._iV No CommencehieiitFor Winter Grads . There will be no commencement ceremonies at the mid-term gradua tion this year, Dr. G. W. Schlea- selman, chairman of Commence ment Committee, announced today. This decision was reached by *.• ' 1 VI a poll taken of the January UHtCB Out of the 615 ballots dis :ril 482 were returned. Three and nintv were against the while only 92 were for it. ‘ ■ u 1 V- At Last '» - . . i " ( . HERE IS SANTA’S ANSWER to that Christmas Probleih! : vice u hi' • !?■'[' Aggie Jewelry ' *' 1 . • t / 1 ; 1 % Price '/a BELT BUCKLES NECKLACES . PINS BRACELETS ..... $1 .40 3.00 1.45 Formerly •.... $3.00 v-v 6.60 .... : 3.00 4.80 i 6.00 KEYCHAINS 2.90 BARGAINS GALORE . .. STOP IN AND SEE THE MANY VALUES WE OFFER YOU ( A small , deposit will hold any article i , until Christmas Budget your payments with our easy payment plan Varner’s Jewelry Ston North Gate ' I i Reports Layoff •1 Vi -An overall i/P)—j duction of 62,955 federal employe* in four months was reported to day by a Senate-House committee, thanks to cuts ip civilian employ, ment l|y the military forces. jV ! ' r : Ln ABNER A Net Profit I Now Now Now - ■ L- AUTOMOBILES FINANCED ! Phone 4*1232 JP°P 1 Travis Colson Nelson 1 I h Ito-p-fu+uj, ’ibawi * till CllAciUtC^i Watch for the... BATTALION GIFT SHOPPER’S GUIDE ! our key to easy j ■ I j shopping” Min Philadelphia C«—The small boy and the telephone operator had a slight misunderKta She couldn’t catch the number he wanted, finally, he exploded: ; “You operators are so dumb.” The operator cut Fifteen minutes lat voice said “just “My mother wants me to apol- ogixe to you for what I said,” de clared the small boy. The operator accepted his apol- ogy and connected him with his number. A half hour later—the small boy and the operator of the phone again The small boy: “My mother just went out of the house. I still think you’re dumb.” Official ... . :i n n 1 i Student • Faculty DIRECTORY ' Tflr' ,: - Texas A&M College i *. 1 ' '' ’ * j 50c per copy Phone 4-5444 ejr MaU 50c to STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Texas A&M College College Station, Texas C=S30E»> —On Sale at Annex— SNACK BAR & NEWS STAND V • • ,1 iji j ir L: . 'i 1 By A1 in' p -etcux aHKla TM' ONL.V ONt WCAt'.N' A BAS WITH Capp out MAN MOSES PRE-DICK-* WERE fS - — - 'THOUGH YU < ourrprsTAH erpy ajuj.£ HAG - /rinN Baiialion CLASSIFIED AD Si Page 4 TUESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1949 SILL WITH A BATTALION CLAABHUD TWO BEDROOM brick veneer—attic ven tilation, hardwood floor*; immediate poa- AD. Rata* ... 30c a word per inMrtloa with a 36c minimum. Space rata* la Claaalfted Section . . . 60« par column Inch. Sand all claaalflad* with remit tance to the Student Activities Office. AU ad* should be turned In bp 10:00 a.m. of the dap before publication. • FOB SALE • PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS, $10.00 off on all makee and modela, Royal*, Smith- Conna*, Underwoods, and Remington*. Convenient terms. Olft wrapped. Late model rent machine*. Tppewriters and adding machine*. Bryan Bualneaa Ma chine Company, MS Nerth Mala, Dial 2-1328, Bryan. Gordon Nunn Placed With Stanolind OU Gordon L. Nunn, a June ’49 graduate in Petroleum Engineering, has recently been employed by the Standard Oil and Gas Company. The report on Nunn’s new posi tion came in a release from the Stanolind’s Tulsa offices don. Priced to tell. Call 2.0180 after 6:00 p.m. MAKE YOUR Chrlatme* shopping eaap. ■on’* Magaxine Oive magaxine*. Johnson’* ’ Magaxine Agency, Box 284, College Station, Phone 4-9601. MEN’S 26-Inch bicycle complete with stand and wire basket. See at 205 Fidelity St. • WANTED • i HAVE RIDE for three to Los Angeles after last class Christmas. ■ Win be back In time for classes January 3. Contact Box c. Annex. College Statlob, Texas, or phone 3-6989. i • 1 WILL EXCHANGE men’s standard blcp- cle for 24-Inch boy’s bicycle In equal condition; or will buy good 24-Inch bop’s bicycle. Write Box 651, College Station, or call 4-0324. RIDERS TO AND FROM NEW YORK area, for Christmas holidays, via light plane; phone 4-4324, or AAM Wind Tun. nel, Easterwood Airport. ♦ LOST AND FOUND • LOST: Wed., Dec. 7; 1 field Jacket In the lounge of Dorm 10. Finder please return to room 408, Ag. Building Lane Named •T ' ] t. / I i'V Of Latin-Americai Bob Lane of Lima,.iPei elected president of - Hie American Club Friday nlghi Other officer* elected f< school year were: • V j I * v. T i X rr Mexico, vice-president: And Gun Leon-Ortega, secretary - tfeaaurex, The club will meet on the firs and third Friday* of each months it was decided at the meeting. IN « AN* CHRISTMAS CARDS BOX I’ ti UMENTS UtllVIRT «Wt«TIN L.,4i i. ■■ ■ \: ( ' • !., i ji,.i .^kLi Peter's Music Co. [ Across from the Post Office 1 ] Bryan fi OPEN BVXNIN08 I ■ 1;., ;.j . . ;• . y- il i - . .f j;.’ ‘A . mV(, .: l - ; I. l ' • : ! '7 i ; r* a / 7 a 1* J