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‘Mikado’ Operetta Planned By Singing Cadets, Aggie Players By Vick Lindley The Aggie Players and the Singing Cadets will present Gilbert & Sullivan’s satirical operetta, “The Mikado” during the latter part of the first summer session. This burlesque of Japan and Japanese ways has been popular for more than seventy years and seems as mod ern as though it were written this year. Cast and orchestra for the pro duction will be composed of stu dents, student wives, and other members of the college community. Auditions for musicians, singers and actors will be held at the Mu sic Building (opposite George’s) at 7 p.m., Thursday evening, June 12. Last summer the same groups cooperated in producing another Gilbert & Sullivan work, “H.M.S. Pinafore," which was a sensational hit, with crowds that jammed the Assembly Hall for two nights. De mands for a similar production this year have resulted in sche duling of “The Mikado.” Arnold Biello of the English de partment will stage the dramatic aspects of the production, and will also be responsible for technical effects such as scenery and light ing. The Aggie Players will fur nish the technical staff as well as some of the cast. Bill Turner, director of the Sing ing Cadets, will be responsible for musical aspects of the production. According to Turner, the great est need now is for string musici ans. However, there are openings in cast and staff for musicians, actors and staff of all classifica tions. Marvin Brown and Leonard Per kins will be accompanists during rehearsals. Student Receives AAPG Membership R. H. Abbott, Jr., of San An tonio, a senior petroleum engineer ing student, has won an associate membership in the American As sociation of Petroleum Geologists for a paper presented before the Houston Geological society. Abbott’s paper was entitled “Pro ductivity Index and Proration”. A paper on “Oil Mining” was pre sented at the meeting by M. W. McCall, senior student from Wich ita Falls. The Battalion Page 4 Tuesday, June 10, 1947 Physics, E E Majors Needed By Foundation Eight Physics or Electrical Engineering majors are need ed by the A.&M. Research Foundation for work with the oyster survey which will be con ducted on the coast of Louisiana, Lucian M. Morgan, assistant di rector of the Placement Office, has announced. Men interested in summer and full-time employment are needed, and single men are requested be cause of the living conditions in the area. It is expected that this work will last two years or more. Men will live in one the Texas Company camps, and the cost of living will probably be about $1 a day, Morgan stated. The pay scale is as follows:: Graduates with B. S. degrees, full time work, $300 per month. Graduates for summer work only, $250 per month. Junior students for full time work, $250 per month. Junior students for summer work only, $225 per month. Sophomore students for full time work, $250 per month. Sophomore students for summer work only, $200 per month. Students who are interested should contact Dr. C. C. Doak, Head of the Biology Department, Science Building at once. ASCE Commended By National Group A. & M.’s student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engi neers has been awarded a certifi cate of commendation for excel lence in the effective and meritor ious conduct of its affairs during the past school year. Announcement of the award was made by Colonel William N. Carey, executive secretary of the society, at national headquarters in New York. This is the second time that A. & M.’s chapter has won such an award lauding the ability and pro fessional diligence of its chapter officers, members, and faculty ad visor, Colonel Carey stated. There are 125 student chapters in the 94- year-old ASCE, oldest national en gineering organization in the coun try, whose membership totals some 22,000. AGGIES WELCOME For Your Summer Needs Visit THE EXCHANGE STOKE SERVING TEXAS AGGIES fw w ‘•if 4 Short Courses, Conferences Scheduled for Middle of June Sponsored by the Education and Psychology Depart ment the 11th Annual Texas School Administrators’ Confer ence will take place on the campus from 9 a.m., June 17, to noon, June 19. There will be a 50-cent registration fee and $1 per night fee for rooms in Dormitory 15. Attendants at the conference will register in the lobby of the YMCA from 8 a.m. to noon, June 17, and all meetings will be held in the Assembly Room. A. and M. Among 3 Colleges Slated For Security Unit A. & M. has been selected as one of three institutions to sponsor a n Army Security Agency unit in conjunction with the other military units, Gibb Gilchrist, president of the college, has announced. Activation of the ASA, along with the Transporta tion Corps, will begin during the fall semester. These units are designed to pro vide reserve officers for the Army Security Agency, which, under the supervision of the Director of In telligence of the War Department General Staff, is charged with the responsibility of providing signal intelligence and communication security for the army. World War II showed the need for expansion of those activities during an emergency and the ne cessity of haying available for duty the required type of highly trained specialists. With the close of the war, the ASA has turned its attention to training a reserve force jn these fields. Both signal intelligence and com munication security requires alert, persistent, analytically - minded students, with special appeal for mathematics, engineering, physics, and business administration stu dents, Colonel Guy S. Meloy, com mandant, stated. Detailed infor mation may be obtained at his of fice in Ross Hall. Graduates Other Than Law, Accounting Now Needed as FBI Agents Information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation states that there are opportunities with that service now for men with a college degree in fields other than accounting and law. The qualifi cation has been added that appli cants possessing a college degree, and being otherwise qualified, will be considered for the position of Special Employee