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PAGE 6 THE BATTALION THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 5, 1945 —DISTRACTIONS- COMMANDANT— (Continued Prom Page 5) (Continued From Page 1) —TOWN HALL— (Continued From Page 1) sus the cats, and wowie, the rhythm is rompin’! Lowdown: Strictly on the solid side. CAMPUS—Showing Thursday and Friday is “Follow the Boys” with George Raft, Vera Zorina, and several top bands such as Freddie Slack and Dorsey. This is a musical about the Hollywood en tertainers that follow the boys over-seas to make a dull life a lit- le more interesting at least. It is choke full of entertainment and several tense situations develop such as being torpedoed in the middle of the ocean. Lowdown: A good Musical with top-notch bands. Saturday is a double feature de signed to scare the a dickens out of you. The first feature is “Shadow in the Night” with War ner Baxter. This is one of th Crime Doctor series and a good one at that. Lowdown: A killer-diller. The second feature is “Crime By Night” with Jane Wyman and Jerome Cowen. This is a mystery thriller designed on the “Thin- Man” type, and is really a good show with romance scattered around between the murders. Lowdown: A good “Didn’t Sleep a Wink Last Nite” show. Showing Sunday and Monday is the “Seventh Cross” with Spencer Tracy. This is an adaptation of Anna Segher’s best seller, with the main character portrayed by Spen cer Tracy at his best. This is one of the highly rated dramas of the year. Tracy is one of seven fugi tives who escape from the notorious Westrofen concentration camp near Mainz, Germany, in 1936. Woven into the story is a poignant romance between Tracy and a girl, who, after knowing him 24 hours, is willing to sacrifice her life to make good his escape. Lowdawn: Four bells plus. SHEAFFER3 NEW JUj/eiune triumph'pen NEW CjktuljMJL PENCIL Davis, Platoon Sergeant; J. W. Giebel, A. R. Newson, J. D. Roper, J. B. Meadows. Second Battalion Staff—Major W. T. Cobb, Battalion Commander; Captain C. A. Banker, Executive Officer. Non-commissioned officers: Mas ter Sergeant K. M. Frazelle, Ser geant Major. Company “F”—Non-commission ed officer: Corporal R. J. Luns ford, E. R. Baugh, E. S. Brandt, Q. M. Baker, G. P. Cavitt, Jack Brashear, B. F. Scholl. Third Battalion Staff—Captain M. G. Boone, Executive Officer. Non-commissioned officers: Mas ter Sergeant R. Ferguson, Ser geant Major; Technical Sergeant R. W. Russell, Personnel Sergeant Major. Second Regimental Staff—Major W. E. Davenport, Executive Offi cer; Captain Cecil Kelty, Adjutant; Captain C. W. Yeargain, Personnel Officer. Non-commissioned officers: Mas ter Sergeant Edwin Olsen, Ser geant Major. First Battalion Staff—Major S. Haggard, Battalion Commander. Battery “A”—Non-commissioned officers: Corporal J. L. Nygaard. Battery “C”—First Lieutenant M. Gibson, Platoon Leader. Non-commissioned officers: Staff Sergeants J. W. Stewart, A. W. Bridges, Jr., Platoon Sergeants. Second Battalion Staff—Non commissioned officers: Staff Ser geant W. C. Witt, Supply Ser- gean. —HUNTSVILLE DANCE— (Continued From Page 1) dance as it is expected that some Cadets will not be able to get dates at such a late date. Arrangements have been made by the Jackson Association so that the cadets will have a place to stay if they wish to remain in Hunts ville overnight. Mattresses will be furnished and placed in the gym nasium after the dance for all Aggies that wish to remain. According to the Houstonian, SHSTC school paper, the price for the dance will be $1.20, couple or stags, and there well be a refresh ment booth in the gymnasium, where soft drinks will be sold. There will be busses leaving from the Aggieland Inn at 7:56 a. m. and 2:10 p. m. Saturday, and from Bryan at 3:20 in the after noon. Those leaving from the Inn will change busses in Navasota and those from Bryan will change in Madisonville. Tickets will be $1.67 one-way, and $3.05 round-trip. Members of the Jackson Hall Association have gone to a great deal of trouble to make this an oc casion that the Aggies will not forget for a long time, and unless as many cadets as possible attend, the affair will not be a success. —CHATHAM RETIRES— (Continued Prom Page 1) a Battalion reporter. “Mr. Chatham has made an en viable record. In his retirement I extend him my sincere good wish es,” Birdwell concluded. Many letters of congratulations have been received by Mr. Chat ham both from the college staff, former students and the general public. Today’s Battalion is taking special recognition of his long and useful career of service to Tex as A. & M. and is joined by many out standing business firms