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Battalion Editorials Page 2 TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1952 “Poker Flat” Deals Realism, Not Hokum POTATOES —AND GRAVY JWfc>C€V, On the Firing Line iW*-" By JERRY BENNETT “Outcasts of Poker Flat” star ring Anne Baxter, Dale Robert son, arid Cameron Mitchell—20th Century Fox—Campus Theater. “Outcasts of Poker Flat” is fur ther proof from Twentieth Cen tury-Fox that a horse opera does n’t need to feed on corn to develop into a strong- well made motion pic ture. Fox has proved this point before with such pictures as “The Gun- fighter” “Rawhide” and “The Se cret of Convict Lake”, all of which relied on an unusual plot combined with good acting instead of an abundance of blank cartridges to tell a story. Adapted from Bret Hartes fa mous story, “Outcasts of Poker Flat” is not a western in the box office sense of the word. As was its predecessor, “The Secret Of Con vict Lake”, the movie is actually a study in suspense and crime told against a western background. The film’s characters act like Lions Club Hears Delaplane Speak Dr. W. H. Delaplane, head of the economics department was guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Lions Club, Monday in the ball room of the MSC. Delaplane summarized the rise to power of Eva and Juan Peron in Argentina, and discussed gov ernment controls, foreign trade, and the economic stability of Ar gentina under the Peron regime. Omar Smith, owner of Smitty’s Grill and a member of the Bryan chapter was a guest. He discussed the possibilities of a softball game between the two chapters in the future. A board of directors meeting will be held Wednesday noon, in room 2-C of the MSC, announced L. E. McCall, president. believable human beings and wear clothes instead of costumes. Their dress looks as if it was bought in a 19th century general store in stead of form fitted in Studio A. For once the heroine seems to pre fer the typical fashions for that period, a full length dress complete with high neck, instead of the usual buckskin riding skirt and cowgirl hat. For A Purpose The actors dress for the elements instead of their fans and they look as if they are worn for a purpose instead of merely as ornaments. The heroine is pretty, not glam orous, and the hero is brave with out being ridiculous. He is a gambler, not a gunman, and in the end he deals death to the vil- lian as he does cards, with his bare hands. Neither cowboy nor his four leg ged namesake ever appear in the movie. Only a minority of the town’s population are gunmen, the rest being just ordinary citizens who suffer from 5 o’clock shadow and whose hair gets out of place. The scenery is unusual simply because it also is realistic. With time the snow looks as if it might turn into ice instead of suds, and the backdrops appear to have been designed by nature instead of the art director. Due to the absence of technicol or, the camera is able to capture the film’s mood of impending vi olence as three killers stalk the mud covered streets of a darkened town while the off key music of a fiddle and piano from the town’s saloons blend with the film’s back ground score. Anne Baxter, as usual, gives a vivid characterization, and Dale Robertson says more with his eyes than the average young hopeful can convey with a dozen pages of dialogue. Cameron Mitchell is good as the trigger happy outlaw, but it is Billy Lynn as an elderly drunken half-wit who turns in the show’s best performance. Dr. Frank W. Gould, in charge of the Tracy Herb arium at A&M, checks his identification of a grass specimen before placing it in the steel filing cabinet behind him. More than 12,000 specimens of grasses are contained in the cases. Sojne. of the specimens in the collection are almost 150 years old. Tracy Herbarium Dr. Frank Gould Discovers Four New Grass Varieties Students Offered New USAF Opportunities There’s a man at A&M who is poking into the family secrets .of grasses and coming up with some interesting discoveries. He’s Dr. Frank W. Gould, the man in charge of the Tracy Herb arium. Specifically, Dr. Gould is en gaged iri cyto-taxonomy of grasses of the beard-grass and bluestem types. Cyto-taxonomy, according to Dr. Gould, means classification by cell study. One of the secrets he has uncov ered is that many grasses are mis- classified because researchers have mistakenly interpreted superficial .SHI ■ - ' lip t' •] fyW iJP ; ; ss Aggies) are shown