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VOLUME 44 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 28, 1944 NUMBER 16
Slide Rule Contest Winners Announced
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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.
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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