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(’hancellor Gibb Cijohriftt as he explains tV
).A&M System exhibit Wing shown at the Stajte
Fair of Texas in Dallas. The exhibit contains
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tinned theatre where films of the
houn, in addition tb other produets
rious schools arranged throughout.
lications of t^ie A'&M Co|iegc
m , Item, will be iin ichajrge’i>f tie
Texans ; will have their frst op-1 f orma tio n booth! juSt to the
portuni.ty to see the operatic n of of the main ientrance. :
| the A&M System’s fom- colleges; ! i , 5 j
imd fiyO statewide servnces in one, -^M Exhibit
piece at the System Exhibit at the a&M Collie will have i
State Fair now in progress in Dal-ihjbit, pictures of student lif
two I,
i^ as - -• J 1 . , 1 . ';Itures printed hi LIFE jmarfaziiie,
A&M College System day at the veterans andhheir wives, intramur-
Fhir is October 16. Hermar S?- al ' g ' an(j other f am ni ar steiie?, arid
!Wrest of the Physical Education c h a rts used by the Landscape jjlrt
[Oepartmemt is^general chairman 1
and David Haines of the student
body will be master of ceremonies
for the_events planned in conjunc
tion with" the observance.
High-light of the day will be the
A&M System «how to be staged
on the Square in front of The Hall
of State, The show will last from
2 p. m. until 4^p. m. It will include
Sys- of the Engineering Extension Ser-|
n-jvice. ’ ’ f v a
ri|ht Arlington State College will
show pictures of activities in home I
economics, agriculture, Ehglish,!
fine arts, business administration,
basic sciences, military training,
boys’ Sports, gifls’ sports, and cam
pus life. Objects made in college
shojj$\and laboratories will also be
on djlplay.
_ i i i , T^meton State College will exhi-
Department, together with s< f me l 0 . bit/phQtographs showing student
and a color movie depicting
life at Tarletop. !
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. a concert by the A&M Band, Sing
ing Cadets, the Wainwright ftifles
Ifrom Tarleton, the band and :hoir
from Arli,ngtpn State College and
a chorus and soloist from Prairie
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s Broadcasts Planned
Numerous broadcasts will be
imade over TQN with Murraj Cox
iof WFAA as Master of Ceremonies.
JThe Dallas. A&M Club is inviting
jformer students from all ovejr the
jeountry in for the day.
Purpose of the display is to
show the operations of &,000 l each-
jers, researchers, and ext< nsion
|workers in the System’s nine div-
isions, and to describe the adult
'education courses conductec an
nually for 25,000 Texans. Hov the
System qperates on an annua bud
get of $25,000,000, controls 15,060
acres of land and enrolls more than
l!l,000 students in its four colleges
annually, will be "explained.
Photographs, models, iandl&lito-j
,matic slide projectors will show
the Sysiem .and its growth, and
its Qrnamenial flowers on (j
sides of the theatre. \ jj i
,■ On a paneS. the five schools-,, 48
departments of the college a id the
degree colors will be shown. Af er
this" section, |there will bo pic
tures showing the life of a cai let
and non-cadet from registrgt on
until graduation at A&M. The < ilq
ferent undeygradi|ate and grad
uate decrees: are listedi '
In front o ‘ the panel;a stund
will be a mtdel of the A&J(I (|ol
lege campus. '
Otlier Exhibits
The Extenjsion Service wi|
have
ill be
thea-
liculture and engineering w
Miown in an air-conditioned
tre. ( \
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a 20-foot exhibit whichj.wnl :t*ke
one minute jto see in its entirety,
located next!to the Forest Servce.
Pictures and drawings iwill si ow
the number of home; demons :rat on
and county, fgents employee. ?
On one aide of its booth, jth
Texas Forest Service will styow
pictures symbolizing the m^jor
work phases;of the Service, tmdjon
the other si|ie will be a series! of
pictures on ' panels depicting, pie
stage of tree growth, and two tolr
or ! transparencies dealing wi;h wilil
fires. 'J: jlf. ’ !j [ '
A table \Vith miniaturq object
depicting typical college 1 wo:-k
a series-of pictures anidj - chi xtsj to
show the work of the depar ;m<
and campus life will comprise jtjhe
ictiyities. Educational films (fn agu Prairie •Vieir exhibit.