in wish ing Mr. Chatham the best of every thing in his retirement. They're here now! . . . the new, entirely re-designed precision-built Sheaffer pens and pencils! Most of them are going to the men and women in the Services overseas. Quantities for civilians are very limited, but we will take your reservations now. LOUPOT’S A LITTLE PLACE - - 5 - - A BIG SAVING! THE GIFT That only you can give your Mother YOUR PHOTOGRAPH MOTHER’S DAY — MAY 13TH Photographs of Distinction AGGIELAND STUDIO 25 Years Service to Aggieland CASH-- Hight Prices Paid for BOOKS — LAMPS DRAWING INSTRUMENTS COLLEGE BOOK STORE B. W. BOBBITT, ’40 rear guard. After witnessing the surrender of the Fascist Town Council there, “Knick” and Belden started across the valley to a twin town a couple of miles away. As they approached it, a young Ger man advanced out of a culvert, hands in the air and a white hand kerchief in one of them. “I want to surrender,” he said in German. Knickerbocker, who spoke German, answered “That’s fine and what is this around your neck?” Without waiting for a reply, he removed a pair of fine field glasses from around the Nazi’s neck. Twelve other German soldiers joined the first Nazi and gave themselves up, together with rifles, a 30-cali- bre machine gun, and many rounds of ammunition. The American Correspondent’s pleasure was only exceeded by their surprise. Later the German sol diers explained that they had sur rendered because “you ride in a staff car, and you would be here only if troops were ahead.” In real ity, of course, American troops were not yet there—were still sev eral miles behind!” When Knickerbocker comes to lecture at Guion Hall, Tuesday, April 17, he will not only give an over-all picture of the war in Sicily, Italy and France but will season it with many anecdotes and stories of personal adventures. —CHATHAM— (Continued From Page 1) soon provided and after the new Academic Building became avail- ble ample space was provided for the operation of the store. Since lack of funds hampered the full expansion, Mr. Chatham, with the approval of President Bizzell, but entirely on his own signature, and as a personal loan, borrowed the sum of $25,000 and thus was able to meet the financial needs of his expanding enterprise. Gradually over a period of about 10 years this loan was repaid from the operations of the store. At the beginning of World War I, the college had many civilians in training on the campus and was in need of additional facilities to take care of their shopping needs. An additional exchange was open ed to care for the exclusive needs of this group. The building was a large wooden structure located near the present YMCA. Open from 7 a. m. to 10:30 p. m., every day, this store was known as the Post Ex change. This temporary structure was closed at the end of World War I. Shortly before President Bizzell left A .& M., authority was grant ed to erect a store building large enough to take care of the needs of the student body of a rapidly expanding institution, and in 1926 the store moved to its new quar ters. Since the present building was constructed, two additions have been added to take care of the expanding business. Many changes in styles, buying habits and customer reactions have been noted by Mr. Chatham during the more than a third of a century he has managed The Exchange Store. One definite policy that he has followed is to have modern and attractive fixtures to permit the best display of his merchandise. His fundamental demand has al ways been that the merchandise sold over the counters of the Ex change Store be the best quality obtainable. Most of the leading manufacturers of the popular and well known bi’ands are represented in the Exchange Store’s history, and in Mr. Chatham’s opinion his policy of choosing the best products has paid dividends over a long per iod of time. Out of the profits realized over the 36 years of Mr. Chatham’s man agement, the indebtedness of the store has been liquidated, the pre sent building paid for, inventories built up and operating capital furnished. Surplus funds have been invested in the Corps of Cadets, $2500 going for tennis courts in one instance alone and on another occasion $5000.00 was contributed to the building of The Grove. It has long been Mr. Chatham’s policy and in this he is joined by the college administration that sur plus profits, if any are realized, be returned to the students through increased recreational facilities. The operational requirements of a firm as large as the Exchange Store, of course, demand a sizeable reserve fund for contingencies and general operating funds. Mr. Chatham’s most recent