Caltech Announces
Aero Study Grant
Creation of the Howard Hughes Fellowships in Creative
Aeronautics, open to advanced students at A&M and other
US colleges, has been announced by Dr. Lee A. DuBridge,
president of the California Institute of Technology.
The fellowship grants include $1,500 to Caltech for
tuition and research expenses of-f
the student at the Institute, a
grant of $1,500 or more, depend
ing on the recipient’s qualifica
tions, to each Fellow, and a salary
of not less than $2,000 per year to
each Fellow for actual advanced
development at Hughes’ aircraft
plant.
A candidate’s age and the date
of his bachelor’s degree will be
minor factors in the judging, Du
Bridge said. Exceptional candidates
with no graduate study beyond a
bachelor’s degree, and candidates
who wish to carry on fundamental
research for an additional year
after receiving a doctor’s degree,
will be considered.
DuBridge said that the coopera
tive effort of Caltech and Hughes
would seek “to remedy a short
age in a class of engineers upon
which the future development of
aeronautics depends.”
He said the intention of the
Fellowships is to train engineers
whose knowledge of underlying
physical science and mathematical
tools will be adequate to deal with
problems in advanced theoretical
aeronautics.
Applications received b e fore
February 15, 1949, will be judged
By a committee including repre
sentatives of the California Insti
tute of Technology and of Hughes.
Two or three of the outstanding
candidates, whose qualifications
will admit them to graduate stu
dy leading to the degree of Doc
tor of Philosophy in Aeronautics
or in Physics at Caltech, will be
selected annually, DuBridge said.
Application forms for the How
ard Hughes Fellowships can be
obtained by a request addressed to
the Dean of Graduate Studies, Cal
ifornia Institute of Technology,
Pasadena 4, California, DuBridge
said.
State Supervisor
Of VA to Speak
Agricultural Education seniors
will hear a discussion of Veteran
Vocational Schools by B. B. Davis,
state supervise!’ of Veterans Edu
cation, Thursday evening.
The discussion will be held at 5
p. m. in the Agricultural Engi
neering Lecture Room, E. V. Wal
ton of the Ag Ed Department said
today.
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UPHOLSTERY SHOP
SEAT OOVERS
Plastic — Straw
Convertible Tops
Back of Eagle Office
BRYAN
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1948 MERCURY . . .
4-DOOR SEDAN
Radio Heater, like new
$1995
1948 FORD . . .
2-DOOR SEDAN
Radio, Heater, Clean
$1895
1948 FORD . . .
4-DOOR SEDAN
Radio, Heater, Seat Cover
$1795
1947 FORD . . .
2-DOOR SEDAN
$1795
1947 CHEVROLET . . .
CLUB COUPE
$1795
1946 FORD...
2-DOOR SEDAN
$14.7^
1946 HUDSON . . .
4-DOOR SEDAN
1195
1946 CHEVROLET . . .
2- DOOR SEDAN
$1495
1941 FORD . . .
3- PASS. COUPE
$995
1941 FORD ...
4- DOOR SEDAN
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1941 PONTIAC . . .
2-DOOR SEDAN
$895
1940 FORD . . .
2-DOOR SEDAN
$895
1940 STUDEBAKER . . .
CLUB COUPE
$895
1940 CHEVROLET . . .
2-DOOR SEDAN
$895
1940 MERCURY . . .
4-DOOR SEDAN
$1095
OVER 50 CARS & TRUCKS
TO CHOOSE FROM
BRYAN
MOTOR COMPANY
"Your Friendly Ford Dealer”
415 N. Main & Highway 6, So.
Bryan, Texas
“A” QMC Drops
Playoff Opener
To “E” Infantry
“E” Infantry advanced to Intra
mural semi-finals in basketball
Monday night as they downed “A”
QMC, 17 to 10.
The game was a rough and tum
ble affair that saw 19 fouls com
mitted by both sides. In spite of
this, no player fouled out. Scoring
came the hard way for both sides.
At the end of the first five-minute
quarter, “E” Company led their
rivals by a measly margin of 1
to 0. Half time score was 5 to 4.
Hershel Jones was the infantry
high point man with six points.
His teammate, Jim Kelly played
the best game on the court. Kelly,
a short forward wiggled and worm
ed his way into the basket, time
after time. He scored five points.
Ernie Bonham of “A” QMC topped
them both with seven points.
Senior Company advanced to
Corps Flag Football semi-finals
Monday afternoon when they de
feated “D” Air Force, 12 to 0.
