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THE BATTALION
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.
Storage Rooms
Storage rooms in the basement
of Guion Hall (rear entrance) and
in basement of Dormitory No. 3,
(Briggs Hall) will be open for
business from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Saturday, July 19 and on Mon
day, July 21. Storage rooms will
not be open for business again
until September.
Wendell R. Horsley, Chairman
Student Labor Committee
Classified
FOR SALE—Wooden lawn
chairs made by Farm Shop stu
dents. Will be sold at reasonable
price. Agri. Eng. Dept.
Aggie to work afternoon or
night. Must be able to paint
signs fairly well. Preferably fresh
man - to work 3 or 4 more years.
Campus Theater.
RIDE TO CALIFORNIA for
four. Leaving Saturday night or
Sunday. See Lee Lacy, Catholic
Church basement or phone Pu-
gatch, 4-4764, North Gate Project
House.
Randolph Flying Cadets
And fledgling pilots at the “West Point of the Air” move to their basic training planes for an
other morning aloft in the Texas skies. Within a few short minutes this seemingly endless line of over
150 sturdy trainers will be in flight with its student pilots—just another step nearer America’s program
of training 30,000 pilots a year. Completing their ten weeks and 70 hours aloft at Randolph Field, Texas,
classes of almost 400 Flying Cadets leave this south Texas school every five weeks for advanced fields
to complete their training for wings and commissions. Follows then active duty, as the young flying of
ficers “Keep ’em Flying” with the Army Air Corps.
Library Books Due
• All Library books are due on
Monday, July 14, and must be re
turned promptly.
Signed: Thomas F. Mayo,
Librarian
Farm Security—
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get more meat, milk and eggs.
C. T. Watson, Acting State FSA
Director from Dallas, was in charge
of the meeting.
A plan whereby children of Farm
Security borrower families might
help in the “food for defense”
campaign was adopted at the meet
ing. Children, both boys and girls
from 9 to 20, whose parents are
FSA borrowers or prospective bor
rowers may borrow the money
to buy a calf, pig, or poultry to
be raised on the home farm with
farm-grown feed.
“These youngsters will ban into
“FSA Pig for Britain Clubs’,” ac
cording to Earl Patterson, San
Antonio, who developed the idea.
“There will also be ‘Calf for Brit
ain Clubs’ and ‘Poultry for Brit
ain Clubs’,” he said. These ani
mals will be fattened in accord
ance with the U. S. Department
of Agriculture’s food and defense
program and sold.
“Money derived from the sale
will pay off the FSA loan and
the remainder invested in United
States Defense Boands and
stamps,” he continued. The plan
is being put into operation in
Atascosa county first and will be
expanded to other counties later.
“In addition to helping national
defense, this plan provides a means
by which children in small-farm
families can help their country and
at the same time start an invest
ment in Defense Bonds and
Stamps,” Patterson pointed out.
During the annual Farm Se
curity meeting, which was cut to
three days this year because of
urgent need for speed in the “Food
for Defense” program, FSA work
ers attended conferences both day
and evening.
DIKE AM DANCE
With Your
OLD FRIENDS, THE HRDLIGKAS
GOOD FOOD —GOOD FUN
Hrdlicka’s
Vz Mile South on the Old College Road
Short Course—
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culture, extended greetings, and
introduced speakers and prominent
guests.
Thirty-four sectional meetings
were held between 10 a. m. and
noon, and a like number from 2
to 4 p. m. Monday. On Tuesday,
32 meetings were held during the
morning program and 36 during
the afternoon. The meetings were
so spaced over the two days that
visitors were able to hear many
of the discussions.
The adult section of the short
course closed with a program be
ginning at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, in
the stadium, which included group
singing and a pageant, “Freedoms
We Defend,” performed by stu
dents of the Austin High School,
Bryan.
Other groups held conferences
or annual sessions at the college
parallel with the short course.
On Monday, the Texas Master
Farmers' Association held a two-
hour get-together with Eugene
Butler of Dallas presiding. Plans
for the annual meeting of the Or
ganization at Waco in January
were discussed.
A joint conference was held
Tuesday by the Texas Wildlife
Federation; Texas Game, Fish and
Oyster Commission, and the Texas
Nature Federation. The Mid-South
Texas Hereford Breeders’ Associa
tion held a meeting with a lunch
eon on Tuesday.
Highlights on Monday’s Short-
Course program included: Discus
sions of problems submitted by
county land use planning commit
tees, Bassett Orr and C. A. Bon-
nen, speakers; Agricultural credit
clinic, with Louise Bryan and T. R.
Timm of the Extension Service,
and representatives of six farm
credit institutions present to an
swer questions; Attractive every
day foods for defense, Jennie
Camp, Jessie Whitacre and Zetha
Mclnnis, speakers; Planning the
family wardrobe, Mrs. Dora R.
