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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1950)
Dr. F. C. Bolton Dr. Bolton retired last June as active president of the college after 41 years service to A&M. He was named president emeri tus on his retirement and now serves the college in an advisory capacity. Colonel in Korea Wants Texas Flag from Shivers Somewhere in Korea, Sept. 7—</P)—Memo to Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas: Lt. Col. C. H. Scott of the Air Forces in Korea wants a Texas flag to fly with him over Korea. He is sending you a letter requesting that the Lone Star emblem be sent to him immediately. The letter says that Col. Scott, has “not had* any peace of mind” since a fellow officer received a confederate flag from North Carolina. The Confederate stars and bars was sent to Maj. William H. Booth of Syracuse, N. Y. Maj. Booth’s wife is the former Mary G. Hines of Rutherfordton, N. C. Summing up his plea, Scott wrote: “I request you, Gov. Shivers to send me posthaste a Texas flag to fly over my head day and night.” And He Gets It.. . Austin, Tex., Sept. 7—(A 5 )—Memo to Lt. Col. C. H. Scott of the U. S. Air Forces somewhere in Korea: Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas is gonna send you that Texas flag. “And pronto-quick,” the governor said. Shivers said he hasn’t received that letter Colonel Scott wrote asking for the proud banner of the Lone Star State—the Lone Star that flew when Texas was a republic. Basic Division Set to Function WSCS Holds Meet (Continued from Page 1) Turgers University, University of Alabama, and the University of Arkansas. Dr. Albert J. Kingston, who re cently received his Ph. D. in ap plied psychology from Cornell Uni versity, was named director of remedial reading for the Division. An Air Force veteran, Dr. King ston has served as training offi cer for the Veteran’s Administra tion, assistant in the Remedial Reading Clinic at Cornell and vo cational appraiser of the Cornell Guidance Center. Ransdell is Assistant Clifford H. Ransdell, associate professor of engineering drawing here and former assistant to the dean of the college at the Annex, has been named assistant to Ber trand. He will be in charge of co ordinating group guidance for stu dents including organized orien tation classes. Five other men have been ap pointed by the commandant to work with the Division’s staff. They will serve as tactical officers, except that added emphasis will be placed on aid and guidance for the stu dents in each of their dorms. Tactical Officers Major E. P. Ozment, a recent graduate of the University of Texas who studied guidance and counseling work, will serve as counsellor in Dorm 14. Lt. Col. Frank Vaden, tactical officer for Dorms 3, 5, and 7 last year, will have his offices in Dorm 15. Major W. B. Wood, counsellor for Dorm 16, is a former tactical of ficer from the Annex. Captain Frank McFarland, Dorm 17’s coun sellor, is a recent Columbia Uni versity graduate. Lt. Col. Robert L. Melcher former commandant at the Annex, will serve as counsellor for Walton Hall. All freshmen students entering A&M this fall will automatically enter the Basic Division, even if they have fully decided their choice for a major. Students who have chosen a course of study will , be allowed to enter the school of their choice, but will remain in the Basic Division insofar as orien tation and other guidance courses are concerned. Transfer students from other schools who do not satisfy the min- Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST 203 S. Main Street Call 2-1662 for Appointment SAVE... MONEY & TIME WITH ONE STOP at SHAFFER’S BOOK STORE • Books • Records • Hobby Crafts 9 Souvenirs • Supplies LESS MONEY & TIME SPENT WHEN BUYING FROM SHAFFER’S Book Store Across from Post Office N. Gate College Station imum requirements of 30 hours and 36 grade points will be auto matically assigned to the Basic Division. After this year, all students must earn the right throug-h academic progress