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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1941)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1941- THE BATTALION -PAGE 3 Most Cadets Eligible as Air Corps Bombardiers, Navigators Educational Requirements for Dual Training Course Are Lowered by Army Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Dec. 14.—The Air Corps as a result of its ever expanding force has combined the duties of navigator and bombardier and has stipulated qualifications which will allow the majority of A. & M. students to take advantage of this training and receive aviation cadets status, pay, and allowances. The separate jobs of bombardier-^ and navigator are no more, and all applications should be made for the dual training course. The applicants must be unmarried men between the ages of 20 and 26 who have been citizens of the Unit ed States for at least ten years. The only educational qualifica tions required by the War Depart ment are that the applicants be at least high school graduates and be able to pass a simple high school physics test and a general mechanical aptitude test. Students undergoing the train ing will have the status of avia tion cadets and will receive the same pay and allowances as those cadets receiving pilot instruction. The entire training program will cover approximately seven months and upon satisfactory completion the graduates will be eligible for appointment as 2nd Lieutenants in the Air Reserve with a rating of aircraft observer. All students who live in Texas should send their applications to the Commanding General, Eighth Corps Area, San Antonio, Texas. Students from out of the state should send their appications to the commanding general of the corps area in which they reside. Qualifying metal examinations will be given by aviation cadet examining boards. 8ti iggfefcr'a To Say: “Merry Christmas To You” and when the holidays are over we’ll still be here to serve you! STODENT CO-OP One Block East of No. Gate O mm SEASONS GREETINGS AGGIES And BEST OF LUCK FOR THE NEW YEAR TAXI • "There's o slight delay in football production this year' Broken Key? No; Merely Slug In Unpaid for Box at Busy P O By Clyde C. Franklin Could Christmas be coming ? Could be, there’s an increase in the amount of mail coming into the College Station post office. irmnnr ir=innr ir=innr Santa s Guide to Gift Economg Get the modern ^<7 refrigerator YOLiyE staffs smjR ALWAYS WANIEB Same High Quality! Liberal Allowance For Your Old Refrigerator 'T'vON’T miss this opportunity i-/ to own a genuine 6-cu.-ft. Gas Refrigerator! This new model brings you all those exclusive advantages and savings of Servel’s famous "no moving parts” freez ing system. And it’s priced to fit any family’s pocket- * ook. So, come in this week! / i i REFRlGERATOR 10 YEAR GUARANTEE Operates On Butane or Natural Gas 18 MONTHS TO PAY Look at all these features Porcelain Vegetable Freshener • Interior Light • Meat Storage Tray • Cold Indicator • Grid and Cube Release • Modern Streamlined Beauty • Permanent Silence • Continued Low Operating Cost • No Moving Parts to Wear • Savings That Pay For It COLLEGE PLUMBING COMPANY Phone 4-1173 Or YOBR LOCAL GAS COMPANY »p-^=inar= DE3E3E Maybe those women at TSCW be lieve it is more blessed to give than to receive, but there is still a decided increase in incoming mail at College Station during the month of December. In spite of the inevitable increase in December mail at every post of fice throughout the country Col lege Station’s post office gets its big headache when September rolls around each year. All the boxes at the regular office and at the south station must be rented and the students names made into a large register. This must be cor rect; preparation is therefore, slow and cannot be done over merely because someone wishes to get his mail with a friend who has an other box number. Box Changes Many students each year are disappointed when they want to change their boxes and numbers and the post office cannot render this service. To do so would necessitate remaking the register and much added confusion and a great deal of delay in posting of mail would result. A common complaint around the post office this month is the “brok en key.” One student offered the complaint that someone had been trying to get his mail and had broken his key off in his lock. He solicited the support of the office in finding the offender and prom ised that if he found him he would “knock his block off.” He left the window feeling a little sheepish when he found that the broken key was only a device which according to postal regu lations must be put on the lock when the quarterly rent has not been paid. Non Payment Confusion When rents are not paid prompt ly a great deal of confusion re sults, particularly at the south sta tion. Since there is ho general de livery at the south station the mail must be sent back to the main office and put into the general delivery box there. Students liv ing in the new area then have to go to the main station at the North Gate for any of their mail which was sent back before the rent was paid, thereby causing a delay in delivery. Four students work in the local post office system and are hired through regular competitive civil service channels as are other post office employees. College Station is a first class post office but has no regular ro- tes or city routes as there is no rural or city de livery service through this office. 10,000 Pieces Daily An average of 10,000 pieces of mail pass, through the office daily, the large volume being attributed to the AAA and the Extension Service. Frequent in the mistakes of students is the failure to address their mail. One hurried student wrote his mother in Dallas to meet him on a certain corner at 2 p. m. the following day and stated that he would have several cadets with him as guests for the weekend but, alas and alack, he forgot to put his mother’s address on the out side of the envelope. The office is still holding two cards which were unaddressed. One of them reads “This is the mess hall. They sure have good food. They have dances here.” and "s signed “Bean ” If there are any Beans in the corps who have been mailing cards without addresses they can correct their error by going by the window at the main office. Last week the' office found m the basket a letter stamped with a Christmas seal and addressed as follows: “to sANtA, NoRtH POLE, tExAS.” What is a poor postal clerk to do when such as this happens? The postal regula tions don’t cover such things. I'Jv Gel the Newest in Both Styles on VICTOR F! 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