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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1944)
PAGE 8 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1944 Development Fund Donations Increase This year the Development Fund of the Former Students Associa tion has had more contributors and more money given than ever before. This fund is being collect ed in order to give Aggieland a new large recreation center after the war is won. Last year the fund was started by the officers and directors of the Association, and has now collected over $115,000, of which about $63,000 was given in LOUPOT’S Where You Always Get a Fair Trade this year’s drive. The officers had expected a drop in the contributions this year, be cause most people’s enthusiasm will cool inside of a year, no mas ter how important the cause. This surprise is attributed partly to the large contributions of the younger classes, although the classes of 1901, 1902, and 1906 were near the top of the list of contributors. There are no longer any dues collected by the Association, but each member is solicited to give something to the Development Fund, even though he is considered a member of the Association if he once attended A. & M. The average amount given last year was $8.61, but the most common gift was a five dollar bill. Amounts of the individual gifts ranged from one dollar to two thousand dollars. Already the fund has given over $136,000 to the College. Thi&jnoney has been used to assist in estab lishing a Professional Engineering Library at the College, help out the Student Loan Fund, to buy new books for the present library. Some of the contributions have been reserved to buy a service flag for the Aggies in this war. How ever, the main part of the money is being put into war bonds and saved for the recreation center. When this plan was Drought for ward two years ago, it received al most instant approval from the members of the Association. This is obvious because of the great number of contributors to the fund. Already over 7,500 men of our 11,000 Exes have given. The rea son for this overwhelming major ity in favor of the plan is that it is a productive plan—it will bene fit every future Aggie. In the “Texas Aggie” for this' month, the details of the second GUIDN HALL THEATRE and THE CAMPUS THEATRE present “STARS overJEXAS” % 5:00 o’clock, Friday afternoon in Kyle Field in behalf of the 5th War Bond Drive and featuring WILD BILL ELLIOTT Republic Pictures Western Star LOVELY ADELE MARA Republic Starlet — and — JIMMY WAKELEY famous radio and scree ncowboy IN PERSON Members of Armed Forces and Cadet Corps are cordially invited to attend this Big FREE outdoor entertainment AND SEE THESE POPU LAR AND FAMOUS MOVIE STARS IN PERSON. SINGER — Cowboy and radio singer, who has made many suc cessful screen appearance, is Jimmy Wakely who will make a personal appearance in Kyle Field Friday afternoon for the 5th War Bond Drive. Wakely is a Republic Pictures star. annual report of the Development Fund were given. Names of all contributors were listed, and the percentage of members of each class who gave were included. Food Conservation Is a Victory Weapon Says Home Economist Public interest was centered on the importance of food as a war weapon today as local citizens pledged themselves to avoid wast ing it and to clean their plates at every meal. Led by Georgia Belle Landiss, chairman of the Clean Plate cam paign committee, every man, wom an and child is being asked to join in the local offensive against food waste which takes a yearly toll of from 20 to 25 percent of all food produced. “We are destroying a munition of war when we waste food,” Mrs. Landiss said, adding that “the waste is occurring at a time when we are faced with a shortage of some foods.” Most direct way of increasing our food supply is by throwing nothing away and by using all we have, she continued. Careful planning, purchasing, storage and preparation of food were cited as practical ways home- makes and others can join in the fight to eliminate food waste. Americans eat more than 135 billion meals a year and if these meals are poorly planned, not well prepared, only partially eaten, and if left-overs or remains of too large portions are not utilized, the result is tremendous waste which we can’t afford, the chairman said. Dallas A&M Club Will Meet Wednesday Night Wednesday night at 7:00 o’clock in the Electrical Engineering lec ture room the Dallas A. & M. club will meet to elect officers for the summer semester. All old members and all new freshmen from Dallas are urged to Aggie-ex Serving With Air Base in England Announcement has just been made of the promotion of Harry D. Richmond, sergeant, to the grade of staff sergeant. Sergeant Richmond, husband of Mrs. Olive Richmond, Rt. 1, Wil mington, N. C., and the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Richmond, Ray- mondville, Texas, entered the serv ice in October, 1942. A message center chief on a Ninth Air Force Thunderbolt base in England, Sgt. Richmond is util izing the knowledge he gained dur ing the five years he was employed by the Postal Telegraph Company in Dallas, Texas, where he was a teletype operator and maintenance^ man. Sergeant Richmond was gradu ated from the Raymondville High School in the class of 1934 and later attended Texas A. and M. College one and a half years. be present at this meeting for the election of officers and for the making of plans concerning club activities and aims during the summer months, stated Bob Eng lish, an old member of the Club. Don’t get sore at your enemies because they’ll tell you, truth# that your friends would tell every body but yourself. LOUPOT’S Trade With Lou — He’s Right With You! Regulation Socks You’ll find your favor ite socks in our splendid assortment of Holeproof and NuWeave socks. Holeproof fine 6x3 ribs . . . 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