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Official Notices
Classified
Found
The following articles may be obtained
at the Commandant’s Office on identifica
tion : Sheaffer’s Fountain Pen.
Lost between YMCA and Dorm 9, a
ladies Elgin watch. If found bring to
doom No. 28 Mitchell. Liberal reward.
LOST—A brown laminated Sheaffer
fountain pen with “John Holman” en
graved on barrel. Reward if returned to
room 103 No. 9.
LOST—One tan wool jacket with gloves
in pocket on bench across from Milner
last Monday, Nov. 23. Please notify 111,
No. 14.
LOST—Gruen wrist watch under east
stands after game in Austin. If found
notify C. A. Riggs, A-13, Walton. Liberal
Reward.
WANTED—One steamer trunk in good
condition. Call after 6:00 p.m. Mrs. Joe
McNutt. Phone 2-6640.
ROOM FOR RENT—-Convenient to cam
pus. To be shared with another cadet
Phone 4-1186, College Station, Texas.
Announcements
“STUDENT EMPLOYMENT”
“There are peveral jobs available at
present. Those students who have applied
for work and who have not yet been as
signed are urged to call at this office im
mediately.
W. R. Horsley,
Director, Placement Office.
ATTENTION of all students is direct
ed to the fact that the rules governing
class attendance place the responsibilty
for such attendance on the student and
that when he is absent from a class he
has missed a definite part of his course
regardless of the cause of his absence.
A student
should decide whether he can afford
use
A student contemplating missin
miss that
does miss it
consequences
result
g a class
afford to
art of his course and if he
should expect to take such
in lowered grade as may
t.
Hereafter AUTHORIZED ABSENCES
will be granted only in case of:
1. Sickness of the student when the
college physician certifies he is unable
to attend class.
2. Duty as Officer of the Day or similar
official duty authorized in advance.
3. Necessary absence which can not be
postponed to a time when quizzes will
not be missed.
Students wishing to go to their homes
for examinations of teeth, eyes, etc.,
should plan such trips at times that will
interfere least with their classes and will
not cause
orized abi
them to miss quizzes, as auth-
sences can be granted for such
emei
trips hereafter only in case of emergenciei
requiring immediate attention which i:
not available at the College.
F. C. Bolton, Dean.
SEVERAL CAMPAIGN HATS have been
found in and around the Mechanical En
gineering Building and are being held
in the M. E. office. Several of these hats
have been there quite some time. These
hats may be obtained by calling by the
M. E. office and identifying same.
Meetings
THE FOODS GROUP of the College
Women’s Social Club will meet Thurs
day, Dec. 3, at 4:00 p.m. in the Con
solidated School home economics depart
ment. The program will consist of a dem
onstration on whole grain products by
Mrs. J. K. Riggs.
JUNIOR CHAPTER OF THE A.V.M.A.
dance will be held Friday night, Dec. 4,
from 9 till 1, Sbisa Hall annex. All vet
erinary students come. Pre-veterinary stu
dents are invited.
CAMOUFLAGE LECTURE—Camouflage
(Landscape 405) will meet in the lecture
room Chemistry Building promptly at 8
o’clock Tuesday night. All members are
requested to be on time. This is special
meeting. Captain Hillman, U. S. A.,
camouflage chief for South Coast of
Texas will give lecture, also will show pic
tures of camouflage installation.
JOHNSON COUNTY CLUB- -There will
be a meeting of the Johnson County Club
in Room 208 Academic Building, December
1, 1942, at 8:00 p.m. Bring dues.
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listed men, as well as civil
ians, thisEdgerton buckle
shoe is marching to great
heights in popularity.
Com* tn — try on a pair!
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“Two Convenient Stores”
College Station Bryan
THE DAMES CLUB will meet in the
YMCA Lounge Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 8:00
p.m. All Dames Club members and Navy
Wives are urged to be present as Christ
mas Dance plans will be discussed.
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dogs, there weren’t even half
enough khaki-clad cadets on hand
to take care of the large number
of girls that were present.
Aggies straggled in all during
the day from Tea-Town, but late
in the afternoon some of the beau
ties were still sitting around the
edge of the dance floor waiting for
a dancing partner in order to get
in on the scenes that were being
shot. Filming, sound tracks, and
“takes” were made up until 10
o’clock Friday night, and then sev
eral hundred tired, footsore dancers
were told to “go sleep it off.”
Bright and early—9 o’clock Sat
urday morning found the sleepy-
eyed collegiate movie extras back
on the job ready “to dance or drop
—or both—for dear old Universal.”
