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The Battalion .... College Station (Brazos County), Texas PAGE 2 ' Tuesday, April 24, 1956 GRADUATE SPEAKER—E. P. Blizard, director, applied nuclear physics division, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, Tenn., will be speaker tonight for a graduate lecture in the Biological Sciences Building. The lecture will begin at 8 p.m. and Blizard will speak on “Shielding of Reactors.” Engineers Contest First prize in each class of the annual Engineering Drawing Con test to be held Saturday, April 28, will consist of a set of drawing instruments. Prizes of commen surate value will be given for sec ond and third places. All students interested in en tering the contest should advise their Engineering Drawing in structors as soon as possible and receive instructions. Contestants for Class A, Work ing Drawing, Class B, Descriptive Geometry Problems and Class D, Set For April 28 Freehand Pictorial, will report to Room A, Anchor Hall at 1 p.m. Contestants for Class C, Freehand Lettering, may obtain material and instructions from their instructors any time during the week prior to April 28. Finished work must be turned in not later than 1 p.m., April 28. Complete rules for the contest are posted in Engineering Draw ing classrooms and are available at the department office in Anchor Hall. OPEN FOR ALL BANQUETS, DINNERS RECEPTIONS, WEDDINGS AND LUNCHEONS MAGGIE PARKER DINING HALL TA 2-5089 “The Oaks” — TA 3-4375 BRYAN . READING TIME 45 SECONDS PORTABLE TYPEWRITERS OLYMPIA—Remington Office Writer—Royal— Smith-Corona and Underwood As long as you are in A & M, bring your portable in. We will blow the dust and lint out with compressed air, lubricate and install a new ribbon, and only charge you for the ribbon. ENGINEERING STUDENTS The Olympia Portable Typewriter has a standard keyboard, plus two extra keys (-(- over =), (! over %) also HALF SPAC ING for writing EXPONENTS, SUBSCRIPTS, and FORMULAS. Furnished in 9%" and 13" carriage. We carry a complete line of special characters which is installed here in our shop while you wait. Use our Rental Purchase Plan $6.00 per month, rent applies on purchase of machine, also late model standard TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES FOR RENT. The OLYMPIA Standard Typewriter is catching on fast. L. H. ADAMS Bryan Business Machine Co. SALES — SERVICE — RENTALS — TERMS 429 South Main Street — Bryan, Texas FREE PARKING AIR CONDITIONED The Battalion The Editorial Policy of The Battalion Represents the Views of the Student Editors The Battalion, daily newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the City of College Station, to published by students in the Office of Student Publications as a non-profit educational service. The Director of Student Publications is Ross Strader. The governing body of all student publications of ttie A.&M. College of Texas is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Karl E. Elmquist, Chairman; Donald D. Burchard. Tom Leland and Bennie Zinn. Student members are Derrell H. Guiles. Paul Holladay. and Wayne Moore. Ex-officio members are Charles Roeb£r, and Ross Strader, Secretary. The Battalion is published four times a. week during the regular school year and once a week during the summer and vacation and examination periods. Days of publication are Tuesday through Friday for the regular school year and on Thursday during U *■. summer terms and during examination and vacation periods. The Battalion is not published, on the Wednesday immediately preceding Easter or Thanksgiving. Subscription rates are $3.50 per semester, $6.00 per school year, $6.50 per full year, or $1.00 per month. Advertising rates furnished on request. Entered as second-class matter at Post Office at College Station, Texas, nnder the Act of Con gress of March 3. 1870. Member of The Associated Press Represented nationally b> National Advertising ; Services, Inc., a t New York City, Chicago. Los Angeles, and San Fran cisco. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republi cation of ail news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the paper and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephone (VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4910) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (VI 6-6415) or at the Student Publica tion Office, Room 207 Goodwin Hall. BILL FULLERTON Editor Ralph Cole Managing Editor Ronnie Greathouse Sports Editor BA Students Winners Of Recent Awards Five students in the Business Ad ministration Department have been named winners of awards estab lished by T. W. Mohle and Com- nany of Houston and E. O. Cart wright of Dallas. The Mohle awards go to Charles R. Haning of College Station and Robert J. Hotard of Bryan, both in accounting; and to John C. Bur chard of College Station and Wil liam T. Glass of Bryan, in business. John E. Smith of College Sta tion, who has done his major work in personnel administration, is the winner of the Cartwright award. He is a graduate of A&M Consol idated High School and is due to graduate in 1957. Mohle and Company makes an nual awards