FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5, 1945
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Bill Henry and Company Are Heavy H m e i ciub to Hear
Favorites to Beat Hapless Aggies Lowdermnk Book on
Palestine Reviewed
Coach Manning Smith’s Aggie - *
cagers will open their conference
basketball schedule Saturday night
when they take on the powerful
Rice Institute basketballers. The
game will get underway at 7:30
p.m. in DeWare Field House.
Rice will bring an experienced
team to Aggieland with several
veterans from last year’s co
championship five. Led by big Bill
Henry, six foot ten inch center, the
Owls will offer one of the strongest
teams in the conference this year.
On the other hand, the Aggies
have made a very unimpressive
showing in early season games
and do not have a regular back
from last year’s winless five.
Charlie Weinbaum, guard, is *the
only player returning who saw ac
tion last year.
Cotton Howell, star end on the
Cadet football team was showing
up well in practice until he left
to play in the all-star game in San
Francisco. He is not expected to
return to school until this week
end and will see no action in the
Rice game.
Coach Smith has indicated that
he will start the following men
when the two teams take the floor
Saturday night. Milton Cherno and
Bob Collins will start at the for
ward positions, either Hub Ellis or
Oscar White will be in center,
and Bill McCormick and Charlie
Weinbaum are the starting guards.
Cherno was selected as an all-
state high school performer while
he was a member of the El Paso
High School team. McCormick, the
pint-sized guard, was an all-city
performer at Adamson High of
Dallas.
Dairy Short Course
Here January 8-9
Dairy operators of Texas, called
upon by the government to in
crease both the quantity and the
quality of their milk and milk prod
ucts output for 1945 over the rec
ord-breaking totals of the past
year, are cooperating with the
Texas A&M College in staging the
second wartime Dairy Fieldmen’s
Short Course to be held here Jan.
8 and 9, A. V. Moore, professor of
dairy husbandry and director of
the short course, said today.
Though the short course will
serve a highly specialized field of
tlie Texas dairy industry, advance
registration figures indicate that
over 100 dairy fieldmen will at
tend the two-day meeting.
Cooperating with the various de
partments of the Texas A&M Col
lege in holding the dairy field-
men’s short course are the War
Food Administration and the AAA
of the U. S. Department of Agri
culture, Texas dairy feed manu
facturers, the Dairy Products Insti
tute of Texas with headquarters in
Dallas, and the Texas Dairy Prod
ucts with headquarters in Fort
Worth.
W. R. Horsley, chairman of
A&M College short courses, will
preside at the fox-enoon session
Jan. 8, with E. R. Eudaly, former
ly of the Extension Service and
now director of the Livestock Di
vision of Universal Mills at Fort
Worth, chairmaning the other
meetings.
At the opening session, Brian
Blalock of Marshall, president of
the Dairy Products Institute of
Texas, will be followed by Chas.
N. Shepardson, dean of Agricul
ture and president of the Texas
Dairy Products Assn., Dr. L. G.
Jones, head of the Department of
Agronomy, will discuss “Take Care
of Your Land,” followed by “Or-
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Aggies Suffer Six
Straight Defeats
During Cage Tour
Six defeats in six games was
the record compiled by the Aggie
basketball team during its annual
Christmas tour. This year the
Cadets met defeat at the hands of
all six service teams played during
the holidays, giving them a record
of one win in ten non-conference
games.
The first defeat was suffered at
the hands of the San Antonio
Aviation Cadet Center, the Air
Corps boys winning 72-39. Camp
Normoyle of San Antonio pasted
the second defeat on the Cadets
by the score of 57-43. Journeying
to Corpus Christi, the Aggies found
the reception no warmer and were
defeated by the Ward Island Navy
School, 76-27, and by the Corpus
Chi’isti Naval Air Station, 68-31.
San Marcos Air Field hung the
next loss on the Cadets, 62-42, and
the final defeat was at the hands
of Bergstrom Field, the only team
the Aggies have defeated this
year, the Flyers winning 31-26.
Members of the squad making
the trip were Kenneth Abrams,
Tom Blackstone, Milton Cherno,
Bob Collins, Tom Daniel, Hub El
lis, Bill Fincannon, Curt Homeyer,
Bill McCormick, Don Nicholas,
Jim Parmer, Gene Spires, Bill
Tucker, Jim Voss, Charlie Wein
baum, and Oscar White.
ganic Matter—The Life of the
Soil,” with Dr. Roy L. Donahue,
also of the Department of Agrono
my.