to transfer from the Basic Division to the degree granting school of their choice. This how- At Gilchrist Home Mrs. Gibb Gilchrist was hostess to the members of the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the A&M Methodist Church Monday evening at her home on Throck morton. ever, does not mean that a new student here cannot follow his subject material in the major which he chooses if he is sure of his desires for such a degree. Orientatiion Sections Several sections have been set up for students who are unsure of their choice of a major, but on the whole, new students are encouraged to make a choice. These sections in clude courses which give the stu dent some idea of what type of work is called for by each of the schools. After spending a semester or two in sections of this type, the student, with the aid of experienced counsellors in the Basic Division, should be able to capably select a major. Those courses completed which are not applicable to a de gree in the school a freshman’s choice will be accepted as electives by that school. Further information concerning the organization and operation of the Basic Division may be found on page one of section two. “Pillars of the Earth” was the topic of the devotional given by Mrs. 0. F. Allen. The program leader, Mrs. Gordon Gay, explained that there are 200 scholarships given to foreign students by the Methodist Church called Crusade for Christ Scholarships. Each stu dent is selected by a committee from the country he represents and is allowed to attend a college of his choice for a year here in America. She then named four foreign stu dents who have received one of these scholarships and each was re presented by a WSCS member who told of his individual school and its problems. Mrs. L. J. Horn represented Miss Ruth Bender of Brazil. Mrs. J. G'. McNeely represented Miss Youngyi Kim, a Korean pianist who has at tended the Julliard School of Music in New York. Mrs. Dub King re presented Miss Kwe-Yuin Kiang, principal of the Laura Hagood School in Soochow, China. Mrs. A. F. Buchanan was Miss Ghanda Cristdas from India. Battalion CLASSIFIED ADS Page 4 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1950 SELL WITH A BATTALION CLASSIFIED AD. Rates ... 3c a word per insertion with a 25c minimum. Space rate in Classified Section . . . 60c per column inch. Send all classifieds with remit tance to the Student Activities Office. All ads should be turned in by 10:00 a.m. of the day before publication. • HELP 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 SALE • ONE 1947 SUPER DELUXE Ford Station Wagon. Sealed bids will be received in the Office of the Comptroller until 10 a.m., Tuesday, September 12, 1950. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any and all techni calities. Address Comptroller, A. and M. College of Texas, College Station, Texas, for further information. • WANTED • GOOD HOME for small, part wire-hair, female dog. Excellent companion — house broken. Must have fenced yard. Contact Mrs. J. M. Berry, La Salle Ho tel, Bryan. 1940 FOURDOOR SEDAN Plymouth, per fect mechanical condition. Call Prof. Otis Miller, 6-6502. RIDE WANTED from vicinity 604 Fair- view, South Park, to Goodwin Hall— 8 a.m., return 5 p.m. Qall Mrs. Mc Cullough, 4-5324. • FOR RENT • NEW UNFURNISHED apartment, 2 bed room, kitchen & dinette, combined living room, bath. Extra nice, good location. Phone 3-6015 or 2-7859. Prompt Radio Service —Call— Soslik’s Radio Service 712 S. Main St. Ph. 2-1941 Bryan NEW DOWNSTAIRS apartment, one bed room, living room, kitchen and dinette combiined, and bath. Phone 2-7059 or 3-6015. PROFESSOR or graduate student to share very nice new 2 bedroom furnished du plex, 110 Hardy, Bryan. Will be driv- :ng to College 6 days 8 a.m. Joe Laird, Pet. Eng. Dept. JUf Flavor tell* / why It'* so popular BEDROOM, private bath, garage. 110 Lee Avenue, phone 4-8659. FURNISHED APARTMENT, ideal for couple. Living room, kitchen, bath, bedroom. Phone 3-2521, 207 Davis Street, Bryan. TWO ROOMS in my home, private bath, central heating, attic fan, near campus. 