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PAGE 4 THE BATTALION Official Notices SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 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 27—^“Harvest Picnic”, 5:30 p. m. Monday in the Formal Garden at the Administration Building. For graduating students and faculty. May 30—Junior Prom May 31—Commencement Services, Guion Hall, 10:30 a. m. May 31—Final Ball FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON The weekly Fellowship Luncheon will be held every Thursday noon through May COMMENCEMENT INVITATIONS The Commencement Committee has on hand a number of “Invitations to the 64th. Annual Commencement Exercises.” These will be given out to seniors as long as they last. Please call in person at my office, 304 Animal Industries Build ing, any afternoon beginning Monday, May 20. E. P. HUMBERT, Chairman Commencement Committee 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. TRIP TO OBSERVATORY Dr. Evarts V. DePew of San Antonio has extended an invitation to the alumni of the University of Chicago and their families to visit the McDonald Observa tory on June 27. All alumni interested in making this trip please see me in room 321, Chemistry Building, soon so that the necessary arangements may be made. W. M. POTTS 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. 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 iest convenience? S. B. Apple Jr., A1 308 Agriculture Building. ENGINEERING STUDENTS All senior and junior electrical, mechani cal, civil engineering and architectural students are excused from classes at 11 a. m. today, to hear Mr. A. F. Dicker- son on “Street Lighting” in the Assem- Hall. 1 senior and junior electrical engi neering and architectural students are excused from classes at 11 a, m. Wed nesday, May 22, to hear Mr. A. F. Dicker- son on “Modern Uluminants” in the Assembly Hall. F. C. BOLTON, Dean AG ENGINEERING 424 Quiz C in Agriculture Engineering 424, “Terracing” for the Wednesday section will be given Wednesday, May 22. DONALD CHRISTY PLACEMENT BUREAU The Placement Bureau is in receipt of an inquiry from a nationally known manu facturer and installer of home heating and air-conditioning systems advising that they are interested in college gradu ates for sales jobs. They further state that this is more than a straight sales job as it entails engineering and mechani cal combinations that should appeal to the' technical student. All seniors interested in this should contact the Placement Bureau at once. The Placement Bureau has received an Catalina SWIM TRUNKS . . . are made for comfort as well as style and dur ability . . . Select your new swim trunks from our splendid groups of Catalinas. You’ll find many new styles and fab rics to choose from. $1.95 to $4.95 See us for Swim Caps and Shower Shoes rnaldrop&(5 “Two Convenient Stores” College Station - Bryan inquiry from a large phosphate and chemi cal company advising that they would be interested in receiving appications from seniors interested in sales work. Ad ditional information on this may be se cured from the Placement Bureau. LUCIAN M. MORGAN, Asociation of Former Students JOBS FOR SENIORS The Placement Bureau has received an announcement from a large insurance company of possible openings for young ege graduates in the following classi fications : Claims Safety Engineering Traveling Auditor Sales Underwriting Actuarial Any senior interested in this should contact the Placement Bureau for ad ditional information. LUCIAN M. MORGAN, Association of Former Students CHANGE OF ADDRESS The Post Office Department requests that all students who do not plan to be here for the summer session, turn in their forwarding addresses NOW, dated the day they are to become effective. It is highly important that the forwarding address cards be filled out completely. It is urgent ly requested that those students who re ceive newspapers, magazines, or other periodicals notify the publisher at least four weeks in advance of change of ad dress. By doing this you will not miss any editions of your publications and greatly help the post office by eliminating this congestion of the mails. Convenient form cards for this purpose can be secured at the windows, free of charge. Patrons of the Main Office are warned that box keys must be turned in before you leave for the summer in order to receive your refund. To those students who will remain for the summer session: Box rent is due June 1 and by paying it before that date you will receive uninterrupted, effi cient service. ANNA V. SMITH, Postmaster. AN ORDINANCE prescribing the duty of all pedestrians and operators of vehi cles when fire alarms or sirens of fire trucks, ambulances and police cars have sounded, and prescribing a penalty. