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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1947
Dallas Has Its Century Room;
We Our Fin Feather Club
By DOUG LANCASTER
Houston’s Rice Hotel quar
ters the Empire Room; Dallas
features the Century Room at
the Adolphus; and resting
quietly between, sits Bryan with
its own Moonlight Room at the
Fin Feather Club.
1 Nestling quietly in Bryan’s
southside, the Fin Feather’s brighl
red and green neon sign really does
things for that city’s southern
night skyline. Night flying pilots
even use it as a check point along
their route.
The Fin Feather Club is owned
“aMd ' operated by M. W. “Pete”
Slaughter, Class of ’44. Starting
a little over a year ago, Pete open
ed the club as Bryan’s finest rec
reation spot with good food as the
main object. The large nightly at
tendance shows that he is holding
true to his promise. Besides the
two large dance floors—the terrace
and the Moonlight Room—there is
also a main dining room for those
who only wish to quell the growl
ing stomach, sit back and enjoy
a good bull session, and leave the
heavy footwork to those who
brought their own women.
Aside from the main dining
room there is a small private din-
ng room catering to parties of 12
:o 30 persons. There is no cover
charge just to eat. A public ad
dress system carries the “sweet
and low” and the “fast and loud”
to all rooms of the club.
Seafoods and steaks are a spe
cialty on the varied menu. Slaugh
ter purchases the seafood person
ally in Houston and Galveston and
brings it back to Bryan.
The Fin Feather Club is a great
place to “get away from it all’”—-
a nice quiet spot to take the appe
tites and the ladies. The attrac
tive surroundings of the supper
club appeal highly to the women,
and the excellently prepared cuis
ine—that’s a French word meaning
“chow”—hits the spot with the
men.
The Fin Feather Club opens at
5 in the afternoons and closes
when the last guest leaves; there
are no dues or memberships re
quired, so Pete invites everyone
out for a good evening of fun.
“Everybody who is anybody dines
at the Fin Feather Club.”
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fie Didn’t Need to Join the Navy ....
Baptist Pastor Travels Widely
In Twenty-eight Years Service
By Kenneth Bond
If a person had a choice of an
occupation so situated that he
could observe the past decade of
flowering growth of A&M Col
lege, he could ask for no better
position than that occupied by
Rev. R. L. Brown.
Rev. Brown, pastor of the Baptist
Church and a resident of College
Station for the past twenty-seven
years, is the descendant of a long
line of South Carolina farmers. He
was born one of seven children in
Malboro County, South Carolina.
He received his high school diplo
ma from the Bowie’s Creek Acad
emy in 1911.
He was graduated from Wake
Forest College with the A.B. de
gree, and the following year, he
served as superintendent of one
of the state high schools near
Raleigh, N. C. He went from
there to Louisville, Ky., where he
attended the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. He then at
tended Crozier Theological Semi
nary in Chester, Penn., where he
received his B.D. and M.A. De
grees in 1919 and also completed
MRS. R. L. BROWN
much work towards a doctor’s de
gree.
Rev. Brown married the former
Miss Belle Mitchell of Wake For
est, N. C. in 1919. Mrs. Brown
was graduated from the Woman’s
College of the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, having
completed her work in education
for two degrees. For a time after
her marriage, she was head of the
science department of the high
school at Ridley Park, Penn.,
where Rev. Brown was pastor of
the First Baptist Church.
While Rev. Brown was attend
ing school, he served as minister
of several rural churches. During
the time he was in the Seminary
and also while studying at the
University, he pastored the Cal
vary Baptist Church in Reading,
Penn.
After spending a year as pastor
of the First Baptist Church in
Ridley Park, Penn., he was sent
to the little-known town of Col
lege Station. He set up a student
religious program on the campus
and held services in Guion Hall
for three years until a church was
built.
The Browns have visited all the
states in the United States and
twenty foreign countries. They at
tended the first World Baptist
Youth Convention held in Prague,
Czech., in 1931. They returned to
Europe in 1934 and visited the
Holy Land and nearby countries.
They also attended the Baptist
World Alliance held in Berlin and
the 300th anniversary “Passion
Play,” held every ten years in
Oberammergan, Germany. In 1937,
Mrs. Brown returned to Zurich,
Switzerland, and attended the Sec
ond Baptist Youth Convention. She
is the only woman from the United
States to have attended both con
ferences.
Mrs. Brown has been Chairman
of the State Missionary Study for
the past eleven years and is an
approved worker for the state at
large.
Rev. and Mrs. Brown have re
cently moved into their new home
on North Main in College Station.
The basic building from which
ing was gr
his wife bj
their beautiful permanent home
was built formerly served as the
only construction where the Bap
tist Church now stands. This build-
iven to the pastor and
y the members of the
Baptist Church last January.
