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Pasre 4- THE BATTALION -TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1941 Official Notices SENIORS Within the next week or two, the Placement Bureau will mail out Senior personnel leaflets to the companies that have requested them. These leaflets are put in booklet form in a maroon and silver cover and are grouped by depart ments. Those Seniors who are planning on having the leaflets prepared and have not — Start the new year off right by letting us make your old shoes look new. College Station Shoe Repair D. Cangelosi North Gate — May this year be even more prosperous than 1940. Let us help by serving you. CASEY’S CONFECTIONERY “Aggies’ Old Faithful” — JANUARY SALE Now is the time to make genuine savings on Men’s and Boys’ Suits . . . Top coats . . . Slacks . . . Leather Coats . . . Swea ters and Robes. All La dies sweaters and acces sories at clearance pric es. Men’s Suits $19.50 Suits Now $15.85 $25.00 Suits Now $19.85 $27.50 Suits Now $21.85 $29.50 Suits Now $23.85 $32.50 Suits Now $25.85 $35.00 Suits Now $27.85 $37.50 Suits Now $29.85 $40.00 Suits Now $31.85 $45.00 Suits Now $35.85 $50.00 Suits Now $39.85 $55.00 Suits Now $42.85 paid for them should do so at once if you desire your leaflet to be included in these booklets. LUCIAN M. MORGAN, Director Placement Bureau OFFICIAL As was understood at the time classes were dismissed early for the Christmas holidays, the extra days missed from class are to be made up as follows: 1. On Saturday afternoon, January 11, an extra Monday morning schedule will be operated; that is, classes scheduled for 8 a,m. Monday will report at 1 p.m. Sat urday. Those scheduled for 9 a.m. will report at 2 p.m. etc. 2. On Saturday afternoon, January 25, an extra Monday afternoon schedule will be operated. 3. The schedule for the first semester examinations will be changed so that in stead of the present schedule the exam inations will begin at noon Saturday, Feb ruary 1 and will continue until noon Sat urday, February 8. A detailed schedule of the examinations and of the procedure for registration for the second semester will be issued from the Registrar’s office. F. C. Bolton, DEAN NOTICE Application size photographs which ac companied the personal leaflets are ready for the following seniors. Please call for these at Room 133, Administration Build ing, at your earliest convenience. Ball, John Brimberry, Will O. Bentinck, Geo. F. Benson, Walter R. Button, John R. Denton, James G. Grasshoff, Lynn H. Geer, Carl E. Guerrero, Elias J. Higgins, Walter S., Jr. Hutchins, Blanchard S. Parker, Hames L. Patterson, Orel L. Penland, Aaron B. Smith, Tracey E. Smith, Sidney N. Walker, John J. Trcalek, Bennie F. Taylor, Geo. C. Syptak, Raymond A. Lucian M. Morgan, Director Placement Bureau NOTICE Personal leaflets and accompanying ap plication size photographs are ready for the following seniors. Please call for these at Room 133, Administration Building, at your earliest convenience. Arnold, Thomas A. Barron, Joe R. Barron, Tom W. Beeler, Greig B. Butler, Elmer R. Cargile, James W. Collins, Wm. A., Jr. DeArmond, Geo. W., Jr. Florey, James R. Gault, «A. B. Grochoske, Adolph E. Hensley, Harold S. Hill, Thomas D. Johnson, L. H. Lassiter, Joseph B., Jr. Lindsey, Ralph E. Massey, J. L. McCullar, F. Max Mernitz, John C. Nichols, F. K. Noyes, Geo. W. Pamplin, T. N. Pasche, Albert T. Payne, V. E. Phillips, R. F. Ramsel, Charles A. Sweeney, R. L„ Jr. Williams, Charles S. Williams, T. S. Lucian M. Morgan, Director Placement Bureau BATTALION STAFF MEETING The Editorial Staff of The Battalion will meet tonight in room 122 of the Ad ministration building at 7 o’clock. MID TERM AGRICULTURAL GRADUATES The Farm Security Administration will have a representative on the campus Jan uary 9 and 10 to interview mid-term graduates who will receive their degree in one of the following departments: Ag ricultural Education, Agricultural Engi neering, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry, Horticulture, Poultry Husbandry, and Rural Sociology. All Sen iors who are interested and qualified should arrange for an interview immed iately at Room 133, Administration Build ing. Lucian M. Morgan, Director Placement Bureau C. E. 300S EXAMINATION Students who have secured permission through petition are hereby notified that the examination for credit in C E 300S (summer practice) will be given on Sat urday afternoon, January 