Dance scenes for the day called for
stockinged feet, with the exception
of the seniors who danced on tip
toe, in order to cut down on the
noise.
Imagine, if possible, dancing in
evening clothes, from breakfast
until supper time, in stockinged
feet, and dancing to an orchestra
with no music. That’s how the sit
uation was, oP ^rmy. Over. 200
pretty girls from which to choose,
and dancing in stocking feet to an
orchestra with no music. The shoes
were shed so the noise wouldn’t in
terfere with the dialogue of the
four leading characters around
whom the story hinges.
Dance, But No Music
The music for the dances has al
ready been run off onto the sound
track, so it had to be cut out dur
ing the filming of the picture. The
amusing part in the scenes are the
actions of the orchestra when they
get up, a section at a time, to do
its bit of jivin’. The players only
finger their instruments, through
which no sound passes. Ten o’clock
again marked the end of the day's
work for the dancere.
Sunday turned out clear but
rather cold for the outdoor scenes
of the Denton bus arriving at the
Aggieland Inn, bringing the TSCW
girls down for the Field Artillery
Ball. The girls had changed from
the evening dresses to sport suits
for traveling, while the Aggies had
donned number two uniform in
place of the number one used Fri
day and Saturday.
These scenes will long be re
membered by all those who partici
pated in them, since the sequence
calls for the Aggies in shirtsleeves,
and the girls with their coats over
their arm. Comment from all was
“I’m just frozen to death.” Coats
and jackets 'were used at every
advantage between scenes, and
some of the budding actors and
actresses took refuge in the warm
interior of Aggieland Inn when
not on the set.
Shooting Stopped at 5 Sunday
When the shooting stopped at
five o’clock, the TSCWites hurried
back to their dormitory, packed
their suitcases, and were then
ready to hand half a dozen or so
really leisure hours with no inter
ruption from any of the Universal
crew, before returning to their
books and papers back at Aggie
Heaven. Some of the girls had one
last date with Aggies with whom
they had become acquainted on this
historical weekend of moviemaking.
Some went back to the dorm and
caught up on that long-lost sleep;
and other girls decided to put a
bite or two of food away before
talking over “the grand time I had
at A. & M. getting in the movies.”
The TSCWites were housed in
one of the Field Artillery halls,
dorm 14, which they found was
easily accessible to both the Ag
gieland Inn and the mess hall,
where all the dance scenes were
taken.
Mid-morning Saturday between
scenes Kay Donnel, the stand-in
for Ann Gwynne, had the Aggie
land Orchestra play the “Happy
Birthday” song, preceded by a fan
fare, and finally managed to get
Johnny, the head electrician, up on
the bandstand, where he was pre
sented with a maroon and white
Texas Aggie all-wool blanket.
Johnnie didn’t state his age, but
was very proud of the blanket.
Dancing In Between Scenes
Unbelieving is the fact that be
tween scenes, for the amusement
of the dancers—“so they won’t get
restless”—either the Aggieland Or
chestra or by records, music was
furnished so the dancers could
have a good time, and not get rest
less. And even more questionable
is why the Aggies and their dates,
after having spent a heavy day at
dancing, all dashed out to the nu-
Explosives Course
To Be Offered As
Defense Measure
Course to Consist Of
Lectures and Laboratories
8 Hours a Day for 6 Weeks
Chemical engineering department
of A. & M. proposes to offer a
course in powder and explosives
starting December 7. This course
is sponsored under the Engineer
ing, Science, Management and War
Training Program and financed by
the U. S. Office of Education.
The courses will cover various
methods of manufacturing and test
ing powder and explosives. It will
will consist of lectures and labora
tory work for six to eight hours a
day for a period of six weeks.
There is no tuition and not more
than a few dollars will be required
for books. Room and board will
have to be provided by the student.
Professor F. F. Bishop of the
chemical engineering department
acts as instructor. He has had spe
cialized instruction in this field
and the War Department provided
inspection privileges at several ar
senals and manufacturing plants.
He has given this course six times
during the past year and a half.
Students who have taken this
course are now employed in muni
tions manufacturing plants, load
ing plants, inspection laboratories,
ordnance depots, and proving
grounds located in different sec
tions of the country. The comple
tion of this course will give the
equivalent of one year’s experience
with the Civil Service Commission.
In order to take the course, a per
son should have had the equivalent
of three years of college work.
This should include some organic
and analytical chemictry. In order
to operate this course, a certain
minimum number must enroll.
Anyone who would like to apply
for the course or who wishes more
information about it should write
to Dr. J. D. Lindsay, head, depart
ment of chemical engineering, A.
& M. College of Texas, College Sta
tion, Texas..
