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f v y. i Page 4 13/' HE : : *;• ' ;\" ; ,! 7 ™ X . ■•x V* • * f I bTttalTonj ^TOURSDAY, OCTOBER 3^ 1M8 ‘H Wtteii, gcfa^t’ I • Hlf r '.j i_i< . : »«g Staitfkidj .■-''ll Kill' Writing Can IW ,;By\ BUDDY LUCE r ■R ■ HH “When the bug one must scratch” was the atti tude of Harry L. Kidd, assistant professor of English i at A&M, when hip first got the urge to write a story. ! Kidd received his bite n 1945 when he met a weltiknowii writer who was visiting bn the campus at that tihle. An 1' a result he pounded out a “Minn.4 U-«— *- Eared Dog” storilwhi surpi'ie great surprise Held and Str ut a ‘‘Flop-* r wmeh, to hia delight, aold to attafty zin« H <; JlW^®' rom that jgreat'apy pn local typewriters got no rest, l». Born a Virginian, Kidii came to | Texas at the age of tlvelpe and “ ' spieled, as an accomplice to' his parents, in the then boortvwej&ry oil || town ol Mex<a. Upon reaching the age of higher education yearnings, he-entereci the University.of Texas I in 19o2. pTfj j 1 A-Auer completing hie, work at ■ tn« Univpra.iy df Texas* Ur ii35, \ Kidd began his teaching careci in Anaerson, Grimes Courtty, Toias. This was only a ateppitti] stolu to his assistant piofi^sorHmg'heiu at APtM where he has taught English since Ipse. .lx ; .. j}? '■ ■; I 1 Since his-inspiratloPli to wtite - cleared his way for further wan derings in FP*9, KUtd iha* d<*u< htmseii up right , prou^ aemul —— — r : i K.I.'U. fs if’ H! j. V I it W IT U ; - e Placement Office HIHI' ^ ■ j ■ s ENGINEERING Vere$on Allsted Press Cos pany, Chicago, Illinois, has mgs* for men who wish to l designers. This compan; tures all presses,' drawing presses, forging presses; etc. i;h •, ’if Civil j engineers to workry r od- menj iW, the Engineering Depart* ment Itrf the Louisville & Nash ville Rjailroad Company, Louis KenMty. Mecjhanioal engineer to staft dral’tsitian with Crossett Paper ■ ri- X v • i s j/f 4 1! 1, /./; chemical engineering. J • lv? I m- ; Nemours, Wilmington, Delaware, lTn , to interview January and June graduates in chemistry and ical engineering. Ijgjm Oct 21-22—Monsant Company, Texas City, 1 ten iew graduates in chemi rossett, Arkansas. Supply Company, Littlp Arkansas, has openings for ypes of eng.rteers. They are gpq in the mercantile busi- tlnwa, lit hat had atojrU'K P4h- IlNliud in aavarul difftifnt t) piw of TlublicaUuiuil f f«m *<dmt \» Itnt and Jtolectivu Tahs ih tjie | ■ wn anu pulp field lo Ntw U(#liift a>d ' A Htvlath 1 Ih { the bauthwia literary field. e ! Kidd UttN had three WlKirhs fjjib- llsht'd 4w the Sutithwinit Bovifcw. The latest ill “Low ' Jtoiul IlGo Down,” a story of iNogrdi iiihhlam^ in the ^Cotton >i)lckwidr f Uiuzos Bottoms dr ihdrcuiioutHXl'hi* s^iry in in tha current isaijiu of j [the Southwest Ttcviow; ;| '? For twol year* ntrafght run ning in 1948 and 1947 Ki<M's stories received “Most. DisUtic- itive” mention .in Marfia Eoldf’s annual edition Of U^l Short Stories. . |. j | [0 Having ah interest |n seViral types of-creative writing*, Kidd'has put his talents to .work dn thojhir- ways. For the past three yeaj-K he has been a script writer fty the . Texas State Department off Edu cation's vocational guidahce - pro- . gram “Jobs Ahead.” It as'„a Texas Quality Network show and hast an estimated 40,000 high sdhoofr lis teners. He also wjrites spript for the Texas State Network dhow ''Do You Knowt", whitjh is a‘program s concerning popularized sciphce and is aimed at adult listeners. In his official capacity as. as sistant professor of English, Kiud teaches classes in radio; lyriting, creative writing, speech, arid pro-, fessional writing. Divergenc, es from official duty rangehfieni /Ses sions at WTAW with flbfc TQN boys to slashing amatehr script over coffee at The Cave, . Prof Kidd keeps .shop f at *.IVX 4V.UU IVCCi>D iDjiv.p/ai north end of the