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Page 4 The Battalion Wednesday Afternoon, May 22, 1946 Jakkula Heads Bridge Design Research Specifications for suspension- bridge design which will insure against repetition of spectacular failures like that of the Tacoma Narrows bridge in 1940 will come from the work of a committee of engineers of which Dr. A. A. Jak kula, acting vice director of the Texas A. & M. College Engineer ing Experiment Station, is chair man. Dr. Jakkula’s committee on in terpretation and analyses, part of an advisory board appointed by the Public Roads Administration, to investigate causes of the Tacoma failure, will coordinate the results of research by other committees probing the behavior of suspension bridges when acted upon by wind forces* A meeting of the advisory board was held recently in New York, Dr. Jakkula said. We read the other day of a man who visited the cemetery ev ery day to mourn over the death of his wife’s first husband. Air Conditioned For Your Comfort Opens 1:00 P.M. — 4-1181 WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY A UNIVERSAL PICTURE, — also! — “Buckaroo” — Bugs Bunny Air Conditioned Box Office Open 1:00; Close 8:30 LAST DAY “IT ALL CAME TRUE” — with — Humphrey Bogart , Ann Sheridan THURSDAY ONLY Bargain Day TOUGH and ROUGH, in new crime role! DICK POWELL CLAIRE ANNE TREVOR‘SHIRLEY \ /ffttwfo. < WITH OTTO KRUGER mike mazurki MILES MANDER DOUGLAS WALTOI DON DOUGLAS Fr<>auc«8 by ADRIAN SCOTT • Directed by EDWARD SCMEN KAY BY JOHN ’AXIOM Aggie Players Picnic at Hensel The Aggie Players, campus dra matic club under the direction of Forrest Hood of the English de partment, closed their semester’s activities with a picnic last night in Hensel Park. Barbecue and all the trimmings was prepared and served by the mess hall staff. Approximately 40 members at tended. M. & S. E. DEPT. HEAD RETURNS THIS FALL Col. Ernest W. Steel, head of the municipal and sanitary engi neering department, now on mili tary leave, has drawn high praise for his work as head of a public health program in Venezuela, ac cording to press reports. Col. Steel is expected to resume his col lege post next September. EXTENSION SERVICE ECONOMIST RESIGNS W. E. Morgan, economist of the Extension Service, has tendered his resignation effective May 31. Morgan has found it necessary to devote full time to his business interests in Bryan and vicinity, he said. Apart from time spent at Har vard and almost four years in the air corps, Morgan has filled the position of economist since 1936. While in the army he served on the air corps planning staff in Wash ington and in the CBI theater. PHYSICS LABORATORY ASSISTANTS NEEDED The departmental program of student laboratory assistants in stituted at the commencement of the present semester has a num ber of vacancies for the summer term, and the semester starting next September. Students who have proficiently completed the equivalent of the college sophomore course in phy sics are invited to apply to the physics department at once for these assistantships. The number of hours per week and the sched ule can be arranged to suit the convenience of the assistant. OBITUARY John Babcock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie L. Babcock of Beau mont, died there this morning. The funeral will be held Thursday at 1400 at Beaumont. Bryan, Texas THURS. - FRL - SAT. * Wallace Beery — in — “BAD BASC0MB” PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT SUN. - MON. - TUBS. Esther Williams — in — The Hoodlum Saint Classified THE SCRIBE SHOP. Typing, mimeo- graphing, drawing. Phone 2-6705, 1007 E. 23rd, Bryan. LOST—A green fountain pen on the campus near 414 Throckmorton Street. Call 5-6164. Reward. WANTED—Several strong men with sawmill or other timber experience to work this summer near Chicago. Good wages and conditions. Transportation furn ished. Write particulars at once to P. O. Box 2131. FOR SALE—1937 Century Buick. Good motor. Reasonable. Room 83 Milner. Har mon. All students holding concessions will sub mit a financial statement for the period from the beginning of this present semes ter through Saturday, May 25, 1946. These statements will be turned into the Student Activities Office by Wednesday, May 29, 1946. LOST—A black billfold. Contains draft card. If found return to Cloyce