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p, F V. p f u a b a s : a t| I t] o b c a h f ‘j if t If s if ij e H s l l ( 1 THE BATTALION Page 2 College Station, Texas Thursday, July 14, 1960 Commercial Feeding, Grading On Beef Short Course Docket Commercial feeding and use of a new grading system will be em phasized during the annual Beef Cattle Short Course Aug. 8-10 in the Memorial Student Center. Cattlemen, as guest speakers, and A&M staff members will dis cuss the latest problems and de velopments in commercial feeding operations, while a representative of the U. S. Department of Agri culture Grading Service will ex plain a proposed dual grading sys tem for beef. The short course is sponsored by the Department of Animal Hus bandry in co-operation with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. Among those who will talk on cattle feeding are Oliver Whitener of Burton and Grady Shepard of Hale Center. Whitener, who runs both reg istered and commercial and feeds calves on about 15,000 square feet of concrete feedlots, will talk on Local Churches Tell Services For Next Week Church services for the com ing week have been announced by the following College church es: A&M METHODIST Morning worship will be held at 8:45 Sunday at the A&M Methodist Church, followed by Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Choir rehearsal will be held at 4:30 Sunday afternoon in the All Faiths Chapel. Leagues will meet at 5 Sunday afternoon. Choir Rehearsal will be held Wednesday night at 7 in the All Faiths Chapel. Thursday night at 7 a mmet- ing of all men and women of the church will be held. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE The way to unfailing peace and satisfaction will be pointed out at the Christian Science Church Sunday in a lesson-ser mon entitled “Life,” the first of a series this summer devoted to synonyms for God. combining calves and feeds pro duced on the place. Shepard will discuss “What’s Being Done with Farm Feedlots?” Subjects on the first day include usefulness of carcass evaluation work, a carcass evaluation* con test, genetic influences in cattle reproduction, Armour’s beef cat tle improvement program, the vet erinarian’s role in calf crop im provement, use of records in a beef cattle selection program, and fre quency of supplemental feeding for range cattle. On Aug. 9 talks will be matle on cattle feeding resources in Texas, what is being done in large com mercial feedlots, outlets for Texas cattle and feeds, advantages of a Texas cattle feeders association, performance of ear-implanted steers, sealed storage for moist grains and roughages, feed pellet ing for beef cattle, and safe use of insecticides for livestock. The Texas Beef Cattle Improve ment Assn, will hold its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. the second day. Discussion subjects on Aug. 10 include slaughter and carcass traits, yields of various beef cuts, measures of muscling and their application to grading and selec tion, and evidences of meat quality. Wee Aggies We Aggies like to read about Wee Ag gies. When a wee one arrives, call VI 6-4910 and ask for the Wee Aggie Edi tor Susan Eileen, a 6 lb., 12%Wz. girl, was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Howes, ’60, of 100A Fairview in College Station. The future Aggie sweetheart was born in St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan. The Grove Following is the schedule for movies to be shown in The Grove during the next week: Thursday—“The Enemy Below” (To be shown in the Memorial Stu dent Center Ballroom.) Monday—“The D.I.” Tuesday—“The Girl Who Had Everything” Wednesday—“Green Fire” Get a flying start on Continental! WASHINGTON NEW ORLEANS CHICAGO NEW YORK Convenient connections at Dallas and Houston with fast 4-engine non-stops east. For reservations, call your Travel Agent or Continental at VI 6-4789. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES V / CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle “If I flunk out. I’ll get my tuition back .... won’t I?” Aggies On Duty— Army 1st Lt. John L. Forms, r 5'7, participated with other per- ^nnel from the 4th Armored Di vision in a field training exercise in Grafenwohr, Germany, which was concluded June 22. The exercise, conducted under realistic combat conditions, de signed to evaluate the combat ef fectiveness of the unit, a major eljjffh&tit of the NATO shield of detente in Europe. Lt. Lorms, executive officer of Co. C of the division’s 54th In fantry in Heilbronn, entered the Army in May, 1957. * * * Army 2nd Lt, James A. Car- berry, ’59, has just