half on td|P floor of the Academic . Bu whiere everything 1 froni i foot games to ugly man hashed and i honored way. the third ilr ing fall are c<m teats ashed and slashed in ; the tihie- Civil ServiceNecd Geograp^r f Oeographur and Kcibiivh Psy chologist oxkmlnatlonkfhuvi) Iwn ^announced by the U. tfiLt'lyll ller- vlc» Cohmusiom -t The Bcographur pmiM«ns my from $3,727 to ilO.:uir>! k 'yha^land are located In Waslilngton, D,i (>. test Is IIAKHY Black & Veatch (En- ginecra and Contractors). Prefer a single man. AGRICULTURE nomy, in sales and serv ice wrtHi. This company manufac tures Und refines vegetable oils. 4 j INTERVIEWS del18-19—Shell Oil Company, Houston. Texas, to interview chem ical, civil, electrical, mechanical, ami petroleum engineers, physi cist*,; geologlstii for productUirt; «*• lojratihn, natural gaa-gasoliat) dc- *nu, and SMI Pipe Line 1'iirtinenu, and Sl< Cdrpdmtlon, , Oe^rw** 1 —*• G. r r French Royalist^ Dixiecrats Twins, Newspaperman Reports ' ByfjjlAcK T.lfpL? I m typing with my gloves; on and it may affect the Du Pont De T—f the address easily eriough and seems to have come for a long’ stay. '. ■! | ,. 1 I p F^' l r i, l f— H f * The French have adopted an Es kimo attitude toward this buirrow ihilling weather. I inerd-ien how cold it is and, wham! -tlfcY’re off on reminiscences' of the ]a’inter of 84 and other freak seaims.; And dons. An they still gallivant briskly aroiind !?SJs looks as if someday the Bourbons might have to go to work. •; ★ - j' School still hasn’t beoun here so ; October 21. it’s impossible to makeja c6mpre- hejnsive comparison of educational JOHNNY KILIX)IGH scored first touchdown for [Um Consol idated Tigers against Bremond with a 44-yard gallop. rr—g'' r W!v.ii H North Texas Area | Clubs Plan Merger ,j ,j j •' j.( | i 1; -fn 1 !! A move to merge the Wichita FallsAAM Club with other clubs Ut form a new North Central Tex as (Jlub was discussed at the last meeting of the Wichita Falls Club last week. Alicbitt Andrews, prvsldrnt of the Archer, Baylor, and Young County Club gave hi* approval to (be idan advanced by Hal Durican Which would consolMutc all stu- Uentl from Archer, Baylor, Jack, Young .Wilbarger, Throckmorton, Clay; and Wichita counties into! the new organization. R. G. Blanchard snokp to mem bers of the club on Christmas holi day plans. Members of each! club involved in the merger plan as well as any other students interested in join ing the new club were invited by j John Harris, president of the Wich- • iia Falls Club, to meet Thursday _ FIRST AID FOR THE LAW’ town in short pants and) sweat systems. But there is'one compafi- KANSAS CITY — UP* — Police omrjts. I have reached thd l(>ng an- so|t that Can be made. The French! ‘ound it rather easy to trace a students have been studying like 1 driver After a recent accident near Cotton Bowl To eserve ISeats y Mail Orders DALLAS* if ^ |H£ its will go e richest ( Oct. 20 —lf»fc- on sale Not. Cotton Bowfjfo I Jamb. H. .rat of the Jan. 1 ' today or tickets Will be lieiween November 1 and Nov. 4, But no appiicatiourWiU be acj cepted for nets from anyoi Ihe Cotton Bowl, which has k ..ost team each year tftg Southwe. conference champion, hi^lnen el. :argeu from a sealing capacity .o,507 to 67,435. The stadium e iUrgement was financed by a bo . .