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Page 4- THE BATTALION Official Notices AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING All freshmen or other students who eon template taking sophomore Aeronauti cal courses next year are requested to meet at 5:00 p. m. Thursday, May 15 in the Chemistry Lecture room. CAMP COUNSELLOR INTERVIEWS Norman McLeod of the Houston Y. M. C. A. will interview A. & M. students who are interested in places as Y Camp Counsellors Wednesday from 3:00 to 5:00 p. m. Interviews wili be held at the Y. M. C. A. on the campus. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY The fourteenth meeting of the Texas A. & M. Section of the American Chemical Society will be held Tuesday at 8 p. m. in room No. 9 of the Chemistry building. All interested are invited to attend. Those who have a paper they wish to pre sent at a future meeting should com municate with the chairman of the pro gram committee. STUDENT LABOR Application for student labor, both de partmental and NYA, must be renewed before June 1, 1941, if they are to be considered for work during, the summer or the regular 1941-42 session. Renewal forms may be obtained from the student labor office, room 133, Administration Buildi: A: next year time, and ildmg. Application for student concessions for xt year will also be received at this time, and application forms may be ob tained at this office. WENDELL R. HORSELY, Chairman Student Labor Committee SOUTH AMERICAN SEMINAR You may not recognize the fourth pro gram of the Seminar on South America in the Chemistry Lecture Room, 7:30, Monday evening. May 12, because it is combined with the Conference on Latin- American Relations for the Texas Federa tion of Women’s Clubs. However, the program will be as plann ed in our series, under the leadership of Professor J. J. Woolket, and you are cor dially invited to be present. Please mention it to any of your classes containing students likely to be interest ed. FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON The Fellowship Luncheon, on closing its second year of existence, voted Profes sor H. C. Dillingham of the Elecrtical Engineering Department its chairman for the coming school year 1941-1942. The last meeting of the Luncheon will be held next Thursday, May 16 in Sbisa Hall, its regular meeting place. ROY L. DONAHUE For the Fellowship Luncheon Classified FOR SALE—1 pair Lucchese Boots, size approximately 9-10; 1 pair Ice Cream Pants; 1 pair Bombay Pants, waist size 29; all for slender person. Come by No. 7 Mitchell or phone 4-4184. PORT ARTHUR STUDENTS There will be an important meeting of the Port Arthur A. & M. club Tues day night at 7 p. m. in Room 108 Aca demic building. It is very important that every Port Arthur student be present as plans will be completed for the Spring Outing and for the banquet. Under the Trees or \Out on the Tees/ M fcr < is SHIRTCRAFT AIRMAN Sfi/KTAND SLACK -ENSEMBLES In action or at ease, there’s nothing quite so cool and comfortable as an Airman ensemble. Shirts that are tops for smartness . . . pleated trousers with pronged- buckled self-belts ... in breezy lightweight, yet full-bodied weaves that won’t shrink out of fit. SPORT SHIRTS $1.00 to $2.50 ENSEMBLES $3.95 to $12.50 Waldrop & Co. “Two Convenient Stores” COLLEGE STATION - BRYAN Special Courses— (Continued from Page 1) Dr. F. J. Tibbitts will be a visit ing professor in the education de partment. He is connected with the University of Oklahoma and is a director of guidance projects of the State of Oklahoma. He has had extensive experience as teacher and counsellor. The dairy husbandry department will receive Dr. C. W. Turner, who is one of the leading authorities in the United States on the phy siology and genetics of milk se cretion. His research work at the University of Missouri has con tributed much to our knowledge of hormones and their effect on the growth and functioning of the mammary gland. Dr. Turner has been with the University of Mis souri since 1920 holding the posi tion of professor of dairy husband ry at that institution. Another professor who will in struct at A. & M. during the sum mer session is Mr. Ed. N. Went worth, who will teach with the animal husbandry department. Mr. Wentworth is Director of the Live stock Bureau of Armour and Com pany and is internationally recog nized as an outhority in the field of livestock marketing. He holds two degrees from Iowa State Col lege and has studied at Cornell and Harvard Universities. He formerly taught at Iowa State college, Chi cago Veterinary college and Kan sas State college. He has been di rector of Armour’s Livestock Bu reau since 1923. Town Hall— (Continued from Page 1) handicapped financially. Although still a young man, Brady has traveled and worked his way through 27 different for eign