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Page 4 THE BATTALION Wednesday, February 20, 1952 Oceanography Fellowships Available for 1952-53 Fellowships in engineering and physical oceanography, available for the first time, are open to graduate students for the academic year 1952-53, said Dale Leipper of the department of oceanography. Also available, said Leipper, are 20 research assistantships, paying from $100 to 125 a month. These involve half time work on investi gations conducted for the A&M Research Foundation and are sponsored by various government agencies and by industry. United Gas Fellowship The United Gas Fellowship in Engineering Oceanography, spon sored by the United Gas Pipe Line company of Shreveport, La., has a stipend of $2,400 for 12 months plus $600 for equipment, travel, fees. Applicants must have the BS degree or equivalent in engineer ing and must indicate interest in oceanographic training. Candi dates will be required to take the standard academic curricula lead ing to the MS in oceanography and may also pursue special studies in geology, biology, chemistry in or der to satisfy all prerequisites for graduate study in the department of oceanography, Leipper. The A&M Research Foundation Fellowship in Physical Oceano- Local DAR’s Make Contest Scrapbook The La Villita Chapter of the Daughters of ; the American Revo- luation are completing the 1952 State DAR Scrapbook. This is the third and final year the local chapter will compile the book. The white and gold bound book includes clippings about the 82 DAR chapters in Texas, the 1951 State DAR Conference, and the 1951 Continental Congress of the National Society DAR. The Eng lish style lettering is blue and gold, the organization’s colors. Mrs. F. B. Brown compiled the book and Mrs. R. E. Callender did the lettering, working in conjunc tion with Mrs. Emmette Wallace of Bryan, chairman of the Texas Press Relations Committee. Last year’s scrapbook placed second at the Continental Congress in Washington, D. C. graphy carries 'a stipend of $1,500 for twelve months. Applicants should have the BS degree or equivalent in physics or meteorol ogy and have a definite interest in natural science. For graduate study in physical oceanography, the student must follow the same rules which pertain to graduate work in oceanography engineering. Offers Opportunities In addition to offering oppor tunities leading to the MS or PhD degree in physical oceanography, this fellowship presents an excell ent method of gaining experience at sea, Leipper added. The Dow Research Fellowship in Chemical Oceanography, spon sored by the Dow Chemical com pany, Freeport, is available each year to an outstanding chemistry student. The stipend is $1,500 for twelve months plus $500 for travel and expenses. Applicants must have the BS de gree or equivalent in chemistry or biochemistry and must indicate a definite interest in the chemistry of the oceanic environment. Candidates are required to take the standard academic curricula leading to the MS or PhD degree in chemical oceanography and such prerequisite courses as are essen tial to graduate study in chemical oceanography. A11 candidates should be interested in spending some time at sea, Leipper said. Publishers to Discuss Shop Problems Here Over 100 Texas newspaper pub lishers and their employees will meet in the MSC Saturday to dis cuss the mechanical problems of putting out a newspaper. The purpose of the Third An nual Texas Newspaper Clinic, jointly sponsored by the depart ment of journalism and the Texas Press Association, is to discuss how profits can be increased and costs cut by more efficient pressroom operation. The delegates will present their difficulties to a panel of experts who will discuss the best possible solution to each problem. Dr. M. T. Harrington, president of the college, will welcome the group to A&M during the noon lunch hour. The response will be by Brad Smith, president of the Texas Press Association. MSC Camera Club To Conduct Classes The MSC camera club will con duct a series of elementary class es in photography, announced Hen ry Cole, president. The classes will meet in the third floor darkrooms of the MSC every Thursday afternoon from 5 to 6. Any interested camei’a fan is invited, said Robin Ransome, pub licity chairman of the club. BUY, SELL, RENT OR TRADE. Rates .... 3c a word per insertion with a 25e minimum. Space rate is classified section .... 60c per column-inch. Send 111 classified to STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFICE. All ads must be received in Student Activities office by 10 a.m. on the day before publication. • FOR SALE • GOOD used 6-foot home freezer. Ninety-day guarantee. Phone 4-9876. ONE 48-INCH roll-away bed with inner- spring mattress, $30. See after 5 p.m. at 901 Fairview. 