-TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1940
PAGE 4
THE BATTALION
Official Notices
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
May 16 & 17—Radio Club benefit show.
Assembly Hall, 7 p. m.
May 16 & 17—A.I.E.E. benefit show.
Assembly Hall, 7 p. m.
May 17—Junior A.V.M.A. Dance, Sbisa
Hall, 9 p. m. to 1 a. m.
May 20 & 21—Conference of Surveying
May 22—Reserve Day Banquet, Sbisa
Hall, 7 p. m.
May 23 & 24—Fish & Game Club and
Poultry Science Club benefit show. As
sembly Hall, 7 p. m.
May 30—Junior Prom
May 31—Commencement Services, Guion
Hall, 10:30 a. m.
May 31—Final Ball
CITY TAXES
All taxpayers of the city of College
Station will render their taxes for the
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CLASSES SUSPENDED FOR REVIEW
To permit the members of the ROTC
to participate in the review scheduled as
a part of the annual Corps Area inspec
tion, classes will be suspended from 1 to
3 p. m., Wednesday, May 15.
F. C. BOLTON
Dean
RENT HOUSES LISTED
Those residents of College Station who
wish to rent their house for the summer,
please list it with the Commandant’s
Office.
MATHEMATICS CONTESTANTS
The final examinations in the Mathe
matics Contests will be held in the
Chemistry lecture room, Thursday, May
16, beginning at 7:30 p. m.
The students whose names appear below
have qualified for these examinations.
Sophomores
Ashford, Fred, Jr.; Barker, J.; Calvert,
C. E. ;Doak, Robert A.; Doughty, E. G.:
Hardie, B.; Holliday, J. M.; King, Gerald
R. ; Lamberson, J. L. ; Landua, A. J. ;
Miller, M. A.; Pearce, R. B. ; Perkins, G.
M.; Puckett, Q. M. ;Rollins, H. M.; Sinex,
J. M. jSkidmore, R. G.; Swain, W. C.;
Thompson, J. W.; Tomaso, Louie.
Freshmen
Adkisson, W. M. ; Allen, T. W.; Baen,
Spencer Roe ;Baird, Jack A. ; Blasdel, J.
G. ; Burks, S. V.; Crown, Philip; Dixon,
H. E.; Ellsberry, S. A.; Flowers, Braulio,
T. ; Goppert, J. G.; Griffin, Don ; Hartman,
Earl C.; Hengst, L. C.; Holland, W. E.;
Hudson, R. W. ; Keeney, F. C.; Lansdon,
D. S. ; Marwil, Stanley J.; Matteson,
Albert L.; Mullins, W. H. ; Noa, Wm.;
Robertson, L. R.: Sanborn, Frank D.;
Specia, A. J. ; Thenn, George R. ; Town
send, Robert T.; Treadwell, D. A.; Well
ing, C. G.; Cox, J. T.
Will the student who saw the bread
truck back into the red Pontiac coupe
Friday afternoon. May 3, in front of the
College Courts Coffee Shop, on highway
6, please come by to see me at their
earliest convenience? S. B. Apple Jr.,
308 Agriculture Building.
Organizations
PRE-MEDICAL SOCIETY
There will be a meeting of the Pre-
Medical Society tonight at 6:45 in the
Biology lecture room for the purpose
of electing next year’s officers. Every
one please be there.
CHEMICAL SOCIETY
The seventh meeting of the Texas A.
& M. Section of the American Chemical
Society will be held Tuesday, May 14,
1940, at 8 p. m. in lecture room No. 9 of
the Chemistry Building.
(a) Papers.
“The absorption principle involved in
analyses and titrations performed in high
frequency fields’’.—J. H. Griffin and F.
W. Jensen.
“Construction of a modiefied Stedman
fractionation column”.—R. E. Fix and
J. D. Lindsay.
“An investigation of egg deterioration
caused by feeding cottonseed meal to lay
ing hens.”—B. J. Thiegs and W. M.
Potts.
“Flash vaporization.”—M. Knezevich and
F. F. Bishop.
(b) Reports of officers.
(c) Report of membership committee,
R. E. Snuggs, Chairman.
It Won’t Be Long
Now, So . . .
Come down and join in
the bull session with the
gang before it’s too late.
GEORGE’S
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Mr. Lucchese is NOW in
the Aggieland Inn taking
orders for “The Perfect
Ankle-Break Boot.”
Go in and be measured
today so that you will
receive your boots before
next year’s school term
begins.
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Low-Cost Housing—
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for needs, planning profitable neigh
borhoods, financing the low cost
house and educational responsibil
ities will be discussed.