to outstanding stu dents in the field of business ad ministration and accounting. The winners are selected by the De partment of Business Administra tion through committees appointed by T. W. Leland, head of the de partment. Each winner will re ceive a watch which will bear an engraving indicating that he was selected as an outstanding student in the current year. The Cartwright award goes to an upcoming senior majoring in business administration. The award is $250 and is known as the R. L.v Elkins award. Elkins is a member of the Business Administration De partment. It is awarded to a stu dent who has shown evidence of scholarship and leadership. Haning has done his major work in accounting. He is due to grad uate in May and is a graduate of Denison High School. Horticulture Staff Start Long Move The $90,000 horticulture labora tory at the horticulture farm is now completed and the moving-in process is being done this week, according to Di\ E. E. Buins, of the horticulture staff. Featured in the building’s facil ities are eight storage rooms with constant temperature and humidity controls and complete facilities for freezing, heat processing, drying, and chemical preserving of fruits and vegetables. Three courses not offered re cently will be added to the courses taught in the Horticulture Depart ment next fall. Burns, who trans ferred to the A&M faculty from Purdue this semester, will teach the courses. The courses are an introduction to food pi-ocessing, problems in food processing, and a problems course in food processing for grad uate students. CIRCLE THRU WEDNESDAY “Man From Biller Ridge**’ Les Barker — Also— “Cult of the Cobra” Dick Long VENGEANCE... That Turned Valor to Shame! TECHNICOLOR orroted by THOMAS itchell ^ Dii»«buted by RK0 RABID Pictur.j, ln<. Produced by JAY iONAFIELD Hotard has done his major work in accounting. He is a graduate of Bryan High School and is due to graduate in January, 1957. Burchard has done his major work in finance. He is a graduate of A&M Consolidated lyl'£h School and is due to receive two degrees in May—one in business adminis tration, and the other, bachelor of arts. William T. Glass has done his major work in marketing. He is a graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School. lloom Reservations Due Before May 1 Guest room reservations in the MSC for the 1956-57 school year will be accepted May 1 through May 31, according to Mrs. Mozelle Holland, MSC guest room manager. A drawing will be held' to deter mine who will receive accommoda tions after the deadline May 31. Following the drawing, notices will be mailed to each person submit ting requests for guest room res ervations, indicating- whether they are to get a roPm in the Center. The rest of the requests will be placed on a waiting- list and will be notified two weeks before the event should a room become available due to a cancellation. A deposit will be required from persons receiving reservations. The reservation will be cancelled if no deposit is received at least two weeks before the event. Consolidated Menu Menu for Consolidated schools is as follows: Wednesday Hamburgers, potato chips, black- eyed peas, pickles and onions, buns, milk and cookies. Thursday Barbecued ham, baked sweet potatoes, English peas, lettuce and tomato salad, bread, milk and jel- lo and fruit. Friday Salmon patties and catsup, new potatoes, mustard greens, carrot and pineapple salad, bread, milk and gingerbread. McCALL’S Humble Service Station “Where Service Is First” East Gate VI 6-4922 Hy 6 THRU THLIRSDAY Bing Donald Mitzi CROSBY-O’CONNOR-GAYNOR ANYTHING P GOES / 4 ■>.• *i TECHNICOLOR/-’ JEANMAIRE .7 PHIL HARRIS / Y ISTAyi5IOH k PARAMOUNT PICTURE Center News Speechmaster’s Club will meet today in room 2A and 2B from 5:15 to 7:15 p.m. Dance class will meet at 7:30 in the assembly room. Cooking The A&M Pre-Law Society will meet tonight at 7:30 in room 3B of the Memorial Student Center. All members have been urged to attend. The A&M Rodeo Club will meet at 7:30 tonight in room 203, Ani mal and Industries Bldg. All mem bers should bring rodeo ticket money. J. H. Quisenberry Dr. J. H. Quisenberry, head of the Poultry Husbandry Depart ment, is attending the International Poultry Congress in Mexico City. Consul To Speak To Honor Society British Consul General, J. C. B. Richmond, HMD, will speak to the A&M chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society today at 4 p.m. in the College Administra tion Building, according to W. E. Street, chapter president. The subject of his talk will be “The Marshall Scholarships.” These are given under Marshal 1 * Plan for students to study in Eng land. All faculty and student members, including those recently elected and not yet initiated into the so ciety, are invited to attend. Because Americans prefer red cedar pencils other types of cedar wood ai^ dyed and given a cedar scent by some pencil manufactur ers. SUMMER VACATION . . .? Learn to speak SPANISH, fulfill language requirement. Increase your EARNING pow er, in AIR - CONDITIONED comfort. 11 weeks course $435.00. 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