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Coun cil of the City of College Station, Texas: 1. When a fire alarm has been sound ed, any person operating a vehicle upon the streets shall immediately bring such vehicle to the right hand side of the street, and proceed slowly; or if walking upon the streets shall immediately pro- ed to the sidewalk. 2. Upon hearing the warning of the approach of a fire truck, ambulance or police car, any person who is walking upon a street shall immediately proceed to the sidewalk, and any person who is operating any vehicle of transportation shall immediately drive same to the right hand curb and park until such fire truck, ambulance, or police car has passed. 3. The fire marshall is hereby authoriz ed to establish fire lines during any fire, and exclude all persons other than those authorized to assist in extinguishing the fire or the owners or occupants of the burning property from within such lines. 4. No person except as provided in on 3 above dished by th 5. Violation of each section of this ordinance shall constitute a separate of fense and be punishable by a fine of not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than fifty ($50) dollars. Section 3 above shall cross a fire line established by the fire marshall. AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SEPTIC TANKS Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of College Station, T Farm Land— (Continued from page 1) Agricultural Education on “For What Purpose Shall We Use The Land: For People or For Invest ment?” The remainder of the after noon program dealt with pasture plants and pasture work in Texas under the leadership of Professor R. C. Potts of the Department of Agronomy and George Warner of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The annual meeting of the Texas Farm Land Association was held in connection with a banquet at the Aggieland Inn at 6:30 Friday evening. In addition to their regu lar annual business session, the group heard an address by J. E. McDonald, Chairman of the State Department of Agriculture, Austin, Texas. The Saturday morning program dealt with problems in Soil Con servation under the leadership of Paul H. Walser, State Coordina tor of the Soil Conservation Ser vice and F. M. Shaw of the Soil Conservation Camp at Madison- ville, Texas; “What’s New in Crop Improvement” by Dr. P. C. Man- gelsdorf, vice-director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, and the “Relation of the Agri cultural Adjustment Administra tion Program to the Business of Farm Management and Farm Loans” presented by Lester Young of the A.A.A. office at College Station, Texas. e City of College Station, iexas; Section 1. All buildings having plumbing stems that discharge into the city sewers shall be served by septic tanks, provided that in certain areas where complete sew age treatment is given at the sewage treatment plant, individual septic tanks will not be required. Section 2. Said septic tanks shall have icities and dimensions as follows: Persons Capacity Inside Dns., ft. Served Gallons Length Width Depth ms Length 6 or less 540 6 3 5 7 to 10 630 7 3 5 Uto 14 720 8 3 5 15 to 20 1100 945 21 to 24 1200 10 4 5 Section 3. Tanks shall be constructed of concrete and shall be baffled by use of cast-iron tees for entrance and outlet >t tank shall . have a cover arranged in t pipes. Of the designated depth of one foot shall ptr be freeboard above the water line. The nge sections for easy removal and cleaning of the tank. pre a sewer connection must have a septic tank except as herein otherwise provided. Section 4. Each lot or premises havii sewer connection must have a sep1 nk except as herein otherwise provide but it is permissible to serve two or more buildings located upon the same lot with one septic tank. Section 5. Plans for septic tanks must be approved by the health officer or his representative before a building permit will be issued by the City Engineer and the tank, after construction, must be in spected and approved by the health offi cer or his representative before connec tion is made between the plumbing system of the building or buildings it serves and the city sewers. Section 6. Ti housing more persons than listed in S' tion 2 or busini ings or other have capacities as required by the health officer or his representative. Section 7. All Septic tanks which dis charge sewage into the sewers of College Station shall be cleaned of all sludge and scum at intervals of not less than two years. Such sludge and scum shall be dis posed of in such manner that it will not constitute a nuisance or a menace to health. Section 8. Violation of Section 7 of this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed twenty five ($25) dollars. Passed and approved this 25 day of Section 6. Tanks that serve buildings e persons than listed in Sec- iiness or manufacturing build- buildings not residences, shall . assi April, A. D. SURE WE CAN and AT MODERATE