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I TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 8, 1944 THE * xLION Page 3 Aggie Gagers Play Rice Owls Tonight In Houston By R. L. Weatherly Baylor Writer Slanders Aggie Cagers; Invitation to Answer Column Accepted Carl Hooper, sports editor of the Baylor Lariat, invited us to answer a recent column of that sheet in which he made several remarks re ferring to us; and he added addi tional remarks about the Aggies. Hooper said that the Aggies were out-yelled when Baylor played here in Aggieland by our own ASTP men. For Hooper’s information the Aggie Corps had the misfortune of entertaining books for study of exams. Theji too, the ASTP is a yankee outfit and they would not yell for the Aggies if the Cadets played the Japs. It is true that there is an ASTP outfit on the campims composed of Activated Juniors, but we can assure Hooper that it was not them who did the yelling for the Baylor quint. Hooper went on to rub it in about the Aggie loss to Baylor, and came right out and asked us if we had a record book. And if we did to look up the score of the first Aggie-Bear game of this year. We do not- need a record book to re fresh our memories, and if we did we would quit writing sports. In this column Hooper made it plain that we were trying to make up for a sorry basketball team by ribbing him for not having a foot ball team. We did not mean it that way. And anyway, the Aggies are far from having a sorry basketball team. It is true that they have not won a basketball game this sea son, but that can be explained. The Aggies do not have a letter man on the squad, whereas Baylor has Marlin Hicks, a letterman from last year, and several Navy men playing for them. To make up for their lack of experience the Aggies have spirit enough to have a bas ketball team and it is too bad we cannot say that for Baylor when football is the subject. —LUMBER— (Continued fiom Page 1) that “wartime demands have push ed the drain upon the forest 25 per cent above pre-war levels.” Outlining “an effective forest program” for America, the Chief Forester asserted that “nation wide regulation of forest prac tices on private land is absolute ly essential if needless destruc tion of productive growth is to be stopped. But,” he added, “regu lation should be supported by an expanded and accelerated pro gram of public acquisition to re lieve private ownership where conditions make this equitable or prudent. And regulation must be supplemented by better protection and by various aids to private owners.” To implement forest regulation, he said new Federal legislation would be required. He suggested that this legislation should pro vide opportunities for both state and Federal action, and declared that “as a minimum” the new law must “prescribe standards for re- LOUPOT’S Where You Always Get a Fair Trade quired forest practices and auth orize the Secretary of Agriculture to determine whether practices adopted by the states conform to such standards, to inspect enforce ment of state laws, and to take direct action where suitable state legislation is not enacted, and where enforcement of the practices established are not adequate.” Watts announced that “the For est Service is now planning to absorb thousands of men in for est work in the period of demobil ization,” the idea of the plans being “so that we may be ready with blueprints and organization required before it is time to put the men to work.” Under Forest Service “Wartime Activities and Accomplishments,” with much of the work done in cooperation with the Army, Navy, War Production Board, Office of Price Administration, or other war agencies, the Chief’s report highlighted the following: The Alaska spruce log project, in which aircraft spruce is being rafted down to Puget Sound; the Emergency Rubber Project which up to last June planted 23,470 acres of guayule and processed 440 tons of high quality rubber; an experimental goldenrod program, involving 650 acres near Waynes boro and Savannah, Georgia, was also undertaken to carry on the artificial rubber experiments be- Farm, livestock Representatives Met Here Thursday Conner Presides At Agriculture Meeting; Postwar Plans Made Representatives of leading farm and livestock organizations dis cussed Texas postwar economics and other problems with Texas A. & M. members of the State Agricultural Postwar Planning Committee in an all-day meeting Thursday in the council room of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The following farm and live stock associations were represent ed: Texas and Southwestern Cat tle Raisers Association, Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Associa tion, Texas Jersey Cattle Club, Texas Guernsey Breeders Associa tion, Texas Holstein Breeders As sociation, Texas Federation of Co operatives, Texas Swine Breeders Association, Farmer’s Union, Tex as Farm Bureau Federation, Tex as Home Demonstration Associa tion, Texas State