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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1948)
Page 4 Presid Of Pr Speaks • ! I y: | THE 0ATTAtl'! :nt Evans If ‘L “The Practice of Veteliini . icine” will bte;the subjetjt 1 r by Dr. E. B. Evana, n j Prairje Vie^ College, a of the juniov chapter of ary He f t of a [talli resider the : lecture foom of the i ing. i ' V ' Dr. Evan: r received hjls i . from Iowa State Collejge_ While orgahizing the - School at ITuskegee f traveled over the countb f | the educational systems ted States 4nd Canada. \ 'j Though i TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1948 • (P I \ T a nte. the Arper ’& Iw"r Jin "’iM?" bought jl. 0 ?» a A.. 7 - 3 ?_ :ij lbomes of theig own with the aid le now Rp^calizei 7 USED CA ■ ' li i i : BARGAIN 1 Priced toi move -X ■ ■ ’V ,x i ; . r /\- J T : ■■■. surgery and bacteriology Pr. Evan says; he prefer i the field of Vetter tnarj medipim. A brief buriness meeting . follow the spe >ch. Half-Million Vets Buy Homes in 1947 More than d half-million World I i M •< uyAll';' £| m t* j- ai “temr p»eir , „ tjnei t-guarar under the GI Bill, the Veterans anteed loans of govern: ‘ GMt Admin istratioij reported today. ‘ : :|!t ■4" Officials sai 640,000 home l^ans werte mad^ to., veterans during the (years cortpar id with 410,000 in '1946. Thisl briigs; to 1,056,771 the toti^l number of home loans ap- ..j -jj-l iui. p rogram started Administration average •, home ! ’42 Ford Tudor fidmth Ci Sickly i ' " ;ii09t oo oac ’41 Ford | Tudor ’40 Mercery Tudor '39 Ford Tudor . . ’38 Chevrolet Coach Also a n ce selection makes and models, and ’47 fnodels . . USED iCAK HEADQUARTERS i Bryaii IVIoi proved si rice he late in 1944. X The Veter ms found that. 1 the bought by vet >rans in 1947 carried a price tag of :7|300. About 290,000 loans were foi existing homes and 160,000 for newly - constructed houses. ■ 1 I ' An estimate 1 1(4,000,000 veterans still have neatly 10 years in which ito exercise t icir loan guarantee rights under the| GI Bill. Real, es tate loans carry a government guarantee of 50 percent of the amount of tliie loan, up to a mpxl- mum guarartit e of $4,000. ; xrn Xi m. e '46 J N. Main inie 2-1 ib j \( Eastei Holidays Are M arch 26-29 Ea$ter h til Ways will begin Frida;}’, Mar<h 2C, and continue through Mondlay, March 29, re cording to [an announcement from F* C. ] lolton, dean of (he college. j :]•]•' After meeting their class Thursday, stujdents will be free until their first class Tuesdi moyning, Delh Bolton added I i k jS-Hjl I.:! t PAT BROWN, who was victorious in metal-pipe smoking con test, relives awajrd[from O. B. Robinson of Philip Morris & Co. | r; SHIRTS! POLOS ’ *! •; I: SHIRTS! Pr DIESS r lipl .;..v+vT'v^X ■X ■ ■ •• ■ -mmUm t 1 - [I, - 4 'w$m : • • : :4 ' I fGS - iljPl [ I ^ , (Corftjmued from Page- 1) • I . 1 jiL !, do. halfrteQntemptupus attitude to- |var(| his cfass. lU^uallV 1 the Little - Napoleon Wejars a 0(jfbuble-breasted suit and iticks orUr hand inside his coat in a Napoleonic gesture, followed by a shrug (.(if the shoulders and an expansion?of the chest. This habit i(i .handy lor the prof because it offers a place to rejst his arm when 4e becomes fatigued from strenu- (ousj pointing to the blackboard. J (Tlassek automatically recoil .when 'this gpittrre is made, for profs have bfeed, known to copceal pop- quizzes inside ^coat pockets. 