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A1 Williams, fivllf Oil
ManaKcmejit Cdtifeience here
left: George tlurges i, deputy ai
treme ri^ht: Col G ly S. Vljelii
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tprexecutiVe and pioneer tnjlitary flier, is welcomed to the Airport
iy Dean of! Engineering Howard |W. Barlow, (left center). Extreme
^miuistrator, Civil Aeronautics Admipistitajion; Washington, D. C. Ex-
Jr., commandant. ! \I
Draft Bi|l Passed; 1 President
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to Defer Students
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Famous Texas
Trees to Be
Film Subject
j A 16 millimeter color s o ti n d
movie featuring historical and
usual trees! of Texas has
Started by C. L. Rich, visual
specialist for the Texas Forest
Service. , j
Rich, vvhoi is working alone
the project, estimates that it
take more than a year to finis! the
work. Be has completed 200 fen of
film, and expects to travel to all
parts of the state to check on trees
reported to be unusual.
Rich has records of 8.1 unusual
treeso Most of them he obtajined
from; Texas Chambers of (
merce. He says about 60 trees
be included In the 12 to 45 minute
filni. The movie is planned
Texas school children. A bo<
and slide sets will also he
pared on the- samel tsubjject.
Two trees already photogr
ed are a 00-foot mesquite :
Gntesville, and a 0-1-foot hackbjerry
In Nacogdoches. The hackbvnjy is
.0 inch greater in circumference
than the largest now on record at
Pomberville. Ohio.
| Mrs. Billie Drake, Rich’s secre
tary, says h at least two Tex
ans are planning books on Texas
trees. They are Dr. Robert Vines,
head of the Museum of Natural
History in Houston, and Sjybil-
Glenn of Scaly. |
Rich sny3 he would like to hear
from anyone who knows of an out
standing tree in the state. Hei can
be contacted through the Forest
Service at A&M. His office ijs oh
the third floor of the Administra
tion Building. • | ^ I
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W^SHlNqTON,.
A peacetime ] draft |>f nen a^e^i
through 26 for the
d yesteitday b: the S
The iaetioiv came a'te a’°\v( el: t|
heated ilebat? and sentjs the mjed!
uve on !to th? hbiise
GOP leaders have Hit the
down as a 4 ‘mist5! fer home
ISon before corgreis. adjour
tentativjeliy set 'or Ju ic 19
influentjiai! member; of the
rules cdmmilltee' ho we er. are
to the whole idea o; 1 a draft.. 1
opposition mpy delay 1 ou^e r.c id
The draft j is part qf the
program President
ed to Congress as aj plim 'for
TAKE A,
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MUNICIPAL
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OPEN BAIL
Final Count On
summer
Students
taining world peace.
The Senate bill | would keep the j
draft for two yeprs. Its major |
provisions include r 1 •• . % ■
1.- Registration pf all ; men from I __
18 ’through 25 with a special regis-; vived oh a smaller scale with local
trajtion of doctors,’ dentists; and
medical {experts through 44 yeai'is.
2. Induction of men from 19
serves—the same as draftees are
required to do after completion
cf twh years duty.
4. The wartime selective service
or draft organization would Lie re-
througH 25 years for two years
service I with the j regular armed
services. Married |men, most ve(-
eijans pml certain others would
bif exempt or deferred.
4. Up to J61.006 18-year olds
ctjuld volunteer fpr one year of
training during jthe next year.
They then must serve in the rer
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Continjiioiis
BHEAK AT THE
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idjoinmg pool
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in ^ed. ant. Fri. morpings | '
ms|c — lots-of room
Free bjafcjy pool — lold drin <s and carjdy
Operated bl a registered
S anitlarSL Engine cT
'i In answer to a telegram sent
to Representative Olin E. Teague
by The Battalion requesting
clarification of, the draft bill now-
in Congress as it affects students
at A&M, Representative Teague
sqnt life following reply.