^sue and the bond: holders ha ;ptions on part of the new seat* The ticket distribution for th New Year’* Day gape will be at. ioUows: 12,000 to the bond ers, 30,000 to th^ compe schools and the rem|a>nbig lo the public. This mean* 4,wv to 5,000 more seats to the com iteiing schools than before ami. 3,000 more to the public, in reason there is not a larger in creswi in each instance is becaus. ot the seats that go to the bond Stewart said this is the on. Low! game Where the public go -o purchase any tickets at all. Lust year there Were 2o,ooU let ters received with gpplicntiona for lickcfs. Only 0,000 ot these cou d ye filled. :! ; | HERE IH THEBAN fijelvid [ !l“T h ll |4hich appllcaiions will bo filleli. Bob Neyland. He TO BE lade kince St ll the the first of September, custom to mjjake a gen- Survey of the fenfire course fore beginning in order tp have more fban a nodding a«tquaintance with the subject once hit’s under way.: i i When j America! stgrt studying tmo full months be fore school starts I’m going to run home and hang out thi*' flag. here. Edward M. Nyflor if Lansing, Kans., reported that his car had been side-kwiped and forced off the road by a Vehicle which, he said, failed to stop after the accident. The only tangible clue to the identity of the driver was hia au tomobile license tag, which appar ently fell off the car in! the imjpact >;« year, Ihrmigh- .iplicgnts and vicinity^ No writJ roniiirwl. 1 11 The examination f6i* /IhwoArcHi I* Psychologist b» fur fllUng'posit on*- paving $8,727 ami $4,47k : a y In Washington,D. (^., tin out the United Htatvs, must |>ass it written be Further ^formation i^il appli cation form o may; be ohtugned from Roger W. Jackson at thJ College |i Station Poet Office. denirear stage myself. I i .: i i; - • 'H i f i Central heating |)ri>mi.He$ put in a return appearance th' winter for the first tipe : »ini 1938. Daring the war all furnaces rusted for lack but the repairmen are Vx'pect momentarily. In fact tme hy the other day, deposited their tools, and left again. 1 think it’s another strike. HIM I. ’ . , i j ' ■ i,r|_ Ml i At any rate, no fire* Are allpw^j ed until the first of NoifemHer (a /ugl saving regulation) [and cen-i icnl heating -won^fe- copuftence |be-' fpre December, long, I’ll have, plenty grandchildren one day. jifc • f. : | ( Royalism has not dompletjely l Students wishing to apply for the Rhodes War Service disappeared from Franc©; I haven’t Scholarships must haveithejr application in to the secretary hail the opportunity .to speak with, 0 f the State Committee; before October 30. pretendlfr 0 tb*the'thVom| Ltlmo i ] ^r. T. F. Mayo, local representative said that only a few of the Comte’s supporterth explain-1 students had seen him for applications. He urged there be a ed it all to me. -And thk ilstoulnd-i I I kig tlmjig is that the iRnytihj't’h prlnciplt in France i* pracUcally the sumj< ns the State's lei ‘ leerats’ jin the Rhodes Service Scholarship nrt-copuhence be-d 'i| , ( ^pi 1 ^ I Applications Due October 30 y Weekly Morbidity State's %btfi I ix-i JL . J : J . u. s. Eu|h binaum Keport Announced ovei«eei|ti‘ali/.nt i»n loi tbe tilHibles * of tlHe homelanq. Each'iWltuld pijob-; nldy liiniheh if he tealixea just who bis twitt was. .t i . ( t I Thu morbidit y report fpr the wttik Vodjltig October IS, 194$ midi* by thfe Brazos Coutity Health Uhlt sftowl tho Bryan-College ditalto i . ,i i have ten nun's of dlanhea* '“siirte - In spite of ttty RoyaljM's vigo. roup spirit, I ciin't see p hrtllinnt fitturi' for the House' of BoUrl)on, 11 has hid jlntejitott I lr fnrbdliling |tho I living France j and a specific law itatea I’retender’s family front living in that nojmetrtbor of the formor roy al family can become pA'sIdfenti of the Republic. Tj ^ .]- j ITiat w»s (he fashion by which Louis Napoleon Bonaparte bo-< fame Emperor Napdledn' III. It t“T ■ -r- PtCIALS Mj Friday, ©4 22ijl £ Saturday. Oct 23rt. :1 rIM , 7 r , '1 • i ' - j I u... Carton -$L7C . 14( 36c *tr* -H- COLGATE'S TOOTH PASTE—Giant Si*e Kraft’s Miracle Whip ^ T ! : i SALAO ilHES^O f-4 .- Pint 37c CRISOa.... SUGAB Oebhardt’s—7-oz. Can CHIU WITH BEA ■fio. 2 Can J. ■ ■ .fj ; ; X 1 TO iATOES J.,. Milford—No, 1 tan ALL GREEN AS1 ADMIRATION TEXAS ORAiVt Wear-Round—16-0 FROZEN PJEAI _ ." i ^4 ■;; The C.tuJ| Vj! Block Eaat of College foj 25c 1 ...II pound can ....2 for 39c 42c 29< ....2 for 25c I'M' .. JEacljl j I7c P ound I 48c ..5 pound bag 26c i --r I l> LjJL •.: -JLfor Apartments . .