Terrell, Dorm 11, Room 216. FOR SALE—Before May 27, Box Springs, mattress, bedstead. New last fall. Bill Amyx, G 6 and 8, Walton Hall. WANTED—Two bedroom house or apart ment for summer and fall semester. Can pay up to $65.00. Have 3 children. Call Lea. EE Bldg. FOR SALE—Portable radio. Good condi tion. Come by Cottonseed Products Re search Laboratory between 8 and 5 p.m. WANTED—Will pay cash for good used car. V. J. Hermansen. Room 216-16. LOST—At track meet, brown billfold. Return to Thomas Nash, Dorm 7, Room 305. FOR SALE—Electric Ice box. See Sam uel Pierce, B. C. U. Department Warehouse. Another shipment radios at ceiling. $29.55. Also few record players. McCul lough, Project House 9-Apt. 4. FOR SALE CHEAP—Senior serge blouse, size 36. Good condition. See Loupots. FOUND—Miniature slide rule about 2 months ago. Claim at Student Actiivties Office and pay for ad. DRESS FORMS TO BE DEMONSTRATED THURS. Mrs. Dora Barnes will demon strate dress forms Thursday morn ing from 9:30 to 11:30 in the Ex- Servicemen’s Lounge in Sbisa Hall. The public is invited. Battalion STUDENT TRI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Office, Room 5, Administration Building, Telephone 4-6444. Texas A. & M. College Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at College Station, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station is published three times weekly, and circulated on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday aft ernoons. Member Pbsocided GoUe&iote Press Represented nationally by National Ad vertising Service, Inc., at New York City, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Subscription rate per school year. Advertising rates upon request. Sam Nixon Editor Wendell McClure Adver. Manager Staff For This Issue Allen Self Managing Editor Warren Rice Reporter John R. Harris Reporter James Davis Reporter T. D. Prater Reporter SHOES and BOOTS Last Longer With Factory Method Repairs Our experienced repairman make possible our GUARANTEED SERVICE COLLEGE STATION SHOE REPAIR North Gate Luke Court, Mgr. Tessies Re-live Ring Dance ~ While Cramming for Exams The news this week concerns the senior ring dance down in Ag- gieland this past weekend. From all reports of the Tessies who journeyed “south of the Brazos” the ring dance was one huge suc cess. Just ask any who attended. They returned Sunday night star ry-eyed and wishing the weekend weren’t over—nothing unusual about an Aggie weekend however. It comes around every year, the same old thing, haunting you until it has passed. That thing known as exam week. Preceded by “dead week” exams will begin May 23 through the 31. During this per iod the campus is dead, but def initely. Why talk about it any longer ? It’s bad enough. Heard of the wheat shortage ? Well, so have we. The first bread less meal was held at Tuesday’s dinner with Thursday’s lunch com pleting the plan of two breadless meals per week. About 150 pounds of bread were saved at Tuesday’s dinner. The Metropolitan Opera perfor mances in Dallas are drawing large crowds from TSCW with the use of the college buses to take stu dents to the performances. Winding up activities here at TSCW are lake parties, dinners, and picnics. Everyone is trying to grab that last minute bit of fun before the grusome ordeal of cramming begins. The call of the lake is mighty tempting, though, and sunbathing too, detracts from studying. However, the Denton rain, (how we love it, big joke) hasn’t provided much opportunity for the latter. Time to sign off now. Happy cramming! * Sue Jones TSCW Correspondent. WATERWORKS SHORT COURSE SET JUNE 3 A short course on waterworks operation and maintainence will be held on alternate nights at Bryan, beginning June 3, and Huntsville, beginning June 4, the Texas A&M College Industrial Extension Serv ice has announced. W. A. Bandy, IES itinerant in structor, will be in charge of the evening classes. YOUNGBLOOD’S BARBECUE HICKORY SMOKED Drive Out for a Quiet Meal at the Rockhouse — Midway — College Road Cold Drinks Phone 2-8038 for We Make Party Reservation Our Sauce BEN YOUNGBLOOD & SON 1 SHORTS GO TO ALL LENGTH for SUMMER IN THE SUN Pedal Pushers in Cotton Gabar dine at $6.50 to Sporting Shorts with Pleats Fore and Aft at $2.25 to $4.95. Polo Shirts in All Colors and Stripes $1.50 to $2.25 LESTER’S SMART SHOP Bryan . r