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Dr. A. B. Conner, will be honor
ed by the Southern Agricultural
Workers’ Association at a ban
quet in Atlanta, Georgia, early in
February.
January
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Official Notices
SCHEDULE OP EVENTS:
Jan. 17—Entomology Club Benefit Show—
Assembly Hall.
Jan. 20, 21, and 22—Dairy Husbandry
Short Course.
Jan. 2i—Pish and Game Club Benefit
Shows—Assembly Hall—8:15 and 6:30
p.m.
C. E. 3008 EXAMINATION
Students who have secured permission
through petition are hereby notified that
the examination for credit in C E 8008
(summer practice) will be given on Sat
urday afternoon, January 18, 1941.
J. T. L. McNEW, Head,
Department of Civil Engineering
COTTON CONTEST
The first of the A. & M. Cotton Contest
examinations, according to tentative dates
set by Prof. J. S. Mogford of the Agron
omy department, will be held Friday
night, January 17, on Cotton Production.
Other exams of the contest which will
be held during the coming months are as
follows: January 24, Botany of the Cot
ton Plant; February 2, Cotton Insects;
March 7, Cotton Machinery; March 14,
Cotton Diseases; March 21, Cotton Tex
tiles ; April 4, Cotton Marketing; April
18, Cotton Genetics; the last exam on
Cotton Grading and Stapling will be held
on some bright afternoon in the latter
part of April, depending on the weather.
The three high men of the contest will
be given travelling fellowships for foreign
cotton study, in all probability to various
countries of South America. Any student
desiring to take the examination should
see Prof. Mogford at once.
PALACE
Thursday - Friday
Saturday
CLARK
GABLE
HEDY
LAMARR
COMRADE X
A KING VIDOR Production with
OSCAR FELIX EVE
H0M0LKA • BRESSART • ARDEN
Screen Play by Ben Hecht
and Charles Lederer
Produced by
GOTTFRIED REINHARDT
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Prevue 11 P. M.
Saturday Night
Shown Sun. - Mon.
m
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PICTURE
Coming
Thurs. - Fri. - Sat.
Jan. 30 - 31 - Feb. 1
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FRESHMAN JUDGING CONTEST
The annual Freshman Judging Contest,
sponsored by the Block and Bridle Club,
will be held in the A.H. Pavilion on Sat
urday, January 18, 1941 at 8:00 a.m. All
Freshmen enrolled in A.H. 107 the present
semester and those students who took
A.H. 107 last semester and who have had
no additional judging work are eligible
to compete in this contest. Excused ab
sences for Saturday classes will be grant
ed those student participating in the con
test.
GRADUATE CLUB MEETING
Colonel Ike Ashburn will meet with the
Graduate Club at its regular meeting
Wednesday night in the Lecture room of
the Old Science Hall. Colonel Ike has an
nounced that he will talk on some phase
of the National Defense. The meeting will
convene at 7:1S sharp and adjourn by
8:00. A cordial invitation is extended to
all graduate students, former graduate
students, and members of the general
faculty to attend this and other meetings
of the Graduate Club.
Final details of the Mid Winter dance
of the club to be held Saturday night,
January 18th, at the Maggie Parker Tea
Room also will be discussed at the meet
ing.
FIRST SGTS.
There are still 200 AGRICULTURIST
Magazines in the Student Publications
office. If you failed to call for the 2nd
issues for your organization please do so.
THE EXCHAHGE STORE
‘AN AGGIE INSTITUTION”
AGRICULTURIST STAFF MEETING
The following men are requested to
meet in the Students Publication office
tonight immediately after supper. (6:45
to 7:30).
Tom Power
George Taylor
Jack Ay cock
Roland Bing
Lee Rice
Tom Gillis
David Pinson
Walter Cardwell
Jack Miller
V. A. Yentzen
Phil Golman
Jack Jones
Bob Button
Ed Douglas
Graham Purcell
Billy Clarkson
Pete Tumlinson
This will be a SHORT but IMPORTANT
meeting. Please be present.
ENGINEERING STUDENTS
Representatives of the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Company will
be on the campus Wednesday, January 15,
to interview electrical and mechanical
engineering students who are interested
in employment with Westinghouse upon
graduation. All qualified seniors who are
planning on interviewing these represen
tatives must arrange for an interview
period not later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan
uary 14, Room 133, Administration Build
ing. A general lecture will be given by the
representative at 8 a.m., Wednesday, Jan
uary 15, Electrical Engineering Lecture
Room. All interested E. E. and M. E. sen
iors should attend this lecture at which
the opportunities with Westinghouse will
be explained.
Lucian M. Morgan, Director
Placement Bureau
ENGINEERING STUDENTS
The American Steel and Wire Company,
United States Steel Corporation Subsi
diary, is planning on employing a number
of technical engineering June graduates
and will be glad to receive application
from any senior engineering student who
is interested. Those seniors who are in
terested in this matter should come by
Room 133, Administration Building, at
the earliest possible time.
