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Chris H. Groneman, head rif the
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wan elected vice-president of tlfc
National Association of Industrial
Teacher Trainers at a meeting of
that group in Atlantic City, New
Jersey last week.
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Vocational Association while in At
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assist in sponsoring studies and in
preparing programs for the promo
tion of improved teacher education.
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1.50
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BELT BUCKLES : $3.00
NECKLACES ......l 6.60
PINS : 3.00
BRACELETS ?. 4.80
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KEYCHAINS 1 2.90
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ABILENE CLUB, Thursday,
Dec. 15* 7:15 n. m., YMCA.
AGGIE CHRISTIAN iFELLOW-
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ednesday,
Music Hall.
SHIP, Wednesday, _
p. m., YMCA chapel.
AGGIE PLAYERS, W
Dec. 14, 7:30 p. m.,
Discussion of next production.
AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL
A&M LUTHERAN STUDENT
ASSOCIATION Christmas Party,
Wednesday, Dec. 14, In Lutheran
Student Center at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 7:30 p.
YMCA ; assembly room.
BASTROP-LEE COUNTY A&M
CLUB, Thursday, Dec. 15, 7:30
p. m., room 224, Academic Build
ing.
BRYAN - COLLEGE STATION
A&M CLUB, Thursday, 7:15 p. m.,
room 307, Academic Building. Elec
tions and plans for Christmas
party.
COLLIN COUNTY | CLUB,
Thursday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p. m.,
room 308, Academic Building.
EASTLAND & STEPHENS
COUNTY CLUB, Wednesday, Dec.
14, 7:15 p. m., room 323, Academic
Building.
ELLIS COUNTY A&M CLUB,
Thursday, Dec. 15 7:30 room 307,
Academic Building.
FALLS COUNTY A&M CLUB,
Thursday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p. m.
Academic Building. I
HEART O’ TEXAS CLUB,
Thursday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p. m., room
305, Academic Building^
' HILL COUNTY A&M CLUB,
Thursday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p. m.,
room 397, Academic Building.
JOHNSON COUNTY CLUB,
Thursday, Dec. 15, 7|:30
room 227,
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Academic Building.
Police Chief Warns
Christmas Shoppers
Austin, Texas. (A*)—Don’t let a
big armload of Christmas gifts
blind you. to traffic safety, State
Police Director Homer Garrison
advised pedestrians today.
Garrison said packages and
umbrellas were two of the com
mon reasons why the December
pedestrian traffic death rate In
especially high.
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LAREDO A&M
day, Dec. 15, 7:15 p. m. room 125,
Academic i Buildini
dance plans.
LIBERTY CO'
CLUB,
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NTY A&M
7 p. m.,
room 103, Academic Building.
MARSHALL CLUB, Wednesday
Dec. 14, room 103, v Academic
•UNTY
CLUB, Thursday, Dec. 1
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103, .1 t
Building. Christmas party plans.
NAVARRO COUNTY CLUB
meeta Thursday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m.
In room 228 of Academic Building.
PANHANDLE CLUB, Thursday
night, 7. p. m., Lounge of Dorm 1.
Short but important meeting.
ROBERTSON COUNTY CLUB
meets Thursday, Dec. 15, at 7:30
p.m. on 3rd floor of Goodwin
Hall. Christmas party plans to
be made.
SAN ANTONIO CLUB, Thurs
day, Dec. 16, 7:15 p. m., room 301,
Goodwin Hall. Christmas party
plans, information on club pic
ture, refreshments.
SENIOR PETROLEUM WIVES’
CLUB, Thursday, Dec. 1$, 7:30 p„
m., YMCA cabinet room.
STUDENT SENATE, meeting
Thursday night, December 15, 7:30
p.m. YMCA Cabinet Room.
TARLETON CLUB,, Thursday,
Dec. 15, 7:15 p. m., room 306,
Goodwin Hall.
WEATHERFORD CLUB, Thurs
day, Dec. 15, 7:15 p. m. room 223,
Academic Building.
REA Has Opening
For EE Graduates
A promising field has opened for
electrical engineering majors who
are interested in the phase of rural
electrification, according to the
Rural Electrification Administra
tion.
Engineers who have been qual
ified in any of the several branches
of the electrical utility industry
are being sought by REA. Distri
bution, transmission, or genera
tion experience, whether in con
struction or operation, can serve
as a qualification.
