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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1949
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f- Vaudeville's back, in the form of
Guion Nall tonight! The two shows om
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two hour show at
beginning at 7 and
Fred Lowery, Eddie
iters, the Troyans,
Fred Lowery; "the blind whist-1
ler,” has been featured on radio
shows, night clubs, and recordings.
He took his first big Step to fame
with Vincent Lopez, band leader.
Later he appeared v>th Horace
Heidt and ,his orchestra.
Eddie Peabody, “the wizard of
the; banjo," is formerly a Navy
commander. During the war he vis
ited many Pacific bases playing his
banjo .as a source of entertainment.
In six months he played 786 shows
and traveled 125,OOOj'milee. Re
cently he appeared in night'clubs,
hotels; and theaters throughout the
nation.
The Troyans, an international
handbalancing act, were crowned
handbalancing champions of Mex-
■ ico in 1945. They have appeared at
the Follies Bergere at Sans Souci,
I and at the world premier of “Bad
, Boy.” . T
j-. Denny Beckner, “the madcap
j; merrymaker,” will bi master of
cereiponies for the show- His orch-:
estra will furnish background
; nausi< for acts. Last fall Beckner
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F and his band played for the* ABC]
ball. 'Featured with his orchestra
if j are the Harmony Hilltoppers and
the Glee Club. j
!! ' f - The Winter Sisters are three
j acrobatic girls whb have been fea-
• • tpred at the Latin Quarter and
/j the Capital Theater in New York,
t and on Nilton Berle’s TV show.1
- j They are an international act hav-
1 ing played- in London, Paris, Stock-
m holrh, Copenhagen, and Holland,
fOnce they entertained the Shah of
Persia.
r- !. Specializing in juggling,! Pryde
; and Day have appeared in night
clubs, hotels, and theaters.all over
-the nation. j
Reserved seat 1 tickets wilt cost
| n one dollar, tax included. Gieneral
< admission will be 70 cents. Tickets
^ it f.. are now oh sale in jSpike White’s
office in Student Activities and
Guion Hall. 'j H
Lowery from Texas
j, Lowery, who was deprived of
his sight because of childhood ill-
' >• ness, has won recognition fromi
John Charles Thomas, Alec Temp
leton, Fritz Kreislen and others.
Kreisler was so impressed with
Lowery's whistling, he wrote a
special arrangement of Ms Cap
rice Viennois for Lowery. Lowery
started his whistling career by try
ing to imitate birds! in the cotton
patches around his home 4n Pales-
i f tine. Lowery climbed the lad
der; of success by working as staff
anhbuncer on a Dallas radio sta
tion and then irr New York where
he smarted whistling with some
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, > King of the Banjo ,
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ledged “king of the banjo,” has
'J ' survived two wars and a rise and
vL fall of vaudeville.
Peabody played the banjo in the
■ . Art Moon'ey rendition of ‘Tm
Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover.”
This delightful rhythm caught on,
! and many banjos came out of hid-
p ing.
Anything for a Laugh >
Denny Beckner, leader of the
Merry Madcaps, will do anything
for a laugh. Once while he was vis-
T iting in Wisconsin he brought a
pet donkey into th* hotel.,
The manager objected, but when
Denny produced a statute, passed in
the 19th-century, that stated that
an inn-keeper must provide food
j and shelter-for the guest’s beast . . . . JM ,
| of burden, he had to give in and entr ! es which]
| bring up a bale of hay. as January
i . Beckner’s style or humor has
S' been compared to that of Kay Kai-
I ser and Horace Heidt. In past
I, »performances he , has upheld Ms
aim “keep ’em laughing.”
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Plans Set Up For
Cottonseed Sales
. Procedures are being set up to
put into effect a cottonseed emer
gency purchase program in Texas,
B. F. Vance, chairman of the
Texas USDA production and mar
keting 1 committee, said today.
l-iForms are now being prepared for.
use by county committees. “
Plans calLior the committees to
enter into written agreements with
’ girmers to accept ]a delivery of
cottonseed from the farmers at
$46.50 a ton for the account of
the Commodity Credit Corpora
tion.