Photographs showing fireman
training, Riiral Electric lin-j Con
struction, pdlice training, apd qut-
o-thei lineX-and manuals will tOid]
exhibit of Die Industrial
r
The Engineering Experiment)
Station will display a series of pan-)
els covering chemical engineering
efforts in development of agri)
culture, conditions involved in
shipping goods to market, experi
mentation to improve homes am
schools, and stjudies of petrbleun
production, commercial air con
ditioning, process industries, com
mercial; ventilation, and technical
information services.
The Agricultural Experimen i
Station will demonstrate thn
operations of its Main Station, 2:!
substations, 1(| fiehj laboratorief,
and II : other stations.
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>r. William G. Pollard,; sxecu-
tne director of the Oak Ridge In
stitute of Nuclear Studies, will
give a lecture in the Physics Lec
ture Room at 8:15 tonight. Dr. Ide
P. Trotter, dean of the Qr iduate
School, announced.
“Origin of the! Chemical Ele
ments” will be the subject if Dr.
Pc Hard’s talk, which is the first
IP the 1949-50 series of scientific
and technical lectures spoisored
by the Graduate School, Dr. Trot-
te • said.
The faculty, graduate sti dents,
»rd all other interested persons
are invited. The Voluntee • Re
serve Research Unit N6. 3 of the
8t i Naval District and; th« 4004
R( search and Development Train-
inf Sub-Group of the Army Re
serve Program. will both be on
hand to hear the lecture.
Dr. Pollard, a .theoretical phy
sicist did his undergraduate! work
at the University of Tennessee
and earned both his masters and
doctor’s degrees at Rice. ,
He took leave of absence i i 1944
from the University of Tennessee,
w lie re he was professor of piysics,
i to joiii the SAM Laboratories at
Cclumbia University where pe-
I search on the gas diffuslo i me
thod of separating uranitin iso
topes wajS carried out. In 1145 he
returned to Tennessee whe-e his
time was divided,between tie Uh-
iv ;rsity ' of Tennessee an- i the
atomic energy i plants) bf Oak
R dge.
Shortly thereafter he Was giv
en a leave of ajbsence fro n the
J University to deVote full t me to
| the promotion of the Oak Ridge
ilrstitute of Nuclear Studies. In
-15 47, he resigned from th - Uni-
vt rsity to accept! his presen; posi-
tiw with the Institute. I
| > Dr. Pollard has conducted re-
I st arch in the fields of cosmic
nys, radioactivity, gas abserption,
gas diffusion and separatkn, and
neutron diffraction.
He is a member of the Phi Beta
Kappa and Phi!! Kappa Plii fra-
ttrnities, the Sobfety of Sigma Xi,
the Mathematical Association of
America, and a Fellpw )f the
American Physical Society
Mrs, Mel loii Heads
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Campus Study Clul
Mrs. Arthur W. Melloh was in
stalled as president of the Campuk 1
Study Club at) a meeting in th:
St. Thomas Episcopal Paris! i
House ilast Tuesday, MrS. H. ll.
Heaton, retired president, said tol
day.
Mrs. !R. D. L^wis was installed aifi
vice-president; Mrs. R. M. Curran),
tecording secretary; Mrs. C. A 1 ,
Orr, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
W. D. Scoates Jr., treasurer; Mrs.
James E. Poore, reporter; Mrs.
S. W.i Crawford, auditor; and Mrs[
F. D. Clark, historian.
The general chairman fpr th(j
committee was Mrs. Normpn P
Rode.
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Outfit Funds To
Cain in Contest
A $5 addition to the con pany
fuild of the company wit i the
best football sign will lie a ,vard-
ed by The Battalion beigi ming
this week and jejetending fh ough
football season, Bill $il ings-
lejy and C. C. Munroe, Sam td-
iay.
All signs will be judgtkl by
the co-editors of The Battiliob,
iind the winner will be annbuif-
:ed in each Friday’s pajie •
A picture of the “Sign < f the
Week” Will be published in The
Battalion, but any sign which,
for obvious reasohs, capnpt be
Printed will he eliminated from
the contest for that Wgek
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The 1949 Aggie jSweetR
heart was chosen over the
weekend by a selection com
mittee of fifteen Aggies, and
her name will be announced
in the Battalion and Lass-0 Tues
day and in the state papers on
Wednesday morning.
