader, and junior rep resentative on the Publications Board will open at 8 a. m. tomor row and close at 5:30. The votes will be counted by a representa tive of the Student Election Com mittee and a representative of the Board of Publications with the candidates or their representatives present. Any appeal of the elec tion must be made within forty- eight hours after the counting of the ballots, which will begin im mediately after the closing of the polls. A committee consisting of Max McCullar as chairman, Tom Gillis, Bill Guy, and Tom Richey was ap pointed to take action concerning the elegibility of candidates for the positions of Town Hall manager and social secretary of the senior class. The committee was also des ignated to work on a more favor able way of conducting elections of class officers. It was decided that the junior yell-leader will be elected in the same manner that was used last year—by a meeting of the sopho more class to select and eliminate candidates. The valedictorian of the senior class will also be elect ed as previously. The Registrar’s Office furnishes a list of the ten highest seniors from which the val edictorian is chosen by ballot of members of the senior class. A committee from the Student Publications Board is now consider ing and drawing up rules and re quirements for candidates for edi torship of the Longhorn and the Scientific Review and for repre sentatives on the Student Publica tions Board. These rules when adopted are to apply in future elections. Holt, Moore, W. T.; Russell, E. C.; Sharp, J. M. ; Sharp, T. F.; Shepperd, M. F. ; Shepperd, P. B.; Sparks, R. E.; Trew, E. M., Jr. ; Zeiss, L. M. LUCIAN M. MORGAN. STUDENT WELFARE COMMITTEE The regular monthly meeting of the Student Welfare Committee will be held Wednesday, April 3, at 6:15 p. m., in the banquet and reception rooms of Sbisa Hall. All member ble if possible. Please call my (telephone 4-5734) by 10 a. m. Wednesday whether or not you can attend. DEAN F. C. BOLTON, Chairman lers please be present if possi- sible. Please call my office Organizations PRE-MED SOCIETY Dr. Charles S. Bacon will address the Pre-Medical Society tonight and speak “Some Doctors I Have Known”. Eve member is requested to be there. DAMES CLUB s Club will hold meeting Wednesday, April 3, at 8 o’clock in the Y.M.C.A. parlor. There will be a talk on budgetting and each member is requested to bring her favorite recipe. EX 4-H CLUB MEMBERS The Ex 4-H Club Members Association will meet Thursday night at 7:15 in room , Animal Industries Building. L. L. Johnson, state 4-H Club agent of the Extension Service, will show pictures per taining to 4-H Club work. Plans for a picnic will be discussed. Classified FOR SALE—620 Eastman Kodak fold ing camera, series III. F:6.3 lens, speed 1|25 to 1(100 of a second, T. & B„ Pur chased last month. Must sell for im mediate cash. Write College Station. to P. 0. Box 67, WANTED—Garage for car. Garage in College Park or Oakwood addition pre ferred. Write Box 5346, College Statioi LOST—Brown leather handbag, tagged L. Lord, left in hall 4. Urgent. Liberal reward. Martin, 213, dorm 1. » LOST—1 Log Log Duplex Decitrig sliderule. The name, John Negri, Jr., is printed in small letters on one side of the case. If found, please return to C-15 Hart for reward. LOST—Yellow-goid Waltham wristwatch at free show Sunday. Finder please re turn to Kay Cox, room 208, hall 8, for reward. The Hamilton Tailoring Company has sent me by mistake one tweed coat and vest to suit of clothes. Owner can have same upon proper identification. Call “Jocko” Roberts, College 87. Wednesday evening before Easter I picked up three Aggies in my car, letting them out at Milford, Texas. One of them left a tan raincoat in my car, which I am anxious to return upon proper identi fication. Mrs. Bate O’Reilly, 609 Fletcher Street, Dallas, Texas. THE BATTALION Farley Banquet— (Continued from page 1) for bringing Daniel C. Roper, Sec retary of Commerce, to A. & M. sometime ago. A cavalry escort will meet the Farley automobile caravan at the main entrance to the campus where they will proceed to the drill field. General Farley will then be greeted by President T. O. Walton, Gover nor W. Lee O’Daniel, and F. M. Law, president of the A. & M. Board of Directors. Colonel George F. Moore and General Farley will then take their places in front of the reviewing stand, and the cadet corps with mounted units will pass in review. After passing in review the corps and regimental staffs will report to the reviewing stand in order to give General Farley an opportunity to meet some of the student body. Following the review, scheduled for 5 P. M., General Farley will retire to the parlors of the A. & M. Board of Directors for a rest until 7 P. M. when he will be honored at the banquet to be held in the entire main room of Sbisa Hall. Invitations to sit at the speaker’s table with General Farley and members of his party have been sent to all former governors of Texas, the A. & M. Board of Di rectors and a few others. Invita tions have also been sent to sev eral hundred leaders in the bus iness, professional, and political life of Texas, to attend the review and banquet. Members of the senior class will serve as dinner escorts to ladies of those dignitaries oebupying the speaker’s platform. Lieutenant Col onel Richard Dunn will conduct an orchestra selected from the A. & M. band during the dinner hour. Following the dinner a repre sentative of the