• i'dji -• h-i •i i ■; o|e dAso of mumps, two cases of pheuPioniH, seven eases of soiitlc •ore thrbat, one ease of syphilis. Hhd one case Of tuberculosis- ! IvES HIS OWN MEDICINE 0RT MORGAN, Colo.-iiW- of Police Homer Morifo went lOUncilj in givl T iV-. Chief of Police Homer Mortjp went right nldng With City Council in ujuirig his men: , “We play no favorites PArking tickets.” Next day Morse appeared in pc lice <murt. He paid a $1 fine fo ap overtime parking ticket ‘ i i 1 — Homer A< BEAL ESTATE | INSURANCE LOANS : 1 Block East of North Gate • 1 Ph, 4-1217 . r" ? ■ 1 CLEANING ALTE large repreaenUtiojn tor the schol arships from the! A&M Student body. ‘ ; . | ' [ f- Afttr (hia year Ihe United Slaies will redini to its regular quoia of 82 Rhodes Hchotara per year Instead Of 4* as in 1948 amt 1917. Wsr Servlea tandidsUw will, how aver, he eligible this yrnr. 11 [] \ s (ins order of filing will b« fbltovr- I9|88 until jju uitt.l the supply of tickuta ht,s In l942. veen exhnustvo. When this time arrives, alt unfilled application* Will be returned to the applicants i Checks must accompany ajl ni>- iiiicutions. All tickota are reserve i. The price j* $4.80 each. A 26-ccnt mailing tee must, be adeted to tpe L'peck with each application. Applications snouuf be mailed, at the proper date, to the Cotun Bowl Atnietic Association^ Aaoip- .ius Hotel, Dallas. ‘ The gross gate in Hie Cotton 3owl game will exceed last Jan. 1 oy approximately $100,000. 4 yx y $ * ! F T l right; AKslstan Jim tVow, Assistant Coach IUI u J i .. » t. li % ...fc.fcl- ^ ^.,, sistant Coach I’X® lone* and AssisUnf Coach Frank BoVIm. fT —4A-S — h- 4 ^—H——. .4—' Bear Coaching Sta, '■ i.; 1 i ul' !n ; TTsiiMiul 1 Heading the Bsylor Bears’ football strategy board ire tliese fj t^Coacn Jim C “ ft Two By FRANK HIM MEN, JR. U , .,.,.4 litow •Uktolliu^AinertcIt Vhen all appi.cai.iQns recoivid Univerhity of TenneHHctt in ntHrtiitjfi big xecond T uirnlaJ aff ilimi ‘ a^drawVntf coach ut Buylqf. Tht* HtoHOn ho jrnuluuttKl from i held te 4 detsmitie^tiuTm^ur .! b^n Almu MhIo? ho took ov«r h ooiicIvinK posit on thori under rz:yy .. J1 .. -4 od. thnre fi'oiri^’ he went into thi' Army j]\ . j\* lr While serving In the Corpki of Engineers (hiring the War lui rose rn„ .Wisri oi a.t? 1 ........ - .... fuachoa in tho to! the rank of Major and was short transferred to West Point where; ho ’med'h s coaching ttetivitios, While at the Academy in '35' and M6 he helped the Army eleven annex two National cham pionships. After his term in the Army he went jto Gepritia ffech! eollogy .i.Ma cum« with Woodi in, charts ; ; • ■ pu»(f4H huslnewi. ' There are very few Agj les back In '12 and '18 who Mill ev»r forget “Uiidii Jim’’ Crow one'of A&M’s immoruds liaek in the days of the head-i bustf rs. Crow, after duties of assistunti Hej! has been on the Baylor A AIJ Bit" pftMItf i« Won’t Dutch headibuistere. CriM| after gratlua- ot the.TexaM’iiLMiguK bought L 7b. tlo hwent to Baylor to arniume the;*Seytr; a isepon<rSiaemiiti, from Ball, Say at the Texgs LobruO, bought 4 D. 8 as line coach Where he served ! coaching staff for! the last .twfen- Untii he accepted the position ; ty nine years. Cdoif li recog as head cofech at Baylor in 1947 succeeding Frank Kimbrough, : nixed as one ... ... in college football P. E. Club Elects Wright President Charles Wright was elected president of the Physical Educati club last Tuesday night. Bob Hunt was elected vice-preiji- dent and Earl Beasley secreta treasurer. The club is composed physical education inajors and mi ors under the direction of the d partment. W. M. Dowell and Carl Lan< is of the Physical Education Depart ment were the sponsors during the club’s first meeting. of the bert scouts ■■l , „ .. Otball! as ;'h'ell who went to W est Texas State, j being an excellent Coach* eanr last year came out of j Other niembers of the 1 d schedule with a .500 av. staff at Baylor include „ . winning all intersectional derson, who is bead basketball’ 1 and defeating the Uhif coachjlbut also helps oUt, with fbcit-. (His team last year came out of, Other members of the coaching a rugged schedule with b .500 av. staff at Baylor include Bill Hen- eitoge, •* ' cojntests anu uejeating me jpmr „„ T , — ; versity for theif onty jconference ball. The freshman coach is A. JE i victory. 