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if, iL., ®SP/i . ■ ■ , ; . '■ ' * H ■ • ' iDAT, NOVEMBER 83, - i l' . ' f ■f. r ^ TUT^T ## -' ; »:}•> 1949 * ; i .. v , . ; ■■ >j- .* i ’-f . i: *. / it • i | • I 1 - : l i' : ll • i i y _ i* | ;.n- j 1 j:' • : 11 . i ' : ' ■ •. ii . • : if | -v.: ■ i A * .i "f BATIAL10N ji- •i ■ JJ^ p t- ; ■ \l-, .! / :j J • - 1^1 f I : r.' ;i s ;: : l ■•' /ill! l- : r rt ■ , r i-r j; g«g e 4 ■p:* ;r I '•• : Lot of Coffee, ’ nv B M f BY RADER WINGET i ( New York —Can a man get rich selling a cug of coffee for a nickel? That argument right now is steaming up hotter| than a cup of Java in January. Restaurant men, coffee dealers and customers don’t need a cup of coffee to keep them awake while they debate the cost of . serving it. Continued increases in the price of coffee beans are causing the pinch on the nickel cup. What started the whole thing originally was not enough rain in Brazil. Brazil per cent of our cut the supply, era in South a; TTr in South and ® “ ul r<x d r“ drank before th edf demand. Tuf This kind of tug of jl supply and demand re« thing—a price increase the line for coffee. ! The time-hone coffee is slowlj —T , ' ‘ Nov. Agriculturist Soon On Stands two page length stories contribute by students frthn John Turletd College and Arlington State Co to aaraa- 1. Administration 2$. Hart Hall t. Museum 27. Guion Hall 3. Agr. Eng. 28. Bluell Hall 4. Vet Med. 29. Goodwin Hall SB. T. M. C. A. 31. Mitchell Hall 32. Law Hall 6.. Animal Industrie* 4. Animal Husbandry 7. Agriculture 8. Franci* Hall 9. Chemistry 10. Petroleum Eng. 11..Library 35.. Aggieland Inn ‘ Meas Hall 36. Hospital 37. Walton Hall 12. Cotton Seed Lab. J? 0 *!* ”*!! 64 ‘ 00140,1 Mkt - '19. Moore Hall (16) 40. Dorm 16 gg ; 41. Dorm 17 42. A.A.A. r 13. M. E. Shop* 14. Science 15. Experiment Station ' r - 16. Extenaton Serr. «• Pott °« le * 69. M.P. R.R. Depot « 17. Phyaica 18. Pfeuffer 19. Academic 20. M. E. Bldg. 2]. Exch. Store 22. Milner 2*. Legett 24. Rom 26. Foster 44. Dorm II 45. Laundry 46. Power Plant 47. Fire Station 48. Aaro. Bldg. The November edition of the: another concerns overstock...^, Texas A&M Agriculturist will be I pbnds. The fish pond management available next week according to, bees and will be accompanied b; Jim Park, editor of the magazine. | an article on bees and bee keeping. Park enumerated some of the in-: Another feature of the magazine, teresting and timely articles that j beginning with tHis i issue, will will appear in this issue. A feature by C. 0. MeLeod is entitled “Deer in Texas and Our Problem”. This article ;s directed lege, announced Park, to the deer hunters in Texas and Park also reports that othpr is well worth the reading time re- articles will appear that will be in quired, Park said. I teresting to everyone interested in The results of experiments with : agriculture. , j wheat-germ oil by the Dairy Hps-j Btjat TU- bandry Department are published in an article entitled “The Uniden tified Factor” by Bee ' Landrum. Park pointed out that the experi ments show that wheat-germ oil is not a cure-all Tor sterility in cat tle. ' ' |i\ 1 “Gulf Coast Paradise?” by F. D. Connell is another article fea- epnstruction here by Consolidatpti tured in this issue, said Park. (Western steel Corppratiop will be This article deals with agncul- built, in Oramre instead. ’> ! loops fi on* cent a cup f< itself. Add to that one lalf cent a cup f< wahTJ™,: “■n—or cream mixed at brings the t cup. Overheads Adds'Up there is restaurant over- ' led. That's the m .tt f . i to their cup and not be cheated. f . The Waldorf-Astoria hotel_ charges for a pot that holds two V.ey frown on half-pot or- ’*'he difference between .the • ?. ' Orange Lands Mill Set for Houston I : : . j HOUSTON, Tex., Nov. 23 Wr- A $5 million pipe miill planned for tural problems of the Gulf Coast. The center spread in this issh.e is a story of a football trainer who became disgusted w;itb his job. He began farming 'from the bottom with a few head of grade cattle. The football trainer now has a show farm known throughout the built, in Orange instead. Alden G. Roach, Los Angelas,! 