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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1944)
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 11, 1944 THE BATTALION PAGE 7 Civil Service To Live Laboratory Mechanics Exam. The United States Civil Service Commission has announced a new examination for Laboratory Me chanic, $1,752 a year including overtime. Positions are in the Na tional Bureau of Standards and other agencies in Washington, D. C. For these $1,752 positions the six months experience requirements has been removed. Competitors will be rated on a written mechanical aptitude test. Persons with me chanical experience who are inter ested in Laboratory Mechanic pos itions above the $1,752 grade under Announcement No. 315. Ex perience requirements for these higher grade positions have been lowered. Applicants must have reached their eighteenth birthday unless they reside within 50 miles of Washington in which case ap plicants for $1,752 and $1,970 posi tions may apply if they have reached their sixteenth birthday. The Commission has also an nounced a new examination for Engineering Aid (all fields of en gineering), $1,752 to $3,163 a year including overtime. Most of the positions are in Washington, D. C. Requirements have been modi fied in the new announcement and less experience is required for all grades. Appropriate education may be substituted for experience in the lower grades. No written test is required for these positions and there are no age limits. Applications for Laboratory Me chanic and Engineering Aid will be accepted until the needs of the service are met. Information and forms for applying may be ob tained from the Commission’s Local Secretary, located at Col lege Station. Applications are also obtainable from most first or sec ond-class post offices, and from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. The closing date for Junior Pro fession Assistant (Announcement 293) will be July 14, 1944. Appli cations for this examination must be filed with the Civil Service Com mission, Washington 25, D. C. on or before that date. Federal appointments are made in acordance with War Manpower Commission policies and employ ment stabilization programs. Serum To Treat Diphtheria Cases Few conquests of science have been as spectacular and complete as those relating to diphtheria. Science has firmly established the value of serum treatment in both its preventive and curative phases. However toxin-antitoxin, or its successor toxoid for immunization and antitoxin for cure, are sera of which the general public is even yet not fully aware. According to Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State Health Officer, toxoid is the immunizing or preventive agent now usually employed. However, three or four months are required for the body to develop immunity. At that time the Schick test can be applied to determine the re sults of the preventive treatment. Dr. Cox urges that children re ceive immunization as early as possible, preferably as soon as they are six months old. The nec essity for this immunization is apparent when it is realized that two-thirds of all deaths from diph theria ocur in the age group under six years. “It cannot be too strongly em phasized that to deprive children OFFICIAL NOTICES Classified FOR RENT—Lovely bedrooms in private home to permanent college employees. Call 4-5324 until 5:00 o’clock or 4-7414 after 5 :00 p. m. FOR SALE—Girl’s- bicycle. McGin. Goodwin Hall. Announcements The Student Personnel Office is now able to arrange for coaching in trigonome try and algebra for those beginning fresh men who are having trouble. Such stu dents may get the necessary information by contacting G. B. Wilcox, Personnel Of fice. The Library is trying to locate volume XVIII of Catalogue of Birds, shipped from the British Museum (Natural His tory). If received by anyone on the cam pus. please notify Mrs. Sugareff, Order Librarian at the Library. BATTALION CARDS—The Battalion will be delivered to the rooms in each lorm from now on, and only those boys laying Student Activities fees will receive 'he Batt. If you paid the fee and do not receive the paper please come by the Stu dent Activities Office with your receipt in order that we may place you on the subscription list. No student will receive he Batt without a Batt card. CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES: July 15, is the deadline for filing applications for degrees to be conferred at the end of the current semester. This deadline applies to both graduate and undergraduate stu dents. Those students who have not al ready done so should make formal appli cation in the Registrar’s Office immediate ly. H. L. Heaton, Registrar Congress has passed the law commonly known as the G. I. Bill of Rights which provides education at government expense for certain persons discharged from the military service. The following quotation is published for the information of any students who might wish to determine if they are qualified to receive this education : “1. Any person who served in the active military or naval service on or after Sep tember 16, 1940, and prior to the termina tion of the present war, and who shall have been discharged or released there from under conditions other than dishonor able, and whose education or training was impeded, delayed, interrupted, or interfered with by reason of his entrance into the service, or who desires a refresher or retraining course, and who either shall have served ninety days or more, (exclu sive of any period he was assigned for a course of education or training under the Army specialized training program or the Navy college training program, which course was a continuation of his civilian course and was pursued to completion, or as a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies), or shall have been dis charged or released from active service by reason of an actual service-incurred injury or disability, shall be eligible for and entitled to receive education or train ing under this part: Provided, That such course shall be initiated not later than two years after either the date of his dis charge or the termination of the present war, whichever is the later: Provided further, that no such education or train ing shall be afforded beyond seven years after the termination of the present war: And provided further, That any such per son who was not over 25 years of age at the time he ^entered the service shall be deemed to have had his education or train ing impeded, delayed, interrupted, or in terfered with.” Eligible students who wish to apply for government aid under this law should write to the Veterans Administration. Waco. Texas, for the necessary application form. F. C. BOLTON, Dean of the College. of this protection which science has made possible is to subject them to unwarranted and unnec essary hazards that can easily turn into a tragedy,” Dr. Cox said. “Parental interest in immuniza tion must be more widespread if the Texas death rate from this disease is to be eliminated as a cause of death. (See SERUM, Page 8) —POP SHAW— (Continued irom page 1) dares he ^ias been impressed most by the kindness and friendliness shown him, not only by the Ag gies, but also by the members of the faculty and the stenographers working for the College who have visited his shop. “Even the Profes sors aer as friendly as the most rabid Aggies,” said Pop. During his years, of service at Aggieland, Pop has met some in teresting personalities and he rates John Kimbrough as one of bis best Aggie friends ever to pat ronize his business. Pop declared that due to his football training, John wasn’t officially allowed to eat many hamburgers but of all the football players, John was the one most often found in his shop munching on a “Pop” Shaw ’’Spec ial”. Pop also is proud and takes great pride in reminiscing exper iences with the innumerable Ag gies he has served hamburgers and cold drinks to who, although then only students, are now Captains, Majors and Coione'ls, fighting the world over. Asked to recount some of his experiences with the Aggies while at A. & M., Pop declared he en joyed talking to the freshmen im mensely getting a great deal of pleasure out of associating with them, especialy when they carry some of the Aggie traditions over into his store. More than once has a new “Fish” knocked and ask ed if he may come into his store, said Pop, and once inside asked his permission to sit down in one of the chairs. Although somewhat wrinkled and slightly stooped, Pop greets his customers kindly and energet ically. Upon entering his shop, one may find Pop humming a short ditty or in the midst of recount ing one of his humorous exper iences while on the campus. Pop, who resides with his wife at 909 E. 29th Street, in Bryan, hopes someday to see all of the Aggies he has known and served in the past, come back to his shop once again. “I’ll always be glad to welcome an Aggie into my shop,” said Pop, “whether a new ‘fish’ or a senior.” HELP BRING VICTORY * * * BUY WAR BONDS TODAY! To Be Military— Be Neat in Appearance get your Uniforms Cleaned and Pressed Frequently by the CAMPUS CLEANERS TWO LOCATIONS Over Exchange Store Next to George’s WHY NOT--- Get the habit of Browsing in our Record and Book Departments? Suggestions for Your Record Album 1. Tschaikowsky Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Horowitz, Toscanini and N. B. C. Orchestra 2. Wagner — Selections from Six Operas Melchoir and Flagstad 3. Carmen Jones Selections Member of Original New York Production 4. Fire Bird Suite — Stravinsky N. B. C. 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