Other program features for the
afternoon meeting include:
“Green Acres.” R. R. Lancaster,
Extension pasture specialist.
“The Nutritive Value of Daijry
Feed.” Dr. P. B. Pearson, Animal
Husbandry department.
“Recent Developments in Hay
and Grain Drying.” P. T. Mont-
fort, Agricultural Engineering de
partment.
“Developing a Sound Dairy Hus
bandry.” A. L. Darnell, Dairy Hus
bandry department.
Speakers at the banquet to be
held in Sbisa Hall the night of Jan.
8 include C. M. Evans, Dallas, War
Food Administration; Hugo Swan,
Dallas, Dairy Products Institute
of Texas, and M. E. McMurray,
Fort Worth, Texas Dairy Products
Assn.
Shown on the program for the
forenoon session, Jan. 9, are:
“Outlook for Grain and Protein
Supply for 1945.” P. C. Colgin,
AAA.
“Efficiency in Feeding Prac
tices.” G. G. Gibson, Extension
dairy specialist.
“Feeding Dry and Lactating
Cows.” O. C. Copeland, chief Ex
periment Station Division of Dairy
Husbandry.
“The Importance of D. H. I. A.
Testing.” 0. W. Thompson, Ex
tension Service.
“Postwar Plans for Dairy Build
ings”. A. L. Darnell, Dairy Hus
bandry department.
“Adopt Labor Saving Methods,”
C. Hohn, State Farm Labor super
visor; R. B. Hickerson and M. R.
Bentley, Extension Service.
Program for the concluding ses
sion, afternoon of Jan. 9, shows:
“Cattle Disease Prevention.” Dr.
E. P. Jaggi, School of Veterinary
Medicine.
“Maintaining a Sanitary Water
Supply.” J. H. Sorrels, Municipal
and Sanitai'y Engineering depart
ment.
A quality milk production clinic
will be directed by Chares R. Bur
leson, dairy feed service division
of Johnson & Johnson Co.; Dr. W.
S. Arbuckle, Agricultural Experi
ment Station; P. T. Monfort and
A. V. Moore.
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“Keep to Right at the North Gate
and You Can’t Go Wrong”
Mr. Virgil Parr, Chief of the
Division of Soil Conservation at
A. & M. will review before the
Hillel Club on Sunday, January 7
at 7:15 p.m., the recent book of
Walter Clay Lowdermilk entitled
“Palestine, Land of Promise.”
Dr. Lowdermilk is a soil conser
vationist, forestry engineer, and
a hydrologist of wide experience.
He is assistant Chief of the Soil
Conservation Service of the Unit
ed States and for five years was
research professor of forestry at
the University of Nanking, China.
In 1938-39 he spent fifteen months
making an extensive survey of soil
and water conservation in Europe,
North Africa and the Near East,
the basis for his book “Palestine,
Land of Promise.” Dr. Lowdermilk
recently returned from another
fifteen-month trip, this time into
China as adviser to the Chinese
government on ways and means of
increasing their production of food
as a war measure.
Dr. Lowdermilk has come to the
conclusion that Palestine is indeed
a land of promise; a land which,
by the unique combination of the
natural features and resources of
the Jordan Valley, makes possible
a huge reclamation project capable
of supporting at least four million
refugees in addition to the two
million Jews and Arabs already
living there. The book is written
from the standpoint of a land con
servationist whose life work has
been to study the relation of peo
ples to their lands.
In a broadcast in June 1939 from
Jerusalem, Dr. Lowdermilk pro
claimed an 11th commandant,
“Thou shalt inherit the holy earth
as a faithful steward, conserving
its resources and productivity from
generation to generation. Thou
shalt safeguard thy fields from
soil erosion, thy living waters from
drying up, thy forests from deso
lation, and protect thy hills from
overgrazing by the herds, that thy
descendants may have abundance
forever. If any shall fail in this
stewardship of the land, thy fruit
ful fields shall become sterile stony
ground or wasting gullies, and thy
descendants shall decrease and live
in poverty or perish from off the
face of the earth.”
