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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 8, 1944 THE BATTALION PAG* 7 U. v * * -■ M T v ■4 Student Employment “All students who wish part- time employment during the coming term are urged to file either an application renewal or an application with the Place ment Office between now and the end of the term. Renewals will be accepted beginning, Mon day, September 4th.” Special Course Given By P.H. Dept. At the request of a number of teachers of vocational agriculture in this section of the State, a spe cial course requiring eight hours of work each Saturday for eight weeks, is being given by the Poul try Husbandry Department of the Texas A. & M. College, Professor E. D. Parnell has announced. Suc cessful completion of the course will be partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree of Mas ter of Education for which these teachers are working. Six sessions have been held in the past six week ends. The class scheduled for Saturday will mark the completion of instructional work, with the period on Septem ber 16 devoted to examinations on the courses covered, Parnell said. Subject matter in the order giv en has been: emergency wartime feeding, diseases and parasites, marketing, turkey problems, broil er plants and crossbreeding. Incu bation will be featured Saturday. While the greater part of the class work has been done at the Texas A. & M. College, some out side trips have been made. On Au gust 31, the class attended the meeting of the Texas Baby Chick Association in San Antonio and heard the discussion of turkey STUDENT CO-OP Bicycle and Radio Repair PHONE 4-4114 problems. A trip was made 'through the broiler plants in Gonzales Coun ty in considering this phase of the studies. During the course Satur day some work will be done in the College poultry plant and some in other hatcheries in nearby areas, Parnell said. Instruction has been carried on by D. H. Reid, head of the Poultry Husbandry Department, and Pro fessor Parnell, with assistance on special phases from officials of the F. & M. Experiment Station and the School of Veterinary Medicine. Among those taking the poultry short course are H. C. Boyd, Lew isville; Frank Buffington, Bren- ham; H. 0. Henderson, Navasota; G. A. Hill, Gonzales; W. T. Law ler, Lockhart, and Jack Sledge, Milano, all vocational agriculture teachers; and George Hurt, equip ment supervisor, and J. A. Mar shall, district supervisor, both of the food production division, war training program of the State De partment of Vocational Education. —Attend San Antonio Agrgie Dance— Two A. & M. Grads Win Distinction In War Theater Two former A. & M. students have recently received honors in the war theater in India. Thomas G. Bostic, ’32, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Bostic of Ber tram, has been promoted to the rank of captain. He is assigned to a General Depot of the Services of Supply in the China-Burma-In- dia Theater of Operations. Captain Bostic entered the ser vice at Fort Sam Houston in March, 1942. After serving at Camp Barkeley, the Texan re ceived his orders to attend the Officer’s Candidate School at Fort Monmouth. Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Signal Corps, he was then transferred to the 8th Service Command in Dallas, and was later stationed at the Desert Training Center in California. Overseas since April, 1943, Cap tain Bostic has been in the C-B-l Theater since June of that year. First Lieutenant James E. Wall, ’40, son of C. J. Wall of Grape- Fm on My Way to LOUPOT’S TRADING POST Because LOU PAYS HIGH PRICES FOR— Books—Lamps—Hats—Drawing Supplies , and other items. Loupot’s Trading Post “Trade With Lou — He’s Right With You” OFFICIAL NOTICES Classified WANT TO RENT—Permanent college employee wants unfurnished house in Col lege Station. Possession desired by Septem ber 1 or soon thereafter. Call 4-5324 or 4-7414. WANTED—Young lady to work as cashier at theatre. Call 4-5324 before five o’clock. FOR RENT—Small furnished apartment. No children. J. B. Lauterstein. LOST—One 17-jewel Bulova Pink Gold Watch, silver dots in face of numerals on face of watch. Reward. Please return to or notify Burke Summers, Room 219, Dorm 5. LOST—One Longines platinum wrist watch with three diamonds on dial lost Tuesday afternoon between Agricultural Building krd Dorm No. 1. Reward. Return to Charles Miles, Room No. 313, Dorm 1. Meetings There will be a special meeting of the Rid Grande Valley Club next Wednesday, September 13 at 7:15 p.m. in Room 120 of the Academic Building. Final plans for the party between semesters will be made and dues will be collected for the semester. It is important for all Aggies from the Valley to attend. Church Notices College Avenue Baptist Church J. H. Landes, Pastor 203 N. College Ave., Bryan 9 :45 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship Service 6 :45 Training Union 8:00 Evening Worship Service THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Corner Twenty-seventh and S. College F. J. Smythe, Pastor 10 :00—Sunday School 11:00—Communion and Worship. 