PRICES CaU For STUDENT CO-OP REPAIR North Gate Movie Review— (Continued from page 2) to glamour girl. It’s enough to make an Aggie wonder what any girl really looks like beneath the paint and paste and powder. Cooper has more excuses for all his troubles than any kid his age ought to know. Perhaps we could use some of them ourselves. Tuesday’s bargain show at the Campus is “TIME OUT FOR MUR DER.” Michael Whalen plays a roving reporter who solves a sen sational crime. Gloria Stewart has the feminine lead. There is some pretty fast action in this show; it is about an average class B show. For general movie news, the fact that Shirley Temple is quitting the screen voluntarily is pretty big stuff. By mutual consent between her and the studio, her contract was ended for a rumored $300,000. She is entering the ‘awkward age’ and will no doubt try to make a Organizations NEWCOMERS CLUB The Newcomers will hold a grand finale picnic at Hensel Park Wednesday, May 22, at 5:30 p. m. Guests wil include the families of the Newcomers Club. Please make reservations with Mrs. George War ner, College 694, by Monday, May 20. Tickets may be purchased from Mrs. Kel- shaw Bonham, Mrs. George Warner, or at the picnic ground. A. S. C. E. The student chapter of the A.S.C.E. will meet tonight at 7:00 in the C. E. lecture room. Reports from the conven tions will be heard. All civil engineers are ions cordially invited to attend. KREAM AND KOW KLUB The Kream and Kow Klub will hold a called meeting Tuesday afternoon at 7:15 in the College Creamery. Profes sor C. N. Shepardson, head of the Dairy Husbandry Department, will address the club. Plans for the annual picnic will be discussed. All members are urged to be present. Ex 4-H CLUB The Ex 4-H Club Members Association will meet Thursday evening at 7:15 in room 132, Animal Industries Building, to elect officers for next year. PINEY WOODS CLUB There will be an important meeting of the Piney Woods Club Tuesday night, May 21, at 7 :00 p. m. in room 118, dormi tory 5, for the purpose of electing club officers for next year. All members are urged to be present. Classified FOR RENT—Nicely furnished garage apartment, hot-water heater, electrice ice box, built-in kitchen cabinet; reasonably priced; on paved street; available June 3 ; 1011 East 25th Street, Phone 806-J, Bryan. LOST—Silver Summer Press Club key, bearing name and identification on back. Finder please return to Bill Murray at 206 hall 11 for liberal reward. LOST—A wallet containing several dol lars and valuable papers. If found, please return to Ross H. Corlett, at 307 hall 1, for liberal reward. Kri in LOST—Will the Aggies who found su: iy, dormitory ho een Val-O-Pak suitcase on the highway aco, Sunday, May 5, please notify 116, dormitory 11. Wac room FOR SALE—Very cheap. Pair of Luc- chese boots, size 9%-10, good condition; Junior blouse, size 39 ; ice-cream breeches; Same Browne and shoulder strap; Stet son hat, size 7i; and cap. See Akard, 201 hall 5, or Schrank, 303 hall 5. FOR SALE—Two serge shirts, sizes 14i-32, 14}-33, $5.00 each, two No 1 caps, size 6 & 7-8; two Sam Browne belts with shoulder straps, frogs and chains; one blouse, size 35. See Arch Greig, room 51, Legett Hall. below list price. Phone Bryan 6 pe. 166. DYERS HATTERS AMERICAN-STEAM IAUNDRY •SEND IT TO THE LAUNDRY DRY - ♦ C LEANERSl PHONE 58 5 BRYAN Patronize Your Agent in Your Organization Dean Bolton— (Continued from page 1) tion, including what was at that time the new science of radio. In 1922 Dr. Bolton became dean of the School of Engineering, and in 1932 he was made dean of the college. He then relinquished his duties as head of the Department of Electrical Engineering but re tained the title of professor in the department. In 1937 he gave up the position of dean of engineering to become vice-president of the col lege. Almost from the time he entered the field of engineering education, Dr. Bolton has been a member of various committees and societies pertaining to his work. He has held important offices in many organi zations. Dr. and Mrs. Bolton, the latter of whom was Miss Laura Morgan of Pontotoc, have three children and two grandchildren. Dr. Walton— (Continued from page 1) part in innumerable activities. He belongs to the Baptist Church. Among his lodges are the Masonic and the K. of P. He is a member of the Texas Academy of Science, Texas State Teachers’ Association, American Agronomy Society, American Political Science Asso ciation and Epsilon Sigma Phi fra ternity. Dr. and Mrs. Walton have four children and four grandchildren. Their children are Dr. T. T. Wal ton, Mrs. Herschel Burgess, Mrs. F. E. Bortle and T. O. Walton, Jr. Regimental Colors— (Continued from page 1) time. Mrs. A. M. Waldrop Jr. will present the colors Wednesday. At the same time the National Standard, which is being replaced by Captain Lloyd R. Garrison, who was a