returned to his unit, Co. B, 1st Armored Rifle Battalion, 50th Infantry, at Fort Hood after a five and one-half month absence. Lt. Carberry first attended the Infantry Officers Basic Course at Ft. Benning, Ga. This took from Nov. 30, 1959, to Feb. 25, 1960. After completing that school he next turned his attention to the Ranger School, which includes ex ercises and testing in Florida and Georgia. The Ranger class ended May 11. Cushing Schedule Between Semesters Announced Today Schedule for the Cushing Me morial Library between semes ters has been announced by Mi chael V..Krenitsky, assistant li brarian. The schedule: Friday—8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday—8 a.m. to Noon Sunday—Closed Monday—8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday — Resume regular summer schedule. Early this month he graduated from Airborne School. * * * Four Aggies were recently grad uated from The Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leav enworth, Kan. The 38-week course is designed to prepare officers for duty as commanders and general staff officers at division, corps and field arpiy levels, including their logistical systems, the communica tions zone and its subordinate ele ments and the theater army per sonnel replacements systems. They were Lt. Col. Francis M. McCullar, ’41; Maj. David W. Meyer, ’43; Maj. James E. Lynch, Jr., ’43; and Capt. Bruce E. Wal lace, ’49. * * * Army Capt. Byron B. Brown, Jr., ’50, recently completed the com pany officer extension course con ducted by The Armor School at Ft. Knox, Ky. 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 newspaper and is under \he supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. Members of the Student Publications Board are L. A. Duewall, director of Btudent Publications, chairman ; Dr. A. L. Bennett, School of Arts and Sciences; Dr. <t. J. Koenig, School of Engineering; Otto R. Kunze, School of Agriculture; and Dr. 6 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. Helping the voice of the people be heard Automation still is only as good as the people who provide if. While we want you to enjoy the convenience and efficiency that automatic equipment brings, we hope you’ll remember that every phase of telephone service is still very much a human business. Entered as second-class atter at the Post Office College Station, Texas, under the Act of Con- tress of March 8, 1870. MEMBER: The Associated Press Texas Press Assn. Represented nationally by N a t i o n a 1 Advertising Services, Inc., New York City, Chicago, Los An geles and San Francisco. 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Students Awarded $8,900 in Scholarships More than $8,900 in scholarships have been awarded to 13 students who will be juniors and seniors and to one graduate, in the Depart ment of Mechanical Engineering for 1960-61. The scholarship winners ar^ as follows: Kenny E. Siler of 3019 Pennsyl vania, Joplin, Mo., $250 from the B. and H. Instruments Co. of Fort Worth. Ted R. Miller of 1224 E. North, Kilgore, $250 from the B. and H. Instruments Co., Fort Worth. B. J. Redding of College Station, $500 from the Cabot-Carbon Com pany, Panipa, Tex. Donald L. Adams of Premont, $500 from the Chemstrand Corp., Decatur, Ala. Roger A. Williams of Henderson, $500 from the Continental Oil Co. of Ponca City, Okla. Fred B. Hudspeth of 5605 Truett Ave., Houston, $500 from the Hughes Tool Co. of Houston. Clifford D. Thompson of 1410 Anson, Abilene, $300 from the L e v e r i 11 Brothers Scholarship Fund set up by Frank W. Leveritt of Port Arthur and Wilton H. Lev eritt of Houston. Donald F. Boren of 605 W. La mar, McKinney, $300 from the Mission Manufacturing Co. of Houston. Edward J. Szymczak of 1225 Neyland, Houston, $200 from the Rowan Drilling Co. of Fort Worth. Charles R. Martell of 509 Bor- TREE MOVES GRAVESTONE COLUMBUS, Ohio OPL-A tree, which probably did not exist when the grave was dug, is gradually enfolding a 150-year-old headstone in a little cemetery near here. der St., Orange, $400 from the Western Electric Co. of Oklahoma City. All seniors. Ray M. Bowen of 7521 Caruth, Dallas, graduate, $2,100 from the Shell Oil Co. of New York. Thomas C. Paul of 404 Morning- side, Albuquerque, N. M., $500 from Cabot-Carbon Co., Pampa, and Richard W. Burr of Freeport, $300 from the Trane Co. of La- Crosse, Wis. Both are juniors. The College Scholarship Commit tee and the Departmental Scholar ship worked together in making the selections. State Farm Saved Texans Money We aim to insure careful drivers only. 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