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Page 4 THE BATTALION Tuesday, May i, 1951 % Non-Corps Students to Vote In Wednesday Night Election Candidates for only two posi tions, non-corps yell leader and non-corps representative on the Athletic Council, will be voted on in the elections Wednesday night. Candidates for other offices are either unopposed or will be voted on in the class elections. No class meetings will be held. Ballots will be distributed through the dormi tories. Civilian Leader Mickey Spencer, Robert Harris and Curtis Wilson are candidates for non-military yell leader. Dave Elston, present non-corps representative on the Athletic Council, is opposed for re-election by Hayden Jenkins. In a primary election scheduled for Wednesday, May 9, the Class of ’52 will vote on co-editors of the Aggieland, senior yell leaders, corps representative on the Ath letic Council and class officers. Bernard Lemmons, John DeWitt, Dick Gardemal and James Fowler are candidates for the corps post on the Athletic Council. Senior Yell Leader John Tapley, “Chico” Mason and Lewis Jobe are candidates for sen ior yell leader. Duane Vandenberg, Dan D. Clin- Ag Experiment Station Receives $300 Grant A renewal grant-in-aid check for $300 has been received by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Dr. R. D. Lewis, director, said to day. The check is from the Sharpies Chemicals Inc., of Wyandotte, Mich. ton, Jr., Bill McSpadden, W. S. “Nick” Nicholson and Bill Under wood are candidates for co-editors of the Aggieland. Jack T. Brandt has withdrawn from the race for senior class president and will be a candidate for editor of the Commentator only. He is opposed by Dale E. Walston. Candidates for the senior class offices are as follows: President—Grady L. Smallwood, John M. Clifford, Bob Chapman, Dick Ingels, Jack Craig, J. W. “Doggy” Dalston. Vice-President Vice-president—C. R. “Bob” Dunn, Hobie Fatheree, Eric Hol land, Jr., Bill Moon, Jack L. Mor ris, Leon Noack, Charles F. Parr, John A. Schmidt, H. A. Sexton, Jr., Joe -Steede, Duane “Van” Van denberg. Secretary—Robert N. Dobbins, James E. “Tiger” Matush, Bruce McDaniel, William A. Streich, Jr. Treasurer—John H. Wallace, Jr., Ted M. Stephens, Thurmond A. Munson, Larry D. Dotson, Robert W. Callaway, Freddy Adickes, Ed gar A. Miller. Parliamentarian—Phil Huey. Social Secretary—C. L. Ray, Jr. Don “Red” Young. Reporter-Historian—A. C. “Ace” Burkhalter, Jr. Sergeant-at-arms—Tom Mabray, Thomas Martinez, Gary S. Neinast. Primary Elections Junior and sophomore class pri mary election will be held Tues day night, May 8. In addition to their class offi cers, the Class of ’53 will vote on yell leaders. XJSE BATTALION CLASSIFIED ADS TO lUSY, SELL, RENT OR TRADE. Rates .... 3c a word per insertion with a 25c minimum. Space rate in classified lection .... 60c per column-inch. Send all classified to STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFICE. All ads must he received In Stu dent Activities office by 10 a.m. on the day before publication. • FOR SALE 1947 James Motor Bike, $100.00. $425.00. Phone 3-6974. STUDIO COUCH and matching chair. Af ter 5 p.m. B-7-C, College View. GAS RANGE, electric refrigerator, living room and bedroom suite, like new. D-9-Z, College View, or Box 7487. MUST SELL 6 Cu. Ft. Frigidaire, apart ment size, 1948 model. Simmons Inner- spring mattress and box springs on Hol lywood legs. B-8-W, College View, af ter 5. Paschall. PLAY PEN, baby sulkey and baby car- bed. J. B. Maury, CV D-7-C. ’) FOR RENT • MAY 25 to Sept. 15, completely furnished six room home in College Park. Two bedrooms, two baths, sleeping porch, double garage, attic fan and Venetian blinds. Write for appointment. Box 5658, College. • WANTED TO BUY • USED CLOTHES and shoes, men’s — women’s — and children’s. Curtains, spreads, dishes, cheap furniture. 