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COLLEGE STATION (Afegidtond)
TEXAS WTOWfasDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. iW
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West Of Junction
A 411 acre tract located it Junction, Texas has defin t
been confirmed for use as a center for A&M summer Co
and for use as a pre-freshmen training center for s
planning to enter A&M. .J j
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The citizens'of. Kimble County
through J. S. jFafmer, j rancher in
this area, offered,the land and deed
to the property, j |
Specifically the site will be used
as a summer center for the .testing
and tiaii\ing of hoys planning to
eater college in the Fall; to
stfengtheA. .preparation of enter-
: ing fresh then and cut losses from
failures; 1 oi unprepared students.
^ ; Field Courses
The camp will also be used for
agricultural research,
studies ahd summer I Camps for'
geology and civil jengipeering.
The Board of Directors appro
priated $200,000 Ifor permanent
improvements of the site to be
made later and set aside $2,500 im
mediately for surveys, investiga
tions. preparing plans and layouts
which will be presented to the
board at its next meeting in No
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The site is expected to be open
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Invitations
“Invitations to the summer.camp
will be extended to all students
who plan! tb [enter the college as
freshmen theIfollbWing Tall. Ac
ceptance to the program will not
be required,” said Henderson Shuf
fler, director of information.
Teats much like those taken by
ehtering freshmen during their
first j.week at the Annex will be
given. From the results of these
tests advisors will ascertain wheth
er or not each hi^h school student
is prepared for college work.
. if students are advised that they
do not have adequate high school
preparation, they may take/re
fresher courses-during the six week
summer camp,. Shuffler said.
Rustic i Style
Rock and mortar buildings will
be rustic styW and will house fac
ulty members^studente. and serve
as classroom's. Recreational facil-
* ities will also be furnished.
The project was authorized by
H. B. No. 64, passed by the last
legislature. The junction annex
bill had {been predented to .the leg
islature two years ago but was not
passed, being caught- ini a last min-
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Top Fowl Judges
Vlsit^College Farm
The members of the state cham
pion poultry judging team from
Richland Springs, were visitors at
the College Poultry Farm yester
day. • / ,
The R&hland Springs team, un
der Coach R. J. Powell, vocation
al agriculture teacher^ was doing
; practice work , inLpreparation for
a national contest that is to be
held at Waterloo, Iowa, early next
month. '•! v j ‘ I
The team members worked in
. close (Cooperation with the, senior
Collegiate team which is in train
ing for a national contest that is
i to be neld at Chicago late in Ndv-
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Both teams worked under the di
rection of E. D. Parnell, professor
of pouitky husbandry, at the Col
lege Poultry Farm, and the Gold
en Rule Poultry Farm, south of
College Station.
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Several errors related to the
forthcoming Student Senate
election Were ; cleared up 1 to
day. , ’ f |,
Bubba Scrimgeour,
for Senator-at-large, was,
ed as unlisted in a, college dpripi-
hydraulics' tory. It was learned today that he
lives in Milner. I I t
I In Monday’s Battalion, Wfayne
M. Alien was listed as. a candidate
for student senator o!f dormitory
four. He asked'today that he be
redesignated as a candidate] for
student senator-at-large.
Chuck Cabaniss, who originally
filed for Student Senator of Dorm
itory 15, has withdrawn «nd lie-
filed gs< a! candidate for $tud6ht
Life Committee.
Deadline for all applicant^ for
student senate positions and ptufd-
ent life committeemen has
changed to 15 p. hi. today.
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time for Countihg
fore the meeting of the Student
Senate scheduled for Wednesday,
OciobeFI 5, according to Charles
Kirkhum, president of the Senate.
The'Wednesday meeting of the
Senate will be for orientation of
t«a new senators.
Thursday evening, October 6,
the new Senate will meet for
the first time as an Individual
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rhe change wps made yesterday
that there would be sufficient
He for Counting the ballots'Bie*
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Burl Ives, famous ballad singer, will star in a
Town Hall concert on October 27. The towering
minstrel, who stands 6 feet 2 inches and weighs
- a
240 pounds, enjoys sailing in his sloop on the
California
coast When he is not working.
Library Facilities
Will Be Surveyed
who have had their pic^ui
e today is disappointing [in
view of the number that Could, h;
been handled, according to Joe
splik of the Aggicland Studi
Only; a few have come
studio, i Sofeolik reported, althou^
the studio is equipped to handle jas
many as 125 between 8 a.ni, and
5 p.m. The present plans for tak
ing individual pictures for the; class
section of the Aggieland 195j0 are
figured on, a basis of 60 students
per.day, he added, with A, Bj and
C’a scheduled for picture] {taking to
day through Saturday.
