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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 4, 1944
Dean Barlow Takes
Short Vacation
Dean and Mrs. H. W. Barlow,
and their two sons, Tom and Bob,
left Monday for a short vacation
in Galveston. Dean Barlow expects
to return to his office Saturday.
—DRAFT STOCK—
(Continued From Page 1)
Flowerdale Juror is one of the
best thoroughbreds that A. & M.
has ever had. This horse has many
very outstanding characteristics.
While mentioning some of the
colleges famous horses, let us not
forget one of the past champions,
Liberty Loan. Liberty won for A.
& M. many ribbons and trophies.
The barn still houses a daughter
and a son from this famous sire.
Another prize possession is Pat,
a crossbreed between a horse and
a mule. This is probably the only
animal of this breed to be found.
The caretaker of the horse barn
is O. Garrison. He has supervised
the training of the college’s show
horses for the last twenty years.
When Garrison has time off he
likes to add to his horse-shoe col
lection, of which he is very proud.
Anyone who is interested in seeing
them is welcomed to do so.
The college welcomes everyone
to visit the horse barn at any time.
We will be glad to be of any help
whatsoever in showing you around
the barn or answer any questions
you would like to ask, said Garri
son in his invitation.
The area of the continental
United States, including Alaska,
almost equals the area of Europe.
—SYMPHONY—
(Continued from page 1)
from his suite, “Alleytunes.” and
his clever orchestral adaptation of
“Turkey in the Straw.”
The first section will close with
the overture to one of Strauss’s
best operettas, “The Bat.”
After the intermission, the sec
ond half will include the scherzo
from Brahms’ Fourth Symphony,
the Andante from Haydn’s “Clock
symphony—so-calle4 because the
composer attempted to reproduce
the ticking of a clock in London—
and two polkas.
The latter two compositions rep
resent types of musical humor sep
arated by a Century. The first,
the “Perpetual Motion” polka by
Strauss, is a series of eight bar
variations, all of which are quite
difficult because of the speed at
which it is played. The title is de
rived from the fact that the work
has no ending; it may be repeated
as often as desired. Mr. Hoffmann
adds to the suspense by ending the
number by leaving the stage. Some
musician is “left on the lot” with
a difficult passage which is going
so fast he can’t stop.
The second polka is from the
ballet “The Golden Age” by Shosta-
kovitch, the greatest living Russian
composer. It is a modern parady
on the little street band so familiar
in our larger cities a generation
back. They usually consisted of a
few players, mostly out of tune
whose enthusiasm exceeded their
playing ability. Radio fans may re
member the “hungry fives” so pop
ular about ten years ago.
The concert will close with
Enesco’s brilliant “Roumanian
Rhapsody.”
At the South Pole the continent
of Antarctica reaches an elevation
of 10,000 feet.
—TEACHERS—
(Continued from page 1)
This talk was on a new conception
of a program in vocational agri
culture. • ^
“The teacher of vocational agri
culture should not confine his in
structional activities to the class
room*” Clements had written. “He
must be on the farm, ip the can
ning plant, in the farm shop, and
everywhere else his presence is
required in order to meet the in
structional needs of farm families.
His superintendent or principal
should so plan and arrange the
vocational agriculture teacher’s
schedule that not more than one-
half day, preferably before noon,
be devoted to not more than two
classes in vocational agriculture
in the all-day program and the re
mainder of the day be given over
to the organization and operation
of the instructional program* for
the out-of-school groups.”
Clements referred to the respon
sibility placed on the shoulders of
vocational agriculture teachers of
getting returned soldiers satisfac
torily placed on farms and follow
up their adjustments until they
feel they can stand alone. “There
will be funds available to help
them get into the farming business
and to provide for them the type
of training they need and want,”
Clements advised. “I for one be
lieve that on-the-job training in
the community where they are go
ing to farm is the very best kind
of training they can get.”
“The teacher of vocational agri
culture must have a breadth of
vision of the needs for training
that he will be able to point out
to the farmers and their families
the training they should receive
as a group in order that all of
them as individuals and as a fam
ily will be able to benefit for their
own welfare,” Clements said. “The
teacher must be a careful planner
and a hard worker. He must be
able to discover persons with la
tent abilities among his own peo
ple and use these abilities by se
lecting such individuals among his
own people and use these abilities
by selecting such individuals to
perform some of the work that is
necessary for the benefit of the
group.
During the forenoon session there
was a panel discussion of the prob
lems in vocational agriculture by
H. W. Gist, R. A. Manire, J. B.
Rutland, W. T. LaRue, M. F. Thur-
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mond and George Hurt, with the
discussion led by E. R. Alexander,
head of A. & M.’s Department of
Agricultural Education.
In the afternoon there was a
meeting of the Vocational Agri
culture Teacher’s Association, fol
lowed by a panel discussion of soil
and water conservation problems,
also led by E. R. Alexander. Mem
bers of the panel were: V. C. Mar
shall, state administrator of the
Texas Soil Conservation Board;
Paul Walser, coordinator* U. S.
Soil Conservation Service; R. G.
Potts, agronomist, Texas Agricul
tural Experiment Station; Dr. J.
C. Miller, head, A. & M.’s Depart
ment of Animal Husbandry, and
Edgar Jones, Brazos county stock
farmer.
The last event on the first day’s
program was a trip over the A. &
M. College grass nursery with R.
C. Potts.
The conference continued through
Tuesday, for which a full day’s
program was held.
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