602 N. Main, Bryan, Texas. LEICA III C with 50 mm Elmar. Sam uel Molinary, Box 5068, Campus, or Dorm 7-110. BABY SITTER Feel tied to the house? A slave to your children? Crave an evening of freedom? Special—expert child care in your home— 45c per hour this month only. Call Mrs. McCullough, 4-5324. • HOME REPAIR ALL TYPES home repair work—additions, roofing, siding, painting, concrete work, and redecorating. Low down payment and 30 months to pay. For free esti mates call 4-9589 or 4-4236. Shoeless Joe Jackson was never a major league batting king even though he hit .410 in 1911. Ty Cobb batted .420 that year. 331/3 RPM Classic - RECORDS - Popular SHAFFER'S LOST LOST: One Army Shortcoat. AMC patch has “M” missing. Reward. Box 821, College Station. • WANTED • CHURCH CHOIR Director. Pays small salary. Write or call Mrs. Shepperd, 6-6824 or at night, 25445. TYPING, reasonable rates. Phone 4-9004. TYPING, reasonable rates. Phone 3-1776, afternoon and evenings. • SPECIAL NOTICE • ROUND THE BEND AND OVER THE RIVER. There is no cover charge in the Empire Room of the Club Avalon on week nights. There is a $1 per couple charge on Saturday nights ami special occasions only. Enjoy the finest food in air-con ditioned comfort in the intimate surround ings of Club Avalon. Bar and Empire Room open from 5 until Curfew every night except Monday. We cater to Texas Aggies. Let us help plan your meetings and parties. We serve the finest seafoods and steaks available. Our prices are always in line. Your sup port helps us to serve you better. The Western Room of the Avalon is open daily from 9 to 6, serving delicious pit barbeteue. There will be no cover charge at the Flamingo Lounge except for the Terrace on Saturday nights. .Charge for Saturday night at Flamingo Lounge Terrace will be 60c per couple. Please call us for information or reser vations. We are here to serve you. Falm- ingo Lounge opens at 4 p. m.; Empire Room opens at 5 p. m. Bill Kelley, man ager of Empire Room of Avalon; phone 8532-F21. “Aunt Betty’’ Kelley, manager Flamingo Lounge; phone 6-1721. Official Notice As a result of the change in Selective Service Regulations, which now permit a registrant to select his branch of service during the last month of the college ses sion and remain in college until the com pletion of that session, that part of the present college regulation which allows credit to a student voluntarily resigning prior ty the completion of the term is revoked, effective May 1, 1951. No change is made in the regulations affecting men called into the service involuntarily. C. Clement French Dean of the College Classes will be suspended at 3 P. M. Thursday, May 3, 1961 to allow time for pre-registration for the first term of sum mer school 1951. C. Clement French Dean of the College “Several requests have been received to make the Survey of Astronomy, Physics 314 (3-0) available for the first term of the coming summer session. If all interested will kindly advise Immediately Professor J. T. Kent, the teacher of this course, or the undersigned, steps will be taken to see if the course can be offered.” Sincerely yours, J. G. POTTER Head, Physics Department FREE DINNER Watch for Your Name in This Space, Each Week, The . . Nohavitza, Elo J-2 Hart 12th MAN INN Will give away a free dinner to the person whose name appears. • WATCH FOR YOUR NAME • Bring This By - - - - It’s Yours Free Candidates who have filed for the jmwor positions are: Junior Yell Leader—George B. RusJi, Bob Andrews, Eddie A. Bennett, Jerrel G. Bland, Davis Bottom, B. Q. Evans, John 0. Childs, J. B. Collins, Glen W. Don aldson, Truett N. Fields, Dee Fran cis, Pat H. LeBlanc, E. W. “Coun try Red” LeFovre, Bryan Spencer, Jeridan Strong, James Sykora. Junior Officers Juniotr Class President—Willie H. East,. James W, McGee. Vice-president—Gene Earl Street, Don R. Bucher. Secretary—R. D. “Bob” Car-i penter. j; Treasurer—Lyle Wolfskill, Troy N. Whitehfurst, Jr. Sergeant - a t - arms — Don R. Heath. Candidatas who have filed for the sophomore positions are: Sophomore Class President—J. Don Lyles, William H. Rowland, Larry L. McCelvey. Vice-president—Carroll W. Phil lips, Claude A Andres, Edwin ,D. Lehnert, Danny Chitwood. Thursday, at 5 p. m. is the dead line for filing for junior and soph omore positions* Candidates may fill out applications in the Student Activities Office on the second floor of Goodwin Hall. What’s Cooking AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL, Wednesday, 6 p. m., Hensel Park. Picnic supper for all council mem bers and presentation of the best prof award. BRUSH COUNTRY CLUB, Thursday, 7:30 p. m. Room 2D MSC Party plans. DANCE PUBLICITY COMMIT TEE, Wednesday, 7:15 p. m. Record Room MSC. GEOLOGY CLUB, Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Geology Lecture room. Speak er will be Harry C. Spoon speak ing on “Recent Expansion of the Natural Gas Industry.” HILLEL CLUB, Wednesday, 7:15 p. m. Room 2A MSC. Special meet ing for dance. HORTICULTURE SOCIETY, Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Agriculture