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Official Notices
APPLICATIONS FOR DEGREES—Mon
day, March 2, is the final date on which
applications may be made for those de
grees which are to be conferred at the
end of the current semester. This applies
to both graduate and undergraduate stu
dents.—R. G. Perryman, Asst. Registrar.
Church Notices
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, College Sta
tion. Rev. R. L. Brown, pastor; Harvey
Hatcher, education and music director.
Sunday school, 10:45 a. m. All students
meet in new auditorium.
Morning worship 11:50 a. m. Pastor
will preach.
B. S. U. Council, 2:30 p. m.
Life Service Band, 3:30 p. m.
Training Union, 7:30.
Evening Worship Service, 8:30 p. m.
John Williams Hughes, radio commen
tator, journalist, world traveler and writer
Will speak on the subject: “It Shall Not
Perish.” Everyone is cordially invited to
attend these services.
LUTHERANS—The ground breaking for
the new Evangelical Lutheran Church to
be built at 800 South College avenue in
Bryan will take place Sunday morning at
11 o’clock. Rev. H. A. Traugott of Kur-
ten will conduct the services. All Lutherans
are urged to attend. Services will be over
in time for students to be back for dinner.
WALTHER LEAGUE—There will be a
meeting of the A. & M. Lutheran Walther
League in the Y chapel Sunday afternoon
at 4 :30. All members are urged to attend.
Meetings
KREAM AND KOW KLUB—All stu
dents who are interested in showing a
calf in the Spring Dairy Show meet at
the College dairy farm Saturday after
noon at 2 p. m. Any D. H. student is eli
gible to show a calf.
Monday night, March 2, at 8:15, a
meeting of the Kream and Kow Klub will
be held in the Creamery. All members are
urged to attend as plans for Ag. Day
will be discussed.
NEWCOMERS—The Newcomers club
will meet Wednesday, March 4, with Mrs.
J. H. Sorrels, 202 Pershing, at 3 p. m.
Bridge and sewing.
MARKETING AND FINANCE—Market
ing and Finance pictures are to be taken
on Monday at 1:45 on the steps of the
Agriculture building. All Marketing ma
jors must be there to be included in the
pictures
Announcements
LOST ARTICLES—A list of articles lost
in the Mechanical Engineering department
has been posted on the bulletin board in
the Mechanical Engineering building. Any
one who wishes to claim such articles may
call at the M. E. office.
RED CROSS SCHEDULE MARCH 2-6—
Monday A. M. Volunteers.
Monday P. M. Faith Snuggs Circle, Pres
byterian ladies.
Tuesday A. M. Army.
Tuesday P. M. Army; Episcopal ladies.
Wednesday A. M. Extension Service ladies.
Wednesday P. M. Church of Christ.
Thursday A. M. Methodist Ladies.
Thursday P. M. Project House ladies.
Friday A. M. and P. M. Volunteers.
The following students will report to
Mr. J. C. Hotard at 2 p. m. on Wednes
day, March 4, for the purpose of assisting
with the arranging of menus for the week
following:
Murray, F. B.; Nelson, E.; Overbeck,
E. M.; Schwinn, D. S.; Hill, M. W.; Goins,
W. C.; Duncan, D. L.; Pettit, B. E.; Hard
man, Echols, Domaschk, W. G.; Swain,
W. C.—D. W. Williams.
CAFES & CONFECTIONERIES AT
COLLEGE STATION GIVEN
GRADE “A” RATING
In compliance with the Local Food Ordi
nance based on the United States Public
Health Service Standards regulating eat
ing and drinking establishments, the fol
lowing cafes and soda fountains are en
titled to operate as Grade “A” establish
ments, says Dr. J. E. Marsh, City Health
Officer: Aggieland Inn, Aggieland Phar
macy ; A. & M. Grill, Black’s Pharmacy,
Casey’s Confectionery, College Courts Cof
fee Shop, College Inn Cafe, George’s Con
fectionery, Lipscomb’s Pharmacy, Madeley’s
Pharmacy, Minute Sandwich Shop, Park-
hill Dining Room, and White Way Cafe.
The above rating took into account the
sanitary inspection of the establishment
and bacteriological examination of dishes
and cooking utensils. The series of bac
teriological examinations which were made
on the dishes in each establishment showed
progressive improvement during the past
six months. The most recent counts have
more than met the standards and this
condition has been attributed to the inter
est and cooperation of the food establish
ment operators.