Joining on the same program
will be Mr. C. L. Hu of China, a
former A. & M. student now back
on the campus. Mr. Hu is studying
soil conservation in the interest of
China and corroborates Dr. Low-
dermilk’s observations as they af
fect the welfare of China.
The meeting will be held at the
Lounge Room of Sbisa Hall and
should prove of special interest to
students and faculty members es
pecially interested in the problems
of Soil Conservation.
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try’s outstanding young agricul
tural economists.”
At Washington, Timm will di
rect agricultural relations work in
the national OP A office, eight re
gional offices, and more than 60
OPA districts in the agricultural
area. His efforts will be devoted
to two general tasks, namely, cre
ating a clearer understanding and
more wholesome appreciation
among farm and ranch people of
OPA policies and procedures; and
establishing a clearer understand
ing among OPA personnel of prob
lems peculiar to agriculture caused
by price control.
Native of Lavaca County, Timm
Was graduated at A. and M. Col
lege with the class of 1934, and
holds the B. A. degree in agricul
tural administration, and a mas
ter’s degree with honors in agri
cultural economics. He has com
pleted one-half of his doctorate
work at Iowa State and Texas A.
and M. Colleges. He received a
teaching fellowship after gradua
tion and sexwed as graduate as
sistant and instructor in the A.
and M. College department of ag
ricultural economics during 1935-
36.
In July, 1936, he became associ
ated with the New Mexico A. and
M. College as assistant professor
of agricultural economics, doing
half-time teaching and half-time
research. One year later he became
Extension economist at New Mex-
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Basketball Outlook Far From Bright
Saturday night will find the Ag
gies beginning another conference
basketball season, and from the
pre-conference games the outlook
is anything but bright. In ten
warm-up games the Aggies have
been victorious in only one tilt,
dropping the others usually by
sizeable margins.
Last year’s quintet was the soft
touch of the conference, failing to
win a game and having the con
ference scoring record broken
against them by both S. M. U. and
Texas. Only one member of last
year’s squad is back for the coming
season, he being Charlie Wein
baum who was a reserve guard.
As usual Arkansas and Rice are
expected to dominate the race, both
teams showing up well in pre
season games. Texas may come
through with a better team than
is expected, but it looks now as
if the Hogs and Owls will fight it
out again for the crown.
Although the Cadets are feared
when they trot onto the' gridiron,
they seldom scare anyone when
they go on the basketball court.
This year seems to be no exception,
for Coach Manning Smith is go
ing to have a hard time keeping
his boys out of the cellar again.
Aggies Shine in All-Star Games
Although the Aggies failed to
get into one of the annual bowl
games New Year’s Day, they were
well represented in the All-Star
Games which helped to start foot
ball off in 1945.
In the Blue-Gray game played in
Montgomery, Alabama last Sat
urday, Martin Ruby, all-conference
tackle in 1941 and a star lineman
of the mighty Randolph Field
Ramblers for the past two years,
started for the victorious South
ern team and played fine ball while
he was in the contest.
In the East-West game played
New Year’s Day in San Frartcisco,
Monte Moncrief, Cotton Howell,
Mann Scott and Goble Bryant were
the Aggie representatives who
played for Coach Homer Norton’s
Western eleven. According to all
reports, Moncrief was the big gun
in the West’s line which pushed
the favored Easterners all over
the field. Howell caught a pass
and carried the ball down to the
12 yard line from where the West
scored its winning touchdown.
Moncrief received more praise
than any other player in this
game, being mentioned by both
sports writers and broadcasters
alike.
ico State College, and in May 1938,
joined the Texas A. and M. Col
lege Extension Service as econ
omist in farm management. In
March of last year he was called
to Washington as consultant in
the Office of Price Administra
tion, and in May was appointed
agricultural economist for the of
fice of the administrator.
Timm is the author of many
bulletins and leaflets pertaining to
public economic policies and to in
dividual farm business analysis.
These include publications on in
come tax, the dangers of inflation,
and war bonds.
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pulling gliders. It has “stretch re
covery,” like rubber. Miss Dieken
said. Civilians cannot expect great
quantities of nylon on the market
after the end of the war in Europe,
since enormous amounts are need
ed in the South Pacific because this
synthetic is practically unaffected
by moisture and heat.