1 -! : Jortfes ' wo, also is ibead baseball I Woodruff ts ntojried;and ha 8 !^ I ' ■ ; # , son four yejars old. He jis only HZ ii A «ntididuU< foH the x regular! ( |r P im. scholarship must havo tlu\fallow- President F. C. ing qualifications: : j \ will welcome tho ing qua (1) Be a niHle! citjizen nfxthc Unlteii States and unimmied, \ til) Be bfetweehithtj •agee Of 1>H and 25 on October 1, 1949. (8) Have commuted at lesast his sonhomort' year by the tiino of application. A candidate to be eligible for n(i War Service Sttholursnip mwotj hKVc tho following quallficetiqtie: (1) Bo a maloji citizen of the United .States. (For appointment; to a War Service Hcholursbip, mar-ji riage will not bo a bap.) (2) Be Between the ages of 19' and 31 on October; 1, 1949. (8) Have complfetcri at leant ondi year of war service, cither as .« member of theTArmrtd Forces, or, as a partidpalnt in civilian war work. (Any work will be consid*; ered us war service for which Draft Boards have granted defer- mcpL) / (4) Have completed one' year (instead of the customary years) of college or university work jby the time of application The Univereity of Santa Clara Broncos have a novel method of publicizing their football ached' book matches. on the inside of j T< FT:; — - PRESSING TIONS I . -'/If r 1 X. / 1 ■ 1 Exchange Store.? f i V fll | j, J. /: .. nr ll . ■ 1/1/ / l y / ■ 'i i| .- ! - M? R j 34! Purdue Prof Will Address JC Meet « j. jy] 1 Professor Maurice R. Grartey Puniuo University, will addrejss the Junior College conference to be held hurt* October 21-23. Ho will discuss ‘'Terminal Education bn the Junior College Lev«l4Phll(o- sbphy and ObjeetTvaa.’’ iGfaney In <,(Mo of sovorttl ot(t- of-stato educators who will par I- cipate in the confluence, Dr. M< ton K. Hill of the University ( Alifornia will uhtn deliver an ad coaeh. Another assistant Tl ■ jil — coach is ■4^ TS— ««,;, « h. r h, would lik« t» p)., By mistake he |^it hooked up . w, * h L - MgPW Meyer, Who is head football coach at T Uhristian Unirereify. Meyer is, an uncle of L. I). Meyer. ; j “I know broiu’re f w eU ’ haelcd, v m money to get me <>bt there tng second baaf Bc^idoa, I wia a pitcher. J / 1 * j r ...tfc.i .1 . It..' .ll J y; /nc C$ifrr*$ftwncah / / / Gy J 3' \\ I: ‘ L Bolton of AftjM will welcome tho delagatuav 1, 1. 1 Poller lo Allend Cliicago Meel /* Dr Cicorgo E. Potter, Froffa- sor of Zoology m the AAM Biolory DopartinertJt, will attend the aut- qmn meeting of the National Council of tnv American Assoc a- tion of Univcrelty Rrofessont to be hold in Chicago on October 29 and Dr. Potter repreaehto District X which includes Taxak Arkanais, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Wy oming, Colorado, and Now Mex co for the current three-year twm i \ \ N TLME CHECK-PP '^"eral HENBT’S ALTO /^•KEPAIE"j j d Ohrayesoutu Pfc- J-87fk OB. if. ■■ NT / worlds ■|,./ II most ii IH: wanted pen - —J-- If TXTithleader#ihgovommentand buitinofla, tlia -i aria and profensiona—Parker “61” ia th# preferred writing initrumeut. Actually, 83 our* veys in 34 countries show Parker to be th# uorld’a most-w.-inud pen. ' . , Here is a pen of flawless beauty and balance*. PrecLuon-mnde throughout The 61’s excl alloy,point starts uuitantly—paooe your swifi tlioughta with ease. What’s more, you never n a blotter. 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