Others who will be on the pro
gram in addition to those already
named include: Dr. T. O. Walton,
Dean Gibb Gilchrist, J. C. Conway,
vice-president of the Federal Home
Loan Bank of Little Rock, Arkan
sas; E. L. Crain, developer of
Garden Oaks, Houston; O’Neill
Ford, Dallas architect; Rufus Har
dy, FHA field representative of
Houston; G. C. Harmon, land plan
ning consultant of the FHA, St.
Louis, Missouri; Howard Meyer,
Dallas architect; Ray Morrison of
Holland’s Magazine, Fort Worth;
Chas. W. Oliver, regional condi
tioning supervisor of the HOLC,
Dallas; Joseph Weston, southwes
tern representative of the Douglas
Fir Plywood Association, of Los
Angeles; and P. M. Woodworth,
housing consultant, of the Port
land Cement Association, Chicago.
Largest Longhorn—
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M.”—Reveille. No small amount
of space is devoted to sports and
the highlight of the section is the
success of the football season and
the Sugar Bowl Game at New Or
leans.
The editor of the ’40 Longhorn
was George W. Smith who was
assisted by managing editor James
Schultz. Other members of the
staff were Douglas H. Watson,
advertising manager; James F.
Fouts, associate editor; Mick Wil
liams, Vanity Fair; James Sharp,
Clubs; H. D. Miller, Military; T.
F. McCord, Features; W. A. Beck
er, Junior Editor; Ele Baggett,
Jack Bailey, P. W. Levine, Junior
Assistants; and J. B. Hancock,
Sophomore assistant.
The photography for the an
nual was handled by Phil Golman
and consists of pictures taken by
Golman and those contributed by
various students.
Columbia University has named
62 visiting summer professors
from the U. S. and five foreign
countries.
(d) Report of program committee, N.
E. Rigler, Chairman.
(e) Miscellaneous business.
(f) Proposed change in by-laws.
A. R. Kemmerer, Chairman; G. S.
Fraps, Secretary-Treasurer; F. W. Jensen,
Chairman-elect; E. B. Middleton, Coun
cillor
PRESBYTERIAN YOUNG PEOPLE
The Presbyterian Young People in the
Sunday School and League division are
invited to the hay ride leaving from
Rev. Anderson’s home at 6:30 this com
ing Friday evening.
HEART O’ TEXAS, MOUNTAINEERS
CLUB
All boys in the Heart O’ Texas and
Mountaineers Club, and boys in the area
covered by it that did not join last fall,
are reminded to pay 50 cents to Bob
Langford or Walton Lehmberg if they
plan to attend the club picnic Thursday
afternoon at 5 p. m. May 16.
AGRONOMY SOCIETY
There will be a very important meet
ing of the Agronomy Society in room
312 of the Agricultural Building Tues
day night at 7:00. Plans for the annual
picnic will be discussed. There will also
be an election of the officers for next
year. It is very important that every
member be present. Please be on time,
so that the meeting can be brought to
an end as soon as possible.
DAMES CLUB
The A. & M. Dames Club will have
its last meeting of the year at 8 o’clock
Wednesday, May 15, in the music room on
the third floor of the college library.
There will be a musical program given
by Helen Fall.
Classified
LOST—Brown Shaeffer lifetime fountain
pen lost near Ag Building Saturday. E.
M. Rosenthal, 321 hall 4.
WANTED—Lady, responsible, depend
able, over 30, with car, to handle establish
ed business and create new customers for
nationally-known firm. Small cash bond
and sale experience required. Excellent
opportunity for right party. Box 284,
Faculty Exchange, College Station.
WANTED—To rent on September 1,
furnished five-room house or downstairs
apartment near campus. Phone College 202.
LOST—One Ronson cigaret case, fin
ished in marron and ivory; capacity of
10 cigarets; case has initials “P.C.H.”
engraved on outside. Please return to
Phil Hankamer at 29 P. G.' Hall for
reward.
CAMPUS
THEATRE
BARGAIN DAY
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“Winner
Take All”
Gloria Stuart
Tony Martin
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Mothers’ Day—
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Company commanders’ mothers
or sweethearts pinned flowers on
each cadet in the company Sunday
morning prior to the formal re
view, which was held promptly at
10 a. m.
A surprise presentation featur
ed the review when Cadet Colonel
Woody Varner of Cottonwood pre
sented Colonel George F. Moore,
Commandant for three years, who
has been ordered to Hawaii for
foreign service, with a beautiful
watch as a token of appreciation
for his services to the cadet corps.
Varner also presented a watch
to John King, warrant officer of
the Military Science Department,
who has been on the campus more
than 20 years. “Sergeant” King
as he always will be known by
Aggies, also has been ordered to
foreign service.
The good citizenship medal of
the National Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution, was
presented by F. M. Law, president
of the A. & M. Board of Directors,
to Cadet Colonel Varner.
