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Page 4 THE BATTALION -SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1942 Official Notices MEMORANDUM TO STAFF OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS: 1. Cadet staf officers and non-commis sioned officers are notified that staff pictures for the military section of the ary Longhorn should be taken immediately at the Aggieland Studio. 2. Officers and non-commisioned of ficers concerned should consult the 1941 Longhorn, Editor Rusty Heitkamp, or the photographer to be sure the correct picture is taken. 3. Staff commanders and sergeant- majors will be responsible for seeing that pictures are made immediately of the per sonnel on their staff.—TOM GILLIS, Cadet Colonel, Corps Commander. NOTICE—STUDENT LOANS Even under normal conditions applica tions for student loans through the Asso ciation of Former Students should be filed during the first ten days of January. In view of the proposed early registration, it is necessary that the period for filing loan applications be closed Tuesday, Jan uary 13. A grade point ratio of 1.5 is required for eligibility—ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS. BOEING AIRPLANE COMPANY The following is an excerpt from a letter from the Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita, Kansas: “We are in need of a number of men with engineering school background who can qualify for positions as junior inspect ors. Present requisites for work of this kind are ability to read and interpret blue prints and a knowledge of inspection problems, especially as applied to ma chined and sheet metal parts. Our junior inspectors find it necessary to own micro meters and other precision measuring in struments and it is desired, of course, that they have personal qualifications which would make them congenial employees.” There are a few application blanks avail able in this office and will be distributed as long as they last.—Gibb. Gilchrist, Dean of Engineering. STUDENT LABOR “The State Highway Department will employ three or four students of the Texas A. & M. College at Highway Cour tesy Stations beginning February 1, 1942. To be considered, a student must be eli gible under student employment regula tions and should have completed at least one year of college work. Those inter ested should contact me personally before 5 p. m. January 8th.’”—Wendell R. Hor sley, Chairman Student Labor Committee. one year of college work. Those inter- ENGINEERS FOR NAVY DEPT. Word has been received from the Navy Department of the urgent need for engi neers in the Design Division of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. The work involves design and construction of various types of buildings, shops, hangars, radio towers, reservoirs, wharves, causeways, power plants, etc. The branches include structur al, mechanical, refrigerating, heating and ventilating, electrical, and sanitary engi- BEST TRADE At LOUPOT’S January Clearance Men’s and Boys’ Suits ... Top Coats . . . Slacks . . . Sweaters . . . Leather Coats and Sport Jackets. 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Service in this connection may be considered as a very definite contribution to the prosecution of the war. Application blanks are available on re quest in the Office of the Dean of Engi neering.—Gibb Gilchrist, Dean of Engi neering. ATTENTION, SENIORS January 15 will be the latest date orders for personnel leaflets can be taken.—Place ment Office, Association of Former Stu dents. COURSE IN WELDING To Whom it may concern: Beginning Jan. 15, the Mechanical Engi neering department at A. & M. college, cooperating with the State Department of Industrial Education, will offer a course ;ion, in Welding for employed mechanics in this area. The class will meet three hours per night, two nights per week, for a period of 'eight weeks, and the enrollment is limited to 14 men. There will be an enrollment fee of $2.00 and a material fee of $12.00. Anyone interested may apply for ad mission at the Mechanical Engineering department at A. & M. college.—H. P. Rigsby, Instructor, Mechanical Engineer ing Department. BATTALION STAFF, LONGHORN STAFF, ENGINEER STAFF, AGRI CULTURIST STAFF, PRESS CLUB Group pictures of all members of the publications staff will be taken at 12:45 p. m. Monday pn the front steps of the Administration building. All members of the Battalion, Longhorn, Agriculturist, and Engineer staffs should be present. A picture of the Press club will be taken at the same time. the Battalion, Longhorn, Agriculturist, FACULTY DANCE The next Faculty Dance will be held in Sbisa Hall the night of Friday, January 16th. I. Ae. S. MEMBERS All regular members who have not filled out student membership cards, please do so at once. Cards are available in the office of the Aeronautical Engineering department. Regular members may order emblems at the same time at $.60 each. WALTHER LEAGUE The A. & M. Walther League will meet meet in the Y chapel Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. CLASSIFICATION REFIGURED Students who want their classifications refigured at the end of the semester should leave their names at the Informa tion Desk in the Registrar’s Office.