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Architecture And
Engineering Civil
Service Announced
Eevised examinations have just
bee announced by the Civil Service
Commission for persons qualified
in all branches of Naval Architect
ure and Marine Engineering’. Per
sons are particularly needed for
filling positions in the Assistant
and Associate grades ($2,600 and
$3,200 a year, respectively). How
ever, Naval Architects or Marine
Engineers qualified to fill all the
grades (salaries range as high as
$5,600 a year) are urged to apply
at once, although applications will
be accepted until June 30, 1941.
The Commission will not accept
applications from those persons
who successfully passed the exam
inations for Naval Architect or Ma
rine Engineer positions under the
terms of Announcements No. 50,
51, 111 and 112 of 1940, which clos
ed on June 30, 1941, unless they
are now eligible for rating in a
higher grade. Persons who have
been placed on the Commission’s
employment list, as a result of the
previous examinations will be re
tained on the new list to be estab
lished as a result of the examina
tions just announced.
The experience and education re
quirements have been modified. For
instance, experience need no longer
be in any specific branch. Complete
substitution of experience is al
lowed for the 4 years of college
study in engineering or naval archi
tecture. However, if more than 2
years of experience is substituted in
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Defense—
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Texarkana and the explosives
plants to be built near Eastland
Lake are also places which might
well provide openings for the grad
uates.
Though the students have been
analyzing various types of explo
sives continually for such qualities
as contents and purity, there have
been no accidents because of the
extreme caution which has been
exercised.
While taking the instructor’s
course, Professor Bishop visited
many explosives plants, and at the
Aberdeen Proving Grounds in
Maryland he saw many of these
explosives put to use in the United
States Army’s most modern wea
pons. To help keep these weapons
supreme and insure an adequate
supply of superior munitions for
our armed forces on the land and
sea and in the air, A. & M. adds
this explosives course to it^ im
posing list of contributions to* na
tional defense, Bishop said.
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this way, it must have been in
strictly technical work of such scope
as to indicate a person’s profes
sional knowledge of the funda
mentals of engineering or naval
architecture. In addition to this
education or experience, appro
priate professional naval architect
ural or engineering experience is
required, and some of this exper
ience must have demonstrated out
standing professional attainment
in the field.
Persons who have done graduate
study in engineering or naval ar
chitecture may substitute 3 years
of stuch study for the general ex
perience required. Applicants who
have completed a 4-year college
course in either engineering or na
val architecture may also substi
tute certain shipyard experience
for the general experience. A max
imum of 2 years as journeyman or
helper in a shipyard in any of the
following trades may be utilized in
the substitution: (1) For the naval
architect •— loftsman, shipfitter,
template maker, shipjoiner, ship
yard estimator, and ship drafts
man; (2) For the marine engineer
—boilermaker, patternmaker, pipe
fitter, machinist, electrician, ship
yard estimator, or ship machinery
draftsman.
Every effort is being made by
the Commission to secure well-qual
ified persons to meet the need of
the national defense program for
marine engineers and naval archi
tects. Persons who are interested
and qualified should file their ap
plications with the Commission’s
Washington Office. Further infor
mation including the exact exper
ience, education, and substitution
provisions, may be secured at any
first or second-class post office or
from the Civil Service Commission.
National Defense Courses Designed For
Training of Workers For Key Positions
A. & M. Playing Vital
Role In Educational
Unit Aiding Defense
Special training for national de
fense industries is being given to
12,644 Texans in an educational
program designed to provide skill
ed workers in rapid order, James R.
D. Eddy, State Director of Na
tional Defense Training, has an
nounced. This is inclusive of the
defense trainees at A. & M.
With Texas defense work con
stantly increasing, it is estimated
that 17,500 additional skilled work
men will be needed in vital indus
tries before another year has pass
ed. The demand for shipbuilders is
particularly strong in Texas. A to
tal of 103 vessels, costing an ag
gregate of $181,142,425, are now
under construction or on order in
Texas shipyards at Beaumont,
Orange, and Houston.
“Eighty-five per cent of trainees
who have completed national de
fense courses in Texas have found
employment,” Eddy stated. The
placement of men in state indus
tries is handled by the Texas State
Employment Service.
The National Defense Training
Program is coordinated in Wash
ington through the United
Office of Education. It is sponsored
in Texas by the State Board for
Vocational Education and conduct
ed locally through the public
schools. Cooperative training pro
grams are also conducted with the
National Youth Administration for
their enrollees.
The type of training to be giv
en in each locality is determined by
a local advisory committee, which
strives to plan a course of instruct
ion most likely to lead to imme
diate employment.
Of the 8,696 in training, the work
in Texas is divided into these units:
2,567 persons in adult pre-employ
ment training in 124 classes; 4,446
in adult supplementary classes for
people now employed, in 206 class
es; 1,740 out-of-school youths in 99
specific training classes; and 3,898
NYA youths enrolled in 178 indus
trial classes.
