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
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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).
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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
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THE DOORBELL AND SAY,
tl TRICKS OR TREATS'"
GOOD...I WOULDN'T WANT
TO BE ACCUSED OP TAKING
PART IN A RUMBLE'