THE BATTALION
Official Notices
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Jan. 17—Entomology Club Benefit Show—
Assembly Hall.
Jan. 20, 21, and 22—Dairy Husbandry
Short Course.
Jan. 24—Fish and Game Club Benefit
Shows—Assembly Hall—3:16 and 6:30
p.m.
C. E. 300S EXAMINATION
Students who have secured permission
through petition are hereby notified that
the examination for credit in C E 800S
(summer practice) will be given on Sat
urday afternoon, January 18, 1941.
J. T. L. McNEW, Head,
Department of Civil Engineering
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.
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,
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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.
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. Buckhait is now secretary
of the Civil Service Board and can be
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 7:16 p.m. Please be there.
Wendell R. Horsley, Chairman
Student Labor Committee
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
Dean of Engineering
APPLICANTS FOR CAA
PRIMARY TRAINING
Applicants whose names are listed be
low are requested to report to the Aero
nautical Engineering Department on the
afternoons of Thursday, January 16, Fri
day, January 17, and Saturday, January
18, for first interview.
Ball, John
Bradshaw, Thomas Eugene
Brundrett, Warner Morris
Carroll, Alton Jackson
Dickerson, William Francis
Dixon, Jack Harold
Dodd, Carlos Lester
Dollison, ’Charles Herman
Eckert, Roy Frederick
Everett, J. LeRoy Branch
Florey, James Robert
Fowler, Butler Bailey, Jr.
Gibson, Fred Amos
Grobe, Roy Ben
Hamilton, Curtis Orville
Hill, Richard Gordon
Hooten, Morris Edgar
Kline, Vann Allen
Lain, Thomas Edwin
Link, John Bernard
Martin, Oscar M.
McCall, Maurice Woulfe
Meek, Robert Lee, Jr.
Nelson, Lewis Jackson
Neugebauer, Eugene Paul
Ross, Fred Raymond
Rutherford, William Medford
Siegel, Gordon I.
Towns, James Philip
Van Orden, Dick
Waddell, Thomas Corvin
Warner, James Madison
Film Club—
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movies of other countries and as
good shows. Although the language
of the native country is spoken on
the sound track of the film, an
English translation of the dialogue
is printed at the bottom of the
pictures.
Tickets to the entire series of
six films may be obtained at the
box office of the Campus Theater
for $1.00 tonight by non-members
of the club who wish to witness all
the showings. Students who wish
BIOLOGY CLUB MEETING
All members of the Biology Club are
urged to be present Thursday, January
16, 7:15 p. m., at the Lecture room
of the Science Hall. The meeting is a
business meeting of great importance.
Any students who would like to join the
Biology Club are welcomed. Refreshments
and cigars will be served.
NOTICE AGRICULTURAL
ENGINEERS
The Student Branch of the Agricultural
Engineering Society will meet Thursday
night, January 16th at 7:00 o’clock in
the Agricultural Engineering Lecture
Room. Mr. F. C. Knight of Massey-Harris
Company will speak. All Agricultural
Engineering students are urged to at
tend.
EX-4-H CLUB
There will be a special meeting of the
Ex-4-H Club tonight at 7:00 o’clock in
room 131, A. & I. Building.
Officers for next term will be elected.
Also a date for the T. S. C. W. dance
will be set.
It is urged that all who can be pre
sent and bring their dues.
FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON
TABLES FOR LADIES: at the Fel
lowship luncheon this Thursday noon—
but newly-weds may still sit together if
they behave.
PAN, MANTEQUILLA, CAFE Y NATA ;
will be familiar sounds at the Spanish
table during the Fellowship Luncheon
ROY L. DONAHUE, Chairman
Fellowship Luncheon
AZTECA CLUB
The Azteca Club will hold a very im
portant meeting Friday night at 7:30 in
Room 217, Academic Building. Important
that all members be present.
GALVESTON A. & M. CLUB
The Galveston Club will meet at 5:00
o’clock Thursday on the Y steps. A. H.
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CIVIL SERVICE
Dr. John E. Donovan, representative of
the United States Civil Service Commis
sion, is expected Saturday afternoon. His
visit is in conection with the examinations
to be given with reference to the Nation
al Defense Program. We shall not know
Dr. Donovan’s program until he arrives
or wires us again. Saturday at noon an
announcement will be made in each dining
hall and a notice will be placed on the
School of Engineering bulletin board in
the Academic Building with reference to
his visit.