Agent. Those appointed to the position of Special Employee Agent will re ceive an annual salary of $4,149.60. They will carry regular Special Agent credentials and at the ex piration of one year will be con sidered for designation as regular agents. They will attend a new agents’ training school of ten weeks and will be required to perform the regular investigative duties as signed to Special Agents in the field. Special Employee Agent ap plicants will be given the regular Special Agent examination. Interested applicants should ar range ' with the Placement Office to furnish complete credentials to the proper service officer. oinunn ### QiuilHv You’ve heard ’em ... going yappity- yappity about miracle-cigarettes that’ll make you a tobacco expert if you smoke ’em. Not Old Golds. The only blessed thing they’ll make you is wonderfully pleased. You see, we’ve nearly 200 years’ tobacco experience. We’ve hand-picked stocks of lux urious tobaccos. We simply put ’em together for the ultimate in pleasure-giving smoking. Settle for only rare enjoyment and deep sat isfaction from a mellow, fragrant Old Gold? That would do you? You’re our man, then —get onto Old Golds today! A P> a -• | , oW Go' 1 ' A. M. Tate, superintendent of school, Marlin, is head of the con ference committee. ★ Scheduled for the same 3-day period is a County Superintendents’ Conference, also under the aus pices of the Education and Psy chology Department. Registra tion will be from 8 to 12, June 17, in the YMCA lobby. Women will be housed in Walton Hall and men in Dormitory 15. R. C. Pickett, superintendent of schools at Victoria, is head of the short course committee. Mode b(j a 'KOume In, tbba.uc 'h&ojdL^ tlOO yeats “Child Welfare” will be discuss ed at the County Superintendent and Supervisor Conference, while the Texas School Administrators’ Conference will study school fi nance, the modern school plant, and supervision of teachers in the classroom. Both groups will meet in joint session daily with Dr. Merle Prunty, director of student personnel at Stephens College, Missouri. He will speak on sub jects related to the general theme of the conferences. Opening the superintendent’s conference will be Dr. L. A. Wood, state superintendent of education, speaking on “The Educational Wel fare of Texas School Children.” The “All-year School as a Child Welfare Measure” will be proposed by L. H. Griffin, Bowie County superintendent. The administrators will discuss four phases of educational plan ning: “A Research of School Fi nance in the Light of Present Eco nomic Conditions”, “Economics to Be Affected”, “School Buildings— A New Approach to Planning”, and “Supervision in Service Training of Teachers.” A joint banquet of the Texas School Administrators’ Conference and the County Superintendents’ Conference will be held in Sbisa Hall at 7 p.m., June 18. Tickets at $1.50 per person may be pur chased at the registration desk. ★ A Rural Church Conference, un der the sponsorship of the Rural Sociology Department, will be held on the campus June 30 to July 4, according to Dan Russell of that department. Registration will take place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the YMCA, June 30, and from 8 to 11 a.m., July 1, with a $1 registra tion fee, it was stated. Attendants at the second Rural Church Conference will be housed in Puryear Hall, and they will be charged $1 per night for linens and other facilities. All meetings will be conducted in the YMCA Chapel, except Wed nesday afternoon, July 2, when they will be held in the “Y” As sembly Room, Cabinet Room, and Chapel, and Rooms 202 and 203, Goodwin Hall. Included on the list of personages to appear on the program are: Monsignor Luigi P. Ligutti, head of rural church work of the Cath olic Church, Des Moines, Iowa; Venerable Robert G. Purrington, head of this type work for the Episcopal Church; Dr. Elliott L. Fisher, leader of rural church work for the Methodist Church, New York City; Dr. John D. Freeman, of the Southern Baptist Conven tion, Atlanta, Georgia; Dr. Henry W. McLaughlin, Presbyterian Church leader; and Dr. E. W. Muel ler, rural church work leader for the National Lutheran Council, Chicago ★ Arrangements for the 19th An nual Short Course for Cottonseed Oil Mill Operators, to be held on the campus from 2 p.m., June 15, to 5 p.m., June 21, have been com- pleted. Sponsored by the Cotton seed Products Research Labora tory, meetings will take place in the Research Lab and the Petrol eum Lecture Room. A registration fee of $3.50 will be assessed attendants at the course, and they will be charged $1 per night for rooms in Puryear Hall. On June 17 at 7:15 p.m. a ban quet will be held in Sbisa Hall. Tickets at $1.50 per person may be bought on registration day. ★ The third annual Air Condition ing Conference, which began June 8, will end tomorrow afternoon. It is under the sponsorship of the Mechanical Engineering Depart ment. Architects, plumbers, indepen dent engineers, factory representa tives, medical scientists, and agri culturalists are attending the con ference. Shell Boxes Used For Lab Apparatus GIs at the George Washington University are learning chemistry with the help of old 4.2 mortar shell boxes which some of them helped empty in combat. Three times as many students as before the war are being taught in the same laboratories. This is made possible through use of ap paratus lockers made from a truck- load of wooden shell boxes sal vaged from Aberdeen Proving Grounds by Dr. B. D. Van Evera, head of the chemistry department. Each student keeps his chemical material in the space formerly oc cupied by the shells. Only change in apparatus necessary was use of a smaller wash bottle of dis tilled water. The laboratories are in use from 8 o’clock in the morning until 10 o’clock at night due to the demand for chemistry classes. Musicians, Singers Needed for Mikado Auditions for the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operetta, “The Mikado”, will be held in the Mu sic Hall across from George’s Confectionary Thursday even ing, June 12. 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