18, 1941. J. T. L. McNEW, Head, Department of Civil Engineering CHEMICAL SOCIETY The Texas A. & M. Section of the American Chemical Society will be hon ored by having Dr. W. L. Evans, Presi dent of the American Chemical Society, speak at the next meeting on January 16. Dr. Evans is Chairman of the Depart ment of Chemistry of the Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Evans was a major in the chemical warfare service in the World War, as head of the laboratory and inspection division of Edge- wood Arsenal. Although the subject of his address is technical, on The Chemical Behavior of Reducing Sugars in Alkaline Let this year be a pros perous one for each of you. When you think of Men’s Topcoats $19.50 Topcoats Now $15.85 $25.00 Topcoats Now $19.85 $29.50 Topcoats Now $23.85 $35.00 Topcoats Now $27.85 r lTaldrop«(o “Two Convenient Stores” College Station - Bryan quality workmanship, think of us. We have appreciated your patronage during 1940. Y. M. C. A. BARBER SHOP VARSITY BARBER SHOP Solutions, these addresses usually contain matters of interest to non-technical listen ers. I. Ac. S. There will be an important meeting of the A. and M. Student Branch of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences Monday night, Jan. 6, in the Chemistry Lecture room at which time the film “Visualization of Airflow” will be shown. MARRIED FACULTY MEMBERS: Each Thurday morning kiss your wife goodbye and tell her she won’t have to cook any lunch — that you are going to the Fellowship Luncheon in Sbisa Hall. * * • UNMARRIED FACULTY MEMBERS: Secretary or waitress? If you are tired of your favorite waitress cast her aside and come sit beside a Secretary at the Fellowship Luncheon each Thursday in Sbisa Hall. • « • SECRETARIES: Do you want to be an underpaid Sec retary all your life? Come to the Fellow ship Luncheon in Sbisa Hall and get acquainted with influential men and/or unmarried faculty members. * • * All Experiment Station and Extension Workers are especially invited to the Fellowship Luncheon at Sbisa Hall each Thursday. TRI STATE CLUB The Tri State Club will hold an im portant meeting tonight at 7:00 in the new Y.M.C.A. Building. All members please be present. CZECH CLUB The A. & M. Czech Club will hold a meeting in Room No. 1 of the new YMCA Building immediately after supper tonite. All members are urged to be present. ACCOUNTING SOCIETY There will be a meeting of the Ac counting Society Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. on the second floor of the old YMCA building. A program has been planned. A. & M. DAMES CLUB The regular meeting of the A. & M. Dames Club will be held Wednesday evening, January 8 in the Petroleum Lecture Room at 8 p.m. A National Parks Series of motion pic tures will be shown including Yellow stone, Glacier, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks, and another film en titled “The Making of Safety Glass.” Each member is cordially invited to bring their husband and any friends. AGRONOMY SOCIETY There will be a very important meet ing of the Agronomy Society Thursday night at 7:30 in room 312 Ag Bldg. Plans for Cotton Ball will be discussed. LITERARY GROUP The Literary Group of the College Wo men’s Social Club will meet Wednesday at 9 o’clock in the home of Mrs. M. Fred erick Nelson at 228 Foster Avenue. Mrs. Nelson will review Lin Yutang’s “The Importance of Living” after which Dr. S. S. Morgan of the English Department will review “The Hamlet” by William Faulkner. SANTONE CLUB The San Antonio A. & M. Club will have a very important meeting tonight (Tuesday). Bring dance tickets with you. G. T. Worthington Club President PARIS AND LAMAR COUNTY BOYS There will be a very important meet ing of the Paris and Lamar County A. & M. Club in the Academic Building to night. Every member is urged to be pre sent as refunds from the dance will be made. CAMPUS STUDY CLUB The Campus Study Club will meet this afternoon at 3 o’clock in the lounge of Sbisa Hall annex. Mrs. Frederick Smith will discuss Latin-American universities. Xavier Fernandez, a student in A. & M. College and a native of Lima, Peru, will describe his country. HANDICRAFT GROUP The Handicraft Group of the College Women’s Social Club will study rug mak ing Wednesday at 9 :30 a.m. The place has been changed from the home of Mrs. A. A. Blumberg to that of Mrs. A. B. Con nor on the Campus. Classified ROOM AND BOARD—$16 per month. Project House No. 6 on campus. FOUND—1 