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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1950)
T Established in 1925 School of Arts and Sciences Now Includes 40% of Faculty While the name of the Agricul tural and Mechanical College of Texas indicates that.it is an insti tution offering technical instruc tion, some 40 per cent of its fac ulty is employed in the School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. J. P. Abbott, dean of arts and Sciences, points out, that, while A&M is more widely known for its schools of agriculture and engin eering, major courses are offered in such liberal arts subjects as English, history, modern languages and journalism. “Although agriculture and en gineering have properly been' em phasized from the beginning,” says Dean Abbott, “even the first of ferings of the college included a course in language and literature. And in 1885 a course was offered leading to a degree in the sciences. Service School “As other arts and science cour ses were added in response to de mand, the principal function of the arts and science departments re mained to supply the special needs and necessary general education of agricultural and engineering stu dents.” For many years the courses and departments were administered by the dean of the college, Dean Ab bott points out, but about 1925, the program had grown to such an extent that it was necessary to create the School of Arts and Sci- , Charles E. Friley, now president of Iowa State College, was the first dean. He was charged with enlarging the service of these de partments through the administra tion of curricula leading to de- Bayl or — (Continued from Page 5) Danny Cochrane, and Tackles Mor ris Weis will not make the trip because of injuries. ARKANSAS — The Razorbacks held their next-to-last heavy work out yesterday before its opening game. Coach Otis Douglas put the squad through a long defensive practice against the plays he believes Okla homa A&M will use when the two teams meet at Little Rock Satur day. grees in science and the liberal arts. Under Dr. T. D. Brooks, who succeeded Friley in 1932, the school made substantial progress, as its offerings were increased to meet new needs. Dr. M. T. Harrington, now pres ident of the College, succeeded Dr. Brooks in 1947. Under his direction, two new departments were added— journalism and oceanography. Dr. Abbott, who joined the fac ulty in 1926 as an instructor in English, became dean of the School of Arts and Sciences after Dr. Harrington was named president in 1949. Before that time he had served as administrative head of the A&M annex at Bryan Air Field. Large Faculty While the departments which come under the School of Arts and Sciences have grow:*, until they include nearly 40 per cent of the faculty of the college, the stu dents majoring in those depart ments constitute about one-fifth of the student body. The high proportion of the arts and science faculty, Dean Abbott points out, is because of the fact that it is necessary for students in every school of the college to take certain background and ser vice courses in the School of Arts and Sciences. There presently are 14 depart ments in the school, including bio logy, business administration, chemistry, economics, education and psychology, English, geography, history, journalism, mathematics, modern languages, oceanography, physical education and physics. Business is Largest The Business Administration De partment, which offers eight sep arate major fields, had 940 majors in 1949-50, more than any other department of the college. The newly established Oceano graphy Department offers work at senior and graduate levels only, and only a minor is available in geography. Students may major in any of the other departments, with many of them offering graduate courses and several offering graduate de grees. The Biology Department trains premedical and predental students and specialists in three basic divi sions of life science—botany, bac teriology and zoology. A three-year pre-law curriculum offered by the school is accepted for admittance at all Texas law schools. The curricula closely parallels that of ,a history major with an economics minor. Various churches have been auth orized, to offer courses in religious education open to students of jun ior and senior standing. Fifteen such courses are offered under this plan, with a maximum of six hours in religious education cre ditable toward a degree. WTAW Radio Program 1150 Kilocycles Friday 6 :00—Texas Farm & Home 6:15—W-TAW Roundup 6 :55—News 7:00—Coffee Club 7 :30—News of Aggieland 7 :4o—Hebrew Christian Hour 8 :00—Morning Special 8:25 News 8:30—Morning Special 9:00—Concert Hall 9 News 9 :30— Homemaker Harmonies 9 :45- Friendly Philosopher 10 :00- David Rose 10 :16—News 10 :30 -Morning Matinee 11:00—Bsyan News 11:10—News 11:15—Chuckwagon 12 :00—(Texas Farm & Home 12:15 Rig League Baseball 2:55—Scoreboard 3 :00—Musical Scoreboard 3:30—News 3 :35—Record Rack 4 :30—News 4 :3o—Record Rack 5:00 -United Nations 5:15—Voice of The Army 5:30 News 5 :35—Supper Club 6:30—Sign Off <Q <Q Out-Insults” Tax Collector By JAMES MARLOW Washington—(TP)—We have in our office a copyboy with red hair. Maybe that has something to do with the letters he writes. He’s not really a boy. He’s a man in his early 20’s, and a vet eran. Last year, 1949, he didn’t make much money for several rea sons : He was ill a couple of months, and then because he was going to school most of the time under the GI Bill of Rights, he worked only part time. But recently he got a letter from the tax collector for a county in one of the nearby states. The let ter said: “Dear Mr. : Our records show that you have not as yet made your state and local tax return which should have been filed before May 1. “In order not to resort to the law and summons you to appear, we are sending you a tax form which we will thank you to pre pare and return within the next five days. Please cooperate with us. “If, prior to the receipt of this letter you have made your return, please advise us of the approxi mate date of filing of same, giving name and address under which you filed. “Assuring you of my good wishes, I am “Very truly yours, The copyboy then sat down and wrote the tax collector this letter: “Dear Mr. : In the indi vidual income tax return form on page three, paragraph one ... I find that every single person mak ing less than $1,000 in 1949 does not have to file an income tax re turn. This applies to me. “If you or your staff had taken as much trouble to find out how much I had earned in 1949 as you had in sending me the insulting let ter that I received, I believe you would have found your letter un necessary. “My receiving this letter leads me to the conclusion that your of fice is under-staffed, incompetent, or that the income tax return form is in error. One of the aforesaid statements must be true in order for you to inform me that you would resort to the law and have me summoned if I did not file said form. For your records and for your deficient staff I am acknowl edging your letter. “Sorry that I cannot be of fur ther assistance to you in this peri od of great financial crisis and your hour of need. “Thanking you for your inad equate service, I am “Very truly yours, A few days later the tax collec tor answered him with this letter: “Dear Mr. : I feel sorry for you that you are not making more . . . than $662 annually. Such cases as yours are few and far apart but it is our business where we have no report on such matters to make inquiry of the individ ual. . . . “If our letter was insulting, then by the same token we feel that your letter to us was likewise in sulting and if you are capable of, writing such a letter as the one we received . . . and looking for a po sition, 1 would be very glad to have you call at my office and talk the matter of a better position than the $662 annual one you have now over with us. “Yours very truly, << y> The copyboy hasn’t gone around yet to see the tax collector about the job offer. Some of us in the office have been urging him to go. We sort of felt, from the tax collector’s letter, that he had found the kind of man he’d been looking for. Battalion CLASSIFIED ADS Page 6 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1950 SELL WITH A BATTALION CLASSIFIED AD. Rates ... 3c a wora 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. • FOR KENT • ~ TWO ROOMS in my home, private bath, central heating, attic fan, near campus. 211 E. Dexte* Drive, College Park, ph. 4-7054. TWO FURNISHED bedrooms with connec ting bath. Near Campus and on bus line. Professor or graduate student pre ferred. Phone 4-9724. ONE BEDROOM, private entrance. Share bath with one other person. Ph. 2-SS95. UPSTAIRS furnished apartment with wat er-cooled fan, all utilities paid, ana garage. $60.00 per month. See at 2504 So. Hwy, 6, or call 3-3641. TWO UNFURNISHED 5-room brick apart ments, 1318 Antone St., East Side Bry an. Phone 2-5639.' • HELP WANTED • At TEXAN Drive-In, Neat looking car hops needed. Salary and tips over $50 a week. Apply from 12 to 4 in person any day except Monday. • LOST AND FOUND • LOST on campus, car keys—license tag number CB-820. Please leave them at Campus Security Office. • MISCELLANEOUS • DON’T let your children keep you from working, attending football games, par ties, etc. Let us keep them. Balanced meals, supervised play, and rest periods. Open at 7:45 until 6:15. Call 2-2523 or come by 707 Nall Lane. GILKEY'S Gift and Pet Cottage, 301 E. 28th, Bryan. 