football team will present General Farley with an appropriate gift as a token of ap- Mary Marshall To Address Architects The Architectural Society will sponsor an illustrated lecture on “Understanding Prints” by Miss Mary Marshall, director of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts of T.S.C.W., on Thursday, April 11, in the library of the Architectural Department, on the fourth floor of the Academic Building. There will also be an exhibit of the prints about which Miss Marshall will speak in the Architectural library for a week beginning Friday, April 5. preciation for his visit to the cam pus. Tickets for the banquet will be $1.00 each for outsiders and must accompany the reservations. Colonel Ike Ashburn is in charge of all banquet reservations for Farley Day and all reservations are handled through his office. Other committee members for Far ley Day are Colonel George F. Moore, E. E. McQuillen, E. J. Howell, J. C. Hotard, C. A. Roeber, H. C. Burgett, O. R. Simpson, and G. B. Winstead. A 500-pound elephant skull has been acquired by the University of Texas. Distinguished— (Continued from page 1) Billy Brundidge, junior in sci ence; James Gillaspy, senior in science; William Galloway, fresh man in chemical engineering; Tho mas S. Gillis, sophomore in liberal arts; Ralph T. Green, freshman in liberal arts; Robert L. Gulley, soph omore in liberal arts; V. C. Isaacs, junior in veterinary medicine; Fred C. Keeney, freshman in chemical engineering; H. H. Liebhofsky, se nior in liberal arts; W. M. Murphy, junior in agricultural administra tion; Otto A. Nance, freshman in petroleum engineering; Allen T. Seale, senior in civil engineering; Jack M. Simpson, junior in elec trical engineering, and Paul Wolf, junior in chemical engineering. Shep Fields— (Continued from page 1) Shep Fields and his band are playing in New York City at pres ent, and are scheduled for a long engagement on the Pacific Coast beginning next month. Fields’ band is the outstanding swing band which Town Hall had promised would appear at A. & M. this spring. It will present a pro gram, from 7:00 to 8:30, April 5, in Guion Hall, just preceding the Infantry Ball, which lasts from 9:00 to 1:00. DYERS _ HATTERS AMERICAN- STEAM LAUNDRY DRY♦ • C LEANERS PHONE 58 5 BRYAK Patronize Your Agent in Your Organization -TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940 Sherwood Eddy— (Continued from page 1) Europe time and again. He has been in every important country of the world on numerous occasions and is familiar with all the import ant leaders of the nations. Among the recent projects achieving national recognition is his huge cooperative farm at Rock dale, Mississippi, on which some thirty families live. Though 70 years of age, Dr. Eddy looks and talks like a man many years younger. He is speaking at all the schools of the Southwest Conference, and during his lifetime has addressed millions of people. The Dartmouth College Outing Club is this year celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding. There are 160 college coopera tives doing an annual business of $2,700,000. Two-thirds of the Badger state’s lawyers are graduates of the Uni versity of Wisconsin law school. —: Exmt BMASftl Expert Radio Repair STUDENT CO-OP Phone No. 139 North Gate Brown, W. W.; Bullock, Q. S.: Cullers, E. W., Jr. ; Dinsmore, J. H.; Duke, F. R.; Edens, L. L.; Emmons, C. H.; Fotits, J. F.; Fugate, J. L.; Fulton, C. E. ; 'ugate, Griesenbeck, C. A. Holt, B. B.; Huebel, John, Jr. ; Kuehne, W. A.; Lawder, W. H. ; Lomax, E. B.; ►Was the Munich beer hall bomb engineered inside Germany? To miss Hitler on purpose? Mr. Bess tells you in this week’s Post about the sudden rise of “one of the most sinister figures in the world today” and the current struggle between Nazi party leaders and the Reich army generals. A timely Post article. CHINESE WOMEN DON) WEAR WEDDING RINGS TOO BAD that Yu Hao, the dainty young Chinese girl, should be given in marriage to Soong Y’in, the old gem dealer. All Chinatown knew of her love for another. Then murder struck— and Johnny" Hammond, Chinatown guide, found himself with the only clue ... A dramatic short story in this week’s Post. The Marriage Month by Sidney herschel small THE MAN WHO IS KING [in his spare time) • See how John T. McCutcheon, famous Chicago Tribune car toonist, rules his Treasure Island, near Nassau, flies his own flag, makes his own laws. Illustrated with fourteen photos in color. AND a new romance of the back country by Vereen Bell, Listen to the Whippoorwill; short stories by Doug Welch and Harry Klingsberg; a mys tery serial by Mignon G. Eberhart (Hangman’s Whip); Raymond Moley on Business in the Woodshed; and an unusual memoir, I Saw Lee Surrender. All in this week’s Post—now on sale. 1750 IN CASH PRIZES for "Confucius” sayings! For complete details, ask this newspaper for the Contest Pamphlet. Your entry may win the $100 first prize, or one of the 116 other cash prizes in this Saturday Evening Post contest for college students. ACT NOW! CONTEST CLOSES APRIL 5! A New Comedy of Big Game Fishing in Movieiand This way to Hollywood, where wild sea waves dash high (in the studio tank) and fighting monsters of the deep (rubber models) are artfully reeled in by “one of the most beau tiful women available today”! This week’s Post brings you the rollick ing, romantic, ridiculous adventures of Crunch and Des. In four parts. ‘Salt Water Daffy ”by PHIUP WYUE THE SATURDAY EVENING POST