Military Hat left at Laun dry December 19. FOR RENT—Small unfurnished house, two blocks off campus on Fairview St., College Park. Apply 403 Fairview or phone 4-8159. LOST—Left at Aggieland Studio: 1 Sam Browne, 1 leather jacket, 1 pair boot hooks. GARAGE FOR RENT—Garage next door to Sbisa Hall for rent. Mrs. A. Mitchell. Phone College 4-5774. LOST—Gold Benrus wrist watch with leather band in or near Petroleum Bldg. Reward. Paul Graham, dorm 11, room 214. FOR RENT—A new unfurnished four room apartment. All conveniences. You will like it. S. V. Perritte. Phone 4-8794. AAA Bldg— (Continued from Page 1) ing and the site was set at $300,- 000. The committee investigated methods of financing the building and decided that the best method would be to use the Housing Au thority of Bryan. The plans call for an issue of $250,000 in bonds by the authority. The payroll of the A.A.A. at College Station is $900,000 annual ly and moving the offices to an other city would make noticeable effect on the welfare of College Station and Bryan as a number of new homes have been built to take care of the personnel employed at the A.A.A. offices. The members of the committee for raising the funds and for fi nancing the building are George Chance, chairman; Ford Munner- lyn; Judge A. S. Ware; O. W. Kelley and J. Webb Howell. Economists— (Continued from Page 1) pated in the program were Dr. W. E. Paulson, marketing specialist with the Experiment Station, who served as discussion leader in the session on market price mechan isms and Dr. T. R. Hamilton, pro fessor of accounting and statistics, who discussed the problems con nected with estimating Texas cit rus production. C. A. Bonnen, farm and ranch economist with the Ex periment Station, was the author of a paper on the cotton situation which was read before the Farm Economics Association. Bonnen, Duties of Newly Created Business Manager Defined A member of the college staff to be in charge of financial af fairs in general is the newly created position of business manager. Created with the issuance of the rules and regulations of the board of directors for the A. & M. college of Texas after a board meeting in April of last year, the new pos ition was filled by the appoint ment of E. N. Holmgfreen on December 31. The duties of business manager as stated in the rules and regu lations give him jurisdiction over the financial affairs of the fis cal office, the building and grounds department, the college utilities, the A. & M. press, Aggieland Inn, the Exchange Store, the college laundry and ice plant, the college architect, the rent properties, the college creamery and the dairy herd. Also under his supervision will be the dormitories and project houses, the dining halls and the campus police, the hospital, and the Y.M.C.A. The business manager will also assist the heads of each department in making purchases, and he will also supervise the operation of all commercial activities. He will also have authority to require all deans, directors, and heads of departments to submit annual reports of all col lege property in their charge. A budget for all departments will be prepared by the business manager in cooperation with the comptroller and the vice pres ident. Holmgreen, whose appointment becomes effective on February 1, has been administrator for the A. A.A. of the State of Texas. National Defense— (Continued from Page 1) basic military training course for the first two years of a cadet’s college career. Only those who are physically handicapped are exempt from this training. During the last two years of a student’s attendance at A. & M., military training is optional and a student must pass certain physical and scholastic re quirements to be eligible for the advanced course. Get Commissions Upon graduation, cadets who suc cessfully complete the advanced course are commissioned as second lieutenants in the Officers Reserve corps, thus becoming parts of the United States army. Once in the 0. R. C., the men have an oppor tunity to advance in rank in the same manner as officers in the regular army. Further than that, they are eligible to be called for active duty at any time necessary. Backbone of A. & M’s huge mil itary training program are its sev en branches of the Reserve Of ficers corps. These branches in clude the infantry, cavalry, field artillery, coast artillery, engineer, signal corps and chemical war fare regiments. Manning these seven branches