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PAGE 6 THE BATTALION Official Notices MAY GRADUATES A complete analysis of the records of all May graduates has been made. The seniors are requested to check with this office not later than Saturday. April 27, to see that we are in agreement as to the remaining degree requirements. H. L. HEATON, Assistant Registrar CITY TAXES All taxpayers of the city of College Station will render their taxes for the year 1940 beginning April 15th at the City Office. GRADUATION UNIFORM The following rule Is published for the Information of candidates for degress at the June Commencement: “Advanced Course R.O.T.C. students who are awarded degrees at the June Co: are awarded degrees at the June Com mencement are required to attend the graduation exercises in Uniform No. 1, and non-R.O.T.C. students are required to attend in appropriate academic costume. Students who do not provide themselves with appropriate costume will not be eligibe to participate in the graduation exercises. The Exchange Store can arrange to get caps and gowns to be rented for the oc casion, provided orders are placed not later than noon SATURDAY, APRIL 27. There is no assurance that orders placed after that date will arrive for Commence ment. The Exchange Store does not re quire a deposit at this time. F. C. BOLTON, Dean BENEFIT SHOW “Rulers of the Sea” produced and di rected by Frank Lloyd, the man who gave the screen “The Sea Hawk” and ‘‘Mutiny on the Bounty”, will be shown at the Assembly Hall Thursday and Friday at 3:30 and 6:45 p. m., benefit of the Rural Sociology Club. The picture stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood, and Will Fyffe, with George Bancroft and Montagu Love. In addition to the entertaining fea ture, the program will consist of two shorts: a Ted Fio Rito musical and a night club comedy. IMPORTANT MEETING FOR CIVIL SERVICE INTERVIEWS All students who have taken the Civil Service Examinations for either Junior Professional Assistant on April 6th or for Junior Aid on January 13th and who indicated the following options are to report to the Animal Industries Lecture Room at 7 o’clock on Thursday evening, personal history forms, receive general instructions and April 25th to fill out perso discuss employment possibilities. N. P. Stephenson, Assistant Personnel Officer of the Soil Conservation Service from Fort Worth, will be in charge of the meeting and will have all the necessary forms and instructions. The options concerned are: Junior Professional Assistant Examination Junior Agronomist Junior Soil Scientist Junior Agricultural Engineer Junior Range Examiner Student Aid Examination Agronomy Range Management Soils Engineering. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY The sixth meeting of the Texas A. & M. Section of the American Chemical So ciety and the 50th meeting of the College Station and Bryan members of the Amer ican Chemical Society will be held Friday, April 26, 1940, at 8:00 p. m. in the main lecture room of the Chemistry Building. Program “Some Practical Applications of Cor rosion Testing” by B. B. Morton of the De velopment and Research Division, Inter national Nickel Company, Inc., of New York City, illustrated with lantern lides. All interested are invited to attend. Those who have a paper they wish to present at the next meeting should com municate with the chairman of the Pro gram Committee. COMMUTATION OF SUBSISTENCE Commutation of subsistence payments will be paid the members of the second advanced course R.O.T.C. on Thursday, April 25, from 3:00 to 5:00 p. m. in room 102 Academic Building. Commutation of subsistence payments will be paid the members of the first advance course R.O.T.C. at the same room on Friday April 26. Student who have three o’clock classes should report immediately after dismissal -"{.I : - ■ k >set #1?' J - V This Spring It’s GRIFFONS $25 to $37.50 All with Two Trousers It’s drape — not droop! And the difference be tween the front rank and the hind end of the style parade is the difference between drape and droop. Get it? Well, come in and slip on one of our new Griffon suits and all will be clear. Shetlands, Cheviots, Tweeds and Gabardines Particularly for particular young men. y t r r-* WIMBERLEY STONE DANSBV w. o u CLOCKIERS from class as payment will not he made after five o’clock. Those students who are going to be absent with authority from the campus at this time should come in and sign the pay roll previous to leaving. COLLEGE EMPLOYEES The College Women’s Social Club re- pl< of Texas for tea Friday afternoon, April 26, in the Formal Garden of the Admin istration Building from 5:00 to 6:30 DAIRY JUDGING CONTEST The annual Sophomore Student Dairy Cattle Dairy Cattle Judging Contest will be held Saturday morning April 27. The contest will start at 8:00 o’clock. All sophomore students in Agriculture who have taken or are now taking Dairy Husbandry 202 are eligible to compete in the contest. Those who participate in the contest will be excused from classes.