GIBB GILCHRIST
Dean of Engineering
CONFLICT EXAMINATIONS
On bulletin boards 11 and 12 on the
first floor of the Academic Building may
be found a copy of the conflict examina
tion schedule. <
H. L. HEATON
Asst. Registrar
CLASSIFICATION CHANGES
Any student who expects a change in
classification for the second semester
should leave his name at the Registrar’s
Office now.
H. L. HEATON,
Ass’t. Registrar
LANDSCAPE CLUB
There will be a very important meet
ing of the Landscape Art Club in the
Landscape Drafting Room Thursday night
at 7:30. All members are urged to be
present.
APPLICATION PHOTOGRAPHS
Application size photographs which ac
companied personnel leaflets are ready
for the following seniors. Please call for
these at Room 133, Administration Build
ing, at your earliest convenience.
Brimberry, Will O.
DeArmond, Geo. W., Jr.
Hensley, Harold S.
Higgins, Walter S., Jr.
Johnson, L. H.
Smith, Tracy E.
Sweeney, R. L., Jr.
LUCIEN M. MORGAN, Director
Placement Bureau
PERSONNEL LEAFLETS
Printed personnel leaflets are ready for
the following seniors. Please call for
these at Room 133, Administration Build
ing, at your earliest convenience.
Atkins, J. M.
Brounes, Pincus
Calliham, M. R.
DeArmond, Geo. W., Jr.
Drumwright, H. E.
Hensley, Harold S.
Hoefs, C. H.
Johnson, L. H.
Provost, F. E.
Rahn, L. W. 1
Riggs, R. R.
Robinson, J. H.
Scott, James A.
Shelton, J. H.
Sikes, R. E.
Sweeney, R. L., Jr.
Vivian, E. A.
Warnke, H. F.
Wignall, Paul R.
Williams, C. B., Jr.
Willrick, L. H.
Wittie, L. D.
Lucian M. Morgan, Director
Placement Bureau
NOTICE
Students who have gotten forms for
Student Loan applications should turn
them in at once. Friday, January 24 will
be the last day on which applications can
be accepted.
ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS
A. I. E. E.
There will be a meeting of the A.I.E.E.
tonight at 7:00 o’clock in the lecture
room of the E.E. Building. Mr. V. O.
Johnson of the E.E. Dept, will speak on
“Wave Analysis”. Everyone is urged to
attend.
WANTED—Boys to sell “Fish Sergeant”
in the Dormitories and Project Houses.
See John Pasco, Room 205, M. E. Bldg.
LOST—Log Log Decitrig Slide Rule.
Return to W. E. Pump, 217 No. 12.
Reward.
to attend single performances of
any of the productions may do so by
purchasing a regular ticket for
that production for 20at the box-
office. Inside the theater part of
the center section will be reserved
for the holders of the $1 tickets.
The remainder of the house will be
sold for individual attendances.
The star of “Strange Life” is
Elizabeth Bergner, an actress well
known in England and recognized
in this country as an excellent
dramatic actress. She plays a double
role as each of the two twin sis
ters who are in love with the same
man. The film is described by
distributors as being a good exam
ple of a British production although
it may seem to go a little slow to
American audiences.
An American documentary film,
“The City”, will also be shown as
part of the program. This film was
shown at the New York World’s
Fair during the past two years. It
runs for approximately 30 minutes.
The other five selected foreign
films include three French pro
ductions, one Mexican, and another
British one. They are to be shown
on alternate Thursday nights at the
Campus theater for the next ten
weeks.
Civilian Defense—
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al Defense appointed last summer
by President Roosevelt. Other
members of the committee include
A. A. Potter, chairman, Purdue
University; Dr. F. L. Bishop, Uni
versity of Pittsburgh; R. E. Doher
ty, president of Carnegie Tech; H.
P. Hammond, Penn State; W. 0.
Hotchkiss, president of Rennsel-
aer Polytechnic Institute; Dr. R.
S. McBride, Washington, D. C.;
Thorndike Saville, New York Uni
versity; C. C. Williams, president
of Lehigh University; B. M.
Woods, University of California;
and Allen W. Horton Jr., Wash
ington, D. C.
Gilchrist will go to Washington
Feb. 8 at which time the commit
tee will meet with Seaton to com
plete plans for the training pro
gram which will gradually extend
to most of the nation’s major in
stitutions of higher learning.