Lucian M. Morgan, Director
Placement Bureau
APPLICATION PHOTOGRAPHS
Application size photographs which ac
companied personnel leaflets are ready for
the following seniors. Please call for these
at Room 133, Administration Building, at
your earliest convenience:
Ball, John
Brimberry, Will O.
Cargile, James W.
DeArmond, Geo. W., Jr.
Grochoske, Adolph E.
Hensley, Harold S.
Higgins, Walter S., Jr.
Hutchins, Blanchard S.
Johnson, L. H.
Massey, J. L.
Pasche, Albert T.
Smith, Tracey E.
Sweeney, R. L., Jr.
Lucian M. Morgan, Director
Placement Bureau
JUNIOR FFA
The Junior Collegiate Chapter of Fu
ture Farmers of America will hold a
meeting Wednesday night at 7:30 in the
Agriculture Engineering lecture room.
All interested in FFA work and taking
Ag. Ed. are cordially invited to attend.
OFFICIAL
1. REGIMENTAL, BATTALION, and
ORGANIZATION COMMANDERS,
and BUGLERS will synchronize their
watches daily with the clock on the
FIRST FLOOR of ROSS HALL, which
is the official COLLEGE time.
2. BUGLE CALLS for formations will
be sounded in accordance with the
official time, but REGIMENTAL
COMMANDERS will move their or
ganizations at the prescribed time
whether the BUGLE CALL is heard
in their respective area or not.
By order of the COMMANDANT:
JOE E. DAVIS
ASSISTANT COMMANDANT
AG ENGINEERING STUDENTS
All Agricultural Engineering students
who will have completed enough work to
have Junior classification by June, 1941,
are eligible to take the Student Aid Civil
Service examination just announced.
If interested, see the undersigned at
once as applications must be in Washing
ton by January 20th.
F. R. Jones, Head
Agricultural Engineering Dept.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS
The examinations listed below have been
announced by the Civil Service Commis
sion. It is hoped that every engineering
student who finds it possible to do so will
make application. The examination an
nouncements and application blanks are
available at the U. S. Post Office South
Station.
Junior Professional Assistant, $2,000.00
a year. Applications must be on file with
the Civil Service Commission in Washing
ton by January 20, 1941.
Student Aid, $1,440.00 a year. Applica
tions must be on file with the Civil Ser
vice Commission by January 20, 1941.
Junior Engineer, $2,000.00 a year. Op
tional branches: (1) Aeronautical and (2)
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineer
ing. Applications must be in by June 30,
1941.
Gibb Gilchrist
Dean of Engineering
SECRETARY CIVIL SERVICE
George O. Buckhalt is now secretary
of the Civil Service Board and can he
reached at the station. Telephone No. is
4-1187. Notice of exams are posted at the
main office and station.
CANDY CONCESSION AGENTS
An important meeting of all those act
ing as agents for the Student Candy con
cession will be held in the YMCA Chapel
Thursday at 7:15 p.m. Please be there.
Wendell R. Horsley, Chairman
Student Labor Committee
NEWCOMERS’ CLUB
The Newcomers’ Club will meet at 2:30
o’clock Wednesday in the home of Mrs.
R. L. Mundherk at 305 Suffolk.
BRAZOS COUNTY A. & M. CLUB
There will be a meeting of all Brazos
County A. M. students Tuesday night at
6:40 in Room 108 of the Academic Build
ing. If enough members are present, of
ficers will be elected.
THE BATTALION
U. S. Naval Reserve
We have a phamphlet of information
for persons desiring appointments as of
ficers, cadets or enlistments in the United
States Naval Reserve. There is too much
of the information to print in “The Bat
talion”, but we shall be glad to make it
available in this office for any students
who may be interested.
Gibb Gilchrist
n Dean of Engineering
PERSONNEL LEAFLETS
Printed personnel leaflets are ready for
the following seniors. Please call for these
at Room 138, Administration Building, at
your earliest convenience.
Adams, Luther L.
Allison, C. J.
Andrews, D. K., Jr.
Appelt, L. L.
Atkins, J. M.
Bischoff, A. J.
Bloodworth, M. E.
Brounes, Pincus
Cain, J. H.
Calliham, M. R.
Cargile, James W.
Carson, Ray, Jr.
Drumwright, H. E.
DeArmond, Geo. W., Jr.
Esplin, A. L.
Garner, W. L.
Gentry, L. J., Jr.
Grochoske, Adolph E.
Haines, P. G.
Hall, H. H.
Hamilton, A. V.
Harris, J. M.
Hendrick, A. J.
Hensley, Harold S.
Hernandez, H. A.
Hoefs, C. H.
Holick, D. H.
Johnson, L. H.
Keeter, C. M.
Korth, C. L.
Krocker, R. A.
Kyzar, E. B.
Lewis, M.
Mayfield, W. L.
Massey, J. L.
Miller, A. B.
Motz, G. J,
Pasche, Albert T.
Post, J. J.
Provost, F. E.
Rahn, L. W.
Rau, C. E.
Lucian M. Morgan, Director
Placement Bureau
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LOST—Phi Beta Kappa key. One dollar
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Biology Dept.