receiving instructions and familiarization firing in the 1000” range. The Cadets were named the top company at the Infantry ROTC Summer Camp in Ft. Benning, Ga. School Board Names Teachers A&M Consolidated School Board announced the appointments for the 1952-53 school year - . The teach ers were named and holidays set at the Tuesday night Board meet ing. The following appointments wei’e made: Fh'st Grade: Mrs. Lewis Knowles, Joyce Patranella (new), Mrs. W. B. Coke, Mrs. Lucille Let- better. Second Grade: Mrs. Sherline Bailey (new), Mrs. Georgia Wil liamson, Mrs. L. P. Dulaney, Mrs. Jack Kent (new). Third Grade: Mrs. Evelyn Kin- cannon, Mrs. C. K. Leighton, Mrs. Warren Criswell, Mrs. Don Dale (new). Fourth Grade: Mrs. Rowen^ Creswell, Mrs. C. B. Holzmann, Mrs. J. J. Skrivanek (new). Fifth Grade: Mrs. Pearl Tanzer, Mrs. Bernice Parker. Sixth Grade: Mx-s. H. L. Heaton. Sevexxth Gx’ade: Mx’s. Deliah Fleming (xxew). Eighth Grade: James Woods (new), Jim Bevans, W. T. Riedel, Hox-ace Schaffex-. Ninth Gx-ade: Mi’s. J. T. Duncan. Tenth Gi’ade: Mi’s. Chaxdes Byi'd. Eleventh Gi’ade: Mrs. Mabel Bax-gex’. 12th Grade Twelfth Grade: Col. R. J. Dunn, Bob Boone, J. J. Skirivanek (new), O. V. Chafin, Mi’s. Sydney Soi'en- sen, Thomas Ryan, Hi's. Mui'iel C. Orr, Jack Chaney, James For sythe (new). School Calendar for 1952-53: Opening of School, Sept. 8; Thanksgiving Holidays, Nov. 27 and 28; Christmas Holidays, Dec. 20 thxu Jan. 4; Easter Holidays, April 9 and 19 and 13; Closing of School, May 29. The Battalion Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of: Aggie Traditions "Soldier. Statesman, Knightly Gentleman” College graduates and students in their last semester of under- graduate work are now being of- fei’ed direct commissions in the United States Air Fox-ce as elec- ti'onic countermeasures officers, as announced hei'e today by Lt. Col. William S. McCulley, Commanding Officer, 9807th Volunteer Air Re- seive Training Squadx-on. Technical Study Px-ex-equisites for the commis sions include scientific or engineex- ing backgx-ounds. Specifically, one year of physics or one year of mathematics to include algebi-a or trigonometry, is »equii’ed. 3-Year Grant Furthers Study Of Fatty Acids The National Science Founda tion has approved a three-year gi’ant-in-aid of $16,Q00 to the Tex as Agricultural Expex’iment Sta tion for studies on the chemistry and metabolism of fats and fatty acids. Di\ Raymond Reiser is the lead er in these expei’iments. He will use x-adioactive isotopes as tags for fat molecules so that the course of absox-ption and transpoxt in the animal body may be followed. These studies ai’e a continuation of a pxoject previously suppox-ted by the Atomic Energy Commission. Impoi’tant findings on the mechan ism of fat metabolism resulting fi’om these investigations were re- pox-ted July 21-27 by Di\ Reiser at the Intei-national Congress of Bi ochemistry in Pai’is, Fi’ance. The gx-ant from the National Science Foundation was handled through the Texas A&M Reseax-ch Foundation. Age limits on the dii’ect com missions are from 18 to 27. Electronics The electi’onic countermeasures officer understands the principles of electi’onics systems and the use of electronic countei’measui’es. He plans and executes the electi’onic wai’fai’e progi’am and is a vital cog in the Air Force machine as an air electronic intelligence offi cer who pel-forms a ti’usted duty in protecting our national defense. A limited number of second lieu tenants will be appointed each month. After 10 weeks ti’aining at the USAF Officer Basic Mili- taiw coui’se at Lackland AFB, at San Antonio, the candidates will be trained in specialties at Air Force technical schools. These in clude 22 weeks of eelcti’onic fun damentals training, 15 weeks of gi’ound phase ti’aining, and 10 weeks flight phase training. College gi’aduates or seniors in- tei’ested in electi’onic countenneas- ures ti’aining ax-e invited to contact Headquax’tei’s, Third Air Reseiwe District in Austin, their nearest Air Force Reseiwe Flying Tx-ain- ing Centex’, or Volunteei- Air Re- serve Training Gi’oup for fui-ther infoi’mation. « Those candidates selected will be given specialized ti’aining and will fly in the latest model aii’ci’aft of the USAF. C. E. McCullough’s Have Six Lb. Boy Mi’, and Mrs. Charles Edwax’d McCullough are the parents of a six pound and five ounce boy born at 5:10 a.m. Saturday, July 20. He was named Charles Thomas McCullough. • McCullough is a senior electri