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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1955)
Page 4 THE BATTALION Tuesday, October 4, 195S FHA Chapter Elects Officers for Units The A&M Consolidated Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America has been divided into two units due to its large membership. The senior unit is composed of junior and senior girls and the junior unit, of freshman and soph omore girls. President of the senior unit is Jean Ann Smith and Jeanette Vance presides over the junior un it. Other officers in the senior unit are: Roseanne Phillips, first vice- president; Mildred Dew, second vice-president; Mary Francis Ma- Local Churches Plan Programs College Heights Assembly of God The Austin Section fellowship meeting will be held today at the Beat Five Assembly of God Church near Dime Box. Members of the local church will take part in the services. A youth rally will be held there tonight. Any party interested in attending should meet at the church at 6 p.m. Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church A meeting of the brotherhood will be held at 7:30 tonight. The Lutheran Student Association meeting will be in the form of a weiner roast in Hensel Park. Ev eryone will meet at the Lutheran Student Center at 7 p.m. and go in a group to the park. The eve ning will close with campfire devo tional services. A&M Presbyterian Church A hayride and weiner roast at C. I. Miller’s farm holds the lime light this week. A truck will leave the church at 5:45 p.m. tomorrow and will pick up students at Sbisa and Duncan Halls after the pass- by. Worship service is under the direction of Miss Martha Blum and Roy (Connie) Eckard. Miss Faye Simms is in charge of the food. | lek, secretary; Helen Holmes, trea surer; Faye Simms, reporter; Syl via Williams, song leader; Teresa Barrett, pianist; Ann Fleming, civ il defense chairman; Betty Jean Williams, historian; Marianna Gleason, parliamentarian; and Lu cy Rogers, social chairman. Officers in the junior unit are Pat Byrd, first vice-president; Mil lie Caughlin, second vice-president; Nancy Rogers, secretary; Beverly Nickle, treasurer; Mary Lindra Cathcart, reporter; Pat Jackson, song leader; Susan Dowell, pianist; Charlotte Baty, civil defense chair man; Sue Mowery, historian; Amy Norcross, parliamentarian; and Ju dy Bishop, social chairman. Social Whirl Band Wives’ Club will meet to night at 7:30 in the YMCA South Solarium for a business meeting. * * * The regular monthly luncheon of the Officers’ Wives Club will be held at The Oaks at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Hostesses will be Mrs. Delmar .Anderson, Mrs. Tom George, Mrs. Harrison Smith and Mrs. Carlyle Charles. * * * Crafts Shop is still open for new members according to Mary Briggs, director. The club is open to wives of stu dents for a fee of $1 per semester. * * * Aggie Wives Bridge club will meet in the Memorial Student Cen ter at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Nutrition Speech Dr. E. W. Crampton, professor of nutrition at Macdonald College in Quebec, Canada, will speak at 8 tonight in the Biology Lecture room. All faculty, staff, graduate students and the public are invited to attend. SAE Joint Meeting In Center Friday H. M. Gammon, manager of Staff Research and Development of Au tomotive Division of Thompson Products Co. Inc., will speak to a joint meeting of the student branch and Texas Gulf Coast Section of the Society of Automotive Engi neers Oct. 7. About 40 students and 50 pro fessional members are expected to hear Gammon’s presentation on “Turbine Wheels for Truck Power- plants” in the Assembly Room of the Memorial Student Center. The meeting will be the second in which the Gulf Coast Section has held its meetings on the cam pus. Officers of the Student Chapter SAE include James Cowan, chair man; Harry Sweet, vice-chairman; Tom Olsen, treasurer; and Clifford Chudleigh, secretary. All are from Houston. Zoologist To Talk On Skeleton Origin Dr. H. J. Sawin, professor of zo ology and dean of the graduate school of the University of Hous ton, will present a graduate lecture to the faculty, staff and graduate students Thursday at 8 p.m. His topic will be “The Origin of the Vertebrate Skeleton,” and will cov er conflicting reports on the oi’igin of teeth, cartilage and dermal bone. Slides will be used to illustrate the lecture and the public is invi ted to attend. Stationery Free For A&M Students Once again, Aggies will not be able to use the excuse of not being able to afford stationery as the reason for not writing home. The State Federated Mothers’ Clubs have provided stationery for students use at the main desk of the MSC. Just come by the desk and get enough stationery to write a letter. 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Col lege, 2-8973. 21t7 One oak dinette set, 4 chairs— % ton Fedders Air conditioner— boy’s bicycle, new tires — call 6-2537. 16tf. Pets Students: Board your dogs at Bpecial low monthly rates. The Ba yard Kennels, on Highway 6 south of College. 6-4121. 75tf Work Wanted Will care for mothers’ children, sit night. Call 6-6691 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday each week. 24tl Will keep child for working mother in my home. 6-5682. 24t3 Typing wanted to do in my home. Mrs. C. E. Carlson, Jr. Phone 3532. lOOtf For Rent A room with private bath, en trance & garage. 4-4364. 22tf Dr. Carlton R. Lee OPTOMETRIST SOSA East 26th Call 2-1662 for Appointment (Across from Court House) » ENGrVKERIXO AND ABCHITECTURAJL SUPPLIES • BLUE LINE PRINTS » BLUE PRINTS • PHOTOSTATS SCOATES INDUSTRIES M3 Old Sulphur Spring* Road BRYAN. TEXAS ATTENTION WORKING MOTHERS—leave your children in my care. . . . large fenced-in back yard, two large shade trees. . . . 