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THE BATTALION PAGE 2 Friday, October 30, 1959 By Jim Earle To Temple Patients ‘Pinky’ Praised For Hospitality P. L. (Pinky) Downs Jr. re ceived a letter Thursday from the manager of the Veteran’s Ad ministration in Temple express ing appreciation for the hospi tality shown several patients of the hospital last weekend. The men were special guests of the college at the Baylor-A&M game Saturday. The letter reads: “Dear Pinkie: “Again we are deeply indebted to you and your associates at Texas A&M College for the gra cious hospitality extended the patients and members who were your guests at the Texas A&M vs Baylor University football game on Saturday. “They returned with their usu al glowing reports of the delici ous noon and evening meals served in Duncan Mess Hall, the sideline seating on the cinder path, the souvenir programs and, soft drinks furnished during the game, as well as the unlimited personal attention given them by the entire staff personnel, even to recognition of their attendance over the speaker system. In view of these unprecedented courtesies this trip is considered the Highlight off the off-station football spectator activities for the season. “Please -express to your associ ates our gratitude for their con tinued interest in this project, and assure them that their ef forts contribute immeasurably to the welfare and morale of these men. We are cognizant of the time and effort you spend in personally coordinating these ar rangements with the various de partments of the college, and we deeply appreciate the attention showered on these men. ^ “Miss Margaret Wade, the vol unteer trip supervisor, advises that your recent illness has in no way diminished your fine school spirit! We wish you many more happy years in your work as Official Greeter at Texas A&- M College.. “Sincerely yours, “L. M. Cochran, M.D. (Signed) “Manager” ,arl % Journalism Department Sets ' <! Communications Conference A conference on Communications i in Business and Industry, a session I designed to improve news and ad- | vertising dissemination, will be | held Nov. 13 in the Memorial Stu- dent Center. Don Burchard, head of the De partment of Journalism here, said the meeting is sponsored by the Journalism Advisory Council for faculty, staff members and stu dents in all departments of the col lege. Advisory Council members are made up of newspaper, magazine, and radio, reporters and editors, photographers and men in public relations. “Communicating Through Pub lications” is the title of a talk by C. M. Schauerte, employee com munications editor of Continental Oil Company, and Val Jean McCoy, public relations manager for Shell Oil Company, will explain com munications with the public. Other speakers and their sub jects are Robert Fitzpatrick, pub lic relations director of Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., “Com municating with Stockholders”, and Dolores Williams, chief copy writer for McCann Erickson, Inc., “Communicating with Consumers.” Frank Fields of the Humble Oil and Refining Company Employee Relations Department will be con- smarf Starting at 9 a.m., the program will include J. Harve Washington, ference chairman, director of employee communica- tions of Continental Oil Company, who will speak on communications in industry, and H. D. Ward, man ager of Humble Oil and Refining Company’s traffic department, whose subject is “Communicating on the Job.” j^peopBe are want-ad minded! Slouch, Surge Seek Hogs’ Hides . . . see story on Page 5 Among the Faculty and Staff Job Interviews Professor David if. Fitch Is 1942 Graduate of A&M Monday and Tuesday Varo Manufacturing Company, Inc., will interview electrical en gineering and physics (BS, MS, PhD) candidates. Texas Power and Light Com pany will interview electrical en gineering and mechanical engi neering (BS) candidates. Pri mary duties will be in power gen eration, distribution design, dis tribution operation. Welex, Inc., will interview electrical engineering, mechani cal engineering (BS, MS, PhD), nuclear physics (MS, PhD) can didates. Applicants must have a grade point ratio of 2. Chance Vought Aircraft, Inc., will interview aeronautical engi neering, civil engineering, elec trical engineering, mechanical en gineering (BS, MS, PhD), phys ics (MS, PhD), mathematics (PhD) candidates. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, will interview aeronautical engi neering, electrical engineering, mchanical engineering, physics (BS, MS, PhD) candidates with a grade point average of “B” or better. The Dow Chemical• Company will interview chemical engineer ing, mechanical engineering (BS, MS) and chemistry (BS, MS, PhD) and biology, industrial en gineering and industrial distribu tion students for jobs in research and development, production, production development, design, process development, staff, anal ysis and sales. Monsanto Chemical Company will interview chemical engineer ing, mechanical engineering (BS, MS) and chemistry (BS, MS, PhD) graduates for positions as chemical engineers, mechanical engineers and chemists. Arthur Andersen and Company will interview accounting majors for jobs in auditing, tax account ing and administrative account ing. Texaco, Inc. will interview stu dents who will graduate in chem ical engineering, electrical engi neering, mechanical engineering (BS, MS, PhD), petroleum engi neering, chemistry, physics, geo product development, design, civil engineering, industrial en gineering (BS, MS), business ad ministration, economics and phys ical education (BS). By AL VELA Battalion Staff Writer Dr. David R. Fitch is another long time professor on the A&M Campus. Social Whirl Monday Handicraft and Rug Group of the A&M Social Club will meet at 9:3!) a.m. at the home of Mrs. George Potter, 502 Kerry St. Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Club will meet at the Lone Star Gas Co. at 7:30. Mechanical Engineering Wives Club will meet in the YMCA South Solarium at 7:30. Sophomore Veterinary Wives Club will hold its monthly meet ing at 7:30 in the home of Mrs. Robert McMillan, (518 Elm St., Navasota. Hostesses will be Mrs. McMil lan, Mrs. Stanley Workman and Mrs. Austin Davis. Range and Forestry Wives will meet at 7:30 in the home of Mrs. John Wright, 2D Project Hous ing. Electrical Engineering Wives Club will meet at 8 in the YMCA. Dr. C. C. Doak will speak on “Driftwood Arrangements.” Aeronautical Engineering W’ives Club will meet at 7:30 in the YMCA Cabinet Room. Fitch, has been a member of the faculty for the past years. , Born 38 years ago in Columbia, Mo. on Dec. 10, 1921, Fitch re ceived his B.A. in Economics from A&M in 1942, his M.S. from the University of Wisconsin in 1948 and completed work for his Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma in 1956. i' He has recently completed a research project for the Ford Foundation Study of “Govern mental Revenues from Offshore Oil.” In 1956 he completed his book on “Economic Aspects of the Gulf Coast Offshore Oil Con troversy.” f Fitch is currently president of ' the College Station Lions Club, a member of the American Eco nomic Assn., Beta Sigma Phi and American Assn, of University Teachers of Insurance. During 1942-47 he served as Company Commander in the Am erican and European Theater. In Ft. Sill, Okla., and at Camp Hood, Tex., he served as instructor in the Field Artillery and Tank De stroyer School. Fitch has had numerous re views in the Journal of Finance and the Journal of Insurance. Fitch presently resides with his wife, Doris, and three children at 1107 Marstellar. What’s Cooking The following club and organi zations will meet tonight: 7:30 Freshman Engineering Society will meet in the Chemistry Lec ture Room. Guion Hoi THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent writers only. The Battalion is a non-tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a community netuspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Student Publications, chairman ; J. \V. Amyx, School of Engineering; Otto It. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. E. D. McMurry, School of Veterinary Medicine. The Battalion, a student newspaper at Texas A.&M. is published in College Station, Texas, daily except Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, and holiday periods, September through May, and once a week during summer school. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office in College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con gress of March 8, 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Ass’n, represented nationally by N a t i o n a 1 Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An geles and San Francisco. Mail subscriptions are $8.50 per semester, $6 per school year, $6.50 per full year. Advertising rate furnished on request. Address: The Battalion Room 4, YMCA, College Station, Texas. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all 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 here in are also reserved. News contributions may be made by telephoning VI 6-6618 or VI 6-4010 or at the editorial office, Room 4, YMCA. For advertising or delivery call VI 6-6415. JOHNNY JOHNSON EDITOR David Stoker Managing Editor Bob Weekley Sports Editor Bill Hicklin, Robbie Godwin News Editors Joe Callicoatte Assistant Sports Editor Jack Hartsfield, Ken Coppage, Bill Broussard, Ben Trial, Bobby Dodson, Tommy Holbein and Bob Saile Staff Writers Dave Mueller Photographer SHOW OPENS Weekdays 6 p. m. Saturdays & Sundays 1 p. m. THURSDAY & FRIDAY s/mwasEfc, KEENilNWYNN m;/ SATURDAY John Mills In “DUNKIRK” Plus siauine W COLLEEN MILLER CHARLES DRAKE • ROD TAYLOR will JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON-JOCELYN BRANDO A UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL PICTURE Preview Saturday at 10:30 p. m. Also Sunday & Monday “THE ROOTS OF HEAVEN” With Errol l^lynn MSC FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS Your heart wiil sing with joy! "A Wait Called Peter color by Deluxe starring RICHARD JEAN TODD PETERS In the wonder of STEREOPHONIC SOUND Friday 7:30 p. m. MSC Ballroom BE; A MAGICIAN WRITE I ME YER-BLOCH DIRf.-CON JURORS’ CLUB |240 RIVINGTON ST. N. Y. C. 2 TODAY THRU SATURDAY “THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY” Robert Mitehum Julie London CIRC Li TONIGHT “SHANE” Alan Ladd Joan Peters Also “THE TUNNEL OF LOVE” Doris Da} f - Richard Widmai k FRIDAY THE HORSE SOLDIERS” With John Wayne Plus “STALAG 17” With William Holden SATURDAY “SHERIFF OF FRACTURED JAW” With Kenneth Moore “PARATROOPER” With Alan Ladd “SMILEY GETS A GUN” With Dame S3'bil Thorndike OaCampufi Kith MaxQhvhm (Author of “I Was a Teen-age Dwarf”, “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”, etc.) LANGUAGE MADE SIMPLE: NO. 1 In this day of swift international communications, like radio, television, and the raft, it becomes more and more important to be solidly grounded in foreign languages. Accordingly, I have asked the makers of Philip Morris whether I might not occasionally forego levity in this column and instead use it for a lesson in language. “Of course, silly!” chuckled the makers of Philip Morris, tousling my yellow locks. Oh, grand men they are, just as full of natural goodness as the cigarettes they make, just as clean and fresh, just as friendly, just as agreeable to have along in all times and climes and places. “Of course, fond boy,” laughed the makers and tossed me up and down in a blanket until, giddy with giggling, I bade them desist, and then we all had basins of farina and smoked Philip Morrises and sang songs until the campfire had turned to embers. For our first lesson in language we will take up French. We will approach French in the modern manner—ignoring the 1 tedious rules of grammar and concentrating instead on idiom. After all, when we go to France, what does it matter if we can parse and conjugate? What matters is that we should be able to speak idiomatic conversational French. So,for the first exercise, translate the following real, true-to- life dialogue between two real, true-to-life Frenchmen named Claude (pronounced Clohd) and Pierre (also pronounced Clohd). * ; pS! f r-■ I v l u- v ... .. . V. ' : \ ■:> •'< •, \ -: r d-: ' Sow live tk- CLAUDE: Good morning, sir. Can you direct me to the nearest monk? PIERRE: I have regret, but I am a stranger here myself. CLAUDE: Is it that you come from the France? PIERRE: You have right. CLAUDE: I also. Come, let us mount the airplane and return ourselves to the France. PIERRE: We must defend from smoking until the airplane elevates itself. CLAUDE: Ah, now it has elevated itself. Will you have a Philippe Maurice? PIERRE: Mercy. CLAUDE: How many years has the small gray cat of the sick admiral? PIERRE: She has four years, but the tall brown dog of the short blacksmith has only three. CLAUDE: In the garden of my aunt it makes warm in the summer and cold in the winter. PIERRE: What a coincidence! In the garden of my aunt too! CLAUDE: Ah, we are landing. Regard how the airplane depresses itself. PIERRE: What shall you do in the France? CLAUDE: I shall make a promenade and see various sights of cultural significance, like the Louvre, the Tomb of Napoleon, and the Eiffel Tower . . . What shall you do? PIERRE: I shall try to pick up the stewardess. CLAUDE: Long live the France! © 1959MaFshutman Et vive aussi les Marlboros et les Alpines, les cigarettes tres bonnes, ties agreables, ties magnUiques, et les sponsors de cette column-la. PEANUTS By Charles M. Schuis PEANUTS. All you have to do is walk op to a House, ring THE DOORBELL AND SAY, tl TRICKS OR TREATS'" GOOD...I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE ACCUSED OP TAKING PART IN A RUMBLE'