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Tuesday, April 7, 1-953 i Page 4 THE BATTALION NEWS BRIEFS Measle Cases Remain High; New Scholarship Offered TWO COLLEGE STAFF members were elected recently as officers of the Texas Section, Institute of Food Technologists. Dr. A. V. Moore, professor of dairy manufactures, was elected chairman, and Dr. I. I. Peters, asso ciate professor of dairy manufac tures, was elected secretary-treas urer. THE HUMBLE Oil and Refining Company of Houston has made available to the Texas Agricultur al Experiment Station $250 to aid the weed control program with her- bicidal oils. The program is under the direction of H. E. Rhea of the agronomy department. TWO THOUSAND seven hun dred fifty-nine persons attended conferences and short courses here during March. A total of 13,560 were on the campus from June, 1952 to and including March 31, 1953. Largest number of persons on the campus was th6 1200 high school seniors here for High School Day. Seven hundred and nineteen attended the Texas Water Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association meeting. MEASLES dropped a little, but remained high in the College Sta tion and Bryan area with 218 cases reported for the final week in March, said the Bryan-Brazos County Health Unit. Last week, 229 cases were reported. Other diseases remained on a normal lev el, the health unit said. TWO GRANTS-IN-AID for $1,- 211.95 and a grant of $116.62, have been made to the Texas Agricul tural Experiment Station, said Dr. R. D. Lewis, director. The grants-in-aid are from the Texas Federation of Cooperatives of Austin for $711.92 to help de fray the expenses for Project No. 728, directory of agricultural co- To Fit the Need For Every Home Battle’s PLUMBING CO. 109 W'alton Dr. Ph. 4-4686 t r- College Station operatives in Texas, and $500 from the Chipman Chemical Co., Inc. of Bound Brook, N.J., in support of research on cotton defoliation. The grant of $11.62 from the Texas REMEMBER THIS?—“Welcome Back,” says pretty Pat Reid. She is not talking to Aggies, but to the summer season as she models the latest in swim suits, etc. P.S. She’s married. (AP Photo.) Placement Office Helps Graduates * Approximately 300 companies visit A&M every year to present the graduating students with a clear picture of the jobs offered, according to W. F. Hensel of the Placement Office. Practically all major oil com panies, feed concerns, research laboratories, engineering firms and others who need college grad uates are represented during the year, he said. Information concerning inter views may be obtained at the Placement Office, Bulletin Boards, and from reading The Battalion. These interviews are designed to help students, and all graduat ing students are urged to take ad vantage of them, Hensel said. BUP, SELL, RENT OR TRADE. Rates . ... 3c a word per Insertion witb a J5e minimum. Space rate In classified lection .... 60c per column-inch. Send lection .... 60c per column-inch. Send til classified to STUDENT ACTIVITIES HEFTCE. All ads must be received In Student Activities office by 10 a.m. on the Cay before publication. FOR SALE FOR SALE—Real Estate — Practically new Austin stone. Brick, ranch style, i kit- parate patio; 1 o t, asy walking distance of super market and Crockett three bedroom; large Youngstown sal; ;ned I apet' Restricted. Within ea chen, dishwasher and disposal; separate dining, spacious screened porch, patio; beautifully landscaped- oversized lot, School; two bus lines, owner leaving 304 city. Day Street, Bryan. (X) PROFEXRAY Portable X-ray Unit, i be re- Model P-XA. Sealed bids will ceived in the Office of the Audit tor. Col lege Administration Building, until X0 a.m., Monday April 20, X953. The right •eservei to W£ ress A ege St formation. ay is reserved to reject any and all bids my and al r, A&M Cc Station, Texas, for further any and to waive any and all technicalities. Address Auditor, A&M College of Texas, r further in- Collee 1947 CROSLEY Station Wagon. Contact r 4-1 J. Y. Alexander, 4-5274 or 4-8404 after 5. TWO-WHEEL, covered, utility trailer. 8’ X 4’ bed. 600 x 16 tires. Good condi tion. J. V. Alexander, General Delivery, Rockdale, Texas. Phone 5098, Collect. <1) 1947 CHEVROLET two-door sedan. Sealed bids will be received in the office of the Acting Executive Assistant until :sday, April 14, 1953. The 10 a.m. Tue lay, April 14, ed 1 iraivc ;ss . altur College Station, Texas, for further right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any .and all techni calities Address Acting Executive As sistant, Agricultural Extension Service, in- LOST ONE redish fawn jersey heifer, about 500 pounds. Chain around tion leading unds. Chain around neck. Informa- i her whereabouts will be rewarded. R. H. Brock, Box 4744, Col lege Station. MAN’S wrist watch between A&M Con solidated and College Hills. Grey leather band—waterproof and shock proof. Find er please call 4-8409 or turn into office of junior high school principal. WANTED • PART TIME HELP wanted for announcing and selling. Contact Station WTAW. • WANTED TO RENT FACULTY family desire house trailer from June to September. Call 6-6188. • WORK WANTED • TYPING—reasonable rates. Phone 3-1776 after 5. Directory of Business Services INSURANCE of all kinds. Homer Adame, North Gate. Call 4-1217. ing Ex ige formation. 