The starting salaries of the
electrical positions now Open with
REA are |4,600 and $5,400 u year,
depending upon training and ex-
periencci
All electrical engineers who are
interested in rural electrification
should send inquiries to: Personnel
I Division, REA, USDA, Washington
25, D. C. .
The standard government em
ployment application, Form 57, can
be obtained from most post offices
and other Federal agency firms.
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Kuril Dubl Party Is
Planned Saturday
The Kum Dubl Class of the A&M
Methodist Church will hold its
annual Christmas Party and ban
quet at the church on Saturday,
December 17 at 7:30 p. m. r
Joyce and Ed McLandrich of
Alice, Texas have donated a 20
pound turkey for the affair. Food
slips have been passed out so that
each couple will bring an assigned
article of food.
Wanda and Brad Waddle are the
recreation chairmen of the club,
which has a membership of 35
couples. T | itjRj
BASTROP - LEE COUNTY
A&M CLUB, Christmas dinner-
dance, Friday, Dec. 23, 8 p. m.,
Moe’s Restaurant, Giddings, $3.50
per couple.
DEL RIO A&M CLUB, Thurs
day, December 29, 9 to 1, Fire
man’s Hall, Buddy Hancock’s or
chestra, $3.00 stag or drag.
HEART O’ TEXAS CLUB, Fri
day, Dec. 30, 8 p. m., Gaines
Lodge, Lake Brownwood, Brown-
wood.
ENLISTED MEN’S WIVES
CLUB, Christmas social, Ray
Chandler Home, 1009 E. 29th St.,
Thursday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p. m.
FALLS COUNTY A&M CLUB,
Christmas dance, Dec. 30, 9 p. m.,
Falls Hotel, Marlin, Aggieland
Orchestra.
HOUSTON A&M CLUB, Thurs
day, Dec. 29, 8 to 12, Emerald
Room, Shamrock Hotel, music by
Buddy Brock.
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Christmas party, Thursday, Doc.
16, Bryon/ K. C. Hall, rides ut St.
Mary’s Chapel, 6 p. in.
VETERINARY MEDICINE
CLASS OF ’61, Saturday, Dec. 17,
Fin Feather Club. 7 p. m.
WACO-McLBNNAN COUNTY
A&M CLUB, Thursday, Dec. 22,
Scenic Wonderland Nightclub, Ag-
gieland Orchestra, floor show! ,
CHRISTMAS PARTY, Austin,
Thursday, pec. 29, 8 p. m., Crys
tal Ball Room, Driskill Hotel.
A&M Prof Attends
Oak Ridge Seminar
Frank L. Thomas Jr., instructor
in the Electrical Engineering De
partment, is attending a Research
Seminar at Oak) Ridge, Tennessee.
He will be there until Dec. 16.
Mr. Thomas, a lieutenant in the
U. S. Naval Reserve, is attached
to the Volunteer Research Unit
8-3 at College Station. He is one
of 50 research officers attending
the seminajr.
The seminar is being conducted
under the sponsorship of the Of
fice of Naval Research. In gene
ral, the seminar consists of lec
tures by heads of department at
Oak Ridge and officers from the
bureaus of the Navy Department
and inspection of the activities at
Oak Ridge.,
Coffin Appointed
To Shivers Group
J. W. Coffin, associate research
engineer,, Texas Engineering Ex
periment Station, was recently ap
pointed as the A&M’s representa
tive to the Governors Industrial
ization committee.
The function of the committee is
to assist William L. McGill, exe
cutive secretary, who receives in
quiries directed to the governor
regarding possibilities of indus
trial expansion in the state. In their
work, committee members through
the facilities of their organizations,
gather pertinent background infor
mation relative to the subjects
posed. ' j
Other members of the committee
are Ted Clifford, Texas Employ
ment Service, and C. R. Cranberry
of the University of Texas.
A&M has been represented on
the Committee for several years.
Richard A. Downward was im
mediate predecessor to Coffin in
this work.
Coffin is in charge of. the pro
gram of’ industrial serveys being
conducted by the Texas Engineer
ing Experiment Station in coopera
tion with the Management Engin
eering Department.
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Starting tomorrow at the Cqmpus
will be one of the great landmarks
in the growth of the film industby,
D. W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Na
tion" which was made in 1915.
And booked for a run later this
week qt Guion Hall is “San Fran
cisco,” MGM’s 1936 opus which
features Clark Gable and Spencer
Tracy at their best.
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