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\ 4' f ~ m $ VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 28, 1944 NUMBER 16 Slide Rule Contest Winners Announced -f Teachers Meet Here For Conference On Agriculture Aug. 2 Vocational agriculture teach ers in seventeen Southeast Texas counties will hold a conference on agricultural problems August 2 and ) at the Texas A. & M. College, L. V. Halbrooks, A. & M. Supervisor of vocational agriculture, has an nounced. This two-day conference, one of ten to be held throughout Texas i nthe next three weeks, includes vocational agriculture teachers of Area 3, which comprises the coun-^ ties of Harris, Brazoria, Mtagor- da, Fort Bend, Austin, Washington, Brazos, Leon, Burleson, Wharton, Anderson, Freestone, Robertson, Houston, Grimes, Waller and Madi son. D. M. Clements, director of vo cational agriculture in the South ern Region of the U. S., will lead (See TEACHERS, Page 3) First Regimental Will Be Next Week Ernie Fields brings his torrid aggregtaion of sweet swingsters to play for the First Regimental Ball, August 11, from 9:00 until 12:00 p.m., and also for the All Service Dance the following eve ning, August 12. Ernie Fields' rapid rise to prom inence in the musical world began only a little over a year ago. How ever, during the short period of time he has had his own orches tra he has created a furor among dance and popular music lovers throughout the South and West with an entirely new interpreta- (See FIRST, Page 8) By Robert S. Gold Under normal conditions, about one Aggie in three finds it neces sary to earn a part of his expenses at college. Since opportunities for part-time work here are limited by the lack of a large business or industrial community surrounding the campus, every effort is made to distribute available work among as many students as possible, in accordance with his individual needs. To be eligible for employment, the student must file an acceptable application with the Placement Navy Man Explains Way Of Enlisting Thursday morning Yeoman First Class Bob Henderson of the U. S. Navy spoke to a number of stu dents on the subject of naval en listment. Authorized absences were given to those men who missed a class in order to attend. One of his 'main points was that if a man wants to go to the navy when he is drafted, he should see the navy recruiting office before he is scheduled for induction. This is because there are m^ny more men being taken for the army than for the navy at this time. He made this statement mainly for the ben- (See NAVY, Page 8) Slight Interest In Veteran’s Benefits A Veteran's Administration rep resentative was on the campus in the Student Personnel office Thurs day afternoon and Friday morning taking applications for benefits un der the GI “Bill of Rights." Interest was low during the pe riods that D. G. Lahr, the repre sentative, had set aside for inter views with only 12 men making application up until 8:30 Friday morning but Lahr said that, “Many boys have mailed their applications in and more will do so." Anyone having served in the armed serv ices since September 1941 is eli gible to make application for vet eran’s benefits. Application forms that are mailed in must be notar ized. Lahr left A. & M. this morning but advised the Student Personnel Office that he would be back in two weeks to take applications from other boys. Office, through which all matters pertaining to the student work are cleared. Applications are con sidered on the basis of need, scho lastic ability, and work experience of the student. On assignment to a job, the individual must main tain a passing grade in three- fourths of his scheduled studies to remain eligible. Freshmen or trans ferring students are seldom con sidered unless their scholastic standing is in the top quarter of their class. Of course, since the war started, freshmen find it (See. PLACEMENT, Page 8) Interest Shown In Aircraft Courses Considerable interest is being shown in the aircraft'and aircraft engine technical school at the Tex as A. & M. College, which, starts Tuesday and runs for forty weeks with half-day as well as full-time programs, and is being supervised by the Industrial Extension Service of the School of Engineering, Act ing Dean Howard W. Barlow has advised. Trainees must be American cit izens, sixteen years of age, and preferably should have at least three years of high school educa tion. Instruction will be given both at the College airport and in the shops, laboratories and classrooms on the campus. Depending somewhat on the in dividual, trainees will be eligible to apply to the Civil Aeronautics Administration for an aircraft engine mechanic’s license at the completion of the course, Dean Barlow said. There