A&M’s number one girl friend
for this scholastic year was se
lected! by the student judges after
a weekend of dances and enter
tainment.
Members of the Aggie selection
committee were Cadet Colonel of
the Corps Doyle Av int; Co-editor
of The Battalion Bi 1 Billingsley;
Bobby iByington, prtsident of the
senior^ Class; Student Life com-
mitteeinan Bob Page; Student Sen
ator L. E. Carroll; Carroll Cogan,
captain) on the first latallion staff;
Bill Couch, captain on the coast
til Tuesd
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artilltry battallion staff; and : J
T. Dotson, artillery regimenta
fan m ,nder.
Other Judges jj
Also in the group were Allan ?u
hanks, commander of the! engineer
Cavalry regiment; Joe Fuller, pries
jdent of the Discussion arid Debah
society; Ken Landrum, commander
of “E” flight air force; Doggy Me
Clure, company commander of A.
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Here are the fifteen Aggie Sweetheart nominees
and members of the fift«*en-man Aggie selection
Committee as they looked just before; being in
troduced to the TSCW student body in Denton
Saturday night.- ’ r ! I ! j I ' j
The nominees are (front row, left to right)
Thelma Balear, "Missy” Brunson, Jane Qulnby,
Jesinine Holland, Helen Beys, Evelyn Balear, and
lajlaor Hoopman. 1 7 -j ' i - ;
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On the second row, (left to right) are Gretchen
Clitsch, Charlotte Williams, Alice Dye, Mlml
Hicks, Norma Beth Cooke, Bess Averyt, Jo Ann
Ruth, and Marianne Suuders. The Aggie judges
are (left to right) Doggy McClure, Tim Word,
Chester Stroud, Bill Billingsley, L. E, Carroll,
Carrol Cogan, Joe Fuller, Bill Couch, Allan Eu-:
bank, Bob Page, Bobby Bylngton, Ken Landltnn,'j
J. T. Dotson, Tljm McPherson, and Doyle Avint.
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“To make looney in the re
tailing business you have got to
have highly paid salespeople. The
old idea of getting your clerks
for the lowest jiossible kyage has
gone out the window.”
Those were the words of Charles
Luft, vice, president of! Foley’s
Department Store in Houston.
Luft spoke to Professor Ralph C.
Hook’s senior retailing classes,
Wednesday morning and to an
open meeting in the YMCA Chapel
in the afternoon. -j
Luft, who advanced jn four
yeacs from department manager
to vice president of Foley’s, dis
cussed careers in retailing for col
lege graduates.
Top Men in Journalism World
Gather for Newspaper Clinic
?aper the Bryan News; Frahz Zeiske of
SjU'Uhc Bcllville Tim.es; John Manthey
Top men in the Texas newspaj
\4orld will gather at College S
tipn on Saturday, October 20, when 1 0 f the Cleveland. Advocate; Ed
the journalism departtncjhtl spon-1 Lukev of the GrapelariA Messenger; v ...
sbrs its first annuhl Newspaper \ Robert Whitten of the Navasota\of \H cents tb deliver a package.”')
world will gather at College Sta- Examiner; Roy Craig of the Stam-| If that purchase is charged, he
^ ford American; William Berger of said,)an additional 1 h cents charge
the Hondo | Anvil Herald, and Joe
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In) recounting the problemH
which face every department
- manager, Luft emjphasized the
need fpr well trained, well paid,
stlnd: well informed employees.
“After all,” he said, "the success
of your department depend* on
the : happiness and productive
ability of your clerks.”
“Your sales peop e- must know
as niuch as possib e about your
business because it is from them
that the customer foims Kis opinion
of your store.
“You should get heir reactions
and ideas on all mtrehandise you
plan to buy for they are ones
who will have to seL it.”
Luft told the students some of
the iriany duties that a department
mftngger must perform!
“Actually, every department
is a store in itself. It has sep- )
urate expenses arid problems,
and the manager must meet these
problems just as th)e owner of a
store must meqt his problems.
“This is especially true in fig
uring the expenses, Luft said. 1 .
He pointed out, a? an example,
the "expenses entailed in delivery
pf) merchandise. “W)e Have calcu
lated) that it costs
Senior Picture
Schedule diilt
Down A Week
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A new schedule becomes ;cffec-
tive tdday for non-corps senior^'
pictures that will appear in Aggie-
land IPSO. Failure of persons tb
have their pictures made at! the
times assigned; is delaying the
whole schedule' for the yearbook schedule began.
