TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1944
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One Hundred Fifty
Three Gridsters
Report to Norton
One hundred and fifty-three boys
reported to Coach Homer Norton
Monday afternoon at five o’clock
for the first gathering of the grid
iron hopefuls of A. & M. for the
year.
Only five men from last year’s
squad are expected to return. Bob
Butchofsky and Monte Moncrief
are almost certain starters for
next fall and also back are Bob
Gary, Eldon Long, and Charles
Shira.
Norton said that “this bunch
looks bigger, better, and faster
than the bunch that reported at
this time last year.” For two
weeks the boys will report for
practice in tennis shoes and shorts
for no contact workouts and after
about two weeks football shoes
will be issued and the first three
teams will begirt to take shape un
der Coach Norton’s guidance. Un
til regular workouts start there
will be no excuses from P.E. or
any late tables for footballers.
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junior who has completed at least
three semesters and at the time
of his candidacy be in his fourth or
fifth continous semester as a
student in the college; (2) he must
be a man who will graduate with
his class; (3) he must have passed
at least three fifths of his normal
semesters work, in the semester,
immediately preceding his candi
dacy; (4) he must be a junior with
a grade point ratio of 1.5; and
(5) he must be a man who has
made a satisfactory discipline rec
ord.
Candidates for sophomore offi
cers must have the following qual
ifications: (1) The candidate must
be a sophomore who has complet
ed at least one semester and at the
time of his candidacy, be in his
second or third continuous semes
ter; (2) he must have passed at
least three fifths of his normal
semester’s work, in the semester,
immediately preceding his candi
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dacy; (3) he must be a sophomore
with a grade point ratio of 1.5;
and (4) he must be a man who
has made a satisfactory discipline
record.
The two committees in joint ses
sion agreed that these qualifica
tions would apply to yell leaders
as well as to class officers and
that these positions would be filled
by election during the summer se
mester for the senior, junior and
sophomore classes while the Fresh
man class would elect officers at
the beginning of the fall semester.
,Officers elected for each of the
classes will be a president, a vice-
president and a secretary treasur
er. The senior class will elect a
a social secretary who will serve
in that capacity for the entire
corps. The class historian for each
of the classes will be appointed by
the class president along with
other members of his cabinet.
Petitions
Nomination of officers and yell
leaders is to be made by petition,
it was announced, with these peti
tions being filed with the Student
Activities office by eleven o’clock
Saturday, June 17. Each peition
must cary at least 50 signatures of
endorsement. Elections will be held
Wednesday.
Plans for Student Activities
were discussed briefly at the meet
ing and the committee stated that
as soon as class officers were
elected, definite plans for a sum
mer program could be worked out.
Youths Recruited
Summer Harvest
As harvesting in Texas grows in
volume, reports from 90 counties
show that a total of 3,030 non
farm town and city»youths had
been recruited and placed on farms,
through June 2. According to C.
Hohn, state farm labor supervisor
for the A. and M. College Exten
sion Service, 506 of these had been
placed in Brown County and 201
in Mitchell. Meanwhile, a total of
5,022 workers had been sent to
farmers over the state on the
same date.
A survey of the combine situa
tion shows it to be well in hand
in counties where cutting of small
grains is in progress. North and
northwest counties are saturated,
but there is need for more in the
general region of McCulloch and
Kerr counties and effort is being
made to fill the need. About June
20, however, the peak in grain
harvesting will be in sight, and
more than 800 additional combines
and 2,000 operators and other farm
hands will be needed. Efforts to
recruit this emergency labor over
the state already are being made.
Hohn announced that a plan re
cently was worked out with the
Eighth Service Command for the
orderly use and efficient utiliza
tion of war prisoners which will
permit allocating them on an acre
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age basis and in critical areas ac
cording to crop variations.
Due to unfavorable weather cot
ton chopping presents a spotty pic
ture, especially in the area from
Dallas County to the Navasota
bottoms, Hohn said. Unless the
weather improves, the outlook is
for less production than last year.
Looking ahead, Hohn said that
late planting likely will delay cot
ton picking one month north of a
line through Caldwell and Fayette
counties. Late maturity will result
in almost simultaneous opening of
cotton over the vast area, and as
a consequence upset the normal
progress of picking with attendant
labor complications. Migratory la
bor, especially the Latin American
type, prefers to work in the Plains
area where cotton is snapped,
Hohn said.
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Weather Reports To
Farmers Soon Issued
Daily by U. S. Bureau
Texas farmers soon will have
available complete daily reports
on the weather as it affects agri
cultural operations in their imme
diate areas. This service will be
the outgrowth of a cooperative
program between the A. and M.
College Extension Service and the
United States Weather Bureau, ac
cording to E. C. Martin, acting vice
director and state agent.
The reports will cover the 21
areas of Texas served by sub-sta
tions of the Weather Bureau.
County agricultural agents in each
area will furnish the representa
tive of the Weather Bureau a
weekly report on the agricultural
operation^ in progress, and in turn
the Bureau will prepare a fore-
Hillel Club Begins
Summer Activity Sunday
Summer activities of the Hillel
Club will begin with an informal
social meeting in Sbisa Lounge
next Sunday, June 18, at 7 p. m.,
according to Herschel Lipmann, the
club president.
New members will be welcomed
and they are urged to come. This
club’s membership is open not only
to Aggies, but to Jewish soldiers,
sailors, and Marines stationed
here.
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ceeding 48 hours.
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