3. The fMumbleip” type. After i tihe untimely end of the infamouj^ |Mumbleg in Dick Tracy, it seemis; ridiculous that anyone could! igrjjore such a worth-while moraL-pftt such has been the case. And i 1 iff me Mumble’s Quartet ik still looking 'for some one to re place its .deceased leader, it might do' well [to interview/a few of the well-qudtified persons currently (teaching: school or this campus. 1 This gyoup rs distinguished by Sts habipifef conducting all lectures in an,inai|dible moiliotohe. The sheer beauty k)f this habit is that it so effectively protect? the prof’s pro fessional 'standing!—after all,, how can anyone criticize what hasn’t been heard ? 4. The Apologetic type. The fipologetic type meets the class thp first day and with a smile which rfeVe^ls thal) he recently had a gold/filling put in his upper right wisdoni tpoth announces: “Men, I’<1 like to: tell you that I’ve never tadght;;!;th?s course before, but I feel kurjf dha, ha)j that if we work together we’ll do dk. Now, I’m ask ing you (bo bear wjith. tne if I make a few bhors, because I realize that there have be|en a few advanc es ini this field since I had the course! ijn 1903. . ' ” 5'. Thdptory-teljler type. Last, out not lepst, is the story teller, jrligressori group. This type can bbstjbe illustrated by an ex-, ample: [Prof. P. Q. Cantilever, strength.!of materials (instructor, waits, unjtil his chss Settles down. I He calif [the roll and then begins his daily lecture. Solid Co ors — Stripes CLOTHING & TOYS FOR GIRLS & BOYS ' 1 i the Office of Procurement in die Pentagon Building in Washington, D. C. After only fourteen months of service, my engineering ability was recognized and I was made n non-commissioned officer with the rank of private-first-class. One day on the job, I was holding down |he entire office alone (the captain I worked for was out for a coke with a WAC from across the hall), when suddenly I realized that we wpre completely out of paper clips! ; “The imensity of the problem hit ’me when I realized that it was;no longer possible to clip together |he Sad Sack cartoons; Which the cap tain was collecting Here ,1 Was, confronted with a situation which demanded the highest form of ini tiative. Jj ; I “Being equal to the occasion - 'by virtue of being an A&M engineer ing graduate, I cooly analyzed -the set-Up and decided, on a coursd of action. Grabbing my hat, I rushed from the Pentagon, caught a bus to Washington anti bought a pack age of clips from aj black-market dealer who specialized in office equipment. In three? short hours I returned triumphfully waving ajoft the box of dips. ..j ‘\4s I entered, the Captain looked up from a copy of RACY DETEC TIVE which he wa$ reading, (ind notjing what I had in: my hand skid, ‘where in hell have yoiu been|’ As a result of my achievement 1 was reduced to private, and sub sequently shipped [to Iceland where I served the next 43 months as a chaplain’s assistant. Thus, by the use of initiative I was able to get to a battle zone, and engage She enemy in mortal combat. “Now then, I . Oh, oh, pur time seems to be about up so . I’ll stop right here. Our uira tomorrow will be on the last'four chapters, through discontinuous beam*. h n d I hope today’s review has helped you. Class dismissed^” ; fiat’s Cooking? AGGIE: AERO MODELERS, 7 p. ra., Wednesday, Rodm 108, ME Shorn Building. ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY, 7:30^p.m., Tuesday YMCA Assem- ASCR, 7:30 p. nil., Tuesday, CE Lecture Roonj. ASHVE, 7:30 p. jn-, Thursday, ME Lecthre Room. Business meet ing. east Texas; aggie club, 7:30 P. m., THurs.lay, YMCA. Elec tion of president and East Texas Duchess for Cotton Pageant. ECONOMICS CLUB, 7 p. m„ Tuesday, YMCA Assembly Room. Movie on printing currency will be shown. FISH AND GAME CLUB, 7:30 p. m., Wednesday, third floor, Ag Engineering Building. T: K- Cham berlain, aquatic’biologist, U S Fi?h and Wildlife Service, will speak. HORTICULTURE. SOCIETY, 7 p. m., Tuesday, Agriculture Build ing. J HENDERSON COUNTY A & M CLUB, 7 p. mJ, Thursday, Room 326, Academic. Election of a Duch ess for the Cotton Pageant and plans for an Easter party. LANDSCAPE CLUB, 7 p. m., Tuesday, Room 310, Agricultural Engineering Building. LANDSCAPE ART CLUB, 7 p. m., Tuesday, Rbom 310, Agricul tural Engineerihg Bailding. Con- stitutiohal ehariges to be consid ered. LIBERTY COUNTY CLUB, 7:30 p. m., Wednesday, Room 12J, Aca demic. "NEWCOMERS CLUB (Bridge THE LARGEST .. i: “Gentlemen,” he says, “today we will disthlssjthe discontinuous.beam, and seel how it is ased. Before I go any further I might as well impress | upon ydd 4^e importance of caution in desigpinjg I this) particular type qf beanj^and show that on the job q great? Heal of cqution and ipitia- tive is Ihteessary.: Initiative is one of the basic requirements of good engineejing. To illustrate 1 will tell yoij [a little incident happened to me. j ,:i ■' . i “Durjhg the la(te war. I was in the Corps of Engineers, serving in ELECTRICAL A P P L I A N C E! STORE IN BRYAN— " TT j Come in and see us for large or small appliances: | RADIOS, ELECTRIC IRONS STUDENT LAMPS, FLOOR LAMPS. PRESTO ('OOKERS COFFEE MAKERS KELVIN ATOR ... , . . HOTPOINT and many other usefiils united ! I APPLIANCES FARM & HOME STORK A AGGIE RADIO f Phone 2-1496 X | ■r /f f .. Up Party) at YMCA, 2 p.m., Wedneii. day. For reservations call Mrs. C. S. Richardson at 4-5691, Mrs. A. W. Melloh 4-7924 or Mrs. W. H. Alexander 4-4214 by Tuesday night PRE-MEDICAL, PRE-DENTAL SOCIETIES, 7 p. m., Tuesday, Bi ology Lecture Room. A Bryan den- tist will speak on plastic surgery. RANGE & FORESTRY CLUB. 7 p. m,, Tuesday, Third Floor ol Agricultural Engineering Building. SAE, 7:15 p. m., Teusday, ME Lecture Room. ! ’ SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB, 7:30 p. m., Thursday, Animal In dustries Building Lecture Room. Committee reporta. J j.'f; i SOCIOLOGY CLUB, 7:30 p. m., Tuesday, YMCA. Dr. Todd will conduct a forum. |’ , .(. SAN ANTONIO CLUB, 7:30 p. m.^ Thursday, Room 208, Academic. Plans for Easter Holidays will be discussed. ! TRANS-PECOS CLUB, 7 p. m. Thursday, Room 223, Academic. Special called meeting. WEATHERFORD CLUB, 7:30 p. m., Thursday, Room 303, Academic. Announces Date For Tax Filing i Income tax returns for 1948 may be filed by residents of Col-, lege Station at the YMCA from 8 to 5 oh Thursday/ March 4, James A. Scanlon, deputy collec tor of Internal Revenue at Bi^an has announcejd. After thatl time returns may be filed at the Bryan office on March 5, 8-13, and March 15, he added. Hii! BATTALIC mV Section Send all the ' Student At ghooldf be nil the d«r before] THE SCRIBE SHOP rrepblnjr^il awing. Phone NIGHT SCHOOL. Keg inter no* beginning Vebroary 17th. be taught Include nhortham fng, typewriting and awioeta Phona :2-«6P5. MtKen»ie-Ba- ness Colleff, 702 $. Washlk for sa: house. Henry FOR RKNT—jNeatly furnished] new home. ;9I0 Eiwt 30th, ” FOR SA^EXfloan 1040 Plymojutl good edndilMH. Sogjumie DHw U. Bc^ni (te f)8T—iMan r] I I ! . I • ’ve tried them all and I like Chesterfield the best” i i STARRING IN DAVIO O. SEIZNICK'S PRODUCTION “THE PARADINE CASE” DIRECTED BY ALFRED HITCHCOCK i i T— i speaking of class ... I n \ • Wk