Barnes speaker; Insect control
clinic, Cameron Siddall, speaker;
and Texas cooperatives in action—
a moving picture, C. E. Bowles,
speaker.
Tuesday’s program featured
achievements of 4-H scholarship
girls, with 4-H Club girls as speak
ers. Bernice Claytor spoke on
“Furnishing Your Home With Cot
ton,” and Roy W. Snyder, exten
sion animal industries specialist,
gave a talk on killing, cutting and
curing meat.
Need a Pick-up?
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Ice Cream
CREAMLAND
Mrs. ParkhilFs Lunches
$5.50 Meal Tickets $5.00
$3.30 Meal Tickets $3.00
Aeronautical Training Laboratories
Rates One Of Largest In Southwest
Visitors to the campus of A. &4-in the equipment owned by the
M. College would little recog
nize the old laundry building which
was given to the department of
aeronautical engineering at the be
ginning of the 1940-41 school term
to turn into a modern aeronautical
engineering department. It is in
fact one of the largest and most
complete aeronautical training lab
oratories in the southwest.
Fourteen airplane engines, a
wind tunnel, and two partially dis-
embelled airplanes ‘ constitute a
part of the equipment found in
the aeronautical engineering lab
oratory found in the old laundry
building at A. & M. College. The
department of aeronautical engi
neering was organized and put
into operation for the first time
during the school year 1940-41
under the direction of Dr. H. W.
Barlow.
The United States Army Air
Corps has given the department
four radial type airplane engines
which develop from 40 to 600 horse
power each. One of these motors
is a Wright Cyclone and the
other three are Pratt Whitney
Wasp engines. In addition to
these there are four World War I
type rotary engines which were
given to the department by T. L.
Smith, Jr., A. & M. ’98 now living
in Houston.
Other engines are a 140 horse
power Sturdevant engine of the
V-8 type and a 50 horsepower
Lycoming engine as is used in the
primary training planes of the
Civilian Pilot Training courses.
Two water cooled V-8 type 90
horsepower Curtiss OX5 engines
such as those used in the World
War planes known as Jennys, a
Curtiss V12-3 air cooled and a five
cylinder 125 horsepower Warner
engine complete the group. All of
these have been reconditioned by
students working in the aeronaut
ical engineering department and
was used for instruction pur
poses. Many propellers of var
ious types are available for in
struction, the most modern of
which is a Hamilton Standard con
stant speed propeller furnished to
the shop by the United Airlines.
A wind tunnel was recently com
pleted by the students working in
the department and is to be used
in testing aircraft models. The
structure was designed by E. J.
Lesher, instructor in aerodynamics,
and was constructed by the students
under his direction. The entire
tunnel is approximately 25 feet
long, has a two by three foot
throat, and is capable of creating
a wind of from 80 to 100 miles per
hour. The power is supplied by a
model A Ford engine which has
been converted and rebuilt for use
with the wind tunnel.
Two airplanes partly disassem
bled are used for instruction. One
of these is a PT-3A Army Pri
mary trainer given to the depart
ment by the Army and built by
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation.
The other ship is an Eaglerock
built in about 1927 and now used
as a “run-in” stand for the 50
horsepower Lycoming engine. This
was used for demonstration during
the recent engineer’s day exhibit.
Numerous control surfaces are
stored in racks around the walls
and have been collected from var
ious places.
A complete set of aircraft nav
igation instruments are included
department. These instruments
and airplane accessories are used
in demonstration and teaching of
the aeronautical engineering
courses.
Meterological instruments for
determining humidity, barometric
pressure, wind velocity, and direc
tion are also included in the equip
ment.
Remodeling Of
Cotton Harvester
Nears Completion
H. P. Smith, chief of division of
Agricultural Engineering, Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station,
states that the re-designing and re
modeling of the mechanical cotton
harvester is nearing completion,
with the complete rebuilt machine
to be ready for operation about
September 1.
This remodeled mechanical har
vester is to be used this fall on
several varieties of cotton as it
has been in the last few years.
There are three processes that must
be considered in the mechanical
harvesting of cotton. They are:
harvesting, extracting, and clean
ing. At the present time, it is
the cleaning of the cotton that of
fers one of the greatest troubles,
since cotton in this section has a
large amount of foliage. Also,
foliage seriously affects the clean
ing problem in that the leaves get
on the cotton and are very hard
to separate from the seed cotton.
Mr. M. H. Byrom, Assistant
Agricultural Engineer, is in charge
of construction and all mechanical
work of the cotton harvester.
Preliminary tests in U. S. De
partment of Agriculture laborator
ies show that rotenone and pyreth-
rum, insecticidal materials hereto
fore used only as sprays or dusts,
can be converted easily into fumi
gants that may be'even more dead
ly. The two properties are highly
toxic to insects but not to man.
