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Page 4 THE BATTALION -WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1941 Official Notices 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. Classified O Called meeting W. T. Austin Chapter No. 87 and W. T. Austin Coun cil No. 52 Thursday night at 7:30 for the purpose of installing officers. All members and visiting brethren are cordially invited to be present. Harry Boyer, T. I. M. J. W. Hall, H. P. D. C. Jones, Recorder. SPECIAL NOTICE Summer Press Club The regular weekly meeting of the Press Club will be at the Ad ministration Building Wednesday night at 7:00. Jack Decker, Club President. FOR SALE—Used tennis rac quets, new strings. Reynolds Project House No. 6 FOR RENT—2 bedrooms in mod ern home in Bryan—tub and show er bath, garage. Also garage in College Park. Phone 2-5409. FOR SALE—Used tennis rac quets, new strings. Racquet re stringing. Reynolds, Proj. House No. 6. FOR RENT —• Cool bedroom. House is located next to Church of Christ. Call Mrs. W. D. Lloyd, 4-4819 or 4-4029. Mid-Summer CLEARANCE Altho our Bryan store is closed—while we are re modeling—you can take advantage of Mid-Sum mer Clearance Prices at our College Store. Save Now — On Sport Shirts . . . Slack Suits . . . Shirts . . . Pajamas ... Edgerton Sport Shoes . . . Fortune Sport Shoes and Canvas Sport Shoes . . . See These Fine Val ues Today. fllaldropfl(§ “Two Convenient Stores” College Station Bryan Local Alumni— (Continued from Page 1) hosts or to assist in making vis itors more comfortable, and those who are assisting in organizing the Brazos County A. & M. Club feel that there are countless ways in which such an organization may be of service. College towns in general are noted for their total lack of an alumni group or for the weak ness of such groups as are in ex istence; and it is the belief of those interested in the Brazos County A. & M. Club that the op portunity here is so great that the local organization easily can be come one of the greatest factors in the future of a great institu tion. Watermelon To Be Served The Brazos County organization will be decicated to the service of the college and its administraitve heads, and will actively assist in all worthwhile movements. Pink Downs is in charge of hav ing enough ice cold watermelon for everyone who comes to the feast Monday evening and has agreed to do without any melon himself if everyone isn’t satisfied. The letters of invitation to, the party bore a card for an accept ance of the invitation, designate his own watermelon capacity; ei ther boy’s size, man’s size, or horse’s size. The return cards are being addressed to Downs so he can have plenty of melon for all. Juke Box Prom— (Continued from Page 1) the “canopy of heavenly constella tions,” and “The Spirit is Willing” providing the “soft melodious strains.” We hope that when you do come out, the majority of the female participants will not scare you off; there will be a girl’s tag if neces sary. The admission -is still 15^ a head or two for 25^ Any sug gestions will be appreciated. Re cordings of the top hit tunes by the top ranking orchestras will furnish the down beat, and all the rest of the beats. Are you a jitterbug? Swing it with “Sweet Papa”; are you of conservative standing? You’ll go for “It’s So Peaceful in the Coun try.” Even if you relish the good ole days we have your piece, “And the Band Played On.” If you do attend you may meet that girl or boy in one of your classes, who knows? Why not get acquainted by taking her to the dance Here’s looking forward to more and bet ter Juke Box Proms. Co-operatives Membership Begins To Show Increase One third of all the Texas farm and ranch families are now mem bers of one or more of the state’s 840 co-operative marketing and processing organizations, C. E. Bowles, extension specialist in or ganization and co-operative mar keting, announced. More co-operatives have been es tablished in Texas since 1930 than in any other state, a recent survey by the Houston Bank for Co-opera tives and the Farm Credit Admin istration shows. “Co-operatives give individual farmers the benefit of volume in their selling, buying and process ing operations,” Bowles said. “The prospects are that producers will find it desirable to make a still wider use of joint action to bol- jfs There Is Still Time To GET YOUR UNIFORM And Save Money At ROSS TAILORS Opposite Woolworth’s — Bryan YOUR CHOICE OF GENUINE REGULATION FABRICS. COMPLETE OUTFIT $82,50 ^ ^ War Department Head Meets Aggie The above was a proud moment for First Lieutenant James A. Powers, ’37, of Company F, 66th Armored Regiment, Fort Benning Georgia, when he shook hands with Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, who had been an interested observer of the recent middle Tennessee War Games. With more than a score, of high ranking officers nearby. Secretary Stimson stopped to greet this young tank officer as an outstanding representative of. Uncle Sam’s new army officer personnel. As a student at A. & M. “Jimmy” Power was captain of A Troop, Cavalry, a distinguished student and active in other student affairs. Opera House— (Continued from Page 1) Early in 1924 it was opened and the first shows that were seen