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THE BATTALION
•WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1941
Official Notices
REGISTRATION FOR THE SEC
OND TERM OF SUMMER
SCHOOL
Those students who were in at
tendance in A. & M. for the first
term of the 1941 summer session
may pay their fees at the Fiscal
Office beginning at 8 a. m., Thurs
day, July 17. The receipt showing
payment of fees for the first term
of summer school must be present
ed to the cashier at the time the
student expects to pay his fees.
Students living in the dormitory
are expected to reserve their rooms
by Saturday noon, July 19th; other
wise, the rooms are likely to be as
signed to other individuals.
—H. L. Heaton, Acting Registrar.
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
All candidates for Baccalaureate
degrees and Master’s degrees to be
conferred in August, 1941 should
make application for these degrees
in the Registrar’s Office at once.
Applications for either the Bac
calaureate degrees or the Masters
degrees should be filed at this
time for all those who plan to fin
ish either at the end of the first
term of summer school or the sec
ond term.
OLD RETURNING STUDENTS
All old students who were not
in attendance at A. & M. at the
end of the 1940-41 session, and who
expect to register in September,
should come by the Registrar’s Of
fice and secure re-enrollment per
mits.
■—H. L. Heaton, Acting Registrar
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NEW STUDENTS
All new students registered in
A. & M. for the first time who ex
pect to register here in September,
should come by the Registrar’s Of
fice and secure a new entrance card.
Classified
LOST—Brown gabardine Crave-
nette trench coat. Left in Room 309
Ag. Bldg. Return to Hort office,
Ag. Bldg, or Room 86 Mitchell.—
H. E. Barnes, Box 5418. Usual re
ward.
Firemen—
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some out of state men will address
the group. Among the men are.
Captain W. G. Burns, Fire Mar
shals’ Division, Dallas; R. J. Ab-
baticchia, Jr., Special Agent, Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, Hous
ton; Horatio Bond, Chief Engineer,
National Fire Protection Associa-
lion, Boston, Massachusetts; Major
R. A. Eads, Chemical office, Head
quarters ^ighth Corps Area, San
Antonio; W. Fred Heisler, Direct
or, Oklahoma A. & M., Stillwater,
Oklahoma; and Albert Evans, Di
rector Disaster Relief, Mid-West-
ern Branch, American Red Cross.
The school has four main divis
ions, namely: General Defense
Program for Firemen, Fire Mar
shall’s Preparedness Program for
Fire Marshals, Standard Red Cross
First Aid, and Lay-Instructors Red
Cross First Aid for men who have
completed the Standard Course.
The classes will meet for nine
three hour drill periods and eight
assembly periods. Upon complet
ing the course on Friday 25, the
men who are representing their
city for key rate credit wil Ibe
given an examination.
Sewage Plant—
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the labor and money which could
be made available for this purpose.
A larger portion of the labor used
on this plant has been furnished
by the W.P.A. When all of the dis
posal plant is finished, it will have
cost approximately $60,000.
The main purposes for building
this modern disposal plant are to
give a better purification of sew
age and is for research, experi
mentation, and instruction by the
Municipal & Sanitary Engineering
Department and Engineering Ex
periment Station. All plans and
engineering work for the project
have been drawn up and overseen
by the Municipal and Sanitary En
gineering Department and Engi
neering Experiment Station.
This plant will be of sufficient
size to take care of all sewage from
the north gate area, campus, and
most of college park. Also, the
plant operation will probably be
supervised by the Municipal & San
itary Engineering Department and
maintained by the Buildings and
Grounds Department.
Swimming Meet—
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mg will consist of 2 required dives,
a plain front dive, a plain back
dive, and 3 optional dives.
Since the main idea is to see how
much water can be disturbed and
not how many world records can
be broken everyone that can man
age to get from one end of the pool
to the other without the aid of a
pull-motor, a breeches buoy, and
a herd of turtles is invited.
Loud noises such as beating on
pans, will not settle swarming bees.
Some scientists say that bees can
not hear.
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Alexander The Great Was No Fool; When The
Enemy Started Grabbing Beards, He Fixed It
Two thousand years ago Alex--
ander the Great noted that long
beards were too convenient for the
enemy. The enemy, it seems, be
came adroit at grabbing a soldier
by the beard and slicing his head
off like a cold potato. So Alex
ander was a wise guy and ordered
his army to remove the brush. He
might have been astounded at
the faces that came to light; his
tory didn’t say. But the custom
of shaving began and continues to
this day.
In ancient days when an Egypt
ian member of royalty died, the
body was dutifully embalmed,
wrapped, and cased. To make sure
that the spirits would not have to
unwrap the boy, an artist was com
missioned to carve a likeness on
the case. Going still further in not
taking and chances, his name was
inscribed at the foot of the case.
Today we still mark each grave,
but not for the same intent.
Unconsciously when you greet a
friend or when introduced to a
stranger you shake hands with him.