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antry ;|Tim McPhersqn: studept
ator Chester Stroud; and Tim
.rd, social'secretary of the sen
ior class.; |
ji The fifteen girls, one of which
is the Aggie sweetheart, were cho
sen, frorii each of the three top
daises by their fellow students.
- From the senior class came Joy
Ressj Averyt, i a costumb design
irijor from Jacksonville: Evelyn
alcar, a| speech major frbm Beau-
lontl; Norma Beth Cook, a costume
esign major from W
Alice Dyje, also , a costu
major Dallas; and Mi;
journalism major frOria Fort
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he jfiriior class nominated Hel-
a business major from El
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.. W® ,p
Tuso; Gretchen Glitsch, a socto-
or from Dallas; Jeariine
a speech major from
Jane Quinby, a general
sc|erice Iphjor front Chillicothe; and
Marianne Sbudbrs, and art major
from Fpft Worth. ’
V (NqmiriOes : from tqe Suphomqre
Olass were Thelma Balear, a jour
nalism; ! major from Boaumont;
Mary Lee Brunson, a pre^nurae
hiajdO from Hobbs, New Mexico;
Elinor Hoopman, an ait major
froni Hijnpas City, Misiiouri; Jo
Ami Ruth, an advertising major
from Garland; and Charotte Wil
liams, a Voice majhr from Munday
The fifteen Aggies of the sele
tion committee arrived on - t
TSCW campus Friday afternoon in
lime to be introduced to and have
pinner with the nomine ?s in the
(lining room of Brackenr; dge' Hall.
Aftcti dinner the «group moved
across to the recreation room of
Stoddard Hall and had an informal,
rd
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get-acquaintcd record dance.
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who gqt up early had breakfast
with! thq nominees who wer s also
early Hfers, and several of the
A&M delegation attended virious
classes.) | • . ; f ^
At ijolon the entire grou]) was
hack ip! Brackenridge for lunchi
After (he upon meak .they moved,
into Virginia Carrol; lo<|ge for a>
Variety- jof entertainment. In one
corner of the. large? main i
radio parried the TOxas-OU ga;
in another corner the record pi
er furriiphed dance music, and
a third corner tne group’is hot duo-
piano ■tejam of Page and McPher
son he d forth.j -l
j The sf-oup mixed football, danc-
frig janij discussion until. 4;.‘)0 in
the aft ;riioon arid then broke up to
rest am dregs before the night
room a
picture making, according to nqu-
Corps editor Chuck Cabanias.
Formerly three weeks had been
aUoted for those persons - whbse
nanjes started with I through ?
to have their pictures made, but
this t|me has been phottOned tc
two weeks Cabaniss said. -He ex
plained that the facilities! of th(
Aggie|and Studio are not bclrig
utilized to their capaqity and fo|*
this "reason the decision has been
made to shorten the overall rtch-
edule Itimei j ! I 1 ;
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“Pictures will be rondo of a l
non-corps students before this
corps members have their picture»
made,’| Cabaniss stated, ‘‘but whe i
the last day scheduled jfqr : non-
corps pictures ends, ho; mprt tRriN
s an average. | U P P ic V ,r ®“ will be aedepted." fh
^ n \ editor saul that this )s necessur t
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on his own 28-yard line after
log kickoff In the LSU tilt Saturday J
gal defensive half Jim Roshto (45)
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tipn on Saturday, October) 29, when
the journalism departhipntl spon
sors its first, annual rievispaper
Cjinic.
■ Endorsed by t|ie Gulf Coast Press
Association, the clinic is designed
tq help non-metropolitah newspap
er men of the state through an
exchange of ideas and Experiences.
First half of the one-day meet
ing will be devoted to advertising
apd business office problems. In
tlje afternoon publishers an i their
back shop men will attend a mech
anical conference, with dhm mstra-
tibns scheduled for the A& H Ool-
lejge press.
■Speakers highlighting the pro
gram will be: Jqe Cook) b: Mis
sion, president of the! Nitidnal
Editorial Association; Vah j W.