is a staff of 31 regular army officers and 55 enlisted men whose job it is to train the 6500 Texas Aggies in the various fields of military science and tactics. Heading this group of army officers is Lieut. Col. James A. Watson, commandant and professor of military science and tactics. Airport Program In addition to the seven regi ments mentioned above, a civil aeronautical administration course (basic and advanced training) has. been in progress at A. & M. for two years. Plans now under way call for a $367,000 construction program at the A. & M. airport. Officials of the School of Engineer ing, headed by Dean Gibb Gilchrist, recently pointed out that within a few months an aviation division of the R. O. T. C. might be added to the college military set-up. In the present national defense himself, was unable to attend the meeting. This is the first time in several years that these societies have as sembled in the South for their annual meetings. In addition to Dr. Paulson and Dr. Hamilton, others who attended the four day meeting were H. C. Bradshaw and A. C. Magee, eco nomists with the Experiment Sta tion; D. C. Kennedy Jr. and Joe R. Motheral, research assistant with the Experiment Station; Dr. F. B. Clark, head of the economics department; I. G. Adams and Dr. P. L. Gettys, professors of eco nomics; S. I. Sheldrop, instructor in economics; H. A. Dulan, instruct or of accounting and statistics; and W. E. Morgan, economist with the Extension Service. Junior Aggies— (Continued from Page 1) times. Its members are expected never to double-cross A. & M., but if a member should be a traitor to this club or college he will be kicked out. “There will be a president, vice emergency, where units are estab lished and men are inducted into service for training by the army, -facilities for housing, feeding, health conservation, recreational services, instruction and training will be required. Together with 10 phases of training along lines of military objectives (discussed be low), the college’s recreational fa- ficilities and modern hospital are the key factors which are rapidly bringing A. & M. into an active and important part in training men for national defense purposes. 10 Training Phases A recent survey made by college and military officials disclosed that A. & M. readily offered 10 fields in which men could be trained in lines of military endeavor. In many cas es this training is already under way. The 10 phases of training available at A. & M. include: 1. Construction quartermaster.— In the civil engineering, electrical engineering and architectural de partments of the college a school of instruction is being developed for men with previous practical ex perience. If necessary, raw re cruits who are college graduates could also be trained in this work. 2. Veterinary corps.—This con sists of training in the School of Veterinary Medicine with its hos pital and staff on medicine, sani tation and all phases of work as signed to the veterinary corps. Headed by Dr. R. P. Marsteller, A. & M.’s school of veterinary med icine is the largest in North Amer ica. Cooks And Bakers 3. Cooks and bakers.—The two large mess halls, which make up the largest single unit eating es tablishment in the world, and the staffs of these institutions which are well trained in volume buying and mass preparation and service of food, together with instruction in meats and chemistry, could serve as a training ground for this important work. 4. Finance section.—The college’s administrative department is equipped to train men in fiscal responsibilities. 5. Signal corps and communica tions.—The laboratories of the elec trical engineering department and its technicians are serving to train men in this field at the present time. 6. Mechanics. — Mechanics and supply men for tanks and other mechanized units are being trained in the agricultural engineering di vision of the college. This field is not nearly taxed to its capacity and could easily handle a great in crease in the number of trainees. Machine Shops. 7. Machinists and aviation me chanics.—Machine shops, sheet metal working and all of the other essentials to the proper training of aviation mechanics are available. 8. Flight training.—Three air ports are included in the A. & M. system at which the C. A. A. has authorized training. 9. R. O. T. C. units—This is the college’s principal facility where the creating of officers in concern ed. 10. Training in design.