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Page 4- THE BATTALION Official Notices ATTENTION JUNIORS Any Junior interested in working: on the advertising: staff of the Battalion see T. R. Harrison, 316 No. 11 or Keith Hubbard, 31, Law, as soon as possible. TUTORS A list of approved tutors is available at the Registrar’s Office to any student needing: this service. Any student who desires to be placed on the list of approved tutors should ap ply at the Registrar’s Office at once. H. L. HEATON, Ass’t. Registrar CONCESSION The concession of “Rag Rugs’’—small cheap rugs for dormitory use—is open. A stock of rugs is on hand and can be pur chased reasonably. If interested apply at once. W. R. Horsley, Chairman Student Labor Committee FEBRUARY ENGINEER GRADS The Placement Bureau has been advised by a subsidiary company of the United States Steel Corporation that they will have some openings for midterm techni cal graduates and will be glad to receive applications from such seniors who are ALPACA + MOHAIR + WOOL R0LK0R4 W OOLalonecouldn’tmakea topcoat so luxurious one/long- lasting. Nor Mohair alone. Nor Alpaca alone. So Rockora combines all three in a special blend-andbringsyou thecoat you’ve always wanted. Luxur iously soft, light on your back, and amazingly long wearing. See it today. Many Other Smart Top Coats $19.50 to $35.00 $25 f i1aldropfl(3 “Two Convenient Stores” College Station - Bryan interested. Any engineering senior who will graduate at midterm and who is in terested in looking into this, should come by Room 133, Administration Building, at once. Lucian M. Morgan, Director Placement Bureau E. E. STUDENTS All E. E. students are asked to attend the address given by Mr. H. L. Alesen of the Western Electrical Instrument Cor poration Wednesday night, November 13 at 7:30. Mr. Alesen will speak to the stud ents on “Electric Meters”. PROGRAM SALESMEN Football program salesmen meet in room 3 Milner at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, November 13. SENIORS All seniors are urged to turn in their personnel records as soon as possible at Room 133, Administration Building. Those who are going to have the personnel leaf lets prepared should pay for these and furnish a glossy print photograph now. It is necessary to do this NOW in order to have the leaflets ready by the Christmas holidays. The Placement Bureau has re ceived several requests from industry for these leaflets on various types of students. Your cooperation will be appreciated. Lucian M. Morgan, Director Placement Bureau THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS The Academic Council has extended the Thanksgiving holidays for students until Retreat Monday, December 2, 1940. F. C. Bolton, DEAN FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTS Each year quite a number of freshmen enroll in the School of Engineering whose scholastic preparation is not sufficient to enable them, even with earnest and faith ful study, to pass the freshman work in engineering. John Tarleton Agricultural College at Stephenville, a branch of this institution, by reason of its endowment, is required to offer not only the first two years of col lege grade work, but also the last two years of high school work. In the past few years many students who have not had adequate preparation for college work in engineering have transferred to John Tarleton, but it has been necessary that they wait until February to enter. At John Tarleton students can take courses of senior high school level and it has been found that students who applied them selves have been able to return to A. & M. with the essential basic training. Arrangements have now been made for students who desire to do so and who are recommended by the Dean of Engineering at A. & M. to transfer to John Tarleton immediately after the November 15th grades are received and classes will be formed for them at that institution in order that they may go right into basic courses, particularly mathematics and Eng lish. In addition, students having passing grades in engineering drawing with plates all in, and in military science, will be al lowed to go into the college grade classes in those subjects. Dean J. Thos. Davis at Tarleton will be glad to go over the record of each transfer student individually and advise with him as to which basic courses he should carry and which college courses he should retain. It would be well for any freshman en- Attention! Pipe Smokers See our brand new sup ply of pipes before you buy. . . . also cigarette and pipe tobaccos that suit every taste. . . . GEORGE'S Confectionery gineering student who has found his high school work inadequate and who desires to take advantage of this opportunity i<6 communicate this notice to his parents or guardian, securing IN WRITING their approval of the transfer so that no time will be lost. With diligent study almost any student finding himself in the situation described should be able to return to A. & M. next year with a fine chance to pass his work creditably. Gibb Gilchrist, Dean of Engineering POULTRY SCIENCE CLUB There will be a meeting of the Poultry Science club in room 115 Animal Indus tries building at 7:30 Wednesday night, November 13, 1940. All members are urged to be present. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY The ninth meeting of the Texas A. and M. Section of the American Chemical So ciety will be held Thursday, November 14, 1940, at 8:00 P. M. in the main lecture room of the Chemistry Building, A. & M. College, College Station, Texas. AGRONOMY SOCIETY There will be a regular meeting of the Agronomy Society at 7:30 Tuesday night in room 311 Ag Building. Members of Crops Team will be introduced and there will be a novelty “Professor Quiz” pro gram. LITERATURE GROUP The literature group of the College So cial Club will hold a meeting Wednesday morning at 9:30 in the home of Mrs. Frank Anderson. DRAMA GROUP The en’s men's Social Club will meet at 9 o’clock Thursday morning in the home of Mrs. R. L. Mundhenk in Oakwood. Mrs. A. A. Blumberg will review a play. CAMPUS STUDY CLUB The Campus Study Club will meet at 3 p. m., Tuesday, November 12, in Sbisa Hall annex. f~ SENIORS! Mr. Lucchese will be at THE Aggieland Inn on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY November 12 and 13 to Make Adjustments on Boots Lucchese Boot Co. San Antonio, Texas KREAM AND KOW All D. H. students are urged to attend the regular Kream and Kow Klub meet ing Tuesday night, November 12, 7:30 p. m. at the Creamery Lecture room. Help to see that all members are notified. In addition to disposing of the club business, there will be a speaker. FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON There will be a Fellowship Luncheon for employees of A. & M. from 12:10 to 12:40, Thursday noon. Classified LOST—On corps trip Gruen very thin watch with yellow gold curved case and black clamp band. For liberal reward re turn or give information leading to re covery of watch to C. E. Turner, Jr., 78 Goodwin. — LOST—Brown leather suitcase on Waco highway Sunday evening. Reward. Gibson, 404 No. 8. WILL THE Fish who borrowed my fountain pen to copy the poem Dr. Walton read Thursday in Guion Hall please re turn it to me. W. L. Matthews 116, No. 2 LOST—A log log duplex decitrig slide rule in Room 214 Academic Building. Name John Eddy on case; initials on rule. Return to or notify John Eddy, Box 210, also American Legion Hall—Reward. Owls Will— (Continued from Page 3) set to run into plenty of oppos ition. No longer an upset team because of numerous so-called upsets this fall, but an actual title contender, Rice has mastered Neely’s con sistent win system that began at Clemson and they will be a tough assignment for Kimbrough and crew. Playing an old fashioned game that calls for expert block ing and tackling, the Wise Fowl have turned the Aggie game into a contest between two teams with an equal chance of clinching the bunting. Aggieland will be filled to ov erflowing by game time I when 25,000 fans file into Kyle Field to become witnesses of gridiron his tory. This will be the last showing of A. & M.’s thundering aggre gation until the traditional Turkey Day tilt in Austin with Texas Un iversity and A. & M. is due to open up with the big guns against the boys from the Institute. Corps Trip— (Continued from Page 1) rained out this event. The situation looked rather for lorn as the clouds continued to darken, but after noon the fates’ frown changed to a smile and the rain ceased. Then it was that all roads lead to Ownby Stadium. Mud and slush offered only a minor barrier as the crowd surged into the stands midst the din of noise and the wails of “scalpers” be moaning the fact that they had sold their tickets so cheaply that morning. Little did the people expect the excitement that was to follow when the two hitherto undefeated teams met for the game that would de cide which was to lead the con ference. But thrills and spills were plentiful when the end zone bleach ers collapsed under a seething mass of humans. This occurrence which would have been ordinarily spec tacular caused a short lived mur mur to arise from the stands and then all attention reverted to the teams. Here and there could be heard a sigh of thankfulness that it did not occur where they were standing and with the character istic human traits the incident was dismissed from mind. For the first time a great many of the students got an idea of how the corps can “give” when the team is in a trying position. No urging was necessary to induce the corps to burst forth in a shat tering