Film Club—
(Continued from Page 1)
“Jalisco Nunca Pierde”, a Mex
ican film which Xavier Villauru-
tia, move critic of HOY magazine
in Mexico City includes among the
best of Mexican productions will
be shown on January 30.
For February 13 “The Puritan”
has been chosen. This film is the
French production of Liam O’Fla-
herty’s novel of Irish life.
“The Baker’s Wife”, another
French production, is a comedy
that has been adjudged the best
foreign picture of 1940, is listed
for February 27.
“Harvest”, an outstanding
French picture of 1939 will be
shown on March 13.
The final picture, “The Night
Train” (British) which has recent
ly opened in New York will be
shown on March 27.
Freshman Ball—
(Continued from Page 1)
In order to eliminate this con
fusion a motion was made an pass
ed that each battery, troop, and
company is to elect three repre
sentatives this week who will attend
the freshman class meetings for the
rest of the year. It is hoped that
this will put an end to the con
fusion of the past years.
Also provided for was that in the
event of any extremely important
matters, the freshman class would
be called together as a whole to
vote upbn the issue.
Draft Law—
(Continued from Page 1)
War Department had accepted this
view several years ago, A. & M.
alone would have been able to grad
uate at least four or five hundred
more reserve officers.
The new contracts received by
A. & M. this past week are not to
be confused with the ones that the
committee on National Defense
and Education is trying to obtain.
Eighty-one—
-TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1941
Distractions—
(Continued from Page 1)
Moore, James A. Noel, George F.
Pappas, James Lawrence Parker,
Franklin Edward Parks, Jr., Wil
bert H. Randow, Clyde Edward
Rau, Benson Rowe, Wallace W.
Scales, Edmund Charles Schmid,
Herbert August Schroeder, Austing
G. Scott, Lawrence A. Scott, George
Frederick Singletary, Jr., Tracy
Eldridge Smith, Henry Steinkamp,
Jr., Robert S. Stone, Joseph Rog
ers Thysell, John A. Tomek, Jos
eph Jaspare Tramonte, Lewis Con
rad Walker, William G. White-
head, Charles B. Williams, Jr.,
James H. Willmore, Noel Byers
Yarling, George Clifton Younie and
Robert L. Yust.
Rice Wins—
(Continued from Page 1)
to whip into top shape this week
and meet the Razorbacks inspired
to the gills.” Such were the state
ments of many after the Rice
fray.
Coach Hub McQuillan and team
will leave College Station tomor
row for the Ozarks. They will prac
tice in Fayetteville sometimes
Thursday.
These contracts were given from
those that had already been assign
ed to the Eighth Corps Area and
are an addition to A. & M.’s nor
mal allotment for this year only.
However, the committee is trying to
have more contracts permanently
made available for all land grant
colleges in the nation.
(Continued from Page 2)
everyone is not going to agree with
that opinion but enough of the
material and important features
will be given for anyone to form
his own views as to how much he
is distracted.
This new column, as stated, will
continue to revue movies but will
also include other forms of amuse
ment or any CAMPUS DIS
TRACTIONS.
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We are glad to report to you
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best year we have ever had. The
outstanding investment record has
continued — no losses, no bonds in
default, no mortgages in arrears, and
the market value of our bonds more
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And so it is with appreciation
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CONDENSED STATEMENT
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December 31, 1940
ASSETS
Cash
Money on deposit in Texas banks
United States, Texas and Municipal Bonds ....
No bonds in default, market value is above book i
First Mortgage Loans
No loans in arrears
Real Estate
Income-bearing
Policy Loans and Notes secured by Reserves
No loan exceeds the cash value of the policy
Interest Accrued
Accrued but not yet due from investments
Net Deferred Premiums
Premiums payable semi-annually and quarterly,
but not yet due, fully secured by reserve
Other Assets
Total Admitted Assets
LIABILITIES
Policyholders’ Legal Reserve
Sum set aside to meet future claims and endowments
Trust Funds Held for Beneficiaries
Interest is allowed on such funds
Premiums Paid in Advance j.
Reserve for Taxes
Other Liabilities —
Special reserves, etc.
Surplus Protection to Policyholders
Capital and Surplus above all reserves and other liabilities
.. 10.62%
$ 372,557.68
.. 39.92%
lue
1,400,315.97
.. 27.19%
953,684.70
.. .49%
17,343.96
.. 15.82%
554,772.25
.. .58%
20,468.41
.. 5.34%
187.322.33
.. .04%
1,448.03
100%
$3,507,918.33
GROWTH
...$2,931,350.00
... 146,095.00
29,954.00
3,207.14
32,364.55
... 364,942.64
...$3,507,913.33
Admitted
Insurance in Force
Income
Legal Reserve
Assets
1926
3,282,000
76,968
29,188
384,876
1928
9,143,000
206,985
151,290
453,399
1930
14,656,000
315,748
402,105
703,563
1932
16,503,000
411,281
735,182
1,016,851
1934
17,286,000
445,376
1,148,516
1,495,607
1936
20,807,918
680,229
1,626,199
2,043,877
1938
24,487,960
752,015
2,215,420
2,708,929
1940
28,509,429
870,526
2,931,350
3,507,913
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