A&M Aircraft Research Center Guion Manager
Issues Policy
Of Operation
Featured in ‘Aviation Week’
The Personal Aircraft Research Center of the Aeronau
tical Engineering Department and the Engineering Experi
ment Station at A&M has been the subject of three major
feature articles within the last two months in Aviation Week,
a news journal of the aeronautical industry.
The November 8 issue of Avia-+
tion Week presented an illustrated
feature article on the spin confer
ence held at the Personal Aircraft
Research Center in September.
This conference, attended by rep
resentatives of industry and gov
ernment services, took up the pro
blems connected with personal air
craft spin requirements and recom
mended a research program for the
Personal Aircraft Research Center.
The November 29 issue of Avia
tion Week included a report on
the recommendations made to the
Aviation Distributors and Manu
facturers Association and the Na
tional Aviation Trades Association
at their Cleveland convention by
Fred E. Weick, the dh’ector of the
Personal Aircraft Center here.
Weick discussed the fields of re
search which his organization is
undertaking.
These include research on high
lift devices to produce a plane
for use on small close-in fields,
longtitudinal and lateral control
of personal aircraft at the stall,
free control spin recovery, the
design of spin-proof aircraft,
and development of a straight
flight system for light aircraft.
_ The most recent issue of Avia
tion Week features a report on two
National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics research projects aim
ed at increasing the speed range
of light planes. NACA has contrac
ted with the Personal Aircraft Re
search Center of A&M for research
on the optimum high-lift arrange
ment for personal aircraft, and
with Professor Otto Koppen at the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology for research on slow-flying
light aircraft.
Aviation Week cites Professor
Weick and Professor Koppen as
two of the top light plane engi
neering experts in the country.
Icy Winds Drive
Storm Over State
By The Associated Press
The icy breath off a northern
blizzard chilled Texas again last
night, but the state warmed up
rapidly today under fair skies.
Warmer weather was forecast for
tomorrow.
Sub-freezing temperatures were
recorded last night and this morn
ing throughout the state except
the extreme south. There was con
siderable cloudiness along the low
er Gulf Coast and the lower Rio
Grande Valley, but no rainfall was
recorded or predicted.,
The state’s lowest temperature
this morning—11 degrees at Salt
Flat, was one degree warmer than
yesterday’s low, 10 above at El
Paso and Clarendon. The mercury
stopped at 50 degrees at Browns
ville this morning, dropping only
six degrees from yesterday’s high
of 56 in that far south city.
Other morning lows: Amarillo
19, Big Spring 16, El Paso 1.2, San
Antonio 30, Laredo 44, Waco 26,
Dallas 26, Wichita Falls 24, Clar
endon 20, Midland 18, Bryan 29,
Corsicana 25, Houston 39, Texar
kana 32, Tyler 27, Beaumont 40.
A statement of policy re
garding Guion Hall has just
been released by Tom Puddy,
manager. His statement is as
follows:
The Guion Hall stage renovation
has been completed. The theater is
again operating on a full time bas
is, and we feel a statement of
operating policy is timely.
The sole function of Guion Hall
theater is to supply student en
tertainment at a nominal cost. Af
ter years of experience in film
booking in theater operation, it is
our opinion that this can best be
done by presenting a bill of good
second run pictures for a low ad
mission price.
The motion picture industry is
selling first run pictures on a com
petitive bid basis which means that
the rental fee on first run shows is
from four to ten times as much as
the rental fee on the same picture
30 to 45 days later.
Since Guion Hall theater must
make its own way financially and
since operation is frequently sus
pended for visiting speakers, col
lege functions, Town Hall perform
ances and name band concerts, it
operates on a very close budget.
Occasional first run pictures will
be booked when the prices are not
prohibitive. The practice of vaude
ville shows on Saturday night as
additions to the moving picture
fare will be continued and en-
lai’ged.
Texas Congressmen Named To
Washington Committee Posts
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 —UP)—Committee assignments
are holding high interest for Texans on Capitol Hill.
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson may learn his assignments
today.
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In case the majority of the Student Body votes in favor of
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below with a check mark (or X) as my first choice.
Aggieland 1949
Bonfire
Final Review
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Review
Spirit
Spirit of Aggieland
The Final Review
The Aggielander
The Spirit
Twelfth Man
The Aggieton
Signature
Residence
The ballot is provided for only those students who do not live
in one of the dormitories. In order for the ballot to be valid and
counted, it must be signed legibly.