It was in the dawn of civilization
that this custom was brought to
birth. In those days our ancestors
carried stone axes and clubs to
conveniently bop an enemy or
the food supply on the head. By
dropping his club or stone axe
and extending his empty hand,
primitive man showed that he was
unarmed and peacefully inclined.
Army life brought many cus
toms into being. Two hundred years
ago. Frederich the Great took great
pride in preserving a spruce ap
pearance in his Prussian army.
Noting that the soldiers were us
ing their coat sleeves to wipe their
faces, the king ordered a row of
buttons sewed on their uniform
sleeves, Today, we still sew a row
of buttons on our sleeves.
When someone offers a light for
a cigarette, you hesitate to be the
third person to receive a light from
the same match. In the Boer War,
the British soldiers found it dan
gerous enough to light one cigar
ette at a time, probably suicied to
light two, and positive annihilation
to light three. The time required
to light three cigarettes was suf
ficient for the Boer sharpshooters
to set their sight and fire.
Five hundred years ago the city
of London required bakers to give
an extra loaf with each twelve
that he sold to one customer. Thus,
the customer was assured of full
value and the baker avoided the
risk of a fine fo r short weight.
From this old law has come the
“baker’s dozen,” which means thir
teen.
When knights galloped about
rescueing old people and beautiful
maidens from dragons and things,
(We often wonder w r hat happened
to the maidens who weren’t so
fair), it was considered gallant in
deed to wear his lady’s scarf on
his helment when he sallied forth
to perform his rescuing deeds. To
day, the band a man wears on his
hat is a hold-over.
You call your wages a “salary.”
In the early days of the Roman
Empire, salt, was regarded as be
ing almost as valuable as gold. Ro
man soldiers were paid in salt.
This salt stipend was termed “sa-
larium,” whence comes our pres
ent-day word “salary” meaning pay
for services rendered. This old cus
tom was also responsible for the
phrase “He’s not worth his salt.”
Short Course—
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Stadium, which will be presided ov
er by Director H. H. Williamson
of the A. & M. College Extension
Service.
The formal program will be in
augurated at 7:45 a. m. Monday in
Guion Hall with George E. Adams,
vice director of the Extension Ser
vice, presiding. Dean E. J. Kyle
of the College will extend greet
ings and speakers and prominent
guests will be introduced. Thirty-
four sectional meetings will be held
during the forenoon of Monday and
a like number in the afternoon,
and 32 and 36, respectively, on
Tuesday. These meetings will be
so spaced that visitors will be able
to hear as many of the discussions
as they desire.
Among the highlights on Mon
day’s program are: Discussions of
problems submitted by county land
using planning committees, Bassett
Orr and C. A. Bonnen, speakers;
fundamental of organization com
mon to various types of organiza
tion ,Helen Swift, speaker; agri
cultural credit clinic, Louise Bry
ant, T. R. Timm and representa
tives of six farm credit institu
tions present to answer questions;
attractive everyday foods for de
defense, Jennie Camp, Jessie Whit-
acre and Zetha Mclnnis, speakers;
Need for Quality Poultry and how
to obtain it, D. H. Reid and George
P. McCarthy, speakers; cows and
how to get them, C. N. Shepardson,
speaker; Range Management, Rod
ger Davis, speaker; the dressing
center, Agnes Young and Mildred
James, speakers; an insect control
clinic, Cameron Siddall, speaker;
planning the family wardrobe, Mrs.
Dora Barnes, speaker; mills for
home ground food and feed, P. T.
Montfort, speaker; and Texas co
operative in action—a moving pic
ture, C. E. Bowles speaker.
Tuesday’s program will feature
achievements of 4-H scholarship
girls, with 4-H club girls as speak
ers; hybrid corn, C. H. McDowell,
speaker; marketing farm products,
Myrtle Murray, speaker; more fish
in the farm fish pond, Marion
Toole, Leonard Lamb and Kelso
Swiss Yodelers
To Provide Second
Of Summer Program
All classes are to be excused to
attend the program to be given by
the Swiss Family Fraunfelder
(Swiss Family Yodelers) who will
give a program in their colorful
Swiss costumes and in their in
imitable style of Swiss entertain
ment at the Assembly Hall Thurs
day at 10:10. This is the second
of a series of this semester’s cur
rent summer educational program
series; the first feature being the
Deep River Plantation Singers who
presented their program at the
same place on Tuesday of last
week.
Two years ago, a similar pro
gram was given by the Studer
brothers in the Assembly Hall, but
this program is destined to be even
better than the Studer Brothers
and more interesting since several
of the large movie producing com
panies of Hollywood recommend
the Swiss Family as exceptional
entertainment.
There is no admission charge to
the program.
Bonham, speakers; regulation and
control of Bangs disease, L. R.
Noyes, speaker; furnishing your
house with cotton, Bernice Claytor,
speaker; killing, cutting and cur
ing pork, Roy W. Snyder, speaker;
screwworm and cattle lice control,
E. C. Cushing and John Stovall,
speakers; and price outlook for
cattle and hogs, W. E. Morgan,
speaker.
