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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
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and
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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
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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
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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
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