there were of the silent type. One of the earliest recollections of the Assembly Hall was counting out loud of the advertisement slides by members of the corps. This soon grew so noisy that the use of the slides were discontinued. The pictures were originally shown only on Wednesday and Sat urday nights, but as more and more Aggies began to attend, shows were given on Fridays and Sundays also. In 1931 sound equip ment was installed.' Attendance steadily increased and soon Tues day and Thursday were added to the list of days on which movies could be seen. About 1935 the Y.M.C.A. began offering shows daily and during the time since then this custom had been followed. During the summer sessions the Assembly Hall is used for all group meetings. Next year the Assembly Hall will be missed but will be replaced with the better equipped Guion Hall which is scheduled to be fin ished before the long session. ster their shrunken incomes and to protect themselves in a highly or ganized business world.” The earliest concentration of co operatives came in the Panhandle- Plains country where there are many co-operative gins, grain ele vators and purchasing associations. The area in which there is the most rapid development at present is in the north black-land belt. There are more than 80 farmer cooperatives within 60 miles of Greenville, mostly cotton gins. Al most every section of the state where there are many farmers now has some co-operatives. Much of this expansion occurred in the past five years, but there are a few farmers’ co-operatives dating back 50 years. Some 30 of these farmers’ business organiza tions have operated successfully for a quarter of a century. Logically, Bowles says, the co operatives established to gin, crush cottonseed, and to market and warehouse the staple lead in num ber and membership. Other import ant groups are the rural electric co-ops, and others through which associations, fruit and vegetable co-ops, an dothers through which farmers and ranchmen buy their supplies. The long list of commodities mar keted co-operatively includes dairy products, livestock, wool and mo hair, poultry, eggs and turkeys— in fact every important farm pro duct American Youth Supports National Defense Program by Large Majority, National Youth Administration Shows American youth support the na-^ tional defense program overwhelm- ingly, according to results of a survey made public today by Charles W. Taussig, Chairman of the National Advisory Committee of the National Youth Adminis tration. Nine out of ten of thousands of young people interviewed in schools, churches, NYA projects, and social and sports organiza tions are willing to do their bit to help and two-thirds of them have definite ideas about how they can help. More than 70 percent of the young people interviewted made concrete suggestions -for the im provement of the defense program, many of which point out the need for greater community defense activity. Questionnaire Used In the survey, conducted under the auspices of the national, state and local advisory committees of the National Youth Administration, young people betwen 16 and 25 were asked the question: “What can you do for your community to strengthen the program of na tional defense?” A sample analysis of 2,602 of the 15,000 replies received from youth in 33 states, indicates that 70 per cent of the youth are fully aware of the seriousness of the defense program, are willing to cooperate with it, and have definite sug gestions concering youth’s part in the program; 21 per cent are en tirely willing to cooperate but have less definite ideas about the means; 9 per cent indicated lack of interest or failed to fill out the blank. Only ten of the total number out of the 2,602 expressed definite opposition to the nation al defense program. Youth’s Reply Typical of the sincerity and will ingness of the youth interviewed is the following reply: “I, as an individual, will do my utmost to help in national defense, and will do all in my power to protect my country from any coun try who tries to destroy democ racy. I will be ready at any time to be called upon for national de fense, if it is for the army or in my community or in a factory. I will do all I can to express to other people my thoughts on what a free country means to me. In other words I love to be an Ameri- . The survey was initiated by the NYA National Advisory Commit tee. Assistance was rendered by state advisory committees which have been set up in every state for the purpose of advising the state youth administrator concerning the problems of youth and the NYA program within the state, and by local advisory committees which have been set up in hundreds of local communities to assist in fit ting the NYA program to com munity needs. Committee mem bers are chosen to represent var ious community points of view and interests, such as education, labor, business and industry, social wel fare groups, health, civic interests, agriculture, racial minorities, and youth. Former Students— (Continued from Page 1) all men in the armed forces. No definite program was outlined but the executive committee of the as sociation was requested to study the matter further and was given authority to act. This was the