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ftfar- w ROOM 5 ADMINISTRATION BLDG.—2275 A. & M. Has State Food Conference Latest Preservation Methods Will Be Reviewed at Meet Texas’ leaders in the field of home food preservation will gath er on the Texas A. and M. College campus March 16 and 17 to brush up on the latest scientific methods of food conservation. The state-wide food preserva tion conference will be sponsored by the Texas State Nutrition Council, according to Mildred Hor ton, state nutrition chairman and vice director of Texas A. & M.’s Extension Service. Committee members expect an attendance of about 100, including representatives of vocational ag riculture and homemaking educa tion, the Farm Security Adminis tration, Texas College and univer sities, the Extension Service, State Health Department, Office of Price utility companies, Bryan-BrazosCofC Sets Up Program For Agriculture Stress Greater Use Of County Resources In National Food Program Dr. I. P. Trotter, chairman of the Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce Agricul tural Committee today announced the completion of a program for 1944. The program was formed in an effort to continue to en courage the greatest possible amount of production of all farm commodities, particularly food, feed, and fiber. The poultry project will be con tinued but the major emphasis will be shifted to turkey production. The feed and pasture project is a combination of the former work on pasture improvement and feed production and preservation. The dairy project will be con tinued by encouraging local busi ness men to sponsor dairy pro jects in the county. The homes and gardens com mittee will strengthen and ex pand their work in line with the national program for food pro duction through victory gardens. The farm labor rommittee. con PENNY’S SERENADE W. L. Penberthy —— Surely one of the chief aims of sports is to teach us to be good playmates and I feel that Dr. Dudley B. Reed, of the University of Chicago and a personal friend of mine has summed it up in the following words: “Do you chance ever to have thought of what is involved in be ing a good playmate ? The sub ject is worth a passing thought. It goes without saying that good sportsmanship is involved. And what a host of splendid connota tions are in that phrase ‘good sportsmanship’. In fineness it yields only to such unforgettable and, fortunately, inescapable words as courage and loyalty and love. It smacks of courtesy and fair play and unselfishness. It means playing always to win, always at one’s best, but always within the rules. It means knowing how to win modestly and lose generously. “But the good playmate must have more, even, than good sportsf manship. His attitude and behav ior must be such that the whole game is elevated in enjoyment be cause of his participation. He should have zest for the game and for life. His pleasure in the whole performance should be evident. He should be able to laugh at ap propriate times—and what a joy and asset a hearty, infectious laugh can be! He should be spontan eous. Spontaneously he will say, “Oh, good shot!” when an oppon ent deserves it. With equal ap preciation he should be able to exclaim, “Am I sour?” when his own performance is ludicrously bad. Thus he radiates enjoyment, and the more joy he radiates the more he has for himself. It is not a poor thing to be pronounced a good playmate.” —ARMY— (Continued from page 1) the test should be made known im mediately to the Student Personnel Office in order that the necessary supplies may be ordered. Both Army and Navy candidates take the same examination, it was stated. The test is designed to test the aptitude and general knowledge required for the pro gram of college training and all qualified students are urged to take it. At the time of the test each candidate will be given choice of service preference, but taking the test does not obligate the can didate to enlist in the service. —KYLE— (Continued from page 1) 31.000 beef calves, 48,000 hogs, 15.000 acres of corn, 14,000 acres of cotton, 7,400 acres of vegetables, 34,000,000 eggs, and countless numbers of other essential prod ucts,” in addition to selling more than $14,000,000 worth of war bonds and stamps. Each community of the State is called upon by Governor Stevenson to observe Texas Farm and School Victory Day “in such manner as may be deemed practical and ap propriate.” While tribute will be paid to New Russia Seen By History Prof. Los Angeles—(ACP)—“A new united Russia, based on national interests, different from either Tzarist or Soviet Russia, is emerg ing,” declares Dr. Robert J. Ker- ner, Sather professor of history on the Berkeley campus of the University of California. The second World War has de cisively confirmed the trend of the Soviet Union away from an internationally directed communist ideology of world revolution to that of a great power acting in line with national interest,” he main tained. “Like other great pow ers, based on national interest, Russia is