Ballots may be placed in the ballot box in the Student Activities
Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall or mailed through the Faculty Ex
change in the Academic Building, postage free, to the Student
Activities Office.
Deadline for submitting or mailing ballots is 5 p.m. Thursday,
January 6.
... And Get a Free Grease Job
A free grease job for every oil change is featured
by Virgil E. Gage, operator of the Gage Gulf Service
Station.
FREE
Tickets with each purchase which give the purchaser
a chance on 50 gallons of regular Gulf gasoline given
away absolutely free at the Skyway Theatre every
Saturday night.
GAGE
Gulf Service Station
Highway 6, South
The Senate Steering Committee
on which Senator Tom
Connally served, met yesterday.
After it adjourned vice president
elect Barkley said the assignments
would not be announced until to
day.
Rep. J, M. Combs of Beaumont,
named to the House Ways and
Means Committee, said, “I imagine
it will take .us ten days or two
weeks to get all the appointments
lined up.”
The committee names members
to serve on other committees, sub
ject to House approval. Freshmen
congressmen from various states
have been visiting him seeking his
support for the committee places
they want.
As the only Texan on the com
mittee, says Combs, he will try
his best to get for his Texas col
leagues the various places they
want.
The Texas House delegation has
made these nominations in caucus:
Lyle— Rules; Fisher— Armed
Services; Burleson— Foreign Af
fairs; Wilson— Judiciary (inter
state commerce, second choice);
Lucas— Public Wbrks (banking
and currency second choice); Re
gan—Public Lands; Bentsen—Pub
lic Lands (if Texas can get two
places on the committee); Thorn-
berry—Interstate Commerce (post
office and civil service second
choice).
Other Texans would remain on
the same committees on which they
are serving.
Texans have contributed their
share of the many bills introduced.
They include:
Lyle: To create a new federal
district judgeship in south Texas
for the area bounded by Coi'pus
Christi, Brownsville, and Laredo.
Also, a measure authorizing con
struction of a veterans hospital in
the same area.
Kilday: Authorizing conversion
of Randolph Field into a West
Point of the air. He introduced a
similar measure last year.
Teague: To increase $50,000,-
000 a year the annual appropria
tion for federal highway con
struction, raising the total to
$500,000,000. He said the in
crease was designed primarily
for more farm-to-market roads.
Poage: An oleomai’gine tax re
peal bill, designated Hr. No. 3.
Gossett: Providing for states’
ownership of tidelands.
What’s Cooking
BASTROP - LEE COUNTY
CLUB, 7:30 p. m. Thursday, Room
298, Academic Building.
CORPUS CHRISTI CLUB, 7:30
p. m. Thursday, Room 227, Aca
demic Building.
COLLIN COUNTY A&M CLUB,
7:30 p.m., Thursday, Room 224,
Academic Building.
DEL RIO CLUB, 7:30 p. m.,
Thursday, Reading Room, YMCA.
FANNIN COUNTY CLUB, 7:15
p. m., Thursday, Room 327, Aca
demic Building.
LAMAR COUNTY CLUB, 7:30
p. m., Thursday, Room 205, Aca
demic Building.
NEWCOMERS CLUB, 2 p. m.,
Wednesday, YMCA.
WEATHERFORD A&M CLUB,
7:30 p. m., Thursday, Room 104,
Academic Building.
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right place in life. Figuring on a
percentage basis from the number
of rating sheets returned, it ap
peared that less than one percent
of the student body gets a Batta
lion regularly. A veteran living in
dormitory one said, “I had to have
my Batt mailed to receive it at all.
They are often late in being de
livered, and there are usually not
enough to go around.” That com
ment was mild.
Editorials were let off sur
prisingly light. The entire edi
torial staff has again come out
into the open after failing to
receive an expected barrage of
criticism.
Perhaps they expected more than
they received, but they were sur
prised that the majority of com
ments on the editorials were good.
Suggestions for additional editor
ial subjects were the rule as far
as that department’s criticism was
concerned.
All other departments were hit,
some got good reports, some bad.
But when the final rating sheet
was folded up and put away, the
first conclusion that could be
drawn from the entire operation
was well voiced by one of the
tabulators. “They may not like all
of it, but they damn well do like
some of it.”
‘Lil Abner’ agreed.
