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ilforiaatM report on ihe va- :
rograma set up in other'
t States’ Veteran
s Inspected by Hall
set
'or the sistance of veter-
‘been pared by William
Hall is < andidate fo • state
tative flom the 26ih’idis-
omposeil ,i)f Brazos -and
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18 either
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Orirnesl Counties
r tree states urvi
[ h^d n6^ bejqefit
. rograia pre-
r ha>te‘ jrejected th^ > ones
pon. Ten bther state) have
sdd -]j>rogra ns ■which a rill be
n iii tH4 next ,election or
oe oi tneip iegisia
t^i Dakota .Oreganj \yiscon-
[ississippi^. and Califor via all
ate finap ed 1
jbinge fridpi $
ed loan projgrams
vs of-
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an] of theiif legislative bodies.
^ egonii "
Califo
loan pi
ige tnotm $.‘{00 loa
fereii Ay North Dakota tjo the
$13,|00t offered by Californ a for
purcfiiaies| r of fprm proper y. In
the Calftvmia li^in set-up, the life
of tjve {veteran is insured for the
amount! of "the loan. In thin, way
the |oa|i is paid off and. the home
left ;fr<le of del t in'ease (f the
<jf the veteran,
ssachusetl:, Michigan, New
, ^nd Rhod ? Island all have
y'grfnts w vich about match
thfifm^.steringhc ut pay of vietet-
ansj More ca^f . is allowed for
overseas men tHan for statej-side
veterans.
InpNhw Mexico apdl-Wyimii
vete4ah| are &
tions? or
Rhode
$1,0C|)
Orfegcjn and jMississlippi
efi "
wed t&x exe
property,up to $2,000.
sland property valiwd up
is left frqe of taxation. •
s)ipm both
have! educational
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vid programs set
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Buy
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up! for their veterans in school.
Oregon allows each of her students
$35 a month to help make ejvds
meet. In Mississippi single vetier-
arts get monthly checks of $65
while married men draw $90. j
Nebraska has some $200,00C| a
year income from an eight Tril
lion dollar trust fund which j is
available to needy veterans, iln
Maryland $75,000 is appropriated
each year for funeral expenses and
various other costs. Pennsylvania
spends one and a half million dol
lars yearly for her needy veter
ans.
The general rule for money
bonus payments in most states
is $10 per month for service
within the United States, arid
$15 per month for service over
seas, with a maximum in sonjie
cases stated in the law.
Hall stressed the fact that ihe
loan programs will have more last
ing benefit, especially since the
Republican'Congressl has perniit-
ted the real estate lobby to sabo
tage federal housing 'legislation.
If $ veteran can, as under Ct li-
fornia law, borrow' (money for a
home at 3% interest and hdve
the debt cancelled through the n-
surance program in case of bis
death,^he c^n save each year ;as
much as most of the bonus pro
grams have allowed. .
Hall stated also that the Novtth
Dakota and Wisconsin programs
have some advantage over the bo-
p • Wf'
nus ‘plan. These states pfoyide
loans at only 2% and have Hot
proven to be objectionable to any
one.
“I have been assured by mem
bers of the last legislature and
others, who are supposed to know;
that a veteran’s program will be
introduced ; at the 1949 session.”
Hall spid, “It would be to the in
terest of everyone tp study the
programs of the other states as
outlined here so that we may know
what to plan for. u
The exf)erience of other states
indicated that 7% of the veterans
will not ask for a bonus, 93% will.
Hall pointed out that a state
program would be by constitu
tional antandment, which of
course, will mean a delay of two
years unless special sessions
and elections are called. There
are 750,000 veterans in Texas.
The largest number of voters
we have'ever had was 1,120,000,
Hall stated.
-.. Hall said that if anyont* wants
further information he would be
glad to discuss the matter in de-
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Hall, who has spent several
years teaching here at A&M, has
spent 5 years ip the Navy and
3 years in ;Veterans’ hospital. .He
saw service aboard Merchant Ma- found that 68 Dercent
rine Tankers in the Atlantic, Pa
cific, Mediterranean, Ipdian Ocean,
and Persian iJulf..
