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PAGE 8 THE BATTALION FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 14, 1944 —AGGIES— (Continued from page 1) present squad, and more are ex pected the latter part of August. Coach Norton’s present plans are to work out for three weeks straight and then give the boys a rest of two or three weeks. The workouts up to now have included running, passing, kicking, and dummy scrimmage, but with the boys in pads rougher drills can be expected. HELP BRING VICTORY • • • BUY WaR BONDS TODAY! LOUPOT’S i Watch Dog of the Aggies New Members Added To Staff Mrs. Edna B. Woods has been added to the staff of the A. & M. College Library. She is a graduate of Louisiana State University, and calls Beaumont, Texas her home. Mrs. Wood attended Lamar Jun ior College in Beaumont before going to L. S. U. She received her A. B. and B. S. in Library Science degrees this year. She worked in the Terrell Public Library in Beaumont during the summer of 1943. Mrs. Woods is a member of the Circulation Department of. the Library and is in charge of the Browsing Room and the Music Room. With Dr. Mayo, she shares a radio program, “Something to Read,” that is presented on WTAW, Thursday afternoons at 3:45. In the opinion of Mrs. Woods, Aggies are, “Fine, friendly, and interesting, and are in a class by themselves.” Miss Lois Parker has been added to the staff of the Cataloging De partment of the library. She is a citizen of Ft. Worth and attend ed the Texas State College for Women. She graduated in 1940 having majored in Library Science. Miss Parker was employed as the librarian in the high school at Luling, Texas, for four years be fore joining the staff of the A. & M. Library. As for Aggies, Miss Parker knows much about them because she attended Tessieland for four years. She has found everyone very friendly. DO YOUR PART—BUY BONDS MM : . I I I | i a V ^ Quality Is A Saving A good lesson to know is that quality is a saving—things that you need and use are of little use to you unless they are serviceable. Get your better quality merchandise at The Exchange Store—an Aggie Institution. PRICE QUALITY VALUE for SCHOOL NEEDS use the EXCHANGE We have a complete line of school supplies— Stationery, College Jewelry, Text Books, Acces sories—things that you need throughout the school year. 1 Exchange Store “An Aggie Institution^ Farm Labor Axis Is Shifting to South The farm labor axis is shifting to the south Texas cotton fields as the grain harvest approaches completion in the high plain region. According to C. Hohn, state farm labor supervisor for the A. and M. College Extension Service, prog ress of the harvest has relieved the acute demand for farm labor in the Panhandle although a need for more combines and slow movement of railroad cars to country eleva tors were creating a bottleneck as the peak neared. Meanwhile, with cotton opening in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Gulf Coast areas, representa tives of the state labor office and the area WFA labor office held a meeting at Alice, Jim Wells County, with eight county agri cultural agents and field assis tants to discuss a program for handling and directing migratory labor during the picking season. An estimated 25,000 laborers of this class is expected to be avail able in the region. Picking has begun in Kleberg County and is expected to start in neighboring counties shortly. Harvesting of a record grain sorghum crop in several counties in the Corpus Christi area is in progress with San Patricio Coun ty needing help. Broomcom pull ing is underway in Bee, Medina and Frio counties with outside labor needed in the latter. Cotton chopping and hoeing in the majority of the counties com prising the low rolling plains is reported as progressing satisfac torily. The most outstanding labor shortage in the blacklands of the central and northern part of the state is in Kaufman, Collin and Dallas counties. The tight spot in the southern portion is in Cald well and Travis counties where cotton choppers and general farm hands are needed. Tomato shipping in east Texas is almost finished, releasing some labor for farm work. Placement of city and town youths on farms shows a steady increase. According to the latest reports to the state labor office, a total of 9,100 have been placed, Navarro County leading with 1,- 048 and McLennan and Falls next in order with 652 and 350, re spectively. — DR. KNOWLES— (Continued from Page 5) in the rear of the auditorium and, of course, the balconies will not be occupied. Ap invitation is extended to the students who are members, or whose parents are members of Dr. Knowles’ Church in Houston, to occupy seats on the platform at the Saturday morning’s program. You will enjoy Cadet Bosse’s piano selections at these meetings. The speakers for this and the other special programs of the Freshman Orientation meetings are sponsored by the YMCA. We are deeply grateful to the “Y” for its assist ance and services. Tea thrown overboard at the “Boston Tea Party” in 1773 was valued at $50,000. A. B. CATHCART — DENTIST — Over Madeley’s Pharmacy South Gate - Phone 4-4724 FIELD CLUB SHIRT and SLACKS Field Club fabric takes kindly to harsh treat ment. Wash it if you will . . . Dry clean it, if you will — this fine fabric is fast color and Sanfor ized—you'll like the fine texture and wearing qualities. Shirts $5 Slacks $6 CQaldropaff “Two Convenient Stores” College Station -o- Bryan I DO YOUR PART « BUY WAR BONOS