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{ V FACE 4 — - THE BATTAUON OFFICIAL NOTICES f*r two. funittfcod 1A to i eampoa, toqpuro now tl I Colloft HHU, nr m» K A. A M. Prof* Search Proves Alligator Gars Do not Eat Game Fish A a. Hati of Dr. Ktoaaw Sowh* mt pwlr—tr to Um Toum A. CoBago ftofc mmI gnaw < £ojt Texas Magazine Pays Trilmte to A. B. Conner Director Air Conditioning Of Ag Experiment S at ion, in "Man of the Month* Series .THURSDAY, AUGUST II. 1S40 Barr Here Last Friday For Plant Conference fOUND—CtoULInilo. Owiwr may goa aanme as vi»e JrTuoofi* i%ioiMra• ttoa Offlra rOft SALE 1930 Vidor Prartirall nn alligator gara 4a Ml favor M. Carta, ^ m ^ gMM fltoi aa a 4toi, or* parkapa H to that tfcay, too, find tmtk ftoh aa hard to gat aa many atairoda 4a. Dr. Bonham aiamiaad tha atom neha of SSI gara takoa to tha Goa dalupa Rjror. Karr county; Wick Modal “A" aon and Twin Lakaa. Braao. coo. ttraa. B*i tjr; Neehaa River. Jaffaraon coun *** tor; aad Ian Saraavd Bhrar, Whar ton Coonty, aad found that nan Textile Engineering i A I SI Mmy did contain other adibia apa Department Is Now Cotton Marketing Tha Tastito Enginranng Depart mant to aa more It to new tha Gat* Von Marketing Department Mr i. B Baglay, head of the Depart moot, reeently aupai^^iaed a truie with tha Taxaa Phaon Syatam in Hontavilla, ia which tha old over head-drive motor* ware airhangod Suck arm, auaftoh. shad, eatfiah, white erappiaa aad crayftah were found to apamaaaa taken in tha Guedalape, Giaaard ahad. aunfish. plankton and aoma umdaniified ■poctaa ware found ta gar taken from Wiekaon Lake, and tha Twin Lake catch ahowad aoma aaaall mouther buffalo Gar takan from the Nechea ahowad ginard ahad. aal and trneaa of mullett and tha tome time age tha Kaat Tf f ' - SrirTTcir.* Director Conner tahliahed tha ruatom of carrytog a “Man of tha Month" article, m which tribute to paid to tha mark of Mine oats tending East Tana. In tha earrant taaaa A. B Can nar, director of the Taaaa Agri (ulturml Experiment Station to th< •ubject of tha arttoto. Thoaa par aons familiar with hie aonrtaua to al Taaaa, appreciate tha rncagni twn given Mm The artklaa to a* faliowa: It ia the fate of aaoat mcientiaU that then greateat achievemont* become known in detail only to a comparatively amall group of their feBow-arteatiaU Too often, tha miUiona who benefit from the painutakifig, labonou* hour*, day*, yuan which thrac hanafacton of mankind spend in their la bora to nes, delving into the mytferiee of Natara, aavur hump amaa tha aam- aa a# thoae who aurvu them ia af-| . Z fectively Trxaa ham been introduced or ►here mathadi of >ng tha bittorweod problem was perfect ad. aaving a cast amount to stock men Tha henaftta of tha exacting re search work which he haa dona, and which ha haa instated upon from his staff af^dtienttots, has append into virtually all other Stat es aad many foreign lends, to the 1 hMtolM hf farmer* everywhere He haa preaervud the result* of hie vast volume of artontlfir work l-ermanently with a host of con tributtono to the actoutific Htera tanre a fthe Nation, and a mere list » I) ' i to Be Ihto eg pari mant was foetaaod by tha A. B. 4 H E who fumtohad the *i* im K |,ipr that wua uaad to tha experiment United Another nationally known fig. are to appear at this conference will ha W. H. Carrier, who h known as tha “father of air conditioning*’ Ha to tha chairman of tha I ef tha Carrier Corporation ia New- The ark. New Jersey. At one time ke Station > natal lad aa air eondRisek* wit land the Bureau maintains turn to a diamond mine ip Africa to 1 man. Dr. L M. Blank and Dr. which the temperature ranged ap Frank Eaten, for contact with the to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. The unit Experiment Statfon weighed 400 ton* aad was trsas- Tha work that to being done at L W. Barr af Waahtogton. tractor af eetten and ether ■ope aad disaaaaa, af the of Ptoat Industry af the States Department of Agri. was at Team ABM. Friday to eeufagtoito *«th t ranarrh worker* of tha Afiictotnral . A luraau aad tha ExperiamA and cir- wen au tha bulletins articlea port *' 1 u ^ ,0 “**° n by airplane the Greenville aad Temple aUtiena for snehtific publication*, rttlar* of)j|hirh