countries and studied in six of the world’s greatest universi ties. He has lived among both the upper and lower classes. He spent three years in Europe working for the Scout movement and earning his way through sev eral European universities. From Europe he went to Africa and Asia Minor, running into Arab re volts in Palestine and civil war in Spain. He acted as guide and in terpreter for the Americans dur ing the Olympic Games, then hiked through the rest of Europe. He returned to America broke but obtained a job taking commer- Dial 4-1182 for QUICK DELIVERY BLACK’S PHARMACY East Gate EVERY EXCITING MOMENT CAN BE REMEMBERED! USE A CAMERA You can get a complete selection of cameras, camera equipment, and fresh films plus information con cerning cameras at the Lipscomb Pharmaci] North Gate Faculty— (Continued from Page 1) in Latin America, and tell the truth about Latin America in the United States. “Politicians and diplomats, who were the early contacts contrib uted little. About all they en deavored to do was skim off the South. Tourists who visited the Latin American republics check ed their inhibitions at the border and gave those people a strange impression of us. American mo tion pictures gave a distorted im pression to Latin Americans. “The only sane basis for true cooperation with Latin American countries is a definite understand ing beforehand of what we both are going to get out of it. “Recently there have been defi nite indications that there will will be a revolutionary change in attitudes. One indication of this fact came to light recently when a representative of our govern ment sent back a report which mentioned not one word about commercial possibilities, but de voted much space to the oppor tunities for research along many lines of scientific endeavor. That is the basis for better cultural relations with Latin America. “How many Americans can name all of the republics to the south of us? How many can the capi tals of those republics? It will be the little things that will im press those people with our inter est in more friendly and trusting relations. Such things are not spectacular, they are sound; the day of the spectacular overture is past. The spectacular overtures created distrust and suspicions. We will find a sane approach to this vital problem. “Texas is the logical place for the centering of efforts toward confidence and faith between the Americas.” cial motion pictures in Europe. After returning to America he de cided to take a trip around the world. and take more moving pic tures. He went broke on the Isle of Gurnsey but managed to re turn to America with his pictures. From a fatherless boy he rose to become President of Brady In ternational Enterprises at the age of 25. At its last International Convention he was chosen by Ro tary Clubs to speak for American youth. His object in speaking to the corps is to tell of many of his handicaps through life and how he overcame them. To tell of many of his experiences and how he has been self supporting since child hood. A poetry scholarship has been established at Middlebury college’s Bread Loaf School of English by Robert Frost, famed New England poet. Fifty camermen attending a short course at Kent State univer sity got a practical workout on action pictures when a fire broke out near the campus. Political science students at the University of Vermont recently at tended town meetings throughout the state to further their studies of government. Latin-Americans To Take Part in Conference Here A feature of the conference on Latin-American relations being held at A. & M. May 12-14 will be participation of students from the various Latin-American coun tries, according to J. Wheeler Bar ger, head of the department of agricultural economics, who is in charge. The conference is being con ducted by the college under the sponsorship of the fourth district, Texas Federation of Women’s clubs. The Latin-American students have been invited to dine with the club women, who will have their meals in a group during the conference, and to take an active part in the discussions following special talks. Students who will be on the pro gram include Daniel Comepo of Venezuela, Miguel Soto of Porto Rico, Xavier Fernandez, Gabino Fajardo and Gqgtav Carlesen of Peru and Porforio Cadena of Mex ico. In addition to A. & M. College faculty members, Miss Fletcher Ryan Wickham of Dallas and Dr. John C. Patterson of Washing ton, will be lecturers. Dr. Patter son is senior specialist in inter- American educational relations of the U. S. ofice of education. Miss Wickham is an authority on Mex ico and a Spanish teacher in the Dallas public schools. Eighty-Five Boys Compete in Future Farmer Contests Here Area III, Future Farmers of America, composed of 47 high schools offering vocational agricul ture to students