cal engineering major from Fort Worth. He and his wife live at 20A Vet. Village. resemblances among the species. He - has found at least four new species and varieties. Plant Chromosomes The key to these findings lay in the differences of the number of chromosomes of the plants. Chrom osomes are . the cell structures which determine the physical char acteristics of the off-spi’ing. That is, chromosomes see that junior bluestem has papa’s shade of coloring and mama’s lag blade. The chromosomes determine more than that, too, Dr. Gould says. They have the final say con cerning marriages in the family. If the chromosomes don’t match- no wedding. Dual Purpose Dr. Gould has a dual purpose in such woi’k. He plans the accumu lation of information which will pei’mit improvement of native range grasses, and at the same time is building up a larger col lection of specimens in the herb arium. At pi'esent the herbarium con tains more than 60,000 plant spec- Hilliard Announces MSC’s Activities Norma McMullan Activities scheduled for MSC in August wei’e released today by Mrs. Ann Hilliai’d, social dii’ector of the MSC. The activities ax - e listed as fol lows: Aug. 5, Kiwanis Club Lunch eon; Aug. 6, Lions Club Boai’d of Dii’ectors Luncheon and Camera Club; Aug. 7, Aggie Wives Bxidge Club. Also scheduled ax-e: Aug. 8, wed ding I’eception sponsoi’ed by Mrs. Dan Young; Aug. 11, Lions Club Luncheon, Air Foi’ce Reseiwe and Southwest F ootball Officials Assn.; Aug. 12, Kiwanis Club Luncheoxr and Magnolia Sales Con- Dr. R. C. Potts To Attend Meet Injured in Mishap j () i State Norma Jean McMullan suffered J - 11 ^ The Battalion, official newspaper of the Agricultural and Mechanical College blished by students five times a week, during the regular school > During the summer terms, and during examination and vacation periods The Batts iblis' aper of Texas, is published by students five times a week, during tne regular school year. i a lion ays of publication are. Monday through Friday for the esday and Thursday during examination and vacation s. 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Classified ads may be place the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. rooms 201 Goodwin Hi >ns may all. Cls s may be ced by telephone (4-5324) or Bob Selleck Bill Dickens, Jerry Bennett. Gus Becker Editor —I Managing Editors .* Sports Editor Paul Sigut 4 i......Advertising Repi’esentative Dr, Steen Writes School Text Book A book by Dr. Ralph Steen, his tory professox-, titled Texas Gov- ernment, is just off the px-ess. Texas Govex-nment contains a number of graphs and illustx-ations as well as a concise discussion of state and local government. Prob lems and teaching aids were pre pared by Thomas B. Pox-twood, su perintendent of schools in San An tonio. The book will be offered to the State Beard of Education in the fall as a text for use in junior high schools, Dr. Steen said. Noi’ma Jean McMullan suffei’ed fii’st and thii’d degi’ee bums on her face and back in a 83,000 fii’e at the McMullan home at 303 N. Fii’st Street, recently. D. T. McMullan, a fifth year ai’chitectui’e student, burned his ankles when his shoes caught fii*e fi’om the gasoline which stai’ted the blaze. McMullan was using gasoline to clean the flooi’ before putting down tile when the fumes fi’om the gas oline caught from a neax-by water heatex - . The fire blocked off the bed- x*oom door where the McMullan’s wei’e and they escaped ‘ fx’om the house thi’ough the bedx-oom win- Mi’s. McMullan’s 12-yeax--old sis- tei’, Carolynn Lawhon of Kauf man, who has been visiting in the McMullan home was not hanned dow. Neighboi’s with hoses and fire extinguishei’s soon had the blaze under control but the clothes and fumitui-e of the couple were badly damaged. Dr. R. C. Potts of the ag ronomy department, will at tend the sixth International Grassland Congress at S t a t e College, Penn., August 17 through 24. This is the fii’st meeting of the Gi’assland Congi’ess to be held in the United States and plans call for the discussion of the important gi’assland px*oblems from the coun- ti’ies registered, said Potts. The meeting is sponsoi’ed by the United States Goveimment and the Food and Agi’iculture Organization. Delegates fi’om 55 counti’ies are expected, totaling about 2,500 pei’- sons. Registi’ation fi’om 21 na tions has been received thus far. Speakei’s will include N. E. Dodd, dii’ector general of food and agi’i- culture organization; John S. Fine, governor