Grange, Texas Baby Chick Association, also of ficials of the Federal Farm Credit Administration, the National and Texas Cottonseed Crushers Asso ciations, and the agricultural press. The forenoon meeting was un der direction of A. B. Conner, dir ector, Texas Agricultural Experi ment Station. Introductory re marks were made by Dr. F. C. Bolton, acting president of Texas A. & M., and by Gibb Gilchrist, dean of the School of Engineer ing, and chairman of the Texas Postwar Planning Commission, for which the State Agricultural Postwar Planning Committee is acting as a fact-finding agency. Full purpose of the State Agri cultural Postwar Planning Com mittee was explained by John R. Wenmohs, Texas A. & M. Exten sion Service. Its members are scheduled to have a meeting at College Station February 10 and 11, at which a preliminary agri cultural postwar schedule and ser ies of recommendation will be drawn. Sitting in the meeting were of ficials of all agricultural depart ments of the A. & M. College pro gun years ago by Thomas A. Edi son; special farm forest market ing projects which have stimulat ed the output of lumber necessary for war; and an all-time record National Forest timber cut, am ounting to more than two and one- third billion board feet. The Co-Op Store Invites you to drop in and pick your school supplies and necessities as well as many, many items you need to cany on your semester’s work successfully and comfortably. Make the Co-op store a habit—you can save money and you can get the highest quality of merchandise at right prices. VISIT THE CO-OP STORE OFTEN—IT’S MONEY IN YOUR POCKET. THE CO-OP STORE One Block east of North Gate - " ' ' , Salibo, Wright, Atlas, Ekas Will Begin Aggies Fear Mighty Bill Henry, Center, And Rusty Darling, Guard, of Rice Owls The Texas Ag-gie basketball team will go to Houston to night to play the Rice Owls in the second game of the series between these two teams. The Aggies will be out for re venge when game time rolls around, but the Rice Owls will have the same quint that stomped the Aggies 63 to 23. The Rice cagers will probably.*. start Suman and Thomas at the forward posts, Henry at center, and Roach and Darling at guards. Incidently, Henry made 27 points in the last game with the Aggies. He would have probably made more if he had not be jerked out of the game in the last half. The Aggie starters will prob ably be Atlas and Salibo as for wards, Wright at center, and Mohnke and Ekas at the guard posts. It’s possible that King might start in place of Ekas at the guard post, for King started in the game with Rice whereas Ekas started in the game with Baylor. The Aggies will have to do the best kind of basketball playing known if they expect to defeat the Rice cagers, for the Owls boast the best cage team in the confer ence. The Owls have three men that are contestants for all-con ference honors on the 1944 basket ball team. These men are Bill Henry, center, Don Suman, for ward, and Rusty Darling, a guard. Henry is undoubtedly the best center of the conference, for he stands six feet eight inches enabl ing him to tower above the op ponents goal and bat away what seem to be sure goals. Charlie Wright did a fair job of guarding this Henry in the first game between the two teams. He made the elongated center very nervous by wiggling his fingers in front of his face. per, Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, Extension Service and For est Service. The afttn :,! \ron meeting was turn ed over to farm and livestock or ganizations, representatives of which elected D. T. Simons, Fort Worth, speaking on behalf of the Texas Jersey Cattle Club, as chairman. Vice chairman was Eugene Butler, publisher of Pro gressive Farmer at Dallas, and John R. Wenmohs was chosen secretary. After much round table discus sion it was agreed that the State Agricultural Postwar Planning Committee should send copy of its findings and recommendations to each organization represented and to other farm and livestock asso ciations not represented, that these organizations should approve these findings and recommenda tions, or offer constructive criti cism of them in writing, or send personal representatives to meet with the State committee to dis cuss proposed changes. Should any farm or livestock association disagree with findings and recom mendations of the State committee, such disapproval should be made part of the report finally made to overall committee headed by Dean Gibb Gilchrist and which was es tablished by act of the Texas Legislature. Disapproval was expressed by some delegates over the makeup of the Texas Postwar Planning Commission in that one-third of all the income of Texas people is from agriculture whereas the in dustry only had one representa tive among the 31 members of the commission. —CREDIT— (Continued from page 1) 313, Agricultural Building on Fri day evening, January 28. The first order of business was the election of new members of the board of