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FRED HARRIS, w nners of the FFA Public Speaking Contest
last Thursday, is being i ongratulated by C. N.i SHEPARDSON, Dean
cf the School of Agriculture. Harris will represent Louisiana! Texas,
and Oklahoma in the Southern Regional Contest.
Poll Shows Majority of A&M
Students Opposed to Finals
FT
Gregory Selected Outstanding
Cadet of Week at Fort Meade
By PURVIS THRASH | *-
Jim Gregory was/selected as tjhe
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Dr John S. Caldvvtll
Optoi^etrislt
diweU’s Jewelry Store
Bryan*; Texas >
first Outstanding
Week from the AjS
rylf
Cadet of ijh®
!A company jat
Fort Meade' Maryland fcfr having
fired 180 out of a possible 200 bn
the' rifle range, [ i •
.Gregofy- qualified as an expert
and won the traditional p'dt piut
up by the members of the : outfit
firing on the range. i
One-of/the many highlights of
the day \\%s Leslie Polk’s sad m s-
fortune of /having that red flig
waved before his taijget so ofttn.
Polk fired 179 and niissed the ex
pert rating only by’ bne poipt.
“SaUing
dark when it comes to
Varsity’s Horns Off."
The week-ends have been spent
mostly in Washington, Baltimore, causes physical and mental fatigue
1 By D. R. BURRIS
The majority of A&M’s students are opposed to final
examinations. \
In a poll conducted by, the Batt Friday afternoon it was
of all students interviewed were oppos
ed to final examinations for various reasons. Of the students
questioned, 24 percen, were in favor of them and 8 percent
were indifferent. ■ . ♦
Over 50 percent of the students
expressed the opinion that the fi
nals and the consequent i ramming
caused them to lower the r grades,
and only the 24 percent i4 favxJr of
finals claimed they alwfeys held
their pre-final grades hr raised
them.
C. L. Novosad, a pre-gned stu
dent from Bryan, said, /‘Most of
the time I am apposed to finals, it
depends on the course. The loss of
sleep in preparation for them
It wasn’t missing being expert
that hurt' Polk sft much, but thi*
fact that he had already spepl
the $5 of prize money?
L.
While on the range;/Bob Woo{l-
liff of Waco fired on target 168
and Dak Proctor of God knot's
where fired on target 169.
To the great ^stonishinent of tl^e
pit detail and the cadre* Proctor
fired an amazing 37 out of a pos
sible 40 in the prone position, i
When an account was made, il
was discovered that out of a pos.
sible eight rounds, Proctor hat
put 12'holes into his target whilr
Woodliff had put only four in-U
target 168. Proctor is still try^
ing, to figure out where the four
extra rounds came fltom.
The second week of training was
spent in the' code room where the
whole company has completed ti e
first 20 of 40 hours in code woif i.
Gene Boyington, Doug Pitco<|!c,
Bob Mayfield, Les Polk, and Ha^k
Johnsdp haye been outstanding i m
this work. Also included in the
schedule has been drill and wpijk
with SCR-291 __radio intercept
equipment. < . 1 ,
and New-York. Reports circulated
by Elmer Watson from Corsicana
and Bob Scoggins from Rio Hondo
indicate that New York was not
large enough to accommodate all
Aggies during the July 4, week
end. t
Rooms Should Be
Reserved Early
For Next Session
Students planning to attend the
second s'uinmer term of school may
p4y their fees and register for
their rooms.
Veteran students can secure fee
waiver slips from Veteran’s Ad
visor, Room 104, Goodwin Hall.
Non-veteran’s may pay. their
.fees to fiscal office representatives
who vrfll be m Goodwin Hall until
5 p. m. today. After today fees
must be paid at thje Administra
tion Building. !.
Students may, register for rooms
at the Housing Office, Room 100,
Goodwin Hall. To reserve any par
ticular room they should be signed
for prior to 5 p. m., Friday.
Students who wish to change
rooms for the second term may
sign up for a new room by pre
senting a room changebslip signed
by the housemaster of the dormi
tory to which-they intend fo move.
Day students are,urged to pay
their fees early and to get their
also too much importance is at
tached to the numerical grade
made on a final.”
