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Page 4 THE BATTALION TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1942 Official Notices Meetings SPANISH CLUB—The Spanish club will hold its first meeting of the year for the purpose of electing remaining officers to morrow night at 8 o’clock in Room 124, Academic building. CRYPTOGRAPHY CLUB—There will be a meeting of the Cryptography club to night at 7 :15 in Room 310, Academic build ing. All students interested in crytography are urged to attend the meeting. LOGNHORN NOTICE All juniors and sophomores interested m working on the Longhorn are asked to meet in the Longhorn office Thursday night at 7:30 in the Administration build ing. JOHN LONGLEY, Editor. Announcements GERMAN AND SPANISH—To relieve congestion, two new sections as follows: Lang. 103 (601) German, TThS-8. Lang. 105 (502) Spanish, MWF-8. Rooms to be found. C. B. Campbell, head of Dept. FUSE BOARDS Dorm. 1-3—5-7—A. M. Kagler, 404-1. Dorm. 2-4-6-S—C. W. Muller, 104-7. Dorm. 9-10-11-12—Jack H. Barton, 410-9. Dorm. 14-15-16-17—J. W. McGhee, 213-16 Milner, Walton and P. G., J. G. Suris, STYLED IN CALIFORNIA the "SH/R-ZIP" Ji. - Featuring Built-in Comfort Enjoy comfort and good looks in Catalina Swim Trunks. Illustrated above the “SHIR-ZIP” is built for extra freedom . . . smartly styled in maroon . . . tan or blue gabar dine. See our pleasing stocks of Catalina Swim Trunks in fancy or plain color Lastex. $1.95 to $5.00 fllaldropgff “Two Convenient Stores” College Station - Bryan 25 Legett. Legett, Mitchell, Law and Puryear, Claude Gunn, 52 Legett. Hart, Bizzell, Goodwin and Foster, H. . Skidmore, 4 Mitchell. B. D. Marburger Superintendent. MEMORANDUM: 1. There will be a banquet for all organi zation commanders in the banquet room of Sbisa Hall at 6:30 P. M. on Tues day, June 9, 1942. 2. All regimental, battalion, and organi zation commanders, project house cap tains, and housemasters are invited to be present. WALTER CARDWELL, Cadet Colonel Corps Commander Classified LOST—Black Cocker Spaniel, female. Answers to Dinah. Reward. Franklin Simon. Phone 4-1146. MEALS—Your meals, family style, one, two or three meals to suit your conven ience. Chicken dinner Sundays. Five blocks north of College Post Office. Ask for the Perrite home. Phone 4-8794. LOST — Green Waterman fountain pen with gold band, bearing the name Newman. Reward. Room 414-9. FOR RENT—Room and meals for stu dent and wife. 229 Milner drive (College Hills) Mrs. Franklin. Office Phone 4-4344. LOST—Last Thursday afternoon around south end of the Administration building, a pair of rimmed glasses. If found please return to Registrar’s Office. LOST—One pair of Ray Baum Sun Glasses Monday, June 1st. Initial IDG printed on both sides of case. If found please return to I. D. Glazer, Room 63, Leggett. Reward. FOR RENT"—Room with private and ad joining garage. Phone 4-4094. FOR RENT—Room over brick garage one block south of Campus, 200 Lee Ave., So. Oakwood. LOST—A trench coat with name in it, Clarence Janak, on the northwest side of the mess hall in the new area. Notify own er in No. 11, Room 415 or 312 and receive reward. WANTED TO RENT—Garage at or near North Gate. R. L. Saunders, Box 2624, College Station, or phone 4-4524. FOR RENT—Furnished apartment. Walk ing distance from North Gate. Couples only. J. B. Lauterstein. Spanish Club Meets Tomorrow inAcademic Spanish Club will hold its first meeting of the year tomorrow night in room 124 Academic Build ing at 8 o’clock for the purpose of electing the remaining officers, according to Harry Cordua, presi dent. All old members of the club in addition to any new students who are interested in Spanish are in vited to attend, Cordua said. Keep LOUPOT An Aggie Tradition We Have a New and Complete Line of SCHOOL SUPPLIES that will fill your every need ] Our Soda Fountain is | the ideal place for you | to fight the summer heat i MADELEY’S PHARMACY Across From Project Houses Defense Course In Surveying, Mapping To Be Offered Soon Only Cost to Students Will Be for Lodging And Books; Cost to Be $100 The Civil Engineering Depart ment, in cooperation with the U. S. Department of Education, is offer ing a twelve weeks full-time de fense course in surveying and map ping to start Monday, June 8. The course will be of college level, and will give a thorough training in: Construction surveys, the principles of land surveying, the plotting of field notes, and the construction of topographical maps. Any person with a high school education or its approxi mate equivalent in experience is eligible for registration in this course. There is no tuition charge and the only cost to the student is for room and board plus a small sum for textbooks and a few other minor items. The total cost to the student for the twelve weeks should not exceed $100.00. Those completing the course are eligible for