Directors to fill va cancies. For the two-year term on the Board of Directors, Dr. G. W. Schlesselman and Dr. Ide P. Trotter were reelected, their prev ious term having expired at that meeting. Dr. H. L. Van Volken- berg was elected to a position on the Board of Directors in place of Mr. C. B. Ray of the Agricultural Extension Service who resigned because he is leaving to join the Navy shortly. Mr. Ray in turn, had replaced Mr. C. B. Bowles of the Agricultural Extension Ser vice, who left the College to join the Farm Credit Administration in Houston, Texas. Mr. Ford Hale was re-elected to the Board of Directors for a term of one year. Mr. Hale had re placed Mr. H. A. Dulan, formerly Clerk Treasurer of the organiza tion and member of the Board of Directors who resigned and is now taking graduate work at the Uni versity of Texas. The only carry-over member of the Board of Directors is Prof. Daniel Russell, who has one year more to serve. The credit com mittee, composed of Dr. L. G. Jones, Mr. Harry Boyer and Dr. R. L. Hunt, was reelected. To act on the Supervisory Com mittee of the organization for the coming year, Dr. George E. Potter and Mr. Robert M. Pinkerton were reelected. Mrs. George S. Bauer was elected to this committee in the vacancy caused by the resig nation of Dean F. C. Bolton, whose present duties as Acting President prevented his serving any longer. The Board ordered a continua tion of the present interest rate of two-thirds of one percent per month on the unpaid balance in any borrower’s account. The financial report of the Treasurer showed the organization to be in extremely sound condition with considerable surplus funds on ahnd. A dividend of 3% on fully paid shares was ordered credited to each member’s share balance ac count. Any member of the organ ization can withdraw all or any part of his share balance in cash at any time upon official request. Plans are being worked out whereby it is hoped the office of the Credit Union can be opened at all business hours of the college. Mr. George S. Oettle of Johannes burg, South Africa was an inter ested visitor at the annual meet ing of the Federal Credit Union. Mr. Oettle saw an announcement of the meeting and wanted to be come familiar with this type of organization. He is spending the winter in Bryan and College Sta tion studying our agricultural and business activities. EDUCATION ELSEWHERE Washington has learned that Dr. Bernhard Rust, Nazi minister of education, has issued a decree ordering propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels’ “Thirty Martial Commandments for the German People” to be taught in German schools. OFFICIAL NOTICES Classified Key chain and keys ton, P. 0. Box, etc. Reward. ('lease re- Rosenthal, B. J., Room 219, No. 15. LOST P. turn 5 H-8 Wal- Please re- Announcements NOTICE—R. S. 306, Field of Rural So cial Work, will meet MWF 10 if a suffi cient number of students register.—Daniel Russell. CLASS SCHEDULE CHANGES English 331 (Journalism) Section 500 TThS8 English 332 (Journalism) Section 500 MEWS R. S. 306 Section 500 to MWF10 A. H 314 Section 500 to MW9 A. H. 412 Section 500 to MWF10 A. H. 433 Section 500 to TTH8 Language 102 Section 500 to T4-Thl-S9 Language 203 Section 500 to MWF8 The Placement Office has taken over the applications for clerical and steno graphic work at the College. Departments needing office help should call at the Placement Office to study the applica tions which have been filed. Called meeting Brazos Union Lodge No. 129 tonight at 8:00 o’clock. There will be work in the E. A. Degree. All members and visiting brethren are cor dially invited to be present. J. D. BENSON, W. M. J. W. HALL, Secretary. DO YOUR PART * BUY BONDS STUDENT CO-OP Bicycle and Radio Repair Phone 4-4114 NOTE YOUR APPEARANCE VISIT OUR TWO BARBER SHOPS OFTEN FOR EXPERT WORK YMCA-Varsity Barber Shop Central “Y” —SPECIALIST— (Continued from page 1) home needs as prescribed by the Texas Food Standard. In this work, Miss Martin will give attention to the fundamental principles of feeding and naanage- ment of cows, care and use of milk products for home use. It is estimated that about 90 per cent of Texas farms and ranches have dairy cows, but only about 50 per cent of them have adequate supplies of milk. A native of Nebraska, Miss Martin has been in the employ of the Texas Extension Service since June, 1929, serving successively as county home demonstration agent of Tom Green, Presidio, Coryell, and Jones counties be fore assignment in Eastland County in November, 1941. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska with the B. S. degree in home economics, j Welcome Back— AGGIES We’re glad to see you - come in and see us - LET LOU HELP YOU WITH YOUR PURCHASES REMEMBER—Lou’s the biggest used book dealer in College Station. Thousands of Texas Aggies have made him that because they know that they always get a fair and square deal from Lou. LOUPOT'S Tosr G ‘Trade with Lou — he’s right with you”