“I can personally v<iuch for the
improvements that have been: made
in the facilities of the Aggieland
Studio,” co-editor Chuck Cabaniss
said. “A new lighting systenji that
removes all the heat usually caused
by the high-wattage bulbs neces
sary in .photography pjus an! air
conditioning system have brought
about the added comfort in the stu
dio.”
A complete schedule will be |n-
nounced next week for all njon-niil-
itary students, but no delay willjbe
caused siiice non-military seniors
whose names begin with A, B, or C
are having their pictures made
tight now the co-editor explained.
He added
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p.m. at the Grove. Mrs. Lyman and Mr. and Mm. R. B.' Lyie also
assist with the teaching and calling, lyle is In the Mathematics
Departmeat.
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Lyie also
The A&M library is to have a
complete survey taken of its fac
ilities the first of (the month, Paul
S. Bpllance, librarian, said today.
Ri W. Orr, libf-ftrian of Iowa
State University, and W. H. Carl
son, librarian of Oiegon State Uni
versity, will make up the survey
team. Orr was op the team that
complied ^ survey of the library
of Alabama Polytechnic. Carlson
has had 26-30 yc^rs experience as
a,, librariap, Ballarjce said.
This survey is to be similar to
that done j at many land grant col
lege all over the United States.
The; purpose of the survey is to
ine^what changes should be
in the library,
of the points which is to! be
covered iri the Purvey is whether
The College Library should be de
centralized 6r the facilities should
be expanded.
Decentralization
This decentralization would mean
that the ! various departments of
The College would have a techni
cal library in their department.
The eight specific points to be
covered are what are the resources
for instruction, research, and ex
tension wjork. Whether or not the
library has a competent staff. How
is the material organized?
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Does the library have enough
space and equipment? How is the
Yeggs Ransack
Two Businesses
Two past date businesses
were entered by burglars this
weekend, according to reports
from the Brazos County
Sheriff’s office.
Black’s Pharmacy, for the
third tinje in the past 13 months,
had their safe rifled Saturday night,
A large ainount of narcotics and
a small sum of money were taken,
said Walter Mead, clerk at Black’s.
The safe was hauled from the
pharmacy and was found off High
way 6 near the Wellborn cut-off
road with the knob forced off.
FuMell'a Food! Store No. 3 was
the other victim of burglars the
same night, the Sheriff's office
said. The thieve* were apparently
frightened »w»y, for there waa
nothing missing from the safe,
■aid the office.
Fuaaetr* Food Store and Black'*
pharmacy arc within the same
Bast Gate business district.
Two men from the Bureau of
Identification and Records at Aus
tin were in College Station Sunday
morning to make {fingerprints at
Black’s, reported the Sheriffs Of
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organization of the Administration
in regard to the educational poli
cies ? How are th'e different lib
raries iof the System organlized in
regard to the A&M College Lib
rary? Is the library government
policy workable? j
Offices Set Up
The library staff set up offices,
for the use of the survey tdam for
their interviews! with the students
and the staff. Also the staff'has
done much work in cross checking
the bibliographies on hand.
The report will be printed in the
form of a ten chapter book which
will be outj within |a few months
after the survey is taken, Ballance
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Seniors, Grads
To Meet Twice
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Two meetings of all seniors and
graduate students will be held in
the “Y” Chapel, said W. R. Hors
ley, director of the placement of
fice. j |
The initial meeting will be Wed
nesday at 4 p. m.; Horsley said,
but all cadets who drill at that
hour are invited to attend ja spec
ial meeting for them at the same
time Thursday. ' L
The purpose of the meeting, said
Horsley, wjll be to help those stud
ents interested In getting jobs
through tile placement office leasn
the procedures necessary for fil-
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All students who will graduate in
January, June, or in the Summer
are invited, Horsley concluded.'
Check Received By
TAES for Research
A checty for $200 has been re
ceived by; the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, from the firm
of Elmore and Stahl of Pharr.
The money' is to be used “to
support corn earworm research at
Substation No. 15, Weslatd,” Dr.
R, D. Lewis, director of thy TARS,;
announced today. "This !re«earch
is conducted under the. leadership
of Dr. Georg# P, Wene, entom
ologist,” Lewi* says.
Officers Elected
By Newman tllub
„ The Newman Club held its first
meeting last Wednesday and elect
ed officers for the present school
year, Thomaa Stack, the new re
porter, said today.