ex perience has been to experience again 1918 and see war training return to the campus in the form of thousands of servicemen, many of whom found in the modern faci lities of the Exchange Store inno vations that would have opened the eyes of their buddies of World War I who also traded at “Chatham’s Store.” OFFICIAL NOTICES Classified CASH—Ceiling price for your car—any make, any model. Bring your papers to H L. Whitley, Studebaker Dealer, Phone 2-7009. DR. GRADY HARRISON Dentist North Gate Phone 4-8854 FOUND—Identification bracelet bearing the inscription “Irving Weitzler—No. 31,842,861. at Student Activities Office. LOST—Gold Gruen wrist watch between Sbisa and Dorm No .9 last Friday night, March 23, flexible leather band. Reward of $5.00. Please return to commandant’s of fice or to Fish Wilson, Room 104, Dorm No. 9. Graduation gift and has great sentimental value. FOR SALE1—One serge blouse and one serge billed cap. Reasonably priced. See Crabtree in Room 318, No. 7. Announcements DISTINGUISHED STUDENTS — Cita- students who Pall Semeste: H. L. Heaton, Registrar. STAFF MEMBERS Work on the plaque honoring staff mem bers who have gone into military service is about completed. If there are any additions to the list since it was first submitted, please send the name and branch of service to W. R. Horsley, Place ment Office. LOAN SCHOLARSHIP The Foundation for Education in Eco nomics of the American Bankers Asso ciation has allotted one loan scholarship of $250 for the year 1945-1946 to be awarded to a student of this institution majoring in some field of business or eco nomics. Information concerning the terms of the loan and blank forms of applica tion may be secured from the undersigned. T. D. BROOKS, Dean, School of Arts and Sciences Fees ive, can Third installment of Maintenanc of $47.40 payable April 1-15, inclusr be paici now. hese fees include board $36.90, room $7.30 and laundry $3.20 to May 26, i and laundry $3.Z0 to May : The Cashier of the Fiscal Department will pt these fees from 8:00 accep 1:30 1945. A.M. until Commandants Office OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT CIRCULAR NO. 48: 1, So much of Paragraph 10 (a), House Rules, College Regulations, is amended to ead as follows : Students living two per room will not exceed 260 watts per room. This wattage can be distributed as desired, provided 100 watts, rovided the no lamp in the room exceeds 1( 2. Radios are authorized, pro volume is so that it does not disturb oc cupants of adjoining rooms. Outside aerials re not authorized. 3. All rooms must be properly policed each morning, including Sunday, and kept clean throughout the day. Trash will not be swept into the halls after 8:00 a.m. each day. 4. Bicycles will not be placed in cor ridors or rooms of dormitories. They will be parked in racks adjacent to dormitory r in adjacent areas designated by Tac- cal Officers. 5. Juniors and Seniors desiring to study beyond Taps may burn their lights for that purpose only. Freshmen and Sopho mores may, with permission from their company! officers, keep their light urpose of study until midnight. 6. Window screens will be kept hooked and not removed from their bearings. 7. Students will not go on the roof of ny dormitory. By order of Colonel WELTY: JOE E. DAVIS Major, Infantry, Assistant Commandant. OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT MEMORANDUM: To All Concerned 1. Students owning motor vehicles will bmit their 1945 lici sut Comn April nui mandant’s Office not later than mber to wil th' 15 1945. By order of the COMMANDANT: JOE E. DAVIS Major, Infantry, Assistant Commandant. OFFICE OF THE COMMANDANT CIRCULAR NO. 48:: 'ter, no individual who is not a this ‘institution, properly reg- to remain in overnight unless approved l the Commandant’s Office. 2. Organization Commanders will check r see that all guests have signed in at the Commandant’s Office before spendi the night in the dormitory. For The COMMANDANT: JOE E. DAVIS Major, Infantry, Assistant Commandant. Church Notices FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH R. L. Brown, Pastor 9:45 a. m. Sunday School 10:50 a. m. Morning Worship 5:00 p. m. Fellowship Hour 6:00 p. m. Training Union 7:00 p. m. Evening Worship A cordial invitation is extended to all who desire to worship with us. COLLEGE AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH 203 N. College Ave. J. H. Landes, Pastor 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship Service 6:15 Training Union 7:30 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 welcome awaits all who attend this church. CHURCH OF CHRIST R. B. Sweet, Pastor Sunday, 9:45 Bible Classes; 10:45 the Morning Worship; 7 p. m. the Evening Worship. Wednesday 7:15 p. m. the Prayer Meet ing. All are invited to attend all these serv ices. You will be most welcome. CATHOLIC STUDENTS Sunday Masses 9:15 and 10:30 a. m. Confession Saturday 6 :30 to 7:30 p. m.; Sunday, before Mass. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. J. H. R. Farrell, Chaplain Holy Communion—9 :00 a. m. Coffee Club—9:30 a. m. Church School—9:45 a. m. 1st and 3rd Sundays Holy Communion—11:00 a. m. 2nd and 4th Sundays Morning Prayer—11:00 a. m. AMERICAN LUTHERAN CONGREGATION Y. M. C. A. Chapel, Campus Kurt Hartman, Pastor Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Student Bible Class and Discussion Per iod at 9:45 a. m. Divine Services 11:00 a. m. A. & M. METHODIST CHURCH AND WESLEY FOUNDATION Rev. R. C. Terry Sunday: Church School—9:45 a. m. Morning Worship—10:50 a. m. Wesley Foundation—7 p. m. Wednesday: Choir Practice—6:45 p. m. Wesley Fellowship and Midweek Devo tional—7 p. m. The A. and M. Methodist Church is one block east of the Post Office at the North Gate. A. & M. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Norman Anderson, Pastor Sunday School 9:45 in the Campus Theatre. “By courtesy of the Management.” Morning Worship 11:00 in the Campus Theatre. “By courtesy of the Management.” Student League 6 :30 in the Y. M. C. A. Chapel. Student Forum 7:30 in the Y. M. C. A. Chapel. —RECREATIONAL— Continued irom Page 1 money has been alloted the group by the City of College Station, the Kiwanis Club, the Methodist Church, and the Mothers Club of A. & M. Consolidated School, and indications that several other or ganizations will have allotments to make in the near future, plan ning for the summer work was made easy for the group. Future and permanent financing plans were discussed and it was decided that Col. Frank G. Anderson, Dr. L. G. Jones, and L. D. Smith would represent the group before the City of College Station Council and offer a plan for financing the recreational program. The plan was discussed in detail by the group at the meeting. A survey offered at the meeting showed that there are one thousand eight hundred and eighty four young people and children in Col lege Station of which one hundred and one are Girl Scouts, sixty are Boy Scouts and twenty six belong to the A. & M. Consolidated School football team. It was pointed out that the community as a whole is responsible for the manner in which youth spends its recreation and that the opportunities for wholesome recreation other than that offered by the churches, the school and the Boy and Girl Scouts is seriously limited in the commu nity. . Plans to start organized play ground ball leagues in each sec tion of the community were dis cussed with the playground in each section of the community tentative ly laid out. The equipment of the Consolidated School will serve one area, the James Parkway in Col lege Hills will serve another and the site to serve the area towards the north community as yet unde cided. The Kiwanis Club of College Sta tion has planned to start softball clubs at once, as well as church activity in this direction. The coun cil voted to buy any equipment needed for summer play in softball, volleyball, or tennis and it is plan ned to have a big tournament later in the season. A skating rink and lighting of the softball court at A. & M. Con solidated School were two activities that will be made available to the community if final plans can be carried through, it was voted. The Play. Nights, held each Fri day at the A. & M. Consolidated School Gymnasium will continue throughout the school term. The High School and Eighth Grade stu dents will be entertained next Fri day, it was announced. The res ponse to these play nights have fulfilled the expectations of the groups and clearly indicate that a full recreational program must be obtained for the city as soon as possible. All possible effort of the Coun cil to obtain a director for the summer activities will be made, it was voted at the meeting. If a director cannot be obtained the program will be carried out by part time instructors and volun teer workers, until such time as more help can be had. If supervisors can be obtained tennis play will be offered each Saturday morning. Much of the work on this part of the program was completed at the meeting with only the obtaining of supervisors to be filled in. The existing by-laws of the Council are to be reworked and a booklet prepared that will state the aims of the organization so that it can be presented to the community in a convenient form. Officers elected at the Monday night meeting