New Fall Fashions
Get Sneak Preview
By BETTY ANN POTTER
College Station and Bryan co
eds and other interested persons
got a sneak preview of approach
ing campus fashions Tuesday eve
ning at Lester’s Smart Shop in
Bryan.
The show began at 5:30 on the
main floor of the store. Seats
lining each side of the long runway
were alll quite full. The a u d -
ience got a close-up view of each
model and her attire as she passed
through the lines of spectators.
Miss Da Lee Smart stood on the
landing of the stairway and intro
duced each model as she ascended
the stairs.
Collegiate Models
Miss Jean Marie Edge, soon to
enroll in the University of Texas,
modeled a navy-checked suit for
class wear in the late Pall. With
the suit she wore a wool jersey
blouse and navy accessories. Miss
Edge later appeared in a black
velvet dress complete with black
velvet hat, purse, and gloves, for
the more dressy affairs.
Miss Gail Crawford, who will be
a junior at Baylor University in
Fall Semester
Classes Begin
September 18
Classes will begin Septem
ber 18 for the first semester
of the 1950-51 school year at
Texas A&M College. Septem
ber 8 is the opening day of
freshman week.
The calendar, as announced by
the registrar’s office, is as fol
lows: September 8, opening day of
freshman week; September 15, 8
a. m. to 5 p. m., registration for
old returning students. September
18, 8 a. m., beginning of classes.
Saturday, September 23, is the
last day for making changes in
registration and Saturday, Septem
ber 30, is the last day for regis
tering in the college division for
credit during the fall semester.
November 11, Saturday, is a
holiday; November 15, mid-semes
ter grade reports; November 30,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, in
clusive, Thanksgiving recess.
The Christmas recess will be
gin Tuesday, December 19 at 5
p. m. and will end January 3, at
8 a. m.
Semester examinations will be
held January 20-26, inclusive.
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The
Collegiate Shoppe
103 N. Main
Bryan
September, modeled a grey separ
able outfit. Later she wore a rose
crepe which she could wear on the
dressiest occasion at Baylor.
Miss Jean Murphy, who will be
on her way to Southwestern Uni
versity next month, wore a strik
ing black dress which had a wide,
stand-up collar for interest. She
added a white fur jacket, worn un
der the high collar.
Lou Burgess, a sophomore at
TSCW, modeled a black velvet and
aqua taffeta evening dress which
she might wear at one of the big
A&M dances next Pall.
Bride’s Trousseau
Miss Martha Pack, who will be
come a bride August 19, modeled a
black and rust suit. She chose
black accessories to wear with her
suit. She might wear this next
Fall when she is a business girl and
housewife in Dallas.
Billie Jean Martin showed what
the co-ed might wear in order to
relax and study in her room—a
red plaid lounging coat.
Carolyn Gibbs, who is working
for A&M’s Veteran’s Advisory Of
fice this summer, prepared to re
turn to Baylor in a red and green
wool jersey dress. She showed the
versatility of the outfit by com
bining it with a green suit.
Marlene Smith looked the part of
the typical college girl in her wool
jersey dress. Suits, coats for the
campus, formals, skirts and sweat
ers, dressy clothes, and the acces
sories to complete each of these
outfits were shown during the
show.
The models and audience were
invited to have punch and cookies
after the style show had been com
pleted.
Burgess Feted For
20 Years Service
H. E. Burgess was honored at
a luncheon yesterday at 12:15 at
the Oaks for twenty years of serv
ice with the American General Life
Insurance Company.
Agency members present at the
dinner were S. L. Loveless, Harry
Hooker, Weldon Maples, K. A.
Manning, W. N. “Flop” Colson,
Travis Nelson, Johnny Longley,
Lucian Moi’gan, M. M. “Rip” Er-
skine, and Miss Ruth Rorell of
Grosbeck.
Friends of Burgess who were
present are as follows: S. A. Lips
comb, J. S. Casey, Dr. T. O. Wal
ton, Sr., Marion Pugh, J. E. Rob
erts, Col. Frank Anderson, Fred
Hale, T. R. Richmond, R. B. But
ler, the Reverend W. H. Andrew,
Walter Coulter, and R. W. Arm
strong,
Mrs. H. E. Burgess also attended
the luncheon.
Britain Seeks US
Aid for Rearming
London, Aug. 9 —(A 5 )— Britain
has asked the United States for
about $1,344,000,000 in money and
material to help rearm by 1954.
This means America is being
asked to pitch in about half the
amount by which Britain proposes
to boost her military budget in the
next three years, qualified govern
ment informants said yesterday.
Prime Minister Attlee handed
the British request to Ambassador
Lewis Douglas last week.
Simultaneously he made public a
statement announcing the govern
ment’s readiness to increase Brit
ain’s defense bill by $2,688,000,000
in the next three years.
Archivist Is
Kiwanis Club
Dinner Speaker
D. B. Gofer, recently employed
college archivist, was the principal
speaker at the noon-day meeting of
the Kiwanis Club in Sbisa Hall An
nex yesterday.