— A. L. Larnell, Professor Dairy Husbandry. NOTICE TO PETROLEUM ADN CIVIL ENGINEER FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES C. E. 201, Plane Surveying, required in the sophomore year for both Petroleum and Civil Engineers will be offered dur ing the second semester of the summer School. Any students desiring to take this course should call by Room 14, Civil En gineering Building, and leave their names inly one section will be provided.—Gibb Gilchrist, Dean, School of prov Engi: neering. AG. ENGINEERS, FRESHMEN AND SOPHS. The Executive Committee has approved the request of the Agricultural Engineer ing Society that freshman and sophomore Agricultural and Engineering students will be permitted to attend the A. S. A. E. dance Friday night, April 26, 1940.—Col. Geo. F. Moore, Commandant. UNIFORM WOOL O. D. SHIRTS Attention of all concerned is invited to Memorandum No. 17, this headquarters, dated April 9, 1940, which directed that all uniform O. D. woolen shirts be turned in to the Exchange Store by the students to whom they were issued by April 20, 1940. Shirts not already returned must be turned in prior to April 27, 1940. The price of replacement, $2.67 per shirt will be charged against each student who fails to return shirts issued to him by May 2.—Col. Geo. F. Moore. FINGERPRINTS OF FUTURE O.R.C.’s In order to obtain fingerprints of all students to be appointed in the Officers’ Reserve Corps at the end of this school year, as required by Army Regulations 345-120, all students who have so applied, except those who have yet to attend R.O.T. C. Camp or who will be under 21 years of age on May 31, 1940, will report in the west basement of the Old Mess Hall, to be fingerprinted, according to the following schedule: From 3:00 to 5:45 p. m. Wednesday, May 1, 1940—Infantry. Thursday, May 2, 1940—Field Artillery. Friday, May 3, 1940—Infantry and Field Artillery. Tuesday, May 7, 1940—Cavalry and En gineers. Wednesday, May 8, 1940—Coast Artillery, Signal Corps, and Chemical Warfare. Thursday, May 9, 1940—Cavalry, Engi neers, Coast Artillery, Signal Corps, and Chemical Warfare. Col. Geo. F. Moore, Commandant. Organizations F.F.A. MEETING All Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors majoring in Agricultural Education are requested to be present at a meeting of the Junior Collegiate F.F.A. which will be held in the Ag. Engineering Lecture Room, Thursday night. CAMERA CLUB The Camera Club will hold a regular meeting at 7:00 Thursday in the Arch. Dept., 4th floor of the Academic Build ing. A male model will pose nude. Bring camera and film. The exhibit is now up in the first floor of the Library. EX 4-H CLUB There will be a meeting of the Ex-4-H Club tonight at 7:00 p. m. in room 132 of the Animal Industries building. Im portant that all members be there as final plans for the hay ride and barbecue to be held Monday afternoon will be made. HEART O’ TEXAS CLUB There will be a very important meeting of the Heart o’ Texas Mountaineer’s Club Thursday night at 7:00 o’clock in roon 110 Academic Building. Everyone in th club interested in going to the picnic, please come to this meeting and bring your money. MATH CLUB There will be a meeting of the Math Club Thursday night at 7:00 o’clock in room 212, Academic Building. Mr. Blum- berg of the Mathematics Department will speak. Extension Service Men Take Part In Chemurgic Parley Forest Service Director E. O. Siecke, M. K. Thornton, Agricul tural Chemist of the Extension Department, Dr. E. S. McFadden, and Dr. L. P. Gabbard of the ex periment station will appear on the program of Second Annual Texas Farm Chemurgic Conference to be held at North Texas State Teachers College on Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27. Mr. Siecke will preside over the wood uses session on Friday after noon at which time Dr. T. R. Truax of the U. S. Forest Products Lab oratory, Madison, Wis., will present a paper on the “Recent Develop ments in the Chemical Utilization of Wood.” Dr. Charles Carpenter, chief chemist of Southland Paper Mills at Lufkin, has also been in vited to appear on the program and