he has I thor or cw-aathor with other acien- ttots, requires two typewritten pug. i as. Outstanding among these are the reports on hia development of the sorghum*, his treatise* on tha development of Soil Erosion Con trol. and on boll weevil control in Texas. Mr. Carrier will be tbe banquet •peaker Friday night G. L Larson ia the other out standing figure who will centribute to the prestige a* well as the ad ucatronal worth of the program Larson is also here ta rongpetiofi with the educational program *pen sored by Dssn Gilchhgt of the School of Engineering He spoke twku Monday to students taking haad-griv. motor* were exchanged - — devoUd aarvic. have brought mil bu. far puNey systems and direct drive '•** '" ***• **" t ^ *1 lion* of dollar* into the pockets of ly, ••tor* The Cotton Marketing Da ^ shtomr, enfftoh and traeaa of thmueb hk ereat I’n V.^his dirwlkm tihs* Tfrs# East Texas Msgatine. therefore, proved by the Texas Experiment Bs p rrJm-llt station has found that En «ri n « ,nn * course* and to inter this month honor, a modest gvmu* Station, under Mr Conner’s toad-! can be combatted with e,ted P"* 0 "* H * also * of the laboratory, whose year* of ership. Texa* produce* sixty million p^^,. ^vrloped a vac buBhel* of gram sorghum annual fo, control of so remouth ta -half of the of the Indicate* itillet. Marketing partment has used the new ma- unidentified apaeies chinary to improving Its old math ^ Boaham’a *tudy od of olptk production The whole <>mt gttaaH shad, suckers upstair* floor haa bean remodeled small aunfish and crayfish const! and modarniaad, leaving more space tuts the mam <ftet of gars and a aaator setup The prison haa* ar ether fame fishes ***** system at Huntsville has used tha found to tha stomachea of tha SSI sheep and goata, introduced and Texas farmer*, through his great United States It produce, a higher m , lr)h||Ud %aeh raluable plant* achievement* m the field of agri acre yield than aay other State M rh|(|W# Eh|l ^ trw ^ cultural raaaarch He la A B Con Mr Conner discovered and develop aM i •*versl citrus varieties; nar, Dirvctoc. Texas Agricultural ad a “sport’ Dwarf Yellow Mfla, and introduced Norte* oat* at the plant quarantine at Austin to being checked, and plana ar* being made for the work af the coming year. The meeting to ia the nature of aa annual confer- race for this purpose. >n * ' Experiment Station, who gradual »nJ today nearly 5U.e00.00»i bushel* an ^ 0^,1^ wheat and varietio* of ** *° ad from A 4 M Cultoga in 1904; of this variety alone are grown by ; RVM>t ^ ^pted to T.xn. such equipment obtained from the partment to setting up a model eotton-mtll to whtrh they wil mill their own anttua at a vary cheap rats They also produce their own cotton Tha Cotton Marketing Da pari ment Is used for exhibition purpoa aa. and H alas provide* jobs for students who turn out materials that are sold at k alight profit, and the returns are need in better ing the department With the new machinery the department caa tarn eat fancy fabrics and nearly any cotton fabric although moat of the profits come from the manufacture of taffeting yam During the yuan of 19S8 aad 19S9 the approximate profits were $1?.3M and 1*2 711 respectively De- gar* examined Many House* < Continued from page 1} nek wood for several months, and a group of 140 able scientist* which the E B Reynolds' wfll ba moved h* haa assembled to work full time In dp the same street before the upon tha ma)or problems of Texas end of the summer Th* Jno W agriculture worked nine year* with the United Texas formers State Department of Agriculture; He grew the first Sudan gras* joined the staff of the Texas Ex the United States, propagated penment Station to 1911, and atme the seed, and provided the basis 1919 has served as director In for the profitable seed industry tbit job, he directs the work of which new centers around Luh- M itrhells have purchased the lot screes the street from the H C. Spencers and expert to build dur mg the year, A great many ram pus residents already own homes to College Park, th# oldest of the residential sections, and expect to move into them next summer Among these ar* F G. Anderson, W L. Hughes, and S. S Morgan The J B Bag