Air Corps Recruiters
To Be Here Tomorrow
Army Air Force Cadet Examin
ing Board officers will be on the
campus at the Assembly hall all
day tomorrow to complete their
work, according to officers in
charge.
Wednesday of last week, mental
examinations were given to 19 ca
dets. Tomorrow more mental ex
aminations will be given and all
physicals will be given.
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return to recruiting office for
authorization to take Physical ex
amination.
3. Report to college hospital
for examination.
4. Return to recruiting office
and make out copies of enlistment
and service records.
5. Time and date will be set
for taking oath.
6. Identification papers will be
filed out and notices sent out to
draft board.
It has been emphasized over and
over again that sophomores will
not be allowed to take advanced
military or to acept a contract
until their enlistment in the ERC
is completed, stated Marshall, and
after January 1 the War Depart
ment will allow only Freshmen to
enlist.
Because of the tremendous
amount of business the recruiting
office expects to be getting in the
next few weeks a few “don’ts” are
asked to be followed to facilitate
the recruiting added Marshall.
Don’t bother the recruiting office
with needless questions—the fact
remains if you want a contract or
would like to stay in school, you
must join the ERC.
Don’t ask for identification cards
at the recruiting office if you have
already enlisted in the ERC—go
to the student records offics.
Don’t report to recruiting office
during December if you are not a
sophomore. December is sopho
more month.
Don’t ask how long you will be
permitted to remain in school. No
one knows.
Commercial flying activity began
in Texas, May 12, 1926, with first
airmail service between Dallas,
Fort Worth and Chicago.
merous local nighteries TO DANCE
both Friday and Saturday nights.
Everybody who took part in the
scenes filmed here at A. & M. dur
ing the past weekend really work
ed, and if anyone ever again men
tions a dance at Aggieland, there
will probably be 204 girls who will
tear their hair and head out rap
idly far to the north.
-THE BATTALION-
-TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1942
Jimmy Cagney in a sciene. from
“Captains of the Clouds,” play
ing at Guion Hall Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Texas Holds Large
Share of Nation’s
Farming Resources
Texas farmers occupy a large
section of the production line of
this country, according to Tyrus
B. Timm of the A. and M. College
Extension Service. In verification,
Timm gave this breakdown of far
mer^ contributions to the war ef
fort in a talk before the Texas
Academy of Science on the cam
pus recently:
One out of every eight farm in
the nation is in Texas; 10 per cent
of the beef cattle; one-fifth of the
sheep; one out of three of the
acres planted to rice and cotton,
and one out of each three grape
fruit eaten are produced in this
state. Timm is the extension econ
omist in farm management.
Discussing the problems in
holding their place in the produc
tion line, the economist said that
already one third of the farm labor
supply, involving family laborers
and employed help, either has left
or been taken from the farms. Two
thirds of this decrease has been
in family labor, suggesting way the
government has stabilized the man
power supply engaged in dairy,
lovestock and poultry production.
“Neverthless,” he aded, “if the
war continues through 1944, U. S.
Department of Agriculture econ
omists estimate that one third of
those engaged in agriculture in
1939 will be off the farm. But I
don’t think farmers can expect too
much government assistance as
long as production continues high.
Notwithstanding, rural people not
only are going all out for victory
with their resources and physical
strength, but are doing an equally
impressive job with their mental
strength.
“Texas rural people today are
more conscious about how closely
our public problem are related to
agriculture and even to their in
dividual farms. They are buying all
of the War bonds they can, thus
helping to reach the goal asked
by the President—that of having
everybody help finance the war,
which is the real democratic pro-
—KYLE FIELD—
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you would have come out here,
Coach Norton would probably have
switched you to tackle as most
fullbacks on the team this year
found out . . . We’d like to say
something nice about Anne Gwynne
and Martha O’Driscoll, but dog
gone it, this is supposed to be a
sports column . . . Hope you gals
play tennis anyhow . . .
—WILLIAMSON-
(Continued from page 3)
Suggestions Save
Vital Materials
Eight thousand man-hours and
more than 125,000 pounds of scarce
steel will be saved because of the
ingenuity shown recently by four
war workers at the General Elec
tric Company’s main plant. The
four men headed a group of 60
employees of this plant which re
ceived awards totaling $1575 in
one week recently for suggestions
which speed war production. Ap
proximately $100,000 has been paid
out by General Electric this year
for 11,000 suggestions adopted.