—H. L. Heaton, Acting Registrar. BUYMANSHIP MEETING The Better Buymanship Group of the cl Wednesday afternoon, January 14, at 2 :30 at the home of Mr. L. S. Paine, 211 me, T. up < College Women’s Social club will meet Wednesday afternoon, Janua 2 :30 at the home of Mr. L. S. Suffolk, South Oakwood. Mrs. T. A. Munson will discuss “Standardization” and Dr. Sylvia Cover will talk on “A Home maker’s Interest in Grade Labeling of Meats and Vegetables." Dr. Cover will also include in her talk some suggestions for the preparation of the less expensive cuts of meat. ECONOMICS CLUB There will be an important meeting of the Economics club Monday at 8 p. m. in the Petroleum Engineering Lecture room. Arthur Coburn of the Southwestern Life Insurance company will speak on, “Con temporary Investment Problems of an Insurance Company.” Everyone is in vited to attend. OFFICIAL NOTICES The deadline for official notices for The Battalion is 3 p. m. prior to the day of publication. Notices turned in later than this can not be used. SPECIAL EXAM IN C. E. 300s The Special Examination in C. E. 800s (Summer Practice) will be held in the Civil Engineering Drafting Room on Sat urday afternoon, January 17th. Only those students who have secured permission by petition will be permitted to take the examination, and only one examination will be given during this school year.—J. T. L. McNew, Head, Department of Civil Engineering. Church Notices FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH College Station, Texas Sunday Services: 9:45 A. M., Sunday School. 10:50 A. M., Morning Worship Service, Pastor R. L, Brown, preaching. 1:15 P. M.—B. S. U. Council Meeting. 8:00 P. M„ Evening Worship Service, Pastor, R. L. Brown, preaching. Classified WANTED: Garage convenient to Dorm. 4.—P. Campbell, Box 4006 or Ph. 4-8024. FOR SALE—Officer’s uniform. See A. F. Ligon at Library. LOST—One tan wallet containing mil itary science check. If found please return to Wayne Hill, Room 120, Dorm. 4. Re ward offered. LISTEN TO WTAW 1150 KC Saturday’s Programs 11:25 a. m.—Heirs of Liberty (United States Department of Jus tice) 11:40 a. m.—Interlude. 11:50 a. m.—A Moment for Re flection (Bryan and College Sta tion Pastors) 11:55 a. m.—The Town Crier and Battalion Newscast 12:00 noon—Sign-off. Sunday’s Programs 8:30 a. m.—American Red Cross War Fund Drive 9:30 a. m.—Sign-off. Monday’s Programs 11:25 a. m.—Dairy Dramas (Farm Credit Administration) 11:40 a. m.—Salute to South America 11:55 a. m.—Town Crier and Battalion Newscast 12:00 p.m.—Sign-off. ^Unsung and in hem Ided-That \s Randolph Field’s Check Pilots “Do you have to come in here just because the radio squeals?” CPT Flight Training Program Will Be Continued During Second Semester Flight training courses will a- gain be offered as a part of the CPT program of the United States Government during the coming Spring semester according to in formation received by Howard W. Barlow, head of the department of aeronautical engineering. These courses are available to all stu dents of the college who have com pleted at least one year of col lege/ work. Applications and detail information should be secured im mediately from the office of the aeronatical engineering department in the old laundry building. The course will start on or about Feb ruary 1. Prepares for Service These courses are of particular interest to students who are con templating entering the Army, Navy or Marine flying corps as well as to those who are interest ed in careers as commercial flight instructors and airline pilots. Those students who have definitely de cided to take military flight train ing are particularly urged to en roll in these CPT courses. These courses serve as an excellent orien tation for military flight training because they permit the student’s flying ability to be determined early in his career without the necessity of his dropping from school. Military flight training rec ords that of those who have not had previous CPT flight training, 40% of those to start the Army and Navy courses are washed out before completion, whereas, only 10% of those who have had CPT training are washed out. Trainees Get Deferments These courses will be of par ticular interest to those students who are contemplating enlisting in the military flight training courses in preference to being drafted by the Selective Service Boards. It has been the practice of these boards to grant deferment in all cases of CPT trainees and thus permit the students to complete their CPT courses and make bet ter military pilots. At the same time the students are enabled to continue their college education. Two courses are being offered. These are the Elementary and See the Elementary course must have Sanchez Talks Before Seminar Dr. George Sanchez, noted authority on Latin-America, will address the second meeting of the Latin-American seminar Monday night at 7:30 in the Chemistry lecture room. The meeting will be open to both students and faculty and the public is especially urged to attend. A special feature 'prom ised is a discussion of military objectives of South America by some member of the military staff of A. & M. Dallas Mothers Add To Library Donations The A. & M. Mothers Club of Dallas has made a gift of $25 to the library general reading fund. This gift is an addition to anoth er made earlier in the year. These gifts to the fund are us ed by the library to buy currently appearing books which it would not otherwise be able to purchase, according to T. F. Mayo, librarian. —SAVING— (Continued from Page 1) W. Scott, city manager, and the city of College Station, represent ed by Garland Brown of the city office and Frank Brown, fire chief, are assisting the Red Cross The paper collected has many uses. A bulletin issued by the Na- dated August 22, includes the fol lowing figures regarding paper re quirements for the defense pro gram: 1,000,000 paper milk bot tles per day Jor army camps, 2,000,000 rolls of toilet paper for each camp, 11,000 tons of target paper, 25,000 tons of typewriter paper, 30,000,000 Defense Stamp albums, and 11,000 tons per month or board for shell containers. completed 30 semester hours of college and be between the ages of 19 and 26 as of January 2. The course will consist of 72 hours