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P&*« 4 Official Notices SCHEDULE OF EVENTS—Mar. 3—A. & M. Freshmen vs. Texas University Freshmen, Basketball, 5:45 p. m.; Mar. 3 —a. & m. " Basket- vs. texas University, ball game—8:30 p. m.; Mar. 5 and 6-— Texas Dairy Products Association ; Mar. 6 —Field Artillery Ball—Sbisa Hall—9 :00 p. m. to 1:00. Executive Offices PRESIDENT’S OFFICE—The President’s Office has received a book entitled, “Col or, Class and Personality” from the Am. Council on Education. Will the party or dering this book please call for it. PERSONNEL LEAFLETS—Printed pel for the followin Printed ling ese at Room 133, Building, at yi convenience: Burch, W. J. Jr.; Uamp, T.; Garlitz, H. E.; Grobe, R. B.; Haltom, G. W.; Slack, T. E.; Snow, J. H.; Wil liams, 0. R., Jr.—Placement Bureau, As sociation. of Former Students. our earliest Camp, L. PERSONNEL PICTURES — Pictures which accompany the personnel leaflets are ready for the following seniors. Please call for these at Room 133, Administration Building, at your earliest convenience: Evans, Travis; Garlitz, Homer E.; Grobe, Roy B.; Haltom, G. W.: Nassauer, George Jr.; O’Keefe, Thomas; Pettigrew, Jim M.; Slack, T. E.; Snow, J. H.; Whall, C. W.; Williams, 0. R.—Placement Bureau, Asso ciation of Former Students. Meetings DAMES CLUB—The A. & club will meet Wednesday night at 8:00 o’clock in the Y.M.C.A. parlor. A.S.M.E.—There will be A.S.M.E. Me- lecture room. All ME meeting tonight at 8 o’clock in the M chanical Engineering students are invited to come. Howard E. Degler of the University of Texas will speak. HANDICRAFT GROUP Group of the College Women’s Social club vill meet Wednesday morning at 10:30 at The Handicraft Social cljBj meet Wednesday morn' the home of Mrs. R. R. Lancaster, 207 E. by HO L | PROOF IN PACER, PACER SHORTS HALFKOSE Genuine English Rib Socks . . . now beautiful ly constructed in the U, S. A. by Holeproof. You will like the smart collec tion of new colors for spring. Regulation Socks We offer a pleasing as sortment of regulation socks in Crew Socks . . . Pacer Shorts or Half Hose ... in lisles, rayons . . 6x3 ribs or heavy ribbed crew socks. 25c 35c 50c rnaldropflfo *Tw* Coareaieat Stare*” CMkff* SUtiaa Bryan Dexter, College Park. Basket weaving will be mei is welcome. ng be taught and reed will be on hand. An; ember of the College Women’s Social c ^ny dub FOODS GROUP—The Foods Group of will meet Thursd: e of Mrs. A. R. 113 Pershing street, in Oakv irs will bring si vorite low-cost recipes. he Foods Group the Newcomers club will meet Thursday at :locl !r, 113 Fershmg street, m Uakwo< Members will bring samples of their fa- FAYETTE COUNTY CLUB Fayette ounty A. & M. club will meet in Room 2 : the New Y Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY SOCIETY— The student affiliates of the American Chemical society will meet at 8 o’clock Thursda; Lt. meeting. ■sday in the Chemistry lecture room. "Col. Swearingen will speak at the Announcements RED CROSS SCHEDULE MARCH 2-6- Tuesday A. M. Army. Tuesday P. M. Army; Episcopal ladies. Wednesday A. M. Extension Service ladiei Wednesday P. M. Church of Christ. Inesday F. M. Ghurc Thursday A. M. Methodist Ladiei Project House Friday A. M. and P. M. Volunteers. Thu: Thu: rsday P. M. Pr< Chrii adies. ject House ladies. 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. SAND FOR AIR RAIDS—Sand for the irpose of extinguishing incendiary bombs ill be distributed today by the coll lay by the college All College Station residents are urged to ler on porches before 9 a. m. for this sand fice of Police and Air Raid Warden Com- irg< place .i metal container on their back icrches before 9 a. m. for this sand.—Of- 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. Life Service Band, 3:30 p. m. Training Union. 7 :30. Evening Worship Sen John Williams Hughi ion, 7 :30. hip Service, 8:30 p. radio John Williams Hughes, radio commen tator, journalist, world traveler and writer will speak on the subject: “It Shall Not 11 speak on the su Perish.” Everyone is cordially invited to attend these services. Classified FOR RENT—One furnished three-room apartment. New. You will like it—S. V. Perritte, 4-8794. WILL “JACK” who from 89 Leggett please return as possible. wed i it tux soon ■Leather cow-boy belt with silver Dorm 4 or door. Return Dorm 5, Room 110 LOST- ops, Don Buford. Reward. near west to J. L. WILL THE AGGIE who picked up a black Sheaffer pen in Room 209 Academic Wednesday afternoon please rgturn it to Room 314, No. 1, for reward. FOR RENT—Two-room furnished apart ment, private bath, private entrance, 223 Dexter Drive, College Park. Vacant Friday, March 6. Chinese Consul At Hillel Meeting “China’s Part in the Battle of ithe Far East,” was the subject on which Ouang Tsin-Lon, Chinese consul, and his wife spoke at an open meeting of the A. & M. Hillel .club Sunday night. Around 150 persons attended the meeting as the Cosmopolitan club was invited as special guests. Tsin-Lon and his wife stated that China’s main part in the war at present was keeping a million Japanese occupied so that they could not do serious damage at other points. They said that the Americans had not underestimat ed the Japs but had evaluated them by American standards which are not as unscrupulous as those of the Japanese. The Consul stated that in every major reverse so far the Japanese have resorted to the use of gas and stated that they will continue to