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PAGE 4 Official Notices SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 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 Stated communications Brazos Union Lodge No. 129 Monday "'ght at 8 o’clock. The meeting mg will be opened at 7:30 for ex aminations. Election of offi- :ers and other important busi ness. All members and visiting brethren are cordially invited to be present. J. F. Fudge, W. M. J. W. Hai dge, 11, Se LIBRARY BOOKS DUE All library books are due Monday, May 27. PLACEMENT BUREAU The Placement Bureau has received a call for some graduating seniors who can take dictation and type to serve in the capacity of male stenographers. All juirements are interested, please contact the Place- seniors who have these requirements and ment Bureau immediately. LUCIAN M. MORGAN Asociation of Former Students OATHS OF OFFICE sign duri room jLui, j the hours of 8 a. m. to 12, noon, p. m. to 5 p. m., Wednesday and Thursday, May 29 and 30, 1940, and from 8 a. m. to 12 noon, Friday, May 31, 1940. mg the hours of 8 a. m. ti and 1 p. m. to 6 p. m., Wednesday ar nd fro: Building, on, nd ASSKAVKLY HALL “You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man” —with— W. C. Fields Edgar Bergin Charlie McCarthy and “Mortimer” Sat. May 25 Two Shows 1 p. m. and 2:45 p. m. Adm. 25^ The proceeds from this show will be used to help meet the hospital expen ses of George Stidham. — No oath can tie signed legally before May 29, 1940. Attention is invited to the fact that, except for students completing the first four prescribed years of a regular five- year course, only those students who gradu ate and receive a diploma may be op- year course, 3 gr; be adu- inted in the Officers Reserve Corps this time. Students who satisfactorily complete the prescribed R.O.T.C. course pou at but who fail to graduate may be appoint ed one year from the date on which they should have graduated. Prospective appointees whose gradu ation is assured should report before 12, noon, Friday, May 31, 1940, and all others should report as soon as graduation is assured. The Oath of Office will be administer ed at Guion Hall as part of the cere mony for the presentation of Reserve Commissions, Saturday, June 1, 1940. Oath of Office cannot be administered nor commission delivered to the individual until he has signed his Oath of Office. COL. GEO. F. MOORE, Commandant TERM EXAMINATIONS 1. Regular term examinations in Mili tary Science will be held as follows: a. Second year advanced (Senior) : Each Senior Instructor will arrange a time and place for the examination of those students taking Senior Military Science who are not exempt from the examination and will notify those concerned. b. First year advanced (Junior) : (1) Examinations in Junior Military Science, except Chemical Warfare Ser vice, will be held during the regular drill periods on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, May 28, 29, and 30, as shown below. Each student is required to take the examination on the day on which he normally attends drill. Students will as semble at the places shown promptly at 1 p. m. Infantry: If a clear day. North Steps of Goodwin Hall; in case of rain. Room 110, Academic Building. Cavalry: Room 109, Academic Building. Field Artillery: Civil Engineering Lec ture Room. Coast Artillery: Coast Artillery Armory Engineers: Room 117, Academic Building (2) Chemical Warfare Service exami nations will be held during the regular class periods of the week beginning May 27, 1940. (1) All Sophomore examinations, ex cept Chemical Warfare Service, will be held at 8 a. m. Monday, June 3, 1940, in the following places: c. Second year basic (Sophomore) : lUglgll' ” Sop' w n. plac Infantry: Assembly Hall. (Edclc/iljJL SHOE,/ FOR MEN jCI A pair of Edgerton Sport Oxfords will prove one of the wisest investments in good appearance you have ever made ... They are shoes of UNUSUAL Value. Stop in to see our fine assortment of Smart Sports Shoes Edgertons $5 to $6.50 Fortunes $3.95 f llaldrop&(5 “Two Convenient Stores” College Station - Bryan Cavalry: Assembly Hall. Field Artillery: Assembly Hall. Coast Artillery: Physics Lecture Room Engineers: Civil Engineering Lecture Room Signal Corps: Electrical Engineering Building. (2) Chemical Warfare Sophomore ex aminations will be held in Room 119, Academic Building, during the regular drill periods on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, May 28, 29, and 30. d. First year basic (Freshman) : Exami nations will be held during the regular drill periods on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, May 28, 29 and 30, as follows. Each student is required to take the examination on the day on which he normally attends drill. Students will as semble at the places shown promptly at 1 p. m. Infantry: Tuesday and Thursday, Guion ay a Hall; Wednesday, Assembly Ha Cavalry: Same as Infantry Field Artillery: Same as Infantry Engineers: Same as Infantry. Coast Artillery: Animal Industries Lec ture Room Signal Corps: Electrical Engineering Building. Chemical Warfare: Room 120, Academic Building. 