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Page 4 THE BATTALION Thursday, July 15, 1954 Current MSC Exhibit Honors Columbia’s 200th Anniversary A panel exhibit illustrating the theme of. Columbia University’s Bicentennial anniversary, “Man’s Right to Knowledge and the Free Use Thereof,” is now being dis played in the Memorial Student Center, and may be seen through Monday, July 26. The MSC is sponsoring the ex hibit in cooperation with the Co lumbia Alumni Committee at A&M, of which Donald F. Wivchar is chairman. The exhibit has a double meaning at A&M in that it is a memorial to the late Di*. T. F. Student Narrowly Escapes Injury In Auto Accident Jerry Bruce Waggoner, A&M senior, narrowly escaped injury in an auto accident last week while on summer employment with the Stanolind Oil Company at Carlisle. Waggoner said his car was a total loss from a collision with a pickup at the traffic light in Carl isle shortly after 7 a.m. Wednes day (July 7). Mrs. William Henry Harcrow, the wife of the driver of the pickup, was fatally injured in the collision and her son Kenneth, 15, sustained a leg and knee in jury. The driver of the pickup, W. H. Harcrow, 66, escaped with out injury. It was reported that the Wag goner car was going south on Highway 265 and the pickup truck west on Farm Road 13. The pick up, it was indicated, did not stop at the signal. Waggoner is a senior petroleum and mechanical engineering ma jor. We GUARANTEE Your SATISFACTION Our business is built on pleas ing our customers. If you find you have made a purchase that is not as represented, you MAY RETURN it with 14 DAYS for FULL CASH REFUND. Trade With Lou He’s Right With You J Mayo, an active member of the committee, and a firm believer in the principles exemplified. The exhibit consists of 25 panels covering five aspects of the Co lumbia Bicentennial theme, as fol lows: “The Inclusiveness of Man,” Birds Won’t Eat ’Em; Will You? Orange-skinned tomatoes meas uring four inches across, three and a half inches in depth and weigh ing 15 ounces, have been grown in a College Station garden. “A peculiar thing about these tomatoes,” the grower, P. L. Downs, Jr., says, “is that the mock ingbirds won’t peck holes in ’em. They just plain won’t eat the toma toes.” Downs is official greeter for the college. New Bridge Near Completion On Highway 60 The district office of the Texas State Highway Department report ed that the new bridge over the Brazos River near Jones Bridge, better known to Aggies as “Whis key Bridge,” on Faxm Road 60 will be completed between Novem ber and December, provided that no bad weather is encountered. The road between A&M and the Brazos will be reconditioned by the time the bridge is completed. Miss Dillon Is Feature Of MSC Concert Series The first in a series of Sunday afternoon concerts sponsored by the Memorial Student Center sum mer recital series committee will feature Miss Pat Dillon, said Mrs. Helen Atterbui’y, MSC secretary. Miss Dillon, a University of Tex as graduate, will give an organ concert between 4 and 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon. She will play classical and semi-classical music, said Mrs. Atterbury. DYERS'FUR STORAGE HATTERS 210 S. Main BATTALION CLASSIFIED BUY, SEUU,, KENT OR TRADE. Rates ... 3c a word per insertion with a 25c minimum. Space rate in classified section .... 60c per column-inch. Send all 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 • READ BATTALION CLASSIFIED FOR RENT LARGE FIVE ROOM house, screened porch, 'ample closets, floor furnace, Automatic washer connections, sep arate garage. Fneced in yard with shade trees. 4305 College Main. Phone 6-4491. FOR SALE BENDIX ECONOMAT automatic washer, children’s double gym set. sand box and play pen. Call 6-2746 after 5:30. Three 16 millimeter Ampro movie pro jectors, including speakers. These movi projectors may be inspected by contacting the Texas Forest Servic, Systm Administration Building, A. & M. College of Texas campus. Sealed bids will be received in the office of the Texas Forest Service, Texas A. & M. College System, College Station, Texas, until 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 21, 1954, on forms available upon request. Address the Director, Texas Forest Service, College Station, Texas, for further information. WIIIZZER motor-bike. 535. Apt. B-20-B College View. • Blue line prints • Blue prints • Photostats SCOATES INDUSTRIES Phone 3-6887 Prompt Radio Service — CALL — Sosolik’s Radio Service 712 S. Main St. PH. 2-1941 BRYAN FOUND WONDERFUL place to buy or sell. Battalion classified ads. Call 4-5324 or 4-1149 for prompt courteous service. FOR RENT TO COUPLE or 3 adults. 2 bedroom house. 200 Fairview, south of campus. Phone 2-5148. LARGE 3 ROOM furnished apartment, north gate, cooling fan, utilities paid. $45 month. Phone 6-2332. AVAILABLE July 15. Vry unusual 1 bedroom, furnished apartment in College Hills. Adults only. No pets. §75 a month, bills paid. Phone 4-7666. FURNISHED APARTMENT near campus, utilities paid. 203 Fairview. Phone 4-9956. SPECIAL NOTICE NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed proposals in duplicate will be re ceived by the City Manager of the City of College Station, Texas, until 5 p.m. Thurs day, July 29, 1954 for: 1. Application of a surfacing con sisting of a prime coat and a one- course asphalt surface treatment on gravel bases of approximately 8,800 sq. yds. of street. Specifications and all necessary informa tion may be obtained from the office of the City Manager. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to accept any bid deemed advanageous to it. Ran Boswell City Manager DAY NURSERY. Age 2 to 5. Mrs. C. H. Bates, 1010 Milner, College Hills near East Gate. Phone 4 -8479. ATTENTION ALL COOKS We need guest editors for our Family Favorites column. If you know any good foreign recipes, or know someone who does call 4-5444 or 4-7604. SEWING and alterations—Mrs. Earl Min er, 316 Kyle. Phone 6-2402. Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST SOSA East 26th Call 2-1662 for Appointment (Across from Court House) “The Values of Knowledge,” “Man’s Right to Knowledge,” “Man’s Right to Knowledge and the Free Use Thereof,” and “The Re sponsibilities of Knowledge.” The panels cover a wide range of topics, from the United Nations’ Declaration of Human Rights to “The Teacher and Free Speech,” from censorship in its various forms to “Everyman—his thoughts and yearnings.” Richard R. Powell, director of Columbia’s 200th anniversary cele bration points out that “the strug gle to know is one of the most exciting dramas of history” and that this drama provided the in spiration for the exhibit. Columbia was founded in 1754 as King’s College by royal charter of King George II. Among its earliest students were Alexander itamilton and John Jay. Today it is a federation of undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, with students from all parts of tiie world. Three Aggifes Are Appointed Camp Platoon Leaders toon, leaders. In like - capacity is ’ ' r ‘ T of Jaualin Three A&M ROTC students cui’- rently undergoing summer camp training at Ft. Knox are serving as cadet platoon leaders of their respective companies. Sam E. Rowland and Charles Hall, both of Dallas, are cadet pla- Clyde L. ; - Wright, Jr. Ranch, Fremont. All three of the cadets are sen ior students at A&M working to ward officers’ commissions in ar- The bearings for propeller shafts of many ships are made of hard, tropical wood. There are half a million miles of long distance pipelines in the Unit ed States. 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