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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
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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
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