seeking to have friendly, though not necessarily communist, states on her frontiers. To avoid isolation in which her security would be menaced, the Soviet Union stands for a hard and fast alliance with the United States, the British Commonwealth of Nations; and China, as a nuc leus around which an effective postwar international organization should be built.” rrempleton Will gDiscuss Wildlife The Extension Service and the Texas Cooperative Wildlife Re search Unit have announced that Mr. George S. Templeton, Director, “United States Rabbit Experiment Station, Fish and Wildlife Service, '’ontana, California, will be in Col lege Station, Saturday, February |6 from 9 to 12 o’clock, and will ^ad a discussion of problems of nterest to amateur or 1 professional ;rowers of rabbits. Mr. Templeton is well known to nany residents of College Station md Bryan, having been connected vith the Agricultural and Mechan ical College of Texas as head of the Department of Animal Husban dry 1920-1923. For some years now he has successfully led the work in research and practical production of rabbits for food in wartime, for' the Fish and Wildlife Service. The station at Fontana, California is widely known for the breadth of its researches and practical ex perience in the production of rab bits. Mr. Templeton is an expert on the production of rabbit fryers, rab bit breeding, rabbit pen construc tion in relation to sanitation and disease, care of rabbits during warm weather, self-feeding sys tems for market rabbits, the dis eases of rabbits and on domestic rabbits in general in the Food for Freedom program. He is the author pf a number of helpful bulletins and papers in this general field. The proposed meeting will be for the purpose of assisting local growers of rabbits in more effi cient production of this worthwhile animal for food during wartime. Invited are students and faculty members of A. and M. College, lo cal growers and residents of Bryan and Brazos County, the Boy Scouts, members of 4-H Clubs, County Agricultural Agents and ether Extension Service workers, and all who are in anyway inter ested in the production of domestic rabbits. The Extension Service is ar ranging a state-wide itinerary for Mr. Templeton and meetings will be held in Fort Worth, Dallas, Ty ler and Houston as well as College Station. The officers of the Texas State Rabbit Association, of which the Preident is Mr. G. H. Eaton of Tyler, Texas; Vice-President, W. L. Workman of Corpus Christi, Texas; Secretary-Treasurer, Alfred Zimmern of Dallas, Texas; are co operating with Mr. R. E. Callender of the Extension Service in prep aration for Mr. Templeton’s Texas itinerary. The following committee has been appointed to make arrange ments for the meeting at College Station on Saturday: E. R. Alex ander, Agricultural Education; R. E. Callender, Extension Service; C. C. Doak, Department of Biology; W. B. Davis, Department of Fish and Game; Dan Dudley, County Agricultural Agent of Brazos Coun ty; Lloyd Halbrooks, Department of Vocational Agriculture; D. H. Reid, Department of Poultry Hus bandry; Paul Schoen, Texas Forest Service; Ide P. Trotter, Depart ment of Agronomy; Walter P. Taylor, Texas Cooperative Wild life Research Unit; R. P. Marstel- ler, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery; and John Quisenberry, Department of Ge netics. Time of meeting 9 to 12 a. m. Saturday, February 26; place, prob ably Room 309, Animal Industries Building. VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Seems as if people who do wrong usually find the right way to do it, while those who want to do right too often go at it the wrong way. rural people and high school stu dents for their efforts during the past year, speakers on the memo rial broadcast will urge all Tex ans to put forth their best efforts in behalf of still larger agricul tural production in 1944. LOUPOT’S Watch Dog of the Aggies Conference Scoring Record Hit By Texas Pace-Setters Aggies Close Behind in First Half, But Trailed Long as Game Progressed The Texas Longhorns staged a mighty rally Monday night to defeat the Texas Aggies 81-34 and tie the South west Conference scoring record. Roy Cox, a little five-foot five-inch guard for Texas, rolled up 30 points alone. The Aggies got to a slow start in the first half, when Farrin of Texas sank a quick goal to put the Longhorns out in front. Bob Summers followed up Farrin’s example to slip an- —AGGIES— (Continued from page 1) properly listed and announced. It is realized that many localities cannot be identified other than by APO number, but even such iden tification will give notice to all Aggies in that vicinity. The As sociation office does not have the location of men overseas so it is imperative that men all over the World take the initiative. At home Chairmen will be re quested to serve in localities of the United States where no local clubs are organized. Where Clubs are functioning those organiza tions will make Muster arrange ments. Most pressing immediate need is for over-seas