leys are ready to build an a lot Hi* contributions to improve ment and production of field crop*, horticultural crops and livestock, and the problem* of plant stubMd- mal production and u til its Mam— including diseases and insect pepto —are so numerous that a mere liM- ing of them would require suvurul pages of this magaxine Outstanding, perhaps, to hto work for the InsproveiuMM aad nix pm tion of the grain aaggbuma to the hock, giving Texas a new crop, worth millioaa annually His exper iments further brought MRAw saw* trol the midge eh toil 4asLmyud tha sorghua* mi atotoaM ** lb* ruptoba tf heavier !w!ll lb 1PH, Mr. Ohnner studied tha pmMtfi tf sudden run off of rato- water lb certain Texas area* and esalved Mr system of conserving maiahun by means of contoured aa Yellow corn. Yellow Bu recrop per. Golden June and Yellow Tax- pan He found that cottonseed meal has more important place in ra tions for farm animals and ran h* tai to greater * mounts than IhrUMrty believed possible, that the ■s-«a*tf cottonseed meal poison Mv to i to itoaltog tbe grato aargimma to tto sdoptatiee to drptowi agrteutoor*. developed cotton varieties suited to different conditions, such *« Starts*. Mebane 140. Mebane 904 ftO. Westei and others Director Conner is chairman of the Re search Committee of the State and terraces, now generally CotXon rommittee of Texas across from th* home of Dr. A. B 1 Texa* fi ir ftt boys working at various job# to th* plant ■tf esmad an ! TV nwintodsr tf (V toaidawto whieh brought Me prsi L ’V stftofb gfP ^Mttoii M to wVMVy niB tends tf Wate Ye,.. Mmm nau eight 4» nbuut BMto^m I, Ml. Mnay | plow Vrtof *• ftost de nous job* to the of them are planning on buying century Fkurjr frtowp* of them are tbe bouses they now live in i moving thorn off the Campos gram sorghgte gaed in Texas Recent extraordi nary yields of craps throughout the greotei part of Texas are tes timonials of hi* vision in this field The Ranch Substation of the Ex periment Station has made invalu able contributions to the sheep and decade of this goat industry of Texas Here was constructive program being sccom variety of developed a vaccine for control plished by the regional Chamber’s grown m West of anraanouth in bmbe and kids; i agntultaral department pragvwnt, span which VP *4r g* movement prairie rrating under the and conducted arrangements for the Cotton Research Congress held in Waco recently He has served on a number of the agricultural committees of tbe East Texas Chamber of Commerce and has given public endecsement of the made a consulting expert for the college for a year I Kir mg the short course Mr Larson will lecture on tbe economics of good construction aa related to heating an| cooling of residence*, and also on practical duct desigh. As a sidelight the Department • requested P E NwholU. man xgvr Taxaa Cities Gas Company of Galveston, to point out the pus sibilitta* of using air conditioning aa a public utility as #** lights and water Mr Nicholla la at pret ext experimenting with just such • set up ia Galveston whore he is installing equipment to an area tw« htedu wt4a and five bteaba tong Air tratfh ntog to Ml toll* tf to tofWM tf MM I ptoto unit tor auab bu44h«. VW-holIs la trying to flu4 a way to T make on* large unit aupply the needs of several building* Other lecturers scheduled to ap pear for tile course include a spec ial agent of the Federal Bureau of latestigation. E L Richmond A. B Banowsky. manager commercial sale*. United Gas Company of Houston; C. F Boester. Director Purdue University Housing Re search; Bert Fiaher, Manage! Southern Branch Office. Payne Furnace and Supply Company of Houston; Fred Habe. Engineer. Blackstone Hotel of Ft. Worth. Experiment Sutton has published Bulletin N*. 