The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
PAGE 2 Thursday, September 12, 1957
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The Maggie Parker Dining Room will continue to
serve all Service Clubs and fill all catering needs
of the community.
Beside this service, Mrs. Maggie Parker plans
extensions and the air-conditioning of
the Dining Room at 2Gth and Parker.
A TTEN TIO N F RES H MA N
Ask the Cashier at the Checkout Station tor a FREE
copy of “CAMPUSOLOGY”.
Compliments
THE EXCHANGE STORE
“In Its 50th Year of Serving Texas Aggies”
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Picture Defines
Student Parking
Student parking areas have been
numbered in the aerial photograph
on Page One.
Assignments for the areas are as
follows: Number One area is for
day students. This includes the
parking area north of the Pet
roleum Engineering Building, area
west of the temporary class room
buildings, the area at the entrance
to the campus on Spence Street and
the parking area east of Kyle
Field and south‘of the Coliseum
parking lot.
Number Two area is for students
living in Dormitories 1, 3 and 5.
The area is east of Dorm 3 and in
cludes the graveled lot east of
Spence Street.
Number Three parking areas are
the lots south and east of Dorm 11
National Honor
Society. More
Open To Fish
Three academic honors are open
to A&M freshmen, including an
honor society of their own.
The honor society is Phi Eta
Sigma, national honor society for
freshmen. Its purpose is to “en
courage and reward scholarship
among freshmen.”
A grade point ratio of 2.5 in
either the first semester or the
first year of college work is re
quired. (This means a B plus
average.)
Although membership in the
society is for life, the active Phi
Eta Sigma chapter is composed of
sophomore members only.
At the present, total member
ship in school is more tlion 200
persons.
To qualify as a distinguished
student a person must have no
grade below C at the end of the
semester, have completed at least
16 semester hours, and have a
grade point ratio of not less than
2.25.
The distinguished student list
is made up at the end of each
semester and a person named on
the list receives a card entitling
him to miss any class in which an
announced test has not been sched
uled.
The distinguished student list
covers all four classes.
Alpha Zeta, national honorary
agricultural fraternity, recognizes
annually the five highest freshmen
agricultural students with their
Alpha Zeta Freshman Award.
A special award is presented at
the School of Agriculture’s Spring-
Banquet to the student who is
considered the outstanding fresh
man in the School of Agriculture.
The awards arc based on
grades and other activities indi
cating leadership ability.
and the graveled lot east of Spence
Street. These areas are for Dorms
7, 9 and 11.
Number Four area is for Dorms
2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. They must use
the lot behind Dorm 12, on Trail
Street and the parking lot east of
Spence Street.
Number Five is for Hart and Biz-
zell and is located behind Guion
Hall.
Number Six parking area is for
Milner Hall. It is located north
of Milner at the entrance to the
campus across from the bank build
ing.
Number Seven area is for Pur-
year, Law, Leggett and Mitchell.
The lot is west of Law Hall. When
the lot is full, students may park
on West Boulevard, west of Hous
ton Street on the north side.
Number Eight parking area is
for Walton Hall and is located
north of Walton.
Number Nine area is slated for
Dorms 15 and 16. It is the lot east
of the USDA Building.
Number Ten parking lot is for
Dorms 14 and 17 and is the parking-
area west of Dorm 17.
According to the traffic regula
tions, during regular class hours
cars are not to be used by students
for the purpose of attending classes
or transacting other business on
the campus. (For further infor
mation on traffic regulations see
Campus Security story in Section
IL)
Flayers to Flan
First Production
Aggie Players, dramatic club,
begin preparing for their first
play, ‘The Hasty Heart”, opening
Nov. 4, at their organizational
meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in
the Music Hall.
Players president Bob Wenck in
vites all students and non-students
interested to attend the first read
ing of the play.
The Aggie Players is an Aggie-
sponsored community project.
Professional Visual Care
BRYAN OPTICAL
CLINIC
• Eyes examinccl
® Glasses prescribed
• Contact lens fitted
Dr. Smith and Staff
Optometrists
Convenient Terms
TA 2-3557 105 N. Main
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W ELCOMES YOU TO OUR STORK to see the NECCHI
and ELNA Sewing - Machines. These triple action
sewing machines are sure to be copied by competition,
but you can have all of the modern day desired features
now in a NECCHI or an ELNA Sewing Machine which
are designed to stay new for years.
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, is published by students in the Office of Student
Publications as a non-profit educational .eivice. The Director of Student Publications
is Ross Strader. The governing body of all student publications of the A.&cM. College
of Texas is the Student Publications Board. Faculty members are Dr. Carroll D.
Lavcrty, Chairman; Prof. Donald D. Burchard, Prof. Robert- M. Stevenson and Mr.
Bennie Zinn. Student members arc VV. T. Williams, John Avant and Billy W.
Bibby. Ex - officio members are Mr. Charles Kocber, and Ross Strader, Seciclary.
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 publi
cation arc Tuesday through Friday for the regular chool year and on Thursday during
the summer terms and during examination and vacation periods. 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.
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College Station, Texas,
under the Act of Con
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Don’t settle for less ban the best. If you are
buying a new machine, come in or call for a
demonstration on the Push Button NECCHI or
ELNA, and see the difference.
STRAIGHT STITCH MODELS START AT $99.50
Free Sewing Lessons under factory
trained personnel.
Many good used machines traded in on these NECCHIS
and ELNAS. Call us for service on all makes.
LIBERAL TRADE IN ON YOUR OLD MACHINE.
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the paper and local news of spontaneous origin xiublished herein. Rights
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News contributions may be made by telephone (VI 6-6618 or VI-
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YMCA. Classified ads may be placed by telephont (VI 6-6415) or at
the Student Publications Office, ground floor of the YMCA.
JOE TIN DEL Editor
Jim Neighbors Managing Editor
Gary Rollins - Sports Editor
Joy Roper Society Editor
Don Collins Art Editor
John West Chief Photographer
Johnny Barger ^ CHS Correspondent
George Wise Circulation Manager
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