Building. MSC MUSIC COMMITTEE, Tuesday, 7:15 p. m. Record Room MSC. MATH CLUB, Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Room 2C MSC. NEWMAN CLUB, Wednesday, 7:15 p. m. St. Mary’s Chapel. Elec tion of new officers and plans for dance. POULTRY SCIENCE CLUB, Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Room 3A MSC. Plans for open house show on Mother’s Day. R S CLUB, Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. Room 2D MSC Election of offi cers and plans for party. SADDLE & SIRLOIN CLUB, Tuesday, 7:30 p. m. MSC. SAN ANTONIO CLUB PICNIC, Wednesday, 5:30 p. m. Bryan Coun try Club. Election of officers. TALENT BUREAU AUDI TIONS, Wednesday, 5 p, m. Piano Room MSC. T. F. Mayo Lions Club Speaker Mayo Speaker At Lion’s Club Ladies Night Dr. T. F. Mayo, head of the English Department, was the principal speaker at the Col lege Station Lion’s Club La dies Night meeting held in the assembly room of the MSC. His talk, “What Every Good American Wants,” was based on the supposition that this country needs a better equilibrium between equality and opportunity. Dr. Mayo discussed the typical Ameri can philosophies ranging from the radical to the reactionary. Presenting musical entertain ment for the organization was a quartet of Singing Cadets com posed of Ken Wiggins, master of ceremonies; Tommy Savage, Har old Hughes, and Don Gernsy. The group sang two negro spirituals and three popular songs. Guests for the meeting were Mr. and Mrs. George Huebner, Col. and Mrs. A. B. Currie, A. B. Med- lin, and Harold Dreyfus. Following the program, the ta bles were cleared from the room and a record player provided mu sic for the dance which followed. Cotton Pageant (Continued from Page 1) of 75 in all. The “A” and the “M” will each be supported by two marble columns. The background will be of silver flitter with a seven-foot cotton stalk in the cen ter. On each side of the cotton stalk will be thrones for the king and queen. At 5:30 p.m. Friday evening, there will be a reception for the Royal Court in the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Lewis. A picnic will be held at the country place of J. S. Mogford Sat urday afternoon for the Court and distinguished guests who have help ed to make the Cotton Pageant and Ball possible. The Cotton Ball will start at 9:30 in the Grove after the Pag eant and Style show. The Aggie land Orchestra will provide the music. Baptist Unions Choose New State Officers Last Friday and Saturday Baptist Students of A&M were host to some 400 stu dents from 50 Texas colleges in the annual meeting of the Baptist Student Unions. The meeting was opened Friday morning at 9 in the First Baptist Church of College Station and continued through Friday after noon and Saturday morning. At the end of the Planning Con ference, the following officers were chosen for next year: president, Bookie Brymer of SWTSTC; en listment vice-president, John Tay lor of Marshall; social vice presi dent Hazel Harrison of Lubbock; devotional vice-president, Beryl West of Canyon; stewardship vice- president, Bill Clendenning of Den ton; secretary, Martha Foster of San Antonio. Music chairman, John Breland of Waco; publicity chairman, Peg gy Masters of Commerce; citizen ship chairman, Bill Blumberg of Austin; missions chairman, Paul Johnson of Houston; Sunday school representative, Dorothy Hutcherson of Ft. Worth; training school re presentative, were also elected. Bill Hart of Dallas; Young Wo men’s Auxiliary representative, Virginia Lee Wilson of Denton; brotherhood representative, W. L. Bane of Nacogdoches volunteer representative, Francis Knight of Abilene; magazine representative, Pat Murphy of Stephenville; sem inary I’epresentative, Joe Haynes of Abilene; pastor advisor, Dr. T. A. Patterson of Beaumont, were se lected. Faculty advisor was Dr. M. T. Harrington, president of the Col lege, professional -school represen tative, Bob Rapp of Austin and ju nior college representative, Helen French of Paris. Convention (Continued from Page 1) or of social activities, summed up their impression of the try this way, “It was inspiring to see so many students and union personnel from all over the country sharing attitudes on student life. I wish more of our students could have attended the convention because you really see how important stu dent union activities can be— growth in leadership is the true goal of a good student union pro gram. “I feel that our students have such a natural