The onljf restrict on is that the
moisture content of the cottonseed
must be low enough tol permit safe
storage. |
This program is being operated
' to assure growers 90 per cent of
the parity price for their cotton-
.. seed* Vance said.
Barbeque At
Stake in New
Club Contest
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Would your club like to have ja
barbecue ?| The Agriculturist of
fers you a chance to win one. The
staff of t$e Agriculturist is offer
ing a contest between the clubs of
the 18 departments of Agriculture.
You ask what kind of a contest
it is. It isl a contest between these
13 clubs to determine which club
can sell the most subscriptions io
the Agriculturist ,,
Some ofj the clubs in the field pf
agriculture are larger! than 'others.
This is taken care of in the way
that subscriptions numbers are fig
ured. ;
The winner is figured by the
number of subscriptions sold! by
the clubs in accordance to thejr
Size. Therefore, the largest cli}b
may have 100 subscriptions and tbe
smallest one only 70 and yet the
smaller club may win.
Subscriptions may be sold to
any, student, faculty member, pr
out of towrt residents that desire
to subscribe. You may even gp to
the Annex to sell subscriptions.!,
F or the Club that sells the most
subscriptions aeeordingi to the size
of the club there wiilt be a bar-,
becue given in Hensley Park, when
ever,; the club sets the date. !,
x Tne president or representative
of the clubs cah pick up subscrip
tion ' blanks in the Agriculturist
office ph Tuesday and Wednesday
afternofons from 1 until 5.
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Eddie Peabody, wizard of the banjo and popular entertainer
throughout the nation is scheduled to appear on the vaudeville
show being emceed by Denny Beckner in Guion Hall tonight. The
famous musician has been prcciaimed “King of the Banjo.”
Student Senate
Field Seating Assignme
’ Seating assignments at;K
military students were decided
Chance for Rhodes
Scholarships Given
Needs Rarest Type.L- >
Vet Seeks Blood
Donors for Wife
Any junior or senior interested
in a Rhodes Scholarship should re
port to Room 321, Academic Build
ing, immediately and gee Dr. T. F.
Mayo, local representative for the
Rrodes Scholarships. L
Applications for the scholarships
must f>e in the hands of the sec
retary of the state Rhodes Schol
arship committee by October 29.
“Since a considerable number of
items must be included with the
application,” Dr. Mayo said, “It
is highly desirable that the stud
ent see me quickly as possible.”
The Rhodes Scholarship Fund is
a vast amount of money left by
Cecil Rhodes, British empire build
er.
This money is used to send Am
erican and British Colonial studr
ertts to attend “Oxford; 1 the moth
er of English speaking universi
ties’’ Rhodes thought that the
Anglo-Saxon peoples were the best
hope for world pekce.j Apd he
thought that ehe best way to bring
about understanding bjetween peo
ples was to educate the “best
young man.”
Money Grant
At. present time the annual
stipend of the scholarship 4s 500
pounds, English mpney. The basic
value of the allowance is 400
pounds per year, but this sum is
supplemented by a special allow
ance of 100 pounds per year. This
special allowance, however, may be
reduced or discontinued at any
time by the trustees of the
amounting to Ill-
will be offered at the an-
Fort Worth Fat Stock
a release
publicity
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The
Shdw, according to
fro n Boyce House,
agent for the exposition.