42, “Th* Installation and Us* af Attic Fan.,’ by W H Bndgett. research associate, far the ua* of architects, builders, attic fan dealers and home owner* la tere sted In an attic fan installa tion far rammer comfort Its scope is limited primarily to residential applications from an eipiansUon of th* funrtien of an attic fan through a discussion of coats, fan ■election, installation methods, win dow fans and operation methods. Tha bulletin to profusely illustrated with photographs, sketches and detailed drawings, and to written in non technical language. Anyone interested in necurmg a copy of thla bulletin may da ao by writing th* Taxaa A 4 M (olleg# Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, Texas A total tf 1,700 automobiles an laced Mawtoa at Nuevo larado in May more than double the aum bet ta the corresponding month of 19M In 43 years Notre Dame has lost ■" ■ "■■■ one opening football game That Made was to Texas in 1914 mo mi men (Continued from page 1) will V at 12 4ft Mr Cash ion announces that the Former Students Association plana continue their practice of pre senting a show eoch Sunday after noon at 12 30 ta which there will, no admission charged CAA Men Discuss Plans For First Class Airjtort Here Doiwa Hale Tells Of TV Courteous Way HRMI ANNUAL CLEARANCE MENU SPORT SHOES n.*5 I2.H5 12.50 II and $5.50 EDT.ERT0N Sport Shoe* IlfS FORTUNE Sportm ... ti EDT.ERTON White* „ 1195 FORTUNE WhitM |1.BH $2.25 Hove’ Whiten $1.$3 $2.95 Buy*' WhitM $1.4R Save money on Men'i Wemr during our Sumi- Annual Oeurtnce .. We offer genuine saving* on Suita . ... Slacks . . . Slhck Suits . . . Sport Shirts . , . Drewt Shirts . .. Pgjamxa,... Kav nee Boys’ Wegr . . . Swim Suite tnd Lad tea' Accea aoriea [ ;jaldrop&(8 Two Convenient Stores | College StAtiop - Bryn Priscilla Lana, cinema star, was selected as th* ideal mate, by a class in psychology composed of 27 male members, at Arisons State Teachers Collage at Flagstaff, An ANSWER TO PROBLEM When ar* consider the conditions of th* problem, We find that, re gardless of the tribe to which an Indian belong*, he would always ■ay that ho ta a Blacfcfoot. since if he to. he must tell th* truth, and if he ia not, ha must make a flea* •Utement Therefore, the second Indian mad* a true statement, sine* ho reported th* first Indian cor rectly and the third Indian made a At o recent meeting called bye Ralph De Vore of the Civil Aero nautics Authority, the merits of Coulter Field. Bryan Municipal Airport location, and the landing fteld at A ft M wore discussed for the poaaihilitieo of each for the development of o first class sir port far this area Representing the college at the meeting was Gibb Gllcbrtot, Doan of Engineering Al so at th* meeting were four r*y- reeentotlveo of the CAA and Col W B TutU* of Ban Antonio Dean GUchnst, presenting the claims of the Cottag*. stated that the field, which ha* had th* Aero nsotWal Training course offered at A. A M In progroos on It, ha* boon given ■ priority rating by the War Department If the field were approved by th* CAA H would be operated according to CAA regale Uono and would be open to oil typos of commercial and OnWTAW 1199 be. — 2477 meter* fslse statement since he reported 4 arK j everything poasibt* tha bftaoAd tallM teMf- Wt are to don* to develop aa much jbaitfais able to ann(bids that th# ** possible in aviation second Indian la a Black foot and th* third to a White/*#t. while no ranclaskm caa to reached about th* first Indian Want A Pick-Up? When your apt rite need cheer and rekxAtion, •top At our FOUNTAIN for a »ip or snack FOUNTAIN SPECIAL Far The Week Pineapple Lime Front - • 15* t M A DELEVS Pharmacy Phaae CaL 19 Wt Deliver CtoMy • BvgtM BUg C. G. OTiel and J J Mitchener of th* CAA office in Ft Worth said that th* organiaaUen profored to work with munieipelly owned and opera tad airports and that if the field was operated by tto city with the help at the CAA it would fur nish the lights and the city would to required to stand all Oliver maintenance coats This situation would allow the city to throw open the field to all typea of aviation However if th* field were oper sted solely by tto CAA, th* field would to restricted to except for very special occasion* There were a few objections to operating a field on state owned collage property, bat tto advantage of ha nag tto field close to where tto CAA course to being told and th* large supply tf civilian train ing material was net overlooked Thor ■do? 4oguot Ik. 1949 11:24 o. m —Sign On, Weather. News. U 90 a. m.