1950 G.E. Deluxe washing machine. Re tailed $169.95. Has timing device and pump. Will sell for $90. B-20-A. Col lege View, Tom Goodson. • FOUND • WRIST WATCH. Call 6-3679 to identify. • PERSONAL • Durwood: This is the last time I’ll ask you. If you brush me off, I’ll kill myself. I mean it! Nancy D. Directory of Business Services INSURANCE of all lines. Homer Adams. North Gate. Call 4-1217. Official Notice OFFICIAL NOTICE TO GRADUATE STUDENTS Graduate Students who expect to com plete all the requirements for a degree by the end of the current semester should call by the office of the Graduate Dean and make formal application before March 1st. T. D. BROOKS Acting Dean W. H. FINCHER Republic National Life Insurance Co. Room 4, Aggieland Pharmacy Office. Ph 4-8448 —Res. 6-1572 OFFICIAL NOTICE There will be a meeting in Room 105 (amphitheater) of the Veterinary Hospital Building on Thursday, February 21st, at 7 p.m., for all preveterinary students and for any other students who intend to apply for admission to the School of Veterinary Medicine, for the fall semester of 1952. I. B. Boughton, Dean School of Veterinary Medicine NOTICE TO VETERINARY MEDICINE SCHOOL APPLICANTS All currently enrolled pre-veterinary medioine students who expect to qualify as applicants for admission into the School of Veterinary Medicine in September, 1952, should file their application in the Reg istrar’s Offic not later than March 1. Forms to be used, in making application for admission to the School of Veterinary Medicine are available at the information desk in the Registrar’s Office. H. L. Heaton Registrar Conference moderator will be Leroy Brewlngton, nationally rec ognized graphic arts authority and director of printing at Kansas State College, Pittsburgh, Kansas. Panels will be held on pressroom operations and linecasting ma chines Jack Gale, United Press specialist on news transmission will discuss “The Pros and Cons of Teletypesetting” during the af ter lunch hour. After answering the publishers questions in the morning sessions, the panel members will demon strate their solutions on the A&M College press in the afternoon. Classical Music (Continued from Page 2) quale” by Donizetti. Miss Cooner and Mr. Peerce then joined their voices in a duet from “Lucia”, also by Donizetti. Jascha Heifetz plays the “Pre lude” to the “Partita in E major” by Bach, “The Girl With the Flaxen Hair” by DeBussy the “Scherzo Tarantelle” by Weiniew- ski and the “24th Caprice” by Paganini. The four numbers are played either oh his famous Strad- ivarius violin, built in 1731, or the equally famous “David’' Guarner- ius, built in 1742. Concluding the program is a section featuring the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal under the direction of Dimitri Mitropoulos. The work heard is the third movement of Listz’s “A Faust Symphony.” On the same program, an adap tation of Leo Tolstoy’s “The Guest” is featured. This picture is the first of a series of films using religious subjects in a simple un pretentious manner. CHANGES IN STUDIES Changes In the list of courses for which any student is currently registered may be made only on the written recommendation of th head of each department concerned and with the approval of the dean of the student’s school. A student may not add a course after Saturday, February 9. Any course dropped after Saturday, Febru ary 16, shall normally carry a grade of F. C. Clement French Dean of the College The second installment of fees for the Second Semester is due not later than Feb ruary 20 and may be paid now at the Fiscal Department. The fees for mem bers of the Corps of Cadets are as follows: Board to March 20 $36.95 Room Rent to March 20. . 9.35 Laundry to March 20.... 3.00 Total, Second Installment $ 49.30 For Students who reside in a College dormitory and are not members of the Corps of Cadets, the fees are: Room Rent to March 20. .$ 9.35 Laundry to March 20 3.00 Total, Second Installment, $ 12.35 C. A. Roeber Auditor RADIOS <& REPAIRING Call For and Delivery STUDENT CO-OP Phone 4-4114 CANDIDATE FOR DEGREES Any student who normally expects to complete all the requirements for a degree by the end of the current semester should call by the Registrar’s Office NOW and make formal application for a degree. MARCH 1st is the deadline for filing an application for a degree to be conferred at the end of the current semster. This deadline applies to both graduate and un dergraduate students. H. L. Heaton Registrar Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST 303A East 26th (Across from Court House) Call 2-1662 for Appointment Pioneer Air Lines Starts Sixth Year Tuesday was the fifth anniver sary of Pioneer Air Lines service to College Station-Bryan area, an nounced W. R. Morrison, local company manager. Lewis M. Zafran, assistant gen eral traffic and sales manager, will present to the company staff a special fifth anniversary ca,ke. Pioneer Air Lines has six flights in and out of this area. There are two flights daily to Houston, the Fort Worth and Dal las area, and to Austin via Temple. Let us help you keep your Mercury in top-flight condi