roar when the ball was snapped. Nor were the Aggies a » lone in their yelling for the T.S. The “Machine"— (Continued from Page 1) of the MACHINE that their or ganization will become some sort of a tradition in the band. Those men constituting the MA CHINE or Who’s Who in Brazos County Night Clubs and Honky- Tonks are as follows (in alpha betical order): ANDERSON, M. B. “Andy”, a short little fellow from Beaumont that has an uncanny knack of turn ing up in more places in one night than a process server. Senior 1 . Would be in the Scholarship Honor Society if they weren’t so particu lar about their requirements. ADKISON, J. W. “Jay”, cot ton top from Greenville. Junior. Will get out in '50 is he’s lucky but we aren’t making any predic tions. MERRILL, W. H. Jr. “Henk”, a real “hustler” from Greenville. Senior. Seems to have a heavy schedule of extra curricular activ ities down Austin way. One of the most likeable fellows in the MA CHINE. MERRILL, W. C. “Dillum Char les”, an indiscriminate “heart- breaker” also from Greenville. Very quiet and reserved until riled and then he’s a “going dog.” Junior. NELSON, L. J. “Meatball”, the military man of the MACHINE from Gilmer. Social Secretary Sen ior Class. A very nice guy to have around, especially when there are things to be done. NELSON, T. M. “Tommie”, the current vocal sensation of the Ag gieland orchestra from Waco. Very allergic to flying bread in the mess hall. Senior. NESS, L. P. “Trigger”, a long, lanky, Latin type from New York City. Very popular with the “Cats” because of his quick action. Sen ior. Can be found on the floor at any Corps dance. NOEL, P. C. “Cluny”, a hand some devil from Memphis. Just can’t keep the women out of his curly hair. Senior. Still thinks he can beat the “tables” but is learn ing the hard way. POULTER, C. J. “Doc”, rough character from the wool country— San Angelo. Senior. Always at home in his cowboy boots and Stetson. WINN, W. S. “Breeze”, a flying enthusiast from Sweetwater. Sen ior. Also has considerable trouble with his women. Always starving to death in the mess hall no mat ter where he sits. Neoprene— (Continued from Page 1) like undertaking and control of a highly unpredictable operation— modern chemical research, second, the timing or cycle of years dur ing which a laboratory discovery takes shape and begins to exert its explosive force on different^ in dustries, and third, the multitude of different products and manu factures, both the old and famil iar and the new and undreamed of products. Texas is vitally interested in ar tificial rubber because of her vast natural gas resources, and be cause of the chemical possibility of using natural gas and refinery tail gases to produce acetylene— the veritable mother of artificial rubber and a host of other sny- thetics. The neoprene process util izes coal and limestone to produce carbide, which in turn produces the necessary acetylene when treated with water. This new sound motion picture tells the story of one of the new artificial rubbers that is being used to replace natural rubber in a great many products essential to our national welfare. This time ly twenty-two minute film shows how the artificial rubber is made, explains its chemical formula by means of animated cartoons, shows interesting tests of the material, On Kyle Field— (Continued from Page 3) ment between the two student bodies “I think the move made by you and your student body is a won derful thing as it is another ex ample of the true sportsmanship that has always been characteris tic of A. & M. College.” To the officials officiating at the game he wrote, “I think that this is a wonderful gesture on the part of both A. & M. College and Southern Methodist University, and this is an example of the type of sportsmanship that makes college athletics in the Southwest Athle tic Conference a great factor in building citizenship.” Mr. St Clair is the executive secretary of the Southwest Athle tic Conference and is in charge of the employment of the officials. Limb Collapses Again; Heroes Prove Praises Yesterday the Armistice service seemed to lack a certain feeling that heretofore has been present on the campus each November 11. At 11 o’clock most of the profs either questioned the type of ob servance or made a few remarks as to the date. In their life the day is one long remembered. To most of us the day is beginning to mean less and less. Yet, still in the United States football on the gridiron is the only sign of war while across the great pond bombs drop on innocent wo men and children as the powers to be fight on. The predictions this past Satur day fell again. Texas took the Baylor Bears but Rice ran through Arkansas in the Ozarks. We didn’t call the T. C. U.