The Battalion
A&M College of Texas
Senate draft bill provides that
third and fourth year advanced
ROTC 1 students will be exempt
but liable for two years active
duty as commissioned officers in
such numbers as determined by
■'the Secretary of Defense. Other
ROTC students can be deferred
if, they sign to enter active duty
upon completion of ROTC course.
College students called by the*,
draft may be deferred until end
of academic year. This measure
passed the senate today by 78
ti» 10 vote at 3 p. m. Similar
house draft bill still in Rules
Committee awaiting the signal
from Republican leadership be
fore House can vote on it. Re
publican' leaders say it will be
brought up before adjournment.
(Min E. Teague
Congressman
6th. Texas District
boards and state directors under a
national” headquarters.'
5. The entire court martial sys
tem of the army and air forces
would be revised and a separate
The summer enrollment {for
the first six weeks of the term
at A&M totals 3,414, H. L. Hea
ton, registrar, has announced.
There are 49 women enrojlled
for the term. The first term
ends July 19.
A graduation class, of 400 is
scheduled for the August grad
uation. ’ I
JAMES R. MARSHALL, engineering major, has invented a
scoop for attachment to a tractor, which, at the push of a button,
picks up and deposits loose dirt. The device, will replace the out
moded "slip” which has been used for this purpose. Marshall has
recently completed transactions with a firm for the production
of thf implement. , ’ '
Rogers Named
City Manager
Major Raymond L. Rogerg has
| been named- to succeed Francjis A.
| Vaughn as city manager.
Vaughn, whose resignation be-
I comes effective July 1, will Jeave
about June 25 for San Benito where
he has .accepted a‘position asj city
manager.
Rogers graduated from A&jM in
I 1936 with a! B. S. degree ii|i in-
i dustrial education, and for sekeral
I years he has been associated with
j the buildinjgs and college utilities
department here.
He is now in the army at Fort
Knox, Kentucky, but immediately
following his discharge on July 16,
he will return to College Station
to assume his new position, 'j
Malcom Black, 79,
Succumbs May 30
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Rev. Malcom Black, 93, a member of A&M’s first grad-?
uating class, died Sunday, May! 30, in Sterling City, Texas.
A retired Presbyterian minister, Rev. Black was A&M’s
joldest living graduate.
He was the father of Z. E. Black, manager of the Dallas
: Chamber of Commerce convention*^— t
department. A member of the »» i
Mrs. Otho Williams
Succumbs June 9
A member of the
graduating class of 1879, Rev.
Black was the third native-born
Texan to enter the Presbyterian
ministry. At the time of his death
he was secretary of the Sterling
County School Board, a post he had
heild for many years.
Born in Shelby, Austin County,
December 10, 1854, of Highland
Scotch descent, Black was "tutored
at home until he was 11 years old.
He was able to tend Latin and
Greek fluently before entering pld
Baylor University at Independence
in 1870. His next college term was
at Southwestern University, then
located at Chapel Hill, Texas.
After five years in business,
he entered A&M in 1877. Two
years later he was one of four
graduated as civil engineers,
passing his final examinations
with a grade of 90.
Two years later he entered
Union Seminary in Richmond, Vir
ginia, and then went to work at
judge advocate general corpst set Columbia Seminary, South Caro-
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"This H ick Finn cf Rp lio/'by Fred
Allen, 'oy'll f tj< he! always in-
prejdictable, clv.ay^ lighty ent< r-
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While Perry Como and JoStdfford
are vacationing,The Chesterfield
Supper Club is prbud fa present
Sammy Kaye, one of America’s %
greatest dance band favorites.
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linn. He was ordained October 21,
1)884, at Georgetown, Texas, and
beggn his ministry at Marlin.
While filling his Marlin pastor
ate, he also organized a church at
Marty, McLennan County. Later
i he held pastorates at Hamilton
and Graham, then at Lynville,
Tennessee, and at Sylvania and
{Des Arc, Arkansas.
Rev. Black founded the YMCA
up to administer military justice.
World War II veterans exempt
from the draft are those With
more than 18 months service
since 1940, or those with rtiore
than 90 days active duty during
i the “shooting war." This is. de-
; fined as the time between Pearl
j Harbor, December 7, 1941, and
! the Japanese surrender, Septem-
i ber 2, 1945. !