2. Conflict examinations will be held as follows: M. S. 202, Tuesday, June 4, 8 a. m.— ay, 11. Room 110, Academic Buildin: Ay, mic lay. Room 105, Academic Buildin: g M. S. 204, Friday, June 7, 1 p. m. ing 3, 1 p. m. 8 a. m.— , Friday, Room 108, Academic Buildin: M. S. 208, Monday, June M. S. 212, Tuesday, June 4, Room 116, Academic Building. M. S. 214, Wednesday, June 5, 8 a. m.. Coast Artillery Armory M. S. 216, Monday, June 3, 1 p. m.— Room 105, Academic Building COL. GEO. F. MOORE, Commandant SUMMER SESSION The following changes have been an nounced for the first term of the Summer Session: Schedules: Agron. 301—Daily 7:30; TTh 1:30-4:30 Educ. 427—Daily 10:10. Econ. 403—Section 1, Daily 7:30 Courses withdrawn: A. S. 310, 409 ; I. E. 520c. Courses added: Ag Ec. 360s. Developments of Industries and Commers. (9-0). Daily 7:30. Chem. 208. Technical Analysis. (3-9). MWF 10:10. (Laboratory hours to be arranged. Educ. 427. Administration of Pupil Per sonnel. (9-0). Daily 7:30. Geol. 299s. Field Geology. Ind. Educ. 520d. Machine Shop. (0-15) Ind. Educ. 520c. Ornamental Metl Work, (3-12). Ind. Educ. 523. Vocational Guidance Pro cedures. (9-0). Ind. Educ. 524, 525. Seminar. 1 credit each. The following changes have been an nounced for the second term: Courses withdrawn: Ag. Ec. 305, 516; Ind. Ed. 520d. Courses added: Ag. Ed. 314 and 429. Ind. Educ. 520c. Courses in Machine Shop will be given as three-week units. M. E. 403, June 10- 29; M. E. 404, July 1-20. BANQUET HONORING PROF. REID Prof. D. H. Reid, head of the Poultry Husbandry Department, will be honored for his services to the Texas Poultry industry at a banquet Saturday night, May 25, at 7 p. m. This banquet will be held in Sbisa Hall. Anyone interested may make re servations by contacting Alex G. War ren in the Poultry Husbandry Depart ment. There will be a large crowd of visiting poultrymen from all over the state. All students and faculty members are invited to attend. GRADUATING SENIORS Having been approved by the Executive Committee of the College, the following is published for the information and guid ance of all concerned: 1. Any candidate for a degree, at this college who at the end of the current semester has accumulated demerits in excess of the authorized limit will not be graduated until he shall have appeared before the Discipline Committee of the College. 2. Any undergraduate student who at the end of the current semester has ac cumulated demerits in excess of the authorized limit will not be allowed to again register in the College until he hall have appeared before the Discipline mmittee of the College. 3. The proceedings of the Discipline >mmittee in each case considered must have the of the proceedings ag: shi Co: ive the app liege and college will be ' manent py of the pr« made a part of the students per- record in the Registrar's Office. COL. GEO. F. MOORE, Commandant CITY TAXES taxpayers of the city of College »n will render their taxes for the ear 1940 beginning April 15 th at the Sty Office. AH Statioi 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. E. P. HUMBERT, Chairman Commencement Committee ADDRESS CHANGE OP 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. 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. Organizations A. S. A. E. The runoff for the positions of secretary- treasurer and scribe of the A. S. A. E. for next year is being held now. Voting is being done in the Ag Engineering of fice, and will end Tuesday afternoon at 5:00. A. & ML WALTHER LEAGUE The in th< o’clock. The A. & M. Walther League will meet ,e Y chapel Sunday afternoon at 4 KREAM AND KOW KLUB PICNIC The Kream and Kow Klub picnic will be held in Hensel Park, Saturday after noon, May 25, at 5 p. m. GEOLOGY CLUB PICNIC The Geology Club’s first annual student- faculty get-to-gether and picnic will be held Tuesday afternoon at 6 p. m. at Spence Lake. Cars will be leaving from in front of the Geology Building at 5:30 p. m. LUTHER LEAGUE The Luther League will hold a devo tional meeting Sunday morning at 10 a. m. in Sbisa Hall. All Lutherans are invited to attend. HILLEL CLUB Julius Schepps of Dallas and Dr. Lef- howitz will be guests of the Hillel Club Sunday, May 26 at 7:45 p. m. Dr. Lef- kowitz will speak on “Jewish Men of Science”, the occasion being the dedica tion of a plaque by the A. & M. Hillel Club in memory of Dr. J. J. Taubenhaus. The meeting for the election of offi cers for the coming year will be held Sun day evening. May 26, at 6:45 in the lounge room of Sbisa Hall annex, pre- ceeding the open meeting at 7:45 at speaker. All boys are urged to atten gues :nd. Classified LOST—One black patent leather purse nr! eamnnq over the weekend of Mother* Day. Finders please return same to W. W. Sullivan at G-10 Walton. LOST—Kodak 35 with F.3.5 lens in brown leather Eveready case. Liberal re ward for return to Newton F. Spraggins, 416 hall 8. LOST—Brown lifetime Sheaffer’s foun tain pen. lost Mav 11. Return to E. M. Rosenthal, 321 hall 4 for reward. LOST—“Elements of Electrical Engi neering”, by Cooke. Finder please notify A. A. Luekenbach, 45 Law, for reward. LOST—One Post slidenile. No. 1461. If found please return to G-7 Walton for reward. FOUND—A