He Will Rogers Memorial dtol-
iseum and surrounding building!*
which will be |the. scene of jthe
show have been supplemented with
a new feed building, and a second
judging arena. The total outlay of
about $2,000,00 is unsurpassed; inj
erica, Boyce concluded.
ese prizes will be divide*); as
follows: Aberdeen-Angus, 1 $8,680;
Shorthorns, $3,760; Polled ,Here-
fords, $2,000; Brah
pnd the fat steer winjners,
Twenty-thbeje thousand dollars
Will be apportioned to winners
among the gaited horses, walking
horses, Hackney ponies, hunUrs
and jumpers; cutting horses, quar
ter horses, Palojninos and Shetfcmdl
ponies: : , j, *
I Other prizes will be: dairy cat-
jtle, $3,958; I Swine, $8,720; sheep,
$3,641; poultry and rabbits, $2,h00;
and boys’ livestock, $7,650. r j j
Entries must be in the
general office by Decern
.with the exception of horge sfiow
$2,006,
$5,045.
pijion of ihoi
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An Aggie’s jwife needs help.
About Noveinber 1, Mr. and Mrs. Volie Miller will have. their
first child. The expectant npother, Louise, who is anerqic with a
low blood count, may need some blood transfusions to pull her
^^Ff^ding^iSl^would be simple ehough were jit not for the fact Rhodes Scholarship Fund if they
that Louise needs the very rarest type pf blood - type A-B with a j t * iat economic conditions do
positive factor, ij Volie, therefore, is ; trying to locate perjsons! with i n ,,, warrant ^
this type of blocjd who would be \willihg to stand by to givje a trans
fusion.' if needed} \
Two donors ;have already been located, but more will be needed.
One Of these donors has given al decent transfusion and will be un
able to give more blood in time to be 6f help.
At the prejsent time, the attending doctor is administering
liver shots to Louise twice each week tyi hopes that he may be able
to build her up to withstand the normal blood loss expected at the
baby's birth. If these treatments ire not successful, transfusions
Will probably be| needed,
Aggieland 1950 |
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Schedule
Non-corps Seniors will have
their pictures made at the fol
lowing times:
j October 12 & l3t F, P, Q,
R, S, T, and V |
October 14 & 15: Make-up
day for ail seniors, A through
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Volie, who |is an M. E. senior veteran student, has offered to!
pay for the blood typing of any persons who think they have A-B
blood with a positive factor. Possible donors have been asked by
Volie to contact; him at 9B Vet Village or to get in touch with The
Battalion.
Sally Waves
Fans, Goes
To Hearing
Dallas, Oct. 12 df)—Sally Rand
can wav^ her fans and people can
see the show. |
But Miss Rand and her con
tracting agent (fan’t spend any of
the nioniy thejy’re taking in at
the State! Fair.iNot yet. j
District Judge Dallas Blanken
ship ordered Miss Rand and Marsh
Brydon, president of the Indepen
dent Midways Association, to ap
pear in Court at 9:30 a. m. Fri-
day. | ! ■ I ■ f i
Then they muit explain why they
are not splitting profits from Miss
Rand’s-girl sho|w with Bert Peck
and James W. Ifess.
In at suit filed today, Peck and
Hess claim they contracted last
July with Brydon to furnish all
the materials and girls for all
girl shows at the State Fair. Pro
fits were to bp split 50-50, they
claim.
But Brydon later breached the
contract and made a contract with
Miss Rand for the show, under
unknown!to them, Peck in
Hess charge.
Winners of the scholarships are
advised to have at least 40 pounds
per year from their own resources
to add to the stipend because of
the existing inflationary period.
As a 1 candidate for; a Rhodes
Scholarship] a student dmst be se
lected as ohe of 12 tq represent
his college: From this group, in
competition with students from
terms,;unknown!tb them, Peck knd
other colleges in Texas, he must be
as one of two students
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To Meet Tonight
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A meeting of all non-corp Junior
Class members will be held tonight,
October, 12, in^ the M E lecture
room at 7.
Wilman Barnes, president of the
Junior Class, will preside qver the
meeting, the purpose of which is
to unite the non-corp juniprs for
active participation and rppresen-,
tation in the class activities.
