The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, April 24, 1956, Image 2

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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
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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!
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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.
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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
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