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Afceco’
Sweeter Than The Sweetest
Glenn Miller
Georgia On My Mind
Artie Shaw and Orchestra
Green Eyes
Tony Pastor
The Things I Love
Jan Savitt
Loveless and Love
Larry Clinton
Intermezzo
Joan Merrill
Aik about the new RCA Victor
Long Life Needle
HASWELLS
Bryan
-WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1941
College Exhibits
Shown At Cotton
Congress In Waco
Extensive cotton exhibits from
points throughout the United
States portraying the latest devel
opments in growing, processing,
marketing, and utilizing cotton
and cottonseed products were
shown at the Second Cotton Re
search Congress held in Waco
June 26-28. A display arranged
by the several departments of the
A. &M. College, including the Ex
periment Station and the Exten
sion Service, showed the activities
of cotton classes and the work
of the Agricultural Experiment
Station in cotton insect and disease
control, cotton breeding, textile
research, mechanical harvesting of
cotton, research in the chemistry
of the cottonseed and in the feed
ing of cottonseed products to live
stock and poultry.
An exhibit by the Division of
Agronomy showed phases of the
new cotton breeding experiments
with live mature plant specimens
from the greenhouse. The exhibit
illustrated the effect of the drug
colchicine on cotton plants to
cause initially sterile hybrids be
tween American upland and Asi
atic and wild types to produce
seed. This new breeding technique,
unknown until four years ago,
gives promise of developing new
types of fibers with greater
strength, durability, and luster
and plants more resistant to in
sects and diseases. The work thus
far has resulted in producing
fibers 25 to 35 per cent stronger
than ordinary cotton and with dif
ferent fiber characteristics. There
are possibilities of producing new
types of fibers that may be im
mediately adapted to particular
new uses, may increase the pres
ent uses, or may afford material
for chemical and physical process
ing, thus giving a much wider
range of types for these purposes.
Other exhibits from the Exten
sion Service, the University of
Texas, and various commercial
concerns presented considerable
progress in the conquest of wide
fields in the cotton industry.
Twilight Leaguers—
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in the final inning. Bill Carll’s
catch of a high foul around the
screen, too, proved popular with
the fans.
As for the slugging, Roy
Olbrick and Jesse Key led the
attack for the Twilight Leaguers in
the first game, while Roland Cren
shaw came through with two
bingles to lead the Bryan attack.
Soil erosion has cut the useful
life of more than 20 per cent of
the water supply reservoirs of the
United States to less than 50
years.
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Frigidaire
Continuous Showing Schedule
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Saturday and Sunday.
15^ Matinee — 200 Night
TODAY and TOMORROW
BIG DOUBLE FEATURE
No. 1
“South of Suez”
with
George Brent - Ann Sheridan
Shows at 1:30 - 4:21 - 7:12 - 10.03
No. 2
“Blondie Goes Latin”
The Bumsteads - Tito Guizar
Shows at 2:57 - 5:48 - 8:39
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Another Double Feature
. . . and it’s BIG too!
No. 1
“Honeymoon For
Three”
Two of ’em are
George Brent - Ann Sheridan
Shows at 1:30 - 4:17 - 7:04 - 9:34
No. 2
“Carolina Moon”
with
Gene Autry
Shows at 2:45 - 5:32 - 8:19 - 10:51
Also “Porky Pig” - News
Juke Box—
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have had fun meeting and as
sociating with the participants.
Maybe you learned some new
dance steps, or did you teach
someone else? It seems that the
congas and rumbas are making
their exits, as the enthusiasm for
them has disappeared. “Frenesi”
held a mighty cry for requests, and
so did “In Apple Blossom Time.”
Nothing can beat the ever popu
lar “Stardust” though, it will live
forever. The smallness of the
crowd must have been noticeable
for people have asked if the idea
of Juke Box shuffling was get
ting old and tiresome, is it?
PREYUE SAT. NIGHT
SUNDAY - MONDAY
TgI a y>uv£aSjU><cruRg
with Loretta Young
Robert Preston
Edward Arnold
On Saturday Night, Feature will
start a few minutes after midnight
—after the Juke Box Prom.
TUESDAY ONLY
“Cowboy and The
Blonde”
The fruit variety orchard at the
Nacogdoches Experiment Station
contains 301 peach varieties.
The Blonde is
Mary Beth Hughes
3 POINT CHECK-DP STARTS YOU OFF!
Motorists—summer highways call
you to enjoy good driving! But first you
must condition your car, so it’s trouble-
free. Washing, greasing and lubricat
ing are of vital importance to safe, eco
nomical driving.
AGGIE SERVICE STATION
CLYDE DARK, Manager
Sulphur Springs Road - North Gate - Phone 4-4684