men to take the bull by the horns, arrange a Muster wherever they are sta tioned, and advise the Texas Aggie. Following last year’s successful innovation, a common program outline will be sent each Muster Chairman. Thru that common program 10,000 A. & M. men on April 21 will join hands in spirit. Final details of the program will be announced later. American Colleges Give Heavily To Student War Relief American colleges are giving with increasing generosity to the cause of world student relief, ac cording to the World Student Ser vice Fund, the student war relief agency which is a part of the National War Fund. By Febru ary 1st $235,811.62 had been con tributed from 261 institutions, in cluding colleges, preparatory schools and theological seminaries. Of this amount, $45,633.92 was sent directly to the WSSF office and $190,177.70 was sent to the National War Fund through com munity war funds. This money is often raised in ingenious and imaginative ways. At Macalester College (Minn.) girls enthusiastically took in wash ing to meet the quota of their dorm. Hunter College (N. Y.) staged a Freedom Festival, with every college organization in charge of a booth or some enter tainment. Many colleges have used variations of this idea which has been used with brilliant sue- 1 cess for some years in the Sophia Smith Circus at Smith College (Mass.) At V. P. I. (Virginia) a football game between Army and Navy trainees was specially stag ed, and brought in $1,427.20. At Compton Junior College (Calif.) public speech majors got real practice by addressing classes on world student relief during the week of the drive. At Atlantic Christian College (N C.) canvas sers followed up speeches by col lecting money in steel arniy hel mets. An original type of giving was used in a chapel program at At lantic Christian College. Presi dents of the classes, of clubs and sororities, and the President of the College representing the facul ty, were on the stage. Each of the ten contestants was given in ad vance a copy of the WSSF Hand book which contains a section en titled “Questions and Answers on the World Student Service Fund”. The M. C. asked questions from the Handbook, and if the question was muffed, the gong was sound ed. Missing a question cost a quarter to the organization repre sented. The reporter wrote: “Everyone enjoyed it. We didn’t get so much money in this way (!) but this was the first day of the drive and the purpose was to answer all the questions in the minds of students.” Trainees have given magnifi cently to student relief, in many cases more generously than civil ian students. A WSSF traveling secretary reported that one trainee who had only a dime left after all deductions for insurance, war bonds, etc. gave half of it! Anoth er had only 1.53 for the month, after deductions, and gave the en tire amount. In one college trainees’ contributions averaged between 1 and 2 each. In another unit, solicitations was done on a squadron giving most generously Real sacrifice was characterized muPh student giving. Groups at Iowa State and Iowa S. T. C. meet weekly for “Meager Meals.” They pay a regular price for these, but eat only one simple dish. The saving is turned over to the World Student Service Fund. A recent report stated: Receipts $23.00 Cost of meal 3.36 Amount enclosed .. 20.36 Served 53 persons Preparatory schools are as ac tive as colleges in giving for stu dent relief. Reports from 53 schools indicate that they have given $22,000 to the WSSF and National War Fund. Top honors in per capita giving go to Yale Divinity School, which not only gave at the rate of $5.82 per student but who also exceeded their $1500 goal by $31.45. The World Student Service is sues certificates to educational in stitutions whose giving has been especially meritorious. other one through the hoop to widen the margin. The Aggies, coming to, popped one in with “Wild Bill” Elliot doing the pop ping. From then on the Aggies began to tighten and when the half ended the score board read 32-22. Fouls were numerous with 40 of them showing up in the game. The Aggies committed 22 of the fouls and Texas finished up with 18 fouls. Several times the referee stopped the game to untangle some players and give them free shots. It was not until the second half began that the Longhorns opened up with what seemed to be the proverbial blitz. Shots upon shots entered the basket at the Aggie’s expense with Cox on the tossing end. Farrin and Summers got their right amount of shots in the basket also. An odd thing happened near the end of the game. In previous games the winning team freezes the ball to enable the opponent from securing it; but in this game the Aggies began freezing the ball to keep Texas from breaking the confrence scoring record, and it was Texas who took gambles to gain the ball. The reason that the Aggies failed to make as many shots was due to the lack of ability to hit the basket. Many times their plays put them in the right position for shots but they possessed not the shooting eye. Texas on the other hand had the shooting eye and nothing could have prevented them from roll ing up the tremendous score. Texas, incidentally, has a unique way of shooting free shots. The players take the ball in one hand and pop the ball in the basket. Yelling and attendance of the Aggies at the game surpassed games of the past, and helped to prove to the Longhorns that the Aggie spirit they witnessed Thanksgiving Day is still here. The Aggies will play host to the Arkansas Razorbacks Friday Women Dentists To Play Large Part Detroit, Mich.