Field Artillery Instructor at A. & M. last year and is at present a student at the Army Industrial College at Washington, D. C., will be presented. The orig inal standard was presented by Col. Louis R. Dougherty in 1921. Col onel Dougherty was at that time the Senior Field Artillery instruc tor at A. & M. and is now com manding the twenty-fourth Field Artillery at Camp Stotsenberg, Philippine Islands. A plaque will be attached on the staff alongside the original one which was placed there in honor of Colonel Dough erty. This trophy is not won by competition, but accompanies the Waldrop Trophy. comeback in five or six years; she is now eleven. This is a wise policy, not trying to play her waning pop ularity to the last nickel, and ought to give her a better chance for a comeback without changing her name and starting all over. 661 Seniors— (Continued from page 1) The School of Agriculture will have the largest number of grad uates, according to statistics from the Registrar’s Office, there being a total of 305 who will finish in that school. These are divided into five departments, Agricultural Ad ministration with 105, Agricultural Education with 49, Agricultural Engineering with 12, Agriculture with 135 and Landscape Art with 4. The School of Engineering will have a total of 260 grads, their de grees being as follows: Bachelor of Architecture, 10; Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering, 4; Bache lor of Science in Chemical Engi neering 26, in Architectural Engi neering 1, in Civil Engineering 25, in Electrical Engineering 40, in Engineering Administration 18, in Geological Engineering 2, in In dustrial Engineering 9, in Mechan ical Engineering 66, in Petroleum Engineering 59. The School of Arts and Sciences will confer 53 degrees in all, 26 of these being Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, and the others being Bachelor of Science, 7 in Eco nomics, 2 in Education, 4 in Phy sical Education and 14 in Science. The School of Veterinary Medi cine will grant 38 degrees of Doc tor of Veterinary Medicine. Five degrees will be given in the two-year course in Cotton Market ing and Classing. The first degree of Ph.D. ever granted by A. & M. will be confer red upon Dorris David Giles, as sistant dean of the Stephen F. I Austin State Teachers College at Nacogdoches. A Professional Degree in Agri cultural Engineering will be award ed Harris Pearson Smith of Bryan. 41 other degrees of Master of Sci ence will be given, bringing the total of the degrees to be awarded by the Graduate School to 43. Dean Gibb Gilchrist Has Held Many High Positions in Engineering Fields And Awards for Services in World War The life of Gibb Gilchrist, dean of engineering at A. & M. College, has been filled with many pleasant positions and honors. Like many of the other Aggie officials, Dean Gil christ has seen service in the United States Army. Dean Gilchrist is a Texan. He was born at Wills Point, December 23, 1887, the son of Angus and Catherine Douglass Gilchrist. He was graduated from the Wills Point high school in 1905, and from the University of Texas with a bache lor of science degree in civil en gineering in 1909. Soon after graduation, in 1910, he took a position with the engi neering department of the Santa Fe Railroad, which position he held through 1917. He was with the United States Army from 1918 to 1919, being discharged as captain, Engineers. From 1919 to 1923 he was res ident and division engineer with the State Highway Department and State Highway Engineer of Texas during 1924. During the years 1925, 1926, and 1927 he had a consulting practice in Dallas. The next year he returned to Austin as State High way Engineer of Texas, which he held until 1937. Dean Gilchrist was president of the American Association of State Highway Officials from 1935-36. He has been consulting highway specialist, U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, since 1937. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In June, 1939, Austin College conferred upon him the honorary degree of doctor of science. In 1920 Dean Gilchrist was mar ried to Miss Vesta Weaver. They have one child, Henry, who is 14 years old. Dean Gilchrist is a Ma son and a Methodist. SADDLE-SIRLOIN STAGES ANNUAL BARBECUE PICNIC 250 students, profs and members of the administrative and Exten sion Service staffs of the college were present at the annual barbe cue picnic given by the junior members of the Saddle and Sirloin Club Friday afternoon near Scoates Lake. Before the barbecue, senior Animal Husbandry students de feated the professors of the de- nartment in a softball game, break ing a string of two consecutive vic tories for the profs in previous years. Following the supper, awards were made to winners of the Fresh man Livestock Judging Contest and to winners in the Little Southwest ern Livestock Show held for the