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THE BATTALION Page 4 THURSDAL, MARCH 10, 1949 Who’s Who at A&M Who’s Who at A&M Get In The Movies Free; Operate The Projector DONALD JARVIS JACK QUIREY By DAVE COSLETT Found: One sure way to get in to the movies free. It’s really quite simple to be a motion picture projectionist. After all, what job could be simpler than just running a motion picture pro jector ? Here again the answer is simple. Plenty of jobs are a lot easier than running the machinery be hind A&M’s most constant means of diversion. A short talk with the projectionists at Guion Hall should convince anyone of that. In the first place, the lure of free movies loses its power quick ly with someone who runs the same picture two or three times a day for two or three days. An avid movie fan is a rarity among the members of this profession. Even with the few who do enjoy an occasional motion picture, an extremely critical additude toward all movies soon becomes inborn. Served With Merrill’s Marauders . . . V V Supply Sergeant Finlay son Expert On Aggie Vet Brass By C. C. MUNROE “Ask the man who owns one” might well be paraphrased into “Ask the man who knows them” when any discussion comes up in volving the quality of Aggie offi cers in the army. And, if anyone is interested in asking the man who knows them, the person to see is Master Sergeant Robert V. Fin- layson, enlisted supply sergeant, in Ross Hall. He served with hundreds of A &M graduates, mostly veterinari ans, when he was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater during the war. As a second lieutenant in the 698th. quartermaster remount outfit, Finlayson learned more about A&M than many a good fish. “I never had an Aggie for a commanding officer,” the sarge commented, “but I was with them all during the war. I knew of at least one outfit in which every officer, including the C. 0. Captain Gene Capton, was an A&M graduate.” Finlayson, as supply and animal officer for the remount group, su pervised the transportation of hun dreds of mules from India into China and Burma over the Burma Road. He is a veteran of the Bur- 'Mg,..Campaign, having served with the 5307th. Composite Unit, known more popularly as Merrill’s Ma rauders. Style 2374 Nunn-Bush ^jashiomdo. Ankle 'XFORDS Earnest effort to build the world’s finest shoes for men enables Nunn-Bush to build shoes that are impressive ly fine. Wear Nunn-Bush shoes for greater comfort —longer lasting smartness. AMBER.G7" i \ii7-H9 Niagara Falls, N. V. rilaldrop«(a College and Bryan The sarge signed into the army some 12 years ago at Fort Ethan Allen in Vermont, although at that time he expected to do just a three year hitch. After coming up the ladder of enlisted promotions, Finlayson was promoted to Warrant Officer, jun ior grade, and ordered overseas in January 1943. At the time he was assigned to the 478th. quartermas ter truck regiment. From that out fit he went to the 5307th. He was commissioned as a sec ond lieutenant in July, 1944. His present duties here at A &M are concerned mostly with supply. His reportedly unlimited knowledge of the mysteries of the duplicates, triplicates and quadruplicates involved in army supply is constantly being called upon. Although holding a ground ser vice job, Finlayson, who reverted to his enlisted rank at the war’s end, is considered supply sergeant for both the Army and Air Forces units at the college. A family man, Sergeant Fin layson and his wife Erma have one daughter, Barbara Sue. The family make their home in Bry an. Asked if he expects to continue his career in the Army, the ser geant said Re was. “I like working with men and like the benefits that army life provides such as the retirement provision.” He wouldn’t comment on what he plans to do when his time for retirement does come up, but ru mor has it that he is considering a project involving mules and water buffalo. The sarge denies any plans involving animals, but members of the enlisted detach ment have a different story. Employees to Have Party on March 17 A buttons and bows party will be given by the College Employees Dinner Club the night of March 17 at Sbisa Hall. “It is not compulsory but I kinda think it would be nice if the ladies wear gingham dresses and the men wear blue jeans,” Bill Armistead, president of the club, said. The dinner party will begin at 6:45 and tickets may be purchased at Aggieland Inn through poon Saturday. The boys in the booth just don’t look at the glamorous figures and scenes on the screen through the same eyes that the audience does. Hollywood’s “stupendous produc tions” become to them a few reels of film that may be poorly patch ed full of mis-placed or messed- up signals, and devoid of good sprocket holes. Coupled with these worries, they have the strain of keeping sound at an adequate level, constantly adjusting a carbon-arc lamp, and making a change over every 20 Who’s Who at A&M HAROLD OLIVER Tellepsen Firm Awarded Contract Tellepsen Construction Company of Houston has been awarded the contract to put in the water and sewer mains for the Experiment Station and cotton research green houses, Veterinary Hospital, and Memorial Student Center. Work was started February 21 on the Experiment Station and cotton research green house water and sewer mains. The water and sewer mains for the Experiment Station and cotton research green houses will cost $9,489; the Veterinary Hospital, $2,434; the Memorial Student Cen ter, $1,912.25. The Tellepsen Construction Com pany’s