211 E. Dexte^ Drive, College Park, ph. 4-7054. FOUR-ROOM furnished apartment, $45.00. 2t4 Foster Avenue, East Gate. CLASS OF ’54 IMPROVE YOUR GRADES WITH A Royal - Smith-Corona or Remington PORTABLE TYPEWRITER — Easy Terms — RENT a late model Standard Typewriter recon ditioned in our Service Dept., to perform like new. $5.00 per month. Bryan Business Machine Company 209 N. Main St. Bryan, Texas Phone 2-1328 W. B. Adams, ’51 L. H. Adams, Owner Heading the ROTC program at A&M is Col. Boatner, who holds the combined office of PMS&T and commandant of cadets. CELEBRATION— (Continued from Page 1) will be a president’s reception in the Memorial Student Center. Another highlight of the obser vance will be the annual muster April 21, staged by students and former students as a homecoming for all A&M men similiar to the one held in 1946. MSC Dedication A part of the muster will be the formal dedication of the Memorial Student Center as a memorial to A&M men who died in World War I and II. Some other highlights of the year long observance will be the dedication of the New Beef Cattle Center on Sept. 29 and a visit to the campus Oct. 20 by Dr. Robert Miliken, noted physicist of Cali fornia Institute of Technology. Dr. Miliken will speak at a gen eral assembly session, as well as at the staff conference of the Ag ricultural Experiment Station. Open House Changed A college open house on April 27 has been separated from the Par ents Day scheduled for May 12. A historical display prepared by the Architecture Department as well as other departmental dis plays will be a part of the open house. On Parent’s Day, academic and military awards will be made. Also occurring in May is the an nual Cotton Ball and Cotton Pa geant. On March 28-April 7, the School of Arts and Sciences will signalize the work done in each of the de partments in the school, with a program designed to bring into the ’anniversary activites a large num- Economy Camp Or fanizes Here Th j county organization of the statewide Texas Economy i Commission swung into ac- S tion here Wednesday night, at i a membership meeting. “We’ve got to work fast,” Davis Grant of Bryan, county chairman, said. “Our quota is $400 and it must be raised in membership dues by September 11,” he told the gathering. Pdembership is. open to every citizen, and one may join for one dollar. The statewide commission is be ing set up by and for the people. Each county has a" chairman and the district chairman comprise the senatorial districts. E. L. Angell is chairman for this senatorial dis trict. The organization proposes to promote and promulgate that leg islation most needed and most de sired, that will eliminate any du plications in administration and operations set up at Austin, which, in the last analysis, will mean more efficient and more economical ex penditures of the tax dollar, Grant says. Present at the meeting were R. B. Butler, Sr., Sol Wright, Rob ert Armstrong, Gibb Gilchrist, Pat Newton, W. H. Holzmann, Ed Burkhart, John Bertrand, Davis Grant, E. L. Angell, John Law rence III, L. P. Gabbard and Dan Russell. ber of students and to bring visi tors to the campus. MS—Engineering Likewise the periods from March 9-10 and March 12-17 will be given to the School of Military Science and Tactics and School of Engin eering, respectively, for similar purposes. An agricultural and veterinary medicine open house will be held June 25 until June 30 under the supervision of the Agricultural Extension Service. Almost every gathering and cere mony during the 1950-51 school year will be keynoted by the anni versary theme, Woolket said, and nearly all the short courses and programs planned are being in tegrated with the 75th anniversary plans. Special Seal A special anniversary seal has been prepared for use on mail sent out of the college and on publica tions issued during the year. Also aiding in publicizing the an niversary year, Woolket said, is a special cancellation