During the adult Short Course
at A. & M. College on July 14 and
15, rural people will be given an
opportunity to ask any questions
they may desire relative to the
work of government or government-
sponsored lending institutions as
their functions apply to their farms.
This will give farm people a chance
to clarify their understanding of
the new credit institutions develop
ed, as well as of those already es
tablished, and see what each has
to offer to meet their requirements
to best advantage, Timm says.
In addition, extension specialists
will be available to answer ques
tions by farmers and ranchmen in
connection with what might be
termer “tools of credit,” such as
farm record books, budgets, finan
cial statements, written leases and
kindred matters. Representatives
of the Emergency Crop and Seed
Loan Office; Federal Housing Ad
ministration; Production Credit
Corporation; Federal Land Bank;
Bank for Cooperatives, and Farm
Security Administration also will
be present.
Garrigan Relates
Horse Stories Of
College Animals
Walton Hall Girls
Entertain Faculty
And Guests At Tea
Little known to most of the Tex
as Aggies, but highly important
to animal husbandry students is
the horse stables in charge of Owen
Garrigan, for almost a quarter-
century horse-trainer for the de
partment.
During his many years at the
college Garrigan has bred some
outstanding horses but probably his
best known is William the Con
queror, a five-gaited gelding, son
of Liberty Loan, and Helen Texas.
William, as Garrigan lovingly calls
the gelding, recently was sold by
Campbell Sewell, Houston sports
man, for the record price of $12500
after winning first places in all
national shows in which he entered.
Liberty Loan still is the favorite
in the horse stables. “He’s a great
horse,” Garrigan says with the
Irish burr still on his tongue, and
then goes on to recite his blood
lines and the prize winning horses
and mares Liberty has sired in his
twenty-odd years.
Garrigan related the story of
Liberty’s latest outstanding colt,
Liberty Fox, which went to the
Fort Worth Fate Ctock Show as
a yearling and “stopped the show”
by winning first place in all classes
in which he was entered. Before
he left the ring, the college had re
ceived blank check offers for him-
Garrigan explained that since the
college is more interested in im
proving the breed of horses in Tex
as rather than making money, D.
W. Williams, head of the animal
husbandry department, decided to
put him up at auction and let all
breeders have a chance to bid him
in.
After this great colt returned
to the campus from the show he
contracted shipping fever and for
a while it looked as though he
might have to be destroyed, but
care and treatment brought him
through and he was sold at auction.
The bidding went up in large jumps
until Campbell Sewall bid him in
to replace William the Conqueror.
In addition to the price paid, Sew
all gave the college the stallion,
Cherokee Chief, who is now serv
ing many of the mares formerly
brought in for Liberty Loan.
Garidgan explained that at the
time Liberty Loan was given the
College it was with the understand
ing that his fee would not be over
$25 so that the service of the great
stallion might be available to any
Texan, although horses of his cal
ibre generally command stud prices
from $250 upwards.
Since Cherokee Chief has replac
ed him to a great extent in the
stud service Old Liberty is content
to take his daily workout in a trot
or some fancy steps about the
campus with Garrigan in the sad
dle.
The Ambush Bug—Pyrmatidae—
is the “Flying Tank” of the “Insect
Corps.” It is covered with armored
plates, has folding wings and an
tennae, retractible forward gun
(the beak), and an unlimited cruis
ing radius.
The sting of the honey bee is
being used for the treatment of
rheumatism and arthritis.
Lady Bird Beetles are harmful
and also beneficial. The Mexican
bean beetle is very injurious.
On Wedensday afternoon, July
2, from five to seven, girls oc
cupying Ramp C, Walton Hall, to
gether with their hostess, Mrs. W.
D. Lloyd, entertained members of
the faculty and many other friends
with a tea. The guests were wel
comed by Miss Margaret Robert
son.
Those in the receiving line were
Mrs. W. D. Lloyd, Mrs. Nannie
Decker, Misses Mildred Stotts, La-
Verne Ficher, and Doris Jean Sis
son. Misses Betty Houston and
Sula McLeod were in charge of the
guest book. The guests were in
vited into the dining room by Miss
Beverley Hairrel.
Pink roses and gladioli were
clustered in attractive array about
the reception room. Green and
white were featured in decorating
the dining room. The table, over
laid with a cream lace spread, was
graced by a low arrangement of
white daisies with green candles on
either side.
Miss Kellie O’Neil served at the
punch bowl while Misses Edna Mae
Stotts and Zelia Belle Lloyd assist
ed in serving refreshments con
sisting of cream cheese sandwich
es, cookies, white and green mints,
and lime sherbet punch.
Guests were: Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Sands, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Gofer,
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Franklin, Mr.
and Mrs. M. S. Dean, Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Tibbitts, Mr. and Mrs.
F. C. Bolton, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Guisenberry,
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Winkler, Mt.
and Mrs. Harvey Hatcher, Rev.
and Mrs. R. L. Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. Horace McKinney, and Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Williams;
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