were: J. Gordon Gay, chairman; vice-chairman, Col. Frank G. Anderson; secretary, Mrs. A. B. Stevens; treasurer, Mrs. H. E. Burgess; activities chairman, Mrs. H. K. Stephenson and W. L. Penberthy; publicity, Mrs. G. B. Winstead. Members of the Council are: J. T. L. McNew; Dr. L. G. Jones; Mrs. D. W. Williams; L. D. Smith; W. D. Bunting; E. D. Parnell, and J. D. Prewitt. —BUY WAR BONDS TODAY— Horseshoes By Dick Dillingham The horseshoe tournament :is drawing to a close finish now. With only a few more games to be played, the favorites have been established in all the leagues. There is still time for some of the underdogs to come through and there are still many exciting mo ments in store. D Co. took a match from H Co. a week ago. D Co. won four games and lost two in the match. The H Co. men who won the only games for their team were Baker and Ar- buckle. They defeated Neely and Threadgill in some games that Neely and Threadgill always made close, but Arbuckle and Baker came out with the upper hand. In the first game, Arbuckle hit the mark some to give them a pretty good lead, but H Co. had collected enough one and two pointers that they were in the lead when Thread gill threw two straight ringers. Arbuckle continued to lay them in close and H Co. took the first game. In the second game, Ar buckle won the final points with a ringer, but their win was all but useless as D Co. had won the match before their games were over. Meadows of D Co. and Brown of H Co. were pitching it out close on one court, while a heated match between Woods of D Co. and Wal lace of H Co. was also going. Mea dows and his partner, Garretson, came up fast after a slow start. Meadows won the game when he threw a ringer for the last three points. Ringers really started fly ing in the second games. This time D Co. was not to be stopped. A Co. defeated D Troop in all games last Friday. The horsemen were always pitching well, but the infantrymen were doing just a little better most of the time. A. H. Miller, Leaslie and Neely show ed sharp accuracy but infantrymen like Terrance, Shavely and Slack proved to be too much for them. The games between Terrance and Singletary and Leslie and Flal- river were perhaps the closest in the match. Leslie and Terrance had some very close pitches at times. H Co. came back after taking it on the chin by the accurate D Co. men, to beat F Co. in all the games. Baker and Arbuckle won their games again as they did against D Co. D Troop got a forfeit over the OPPORTUNITY! An unusual opportunity for the right man. I have just bought 200 acres of extra good land in four tracts. One tract is 12 miles north of San Antonio, 600 feet east of Austin-San Antonio Highway, on a gravel road, elec tricity, well of good artesian water, pumping capacity 200 gallons a minute, pump being installed. 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PHOTO SHOP “The House of Satisfaction” Waldrop Bldg. North Gate Dial 4-8844 Paper Collection Day For Scouts Is Saturday Saturday, April 7, is paper col lection day by the Boy Scouts of College Station. Troop 102, 411 and the Cub Scouts will collect paper between 8:30 and 12 noon. Inas much as the paper collection will start at 8:30 it is requested that anyone having paper will put it out on the curb by 8:30. Depart ments of the College and residents can assist the collectors by tying the paper with string into bundles so that they will not fall apart during transportation. This is the last month of the Dwight D. Eisen- hower^s World War II Shell Con tainer Unit Award Contest. The two troops and the cubs have col lected over 38,000 pounds of paper during the special drive. Thus far 25 boys in College Station have qualified for the Unit Award. Troop 102 has collected 16,506 pounds and troop 411, 14,500 lbs. The cubs have collected over 8,000 pounds. Band. A Battery tok the Second Co. Frogs into camp last Tuesday by taking four games and losing two. Guy, Omo and Darby of the Sec ond Co. were pitching well, but men like Smokier, Cecil and Rhodes proved to be more than the Frogs’ match. Guy clanged four ringers around the pol^ in his first game, but Rhodes and Johnson more than matched them to win their two straight victories. The only loss the Batterymen suf fered was at the hands of Omo and Darby when they defeated Kel so and Robiniwitz in two games. The second game of this series was an extremely close one. The game was tied at a score of 20-20, when Darby and Kelso put two in as close as they could be. It was called a tie and the game went on with the Frogs taking the next two HERE They adc mmv* mm C0dlclrop&(8 r ^ wo Convenient Stores” College Station—Bryan