“We are all interested in records,
whether those records are men or
an institution,” Gofer said. He
explained the purpose of the ar
chivies and his duties in compiling
and preserving the historical let
ters, pictures and documents of
A&M’s past.
Among the pictures already
turned over to him, Gofer told of
an 1883 photograph of the old Main
Building. Also in the group is a
picture of the first A&M football
team of 1883 and an air view shot
of the campus taken in 1917.
Among the top items added to
the collection thus far, the archi
vist told of a newspaper feature
story he has which was pub
lished in a state paper in 1927 a-
bout a man named Banks, the first
freshman at A&M. The copy of
this story has been turned over
to him for the collection.
Another choice item which Gofer
told of is a scrap book kept by
Major McGinnis who served with
the college back in 1883. An inter
esting clipping in the book from
one of the state papers tells of
the amalgamation of A&M and the
University of Texas. The book,
he said, is a very valuable part of
our collection because it is thor
ough and done in an authoritative
way.
In closing, Gofer said, “The on
ly thought of most people around
the college is that only pictures are
important, but I want manuscripts
and letters to show record of ac
tual happenings.
The speaker said that if anyone
has any records, letters, pictures,
newspapers, or even old uniforms
from A&M, he would appreciate
it if they would consider turning
them over to the collection so they
may be preserved for all to see.
Marty Karow, former A&M
baseball and basketball coach, in
troduced John L. Floyd, formerly
of Little Rock Junior College, who
has recently been appointed to take
over Karow’s duties on the hard
woods.
Joyce Engelbrecht
Home for Wedding
Miss Joyce Englebrecht is ex
pected to arrive in College Sta
tion from Austin on Thursday of
this week. Miss Englebrecht has
been employed as a secretary with
an architect in Austin.
She is returning home this week
to complete plans for her ap
proaching wedding on Saturday,
August 19, to William Wendell
Reynolds.
The wedding will be solemnized
at the American Lutheran Church
in College Station at 7 p. m. Sat
urday evening.
CS Business Review
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• FOR SALE •
1940 FOUR-DOOR LINCOLN. Fair con
dition, good rubber. Price—$140.00. See
B-5-D, College View.
GREY ’38 CHRYSLER ROYAL, 4-door
sedan, paint good, runs good. Price
$150.00. Call after 5 p.m., B-3-X, Col
lege View.
2 BEDROOM HOUSE, insulated and newly
decorated. See owner, 202 South Mun-
nerlyn Drive.
1940 DODGE SEDAN, excellent shape in
side and out. 233 Milner Drive.
ONE 1949 BLACK Styleline Fordor Chev
rolet Sedan. Sealed bids will be received
in the Office of the Comptroller until
10 a.m., Friday, August 11, 1950. The
right is reserved to reject-any and all
bids and to waive any and all technical
ities. Address Comptroller, A.&M. Col
lege of Texas, College Station, Texas,
for further information.
1940 BUICK Super Sedanette in excellent
condition. See Clyde Franklin or call
6-1711 after 5:30 p.m.
SPINET PIANO, blonde leather case, sol
id ivories, best of condition. Priced at
a sacrifice. Call 2-8203 or at 1208 E.
30th, Bryan.
WANTED TO RENT
TWO PERMANENT single women resi
dents desire two bedroom furnished
apartment with garage. Call 6-6984.
• WANTED •
STUDENT TO DO ART WORK for Student
Publications. Long hours, low pay. If
interested, bring sample of your work to
room 211 Goodwin Hall, in the after
noons. Hours may be arranged to suit
convenience of student. Should be able
to do free hand drawing with pencil and
India Ink. Prefer a student who is
interested in learning mechanics of mag
azine- design.
• FOR RENT •
NICELY FURNISHED, one bedroom home.
2 screened porches. $50.00 per month.
Utilities included. Close in Bryan. See
owner at 408 West 31st St., Bryan,
before Saturday noon.
PERSONAL
Frank,
I think you are a cad for
giving me a ring that wasn’t
paid for.
Margaret.
MISCELLANEOUS
PLAIN AND FANCY SEWING. Save on
children’s school clothes. Prices right
—work guaranteed. Phone 2-8203 or at
1208 E. 30th, Bryan.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Sul Ross Lodge No. 1300 A. F. & A. M.
Stated meeting, Thursday,
August 10 at 7 p.m., also F.
C. Examinations and E. A.
Degree.
S. Rs Wright, W.M.
N. M. McGinnis, Sec.
EVAPORATIVE COOLERS
WE REWIND MOTORS
FRANK’S
Electrical Service
801 S. Main Phone 3-6122
Dr. Carlton R. Lee
OPTOMETRIST
203 S. Main Street
Call 2-1662 for Appointment
Wife Couldn tKeep
Idle; Bought Shop
By DALE WALSTON
Little did Ernest J. Durham
realize when he went off to war
that he would return a business
man, the owner of Park Cleaners.
It all started when he joined the
Air Force in 1941. From the
spring- of 1943 through the spring
of 1945 he was stationed at the
Bryan Air Field. During that
time he met and married Mrs.