Grona and Mattei scored TD’s for
Senior Company, Grona dashing
50 yards for his and Mattei scam
pering 30 yards to make another
six points.
Club teams ended their season
in a tied up mess. Austin played
El Campo in a scoreless game with
both sides waving equal penetra
tions. However Austin will meet
Vet Medicine Club tentatively Wed
nesday afternoon to decide B
League championship.
Range and Forestry downed
FFA 6 to 0 and will meet Rio
Grande Club in League C playoffs
sometime later this week.
Intramural
Calendar
Here’s the lineup on Intramu
ral playoffs for the remainder
of the week.
Tuesday, the 11th, “E” Infan
try meets “A” QMC and Senior
Company meets “B” Field in the
semi-finals of Flag Football.
“A” ASA goes against “A” In
fantry in Basketball quarterfi
nals.
Wednesday, the 12th, “A”
QMC and “C” Infantry in Vol
leyball quarterfinals. Senior
Company meets “A” Infantry in
Volleyball.
Thursday, the 13th, “A”
Transport meets winner of Sen
ior Company versus “A” Infan
try Volleyball game.
Friday, the 14th, Tennis fi
nals finds “A” Infantry versus
“C” Infantry.
Basektball semi-finals will be
played on Monday, January 17.
A&M Yearbook Run-off
(Scratch all but your choice)
Aggieland 1949 (Year Changes Annually)
Final Review
Spirit of Aggieland
Signature Residence
The ballot is provided for those students who do not live in one
of the bachelor dormitories. In order for the ballot to be valid and
counted, it must be signed legibly by the student.
Ballots may be placed in the ballot box in the Student Activities
Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall, or mailed through the Faculty
Exchange in the Academic Building, postage free, to the Student
Activities Office.
Deadline for submitting or mailing ballots is 5 p.m. Tuesday,
January 11.
Aggie Ex Turns Arabian King’s
Desert Into A Thriving Garden
In the ancient oil-rrich kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a
Cooke County farmer is demonstrating how American agri
cultural methods can turn a desert into a garden. He is Ken
Edwards, Aggie-ex, and a former district county agent in
the Lubbock area.
Edwards heads a group of 22 technicians, most of
them from Texas, who have been4
commissioned by King Ibn Sand to
convert his land of the Old Testa
ment into a modern, self-suffiicent
agricultural country, capable of
producing all the food it needs in
stead of the trickling 20 per cent
it now raises.
How the Americans have suc
ceeded is told in the January is
sue of Country Gentlemen in an
article titled, “The King’s Coun
ty Agents.” Photographs of Ed
wards, conferring with the King,
and of some of the other Texans
engaged in the project illustrate
the article.
It is chiefly the story of A1
Kharj, the 3000-acre experiment
station in the desert, where the
Americans are growing melonTt,
fruits, vegetables, and wheat, all
to a King’s taste.
As the article points out, when
King Ibn Saud saw A1 Kharj he
became so enthusiastic that he took
steps immediately to spread the
system throughout his land. Public
ly he paid this tribute to Edwards
and his group.
“The advancement and promo
tion of my country can best be
maintained by the development of
agriculture and adoption of mod
ern agricultural methods, as far
as the nature of our country per
mits. Mr. Edwards and bis Ameri
cans are doing profitable and
praiseworthy jobs, which I appre
ciate deeply.”
What’s Cooking
AAUW, 7:30 . m., Monday, As
sembly Room of YMCA.
AG ENGINEERING SOCIETY,
6 p.m. Tuesday. Ag Engineering
Building. (Annual barbeque. Wives
and dates invited.)
AGGIE RUTH CIRCLE, A&M
METHODIST CHURCH, 7:30 p.
m., Tuesday, Mrs. Walter Dickens,
Golden Rule Poultry Farm.
AGRONOMY SOCIETY, 7:30 p.
m., Tuesday, A&I Lecture Room.
Election of King Cotton.
BUSINESS SOCIETY, 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday, Room 23, Building K.
GALVESTON CLUB, 7:30 p. m.,
Thursday, Room 129, Academic
Building.
GEOLOGY CLUB, 7:30 p. m.,
Tuesday, Petroleum Engineering
Lecture Room.
JUNIOR AVMA, 7:30 p.m., Tues
day.
LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSO
CIATION, 7:30 p. m., Wednesday,
Lutheran Student Center.
NAVARRO COUNTY CLUB, 7
p. m., Thursday, Room 228, Aca
demic Building.
SUL ROSS RESEARCH CLUB,
7:30 p. m., Wednesday, CE Lec
ture Room.
SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB
5 p. m., Friday, Administration
Building. Yearbook picture.
STUDENT AGRICULTURAL
COUNCIL, 8:15 p. m., Tuesday,
YMCA. Ag Council picture will be
made.
TAU BETA PI, 5 p. m., Wednes
day, Steps of Chemistry Building.
Meeting afterwards.
VM ’51 WIVES CLUB, 7:30 p.
m., Wednesday, 330 Foster Ave.
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION
FREE
FREE GREASE JOB
for every oil change is now given by Virgil
E. Gage’s Gulf Station. Drive in Today.
Today.
GAGE’S
Gulf Station
Quick, Efficient Service
Highway 6, South
LI’L ABNER
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BE A RELIEF TO GET RID OF HER—AS SOON AS
The Battalion
CLASSIFIED ADS
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1949
SELL WITH A BATTALION CLASSI
FIED AD. Rates ... 3$ a word per
insertion with a 25^ minimum. Space
rates in Classified Section . . . 60<f 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.
BUSINESS SERVICES
NIGHT CLASSES in bookkeeping, short
hand, and typing start November 1st at
McKenzie-Baldwin Business College. En
rollments will be taken October 15th.
Dial 2-6655.
TYPING—Phone 2-6988.
FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Comfortable furnished room,
adjoining bath. Near campus. Professor
or graduate student preferred. Phone
4-9724.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—Breakfast set; bed, chest and
night stand. See at B-12-A, College View
after 5 :00.
Blue Norther Brings Sleet, Fog
Freezing Rain to Most of Texas
By The Associated Press
Freezing rain gripped most of central Texas early today
while the northern half of the state shivered in light sleet.
At 12:30 a.m. the temperature had dropped to 12 degrees
at Amarillo with light sleet.
The latest cold wave enveloped all of the state except
4the extreme south, but was not as
severe as expected. Temperatures
this morning geenrally were some
what higher than yesterday.
The weather bureau reported
freezing rain at Waco where the
temperature was 31 degrees and
at Austin where the temperature
was 33.
San Antonio, which likes to
know itself as the “city where sun
shine spends the winter” had a
wintry 39 degrees and light rain.
The blue norther, which had
made highway travel hazardous in
West Texas and in the Panhandle,
had not reached the coast early
this morning. It was only 60 de
grees at Houston, 62 at Galveston,
58 at Corpus Christi and at
Brownsville, at the tip of Texas,
it was a balmy 69.
The norther has claimed two
lives since moving into the state
early Sunday.
The two victims of the norther
were Robert Boyce, who froze to
death in Borger Sunday, and Fred
T. Stricklin, 30, Lubbock, killed
early yesterday when his car skid
ded and overturned on icy pave
ment near Lubbock.
The weather bureau expected
temperatures to tumble to near ze
ro in the Panhandle today. And it
predicted “bad weather at least
until the middle of the week.”
Snow, sleet or freezing rain was
reported yesterday at Amarillo,
Clarendon, Wichita Falls, Guada
lupe Pass, Big Spring, Abilene,
Midland and Dallas.
The forecast for West Texas
was occasional snow in the Pan
handle and South Plains and
freezing rain elsewhere today.
Minimums of three to ten de
grees above zero were expected
in the Panhandle and South
Plains, with 12-18 elsewhere.
Freezing rain was predicted for
north and west central East Texas
FOR SALE—Retina Camera, 35 mm., 3.5
lens. 1948 jeep, 5,000 miles, good heater,
canvas top, 700x15 tires, practically
new. Trailer Area 5, No. V-l. P. O.
Box 4423.
FOR SALE—1937 Chevrolet 2-door sedan
with RCA Victor radio and heater, in-
nerspring mattress and springs, studio
couch, traveler portable radio, new
method gas cook range, J. C. Higgins
tennis racket. All items are in excellent
condition. See L. D. Lewis, College View,
C-ll-Y.
FOR SALE—1941 Hot Point 8 ft. refrig
erator. Good condition—$135.00. See A-
4-W, College View.
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.
and rain elsewhere today.
Volley Ball Play
To Start Monday
The College Station Recreation
Council Volleyball play will start
Monday, January 17, at the Consol
idated School Gymnasium.
Teams from the military, Ag.
Experiment Station, Science, Phys
ical Education, Civil and Mechani
cal Engineering, Business and Ac
counting, Animal Husbandry and
Genetics, Ag. Eco. and Sociology,
Goodwin Hall, Administration
Building, North Gate, and Gradu
ate Students have already entered.