LI E ABNER
Erps and Down
By Al Capp
LFL ABNER
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2)0 POUNDS-THE CONTENDER )VIT' ME DOWN
FROM dOISEY CITV.rt LUCKY
THE LAD WHO GETS A
STRANGLE-HOLD ON HER
How High Is Urp?
By Al Capp
-AND, NOW-FROM THE SUBLIME "“S. SHE'S
TO THE RIDICULOUS/'.''- PERSONALLY / A
SHE'S NOT MYTYPE-BUT .——f LIVELY
YOU MIGHT FIND HER \ ONE,
AGILITY AMUSING,SIR/i'V; J ISN'T
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STOP HER,
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CLASSIFIED ADS
Page 6
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949
SELL WITH A BATTALION CLASSI
FIED AD. Kates . . . a word per
insertion with a 25(f minimum. Space
rates in Classified Section . . . 60^ per
column inch. Send all classifieds with
remittance to the Student Activities
Office. All ads should be turned in by
10:00 a.m. of the day before publication.
FOR SALE—Wood; 4 ft. lengths—$10.00,
2 ft. lengths—$12.00. Dry or other
lengths if desired. Insured state-wide
livestock and other, trucking. H. E.
Goodrich, 305 S. Preston Ave., Bryan.
Phone 2-6105.
NIGHT CLASSES in bookkeeping, short
hand, and typing start November 1st at
McKenzie-Baldwin Business College. En
rollments will be taken October 15th.
Dial 2-6066.
WANTED—Ride between Anchor Hail in
Vet Village.and Chemistry Bldg, neigh
borhood daily at 8—5. Ph. 4-5744. Allen
Wade Cates free show at Campus.
FOR RENT—Comfortable furnished room,
adjoining hath. Near campus. Professor
or graduate student preferred. Phone
4-9724.
FOR SALE—’47 blue Buiek special sedan-
ette. Exceptionally clean. Only 20,000
miles. May be seen at North Gate. B-8-
Z, College View.
FOR SALE—Trailer L-9, Area 4. Com
pletely furnished; built on room. $850.00.
FOR SALE—1945 25 ft. Glider house
trailer. Very good condition. See at .1-8,
Area 4, or write C. B. Miller, Box 2825,
College Station.
TYPING—Phone 2-6988.
FOR SALE—One bicycle in fair condition.
McPhail, 34 Milner.
LOST—On Sunbeam from Houston Sunday
night; brown leatherette bag containing
valuable belongings. Contact Fish G. D.
Kennedy, Box 924, Annex.
FOR SALE or TRADE—Reconditioned 18
ft. house trailer for sale or will trade
for 1941 car. Includes 9x16 room. Trailer
Q-4, Area 5. Box 2228.
LOST ON CAMPUS—3X beaver Stetson
hat, size 6%. Reward. Contact W. N.
Lumpkin, Dorm 3-—405.
LOST—Lamar High School ring; initials
REB. Room 318, Dorm 9.
FOR SALE—One Arvin electric heater,
1320 watts, good as new; cheap. See at
Project House 6-B.
OPPORTUNITY for mechanically inclin
ed person with a car to make $40.00 to
$50.00 monthly operating and maintain
ing 5^ candy bar vending machines. Re
quires 4 or 5 hours spare time weekly.
$300.00 investment required. Write Box
524, College Station.
CHIROPRACTOR
Geo. W. Buchanan, D.C.
COLONIC X-RAY
305 E. 28th St.
Phone 2-6243
SEAT COVERS
Plastic or Straw
JOHNSON’S
UPHOLSTERY SHOP
Back of “Eagle” Office
Bryan, Texas
Phone 2-1232
FOR SALE—One couch, good condition ;
price—$20.00. Contact “Tex” Thornton,
B-9-Z, College View. Curtis R. Hunt
free pass to Campus.
LOST — 12x10 manila folder containing
manuals pertaining to thesis, writing.
Please return to R. M. Stevenson, Dept,
of Business & Accounting.
Sul Ross Lodge No. 1300 AF&AM
Call meeting Thursday,
January 6th, at 7:00
p.m. Work in M.M.
dPPTPP
J. J. WOOLKET, W. M.
W. H. BADGETT, Sec.
OLD FURNITURE MADE NEW
We Specialize in Refinishing
Antiques and Venetian Blinds
F. L. SUMMERS
Furniture Refinishing
Painting Contractor
3200 Highway 6, S. Ph. 4-4682
WE SELL
Model Airplane Supplies
Architectural Balsa Wood
SHAFFER’S BOOK STORE
North Gate
Phone 4-8814
We have a large stock of
PARKER “51” and SHEAFFER
FOUNTAIN PENS
SHAFFER’S BOOK STORE
North Gate
Phone 4-8814
RCA Radios and Record Players
for every need!