—Texas Farm A Home Program ITQN) Tto Farm 4 Home ‘Grab Bag 11 46 * m — “Pleasantdal* Folks" (Bone) Security Administration i Local 12 00 noon—Signoff Friday Aaguet Ift. 1949 II Jl a m — Bign-On; Woothei Nows 11 90 a m - Tessa Farm 4 Ham* Program (T()N— L A Mechemohl Supervisor. Farm Security Admin istratton, Tolton Patterson, Dvp uty Bute Superintendent, A. D private Joakson. Experiment Button 1144 a m Federal Musk Pro gram (Work* Project Admtnistra Uon). 19 :00 i Attic Fans Prove Worthy In Homes n Signoff, Balurday. Auguot 17. 1940 4 10 190 p m.-The Aggie (Taatoake II 26 a. m -Bign-On; Weather. News 11 JO a m Texas Farm 4 Home Program (TQNi—Mr*. F. L Tho mas. Farm 4 Home Book fteview- er; RaprroenteUv* from Agricul tural Education Department; Roy Snyder, Es tens ion Service 11 U a. m - “Drama of Food’’ (Farm Credit Administration) 12:00 noon - Signoff. Sunday Aofoet 1C, 1940 B:M a. m Sign-On; Weather, Chemurinc (Continued fi too that if the to tenaltoaa and to • new ora tf ocoa 1) Ate pooppration will have bean attained Young people who ore confused by the numerous rule* listed by so- rolled experts on etiquette can solve a lot of their problem* by' choosing the courteous Way ovei the less courteous way to behave., This is a suggestion offered by Doors Hale, specialist in parent eduratian and child development for the A. 4 M College Extension Service. The courteous person usually keep* in mind the feelings and the comfort of other*," Miss Hal# says, pointing out th#** example*: When a courteous person attends a party he remembers to aay good night ta parents, club sponsors, and other hoots and hoateaae* A courteous girt rises when she ia introduced to an older woman The courteous boy, whan walking I with a girl, walks on th* outside of the walk A courteous guest, when Invited to a meal, arrive# at hia hostess' home a few minutes before time for the meal; the leas courteous guest arrives late and leave* immediate ly after the meal to over The courteous boy when calling far hto date, parks the car nt the front and comes to th* door for the girl If there to an uthar leading tto way Into a pablk assembly of some kind, a lady precedes a man in walking down the stole Th* toss courteous person who attends a party and does not like the games whkk are being player, •Ha back, looks bo rad. and makes remarks about tto entertainment Ta help adolescents solve some *f thair behavior problems, Miss Hale baa peeps rod a true and false teat on ‘Th* Courteous Way," which to available to groups of young people interested ia doing things the courteous way Everyone know* the cooling ef fect of an automobile ride on a hot, stkky evening How good H feels while the car to in motion aa the fresh night air flows over! you! Can you imagine your home sailing sloag in the same manner -refreshing bite**** flowing through every window sc roes your bed’ Naturally, you could sleep soundly and restfally even though it hadfllen stifling all day. Now you con have such a home You can enjoy a cool, hreety bed room every night Attk ventilation does the job. It literally takes your home for an automobile ride in th* cool of the evening The Texas A 4 M. Engineering 21,000 IN A THIMBLE ThAt’a how tiny aotne of tha screws in your witch ire! No wonder thit It Lakes a real export, and the fine»t of scientific equipment to put your witch hick into good running order. Bring your time troubles here, where pride in our crafts manship assure* you of A dependable, luting job. VARNER’S Jewelry Store North Qate • Main Street College - Bryan a. m Roans Chapel Bing a. m.- “Meet Tour Neigh 9:90 a **—Signoff. Haa* attendance to 0*4 required at Cambndga, England bat night hoars are rigid. Gates tf tha col lege ar* cfcsed at 19 p. m. and am locked at tto dents are then fin tf th* rain The average collage student takes from 1,900 to 1400 calorie* • day far mar* subsistence Aay thing ha dove -even sating—mast ba added to this bask metabolism figure Dr. A. Benbow 1ST 375 Bryan CAMPUS ■■wmeoamaaramam LABT TIMER TODAY “DESTRY RIDES AGAIN” with JAMEA STEWART MARLENE DIETRICH CHARLES W1NNINGER Aloo CARTOON SHORT FRIDAY . SATURDAY JEAN HERSHOLT in ‘‘MEET DR. CHRISTIAN Alao LATEST WAR NEWS CARTOON PREVUE SATURDAY NIW • II P. M. Ticket on Salt After 1:30 Twg Shows Far Price *»f One . -. - - - - . TUESDAY 18 BARGAIN DAY j 15c ALL DAY I I