-De- troit fray but had it down as the Frog’s game. The Detroiters kick ed a field goal in the final quarter to win 3 to 0. Over the country Notre Dame sank the Navy after a hard fight, Stanford topped Washington, Au burn defeated Clemson and Ala bama dammed the Tulane Green Wave. These were called correct. On the other side, Oregon took an other, this time from the hard luck U.C.L.A. Bruins, and Min nesota eaked a one point win over Michigan. C.W. girls did their share of ad ding an unusual touch to the yell ing section. At the half there was the Ag gies’ 216 piece band to furnish thrills to the crowd with their complicated formations and play ing. Heading the band was “Rev” who made her first appearance of the year, and who, for the first time appeared on the field with another of the campus mascots. The “Sister School” furnished its share of attraction at the half when Mary Margaret McCarthy, Aggie Sweetheart of the day, was presented in a heart shaped forma tion made by the band. Not soon to be forgotten are the reverbrating yells that rolled from the Aggie stands as the lad in the maroon and white jersey smothered the ball behind the Mus tang goal to cinch the game and climax the week-end. Addition of 23 new teaching posts at the University of Texas brings the faculty strength to 584. Club Schedule— (Continued from Page 1) Council, Freshman Y.M.C.A. Coun cil and Sophomore Y.M.C.A. Coun cil will meet. Each Wednesday all Class Meet ings, if and when the classes so desire, and Jr. and Sr. Y.M.C.A. Council will meet. On the first and third Thursdays of each month the Engineering clubs and Agricultural Clubs will convene. On the second and fourth Thursdays the Agronomy Society, Liberal Arts clubs, Industrial Ed ucation clubs and Veterinary clubs will meet. The Scholarship Honor Society and Hillel Club will meet on Fri days. On Sundays the Cosmopolitan Club and Church Organizations will meet. This schedule has been compiled from the information submitted by the club president. It will be turn ed over to the Student Activity Committee for official sanction af ter which time each club will be required to comply with their pro per meeting date and obtain a list for possible meeting places. SMU Game- icon tinued from Page 3) ling was right on the spot to re cover for the Aggies. Conatser and Kimbrough brought the ball down to the Mustang three on a succes sion of plays and it was on the next play that Kimbrough lost the ball and SMU took over. Malluff’s attempt to kick out was blocked by Jim Thomason and recovered by Jim Sterling to make the score 19-7 for the Aggies. Pugh missed his second conversion of the game and it was here that the scoring stopped. The last play of the game was a kick from Conaster to Brown and time ended as the tackle was made to end the most exciting game of the Southwest Conference. and pictures hundreds of applica tions of products made from it. The material itself, made from coal, limestone, salt, and water, can be used wherever rubber is used, but has the additional advantage of being resistant to cracking from sunlight, ozone, and aging. It will not swell or deteriorate rapidly from contact with vegetable or mineral oils and most chemicals, nor will it soften or harden appre ciably when exposed to high tem peratures. Science Meet— (Continued from Page 1) Besides the newly elected posi tions mentioned above there were several hold overs from last year. Dr. Burt remains as the secretary of the academy and secretary of the board of directors and member of the program and finance com mittees. Dr. George E. Potter re tained his place on the committee for the collegiate division and Dr. S. W. Bilsing is still a member of the executive committee and was elected chairman of arrangements for the next meeting in Dallas. In the collegiate division Deed C. Thurman, junior of A company, infantry, won second prize of $15 for the paper he presented on the nut case bearer. Thurman, repre senting the entomology branch of the United Science Club was only one of five Aggies to be at the convention. Other representatives were Bob Crawford, Bob Ram sey, P. B. Uzell, and Linton Rob ertson. The national meeting of the -TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1940 American Association will be held in Dallas in December, 1941, with the Texas Academy acting as the host organization. This will be one of the few times that the national society has met south of the Mason- Dixon line. Dr. Bilsing is perhaps the one to whom most of the credit can be given for this development. You'll Like It Too! PLATE LUNCHES 250 - 300 - 350 We specialize in Steaks, Fried Chicken and genu ine Mexican dinners. Any time during the day. CHEF JOHN'S Highway 6 DR. A BENBOW Dentist Office Astin Building Phone 275 Bryan Famous Town-Clad* Quality! 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