Siewart of Perryton, president of
the Texas Press Association; jAr-
thur Kowert of the Fredericksburg
Standerd; Jake Smyth the Lib
erty Vindicator; Walter Dopey of
N ewcomers Planning
Future Entertain
Newcomers club of AAV
le ;e met Wednesday afterm
the YMCA
lan ente
abetings.
Mrs. Marvin Butler, Mra
K sys, Mrs. William Lumh,
E: meat Bulow, and Mrs.
Rodgers were hostesses
Wednesday, auer
L to pl^ bridge
ertainrtffnt for
Otoupalik of the Bryan Daily
Eagle.
At the noon luncheon, the Rev.
Verrie Swartsfager, pastor of St.
Andrews Episcopal church in Bry
an, will tell about his nationally
famous “Kid’s World.”
The afternoon mtichanical con
ferences will be led by L. F. Bjros
of the Morgenthaler Linotype Cor
poration; Charles Stappenbeck of
Western Newspaper Upion, and
Mark Norton, of the! Bryan Ea^le.
Following a questiop apd answer
period the discussion leaders will
demonstrate answers to machines
and press room problems, using
equipment in the A&M Press.;
«- “The program follows sugges
tions made by publishers: and is de
signed to help them in their every
day operations,” said Donal<| D.
Burchard, journalism department
head. “The speakers afe all suc
cessful Texas newspapermen who
have specialized in some phase of
their work and whose papers are
recognized as nationally outstand
ing- 1 ' 1
Topics scheduled for the adver
tising-business part of the program
are; “Does Your Job Department
Cost You Money?”; Agricultural
Promotion That Pays”, “How to
Promote a Worthwhile Special
Event”; and “Sellirlf Advertising
That Sells.” (
must be figured because every
credit items passes through more
thaii- 6 hands before - payment is
collated, -j
He listed as some of the con
trollable expenses of every de
partment as' receiv: ng, marking,
advertising and war Housing.
Rent, which each department
must) pay to the pa-ent store, de
pends on the type of merchandise,
he said, 1 And this, dong with all
the other expenses must be con-
sidered when a manager is buying
ooi tb selK
"Another secret of successful de-
jttnent operation" Luft said
“waX establishing pioper relation!
salesman. You are never too
to )talk with a salesman, ever
you don’t want to buy anything
They can make or
they want.”
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Money, Leaves Note
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knew junt how m
money be needed ai|d took it.
lift
When Julian
to his home -
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ps valuables,
bc|x read: ?!
as soon as
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the books will be ready for ;distr
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Complete Senios Schedule
The complete schedule fori not -
corps seniors is a follows: * |i
October 10 & 11:1, J, K, L, M.'fji,
and O 1 I*
(Octobeir' 12 & 18: 1% ! Q, R.,$,.^j
and Uj : I 1 |1 J'; ™
October 14 & 15: Make-up da >
1| seniors, A through U
Ocl«l>,r IT: V, Wfit I, ■nd !
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Odfhtr 18. .1* 20
up day-for all senior!
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All i non-corps j seniors
names begin with F are to havja
their pictures made fropt Oc
10 through 13 since their alpha
Rsting was j overlooked
week, Cabaniss added. He said
lieved all non-corps pi<
schedtjiles would be completed t
either! November 5 off jl2l;>|j ; j
At tujven they were back ini ]
Stoddrih where they danced until
the A(?gie-LSU game .began.) At
ten tlujy crossed the street to the.,
iTessie; student union building
where U.ey were introduced tb- tne
iTessieq and their dates dancing
Srinda^ morning the group at
tended) the various churches of
theit cbpice and the official week- 1
end ■ was ended.
, Part 1 bf the selection committee
left jmhjediately to return to Aj&M
and i the! rest stayed over in Den-
iton bnti later in the afternoon.
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Kuiken of the Bio-
,ry and Nutrition Depart
ment! Will assist Dr. RayWond
studies with radio-
) actlv isotopes being^ conducted
non-corps editor said
st for having pictures
li las' 1
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is $2.00, the same las
everyone has to
ooat. He empl
Studio can handle; eve;
to the studio on
it if too many persons wai
their
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merit Will ai
Reiser on stm
actlv isotopes
under a» AEC
Students Interested ih the Ag
gie Pistol Team should report ; to
the Pistol Range Monday! evening.
October 10, at t:30, according to
Frank B. Swoger,
instructor |n the
ace Department.il
tion and planning for
pistol team will be the
of the meeting. Col; Swo-
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