Howard Wildman, a “set-up”
man responsible for the accurate
setting of gear-making machines,
received $500 for a suggestion
which will save 5000 man-hours in
the maching of delicate parts for
naval ordnance. The machines
which Mr. Wildman sets up turn
out parts ground to tolerances of
.002 inch, one-fifteenth the di
ameter of a human hair. Previous
ly, separate fixtures were made
for the machining of each differ
ent type of part, some of which
had to be held in four different
diameters to the .002 measure
ment.
Mr. Wildman suggested a stand
ard fixture which could be used in
machining a variety of parts, thus
eliminating 5000-man hours per
year in time required in setting
up machines. Before, even most
skilled operators had difficulty in
pi-oducing the parts; now rejec
tions on the most troublesome part
have been reduced to a new low of
two per cent.
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91.5
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91.4
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U. C. L. A
91.3
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91.2
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Tulane
91.1
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Colgate
91.0
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Army
90.9
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90.8
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89.3
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89.2
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89.1
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89.0
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88.9
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88.8
60
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88.7
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88.7
62
Harvard
88.7
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88.6
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88.6
65
Texas Tech
88.6
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Brown
88.5
67
Holy Cross
88.4
Industrial Education
Secretary Honored
At Dance Last Week
Betty Gregg, former secrteary
in the Department of Industrial
Education who has resigned to
take a position at the new govern
ment air field in Bryan, was hon
ored by the Industrial Education
Club with a dance on Monday even
ing, Nov. 23, at Maggie Parker’s
Ballroom in Bryan.
Paul Swearingen, president of
the club, presented Mrs. Gregg
with a leather-bound traveling
case, in behalf of the professors
and students, as a token of their
appreciation for the many favors
and services she has shown to the
boys of the department.
Before the presentation of the
gift, the club was declared in ses
sion by the president, and Mrs.
Gregg was unanimously elected an
honorary member of the club, the
only girl ever bestowed that honor.
Former Student Gets
Purple Heart Award
Major Clarence R. Davis, ’27, has
been posthumously awarded the Or
der of the Purple Heart for valor
over and above the call of duty,
according to word received from
the War Department. He was killed
at Clark Field, P. I., where he was
commanding officer of the Seventh
Material Squadron, during the first
attacks on December 7, 1941.
A native of Lufkin, Texas, Ma
jor Davis was in the Field Artil
lery during his four years at A.
& M. He graduated in 1927 with a
degree of B.S. in Civil Engineer
ing.
Surviving Major Davis are his
wife, Mrs. Ruby Hunt Davis, a son,
Clarence Reid Davis, Jr., and a
daughter, Sue Ellen Davis, all of
Beaumont, and two sisters, Mrs.
H. A. Maas of Clarksville, Texas,
and Mrs. H. L. O’Briant of Mount
Pleasant, Texas.
Beaumont Club Meets
To Discuss Dance
Final preparations for the an-
ual Christmas dance will be dis
cussed at the Beaumont A.&M.
Club meeting tonight after yell
practice in Room 106 of the Aca
demic building, according to Mike
Cokinos, president of the club. The
dance will be held December 22,
at the Hotel Beaumont from 9 to
1 o’clock. Pat Halpin and his in
ternational orchestra will play.
Cokinos urged that all boys from
Beaumont and surrounding area
attend the meeting so that plans
might be completed.
Dr. N. B. McNutt
DENTIST
Office in Parker Building
Over Canady’s Pharmacy
Phone 2-1457 Bryan, Texas
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Tuesday, Dec. 1
11:25 a.m.—Music
11:30 a.m.—Treasury Star Parade
(U. S. Treasury)
11:45 a.m.—Brazos Valley Farm
and Home Program—C. A.
Price.
11:55 a.m.—Town Crier — R. E.
Gottlieb
12:00 noon—Sign-off
Wednesday, Dec. 2
11:25 a.m.—Music
11:30 a.m.—Man Your Battle Sta
tions (U. S. Navy)
11:45 a.m.—Brazos Valley Farm
and Home Program—County
Agent
11:55 a.m.—Town Crier—C. Bering
12:00 noon—Sign-off.
Laredo Club to Meet
To Plan Xmas Dance
Plans for the annual Christmas
dance will be discussed at the meet
ing of the Laredo A. & M. Club
tonight in the Academic building,
after yell practice, states Ramiro
Casso, president of the club. Com
mittees will be expected to make
their reports so that final prep
arations for the dance can be made.
According to present plans, the
dance will be held either December
26 or 27 at the Laredo Country
Club. Several orchestras have been
consulted but none have been con
tracted for.
The sorority’s Northwestern uni
versity chapter announced a corps
of the more mathematically mind
ed sisters would act as tutors and
coaches to candidates for induction
as aviation cadets.
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