Classified
FOR SALE CHEAP!—4 Jr. Sr. Blouses,
sizes 34", 36", 37", 38" long; 3 Jr. Sr.
Caps, 6%, 7, 714 : 1 Jr. Sr. Shirt, size 14",
33" ; 2 Jr. Sr. Slacks, 29" waist, 33"
length. See Joe F. Bourn, 25 Leggett, im
mediately.
LOST—On Feb. 7, on the Caldwell cor
ner in Bryan, one brown leather jacket
with a pair of gloves in the pockets.
Finder please return to or notify W. B.
Brown, Room 118, Dorm. 3.
FOR RENT—One furnished three-room
apartment. New. You will like it.-—S. V.
Perritte, 4-8794.
DOBBS
FOR SPRING
AND SUMMER!
A clever cross between
tan and grey. Some
call it Desert Tan. But
most men simply look
at the hat and say . . .
"That’s smart!"
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“Two Convenient Stores”
College Station Bryan
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leading roles in the story.
“The Stars Look Down” is the
story of coal miners in Wales and
their struggles to better their
working conditions. Redgrave is a
coal miner who has studied enough
to win an Oxford scholarship. He
is the leader of the miners when
they go on strike to protest against
the danger of collapse under the
surface. He later goes to school
and then comes back to defend the
miners in their fight against the
mine owners. The story is a fine
cinematic version of the excellent
novel.
Dr. Cronin also wrote “The Cita
del” and “The Keys to the King
dom,” recent best sellers.
Guion Hall will not be open
for business Monday because the
new screen has arrived and will
be installed at that time. That strip
along the left side of the picture
will now be on the white screen
rather than the velvet curtains.
-INTRAMURALS—
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departing class for about 15 min
utes . . . Spike and Nickie put on
an impromtu chinning-bar demon
stration . . . .Boxing will begin af
ter wrestling and entrants may
weigh in beginning Thursday,
March 5 . . . And contestants may
continue to weigh-in until March
19 . . . .No entrants will be accept
ed after that date . . . Entrants
have to make an exact weight in
whatever class they decide to enter.
Food takes 37.4 per cent of the
expenditures of American fra
ternities.
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THE BATTALION
-SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1942
Starred at Campus
Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland are starred in the picture
“Skylark” which begins at the Campus Theatre at the Saturday
night preview and continues through Sunday and Monday. Brian
Aherne completes the triangle in this love affair.
ANNUAL ODDITIES
Mother Nature has produced
many weird and grotesque crea
tures in her time, but her imagina
tion must have run amuck when
she created the Duck-Billed Platy
pus, an egg-laying, poison-pro
ducing mammal.
Instead of being constructed as
were other self-respecting mam
mals, the ludicrous platypus has a
duck’s bill stuck on in front where
its snout should be; it has the fur
and general shape of a mole, the
skeleton similar to that of a rep
tile’s, and is completely without
teeth. Its fore feet have large
swimming webs that protrude be
yond the strong claws, and these
greatly aid this animal in swim
ming. When this odd creature
comes on land, the webs are fold
ed against its palms, enabling the
sharp claws to come into play—
these dual purpose feet with their
retractable landing gear seem to
smack of American mass produc
tion principles.
The female usually deposits two
eggs in her self-made underground
retreat, away from the reach of
predatory animals. This hidden
lair is located at the end of a tor
tuous tunnel, the entrance of which
is located on the bank of the river
below the water line—an innova
tion the allies could employ in
more effectively hiding their sub
marines.
The mother platypus, instead of
supplying milk spigots for her
young as do other mammals, se
cretes the milk directly on to the
skin. The newly hatched platypus
clings to the mother’s upturned
belly, and in a very unorthodox,
but seemingly effective style, laps
up the white drops of milk that
ooze from the numerous milk
pores.
Daddy platypus is rather well
prepared for most any eventuality,
having, besides his powerful claws,
two poison glands located in the
thighs. Connected to these glands
are movable hollow spines that are
capable of inflicting a painful
wound — probably all platypus
hunters should carry snakebite out
fits to protect themselves—just
imagine dying from the kick of a
wild platypus!
During the Australian twilight
hours a platypus family may be
seen bobbing playfully on the sur
face of a stream, their flattened,
duck-like bills looking like so many
floating bottles. In order to catch
these duck-billed oddities alive, the
local natives rig up a modified
fishing rig, complete with hook
and bait; they then cast into the
stream, and if luck is with them
they may land a struggling platy
pus. With the characteristics of so
many different animals, it is hard
to say whether the meat would be
classed as fish, fowl, or mammal—
but we’ll leave that to the Aus
tralians.