The Albert Sidney Johnston
saber was px’esented to cadet ma
jor Arba L. Norton of San An
tonio by Mrs. S. T. Downs of Abi
lene, president of the Texas De
partment of the Daughters of the
Confederacy. The award is based
on high ranking in military science
and tactics.
The United States Field Artil
lery Association medal for the out
standing member of the junior
class who is a member of the
Field Artillery regiment, was pre
sented by cadet master sergeant
James P. Giles of Okmulgee, Okla.,
a distinguished student in the
School of Engineering, by Dean
Gibb Gilchrist.
The United States Coast Artil-
ciation medal for the outstanding
member of the junior class in the
Coast Artillery unit was present
ed by Dean F. C. Bolton to Glenn
E. Reynolds of Albany, Texas.
Following the review a memor
ial service in honor of the mothers
of Aggies was held in Guion Hall.
Dr. Walton urged the mothers to
return to their homes and pray
that their sons would not be called
upon to participate in the present
war raging in Europe. The Sing
ing Cadets presented several num
bers, and Colonel Varner welcom
ed the parents to the college.
Sunday afternoon, following din
ner in the college dining halls,
was devoted to inspection of dorm
itories and other buildings on the
campus; an exhibition and compe
tition drill by the Ross Volunteers,
honorary military organization,
with Bob Little, junior of F Coast
Artillery, winning the elimination
contest; and the final event on the
program was a Band concert in
the triangle near the President’s
home by the Aggie Band under
direction of Col. Richard Dunn.
R. W. Scott—
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possesses a fine record in the War
Department, and is well qualified
for the detail here at this school.
He is expected to be the new
Commandant as well as head of
the Military Department, though
it has not as yet been ordered
officially.
Scientists have determined that
a rat has a reasoning power su
perior to that of a five-year-old
child.
150 Attend AAUP
Banquet Thursday
More than 150 persons attended
the annual spring banquet of the
A. & M. College Chapter of the
American Association of University
Professors held Thursday night in
Sbisa Hall banquet room.
The banquet was held in honor
of Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett, pres
ident of Rice Institute, who deliver
ed the address of the evening.
The banquet was attended by
representatives from Rice Institute,
Baylor University and San Marcos
State Teachers College. The vis
itors from Baylor were E. U. Jones,
dean of the University, Dr. Leo
Murray, Mrs. Murray, Dr. Russell
Tatum, Dr. John Yarbrough, pres
ident of the Baylor chapter of the
A. A. U. P., Mr. Rozsa, Dr. James
Carlson, Mrs. Carlon, and Dr. Ira
Horton. The visitors from San
Marcos were Dr. L. N. Wright and
Dr. Claude Elliott, ex-presidents of
the San Marcos chapter; and Mr.
R. A. Tampke, ex-secretary of the
San Marcos chapter. The represen
tative from Rice Institute was Dr.
H. E. Bray, president of the Hous
ton chapter.
The program of the banquet con
sisted of two violin solos by Dr.
Joseph Morgan; a tribute to Dr.
Lovett from Dr. Wright of San
Marcos, Dean Jones of Baylor, and
Dr. Bray of Rice Institute; and an
address by Dr. Lovett, who was
introduced by Dean Bolton in the
absence of Dr. Walton who was ill.
Dr. Lovett’s address was entitled,
“Student Interest in Intellectual
Standards.”
During the banquet, the new of
ficers of the club for next year
were announced. The officers are
Dr. Charles La Motte, president;
Dr. John H. Quisenberry, vice-pres
ident; and Dr. R. W. Steen, secre
tary-treasurer. Dr. La Motte is of
the Department of Biology, Dr.
Quisenberry is of the Department
of Genetics, and Dr. Steen is of the
Department of History.
The out-going officers of the or
ganization are; Dr. I. P. Trotter,
president; Professor C. W. Craw
ford, vice-president; and Dr. Char
les La Motte, secretary-treasurer.
President Of Oil—
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specializing in Geological Surveys,
Leases, Royalties, Appraisals and
Oil Investments.
Mr. Speed will be accompanied
to A. & M. by Dan McLendon, Class
of ’39, who is associated with the
Speed Oil Co., and will tour the
campus before addressing a group
of students tonight.
Petroleum Engineering students
and all others interested in attend
ing the meeting are invited by the
Geology Club to be present tonight.
Politicians—
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judge and others you desig
nate.”
C. M. Langford Jr.
Box 97, League City, Texas.
Judges of the contest, in addi
tion to Murray, will be Hymie
Critz, Ray Treadwell, and Charlie
Wilkinson, managing editors of
The Battalion. All entries will be
turned in to The Battalion Office
by Monday, May 20. Any classi
fied senior with the exception of
the judges is eligible, and entries
may be of any moderate length,
preferably typewritten. Decision
of the judges will be final.
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