Durham who was living in College
Results At Last
For Patient Lass
Austin, Tex.,—(A*)—The State
Department of Public Safety an
nounced that a student driver’s li
cense will go out immediately to
the young San Antonio lass who
wrote:
“Dear Sir: Been waiting pa
tiently for over 30 days, and I
haven’t heard from you people yet.
If I don’t get my license how can
I sit close to my boy friend while
he teaches me how to drive?”
Experiment Station
Receives Grant
The Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Statiion of the A&M College
System has received a grant of
$2,500 from the E. I. DuPont de
Nemours & Company of Wilming
ton, Del.
The funds are to be used for
studies of the supplementary val
ues of concentrates of vegetable
proteins for growing chicks and
poults, according to Dr. R. D.
Lewis, station director.
The work will be done under di
rection of Dr. J. R. Couch of the
Poultry Husbandry Department.
Dr. Lewis said the grant would
aid the station’s studies of efficient
methods of providing the amino
acid requirements in rations of
chicks and young turkeys.
Station at the time.
When Durham started overseas,
he left his wife with a power of
attorney. She had asked for it be
cause she wanted something to do,
and (iven mentioned that she might
go into business. Durham didn’t
take her seriously. He even told her,
laughingly, to go ahead and buy
some business.
No Business in Mind
Mrs. Durham didn’t have any
business in mind. She just thought
she would like to run one. Even
though her husband didn’t realize
it, she really intended to buy a
store.
In September, 1946, while Dur
ham was in Japan, Mrs. Durham
bought Park Cleaners from Homer
Mathis.
Mrs. Durham’s mother, who lives
in College Station, had seen the
store for sale and had told her
daughter about it. Soon Mrs. Dur-,
ham was busy operating the busi
ness she had said she was going
to buy.
When Durham returned follow
ing the war, he accepted the new
business life calmly, although he
was admittedly very surprised by
his wife’s purchase. He and his
wife have been running the clean
ers ever since.
Re-entered Air Force
Durham once again entered the
Ernest J. Durham
Durham looks over a dress for dirt spots at the Park Cleaners.
His wife bought the business while he was in the service. A recent
Air Force volunteer, Durham and his wife will leave their shop in
the hands of a college student when Durham re-enters the service.
Air Force last Sunday in answer
to a call for volunteers from the
active reserves. This time he plans
to take his wife with him, how
ever.
She will stay in College Station
until September first, taking care
of the cleaners. In September a
student will be placed in charge
of the shop, and she will join her
husband.
The Durhams have two children,
Rowetta Sue, four and one-half,
and Donna Lee, two years old.
WSCS Holds
August Meet
The Women’s Society of Christ
ian Service of the A&M Methodist
Church held its August meeting
Monday evening at the home of
Mrs. M. C. Hughes. Mrs. J. C.
Grady was co-hostess.
Mrs. Charles Pou, who presided,
announced that the Leila Batte
Zone meeting for this quarter will
be held Thursday, August 10, at
the First Methodist Church in
Bryan.
The chairman of the yearbook ^
commttee, Mrs. Curt Holland, re
ported that the yearbook will be
finished and distributed soon. It
is to be one of the most complete
as to program data and list of
members that this society has spon
sored, she said. Mmes. Jakie
Schrum', J. S. Mogford, John Hill
man, Cecil Ryan, O. F. Allen, and
Pou have assisted Mrs. Holland in
preparing the booklet.
An intensive membership drive
has been started by the WSCS
group. Mrs. Mogford donated a
hand-painted picture to each cir
cle to be used as awards for per
sons bringing the most new mem
bers to each meeting.
The guest speaker, Mrs. Joe
Sorrells of the Brazos County
Health Service, discussed the var
ious functions of the unit.
Refreshments of punch and cook
ies were served following the
meeting.
Ag Teachers Hold Meet
The Agricultural Education De
partment announced today that,
there would be an annual meeting
of Vocational Agriculture Teach
ers at San Antonio, August 9
through 11, following the State
Staff Member Conference. 4
When accident taps a worker on the shoulder and calls “Time Out,” it may be for a
day, a week, a month—or forever!
Every year time runs out for some 16,000 workers, killed in action on their jobs.
80,000 are so severely injured that they may never work again. Two million are injured
in greater or lesser degree. The cost to workers and industry—$4,500,000,000 annually.
Over eighteen and a half million dollars every working day.
IWhen you’re inclined to be a bit careless, a little too tired to be cautious, remember,
every 32 minutes some worker gets “tapped for life,” every 16 seconds one is injured,
temporarily or permanently. Know your job, be alert while on it. Vehicle accidents are
the No. 1 killers and cause most permanent disabilities. Machinery is the principal source
for partially disabling injuries, while the handling of objects knocks out more workers
temporarily. Falls are occurring continuously, in all kinds of work, and cause anything
from a slight injury to death.
So watch yourself at work. Think safely—use your head to save your job—maybe
your life!
Prepared In co-operation with the President 1 ! Conference om
Industrial Safety end contributed in tie public interest by
The Battalion