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Page 4 THE BATTALION THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 20, 1945 Houston Aggies Plan for Holidays President M. G. Bell of the Houston Aggie Club announced to day that plans for the two parties to be given over the holidays by the Houston Aggies had been com pleted. On the twenty-seventh of December the club will meet at the Plantation where reservations have been made in the club’s name. Two days later, on the twenty-ninth of December, the Houston Aggies and the Houston Tessies will meet in the club house at Studewood. Park. Aggies are asked not to bring dates.other than Tessies. For furth er information regarding either of the parties contact M. G. Bell in dorm 12 or Eddie Brandt in dorm 6. College Development Fund Completes Plan To Make A. & M. “Foremost School of its Kind” Spanish Club Has Christmas Party The Spanish Club met Monday night, December 17, with Ruben R. Caro-Costas, Senior from Puerto Rico, in charge of the program. In the Battle of Wits, based on Latin America, three Field Artil lery freshmen won out over three Infantry men. Next a “Double or Nothing” quiz was presented with a majority of the Club participat ing. Guillermo Elizondo gave a talk on how Christmas was cele brated in Mexico. The meeting ended with the singing of Christ mas carols and the breaking of the pinata. The piiiata is the equivalent of our Christmas tree. It consists of a bag hung from the ceiling and filled with nuts and candies at which everyone has a chance to break with 3 swings of a club. There were over 40 members in attendance. LIBRARY HOURS DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Open—Wednesday, December 26 through Saturday, December 29, 8 a. m., to 12 a. m.; Monday December 31 through Tuesday, January 1, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Closed—Saturday, December 22 Noon until Wednesday, De cember 26. Regular Hours resumed Wed nesday, January 2. Formation of the Texas A. & M. College Development Fund to make available immediately the means by which the institution may expand its research and educational service facilities to become the oustanding institution of its kind in the nation, was announced yes terday by A. F. Mitchell, Corsicana capitalist and chairman of the newly organized group. A graduate of Texas A. & M. College in the class of 1909, Mitchell announced the appointment of R. Henderson Shuffler, former Odessa, Texas, publisher and a 1929 graduate of the school, as executive director of the Development Fund. Shuffler has established a central office in the A. & M. College Administration building. “The A. & M. Development Fund will speed development of the col lege into an institution of ines timable value to Texas,” Mitchell said, “through erection of needed buildings and financing of research, scholarships and projects which cannot be financed with State funds through the medium of gifts, en dowments, bequests and grants from friends of the institution. “Need for such an acceleration of the development program at Texas A. & M. was highlighted dur ing the war,” Mitchell pointed out, “when this institution furnished more trained officer personnel than any other college in the nation, with over 17,000 of her sons in the service and over 13,000 of them commissioned officers. “With the increasing emphasis on technical and scientific skills in warfare, the A. & M. College is peculiarly suited to the needs of national military competence, since it combines scientific and technical training with military training in the largest men’s school in the world. “The first major joint project of the A. & M. College and its Association of Former Students, the Development Fund program is looked upon as one of the most important steps in the history of this institution. It was set up by parallel action of the boards of di rectors of the college and the as sociation and is governed by a board representing both bodies.” In addition to Mitchell, who rep resents the former students, mem bers of the Development Fund board include Gibb Gilchrist, pres ident of the college; H. Dick Win ters, Brady, president of the form er students; E. E. McQuillen, exe cutive secretary of former stu dents; Rufus R. Peeples, Tehuaca- na, member of the college board of directors; Henry Reese, III, Gon zales publisher, member of the col lege board; Prof. F. W. Hensel, faculty representative: J. T. L. McNew, vice president for Engineering of the college; Prof. C. W. Crawford, faculty rep resentative; T. W. Mohle, Houston, representative of former students; J. P. Hamblen, Houston, represen tative of former students; Marion S. Church, Dallas, representative of former students; R. C. Potts of Bel ton, member of the college board; Charles A. Roeber, comptroller of the college; C. C. Krueger, San Antonio, former students represen tative; and H. L. Kokernot, Jr., Al pine rancher, member of the col lege board of directors. “The Development Fund will serve as a central agency for the study of college needs and for the development of programs and pro jects to meet those needs,” Exe cutive Director Shuffler said. “With the college administration and the former students in close coopera tion, the Development Fund will project a long-range program for the growth and improvement of the college. In addition, the Fund will encourage, promote and solicit gifts, endowments and bequests for the fulfillment of these pro grams.” MAINTENANCE FEES Fourth installment of Main tenance Fees of $35.05 payable January 1-8 inclusive can be paid now. These fees include Board $25.00, Room $7.85, Laundry $2.20 to February 2, 1946. The Cashier of the Fiscal De partment will accept these fees from 8:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Texas A. & M. Development Fund Heads A. F. MITCHELL R. HENDERSON SHUFFLER Formation of the Texas A. & M. College Development Fund to make available immediately the means by which the much needed expansion of research and teaching