tion. Drive in soonl When you drive out, you’ll be more than satisfied! General Service • Engine Tune-up Wheel Alignment Electrical Service • Brake Relining 9 Bumping-Painting Genuine Parts Charlie Cade, Jr. LINCOLN — MERCURY 1309 S. Hwy. 6 Cliff Harris Harris to Lead Baptist Student Work at A&M Cliff Harris, Class of ’47, is the new director of Baptist student work at A&M. His ap pointment was announced by W. F. Howard of Dallas, di rector of the department of stu dent work, Baptist General Con vention of Texas. Harris, who received a degree in chemical engineering from A&M in 1948, has been engaged in. sales engineering in Dallas. During World War II he was in the Uni ted States Navy. At A&M he was the first chap lain of the Corps of Cadets, filling that position during the 1947-48 school year. In that capacity he was able to institute many reli gious practices which are still in use on the campus. Active Student An active Baptist student throughout his college career, Har ris served on the BSU Council in several different positions, includ ing president. In 1947 he was elect ed devotional vice-president on the Baptist Student Union Council for the state of Texas. During his stu dent days he was ordained as a Baptist deacon. Harris’ work at A&M will in clude direction of the Baptist Student Center and all phases of the BSU program on the campus. Professor Arthur Smith of the Baptist Chair of Bible is his co worker. Baptist student work at A&M, under the direction of the Baptists of Texas, is a locally' coordinated program. Dr. W. H. Andrew, pas tor of First Baptist Church, Bryan, serves as chairman of an advisory committee which consists of the pastors and elected laymen from the four Baptists churches in Bryan, College Avenue, Emanuel, Calvary and First, and the First Baptist Church, College Station. VANCE ATTENDS MEETING Harold Vance, head of the pet roleum engineering department, attended a meeting of the ASME in Houston yesterday. Color Matching • IS EASY! I Miss Vaden, Mrs. Blanchard Honorees at Coffees, Teas Miss Mary Eleanor Vaden, bride- elect of Fred Wemeyer, and Mrs. Robert Glenn Blanchard, the for mer Miss Betty Napier, were hon ored at several pre-nuptial par ties recently. Mrs. Armstrong Price entertain ed at an informal coffee honor ing Miss Vaden this morning at 9:30 in the Price home at 900 Park Place. Mrs. Price and Mrs. F. L. Tho mas presented the bride-to-be with silver. Spring floral arrangements were used throughout the house. Mrs. H. W. Barlow and Mrs. John P. Abbott were co-hostesses for an informal Valentine tea hon oring Mrs. Blanchard Thursday at the Barlow home. A red and white floral arrange ment was the centerpiece of the tea table. The cakes were decorat ed with red hearts. Spring flow ers were used in the house. Mesdames Shelly P. Meyers, Joe Davis, M. T. Harrington, and C. C. French served. Out-of-Town Guests Out-of-town guests included Mrs. J. O. Elliott, San Antonio and Miss Nancy O’Bryne, Dallas. Mrs. Joe E. Davis entertained with a formal tea honoring Miss Vaden and Mrs. Blanchard in the Davis home recently. Mesdames M. D. Welty, E. F. Saur, C. C. Todd, and C. L. Thomas received the 125 guests at the door. The house party included Mes dames Taylor Wilkins, John P. Ab bott, Bennie Zinn, Howard W. Bar- low, Fred Hickman, Shelly P. Meyers, W. G. Breazeale, W. L. Penberthy, and Ray George. Mrs. Irene Cleghorn registered the guests. A white gladioli, daisies, and candytuft arrangement was used for the centerpiece. White satin streamers extended from the bou quet across the table to an auburn haired bride doll representing Miss Vaden and to a brown haired bride doll representing Mrs. Blanchard. Mesdames M. T. Harrington, C. C. French, Frank Vaden, Jr., E. W. Napier, and Gibb Gilchcrist served. The hostess presented the hon- orees a gift of silver. What’s Cooking Quarter Horse Filly Given to AH Department A quarter horse filly has been given to the animal husbandry de partment, Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the department, has announced. The filly was given to the col lege by Charles Richardson of 01- ney. “She has won her class in several of the shows during 1951,” Dr. Miller Says, ABILENE CLUB: Thursday, 7:15 p. m., Room 3-C MSC. Im portant meeting. ARTS & SCIENCE COUNCIL: Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., MSC. Wear No. 1 uniform or coat and tie. BRAZORIA COUNTY CLUB: Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., Room 3-B MSC. HILLEL FOUNDATION: Wed nesday, 7:15 p. m., Room 2-B MSC. There will be a noted speaker. SAN ANTONIO CLUB: Thurs day, 7:15 p. m., Room 301 Good win. Plans for Easter party and picture schedule announced. TAU BETA PI: Wednesday, 5:00 p. m., Front steps of MSC. Pic ture for Aggieland, wear No. 2 uniform. WESLEY FOUNDATION: Wed-* nesday, No meeting because of REW. HOUSTON 42 MINUTES 3 FLIGHTS DAILY i Tty* on. iiglifEri mmk BONUS ■V OF . amm. 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