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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1947)
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1947 THE BATTALION Page 5 Agricultural Classrooms, Offices in New Locations ists will remain, temporarily, in the Extension Service Building, and the poultry and swine research staffs will remain at the F. and B. Station. The School of Agriculture at A.&M. has just completed an extensive reshuffling of department offices and class rooms, according to Chares N. Shepardson, dean of agricul ture. This move was made to further effectuate the plan adopted last year, for coordination of teaching, research, and extension activities in each-f — field of agriculture, Dean Shepard son stated. The Department of Agricultural Economics and Sociology, includ ing the old Department of Agricul tural Economics, the Division of Farm and Ranch Economics, and the Department of Rural Sociology, will occupy the top floor of the Agricultural Building. The main office will be in Room 401. The Agronomy Department, in cluding the research and extension agronomists, will occupy a large portion of the Experiment Station Building with the main office in Room 310. Soils and Crops labora tories will remain in the basement of the Agricultural Building. Horticulture remains in its old location, securing some of the space vacated by Agronomy for the research and extension staff of the department. Dairy Husban dry also retains its present space and will house the dairy research and extension personnel in the space formerly occupied by Rural Sociology. Poultry Husbandry, including the Poultry Improvement Service and Extension Poultrymen, will oc cupy the space vacated by Agron omy, with the main office in Room 300. In the Agricultural Engineering Building, the research and exten sion personnel of Agricultural En gineering will be housed on the ground floor. The Department of Fish and Game and the Coopera tive Wildlife Research Unit is in new quarters provided on the third floor in the rear section of the building. The old Range Animal Husban dry Division has been moved in with the Animal Husbandry De partment in the space vacated by Poultry and Fish and Game in the Animal Industries Building. The new Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition and the offices of Dr. Paul B. Pearson, dean of the graduate school, will also be lo cated on the ground floor of this building. Lack of sufficient office space in these buildings makes it im possible to complete the coordina tion of all departments at this time, according to Dean Shepard son. Some of the extension special LEON B. WEISS welcomes all its old friends and customers back to the new term of 1947-48 . . . and appreciates the business given them in the past and promises for the future even better service. We have everything that you will need for the campus and assure you that prices will be fair and quality the best. : | . ^ Come in and look around and get acquainted with our personnel and feel at home. ★ ANNOUNCING . . . The Opening Of Lingerie and Sportswear Department ... in the Leon B. Weiss Store. Ladies, for skirts, blouses, sweaters, slacks, blue jeans, lingerie and hosiery see “Genie” in The Leon B. Weiss Store—Next to the Campus Theatre. LEON B. WEISS E. Mannie Hertz, Mgr. Next to Campus Theatre All departments which have been coordinated are still overcrowded, but this condition should be re lieved as soon as the new con struction program gets under way, Dean Shepardson stated. In the meantime, existing offices are be ing remodeled to house the com bined staffs as comfortably as pos sible. Parking Areas For Campus Released For Fall Semester Parking lots for students and employees of the college have again been released by the Office of Campus Secur ity. Employees will use parking areas in the vicinity of the build ings in which they work. Only when going to another building will employees park in the street. Day students, all who do not live on the campus, will use the lot north of the Petroleum Building or the area south of the main drill field. In the new area students living in Dormitories 1, 3, and 5 will park in the area east of Dorms 3 and 5. For students living in Dorms 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12, the parking area behind Dorm 12 will be used. Students who live in Dorms 7, 9, and 11 will use the parking lot south of Dorm 11. Hart and Bizzell residences will park in the area south of the drill field; students in Puryear, Law, Legett, and Mitchell will use the area west and north of Law Hall. Milner Hall students will park to the north of Milner and east of Sbisa Hall, and those in Walton Hall will use the area provided behind the dorm. Students living in Dorms 15 and 16 will park in the east lane of the area west of the AAA Build ing, whereas Dorms 14 and 17 stu dents will use the lot west of Dorm 17. Students and employees are re minded that the speed limit on the campus is 20 miles per hour. Agronomist Given Leave to Nebraska Richard C. Potts, agronomist for A. & M., has been given leave for a year to do graduate work at the University of Nebraska, Di rector R. D. Lewis of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, has announced. Potts left for Lincoln, Nebraska, Saturday. During the coming year he will specialize in plant breed ing and ecology. A native of Oklahoma, Potts re ceived his first degree in 1935 from Oklahoma A. & M. College. His masters was awarded at Texas A.&M. in 1945. Potts has been with he Department of Agronomy here since 1936. AGGIES WELCOME BACK Our Tailoring Department is again ready to service you in your needs A&M-TU Architect Students Compete In Design Contest Architecture students a t A.&M. and the University ,of Texas will compete in a de sign contest sponsored by the 36th Division association, which plans to erect a battlefield monu ment at Paestum, Italy, to me morialize the heroic assault by the 36th on the beaches at Salerno, September 9, 1943. The contestants will design a monument in Greek classic design, to harmonize with remains of an cient Greek temples at Paestum. Only third- and fourth-year stu dents will compete, and only five designs from each institution will be entered in the final judging, which begins November 12. Win ners may be announced at the Thanksgiving Day Aggie-Texas football game. Contest judges will be Ralph Cameron, Donald Nelson, and Tem ple Phinney of the 36th Division association, plus a member of the architectural staff from each school. Ag Ed Head Named To Editorial Board For Welding Book Fred R. Jones, head of the department o f agricultural engineering, has been appoint ed a member of the editorial board for a book to be published next month by the James F. Lin coln Arc Welding Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio, according to a re cent announcement made by the Foundation. The book, "Welding Helps for Farmers,” will contain 450 to 500 pages, compiled largely of sugges tions showing what can be built on the farm by the farmer. Material for the book has been taken from papers received as a result of the Foundation’s 1946 Agricultural Award and Scholar ship Program. The program was designed to promote the study of arc welding applications in agri culture as a means of enabling the farmer to obtain maximum effi ciency in the use of mechanical equipment. Laura Lane, formerly editor of “The Extensioner,” publication of the Texas Extension Service, re ceived a cash prize for writing “Taking the Mystery but Not the Magic Out of Welding.” A. & M. received a $250 scholarship to be known as the “Laura Lane Schol arship to the Lincoln Foundation.” Jones was a member of the com mittee of judges, and Charles N. Shepardson, dean of the school of agriculture, was a member of the rules committee. Fabrigoid binding will be used for the book which will have size 5% by 8J4 pages. Price is to be $1. 2 Staff Men Added To Forest Service A new visual aids specialist, Charles L. Rich, and an editorial assistant, Nort Baser, have been added to the staff of the Texas Forest Service at A. & M., W. E. White, director, announced last week. Rich, a 1938 Liberal Arts grad uate of A. & M., reported August 20. A first lieutenant in World War II, he served four years with the Army’s 36th Division, which fought its way through Europe. Rich, who is 30 years old, is living with his wife and daughter at 107 North Ennis Street, Bryan. Baser, who studied at the Uni versities of Texas and Missouri, reported on September 1. He has had 11 years’ experience as a newspaperman, and served three and one-half years in the Navy aboard an aircraft carrier. He was discharged with the rank of chief yeoman. Baser will soon be joined here by his wife and two children from Michigan, where he was pre viously employed. He is 34 years old. ICE CREAM SLACKS ICE CREAM BOOT BREECHES For MODEL AIRPLANE SUPPLIES Jones Sporting Goods 803 S. Main Bryan ^ Ph. 2-2832 DARK GREEN SLACKS AND SHIRTS Order these items now to get prompt delivery L. & M. 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