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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1959)
THE BATTALION Friday, October 23, 1959 page 5 \^ e lch Foundation Research Given to Grants College University Dames Style Show . . . rehearsal for Sunday performance Dames Set Style Show The A&M Chapter of the Uni versity Dames Club will hold its annual “Having An Affair With Fashion” this Sunday from 3-5 p.m. in the Memorial Student Cen ter Ballroom. This year’s show i s given by Pruitt’s Fabric Shop 0 f College Station with models selected by Pruitt’s and from the Aggie Wives’ Clubs. Mrs. William B. Chapman, chairman of the show, said the ■show was being given again this Judging Team Cops Second at National Kansas City Meet A&M’s senior meats judging team won second place in a na tional contest held at the Amer* iean Royal Livestock Show at Kan sas City, Mo. Coach Frank A. Orts, research assistant in the Department of Animal Husbandry, said the team was first in beef grading and lamb carcass judging. Team members were Don Os bourn of Valley Spring, fourth high individual in beef grading; Joe Joyce of San Marcos, fourth high individual overall; Henry Fitzhugh of San Antonio, 10th high man overall; and Leroy Keese of Bandera. Kansas State University took first place in the contest. year because it received such a good reception last year. Mrs. Chapman also said this was the first time a fashion show bas ed on patterns has been given in this area. Patterns are from Vo gue, McCall’s and Simplicity chos en by and made from fabrics from Pruitt’s. Clothes will be shown for all ages and styles will vary from sport clothes and little girls’ clothes to evening gowns. Tickets are 50</' and will be avail able at the door. Local mer chants have donated 10 items that will be given away as door prizes during the show. In charge of the show, which is sponsored by the Dames Club as their money raising project for this year are: Mrs. William B. Chapman, chairman; Mrs. Robert L. Spaw and Mrs. James R. Peuri- foy, publicity; Mrs. Bill Mogford, commentator and Mrs. Milton D. Williams, Pruitt’s consultant. Pet. E. Dept, Receives Grant A grant of $2,500 has been made to the Department of Petroleum Engineering here by the American Assn, of Oilwell Drilling Contrac tors, Robert L. Whiting, head of the department, announced today. The fund will be used to assist the department in instituting an Advanced Drilling Engineering Course for the Petroleum Industry Personnel, plans for which have been finalized. Funds totaling $64,251, support ing five research projects in the A&M College System, have been Injured Aggie Visit Financed By 1st Brigade Two cadet captains in the 1st Brigade, Jack Kingston and Ryan Self, will* make a trip to Fort Worth to visit the three Aggies injured last weekend in an auto accident. The trip will be finan ced by money contributed by the 1st Brigade. Kingston and Self will visit Ray Murski, Craig Trotman, Don Lane and the three girls who were with them last weekend when the car in which they were riding struck a concrete abutment on a Fort Worth freeway. The accident occured at approxi mately 8:15 Saturday night when the Aggies and their dates were traveling north on the Fort Worth Freeway. They were approaching downtown Fort Worth when they neared a four-level overpass call ed a “mixmaster”. Lane, the driv er, attempted to turn off the ex pressway, but his exit was block ed by th8 concrete abutment. The three injured Aggies are reported to be in good condition. The TCU coeds, Geanie Teacher, Ann Leach, and Jane Wagner are believed to be in satisfactory con dition. The money contributed by the 1st Brigade, approximately $90, will be used to finance the trip and to purchase flowers and gifts for the girls. Self and Kingston will proclaim the girls’ ‘Sweet hearts of the First Brigade” and will present them with a stuffed animal bearing an Aggie emblem. Kingston and Self will also take Craig Trotman’s mother to din ner during their stay in Fort Worth. William B. Roman, Jr., M. D. ANNOUNCES the opening of his office for the practice of Obstetrics and Gynecology 624 Mary Lake Dr. VI 6-6716 Hospitalization & Life Insurance TOM WASSON .Representing Metropolitan Life Insurance Company TA 2-6232 Office TA 2-6996 Res 2016 Texas Avenue Subscribe Now at Halt Price* You can read this world-famous daily newspaper for the next six months for $5, just half the regular subscription rate. Get top news coverage. Enjoy special features. Clip for refer ence work. Send your order today. Enclose check or money order. Use cou pon below. The Christian Science Monitor p-CN One Norway St., Boston 15, Mass. Send your newspaper for the time checked. O 6 months ?5 □ 1 year $10 □ College Student □ Faculty Member Name Address City Zone State •This special offer available ONLY to college students, faculty members, and college libraries. Humble will interview on the Campus October 26,27 and 28 Interviewing teams from Humble Oil & Refining Company will be on the campus October 26, 27 and 28 to interview students graduating at all degree levels in chemical engineering; and in chemistry, physics and mathematics at advanced degree levels only. • Engineers and scientists at Humble share in the dynamic progress and growth of a leader in the petroleum industry. Humble is one of the leading producers of crude oil in the United States and is a completely integrated oil company. Humble’s Baytown Refinery, one of the largest in the world, is engaged in Refining and Petrochemical Manufacturing. Research centers in Houston, for development of better methods of exploration and produc tion, and at Baytown, for research in manufacturing, are making valuable contributions to the petroleum industry. r i l A Quick Look at the Humble Company Area of Operation: Texas, Louisiana, California, Mississippi, New Mexico, Florida, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska. Refining Capacity: 282,000 barrels daily. Retail Sales: Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Leading Texas Marketer of tax-paid gasoline. I Humble Pipe Line Co.: I I Operates crude oil and products pipe lines in Texas; has capacity to transport more than 700,000 barrels daily. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING CO. For a rewarding career in the petroleum industry, discuss your future with the Humble Company interviewing team. Check at your Placement . Bureau for time and place of interview. received from the Robert A. Welch Foundation in Houston, it was an nounced here today. The money supports renewals of three research studies and institu tion of two new research projects. Grants were as follows: For studies of the chemical na ture and behavior of lipids, $10,- 000, to be conducted by Dr. Ray mond Reiser, Department of Bio chemistry and Nutrition; $16,621, for studies of the chemistry of ectocrine compounds of sea wa ter, Dr. D. W. Hood, Department of Oceanography and Meteorology; $17,630, for studies of the effect of structure on reactivity of or ganic compounds, Dr. C. K. Han cock, Department of Chemistry. For supporting new projects— $10,000 for studies of the chemis try of poisonous constituents of native Texas plants, Dr. B. J. Camp, Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition; and $10,000 for studies of structure investigations of certain complex compounds, Pr. E. A. Myers, Department of Chem istry. OMELET COUNT DOWN “ WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND, N.M. 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