Also exempt from the draft are j at College Station, which was the
| members of active reserve units,; second “Y” in the state, the first
S state and national officials, for- ! having been established at Trinity
eign diplomats, men with die pen- j College. “Y” activity w r as slow ait
I dertts, including wives and children, j first, and not until the 1900’8 did
ordained ministers and ministry j the group hit its full stride here.
' Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at 2 p. m. for
Mrs. Otho Williams who passed
jiway at the family resioence on
Route 3. at 3 a. m. Wednesday.
The services were held at the
ruce Funeral Home under the
irection of Rev. Milton Maloney,
sind burial was in the old Bethel
ejemetery.
! She is survived by her husband,
Otho Williams of Route 3, one
(laughter, Mrs. Wilson Viator of
New Iberia, Louisiana, arid two
sons, Thelston Williams of Col-
Ulj
of Welbom.
Other survivors include one sis
ter, Mrs. Elmo Weedon of Harvey
s|nd one brother, Lester Goon of
Ij.ake Charles, Louisiana. «
! Thelston Williams, press opera
tion of the Battalion, has been with
t|ie paper for many years.
liege Station and Curtis Williams
students.
The president is granted au
thority to defer “individuals”
such as science students, stu
dents for the ministry, or those
specially needed in industry; ag
riculture or other fields.
Doctors or dentists could not be
drafted without approval of their
local boards. This is to (avoid
Bla»‘k wrote regularly for The
Collegian, first student publica
tion at A&M and direct ancestor
of today’s Battahon. The Col
legian was published monthly
by the Austin Literary Society,
of which Black was a member.
No regular degrees were given
by A&M in 1879. Instead, each de
partment offered a certificate in
Mrs. John P. Mayo
Passes in Bryan
Mrs. John P. Mayo passed away
Thursday in St. Joseph Hospital
4t Bryan.
j She was the widow of Col. John
p. Mayo and is survived by her
(wo sons, Dr. T. F. Mayo, head of
(he English department, and Capt.
C. B. Mayo of Encenitas, Calif,
j Burial will be in the National
Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia
beside the grave of her husband.
! Dr. Mayo, holder of the Rhodes
Scholarship, has been at A&M for
(he past 30 years.
stripping cities or areas of mjedieal | particular fields and the grad-
| services and protection. ; ! bate gathered a sheaf of certifi-
Gibson to Attend Dairy Meet
cates. ^
| Funeral services for Rev. Black
vyere held June 1 in Sterling City.
G. G. Gibson will leave tomor
row for Athens, Georgia, wife re
hp will attend the annual injecting
oT the American Dairy Science As- Uncle Sam has Spent about $626
sociation. J. D. Prewit, acting di- million on flood control in the low-
rector of (he Extension Service, j er Mississippi RivCr Valley in the
has announced. ! ' last 20 years.
NOW OPEN
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Correction
The summer hours for Cush
ing Memorial Library are 8 a.
m. to 10 p. m. Monday through
Friday; 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Saturday and 6 p. m. to 10 p.
m. Sunday.
Texas Engineers Library
summer hours are 8 a. m. fo
5 p. m. through Friday and 8
«. m. to 12 noon on Saturday.
It will not open Sunday.
This correction replaces the
schedule released by the Batt
Wednesday,
DR. N. R MnNUTT
DENTIST
Office in Parker Building
Over Canady'a Pharmacy
Phone 2-1457 Bryan. Texas
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CHILDREN eared for by day
Student Owned Hou*4 No. Z
Court*.
FOR SALE -CUT ROi
day and Sunday at
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Rate*. 220 Milner, Cillrfm
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truck. Stephan Ice l
FOR SALE-i-Orie boy'a
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DAY NURSERY near campus. J|
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Sick call will be held {from 8
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through Friday fbr the
fmesters. Mom C'laghorii
lospital staff, has anna
Saturday, sick call ho|ril| will
from 8 a.m. until noi
jon Sunday only emergendyjfase*
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