Charles Drapela of San Antonio
was elected president; David Sech-
elski of Anderson, vice-president;
M. E. Kuta of Mom
tary; Raf/Mmitl
tonio, Social secret
ornery, secre-
of San An-
Jack Tur-
cotte of Kingsville, treasurer; John
Zeller
ore historian. Stack
is from Sydney, Australia.
After the election, committees
ere appointed for various pro
grams and other work was planned
for the future.
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lylor Career
A&M has lost One of the former
high school stars who was expect*
ed to be an outstanding member
of the Fish football team. Richard
Parma, after attending classes here
at College for two weeks, made a
last] minute decision Monday to go
to Baylor.
Parma, all-state back for the
state championship Waco Tigers,
entered Baylor Tuesday morning
but Bear Athletic Director Ralph
Wolf said his enrollment would not
bo ac cepted until the A&M Athle
tic ; Department had granted ap-
proval. S
: The reason for Wolf’s statement
is that three Southwest Conference
schools, Baylor, A&M, and Texas,
made an agreement whereby each
school iwould not bother another’s
hthletes after one had signed up
at either of the, other schools.
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The freshman athlete will offi
cially become a Bear when he re
ceives the necessary papers from
Bones Irvin.
Meanwhile, Parma can go ahead
with his studies at Baylor but he
will be ineligible for freshman foot
ball until he receives the proper
papers from A&M’s Athletic De
partment. ; >
Rumors that Parma left College
because of hazing were proven
baseless when Parma denied this
and said that he “just didn’t like
the schobl.”
Parma arrived home Monday
night along with former Tiger men
tor Bill Dubose. He returned to
A&M Tuesday where he received
his release.
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Parma played under Dubose in
1946 and 1947. He had planned
to take engineering at A&M. At
Baylor he joined former team
mates Claud Kincannon, Bill Athey,
and Bobo Patton, all members of
the ’48 Waco squad. 1
A&M Gets $12,80
Atomic Experim
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the United States Atomic Energy Com
wives of Vets
urses
or Fall Term
A group 4>f veterans’ and
’acuity members’ wives re-
uested last night that at
15 courses be offered to
em by extension,
A second organizational meeting
will be held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday
Sn the YMCAJ ]
Dr. T. F. Mayo, head of the Eng
lish Department and chairman of
the extension course program, had
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studies with radioactive
various chemical changes fats undere
by animals until they are used for h
of
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five instructors present represent
ing departments who are offering
extension courses. The faculty
Coke Jr. Is Liquor Boss
Austin, Tex., Sept. 27—Coke
Stevenson Jr., took the oath of of
fice today as State Liquor, Admin
istrator.
Stevenson succeeds John Lawhon
who resigned recently to return to
private law practice at Tyler,
Aggie Events Hoid Reader
Appeal) in Far-flung Areas
By ‘"FIG” NEWTON
In etch of the forty-eight states,
neighboring foreign countries,
Army hospitals, Army camps, col
leges, and high schools, people ar*
interested in happerttags at A&M.
From Cornwall on the Hudson to
Rnncaqua, Chile, they jmbscrib*
to The Battalion to learn ;if Junior
is hitting the headlines with his
daring exploits, or if this college
has gone to the dogs since they
were here. N i
Within Texas, Dallas and
Houston seem to be having a bat
tle for subscription leadership
each yew. This year Dallas has
the edge so far, but last year
found Houston with the larger
Batt readership of the two. Out
side of Texas, Louisiana leads
with number of subscribers.
Approximately fifteen of twen
ty Texas high schools are mailed
the Bdtt and more are expected
to take it later.
Eight thousand Batts are pub
lished each day, five days weekly.
As for the number of these re
ceived in each dorm, its rather
hard to tell The boy* ill the cir-
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culation department merely get
a mysterious look on their face
and say nine and a half pounda.
Fellows with a good acala and a
slip-stick may care to find out what
that amounta to in round figures
as far ia individual papera are
concerned.
Of the remaining papers, approx
imately thirteen hundred copies
go to the Annex, and two thousand
ara mailed singly and in large
bundles to other points throughout
the national world.
Who is responsible for the
mailing of the Batt? A staff of
six comprises the circulation de
partment Official whip-cracker
of this crew is Larry Oliver who
seems to have little troable in
keeping his staff at work.
Two men roll papers, one rolls
large bundles and one runs the
stenciling machine on which the
papers are addressed.
In case you are in doubt about
the other man, he is a silent part
ner who has an occasional day off.