contract includes installing the water and sewer mains to the entomology field laboratory and green house, new poultry farm, and beef cattle center, all of which are to be west of the railroad track. minutes. The latter item, the change-over, usually proves quite interesting to visitors to a pro jection booth and quite nerve- wracking to embryo projectionist. For the benefit of those who don’t know, the feature length 35 mm film comes in reels with an average running length of about 18 minutes. The average theater program consists of the showing of about five or six of these reels, one of which is usually made up of news, trailers (pre-vues, that is), and a short subject or cartoon. During the showing of the fea ture the projectionist must change from one projector to the other without the audience detecting the move. This is accomplished through the aid of change-over signals and light blocks. The first step consists of “fir ing the arc” or igniting the car bon arc lamp, the source of light for the projector. Next, the projec tor jockey eyes the right-hand, upper corner of the screen for the first signal, a small circle which 1 appears on the screen warning him | that the reel showing at the pres- i ent time has just about run out. When he sees the first signal, ! he starts the motor of the idle projector and moves his hand to the sound switch. A few seconds I later another signal, exactly like i the first, appears on the screen. At the sight of this second sig nal, the projectionist touches a contraption which blocks the light from one machine and allows light from the freshly-threaded machine to hit the screen. Simultaneously, he switches the sound from one machine to the other. When done expertly, the process results in change from one machine to the other that leaves the .audience none the wiser. Ghanging-over calls for good co-ordination and relaxed nerves. The novice in the projection booth seldom possesses either. Add to this little job, the tasl^ of threading up a machine, patch ing film and the countless other little things that make up the bulk of the work for the boys in the booth and you’ll understand why their job isn’t simple. As long as things run smoothly, the experienced projectionist works hard for less than five minutes out of every twenty. But when those gremlins invade the booth, our hero has to work hard and fast. The strain caused by a short shut- down more than makes up for the leisure enjoyed by the projection ist in his luckier moments. Next time the-screen goes blank, therefore, just, sit back and relax. Instead of whistling and stomping your feet, think for a minute about that fellow in the upper rear of the theater who is about to have a nervous breakdown trying to get things running again. Then ask yourself, “Is it worth that kind of a job just to see a free movie?” McGrail to Speak At AFS Meeting C. R. McGrail, president of the Texaloy Foundry Go. of San An tonio, will address the student chapter of the American Foundry- men’s Society, Thursday night at 7:30 in the Mechanical Engineering Building. McGrail’s subject will be “Al loys of Cast Iron.” According to B. D. Stone, chair man of the local chapter, McGrail is one of the most prominent foun- drymen in the country. McGrail is the present Chairman of the Educational Committee of the American Foundrymen’s So ciety and is a past National Chair man of the society. A duchess for the Cotton Ball will be selected at the meeting, Stone said. The military department’s expert on supply and requisition. MASTER SERGEANT ROBERT V. FINLAYSON, is also considered by members of the enlisted detachment as their outstanding au thority on the subject of mule transportation. During the war, he served as a Warrant Officer with a quartermaster remount outfit that transported hundreds of mules from India to China and Burma. Watch Repairing At Its Best Our watch repairing cost no more than ordinary repairing. R. L. McCARTY JEWELER North Gate Galveston Club To Plan Easter Party Final plans for the Easter par ty of the Galveston Club will be discussed Thursday night at 7:30 in Room 129, Academic Building, Jack Gernard, club reporter, said today. The club will organize a soft- ball team, Gernard added. You Can Make A Better Buy In A Diamond FROM SANKEY PARK Your eepsake Jeweler 111 N. Main Bryan ANSWERS TO SPORTS QUIZ 1. Jim Braddock. 2. Jack Johnson. 3. Cecil Smith. 4. 4 minutes 1.4 seconds. 5. 1 Warmerdam. 6. 135 M.P.H. 7. The Sprinter by .1 sec. 8. Musial .376. 9. 112 thousand. 10. 20 minutes and 29 sec. Loveless to Talk At Reserve Meet Lt. Col. Sid L. Loveless, cavalry reserve, will discuss National Serv ice Life Insurance Thursday night at a meeting of the Brazos County Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association at 7:30 in the Petro leum Engineering Lecture Room. According to Dick Hervey, sec retary-treasurer of the organiza tion, the 479th Composite Group and the 305th Composite Air Re serve also will meet with the As sociation. Hervey asked that members of these organizations be present. • RECORDS • RADIOS School & Office Supplies ALL YOUR NEEDS HASWELL’S Pat Marks Goes On Active Duty Patrick W. Marks, ’48, from Caldwell has entered the Army on a three year tour of extended ac tive duty at Fort Bolivar, Virginia, Colonel O. B. Abbott, executive for the Texas Military District, said today. At present Marks is a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engi neers of the organized reserve. 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