present a paper on the East Texas paper production. Mr. Thornton will present a pa per on “Cotton Seed Oils.” Pope Lawrence, chief chemist of the Interstate Cotton Oil Refining Company, Sherman, will be the dis cussion leader on the Friday after noon program. “Texas Flax Program” will be the subject of a paper by Dr. Mc Fadden on the Saturday afternoon conference session. Harold S. Fos ter, manager of the Agricultural and Livestock Department of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, is discussion leader for the flax program. Dr. Gabbard will have charge of the discussion session on peanuts Saturday morning. Charlie S. Wil kins of John Tarleton College, Stephenville, will present a paper on “Peanut Chemurgy.” Skeen Staley, E Engineers Of these candidates, the sopho mores will select six qualified to be junior yell-leaders. At a joint meeting of the sophomore and junior classes at a later date, the six candidates who have been se lected will appear and both classes will vote for their final choice for the office. The date of the joint class meeting has not been set yet, but it will be announced through The Battalion soon. All juniors are urged by class officers to vote in the runoff to day in the rotunda of the Academic Building, and all sophomores should attend the important meet ing of their class tonight. Each candidate will be presented and given a chance to say something to the class. A. & M. College Men Attend Meeting Of District Teachers A. & M. College was well rep resented at the meeting of dis trict one of the Texas State Teach ers Association in session at Gal veston last week. Saturday morning Dean T. D. Brooks of the school of arts and sciences and the graduate school spoke along the lines of teacher training, emphasizing the work that A. & M. is doing in that field. Others attending include Prof. W. L. Hughes and Prof. George B. Wilcox of the education de partment, and Prof. E. L. Wil liams and E. W. Glenn of the industrial education department. Mr. William met with the teachers in industrial education. Mr. Glenn went to the meeting from Houston where he had a con ference Thursday with machin ists, looking toward establishing that phase of training in industrial education. Harvard University's eight li braries contain 4,079,541 books and pamphlets. There are now 550 junior colleges in the U. S. Prince Hubertus zu Lowenstein has been appointed visiting pro fessor in international relations at Iowa State College. The Louisiana State University zoology museum recently was given a collection of skins of 300 rare birds. Plans are now under way for the opening of the new LaSalette College in Arnolds Park, Iowa, next September. An Ohio State University men’s dormitory has been named after former secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Every state and 47 foreign coun tries are represented in the Har vard University student body. Cotton Pageant— (Continued from page 1) Featuring fashions by All-Amer ican designers, some of the love liest models of a Houston shop, the Fashion, were presented in a re vue of newest creations in cotton for milady to wear this summer. Sun suits, beach togs, lounging pa jamas, street dresses and evening dresses in gay florals, stripes, checks and dots, many of them in contrasting colors and designs, were modeled. Footwear stressed the new wedgies for the beach, the home, and the dance. The new moc casin type sport shoe also was featured. Floor Show Given Following the style show, the royal assemblage was entertained with a floor show presented by Kotchetovsky dancers from Hous ton. Of the group of seven dances perhaps the Gypsy dance by Jac queline Smith pleased an apprecia tive audience the most. Little Mary- lyn White gave an outstanding per formance in her acrobatic waltz, and later teamed with Misses Zeh- ner and Wayne, Spanish dancers, to present a tap line. Featuring cot ton in her costume, Barbarlee Lockard gave a toe dance and Car- melita Kilp was seen in an Oriental number. A grand finale by all art ists closed the floor show. Credit for the success of the ninth annual cotton pageant and style show belongs largely to the following people: Director of pageant, Mrs. L. L. Fouraker. Arrangements: Prof. J. S. Mog- ford, general chairman, assisted by B. U. Bing, business manager; J. T. Anderson, assistant business manager; Harry C. Forbes, social secretary; D. W- McElwrath, as sistant social secretary; Hal Mose ley, designer. Social: P. B. Bennett, J. W. Bail ey, W. M. Kimbrough, Johnny Rice, L. L. Edens, R. S. Stone, R. D. Finch, W. H. Benham. Decorations: Don Parker, A. G. Meister, G. D. Armstrong, M. S. Thompson, C. G. Powell, R. C. Stephenson, W. S. Goodlett, M. L. Osborn, J. Smith, R. G. Low- DYERS _ f-iATTE^M AMERICSNSTEAM 'j IAUNDRY \ DRY♦♦C LEANERS PHONE 58 5 BRYAN Patronize Your Agent in Your Organization —m urvo-u/v x, ajtx^iju zd, ±y4u rie, P. C. Clutter, H. L. Rucker, A. B. Yearwood. Floor: J. E. Burkett, J. D. Rives, C. L. Mason, M. H. Ferguson, M. G. Lowry, J. A. Morris, M. E. McNeil, H. D. Clayton, W. F. Tur ner, E. S. Guilloud Jr., W. K. Schear, H. L. Petty. Publicity: G. B. Winstead, di rector of publicity; E. L. Angell, manager of student publications; Bob Nisbet, Battalion reporter; E. W. Trew, C. A. Muller, J. D. Reed, W. A. Treadway. Rooms: J. D. Eiland, B. G. Smith, Carl Taylor. Music: E. W. Seay, R. E. Lind sey, T. P. Aycock. Acknowledgment—The Agron- onmy Society wishes to express their appreciation for the presenta tion of the style show; to Cadet Hal Moseley for designing and over seeing the construction of the pag eant landscape; to the Landscape Art Department for use of college shrubbery; to the Athletic Depart ment for the use of DeWare Field House and to others who have as sisted in making this event pos sible. Music was by the Aggieland Or chestra and the announcer was Prof. J. J. Woolket. Spring and Summer ACCESSORIES Tennis Shoes - 69£ & 950 M E N 1 S Bathing Caps 250 Shorts 250 Under Shirts 250 Polo Shirts 490 TAN SLACK SOCKS @ 2 Pr. 250—Also 250 Pair CAMPUS VARIETY STORE JUNIORS... REMEMBER THESE DATES ... MAY 13th - 14th - 15th - 16th Mr. Lucchese will be at the Aggieland Inn to measure you and take your order for the “Perfect Ankle-Break” Boot. You can be measured for your boots and turn in your order and deposit later if you pre fer. We guarantee satisfaction on every pair of boots we sell. “Makers of The Perfect Ankle-Break Boot” HIM SOOT CO. IOC. 101 W. Travis Street San Antonio, Texas ENTOMOLOGY CLUB There will be an important business meeting of the Entomology Club tonight at 7 p. m. in room 5 of the Science Hall. It is important that all members be present. LANDSCAPE ART CLUB The regular meeting of the Landcape Art Club has been postponed until April 30. Classified ■nge ing noon Saturday in ’39 Studebaker. C. E. Crawford, 77 Milner, College 116. LOST—A black Schaeffer’s Eversharp pencil. Lost Wednesday morning between Physics Bldg, and M. E. Shops. Return to Dorm 10, Room 112 for reward. FOUND—A tan canvas bag left on the corner in Bryan last Saturday. It was taken to the Sinclair Station and left for owner to call. LOST—Girl’s white straw hat with wide brim. Lost last Saturday evening. Finder please call Bryan 1019. WANTED: Passengers to share expenses to Dallas and return this weekend. Leave college at 1 p. m. Friday. Leave Dallas at 4 p. m. either way. Angel Food Cakes made on special ord ers ; large size, plain or iced. Mrs. Ed Boemer, 408 Montclair Street, College Park. 1 p. m. Friday. Leave Dallas Sunday. $2.00 round trip. $1.00 , J. M. Gillespie, Jr., 13 Milner. Election— (Continued from page 1) the stage prior to 7:00. All other sophomores should be in Guion Hall by 7:00 p. m. so that the meeting may be conducted quickly and give a fair chance to all candidates. Candidates for the position of junior yell leader are as follows: A. E. White, G Infantry J. O. Alexander, C Cavalry Eld Allen, 3d Headquarters, Held Artillery Bill Beck, Field Artillery Band • James C. Borden, B Signal Corps Louis Byrd, A Coast Artillery W. M. Curtis, A Coast Artillery Bill Davis, H Infantry R. L. Heitkamp, A Field Artil lery Luke Moore, D Coast Artillery Herman Spoede, H Coast Artil lery BOB CROSBY & MILDRED BAILEY Here is "sending” of the real Beale and Basin Street variety—featuring Bob Crosby, songstress Mildred Bailey, the "best Dixieland Band in the land,” and the famous Crosby "Bobcats.” Every Saturday night—NBQ Red. See your radio listings for local time. Slower-burning Camels give you fXTRA COOLNESS extra FLAVOR CAMELS From the "funnies” to the films and now to your favorite CBS station come "Blondie” and Dagwood Bumstead. A grand half-hour of laughs and thrills featuring the picture stars, Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. Every Monday night—CBS. See your radio listings for local time. In recent laboratory tests, CAMELS burned 25% slower than the average of the 15 other of the largest-selling brands tested — slower than any of them.That means, on the average, a smoking plus equal to 5 EXTRA SMOKES PER PACK! Copyright, 1940, B. J. 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