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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
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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-
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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.
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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—
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