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Phone 4-9761. 9tf OFFICIAL NOTICES Official notices must be brought, mailed, }T telephoned so as to arrive hi the Office of Student Publications (207 Goodwin, 4-5324, hours 8 - 12, 1-5, dally Monday through Friday) at or before the deadline of 1 p.m. of the day preceding publica tion.—Director. “Applicants for Rhodes Scholarships may consult John Hugh Hill, Academic Building 107”. 24tl Any student who normally expects to complete all the requirements for a degre by the end of the current semester should call by the Registrar’s office NOW and make formal application for a degree. November 1st is the deadline for filing an application for a degree to be con ferred at the end of the current semester. This deadline applies to both graduate and undergraduate students. H. L. Heaton, Registrar 24t4 NEED GLASSES? Sg© PAYNE OPTICAL Masonic Bldg, in Bryan (Next to Palace Theatre) Harry Scott President of Singing Cadets Singing Cadets Entertain at JCC The Singing Cadets, under the direction of Bill Turner, gave their first performance of the year last night in the MSC Ballroom for members of the Junior College Conference now in session here. Harry Scott, in his seventh se mester with the Cadets, is presi dent of the group. The chorus is made up of all classifications, in cluding some civilian students. Sev eral more appearances are sched uled for the near future. ‘ X H m RUBBER BASE PAINT $4.25 Per Gallon Why Pay More? CHAPMAN’S Paint & Wallpaper Co. BRYAN Board Makes Appropriations Appropriations of $ 532,4 8 6, largely for new construction and plans for future construction, were approved by the A&M System Board of Directors, meeting hei’e Saturday. Contracts were let for a new library building at Tarleton State College, Stephenville, and for street and sidewalk improvements at A&M College and Prairie View A&M. Largest appropriation was $393,- 486 for construction and equipment of a new library building at Tarle ton State College, construction of which is to start soon. Others in cluded $66,000 for construction of a wool and mohair laboratory at A&M, $38,000 for furniture for the classroom building being occupied by Business Administration De partment and new offices in the YMCA building, $15,000 for addi tion to the budget of the System administi’ation, $5,000 for plans for new generator and boiler installa tions, $1,000 for plans for improve ments at the college airport, $2,000 for plans for new greenhouse for plant studies, $500 for plans for roads in the agricultural areas, $5,500 for installation of an $11,000 pellet machine donated by industry to the poultry husbandry depart ment, $2,000 for plans for air-con ditioning the first unit of the Sys tem Administration Building, $3,000 for completing additions to the Coliseum and $1,000 for prelim inary studies on a chapel, all at A&M College. Contract for the new library building at Tarleton State College was awarded Ross and Son, Brown- wood, on a low bid of $361,415. R. B. Butler, Inc., Bryan, was awarded contract for pavement sidewalks, curbs and gutters at A&M on a bid $34,321 and for similar im provements at Prairie View A&M College on a bid of $8,618. The board confirmed increase of contract for addition to A&M’s new coliseum from $571,081 to $590,- 963.28. Work was done by R. B. Butler, Inc., Bryan. Contract to Butler for construction of new steps for the YMCA building, $10,490, and to Hunter-Hayes Ele vator Company, Dallas, for new elevator for same building, were confirmed. The president of Arlington State College was authorized to receive bids for razing and removing fwo two-story buildings on the Arling ton campus, long used for girls’ Coach Loeffler To Talk To Chib Coach Ken Loeffler will be guest speaker at the physical education club meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in White Coliseum. Officers of the club this year are Charles McCandless, president; Herb Sauer, vice-president; Ronald Robbins, Secretary-treasurer; Ken Livingston, reporter; and Dale West, representative to the Arts and Sciences Council. McCandless said that visitors were welcome to attend the meet ing. For More . . . • Courteous „ • Prompt • Efficient SERVICE Have All Your Cleaning Done By The CAMPUS CLEANERS Now at 2 convenient locations on the campus COLLEGE STATION Phone 4-5114 dormitories. In approving plans for improve ments, at Easterwood Airport, the board authorized the chancellor to negotiate for federal aid which would require matching college funds not to exceed $85,000. Accepting a check for $150,000 and pledge for $50,000 more if needed as a gift from the Associa tion of Former Students for con struction of an all-faith chapel for meditation and prayer, the board allocated $60,000 additional college funds for completion of the chapel, if needed. so convenient, so comfortable, so fast / DALLAS 1 hr. 40 mins. LUBBOCK 1 hrs. 25 mins* LOS ANGELES* 9 hM 28 mins* *Via Connecting Airline Call Continental at 4-5054. Continental JYT 8 JLJF1VJES YOUR BIG RED LETTER DAY 1. SUPERIOR FILTER Only L&M gives you the superior filtration of the Miracle Tip, the purest tip that ever touched your lips. It’s white ... all white . . . pure white! 2. SUPERIOR TASTE L&M’s superior taste comes from superior tobaccos — especially selected for filter smoking. Tobaccos that are richer, tastier ... and fight and mild. FI LTE R S Liggett & myers tobacco co. Liggett & Myths Tobacco Co. c^zo^ America’s Best Filter Cigarette