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i Page 10 College Station, Texas Wednesday, June 13, 1973 THE BATTALION Be Careful When Buying Dining Room FurniturellJ Sc Dining furniture buyers “in the know” look for comfort, beauty, durability and easy care. “Beautiful dining furniture has good proportions,” a housing and home furnishings specialist as serted. Patricia A. Bradshaw with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M University System, said colors and patterns in dining furniture should be ones the buyers like and can live with WE for many years. “Look for sturdy materials and finishes that wear well and re quire little care—that people en joy touching. “Poorly finished wood is rough, feels raw, and looks cloudy. “For table tops, finishes with scratch, heat and alcohol resist ance are good, and plastic-surfac ed tops offer durability. Table underside should have a finish, if it’s wood, to prevent shrinkage.” Turning to construction details, the specialist advised leaning on tables to see if they rest firmly on the floor. Also, check legs for glides or tips that won’t mar floors. “Look for careful welding and bolting of furniture with metal frames. Rubber shock mounts oft en hold wood and steel together. Shocks add comfort at low cost and should be firmly attached.” Miss Bradshaw described good chairs as being engineered for comfort—they let feet rest flat on the floor and support the back just below the shoulder blades. “A seat 16 inches deep gives good back support for most adults, and a slightly slanted chair back is better than a straight one. Slats or spindles should feel com fortable against the back.” The specialist cited captain’s chairs as “really not good—their rounded backs make people pull shoulders forward into tiring po sitions. “Springy chairs usually provide comfort. Springiness is found in chairs of metal tubing, bentwood, plywood or laminated wood—and those with seats mounted on hard- rubber shock absorbers. “Check these chairs for balance. Some, including low-cost chairs with pedestal bases, are poorly weighted and tip easily. “Also, chairs should be level and have tight joints. “Chair seats should feature ea- sy-to-clean material—sturdy fab ric with a spot-and-stain-resistant finish. Seats with plastic or fab ric upholstery should be easy to | remove and recover.” Miss Bradshaw also recommeii j ed choosing furniture easy to dust, j clean and move. Enrollment Sets Record SJ; A record 6,855 students are en rolled for the first session of sum mer school, announced Dean of Admissions and Records Edwin H. Cooper. The total represents an increase I of more than four per cent ovet I the previous high for a summer I session, 6,777 registered last] year, Cooper noted. 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