W. G. McCarpant, a sdnior aero
student, expressed this cprfiion of
finals: “I am not plea|sed ; with
them the way they are gjven here.
Most of them afe not giv m to find
out how much a man knews in re
gards to the eburse, bu to give
him a numerical grade or place
him in a category with his class,
whereby a difference of »ne point
in a numerical grade ma 7 make a
big difference ip his recqrd.”
W. L. Browni, who stated that
he was not opposed to fin il exams,
qualified his statement br saying:
„“If one knows the material to be
■covered on the exam and? has got
ten the most-but of the course,
there is really bo need toj fear the
outcome.”
F. J. Moward; B&A major, said
“I don’t let them get mle down,
but 1 wouldn’t object if We didn’t
have them.”
C. L. Thorns*, ajunipr architec-
finals because, “They all come
at the same time, and that does
not make it possible for one to
do his best work.”
E. C. Hodge, a junior in indus
trial education, is opposed to finals
and believes that if students were
given, “a three day rest period be-
twOep the regular routine of school
work and finals, and the finals
were not bunched up so close to
gether, the work would be much
easier on the students.”
J. C. Chaney, a sophomore in
Agricultural Education, was one
of the students in favor of final
exiams, he stated: “I feel that this
is where I acquire.most of my in
formation, that is where I get
the most good out of a course.”
Whether the students dread or
Jook forward to their quizzes com
ing up on Friday and Saturday
they are, nevertheless, coming up.
This sort of hopeless futility can
be best expressed in R. N. Butts’
statement: “One must take final*
anyway so what’s the use in wor
rying about it?”
Seven new epnVerts have been; receipts stamped at the Housing
added to that long list of those wlo Office.
have fallen into the swing of the j ' r '
wonderful Spirit of Aggieland. Tile ! PROGRESS EVIDENT
boys from Yankeeland iq the out- IN SYNTHETIC OILS
fit have, picked up that ole Agg e j ur . rT T^ XT T .
slang and no longer are in the HOLSTON, July 14 The man-
. .1 ufacture of synthetic petroleum
—— —; r ' products will be “going strong”
within ten years, according to Dr.
Paul D. Foote, executive vice presi
dent of Gulf Research & Develop- ]
ment Company.
ture student, stated that
posed to finals because;
believp they accomplish
Te"fs op-
“I don’t
the pur-
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Keefer explained how Russia was
Undertaking the task of con
quering the world, and how she
could very 1 possibly succeed. He
has one bit of heartening news,
however, and ttait was the:U. S.
could defeat Ruskia in 18 days
by merely boipbinV; key points
'in Moscow; —‘ r "'"T4:—
The majority of the cadets spend
their morning hours catching up
pose they are intended tt> accom- on sleep and reading the latest
plish. They consist of learning ex- j dime novels. Of course, they are
actly what the instructor wants j supposed to be listening to lec-
one to know the night bifore ex-1 tures, but most of them have
ams and not really what the course heard the lectures at least twice
can offer over a whole semester.” before, so they feel that it would
R. S. Winter, a senior B & A be a waste of time to listen again,
student, slated that he (disliked Some have had a little trouble,
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CORKY’S
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with • 25f minimam. Space
in ClauifM Section ... GO? p.t
Send ell classifieds with
te the Student Activities Of-
ads should be turned in by
10:00 a^n. of the day before publication.
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turday ai
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ROSES, dozen,
and Sunday at The
College Road. £
FOR SALE —
Friday, Sati
Roue Stand,
FOR SALE—Royal portable typewriters
from your authorised Royal dealer, L.
H. Adams, Br/an Business Machine Co.,
Dial 2-1828, 107 W. 22nd, Bryan, Texas.
FOR SALE—1047 Hudson, 4 door sedan.
Radio, Plastic seat covers. Low mile
age. Will accept older car as: trade-in.
Apt. A-7-D, College View. Evenings.
though, because it seems that the
chairs g«t hard and are not the
best things to sleep on.