The men of the staff, other than
Oliver, are Jerry Bett, Harold
Dungan, Bob Laswell, Harold
Pietsch and Alfred Tyler.
members explained the courses be
ing offered and gave the basic
courses which were needed..
Later the women filled out
sheets expressing their choices of
courses. The group attending the
meeting ranged from women who
had no college work to women who
had t\yo or three years of college
to their credit.
Though the''courSes are called
"extension courses,” they are ac
tually duplicates of those offered
to regular students. • Classes are
offered either in the morning, aft
ernoon, or evening, depending upon
the arrangements made between
the women students and their in
structor. At least 10 women must
enroll before a course can be of
fered.
The, women who attended the
meeting last night requested the
following courses; Beginning Span
ish and Russian, Geography of
South America, Landscape Art.
Principles of Sociology, Personality
Adjustments, Furniture Buying
and Judging, Psychology of Adol
escence, Modern Literature, Prin
ciples of Geology, and Geomor
phology. Some of the women ask
ed for other courses in English and
psychology, j
Dr. Mayo asked that all student
veterans’ wives and wives of fac
ulty members who have taken
courses by extension or plan to
take courses to attend the Thurs
day meeting.
Other courses listed in the col
lege catalogue will be offered if
as many as 10 women request
them, Dr. Mayo added.
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At FFA Meeting
The A&M Collegiate FFA Chap
ter held its first regular meeting
of the fall semester last Monday
night at the Agricultural Engi
neering lecture room.
E. R. Alexander, head of the
Department of Agricultural En
gineering Education was guest
speaker for the evening. He em
phasized to possibility of more
boys going into the field of radio
and journalism.
Chester Gieske, chapter advisor,
gave a brief talk on the A&M
Collegiate FRA Scholarship fund.
Each year $125, dollars is; given
some qualifying high school FFA
boy in order that he may start a
college education.
President J, D. Hampton stated
that chapter officers have a pro
gram planned for this-semester.
The chapter voted to have its
social function at ’ a student-fac
ulty banqutt Saturday, Dtcernber
10. Each sudent will bring his
favorite professor as gueat, /
Following the evening addreaa,
new and old huslhaai waa discuas*
ad with the adjournment motion
given by H. B. Stone, the chapter
parllamenMnan.j ; /
;i Reverend Durwood Fleming,
pastor of St. Luke’s Methodist
Church of Hoaston, is guest
preacher at thq A&M Metho
dist Church thl* week, He will
deliver a. message each .night
this week ’ through,; Friday,
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Town Hi
Sbisa Baiii
An orientation banquet of
the Town Hall Staff waa heW
yesterday at 5 p.m. in the
small banquet room of Sbisa
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Town Hall mapager Jarvis
Miller gave a short progress sum
mary to his staff in which he re
ported that all studept reserved
tickets had been sold for this sea
son's Town Hall performances and
that only 350 general admission
tickets remained for sale. Sale*
will begin Monday, Oct. 3.
Miller outlined the $8,600 sea
son program, which is to inclmte
Burl Ives, Frankie: Carle, Joseph
Szigeti, the Houston 'Symphony
’and the Robert Shaw Chorale.
Plans for handling the crowds
and usher assignments were made
at the meeting. The faculty selec
tion committee members .W*ge
ask,nowledged by Miller. They hire
P. W. Barker of the Physics de
partment. Dr. J. P. : Abbot of the
English department, Aggieland
Orchestra director Bill Turner, and
L. F. Hauer of the English Depart
ment.
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Spike White,, assistant'dean of
students for acticities and chalj*-
Agricult
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eat and ener
wisi director of the A|
xperiment Station, said
I The studies will be carried
A&M’s Department of Bioc!
try and Nlitrition under the dilr*<s
tibn df Dr. Raymond Reiser.’T ; ].
i He will ;be assisted by Df.! Ken
neth Kuiken, who recently complet
ed a ‘course on radiosotope .tech
niques at the Oak Ridge Institute
of Nuclear Studies. Advisors
b* Dr. Ralph T. Holman, Dr,
vin Bisner and Howard Leap. ,
|j. „ [ Carbon 14
. The radioactive isotope Reisne
ahd associates will use
14. This unusual form
Is produced i in the nuclear reactor
ait Oak Ridge, Tenn., and is Ja fail-
u * At * mic
Commission.