—In this field, now being hard-pushed at A. & M., specialists are working to further perfect current designs and machines. World War Work During the World war the college was staffed by only two regular army officers, had an enrollment of less than 1200 students and had only one regiment of cadet in fantry, yet furnished more than 2000 commissioned officers to the army and a greater number of trained personnel to essential in dustries. A survey made by The New York Times in 1918 showed that A. & M. furnished a greater proportion of graduates as commissioned offic ers to the armed forces of the United States than any other col lege or university. Thus, with a student enrollment of 11,800 in the main college and its branches (John Tarleton Agri cultural College at Stephenville, North Texas Agricultural College at Arlington, and Prairie View State Normal and Industrial Col lege for negroes, at Prairie View), with a plant whose parts are stra tegically located near the principal centers of population and industry in Texas, with an organized and functioning personnel experienced in working with governmental ag encies—military and civil, A. & M. college is striving to do full well its parts in the national defense program. Board Members— (Continued from Page 1) funds for the new dormitories. However, he is also a member of the athletic committee, the experi ment station committee, and is on the branch college board. Utay is a Dallas attorney and has held his present position for four years. His vacancy will require an ap pointment for a four year position. An appointment for a six year term on the board will be caused by the expiration of Lacy’s term. Lacy, president of the Citizens’ National Bank at Waco, has been on the Board of Directors for more than ten years and is now its vice- president. He is also chairman of the finance committee and a mem ber of the executive, athletic, and auditing committees. Probably the last meeting of the present board will be held this coming Saturday. The other mem bers are H. L. Kokernot, Alpine; G. R. White, Brady; Edwin J. Kiest, Dallas; R. W. Briggs, Pharr, and A. H. Demke, Stephenville. There are six normal meetings of the board each year, but usually many special meetings are called during that time. For example, the board has met three times since December 23. The regular meetings come on the second Saturday of January, March, May, and Octob er and on the day before com mencement and Thanksgiving. president, and secretary-treasurer elected by voting by secret ballot. Their term of office is six months, at the end of which will be held another election for officers. Of ficers may be re-elected. “The dues are 15tf a month and must be paid. The money will be spent for entertainments and oth er purposes. “A member must not speak when another member is speaking un less given special permission by the president. A belt line is the punishment. “This constitution may be amended. “A bill may be vetoed by the president and it must then be pass ed by two-thirds of the members before it becomes a law.” An article by Dr. Walter N. Ezek iel of the Texas Agricultural Ex periment Station, on the progress being made in Texas in the fight against root-rot disease appears in the December issue of a south ern publication for florists and nurserymen. Approximately 85,000 New York public school children may now buy a half pint of milk at their lunch periods for one cent through a new milk distribution program. We Erred Concerning Size of Vanity Fair Pictures—Here’s How A correction to the statement in Saturday’s Battalion concern ing Vanity Fair Pictures was made yesterday by Morton Robinson, managing editor of the Longhorn. The last issue of the paper stated that the size of the required pictur es for Vanity Fair was 5 x 7. It should have been—one full length informal 8 x 10 and one bust formal 8 x 10. One picture is required for the senior favorite section. It should be 5x7, bust, gloss finish. An entry fee of $3.00 is charged for Vanity Fair pictures; $1.50 is the fee set for senior favorites. All pictures should be given to Joe Jones in room 101, dormitory No. 5 by January 20. Camp pictures should be turned in to Cecil Grissom, room 201, num ber 9. Approximately 335,000 pounds of Texas mohair were graded last spring compared with 200,000 pounds in the fall of 1939 when the grading program began. Dr. A. 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