best attended meet ing of officers and directors of the association’s history. Thirty-one ofifcers and directors were present for the two-day session. Hosts for the occasion were the Texas Power and Light Company, togeth er with Association President and Student Loan Fund Trustee A. F. Mitchell. Kyle Congratulated A future program which would extend the services of the organi zation to its institution and mem bers was outlined and will be dis cussed with the Board of Direc tors of the College at a joint meeting of the two boards to be held at College Station, August 30 and 31. Invitation to hold this joint meeting was extended by the Col lege Board at its commencement meeting. The board adopted reso lutions congratulating F. M. Law and G. R. White upon their elec tion as chairman and vice-chairman of the college Board of Directors; congratulating Dean Kyle upon his selection to visit South America in the interest of better relations; and thanking Tyree L. Bell and A. F. Mitchell for their hospitality and splendid arrangements for the meeting. New annual meeting plans were adopted calling for an Alumni can, and I want to stay that way.” Week-end next spring and seeking the cooperation of college offi cials, faculty, and members of the senior class, to make the meeting an annual revival of all men and all groups interested in the wel fare of the college. President Tyree Spoke Association President Tyree L. Bell, summarizing the board’s dis cussions, and looking into the fu ture, declared in concluding the meeting, “A. & M. men today have a greater opportunity to be of service to their institution and to themselves than ever before. We have reached the strength in num bers, in resources, and in exper ience, to assume a more important part in the A. & M. program. The same devotion to our institution and to each other that brought this attendance of directors from all over Texas, is shared by other A. & M. men. If each of us will do his part, there is no limit to what we may accomplish.” Smoke Eaters— (Continued from Page 1) Sanders, Fire Prevention Chief, De partment of Insurance, Fire Insur ance Division, Austin; W. Fred Heisler, director, Oklahoma Fire School, Oklahoma A. & M., Still water, Oklahoma; Horation Bond, Chief Engineer, National Fire Protection Association, Boston, Massachusetts; and Dr. Hedges, A. &M. chemistry department. Exposed To Gas The short course consisted of lectures and drill periods. Prac tical inspection was made of the campus buildings. Major Eads, as sisted by Master Sergeant Jack- son, Fort Sam Houston, was in charge of the gas warfare divi sion. As an added item of inter est, firemen were given an op portunity to have contact with war gasses. A gas chamber was erect ed near the Academic Building, in which the firemen were subjected to actual war gasses. Flat chests are a sign of physi cal superiority rather than weak ness, according to research experi ments conducted by Dr. S. A. Weisman of the University o|f Minnesota. NO MISTAKE! Constant readers of The Battalion need not be alarm ed at the appearance of this issue. While it may seem rather strange and differ ent, there is method in the madness which apparently rules the front page. The summer Battalion merely serves as an experi mental paper for the long session. Today’s work is the effort of the editors to ex periment with new type styles. Everything being done now is with the purpose of creating the best possible paper for the long session, and the editors assure the readers that the regular Bat talion will be a better paper because of the experimenta tion being done now. The Battalion would appreciate any comments on changes which will be tried during this and the next few weeks. A new field office of Priorities Director Stettinius has been open ed in Dallas. There are now 10 in the United States. Bees wax is used in shaving creams, cosmetics, polishes, floor waxes, carbon paper, and in elec trical and lithographic products. Campus Correctly Air-Conditioned by Frigidaire Continuous Showing sched ule Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 15$ Matinee — 200 Night TODAY and TOMORROW DOUBLE FEATURE wm\ ilEREERT MARSHALL JAMES STEPHENSO.’ FnlEDA IHESCORT ri]|f)l GALE SONDERGAARD V A WILLIAM WYLER rnt^p/ s wma BRos.-rntiwiPitiinY SCRtCN PLAY • --a A. SHOWS AT 1:30—4:32—7:34—10:36 And “Bowery Boy” with Dennis O’Keefe SHOWS AT 3:07—6:09—9:11 FRIDAY and SATURDAY DOUBLE FEATURE “Legion Of The Lawless” with GEORGE O’BRIEN SHOWS AT 1:30—3:59 6:09—8:34 2nd Feature “Man Made Monster” with LON CHANEY, JR. SHOWS AT 2:43—5:10—7:22—9:47 Plus CARTOON and NEWS PREVUE SAT. NIGHT SUNDAY — MONDAY GO IN AT 9:00 P.M.—SEE THREE FEATURES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE FlheFUME OFl MEWWEm A UNIVERSAL PICTURE with Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot Rpland Young, Mischa Auer Andy Devine Also CARTOON, SHORT, and NEWS On Saturday Night, Feature will start a few minutes after midnight —after the Juke Box Prom. TUESDAY ONLY “Big Boss” with OTTO KRUGER, GLORIA DICKSON Is Your Slack Suit READY? Whether you go to the JUKE BOX PROM, on a picnic, or away for the week-end, you’ll need clean, fresh clothes. Send Them To The CAMPUS CLEANERS Above Exchange Store