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/ I Wednesday, October 8, 1952 THE BATTALION Hage 8 c SO COZY’—Students living three to a room in some sections of the campus pre sent a somewhat crowded condition. Robert Eads looks up at his roommates, T. H. Russell and Max W. II a r i a h, explaining that when winter comes “three to a room will make things cozier.” ‘Army, Navy and Air Force Work Together in Southwest' FORT WORTH, Oct. 8—(IP)—The Secretary of Defense is beginning “to ride herd on the military services,” Lt. Col. Rush Gibbs of the Air Force said yesterday. Gibbs is chairman of the Southwest Armed Forces Re gional Council of the Munitions Board. He addressed a joint meeting of- the council with the Southwest Regional Defense Mobilization Committee. He said the Air Force, Army and Navy have learned to work together in the Southwest. He also reminded the groups that the last session of congress “put teeth into the 1947 unification act.” Members of the two groups heard reports from repre sentatives of •government agencies of defense procurement activities. State Bar Directors Meet Here Friday The board of directors of. the State Bar of Texas will convene at College Station in the MSC Friday, according to J. Glenn Turner of Dallas, president of the organiza tion. The meeting will be the first held during the current Bar year, which began in July. Host for the gathering of some 25 directors and officers of the State Bar will be the Brazos Coun ty Bar Association. County Judge A. S. Ware and State Bar director W. T. McDonald of Bryan ai-e in Brazos Profs Meet Today The Brazos County Teachers As sociation will have a social meet ing tomorrow night at A&M Con solidated school. A covered dish supper, a pro gram, and a short business meet ing will complete the meeting. The supper will begin at 0:30 p. m. All teachers and all membei*s of the three school boards in the county are invited, according to Carl Orr, president of the group. The program will be a summary of professional information re ceived at the state workshop on the University of Houston cam pus. The workshop was attended by Orr, Jack Chaney of A&M Con solidated, and Vick Lindley. 4-1181 TODAY thru SATURDAY —Feature Starts—• 1:24 - 3:33 - 5:42 - 7:51 - 10:00 Rita Glenn HAYWORTH • FORD ft'ST CIRCLE PHONE 4-1250 TONIGHT LAST NIGHT Children Under 12 Admitted Free When Accompanied By An Adult. —Also—- Goxben HORDE a/'GrtryAl* A/utn Ann BLYTH David FARRAR STARTS THURSDAY • Marshall THOMPSON A C31UMBIA PICTURE ——Also- —— 03% im Joe SAWYER • William TRACY 8«l«as«d by I'ppert Pictur*^ Inc. ” “ — , ■ « LaMotte Speaks To Kiwanis Club Charles LaMotte spoke to the Kiwanis Club yesterday on his summer travels in Canada. His talk was illustrated with color slides. LaMotte, a professor in the Bi ology department, had several pic tures of Canadian flowers, as well as points of senic beauty. Otis Miller, president, announced at the meeting that the sale of the National Kids’ Day buttons would continue until they are sold. Girls of A&M Consolidated’s Fu ture Homemakers Club are sell ing the buttons. They have receiv ed permission to sell them in Bryan. Vance Accepts With Housto n Bank Harold Vance, head of the Petroleum Engineering depart ment, has accepted a position with the Second National Bank of Hous ton. He will be in charge of the bank’s Oil and Gas Division. Vance and his wife will move to Houston sometime early in 1953. He will continue as Read of his department until then. ;Wi. “WRERE-YHE-eEST-PiCTUfcSS-PUY Tony Curtis —‘NO ROOM FOR GROOM’’ —and-— “BRIGHT VICTORY” -^THURSDAY & FRIDAY— “MY SIX CONVICTS” ‘ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN’ Jose Ferrer PALACE Brsan 2-SS79 NOW SHOWING Jeff Chandler -in- Yankee Buccaneer mmirn NOW SHOWING TH&REJUMPm Married Couples Plan MSC Dance An informal dance for married couples will be presented by the MSC Married Couples Committee Saturday night at 8 p.m. in the MSC Social Room, said Clem Eng land, publicity chairman. “You may attend one dance be fore paying dues of 50 cents a semester - per couple,” England said. Community Chest Starts New Drive November will be the month for the College Station Commun ity Chest Committee’s drive for funds, according to Bennie Zinn, committee chairman. All the participating welfare youth agencies will be given a public hearing to present their request for funds. The heax - ing will be Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p. m. in the YMCA. A temporary budget based on these requests will be drawn up to use as a goal in the fund drive. Members of the committee are Zinn, chairman, John Longly, vice chairman, V. E. Scbember, secre tary-treasurer - , L. J. Horn, Char lie Smith. Mrs. Ray Oden, Mrs. Frank An derson, J. G. McGuire, R. E. Cal lender, H. E. Hampton, Mrs. J. W. Leland, Harry Gorzycki, Mrs. Her- shel Burgess, Eddie Chew, and W. A. Tar-row. ‘STOOD IDLY BY’ Baylor Newspaper Denies Student Riot Participation WACO, Oct. 8—CP)—The Baylor student newspaper denied yester day that a crowd of youths, in cluding Baylor students, fought officers and damaged property while a city bridge burned. The Lariat said 100 to 200 “gay and light-hearted students” just watched firemen stand “idly by” at the blaze. Police and firemen have said 300 to 500 youths, many of them Baylor students, threw rocks, Missionary Society Installs New Members At Meeting /if _ mSafhawh ® r 1. WMIIWSM ‘‘S'l?.’ ‘ , HXmx; HMS. ^ assa \ f® PWWO wHtEWK gUC-E \\ -news'• i m i ■■ (Hyr-n ftArvV"*-. 4 D*-*<*W" An installation service was held at the Women’s Missionary Soci ety of the First Baptist Church at the monthly business and mission ary meeting Monday night. Officers installed were Mes- dames It. O. Berry, president; Cliff Harris, young people’s secre tary; W. D. Lloyd, corresponding secretary-treasurer; R. E. Snuggs, recording secretary; Roy Hagler, C. H. Ransdall, Gene .Sellars,..A. B. Kennerley and George Litton, vice presidents (circle chairmen). Standing committee chairmen named were Mesdames T. D. Jones, community missions; George Outlaw, benevolence; E. M. White, mission study; T. H. Wil son, Bible study and B. H. Nelson, program. Mesdames Ed Whitten, litera ture; It. D. Longshore, steward ship; A. R. Orr, flowers; George Litton, kitchen; R. E. Snuggs, pub- liicty; and J. D. Prewit, student, were the other committee chair men named. A&M Christian Church Circle One of the Christian Women’s Fellowship of the A&M Christian Church met in the home of Mrs. C. C. Hedges Monday af ternoon. After a business meeting Mrs. E. E. Vezey conducted a Bible Study. A&M Presbyterian: Church The Wonren-of-the-Church of the A&M Presbyterian Church conducted circle meetings Monday at which time a study in Colosians was presented. The McQuillen Circle met at the home of Mrs. Frank Anderson at 3 p. m. Monday. The Couch Circle met in the home of Mrs. E. F. McFadden. The Bible study was presented by Mrs. Norman Anderson. Mrs. W. D. Scoates was hostess ijmm LAST TIME TODAY THURSDAY & FRIDAY to the Evening Circle. Mrs. J. E. Adams g-ave the Bible study and Mrs. F. B. Brown III reviewed an article from the “Presbyterian Survey.” The Student Wives Circle will meet tonight in the home of Mrs. M. L. Cushion at 8 p. m. Mrs. Walker Jacobs will give the Bible study and Mrs. Holenbar will pre sent the Sur-vey review. A&M Methodist Church About 39 women attended a meeting of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service in the home of Mrs. Ernest Holdridge Monday night. The worship service was pre sented by Mrs. Glynn Perry. The pastor, the Rev. Nolan R. Vance, spoke on “What Methodists Be lieve and Why.” Co-hostesses with Mrs. Hold ridge were Mrs. John Sperry and Mrs. R. E. Leighton. Czech Club Holds First Meet in MSC The A&M Czech Club was or ganized last Friday night in Room 2B of the MSC, Dr. J. M. Skrivan- ek, instructor in the new Czechos lovakian languages classes, report ed. It was organized by his stu dents for the purpose of promoting interest in the study of the Czech language, literature, and culture and also for the purpose of pro moting fellowship, high ideal of friendship, and co-operation, Dr. Skrivanek added. Officers elected for the current year w T ere: Henry Prochazke, Pres ident; Melton Holubec, Vice Presi dent; Eddie Nedbalek, Secretary- Treasurer; and Johnny Brayenec, Reporter. Other officers elected were Thomas Hurta, Social Chair man; Marvin Dvoracek, Sgt. at arms; and Stephen Zobal, Song leader. Dr. Skrivanek is sponsor. brickbats and clods at firemen and policemen as the bridge burned Friday night. They also accused the youths of slashing a firehose with knives and attempting to overturn official cars. One free-swinging lad, they charged, knocked an officer’s hat off. The Lariat denied all this. In chapel yesterday, Baylor President W. R. White said only 12 to 15 youths were involved in the bur ning of the wooden bridge. White said there was no intentiton of attacking officers. Repairs were underway on the bridge and traffic was blocked off. Dr. Clark Takes New Position Harrington At Petroleum Meeting Pres. M. T. Harrington, Harold Vance, head of the department of petroleum engineering and Dr. Harvey T. Kennedy, professor of petroleum engineering, have at tended a petroleum meeting in Houston Monday and Tuesday of this week. Seven colleges and universities, three from Texas, had representa tives at the conference to explore the possibilities of a regional pro gram in petroleum sciences. The conference was sponsored by the Southern