. _ T _ containing, carbon 14 have
the same properties as those con-
taining natural harbon. But car
bon 14 gives off radiation by which
it can be followed step by step
from the Time itija eaten until it is
exhaled as carbon dioxide, ReiMr
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Obstacles H;/ y
The first major obstacle |* Vo
determini. with small laboratory
animals th* fundamental changes
undergo af, they, move from
intestines through the blood
earn into storage, then,
needed, back* through the
stream into muscle and other ac
tissue as a source of energy] L
Both agriculture and business
Stand to benefit ( enormously
through the successful completion'
Of these studies. Reiser ssid. ■
Control Fata t
{Once it is kniown how one '
Of fat is produced under-one
:onditlons and another kind
conditions, Reiser b^j
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will be able to ront
amount of fat desire
ies could
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meats. *■; Thesel factors i
flavjor, keeping {quality!
texture of all meat product j.
j It is thought .these Studies C
even furnish the means for con
trolling obesity, or excessive fat Id h
humans. J
A-M Mothers Club
Board Holds Meet
j State Federation A&M College
Mothers Clubs of Texas Board
Membi
for thi
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State Federation A&M
others Clubs of Texas
embers! held their first meetii
this year Saturday, Sept
In the Mother’a lounge in yw
YMCA, |
The, purpose of the Mother’s
a closer
filiation
lege, to coi
and Welfai
Club is tO'bring about a clbspr af-
between the home and cc
‘iute to the comfo:
T , F _ jjt the students 1
man of the Town Hall procurement cooperate withfthe faculty
committee, (told of the additional trustees |n upholding the
ets over last season’s nuirjbor. ! ’ ^"ady to help in thVprogress i
The addition, White said, Was the institution,: and to stimula
made because of the increased early Other’s interest in behaf*
sale of student tickets.
college, according
'Andrew, president.
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Port) Arthur Club
To Meet
The Port Arthur A&M Club will
hold it’s first mooting of the year
Thursday after yell practices :ac-
cording to club president, Ralph
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t of the, tri-annual
e held Saturday aft
Opening of the Spring Semest
ji Officers of the Federatic
inr addition to iMrs. Andrew;
lives in Ran Antonio, Mrs.
Gilbert of Dallaa, first vitv
ent; M 1 ’*- R - Sparkta*
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Gorman invites students from
Port Arthur, Port Neches, Port
Acres, Nederland and Grove*; to
take part in the. dub’s meetings
:ORRECTION
ibowing time of the five
journalism movies mentioned In
yesterday’s Battalion has
changed to 9 a.m., Thu
morning. The films wil. ^
shown to all interested students
in the Idctiire room of Goodwin
Hall. 1 ! 'N
Student Masons
Meet Tonight
The Sul Ross
will hold Its Drat
new school year
night at 7:30 in the
ture room, El R. Little,
chairman said today.
CE i ec :
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of electing <
ng the activi
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pose
planning
coming; year. j ,
All student Masons, E. A.,
F. C., and M. M. are urged to
attend, Uttle said.
and activities.
“It is the express
the clpb members the.
more active club than In previous
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:hat wtf have a
tan In previous
year* and that a campaign b* made
to athnulat* participation ,:in all
olub {unction*," aaid Gorman.
Officers elected for tH* jehad
ar beaidea president are Jamea
Fennell, |Vi«* president j Ted Hatch-
kiss, secretary; arid Byron Dooley,;
treasurer. ]/; j . J'.*:
A complete program for tha com*: ,
ing year will be dlacuaaed at thl* )•
meetihg. ' j , : U '.j {| j|
Aggie Squares To
Dance at Grove ;|
Squares will apbnior
ice Friday night at
7:30 in the Grove, according to
Bill Haskell, senior geolagRuT^
gineering student and acting Chi
man of the club.
Aa has been customary in
past square dance lessons Will
ftvw' for a half-hour by Dr.jC.
Lyman, Biochemistry
r. L. S. Dillon,
Dr.
ent, and Tom Colli
Stetion business nu
call for the square dancers.
Students, wives, dates,
ulty members are invited,
said.
R. M. SherWood of
parliamentarian;
C. BtfJtoh of Cbllege Station]
mgUWM
Stuart ojf Bryan, Treasurer|i
W. B. Fawler at Temple, hist
Mn, K. M. She
Station,
C. Bdltoi
orary president; and Mrs.
Tate of Ban lAntoAlo,
president.' i|
Extension work begun laati year
to be continued currently, Mi’s.
Andrews said. ,
Weather
LOUISIANA - Clear
cloudy this afternoon, tonig
A little cooler
and Thuf
Moderate nor
erly winds tab
the coast! M-
coming fresh by
Thursday. *
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AS- Fjair,
er north por
and in horth and
central’
tonight.
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FAIR
or northwest ]
north and no;
coast becoming fresh by Thursday.
day fair, warm-
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