do so in any major reverses 'which may occur. SOPHOMORES! Order Your Uniform Now for Prompt Delivery Look for the Symbol of Distinction “Made by Mendl & Hornak ,, UNIFORM TAILOR SHOP North Gate THE BATTALION 1941’s Outstanding Actor For his stellar performance in “Sergeant York” Gary Cooper was last week awarded moviedom’s highest award, the gold “Oscar” for. the year’s best performance. With Cooper in the above picture is Joan Leslie who is also in the movie which open at Guion Hall today and will run through Friday. New Plan Before Texas Local Boards To Re-Classify Men in I-B and IV-F Local boards throughout Texas have been directed to reopen and consider anew the case of every registrant who has heretofore been classified in Class I-B or Class IV-F predicated on deficiencies in teeth ox eyesight, General J. Watt Page, State Selective Service Di rector, announced today. Army physical requirements, General Page pointed out, have heretofore specified that regis trants must have an adequate num ber of serviceable natural teeth (three pairs of biting and three pairs of chewing teeth opposite to each other when chewing) and must be able to read test cards at 20 feet without glasses which a normal person can read at 100 feet without glasses, provided the same matter can be read by the regis trant at 40 feet with the use of glasses. Registrants who could not meet these requirements have been placed in Class I-B or Class IV-F according to the degree of defi ciency. The Army has now provided for a liberalization of dental and vis ual requirements for acceptance of registrants for general military service, General Page said, and the revised physical standards provide: 1. That registrants who have no disqualifying physical defects ex- Slight Losses Suffered in 1941 In Texas Woodland An all-time low—35,808 acres— was the record for Texas farm woodland burned in 1941. This rep resented the loss of 0.008 percent of the farm woodland in 58 coun ties reporting, compared to about 0.009 percent in 1940, says C. W. Simmons, farm forester of the A. & M. college Extension Service. The Texas Forest Service likewise reported the acreage burned in 1941 was the lowest in its history of protection and, incidentally, was the lowest in the country. In a survey, Simmons found an increase of 80 farm sawmills in Texas over the number in 1940, or from 318 to 398. Only about 15 operating farm mills were report ed seven years ago. The cut in 1941 averaged about 70,000 board feet per mill, which is about the same for several years preceding. Farm mills produce only one to three percent of the total lumber cut in the state. The Humble representatives will be Messrs.^ohn Sylvester and Jim Casey and arrangements for their interviews will be handled by the Placement Office of the Associa tion of Former Students. The Hum ble Company is one of the largest employers of A. & M. men and makes an annual visit to the cam pus for this purpose. —SWIMMERS— (Continued from Page 3) The breast stroke brings togeth er Aggie Bob Cowling and Dal- lasite Phil Montgomery. Cowling has been undefeated this year and Montgomery suffered his only de feat at the hands of Cowling. Other highlights of the meet will be the medley relays and diving. cept a lack of the required num ber of teeth, when in the opinion of the examining physician they are well nourished, of good mus cle, are free of gross dental in fections and have sufficient teeth (whether natural ox artificial) to subsist on the Army ration, will be accepted for general military ser vice in all branches. 2. That registrants whose visual acuity is below 20/100 but not be low 20/200 in each eye without glasses if correctible to 20/40 in each eye, will be accepted for gen eral military service in all non- combatant branches. The actual possession of suitable glasses by an individual is not required for his acceptance under these stand ards. General Page stated that all Class I-B and Class IV-F regis trants who are found to be eligible for military service under the lib eralized dental and visual require ments of the armed forces, unless upon reconsideration of their clas sification they are deferred for other reasons, will be placed in Class I-A and sent to Army Ex amining Boards fox final determin ation as to their acceptability. He said: “These new standards will make available for service in our armed forces many thousands of men who have already been given deferred classifications, as well as a large ratio of the new draftees who would have failed to qualify under the old Army physical require ments. —HORSESHOW— (Continued From Page 1) at the north end of the drill field. The biggest jumps will be four feet four inches high and five feet across. Six different types of ob stacles have been designed for the three jumping classes. Cadet officers of the two regi ments will compete in the Officer’s Charger class. The charger com petition includes showing at the walk, trot and gallop, performing the manual of the saber mounted and taking the mounts over des ignated obstacle jumps. In addition to the above events there have also been scheduled classes for freshman and sopho more horsemanship, tug o’ war and a remount class. —CAMOUFLAGE— (Continued From Page 1) “Camouflage in Nature,” “Fun damental Principals of Camou flage Design,” “Countershading” “Physical Factors of Vision,” “Psychological Process”, and a batle between camouflaged ground gun crews and camouflaged air craft, in model form. -SHORT COURSEk- (Continued from Page 1) Tomorrow has been designated as “Bryan Women’s Club” show ing, headed by Mrs. W. L. Porter, president, and “College Station Civilian Defense Short Course” night. The United States Navy band in a reecnt performance at Clemsqn college played “Tiger-Rah,” a pep song composed by E. J. Freeman, Clemson engineering professor. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1942 Aggie Rings Began in Class Of ’94; Largest in the United States By Tom Vannoy Those class rings that every Ag gie looks forward to getting when he becomes a senior were started back in 1894. The class of that year was the first to use a ring. The rings were designed by a member of the class and were made locally. The same basic design has been in use ever since that time. When the first rings were re ceived from the manufacturers, one of them was cut open and found to be filled with lead. The entire shipment was sent back and about two years required to remake the lot and deliver them to the stu dents. The eagle on the top, the star on one side, and the crossed arms one the other are as old as the rings themselves. Until about ten years ago, the eagle was faced the other way and the letters A.M.C. and the year were all that was on the top. Until a few years ago, the star was not encircled by the wreaths of oak and olive leaves. The oak leaves stand for strength, and the olive leaves represent peace. The rope around the top of the ring Civil Service Exam Reviews To Be Held This Week To prepare students who plan to take the civil service exam ination for junior professional as sistant that is to be held Saturday, March 14, a number of lectures covering the various tests will be held in the next few nights. At 8 o’clock tonight in Room 313, Agricultural Building, Collier will conduct a review on Soil Sur vey and at the same time in room 304, Agriculture Building, Potts will review Crops. Other reviews to follow are: March 4, Dr. Humbert will re view Genetics in the Genetics class room at the A. & I. building. March 5, Crops will be discussed by Mr. Easley at 304 Ag. Building. March 6, Christy will conduct a general discussion at the Ag. En gineering building. March 11, Dr. Donahue will re view Soil Fertility at Room 313 Ag. building and March 12, Dr. Jones will give a general summa tion at the 313 Ag. Building. All the lectures will be held at 8 p. m. on the nights of the days stated. The Civil Service examination for Junior Professional Assistants will be held Saturday, March 14, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. in the auditorium of the Agricultural En gineering Building. -INTRAMURALS— (Continued from Page 3) on the corurts and the Field boys came out on the winning end of a 2-1 score. Class B Horseshoes are getting in the box for some teams. I Head quarters Field Artillery triumphed over D Coast by a 2-0 score. C C.W.S. and E Field pitched a heat ed game, but the Chem boys had more ringers than the Artillery men. The final score of this match was C C.W.S., 2, E Field Artillery, 1. has no special significance and was added recently. The background behind the star is made up of the state and nation al colors, with oak and olive leaves and rays emanating from the star. On the opposite side, the back ground behind the crossed arms is similar. In early days, anyone who wish ed to buy a ring could do so. In 1925, the sophomore class ordered their rings at the beginning of school. After that time, the idea arose that there should be a re- Degler to Address ME Students Tonight Howard E. Degler, head of the mechanical engineering depart ment of the University of Texas, will speak at the meeting of the A.S.M.E. tonight in the M.E. lec ture room. His talk will cover so ciety affairs and the significance of professional societies. In addi tion, he will discuss such topics of current interest as the status of student members who enter the armed services. Degler plans to visit the student branches of various southwestern schools as a member of the college relations committee of the A. S. M. E. His itinerary includes Rice, L.S.U. and Tulane. striction on the qualifications for obtaining a ring, and the ring com mittee came into existence in 1933. At the present time, in order to obtain a ring, a student must be a classified senior and a regularly enrolled student in the college. In order to keep the tradition, the design of the ring was copy righted in 1935 and will not be changed in the future. The present contract is held by the Southern Engraving Company of Houston and the rings are made by Jostyns in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Aggie senior rings are the larg est school rings in the United States, larger even than those of West Point and Annapolis grad uates. The present ring committee is made up of five administrative and faculty officers and eight cadets. E. E. McQuillen, secretary of the Former Students Association, is chairman of the committee. Other faculty members are H. L. Heaton, registrar, W. L. Penberthy, E. L. Angell, and Ray Perryman.' Dick Hervey and Tom Gillis are the senior representatives on the committee. J. B. Miller, Grover Carothers, and S. C. Kaffer are the junior members; and Robert W. Phillips, Curtis L. Zahn, and Vance Carrington, the sophomore ■ representatives. Patronize Our Agent In Your Outfit. 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