The courses in welding, with 1,575
enrolled, and in machine shop, with
1,448 enrolled, are most popular.
Other courses include aviation
sheet metal, sheet metal, aircraft
mechanics, automechanics, radio,
aviation engines, wood boat-build
ing, electricity, marine pipefitting,
ship layout, shipfitting, mold loft-
state tAdditional Skilled
Workmen Will Be
Needed in Next Year
ing, blueprint reading, drafting, ar
mature, blacksmith, related mathe
matics, cooking and baking.
In cooperation with NYA the
Homemaking Division has 4,100
girls enrolled in homemaking cours
es.
Defense courses are also offered
at Texas University, Southern
Methodist University, Texas Tech
nological College, Texas A. & M.
College, and the College of Mines.
In the nation, 75,00 young men are
registered in college defense cours
es .
Defense training courses are also
offered in army camps located at
San Antonio, El Paso, Galveston
and San Angelo.
Trainees do not receive a salary,
but their tuition is free. Men are
certified for training by the Texas
State Employment Service and the
Work Projects Administration. Per
sons interested in. enrolling in a
defense course should apply at the
local employment office.
“There has been splendid coop
eration of all agencies,” Eddy said.
There are from two to ten
million species of insects—more
than six times as many as the
total of all other animal species
combined.
That experts calculate that six
to ten years without birds would
bring to a close the earth’s entire
system of animate nature. Insects
would increase to such proportions
that everything would be smothered
or devoured.
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Arbitration Case In Review
Editor’s note—Pending announce-4terests of the corps in securing the .
ment of the movie arbitration case
decision, which will be given July
8, the following review is given.
A Senior class committee com
posed of W. A. Becker, ’41, Cadet
Colonel, Kaufman; George Fuer-
mann, ’41, Battalion associate edi
tor, Houston; and Benton Elliott,
’41, President of the Engineering
Council, Dallas; were elected March
20 to investigate the current picture
show clearance situation in con
ferences with various theater ex
ecutives in Dallas.
The motive behind the commit
tee’s action was two-fold. First,
to learn the basic cause underlying
the fact that College Station does
not have day-and-date picture
shows with nearby Bryan. Second,
regardless of the cause, to deter
mine, if possible, what means were
available to correct the situation.
Concerning the first point, it was
learned beyond a shadow of a doubt
that the Bryan Amusement Com
pany was solely responsible for
this situation, the committee said.
The Dallas motion picture execu
tives explained to the committee
men that the 45-day clearance
clause in the Bryan Amusement
Company’s contract with its book
ing agent, the Jefferson Amuse
ment Company of Beaumont, could
be waived at the investigation of
the Bryan firm.
“The fact that College Station
does not have day-and-date shows
with Bryan can be laid at the door
of the Bryan Amusement Com
pany,” one theater executive, who
preferred to remain anonymous,
pointed out.
On April 29, the Senior class mo
tion picture committee presented
the facts that had been gathered to
secure day-and-date motion pictures
to the Junior and Senior classes.
Cadet Colonel W. A. Becker re
viewed the committee’s work and
asked for patronage of the local
theaters.
“This is strictly an individual
proposition,” Becker said, “and the
only purpose is to further the in-
desired end.”
Becker reviewed the committee’s
conferences with various theater
executives in Dallas March 18, and
explained the current arbitration
set-up whereby it was hoped that
College Station would receive the
desired day-and-date motion pic
tures, and asked the cooperation of
the corps in winning the sought-
after end.
The case was pushed one step
nearer when 10 approved arbitra
tors, all from Dallas, were an
nounced on May 5.
The 10 men selected were W. J.
Brown, president of the Titch-Goet-
tinger Company; Laurence H.
Fleck, S. M. U. Professor; Fred F.
Florence, President of the Repub
lic National Bank; J. E. Hutchin
son, accountant; Dean C. S. Potts
of S. M. U.’s school of law; L. W.
Klingman, of the Equitable Life
Insurance Company; Ted Robinson,
general manager of the Borden
Company; Robert J. Smith, Braniff
Airways attorney; Leslie Waggo
ner, vice-president of the Repub
lic National Bank, and C. H. Zach-
ry, vice-president of the Southern
Union Gas Company.
The A. and M. College board of
directors appointed Col. Ike Ash-
burn, executive assistant to Pres
ident T. O. Walton, as observer for
the college in the proceedings.
The Dallas motion picture ex
ecutives—looking on from the side
lines as interested spectators—
A bee recognizes every other
member of its hive, although there
may be from fifty to eighty thou
sand members. Each colony of bees
has its own particular odor.
The Mimeciton, a beetle of South
America, gains protection from
ants by mimicking them.
One half the weight of the ter
mite may be made up of tiny pro
tozoa inside the body, which benefit
the host termite by digesting the
wood it eats.
were noncommittal when asked
their opinion concerning the pos
sibility of the cadets’ success in the
undertaking.