Among the synthetic products
which may be commonly accepted
after the war are nylon curtains
which do not have to be ironed,
nylon suits for men with indestruc
tible creases in the trousers, out
door furniture which will not fade
or weather, paint brushes with
nylon bristles, and transparent food
containers which can be vacuum
packed like tin cans.
Chemical research, in addition
to developing synthetics and plas
tics, also is workrng on giving im
proved characteristics to natural
fibers, Miss Dieken said. Junior’s
cotton coveralls can be treated so
they will be unaffected by splash
es of mud, spilled orange juice, or
upset bottles of ink. In addition,
cotton materials can be treated so
they are non-flammable, mildew
resistant, water repellant, and (by
a layering process) as warm as
wool, she stated.
Treatment of wood products al
so is a fertile field. Soft woods can
be made hard, many kinds can be
dyed interesting colors, as well as
protected from termites and from
stains.
Neoprene, a product similar to
subber, can be combined with mar
ble chips to form a good floor cov
ering, and lucite may eventually
replace ground glass and speed
television to th eaverage home. The
speaker had numerous exhibits of
interest, including a six-inch-long
container of dehydrated compress
ed cranberries adequate for serv
ing 100 persons.
Miss Dieken told her listeners
they couldn’t expect overnight a
brand new world paved with plas
tics, but ‘ agreed all might share
a justifiable thrill in better living
which research will assure.
Also appearing on the conference
program was J. A. Gray of A. and
M.’s animal husbandry department.
He displayed treated shearlings
which have been treated to simu
late beaver and other furs.
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“folks” as here, he said.
Thanking each and every one for
his loyalty and devotion to the
College, President Gilchrist wish
ed they each would have the best
and happiest Christmas possible
under the circumstances which he
described as the grimmest since
1776, even including the season of
1941 following the debacle at Pearl
Harbor.
W. R. Horsley, director of Stu
dent Placement, presided at the
dinner, which was opened by every
one joining in singing “Jingle
Bells.” The Singing Cadets, under
direction of W. M. Turner, render
ed several selections appropriate
to the season, accompanied on the
piano by James Oates. Chairman
Horsley thanked Mrs. A1 Nelson
and members of the Garden Club
committee for table and hall deco
rations.
As a finale all stood and sang,
“Auld Lang Syne.”
Davis Studies
Wool Processing
Studies being made in the East
by Stanley P. Davis, wool and mo
hair specialist for the Texas Agri
cultural Experiment Station, will
result in increased efficiency in
the operation of the Wool Scouring
Plant at the Texas A. & M. College,
according to J. M. Jones, chief of
the Station’s Division of Range
Animal Industry.
Mr. Davis left College Station
December 26 for a month’s trip
to Washington and wool textile
manufacturing centers around Phi
ladelphia, New York and Boston.
In the nation’s capital he will con
fer with officials of the wool div
ision of the USDA on the coring
method of taking samples of wool
for scouring to determine the
shrinkage, on which experiments
have been run the past two years
at the Texas A. & M. College
plant. He also will secure informa
tion on the progress of various
investigations being made by of
ficials of the animal fiber investi
gation bureau and the bureau of
standards of the USDA with wool
and mohair.
The latter part of Davis’ studies
will be in woolen manufacturing
centers, contacting manufacturers
of wool scouring and wool textile
machinery and wool and mohair
textile plants. He will be particu
larly interested in research and
late developments in methods of
shrinkage determinations in wool
and mohair.
Davis came to the Texas A. &
M. College in 1928 as superintend
ent of the Wool Scouring Plant.-
Prior to that time he had had sev
eral years experience in the wool
manufacturing business in Mass
achusetts and other states in that
section.
The Wool Scouring Plant was
established in 1919 by the Texas
Legislature at the insistence of
sheep and goat raisers of Texas.
It is now the most complete wool
and mohair scouring laboratory of
anl land grant college in the United
States. Since its establishment the
plant has been instrumental in
lowering by several points the es
timated shrinkage of Texas wools,
and this has resulted in a material
dollars and cents gain to every
Texas wool grower.
Sixteen years of night class at
tendance earned a bachelor of bus
iness administration degree at
Cleveland college of Western Re
serve university for Mrs. Millicent
C. Bening.
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