wil be no tuition cost for this training, however, trainees (See AIRCRAFT, Page 4) Gilchrist Honored At Faculty Banquet , Nearly 700 guests including fac ulty members, their wives, and visitors from other schools attend ed the banquet honoring President Gibb Gilchrist given by the faculty and staff of the College Thursday night in Sbisa Hall. Gilchrist in the only address of the evening stated that he accept ed the presidency of A. & M. know ing that it is a great institution of learning and was great 20 years ago. He said that the administra tion of an already great school called for even greater effort and that he hoped, with the advice and consent of his associates, to submit to the Board of Directors in their meeting in September a plan which if carried out will promote even greater things for A. & M. in the great new world. In Gilchrist’s library is a book of poems titled, It Can Be Done. Gilchrist emphasized there was nothing said about “it can’t be done." In commenting on his rela- (See BANQUET, Page 5) Fees Payable Now Third installment of mainten ance fees of $49.80 due August 1-10 inclusive can be paid now. These fees include board $38.70, room $7.70 and laundry $3.40 t o September 22, 1944. The Cashier of the Fiscal De partment will accept these fees from 8 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Gilchrist Returns From Washington President Gibb Gilchrist returned late Wednesday afternoon from Washington, D. C., where he had spent the last several days con ferring with various committees of which he is a member. ■% Primarily Gilchrist’s trip to Washington was for a conference of a Navy Affairs Committee con cerned with the naval training program. While in Washington, he attended to several minor items of business for the college, among which was the contract between the college and the navy in regard to the naval detachment in train ing on the campus. Prairie View College, a branch of A. & M. for Negro students, has been under consideration for a new building to house their col lege library. Gilchrist reported that bids for the new library will be taken next month. He also met with the Engineers Scientific Management War Training Com mittee of which he has been a (See GILCHRIST, Page 3) Mrs. Edna B. Woods, librarian of the Music and Browsing Rooms of Cushing Library, has announc ed that during the two weeks in which students and servicemen were asked to turn in requests for new classical records nearly seven ty students took advantage of this opportunity to ask for their fav orite classics. Many of the requests were for records the library had once own ed, but which were broken or worn out. This speaks well for the pop ularity of the library’s collection, because it proves that it contains Ice Cream Party Held Wednesday Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock in the lecture room of the Me chanical Engineering Building, the Slide Rule Contest for freshman sponsored by the combined activi ties of all college engineering de partments, was brought to a close with the awarding of prizes. H. W. Barlow, Dean of the School of Engineering, made a short welcoming speech to the fifty-one Contestants present. Dr. F. E. Giesecke, professor emeritus of the M. E. Department, was in troduced to the group. The winners, the prizes, and the donors of the various awards are as follows: Top prize for winners from the combined engineering departments —First, Allen F. Johnson, an LL duplex slide rule; second, G. W. Cunningham, slide rule; third, Q. M. Baker, slide rule. The Electrical Engineering De partment winners and prizes were: .First, Allen F. Johnson, E. E. Handbook; second, G. W. Cun ningham, Eshbach, Handbook; third, B. Scholl, Eshbach, Hand book; fourth and fifth, G. J. Dor ris and R. E. Reece, one-half year’s membership in AIEE; sixth, D. M. Denton, book. The Aeronautical Engineering Department presented the follow ing gifts to their winners: first, Carl B. Nance, Hudson’s Manual; second, V. R. Wakefield, Hudson's Manual; third, D. V. Hudson, book. The Engineering Drawing De partment presented a book to their winner, F. B. Adams. records that are well-liked by the patrons of the music room. How ever, Mrs. Woods said, these rec ords are already on order. Though it was specified by the library that only classical titles would be considered, a few popu lar pieces slipped in. These were discarded before the order lists went in. Many of the numbers request ed cannot be ordered, but those which were asked for most were sent for. The number of requests and the value of the record to the (See LIBRARY, Page 4) Placement Office Helps Many Students Earn Expense Money (See SLIDE RULE, Page 3) Library Orders Classical Music Requests Of Aggies