A representative will bei chosen!
to represent the non-corp juniors
dn the executive committee of tihe
Junior Class, Barnes saidi
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Garbage Pick-up on Campus
By BILL THOMPSON merly »sed. It W loaded from a low- trucks had a crew of ifout nien «
Noj^ thtfro ’ ' fnr er level and lifts the garbage into +- a driver, two men on the groi
garbage on the
of the convenll
conventional typ
for
of course.
The one in question!la located in
the rear of the B&CU Depart
ment’s new garage truck.
1- The recently acquired Gar Wood
Load-Packer represents the most
modern in garbage removal facil
ities. Almost any time of the : day
or : night'|t can be both seen and
heard performing the task of keep-
A hydraulically controlled sail
p. Ford. The capacity Is 15 cubic
yards. It
partment’g |equipment in the lat
ter part of August i T i
The new iinit is easier to bp
trailer trucks
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merly used. It ij* loaded from a low
er level and lifts the garbage into
the body, squeezes the liquids out
of it and packs it well into the
truck to j>royi(je a maximum cap-
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wtar! i |
The unit is more sanitary
it is Closed and cannot spill its con
tents. There is a side loading door
for hianual loading of large bulky
material. ■
When the new truck gets to the
dumping grounds, all there is to
do is back to the dump and lift
the body as with an ordinary dump
truck: The rear of the unit is six
inches wider than the front to pre
vent wedging of the garbage when
it if dumped. Twin hydraulic
hoista facilitate easy loading and
unloading. |j
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ment used two semi-trpiler, open
body, trucks to pick up garbage
fpr- for the College. The semi-trailer
each
und,
trucks had a crew of fou:
—a driver, two men on t .
and one man on the trucks.
The R&CU department oper*.
ates the new truck It: hours a!
day with two crews. They pick
up the garbage from the dorm
itories, faculty, and; college
apartment^ in the day and the
other buildings at night.!
The advantage in operating day
ind night comes from the greater
ease in getting the truck, around.
The size of the unit makes it hard
to operate in traffic. The, depart
ment also picks Up garbage in
the residential and dorm areas in
the day so that there wiljl be no
disturbance at night.
W. T. Cobble, supervisor of the
garbage pi:k up, said thje Load-
Packer was very efficient,! and the
department was very much satis
fied with the operation of the
truck.
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The Kum Dubl class of the A&M
Methodist Church held a dinner
for new and prospective members
last Thursday night to start the
1949-50 program. About fifty fam
ilies attended.
Betty Gann was chairman. Rev
erend Robert Sneed offered gtaye
before the meal. !
President Brad Waddle intro
duced class officers and; guests af
ter which a church tour was con
ducted. Mrs. James Jackson led
fellowship songs accompanied by
Mrs. Rudolph Leighton on the pi
ano. Mits. Frank Stockton was pro
gram .chairman. )
The new class officers were in
stalled by cp-teacher, Mrs. Dallas
Belcher. Charter members and old
officers were recognized for their
work jn laying the foundation for
the Class. ' ’ i : • 1 !:(
The class meets at 9:30 every
Sunday morning in the Education
Building of the A&M Methodist
Church. Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Belch
er are co-teachers of the class.
from Texas to!compete in district
eliminations at New Orleans. Here
the candidate will compete against
11 other students selected from the
six sjtates included in this district.
Thirty-two Rhodes Scholars are
selected in the United States each
year] ; The nation is divided by
states into eight districts for
The other five states included in
this district with Texas are Oklaho
ma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississ
ippi, and Alabama. From this dis
trict, four men will be selected 'to
enter Oxford ip October, 1950.
To be eligible for a Rhodes
Scholarship, a candidate must be a
malej citizen of the United States
and unmarried, b(? between the
ages of 19 and 25 ion October 1,
1950, and have completed at least
his sophomore year by the time of
application. •
Qualities Desired
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j The qualities upon which the
selection of Rhodes Scholars is
based are literary and scholastic
ability and attainments; qualities
of rtianhood, truth, courage, de
votion to duty, sympathy, kindli
ness, unselfishness, and fellowship;
exhibition of moral force of char
acter and of instincts to lead and
take an interest in his schoolmates,
and physical vigor as shown by in
terest in outdopr sports or in other
ways.