A&M men have always been
noted for their ability to find
new pleasures in life. The ones
here are no exception. Many
new saloons and bars havt been
located and the places are doing
a booming business from the Ag
gies. The men were perfectly
satisfied with Bear Foot Frank’s
Place until it was suspected that
he was putting water in his
beer. It was then that the search
for greener pastures began.
Last week was elimination week
here. In an effort to clean but the
undesirables, demerits were hand
ed out like water, causing much
unrest among the troops. Tom
Crouch and Don Hooten were al
most eliminated when they failed
to make bed check one night. How
ever, a demerit-reducing detail the
next night saved them.
By this time next week it will
all be over except the scars and
the unpleasant rilemones. Many of
the cadets will probably leave with
a guilty conscience thinking of
their Comrades in arms at other
camps who will still have, about
three more weeks to go, but that’s
life.
A&M Poultrymen
Will Attend Meet
W. J. Moore, assistant extension
poultry specialist, and E. D. Par
nell and D. H. Reid, of the Poultry
Department, will leave Sunday for
St. Louis, Missouri, where they
will attend the International Baby
Chick Convention.
These poultrymen will have an
opportunity to see the latest de
velopments in poultry breeding
and equipment, and will discuss
problems with industry leaders at
the convention.
They will return to College Sta
tion July 18.
Library Closed
During Weekend
Cushing Memorial Library
will be closed ’ from July 16
through July 19.
A new charging method is
being instituted in the library
according to Paul Ballance, li
brarian, and this task cannot be
performed while the library is
open, since it involves the addi
tion of a book card to each book.
We huremTTThetuemuli ^
A of your coune* kitUiikui it
. »nd packed into a nutthtil, ^
* for quick thorough review!
* Aik, to ut the ftmom
iitiin iaiiiiK slim
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CALCULUS, Th« .••,••••••• I.M
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CHIMISYtY. O'lMlc IJT
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oocuMiNito lArns. w>iti>« rs
KONOMICS. r-l«ti*l.i •!. , . . . . . .IJt
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THILOSOTHY. IaaIIa* I. I.M
ymysics. rim YtAt Caiiaos , .yi
roLiTiCAi sciinci .n
rOllTlCS. Dcflor.r, tl Amtilua . • , . , IJI
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FOR SAL®*-##
on new Hifhwor f. nllie
Collefi!: 2,000 yord
per «ere. 10 y«lr
furnished. 200 Park
'l*fe. Park, or at Bn
on h!
P.-.rk, ol
itthway.
WANTED—two
Bra« ita
»o riders
penses from San '
August J. Write
tion.
FOR SALE
cheap. Available Jiuly
Throckmorton or ifall
CLAYTON FURNITURE |C0
July clearance aalie.
will pay iyou to i col
around^. Clayton Furn
Phone 2-i6|7.
FOR SALE—‘•1940 .Cl,
Must sell /this week,
an offer. R. V. And
Drive. College Hills.
WANTED—’40 or '4(1
rolet,. or Plymouth in
Inquire after 6:00
College View.
FOR RENT-tTwo blocks
cool corneii room avaifibl i
Two rooms 1 available
4-4764.
LOST-Rewayd for my
Blasses. They are in
case. These are prescrii tl
are of. benefit onljy U
please return to / G:
Trailer Arya No. 1 5,
phone 4-1
you. Geo.
Area
1-1270 and jask
o. y. Jones.
LOST—A pair of r Gad it *
lijrht blue plastic ifran
small leather case. iLost
two weeks. If found.
Betty McMahan, B<rt 2$39,1 Oolleyv
tion.
WANTED Ride frort 21 1
Bryan, to Goodwin Hal
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to
2-8347.
NOTICE. FAC! [L‘
WANTED
A corrrtpondence
POST GRADUATION
Entitled
THE AMERICAN DlK
See Harold J.! La ki'i
of the same ifs"’
Interested faculty m
V. M. Faires, Aus In iall.
Decorate
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ps the eyes in condition and
r tissues in good repair; also
notes growth. -‘I
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v (rates vitality.
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loses the appetite by help-
loj bvm the food we eat and,
nerves healthy.
tens teeth and bones.
KM ICE CREAM OFTEN
FCH GOOD HEALTH
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