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JPAGE 8 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944 •Canning Made Easy •For Local People L Arrangements have been com- Lpleted that will make canning easy Lfor citizens of College Station and • adjacent communities who may know use the modern facilities of Lthe Horticultural Products Labora- Ltory at A. & M. College. Through an agreement between Dean E. J. Kyle and the State Board for Voc- Lational Eductation, this laborato ry has been set up on the same I basis other community canning cen- rters throughout Texas operated Lu n der last season. I Through the new arrangement, Lvictory garden products may be I brought to the College canning center and under the supervision I and instruction of Professor Fred I R. Prison, Horticulture Depart- Lment, gardeners may process and Lean their food products using mo- Ldern equipment such as electric sealers, pea shellers, a pea clean- Ler, a corn cutter, a corn silker, re- I torts, steam kettles, and other Llabor saving and safety devices. I The purpose of the canning cen- Lter is no only to provide canning equipment for those who have none, I but to provide instruction. In or der to be in line with the methods used in the other canning centers financed through the State Board for Vocational Education, each pa- L tron will do his own work. I There, will be no charge for the .use of the facilities, but labor as- jsistance such as provided last Lyear will not be available this season. | Professor Brison said that can- ‘ ning is as important this year as last. “Although canned fruits and vegetables seem plentiful at the present time, there is no assurance that they will be available during the coming year,” he said. Canned food has been released from the rationed foods in order to move old stock, and in anticipation of a large number of victory gardens, which according to some authori ties is not materializing,” he added. For those planning to use the cannery, the following informa tion will be useful: 1. Cannery will be operated on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday of each week, opening at 8 A. M., and closing at 4 P. M. 2. Cannery is located on ground floor of Agricultural Engineering Building on the west side. 3. Appointments for using the caanning equipment should be made through the Horticultural office. Call 4-7614. 4. Cans will be available at the cannery. 5. Green beans should be can ned as soon as possible after pick ing. It is suggested that they be washed and snapped before they are brought to the cannery. 6. Tomatoes are processed in two popular ways; as canned to matoes, and as juice. In either case, sound, vine-ripened, fully matur ed fruit should be used. The can nery is equipped with facilities for scalding preparatory to can ning, and for extracting juice. 7. Corn should be canned as soon as possible after harvest. Sweet corn, particularly, deterio rates iat a rapid rate after it is pulled from the stalk. It is desir able that the corn be gathered in the early morning. It should then be husked and brought diretly to the center. A corn cutter is avail able for cutting the corn from the cob. 8. Green peas likewise should be canned as soon as possible af ter harvesting. The task of shel ling is made remarkable easy by using an approved type of pea sheller which will shell a bushel of peas in only a few minutes. —STATUS— Continued from Page 6 made valid for a stated period of not longer than six months. The student is under the necessity of applying for a new certificate, prior to the date of its expiration. Although this procedure has been in effect since September 16, 1940 when the Selective Service Act was made effective, the De partment of State has been re quested with increasing frequency to secure exemption for foreign students who have either failed to apply for Alien’s Certificate of Non-Residence or to keep them valid. Agreement has now been reached between this Department and National Hadquarters of the Selective Service System, whereby any non-declarant alien student who fails to apply for an Alien’s Certificate of Non-Residence with in the ninety day period following his admission to this country, or within the ninety days after he has reached the age of eighteen or who through his own fault fails to keep such certificate currently valid will be considered to have forfeited his right to exempt status as a bona fide, full-time, alien student and non-resident. National Headquarters of the Se lective Service System will not consider such cases on appeal aft er May 31, 1944. In view of this decision, it is be lieved that the Chiefs of Mission will desire to notify students in this country that they should call on their local Selective Service boards immediately, in order to make certain that their Alien’s Certificate of Non - Residence (Form 303) is in order. The National Headquarters of the Selective System and the De partment of State have agreed on the following rules applicable to alien studnts: 1. Bona Fide Students. A bona fide student is one who entered the United States for the sole pur pose of study and has followed the regular full-time course of in struction required for graduation at a recognized institution of learn ing since his admission to this country, or a student who is study ing in a government department or agency . (State or Federal) or in a private institution, under the auspices of training programs fi nanced by the United States gov ernment, or a student who, having proceeded to the United States at the expense of his government for specialized training, entered the United States under Section 3 (1) of the Immigration Act of 1924 and has at all times since entering the United States been undergoing that training at his government’s expense and without personal re muneration from any other source for this training. 2. Vacation Period. Alien, bona fide, full-time student eligible to exemption, and holder of valid Certificates of Non-Residence, will be permitted to enjoy those periods of vacation usual to the course they are following at the institu tions in which they are enrolled, without this ^calling into question the bona fide of their student status. 3. Scholastic Standing. An alien, who has failed to maintain a satis factory scholastic record as deter mined by Selective Service and who has fulfilled the other require ments of a bona fide student will | be granted forty-five days in which to leave the United States, after which time he' will, if he remains, be considered to be a male person residing in the United States with in the meaning of the Selective Service law. 4. Part Time Employment. Alien students will be permitted to ob tain employment in order to sup plement income, provided such employment in no way interferes with their bona fide as students set forth under (1), (2) and (3) above. 5. Transfer of Students. It is understood that a bona fide stu dent may transfer from one insti tution to another with the usual intermittent periods of vacation, provided that such transfer is in the normal course of his educa tion and he continues at the insti tution to which he is transferred in his full-time bona fide status. Furthermore, any student in tending to proceed to the United States for study will at the time of receiving his visa at his point of j origin be handed a written state- i ment in his own language, setting ! forth his obligations under Selec tive Service procedure once he reaches this country. The student will be required to affirm that he has been acquainted with those ob ligations. Thus he will not be per- GLJICN HALL THEATRE TUESDAY, JUNE 13 TWO FREE SHOWS 7:00 p.m. For All Servicemen and Students 9:00 p.m. For College Faculty and / Residents of College Station Editor For Summer Batt Is Announced Announcement is made with this issue of The Battalion of the ap pointment of Calvin E. Brumley as acting editor-in-chief of this newspaper. Brumley, a senior stu dent, was managing editor of The Battalion during the last semester and has served on the staff for four semesters. Active in campus affairs, Brum ley has long been identified as a leader in the corps. He was Cadet Captain in the ROTC last semes ter and this semester has been named Lieutenant Colonel of the corps. In addition to these offices, Brumley has served on many com mittees during his stay at Aggie- land. His home is Hereford, Texas, and he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Brumley. mitted to plead ignorance as an excuse for non-compliance with Selective Service requirements when in the United States. LOUPOT’S Watch Dog of the Aggies Gift Novelties For Your Branch of Service We offer a splendid stock of gift novelty items for every branch of service. Stop in and we’ll help you select gifts in styles you’ll want. Novelty Jewelry Pennants Pillow Tops Ladies Scarfs T Shirts Stuffed Animals filaldropatS “Two Convenient Stores” College Station -o- Bryan