“Same defiiiite quality of dis
tinction, whether in intellect, char
acter or personality, or in any
combination, of them is the most
important requirement for a
Rhodes Schlorship. Financial need
does not constitute a special claim
for consideration.”
The initial scholarshipd are for
periods of twb years, but may be
extended for an additional year if
the Scholar's record it Oxford ind
his plan of Study make such!an
award sleem advisable.
Two Rhodej? Scholarships have
been won by two students while at
tending A&M, and last year/ a
Scholarship was awarded to Dan
L. • McGuirk, a West Point cadet,
who received's his, appointment to
West Point -from A&M. C. !W.
Thomas, ’22, Chem.-'E. student
from La Grange, won a Scholarship
and studied English language and
literature at Oxford. Jack Brooks,
’47, EE major from Port Arthur,
sthdiid iriathematical physics at
Oxford through a Rhodes Schol-
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A motion by Kenneth Lamina
new Student Senate in the YMCA jlast ni
ield for jeorps and .
e second! meeting of the
hour-long discussion rega
Phosphorus
P32 Studies
Held at A&M
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ift senator, ended
prpposed seating
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idrum’s jmotjpn, which passed
the (senate by a unanimous first
vote, was the final draft of sjeveritl
proposals for, dividing the sjeating
liifeaf directlmJ behind the
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An entirely new experi
ment, the first of its kind hi
Texas, is scheduled to start »
here this week, according to
Dr. J. C. Smith of the Texas
Experiment Station] leader of the
experiment. 'i 5.;
This experiment will be the first
of many to be conducted during
the next four or [five years ion
the utilization of phosphorus from
phosphatic fertilizers, as indicated
by the use of radio active phos
phorus (P32) as a tracer.
Urtfil recently experiments with
phosphatic fertilizers have been
iimited by the fact that no method
was available by which the phos
phorus obtained by plants from tbe
soil could be separated from tHat
obtained from the fertilizer/
K But with the developments ;of
methods for the manufacture of
radio active phosphorus and phps-
phatic fertilizers ini quantities sUf-
fiicent to allow adequate experi
mental designs, such dj'inethod has
become available. The radio ac
tive phosphorus (P32) can be trac
ed in the plant during the course
of the experiment and thus distin
guish the fertilizer phosphorus
from the phosphorus already pres
ent in the soil.
Thej first experiment will be con
ducted in the Lufkin fine, sandy The divis on of the seats
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ABC Ball Queen
Pictures Taken
Pictures ;lof candidates for
“Queen of the ABC Ball” are
being accepted by Ken Landrum
in room 218, dorm 6, this week.
All members of the air force,
band, and icomposite group Will
be eligible to enter a girl in
the , contest which will Ire de
cided at the ball to be held Nov.
4. The girl must be accompanied
to ,the ball to win the title of
“Queen.” j
The ABC Ball will begin a
week of festivities including
Frankie Carle and his orchestra
at Town Hall and the SMU foot
ball game. ]
soil hear College Station,
oats and crimson as the planQi; to
utilize the phosphorus.
the Texas Experiment Station wr
assist in conducting the experi
ment,, according to: Smith.:
- Since work with radio active dle-
ments involves certain health haz
ards, inadequate precautions' will} be
taken at all times to insure th«
safety of the personnel involved,
Smith said.
dorm
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ments,
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top ei£ht rows of sejata in
ctjon mcluded between the '
d the 60 yard lines in the
ejjret [ portion ! of the stadjui
been set aside for non-militai _
dents. The remaining seats i|ri that
stu-
section, with jthe exception of that
area reserved for the band, will
be used to seat memberi
Cadet corps. ] 1 J
Four to Three, Ratio
This division of theWtion from j
the 30 to the 50 yard times is, ac
cording to Jack Happy, student !
member pf the Athletic Council,
at a ratio of approximately four
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4nd for other students
Whidfc by senate agr
contlhue to Occupy th«|
to pec
yard! line'Meats*
An area was provide
ed in the end
zone: for those marriep students and
their wives 4nd for other student
who! (Wished to sit during the fdot-
M
imes.