Games will be held every Monday
night.
If you and your department,
building or geographical area wish
to enter a team, contact Spike
White at Student Activities Office
before Wednesday night, Janu
ary 12.
Pictures Due Of
Senior Favorites
Pictures of senior favorites to
be put into the ‘Longhorn’ are due
before February 1, Earl Rose, co
editor of the ‘Longhorn,’ announc
ed today.
The pictures should be glossy
prints, five by seven inches in
size, and should be turned in to
Helen Roberts on the second floor
of Goodwin Hall,
WHAT KIND?
PANUCO, Mex., Jan. 10 —(/Pi-
Scientists exploring a buried city
near here report the discovery of
an ancient outdoor ball court com
plete with scoreboard.
Roberto Pavon, Mexican arche
ologist, estimated the court was
2,000 years old. He said three tem
ples were found near the court.
FOR SALE—Large Kelvinator refrigera
tor, Model FM, 7 months old. Perfect
condition. Will sell $50.00 below list
price. Harvey Chelf, Apt. D-9-Y, Col
lege View.
FOR SALE—1948 Ford station wagon.
Excellent condition, one owner, 17,000
honest miles. 4-8084. Charles William
Kreps free show at Campus.
FOR SALE—4 room house. Small down
payment; best buy in town. 1907 Ross,
Bryan, Texas.
FOR SALE—Montgomery-Ward one wheel
trailer with canvas top and frame—
$50.00. Neill Singleton, 223 S. Munner-
lyn, Bryan.
FOR SALE—Small Leonard refrigerator
in good condition. See at Trailer F-3.
FOR SALE—Refrigerator, 10 ft. G. E.
Used 4 months. Graduating. See at C-
13-A, College View. Box 6674, College
Station.
FOR SALE—Norge refrigerator—$100.00,
newly overhauled with guarantee. Large
bookcase, medium size desk; must go.
Apt. C-3-Z, College View.
FOR SALE—Studio couch, used one year.
$25.00. See at Apt. C-14-B, College View.
FOR SALE—Two study tables. See at B-
18-Y, College View.
FOR SALE—1948 Fleetiine Aero sedan
complete with accessories. See at 419
Foster Ave., College Station. Benjamin
Franklin Edwards free show at Campus.
FOR SALE—’47 Buick special sedanette.
Exceptionally clean, mechanically per
fect. Priced for uick sale—$1,950.00. If
you can find the same value cheaper,
I’ll gd down in my price. B-8-Z, College
View.
FOR SALE—1940 Chevrolet Tudor, good
condition. One owner. Phone 4-8044.
GRADUATING—For sa'le, white breakfast
table, 4 chairs, bunk bed and mattress.
Williams, B-18-A, College View.
FOR SALE—1938 Ford Tudor Sedan. Mo
tor, body and tires good. $490.00. See
at Apt. A-14-W, College View.
STUDIO COUCH and G. E. refrigerator
for sale. B-7-Y, College View.
MISCELLANEOUS
VACANCY for one child 2 or above in
day nursery. Mrs. Presswood, 301 West
Park Place, 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
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
TRY
OUR DELICIOUS 65^ LUNCH
Preared with the most modern
and sanitary grill equipment made
SMITTY’S COLLEGE GRILL
North Gate
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
SENIORS
Get your Life, Time and Fortune
magazine before leaving school
Life, 1 year $4.75
Time, 1 year 5.00
Fortune, 1 year 7.50
Johnson’s Magazine Agency,
Box 284, College Station, Texas
Qiftsi
1
BROCK DINNERWARE
In Desert Colors
LAMPS, VASES, NOVELTIES
Choice Selections of Finer
Merchandise
ML Co.
Main and North Gate
Phone 4-1145
STORAGE
Store Your Furniture,
Foot Lockers, etc. at
BURGESS-PUGH
Fireproof Warehouse
3 blocks south of Kyle Field
on old Highway 6
Phone 4-4236
H. E. BURGESS ’29
MARION PUGH ’41
GRAND
OPENING
OF THE
AGGIE RADIO
AND
APPLIANCE STORE
THURSDAY, JAN. 11 1040,6 p. m.
FREE! FREE!
FREE!
In addition to the display of this area’s most modern electrical appliances,
we will give away one automatic toaster, one table model radio, two record
albums, and one waffle iron. Drawing to be held at the end of our big
opening week January 13 to 20. You do not have to be present at the
drawing to win, just sign our guest register as you enter.