“That’s a difficult question to
answer,” one of them who prefer
red to remain unknown declared
“because the consent decree is en
tirely new to the motion picture
world and no one can yet tell how
the thing will act.”
Amapola—
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outside, waiting for him of course,
and they went off to munch ham
burgers. Then back to the dance
they dashed, to continue then-
whirling until the familiar strains
of “G’Bye Now” came floating
through the hall.
Since for the younger genera
tion the night was just beginning,
they rapidly puttered out to a
nearby terrace where they bounced
for a few more hours. A need for
horizontal engineering brought the
morning to a close, and Cassanova
took Amapola home. As they stag
gered up the walk he said, “Say,
gal, that was fun. How’s about do
ing it again next Saturday night?”
“I’d love to, but there isn’t going
to be one next week because of
the holidays, but I’d love to go the
week after.”
“Swell, it’s a date. Good night
‘Guess what happened while you were out working
today, dear."
Softball—
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fair, Gibson, Theater pitcher, held
his opponents to a scant number
of hits, and allowed no runs.
A Scoring Affair
The Aggie Cleaners—Lipscomb
Pharmacy affair of Friday evening
proved of interest as far as scor
ing was concerned. A total of 35
runs was recorded with the Aggie
Cleaners getting the best of the
ordeal, 22 to 13. Half of their runs
came in the opening frame as the
Parkermen decided to have some
batting practice. Lipscomb, how
ever, wasn’t beaten, and retaliated
with a scoring spree of their own,
but their efforts were of no avail
as the Cleaners piled up too much
of a lead.
A 6-run outburst in the final
dents, all letters are represented in
12-11 victory at the expense of the
hard-luck Lipscomb Pharmacy ten.
Lipscomb had piled up a 5 run lead
as the teams went into the final
inning, but a wild pitch by Gillette
scored Polland from third to cli
max a 6-run rally.
Teams Play Today
The teams renew their play this
afternoon, with four teams sched
uled to fight it out. Two more
weeks remain before season’s end
The winner of the Twilight League
will then be decided in a playoff
match of two games out of three
between the first two teams.
The Haematomyzus elephantis
louse, the little chap that infests
the elephant has developed a pro
boscis strikingly similar to the
trunk of his host.
Thesacred scarab of Egypt is
only a tumble bug in America.
Farmers Short—
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day night the Burleson County 4-H
Club members will present a pag
eant dramatizing the four “H’s” of
the club symbol.
Dr. Rebecca W. Smith will ad
dress the 4-H Club members Fri
day morning. The four 4-H Club
members who won the Washington
trip will report on the encampment
which was held there June 16-21.
“A tour 11 miles long showing
the entire college, livestock in field,
Experiment Station field and live
stock work, and the campus and
its buildings, will be made during
the course,” said Snyder. “Campus
buildings will be open every after
noon for farm folks to visit.”
Originating in 1911, with only 16
men attending, the short course
was held two weeks in January and
was called the “Farmers’ Short
Winter course”. In 1913 the time
was changed to July and each year
since then A. & M. has instructed
Short Course visitors one week in
July.
Since 1923 the extension service
has had the direction of the Short
Course.
“The purpose of the Short Course
is to offer an opportunity for farm
people to come to A. & M. College
and receive special programs on
agriculture and home economics,”
Snyder said.
The following extension workers
are on the program committee, R.
W. Snyder, chairman, Miss Bess
Edwards, Myrtle Murry, Mae Belle
Smith, Onah Jacks, R. G. Burwell,
R. E. Callender, and L. L. Johnson.
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pin, about 2% in. long, 3 small
diamonds. Probably near Aggie
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Student Publications Office. Re
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Farm situated about a mile and
a half south of College Station.
140 acres. Deep well, big tank. Well
improved place. For further infor
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-WEDNESDAY, JULY 2.1941
Civil Service
Agronomy Option
Passed By Three
In the Civil Service Agronomy
Option which was given here at
A. & M. three of the fifteen per
sons who took the examinations
have received word that they have
passed the examination. These men
are L. C. Chapman of the agron
omy staff, V. E. Schember who re
ceived his masters degree m agron
omy here in June of this year, and
J. W. Pinson, agronomy major of
Forney, Texas.
Schember left College Station
upon the completion of his masters
degree and traveled through all of
the southeastern states and through
the middle west to his home in
Michigan covering approximately
2500 miles. He received word of
his appointment on June 23 and
returned with Mrs. Schember to
take a position in Temple complet
ing a 3500 mile circuit.
Campus
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It’s an old Aggie custom to
meet your friends at Hrdlic-
ka’s.. Dine and Dance where
there is music and gaiety.
It isn’t a question of WHERE TO GO or WHAT TO
DO . . . JUST SAY—
“Pll see you at Hrdlicka’s.”
H RDLICKA'S
x /i Mile South of A. & M. on Old Highway 6