pride in the MSC that we will have increased num bers showing interest in serving on committees, so our Center can become one of the finest in the country.” Florida Orders Klan To Remove Masks Tallahassee, Fla., May 1—— The Florida legislature passed the bill forcing the Ku Klux Klan to remove its masks. A Change of Season means a change of underwear And if you want real comfort in under wear, you’ll get it in Jockey . . . the snug-fitting, smooth-feeling Knit underwear that’s now a favorite male habit with young men who care. The JOCKEY Short.. coupled with JOCKEY contoured un dershirt gives you freedom plus many special features found only in JOCKEY under wear. JOCKEY SHORT $1.20 JOCKEY UNDERSHIRT $1.00 « C^o&cWp &Cb. HCNt CLOTHINO SINCt Consolidated School District To Vote on Bonds Saturday By FRANK DAVIS Battalion Staff Writer The proposed $150,000 bond is sue for the A&M Consolidated In dependent School District was dis cussed last night at a community meeting held in the high school library. If election returns are favorable Saturday, the bond will finance a Science Room and shop for Lin coln High School and a cafeteria, classrooms, and girls’ dressing rooms for A&M Consolidated Ele mentary School. Increased Enrollment Increased enrollment anticipat ed during the next five years caused Board of Trustees members of the A&M Consolidated School District to propose the bond is sue. County Scout Program Increases For Camp Scout Organization Chairman. C. N. Hielscher told the Brazos dis trict committee at its April meet ing held at Camp Arrowmoon the Boy Scout movement in Brazos county is developing rapidly and sevveral new troops and Cub packs are expected to register soon. A leadership training course which opened yesterday on the A&M campus was discussed and plans for improvement at Camp Arrowmoon were also talked about by the group of 40 scouters from Brazos and Robertson counties. Callaway Heads Course Leadership Training Chairman Dan Russell said Major L. C. Cal laway will serve at “Dean” for the training course. “The com bined program will be open to adult leaders from the district as well as college students,” he said. The six point program will cov er pack and troop organization methods; troop activity planning, troop meeting planning, hike plan ning, camping, and “boy’s growth in scouting.” An over night camp will follow the course with awards going to all who complete the program. Everyone to Attend “We are urging all Scoutmas ters, institutional representatives and others interested in the scout ing program to attend,” said Dis trict Chairman H. W. Barlow. Classes will be on four succes sive nights, Monday through Thurs day, beginning at 7:15 in the new Biology lecture room. When Camp Arrowmoon opens on June 17 there will be several major improvements, including new sanitary facilities, Camping Chair man D. C. Jones said. He also told of plans for training junior lead ers. Interested boys will go to Camp Strake on May 4, 5 and f>. A local training program will be scheduled at a later date, he added. Emphasizing training of scout leaders at the monthly round table meetings, District Commissioner Robert H. Fletcher told of the work of his staff. Field Executive Jack Linn re ported that there is still time for individual boys to register for the annual Philtrek. Application should be made to Earl Bryan, or Dr. John G. McNeely. Present school census figures in dicate an increase of 12 to 14 per cent for 1951-52 over 1950-51, according to L. S. Richardson, superintendent of the A&M Consol idated School District. The 1950- 51 census was 10 per cent over the 1949-50 census figures, the super intendent added. Dr. Charles LaMotte, president of the school board, and Richardson were in charge of the educational program last night. The meeting was designed to inform district people of the coming bond elec tion. . Tax Schedule Financed If passed, the bonds will be financed on the present tax sche-. dule, said Richardson. “New buildings in the school district have increased in valua tion since 1948, and sufficient tax funds will be available next year and thereafter to pay off the pur posed bond issue.” "Construction can begin around June 1,” Richardson said, "giving ample time to have the cafeteria and some classrooms ready for use in September.” The architect retained for the proposed work is Paul A. Silver and Company, San Antonio. 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