Rev. Brown’s hobbies include
fishing and gardening. He is also
fond of raising poultry. “I used
to have a large garden where the
new Methodist Church will soon
be erected, but I don’t have time
for a very large plot anymore,” he
said.
The Baptist Church plans to
have an enlarged church and stu
dent program this coming year.
There will be socials and also spe
cial services held during Religious
Emphasis Week.
“We have no children,” states
Rev. Brown and Mrs. Brown, “ex
cept the thousands of students who
have attended A&M College since
we came here in 1920. We welcome
the newcomers to College Station,
and with their help we are looking
for a still greater A&M. Welcome
mats at the church, the church
office, and at our home are always
out for the help and benefit of
A&M students.”
Lubbock Minister
To Speak Sunday
Paul Sherrod, an elder of the
Broadway Church of Christ, Lub
bock, will deliver a lecture on the
physical and spiritual needs of
Europe as he recently saw them.
This address will be given at the
A. & M. Church of Christ at 7:15
Sunday evening.
Following his address, Sherrod
will show movies which he made in
Europe.
Otis Gatewood, a Church of
Christ minister who accompanied
Sherrod, has already returned to
Europe where he and others are
attempting to house, clothe, feed,
and school war orphans.
Large quantities of food ami
clothing, collected by Sherrod are
being sent to Germany and other
countries to be dispersed through
Gatewood. The public is invited to
attend this meeting.
Waco-McLennan Club
To Meet Thursday
The Waco-McLennan County
Club will elect officers for the
Fall and Spring semesters Thurs
day evening after yell practice
when they meet in Room 11 of the
Civil Engineering Building.
Plans will also be made for Fall
semester activities. Everyone from
Waco and McLennan County is
urged to attend.
PIANO LESSONS: Telephone LaVerne
Hunt, 4-9428. Students may take lessons
and practice in Music Hll.
LOST: Gray Lifetime Schaeffer foun
tain pen. Reward. H. K. Bass, 11-203.
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION: 1937 In
dian 74 motorcycle. Apt D7-C, College!
View.
For your radios, luggage, gas heaters,
refrigerators, washing machines and other
appliances, come to Aggie Radio & Ap
pliance Co., East Gate, Phone 4-1251.
FOR SALE: Senior boots, spurs, hooks,
size 7. Pair of khaki boot-pants, pair
ice-cream boot-pants, 30 waist. All in
excellent condition. See Rivers, Room
218, Dorm 14.
ATTENTION VETERAN STUDENTS:
Large study dest and unfinished furniture
available at low cost. Sturdi-craft Com
pany, 4410 College Main Street.
FOR SALE: Portable washer almost
new. Also bassinet and stand, pad. Apt.
B5-A, College View.
LOST: Parker 51 black, silver cap, en
graved J. E. Kelly. Reward. Box 1819
or Walton H-6.
FOUND: One gold wrist watch, Sat
urday, Kyle Field. Dudley Burris, Box
5029.
FOUND: Portable radio in Aggie line,
Houston. Call at Room 301, Dorm 15.
FOR SALE: Model “A” Ford, good con
dition. See W. L. Kruse, 228-4.
DR. N. B. McNUTT
DENTIST
Office in Parker Building
Over Canady’s Pharmacy
Phone 2-1457 Bryan, Texas
OFFICIAL NOTICE
The Graduate School is now located In
Room 126 Administration Building, tele
phone No. 4-1286. All routine mattres will
be taken care of by the secretary. Office
hours of the Dean will be as follows:
Monday 1-5
Tuesday 1-4
Wednesday 1-5
Thursday
Friday ..
The Graduate School
son,
ate
SUL ROSS MASONIC LODGE
Stated meeting Sul Ross Lodge, U. D„
W'-W/j • A.F.&A.M., 7:30 p.m., Thursday, 25 Sep-
'’//"/■ tember. Work in Master’s Degree. Lodge
- Room top floor Old American Legion Pro
ject House at Trailer Area No. 5, South-
side Campus. All Master Masons cor
dially invited.
REV. R. L. BROWN
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
A few posts for physical laboratory stu
dent assistantships for the present semes
ter are still open. Men who have com
pleted sophomore physics courses with
j superior records are wanted to assist with
I instruction, grading and the handling of
apparatus in the laboratories. The scale
of compensation is .60 per hour for new
assistants and .70 per hour for experien
ced assistants. Assistants are needed
Extension Course
In Conversational
Spanish Offered
The Modern Languages Depart
ment is offering an extension
course in beginning conversational
Spanish this semester. Thd class
will meet three times a week, at
10 o’clock on Mondays, Wednes
days, and Fridays.
Women are especially invited to
enroll in the course. College credit
will be given if the student has a
high school diploma.
Anyone interested in registering
for the course is advised to con
tact the Modern Languages De
partment for further information.