Equipped with the famous RCA
Victor “Golden Throat”
SHAFFER’S BOOK STORE
North Gate
Phone 4-8814
EXPERT SHOE REPAIRS
While You Wait
Cowboy boots made to order
JONES BOOT SHOP
Southside
BUY YOUR G. E. RADIO TODAY
Portables—Table Models
Consoles
$19.95 and up
McCULLOCH-DANSBY
APPLIANCE STORE
Bryan
W.S.D. CLOTHIERS
College Station
Lilly
Ice Cream
is a
founffsaln favorite
The next time yon order
Ice Cream
I Eyes Examined and
Glasses Fitted By
DR. JOHN S. CALDWELL
—Office—
Caldwell’s Jewelry Store
Bryan, Texas
R. C. ECHOLS
REALTOR
Over Canady’s Pharmacy
Bryan
PHONE 2-6454
FOR THOSE WHO
DEMAND THE BEST . . .
College Shoe Repair
North Gate
GIBSON’S IG A Super Market
Between Bryan and College, Houston Highway No. 6, South
OPEN 7:00 A. M. TO 9:00 P. M.—7 DAYS A WEEK
BRYAN S LARGEST NEIGHBORHOOD STORE
PHONE 4-1222
I.G.A. Headquarters, Cliicago, 111. has announced that Mrs. C. K. Love, 306 Pershing
Ave., College Station, Texas has won a $25.00 Food Certificate awarded by our
store in the Mystic Six Contest just concluded. Mrs. Love formerly Miss Martha Jane
Porter is employed in the Register’s Office, A.&M. College and has been a resident of
this area for several years.
For Friday and Saturday, January 7th & 8th
200 Pack
Kleenex
2 Boxes 35c
Kotex Box 33c
Hershey
Cocoa .... lb. Can 19c
Quick or Regular — 20 oz. Pkg.
Quaker Oats ...... 16c
Morgan — 20 oz. Can
Apple Juice 1.0c
Swift’s—Every Day Low Price
Potted Meat, 2 No. % Cn. 19c
Swift’s—Every Day Low Price—No. ’/z Can
Vienna Sausage . . . .19c
Swift’s—Every Day Low Price—16 oz. Can
Corned Beef Hash . . . 35c
Dole — No. 2 Can
Pineapple Juice 15c
Comstock—No. 2 Can
Sliced Pie Apples . . . 17c
Brookfield Yellow American
Cheese ... 2 lb. Loaf 79c
Sal Hepatiea - 35c Size 17c
Tru-Vu — 2 Lb. Cello Bag
Pinto Beans 23c
Swift’s—For Babies
Strained Meats
3'/2 oz. Can
. . 17c
Aunt Jemima—Every Day Low Price—20 oz^Pkg.
Pancake Flour
2'/z Can
Singleton Syrup .... 2lc
Drip or Percolator—1 Lb. Pkg.
Admiration Coffee . . . 49c
Del Maiz Cream Style—No. 303 Can
Golden Corn 15c
Mission—No. 2 Can
Green & White Limas . 19c
Gold Medal
Flour .... 5 lb. Sack 42c
Nabisco
Sugar Wafers .... Box 15c
Uncle Ben’s—1 Lb. Pkg.
Converted Rice . . . .
. 19c
7 Oz. Bottle
Listerine Antiseptic .
. 43c
Popular Brands
Cigarettes . . Per Cart. $1.71
IGA Matches .... Large Box 5e
No. 300 Can
IGA Pork & Beans . . .
16 Oz. Jar
IGA Peanut Butter . . .
... 29c
PRODUCE
TEXAS CARROTS bunch 5c
TEXAS LETTUCE head 9c
TEXAS CABBAGE 2 lbs. 5c
APPLES—Red Roam Beauty 2 lbs. 25c
TEXAS ORANGES 5 lb. bag 26c
SUN KIST LEMONS dozen 24c
MEATS
Grade A Baby Beef Chuck Roast . .
. . . lb. 49c
Baby Beef Short Ribs
... lb. 39c
Pure Pork Sausage, (our own) . . .
... lb. 49c
Wilson’s Laurel Sliced Bacon . . . .
... lb. 55c
Pork End Roast