Regional Education Board. Four States Club Elects Officers The Texarkana-Four States Club met Thursday night in the MSC and held an election for their officers and a discussion of the idea of having a party here dur ing football season. The officers elected frqm ap proximately seventy members were Jim Moore, president, Char les Pippen, vice-president; Claude Hendrickson, secretary; Dick Clark, treasurer; Albert Gist, soc ial chairman; and Tommy Steel, Leonard Smith, and Melbin Barto, attendance officers. Instructors Serve As Stock Judges Two members of the A&M Ani mal Husbandry Department served as livestock judges during the lat ter part of September. Dr. J. C. Miller, head of the de partment, judged beef cattle at the Oklahoma State Fair held in Oklahoma City Sept. 24-25. Prof. F. I. Dahlberg judged swine in the New Mexico State Fair at Albuquerque Sept 29-30. Dr. Jack P. Clark director of the speech and hearing clinic of A&M resigned his position last week. Dr. Clark has been with the college for the last six years. He has accepted a position with Wayne University of Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Clark was a member of the English faculty here for four years. Two years ago he secured his Ph D in speech pathology at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Clark then opened the speech and hearing clinic here. At Wayne, he will work in the speech clinic, teach in the grad uate school, and do research work. Dr. Clark took his new position this week. Dr. Clark did undergratuate work here, receiving his B. A. in 1929. Mrs. Clark and his son and daughter, Coley and Candy, will join Dr. Clark in Detroit. Lincoln High Gets Vocation Training Vocational training for Lincoln High School has recently been ap proved by the Texas Educational Agency. Negro high school students will he taught carpentry, millwork, painting, masonry, and concrete finishing as a part of their public education. “There is a considerable demand in this area for skilled workers of this type,” said E. E. Escoe, teacher of the new class. Escoe, who received his Master of Science degree from Prairie View A&M College this summer, went on to say that a major por tion of each school year will be spent by the students in actually constructing a residence for some negro family in College Station. Escoe was formerly industrial arts teacher at Lincoln. Campus capers call for Coke There’s bedlam In the stands when the team Is on a march to the goal. Keep things going! Refresh now and then with a frosty bottle of delicious Coca-Cola. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY THE BRYAN COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY “Coke" is a registered trade-mark. © 1952, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY charge of arrangement for Iho session. Business meetings of the group are to be held in the MSC while entertainment events will take place at both Bryan and Col lege Station. Expected to be in attendance when the quarterly meeting opens Friday morning are State Bar president Turner; vice-president Everett L. Looney of Austin; sec retary-treasurer Wm. J. Park and assitant secretary Wm. E. Pool, both of Austin. Also W. W. Naman of Waco, chairman of the Board; C. M. Ken nedy of Texarkana; John P. Blair of Beaumont; Earl Roberts of Longview; W. P. Abernathy of McKinney; R. L. Dillard Jr. of Dal- lard; W. T. McDonald, Bryan. J. G. Davis, Huntsville; Richard H. Powell, Houston; Floyd Enlow, Angleton; Albert M. Walker, San Marcos; R. V. Nichols, Fort Worth; Leslie Humt>hrey, Wichita Falls; George P. Morrill, Beeville; Vernon B. Hill, Mission. Eugene R. Smith, El Paso; Vir gil T. Seaberry, Eastland; Wm. Q. Boyce, Amarillo; Thos. B. Duggan Jr., Lubbock; W. F. Nowlin, San Antonio; Louis D. Gayer, San An gelo; and immediate past presi dent Cecil E. Burney of Corpus Christi. Crippled Kids Fund Started Christmas cards are being sold by the College Station Lions Chrt to raise funds for* the Texai Lions’ Crippled Children’s Camp. Member’s of the selling commit tee are Dr. John Milliff, chairman, Don Young, and Don Hood. Sets of cards will be sold pri. marily to members of the Lions Club, but others may buy cards if they wish, according to Milliff. Lions Clubs all over the state are working on the project. They expect to raise twenty thousand dollars for the camp. Located near Kerrville, the half- completed camp will open in June of 1953. It will be open to crip pled children only, between the ages of seven and 17. No charge will be made for the two week camping period. Appointed CO Colonel Walter H. Parsons, Jr., Class of ’30, is serving as com manding officer of the 11th En gineer Combat Group in Schwet- zinger, Germany. Col. 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