Civil Service
Expands Widely
Post Employment
The United States Civil Service
Commission made known today
that as a result of the tremend
ously expanded post employment
training program of the War De
partment thousands of civilian
trainee positions in aircraft and
engine mechanics, ordnance inspec
tion and Signal Corps equipment
repairing will be filled in Louisi
ana and Texas within the next few
months.
Indicative of the trend towards
increased employment of women in
trades and technical positions, it
was emphasized that women as
well as men are eligible for and
will be appointed to these jobs.
Test training courses conducted by
the federal government at San
Antonio and elsewhere have proven
the suitability of women for em
ployment in skilled manual occupa
tions which were formerly con
fined almost exclusively to men.
Original appointment as trainees
wil be made at $900 and 1,020
a year. Promotions may be made
upon successful completion of
training courses of three months,
six months or longer to jobs pay
ing from $1,260 to $1,620 a year.
Further promotion is possible later.
The Student Trainee jobs in air
craft and engine mechanics are to
be filled at the San Antonio Air
Depot, San Antonio, Texas and
at sub-depots of the San Antonio
Air Depot throughout the States
of Louisiana and Texas. The
Trainee Inspector vacancies are
at contractor plants and ordnance
establishments in both states. Me-
—KYLE FIELD—
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man, adding baseball to his many
other chores . . . However, he is
expected to concentrate on track
rather than try two sports at one
time ... Coach Rollins says that
the boy has plenty of possibilities
to develop into a first rate discus
thrower ... it looks like the All-
Conference basketball team will be
a complicated affair . . . Three
players are cinches on any team—
Bob Kinney of Rice, Dwight Parks
of Baylor and R. C. Pitts of Ar
kansas . . . the other positions will
be a battle between such men as
O’Neal Adams of Arkansas, Bill
Henderson of A. & M., Chet
Palmer of Rice, Bob McHenry of
T. C. U., Johnny Sebeck of S. M. U.
and Gordon Carpenter of Arkansas
... any of the above men would
be a valuable cog to a team.
chanic Learner positions, Signal
Corps Equipment are open in the
Signal Corps at San Antonio and
elsewhere in Louisiana and Texas.
All applicants will be required
to qualify in a mechanical aptitude
test which is given periodically by
the Civil Service Commission. The
test is designed to determine
whether or not the applicant has
the mechanical bent necessary for
successful performance on the job.
Previous experience or training in
mechanical trades or occupations is
not required.
Age limits are 16 to 50. Inter
ested persons may secure further
information and the necessary ap
plication forms from the Secretary,
Board of 1 U. S. Civil Service Ex
aminers at a first- or second-class
post office in the States of Louisi
ana or Texas.
Reports Come From Ex-Aggies
In United States Armed Service
“Jeep” Oates when he was a stu
dent at A. & M. and Battalion
sports editor, writes from Lawton,
Okla., that he and Mrs. Oates are
now living there.
Lt. Oates is now attending the
Field Artillery school at Fort Sill
where he has been on duty since
last June. Mrs. Oates, who for
merly worked for the AAA joined
him there last Fall when he was
adjutant of the 31st Battalion in
the Replacement Center.
Lt. Oates also mentioned that
Lt. Col. P. H. Enslow, formerly
stationed here with the Field Ar
Dean Kyle Concludes
S A Reports for The
National Coordinator
Dean E. J. Kyle is concluding the
last of his reports to Nelson Rocke
feller, coordinator of Inter-Ameri
can Affairs and sponsor of Dean
Kyle’s trip through the Central and
South American countries last sum
mer.
Being made in four parts, the
report is concerned with the agri
cultural economy of the Central and
South American countries, the ag
ricultural educational institutions
of our southern neighbors ,and
the people with whom the dean be
came acquainted in his travels. The
report also will include press and
newspaper accounts of the tour.
In addition to his report to Rock
efeller, Dean Kyle is making spec-
al reports to the Standard Oil
Company on the agricultural econ
omy of Venezuela and to An-
derson-Clayton and Company on
cotton in Brazil.
—PISTOLS—
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ican War. It had two types, the
“Artillery” and the “Cavalry”, the
latter being the same as the
“Frontier,” the most famous model
ever built by Colt.