1949, 33 FOOT SPARTON Royal Mansion trailer with extra 9 by 15 porch room and automatic washer on available trail- space or can be moved. $3100.00. J. R1 C. Rhodes, Cherry and Tauber, College Station. • FOR RENT • TWO BEDROOM furnished house in Col- Jege Hills, phone 4-5358, Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST 303A East 26th Call 2-1662 for Appointment (Across from Court House) K&B DRIVING RANGE Open Sunday March 1 On Fin Feather Road Bryan, Texas Rice Improvement Association of Beaumont, is for use at Substation No. 4, at Beaumont. W. E. STREET, head of the en gineering drawing department, has been appointed chairman of the Committee on Evaluation of En gineering Drawing Education of the Drawing Division of the Amer ican Society for Engineering Edu cation. This committee will make recommendations on the question of how engineering programs can be made effective in meeting the demands to be placed upon the en gineering profession 25 - y e a r s hence. L. S. PAINE, research economist and head of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station’s industrial survey program, was a feature speaker on Houston’s Industrial Development Forum program last week. He recently completed a study entitled “Community Indus trial Development.” He currently is working on a comprehensive study of 200 industrial plants which have been located in Texas since 1940. RAYMOND PRICE, director of the Southwestern Forest and Range Experiment Station at Tuscon, Ar- iz., will be the Principal speaker at 3:30 p.m. today at the monthly staff conference of the Texas Ag ricultural Experiment Station. He will discuss the forest and range management research program. A $500 SCHOLARSHIP for a junior or senior student in mechan ical engineering has been establish ed here by the Atlantic Refining Co. A recipient of the award will be recommended this spring by the staff of the mechanical engineering department for the coming school year. The scholarship is establish ed by the company to provide addi tional incentive and assistance to students showing the greatest promise of success in the engineer ing field. THOMAS H. MacDONALD, who recently retired after 34 years as chief of the Bureau of Public Roads of the U. S. "Department of Com merce, will be associated with A&M in its highway research program. The program is conducted under agreements with the Texas State Highway Commission. MacDonald is credited with having developed the program of federal and state cooperation on a national system of roads. ERNEST LANGFORD, head of the architectural department, will discuss famous buildings while showing slides to the Architectural Wives Society in the South Sola rium of the YMCA at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The hostesses will be Mrs. Mary Lee Hiester and Mrs. Georgia Jones. Mrs. Jones also has been selected to represent the society in the cotton Pageant. * * * A COFFEE for the students and faculty of the architecture and civil engineering departments will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. tomorrow in the MSC Assembly Room, said Rodney Heath, chairman of the MSC House Committee, sponsors of the affair. All students and fac ulty members of these departments are invited to attend the informal coffee, Heath said. A&M, U of H Baptists Send Negro to Meet A&M’s Baptist Student Union and the Baptist students at the University of Houston are send ing Edward Hill, sophomore min isterial student from Prairie View A&M, to the national BSU con vention in Nashville, Tenn. Ide Trotter, state BSU inter racial council member, promoted the sending of the Negro student to the convention. Correct Cleaning An Essential of Good Grooming FAST SERVICE EXPERT WORK CAMPUS CLEANERS Track Results (Continued from Page .-S) Two mile run: 1. James Blaine, A&M; 2. Elbert Spence, Texas; 3. Texas; James Bisfiop, Texas and Marvin Swink, A&M. Pole ault: 1. Tie between Mai man, Texas! T? ifd&v, f$che§! 120-yard high hft^dles: 1. herald Scal)orn, Texa^,; 2. Glenn ifalkg, A&M; 3. T<|mt jEfotfajife, A&M.I 15.2. Hartung, Stalter. Broad jump: 1. Bqjiby Rag|dale, J rju inches; 3. Edward Kelley, Texas, 21 ieet, 3 7/8 inches. Discus: 1. Darrow Hooper, A&M, 168 feet, 9 inches, (new record, old record let feet, 5 inches, set by Hooper in. 1952); 2. Bobby Gross, A&M; 3. Jim Samuelson, Texas. Mile relay: 1. Texas (James 1 Babb, Toni Rogers, Richard For ester, Jim Carlton. 3:27.5. Javelin: 1. Tom Dollahite, A&M, 167 feet, 7 inches; 2. Martin Swink, A&M; 3. Glenn Hoffman, Texas. 220-yard dash: 1. James Baker, A&M; 2. Bob Scarbrough, A&M; 3. Gerald Scallom, Texas. 21.1. 880: 1. Richard Foerstre, Texas; 2. Wallace Kleb, A&M; 3. Torn Rogers, Texas. 1:59.1. Hooper Featured In ‘Sport Life’ Darrow Hooper, Aggie weight specialist, has gained national rec ognition in Sport Life. Achievements of Hooper’s athle tic career is published in the June issue which is entitled “The Ambi tious Aggie.” Don Neighbors, Texas. 9:28.0. 220-yard low hurdles: 1. Gerald •jSftallorn, Texas; 2. Bobby Rags- Zlale) ; 3- "H. A. Smith, A&M. 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