and having active F.F.A. Chapters, sponsored a se ries of contests on different phas es of leadership here at A. & M. last Saturday. Approximately 85 boys were competitors in these contests. The winners of the contests were as follows: Bremond and Bay City chapters, winners in the Chapter conducting contest; Slocum and Crosby, winners in public speak ing contests; Bellville and Frank lin, winners in the news writing contest; Caldwell and Columbus, winners of the one act farm dem onstration; and Bellville, the win ner of the sweepstakes award. Horticulture Picnic Will be Held May 15 The Horticulture society will have their annual spring picnic at 5 p. m. on May 15 at the Cushion cabin. At the picnic, officers for the Horticulture society will be elected for the coming year. Games will be played and the event will climax with a steak fry. The officers of the Horticulture society for the present year are as follows: E. L. Pewett, president; Herman Jenkins, vice-president; F elix Scott, secretary-treasurer, and Carroll Counts, sergeant of arms. Hillsboro Women To Represent Texas The farmer members of the State Land Use Planning Com mittee, which is holding a two-day session at A. & M., has named Mr. lola Scott Middleton of Hills boro to represent Texas at a con ference on health and nutrition for defense to be held at the White House on May 26, 27, and 28. The conference, according to word from Paul V. McNutt, Ad ministrator of the Federal Secur ity Agency, was called by Presi dent Roosevelt to assist in formu lating a national nutrition policy in organizing a program of action. Mrs. Middleton, mother of two sons and two daughters, lives a- bout two miles from Hillsboro on the same farm where she was born. Her husband is a successful dairy farmer. She attended Texas State College for Women before her marriage, and in recent years has been active in women’s home demonstration club work. She for merly was president of the Jesse Women’s Home Demonstration Club, chairman of the Hill County Home Demonstration Council and is now chairman of the mattress making committee in the county. Bishop Quin Is Here For Confirmations The Right Reverend Clinton S. Quin, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, will visit the lo cal Saint Thomas chapel for con firmation and will preach at this service which begins at 7:30 to night. This is Bishop Quin's first visit to the chapel this year. The following cadets have re ceived instruction and will be pre sented for confirmation: Don H. Black, El Paso, Harold L. Dawe, San Antonio; Richard H. Dorsett, Giddings; Richard P. Doss, Hous ton; William S. Edwards, Beau mont; Donald C. Foulk, San An tonio; William G. Gill, Houston; Jack C. Hollimon, Houston; Hed- ley V. Jackson, Galveston; R. M. Martin, Nacogdoches; Raymond Phelps, San Antonio; Frank M. Sissins, Bartlesville, Okla., and Whitney B. Sullivan, Pueblo, Colo. Vet Pathology 314 To be Summer Course Veterinary pathology 314 will be offered during the first se mester of summer school, Profes sor R. Clark Dunn, head of the department of veterinary pathol ogy and bacteriology has an nounced. The course will be supervised by Assistant Professor John H. Mill- iff who is already contacting eli gible students concerning the course. Lectures on the special system atic pathology and morbid anat omy of the different organs and systems of organs will make up the work of most of the course. The pathology of various infec tious and contageous diseases is considered. The practice includes the demonstration of museum and fresh speciments and an intro duction to post-mortem technique. R. J. Von Roeder Taken Into Service The army caught up with anoth er A. & M. Professor Saturday when R. J. Von Roeder, professor of animal husbandry, left for Fort Reno, Nevada. Von Roeder, a first lieutenant in the Infantry Reserve Officers corps, will be attached to the re mount service there. • The coach of many livestock judging teams, Von Roeder left a difficult spot to fill when he an swered the army call. Mills college once raised all the fruit used on its campus. —TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1941 Poultry Department Plans Judging Meet The second annual poultry jud ing contest sponsored by the poul try husbandy department will be held Saturday at the college poul try farm, D. H. Reid, head of the department, announced this week. Freshmen and sophomores whe took Poultry Husbandry 201 last semester or are taking it this se mester are eligible to enter the contest which begins at 8 o’clock Saturday morning. The classes to be judged will in clude six exhibition classes, three production classes, and a class of ten market birds. Rhode Island red, barred rocks, and white leghorns will be the breeds to be judged. 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