—(ACP)—Women dentists, as scarce now as women welders were before Pearl Harbor, will appear in the future in ever- increasing numbers, Professor Charles W. Greaser, chairman of the pre-medical and pre-dental committee at Wayne university, predicts. Professor Greaser points out that of more than 1,400 dentists now practicing in Detroit, only 12 are women, and that throughout the country there are 35 men in the profession for every woman “The skill which women in war industries are displaying in the manipulation of small tools,,” said Professor Greaser, “gives ample evidence of their aptitude for at least one phase of dental work. Furthermore, we know that the few women who have entered the profession have proved exception ally successful, particularly in the fields of children’s dentistry and orthodontia.” Dr. Greaser also emphasized the existing need for Negro dentists, both male and female, and quoted Dr. M. Don Clawson, director of dental education at Meharry med ical college, Fisk university, as saying that there are only 2,000 Negro dentists, very few of them women, serving the 12,000,000 Negroes in the United States. DO YOUR PART * BUY BONDS New Texas Folklore Comes Off the Press Plenty of the Texan’s favorite type of humor—“whoopers” or “windies”—are sprinkled through a new publication of the Texas Folk-Lore society. “Backwoods to Border,” as the collection is titled, was edited by Dr. Mody C. Boatright, University of Texas professor of English, and Donald Day, editor of the Univer sity Press at Southern Methodist university. Articles in the book include; “A Buffalo Hunter and His Song,” by J. Frank Dobie; “The Arkansas Traveler,” by Catherine M. Vine yard; “Well Done, Liar,” by Dr. C. F. Arrowood, University of Texas professor; and “Anecdotes About Lawyers,” by Lloyd E. Price. OFFICIAL N0TKIS Classified Army Officer’s wife desires one or two women companions or a couple to accom- her to Panhandle. Would consider ng by Amarillo. Leaivng either Sun day or Monday. No expense other than your own. Call Mrs. J. W. Thompson at 2-5950. pany Koin LOST—Fox Terrier male, white with few tan spots. Responds to name Penny. Phone 4-4639. Announcements The President’s Office has a book en titled “Education for Citizen Responsibili ties” from the Princeton University Press. Will the Department ordering this book please call for it. The Placement Office has a call for 10 to 1.5 men to plant trees on Saturday aft ernoon, Feb. 26. We also need a police radio operator for night duty. Those in terested please call at Placement Office. The College Women’s Social Club will meet Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the Y.M.C.A. chapel. Miss Hazel Adams will give a book review. SCOUT PAPER COLLECTION—The Boy Scouts Troop 411 will collect paper Friday, February 25, from 4 to 6. Please tie paper in bundles and place in front of house. Call 4-6294. The picture for Agronomy 415 which will be held in the lecture room of the Animal Industry Building for 7:20 Thurs day, February 24th, will be “Meat and Romance.” The President’s Office is holding the following unclaimed packages: 1 jar of Amberol Cement from the Fel- lowcr afters. 1 bottle each Brown, Green, Red Krystal Koat. 1 bottle Impenetro Sealer, from the General Cement Mfg. Co. 1 package of Gen Clips from the Wilson Stationery Co. ays Co. of Marshall, Texas. Any to complete CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES: student who normally expects to c all the requirements for a degree Dy. tne end of the current semester should call by the Registrar’s Office NOW and make formal application for a degree. 2 Wks CREDIT FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAM—All students are required to register for Physical Education 302 unless excused by proper authority. General elec tive credit will be given for the Physical Fitness Program (P. E. 300-301-302) earned during the spring semester 1942-43, and 11 and spring semesters of 1943- 44.—H. L. Heaton, Registrar. summer, fa THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION NOTICE The city has picked up one brindle at north area. This animal impounded city pound pen. Owner call 4-7004 city office at once and pay fee. Lee Norwood City Marshal and Saturday nights, and an at tendance as large as the Texas game will help very much. LOUPOT’S Where You Always Get a Fair Trade STUDENT CO-OP Bicycle and Radio Repair Phone 4-4114 “Trade WithlfLou— He’s Right With You! LOUPOT'S TRADING POST North Gate