ThP remainder of! thlit portion
Id for
e stadium reserved fpr the
t body will bp d vided into
stu-
stt
two: spctions| one for, m lit
dents and orje for non-m|li
Thp upper portion of thit
tion of the stands will be fpr non
mil jury students, and the lower
section for cadets. The division be:
tween thesei two sections will be
estab ished by the laxecutive com-
mittep of tfip seriattjl
All sections will be 'rop£d off,
Keith Allsup, president of the sen
ate] Said, and ushers will be sta
tioned to insure that} students are
dirpqtpd to their correct area.
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ved for the
student body «
ly cam<
fori discussion after the ke:
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mate
the (members 'of fivk per-
s. Spnaltdis were
store, elec-
arja pub
licity icommittees.
Six students wereput on the ex
change committee. They we re Tom
Liegett; Frank Cleland,
reser-
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Calhoun, Legett; Frank Ueland,
Dormitory $; Lloyd Manjeot, Dor-
mitory 12; Bruce Thompson, Dor-
be mitory 11; : Sam Fox, Dor}niitory
he 2; and Albert Pavy, Freshman sen-
at0I '(See SENATE, Page 6)
Seniors Hear Job Openings
In Agriculture Department
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Employment opportunities in the U S. Departmen
Agriculture will be explained to seniors by A. G. Kirkpatrick,
regional training officer, Soil Conservation Service ip a meet
ing to be held in Guion Hall, Oct.
The Civil Service Commission has announced a nation
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The Aggieland
not arrived yet, according
Chuck Cabaniss, co-editor. 1 >,
The hold. up of; delivery is due
to delays in the printing and bind
ing schedules because of diff^cul-
!i
ties arising in the four color print
ing processes, Cabaniss said. :
4nnouncments pf, when j
nuals have been delivered and when
they will be issued will be maeje ikj
the mess halls and inlThe Battalion.
eland Being
tggieland^ 49 _ a ” n _ u J a { s _R a y* tions are all in grade P-I with i
“ starting sa ary of
year. : 1 T
Kirkpatrick will
at 9 a. m.
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examination fc^-
ed m obtaining feden
us fields am
men ihter
al positions
•4 with i
$2974.80 peil
questions concerning Civil 1
employment and discuss o|
itiei for careers in the
ment of .Agriculture. 1
i The opening date of the
ation Is Oct], 11.' Closi
answer genera ,
‘ Serviw
>portun<>| |
Depart ,
examin
date wil
exam
ng di
be Nqv. 8. Copies of these
inations and instructions for mak
ing application Jjngy be obtain4<
at tty meeting, 1
j. j ' Courses Concerned 1
! Tty examination will cpncerrl
all men majoring ip jarchitectui
bacteriology, biologyj economic
geography, geophysics, Undsca;
art,; business, mathemati
rural sociology,
jneering, civil
cultural economics
neeringJ; horticulture,
animal husbandry, <
(poultry husbandry, wildli:
menf, and genetics.!
qparific examinations
tor information speciali
tion Uafety; .agent, airwa;
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pecialist
position in the field of
catidn JAT
tries fill
A few jobs In foreij
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Trainee Positions
lied.
Tie B&CU Department’s recently -
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on the campus where It Is kept In
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nee positions in which
niay begin a career in
al service in a variety of
ns are junior professional
t, junior management
and junior agricultu:
. John available in th
include architecture, food tm6
gtatistician, fhr-
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husbandry,
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