of ground school given 3 nights per week for 12 weeks and a 40 hour flight training course given at the college airport. The cost of the course will be approximately $37, and this includes medical examina tion fee, transportation fee, insur ance fee, and college registration fee. Secondary Course Available The Secondary course is available only to those who have completed the primary course either here or elsewhere and who have also com pleted not less than 60 semester hours of college work. The cost of the secondary course will be ap proximately $39. There is a great need for mili tary pilots at the present time and all those who can qualify are urged to make application. No applicant will be accepted unless he is anxious and willing to continue flight work either as a military pilot or com mercial flight instructor depend ing upon the individual qualifica tions. Randolph Feild, Texas, Dec. 17. —Unsung and unheralded are the test pilots that check student training aircraft here at Uncle Sam’s goliath of Air Corps pilot training fields, the “West Point of the Air.” These flying officers are listed in organization charts as engineer ing officers or assistant engineer ing officers in the four school squadrons here, each of which maintains some 85 basic training planes. But actually their test piloting is just about as important as the supervision they exercise over the 200 mechanics in each squadron. Less famous than their brothers who first fly the Air Corps’ fight ing and experimental craft, these flying engineers who sky-ride —FIRST AID— . (Continued from Page 1) quired personnel in the defense set up for the college, and to enable the students to acquire the es- sentails of first aid so much need ed at this time. Campus Divided The defense program provides for dividing the campus into dis tricts, each of which will have a first aid station. Proposed first aid stations are the old “Y”, the new “Y”, the new mess hall, the gymnasium, Dr. Clark’s log cabin, F. & B. Station, airport, A. & M. Waldrops old store space, and the two clinics of Dr. T. 0. Walton, Jr., and Dr. D. W. Andres. The local medical committee needs personnel to man each of the first aid stations and a student proficient in first aid for each dormitory. Later, the program will include a first aid wise man from each organization. Two Courses Two first aid courses will be given at times convenient for the students. A twenty hour course nets a student a certificate for having passed the standard first aid course. An advanced instruc tors certificate may be obtained af ter an additional fifteen hours work. every new or used plane to which changes, repairs, or adjustments have been made are definitely a contributing reason behind Ran dolph Field’s ability to keep forc ed landings from mechanical or engine failures at an absolute min imum. One of the check-riders sums it up/reasonably: “If anything is going to happen to a -newly-repaired plane, the Air Corps wants it to happen to a veteran—who’ll know what to do—• rather than a young fellow just learning to fly.” But seldom does anything unto- wards happen, for in its efficient way, the Army’s air arm takes precautions to see that every plane is checked, and then checked again, day in and day out. To Air Corps mechanics on duty at this gigantic flying school, life is one check after another until they begin to react like a bank —CONVENTION— (Continued from Page 1) Station. Directors of the meeting from College Station included Minnie Mae Grubbs, Extension Service; Dr. E. O. Siecke, Texas Forest 'Service; B. F. Vance, A.A.A.; and D. W. Williams, animal husband ry. Sections Sectional chairmen from Col lege Station included Fred Hale and D. T. Killough of the Experi ment Station; R. E. Callender, J. F. Roseborough, Sadie Hatfield, and Myrtle Murray all of the Ex tension Service. Agriculturists from A. & M. College who appeared on the pro gram were Dean E. J. Kyle, L. P. Gabbard, Dr. E. B. Reynolds, C. H. McDowell, E. S. McFadden, Mary Anna Grimes, and E. K. Crouch, all of the Texas Agricul tural Experiment Station; Fred Reynolds, A. A. A.; Dr. L. G. Jones, and Dr. Ide P. Trotter of the agronomy department; Hazel Phipps, Mildred Horton, and E. A. Miller of the Extension Ser vice; and E. R. Alexander, of, the Texas Farm Bureau. clerk after a million wives have been on a buying spree. Every airplane on the field gets a daily inspection, and before each training period in the airways mechanics give it a pre-flight check. After twenty-five hours in the air, the plane is gone over with a fine toothed comb. Pro gressively, at 50, 100 and 200- hour intervals, the ship gets an other mechanical exam that incor porates all the “tough questions” of the preceding check. Then the process starts all over again until a plane has logged 550 hours, when a new engine is un stalled. After this check it’s a matter of repeating until the 4000-hour inspection, for which the trainer is sent to a nearby depot for the ultra-ultra in complete check-ups. Once a month, the test pilot takes each plane up to 10,000 feet and goes through all the maneuvers that an aviation cadet would. Aft er 45 minutes in the air, he’s pret ty certain that the plane will per form as it’s supposed to for any fledging flier who’s scheduled to fly it. Less than a half hour later, an aviation cadet is aloft, studying his aerial lesson for the day, cer tain that the equipment he’s using is topflight and in A-l condition— thanks to an unsung test pilot, and a mechanic that checks, and checks again. TRADE EARLY While Prices Are Low! • ONLY A SMALL DIFFERENCE NOW BOOKS! At LOUPOT’S THUMBS UP! AGGIES! Best of luck to you during the new year. 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