'Tropical & Gold Fish, Turtles, Aquar’s, Plants, Snails, Food, Canaries, Parakeets, Hamster’s Cages, and Food. WILL KEEP children ages two to six, during Working horus. Located near North Gate, Call 6-6491. Prompt Radio Service —Call— Soslik’s Radio Service 712 S. Main St. Ph. 2-1941 Bryan Flavor tells why It's so popular FRESHMEN! for ALTERATIONS for CLEANING for PRESSING .... Come to the Campus Cleaners —o— Aggies for many years have found our service excellent . . . Campus Cleaners Over The Exchange Store Let Us Wash Your Upholstery & Rug to Revive Its Beauty! We bring machine to home or office. No liquid touches the fabric. Soft dry foam that is immediately re moved cleans your fabric. New odorless detergent that cleans is beneficial to fabric. BR Y-TEX Cleaning Service CALL US: DIAL 2-2920 603 Restwood Bryan YOU MAY WIN FREE A Youngstown Kitchens Automatic Dishwasher WEEKEND SPECIA S The average family has so many other items with a higher priority than an automatic dishwasher that this will always remain just a dream for most of them. Yet, we know of no more appropriate gift for one of our customers. For it has been estimated that the average housewife “upon retirement” has spent four solid years washing and drying dishes. OUR PURPOSE We know our grocery prices are low low. That they will bear comparison with those or any store in Brazos county. Successful operation at low prices is possible only with increased volume. Therefore, having low prices alone is not enough. We must be recognized as having low prices. We have designed a short-cut to achieve that recognition. We have made a list of 100 typical grocery items. Im portant items, for the most part; items usually bought every month. This list looks like a conventional grocery ad, except that no prices are shown. We have an ample supply of these lists at the store. We want you to come to our store any time between Sept. 15 and noon Oct. 3rd, “shop” our shelves, locate the itmes on the list, and write in on the list the appropriate price for that day for each listed item. These items will be plainly indicated with red price tags, and signs to simplify location. Also, an adequate number of clerks will be on hand to assist, if necessary. Thus, anyone in/15 or 20 minutes time should be able to complete the list. Then simply fill in the Entry Coupon attached to the list so that we may find you in case you win. When You Have Completed Filling in This List, We Know You Will Be Aware of Just How Low Our Prices Really are . . . You do not have to buy anything to become eligible to win the Automatic Dishwasher. Further, you may become eligible to have the dishwasher installed in your home at our expense (up to a total of $25). De tails of this feature will be displayed in the store, or our clerks will explain. Should the winner live in a college apartment or other wise be unable to use the dishwasher, we will give the winner the choice of taking $200 in cash in full settle ment, instead. The award will be made at 3 o’clock p.m. Oct. 3rd. Once the question of prices is settled in your mind, we feel that we offer enough other desirable qualities that you will want to shop here regularly. Effective Fri. & Sat - Sept 22 - 23 Kraft’s Miracle Whip Salad Dressing, qt 57c Kraft 8 Oz. French Dressing . 19c Parkay Oleo lb. 29c A representative of Kraft Foods will be on hand all day Saturday to sample their cheeses . . . A Party Suggestion . . . Serve an assortment of KRAFT CHEESES Kraft’s Velveeta Cheese . 2 lb. box 79c Philadelphia Cream Cheese . . 2 pkgs. 25c Wisconsin Cheddar CHEESE Mild lb. 45c Sharp lb. 55c KRAFT’S PRE-SLICED PACKAGE CHEESES American pkg* 29c Pimiento P^g* 29c ARMOUR’S FINE MEATS Grade A Baby Beef Square Cut Shoulder Roast . lb. 63c Beef Short Ribs lb. 35c Loin Steaks lb. 89c BACON Armour’s Star lb. 69c Armour’s Dexter lb. 55c Fully Dressed—Heart o’ Texas Fryers . . lb. 65c Hens lb. 45c FROZEN FOODS 6 Oz. Cans Snow Crop Orange Juice 2 cans 47c Birdseye Green Peas 2 pkgs. 49c FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES Fresh, Green, Medium STALK CELERY each 15c Hard, Green CABBAGE lb. 5c Central American BANANAS 2 lbs. 25c Colorado Rocky Ford CANTALOUPES. 2 for 27c si,,,. A—U.S. No. 1 Calif. POTATOES 10 lbs. 55c Sanitary Farms Dairies will have a representative in our Deluxe Grade Extra Good Ice Cream. You May Also Buy, at . . Swiss pkg. 31 c Old English . pkg. 33c Snow Ball-—Fesh CAULIFLOWER lb. 17 c Fine Bakers—No. 1 YAMS 5 lbs. 29c Sunkist 432 Size LEMONS dozen 23 c 46 Oz. Can Rotel Grade A Tex Grapefruit Juice .... 3 cans $1.00 6 Oz. Can Bits o’ Sea Grated Tuna can 27c 3 Lb. Carton Swift’s Jewel Shortening carton 69c 16 Oz. Jar Schimmel’s Pineapple Preserves 23c One of the Better Grades—No. 2J/ 2 Cans Red Crown Vienna Sausage can 15e No. (4 Cans Keyless American Sardines 4 cans 25c 8 Oz. Pkg. Extra Fancy McCormick’s Tea pkg. 47c I Lb. Can Folger’s Coffee each 81c Crisco 3 lb. can 85c Kools, Embassy, Tipped Raleigh Cigarettes carton $1.80 (OTHER POPULAR BRANDS—$1.86) No. 300 Cans Rusk Tomatoes 3 cans 28c 12 Oz. Cans Snack Spiced Luncheon Meat . . can 39c 4 Oz. Carton French’s Black Pepper each 63c store all day Saturday giving FREE SAMPLES of their Pint 27c We reserve the right to limit quantities Southside Food Market Save all our cash register receipts. They may be exchanged for valuable premiums