Although A. & M.’s part in the
civilian training program is ex
pected to be more inclusive than
those of other colleges of the
southwest, Rice Institute, S.M.U.,
and Texas University will also
have a part in the training.
Three days previous to Gil
christ’s announcement, Lt. Col.
James A. Watson, A. & M. com
mandant, announced that the War
Dept, had authorized 100 addition-
Iranian Student—
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The American legation in Lon
don was responsible for Mehdi’s
choice of A. & M. from among the
nation’s colleges. Then too, the
Texas climate and its similarity to
that of Iran had a great deal to
do with his decision.
In mixed-up sentences, Mehdi
explained that he arrived at A. &
M. early in Oct., 1939; has been
here ever' since; writes to his par
ents every other month; and hears
from the “girl back home” about
once a week.
Incidentally, Mehdi has done an
all-the-way job of picking up
American slang. “Guy,” “big shot,”
“babe,” and half a dozen others are
as much a part of his English ver
nacular as that of a Times Square
policeman.
Mehdi was a little reluctant to
say anything about the war situa
tion. “I am different from you,”
he said. “You can say anything
you want—I cannot.” However, he
seemed to feel that in the event
Iran should enter the war it would
enter on the side of the allies.
Only the fact that his father
ranks high in Iran’s governmental
circles allows Mehdi tp study a-
broad. The Iranian government is
strongly opposed to having its cit
izens gain their higher education
in other nations. To enforce this,
the government has made it almost
impossible for Iranians to take or
send money out of the nation
al advanced Reserve Officers
Training Corps contracts. The com
munication received by Col. Wat
son said, in part, “These addition
al contracts are being granted
Texas A. & M. because of the ex
ceptional circumstances and facil
ities existing there for the train
ing of officers.”
The additional hundred con
tracts gives the college 1051 men
who will become second lieuten
ants in the Officers Reserve Corps
within 18 months.
“The War Dept, has told us that
we have an opportunity and a re
sponsibility here which will enable
us to do this work (the training
of officers) better than at any
other institution in the nation,”
Col. Watson said.
“In this connection,” he added,
“we are doing everything in our
power to adequately train our ca
dets as officers. In only a few
months they may be in active
command of troops—either in com
bat or in training—and our prin
cipal aim is to instill into these
men a sense of military character
before that time.”
through its iron-hand control of
the exchange. “Iran wants its stu
dents to support their own univer
sities,” Mehdi pointed out, “and
only the fact that I already had
funds in the U. S. made it possible
for me to come here in the first
place.”
His opinions of America are al
most unique. “When I was in Iran
and other parts of Europe,” he
said, “I never thought of America
as I think of it today.
“We in Iran think of America
as a place where people are only
interested in money. Put the water
in a bottle and sell it for a VERY
HIGH price. Money, money, mon
ey—only that do we think that
Americans are interested in.
“That is as far as your people
are concerned. As for the place it
self, we think of it as one big slot
machine—everything mechanized.
Texas we think of as a wild place
where cowboys (Iranians know
well of Texas and its cowboys)
are always shooting people.
“In reality, however, I find the
country much different. Things
here are actually slower than even
in England. People seem to spend
more of their time in cultural and
pleasure-making enterprises. And
health, too, seems to be greatly
stressed here. However, as I had
expected, you Americans are very
money conscious.
“I like Texas better than any
where else in the world except
Iran. It is so easy to make friends
here—a truly wonderful place.
“The only thing I do not like
about this country is the fact that
you seem to live in cars. Not so
-THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941
Local Chapter of
American Chemical
Society Meets Today
College Station, Jan. 14.—The
Texas A. & M. section of the Amer
ican Chemical Society will hold its
eleventh meeting in the chemistry
building lecture room, Thursday,
Jan. 16 with Dr. William Lloyd
Evans, president of the society and
head of the chemistry department
at Ohio State University, Colum
bus, Ohio, the speaker of the even
ing.
Other speakers who will be on
future programs include:
D. B. Keys, head of the division
of chemical engineering, Univer
sity of Illinois, Urbana, 111., Tues
day, March 4; and Dr. H. E. Bent,
dean, Graduate School, University
of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., April
23.
in France and elsewhere. There,
people go to cafes and other places
where many people will congegate
to study people, to see how they
dress and to listen to music. Here
in America you go to a drug store,
drive up outside in an automo
bile, honk your horn and, presto!
You are waited on. Truly, you
Americans are a race of people
who seem to live in your automo
biles.”
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