6 :00—Recreation Hour.- 7 :00—Christian Youth Fellowship. 8 :00—Communion and Sermon. A cordial welcomes awaits all who at tend this church. The First Christian Church is holding its fall Rally Day next Sunday, September 10. All Aggies and Servicemen on the cam pus are urged to attend for this special program. AMERICAN LUTHERAN CONGREGATION Y. M. C. A. Chapel, Campus Kurt Hartmann, Pastor Student Bible Class at 9:45 a.m. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Divine Service, with the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, begins at 10:45 a.m. this Sunday only. Those who desire to come to the Lord’s Table please announce to vour pastor. For your convenience you will find your pastor in Ihe office at the Y. Saturday afternoon after 2:00 o’clock. ST. THOMAS’ EPISCOPAL CHAPEL The Rev. J. Hugh R. Farrell,. Priest-in charge. The 14th Sunday after Trinity Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. Coffee Club 9:30 a.m. Junior Church School 9:45 a.m. Morning Prayer 11:00 a.m. This morning at the 11 :00 o’clock serv ice the senior church school will officially be opened with presentation of awards to Mrs. F. L. Thomas, Masters Gayle Klipple and Donald Elliott. Immediately preced ing the sermon the teachers of the jun ior church school will take the oath prescribed and a beautiful picture for the altar arrangement in the junior school will be blessed and presented. vine, Texas, has been awarded the Air Medal for “meritorious achieve ment in aerial flights,” according to Major Gen. Howard C. David son, Commanding General, Tenth Air Force. A pilot for the “Yellow Scor pions”, a famous P-51 Mustang fighter squadron of the Tenth Air Force, he is credited with 33 com bat missions and 75 combat hours for the six months he has served .in India. While a student in Texas A. & M., Lt. Wall was a member of the tennis and swimming teams. —Attend San Antonio Aggie Dance— Paper Collection Short 14,000 Pounds The regular waste paper collec tion by the Boy Scouts of College Station Saturday brought in 7,200 pounds of paper. This amount, add ed to their colection last month, totals 16,950 pounds. The total collection made by College and Bryan Scouts in the present drive is 72,000, which is short by 14,000 pounds of the amount which must be reached by Sept. 20. Troops 102 and 411 and Cub Pack 102 of College Station made the collection Saturday, using four trucks. All scouts who participated in the drive were given passes to the picture show at Guion Hall, good for any one time during the week. Dr. L. G. Jones is chairman of the waste paper drive for the College area. —Attend San Antonio Aggie Dance— Experiment Station Men Attend Chemistry Biology Organization Drs. P. B. Pearson, A. R. Kem- merer and R. W. Luecke of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station will attend the meetings of the southwest section of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine to be held Saturday in Galveston. The council of the Society has recently authorized the establish ment of a southwest section, and the meeting in Galveston is pri marily for the purpose of orga nizing this section. Experimental data will be presented by various members during one phase of the meeting. —Attend San Antonio Aggie Dance— When you embark on the sea of matrimony, you sail with the tied. Polish Biochemist Makes Inspection Tour Of A. & M. Laboratories Dr. M. Laskowski, eminent Po lish biochemist and prior to 1939 professor extraordinarius at the University of Warsaw arrived at the Texas A. & M. College Thurs day for an inspection of the various laboratories engaged in research in biochemistry and nutrition. Dr. Laskowski served in the Po lish army during the attack by Germany. Escaping to France when Poland fell, he worked on war prob lems at the University of Lyon un til the French nation collapsed. Since coming to the United States he has worked at Cornell and the University of Minnesota, and is now associate professor of physio logical chemistry at the medical school of the University of Ark ansas. While in Texas, Dr. Laskowski will attend the meeting of the Society for Experimental biology and Medicine to be held in Galves ton Saturday. —Attend San Antonio Aggie Dance— DO YOUR PART—BUY BONDS LOUPOT’S A Little Place . . . ... A Big Saving! SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BATTALION For Next Semester Keep Informed on College • and College Station Affairs Subscribe to the Battalion for that Ex-Aggie in the armed service. As members of the “Greatest Fraternity on Earth” they want to know what is hap pening at A. & M. in the way of classes, administra tion and sports. The Battalion offers the best means of keeping the army of exes informed on the progress of A. & M. 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