Another unique model on dis
play is the pepperbox pistol, a
4, 6 or 8 barreled pistol loaded
with cap-and-ball. These are out
standing in that they are double
action, pulling the trigger both
cocks and discharges the piece.
Several derringers are shown
which were named after a Phil
adelphia gun smith named Derrin
ger who popularized the small,
heavy caliber pistols.
The Starr pistol was another of
the many steps toward improving
the design of the pistol we know
today. This weapon was designed
to “take down’ easily, it had a
detachable cylinder which could
be replaced with a loaded one in
a few seconds thus increasing the
fire power from 6 to 12 shots.
The larger part of the exhibit
was donated by Paul H. Walser,
H. A. Dawley, and H. V. Geib.
Civil Service
Jobs Available
At Duncan Field
Many Civil Service positions are
open to both skilled workers and
those who are not trained in any
special field at the San Antonio
Air Depot at Duncan Field, San
Antonio.
Positions as Junior Aircraft Me
chanics, Junior Aircraft Electri
cians, Junior Machinists, and
others are open to persons with
necessary qualifications, with pay
of $1860 per year. Inspectors of
Ordnance Material and Inspectors
of Powder and Explosives receive
salaries ranging from $1260 to
$2600 per year. Persons without
any particular experience in any
field have excellent opportunities
as Mechanic Learners and will be
trained in positions coucerned
with the maintenance and repair
of aircraft. These persons may re
ceive from $900 to $1200 per year.
For information regarding these
positions prospective applicants
should contact the Secretary of
the Civil Service Board of any
First- or Second-class Post Office
in Texas or Louisiana.
—BASKETBALL—
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one point of overtaking the Pon
ies in the last minute of play when
Bill Henderson hit the meshes for
two points. However, a free throw
by Sebeck put the Mustangs into
a 35-33 lead which they never re
linquished.
High scoring honors went to
Jarrett, who led the Aggies’ un
successful last-half rally with 13
markers. Hugh Welch was high
point man for S. M. U. with 12
points.
tillery Unit, R.O.T.C., is now sta
tioned at Fort Sill. Enslow was
coach of the national champion
Texas Aggie Pistol team in 1939-
40 and at that time held the rank
of captain. He was promoted to
major shortly before he left for
Fort Lewis at Tacoma, Washing
ton, and, according to the letter,
has received another promotion.
Lt. Hymie Critz, associate edi
tor of the Battalion in his senior
year, is last reported in Australia,
and Col. 0. E. Beezley is still on
duty in Louisiana.
Jimmie Parker, little manager
of the Texas Aggie football teams
of the past four years is now a
Flying Cadet and is stationed at
Kelly Field, Texas.
Lt. Harold F. (Frog) Duncan,
former Texas Aggie basketball
center and graduate with the Class
of 1941, last wrote from Camp
Wolters, Texas, where he had un
dergone an operation to fit him for
transfer to the Air Corps. Now
holding a commission as second
lieutenant in the infantry request
ed a transfer to the air corps but
was held up until a minor physical
ailment was corrected.
Lt. Tommie Vaughn, great foot
ball center with the 1938-39-40
teams, who also graduated last
June with a commission in the In
fantry has already transferred to
the air corps and is at Sheppard
Field where Lt. William M. (Mar-
land) Jeffrey, ex-football and
baseball letterman, is athletic of
ficer. Lt. Jeffrey is scheduled to
open the Texas Aggie baseball
season here March 4-5, with his
Flyers. Lt. Jeffrey was a team
mate and classmate of Lt. Vaughn.
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W. J. Douglas, Jr.
INSURANCE AGENCY
General Insurance
Commerce Bldg
Phone Bryan 2-6605
MY BUT DOESN’T
HE LOOK NICE?
He just got his hair cut
for the Barnyard Frolic
at
Y.M.C.A. Barber
Shop
and
Varsity Barber
Shop
“Not Mine,” Artie Shaw
“Come and Get It”
Fats Waller
“Shanty in Old Shanty
Town” Johnnie Long
“Record Session,”
Harry James
hasweu’s
Bryan
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Put on your shoes
and come to the
Barnyard
Frolic Tonite
THE DANCE OF THE YEAR - - - You’ll have a very
gay time. Anything goes No holds barred.
Mountain Muzik
TOPPY “Uncle Ezry” PEARCE AND HIS
TEXAS HILLBILLIES
AG. ENGINEERING HAY LOFT
“Sattidy” tW 28th
9 ’til 12