employment as rodmen instrumentmen, or chief’s of party. Salaries for these positions have ranged from $100 to $175 per month. Application blanks and addition al information concerning the course may be obtained from J. A. Orr, associate professor of civil engineering. EVERYONE LIKES A CHANGE ... Make it a habit to come in once a week for a really fine meal ... j NEW YORK CAFE I MAKE THOSE HEW BOOTS LOOK “JAM-UP” Have Those Bombay Breeches Cleaned At HOUCK CLEANERS Ben Youngblood Agents in Most Halls Health Officer Lists Precautions For Water Sports Some timely advice to vacation ists concerning the proper precau tions to be used in water sports was released from the State Health Department today by Dr. Geo. W. Cox, state health officer. It was pointed out that, in view of wartime restrictions, vacation pleasures are apt to be limited to excursions and picnics at near by lakes, rivers, and ponds of un familiar depths and currents, and without the usual lifeguard super vision associated with beaches and commercial swimming pools. “Swimming and water sports are beneficial to good health pro vided one’s physical condition jus tifies this type of exercise,” Dr. Cox asserted; “nevertheless, they possess dangerous possibilities if the rules of safety, through care lessness or thoughtlessness, are disregarded.” The state health officer outlined the following simple rules for bathing and swimming in safety: 1. At least one hour should elapse after a meal before enter ing the water. 2. Upon the first indication of fatigue, come ashore and call it a day. Don’t re-enter the water. 3. If becoming chilled, leave the water immediately. 4. Do not enter the water when overheated. 5. Learn to float. This is most important. 6. Never attempt to rock a boat in a spirit of fun. 7. Never swim in water that may be polluted. Swimming close to or even a few miles below a sewage outlet is inviting the pos sibility of acquiring disease. “Excursions, picnics, and swim ming parties contribute much to a healthy, happy, normal life, which is especially desirable at this par ticular time when the whole nation is tense and under a strain,” Dr. Cox said. “It is by no means ad visable to eliminate these excurs ions from our summer program, but it is important that they prove beneficial and not disastrous.” LISTEN To WTAW :1150 KC: 1150 kc. Tuesday, June 9, 1942 11:25 a. m.—Music 11:30 a. m.—Treasury Star Pa rade (U. S. Treasury De partment) 11:45 a. m.—Brazos Valley Farm and Home Program 11:55 a. m.—The Town Crier 12:00 Noon—Sign-Off Wednesday, June 10, 1942 11:25 a. m.—Music 11:30 a. m.—Marine Recruiting (U. S. Marine Recruiting Corps) 11:45 a. m.—Brazos Valley Farm and Home Program 11:55 a. m.—The Town Crier 12:00 Noon—Sign-Off —ASCE— (Continued from page 1) e'ral prominent speakers, and some sound films on interesting en gineering topics. Officers yet to be elected are vice-president, secretary, treasur er, reporter, and the secretary- treasurer for the society, which of fice belongs to the A. & M. Chap ter this year. Denney was elected president at the annual banquet last year, and John Ball was elect ed junior representative on the Engineers Council; Dan R. Suther land has been appointed senior representative. Other officers will be elected at the meeting Thursday night which will be held in the Civil Engineering lecture room at 7 o’clock. To conserve fuel, Wellesley col lege will have a six weeks vacation next winter. Ag Ed Department Training Men For Farm Reclamation Reclamation of discarded farm machinery in fence corners and junk heaps of Texas farms soon will occupy attention of vocational agriculture teachers and their boys. Sixteen teachers have com pleted the first week of intensive training course learning how eas ily useful farm implements can be salvaged from the scrap iron pile. Fred R. Jones, head! of the Ag ricultural Engineering Depart ment, and E. R. Alexander, head of the Agricultural Educational Department, of A. & M. College, are heading up the short course, with actual instruction in charge of E. K. Rambo, A. & M. gradu ate, now Arkansas Extension Ag ricultural Engineer. The men who are working 44 hours each week actually repair ing, painting and putting farm machinery back in service are: G. F. Keath, of Boyd; William T. Lawler, Lockhart; J. D. Frank lin, Jr., Killeen; Glen Sybert, Frost; J. C. Parkes, Frisco; G. H. Bailey, Richland; W. H. Ratcliff, Sylvester; W. T. Arthur, Itasca; John W. Thomas, Naples; H. S. Stanley, Jr., Midlothian; John O. Simpson, Moulton; M. S. Ham mock, Blooming Grove; S. M. Ford, Honey Grove and W. E. Berry, Aldine. J. E. Nelson and Gordon E. Burks, A. & M. graduates, are taking the course and are avail able for employment by schools having lost their vocational agri culture teachers, Mr. Jones an nounced. Already it has been decided to hold a second farm machinery and