79. PMjeet Boom 71. 3.P. B.R. Station 72. bofra* Natatorinm 73. Mathodiet , 49. Spence Hall 0) Church 60. Kieit Hall (2) 74. Church of ChrUt Jl. Brian Hall 43) 78. BapUit Church 62. Fountain Hall(4) 76. 53. Gainer Hall (6) A&M COLLEGE OF TEXAS COLLEGE STATION 1945 f ' 40*' /4 ,„ Consolidated president, announced; the' change Tuesday following tbe company’s purchase'of the govetfn- ment-built shipyard operated jatl Orange during the war by Cortsdli- doted. ■ H . { Announcement of the! sale was <J*nts South. Nat Kenny, associate editor I made Monday in Washington. Pur- " of the Agriculturist, is the author | chase price was $l,00t,00(). The plant cost the government $8 liil-j lion. Consolidntecl, a United St” 1 *" Steel Corporution, suhsjidiary, nounced October 5 it would erect large diameter pipe mill on a 78f|! street nickel cup and the 40 CM Waldorf pot i» pruMpally V preat number of 'rostauranti' r "‘ J y get 40 cups to the pound - • paying up to 75 cents a md for coffee. Forty cups is" at.what the average housewife • i fifom 'her coffee. The costs, *rp’ 2 - ‘ A t.d^rr.t.ou.aM L 'l>ayh mound 40 dents, a quart for . ‘ :nt cream. At 32 ounces to the ' art and one ounce j>er cup, that, is about IVfc cents a cup Tor cream. iSugar is harder to figure. One a*staurant estimates sugar at not more than cent a customer. Prom that you can deduct a saving 'or overweight customers who shun ■ : of the article entitled' "From the Bottom Up”. Two lliow-to-do-it Articles will appear in this issue, according to Park. One is on planting pecan trees entitled “Plant One In Your Back Yard”' by J. G. Sahul, and ‘acre site near the Houston ; sugar. _ 1 , . That amounts to a cost of 4 cents ffS !'[I ■ 1' v; With quality Ifke that, and with overhead being! what it is, the charge for such a cup is 10 to 15 Cents. The big boost in the cost of roosted coffee takes only a small slice out of profits. tip 1 nr =5= story is entitled “Fish Want To Be Big” and was written by B. J. Henderson. The magazine cover features channel. The company purcha the site in May 1048. Traffic control plans for Thursday i ing areas number two and area to corner of Houston Street and Lub- have been completed, Fred Hick- j the left of parking area number hock Street on Houston Street go- man of the Campus Security Of- one closed. Space directly above ing west, at the corner of Hous- fice announced today. the area to the left of area num-> ton Street and Lamar Street on „ All parking areas" are shown on! her one will be open for parking. Hquston Street going west, and east | people not familiar with the cam- the accompanying map with park-1 Barricades will be placed at the of the comer of Houston Street 1 pus from circling and causing traf- and the West Gate entrance on Houston Street. Purpose of these barricades is to speed traffic go ing out East Gate and to prevent VISITORS . i. £ J-jf } We serve your sons... and we'd like to serve you. Call immediately for prompt delivery anywhere. CALL 2-2400 • • j I j ■. jl ; . jD . . • . j . Wyatt’s Flower Shop 26th & Main Bryan i r JL '!: F I ri! ■ . , i r T’ T £ I ; Try Our ' 1 T , <> * ' Famous ■\i. “MEXICAN - DINNER” ’ : , Always Good •! Jr- i -•If [ r\ ■ 'J at f M ■ f — THE "!!! 11 |! m Hf : 1 i L 1; igl i 'f f : 11 . _ 1-i ' • . ; - ' ■ :4; mm L.. Bryan "i Exhibit Displayed At Exchange Store An art exhibit will be 'on dis play in tlje Show windows of the Exchange Store November 28, 29,, and 30. Thp exhibit consists of work by members of the Gallery Committee, a group of students, faculty arid staff members'; Paintings in the exhibit include some oils by Dr. C.. B. Campbell, water colors and pastels by two students and several pencil and charcoal drawings. All work has been donei by members of the club whp had 'no previous instruction prior to October 1, 1949. For the! most part, the scenes are still-life