which the-post office began using Sept. 1. and can be a gala treat for all!! Eat here once and we’re sure you’ll eat here again and again. Why? Because we take special pains with our food . . . prepare it to meet your own most discriminating taste. COME IN TODAY ! ! ! ! ! Best way to get the heat of the day off your mind . . . Come in and have one of our delicious meals. YOU’LL LIKE THE SERVICE AND THE PRICES TOO! HOTARD’S CAFETERIA Open 11 a.m. — 2 p.m. 4:45 p.m. — 8 pm. 311 N. Main Bryan THE A&M PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH YOUR COLLEGE CHURCH NORMAN ANDERSON, Pastor GEORGE SCHWARZ, President Presbyterian Student League — Weekly Program — Church School 9:45 Morning Worship . . . .11:00 Student League . . . 6:30 Christian Fellowship .. 7:30 — Significant Events — Simultaneous Evangelistic Meeting, Sept. 24-30 Host to Presbyterian Student Association of Texas and Oklahoma, October 6-8 Religious Emphasis Week, February 12 - 17 The Church is one block north and one west of the Greyhound Bus Station at North Gate Pastor’s office in Y.M.C.A., Telephone 4-9207 This will be your Church during your College years, and we welcome you most heartily to its worship, fellowship and service • IN THE SERVICE OF CHRIST AT A&M • A WORD to newcomers and to those who have been away. ... As part of our 1950 advertising program, we are giving away premiums to our customers, in direct proportion to the amount of grocery money spent at our store. This is made possible by our reducing the number and size of our news paper ads, eliminating handbills and the distribution costs of same, thus using a minimum amount telling about our store, and buying at wholesale very desirable premiums. We have available genuine Holiday California pottery, steak sets, kitchen knife sets, and thread cabinets. All have proved popular. TRADE HERE AND SAVE ALL YOUR CASH REGIS TER RECEIPTS. For a Quick, Economical Meal— LibbyNo. 2 Can Spaghetti and Meat. . 19c Tenderleaf—4 Oz. Pkg. Tea . ... 25c Prince Brand Dog Food. . . . can 10c Case of 48 Cans, $4.65 Comparison of food values (pro- teins): Pard, 10.5%; Dash, 10.5%; Ken L Ration 10.0 (v Prince, 10.5 G • Vigo, 7.5%; Francis H. Leggett Company’s—Economy Pack (Pliofilm bag) Premier Coffee ... lb. 69c (Money back for empty bag if not satisfied.) Sunshine ) Box Krispy Crackers ... 25c New Triple Wrap Package—Post’s Sugar Crisps.. 2 pkgs. 25c No. 1 Flat Can Libby’s Crushed Pineapple .... 2 cans 27c MARKET SPECIALS Sugar Cured Slab Sliced Bacon . . . . lb. 69c By the Piece . . .lb. 65c Grade A Baby Beef Loin Steak . . . . . lb. 89c Tender Beef Short Ribs. . . . . lb. 45c Freshly Ground Ground Meat. . . lb. 53c EXTRA FINE—MADE BEEF .... FROM HEAVY . lb. 59c Dixon’s Weiners . . lb. 40c Decker’s Tallkom Bacon . . lb. 52c Kool, Tipped Raleigh, Embassy Brands Cigarettes. . Carton $1.80 (Other Popular Brands . . . $1.86) Colored—Quarters Meadolake Oleo . . lb. 27c r Deluxe Extra Good Grade. Sanitary Grade A Ice Cream .... Pint 25c Green Label—Bits o’ Sea—6 Oz. Can Tuna Flakes . . . can 27c No. 2 Cans Diamond Tomatoes can 10c No. 300 Cans Diamond Pork & Beans . 3 cans 23c Swift’s Jewel Shortening . 3 lb. cart. 69c Salad Dressing—Kraft’s Miracle Whip . .. pint 31c Packed When Fresh—No. 300 Cans Rio Grande Cream Peas.... can 10c Monelo Metal—10c Size Pot Cleaners 5c Peter Pan—12 Oz. Peanut Butter .... 29c No. 300 Cans Gebhardt’s Tamales 2 cans 33c FROZEN FOODS Snowcrop Orange — Pictsweet Lemon 6 Oz. Cans Juices 2 cans 47c Birdseye Green Peas . . , pkg. 25c FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES Choice Bananas 2 lbs. 27c Thompson Seedless Grapes lb. 13c Illinois Elbertas Peaches 2 lbs. 25c Fresh Tomatoes . . lb. 15c Green, Firm Cabbage lb. 5c Clean, Crisp * Carrots bunch 7c U. S. No. 1 Calif. Potatoes. . 10 lb. bag 49c Specials for Friday & Sa turday - September 8-9 (We Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities) Southside Food Market Save Your Cash Register Receipts. Valuable Premiums Await You.