of Pennsylvania; and Mil- ton S. Eisenhower, president of State College, Penn. Four toui ; s, including ^bout 60 delegates each, will be Conducted to vai’ious parts of th4 United States fell owing the meeting. ference; Aug. 13, State Depai’t- ment of Public Welfai’e Confer ence; Aug. 14, Aggie Wives Bi’idge Club; Aug. 15, Research Founda tion; Aug. 18, Lions' Club, Air Foi’ce Reserve, Staff Specialists Confei’ence, Home Economics Staff Confei’ence, Dames Club, Agxicul- tui’al Staff Confei’ence and South west Football Officials Associa tion. Other Activities Other activities include: Aug. 19, Genei’al Confei’ence of Exten sion Service; Aug. 20, Staff Spe cialists Conference, Home Econom ics Staff Conference and Agricul tural Staff Conference; Aug. 21, Home Demonstration Staff Con ference and Aggie Wives Bridge Club; Aug. 22, General Conference of Extension Service. Remaining events will be: Aug. 24-29, Fireman’s Training School, directed by Col. Bx-ayton; Aug. 25, Southwest Football Officials Con fei’ence Association; Aug. 26-27, Texas Foi’est Sexvice; Aug. 27, Camex-a Club; Aug. 28, luncheon for Bryan Field Officex’s Wives Club and Aggie Wives Bridge Club. Samuels to Attend Unions Conference John Samuels will I’epx-esent A&M at a confei’ence of Associa tion of College Unions Sept. 9 and 10 at the La Salle Hotel, Chicago, 111. The confei’ence will set up basic plans for the national convention that will be in Berkley, Calif., the last part of April in 1953. Samuels, a business administra tion major from Galveston, was leader of panel discussions the last two years at Lansing, Mich., and Stillwater, Okla. Last year at Stillwater, Okla., 300-400 students and staff mem bers represented 82 colleges and universities of the United States. imens, with more than 12,000 gras ses from all parts of the world. Some of the specimens werec col lected as long ago as 1805 and 1806. Others are still growing in a spe cial garden which Dr. Gould cul tivates as part of his study, A third purpose served by the herbarium is identification for res idents and students in.the region. New Specimen Dr. Gould compares the herbar ium to a huge reference library. When a new specimen comes in for identification, it is compared to specimens already in the files. First the general types are selected on a basis of resemblance. Then species are compared, and finally, varieties of the specie! which most nearly match it. All this comparison work re quires exhaustive filing systems if the researcher is to avoid thumb ing through thousands of mounted specimens in their neatly bound folders. So the herbarium’s re semblance to a library is even more pronounced. It has a thorpugh card-catalogue system . \yith cross- filing. Although Dr. S. M. Tracy start ed collecting specimens for his own use in the early 1900’s, and his collections form the heart of the present herbarium, the first real organizational work by the college was done in 1937 when filing was begun. Dr. Gould joined the college staff in 1949. He holds the bachelor of science degree from Northern Illi nois State Teachers College; the master of science degree in bot any from the University of Wis consin, and the Ph.D. degree in botany from the University of Cal ifornia at Berkeley. E. V. Walton Gives Speech in Houston E. V. Walton, associate professor of agricultural education, will speak at the Kiwanis club lunch eon at Houston Wednesday. In answer to the request to the chairman of the agricultural com mittee, . Walton will discusse the problems the youth of our nation are having in getting started in the farming business, and the ef fect the declining farming opera tions are having on- our nation. - Memorial Library Gets Contribution As Books Total 879 Total collections for the Corne lia Brown Sloop Memorial Library now numbers 879 books and a great number of magazines, said C. G. White, chairman of the Cor nelia Brown Sloop Memorial Fund. Mrs. L. G. Gabbard, beginning with a fund of approximately $500, has done the excellent job of com piling the collection, White said. Mrs. Gabbard requests that all books and magazines that can be used by elementary school age children be given to the A&M Con solidated School Library. Cornelia Sloop, deceased A&M Consolidated teacher, was nation ally known for her successful method of teaching children to read. Mrs. Sloop requested before her death last March that friends donate all money to a library fund rather than for flowers. lif