tractor repair course to train more vocational agriculture .teachers. Married Men To Become Deck Officers at Present The Navy has lifted the ban on married men becoming deck and engineer officers, it was announced today by Eighth Naval District Headquarters. The Navy Department this week authorized the enlistment of mar ried college graduates for the V-7 deck and engineering Naval Re serve Midshipmen courses leading to commissioning as Ensigns in the Reserve. Each married candi date for the V-7 course must, how ever, furnish a statement signed by himself and his wife attesting that his dependents will be ade quately provided for during the period of his training. College juniors and seniors who are married will not be considered qualified for the course under the new revision. Unmarried candi dates for the Reserve Midshipmen’s school must remain unmarried for the duration of their training. Cur rently the candidate enlists as an apprentice seaman and becomes a midshipman after one month’s training. Enlistments for the V-7 course are being taken at the Navy Re cruiting Office, Room 304, Cus tomhouse Building, and at the Of fice Of Naval Officer Procurement, 217 Camp Street, New Orleans, La. Students are in poorer physical condition when they leave the Uni versity of Minnesota than when they enter, says Wesley E. Peik, dean of the college of education. More than $700,000,000 has beem appropriated or allocated by the- federal government for expendi tures related to education during^ the year ending June 30, 1942. Lamberson, Dotson On Duty at Keesler Two ex-Aggies who were com missioned as second lieutenants the day following graduation hare reported for duty at Keesler Field, Mississippi, the nation’s greatest Air Corps Technical School. The men, Lieutenants Herbert F. Dotson, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Dotson, 1436 Highland Bou levard, San Antonio, and Jack L. Lamberson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lamberson, Nome, Tex as, both were ROTC cadet majors here last year. They came to Kees ler from Ellington Field, Texas. Lieutenant Lamberson was as sociate editor of the college engi neering magazine and a member of the American Institute of Min ing Engineers (student chapter). Lieutenant Dotsou was a member of the Ross Volunteers. JUST A WISH... For a prosperous and successful year. Let quality work manship remind you of us. Y.M.C.A. BARBER SHOP Gasoline Should Not Be Stored At Home, Hall Warns AUSTIN, May 8.—With indica tions pointing to a possible na tionwide system of gasoline ra tioning, Marvin Hall, State Fire Insurance Commissioner, warns against storage of gasoline at home. “The storage of any quantity of gasoline at home,” he said, “promotes extreme fire hazards. Gasoline, when stored and handled through the regular facilities of the oil industry and kept in stand ard tanks, is relatively safe and as a result safeguards incorporat ed in the design of equipment and the training of personnel over a long period of years. However, gasoline is a dangerous explosive if kept in all sorts of cans and make-shift containers, stored in basements and garages, and poured from open containers.” Hall explained that gasoline vapor, produced when the fluid is exposed to air, is highly ex plosive and can be set off by elec tric sparks or careless smokers. The vapor, heavier than air, may flow along the ground under buildings or into basements, to be ignited and flash back from a considerable distance. “Fire insurance can be voided under the Texas standard fire poli cies,” Hall asserted, “if gasoline is stored on the premises without a permit of consent from the in surance company. Thus, if stored gasoline contributes to a fire de stroying the property insured, poli cies could not be collected if the insurance company had not grant ed permission for storage of the gasoline.” '^S So Long Die Armg ARMY LOU IS LEAVING YOU The Great White Uncle says “The Army needs you, Lou/' and ole Loupot is ready. I'm ready 'cause all you boys have given me your business these past 3 years and have taken care of ole Lou in fine style. To me your friendship has meant more than your business; and I'm really going to miss all you army boys and I hope you miss me. Drop in and see Mrs. Lou, and Fish Lou at the Trading Post. . . . They will be glad to see you. Be seeing you when the job is done! J. E. Loupot ’32 rV USED BOOKS... USED UNIFORMS... I.E.S. Study Lamps .. Sam Browne Belts Drawing Equipment. . Slide Rules Hats . . . Caps . . . Slacks RADIO AND BICYCLE REPAIRS STUDENT CO-OP 1 Block East of North Gate Phone 4-4114 rx Do You Have All of Your UNIFORM Yet? If not, come in and see us now. We are pleased for you to look over our stock of materials. Uniform Tailor Shop MENDL & HORNAK NORTH GATE FEATURING! A COMPLETE LINE OF MILITARY FURNISHINGS The Exchange Store AN AGGIE INSTITUTION