facilities may be brought about has been announced by A. F. Mitchell, Corsicana capitalist and chairman of the board of directors of the Fund. A 1909 graduate of A. & M. College, Mitchell also announced appointment of R. Henderson Shuffler, former Odessa, Texas, publisher, as executive director of the fund Through erection of needed buildings and financing of research, schol arships and projects which cannot be financed by legislative appropria tions, Mitchell said, the A. & M. Development Fund is dedicated to making the Texas college the outstanding institution of its kind in the nation. Extension Service Hires 4-H Worker Miss Lorene Stevens of Tyler has been appointed 4-H Club spec ialist for the A. and M. College Extension Service, and assumed her duties here at headquarters December 17, Director Ide P. Trot ter, has announced. Miss Stevens will be in charge of girls’ 4-H Club work. The new specialist has served as county home demonstration agent in three Texas counties, Hopkins, Upsher, and Smith. She taught school before she went to Hopkins County on May 1, 1931. Miss Stev ens has been Smith County home demonstration agent since March 1, 1944. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY The December meeting of the Texas A. & M. Extension of the American Chemical Society will be held on Thursday night, De cember 20th at 8:00 p.m. in the Lecture Room of the Chemistry Building. Mr. Harold A. Thomas of the Electrical Engineering Department will address the Sec tion on the topic., “The Mass Spectrograph.” Anyone who is interested is invited to attend this lecture. Election of officers will be held. Dr. «[. F. Fudge, Chairman Dr. Fred W. Jensen, Secretary. ~-r Christmas Music Features Program of Campus Study Club at Annual Tea The Campus Study Club held its annual Christmas tea Tuesday aft ernoon at 3:00 o’clock at the Y. M. C. A. at College Station. Welcom ing the guests at the door were Mesdames P. B. Pearson, Gibb Gilchrist, John Ashton, H. L. Hea ton, C. W. Crawford, J. L. Shawn, Edward Madeley, Roy W. Snyder and F. B. Clark. The lounge was beautifully dec orated. Colorful Christmas balls, cedar and scarlet berries were ar ranged on the coffee table. A lighted tree graced another table and arrangements of cedar and berries were used throughout the rooms. Mrs. P. B. Pearson, president, extended greetings of the Yuletide season and introduced Mrs. H. K. Stephenson, program chairman, who presented the guest artists. Heard first was little Miss Linda Dunlap who played three piano solos; “Aria” by John Sebastian Bach, “Solifegietto” by C. P. H. Bach, and “Finale” by Haydn. Miss Margaret Medberry sang “Jesus Bambino” by Pietro a Yon. She was accompanied by Miss Car oline Mitchell. Mrs. Chris Groneman, accompan ied by Mrs. Ralph Steen, played two violin solos, “Romance” by Wienlowski, and “Romance” by Lieuranz. Miss Joanna Wilcox chose for her piano solo “Clair de Lune” by DeBussy. A Christmas story “Why the Chimes Rang” was given by Miss Johnnie McAdams of the Speech Department of Stephen F. Austin High School. Two carols, “Hark the Herald An gels Sing” and “Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem were sung by a trio composed of Misses Margaret Med berry, Mary Munnerlyn and Ber- nyce Jensen. At the close of the program, guests were invited in for tea. The linen-laid tea table held an ar rangement featuring the Madonna, with sprays of silver leaves and berries on either side and flanked by lighted white tapers in silver holders. Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist pre sided at the tea service. Mrs. R. R. Lyle was in charge of social arrangements. Serving with her were Mesdames J. K. Riggs, W. B. Langford, M. . C Hughes and J. T. L. McNew. Scouts Collect 4 Tons of Paper in Final Drive Here The Boy Scouts in the last and final paper drive collected 8000 pounds of paper, it was reported this week. Bob Cherry, scoutmaster of Troop 102, with Gene Potts and Billy Bob Hale, covered West Park and College Park and collected 1300 pounds. Howard Anderson with Neil Alexander, Luther Jones Jr. and John Gay of Troop 411, covered North Gate and North Oakwood and collected 1980 pounds. Sgt. Virgil Miller with Bill Wil liams, Jr., William Carter and Homer La Motte of Troop 102 col lected 2160 pounds on the Cam pus. P. J. Alwin Zeller with Pfrem- mer and Gay gathered 1690 pounds in College Hills. L. G. Jones with Neil Alexander collected 830 pounds. “Special thanks should be given to the Agricultural Engineering Department, the Civil Engineering Department, the Agronomy De partment, the Horticulture Depart ment, the Landscape Art Depart- Fish and Game Club Sees Animal Movies The regular semi-monthly meet ing of the Fish and Game Club was held Monday, December 17, at 7:15 p.m. in the Animal Industries Building. Members enjoyed two films, Wildlife of South Texas and Birds of Texas. These movies were taken by E. P. Haddon of the Texas Game, Fish, and Oyster Com mission and included many excel lent close-up shots of birds, deer, turkey, coyotes, etc. in their nat ural habitat. Next club meeting will be held January 7, 1946, and all regular members are urged to attend. Any one not majoring in Fish and Game, but interested in wildlife, is in vited to join the club as an asso ciate member. Development of rice drying plants in Southeast Texas has radically changed the rice indus try. ment and the city of College Sta tion for assistance during the three years of collecting,” stated Chairman L. G. Jones. A Merry Christmas AND Happy New Year TO THE AGGIE CORPS AND THE A. & M. FACULTY LUKE’S GROCERY C. W. VARNER JEWELRY J. C. CULPEPPER, Realtor ZUBIK & SONS COLLEGE STATION TAXI COMPANY and GREYHOUND-KERRVILLE BUS COS. AGGIELAND STUDIO CHARLIE’S FOOD MARKET A. B. CATHCART, Dentist SOUTHSIDE FOOD MARKET Y. M. C. A. BARBER SHOP VARSITY BARBER SHOP CASEY’S CONFECTIONERY BLACK’S PHARMACY MADELEY PHARMACY CAMPUS VARIETY STORE LAUTERSTEIN’S CLEANING & PRESSING AGGIELAND PHARMACY AGGIELAND SERVICE STATION