Latin-American Club
Meets Tonight at 7
The Latin-American Club will
meet tonight at 7 in Room 123,
Academic Building. Election of of
ficers will be held and plans for
the current semester will be dis
cussed.
All students of Latin-American
descent are requested to be pres
ent. Wives of students are invited
to attend.
Big Stuff
Boy Couldn’t Steal Automobile,
So He Took a Bus
SAN DIEGO, CALIF., Sept. 24
—(AP)—An 11-ton, 44-passenger
Los Angeles street bus was driven
120 miles to San Diego last night
by a 14-year-old boy who told pol
ice, they reported, that he needed
transportation and couldn’t find
anything smaller.
The boy, George Readhead, was
detained for juvenile court inves
tigation. The $20,000 bus was held
for return to the Pacific Electric
Railway Co.
Policemen said the boy told them
he took the bus from a Railway
Company parking yard after try
ing to find an automobile with the
key left in it.
Corpus Christ! Club
Meeting Set Tonight
The Corpus Christi Club will
meet Thursday night in Rdom 227,
Academic Building, immediately
after yell practice, Jpe Mueller,
club president, announced Wednes
day.
Plans for the current semester
will be discussed at the meeting,
Mueller stated.
The United States has a forest
area of 630 million acres.
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Corpus Engineer
Addresses ASCE
Conrad Blucher, president of the
Blucher Engineering Company of
Corpus Christi, was guest speaker
at the first meeting of the Ameri
can Society of Civil Engineers,
held Tuesday night. His topic for
the evening was the present aims
and plans of the ASCE.
Blucher said, “I believe that ev
eryone should join the society as
it has long been the friend of ev
ery engineer.”
President of the College Gibb
Gilchrist discussed briefly the
postgraduate course that is now
being offered to A. & M. grad
uates. This course gives each man
who graduates from A. & M. the
opportunity to obtain a Ph. D. af
ter a certain amount of experience.
The new program eliminates most
of the usual research.
Gilchrist also emphasized the
need of keeping an active member
ship in the ASCE.
Dr. S. J. Buchanan, head of the
civil engineering department, of
fered the full cooperation of the
faculty to the chapter, and said
he believed that the organization
will have an excellent year.
After the program, refreshments
were served and the meeting was
adjourned.
Oscar Koch of Dallas was ori
ginally named as guest speaker,
but due to an unforseen business
engagement he was unable to at
tend.
Range and Forestry
Club Plans Steak Fry
The Range and Forestry Club
will hold a steak fry Saturday,
October 4, E. J. Pickens, president
of the club, announced today.
All members planning to attend
the event are requested to contact
any member of the range and for
estry staff or officers of the club.
The fee of $1 must be in by Tues
day, September 30.
Other activities planned for the
club will include talks by differ
ent members of the department
as well as talks by outstanding
men in the field of range manage
ment and soil conservation.
Rio Grande Club to Meet
The Rio Grande Valley A. & M.
Club will meet at 7:30 tonight on
the second floor of the YMCA,
Darryl Manley, past president, has
announced. Officers will be elected
and plans made for the new year.
Eating Out Is Fun.
— AT —
HOTARD’S CAFETERIA
North Main
Byran
practically all hours of the college week.
The opportunil
lings
ppli<
the office of the department at their ear
liest convenience.
J. G. Potter
Head, Dept, of Physics
unity for experience, as well as
gs, "
Applicants
ice,
should be considered.
invited to register at
SCHEDULE CHANGES
Any student desiring to add a cour
must present a written statement from,
the deprtment concerned, that there is
a place in the class for him. This
statement must be presented to the
Dean of his School. With the Dean’s
approval, the Registrar will be au
thorized to make the change.
Transfers from one section to another
in the same subject will be made by
the department head concerned.
Monday, September 29th, will be the
last day that courses can be dropped
without a grade. It will also be the
last day on which new courses may
be added.
H. L. HEATON,
Registrar
PREMEDICAL STUDENTS
xpe
pply for admission to medical college for
the Graduate Record Professional
All premedical students who expect to
ap]
the Fall of 1948 and who have not taken
Apti
tude Test must do so before application
will be accepted. The next such test to
be given on A. & M. campus will occur
on October 25, 1947. In order to take
this test, registration cards must be filled
out. They may be obtained in my office
and must be completed before noon on
Saturday, September 27, 1947.
George E. Potter
Premedical Advisor
Room 13, Science Bldg.
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LOST: English Springer-Spaniel, mark-
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LE:
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condition. Call 4-6384. Mrs. F. L. Thomas.
Faculty wife needs sitter for small hoy
for occasional afternoon work. Phone
4-9289.
FOR SALE: % horse Briggs Stratton
gasoline engine, almost new. See Roy
Goode, A&M Press.
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