first time this year. Those receiv ing medals for the judging contest were H. N. Mogford, W. O. Filling- ham, J. B. Miller, K. D. Gawin, B. D. Rice, J. T. Cate and E. B. Mayer. Awards made to the best fitters and showmen in the Little Southwestern went to E. T. Raf ferty, Gordon Grote, R. R. Galloway and J. H. Holt. If all the 487,000,000 inhabitants of the former Chinese Empire were to march, four abreast, past a giv en point, they would never finish passing, though they marched for ever and ever. (This is based on U. S. Army marching regulations. Chinese births so exceed deaths, at this ordinary marching rate, that the number woud never end) 312 Degrees To Be Granted by Baylor Three hundred and twelve stu dents have been listed tentatively by Registrar Frank M. Allen as candidates for degrees from Baylor University at the June 3 graduation exercises. They come from 15 states, the territory of Hawaii, China and Russia. There are five candidates for the master of arts degree, 26 for the bachelor of laws, 211 bach elor of arts, 58 bachelor of bus iness administration and 12 bach elor of music. Five foreign students, interested in as many different fields, will re ceive sheepskins along with 307 American students. The five, two girls and three boys, plan to enter the fields of medicine, religion, zoology, law, and journalism, and four will ul timately return to their native lands. Tonya Korotune, of Vladivostok, Russia, who came to America via Japan for her education, will re main in this country a few more years to attend a seminary, pre paring for missionary activity somewhere in her native hemis phere. Takashi Kitaoti, of Honolulu, Hawaii, is returning to his island home to hang out a law shingle. When Kitaoti first came to Baylor, he told the boys to call him “Kitty” as he didn’t want to waste time spelling his name for them. Bryan Glass, of Shantung, China, the son of Baptist missionaries, plans to remain in this country for scientific research in zoology. Wilson and Golda Jean Fielder, brother and sister, are children of missionary parents at Chengchow, China. Wilson, a journalist, is now employed by the Waco News Tri bune and Times Herald but hopes to return to the Orient as a for eign correspondent before many years. Golda Jean has finished a pre-med course and plans to enter medical school next year in prep aration for possible medical mission work. Trotter Appointed Representative On Chemurgic Council Owing to this country’s impend ing shortage of fats and oils caus ed by the European war, the Na tional Farm Chemurgic Council has appointed Dr. I. P. Trotter, Head of the Agronomy Department here as one of its representatives to make test plantings of oil seed bearing crops, according to Wheel er McMillen, president of the Coun cil. These test plantings include chia seed from Mexico, castor beans from India, Java, Brazil and a new non-popping variety, perilla seed from Japan, and pyrethrum from Yugoslavia. The United States has been importing in large quantities the products secured from these plants, and their successful culti vation in this country is expected to result in additional income for agriculture and employment for our idle acres. TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1940 Dr. Dwight Andres To Begin Practice Here Dr. Dwight Andres will begin practice at College Station about June 1, it was revealed yesterday by friends here on the campus. A graduate of Baylor and Arkansas universities, he is now completing his internship at the Shreveport Charity Hospital. His offices will be located in the new Burgess-Casey Building re cently constructed near the project house area. Dr. Andres will be accompanied by his wife who is also a Baylor graduate. Oliver Cromwell was hanged three years after he was dead. Buffalo Bill never shot a buffalo in his life. (They were bison). HE AMUIi ASSKAVULY HALL HRT-UIRUIIIG I1EU1S! The new film hit by the producer of J “ Ninotchka” is here! It’s swell I MARGARET SULLAVAd JAMES STEWART in the Ernst Lubitsch production mmm CORNER with Frank MORGAN Joseph SCfilLDKRAUT Screen Play by Samson Raphaelson Produced and Directed by Ernst Lubitscb 3:30 & 6:45 Wednesday, May 22 Be Sure . . . . . . her engagement and wedding rings have true quality - See us before you buy. $30 - $40 - $50 and up SANKEY PARK Jewelers Bryan FEELING DOWN and OUT? It’s about this time of year when you Aggies begin to feel the effects of many weeks of hard and long hours of study. When you get that spring" feeling then come down and join the crowd. We protect your health by sterilizing our glass es with the Hydro-Therm Process - the only one in this county. HRDLICKA’S CAFE “On the Old College Road” THIS WEEK We Continue Our PREVIEW of 1940 JUNIOR UNIFORMS On 2nd Floor of Aggie land Inn. Come up for your measurement, de posit when you please. ROSS TAILORS Aggieland Inn and Bryan