pair of rimless glasses left in one of the history classes. Owner may call for same at Commandant’s Office. WANTED—Ride to New York during or after final examination week. Come to room 35, Legett Hall. THE BATTALION Dickerson Tells— (Continued from page 2) College Station postmistress in memory of her husband, the late Robert F. Smith, who was a pro fessor in the Mathematics Depart ment before his death. She also presented watches in his memory to the first and second place win ners in the contest for freshmen. The second place watch for soph omores was given by the Mathe matics Department and the third prize award of $10 was given by A. M. Waldrop, Bryan. In the freshman contests first place and the Robert F. Smith watch went to W. M. Adkisson, Enid, Okla., and the second place Smith watch was awarded to S. R. Baen, San Antonio. Third place prize of $10 given by the Aggie- land Pharmacy, College Station, was won by Earl C. Hartman, Houston. Pearce and Hartman were the only two winners entered in both contests. Class of ’41 Elects— (Continued from page 1) also decided that senior hatcords would be worn with the boots in all cases. A vote was called to decide the wearing of light khaki pants in the warmer months, but it was re called when it was learned that if passed, the order would make their use imperative. According to a statement from the President’s Of fice, the khaki pants would be replaced similar to the way khaki shirts replace serge shirts at drill now. In view of dissenting opin ion, president Tom Richey appoint ed a committee to further inves tigate the matter and report their findings to the class next week, when the matter would be put to another and deciding vote. SENIORS’ FORWARDING ADDRESSES All seniors are requested to leave a forwarding address with the Col lege Station Post Office before graduation. partment in College Park. See age F. FOR RENT—New furnished gara; leg< Jones, Ag. Eng. Dept. FOR RENT—Room with private bath and entrance. Garage adjourns. Available for summer and next year. Phone College 234. FOR SALE—Blouse, serge shirt, and ice cream breeches for a sophomore or junior 5 ft. 5 inches tall and about 150 pounds. Come to room 417, hall 8. Senior Jobs— (Continued from page 1) about 25 offers, mainly to teach that subject, with men with know ledge of the metal trades most in demand. Horticulture graduates, number ing 13, have been placed with com mercial vegetable farms as man agers and two of them are going to operate their own farms. Land scape art had four candidates and all of them are placed, one already in business before he completed the course. A total of 42 of the graduates expect to continue their education by enrolling in law or medicine courses at other schools. Others are going into the field of re search. Other departments placing all of the graduates include: Physics 1; English 2; education 4; physical ed ucation 4; and biology 7. Departments placing more than 75 per cent of their graduates and their percentage include: Dairy hus bandry 91%; fish and game conser vation 80'%; agricultural economics 75%; economics 89%; animal hus bandry 96%; entomology 77%; and poultry husbandry 75%. Several of the graduates unplac ed and not intending to continue their college education have indi cated that they intend to apply for active duty with the United States Army or Marine Corps. Several others have placed applications for admission to Randolph Field as flying cadets. All of those applying for military service completed their courses in military science and tac tics and will receive commissions in the Officers Reserve Corps upon graduation. ARTISTS NEEDED FOR ’41 BATTALION STAFF All men who delight in “doodling” while the prof spouts his spiel are invited to meet with Bob Nisbet, next year’s Battalion editor, and Pete Tumlinson, Sunday aft ernoon at 1:30 in room 122 of the Administration Build ing. An attempt is being made to organize a large art staff so that each man will have no more to do than is entirely within his ability. You do not have to possess a great deal of talent—the only requirement is a desire to do a little drawing. So come one, come all, and join up! Studies at Kent State University indicate that students from cities are healthier than those from rural areas. -SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1940 Junior Prom— (Continued from page 1) he plays for his audiences. People who come to hear him get what they want to hear and not what he wants to play, whether it be swing or sweet romantic tunes. Dolly Dawn, who said that she likes radio and night clubs but pre fers college proms, is also some what of a, title holder herself. In 1937 and again in 1938 she receiv ed the Orchestra World Achieve ment Award as the vocalist who did most for the advancement of popular music via radio and stage. Her phonograph records are tops in popularity on the coin phono graphs, and as a vocalist on phono graph records she has outsold even Bing Crosby. Twice a month journalism stu dents at the University of Michi gan take over the editing of some daily newspaper in the state. 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