subjects and scenes around the campus. All are com pletely original. The Gallery Committee is an art club shondored by the Memorial Student Centir. Instructor is Mrs. Ralph L. Terry, who extends a cordial invitation to anyone inter ested to join the group. -■ -Beat TV —— ECA Okays Purchases Washington, Nov. 23, (A*)—The Economic Cooperation Administra tion today approved the purchase by France and Turkey of $17,- 760,000 worth of corn 'and wheat from American suppliers. Francei was given $11,600,000 Marshall! jplan funds. Turkey’s grant totaled $6,160,000. fic jams, Hickman said. K Directional and parking area signs will be set up and extra po lice and state patrolmen will be on hand to direct traffic. Beat TU — 1—h M Shannon Is Prexy Of Ex-Tarletonites William R. Shannon was elected president of the Former Tarleton Students Club Friday nighj. Thomas L. Peacock was elected vice-president, Jim Tom House, secretary-treasurer; Joe Lengmon, reporter; Herman Thompson, so cial chairman. | A constitution for the club was adopted at the meeting and com mittee appointments were made, said Peacock. The election of a club sponsor was delayed until the candidates can attend a meeting. These meet ings will be held on the first and third Thursdays of each month, said Peacock. Today’s announcement siJkj -the wes same plant now will be built at the Orange site, with .an output of 100,(|00 net tons! of 24 inch: or aha, W) 1 er-horse nrn widi to merge icrger CARL HILL Aggie End larger electric welded and expand ed steel pipe. The capacity jwas said to he sufficient Lo turn i out about 50 miles of fnich pipe mwith*. •y- l j Roach’s announcement was made through the company’s Texasi of- «'«• I • M! .i Roach said the; company pyevt- ously had tried to! buy the shipyard and that an offer made last ;Majf|! had been accepted conditional^’ by the War Assets Administration jri July. The plan, he said, \tos rejected! i by the Department of Justice. Consolidated,’ Roach ^did, decid- d to withdraw, its ^fer for the _ lan and proceed with plans td build in Houston, A congressional resolution October 25, '.directed WAA to sell the shipyard to; Con solidated., ' a ;j . ' | :j | Preliminary work already hail l)een started at the ship channel Site. ' I ,T Fanciers of the “all - purpbsp terday officers of alter Horse Breed- Acid Tests Required Of Baylor U. Cook WACO, Tex.—lA*!—Baylor Uni versity posted two requirements in the final examination in a course in cooking. 1. The student has to cook a meal. 2. She has to eat it. Wl Roach said construction pf th* A pipe mill at Orange will make a vc ipore economical operation. | a single big association. Omaha yes the National Qua el's Association canvassed voies from its iriembej'ship and announced the group—wpuld join with the American Quarter Horse Assoqia- tion and the American Quarter Honje Racing Association in foi*m- ing one big unit of 15,000 mem-, hers, known ; as . the Ameritiun Quarter Horse Ansociation. Hereafter one registry or ‘'stud hook" will include all the 28,000 hoiwes previously covered in 'thij bool^s of the three groups. Nation* offices will he rnaintoihed at Airt) riflp, Tex. , f, The quarter horse is defined i ranchers of the west and south an “all purpose western sadd'Je horije that can be used as u cut ting horse, caif.ropinft horse, cow pony or a short distance race hotoe.” !| : . ^ The final action to the con- sdlulation will be taken next Maruh ) ' • 1 • -i! I I hen the American Quarter Horse sspciatioiL meets at Amarillo tp ’oto to absorb the two retiring a t i^m S. - r : If' — I '*) BOBBY COY LEE Texas Back National Guard Gains 1,162 Men in Drive Austin, Tex., Nov. 23, (A*)—The Texas National Guard has gained 1,162 new men since its recruiting campaign began Sept. 19, State Adjutant-General K. L. Berry an nounced today. The gain brings the guard’s tot al strength to 15,909. THE TIME IS RIGHT * ; ^ I i I i f! •H; !’ \ TO BEAT T.U. R.L. 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